PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Millennials and Generation Z consumers are embracing buy now, pay later (BNPL) plans as a way to responsibly purchase items without incurring fees or debt in the process. In fact, 93 percent of millennial BNPL app users have not been subjected to late fees. Afterpay retailers are listed in an online directory that its 8.4

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

This year will not only go down in history as “the year of the pandemic,” but for consumer packaged goods brands, it will also be known as “the year of direct to consumer.”. 1 reason cited involves loyalty to well-known brands. This suggests that D2C does well in areas where consumers have strong brand preferences.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Just like using Afterpay online, customers can pay for their in-store purchases in four installment payments, without the need to take out a traditional loan or pay upfront fees or interest. The exclusive product-drop ecosystem is on fire, the online market and just the frequency with which customers are transacting is definitely elevating.

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NCR

JUNE 29, 2016

Coming of age during the last recession and being subjected to the barrage of headlines about financial executives misbehaving, many Millennials are distrustful of established financial brands and institutions. are in the bottom 10 of the least loved brands by Millennials. Source: The Millennial Disruption Index.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

Part of this restructuring includes, also according to the release, a new brand-centric structure that focuses on four global brand teams: Revlon, Elizabeth Arden, Fragrances and Portfolio Brands. The goal is to optimize and build brand equity while connecting successfully with consumers.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

The term eSports can refer to a wide range of games in the competitive space, but in general the most popular ones are in the first-person shooter or multi-player online battle arena genres. These are particularly popular among Gen Zers, the up-and-coming generation that is starting to nudge millennials out of the headlines.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

“Nutritional content is a primary concern for new product development in mature markets such as North America and Europe. To add value and give products a health halo, cereal brands incorporate ancient grains, superfoods, probiotics, or seeds and nuts.”. The past few weeks have seen all of these trends – and more – manifest themselves.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

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. It provides an exhaustive and statistically reliable portrait of the connected consumer in America. consumers shop and pay — today and in the future. This group of 60 million U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2018

This challenge is seen across the spectrum of consumers, but it’s most acutely noticeable among older or bridge millennials — consumers between the ages of 30 and 40 who are buying houses, having children and beginning to settle into their roles as the drivers of commerce in the U.S. So, what’s a brand to do?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In September, Bank of America announced that it would roll out a Premium Rewards credit card that offers customers unlimited points that never expire. The Millennials Cometh. We are talking here, of course, about millennials. In fact, more than half of FIs plan to focus on digital wallets over the next three years.

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FICO

JUNE 9, 2016

Millennials, now the largest demographic group in America, are possibly the most misunderstood, elusive market ever, a notion underscored by The Wall Street Journal ’s article about the existence of $20,000-per-hour “Millennial consultants.” Millennials reward positive fraud outcomes. At least not yet.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The brand has dubbed the recycled-luxe aesthetic “rawthentic modernity.”. In the retail arena, sporting goods online and offline have been decimated over the past two years by the D2C efforts of the Nikes of the world, as well as deep discounts from Target, Walmart and Amazon. Of those, 12.4

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2017

it is also making inroads in America, announcing in April Alipay will be linking with Visa to establish a new payment method targeted to millennials, enabling acceptance at any online merchant that accepts Visa Checkout. While AliPay is expanding outside of the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Online luxury marketplace 1stdibs stands as an example of that kind of content, along with providing — as do some other companies — a demonstration of the appeal of both digital and physical forms of content to tie consumers to a brand or ecosystem. Wayfair is among the major online retailers that see renewed value in print catalogs.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2017

Brian Billingsley, CEO North America at Klarna , joined Karen Webster to discuss those partnerships and the benefits that it believes its more streamlined financing options can bring to the consumer purchasing experience. The Revolving Difference.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

Several major banks and FIs — including Bank of America, Discover and Wells Fargo, among others — offer cash back rewards on their credit card products to entice customers and encourage brand loyalty. For millennials, these cards simply don’t induce the same debt-based anxieties as credit cards. Winning the millennial market.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

Loyalty rewards for shoppers are not new to the Gap , or its associated brands, Banana Republic, Athleta and Old Navy. For those who carry either the branded Gap card, or the Gap Mastercard (or anyone who has ever been part of a retail rewards program), the offerings are fairly familiar. We have a successful Gap, Inc.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2018

Another had an offer with a promo code to get $10 off my first online order, which would be delivered free to my front door in two hours or less once I linked my Prime account to Whole Foods. As a long-time Whole Foods customer, I know, like and trust the Whole Foods brand and the quality of the products they carry in-store.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2018

