Credit Card Swipe Fees Hit Record $100 Billion in 2023
American merchants were charged $7.5 billion more for credit cards with Visa and Mastercard logos in 2023 than they were in 2022 – a...
2024 Easter Spending Expected to Top $22 Billion
Consumer spending is expected to reach a total of $22.4 billion this Easter, according to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper...
2024 Outlook on the Retail Industry
During the National Retail Federation’s fourth annual State of Retail & the Consumer virtual discussion yesterday, Walmart U.S. President and CEO John Furner and...
Consumer Demand Drives Alcohol Delivery Growth
Among many trends in the alcohol industry supercharged by the Covid-19 pandemic was direct-to-consumer (DTC) shipping.
Sheltering in place during the health crisis, consumers learned...
New Report Finds Companies are Switching to Headless CMS
Storyblok, a content management system (CMS), just released The State of CMS 2024 report to show how companies manage content today and what their content plans...
SpotOn Unveils First AI Marketing Tool for Restaurants
According to the National Restaurant Association's latest report, operators cited attracting new customers (79%) and bringing back repeat customers (56%) as significant challenges in...
FedEx to Launch 12th Annual Small Business Grants Program
FedEx last week announced the upcoming launch of its 12th annual Small Business Grants Program, which will award more than $230,000 in grants and services...
February Sales Show Strong Consumer Spending
The Fiserv Small Business Index for February 2024 found that small business sales grew 3% month-over-month and 7% year-over-year. This index is an indicator...
Census Retail Sales Data Shows Consumers ‘Still Engaged’
Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau last week revealed that even though retail sales slowed in January, households continued to spend.
“Retail sales...
Super Bowl Spending Impact on Las Vegas
As expected, the Super Bowl created quite a spike in consumer spending across Las Vegas. According to a new report from Fiserv, the week...