Many Americans plan to spend less this holiday season, and they say it’s either because they want to save money or the cost of necessities has increased. Business Insider partnered with global technology company Morning Consult to conduct a survey on Americans’ holiday shopping habits for 2019. Over 2,300 adults were surveyed, including participants across
Everyone’s heard the stories of celebrities who died without a proper estate plan in place. It’s been a hot topic in the last few years with Prince and Aretha Franklin serving as unfortunate faces of the phenomenon. But it’s not just freewheeling entertainers. Abraham Lincoln—a lawyer by trade—didn’t have one either, which leads me to
Nothing beats getting stuck in the slow-lane for the self-checkout machine—or in the endless loop of an automated phone system that keeps disconnecting you—to underline how much more convenient interacting with a real person can be. While automation saves businesses time and money, it also inflicts very real frustrations on everyday people who are forced
A hybrid of the words friend and Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving originally signified a makeshift meal between friends who found themselves far from home during Thanksgiving. Today, many treat Friendsgiving as a second, slightly more casual celebration, either the weekend before or after the official holiday. However, hosting a single Thanksgiving can be pricey enough on its
Social media marketing may feel daunting to some small-business owners — there’s a lot of competition in the race to gain followers and translate that into sales. Plus, when you’re just starting out, it may not always be in the budget to hire someone to create content for you. Mastercard conducted research to learn what
People choose to be stay-at-home parents for different reasons. Maybe childcare is prohibitively expensive. Maybe you don’t like the idea of sending your child to daycare. Maybe you run the numbers and find that childcare is essentially the price of one person’s salary. Maybe your child has special needs that require more than a caregiver