The traditional spigots of credit continue to tighten for small businesses. Blame higher rates, the continued fallout of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse last year, and skittishness...
For merchants, reliant upon consumer spending — and credit as a way to enable that spending — the warning signals are flashing. The Fed’s latest...
The U.S. Census Bureau revised its wholesale inventories estimate for January downward Wednesday (March 6). Total inventories dipped 0.3% in January compared with December 2023, rather than...
As consumers’ budgetary pressures prompt them to seek lower-priced options, many digital resale platforms are seeing growth, but eCommerce has a long way to go...
Americans who switch jobs are seeing larger raises than workers who stay put. That’s according to the February edition of ADP’s National Employment Report, which showed 7.6%...
Consumers are now saving less money for the proverbial rainy day than they were a year ago. The personal savings rate in January was 3.8%, which was...
Oreo is getting fancy as snack foods sprinkle in a little bit of affordable luxury to appeal to today’s belt-tightening shoppers. On Monday (March 4),...
The rising costs of groceries continue to pressure U.S. consumers to reconsider how they shop — and what they shop for. As PYMNTS Intelligence reported last year,...
Recent economic data from this week give ammunition to the argument that paying for groceries over time will be a long-standing trend. As noted in...