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The Buyers: Generation Zā€™s Shopping Preferences

PYMNTS

Yes, those born between 1994 and 2002 are starting to push millennials over in terms of shaping commerce and eCommerce trends. It also found that while 50 percent of this group makes online purchases, 60 percent visit malls once a month with the intention of buying an item. Get ready, retailers.

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Deep Dive: Striking A Balance In Digital ID Security

PYMNTS

billion digital records in the United States were compromised during the first half of 2018 ā€“ 291 records every second ā€“ with only six social media breaches accounting for more than half of all at-risk data. Experiencing such gains comes with risks, however, as digital IDs have presented new and underexplored avenues for fraud.

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Data Enablers: Spreadshirt, Data-Driven T-Shirts

PYMNTS

Germany- and Boston-based Spreadshirt uses data, analytics and even social media information to build a product and spread news among communities while printing more than 3.6 Founded in 2002, the goal of Spreadshirtā€™s platform is to eliminate headaches and hurdles when bringing great ideas to market. million items last year. ā€œ[Our

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Good News from Gen Next

Independent Banker

Thatā€™s Generation Z, those born between 1995 and 2002. This group of youngsters spends about 112 video hours per month watching screens, with about five of those hours online, eight of those on mobile devices and 99 on TV. Social mediaā€”with privacy, please. A true online generation. Moving pictures.

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Good News from Gen Next

Independent Banker

Thatā€™s Generation Z, those born between 1995 and 2002. This group of youngsters spends about 112 video hours per month watching screens, with about five of those hours online, eight of those on mobile devices and 99 on TV. Social mediaā€”with privacy, please. A true online generation. Moving pictures.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Foolā€™s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

By comparison, non-high-tech industries lost 689,000 jobs between 2001 and 2002 but recovered the lost jobs by 2004. Between 1995 and its peak in March 2000, the Nasdaq Composite stock market index rose 800%, only to fall 740% from its peak by October 2002, giving up all its gains during the bubble. High-tech employment fell from 12.1

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

Zynga, creator of Facebook games Farmville, Mafia Wars, and about a dozen different types of online slot machine games, paid $210M in 2012 for OMGPOP, creators of DrawSomething!, That skyrocketing popularity is likely what made Rupert Murdochā€™s News Corp think it was worth spending $580M to acquire the social network. Zynga and OMGPOP.

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