Executives surveyed by business services provider Deloitte expect inflation to pressure their profit margins in 2023 as six in 10 anticipate inflation raising their operating costs even as other issues, particularly labor loom over the year ahead. Passing higher...
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,...
The International Housewares Association’s 2022 CHESS (Chief Housewares Executive SuperSession) kicked off yesterday with an industry education program that covered topics ranging from economic and financial market outlooks and shifting consumer macro-trends to...
Consumer sentiment in the United States unexpectedly jumped to 65.7 in April of 2022 from an eleven-year low of 59.4 in March, preliminary estimates in the University of Michigan’s ongoing consumer sentiment survey determined. The April sentiment figure beat market...
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....
