{"id":18875,"date":"2022-07-05T22:39:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T22:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plastiq.com\/?p=18875"},"modified":"2022-07-06T23:48:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T23:48:51","slug":"plastiq-reveals-q2-retail-consumer-spend-trends-inventory-22-advertising-up-11-qoq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plastiq.com\/plastiq-reveals-q2-retail-consumer-spend-trends-inventory-22-advertising-up-11-qoq\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastiq Reveals Q2 Retail &#038; Consumer Spend Trends &#8211; Inventory +22% , Advertising Up 11%  QoQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Popular customer segments served by Plastiq are DTC brands, retailers, and wholesalers. These businesses leverage Plastiq to shorten the cash conversion cycle for inventory payments and float cash for advertising costs. Combined, these expenses can be up to 70% of COGs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Popular customer segments served by Plastiq are DTC brands, retailers, and wholesalers. These businesses leverage Plastiq to shorten the cash conversion cycle for inventory payments and float cash for advertising costs. Combined, these expenses can be up to 70% of COGs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comparing these card payment categories between Q1 2022 to Q2 2022 revealed the following changes  in spend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">^UP<\/mark> <\/strong>The inventory category increased <strong>22%<\/strong> QoQ in <strong>processing volume<\/strong> and <strong>transaction counts<\/strong> were up <strong>11%<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">^UP<\/mark> <\/strong>Spending in the advertising category, which includes Facebook, Google, TikTok and traditional ad media, was up <strong>11%<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\\ DOWN<\/mark> <\/strong>Back office expenses, such as computer hardware and software declined 13% QoQ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\\ DOWN<\/mark> <\/strong>Consumer real estate payments including mortgage, rent, and home lending payments was down 14%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\\ DOWN<\/mark> <\/strong>Consumer spend on membership clubs was down 16%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In spite of the current market downturn, our proprietary data shows some bright spots, especially for businesses. DTC brands, retailers, and wholesalers are increasing spend on inventory and advertising. By leveraging Plastiq to fund these expenditures through credit cards, as well as new short term financing options, brands can continue to extend terms and float cash to accelerate growth.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular customer segments served by Plastiq are DTC brands, retailers, and wholesalers. These businesses leverage Plastiq to shorten the cash conversion cycle for inventory payments and float cash for advertising costs. Combined, these expenses can be up to 70% of COGs. Popular customer segments served by Plastiq are DTC brands, retailers, and wholesalers. 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