Wharton marketing professor Wendy De La Rosa was enjoying dinner with family when her cousin started raving about a new arrangement with his employer that allows him to access his wages each day through an app, rather than ...
Economics & Business
Jun 23, 2022
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(PhysOrg.com) -- U.S. chief financial officers say they have limited hiring plans over the next 12 months, and nearly 60 percent won?t return their staffing to pre-recession levels until 2012 or later.
Economics & Business
Jun 10, 2010
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Consumer sentiment was essentially unchanged from June, when it had reached an all-time low for the survey, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.
Economics & Business
Jul 29, 2022
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When a business wants to predict consumer expenditures at a competing firm, the task can be difficult.
Economics & Business
Sep 25, 2015
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If you think choosing between a candy bar and healthy snack is totally a matter of free will, think again. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that the choices we make to indulge ourselves or exercise self-control ...
Social Sciences
Oct 13, 2009
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Tablet computers fueled growth in 2012 in the market for "smart connected devices," which crossed the threshold of one billion units for the first time, a study showed Tuesday.
Business
Mar 26, 2013
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People are scaling back their spending habits and changing attitudes toward saving and borrowing after a year and a half of high inflation, according to a special report from the University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers.
Social Sciences
Nov 23, 2022
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H1N1 influenza could slow growth in key industries and stall already-weak GDP growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2009, says a health economist in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Business.
Economics & Business
Sep 23, 2009
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A number of service sectors were severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including the catering, retail, tourism and entertainment industries. Globally, policy makers have introduced various initiatives to reinvigorate ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2022
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With consumer spending dwindling over the past couple months, retailers are hoping to see it increase with the holiday shopping season. In order to seize the opportunity and boost sales, retailers need to ...
Economics & Business
Nov 6, 2009
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