Consumers are a tribal bunch, and the groups they choose to belong to are significant to how those consumers view themselves and live their lives. Much the way they pick like-minded friends, consumers ...

Even as overall inflation cools, food prices are still rising faster, keeping pressure on household budgets. Meanwhile, ...

Most people want to be sustainable, but have a hard time taking the necessary actions. According to Nielsen, a data analytics company, sustainability is the latest consumer trend. Their research shows ...

As we enter the second half of this decade, consumer behavior continues to shift rapidly. There are many factors at play from rising consumer costs to higher digital engagement to an increased demand ...

Buying a car used to involve visiting many dealerships. People would flip through newspaper ads or drive around looking ...

This is the first in a series of monthly conversations between Nation’s Restaurant News and The NPD Group, exploring how the restaurant industry is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. While the ...

McDonald’s second quarter included positive same-store sales, to the tune of +2.5%. It was a welcomed report after back-to-back negative quarters, which just doesn’t happen all too often at the Golden ...

Consumer behavior—or how people buy and use goods and services—is a rich field of psychological research, particularly for companies trying to sell products to as many potential customers as possible.

In the summer of 2012, I had just learned of a new service where a driver would pick you up in their own car, not a taxi or licensed town car. You’d be able to ...

It's not hard to do with the pandemic-induced shortages. While bidets are more common elsewhere, the U.S. is just starting to more widely adopt bathroom habits that have been accepted for many years ...

Music is widely used to motivate human behaviors and to influence mindset. Background music plays an important role in our everyday lives (eating, drinking, shopping, and driving). It is an important ...