L.E.K. Consumer Sentiment Survey, Volume 7: Consumer Spending to Remain Muted

Summary

L.E.K. Consulting has undertaken its Consumer Sentiment Survey (CSS) semiannually since fall 2008 to track households’ spending expectations. For the fall 2011 L.E.K. CSS, we contacted more than 2,000 U.S. consumers for insight into their spending expectations for the next six months. The report features:

• Insights regarding consumer spending trends
• A snapshot of economic sentiment
• Spending patterns broken out by income demographic across more than 15 categories including retail, clothing & apparel, footwear and cosmetics