To some extent, Americans are what they buy. Consumption trends--what people purchase more of, and what they suddenly stop buying--reveal a lot about what's happening...
Brad Tuttle
Brad Tuttle covers personal finance, consumer issues, and assorted nonsense for Money.com. He is a longtime contributor to the Business section of Time.com, was an editor at Wondertime and Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazines, and teaches part-time in the journalism department at UMass-Amherst. He lives with his wife and four sons in western Massachusetts.
McDonald's doesn't seem to mind that the masses have taken to Twitter to bash the new mascot, Happy, as creepy, even terrifying. The social media...
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Date labels on food were created with consumer safety in mind. But some of the labels result in confusion—and tons of perfectly safe food tossed...
The secret lies in making it crystal clear how much they'll save in gas costs over the long haul. In every car dealership, a new...
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Deep in your heart of hearts, you probably know you could unload the majority of your possessions without getting too upset. Could you get rid...
Free Cone Day is back at Haagen-Dazs, with free scoops being dished out at hundreds of shops starting at 4 p.m. today. Haagen-Dazs is celebrating...
Prices are on the rise for everything from meat to limes, from rent to Netflix. But one of life's commonplace expenses is surprisingly on the...
In advance of your Mother's Day plans (or lack thereof) not going over well today, here's some ammunition for making the case that you—and your...
The biggest complaints about electric cars are that they're too expensive or have limited driving range, or that don't have enough space for hauling gear...
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After routinely getting bashed in consumer surveys, Spirit Airlines is overhauling its brand to better explain its prices and policies. The gist is that travelers...
The Department of Transportation reported that U.S. airline companies brought in $3.35 billion in baggage fees last year, yet that healthy revenue stream has continued to drop as travelers have gotten better at figuring out ways to avoid paying baggage fees
Why aren't sales higher for electric vehicles and hybrid plug-ins? A big reason has to do with the technology that EVs are supposed to replace,...
We're still weeks away from Memorial Day and the peak travel days of summer. But it looks like gas prices mercifully won't go much higher...
In strong-growth markets like Charlotte, landlords are adopting dynamic pricing strategies similar to the airlines and Amazon.com—meaning the asking rent price for apartments can change...
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