With consumer spending making up two-thirds of U.S. economic ... Take Starbucks as an example. The company’s profits fell 28% during the 2008 recession, prompting a refocus on customer-centric ...

This means a business or household is still able to maintain itself even if all discretionary consumer spending stops. Meals at restaurants and entertainment costs are examples of discretionary ...

Consumer spending is the lifeblood of the Philippine economy, which contributes about 70 percent of the country’s gross national product. According to Keynesian economics, a theory developed by ...

What's the disconnect between consumers saying they are worried about the economy but holiday spending was at record highs?

Consumer spending on tech could hit a record high of $537 billion this year, according to a new report from the Consumer Technology Association. But those projected retail revenues might not be ...

U.S. inflation increased by the most in eight months in December amid robust consumer spending on goods and services, ...

A trove of monthly shopping data from the U.S. Census reveals the secret cycle of consumer spending in America: Every December, we spend money like it was going out of fashion. Every January ...

“We started to notice this trend where there was a real bifurcation in the market between the $50,000-and-below consumer in the ... kitchen appliances. For example, the company is anticipating ...

That trend, documented by Federal Reserve research, represents something of a shift from the pre-pandemic period. And it ...