spending

Spending to pay out (money) in buying or hiring goods or services
Teens’ Changing Tastes – And Lower Spending – Drive Retail Innovation
Teens’ Changing Tastes – And Lower Spending – Drive Retail Innovation
October 17, 2019  |  Retail

Teens have been big drivers of commerce for going on a century now, and that’s even more prevalent as marketers find more precise ways to...

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Credit Card Interest Rates Rise To Near-Record Levels
Credit Card Interest Rates Rise To Near-Record Levels
October 09, 2019  |  Economy

The average interest rates on credit cards are nearing record levels, in spite of a 50-basis-point decline on a 10-year note yield. Bloomberg is reporting...

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US Payment Card Market Tops $6T
US Payment Card Market Tops $6T
September 05, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Commercial and consumer cards issued in the U.S. generated $6.13 trillion in spending for goods and services in 2018, The Nilson Report said in a...

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Connecting The Dots: Consumer Confidence, Inventories Tell Separate Economic Tales 
Connecting The Dots: Consumer Confidence, Inventories Tell Separate Economic Tales 
August 28, 2019  |  Economy

Economic data points are frozen in time – and yet taken collectively tell tales.  The latest readings on consumer confidence and on business inventories and...

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Consumer Spending Bolsters Big Bank Earnings
Consumer Spending Bolsters Big Bank Earnings
July 21, 2019  |  Earnings

Trade wars?  Check. Geopolitical fears?  Check. And yet the consumer continues to spend, and just as importantly, to bank. Wall Street may have been focused...

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Capital One Q2 Earnings Preview: Increased Spending, Decline In Revenue Expected
Capital One Q2 Earnings Preview: Increased Spending, Decline In Revenue Expected
July 17, 2019  |  Earnings

Financial experts are predicting Capital One’s second-quarter earnings will fall below expectations, despite their moderate success in the first quarter. The financial institution surpassed expectations...

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Mobile Card Services Give Users Real-Time Control Over Retail Purchases
Mobile Card Services Give Users Real-Time Control Over Retail Purchases
July 11, 2019  |  Retail

Mobile devices have enabled monitoring and management to a degree once thought impossible. Consumers can now get alerted to someone ringing their doorbell miles away...

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Amid eCommerce Rise, Logistics Costs Up 11.4 Pct In 2018
Amid eCommerce Rise, Logistics Costs Up 11.4 Pct In 2018
June 19, 2019  |  Delivery

A rising tide lifts all boats, and trains, and trucks….all in service of getting packages where they need to go. To that end, in the...

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Apple Beats Google In App Revenue For Developers
Apple Beats Google In App Revenue For Developers
June 19, 2019  |  Apple

The top app publishers in Apple’s App Store are making about 64 percent more gross income than those on Google Play, according to a report...

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