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NEARLY HALF OF ALL CORPORATE REPUTATIONS DECLINE AGAIN IN 2025 AS CONSUMERS TAKE OUT FRUSTRATIONS OVER HIGH PRICES
Americans, fatigued by a third year of inflation, high interest rates, and tariff uncertainty, gave nearly half of all businesses poorer marks in the 27th annual study of corporate reputation conducted by Harris' (RQ) Reputation Quotient Survey. Among the top 100 index of companies, more declined (46%) than improved (37%), as consumers criticized businesses for passing along higher costs, delivering poorer perceived quality for their stretched dollars, and even capitalizing on tariffs to pad pro
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