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Are Millennials Really Killing Canned Tuna, Too?

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The millennial path of destruction allegedly continues, with those young consumers now taking blame for the decline in the popularity of canned tuna — a product that joins a casualty list that already includes diamonds and restaurants such as Applebee’s. Before we get to that, let’s review the newest charges leveled against millennials.

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Baby Boomers vs. Millennials: Which Generation Has More Entrepreneurs?

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One of the biggest hurdles to starting a new business, in addition to developing an innovative out-of-the-box idea, can be where and how to obtain funding. census data, 2014 saw 452,853 new businesses, whereas each of the past forty years saw anywhere between 500K to 600K entrepreneurs move on their initiatives.

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Best New Financial Apps 2016, The List

Bank Innovation

Robinhood: On Target Launched in December 2014, Robinhood is a zero-fee stock trading app that quickly gained popularity among financially ambitious millennials. Robinhood was paid the enormous compliment of having “cracked the millennial code” by none other than Jay Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bank and founder of BankMobile.

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For Macy’s and Men’s Wearhouse, No Millennial Tux and Tails Tailwind

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It’s been chronicled in these virtual pages that millennials are the driving force behind change – change in how payments are done, how banking is banked, how social media influences commerce (or doesn’t) and how shopping may become a hybrid of high touch across the digital and physical realms. Now that seems to be true even in fashion.

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Digital Banking Startup Loot Raises $2.9M Series A

Bank Innovation

Another digital banking startup has raised funding this week, this time to expand a current account offering aimed at students and millennials. Loot, a startup begun in 2014 by founder Ollie Purdue — who was finishing up school at the time of the company’s founding — has raised £2.2 million, or about $2.9 million, in […].

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3 Tips for Targeting Millennial Entrepreneurs

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And there’s no better way to target Millennial entrepreneurs than with the technology they crave to help them in their business pursuits. More than any other generation, Millennials experience life, work and business through technology and they expect seamless interactions regardless of location.

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How Connected Cars Are Changing The Game For QSRs

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Cars and quick-service restaurants (QSRs) have been interconnected since drive-ins were the latest innovation. Domino’s had already enabled in-car ordering with Ford’s Sync AppLink back in 2014. Mobile Ordering Appeals to Millennials. In fact, Pizza Hut’s claim to fame is that it sold its first online order way back in 1994.