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Grocery Stores Will Be the Big Winners This Holiday Season
Grocery Stores Will Be the Big Winners This Holiday Season
November 21, 2022  |  Retail

Special foods and overeating may be synonymous with the holidays, but this year, PYMNTS research shows, the additional cost of groceries alongside an increase in...

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Holiday Spending out of Reach for Millions of Households This Year
Holiday Spending out of Reach for Millions of Households This Year
November 21, 2022  |  Economy

Visions of sugarplums could be the only thing millions of Americans can count on getting during the 2022 holidays, as new PYMNTS data has uncovered...

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40% of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Will Use Financing to Make Holiday Happen
40% of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Will Use Financing to Make Holiday Happen
November 17, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

With 15 million consumers — close to 6% of the United States population — sitting out holiday gift buying this year, roughly 40% will use...

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Kohl’s Says Middle Class and Discretionary Items Struggle with Inflation
Kohl’s Says Middle Class and Discretionary Items Struggle with Inflation
November 17, 2022  |  Retail

 With its focus on discretionary products and middle-income consumers, Kohl’s has been hard hit by the current macroeconomic trends, the retailer said Thursday (Nov. 17) during its...

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Half of Financially Distressed Consumers Plan to Finance Holiday Purchases
Half of Financially Distressed Consumers Plan to Finance Holiday Purchases
November 16, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

With the shock waves of inflation continuing to weaken spending power, most United States consumers are toning down their expectations for the 2022 holiday shopping...

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Paycheck-to-Paycheck Economy’s Gloom Is Bad News for Retailers
Paycheck-to-Paycheck Economy’s Gloom Is Bad News for Retailers
November 09, 2022  |  Economy

The paycheck-to-paycheck economy is bifurcating as inflation rages and consumers fret over an uncertain future, with one group of customers who cannot spend, and another...

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New Jobs for Better Wages Not a Panacea for Paycheck-to-Paycheck Households
New Jobs for Better Wages Not a Panacea for Paycheck-to-Paycheck Households
November 09, 2022  |  Economy

The household economics of 2022 continues to confound, as consumers who are fearful of recession and whose wages are also not keeping pace with inflation...

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Consumers Still Tapping Cards to Spend but Credit Growth Slows
Consumers Still Tapping Cards to Spend but Credit Growth Slows
November 07, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

We may be seeing a tipping point for debt — where gains in personal loan borrowing come at the expense of pricier credit card debt....

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Synchrony Q3 Delinquencies Hint at Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumer Pressures
Synchrony Q3 Delinquencies Hint at Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumer Pressures
October 26, 2022  |  Credit Cards

Every earnings season tells a tale. So far the storyline is that consumers remain buoyant, are still willing to open their wallets and wield credit...

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