Inflation creeps into every corner of your life, from the prices at the grocery store to the balance in your savings account. It’s a reality that can make you anxious about your financial future.

The newly updated food pyramid is unlikely to trigger an overnight transformation in how Americans eat. But over time, it ...

As a child of the Great Depression, my father used to keep what he called a “BS account” at the bank. Every month, he contributed money to this savings account and whenever it reached a certain level, ...

Credence goods are services for which consumers find it challenging to assess quality, even post-consumption. In these markets, experts possess superior information, creating a potential for fraud, ...

In my first article in this series, I laid out an approach for identifying the modes that people get into, and I introduced the idea of a mode map. For part two, I’d like to apply mode map thinking to ...

Consumers are spending steadily but shifting toward smaller, more frequent, value-focused purchases. Retailers are modernizing with digital tools, automation and hybrid shopping to meet evolving ...

New wireless carriers show how retail consumer segmentation is shifting toward identity, behavior, trust, and affiliation, offering insights for retail and brand leaders.

McDonald’s second quarter included positive same-store sales, to the tune of +2.5%. It was a welcomed report after back-to-back negative quarters, which just doesn’t happen all too often at the Golden ...

The Hershey Company’s HSY stock has taken a hit recently, with a 11.8% drop over the past three months compared with the industry’s decline of 9.3%. The iconic chocolate maker is facing an ...