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Millennials Are Facing Their Second ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Financial Crash

PYMNTS

The data on millennials’ lifetime earnings potential were already fairly grim long before the word “coronavirus” became part of everyone’s daily conversations – and before the U.S. A 2016 paper led by Stanford University Economist Raj Chetty found that millennials were in deeper economic trouble than a quick look at the U.S.

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Why The Gap Needs Athleta To Stay Fit

PYMNTS

When Gap bought Athleta in 2008 for $150 million, the move didn’t cause much of a stir — beyond being considered a hedge play by the retailer against the exploding popularity of Canadian athleisure brand lululemon , which debuted its initial public offering (IPO) in 2007. We’re not like, ‘Oh, it’s all about millennials.’

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Why Macy’s Is Where Martha Stewart Wants To Be

PYMNTS

The storied department store is a bit more than a brand at this point. Some have noted that Macy’s is a middle-market brand pitching to a middle class that no longer exists — or doesn’t exist in enough force to support its expansive business model. Her home products and housewares have been on offer since 2007.

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For eCommerce Content, It’s Experiences Over Speed

PYMNTS

Online luxury marketplace 1stdibs stands as an example of that kind of content, along with providing — as do some other companies — a demonstration of the appeal of both digital and physical forms of content to tie consumers to a brand or ecosystem. billion in 2007. In a discussion with PYMNTS on Wednesday (Feb.

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Bankers and Strategic Bets. A Slow Embrace.

Jeff For Banks

That's what I thought about while reading a recent Financial Brand post about Innovation in Banking: Killer Ideas? How do we balance strategic direction, customer demand, and the futurist or wildly over-caffeinated millennial that tells us we have to implement every shiny new object or we'll die? or Idea Killers? Much to my chagrin.

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Retail’s Ups And Downs: Amazon Pop-Ups, John Lennon And The iPhone 7

PYMNTS

Is John Lennon a brand? The rise is the first increase in median income since 2007, the year before the Great Recession started, according to CNNMoney. Millennials don’t seem to be feeling Banana Republic any longer, according to a study by RBC Capital Markets. Census Bureau this week.

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Physical Retail Isn’t Dead – The Physical Store Model Is

PYMNTS

Amazon started with zero customers, zero brand awareness and a very ugly website with a clunky user experience, by today’s standards. Here’s what that sounds like , for those who’d like to take a walk down memory lane – or for the millennials reading this who have never known anything but 3G. I guess every sad story needs a bad guy.

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