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Taking A Sharing Economy Approach To Hotel Booking

PYMNTS

They can then choose the regions or neighborhoods in which they are comfortable staying, and pay for their room with a credit or debit card via Stripe. The company’s target market includes Gen Z and millennials. The company offers rooms in markets like New York, San Francisco, Nashville, New Orleans, Chicago and Orlando.

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Rideshare Fare Aggregation Apps Highlight Local Rideshares, Surge Pricing

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The ride — from a Chicago suburb to O’Hare International Airport and back — would normally cost $120. Target Market. Whipster seeks to serve a variety of riders, including millennials who’re looking for a new way to get around cities. Lyft’s surge prices were above 500 percent after the Super Bowl, according to The Drive.

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Super Saturday’s Secret Strength

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Change is not quite a universal agent — and some markets move faster than others. shoppers, where some markets will see Black Friday hold onto its dominance, while others see it get passed by for Super Saturday. Chicago; Miami and Los Angeles. Other than regional, the big shifts this year are generational.

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What Serving The Internet’s ‘Underserved’ Means For Payments

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That matters because as time goes by and existing cities become prohibitively expensive — think San Francisco, New York City and Los Angeles, with Chicago, Boston and other areas not far behind — many younger, well-educated consumers are making moves to exurban or even rural areas, or smaller cities. We are tech agnostic,” Winrich said.

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Peapod’s Quiet Quest For Delivery Dominance

PYMNTS

Peapod is a horse of a different color from the rest of what is common in the on-demand delivery market. Those firms are considered higher-tech, more urban and more millennial-focused. Having been founded over 20 years ago in Chicago — and owned entirely by Ahold since 2001 — it is by no definition a startup.

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Finovate, FinDEVr Alums Earn Finalist Spots in BBVA Open Talent Competition

Fintech Labs Insights

The three regional finals will be held in September (schedule below). The company has developed a crowdsourced, mobile investment analysis solution geared toward mass-affluent millennials. Chicago-based Rippleshot builds security and anti-fraud solutions. Origin Markets. LendingFront. ModernLend. New Constructs.

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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.