Women More Likely to Spend Less for 2015 Holidays
Retailers are getting ready to kick off another holiday season, but it may not be looking as merry and bright as retailers would like at this point. After asking U.S. adults how much they...
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Walmart Turns Up the Online Shipping Heat
Note: This article was originally published on the CivicScience blog on June 2, 2015. News in late May emerged about Walmart’s pilot program, based on their own membership service to provide unlimited 3-day shipping...
Netflix and Their Newest Subscribers
Note: This article was originally published on the CivicScience blog on May 28, 2015. In the first quarter of 2015, Netflix added more subscribers than projected, tallying 4.88 million subscribers, compared to their forecast...
The Smart Home Sounds Cool, But Consumers Ain’t Buyin’ It
Note: This article was originally published on the CivicScience blog on July 29, 2015. Following the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in January, we did a write-up in February on the profiles of consumers based...
Consumer Confidence Drops. Will This Affect Holiday Sales?
Note: This article was originally published on the CivicScience blog on September 8, 2015. With the holiday shopping season gearing up, measuring consumer confidence across key economic indicators should be top of mind. Recent stock...