PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

All that’s left now, more or less, is the rush of returns that will all but overwhelm some retailers. However, after almost 50 years, it began to fade in the 1980s, disrupted by the emergence of store-branded credit cards. Big Brands. So, what kinds of products will people be getting this year? Top Sellers. That’s not all.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

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. Bridge millennials and Gen Xers led the way, with a 35.7

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Retailers should take initiative in communicating with shoppers — especially younger ones — by email rather than social media channels, a new report by Bluecore found. And, said half of those surveyed, smart devices are the conduits for reading those emails.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2017

Retailers trying to bridge the growing gap between the shopping trends of Baby Boomers, Generation Z and every demographic in between may think they have the different generations figured out, but in some cases, operating on assumptions can lead to missed sales. Millennials. Baby Boomers. was home to 81.3 was home to 81.3

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Dramatic shifts are underway in the retail sector as it adjusts to consumers’ increasingly digital preferences. These retailers are accustomed to engaging with their customers in brick-and-mortar stores and building long-lasting relationships that lead to brand loyalty. billion this year — almost double last year’s total.

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Payments Millennials Retail Trends 279

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Digging into a captivating worldwide case study on economics meeting chaos theory and what happens when it does, How We Will Pay , a PYMNTS and Visa collaboration, gauges the situation 10 months into the pandemic, as connected commerce coalesces and new patterns solidify. Creation of the ‘Superconnected’ Consumer.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Analysts say they are now employing methods, such as subscribing to retailers’ emails, so they can monitor sales, doorbuster deals and promotions. They’re counting the proportion or number of millennials and Generation Z shoppers at a store, and counting the number of Instagram-popular fashion brands in a store.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Consumers — especially millennials and Generation Z — are looking for new commerce experiences during the 2019 holiday season. Retailers must accommodate financial flexibility, which is leading many to explore alternative solutions — such as Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solutions. Around The Buy Now, Pay Later Worl d.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Millennial consumers are ready to be brand ambassadors — especially when engaging in mobile commerce with private-label debit programs. The interview with Bailey comes amid increasing focus on how millennials might change gas and convenience store payments. Millennials are ready to be engaged.

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Millennials Mobile Payments Study 126

PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2016

If you’re a retailer or a brand, it seems as though eCommerce and the rise of smartphones and mobile shopping have made your customers more cost-savvy and price-aware than ever before. Well, the rise of eCommerce and mobile shopping doesn’t have to mean doom and gloom for luxury brands or retailers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Debatably the most impactful payments innovation of recent years — and that’s saying something — BNPL is having a massive impact on retail, as evidenced by the proliferation of brands and the steady flow of venture capital to players that are defining the space. Bridge Millennials Crossing Over To BNPL. Like their love of BNPL.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Per the new study , “consumers (81.7 In comparison, nearly a third of millennials and bridge millennials (those born between 1979 and 1988) express the same level of interest in getting vaccinated.”. In fact, consumers now expect the recovery to take longer than they did before,” per the new study. It’s a moving target.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Change came from various areas for retail in 2019. Retail merchandising was, at best, a hit-or-miss system in its heyday, Nextail CEO and Co-Founder Joaquin Villalba told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Analytics, too, was another hot spot for retail change in 2019 and will continue to be for the 2020s. Role of Data.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2016

More and more, the beauty industry has become ruled by millennials , women between the ages of 18 and 34 being the main buyers, according to a survey by TABS Analytics. More research from The Harris Poll recently identified how and where (locations and retail sites) cosmetics buyers are purchasing cosmetics.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Maybe millennials really are a self-centered bunch? adults in June of this year to examine the shift in gift card consumers to prepaid and rechargeable cards issued directly from retailers. The study found that these types of consumers are steadily growing. Mercator Advisory Group surveyed 3,009 U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The rise of eCommerce , the push toward omnichannel shopping platforms, the increasing relevancy of social media on shopping habits and the development of the Internet of Things to plumb every last morsel of data on customers and what they spend money on are all rapidly and drastically altering the face of retail.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2016

But just when the last iPods started giving way to entirely online streaming services, millennial audiophiles suddenly fell back in love with vinyl records — a music format they never even knew growing up. How curious, it seems, that a similar thing is happening between millennial shoppers and mobile and physical coupons.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2017

Euclid Analytics has found one anomaly that may turn all of this around on its head and bring the retail industry back to more traditional outreach efforts. In its Evolution of Retail, 2017 Generation Z Shopper Survey, the company looked at shopping habits for the younger post-millennial generation.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2016

This newfound cost consciousness is reshaping the retail industry in everything from spurring the rise of fast fashion at the expense of mall “anchor stores,” to the increasing popularity of off-brands or store brands in the supermarket, to the shift in the apparel business, to off-price retail outlets over full-priced department stores.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2017

