Plant-Based Food Trends: Inflation Bad, Frozen Good by Steve Ellwanger , October 21, 2022 The last thing the hyper-competitive, plant-based foods space needs is rampant food-price inflation. When it comes to plant-based meat alternatives, taste/texture and price have always been among the main hurdles to consumer trial—but price has risen to the forefront in … Continue reading Plant-Based Food Trends: Inflation Bad, Frozen Good
Inflation Is Squeezing The Sandwich Generation Into Paninis by Corinne Casagrande , October 4, 2022 Rising costs put pressure on the sandwich generation, defined as adults who have a parent 65 or older, and are either raising a child under 18 or providing financial support to an adult child. More than half of U.S. adults … Continue reading Inflation Is Squeezing The Sandwich Generation Into Paninis
holiday New Inflation Worries Cloud Holiday Forecasts by Sarah Mahoney , Staff Writer @mahoney_sarah, October 4, 2022 Rising consumer concerns about inflation are already causing retailers to second-guess their holiday marketing strategies. But new research from the NPD Group shows those worries are growing rapidly, with 29% of consumers saying finances and the economy will cause … Continue reading New Inflation Worries Cloud Holiday Forecasts
By Sam Becker August 26, 2022 As millions of kids pile back into schools for the start of the fall semester, parents have been scrambling to make it through the back-to-school shopping season. While back-to-school shopping is something of an end-of-summer tradition for millions of families with school-age kids, rising prices … Continue reading Inflation comes for back-to-school shopping
By Elissaveta M. Brandon August 22, 2022 I have wanted an Adirondack chair ever since I first sat on one, but I didn’t expect my first possession to come in inflatable form. AeroRondack—as this air-filled version of the chair is called—may well be the most unusual piece of furniture ever to have graced my … Continue reading Meet the inflatable Adirondack chair
Rising Inflation May Sideline Cause-Related Marketing by Ben Essen , August 26, 2022 The following was previously published in an earlier edition of Marketing Insider. Let’s take it back to 2021, when everyone dreamed vividly about the post-pandemic world and all its potential, forecasting post-COVID realities where masks would become a thing of the past … Continue reading Rising Inflation May Sideline Cause-Related Marketing
By Clint Rainey August 10, 2022 Wednesday finally brought Americans some good news on the inflation front. The Labor Department reported that consumer prices rose 0% for the month of July, perhaps the best indicator yet that inflation may have peaked. That means consumer prices were unchanged for the month of July. … Continue reading 0% inflation is nice, but this number from today’s CPI report is even more encouraging
By Shalene Gupta August 01, 2022 With inflation at a record high of 9.1%, employees are desperate for raises. Technically, this should be doable. Corporate profits are up 8.7% from the start of the year, and they’re projected to grow 10.6%, according to data from Bloomberg. But don’t hold your breath for a raise—that is, … Continue reading Here’s why you may not get a raise this year just because of inflation
By Shalene Gupta July 29, 2022 After more than two years of the pandemic, the lure of airports and airplanes, faraway locales, and stuffed suitcases is proving to be irresistible to many Americans. According to the latest inflation tracker from market research firm Ipsos, which gathers data from 10,000 people across the globe … Continue reading Inflation vacation! Here’s why Americans are plowing ahead with summer travel despite rising costs
By Talib Visram July 28, 2022 Thanks to an unanticipated U-turn from Senator Joe Manchin, Senate Democrats have reached a deal on a new reconciliation bill that, if passed, would offer the most funding in history to curb carbon emissions and protect energy security. It’s framed as the Inflation Reduction Act, because it … Continue reading The Inflation Reduction Act is also an enormous climate bill. What’s in it?
