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
September 11, 2026
Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store • Albertsons Companies, Inc. appointed Meg Whitman Executive Chair of the Board. Kim Fennebresque moved from Chair to Lead Independent Director. • Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is...
September 10, 2026
Generative AI is changing where B2B research begins. It hasn’t changed who still has to say yes. 69% of B2B buyers still turn to a sales rep to validate AI-generated...
September 4, 2026
Four months are left on the calendar, but that number is deceiving. Thanksgiving week is gone. The two weeks around Christmas and New Year’s are gone. For the retail and...
September 4, 2026
Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store • Kroger Co. has named Mark Ibbotson Executive Vice President and Chief Store Operations Officer, effective September 14. • Loblaw Companies Limited now expects to open approximately 75...
August 28, 2026
Why inbox rules, stale metrics and AI personalization are rewriting the playbook for teams selling into chain accounts Email still beats almost every other channel for return on effort....
August 28, 2026
Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store • Brookshire Grocery Company has named Jerry LeClair CEO, effective immediately. • Erewhon opened a Thousand Oaks, California store on August 26, its first location outside Los Angeles...