Browsing: Consumer Spending
For all its speed and convenience, e-commerce has long risked losing something essential: the sense of discovery that makes shopping…
At Fleece & Harmony, a woolen mill and yarn shop in bucolic Belfast, Prince Edward Island, in Canada, owner Kim…
US consumers showed signs of fatigue leading up to the longest government shutdown, and their outlook has worsened ever since,…
As Americans gear up for another bustling holiday season, shoppers may find their budgets stretched further than expected—not by retailers’…
Premium credit card users and small merchants could soon feel the effect of a decades-long battle over swipe fees. A…
A Los Angeles Times headline in 1995 asked, “Can the department store survive?” A quarter century later, CNN proclaimed that…
McDonald’s may be known for its golden arches, and Cava for its four-letter name boldly stamped on each takeout bag,…
Holiday season is fast-approaching—and so is the biggest shopping season of the year. Black Friday is just 23 days away,…
This holiday season, a new obsession is sweeping through American homes: the “Ralph Lauren Christmas.” But it’s not just luxury…
The share of consumers taking out the riskiest form of loans has reached its highest peak this decade, a sign…