America's shopping spree is over and retailers are facing a new world of cautious consumers

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• America's post-pandemic shopping boom appears to be winding down.
• Consumers are feeling the pain of accumulated price increases and are pickier with what they splurge on.
• For retailers, that means the end of the everyone-is-a-winner environment, analysts told BI.

America's wild, multi-year shopping spree has come to an end — and retailers who got used to Americans dropping...