Publications | The Perryman Group
What have consumer spending patterns looked like the last several years?
Radio Spot Broadcast via Texas State Networks on August 11, 2025

Dr. Perryman discusses consumer spending patterns from the last several years.

What is the latest on consumer sentiment?
Radio Spot Broadcast via Texas State Networks on July 14, 2025

Dr. Perryman discusses a WalletHub survey on consumer sentiment.

Buy Now, Pay Later
Radio Spot Broadcast via Texas State Networks on May 07, 2025

Dr. Perryman discusses the increasing use of buy now pay later programs.

What do consumers think about future inflation?
Radio Spot Broadcast via Texas State Networks on April 04, 2025

Dr. Perryman discusses the latest consumer sentiments about inflation.

What does the latest consumer confidence survey show?
Radio Spot Broadcast via Texas State Networks on March 06, 2025

Dr. Perryman discusses the latest consumer confidence survey.

What do the latest consumer spending numbers show?
Radio Spot Broadcast via Texas State Networks on March 05, 2025

Dr. Perryman discusses the latest consumer spending numbers.

What has changed regarding medical debt and credit reports?
Radio Spot Broadcast via Texas State Networks on January 21, 2025

Dr. Perryman discusses the rule change that removes most medical debt from credit reports.

How have holiday sales been so far this year?
Radio Spot Broadcast via Texas State Networks on December 04, 2024

Dr. Perryman discusses Cyber Monday and holiday sales so far this year.

Holiday Hoopla!
Column Published in syndication November 27, 2024

It's that time again - let the holiday shopping begin in earnest! The National Retail Federation (NRF) projects that a record number of people (183.4 million) will be shopping during Thanksgiving weekend. Traditionally among the busiest shopping days of the year, "Black Friday" is often thought to be the day when retail outlets become profitable (or "go into the black") for the year. In reality, the term was first used in the 1860s to describe a gold market collapse engineered by some of the so-called "robber barons" and became associated with Thanksgiving in the 1960s in order to describe the chaos that often occurred in Philadelphia on the day between the holiday and the Army-Navy football game.