Consumer Spending

Consumers Gloomy Amid Slowing Growth, COVID-19 Numbers, Survey Finds 

Consumers Gloomy Amid Slowing Growth, COVID-19 Numbers, Survey Finds 
Consumers Gloomy Amid Slowing Growth, COVID-19 Numbers, Survey Finds 
November 24, 2020  |  Economy

The Dow may just have crossed 30,000, but U.S. consumers are growing gloomier as a dark coronavirus winter settles in, as shown in a new...

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Restaurant Operators Face New Loyalty Demands
Restaurant Operators Face New Loyalty Demands
November 24, 2020  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Lettuce-wrap your mind around this: “There are 31.6 million consumers in the United States — 15.7 percent of the total — who are dining in...

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NRF: Online Holiday Sales To Jump 30 Pct As Consumer Spending Rises
NRF: Online Holiday Sales To Jump 30 Pct As Consumer Spending Rises
November 23, 2020  |  Retail

The National Retail Federation (NRF) said it predicts retail sales across the U.S. will rise between 3.6 percent and 5.2 percent over what they were...

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Dueling Outlooks Disagree About Discount-Driven Holiday Selling
Dueling Outlooks Disagree About Discount-Driven Holiday Selling
November 23, 2020  |  Retail

Nobel laureate Niels Bohr once quipped, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” If he thought physics predictions were tough, try 2020...

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Mastercard’s Vosburg: Trusted Intermediaries Will Drive Consumer Data Aggregation
Mastercard’s Vosburg: Trusted Intermediaries Will Drive Consumer Data Aggregation
November 23, 2020  |  Digital-First Banking

There’s no shortage of consulting advice and press clippings that will state the importance of actionable data for companies as a selling, operational and marketing...

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Vaccine May Spark Inflation Jump As Consumers Spend More
Vaccine May Spark Inflation Jump As Consumers Spend More
November 22, 2020  |  Economy

Consumers freed by a COVID-19 vaccine from the last eight months of disease-related restrictions could unleash enough spending on services such as travel and dining...

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Samsung: Wearables Sales Soared 30 Pct In 2020
Samsung: Wearables Sales Soared 30 Pct In 2020
November 20, 2020  |  Retail

Wearable device sales have shot up at least 30 percent this year as consumers looked to technology to help them monitor their health during the...

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Ex-Fed Chair Greenspan: Controlling COVID Is The Only Way To Save Economy
Ex-Fed Chair Greenspan: Controlling COVID Is The Only Way To Save Economy
November 20, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said he’s “never seen anything like” the economic challenges incoming President-elect Joe Biden will face amid the pandemic, CNN...

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Grocery Roundup: Ahold Delhaize Acquisition, Another Toilet Paper Rush And A SNAP Explosion
Grocery Roundup: Ahold Delhaize Acquisition, Another Toilet Paper Rush And A SNAP Explosion
November 19, 2020  |  Retail

The biggest grocery shopping weekend of the year is upon us, as it will be the last weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday. Though, as PYMNTS’ recent data have...

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