consumer

In a July earnings presentation, Co-CEO Greg Peters reminded analysts of the market opportunity for games, with $150 billion in consumer spending not including ad revenue or markets in China and Russia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

A new US consumer sentiment survey by the University of Michigan showed confidence dropped by around eight percent in August, ending two months of gains.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Red Robin has been studying consumer data to understand where its lapsed diners have gone and target them with ads promising a similar experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

They used shared mutations as biological markers of ancestry, somewhat like a consumer ancestry testing service.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

But what Veblen could not have foreseen is where some of that pressure is coming from, says Juliet B. Schor, a professor of sociology at Boston College who has written widely on consumer culture.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

But she warned: "Even with lower spending on gas in July, consumers weren't eager to spend elsewhere."

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Across all consumers, only 8% expect their income growth to exceed inflation in the year ahead … a reflection of the belief that high prices will continue to be burdensome,” she wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

In his FAQ, Goldner puts the problem plainly: consumers shouldn’t have to be “decoding packaging on the fly.”

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

“An entire generation of consumers has shopped and purchased air travel under this system, and we believe a change could be extremely disruptive,” Southwest wrote in its request.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

But there was another finding in the survey that perhaps explained why parents were not all that concerned: They themselves were massive consumers of media.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel