Thousands of buyers have made complaints about how much they were charged for financing.

“It’s given me the confidence to put out new products and do test runs,” says Nephthys Foster, who sells original art prints in the Pop Up Club. She has more than 30,000 followers on Instagram, but this is her first experience in a shop. She’s made some invaluable wholesaler contacts too, she says, which will…

Combination showing store signage from Abercrombie & Fitch and Lululemon stores. Getty Images Abercrombie & Fitch, Lululemon and American Eagle Outfitters all raised their fiscal fourth-quarter outlooks Monday, saying they drew customers looking for holiday gifts and items for themselves in November and December. Yet, Wall Street greeted the news with varying levels of enthusiasm….

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Big banks held up well in 2023, even though the Federal Reserve continued to raise interest rates at a fast clip. Reports on fourth-quarter bank earnings, which start this week, should show how the banks’ customers fared in the harsher rate environment.   So far, households have continued to spend and borrow, despite higher borrowing costs,…