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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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BJ’s On The Block, Amex’s Millennial Problem And Another Big Breach

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The long-suffering team at American Express has a new headache to handle — losing the love of those millennial customers. While BJ’s doesn’t have quite the scale, scope or name recognition of its rivals Costco and Sam’s Club, among the wholesale shoppers of the northeastern United States, the brand maintains a fairly devout following.

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Nordstrom Tempts Millennials With Snapchat Presence

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million times and led to a 60 percent increase in the brand’s followers on Snapchat. “We wanted to be really engaging and enable them to participate in our brand. The final video was seen 6.7 It’s a great storytelling platform,” Galipeau told Fortune.

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Banking for the Digital Generation: Attracting & Retaining Millennials

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Coming of age during the last recession and being subjected to the barrage of headlines about financial executives misbehaving, many Millennials are distrustful of established financial brands and institutions. are in the bottom 10 of the least loved brands by Millennials. Source: The Millennial Disruption Index.

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Why L’Occitane Bought Elemis

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Earlier this week, Hong Kong-listed luxury cosmetics firm L’Occitane International SA announced its intended $900 million acquisition of British beauty and skincare brand Elemis. The deal is the latest in a spate of acquisitions of high-end skincare brands. billion), while Unilever snapped up Carver Korea Co. billion euros ($2.5

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Refill Startups Go Green With Sustainable Packaging

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When cleancult Co-Founder Ryan Lupberger looked at other brands of cleaning products, he noted that the same problems always appeared to arise even with better-for-the-world offerings. At the same time, he said, “no brand has come at this from an online perspective” through new branding and distribution online.

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The Slow-and-Steady Approach To The Skincare Race

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The brand they created was called Herbivore Botanicals. Today, the brand is very different than the soap-making operation that was formerly run out of its founders’ kitchen. Herbivore identifies as a prestige skincare brand that sells a lot more than just soap. And as Herbivore is growing up, it is changing.