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Afterpay Teams With Simon Before Holiday Shopping Season

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To help merchants and promote Afterpay in-store payment services to individuals before the busy holiday shopping season, buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Afterpay and Simon have announced a national collaboration. Millennial and Gen Z shoppers are focusing on sustainable and ethical fashion and retail more than before.

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Will Consumers Bank With Their Telcos?

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Last week, wireless carrier T-Mobile announced it would throw its hat into the mobile banking arena with the national rollout of T-Mobile MONEY. Traditional banks aren’t mobile-first, and they’re definitely not customer-first. When asked about favorite brands and retailers, Amazon , Walmart , Target and Costco topped the list.

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Is Dollar Retail The Future Of Online Impulse Buys?

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Online brands have yet to figure out a way to offer mimosas while personal stylists or designers do their jewel-encrusted work, and while there are more than a few startups trying to replicate an equivalent experience, a growing number are realizing that they might not need to at all. billion total. ”

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Why Pride Vendors Are Forgoing Cash For mPOS

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June brings colorful, high-energy LGBTQ Pride Month celebrations to cities across the nation. The company sells hand-poured lollipops in various shapes and flavors — like rose cardamom, chili mango and mojito — and often goes by its Lick It Lollipops candy brand name.

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Amazon Is Driving The Final Nail Into B&M Home Improvement’s Coffin

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Ripples were promptly sent flying into all corners of the retail universe with the launch of Amazon Home Services in March 2015, and now that both mom-and-pop hardware shops, as well as national brick-and-mortar chains have had more than a calendar year to react to the changes, a definite trend has emerged.

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Winning the Customer

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No one understands this trend better than those pesky millennials. These digital-heavy, mobile-savvy youngsters feel free to eschew brand loyalty and shop around for options on a whim, and the constant emergence of new technologies supports fickle habits. At the same time, credit unions chalked up 3% growth in new millennial customers.

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Getting Consumers Across The Mobile Banking Gap

PYMNTS

And that mindset — according to what Michelle Spellerberg, Alliant Vice President of Marketing & Digital Channels, told PYMNTS — is the mindset mistake that is keeping consumers bound to the brand, despite the fact that the concept is, in Alliant’s opinion, “on its way out.”. “I This is a learned experience from when we were all kids.

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