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MARCH 5, 2019

Amid a double-digit increase in digital sales and a focus on omnichannel efforts, Kohl’s Corporation beat analysts’ top-line revenue and earnings estimates for the fourth-quarter of 2018. Rewards and Millennials. The department store retailer reported revenues of $6.8 billion and earnings per share of $2.24 billion and $2.18

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

And so a sheepherding innovation – and new vocabulary word – was born. In the payments ecosystem, we need look no further than the bridge millennial for how the connected purchasing experience will evolve over the next decade. Analysts pinpoint certain companies as bellwethers for the performance of a sector.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

We learn that the creative innovation that’s capturing people’s imaginations more than anything now is the mighty spoken word. This means that the share of consumers making purchases who do so via voice assistant is up 42 percent since 2018 and up 10 percent since 2019.”. percent bought new retail product brands.”.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

This is a popular strategy — DoorDash handled a full 35 percent of all meal deliveries in the United States in 2018, and Grubhub closely trailed on its heels, claiming 30 percent of orders. based QSRs draw millennials consumers, with half of this age group reporting that they place more deliveries now than they did two years ago.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The brand has dubbed the recycled-luxe aesthetic “rawthentic modernity.”. According to NYU Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business , “50 percent of CPG growth from 2013 to 2018 came from sustainability-marketed products.”. percent of the market in 2018, up from 14.3 Recent data says he is. Of those, 12.4

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MARCH 10, 2020

What instant lending innovation have shoppers fallen in love with? Between 2018 and 2019, there was a 162 percent increase in buy now, pay later (BNPL) downloads – rising to roughly six million – of the most popular new “layaway” apps by the close of last year. Here’s a hint: We’ll tell you now … and you can thank us later.

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MAY 23, 2019

According to the Credit Union Innovation Playbook , a PYMNTS and PSCU collaboration, trust is the driving factor in that choice. Millennials, Bridge Millennials and the rapidly up-and-coming Gen Z consumers mostly prefer digital banking as their go-to when they interact. That result, Chambers noted, is just an average.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

consumer seems happy to test the waters — and none more so than the coveted bridge millennials. According to PYMNTS survey data, nearly three times as many bridge millennials are Amazon Prime members as Walmart+ members. But three in 10 bridge millennials already report having both, just a month in. Those are the 47 million U.S.

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JULY 25, 2019

In an interview with PYMNTS, Deirdre Ives, CEO and managing director at Wirecard North America, noted that when it comes to innovation, issuers face challenges in meeting the needs and expectations of a diverse populace of users spanning borders and cultures. That’s especially true among younger users such as millennials.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The youngest of the bridge millennials – those 30- to 40-year-olds who today represent the first generation of connected consumers with spending power – will be having their mid-life crises at the age of 50. Amazon, of course, owns Whole Foods and operates its own branded book stores and convenience stores. The year is 2039.

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APRIL 25, 2019

Most estimates for 2018 are around $900 million. These are particularly popular among Gen Zers, the up-and-coming generation that is starting to nudge millennials out of the headlines. Consumers are buying Tilly’s products online, as digital growth was up 22 percent in 2018.

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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. Signs of Traction.

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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. are forecasted to decline more in 2018, noted the report. In March, auto sales in the U.S. are likely to come in up 0.4

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The latest Payments and the Platform Economy study examines how marketplaces are responding to the counterfeit threat as well as how they are continuing to innovate the customer experience. According to the 2018 Global Brand Counterfeiting Report , luxury fashion brands are a favored target. In the U.S. trillion and $1.5

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JANUARY 21, 2020

The volume of orders placed via mobile apps grew 130 percent between 2016 and 2018, too, and mobile orders now represent approximately 60 percent of all digital food orders. Such services are particularly popular among millennials, who are growing up and moving toward their peak earning years. But nothing ever really lasts.

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MARCH 21, 2019

What would a company as innovation-focused as Amazon want with something as outdated and unfashionable as cable home shopping? billion in revenue in 2018 , with 2 percent year-on-year growth. came via online sales in 2017, and by 2018 that had grown to 62 percent. Amazon had more Prime members than the network had viewers.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

As we enter 2018, we are working diligently to improve execution with a focus on conversion, gross margin and inventory management,” CEO Robert Niblock said in a statement. housing market and the increasing transition of the millennial generation into home ownership mode. percent, again ahead of the 3.1 percent.

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JANUARY 15, 2016

Articles via Mobile Marketing Watch, The Financial Brand, Enterprise Innovation. In 2018, 50 Percent of Consumers Will Use Smartphones or Wearables for Mobile Pay, Says Gartner: A recent study from Gartner, Inc. shows that in the next two years, wearable technology and smartphone apps will be the go-to payment method.

