Kim Souza

As a little girl growing up in McGehee (Desha County), Latriece Watkins said she was most fascinated by the store cashiers at her local Walmart store in the farming town of roughly 3,500 people.

Online grocery became more popular during the COVID-19 pandemic, but six years later it has stabilized as a core mode of commerce for food, according to a new report from McKinsey. Online grocery is entering a phase where delivery has become dominant, and a hybrid fulfillment model is required.

A new report from analytical marketing firm Numerator found 86 million U.S. households, or two-thirds of the country's families, are now shopping online each week. The number is up from 40%, a level it has maintained since 2019.

Monica Royer, co-founder and CEO of Monica + Andy, never set out to own and run a children and family brand of organic cotton clothing and other personal care items. She worked in the pharmaceutical industry for a decade after earning a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Despite higher gasoline prices and slowing wage growth, consumers with school-age children are expected to dole out an average of $863.86 for back-to-school shopping this year. That per-household figure is up slightly from a year ago.

On Monday, Aug. 3, Tyson Foods is expected to post revenue and income gains in its fiscal third quarter ending June 30, despite ongoing and expensive challenges in its large beef segment.

Tyson Foods on Monday (Aug. 3) reported adjusted quarterly net income of 99 cents per share, better than 91 cents in the same quarter of the previous year, but below the consensus estimate of $1.01. The company's beef segment again pulled overall numbers lower.

Consumers are watching gasoline prices and ever-changing tariff policy, and that is changing shopping behaviors, according to data from Placer.ai. R.J. Hottovy, head of analytical research at Placer.ai, recently said...

The National Retail Federation (NRF) reports that total consumer retail spending increased for the 10th consecutive month in July, rising 5.15% from a year ago. The July results were below the 9.41% sales gain reported in June.

Inflation remains stubborn in some categories, with the consumer price index rising 3.4% in July from a year ago, outpacing the rate of wage growth which registered 3.2% as of last month.