In a recent survey published by Amex, small business owners have cited cash flow and pricing as their concerns for the year. The third edition of the “Amex Trendex: Small Business Edition” surveyed 1,127 SMB decision-makers, including 514 businesses with 10 employees or less, 412 businesses with 11 to 100 employees and 201 businesses with 101 to 500 employees. Top concerns by SMB owner … Read more
In the midst of the ongoing financial crisis, women are rethinking how they do everything from celebrating friends’ milestones to planning families. In two separate consumer surveys, Credit Karma digs into the key changes women are making to adjust for the rise in cost of living and the nuanced shifts in behavior. Both surveys, conducted … Read more
Nicole Krensky believes she wouldn’t have her job as a product marketing director without a simple piece of advice she found lurking in a lifestyle Facebook group: Asking at the end of an interview, “Is there anything about my experience or our conversation that gives you pause in considering my candidacy?” The 35-year-old stumbled upon … Read more
When teacher and father Ichiro Ogawa is catapulted from 1986 to 2024, he scandalises millennials and Gen Z-ers with his disregard for their views on gender, family and labour rights. A poster advertising Extremely Inappropriate. Photo: Twitter/@NetflixJP Implicit in his candid words is a question: is society today, with its good intentions around issues like … Read more
Soaring rents, rising inflation and student debt are among some of the reasons millennials have struggled to purchase their own homes or build up their savings. Catherine Falls Commercial | Moment | Getty Images A gigantic wealth transfer over roughly the next decade will likely make millennials “the richest generation in history,” according to a … Read more
As the current economic landscape remains uncertain amid high interest rates and the high cost of living, some consumers are anxious during tax season, while others are hoping to receive refunds. In a recent report, Credit Karma published survey results looking at this year’s tax filing season. The survey conducted by Qualtrics on behalf of … Read more
As American consumers continue to worry about the economy and its unstable state of turmoil, new trends in consumer behavior in spending habits have emerged. Doom spending, or the act of spending money despite economic and political concerns, and “soft saving,” a flexible approach to saving money that prioritizes mental health and personal well-being are … Read more
Owning a home with three or more bedrooms is a lot more difficult for young families these days than it used to be. Baby boomers with no kids at home now own twice the share of large homes than millennials with children, which is a significant shift from just 10 years prior, according to data … Read more
Americans now need to make $120K a year to afford a typical middle-class life and qualify to purchase a home, one expert discusses. “I think most of us in America would define the middle class as somebody who can work a 40-hour-a-week career and can have the income to purchase the average home in America,” … Read more
There were 4.1 trillion music streams worldwide in 2023, according to a report released Wednesday, the first time streaming has ever crossed the four-trillion mark in a single year. The milestone number of global audio streams marked a 22.3% increase from 2022, according to data provider Luminate. The U.S. accounted for just over a quarter … Read more
