Consumer Spending

Chinese Festivals Show Government Spin On Consumer Stimulus
Chinese Festivals Show Government Spin On Consumer Stimulus
May 26, 2020  |  Retail

The last time Chinese eCommerce companies collaborated for an online shopping holiday it was called Singles Day. Held on 11/11 and managed by Alibaba, in...

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Reopening Trends: Consumers Spending More On Gas, Kids Still Home From School
Reopening Trends: Consumers Spending More On Gas, Kids Still Home From School
May 25, 2020  |  Coronavirus

As the U.S. begins procedures to tentatively reopen, the entire country has seen only a few across-the-board trends: namely, that people are filling up their...

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Europeans Save Less, Spend More As Economy Lags
Europeans Save Less, Spend More As Economy Lags
May 25, 2020  |  Consumer Finance

European consumers are stockpiling savings as a way to be prudent during the pandemic, but that isn’t having a positive effect on the country’s lagging...

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Amazon Pay’s Patrick Gauthier On How Retail Will Reinvent Itself And Recover
Amazon Pay’s Patrick Gauthier On How Retail Will Reinvent Itself And Recover
May 20, 2020  |  Retail

The last several weeks have certainly made for unexpected and unprecedented times for consumers and all players in the retail ecosystem and left a lot...

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PSCU: Debit Card Spend Growth Above Historic Levels
PSCU: Debit Card Spend Growth Above Historic Levels
May 18, 2020  |  Credit Unions

Credit union service organization (CUSO) PSCU compared the 19th week of 2020, which concluded on May 10, to the same timeframe in 2019 to discover...

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IRS Stimulus Check Round 2, Will It Happen?
IRS Stimulus Check Round 2, Will It Happen?
May 18, 2020  |  Coronavirus

After a slightly rocky rollout, complaints that funds took a long time to arrive and that a few dead people got payouts they can’t really use, the first...

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Why Consumers Are Embracing Digital Life — And Why 23 Pct Will Leave Offline Behind
Why Consumers Are Embracing Digital Life — And Why 23 Pct Will Leave Offline Behind
May 18, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Wholesale change — the type that leads to seismic shifts, upending daily life across the way we travel, eat, live, work — always comes when...

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Data Drop: eCommerce Numbers Steal Relevance
Data Drop: eCommerce Numbers Steal Relevance
May 18, 2020  |  Retail

Is the retail industry looking at the wrong numbers? It could be. While last week’s 16 percent overall spending drop lit up the headlines and...

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Retail Sales Weaker Than Expected, Deepening Recovery Concerns
Retail Sales Weaker Than Expected, Deepening Recovery Concerns
May 15, 2020  |  Retail

The experts were expecting a weak retail sales report when the numbers hit the wires earlier today (May 15) – but even in an environment...

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