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Homesharing Platforms Vie For Millennial, Gen Z Travelers

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They want convenient booking tools, fast payment methods and secure reservations when planning their trips, and these needs have not changed much as millennials have come of age. Millennials and younger generations are digitally minded and want to interact with brands that can answer their personal requests through online and mobile channels.

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Younger Customers Drive Growth Of Casual Luxury

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Driven by younger customers, such as millennials and teens, casual luxury is bolstering sales of luxury apparel, handbags and footwear. The change in behavior is due, in part, to social media sites such as Instagram. In Asia, China is projected to have growth of 20 to 22 percent in 2018.

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What The Trendsetters Say About How We Will Pay Next Decade

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And so a sheepherding innovation – and new vocabulary word – was born. Retailers scour social media to find influencers and designer bellwethers to turn trends into sales. 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.

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How The Sharing Economy Is Changing Online Sales

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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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The Quiet Sea Change At QVC

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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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Will Snapchat Get Snapped Up Or Snap Back?

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Turnarounds in tech — and in social media in particular — are not unheard of, Nathanson wrote, meaning it is not impossible for Snap to snap back from all this. But at this point, he is skeptical that Snap can manage a hat trick. Yes, we’re discontinuing the Snapcash feature as of Aug.

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Are Online Resale Sites Rife With Counterfeits?

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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. Social Media. In the U.S.

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