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CVS Expands Membership Program Nationwide To Lure Millennials

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After successful test runs in Boston, Philadelphia and Tampa, the CVS membership program CarePass will expand nationally with free delivery for an annual fee, CNBC reported on Monday (Aug. The pilot program indicated that 20 percent of users were millennials and that CarePass members spent 15-20 percent more at CVS.

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Retail Bedfellows Roundup: Staples Shares Space, Affirm Finances Life Experiences

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Omnicommerce usually refers to where and how retailers sell their products, not necessarily who they choose to sell them with. From office supplies and communal workspaces to new ways to pay for concert tickets, more barriers to siloed retail activity are falling every day to the onslaught of retail partnerships.

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Why Pride Vendors Are Forgoing Cash For mPOS

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June brings colorful, high-energy LGBTQ Pride Month celebrations to cities across the nation. Skirting Cash Shortages at Boston Pride. Boston’s pride celebration is one of the season’s biggest events for Mandy Roberge, the owner and artist behind Wicked Good Henna.

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Reimagining The Bar Experience Without The Booze 

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It is not quite fair to say that America has become a nation of teetotalers or is even well on their way to becoming one. Both Anheuser Busch and Boston Beer Company (better known as Sam Adams) have released their own versions of spiked seltzer. Folks in the Millennial generation have maybe a better sense of balance.

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Is It Time For Apple To Allow Others Access To The iPhone NFC Chip?

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And you can see it in the hustle by retailers and brands large and small to pivot their businesses and business models — and the disclaimers on just about every retail site starting a week or more ago that orders placed online might not make it in time for Christmas. One hundred and ten (110) million U.S. consumers — 47.2

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The Rise Of Card-on-File Commerce

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Not surprisingly, to make consumers more comfortable shopping and checking out in their stores, retailers have rushed to enable a “ contactless ” payment experience. One of the best things that happened last week was the reopening of hair salons in Boston. This latest study of a national sample of U.S. Like payments terminals.

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12 Industries Experts Say Millennials Are Killing — And Why They’re Wrong

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Every few weeks, another story about the dreaded generation surfaces: millennials are killing casual dining; millennials are killing breakfast cereal; millennials are killing home ownership. Millennials aren’t shunning luxury goods; they’re just renting them instead of buying. Millennials are in debt.