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JUNE 8, 2018

Driven by younger customers, such as millennials and teens, casual luxury is bolstering sales of luxury apparel, handbags and footwear. The really-growing brands now beating the market are the ones already hooking these teenagers,” Bain Partner Claudia D’Arpizio told CNBC.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

“I’ve always been in trading and markets, and I have always been a trend follower,” O’Grady said. Launched In 2017, Phocus caffeinated water comes in several flavors, all calorie-free and without any kind of added sweeteners. It can now be found in 1,500 retail locations nationwide and counting.

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JANUARY 15, 2018

The funding will be used for growth initiatives, with an eye on millennials, and a launch of nine new localized sites across the U.S., and select European markets — undertakings that will see hiring accelerate at the company. Our bottom-line results are moving toward profitability exactly as planned.”.

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APRIL 23, 2018

More than 170 restaurant brands brought in $200 million — or more — in U.S. sales during 2017. Yet Mark Kalinowski of Kalinowski Equity Research said that some brands are growing particularly fast, CNBC reported. Between 1999 and 2014, the fast-casual dining space grew by 550 percent and is projected to reach a revenue of $66.9

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AUGUST 11, 2017

This stems from emerging markets like China, Russia and the United Arab Emirates starting to move into the luxury purchasing arena, with 70 percent of consumers increasing their spending. Within these emerging markets, we’ve seen retailers make large bets on luxury.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

Take a look at this chart, which lays out grocery chain market share. Walmart has the largest market share at 14.2 In 2015, the tech media was gaga over Snap and its ability to corral the so-called most valuable eyeballs in media: the millennial. billion into Snap since it started in 2012, and its IPO in March of 2017 raised $3.4

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

After its disastrous Q4 2017 and resulting meltdown , the toy industry’s dominant force now has one store (small, at Garden State Plaza) and plans for 10 more. That unburdens Toys R Us from shipping, marketing and fulfillment costs. No one expects Toys R Us to steal its market share back from Walmart, Target and Amazon.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2018

The most popular time of the day when people drink coffee isn’t just a factoid: It’s a viable marketing strategy. When the iconic Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) was looking to brand its bulk Brazilian coffee in 1919, it asked consumers when they drank coffee. As JCPenney grew, so did its private brands.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2019

ModCloth offers exclusive indie and vintage-inspired women’s clothing, shoes, handbags and accessories for 18- to 35-year-old women, while Go Global Retail is a brand investment platform for strategic investors in the consumer sector. Walmart acquired the assets and operations of ModCloth in March 2017 for an undisclosed amount.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

As Amazon adds established clothing brands to its platform, Chico’s FAS will become one of the latest companies to sell its merchandise on the eCommerce retailer’s site. The company’s brands include Chico’s, White House Black Market and Soma , CNBC reported.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

When Gap bought Athleta in 2008 for $150 million, the move didn’t cause much of a stir — beyond being considered a hedge play by the retailer against the exploding popularity of Canadian athleisure brand lululemon , which debuted its initial public offering (IPO) in 2007. We’re not like, ‘Oh, it’s all about millennials.’

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

Corelle Brands has been around for a while — like 100 years. By today’s standards, it looks anything like an innovative brand. Corning didn’t invent heat-resistant glass when it rolled out its branded version of Pyrex. Yes, Instant Pot-side chats are the fireside chats of the millennial generation.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

According to Slice Intelligence , the growth of alcohol-delivery service Drizly helped give the market a boost, with revenue that grew by a whopping 62 percent in 2017. The Slice data also shows that December is the highest revenue-earning month in 2017, comprising over 12 percent of annual sales, thanks to the holiday season.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

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. There are also the efforts of mass market retailers. billion). .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

For its three years in operation, Brandless generated no shortage of buzz with its concept of “private label for less” and the idea that the best brand is no brand at all. Under his leadership, the plan for the brand was to pivot into higher-margin, bigger ticket products such as CBD oil and move Brandless onto store shelves.

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MAY 12, 2017

This young company sells clothes solely through its mobile app and website from 2,000 brands. With orders averaging out to $150 per person and the average buyer’s age 28, Spring is focused on the millennial age group and expects to see its 2017 gross sales reach $100 million.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2018

The storied department store is a bit more than a brand at this point. Some have noted that Macy’s is a middle-market brand pitching to a middle class that no longer exists — or doesn’t exist in enough force to support its expansive business model. The explanations given for why vary.

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MARCH 29, 2018

We engage people with a brand that they usually wouldn’t,” Zellmer said. “We’re We’re conquesting a target group, and engaging them with a brand, who do not want to commit to a three-year lease. in 2017 was driven by the economy and that Porsche last year had a “fantastic year.”. In March, auto sales in the U.S.

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JULY 23, 2018

The company decided to create the team after research showed that many consumers in the local market would not want to assemble furniture on their own, The Wall Street Journal reported. Beyond assembly services, the new location will also stock products that are geared toward the preferences of the local market.

