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 discuss how shoppers perceive and are responding to inflation.

The latest data in this report are from our survey conducted on March 24, 2025, with headline findings on the prevalence of trading down as an inflation-combating strategy.

Plus, we detail our view on the US consumer economy, given uncertainty amid tariffs and recent declines in consumer sentiment.

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

• Consumers’ expectations for the economy overall and for their personal financial situation
• Consumers’ perceptions of inflation, and its impact on grocery and nongrocery spending
• 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: Aldi, Amazon, Costco, Dollar General, Kroger, Target, Walmart

Other relevant research:

• March 2025 US Retail Sales Outlook: Lowering Our Retail Growth Projections in an Uncertain Context
• Inflation Up, Sentiment Down: Alarm Bells for the US Consumer Economy?
• Coresight Research US Consumer Survey Databank provides additional insight into US consumer behaviors from our weekly surveys.