holiday spending

1 in 5 Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Use Credit to Cope With Unexpected Financial Difficulties
1 in 5 Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Use Credit to Cope With Unexpected Financial Difficulties
October 19, 2023  |  Personal Finance

Living paycheck to paycheck is a financial reality for many Americans, a trend that PYMNTS has tracked for some time. According to a recent report...

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Consumer Sentiment Study Sees Jump in Inflation One Year Out
Consumer Sentiment Study Sees Jump in Inflation One Year Out
October 13, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

Consumers don’t think the pressures on the household budgets are going to abate anytime soon. And certainly not in the next year. The University of...

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Consumers More Cost-Conscious During Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days
Consumers More Cost-Conscious During Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days
October 10, 2023  |  Retail

Shoppers are reportedly opting for affordable items during Amazon’s fall sale for Prime subscribers. Early data from the retailer’s Prime Big Deal Days event reveals...

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Mobile Set to Overtake Desktop in $221 Billion Holiday Shopping Season
Mobile Set to Overtake Desktop in $221 Billion Holiday Shopping Season
October 05, 2023  |  eCommerce

This year’s holiday shopping season will belong to mobile sales and buy now, pay later. That’s according to Adobe, which on Thursday (Oct. 5) released...

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Trade-Offs and Trade-Downs May Be Keys to Getting the Holiday Shopping Done
Trade-Offs and Trade-Downs May Be Keys to Getting the Holiday Shopping Done
September 27, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

With October just about to dawn, many stores are already prodding consumers to think about the holiday shopping season, where December looms as a make-or-break...

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Holiday Season Creates Financial Stress for Two-Thirds of US Consumers
Holiday Season Creates Financial Stress for Two-Thirds of US Consumers
September 27, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

Living paycheck to paycheck continues to be the predominant financial lifestyle in the United States, even as inflation has slowed. As of August 2023, 60%...

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Mastercard Forecasts Higher Holiday Spending
Mastercard Forecasts Higher Holiday Spending
September 19, 2023  |  Retail

Mastercard is predicting a “rebalancing” in consumer spending for the 2023 holiday season. The company on Tuesday (Sept. 19) announced that its SpendingPulse shows retail sales increasing...

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Retailers Scale Back Holiday Hiring as Consumers Grow Uneasy
Retailers Scale Back Holiday Hiring as Consumers Grow Uneasy
September 17, 2023  |  Retail

American retailers are set to hire the lowest level of seasonal holiday workers in 15 years. That’s according to an article Friday (Sept. 15) by Reuters,...

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Big Lots Banks on Holiday Shopping to Bounce Back From Weak Q2
Big Lots Banks on Holiday Shopping to Bounce Back From Weak Q2
August 30, 2023  |  Retail

Big Lots is hoping holiday décor will put consumers in a shopping mood.   The discount retailer, while announcing its second-quarter earnings Tuesday (Aug. 29), acknowledged...

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