Digital Consumer

The luxury fashion world’s loss has been The RealReal’s gain this year. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday ...

Rewards are among the key determinants in how consumers choose — and use — credit ...

November’s consumer spending was buoyant, as eCommerce sales rebounded from a tepid pace in October. ...

Retailers across the U.S. are confronting a new era of cautious spending as consumers tighten ...

Booking.com says the impact of inflation continues to hamstring the U.S. travel industry. Demand is down ...

With their sector facing a downturn, luxury brands are reportedly pinning their hopes on outlets. As ...

Competition is a click away in commerce, and traditional barriers to purchase can send customers ...

The new (and reportedly final) rule on overdraft fees may have consumer groups — and ...

Last December, PYMNTS Intelligence detailed in its “Credit Card Use Deep Dive” report that about ...

The key takeaway from the Consumer Price Index (CPI) released Wednesday (Dec. 11) is that ...

A dramatic rise in credit card debt over the last several years has pressured paycheck-to-paycheck ...

New Federal Reserve data shows American consumers’ credit card debt continuing to climb. The data, released ...

Now’s the time to buy — because everything might get more expensive, sooner rather than ...

Following a strong Black Friday and Cyber Monday, both Walmart and Amazon reported record-breaking sales, ...

Amid ongoing economic pressures, Dollar General is refining its approach to better serve its financially ...

Sovos says it saw “record-breaking” tax processing performance on Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. The compliance company announced ...

PYMNTS Intelligence, through the last several months, has taken stock of where consumers are spending, ...

Despite facing a softer-than-expected retail environment in the third quarter, Foot Locker President and CEO Mary ...

December’s dawn brings with it a flurry of retail spending. Gift giving is top of ...

Shopper discretionary spending trends are impacting Family Dollar parent company Dollar Tree, as paycheck-to-paycheck consumers continue to ...

America’s biggest retailers kicked off the holiday shopping season with record spending. However, the actual number ...

Walmart says its third-party sellers enjoyed record sales as the holiday shopping season began. The company’s ...

Earlier this year, PYMNTS Intelligence found that only a minority of workers surveyed — at ...

British retail sales weakened in November, a trend driven by the timing of Black Friday. Sales ...

The paycheck-to-paycheck retail economy is a mixed bag these days, with both opportunities and challenges. Officials ...

Experiential retail is making a comeback as brands pivot from traditional sales models to more ...

Black Friday’s in the rearview mirror. Cyber Monday is here. Part of what incentivizes a consumer ...

Black Friday shoppers spent a record $10.8 billion this year, primarily via online purchases. A report ...

If you shopped on Black Friday this year, chances are you did so from home. Online ...

Mobile shopping is reportedly gaining ground during this year’s holiday shopping season. The growth is being driven ...

Early results from this year’s holiday shopping season reportedly suggest that consumers are waiting for ...

As consumer expectations change and digital technologies advance, the holiday shopping season itself is evolving. ...

The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index for October showed a re-ignition of inflation. The PCE increased ...

The Bureau of Economic Analysis confirmed Wednesday (Nov. 27) that third-quarter GDP grew at a ...

IKEA’s biggest retailer has seen profits plunge after cutting costs to attract wary customers. Ingka Group, which ...

Luxury brands have shed roughly 50 million customers over two years as shoppers seek lower ...

Best Buy says cautious, deal-chasing consumers and the presidential election kept quarterly sales muted. The electronics ...

As consumers remain cautious with their spending amid ongoing economic pressures, leading retail companies encountered ...

Headed into Black Friday, consumers are more positive than they have been in months. That’s among ...

A warmer-than-normal autumn wasn’t enough to stall sales growth for Burlington Stores. The off-price clothing retailer posted earnings Tuesday ...

Dick’s Sporting Goods’ third-quarter 2024 earnings results exceeded analyst expectations and demonstrated continued momentum as ...

Through the past few years, consumers in the United States, have collectively seemed to be ...

Recent research shows that President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff proposals could cost American consumers. A report earlier ...

While Chinese consumers are struggling, the country’s secondhand luxury market is reportedly thriving. As the Financial ...

This week, PYMNTS Intelligence noted the appeal of paying over time — especially now, headed ...

PYMNTS Intelligence’s long-standing chronicling of the paycheck-to-paycheck economy has revealed shifts in how consumers conduct ...

As the holiday shopping season approaches, the competition between retail giants Walmart and Amazon intensifies, ...

Merchants have a critical opportunity to capture consumer spending by strategically positioning pay later options. ...

As economic uncertainty and rising costs continue to impact consumers, shoppers are more cautious with ...

Credit is getting harder to come by, especially for auto loans, mortgages and those with ...

During the latest conference call with analysts, Walmart’s management observed that that, in a quarter ...

Digital continued to take a larger slice of retail spending in the third quarter of ...

The everyday American consumer is dealing with an increasingly strained household budget. And, according to home ...

The restaurant industry is reportedly eager to move beyond a difficult 2024. “I don’t know about ...

October retail sales were up 0.4%, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Although U.S. ...

Only time will tell if the slight bump in inflation — measured by the latest ...

There’s data, and then there’s everyday reality. The October reading for the Consumer Price Index will ...

Online grocery costs reportedly fell last month, their first dip since the COVID-19 pandemic. The cost ...

The Home Depot’s focus on the professional market remains unwavering, even as U.S. consumers curb ...

Retail sales made during China’s annual Singles’ Day shopping event reportedly slowed again this year ...

Zillennials — who were born between 1991 and 1999 — are reshaping the retail market ...

All eyes were on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut this week. As widely expected, the ...

Globally traded food commodities rose to their highest level in 18 months in October, driven ...

Regardless of whether they voted for Trump or for Harris, whether they live in a ...

The head of Associated British Foods has predicted rising confidence among lower-income consumers. As the Financial ...

Target is getting a holiday makeover as retailers prepare for a potentially tepid shopping season. The retailer announced recently ...

As the holiday shopping season begins, expect to see fewer Christmas-themed items in stores. Retailers such ...

On its surface, last week’s job report was anemic at best and confounding at worst. And ...

The New York Times has reportedly seen digital subscriptions slow amid weakened consumer spending. The media ...

The latest data from the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis revealed that consumer ...

Mastercard’s third-quarter earnings results demonstrated that consumers are still spending, and sentiment is healthy amid ...

Facing declining customer visits, Starbucks is set to embark on a restorative journey to reclaim ...

It’s a truism that as the U.S. consumer goes, so goes the economy. And consumers ...

With the fourth quarter now underway, major players in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry ...

Ahead of the holiday shopping season, payments network Affirm is upgrading its app. The company, known ...