Around 10% of in-store and 18% of online purchases of retail items are returned after the holidays, which totaled to $48B last year. This holiday season, the National Retail Federation is projecting $860B in returns.

Households around the world saved an excess $3 trillion in savings, bringing the total to $6 trillion globally.

PlantPaper's unbleached, toxin-free, brown-hued toilet paper is reckoning with cultural attitudes about the color white.

With Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods entering the space and new options filling freezer cases, the potential for the poultry analog suddenly seems limitless.

It comes as the economy continues to move toward a full reopening.

According to NPD, two out of five adult females and three out of ten adult males no longer fit into last year’s clothing sizes; snacking and fitness play a role.

COCKEYSVILLE, Maryland (AP) — People used to go to Valley View Farms to buy five tomato plants and end up with $5,000 in patio furniture. This year is different. After a record burst of sales in March, the showroom floor is almost empty of outdoor chairs, tables and chaises for people to buy.

Survivalism, stimulus and the search for space make it easy to ignore warning signs.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Pat Curry spotted bite-sized wood-fire rotisserie chicken with portabella mushroom at her local Costco in early June, she felt “giddy." After a 14-month hiatus, free samples were back.

With the future of office work deeply uncertain, the debate has sharpened about what downtowns should be.

/PRNewswire/ -- Key takeaways With clarity about the upcoming school year and consumer sentiment continuing to rise, back-to-school spending will be at its...

Lenders extended a record number of auto loans and leases in March and issued more general-purpose credit cards than any other March on record.

Coresight Research expects industry growth to slow from 70% in 2020 to roughly 18% in 2021 as pandemic-fueled interest wears off.

New Vehicle Sales Expected to Stay Strong in the Second Quarter, According to Edmunds

Amazon.com Inc. shoppers in the U.S. spent less per order during the first 32 hours of the annual Prime Day sale than the previous two years, according to Numerator, suggesting shoppers are flocking to the site to buy diapers and cereal rather than flat-screen televisions and laptops.

Shoppers aren't showing any signs of getting tired of Amazon Prime Day, even though some sellers had said they weren't planning on offering deals this year.

Roscoe Street stores face competition for workers, shortage of products even as shoppers come back after Covid-19 restrictions end.

A period that is somewhat similar to the current housing market was in the late 1970s. House prices increased 14.7% in 1977, 15.7% in 1978...

What consumers have done differently and whether frugality will become frou-frou

Low housing inventory and low interest rates are often factors, but Bank of America’s 2021 Homebuyer Insights Report found that a sense of community and good neighbors are also key priorities for today’s homebuyer.

Cars are being kept in service longer as prices rise and quality improves, a trend accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic.

Pandemic lockdowns ramped up home network usage. Deloitte’s Connectivity & Mobile Trends 2021 survey suggests that providers held up to the stress.

We’re not going to find a set of fixed divisions that works across arenas — such as social attitudes, family behavior, and economic status.

OK boomer, you may have money, but you’re not spending it.