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Back-to-school shopping is in full swing and consumers appear ready to spend more for each student. However, there are fewer students this year, so total spending is expected to be lower.
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June's better-than-expected retail sales level should have a positive backdrop for second-quarter gross domestic product due at the end of this month.
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Americans use an extraordinary amount of gasoline per day, which means even a small price change can cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
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The Commerce Department reported gains in both personal income and in spending in May of 2019. The gain in personal income was primarily from personal interest income, wages and salaries, and...
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Chevy is on the cusp of delivering a Silverado HD pickup with a price of around $100,000. What took so long?
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The U.S. auto fleet is getting both larger and older. Consumer tastes have also swung toward utility vehicles and are making slow progress to purchasing more alternative energy vehicles.
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While most consumers will be feeling the pinch of higher prices for imported goods, tariffs are good news for makers and sellers of counterfeit goods.
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Retail sales are often volatile on a monthly reporting basis, and the markets are getting to deal with a fresh round of negative news when it comes to the consumer spending habits of Americans.
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Used car sales got off to a rocky start in 2019 and a slight improvement in March is unlikely to last throughout the rest of the year.
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Buying a car has changed significantly over the years. In some ways, however, it hasn't changed much.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce reported that total retail sales posted a seasonally adjusted gain of 0.2%, but that was better than expected.
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Amazon has announced a new program to fight the sale of counterfeit products at its websites. Can it actually work to eliminate the sale of fakes?
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More than 70 million Americans have more credit card debt than they have in emergency savings, the highest rate in almost a decade.
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The retail apocalypse claims more and more traditional companies in the sector each year. In a new study, over half of the retailers left say they are barely breaking even.
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Reed Hastings and his team are said to be increasing prices for the streaming media service for 2019. No surprise, Netflix shares surged even higher on Tuesday.
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