As the Trump administration’s tariff policies take shape in early 2025, an undercurrent of caution is flowing through American consumer behavior. Economic analysts are observing measurable shifts in ...

Retail traffic has remained unpredictable, mirroring economic uncertainty and consumer price sensitivity. Consumer behaviors ...

On September 19, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) hosted the second in a series of scheduled symposia. After the first symposium, we evaluated the panel discussions that focused ...

Economists and psychologists work together to understand how human behavior impacts people's decision-making in the marketplace.

Consumer behaviour refers to how individuals, groups, and organizations select, buy, consume, and dispose of products, services, time, and ideas, to satisfy their needs and desires. This behaviour is ...

The latest readings on consumer sentiment are sounding alarms across the financial world. While hard data on the economy can be negative, only when consumer optimism drops do we see a decrease in ...

A quick read of the news about statistics on such questions as consumer attitudes, savings rates, and behavior during and after previous economic shocks suggest that the more things change, the more ...

Consumers are looking to adopt sustainable habits into their day-to-day lives. And in that ever-evolving push towards everyday sustainability, the concept of a circular economy — where materials are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Prince Ghuman covers neuroscience-based marketing strategy & tactics. The term consumer behavior gets tossed around a lot. Let’s ...

Studies show that flexing one’s muscles may help fight off—or possibly cause—wasteful impulse purchases, and other weird money findings. Here’s a roundup of some recent quirky research findings: For a ...