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Consumer Attitudes & Behavior

  • Survey: Two in three Americans limit spending

    New York -- Two-thirds of Americans are limiting how much they spend each month. According to a new Bankrate.com report, of those limiting their monthly spending, 32% cite stagnant income as the main reason and 29% cite the need to save more.   

  • Dollar General maintains opening price point leadership in Kantar study

    Boston -- Dollar General maintains its overall opening price point leadership position in Kantar Retail’s fourth annual opening price point (OPP) study. For the third consecutive year, Dollar General‘s overall basket was the least expensive, edging out Walmart supercenter’s basket by 2.5%, representing a widening of the gap between the two in the 2013 study.   

  • Mobile auto shoppers share info from satisfying sites

  • Modest sales growth for apparel retailers in September

    New York -- Apparel retailers reported modest sales growth for the month of September, fueled by back-to-school spending early in the month.

  • ICSC: Holiday sales to increase 4%; strongest gain in three years

    New York -- The International Council of Shopping Centers forecasts a 4.0% increase in sales during the November-December holiday shopping period, the strongest gain in three years, amid positive economic signals. Total holiday shopping sales at shopping centers is estimated to be $488.6 billion in the same period.

  • ChannelAdvisor: Amazon, EBay same-stores sales soar in September

    Morrisville. N.C. – Same-store sales soared at Amazon.com and EBay during September 2014. According to e-commerce technology provider ChannelAdvisor, Amazon's September same-store sales growth came in at 37.9%, a decrease compared to August's 45.1%.  

    Even with a decrease from August to September, 37.9% is more than twice the growth rate of e-commerce.

  • Study: Mobile shoppers will abandon cart if needs not met

    Reston, Va. -- Consumers have high expectations for retail care when shopping via mobile device, and if those expectations aren't met, they'll abandon the experience entirely, according to a new study from Contact Solutions. Fifty-one percent abandon the cart and close the app (lost purchase) when they struggle in a retail app, and 20% stop using the app entirely.

  • PwC: Holiday Shopping Forecast 2014

    Cautious spending and a spending divide that has bifurcated the American holiday shopper into two distinct segments,  are two of the 10 big trends that are expected to drive the 2014 holiday shopping season, according to a new report from PwC US and Strategy&.

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