For example, Hyundai has risen to the top spot in the Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index, heading all other automotive brands and placing sixth among a total of about 600 brands across 83 verticals.
Wall Street has lost more than a fifth of its value in the past 10 trading days and is heading for one of its biggest weekly falls since the Dow Jones index was created 112 years ago.
While rising food and energy costs are forcing consumer sentiment metrics lower, with the University of Michigan consumer confidence index hitting a 16-month low in March and probably heading lower, according to Capital Economics, consumers have managed to weather the storm and keep spending going.