Browsing: Consumer Spending
U.S. consumers are so strained they put more than $1B on BNPL during Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Financially strained and cautious customers leaned heavily on buy now, pay later (BNPL) services over the holiday weekend.Cyber Monday alone…
Cyber Monday 2025 just became the biggest online shopping day of all time in the U.S. as consumers spent a…
For all its speed and convenience, e-commerce has long risked losing something essential: the sense of discovery that makes shopping…
‘It wasn’t worth the $10 tariff for a $27 purchase’: American shoppers find maybe they just won’t buy that small thing from Canada or England this year
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,…
Trump’s tariffs are a $29 billion tax on Americans’ holiday shopping bills, Lending Tree says
As Americans gear up for another bustling holiday season, shoppers may find their budgets stretched further than expected—not by retailers’…
Credit card tier discrimination may be coming: New Visa-Mastercard swipe settlement could reshape rewards—and surcharges
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 and Cava earnings have one thing in common: The K-shaped economy has a vise grip on the lunchtime crowd
McDonald’s may be known for its golden arches, and Cava for its four-letter name boldly stamped on each takeout bag,…
Inflation is so bad Americans are counting on Black Friday just to afford groceries and everyday essentials
Holiday season is fast-approaching—and so is the biggest shopping season of the year. Black Friday is just 23 days away,…












