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Millionaires, Millennials And The Great Avocado Debate

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Are millennials eating too many avocados on toast for their own good? The crux of the debate is this: are first- time home sales down because, given the choice of a two car garage and a yard in the suburbs, millennials have, en masse, decided they’d rather enjoy a more richly-delicious brunch experience, week in and week out?

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Afterpay On Surviving And Thriving After Its Early IPO

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While it’s certainly not the case with every firm, for many, years of venture funding and building size and scale are considered favorable to an early entrance into the public markets with the vicissitudes of public investors. We went public when we had about 100 retailers signed on and 30,000 customers, so really early in the process.

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Who Wants To Make A Retail Billionaire?*

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References, huh? How many retail moguls made Forbes ’ The World’s Billionaires List this year? Of the 1,810 billionaires named to the list, 345 of them earned their fortunes (or at least part of them) in retail. Along with fast fashion, luxury retail executives also claimed their fair share of spots on the list.

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Unattended Retail Can Boost Visits To Stores

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Wendy’s , for example, planned to roll out self-ordering kiosks at about 1,000 of its retail locations by the end of 2017 in an attempt to both lure younger customers and to battle long lines at peak dining hours. billion is the projected size of the interactive kiosk market by 2023. Consumers want their orders faster than ever before.

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Amazon Pay’s Gauthier: No One Can Predict Retail’s Future, So Innovate Around What Won’t Change

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He said retailers and service providers need to address such anxieties as they sketch out their digital and omnicommerce strategies and think about what new tech to put in place. As long as retailers focus on creating such safe spaces, he said, “the future is bright.”. And that is where a lot of stress is created.”. Gauthier said.

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Snapchat App Snapbots To Sell Smart Spectacles

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We finally have a definitive answer to the mysterious, canary-yellow marketing campaign Snapchat launched earlier this year. But there was no clear branding on any of them unless you were in on the reference. It’s not just millennials and post-millennials using a free service any longer. And just what are Spectacles?

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Report: Instagram A Strong Driver Of Fashion Purchases

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When asked which social media app had the biggest influence on their shopping routines, 50 percent of respondents pointed to Instagram, 23 percent said Facebook, 22 percent referred to Pinterest , 3 percent pointed at Twitter and the remaining 1 percent cited Snapchat. How Does This Trend Shape Retail?