Consumer Spending

Shoppers wait to check out inside a Costco store in Napa, California, US, on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025.
Economy

If you can’t work out why you’re struggling when the economy is doing OK, it’s because you’re on the losing side

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Finance

Half of wealthy Gen Zers and millennials admit to ‘digital shoplifting,’ rationalizing it with inflation and influencer hacks

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September 24, 2025
Pet parents are spending thousands to plan their dog’s perfect vacation through Bark Air’s new luxury concierge service
Travel & Leisure

Pet parents are spending thousands to plan their dog’s perfect vacation through Bark Air’s new luxury concierge service

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September 24, 2025
Brian Niccol sits on a chair onstage in front of a blue and purple background.
Economy

Starbucks CEO says the coffee chain won’t lose its cash-strapped consumers because it’s on its way to being a ‘world-class customer service’ company

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September 17, 2025
People walk in a shopping district along 5th Avenue in Manhattan on July 14, 2025, in New York City.
Economy

The economy is reliant on the ‘fortunes of the well-to-do’ says Moody’s—if the ultra-rich get nervy that means recession

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September 17, 2025
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AI

AI has added $160 billion to ‘true GDP’ since 2022, Goldman Sachs says. There’s just one problem: That’s not official

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September 17, 2025
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Economy

‘We might be in a K-shaped recovery, but consumer spending is booming’: Healthy retail sales stave off recession fears

By Anne D'Innocenzio, Nick Lichtenberg and The Associated Press
September 16, 2025
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol’s turnaround plan—and whether analysts think he’s earning his $100 million pay package
Banking

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol’s turnaround plan—and whether analysts think he’s earning his $100 million pay package

By Molly Liebergall and Morning Brew
September 12, 2025
Jamie Dimon
Economy

Jamie Dimon says economy is ‘weakening’ but he can’t make sense of all the different data: ‘Maybe, one day, AI will fix that problem’

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September 10, 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on August 25, 2025.
Economy

‘A different shock to the system’: De minimis tariff dodge ending means less purchasing power for Americans 

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August 30, 2025
Mother and daughter browse school supplies in a store aisle.
Economy

PCE data paints a solid picture, but hidden cracks show tariffs quietly squeezing U.S. consumers—and weak job growth could put them over the edge

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August 29, 2025
Empty boxes are stacked for reuse at A Sight For Sport Eyes, a brick-and-mortar and e-commerce store for sport goggles, Aug. 20, 2025, in West Linn, Ore.
Retail

‘Consumers are going to be shocked’: An expiring tariff exemption for goods under $800 is about to throttle the world of e-commerce

By Mae Anderson and The Associated Press
August 26, 2025
Even McDonald’s CEO knows the fast-food giant is too expensive. Now he’s cutting prices to woo back cash-strapped consumers
Global

Even McDonald’s CEO knows the fast-food giant is too expensive. Now he’s cutting prices to woo back cash-strapped consumers

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August 21, 2025
President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shake hands during a campaign rally in Glendale, Arizona in 2024.
Law

Exclusive: MAHA is reshaping Amazon’s Whole Foods and other consumer packaged goods companies’ supply chains more than tariffs right now, manufacturing platform CEO says

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August 19, 2025
Wayfair CFO says sellers on the company’s $12 billion marketplace are trying to ‘insulate’ customers from tariffs
Retail

Wayfair CFO says sellers on the company’s $12 billion marketplace are trying to ‘insulate’ customers from tariffs

By Courtney Vien and CFO Brew
August 18, 2025

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