At a time when consumer shopping behavior is being watched closely in the face of economic uncertainty and inflation, the Kearney Consumer Institute has released its first 2023 briefing on gifting titled “Should I Stay or Should I Go? Redefining Trading Down,...
Retail small appliances and housewares continue to exceed 2019 pre-pandemic levels by about one-third, according to The NPD Group. Sales of many home products began to ease this spring, NPD reported, as vaccinations rates increased the flow of stimulus money slowed....