CivicScience constantly tracks breaking retail and market news, available as a free preview to registered subscribers. For even deeper insights, get in touch. On a Thursday earnings call, Walmart announced that it beat Wall Street expectations for sales and profits in Q2 – and the company raised its full-year forecast for net sales and earnings […]
Americans Not Confident In Obtaining Home Insurance Amid Natural Disasters
Extreme weather events due to climate change are leaving many homeowners across the country uncertain about home insurance coverage. While states like California and Florida are predominately hit with severe weather, such as wildfires and hurricanes, recent reports suggest insurance rates could increase by nearly 25% to 35% across the country next year due to […]
Concerns Over AI and Zoom’s Data Privacy Go Hand in Hand
CivicScience is constantly tracking the latest breaking tech news, available as a free preview to registered subscribers. For even deeper insights, get in touch. As companies develop their generative artificial intelligence tech – and cull data to train these tools directly from consumer input – they will potentially reach a tolerance limit from their users. […]
One Subscription Too Many – Video Streaming Reaches an Inflection Point as Consu
With more video streaming services available than ever before, the consumer has unprecedented freedom to pick and choose content to watch. But they also have to navigate and keep track of the services they subscribe to, as well as contend with changes to that service, such as recent and expected price increases. Every streaming service […]
Economic Sentiment Index: Is the Summer of Good Feelings Coming to an End?
Economic sentiment decreased over the past two weeks, possibly marking the end of a period of relatively high sentiment that began in mid-June. The Penta-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) fell 1.4 points to 34.0 —the third-largest decline of the year. All of the ESI’s five indicators decreased over the past two weeks. Confidence in making […]
5 Unexpected Consumer Insights About Tesla Cybertruck Fans
CivicScience frequently tracks unexpected consumer insights, available as a free preview to registered subscribers. For even more insights, get in touch. Elon Musk has had a lot on his plate lately, but one long-anticipated, show-stopping development in the Tesla realm appears to be nearing fruition. In 2019, Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck, their first electric pickup, […]