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Fed Lending, Business Formation Data Hint at Main Street Crunch

Fed Lending, Business Formation Data Hint at Main Street Crunch
Fed Lending, Business Formation Data Hint at Main Street Crunch
May 17, 2023  |  SMBs

Data from the Federal Reserve and the Census Bureau hint at a looming crunch on Main Street. Specifically: The businesses that power the economy are...

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Retail Spending’s Headline Rebound Masks Pullback on Discretionary Items
Retail Spending’s Headline Rebound Masks Pullback on Discretionary Items
May 16, 2023  |  Consumer Insights

The retail data released Tuesday (May 16) by the Commerce Department shows a reversal in consumer spending after two months of declines. But one headline...

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Home Depot Sales Dip 4.2% in Q1, Execs Point to Order Fulfillment as Bright Spot
Home Depot Sales Dip 4.2% in Q1, Execs Point to Order Fulfillment as Bright Spot
May 16, 2023  |  Earnings

The pandemic home improvement wave has crested, as evidenced by first quarter results reported by The Home Depot, which is seeing a deceleration in its...

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Washington Races to Develop and Implement Effective AI Policy
Washington Races to Develop and Implement Effective AI Policy
May 16, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has captured both the public imagination and lawmakers’ attention. Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, the bleeding-edge company behind the buzzy ChatGPT,...

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Earnings Season Sheds Light on Rising Card Delinquencies
Earnings Season Sheds Light on Rising Card Delinquencies
May 15, 2023  |  Debt

Credit card debt is at an all-time high. Although it’s not yet fully in the rear-view mirror, earnings season is signaling that where there’s smoke,...

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TGI Fridays Latest Chain Remaking Loyalty to Favor First-Party Ordering Over Aggregators
TGI Fridays Latest Chain Remaking Loyalty to Favor First-Party Ordering Over Aggregators
May 15, 2023  |  Loyalty & Rewards

With recent research showing that consumers tend to order the same items from the same restaurants creating questions about the value of delivery aggregators, more...

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Will Consumers Pay $50 for Drugstore Brand Sunscreen?
Will Consumers Pay $50 for Drugstore Brand Sunscreen?
May 13, 2023  |  Retail

Inflation might be cooling but it hasn’t worn off yet, especially as consumers continue to purchase products that can essentially be dubbed “in demand.” Take...

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Merchants Offer Dozens of Features to Get Shoppers to Buy, Here Are the 10 That Matter
Merchants Offer Dozens of Features to Get Shoppers to Buy, Here Are the 10 That...
May 12, 2023  |  eCommerce

The value proposition of online commerce is, above all else, convenience. “Building a Better Online Checkout Experience: The Key Features That Matter to Customers” a...

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