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OCTOBER 1, 2020

Hims , a direct-to-consumer (D2C) company selling health products targeted at millennials, is going public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), CNBC reported. Hims was started three years ago and is sometimes called Hims & Hers, targeting both men's and women's health brands.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

The company’s Series B round was led by GGV Capital. Eldridge Industries, Tribeca Venture Partners, 3L Capital, Softbank NY, Upper90 and Tenaya Capital also participated. Airbnb has taught us that hotels are not the only to stay,” Hans Tung, GGV Capital’s managing partner, told TechCrunch.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

It’s also a play to capture TikTok’s Gen Z and millennial audience. This multifunctional platform includes curation tools, allowing social sellers to build inspirational, personal web pages connected to the brand’s website, and a marketing platform where sellers can create optimized, brand-safe social posts that lead to transactions.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards. Capital One Financial Corp is putting a stop to buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions on its credit cards, calling the dealings “ risky ,” for both consumers and banks. Report: Millennials, Buy Now Pay Later And The Shifting Dynamics Of Online Credit.

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JUNE 29, 2016

Coming of age during the last recession and being subjected to the barrage of headlines about financial executives misbehaving, many Millennials are distrustful of established financial brands and institutions. are in the bottom 10 of the least loved brands by Millennials. Source: The Millennial Disruption Index.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

But Levin, whose extended warranty startup just raised $40 million from PayPal and other backers, told Karen Webster in a recent conversation that his firm has managed to boost that as much as sixfold. Meritech Capital led the funding round, with participation from existing investors Great Point Ventures and Shah Capital Partners.

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MAY 29, 2019

The company said it will use the capital to invest in growth and add some muscle to its $2.3 It has around $12 billion in assets under management. Previous SoFi investors include SoftBank Capital and Peter Thiel. The private capital space has attracted a lot of interest lately: Investments in the area grew to $4.4

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

Macy’s is partnering with the female-led millennial venture capital fund SoGal Ventures to launch an in-store initiative focused on women-owned businesses, Macy’s said in a press release on Thursday (Dec. The two managing partners invest in diverse entrepreneurs at the seed and pre-A stage. Lauderdale.

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MARCH 6, 2019

Corelle Brands has been around for a while — like 100 years. By today’s standards, it looks anything like an innovative brand. Corning didn’t invent heat-resistant glass when it rolled out its branded version of Pyrex. Yes, Instant Pot-side chats are the fireside chats of the millennial generation.

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MAY 19, 2018

There have been a number of great commercial jingles in the history of commercials — tunes so catchy that they stick, almost forever, and remind us of brand names simply by nature of being so catchy. That jingle also managed to be oddly, and unfortunately, prophetic. These days, though, we call them Bridge Millennials.

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AUGUST 17, 2018

With over 200 million monthly views and millions of subscribers globally, izo , the parent of media company DanceOn , is a digital network devoted to original dance-centric video and music content for millennials and gen-z audiences. Complex Business.

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JUNE 29, 2020

When Bolun Li was in high school, a local bank came in and offered a heavily branded PowerPoint presentation about financial services and money management to students who reacted pretty much the way one would expect. The company hasn’t yet set about raising funds via venture capital. The startup has added a direct incentive.

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MARCH 30, 2018

Amazon , setting its sights on Gen Z and millennials, is in initial talks with numerous banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Capital One , to create a product that can enable these credit card-averse shoppers to purchase things on its eCommerce site. For Amazon, it’s another way to expand their brand.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

Only Valentine’s Day manages to crack the top five – it gets the No. When you think about millennial couples today, they are unlike any previous generation. Ma noted in an interview that the firm’s most important innovation is that its underlying technology platform easily integrates online assortments from new brands.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2017

A number of major retail studies have shown that millennial consumers value the sustainability of brands and products when making purchases. In short, HowGood literally answers the question, “How good is blank [insert product, brand, or store location here]?” for consumers who want to know more before buying.

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JULY 3, 2019

million from investors including Partech, Axeleo Capital, Lafayette Plug and Play and others to further develop its loyalty program integrated into credit or debit cards. French startup Joko announced that it has raised €1.6 The funds raised will allow the company to hire more developers and data scientists.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In this analysis, we’ll explore the immediate and long-term challenges facing the CPG industry, as well as the business strategies that CPG brands are using to adapt. Nelson Peltz and his fund Trian Fund Management disclosed a $3.5B Barington Capital pressured Avon CEO to step down. Short-term challenges.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

Other investors to participate in that round included Sandbridge Capital and Great Hill Partners. The RealReal is riding the demand in eCommerce, the interest on the part of millennials in using recycled clothing and the caution on the part of the luxury brands in terms of what they can do online.

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Banking 2020

JANUARY 28, 2016

This article is written by me with support from Capital One in conjunction with the release of the brand new Millennial Mindset on Money Survey. If you’re a millennial, your answer is probably pretty boring – smart, but boring. Check out the results below! All opinions are my own. . Serious about saving?

