Consumers Keep Spending as Economic Confidence Slips
Forward spending expectations rise 4.1%, setting up the holiday season as a key test of household resilience.
Consumers Keep Spending as Economic Confidence Slips
October 23, 2026
Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store • Buc-ee’s announced Oct. 20 plans for a 74,000-square-foot travel center with 120 fueling positions in Rocky Mount, NC, which would be its second North Carolina...
October 23, 2026
Unspent budget doesn’t roll over. The plan you build with it does. It happens the same way every year. It’s late October. The forecast is mostly written. And somewhere in...
October 16, 2026
Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store • Ahold Delhaize shareholders on Oct. 13 elected Thierry Garnier to the Management Board ahead of his 2027 succession of CEO Frans Muller, and added Ahold...
October 15, 2026
Chick-fil-A won’t shrink the sandwich. Costco won’t touch the hot dog. The cost has to land somewhere, and suppliers are next in line. Craig Melvin asked the question every...
October 9, 2026
Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store • Ahold Delhaize USA Chief Commercial and Digital Officer Keith Nicks departed Oct. 7 after 36 years with the company. • Albertsons Companies Brian Monahan departed...
October 8, 2026
AI is moving into prospecting and purchasing. The data underneath it decides who wins. AI in B2B has moved past research assistance. It is starting to act. Gartner predicts...