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THE CLEAN FRIDGE CLUB
by Charlotte Beal Four months before the Great Recession became official, I penned what I pegged a top trend for 2009: “Buying Out,” or consumers engaging in deconsumption to save money, lighten the...
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“We’ll pay you not to be a customer!”
by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING American Express launched a program in February 2009 to help consumers “simplify your finances” by paying off and closing their accounts. The carrot? A $300 cash...
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Dress rental services have recessionistas covered
by Nissa Hanna WHAT’S HAPPENING To help recessionistas cope in this economy, apparel rental services are coming to the rescue. Dress Vault facilitates the lending, borrowing, buying and selling of...
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South Floridians keeping quinceañera costs down
by Abelardo de la Peña Jr. WHAT’S HAPPENING Latina teens take heart: Despite the teetering economy, the quinceañera must go on, as parents find ways to cut costs for the coming of age celebration. In...
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THE REVALUATION REVOLUTION
by Josh Kimball At Iconoculture, we tackle the issues shaping the culture. In 2008, for our inaugural Cultural Zeitgeist series, we looked at some biggies: the finitude of the earth’s resources (“A...
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Mom-and-pop shops move into malls
by Nissa Hanna WHAT’S HAPPENING Having been hit hard by the recession, many indoor shopping centers are seeing new tenant rates drop and national chains closing shop. The Coronado Center and Cottonwood...
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Podcast: Crystal Ball 2010
Gregg Archibald, Derek Stubbs and Hans Eisenbeis discuss signs of recovery, holiday shopping, and what’s in store for the consumer economy in 2010. Download December’s economic podcast here: Financial...
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Target spearheads a new trend: Plastic without Visa
by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING Target is one of the nation’s first major retailers to bring back an old-fashioned form of credit: store-branded plastic that can only be used at Target stores and...
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Debit cards still whipping out more often than credit
by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING In May 2009, Visa announced that debit transactions had surpassed credit billings for the first time in company history. One year later, Mastercard announced that...
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Target offers massive reward for use of RED cards
by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING In autumn 2010, Target will reward customers who use their Target credit cards and debit cards in stores across the U.S. and at Target.com. Whipping out the RED will...
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