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BY DEB WEINSTEIN – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
The future isn’t quite here, but Mesirow Financial’s Chief Economist and Senior Managing Director Diane C. Swonk says what it will look like is coming into focus. In [...]
Articles tagged with: consumers
Written By: Deb Weinstein on April 30, 2009
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BY DEB WEINSTEIN-MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
The latest on the credit crunch: Consumers are increasingly leaning on debit cards as opposed to banking on credit, according to a piece in the Wall Street Journal.
For San Francisco-based Visa Inc., this shift translates into a [...]
Written By: CTPou on March 11, 2009
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CLAUDIA-TERESA POU – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Advertisers face a daunting task in this economic crisis. How do they get consumers to spend money at a time when Americans are cutting back? It’s also a time when common knowledge tells us to save and go back to the basics.
Well, in response, advertisers have adjusted to the hard times [...]
Written By: Archi Sarkar on May 17, 2008
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By Archi Sarkar- Medill News Service
That’s right! This is exactly what retailers are saying to consumers this month. Tax rebate checks totaling up to $105.7 billion are now in, and retailers are fervently hoping for all that extra money to come right through their stores.
The hope is still on…
According to a [...]
