Holidays

With avian flu, inflation and supply-chain challenges, this could be a rough year for getting just the bird you want.

Nov 1st, 2022 - How to use your conscience to spend your cash.

Every year, Americans throw away about $400 million worth of uneaten sweets from trick-or-treating. That’s a lot of food waste. But the fix is simple: stop giving away candies that kids don’t like (candy corn, anyone?) and give away treats that they do enjoy.To help you buy the sweets that trick-or-treaters will actually eat, candystore.com has published a study on the most popular candy by state.

Outdoor decorations and displays have become more extravagant than ever. But that wasn’t always the case.

The ongoing spread of bird flu will likely affect the price and availability of turkeys leading up to Thanksgiving.

Each fall, there’s one store that suddenly seems to be just about everywhere: Spirit Halloween. The brand taps into the $10 billion Halloween industry by set...

Here's how much the price of popular Halloween candies went up this year

The ongoing spread of bird flu will likely affect the price and availability of turkeys leading up to Thanksgiving.

Popularized by Starbucks two decades ago, the seasonal flavoring is now a food industry phenomenon.

/PRNewswire/ -- Holiday retail sales are likely to increase between 4% and 6% in 2022, according to Deloitte's annual holiday retail forecast. Overall,...

It seems the Christmas season comes earlier every year...and there's actually a decent reason why: game theory!-Links for the Curious-A poll of when consumer...

The winter holidays are still a few months away, but that's not stopping some stores from putting out there Christmas selections early. Game theory can help us understand their pre-emptive behavior.

Are you planning to take some family photos with Santa this year? Be prepared to search around for a bit longer than you remember because Santa Claus might not be coming to your town this year. The pandemic has impacted a lot of different labor markets

A scholarly introduction to the Constitution of the United States

Get Ready for Constitution Day 2022 (You have to teach about the Constitution in September!)

The return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL) marks the unofficial start of fall for coffee lovers and it’s usually the moment when people start noticing just how many other products have started offering pumpkin spiced versions of their original offerings.

Over the past couple of decades, before the leaves even begin turning colors as summer shifts to fall, pumpkin spice begins to pop up wherever you look. Not only the infamous Pumpkin Spice Latte --...

VIDEO DESCRIPTION When you watch the fireworks on the 4th of July, do you think about the Declaration of Independence? AVAILABLE RESOURCES Web-based Online Quizzesare also available here. AVAILABLE RESOURCES Click to Login or Register to Access These Additional Resources

Co-authored with David Branch & Kevin Bergquist, Wells Fargo Food and Agribusiness Industry Advisors Wells Fargo’s July Fourth Food Inflation Report Fourth of July celebrants will be able to keep an eye on the fireworks and minimize the pain of food inflation by planning early this year – but it will require a little creativity …

Romance scams hit an all-time high in 2021.

The biggest money-related lies in relationships deal with spending, debt and income.

The American bison is the new U.S. national mammal, but its slaughter was once seen as a way to starve Native Americans into submission.

It’s the holiday season once again! Perhaps you bought a greeting card? Some chocolates? A little jewelry? How about some flowers? There seems to be no shortage of different ways you can spend your hard-earned money on the ones you love the most, but it's the message that matters most.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A record 31.5 million Americans plan to bet on this year's Super Bowl, according to estimates released Tuesday by the gambling industry's national trade group. The American Gaming Association forecasts that over $7.6 billion will be wagered on pro football's championship game set for Sunday.

Answer: $6.5 million Here's one of the Super Bowl ads: Questions: What is this specific advertiser trying to accomplish in this commercial? Is the ad effective?  What do you they want you to remember about their brand?  In an era with so many streaming services that have trained consumers to watch shows without any ads, why do advertisers spend so much on Super Bowl ads? Which types of companies do you think benefit the most from their Super Bowl ads?

Answer (from Ariel/Schwab survey): 63%  Survey note: The online survey was conducted in December 2020 by Helical Research among 2,104 Americans age 18 and older with $50,000 or more household income in 2019.  Questions: When do you think you will start investing in the stock market? Explain your answer. What do you think determines whether someone invests in the stock market or not? What’s one word that comes to mind to complete this sentence: Investing is ______________.