Consumer Spending

Consumer Confidence Drops Again In August
Consumer Confidence Drops Again In August
August 25, 2020  |  Economy

The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index declined for the second month in a row, dropping from 91.7 in July to a current reading at 84.8,...

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Why Cash Back Is King When It Comes To Card Rewards
Why Cash Back Is King When It Comes To Card Rewards
August 25, 2020  |  Consumer Insights

The world of consumer spending has radically reset in recent months in ways that had been wholly unimaginable when the year began. Get the Full...

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Economists Predict Slow Recovery, Chance Of Double-Dip Recession
Economists Predict Slow Recovery, Chance Of Double-Dip Recession
August 24, 2020  |  Economy

The new report from the National Association of Business Economists (NABE) finds respondents to the August 2020 NABE Economic Policy Survey think the U.S. economy...

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October Shapes Up As Make-Or-Break Month For Retail Sales
October Shapes Up As Make-Or-Break Month For Retail Sales
August 24, 2020  |  Retail

When a public company hosts a quarterly earnings call, it’s usually a predictable, even tedious affair. The executives who deliver news of the profit or...

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Retail Foot Traffic Increases 4.1 Pct In The UK
Retail Foot Traffic Increases 4.1 Pct In The UK
August 24, 2020  |  Retail

As the revival of the economy gained momentum, the number of visits to stores in Britain spiked in the previous week. Information company Springboard indicated...

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Home Improvement Sees A Boom – But Will It Last?
Home Improvement Sees A Boom – But Will It Last?
August 21, 2020  |  Retail

It’s often said that home is where the heart is. But in 2020, it seems that expression could be modified to note that home is...

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Whole Paycheck Tracker: Trying FIT® On For Size
Whole Paycheck Tracker: Trying FIT® On For Size
August 21, 2020  |  Walmart Amazon whole paycheck

It’s not often that Walmart gets upstaged in the world of retail. In fact, Amazon is about the only one who has been capable of...

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Deep Dive: Fixing Corporate America’s Everyday Spending Problem
Deep Dive: Fixing Corporate America’s Everyday Spending Problem
August 21, 2020  |  B2B Payments

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India’s Consumers Struggle To Overcome Virus Shutdown
India’s Consumers Struggle To Overcome Virus Shutdown
August 20, 2020  |  International

In heavily coronavirus-ravaged India, the people hit the hardest are those who have only just gotten into the middle class and those below them, The...

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