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Fast Fact: Big Ticket Spending, Key Consumer Items by Generation

Data from the annual Consumer Expenditure Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that age and generation play a major part in consumer spending.

Softex Mattress Division Doubles Growth in Three Years

Sleep product manufacturer Soft-Tex International’s mattress division has more than doubled in 3 years seeing a unit sales growth of 102% in memory foam, bed-in-a-box mattresses comparing 2015 to 2017 results.

Fast Fact: Gen X, Household Expenditures Top Baby Boomers 

At a fraction of the population size of Baby Boomers and Millennials, Generation X is the top contributor in household spending – most importantly furniture spending.

Williams –Sonoma Q4 Revenues Rise 6.2%

Retailer Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM) said revenues jumped 6.2% to $1.68 billion in the fiscal fourth quarter, but net income tumbled due to a pair of one-time tax charges stemming from recently-enacted changes in corporate tax law.

FastFact: Gen X, Millennial Home Ownership on the Rise

Our examination of consumer spending by generation continues this week with a comparison of the housing tenure, race and education of each group.

Big Lots Reports Double-Digit Profit Hike in Q4, Fiscal Year

Despite a slight decline in same-store sales in the fourth quarter, discount retailer Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) reported a double-digit increase in earnings for the quarter and the fiscal year that ended Feb. 3.

FastFact: GenX Household Income Easily Tops Boomers, Millennials

Generation X had an average household income of $95,168 in 2016, easily outdistancing Baby Boomers and Millennials, according to the annual Consumer Expenditure Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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