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Baby Boomers Vs. Millennials: Eerily Similar?

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This may be due to the fact that major cities throughout the country, like Boston and New York City, are seeing significant rental price surges. While social media is also another area most would think is primarily owned by the millennial generation, recent studies change that perception.

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Retail Personalization May Not Come Soon

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Research from Boston Retail Partners (BRP) and Manhattan Associates shows that while 70 percent of surveyed North American retailers understand the importance of personalization and are putting it at the top of their objectives list in 2017, many don’t have any actual plans to put the wheels in motion for a few years out.

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Football Season To Kick Off New Payments Plays

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As new PYMNTS research documents, over the past year, 18 Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL) and Major League Soccer (MLS) arenas have deployed biometric solutions by CLEAR. million people in 2016 to 17.2 Attendance at NFL games declined from approximately 17.8

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The Buyers: Omnichannel Customer’s Impact On Retailers

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Between 2015 to 2016, consumer expectations for multiple purchase options grew from 61 percent up to 74 percent according to Retail Systems Research’s 2016 Customer Experience/Unified Commerce Benchmark Survey. Omnichannel offerings expected from consumers is only increasing.

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The Big Bucks Behind Sleep (Or Lack Thereof)

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But somehow, we are a nation of chronically under-rested people. It feels a lot more like play than work,” Lisa Kelly-Croswell, the chief human resources officer at Boston Medical Center, noted of the program. Boston Med has offered Sleepio since 2016. But does it really work?

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Biometrics Are The Seattle Seahawks’ MVP

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Thousands descended upon T-Mobile Park stadium in Seattle on March 28 — the earliest opening day in Major League Baseball (MLB) history — to see their home team, the Mariners, take on last year’s World Series champions, the Boston Red Sox. million people in 2016 to 17.2 A Biometric Game-Changer?

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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. The High Cost Of High Summer 2016 . Every season has a certain defining characteristic. And preferably data that is fun.