inflation Archives

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LISTEN: Inflation Continues to Take a Toll on Consumers

While worries about a recession are cooling, consumer purchasing power is 11% lower than it was just two years ago. Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. for the WJR...

byStartupNation

August 15, 2023

LISTEN: Back to School Shopping Hit by Inflation

A new survey from ICSC, a trade organization that represents the shopping center industry, reports about 48% of U.S. adults plan to buy some back-to-school items this year, spending an average of $969 during the...

byStartupNation

August 8, 2023

Shrinkflation for Shoppers: Big Brands Continue to Downsize Their Products

Big brands are continuing to downsize their products as shrinkflation continues. Shrinkflation refers to a marketing strategy in which companies reduce the size or quantity of a product while keeping the price the same or...

byStartupNation

May 10, 2023

How Startups Can Manage the Risk of Inflation

With its campaign of raising interest rates time and again, the Federal Reserve appears to have inflation on the run. But there’s no denying that the economy feels a bit unstable these days. For the...

byCharlie Fletcher

April 7, 2023

Lindsay Mueller on Inflation’s Impact on Business

On this segment of the "Pre W. Smith Show" on WJR, host Jeff Sloan and Bizwomen writer Lindsay Mueller discuss the ugly multifaceted impact of inflation on small businesses. Tune in to the Great Voice...

byJeff Sloan

June 15, 2022

How Startups Can Survive — and Even Thrive — in an Economic Crisis

Just as the economic effects of the pandemic showed signs of receding, the world has been hit with the prospect of an even more severe inflationary spike due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the ensuing...

byMichael Podolsky

March 29, 2022