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AUGUST 1, 2019

small hotel rooms are the rule, not the exception, and even here in the states the idea has been floating around since 1989 when the Microtel brand began first offering its half-sized, half-priced hotel rooms in Rochester, New York. I really think the genesis of that is coming from millennials. In many locations outside the U.S.

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JULY 23, 2018

It will offer lunchboxes that can accommodate multi-course meals, as well as mattresses with coconut fibers. And IKEA is making other moves in international markets: To reach more consumers and foster more eco-friendly operations, for example, the brand is testing out renting its furniture offerings in Japan, Curbed reported in January.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Tick down the list of offerings spanning decades (the Mac, the iPhone, the iPod, iTunes, the iOS operating system/ecosystem), and one can find that the ways we communicate, listen, stream and, indeed, interact with technology have all shifted.

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MAY 2, 2018

Millennials love to share. They are proportionally comfortable using gig economy services that provide these things, with about a third of millennials working some sort of gig position themselves. The two-sided marketplace operates in 200 locations across the U.S. Match.com is one of the only brands of its era that still exists.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Restaurants need to meet guests where they are – and remain on-brand throughout the experience. percent of those medium-sized operators offer that option, compared to 4 percent of small operations and 3.4 percent of large operations. Of course, third-party delivery services like Seamless and DoorDash are an option.

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MARCH 15, 2018

Incidentally, none of these methods are any better or worse than the others if the goal is to pick a perfect bracket that correctly predicts the course of the entire tournament. The average American is far more likely to win an Academy Award, be elected President or find several four-leaf clovers over the course of their lifetime.

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JULY 9, 2020

Afridi said the news reflects Truepill’s vision to “unbundle” primary care — which can be critical in an age where roughly 40 percent of millennials do not have a primary care physician. Truepill will continue to invest in its portfolio of consumer health brands, including Ahead, a startup specializing in adult ADHD treatment, and Eve, a U.K.-based

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

In all, it operates in 400 cities in North America and reveals all the choices a consumer has for a ride — giving exposure to smaller rideshares, as well as Uber and Lyft. And, of course, they may or may not have surge pricing. The entire millennial generation is really contemplating modern travel in the urban area,” Olinger said. “The

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

There is a decent chance that the 2018 holiday season will be remembered as a time when it became much more clear that survival in the cutthroat pursuit of commerce depends on the stories one can tell about a product or brand. That includes having the analytical chops that the eCommerce operator has. Stuff vs. Experience.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

Try to beat ’em is, of course, a tall order, given that Amazon’s market cap clocks in at over $900 billion – a valuation backed by its massive logistics network, army of 100 million loyal Prime customers, web services profit machine and evolving and expanding commerce ecosystem.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The youngest of the bridge millennials – those 30- to 40-year-olds who today represent the first generation of connected consumers with spending power – will be having their mid-life crises at the age of 50. Amazon, of course, owns Whole Foods and operates its own branded book stores and convenience stores.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In an interview with PYMNTS, Richard Noguera , chief information security officer at Yapstone , discussed the findings of the playbook titled “ Meeting the Millennial Need For AI-Powered Visual Shopping.”. And, done right, maybe a few clicks on a buy button, too.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

As much as a click from the Kardashians helped spread the brand awareness and jump-start his company, Molnar said, as a spending trend among young consumers set the stage for BNPL's success. The payments ecosystem, of course, is not and will not be immune to the seismic impact and aftershocks of the coronavirus.

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JUNE 22, 2018

And those improvements are attracting millennial and Generation X consumers. Of course, that appealing future is not guaranteed. Not diluting the Cumberland Farms brand has kept the chain from embedding its app and functions into other platforms, such as in-car navigation aids or voice-activated devices, such as Alexa.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Online luxury marketplace 1stdibs stands as an example of that kind of content, along with providing — as do some other companies — a demonstration of the appeal of both digital and physical forms of content to tie consumers to a brand or ecosystem. Of course, profit is the ultimate point of anything when it comes to payments and commerce.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

I hosted a digital discussion last week with an executive from Sift with more than 15 years of experience building trust and safety organizations for some of the biggest digital brands in the world – including Google , Facebook and Square. own voice-activated speakers, as do more than a third of the 30- to 40-year-old bridge millennials.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

And before there was Chase, there was LevelUp, the branded mobile payments platform that used those same cube-shaped readers to enable QR code payments at the physical POS for consumers with the LevelUp app. Brands franchisees who are now being asked to get on board the Grubhub delivery platform. In February of 2018, Yum!

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

Sustainable commerce is having a moment — well, two or three of them given how millennials and even younger consumers champion the trend — and that applies to food waste and commerce involving meat and plants. One potential example of that?

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The fourth quarter of 2018 was kind to Venmo and Zelle , the two big peer-to-peer (P2P) services that are battling for consumer loyalty and market supremacy — a fight that pits PayPal , the owner of Venmo, against the banks that operate Zelle. The numbers tell a story of ongoing growth and more consumer acceptance. million U.S.

