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CivicScience constantly tracks consumer response to the latest breaking news developments. For even more of our immediate insights, get in touch. On Monday night, former President Trump was charged with his fourth indictment and 91st criminal charge, stemming from his efforts to challenge the 2020 election results in Georgia. His third indictment came earlier this [...]Read More... from Over Two-Thirds of U.S. Adults Think Pending Criminal Charges Should Negatively Impact Presidential Eligibility

CivicScience is constantly tracking the latest breaking tech news, available as a free preview to registered subscribers. For even deeper insights, get in touch. As companies develop their generative artificial intelligence tech – and cull data to train these tools directly from consumer input – they will potentially reach a tolerance limit from their users. [...]Read More... from Concerns Over AI and Zoom’s Data Privacy Go Hand in Hand

CivicScience constantly tracks breaking retail and market news, available as a free preview to registered subscribers. For even deeper insights, get in touch. On a Thursday earnings call, Walmart announced that it beat Wall Street expectations for sales and profits in Q2 – and the company raised its full-year forecast for net sales and earnings [...]Read More... from Walmart’s Bullish Earnings Call Aligns With High Consumer Favorability and Grocery Store Cutbacks

CivicScience is constantly tracking breaking climate news developments, available to read in our News & Insights section. For even deeper insights we won’t publish, get in touch. After Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall in southern California, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook the northern part of the region already facing the storm. Although it was downgraded [...]Read More... from Nearly 4-in-10 U.S. Adults Have At Least Some Degree of ‘Eco-Anxiety’

CivicScience is constantly tracking breaking news and market developments available in our News & Insights section. For even deeper insights we won’t publish, get in touch. Just as the summer travel season winds down, gas prices have soared to a yearly high in a bulk of American markets. While the recent rise can be attributed [...]Read More... from Concerns About Gas Prices Could Put a Damper on Labor Day Car Travel

CivicScience constantly tracks breaking news developments in the entertainment industry. For even more insights we won’t publish, get in touch. Earlier this week, Oliver Anthony reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with his song “Rich Men North of Richmond.” The song effectively appeared out of nowhere, becoming a viral hit and making [...]Read More... from 1-in-5 Americans Say Musicians’ Beliefs and Lyrics Aligning With Their Own Is ‘Very Important’

While most facets of American public life have returned to the way they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the subtler changes lingered and continue to inform how companies operate. Take the fast-food/QSR dining experience; besides the explosion in takeout and food delivery, Covid ushered in a new emphasis on drive-through service and curbside [...]Read More... from As QSR Drive-Through Lanes Kick Dining Rooms to the Curb, These Chains Still Appeal to In-Person Diners

Last week, Gap held its second-quarter earnings call, reporting sales declines and lowering its full-year outlook for the rest of 2023. The company saw in-store sales take a slight tumble, with an even greater decrease in online sales. Gap will most likely attempt some maneuvering ahead of the holiday season to beat the bearish forecast. [...]Read More... from Gap Will Be Wise To Continue Its Focus On Nostalgia, Online Sales After Q2 Earnings Call

CivicScience constantly tracks the latest consumer reactions to breaking news events. For even deeper insights we won’t publish, get in touch. On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced the first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations. As part of the Inflation Reduction Act passed last year, Medicare gained the ability to negotiate lower prices with [...]Read More... from Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Set To Have Significant Impact on Older Americans

A version of this article originally appeared in ROAR Forward as part of a collaboration with their quarterly ROAR Report. For more retail insights like this from CivicScience, get in touch. With the wide variety of ways that retailers make shopping available to consumers through stores, brands, discounters, and shopping sites all developing multiple platforms, [...]Read More... from Brand Equity Has the Highest Influence on 55+ Shoppers