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How Millennials Are Propelling Halloween To New Retail Heights

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That growth appears to be driven by millennials, with responses to a recent Citibank poll indicating survey participants between the ages of 18 and 36 expect to spend 2.5 Increased millennial spending comes despite the fact that the demographic is the one that most needs to save money, CitiBank noted in the article. billion, up 8.3

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Retailer Gap Partners With BNPL Platform Afterpay To Boost Holiday Shopping

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This partnership stems from our shared desire to enhance the digital shopping experience for the very valuable Millennial and Gen Z consumers who prefer to spend their own money and pay over time with Afterpay.”. The BNPL market includes Klarna, Splitit, Openpay, FuturePay, Sezzle, Affirm, Quadpay, and others.

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Retailers Give Fresh Focus to Single Consumers

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Forget millennials, that consumer segment that is blamed for the downfall of most everything while also being the target of many innovative efforts. The country’s annual Singles’ Day is a marketing event supposedly rooted in the pride that many Chinese consumers take in being single. Singles’ Day. It takes place on Nov.

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How Home Depot’s Hedging Against A Downturn With Digital

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Despite retail’s slump, the stock market did well in 2017. Consequently, some of Home Depot’s strength came from the overall strength of the market. Since it was real estate that had tanked the economy, the market more or less froze solid for all but the well-capitalized. However, Home Depot was hit especially hard.

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Deep Dive: Why Staffing Agencies Must Consider Payroll Cards

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The United States’ tight labor market exacerbates competitive tensions for such agencies, though. The national unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since 1969 in April 2019 — 3.6 million in 2010 to 5.9 Checks have been common in temporary staffing, but disbursements to reloadable debit cards are drawing new interest.

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Grocery Tracker: Discount Games

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Whole Foods’ market cap was estimated at over $9.7 Costco stock was up as well for the week, hitting a high over $176 on Friday morning, with a market cap over $77 billion. and a market cap over €26 billion (over $27.6 Among age demographics, 66 percent of millennials interact with supermarkets on digital platforms.

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Adventure Travel And Beyond — Summer Vacation’s New Norm

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are readying for the annual pilgrimage to beaches, national parks, amusement parks, resorts and campgrounds nationwide. What Expedia’s study actually says is that those consumers born after 2010 “may be young, but their ideas and opinions and are already influencing family travel decisions.”. Millennials and The Magic of Mircocations.