Though millennial parents were hit with nostalgia, when it comes to the world of toy sales going forward, market watchers of all kinds have been asking themselves the same question for weeks: Now what? Geoffrey the Giraffe is, sadly, no more. Even in its declining days, Toys R Us represented some 12 percent of the U.S. Pop-Up Toy Stores.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

But in North America, placing mobile orders to restaurants is still a novelty. Of those surveyed, only 32 percent of customers in North America reported ordering food using a mobile device in the three months prior. Twenty-seven percent say online ordering would encourage them to visit a fast-food restaurant.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

But, brand name aside, Dunkin’, like Starbucks, guided customers toward mobile order-ahead technology this year. As it stands, 73 percent of Bridge Millennials use mobile apps to pay for gas. Apps At The Pump. And 62 percent of consumers in this demographic say that if an app is convenient, they might use it to pay at a gas station.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

In retail, and especially for personal beauty brands trying to navigate brick-and-mortar and online subscription spaces, this is doubly true. Calvin McDonald, CEO of Sephora Americas, talked the Innovation Lab up as Sephora’s crucible of retail disruption.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

Analysts who think of Macy’s as the bellwether for middle-America shopping and spending trends blamed some of the retailer’s gloom and doom on consumer skittishness over the stock market’s roller-coaster ride in the weeks preceding Christmas. Of course, last week was also the long-anticipated swan song for the nation’s second oldest U.S.

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NCR

OCTOBER 6, 2016

When it comes to attracting and retaining banking customers, the focus is often on millennials: how do banks identify with them? How do millennials prefer to communicate? Millennials are important, but they aren’t the only group worth taking note of for banks. What services are they interested in using? Final Thoughts.

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CB Insights

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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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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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

Our focus has always been building a brand that consumers will trust,” LaBella said. “As As a new brand, you can’t advertise that; you can’t market trust. LaBella said it all began with a strong online presence, built around a blog and community forum. The Biggest Challenge (And Opportunity).

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PYMNTS

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. Among digital developments for CVS is CVS Curbside, its online order/in-store pickup program.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2016

According to Robert Flynn, managing director of Accenture Payments in North America: “Consumers are content to use cash and plastic for their everyday transactions, and while the use of cash is declining overall, it is the most commonly used form of payment – and consumers expect it to remain so in 2020.

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NCR

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

In the rush to serve the tech-savvy millennial market and keep up with the latest developments in mobile and digital banking, some FIs might fall into the trap of overlooking traditional channels. That includes growth areas like mobile banking, of course, but also covers traditional cornerstones of retail banking like the ATM.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2018

Millennials across America singing “I’m a Toys R Us kid” in as solemn a fashion as possible this week are a testament to that. And fueling it all was the rise of television, where brands such as Mattel could market their toys directly to children — stoking the fires of demand. Toys R Us went public in 1978. Nails in the Coffin.

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MyBankTracker

JULY 21, 2020

resident, living in America or living in your own country, and you can buy and sell U.S. Of course: If you’re not interested in working with an investment firm in America, you can, of course, try an investment firm in your own country. And there is a pretty good chance that you do have a tax treaty with America.

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NCR

APRIL 11, 2016

Sure, the easy access to every kind of data and capability with a click or two perfectly encapsulates the priorities of modern life, but we could argue that this disappearing act contributes to the loss of brand loyalty now causing our industry so much distress. Can the two co-exist? In fact can’t one enhance the other?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2017

is a rally cry that would perk the ears of many millennials, but how about “ Mastercard , assemble?”. Assemble for millennials is a toolkit that issuers, corporations and IBCUs can use to enable digital financial solutions, in this case targeting millennials, using a single-access digital prepaid product. What Millennials Want.

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Tech and Finance

JUNE 14, 2018

June 11 Extend’s Millennials Report Shows Only 11% Of Millennials Have A Business Credit Card From Their Employer. 44% buy travel, 55% food and car services, 56% business supplies or online services, and 24% pay for invoices (eg, marketing services, online research, conferences, etc.). • May 2018 GlobalData.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

We understand that sometimes brands do things in an effort to get a little boost so that people notice. Remember, Lending Club’s claim to fame, as all of the online lenders, was their technology prowess at building systems that could take data and mash it up and make better decisions, faster. Our heart bleeds for those sellers.

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