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Deep Dive: Travel, Hospitality Get A Millennial Makeover

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Millennials have long been sought-after travel and hospitality customers, partly because they are perfectly placed to seek such experiences. This unique status creates both opportunities and challenges for firms in the space, as millennials search for the experiences they crave. Furthermore, millennials are set to spend $1.4

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From Retail To Restaurants, Holiday Gift Card Sales Are Hot

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In a year that’s been filled with lifestyle changes, personal pivots and business adaptations, 2020 may also go down as the year of the gift card as studies show an outsized increase in sales leading up to the busy holiday season. InMarket’s data also showed customers were spending about 17 percent more on gift cards in 2020.

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Homesharing Platforms Vie For Millennial, Gen Z Travelers

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They want convenient booking tools, fast payment methods and secure reservations when planning their trips, and these needs have not changed much as millennials have come of age. Millennials and younger generations are digitally minded and want to interact with brands that can answer their personal requests through online and mobile channels.

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Chase Sapphire Brand Expanding Into Checking Accounts

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is expanding the Sapphire credit card brand into new areas of personal finance, including checking accounts. With the new checking accounts, customers will get access to sporting events and other entertainment, just as Sapphire Reserve credit card customers do. JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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Consumers Are Embracing Premium Cards — Despite High Costs

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Product hysteria is not the sort of thing that normally attaches itself to credit cards — but as scores of message boards and YouTube unboxing videos will attest, consumers are having a rather atypical reaction to the Chase Sapphire Reserve Card. It’s the best time in years to shop for a rewards card.”. ”

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eBay Debuts reCommerce Marketplace

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21) that it is launching a new destination for electronics products to feature Certified Refurbished products, not from its sellers but from brands like De'Longhi, Dirt Devil, Hoover, Makita, Philips and Razer, which will sell exclusively on the eBay platform. The reCommerce trend continues to gain momentum. eBay announced on Wednesday (Oct.

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Chase Adds Rich, VIP Rewards To Sapphire DDA Accts

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Last month, the financial institution (FI) announced it was expanding the Sapphire credit card brand into new areas of personal finance, including checking accounts. With the new checking accounts, customers will get access to sporting events and other entertainment, just as Sapphire Reserve credit card customers do.

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