Tag: General Merchandise

Michael Gunther

May 15, 2026 | 5 minutes read | Insight Flash

Since the U.S.–Iran conflict escalated in late February, consumers have faced a more challenging macro backdrop, including higher gas prices, firme...

Dec 3, 2024 | 5 minutes read | All Posts

Lululemon customers are spending more at Alo Yoga than at Lululemon according to new findings from Earnest credit card data. Six years after their fi...

alejandra

Dec 3, 2024 | 5 minutes read | All Posts

TikTok Shop is taking share of holiday sales from the brands where its users are most likely to shop according to Earnest credit card data. The platf...

Nov 25, 2024 | 5 minutes read | All Posts

Holiday consumer spending is down 1.4% this season compared to 2023 according to Earnest credit card data. Spending from Nov 1-13 shows that holiday ...

alejandra

Jan 5, 2022 | 5 minutes read | Consumer>Macro

The final installment of our 2021 holiday shopping series—subscribe to receive our upcoming reports....

alejandra

Dec 15, 2021 | 5 minutes read | Consumer>Macro

Total aggregate consumer spending grew 3% YoY in the week ending Dec 7th according to the Earnest Analytics (FKA Earnest Research) Spend Index (ERSI*...

Nov 18, 2021 | 5 minutes read | Consumer>Macro

Part one of our three-part holiday shopping series—subscribe to receive our upcoming reports....

Dec 17, 2020 | 5 minutes read | Consumer>Retail

As consumers navigate through a pandemic-defined holiday season, we took the opportunity to dig into the start of this season’s behavior utilizing ...

Nov 19, 2020 | 5 minutes read | Consumer>Retail

As we head into the holiday season, the health of the newly acquired COVID shopper is top of mind. With the pandemic driving shoppers online, the ret...

Jul 9, 2020 | 5 minutes read | Consumer>Macro

Earnest continues to monitor the consumer response to the resurgence of coronavirus cases across parts of the U.S. As more states see a peak in new c...