PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Founded in Singapore in 2012, the company’s solutions are used today by major digital retailers such as Rakuten and ASOS to simplify product searching for some 250 million daily active users. Last September, ViSenze closed a $10.5

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United States Millennials Retail Capital 136

PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2016

Do you know the fastest-growing industry in retail right now? What about the largest retail industry at the moment? And as millennials age and advance in their careers (thus making even more money), this trend shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Census Bureau) has been a clear outlier from other retail segments.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2018

With brick-and-mortar retailers closing hundreds of stores, the future of the mall has looked bleak. And according to a report in The Wall Street Journal , immersive destinations that give consumers an experience they can’t get anywhere else could be just the thing to save the retail spaces. was crawling out of the last recession.

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Los Angeles New Mexico Retail Millennials 108

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Meanwhile, millennial consumers have drastically picked up the pace of their home buying. Pushed by all of that suddenly exploding demand, the real estate market (particularly the digital retail market) has been booming. That’s the biggest annual increase for any month since at least 2012. Still, the U.S.

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Video Millennials Tools Marketing 210

PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2018

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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Millennials Branding Retail Marketing Strategies 105

PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2018

Make no mistake: Dogs, cats and other domesticated animals already serve as a healthy source of sales for retailers. The eCommerce operator’s pet product category has grown by at least 45 percent since 2015, based on the percentage of adults who had bought pet products via online retail channels over the preceding quarter.

Millennials 117

Millennials Policies Industry New York 117

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

million last month to purchase the retail condo housing Murray’s flagship store, affiliated classrooms, as well as its catering and event operations. Kroger reportedly became a minority owner in Murray’s Cheese back in 2012. consumer retail food and beverage spending. The outposts are designed to mimic Murray’s flagship store.

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New York City Millennials New York Online 123

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. Back to 2012. According to Blue Apron’s own website and other reports , the story begins way back in the halcyon days of 2012. The timing seemed perfect. Social Media’s Role.

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Industry social media New York City Retail 110

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. Back to 2012. According to Blue Apron’s own website and other reports , the story begins way back in the halcyon days of 2012. The timing seemed perfect. Social Media’s Role.

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Industry social media New York City Retail 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The big-box retailer grew to national prominence on the idea of high-class stylings in a middle-class commerce venue, and the idea that there is a wide swath of customers out there who both consider themselves a little too discerning for Walmart and too smart to pay bust-out retail at high-line shops if they don’t have to.

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Retail Millennials National Trends 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

Founded in 2012, Honey has grown from an eCommerce price-tracking tool to an expanded suite of services that includes a shopping assistant and rewards program. With roughly 17 million active users each month and 30,000 diverse online retailers, Honey has delivered some $1 billion in savings to shoppers in the past year.

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San Francisco Millennials Cards cryptocurrency 130

PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

is facing a shortage of 50,000 truck drivers, impacting both retailers and consumers. In 2012, trucks moved a total of 10.2 An earlier CNBC report said that, including all sales from eCommerce and brick-and-mortar stores, Amazon sold 4 percent of all retail goods in the U.S. last year.

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US Pennsylvania Retail Study 102

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Founded by Amanda Zuckerman and her mom Karen in 2012, Dormify offers college students and post-grads tools, resources and products to create their first home away from home. Dormify announced a $3.45 million Series A investment led by American Eagle Outfitters.

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New York Leadership Millennials Branding 135

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

The average shopper — retail’s favorite concept. And arguably, in the age of digital retail, omnichannel and an ever-proliferating number of places that consumers can close the deal, so to speak, the search for an average consumer is something of a lost cause.

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Meeting San Francisco Millennials Philadelphia 100

PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

At the same time, two of her brothers are boat owners, and they were complaining in 2012 that they were going to have to sell their boats because they hadn’t used them once in the entire year. When it comes to the company’s market, Baumgarten says one of its fastest-growing segments are GenXers and millennials.

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Course Millennials Miami United States 121

PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2016

According to AppleInsider , although some retailers have announced plans for Apple Pay in the past, some still have not supported Apple Pay; Anthropologie and Forever 21 are two examples. A previous foray into social networking by Apple, Apple Ping, was introduced in 2010 and nixed by Tim Cook in 2012 when iTunes 7 was released.

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Apple social media Retail Strategy 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

As then-Senior Brand Director Paul Smailes told Ad Age in 2012 of the logic behind using an older protagonist, younger beer consumers would not “see him as a threat or as a reminder of accomplishments they hadn’t achieved yet,” but instead that they “needed to be someone to work toward, versus a mirror of themselves.”

Millennials 100

Millennials Branding Course Marketing 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

You will observe grocery, as a retail category, is very fragmented. billion fine onto Google, claiming that their product carousel ads created an unfair advantage to small guy retailers who didn’t have the money to advertise. I’ll point out that those retailers did, apparently, have the money to hire lawyers. Investors put $2.65

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Innovation Online Google Millennials 109

PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2017

Indeed, as previously reported by PYMNTS , the beauty industry has become ruled by millennials, women between the ages of 18 and 34 being the main buyers, according to a survey by TABS Analytics.