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MARCH 9, 2017

As more companies ready themselves for eCommerce-based marketing strategies, the brick-and-mortar side is also prepping for integrating more connected in-store experiences. In its Evolution of Retail, 2017 Generation Z Shopper Survey, the company looked at shopping habits for the younger post-millennial generation.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The October edition of the PYMNTS Faster Payments Tracker™ , powered by NACHA, looks at notable developments in the global remittance market, including new real-time payment tools for SMBs, blockchain and the latest trends in faster payments infrastructures, including the recent rollout of Same Day ACH Phase 2.

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

The brand largely focuses on (and sells to) younger shoppers — particularly millennials and Gen Z. The site in total offers 500 brands for consumers to choose from, of which only 19 are its own label (a little over 4 percent). million unique visitors come to shop its wares each month — and make a move on the public markets.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

While much of physical retail struggled in 2017 from rapidly realigning consumer shopping habits, the team at Home Depot had an incredibly solid year, with same-store sales growing each quarter and a stock price that surged 42 percent. Despite retail’s slump, the stock market did well in 2017. A Stumbling Start to 2018.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

though they also operate under such brands as Motherhood Maternity and Pea in the Pod stores. “As The move comes amid growth in the larger maternity market, however, with sales of that apparel expected to reach $7.7 percent CAGR since 2017, according to one recent estimate. The company owns 458 stores in the U.S., Larger Trends.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Taco Bell is living más as it pulls ahead of Burger King as the fourth-largest quick-service restaurant (QSR) brand with new delivery options and, yes, nacho fries. percent in 2017, Taco Bell has been drawing in customers with new food items, a Live Más marketing campaign and new nacho fries for $1. . But McDonald ’s Corp.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2016

” Retailers have come to recognize the incredible marketing opportunity presented by the multi-weekend music festival in Southern California. Todd Smith, president and CMO at Sonic, told MarketWatch that this campaign comes from the company’s long experience with the millennial demographic. Is it though?

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AUGUST 22, 2018

We operate the only truly global luxury digital marketplace at scale, seamlessly connecting brands, retailers and consumers. The company noted that its own industry, market and competitive positioning data comes from Bain & Company and a number of other third-party data sources. Within that, how much is online?

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MAY 28, 2019

billion in 2017. That marked an increase from 2017’s $1.4 percent – is the total compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the mobile payment transaction market from 2015 to 2020. Mallzee created a digital mall where consumers can compare many different retail brands. Just under $3 billion – or $2.7

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APRIL 30, 2018

QVC President and CEO Mike George said when the deal was announced,“By creating the leader in discovery-based shopping, we will enhance the customer experience, accelerate innovation, leverage our resources and talents to further strengthen our brands, and redeploy savings for innovation and growth. The Beauty & Wellness Makeover.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Millennials Eschew Bank Mobile Wallets. The study found that both millennials and non-millennials want to use mobile to manage finances, and cash is becoming less important to both groups.

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MARCH 8, 2019

Millennials, we’ve often been told, are a generation of renters, as opposed to buyers. But the end result is that millennials aren’t just more likely to rent their homes later into life than their Generation X or baby boomer counterparts. And while home decor is new for RTR, rentals are a wholly new market for West Elm.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Despite the concern – and a corresponding 9 percent drop in Walmart’s stock price that shaved some $29 billion from its market cap – CEO Doug McMillon told analysts he remains confident that 2018 digital sales performance will be in parity to its 2017 performance. eCommerce growth number. and around the world. “We’ll

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William Mills

MAY 4, 2017

Millennial members consume information in different ways and through different channels than Generation X members do, and Gen Xers, in turn, consume information differently than baby boomers. Millennials represent 52 percent of mobile content consumers, so communications should be developed with the mobile phone in mind.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

For younger consumers – bridge millennials in particular – the effect is even more strongly pronounced. As of the 2019 report, nearly a full third of consumers (31 percent) report owning at least one voice-activated device, up from 26 percent the previous year and 14 percent in 2017.

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Social Assurance

JULY 20, 2017

Why Millennials Need Banking Security and Compliance. This is why Millennials and Gen X-ers like me are some of the highest people at risk for financial theft and fraud. You can use your social footprint to help protect your tech trusting customers as well your brand. Reach will be held on August 31, 2017 in Lincoln, NE.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

More important, perhaps, than the innovations they made on behalf of their more famous lead players, was how their contributions accelerated those innovations’ time to market. For brands like General Mills, that’s a good news/bad news story. Innovation in payments and commerce has an unsung hero, too. Distribution.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Home Depot, on the whole, had an overwhelmingly successful 2017 , with a stock price that surged over 42 percent over the course of the year and big plans to inoculate itself against the Amazon effect with a major eCommerce push on deck for the next several years. percent increase in same-store sales during the same period. tax reform.

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