Increased use of “buy now, pay later” loans may signal shifting consumer habits, but could also be a troubling sign of financial stress.

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The flow of video between China and the United States raises strange possibilities — whether national image-making or hawking consumer goods.

American consumers are not yet seeing much evidence of the drastic changes President Trump has made on trade. But they are on their way.

President Trump’s trade policies are already starting to frustrate American consumers who have noticed higher prices in their shopping carts.

Independent vendors who sell on sites like Etsy and eBay are trying to blunt the pain from tariffs on low-cost Chinese-made goods.

Profit fell 50 percent in the quarter, and the company said one reason was its hiring of additional workers to help its turnaround strategy.