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Millennials Vs. Baby Boomers: Raise A Glass To Purchasing Preferences

PYMNTS

This is also the case for the drinking habits of millennials vs. baby boomers. According to PYMNTS research, millennials of drinking age drank 42 percent of the wine that was drunk in 2015, with the average millennial downing just over three glasses in a sitting. Perhaps the stories around beverages weren’t available.

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Zillow: Getting Millennials Into The Real Estate Game

PYMNTS

Millennials are never, ever going to buy homes. Why millennials are never going to buy homes is more of a jump ball. According to the National Federation of Retailers, 81 percent of millennials report at least aspiring to homeowners as hip, even if they aren’t there yet.

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

PYMNTS

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

PYMNTS

This week we saw scientists march, the French go to the polls and a $400 high-tech juicer turned out to be an innovation on par with something that everyone already has: their hands. The long-suffering team at American Express has a new headache to handle — losing the love of those millennial customers. Ready to jump in?

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Toys”R”Us, Millennial Moms And In-Store Omni — Oh My!

PYMNTS

And though men have made up some ground on the domestic front, millennial moms are still a force to be reckoned with. As it is in nearly every other generational subsection, millennial moms love mobile. How this cohort goes about shopping has also predictably changed with the generations.

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The Great Online Innovation Pile On Of 2017

PYMNTS

In 2015, the tech media was gaga over Snap and its ability to corral the so-called most valuable eyeballs in media: the millennial. It’s an inspiring story — and one that gets many an innovator out of bed to fight the good startup fight, even in the face of insurmountable odds. What a difference two years makes. billion more.

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Thoughts from American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015

Celent Banking

This last week the American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015 was going on in Austin, TX. A regional bank poll of millennials found that not one could name a community institution in their area. As expected, it was a great way to read the temperature of the banking industry.