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Accounts Of Millennial Sobriety May Be Oversold

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Have millennials started starving a segment of commerce in a socially positive way? That is the recent question on minds of trend piece writers, with the publication of a recent Atlantic article that postulates the latest trend sweeping generation Sriracha is sobriety. Data from U.S. percent — of down from 60.8

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How Millennials Are Propelling Halloween To New Retail Heights

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Retailers are set to clean up this Halloween, as 2017 is looking to be a record-setter for consumer spending during the holiday. That growth appears to be driven by millennials, with responses to a recent Citibank poll indicating survey participants between the ages of 18 and 36 expect to spend 2.5 billion, up 8.3 billion, up 8.3

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Peer-to-peer engagement: The banking customer experience that Millennials crave

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How can banks deliver a banking customer experience to win Millennial customers? This is a million-dollar question for many retail banks as the Millennial generation’s influence and share of consumer spending grows. Exploring peer-to-peer engagement In an article published in. Read more.

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Examining The Generational Differences Between Retail Consumers

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Retailers trying to bridge the growing gap between the shopping trends of Baby Boomers, Generation Z and every demographic in between may think they have the different generations figured out, but in some cases, operating on assumptions can lead to missed sales. Millennials. Baby Boomers. was home to 81.3 was home to 81.3

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National Retail Federation Projects Halloween Spending Will Hit $9B

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billion in Halloween spending, the National Retail Federation ’s (NRF’s) annual survey projects spending for the occasion will reach $9 billion this year. Retailers are stocking up to supply children, pets and adults with their favorite decorations, candy and costumes for the season.”. Just under last year’s record $9.1

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NEW REPORT: Cowboy Chicken Ropes In Millennials With Mobile Order-Ahead

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Going Mobile to Win over Millennials. With millennials projected to spend nearly $800 billion in 2017 (that’s 7 percent more on monthly food budgets than average Americans), restaurants are hankering to pull out all the stops to get millennials to order — in or out.

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Adobe: Why Voice And Touch Retail Will Boost 2018 Holiday Sales

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Those promise to stand as two main traits of the 2018 holiday shopping season , and retailers that gain an edge and increase revenue during the all-important fourth quarter will likely have exploited such tactics during this period, at least according to new data that strives to paint a detailed picture of U.S. percent, reaching $124.1

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