If you didn’t see it last week, do check out some brand new information about consumers and how they plan to file their return and spend (some of) their tax refund this year.  Conducted in early February 2010 in partnership with BIGresearch, this NRF consumer survey found that: 

61% of US taxpayers expected to file their taxes by the [...]

The economy. Mobile. The “new” consumer. Social media. And they’re all brought together by another hot topic in retail: customer ratings and reviews. So for our next Talking With…, we reached out to entrepreneur Brett Hurt, CEO of BazaarVoice, a social commerce technology company that boasts 50 of the top 100 retailers as clients. The [...]

In an ongoing effort to understand how consumers continue to adapt to the recession, we recently asked BIGresearch to explore with consumers what “big ticket” purchases they have either put off – or may never make at all. While tighter purse strings are a given these days, the results illustrate how priorities differ across consumer [...]

I recently asked members of the Content, Member Services, and Research Committees for input on consumer research topics for the next several months.  As part of the many thoughtful suggestions these fine folks put forth, I heard several requests for up to date consumer sentiment regarding the economy.  One question in particular was, “What will [...]

In the constant push-and-pull between retailers and manufacturers, we thought it might be interesting for our next Talking With… to feature an executive from a company with both groups under the same umbrella. So we reached out to Matt Rubel, Chairman, CEO and President of Collective Brands, a company that includes both a retailer [...]