Online retail sales in the U.S. rose about 7% from January to April this year, an Adobe Analytics report showed on Thursday, ...

Marketing products that are discretionary purchases is different than marketing need-based, or everyday-use, items. You have to persuade people that your product is worth spending what limited ...

Consumers are seeing a lot of price increases in basic necessities, and experts say that's impacting their spending habits.

The markdowns come after inflation pushed prices higher for the last two years and stores are hoping to incentivize shoppers ...

which has struggled because of consumer’s unwillingness to buy discretionary items. Walgreens reported a 4.7% sales growth on ...

Companies in this sector hinge on a strong consumer ready to spend on non-essential or "discretionary" items. Sign up for stock news with our Invested newsletter. Much like technology, consumer ...

As you can see, there are some discretionary items in this list, and some non-discretionary items. So, depending on your particular spending plans, your personal inflation rate will vary.

Numerous retailers have announced price cuts in recent weeks, aiming to attract shoppers back into their stores.

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The firm thinks Five Below (FIVE) is in harm's way of seeing consumers pull back on spending on discretionary items. Analyst Matthew Boss noted that over the last eight quarters, Five Below's ...

Small business sales grew 5.6% year over year and 2.2% month over month, according to the Fiserv Small Business Index for ...