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Baby Boomers Vs. Millennials: Eerily Similar?

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While most millennials were brought up in the age of the computer, baby boomers can remember a time when they weren’t surrounded by technology. It’s a peculiar dichotomy to compare millennials to their parents’ generation, the baby boomers. percent, millennials (who are in part to blame for this) aren’t the main contributing factor.

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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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Mobile Payments: Samsung To Tackle Africa And Google The App Landscape

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Passport has designed similar mobile applications for the transportation systems in Chicago, Toronto and Boston. Millennials Eschew Bank Mobile Wallets. The study found that both millennials and non-millennials want to use mobile to manage finances, and cash is becoming less important to both groups.

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The Rise Of Card-on-File Commerce

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Many Main Street SMBs, local restaurants and designer boutiques are doing it for the first time. One of the best things that happened last week was the reopening of hair salons in Boston. It doesn’t appear that this experience is exclusive to fancy hair salons in Boston. Gas stations are encouraging it. So what is ‘it’?

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Club Monaco, Pop-Ups And Powering Enhanced Retail Experiences

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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. Cities currently slated to feel the power of in-store pop-ups include Boston, Los Angeles, Toronto and Montreal.

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Amid Blockchain And Robotics Hype, Corporate Lenders Still Start With The Cloud

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According to a recent survey from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), profits among the world’s corporate banking institutions is significantly declining – but digitization could halt that trend. Analysts say the tangible benefits of digitization and a happier end user are clear.

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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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