Concerned consumers keep on spending
Marketplace
American Public Media
4.6 • 8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Recent data show moderate retail sales growth in July — a positive sign for our economy? On the flip side, consumer sentiment fell in an early-August survey. In this episode, why gloomy shoppers are still gonna shop. Plus: How NEA grant cuts are affecting nonprofit arts organizations, why a wealth tax might be unconstitutional, and when did Putin visit a New York City gas station?
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| 0:00.0 | If you've shopped online, chances are you've bought from a business powered by Shopify. |
| 0:05.6 | You know that purple shop pay button you see at checkout? |
| 0:08.4 | The one that makes buying so incredibly easy? |
| 0:11.1 | That's Shopify. |
| 0:12.1 | And there's a reason so many businesses sell with it, |
| 0:15.0 | because Shopify makes it incredibly easy to start and run your own business. |
| 0:19.8 | Shopify is the commerce platform behind millions of |
| 0:22.2 | businesses around the world, from household names like Mattel and Jimshark to brands just getting |
| 0:26.8 | started. If you want to see less carts being abandoned, it's time for you to head over to Shopify. |
| 0:32.8 | Sign up for a one pound per month trial and start selling today at Shopify.com.com. |
| 0:37.9 | UK slash Marketplace 22. |
| 0:40.6 | Go to Shopify.com. |
| 0:42.3 | UK slash Marketplace 22. |
| 0:46.2 | In today's fast-changing digital world, |
| 0:49.2 | proving your company's trustworthy isn't just important for growth. |
| 0:53.0 | It's essential. |
| 0:54.0 | That's why Vanta is here. |
| 0:55.9 | Vanta helps companies of all sizes get compliant, fast, and stay that way with their proprietary AI, automation and continuous monitoring. |
| 1:04.6 | So whether you're a startup tackling your first SOC 2 or ISO-2-2 or an enterprise managing vendor risk, Vanta's trust management platform makes it quicker, easier and more scalable. |
| 1:17.4 | It even helps you complete security questionnaires up to five times faster, so you can close bigger deals sooner. |
| 1:24.1 | And the impact? According to a recent IDC study, Vanta customers cut over $500,000 a year in costs |
| 1:31.4 | and boost productivity by three times. Establishing trust isn't optional. Vanta makes it automatic. |
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