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  • RILA Names VP for Tax Policy

    The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has hired Mark Warren as VP for tax policy.

  • Kroger Debuts Personal Finance Money Shop in New Unit

    A new 80,000-square-foot Kroger store that opened in Norwood, Ohio, features the retailer’s Cincinnati/Dayton division’s first Kroger Personal Finance Money Shop, which offers insurance and lending services -- including mortgages and equity loans, home and car insurance, renters insurance and term life insurance -- alongside check-cashing services, money orders and money transfers, bill paying, and more.

  • Nielsen: Consumers Cautiously Ready to Spend Again

    Restraint will be the new mantra among consumers, according to the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Survey. But that doesn’t mean they won’t start spending again in the near future.

  • Americans Using Credit Cards Less

    The state of the economy is causing more people to desist from using credit cards in an attempt to stem spending. A new consumer survey from Chicago-based market research firm Mintel found that over two in five adults (43 percent) say they're using debit cards more and credit cards less because of the recession.

  • Wal-Mart Shoppers Buying More Discretionary Items

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s U.S. customers are spending more on discretionary items as payroll taxes decrease and gasoline prices plummet, Reuters reported last week.

  • Economy Drives U.S. Grillers' Outdoor Cooking Plans: Poll

    Nearly two-thirds (61 percent) of American outdoor grill owners are planning to grill at home more and eat out less this year, and 74 percent of this group cite the economy as the reason, according to the 20th Annual Weber GrillWatch Survey, the first and most comprehensive objective, third-party study on why, where, when, and how Americans grill.

  • Credit Card Cos., Obama to Discuss Practices

    In an attempt to halt "deceptive practices" by some credit card companies and make it easier for consumers to understand terms and rates, President Barack Obama will bring executives of credit card companies to the White House for a meeting Thursday to discuss those issues, according to Obama administration spokesman Robert Gibbs.

  • Pricing in an Economic Crisis

    The economic downturn continues to put stress on consumers, causing accelerated changes in basic purchasing patterns.
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