Deep Dive PremiumEconomic Sentiment Climbs; Walmart Overtakes Lowe’s in Home-Improvement Sector: US Consumer Survey Insights Aditya Kaushik, Analyst June 4, 2025 What's InsideThe 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 home (furnishings and furniture) and home-improvement 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 May 26, 2025, with headline findings on Walmart’s gains in home-improvement shopper penetration. We also highlight improvements in consumers’ economic outlook and a positive turn in financial expectations. Data in this research report are our latest proprietary survey findings on: Consumers’ expectations for the economy overall and for their own personal financial situation—plus, breakdowns of our findings by income Whether consumers have bought home-furnishings and home-improvement products in the past three months Popular retailers and product categories among home-furnishings and home-improvement shoppers 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: Amazon, Lowe’s, The Home Depot, Target, Walmart Other relevant research: US Home and Home Improvement—Retail 2025 Sector Outlook Retailer Dashboards in the home and home-improvement sectors, as well as Amazon and Walmart All our coverage of home and home-improvement retailing May 2025 US Retail Sales Outlook: Projecting 3% Growth Amid Low Sentiment and Front-Loaded Purchases Coresight Research US Consumer Survey Databank provides additional insight into US consumer behaviors from our weekly surveys. Already a subscriber? Log in You are currently viewing a preview of this report. Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options - Show Options + Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans. View Subscription Plans or Contact us to purchase this report. Contact us ✕ This document was generated for