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MARCH 26, 2019

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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MAY 24, 2018

Catering to the demands of millennials and Gen Z, brands are putting more emphasis on values such as authenticity, community and supporting social causes. In general, 2018 is on track to break records with the amount of retail real estate going back on the market as failing retailers vacate their claims.

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MARCH 15, 2018

Then the holiday season came, but consumers did not, and as 2018 arrived, Toys R Us announced plans to shutter an additional 200 stores. Just in time for the Ides of March, the 50-year-old brand announced it was shutting or selling all of its stores in the U.S., Boomers vs. Millennials vs. Scammers .

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AUGUST 6, 2018

Grubhub made news a couple weeks ago when it simultaneously delivered a very strong Q2 2018 earnings report and announced the acquisition of LevelUp. In February of 2018, Yum! Brands franchisees who are now being asked to get on board the Grubhub delivery platform. It’s where I grabbed this image, in fact. It made perfect sense.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

Aided and abetted by mobile devices, apps and payments and logistics innovations have substantially improved the consumer’s digital shopping experiences. consumers , which we conducted in the fall of 2018, makes this point stunningly clear in two categories where physical stores should have an advantage: clothes and beauty products.

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JUNE 11, 2019

The QSR chain is also providing diners with an immersive way to experience its brand via The Bell: A Taco Bell Hotel and Resort in Palm Springs, California in the summer for a limited time. The increase in the number of customers using apps to order foods and drinks between 2016 and 2018 was 150 percent.

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JUNE 10, 2019

One of the takeaways from the Platform Economy Playbook is that amidst tech innovations like artificial intelligence (AI) to help personalize clothing selection and speed up delivery and social media-powered commerce, customer service has become a differentiator. Ann Taylor and New York and Company were early participants.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

While the media often portrays millennials as preoccupied with the rising prices of festival tickets and avocado toast, their real financial concerns are a bit more practical. But millennials face significant headwinds in making those financial dreams a reality. get the REPORT on next generation investors. From big banks to big tech.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

The day after Halloween marks the 60-day sprint to the end of the year – a year in which the pace of innovation has accelerated materially. The shifts associated with that innovation are beginning to take root, and those impacts are beginning to be felt. million such pieces. billion monthly active users – that keeps on growing.

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APRIL 18, 2019

A big part of the trend is driven by younger consumers — that is, the interest on the part of millennials in using recycled clothing, and caution on the part of the luxury brands in terms of what they can do online. Indeed, Farfetch, a rival to The RealReal, went public in September of 2018 at the high end of its IPO price range.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

I hosted a digital discussion last week with an executive from Sift with more than 15 years of experience building trust and safety organizations for some of the biggest digital brands in the world – including Google , Facebook and Square. own voice-activated speakers, as do more than a third of the 30- to 40-year-old bridge millennials.

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JUNE 12, 2018

Millennials are less brand-loyal than their parents (though they tend to like quality), which means retailers like Brandless, that let them tap and access those preferences, have discovered a market looking for attention. “Our Our new retail offerings leverage our deep expertise in health to enhance our customers’ shopping experience.”

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

As of the end of 2018, for instance, Google research found that 36 percent of international travelers “would likely pay more for services if a travel brand tailored its information and trip experiences to personal preferences or past behavior.” Not only that, but 57 percent of “U.S.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

As of the end of 2018, for instance, Google research found that 36 percent of international travelers “would likely pay more for services if a travel brand tailored its information and trip experiences to personal preferences or past behavior.” Not only that, but 57 percent of “U.S.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

Silvernest’s Ceo and cofounder Wendi Burkhardt spoke to PYMNTS about this growing sector, its role in the sharing economy and why the focus doesn’t always need to be on millennials for the future of the housing market. What does the future hold for the Silvernest brand? Explain the concept here. What is Silvernest?

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Consider that: Half of Indonesia’s population is under the age of 30, with the number of millennials (aged 17-35) in Indonesia currently at 79.5M. Download the free report to learn about the biggest trends from fintech in 2018 and ones to watch for 2019. in loans in 2018 vs. $182M in 2017. promotion. in 2013 to 15.8%

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

In this analysis, we’ll explore the immediate and long-term challenges facing the CPG industry, as well as the business strategies that CPG brands are using to adapt. Since then, Peltz has continued to push P&G to re-evaluate its R&D strategy, bring in more external talent, and focus on innovation. Short-term challenges.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

A luxury product paired with direct-to-consumer sales – which brings the luxury item’s price down into more solidly middle-class territory – is a model that has worked for all kinds of brands, across a variety of verticals. The new offerings keep the same cool, crisp and simple aesthetic for which the brand is already known.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

The lucrative “ bridge millennial ” consumer segment — relatively high-earning and highly educated, and approaching their peak earning years — are particularly fond of this technology, with 31 percent reporting ownership of a voice-activated device and 55 percent of those owners using them to make a purchase. Google Goes Big.

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