As the holiday season approaches, consumers are more cautious than in any year since the beginning of the new millennium. If their current buying plans for Christmas are implemented, retailers stand to have the weakest fourth quarter in a decade...

For many generations, home ownership has been a centerpiece of the American dream. That dream now lies tarnished. In early October, our monthly national study of housing plans found...

GPS-enabled navigation devices benefit from “high-tech Rosetta Stone” technology as they leapfrog past early adopter growth and surge almost directly into widespread, mainstream usage.

In an online survey of 863 U.S. households, the public revealed some significant interest, attitudes and opinions about prescription medications, the companies that make them, and the FDA. The survey was drawn and weighted to reflect the demographic distribution of the U.S. household population...

Cars are not only the biggest consumer purchase that is made, but they are bought more often than most other major purchases for the household. Not so long ago, nearly four in ten Americans were thinking about buying a car. Now, buying plans for cars are substantially lower. The monthly study of the automotive market by Leo J. Shapiro & Associates has seen a gradual and recently accelerating decline in the number of Americans thinking about purchasing a car. In 1994, 38% of households said they were planning to buy a car within the coming months. In 2007, so far, this percentage stands at 28%, a more than one fourth decline in buying plans.