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APRIL 19, 2016

But setting up shop on the edge of the festival and hawking blatantly branded products is a little too gauche for Coachella attendees who want to preserve the festival’s sanctity (whether it ever existed or not), which leads more than a few companies to turn to social media and the tricks of contextual commerce. Is it though?

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AUGUST 1, 2019

small hotel rooms are the rule, not the exception, and even here in the states the idea has been floating around since 1989 when the Microtel brand began first offering its half-sized, half-priced hotel rooms in Rochester, New York. I really think the genesis of that is coming from millennials. In many locations outside the U.S.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

The venture, which OYO said will be the biggest vacation rental service in Europe, will be managed under the OYO Home, Danland, Dancenter and Belvilla brands. “We OYO plans to use the money in “strengthening the relationship with homeowners and enabling them with the resources required to deliver chic hospitality experiences.”

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The pandemic has also accelerated recent trends in banking, especially among the millennial demographic, which tends to favor digital banking and online brands over traditional banks. However, both brands have expanded to additional products, such as Venmo’s credit card and Cash App’s stock investing offering. .

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MAY 28, 2019

Much thought is given to millennials and even Generation Z — consumers who were born during fixed periods of time, and who are having an increasing impact on payments and commerce. million in fresh capital. The app is also designed to teach the younger generation about money management and financial responsibility. Banking App.

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

Last month, the firm announced it had raised $10 million in a Series A funding round, led by Alphabet ’s venture capital arm GV. It’s been an educational experience so far, Collins noted, both in terms of the data coming in and what Kitchen has learned from other brands it has met, even from its pre-opening days.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

So Drop decided to do things differently by linking the rewards to the payment method instead of the brand itself. . The idea behind drop is to build a system that actually works for consumers and create a rewards-based marketing channel for brands and retailers that actually makes sense and achieves what it is supposed to.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Sustainable commerce is having a moment — well, two or three of them given how millennials and even younger consumers champion the trend — and that applies to food waste and commerce involving meat and plants. The next step is gaining more capital as the technology proves itself. “We The biggest bottlenecks now are with capital.”.

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MARCH 15, 2018

Or, at least, that’s the pessimist’s view — a more optimistic estimate puts the odds somewhere around 1 in 128 billion, which is a much more manageable statistical impossibility. It even managed to garner a $3.1 Just in time for the Ides of March, the 50-year-old brand announced it was shutting or selling all of its stores in the U.S.,

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

With a nod to the study’s findings that 78 percent of digital wallet users want to make non-traditional unattended retail purchases, McKenna Duska said that digital payments will gain ground with younger consumers, especially Gen Z and millennials. It’s also reminding customers that their brand is ‘there,’ and there is brand affinity. …

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. billion of assets under management. Yet the Gonzo team has to give a shout out to the late entry of Texas Capital and Independent Bank. Best of luck in the next chapter, Chris!

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

As we enter 2018, we are working diligently to improve execution with a focus on conversion, gross margin and inventory management,” CEO Robert Niblock said in a statement. housing market and the increasing transition of the millennial generation into home ownership mode. percent, again ahead of the 3.1 tax reform.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

As our research shows, their net promoter score averages 62 compared to just 19 for traditional banks—a differential reflected both by their rapid customer adoption and also their ability to attract venture capital funding. Why are they doing so well?

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CB Insights

JANUARY 5, 2018

Driven by Lore, Walmart acquired e-commerce platform Shoebuy in January 2017, followed by outdoor apparel retailer Moosejaw in February, womenswear site Modcloth in March, direct-to-consumer premium menswear brand Bonobos in June, and last-mile delivery startup Parcel in September. Crew’s Madewell brand. E-commerce.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Millennials and Gen Z consumers show a clear preference for it, Kim noted, but widespread global adoption of user-to-user messaging in business applications has been slow to the gate — most of the messaging app market is divided between a handful of massive global technology players.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

Brick-and-mortar retail will forever remember the day that Nintendo released Pokémon GO , a mobile game that has caused millions of millennials to suddenly discover outside again. Not every brand that closes its doors did so last week in infamy, though. . Store Closures. ” Layoffs. And just in case merchants in the U.K.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Robinhood offers an easy-to-use app to trade stocks commission-free, making the company popular with millennials. Online games platform Roblox recently pushed its planned initial public offering from 2020 to 2021 after Airbnb and DoorDash’s big first-day pops convinced management that an overheated IPO would mostly benefit speculators.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

CPG corporates like PepsiCo, Coca Cola, Kellogg’s, and Campbell, for example, have invested in and acquired a number of brands focused on healthy snacking , while personal care incumbents like P&G and Unilever have backed natural and organic beauty brands. Meet Maya, our hypothetical wellness-focused millennial consumer.

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