by Mike Duff | Jan 3, 2023 | Retail Articles
Faced with economic headwinds, operational bottlenecks and an ongoing need to remain competitive, small and midsize businesses are taking steps to optimize and innovate their supply chain strategies using technology and cooperative buying arrangements, according to a...
by Mike Duff | Dec 22, 2022 | Retail Articles
An annual New Year’s personal finance survey commissioned by Slickdeals, a site where consumers and editors pass around information about available bargains, suggested the consumers may be rethinking their personal finances as they look to 2023. In the survey,...
by Mike Duff | Dec 21, 2022 | Retail Articles
According to research by market research firm Numerator, the outlook for consumer spending in 2023 may be less than rosy, as 72% of participants in a study believe the United States is already in a recession, even though it has not been officially declared. Gen Z,...
by Mike Duff | Dec 5, 2022 | Retail Articles
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index slipped in November after losing ground in October, and now stands at 100.2 just two-tenths of a point above the border between positive and negative territory. As revised, the index stood at 102.2 in October, according...
by Mike Duff | Dec 2, 2022 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Despite strong consumer spending, gross domestic product is unlikely to grow as much in the final months of 2022 as it did in the third quarter, National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz stated as part of NRF’s Monthly Economic Review, but he also...
