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Millennials Are Breaking Up With Napkins For Paper Towels

PYMNTS

Though it was their grandparents that gave rise to modern American consumer culture, millennials often get dinged for being too obsessed with having the latest and greatest gadgets. It’s not as if millennials are wiping their dirty hands on their ripped designer jeans, though.

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KFC Is Selling A Colonel Sanders-Crowned Internet Escape Pod

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In yet another bizarre marketing ploy, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has introduced its most expensive branded experience yet (well, except for that time it launched its spicy Zinger sandwich into space , but we’re pretty sure that was green-screened). In an age when any attention is good attention, that’s Georgia Gold right there.

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How 60+ Startups Are Disrupting Retail And Commercial Banking Around The World

CB Insights

This includes targeting the underbanked/unbanked, millennials, students, kids, freelancers, and early adopters of blockchain. Millennials. This niche specifically targets the cash-strapped, digital savvy millennials with marketing, brand positioning, and prioritizing the product roadmap. Underbanked/Unbanked. Home Owners.

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Why Nordstrom Brought Pop-Ups To SXSW

PYMNTS

Luxury Daily reports that the high-end retailer debuted its millennial-targeting pop-up — or Pod — at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, from March 17–19, and plans to continue featuring it at similar events. Nordstrom is popping up at music festivals, in the form of a pod.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

CB Insights

Instead, new millennial-inspired and tech-infused dining trends have been emerging across the US and internationally. Many of yesterday’s casual dining brands are dying, but not because millennials “don’t eat out.” The kombucha taproom: Cultured South (Georgia). Dining out. the Future of food report.

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

CB Insights

An explosion of new consumer finance brands is transforming how people save, spend, and manage their money. Ninety-two million millennials will soon be in what Goldman Sachs calls their “prime spending years.” Robinhood’s clutter-free user interface design is flypaper for millennial audiences. trillion in annual spending.

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Finovate Fall 2016 Live Blog – Day 1

William Mills

Integrated with major retailer API’s like Amazon, eBay, Best Buy and several other aspirational brands. I’ve heard that financial planners are having a hard time getting Millennials thinking about retirement but instead focus on short-term financial goals – homes, vacations, etc. 01:59 pm InSpirAVE – [link] – @InSpirAve.

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