Consumers under the most financial pressure aren’t abandoning the checkout. They’re choosing payment tools that can give them more control over it. That’s the central finding of “The New Checkout:...
The June credit report indicates that the checkout total can keep rising even when the consumer’s financial cushion is getting thinner. Consumer credit expanded at...
I thought that would get your attention. The tale of two Lucys will make my point. Meet 22-year-old Gen Z Lucy. She’s buying a $120...
The latest data on spending shows it continues to outrun income growth as higher prices absorb more of the household budget. June offered another example:...
A dollar can only stretch so far. For 60 million Labor Economy workers, each trip to the checkout can involve hard choices about what to...
Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed in the second quarter, according to an advance estimatereleased Thursday (July 30) by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of...
While Mastercard reported another quarter of double-digit revenue growth Thursday (July 30), executives devoted much of their second-quarter earnings discussion to explaining why agentic artificial...
Procter & Gamble says economic pressures have consumers focused on smaller pack sizes and promotions. The consumer packaged goods company released earnings Wednesday (July 29) showing sales up...