Consumer Spending

Will Tariffs Make Retail’s Holidays Less Than Festive?
Will Tariffs Make Retail’s Holidays Less Than Festive?
September 30, 2019  |  Retail

It looks like tariff worries could take a bite out of retail spending this holiday season. According to new data out from AlixPartners cited by...

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Big Payments Upgrades, New Reviews And A Second Life For An Old Brand
Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Big Payments Upgrades, New Reviews And A Second Life For...
September 20, 2019  |  Walmart Amazon whole paycheck

It was something of an uneven week in the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck. Amazon had a something of a forward-backward kind of week,...

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Rebound In Consumer Sentiment: One-Off Or Trend Into Holidays?
Rebound In Consumer Sentiment: One-Off Or Trend Into Holidays?
September 13, 2019  |  Commerce

And still they spend – and still, the outlook may be bright. If sentiment is everything – where sanguine moods can mean the difference between...

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Auto Purchases Boost Retail Sales In August
Auto Purchases Boost Retail Sales In August
September 13, 2019  |  Retail

While purchases of building supplies and new vehicles gave U.S. retail sales a large boost in August, many other stores noted declining or weak receipts....

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Top News In Payments: Stripe Rolls Out Stripe Capital; Cards Generate $6.13T In Spending
Top News In Payments: Stripe Rolls Out Stripe Capital; Cards Generate $6.13T In Spending
September 06, 2019  |  News

Today in the payments news roundup, Stripe launched Stripe Capital to simplify the way internet companies can access funds. Also, commercial and consumer cards issued in the...

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Can Amazon Give Biometric Payments A Hand — In The Store?
Can Amazon Give Biometric Payments A Hand — In The Store?
September 05, 2019  |  Amazon

Biometric payments are making another run at the grocery store, this time at the hands or Amazon. Or, to be more precise, in the hands...

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Beyond Tariffs, Are Clouds Gathering For Chinese Consumers?
Beyond Tariffs, Are Clouds Gathering For Chinese Consumers?
September 04, 2019  |  International

In some ways, the United States and China exist as mirror images, at least when it comes to economic drivers. In other words: Live by...

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British Retail Sales Take Pre-Brexit Nosedive
British Retail Sales Take Pre-Brexit Nosedive
August 23, 2019  |  Retail

New data shows that retail sales in the UK are taking a pre-Brexit nosedive, falling in August at the fastest pace since December 2008. The...

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GenZ Gets Friendly With Credit
GenZ Gets Friendly With Credit
August 20, 2019  |  Financial Inclusion

Generation Z is growing up. The oldest members of the generation born between the mid-90s and the mid-2010s (specific year ranges vary depending on who...

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