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Baby Boomers Vs. Millennials: Eerily Similar?

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While most millennials were brought up in the age of the computer, baby boomers can remember a time when they weren’t surrounded by technology. It’s a peculiar dichotomy to compare millennials to their parents’ generation, the baby boomers. percent, millennials (who are in part to blame for this) aren’t the main contributing factor.

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Is It Time For Apple To Allow Others Access To The iPhone NFC Chip?

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And you can see it in the hustle by retailers and brands large and small to pivot their businesses and business models — and the disclaimers on just about every retail site starting a week or more ago that orders placed online might not make it in time for Christmas. Take PayPal, for example. consumers showed that of the 7.75 Share of U.S.

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Are Retailers Ready For Amazon?s Prime Time?

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Then I went to Whole Foods on the North Shore of Boston Saturday morning to do some grocery shopping. Another had an offer with a promo code to get $10 off my first online order, which would be delivered free to my front door in two hours or less once I linked my Prime account to Whole Foods. Prime Time at the Grocery Store.

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12 Industries Experts Say Millennials Are Killing — And Why They’re Wrong

CB Insights

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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The Stats of Summer

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Spring is about renewal, the holiday season is about family and friends, and later winter (in Boston, anyway) is filled with the gnawing anxiety that it might never ever get above 40 degrees Fahrenheit again. This year, 89 percent of millennials are planning to take a vacation. Every season has a certain defining characteristic.

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The Rise Of Card-on-File Commerce

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One of the best things that happened last week was the reopening of hair salons in Boston. It doesn’t appear that this experience is exclusive to fancy hair salons in Boston. percent of consumers who have shifted more of their shopping online, 85.7 Don’t Touch This. Think about that for a minute.

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FinovateSpring 2016 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

Chip card reader for when customers are shopping online to improve security. Integrate with any online merchant site. Customers can store all of their online profiles in one secure location to improve user experience. ^KT. In 2015, 70% of customers preferred to open bank accounts through mobile channels. That’s new.

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