Low Income Consumers news and trends

Discount Chains Go Under as Consumers Keep Cutting Back
Retail // May 26, 2024

What happens when consumers grow too cash-strapped for discount stores? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this...

Propel CEO Sees App As Aid to Low-Income Consumers, Beyond The Grocer’s Aisles
Retail // May 04, 2018

An app designed to make life easier for food stamp recipients is expanding the commerce-related services it offers to low-income Americans, but a new challenge related to data could hamper the ability of Propel, the company that operates the app, to gather the data upon...

Fresh EBT’s Social Safety Net Tech Upgrade
Financial Inclusion // May 12, 2017

It’s a set of statistics that all of us have heard many times before: In the U.S., nearly half of the population doesn’t have $400 on hand in the event of sudden need, over a quarter of American households are un- or underbanked and 55...

Interviews & Exclusives
Propel CEO Sees App As Aid to Low-Income Consumers, Beyond The Grocer’s Aisles

May 04, 2018
An app designed to make life easier for food stamp recipients is expanding the commerce-related services it offers to low-income Americans, but a new challenge related to data could hamper the ability of Propel, the company that operates the app, to gather the data upon which it depends. Get the Full Story Complete the form […]

Fresh EBT’s Social Safety Net Tech Upgrade

May 12, 2017
It’s a set of statistics that all of us have heard many times before: In the U.S., nearly half of the population doesn’t have $400 on hand in the event...

Quick Reads
BofA: Spending Growth Slowing Among All Income Groups

May 11, 2025
New research from Bank of America (BofA) shows consumer spending slowing for all income levels. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive […]

Discount Chains Go Under as Consumers Keep Cutting Back

May 26, 2024
What happens when consumers grow too cash-strapped for discount stores? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...