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Streaming Surpasses Linear TV in Viewership for the First Time in May

June 19, 2025 by Ted Leave a Comment

Chart showing Streaming surpassing Cable & Broadcast in viewing share

Beginning in 2021, Nielsen – a global leader in audience measurement – began tracking the share of viewership between legacy linear providers (broadcast and cable) and streaming services. Since the launch of that tracking, streaming has been continually gaining on linear TV. Now, the latest data from Nielsen shows that streaming has overtaken linear TV for the first time in May.

See more on streaming exceeding linear TV

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Media, News, Tech Trends, Technology Tagged With: Netflix, Nielsen, streaming, YouTube

Consumer Sentiment Improves for the First Time in Six Months; ‘Consumers Remain Guarded’

June 17, 2025 by Ted Leave a Comment

Thanks to the administration’s continued postponement of higher tariffs in international trade, consumer sentiment rebounded in a preliminary June reading. This is the first such improvement in six months as diminished tariff pressure resulted in a more positive consumer outlook.

However, the improved reading is still well below the reading in December 2024.

See more on the latest reading on consumer sentiment

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, Statistics Tagged With: consumer sentiment, Index of Consumer Sentiment, University of Michigan

LVMH: The Small Shudder That Rocked the Luxury World; Is Luxury Spending Declining?

April 24, 2025 by Ted Leave a Comment

LVMH Q1/2025 results
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It was a small thing really. I mean, any decline in revenue is not good, but a 3% decline doesn’t sound particularly troublesome. But when that small 3% revenue decline hit Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), that slight shudder hit more like an earthquake that had the whole world of luxury shaking. You see LVMH is the world’s most valuable luxury company.

Or, I should say, LVMH was the world’s most valuable luxury company…

See more on LVMH & what it means for luxury spending around the world…

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Financial, News Tagged With: consumer spending, luxury market, LVMH

Consumer Sentiment Slides to Historically Low Levels

April 15, 2025 by Ted Leave a Comment

The University of Michigan (U of M) has released a preliminary reading of its Index of Consumer Sentiment (ICS) for April and it shows a continuing and startling slide in consumer sentiment, dropping another double-digit percentage from last month’s reading. In fact, this preliminary reading for April is the second-lowest reading in consumer sentiment in the entire 73-year history of the survey!

Learn about this decline in consumer sentiment that exceeded expectations

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, Feature, News Tagged With: consumer confidence, Index of Consumer Sentiment, University of Michigan

Consumer Confidence Crashes in March; Future Expectations Hit 12-Year Low

March 26, 2025 by Ted Leave a Comment

The latest reading on the current mood of consumers – the Consumer Confidence Index produced by The Conference Board – dropped by 7.2 points in March to a reading of 92.9. This is the fourth consecutive month of decline. The Expectations Index, consumers’ expectations for conditions within the next six months, dropped a startling 9.6 points to 65.2…the lowest level in 12 years.

See more on this surprising read on consumer confidence

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, Feature, News Tagged With: consumer confidence

More Red Flags as Sliding Consumer Sentiment & Spending Hit Economy

March 19, 2025 by Ted Leave a Comment

Red flags are flying as economy is impacted
[Image: Red flags flying on Wall Street – Microsoft Co-Pilot]

More signs of a potential downturn in the economy are emerging almost every day now, causing red flag warnings to be popping up just about everywhere. The fact that there are multiple warning signs that come from different sources tends to reinforce the general thinking that the U.S. economy is quickly entering the danger zone.

See the red flags impacting the economy that have emerged since my last report

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, Feature, News Tagged With: consumer spending, economy, inflation, small business

Another Sign of Rising Consumer Pessimism – the U of M Index of Consumer Sentiment

February 13, 2025 by Ted Leave a Comment

Another sign of a deteriorating consumer outlook arrived last Friday in the form of the Index of Consumer Sentiment (ICS), another highly respected data resource from the University of Michigan that is widely followed by economists, financial analysts, Wall Street, the Federal Reserve Board, government officials, the media, and more. Widely viewed as a reliable indicator of how consumers are feeling about their current circumstances, as well as their outlook for the future, and their expectations for inflation – it is a leading indicator of future economic direction.

The preliminary result of the ICS for February registered a significant drop in consumer sentiment. What is spooking consumers?

See more on the February Index of Consumer Sentiment decline…

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, News Tagged With: Index of Consumer Sentiment, inflation, Joanne Hsu, University of Michigan

Consumer Confidence Drops in January as Consumers Turn Pessimistic

January 30, 2025 by Ted 1 Comment

The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI), one of two major indexes tracking consumer sentiment on the U.S. economy, dropped in January, following what appeared to be a turning point to the negative side in late December. The CCI, a monthly survey of consumers conducted by The Conference Board and widely followed by economists as a reliable gauge that probes consumers’ thoughts on the economy – both in a rating of their present conditions…and in their rating of the near-term future prospects.

What does this unexpected decline mean for the economy?

See more on this drop in the Consumer Confidence Index

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, News, Statistics Tagged With: consumer confidence

At CES 2025 LG Goes Deep on AI; Sees Dollar Signs for ‘Space as a Service’

January 9, 2025 by Ted 2 Comments

The LG press conference at CES 25 focused on AI

Much like the last few years, exhibitors at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas have largely focused on advances in artificial intelligence (AI). All major manufacturers spoke to it…none more deeply than LG, whose 45-minute press conference began with AI…ended with AI…and had a lot of AI in the middle.

See more on how LG envisions AI’s transformation of Tech

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Feature, Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Shows & Events, Strategy, Tech Trends, Technology Tagged With: affectionate intelligence, AI, artificial intelligence, LG

On Eve of CES 2025, CTA Projects Tech Industry Sales of $537 Billion

January 7, 2025 by Ted 2 Comments

CES slide showing its powered by the CTA

Warns of the Negative Impact of Trump Tariffs

This past Sunday, on the eve of this week’s launch of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) released updated projections for total Tech industry sales in the year, as is its custom. According to the trade association, total Tech industry sales are expected to reach $537 billion – the highest level in history.

Read more on CTA projections for total Tech sales in 2025

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Filed Under: Associations, Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, Feature, News, Shows & Events, Statistics, Technology Tagged With: CES, Consumer Technology Association, CTA, Gary Shapiro, industry sales

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