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A woman takes a carton of eggs from a refrigerated shelf.
Finance
Officials say food prices are dropping but shoppers aren’t buying it
By Bloomberg and Jarrell DillardJuly 12, 2024
A woman pushes a shopping cart with a screen built into it.
Retail
Instacart’s AI-powered smart carts, which offer real-time recommendations and ‘gamified’ shopping, are coming to more U.S. grocery stores
By Sasha RogelbergJuly 8, 2024
A young man is lifting a flat of water bottles from a large pile.
Retail
Sam’s Club is going after Costco through the hearts and wallets of Gen Z shoppers. ‘That generation believes it’s cool to save money,’ CEO says
By Sasha RogelbergJune 27, 2024
Two men sit at a restaurant booth chatting with food in front of them.
Retail
Olive Garden owner’s CEO says fast food is so expensive you might as well have a sit-down meal
By Sasha RogelbergJune 21, 2024
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Retail
Walmart is becoming the new Amazon as customers make smaller, but frequent purchases: ‘That’s a trend that’s not going to reverse,’ CFO says
By Sasha RogelbergJune 17, 2024
An older woman with a shopping cart walks down a grocery store aisle.
Finance
U.S. shoppers can’t shake inflation gloom as consumer sentiment slumps for third straight month
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressJune 14, 2024
A man in a black jacket plugs a charger into an electric car
Finance
Electric vehicles’ uphill battle gets steeper as rampant charger theft sours U.S. demand
By The Associated Press and Tom KrisherJune 13, 2024
It’s the spendiest season of the year—but half of Americans are buckling down to save for a safety net
Personal Finance
It’s the spendiest season of the year—but half of Americans are buckling down to save for a safety net
By Chloe BergerNovember 28, 2023
A Target employee stocking shelves
Retail
Target gains $9 billion in market cap despite falling sales last quarter, as Wall Street gets an up-close look at the health of the American consumer
By Paolo ConfinoNovember 16, 2023
Young woman using credit card reader at coffee shop counter
Personal Finance
Consumers have been propping up the U.S. economy when no one else could—now the debts are being called and they can’t pay their bills
By Chloe TaylorNovember 8, 2023
William "Bill" Simon, president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart U.S., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013.
Retail
American consumers are taking their foot off the spending pedal as bargain prices become rarer, former Walmart U.S. CEO says
By Chloe TaylorOctober 10, 2023
woman posing behind giant box of mac and cheese
Newsletters
Exclusive: Gal Gadot’s Goodles raises $13 million to move boxed mac and cheese beyond kids’ food
By Emma Hinchliffe, Joey Abrams and Claire ZillmanSeptember 11, 2023
Americans are showing signs of financial stress as they add $148 billion in debt and fail to pay off their credit cards
Finance
Americans are showing signs of financial stress as they add $148 billion in debt and fail to pay off their credit cards
By Jonnelle Marte, Alexandre Rajbhandari and BloombergMay 15, 2023
The CEO of Kellogg says that the most important thing standing in the way of a recession is the ‘stubbornly resilient’ American consumer
Retail
The CEO of Kellogg says that the most important thing standing in the way of a recession is the ‘stubbornly resilient’ American consumer
By Deena Shanker and BloombergMay 4, 2023
A man pays for potato chips at a convenience store.
Leadership
The $185 billion convenience store industry ‘scrambles’ as inflation catches up with shoppers
By Paolo ConfinoApril 17, 2023
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