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PayPal CEO Shulman: Consumers Moving To Digital Currency In Droves

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Consumers are moving to digital payments and cryptocurrency in droves, and it’s inevitable that more central banks will issue digital forms of currency, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said in a televised interview on Monday (Nov. 23) Benzinga report.

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US Retail Sales Up 2.4 Pct From Nov To Dec 24

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percent from Nov. Consumers shopped earlier than ever before,” he said. Across our expanded 75-day holiday shopping season , sales were up 3.0%, a testament to the holiday season and strength of retailers and consumers alike.”. Data from Adobe Analytics cited by the Journal and covering the period Nov. 11 and ending Dec.

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Mastercard’s Vosburg Sees Consumer Spending Changes

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Craig Vosburg , Mastercard ’s president of North America, said at a conference Monday (Nov. 16) that the company is seeing new consumer spending trends as a result of the pandemic. Consumer behaviors tend to be fairly sticky, particularly when the things that they're doing already work reasonably well,” said Vosburg.

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Nike, Pepsi Lead The Year Of Direct To Consumer

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This year will not only go down in history as “the year of the pandemic,” but for consumer packaged goods brands, it will also be known as “the year of direct to consumer.”. We'll continue to invest in it and will continue to iterate and pivot until we find the propositions that consumers find delightful and sticky.”.

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Is Vietnam Undergoing a Cashless Revolution?

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The Vietnam Consumer Trends 2024 report, released in October, explores key drivers set to fuel Vietnam’s growth and opportunities, highlighting that digital payment methods are gaining dominance, and helping improve financial inclusion and accessibility. In 2023, the number of domestic stock trading accounts reached 7.2

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Manufacturing Momentum Predicts Consumer Spend Recovery

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To that end, the latest data from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) showed on Monday (Nov. manufacturing sector continued a rebound that has stretched through the past six months, with the latest showing in October underpinned in part by consumer demand, which in turn translated into continued production of consumers goods.

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Alibaba Retail Exec: Chinese Consumers Spending More Amid Pandemic

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Shoppers in China are making up for lost time, throwing money at luxury goods and cosmetics amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a CNBC report on Tuesday (Nov. Consumer intention is still there. The annual invitation-only conference on Nov.