NATIONAL NEWS - A consumer spending report has revealed that woman are in control of the purse strings.
Mastercard released its inaugural Spending Pulse report on Wednesday.
It tracks consumer spending patterns based on actual anonymous transactions.
A senior vice president at Mastercard Sarah Quinlin says that there has been an uptick in spending by customers.
“In July we saw that retail sales grew by 7.2% on a nominal basis, this includes inflation, and 3.2% when I take out the inflation.”
Mastercard: SA women hold the purse strings
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Mastercard released its inaugural Spending Pulse report on Wednesday.
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Posted on: 10:29 Wed, 20 September 2017
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