Tag: Sporting Goods

Michael Gunther

Jun 25, 2026 | 5 minutes read | Insight Flash

Consumer Edge data shows that adoption of paid AI subscriptions among consumers is growing rapidly across all income and age groups, with the percent...

Michael Gunther

Jun 17, 2026 | 5 minutes read | Insight Flash

Gas prices have risen sharply since the start of the Iran war, raising concerns about discretionary spending as consumers have less money left over a...

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Jesse Waldvogel

Apr 24, 2025 | 5 minutes read | Insight Deep Dive

As the US economy faces mounting headwinds in 2025 and personal savings rates near pre-pandemic levels, consumer wallets have been increasingly stret...

Michael Gunther

Dec 12, 2024 | 5 minutes read | Insight Flash

Numerous reports indicated a better-than-expected Black Friday / Cyber Monday as consumers sought out deals and the holiday shopping season went into...

Dec 11, 2024 | 5 minutes read | All Posts

Active Student Loan Payers outperformed non-payers by 2.1 points across major holiday spending categories according to Earnest Orion transaction data...

Katherine Bjorkman

Jun 3, 2024 | 5 minutes read | Insight Market Hit

In its recent earnings call following its sales beat, Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) described an optimistic environment where consumers are bouncing ...

Michael Gunther

Dec 18, 2023 | 5 minutes read | Insight Flash

The Consumer Edge Insight Center (CEIC) provides timely insight into holiday spending trends for consumer industries and individual brands built from...

Michael Gunther

Dec 11, 2023 | 5 minutes read | Insight Flash

The Consumer Edge Insight Center (CEIC) provides timely insight into holiday spending trends for consumer industries and individual brands built from...

Oct 24, 2022 | 5 minutes read | All Posts

Consumer spending in the days prior to a hurricane making landfall can spike up to 30% as people stock up on fuel and essentials. Hurricane Ian was n...

Stacie Rabinowitz

Dec 7, 2021 | 5 minutes read | Insight Deep Dive

As shoppers are gleefully returning to stores this holiday season, where is the biggest divergence between online and offline growth rates?  In tod...

Stacie Rabinowitz

Jun 24, 2021 | 5 minutes read | Insight Deep Dive

As outdoor activities continue to grow in popularity, stores selling hiking and camping gear are preparing for a busy summer season.  In today’s I...

Stacie Rabinowitz

Mar 29, 2021 | 5 minutes read | Insight Deep Dive

In today’s Insight Flash, we take advantage of our newly launched UK channel data for industries and subindustries in our UK Brand Universe to exam...

Stacie Rabinowitz

Mar 4, 2021 | 5 minutes read | Insight Deep Dive

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed shopper behaviors dramatically over the last year, especially in accelerating the adoption of online shopping.  As...

Stacie Rabinowitz

Feb 25, 2021 | 5 minutes read | Insight Deep Dive

With the COVID-19 pandemic leaving most shoppers sheltered in place, many Americans have turned to crafting to pass the time.  JOANN is taking advan...

Stacie Rabinowitz

Feb 8, 2021 | 5 minutes read | Insight Deep Dive

January has historically been the Black Friday of the fitness industry, with New Year’s Resolutions spurring an increase in gym memberships and ath...

Jan 25, 2021 | 5 minutes read | All Posts

Tensions and anxiety surrounding the US Capitol siege on January 6th appear to have manifested themselves in firearm sales....

Dec 10, 2020 | 5 minutes read | Consumer>Retail

The Earnest First Choice Retailer Rankings are based on the credit and debit card spend of millions of de-identified U.S. consumers. Earnest identifi...

Stacie Rabinowitz

Oct 21, 2020 | 5 minutes read | Insight Deep Dive

Consumer Edge credit card data has been very effective in predicting Macro-level economic growth trends.  For the unadjusted Retail sales number tha...

alejandra

Sep 24, 2020 | 5 minutes read | Consumer>Macro

We have refreshed our back to school (B2S) analysis (read Part One) now that the full season is behind us, and added a detailed analysis on discounti...

Aug 20, 2020 | 5 minutes read | Consumer>Macro

The pandemic is wreaking havoc on school reopenings as decisions around in class vs. remote learning vary by county and sometimes by week. It’s no ...

Jul 1, 2020 | 5 minutes read | Consumer>Macro

As consumer spending revives, we took a deeper look at income levels to understand how different earnings cohorts are driving the ongoing recovery. W...

May 20, 2020 | 5 minutes read | Consumer>Macro

Total consumer foot traffic declines have improved 10 percentage points from the lows in late March, yet still remain down 39% YoY. ...

Mar 25, 2020 | 5 minutes read | Consumer>Macro

Earnest Analytics (FKA Earnest Research) continues to track the coronavirus impact on consumer spending across grocery, food delivery, travel, retail...