by Mike Duff | Dec 17, 2025 | Retail Articles
In the report “How U.S. Consumers Are Adopting Generative AI,” Bain & Co. found that adoption of generative AI is accelerating, with many consumers trusting the technology to make shopping recommendations. Adoption of generative AI has accelerated...
by Mike Duff | Jul 29, 2025 | Retail Articles
August 1 is the deadline set by the Trump administration for the arbitrary so-called reciprocal tariff being imposed on many U.S. trading partners, although a 15% duty deal with the European Union seems to spare it higher rates. Still, many consumers aren’t happy with...
by Mike Duff | Jun 24, 2025 | Retail Articles
According to business services provider Deloitte, value seeking has become a strategy consumers are using to cope with inflation and economic uncertainty – shifting to cooking at home as a tactic employed – with affluent individuals more prone than others to employ...
by Mike Duff | Oct 1, 2024 | Retail Articles
Americans plan to spend big this holiday season, tapping budgets that are 31.7% higher than in 2023, according to the Holiday Shopping Report from JLL. However, how the holiday spend is spread differs by income, JLL noted. The commercial real estate researcher and...
by Mike Duff | Oct 1, 2024 | Retail Articles
Real estate investment trust and JCPenney owner Simon Property Group is launching a new nationwide campaign to highlight the shopping mall’s continuing cachet as a go-to destination for consumers across generations in the United States. Dubbed “Meet Me...
