Consumers in the United States may be strapped, but not everyone feels the same financial strain. The difference often comes down to how they budget....
Retailers have begun stocking up on toys and games ahead of the holiday shopping season, having seen growing demand from consumers, Mattel Chairman and CEO...
Earnings season so far suggests that U.S. consumers still have a willingness and capacity to spend, even amid persistent economic uncertainty. Credit and debit cards...
American Express posted third-quarter earnings results Friday (Oct. 17) that indicated strong growth in card spending, particularly among consumers in the Generation Z and millennial...
The tit-for-tat of global tariffs is back on. That reality is shifting profits around and increasingly off companies’ balance sheets. The trade spat with China...
Inflation is pressuring American grocery shoppers, leading many to cut back and trade down. “It’s perturbing and upsetting,” Mark Bookbinder, a 68-year-old engineer who lives...
Today’s economy remains oscillating between resilience, restraint and a hopeful rebound. This makes few barometers of consumer health as revealing as their spending habits, and puts...
PYMNTS announced Wednesday (Oct. 15) the launch of the PYMNTS Intelligence Data Lab, a new platform that gives executives direct access to the proprietary research...