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What’s Under The Millennial Christmas Tree This Year?

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All that’s left now, more or less, is the rush of returns that will all but overwhelm some retailers. Sneakers, of course, are always popular,” and that popularity looks likely to hold well after the 2019 holiday shopping season — thanks to the preferences of younger shoppers, including millennials and Generation Z. Top Sellers.

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Millennials Are Buying More Gift Cards Than Ever — For Themselves

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Maybe millennials really are a self-centered bunch? adults in June of this year to examine the shift in gift card consumers to prepaid and rechargeable cards issued directly from retailers. Retailer-specific cards are now the most popular types of gift cards, too, with 45 percent of U.S.

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P2P Payments’ Rising Appeal Beyond Millennials

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Venmo has also been adding features to differentiate itself, such as rolling out a cash-back rewards program for its Venmo Mastercard debit card at certain retailers, as announced in a press release. Venmo Rewards is now offering 5 percent cash back at Target, Sephora, Chevron and Papa John’s, and 4 percent cash back at other retailers.

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Digital Banking, With Millennial, Mobile – And Governmental – Tailwinds

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As many as 72 percent of bridge millennials say mobile apps are important for accessing bank accounts. In a bit of granular detail, the authority will offer up two “full bank” licenses, which will allow non-banking companies to offer a gamut of services, including taking on deposits from retail customers.

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Millennials Vs. Baby Boomers: When Does The ‘Cashless Society’ Begin?

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More than one out of four millennials carry less than $5 cash with them. And according to another study, nearly 20 percent of millennials have not used cash in two months. With a fifth of millennials already rarely using cash, it is clear that this is happening relatively rapidly,” said Kalle Marsal, CMO of Mitek.

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How Kohl’s Is ‘Thinking Differently’ As It Moves On Millennial Shoppers

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Given the “Amazon effect” that has blown through retail like a cold wind over the last decade or so, many speculated that the Kohl’s attempt to boost foot traffic was about to go down in history as inviting the fox to guard the henhouse. “This is the quintessential Kohl’s shopper we want to see in the future,” she said.

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

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It looks like we can finally have a serious conversation about the impending collapse of physical retail in the U.S. All it took was a 160-year old retailer and a $34 billion kick in the stomach to the retail sector to get everyone’s attention. retailer, Sears, which found itself standing at Chapter 7’s front door.

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