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social media Millennials Online Maine 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2019

As the retail run-up to the 2019 main event comes closer, there is every reason to think that estimate might be due for an upward revision. By the time Disney came to call in 2012, Lucas was worth $3.3 As we noted, the world of Star Wars merch is now incredibly rich and varied – as are the number of retailers looking to ride the wave.

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Maine Retail Innovation Millennials 170

CB Insights

MARCH 26, 2019

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.

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Millennials Industry Trends Branding 78

Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 15, 2016

Available only via mobile app, imaginBank is a new initiative by Spanish bank, Caixabank targeting millennials. And one in every three Spanish millennials is a customer of their bank. CaixaBank joined fellow Finovate alum PayPal on stage at FinovateEurope 2012 in London. CaixaBank serves 2.9

Millennials 12

Millennials Mobile social media ATM 12

PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

As far as we can tell, the origin of the quote is from a 2012 Fortune article, with the author writing: “ A favorite Bezos aphorism is “Your margin is my opportunity.” . Among bridge millennials, Americans biggest earning and spending demographic, the figure jumps to 41 percent. According to our figures, about 24.3

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Innovation Data System Mobile 222

PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2018

Or are the 27 percent of the population — those high-income Bridge Millennials and Gen X-ers with college degrees who are steps away from financial catastrophe — happy, even if they do report feeling more positive about the stability of their financial situation than they did this time a year ago? percent since 2012. Today, U.S.

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Cards Groups Report US 122

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. New Frontiers in Retail Tech. WALMART’S GOALS.

Company 57

Company Branding Millennials Retail 57

PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2017

Such was the opinion of Slate in September of 2012 — and while today it may seem a bit overzealous, as Karen Webster pointed out at the time, it was clear that Square’s ambition was to move well beyond dongle and card acceptance for teeny tiny merchants. Once they get hooked on it, they won’t want to stop.”. The Square Evolution.

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Apple Capital Cards Payments 110

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

In a 2012 interview, then-CEO Ken Powell reported that one in four trips to the grocery store included the purchase of at least one of its products. And if you are anticipating 10 years ahead, which any good CEO should, you might realize that you’d rather not put all of your eggs in the online baskets of those two retail giants.

Innovation 135

Innovation Online Branding El Paso 135

Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 22, 2015

Having established itself as a goal-saving solution for millennials with its SmartyPig solution, Social Money is now gearing up for the next generation with its new partnership with educational lender , Sallie Mae. “Sallie Mae would have to pay a lot of money to bank these accounts,” Gaskell said.

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San Francisco Iowa User Experience Millennials 12

PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2016

While that may sound like a line from a self-help book, it’s actually a business strategy that more and more retailers are adopting. A concept that may not seem so novel is actually driving some impressive growth for retail chains across the country and around the globe. Stores within stores. And that growth has continued.

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Retail New York City Strategy Millennials 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

That consumer/merchant two-step has characterized PayPal’s path in retail payments over the last decade — balancing the need to give consumers more places and more reasons to use it and merchants more reasons to add it to their sites. Venmo was established in 2009 and acquired by Braintree in 2012 for roughly $26 million.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Operations Examples Branding 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2016

1 retail app on mobile (with 172 million visits a month) and brings with it engagement via its 300+ million plus accountholders who are ready to buy — and from a variety of merchants that now include luxury designers. Amazon, all by itself, is the No.

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Google Mobile Branding Apple 100

PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

Voice assistants, on the other hand, have taken four years — starting in 2012, the year Siri was first rolled out to the public. A quick glance at PYMNTS Bridge Millennials data bears out the same trend. Convenience is what drives the shopping decisions for Bridge Millennial, followed by having the product they want to buy.

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Marketing Millennials Google Mobile 100

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Popular media coverage of millennials often fixates on the industries the generation is allegedly killing and their supposed fiscal irresponsibility. Some industries benefiting from millennials’ increased spending power, such as travel, reflect well-worn Gen Y tropes like the general preference for “experiences” over things.

Millennials 78

Millennials Industry Branding social media 78

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

When Facebook went public in 2012, the stock fell 15% in its first few days on the market. A slew of startups have emerged over the last few years that are especially popular among millennials, and designed to serve as a cheap investment manager and an introduction to the basics of wealth management. get the full REPORT.

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Management Capital Company Marketing 78

Celent Banking

APRIL 23, 2015

We hear it all the time; “Millennials don’t use branches.” “Old eighteen and over population) sought to understand how mobile banking users (35% of the panel, up from 30% in 2013 and 26% in 2012) used other channels. Old people don’t use digital channels” and so on. The results may surprise you.

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Survey Mobile Millennials ATM 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2018

By 2012, only 64 percent of consumers reported watching primetime television “live” — down from 83 percent just four years earlier. Millennials loved it even more: Only 57 percent reported watching primetime TV live that year, opting instead to watch prerecorded and/or streaming video or to play video games.

Video 113

Video Innovation Branding Google 113

CB Insights

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Meanwhile, nearly 5 million retail workers are at a medium risk of automation within 10 years. With the emergence of industry-specific AI, the effects of automation — initially felt in manufacturing — are seeping into retail sales, restaurants, e-commerce, marketing, and even software development. Retail salesperson (4.6M).

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Software Industry Retail United States 69