Go figure. Inflation picked up in August. Real disposable income didn’t move much. Consumers responded by spending substantially more. The trends are more revealing about...
Consumer sentiment slipped in September amid concerns about high prices and rekindled trade disputes, according to the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers. The survey’s...
Households continued to spend more in August, although at a slower rate than earlier in the year. The median reported year-over-year increase in monthly household...
Consumers didn’t wait to shell out funds for cars, furniture and electronics in August. Retail sales rose 1.2% from July to $773.9 billion, reversing July’s...
American consumers are facing added strain as inflation continues to outpace wage growth. “A substantial number of Americans are worse off, their incomes are not...
Labor Day finds Main Street approaching the fourth quarter with more ways to sell, get paid and source goods than it had four years ago....
IKEA is reducing prices on 1,500-plus products in Europe amid ongoing cost-of-living pressures. The Swedish furniture retailer announced Tuesday (Sept. 1) that it was investing...
The head of buy now, pay later provider Affirm says gas prices are weighing on consumers. “The U.S. consumer undoubtedly sees the higher gas prices,...