U.S. consumer giants are finding China a challenging market as slowing consumer spending and strong local competition impact sales. Tech titan Apple, coffee chain Starbucks, and sportswear giant Nike have all reported sales dips in […]
In July, the U.S. retail sales report showed a surprising increase, despite the inflationary pressures and a series of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. The Commerce Department reported a seasonally adjusted increase of 0.7% for […]
In March, UK inflation persisted at over 10%, mainly due to skyrocketing bread prices. Consumer prices increased by 10.1%, with food prices climbing by 19.2%—the highest increase in 45 years. Bread and cereals experienced a […]
Nestle, one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, is planning to increase prices again this year as they grapple with food inflation and the surging cost of ingredients. The Swiss conglomerate, famous all […]
Annual food prices in the UK went up by 14.7% in October, representing the largest increase since records began in 2008. Driven largely by the knock-on effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, food inflation is […]
In the last few months, American consumers have been going mad for online shopping, with the result being a buoyant shipping industry across the transpacific. In these coronavirus times, consumer demand for household goods has […]
Josh Frydenberg, the Australian Treasurer, announced on Wednesday that the economy is likely to have shrunk by as much as 9% from April to June. This further decline in size, following a 0.3% contraction in […]
As the world’s economies continue to reel from the damage caused by the spread of Covid-19, Supercar manufacturer McLaren is the latest company to announce a huge wave of layoffs. The British based firm is […]
The latest in a long list of ‘historic lows’ since Covid-19 wiped out the global economy is the total collapse of the American retail sector. Data released by the US Census Bureau has shown that […]
The global fashion industry, valued at over US$2 trillion, has been hit extremely hard by the worldwide spread of Covid-19, resulting in business closures, loss of jobs, and plummeting sales throughout the whole supply chain. […]
For a student of economics, one of the first concepts we learn about is the different types of goods. That is a normal good, a luxury good, and an inferior good. By normal, we don’t […]
As consumers around the world look for any way they can to fend off the deadly coronavirus, drinking copious amounts of orange juice has emerged as one of the most popular strategies. Packed full of […]
Since the deadly outbreak of Covid-19, there have been cases all over the world of panic-stricken consumers rushing to supermarkets and filling their trolleys with everything they can get their hands on. We’ve mainly heard […]
With growing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus in Australia, supermarkets and other retailers have been stockpiling supplies of toilet paper over fears that they may face a sudden shortage. In response to the […]
With millions of people in self-imposed quarantine across China and severe travel restrictions, small and medium sized businesses could be on the verge of collapse. Since the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in January, businesses […]
The price of wine is dropping fast in the US as a result of changing patterns in consumer behaviour. Where wine was once the popular choice of alcoholic beverage for many young Americans, demand has […]
An unexpected surge in economic growth at the end of 2019 was very good news for the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who will soon be battling in a national election. GDP increased by 4.8% […]
A recent study in the US found that increasing the excise tax (tax paid on the purchase of a specific good) on alcohol products could lead to a reduction in consumption by as much as […]
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