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The most unpopular company in America is….

Quentin Fottrell / MarketWatch – The most unpopular company among consumers is not an airline. And it’s not a mobile phone company.

The honor goes to the Time Warner Cable TWC, -0.72% Internet service provider, which placed last on the University of Michigan’s American Consumer Satisfaction Index. On a list of 230 household brands surveyed, TWC scored 54 out of a possible 100, just behind Time Warner Cable’s television service (56), the Comcast ISP (57) and United Airlines (60). Wal-Mart WMT, +1.31% was the most unpopular retailer on the list (71). The index scores each company based on more than 70,000 interviews conducted annually and uses a customer-satisfaction score, 10 economic sector scores, 43 industry scores, over 230 company scores, and more than 200 federal or local government service scores.

Wal-Mart is the most unpopular company in America

Quentin Fottrell / MarketWatch – The most unpopular company among consumers is not a cable company. And it’s not an airline.

The honor goes to big box retailer Wal-Mart , which placed last on the list of the University of Michigan’s American Consumer Satisfaction Index. On a list of 230 household brands surveyed, Wal-Mart scored 54 out of a possible 100, just behind Time Warner Cable (56), Comcast (57) and United Airlines (60). The index scores each company based on more than 70,000 interviews conducted annually, and uses a customer satisfaction score, 10 economic sector scores, 43 industry scores, over 230 company scores, and more than 200 federal or local government service scores.

Middle-class shoppers more sensitive to back-to-school supply costs

Rick Romell & Kylie Gumbert / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – WEST MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The giant pencil cutouts screaming “One Big Sale Here” throughout the Target store are a dead giveaway: This is the country’s second-biggest shopping season. And for the great majority of Americans, the annual back-to-school extravaganza is unfolding across an increasingly price-sensitive […]

School shoppers put low prices 1st

Rick Rommell & Kylie Gumbert / Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel – WEST MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The giant pencil cutouts screaming “One Big Sale Here” throughout the Target store are a dead giveaway: This is the country’s second-biggest shopping season.

And for the great majority of Americans, the annual back-to-school extravaganza is unfolding across an increasingly price-sensitive landscape.

Cash-strapped, middle-class parents are being economically challenged by ever-growing lists that have expanded beyond protractors and No. 2 pencils to include graphing calculators, flash drives and Handi Wipes.

Retailers, meanwhile, have started a wave of promotions as they vie more and more on price alone — potentially pinching their bottom lines and signaling a hypercompetitive environment for the critical holiday season just three months away.

Middle-class shoppers more sensitive to back-to-school supply costs

Rick Romell and Kylie Gumbert / Miwaukee Journal-Sentinel – The giant pencil cutouts screaming “One Big Sale Here” throughout the Target store on Miller Park Way are a dead giveaway: This is the country’s second-biggest shopping season.

And for the great majority of Americans, the annual back-to-school extravaganza is unfolding across an increasingly price-sensitive landscape.

Cash-strapped, middle-class parents are being economically challenged by ever-growing lists that have expanded beyond protractors and No. 2 pencils to include graphing calculators, flash drives and Handi Wipes.

Smal-Mart?

In my last column, I discussed some of the major trends that I see becoming a factor in 2014, with one of those being the continued movement for retailers to shrink their physical footprints. Most prominently, Target and Wal-Mart have begun exploring this option—specifically in urban markets where space is at a premium. In this […]