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How Digital Platforms Tackle Luxury Travel Reservations, Payments

PYMNTS

The luxury travel market is booming: The PYMNTS Luxury Travel Study found that luxury travelers from the United States spent $1.1 trillion market. The platform, however, also has some city listings, like a cottage in the vicinity of London’s Kensington Palace and a Los Angeles French country-style mansion.

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Can Politicians Give The Global Sharing Economy A Boost?

PYMNTS

For instance, New Orleans is the site of one of the most significant and ongoing backlashes against the sharing economy, a global trend that probably won’t kill off Airbnb and other major players, but could create more hassles and pressures for some companies struggling to make it in this big, crowded market.

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How TikTok ‘eGirls’ Helped Create A Multi-Million-Dollar Fashion Brand

PYMNTS

If one were to make a list of products for a cutting-edge fashion brand aimed at capturing the emerging Generation Z market, it is safe to assume that “foxtail keychains” would not make the top 10. And they are looking to expand – fresh off a $40 million infusion of funds, care of a Series B round from Sequoia Capital.

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Retail’s Ups And Downs: Amazon Pop-Ups, John Lennon And The iPhone 7

PYMNTS

Wells Fargo settled the investigation, which was sparked by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Los Angeles prosecutor, last week by agreeing to pay a fine of $185 million. About 5,300 employees, or 1 percent of Wells Fargo’s workforce, were fired as a result of the scandal.

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Tuition.io Raises $5 Million in Series A

Fintech Labs Insights

The funding takes Tuition.io’s total capital to more than $8 million. plans to use the capital to help acquire more enterprise customers, as well as to grow its customer service, engineering, and sales teams. as a “real game-changer for recruiting millennials.” Pictured: Tuition.io He credited Tuition.io

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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 sophisticated food hall: North 3rd Street Market (Brooklyn). Dining out. the Future of food report.

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The 2015 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Community bank marketing resources. With market opportunity heating up and big bank and big credit union competitors hitting hard, too many community banks lack marketing resources … or they have 2X more spending in sponsorships than the campaigns, analytics and digital sales improvements that actually bring in new business.