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.

The latest data in this report are from our survey conducted on April 28, 2025, with headline findings on an increase in consumers’ net financial expectations.

In addition to our usual weekly findings on consumer sentiment, activities and shopping patterns, we dive into data on online shopping specifically. Uncover popular product categories and retailers, including the battle between Amazon and Walmart, in US e-commerce.

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
• Popular retailers and product categories among online 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, eBay, Shein, Target, Temu, Walmart

Other relevant research:

• US and China E-Commerce—Retail 2025 Sector Outlook: Online Sales To Maintain Strong Growth Momentum
• Retailer Dashboards: Amazon and Walmart
• The Amazon Databank brings together a range of proprietary Coresight Research data on Amazon, with a focus on its US retail and marketplace operations.
• More reports on e-commerce
• Coresight Research US Consumer Survey Databank provides additional insight into US consumer behaviors from our weekly surveys.
• The Weekly US Consumer Sentiment infographic series highlights key Coresight Research findings on economic and financial expectations in the context of shifts in the macroeconomic landscape.