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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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Why Pride Vendors Are Forgoing Cash For mPOS

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This year’s parades and festivals carry special significance as they mark the 50th anniversary of New York City’s Stonewall Riots. Patrons and neighbors of the Stonewall Inn gay bar resisted an aggressive police raid in 1969, kicking off a new phase of political activism for LGBTQ rights in the process.

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Reimagining The Bar Experience Without The Booze 

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Both Anheuser Busch and Boston Beer Company (better known as Sam Adams) have released their own versions of spiked seltzer. Folks in the Millennial generation have maybe a better sense of balance. White Claw was the fad drink of the summer and did $1.2

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Club Monaco, Pop-Ups And Powering Enhanced Retail Experiences

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Since shortly before Christmas 2017, the brand has been pushing health, home and beauty- themed pop-up shops in its flagship store on New York City’s Fifth Avenue. Cities currently slated to feel the power of in-store pop-ups include Boston, Los Angeles, Toronto and Montreal. Pop-up stores.

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

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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.

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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. New York City and the Bay Area combined,” he said. 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 Only 6 percent are from L.A.,

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