US Consumer Survey Insights Databank

The Coresight Research US Consumer Survey Insights Databank (formerly the US Consumer Tracker Databank) provides insight into US consumer behaviors from our weekly surveys.

The Databank includes quarterly data on where consumers are shopping and what they are buying for 12 major US retail sectors or categories—Coresight Research typically surveys consumers on each sector/category every 12 weeks.

  • For more insights from our weekly surveys, please see the US Consumer Survey Insights series of reports.
  • This Databank is updated weekly.

The US Consumer Survey Insights Databank includes data on the following:

Headline Consumer Sentiment Trends: Personal Finances and the Economy

All Respondents: Whether They Expect Their Household Financial Situation/the Economy To Get Better or Worse Over the Next 12 Months—Net Better (% of Respondents, Four-Week Rolling Average)

Data represent total “better” minus total “worse”
Base: US respondents aged 18+
Source: Coresight Research

Find the weekly data beneath our headline consumer sentiment trends in our US Consumer Survey Insights reports.

 

US Retailers' Shopper Profiles

Our shopper profiles show the average age and household income of survey respondents who had purchased from the named retailers in the quarter. These proprietary demographic profiles are based on over 4,800 survey responses undertaken by Coresight Research—each week, for our US Consumer Survey Insights report, we ask respondents which retailers (if any) they have purchased food and nonfood products from in the prior two weeks.

*Food Lion/Giant/Hannaford/Stop & Shop
**Kroger/City Market/Fred Meyer/Harris Teeter/King Soopers/Ralphs/Smith’s Food & Drug/Dillons/Fry’s
Base: 5,221 US respondents aged 18+, surveyed May-July 2024
Source: Coresight Research

*T.J. Maxx/Marshalls/HomeGoods/HomeSense/Sierra
Base: 5,221 US respondents aged 18+, surveyed May-July 2024
Source: Coresight Research

Retailers Shopped

We asked consumers which retailers they had bought from in the two-week period preceding the survey, for food and nonfood products.

Which retailers respondents have bought any food products from in the past two weeks

*Kroger banners include City Market, Fred Meyer, Harris Teeter, King Soopers, Kroger, Ralphs and Smith’s Food & Drug
**Ahold Delhaize banners include Food Lion, Giant, Hannaford and Stop & Shop
Base: US Internet users aged 18+
Source: Coresight Research

Which retailers respondents have bought any nonfood products from in the past two weeks

*TJX banners include HomeGoods, HomeSense. Marshalls, Sierra and T.J. Maxx
Base: US Internet users aged 18+
Source: Coresight Research

Online and In-Store Purchases

We asked consumers what they had purchased in-store and online in the two-week period preceding the survey.

What product categories respondents have purchased online in the past two weeks

Base: US Internet users aged 18+
Source: Coresight Research

What product categories respondents have purchased in-store in the past two weeks

Base: US Internet users aged 18+
Source: Coresight Research

Clothing and Apparel Accessory Products
Beauty Products
Department Stores
Dollar Stores
Drugstore and Pharmacy Retailers
E-Commerce/Online Purchases
Footwear Products
Home-Furnishing/DĂ©cor Products
Home-Improvement and Garden-Improvement Products
Luxury Products*

*Defined as the highest-end, designer products that are sold by exclusive brands and retailers, almost always at high prices, in categories such as fashion, beauty/grooming/fragrance, home goods, electronics (including high-end smartphones) and others. We do not include automobiles, houses/property and services (such as vacations) in our definition of luxury products.

*Defined as the highest-end, designer products that are sold by exclusive brands and retailers, almost always at high prices, in categories such as fashion, beauty/grooming/fragrance, home goods, electronics (including high-end smartphones) and others. We do not include automobiles, houses/property and services (such as vacations) in our definition of luxury products.

Mass Merchandisers and Warehouse Clubs
Off-Price Retailers

We surveyed 400+ US respondents online on each of the dates shown. The results have a margin of error of +/- 5%, with a 95% confidence interval.

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