What's Inside

The Coresight Research weekly US Consumer Survey Insights series takes a regular temperature check on US consumers’ behaviors and sentiment, based on exclusive proprietary survey data.

This week, in addition to our usual weekly findings on consumer sentiment, activities and shopping patterns, we dive into findings on off-price and dollar-store shopping specifically. Uncover shopping rates, popular retailers and the most bought categories in these sectors.

The latest data in this report are from our survey conducted on March 17, 2025, with headline findings on the dominance of The TJX Companies and Dollar Tree by off-price and dollar-store shopper penetration. We also highlight an end to the decline in consumers’ financial expectations.

Data in this research report are our latest proprietary survey findings on:

• Whether consumers have bought from off-price retailers or dollar stores in the past three months
• Popular retailers and product categories among off-price and dollar-store shoppers
• Consumers’ expectations for the economy overall and for their own personal financial situation—plus, breakdowns of our findings by income
• Where consumers have bought food and nonfood products from in the last two weeks
• What consumers have bought in-store and online in the last two weeks
• Activities that consumers have done in the past two weeks

Companies mentioned in this research report include: Dollar Tree/Family Dollar, Dollar General, The TJX Companies

Other relevant research:

• Inflation Up, Sentiment Down: Alarm Bells for the US Consumer Economy?
• March 2025 US Retail Sales Outlook: Lowering Our Retail Growth Projections in an Uncertain Context
• Market Outlook: Off-Price Is On Top as Growth Continues
• Where Shoppers Live vs. Where They Shop: US Consumer Survey Insights Extra
• Coresight Research US Consumer Survey Databank provides additional insight into US consumer behaviors from our weekly surveys.