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JULY 21, 2017

This means, of course, that Amazon is looking to eat Blue Apron’s, well, lunch. Going forward, Sears will sell its Kenmore-branded appliances on Amazon.com, announcing that its line of smart appliances will be integrated with the eCommerce giant’s website. Sears CEO Eddie Lampert said in a statement.

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JULY 6, 2018

Though millennial parents were hit with nostalgia, when it comes to the world of toy sales going forward, market watchers of all kinds have been asking themselves the same question for weeks: Now what? Geoffrey the Giraffe is, sadly, no more. Even in its declining days, Toys R Us represented some 12 percent of the U.S. Pop-Up Toy Stores.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

In another commercial , a spokesperson proclaimed, “It’s a brand-new concept: You shop at a modern supermarket with wild warehouse prices,” as the slogan “wild warehouse prices” flashed across the screen. And, like Costco, it has a limited selection, which makes for a more efficient operation. “By It becomes a competitive advantage.”.

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JULY 30, 2018

With millennials working multiple gigs, very few have enough time left to make a proper meal — if they aren’t eating out at a local restaurant. The firm also sells its own meal kit under the name True Chef, and is expected to use some of the acquired Chef’d assets to expand its own brand. Walmart Clears the Field.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

It was, by all accounts, a good year — pushed by a strengthening economy, a warming eCommerce market and and an emerging generation of millennial homeowners suddenly in need of do-it-yourself home improvement supplies. billion investment in improvements across the brand.

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JANUARY 9, 2017

Consumers have been known to write open love letters to Wegmans imploring them to open up operations in their state or town. They were aware of what millennials wanted before the millennials even got there and that ‘shopping’ didn’t mean filling your cart with canned peas; it meant hanging out, learning about food and eating it.”.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

As of the end of 2018, for instance, Google research found that 36 percent of international travelers “would likely pay more for services if a travel brand tailored its information and trip experiences to personal preferences or past behavior.” For OTAs and tour operators, taking payment up front is one thing.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

As of the end of 2018, for instance, Google research found that 36 percent of international travelers “would likely pay more for services if a travel brand tailored its information and trip experiences to personal preferences or past behavior.” For OTAs and tour operators, taking payment up front is one thing.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Of Merchant Link’s own client base, Carcillo said half are brand-name businesses, while the other half are smaller businesses, storefronts or franchisees. There’s a demographic push at work here, too, said Carcillo, which he defined as “millennial consumer groups.”. He said the firm is seeing across-the-board adoption of EMV.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Your executive teams may feel that their current mobile apps and internet banking operations are sufficient. To ensure success in 2025, however, the focus should be on customers who use newer models in digital channels: Generation Y, Z, and Alpha, too—the children of millennials. Use case: Focus on the millennial market with mobile.

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APRIL 13, 2018

Stresses in the retail sector have weighed on the operating earnings of department stores, discount stores and drug stores in particular,” Sharon Ou, a Moody’s senior credit officer, said in the report. There is, of course, a lot of 2018 left, and the retail picture in the U.S. is always changing, sometimes quite dramatically.

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JULY 11, 2016

Cat & Jack is Target’s newest vision — a line of baby and kids clothes, approved by kids, featuring funky colors and cooler cuts — and it is a big move on the rapidly growing market for kids clothes among newly reproducing millennials. And of course, a big risk. Quite the opposite. percent a year.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

That means getting ready for the fourth quarter, which in turn means looking out at the end of one year and the beginning of the next — and at subsequent years, of course, because time is a continuum and the only constant is change. The Gig Economy Grows (Of Course). We’re getting near the end of the third quarter of the year.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

Of course, last week was also the long-anticipated swan song for the nation’s second oldest U.S. To save physical retail, anyone who wants to operate a physical store must convince consumers that it’s worth their time to—how’s this for an insight?—go retailer, Sears, which found itself standing at Chapter 7’s front door.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

We at PYMNTS, being writers, don’t do cakes and gifts for birthdays, but instead prefer writing retrospective stories like this, treatments that serve not only as a history of a particularly newsworthy company, but also a glimpse into the future of the industry in which it operates. Back to 2012. The timing seemed perfect.

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NCR

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

That includes growth areas like mobile banking, of course, but also covers traditional cornerstones of retail banking like the ATM. In the rush to serve the tech-savvy millennial market and keep up with the latest developments in mobile and digital banking, some FIs might fall into the trap of overlooking traditional channels.

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JULY 31, 2019

We at PYMNTS, being writers, don’t do cakes and gifts for birthdays, but instead prefer writing retrospective stories like this, treatments that serve not only as a history of a particularly newsworthy company, but also a glimpse into the future of the industry in which it operates. Back to 2012. The timing seemed perfect.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

In 2015, the tech media was gaga over Snap and its ability to corral the so-called most valuable eyeballs in media: the millennial. Media companies, in the meantime, shoveled tens of millions into Snap in the hopes of selling to a generation whose brand loyalty is about as fleeting as Zsa Zsa Gabor’s affection for each of her nine husbands.

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