Despite weakening inflation, The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index fell in April to 101.3, with 100 being the divider between a positive and negative reading, down from 104 in March. The Present Situation Index, based on consumers’ assessment of current...
Data analyst Dunnhumby has released its sixth annual Retailer Preference Index which is led by H-E-B. In the index, which looks at supermarkets and competing grocery sellers, H-E-B regained its leadership position from Amazon with Costco following closely behind in...
The Institute for Supply Management Services Purchasing Managers’ Index for August saw a slight movement into more positive economic territory. Meanwhile, a second organization participating in the business sector, the Association for Supply Chain Management,...
In what it describes as the first edition of its Home Goods Market Share Index, market research firm YipitData released a ranked list of the top 30 specialist retailers. The new quarterly index, compiled by YipitData’s retail and e-commerce analysts, tracks...
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...
