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Outside The Box (And Inside The Storage Container) Solutions To Sky-High Rent

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Older adults tend to own, while younger adults skew much more heavily toward renting – particularly millennials, for whom homeownership is lower than other generations at the same point in their lives. 2,420 in Boston and $2,300 in Seattle for a no-frills one-bedroom, probably a walk-up. What is Nuns and Nones?

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What Serving The Internet’s ‘Underserved’ Means For Payments

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communities. That matters because as time goes by and existing cities become prohibitively expensive — think San Francisco, New York City and Los Angeles, with Chicago, Boston and other areas not far behind — many younger, well-educated consumers are making moves to exurban or even rural areas, or smaller cities. Expensive Cities.

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Can ‘Elective’ Fees Work For Retail Banks?

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The last such store closed earlier this year in Boston. The customers tend to be on the young side — that is, below the age of 35 — which speaks to the focus on sustainability among millennial and younger consumers. “We We want to build a community around shared values,” Cherny noted. Only 6 percent are from L.A.,

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Getting Mobile Ready

Independent Banker

A consensus says that the future banking customer relationships—particularly for millennial consumers—will orbit to one degree or another around mobile technology. Tying community bank relationships with mobile banking is like peanut butter and jelly—it adds lots of stickiness and feeds the relationship.”. —Ed

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Club Monaco, Pop-Ups And Powering Enhanced Retail Experiences

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The pop-up program is also designed around building a sense of community, or at least a communal conversation, about their offerings. Efforts in that direction have included things like book readings and panel discussions on a range of topics thought to be of general interest to its affluent, female, millennial/Generation X shopper.

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12 Industries Experts Say Millennials Are Killing — And Why They’re Wrong

CB Insights

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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Are Retailers Ready For Amazon?s Prime Time?

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Then I went to Whole Foods on the North Shore of Boston Saturday morning to do some grocery shopping. I’ve been a Whole Foods shopper since I moved to Boston 17 years ago for the same reasons that each of you may be too: organic meat, seafood, produce and foods, great bread and cheese and a fun vibe. Prime Time at the Grocery Store.

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