If millennials have commitment issues at work, it’s not because they don’t value company loyalty. Millennials want their employers to value and commit to them by offering the stability their Boomer counterparts enjoyed, including annual raises and upward career mobility. Hint: it’s not free lunch and a hip office environment.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In this case, it’s the gap between interest and intent, the chasm that lies between consumer awareness of unattended retail and actually taking the plunge in buying at the kiosk and vending machine. At a high level, according to PYMNTS data , unattended retail is reaching only one-tenth of its potential. Hurdles For Larger Merchants.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

Convenience is key in the retail sector, especially in eCommerce, where merchants with frustrating or complicated online shopping processes can easily lose customers. Avoiding such an exodus means retailers must be flexible when developing the tools consumers use to make purchases. How Millennials Are Driving BNPL Growth.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

I presented on this topic, along with my colleague Scott Albahary – Chief Strategist for Financial Services here at Perficient and Jim Marous – Co-Publisher of The Financial Brand , to approximately 500 financial services industry folks. Then we present an outside industry (automotive, retail, etc.)

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2016

How consumers interact and respond to celebrities pitching branded products in China is very different than the way consumers in the U.S. do, but a new study takes a look at how brands are using popular Chinese celebrities as influencers to reach potential customers.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

This might be a ploy to retain T-Mobile customers, but it’s also intended to appeal to consumers without any real affinity for a more traditional financial services provider, including the highly coveted millennial, as well as the unbanked and underbanked. This study showed that checking accounts were the most wanted service (87.3

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Millennials Mobile Study Branding 145

PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2016

Hold on to your designer, hipster-esque trilby hat, because things are about to get a little confusing (but also this could be a major opportunity for brands to compete and “win” in a new retail space). Aspirational consumers are looking for brands to stand for something bigger than product benefits.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

This year will not only go down in history as “the year of the pandemic,” but for consumer packaged goods brands, it will also be known as “the year of direct to consumer.”. PYMNTS’ recent How We Shop: Measuring the Rapid Digital Shift study, done in conjunction with PayPal, found that a large share of U.S.

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Branding Millennials Retail social media 257

PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2017

It looks as though millennials may soon face competition as the generation to watch. According to a new study from HRC Retail Advisory , Generation Z is expected to make up nearly 40 percent of the population of North America by the year 2020 – easily making them the generation retailers must be paying attention to.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

It can be argued that some of the toughest buyers to keep in mind when planning out retail strategies are teenagers. While one day a teen may be into shopping strictly online, another day may see an offline preferred experience or a mixture of both, and retailers must be at the ready to transform engagement efforts at any given time.

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Retail social media Online Mobile 127

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2016

A new study by The NPD Group found that anything related to health and wellness ­­— like wearable technology , basketball gear, sweats and active bottoms (AKA exercise pants), running products, outdoor sports and toys, running gear, portable beverageware — were among the fastest-growing retail categories between Dec. 2014 and Dec.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Very recently, the fourth annual How We Will Pay 2020 study, done by PYMNTS in collaboration with Visa (more from that in a minute) gave new context to the shifters. A recent PYMNTS study found that more than two-thirds of consumers see rescuing Main Street physical retail linked to the economic vitality of their local communities.

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Maine Retail Branding Study 221

PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

It looks like we can finally have a serious conversation about the impending collapse of physical retail in the U.S. All it took was a 160-year old retailer and a $34 billion kick in the stomach to the retail sector to get everyone’s attention. retailer, Sears, which found itself standing at Chapter 7’s front door.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

That principle seems to hold true with millennials , as they lose some of the consumer spotlight to their successors in Gen Z. Brands, retailers and payment providers are already preparing for the arrival of Gen Z as adult consumers. Two brands will focus on clothing, while another will focus on electronics.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

That, in turn, reportedly provides another opportunity for the emerging and growing legal cannabis retail sector. Legal cannabis retail has yet to find its firm footing — too many ongoing payment challenges to say that — but beer companies are taking notice of the possibilities, at least according to a report Thursday (June 6) from NBC News.

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Retail Industry New York Millennials 124

PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

It can be argued that some of the toughest buyers to keep in mind when planning out retail strategies are teenagers. While one day a teen may be into shopping strictly online, another day may see an offline preferred experience or a mixture of both, and retailers must be at the ready to transform engagement efforts at any given time.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Popular media coverage of millennials often fixates on the industries the generation is allegedly killing and their supposed fiscal irresponsibility. Some industries benefiting from millennials’ increased spending power, such as travel, reflect well-worn Gen Y tropes like the general preference for “experiences” over things.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2016

According to a new report by The NPD Group , two-thirds of all retail apparel shoppers are making their purchases at off-price retailers, like Marshalls or T.J.Maxx. More than half of them are 45 or above, according to the study, while millennials only make up 16 percent of this demographic.

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