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Amazon, Walmart, and Kroger Could Have the Solution to Grocery Deliveries
Shoppers returning to stores in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, venture-capital money drying up, and higher labor costs mean the first golden age of food delivery looks to be over. But customers ha...
Costco’s Sales Update Slams the Stock. Strong Grocery Sales Aren’t Enough.
Stock in Costco dropped Thursday as its same-store sales fell short of expectations, a rare miss for the warehouse club owner that highlights how strong sales of groceries aren’t enough to make up for...
CFTC Chair Proposes Pause to Overhaul Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Bill
U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks on Wednesday signaled a likely slowing down in interest rate hikes as soon as the central bank’s mid-December meeting, causing mixed results in equity markets. T...
Consumer Confidence Slips Into The Holiday Season
Getty Images Key takeaways Consumer confidence fell for the second consecutive month in November as high inflation dogs consumers entering the holiday season Though holiday spending is off to a strong...
Housing Price Index Slows And Consumer Confidence Falls As Potential Recession Inches Closer
(Photo by Barbara Alper/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Takeaways Confidence has fallen in November after rising for the previous three months The S&P CoreLogic Case Shiller fell a further 0.8% in ...
US lawmaker questions major crypto exchanges on consumer protection amid FTX collapse
Ron Wyden, chair for the United States Senate Finance Committee, has requested information from six crypto firms on consumer protection following FTX’s liquidity issues and bankruptcy. In separate let...
ETH Climbs Above $1,200 Ahead of US Consumer Confidence Report – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Ethereum rose back above $1,200 on Tuesday, ahead of the upcoming consumer confidence report from the United States. The price comes following a breakout above a key resistance level of $1,180. Bitcoi...
Consumer Demand Is Strong, But Shoppers Expect Bigger Discounts?
Consumer Demand Is Strong, But Shoppers Expect Bigger Discounts? Getty Images With all the challenges retailers face this holiday season — inflation and inventory glut topping the list — here’s an ano...
New-Home Sales Surge. It’s Still a Mixed Picture for Housing.
Text size Sales of new homes rose in October. Here: completed and under construction new homes in Trappe, Maryland. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Sales of new homes unexpectedly rose in October, pai...
Student Loan Repayment Freeze Extended Into 2023, Likely Helping Consumer Spending
The Biden administation has pushed back the date when student loan payments resume. That’s likely a … [+] positive for the U.S. consumer. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Copyright 2022 The Ass...
Here’s What We Bought In October
New Mexico, USA. May 14, 2019. Old-fashioned fuel pumps at gas station next to historic route 66. … [+] Building with logo background. getty Based on the recent results, it looks like we’ve ‘men...
Senators warn of SoFi consumer risks amid crypto crash
Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee are worried that trading activities by SoFi Digital Assets could pose consumer risks, and warned that taxpayers “may be on the hook” to bail out the firm’s pa...
Kenyan legislation establishes crypto taxation, creates consumer protections
An amendment was introduced to the Kenyan Capital Markets Law on Nov. 21 that would require those who own or deal in cryptocurrencies to provide the country’s Capital Markets Authority with informatio...
Australia Learns There’s No Replacement for the Chinese Consumer
(Bloomberg) — Australia has spent big to attract swathes of Indian tourists to its shores, signed a free-trade deal with post-Brexit Britain and uncovered new Middle East markets during its 30-m...
Match Group Stock Has Been Knocked Down. It’s Time to Pick It Up.
Online dating has been a heartbreaker for investors in Match Group this year. The stock, however, now looks like a keeper. It hasn’t been an easy year for Match (ticker: MTCH). Its stock has fallen 65...
Alibaba Gets a Price Target Cut After Strong Earnings
Text size Benchmark analyst Fawne Jiang maintained her Buy rating on Alibaba despite cutting her price target. AFP via Getty Images Alibaba Group Holding stock popped on Thursday, prompting an analyst...
Activision Stock Still Looks Like a Buy. Here’s Why.
Back in July, Barron’s made the case for buying Activision Blizzard stock in anticipation of Microsoft closing its $69 billion acquisition of the company. With Activision shares trading at a significa...
Web3’s Biggest Consumer: The Consumer
Recapping Mint Season 6, Episode 23 Season 6, Episode 23 of the Mint Podcast with Adam Levy features Gaby Goldberg. She is an investor at TCG Crypto, an early stage consumer crypto fund focusing on we...
Target earnings miss by a mile amid ‘significant change in consumer shopping patterns’
This post has been updated with the latest stock movement. Target missed the bullseye by a wide margin in the third quarter as the discount retailer felt the brunt of a consumer spending slowdown in m...
FTX and Bankman-Fried sued in $11 billion consumer class action
Investors have formally sued troubled FTX cryptocurrency exchange alongside former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, for losses incurred by ‘unsophisticated investors’. The consumer class action lawsuit worth $...
The Organized Consumer — How To Respond To This Holiday’s Growing Retail Trend
Young couple walking in shopping mall for Christmas. Holding Christmas gifts and wearing warm … [+] clothing. getty With the peak holiday season fast approaching, rising prices and fluctuating s...
Binance CEO CZ Emphasizes Consumer Safety at G20 Summit
13 seconds ago | 2 mins read Exchange News Bankman-Fried has stepped down as CEO of FTX Group. Binance CEO “CZ” announced the creation of an industry recovery fund. Following Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX i...
Fed’s Waller says market has overreacted to consumer inflation data: ‘We’ve got a long, long way to go’
Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said Sunday that financial markets seem to have overreacted to the softer-than-expected October consumer price inflation data last week. “It was just one data p...
Carvana Stock Downgraded After a 97% Drop. Why Analysts Waited.
Carvana stock is falling in Wednesday trading, following a BofA Securities downgrade. The move comes after the stock has swooned 97% so far this year, although BofA isn’t alone in riding the used-car ...