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Upscale UK Retailers Look To Land In US Market

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s most high-profile retailers is doing well in the U.S. and another one is ready to open, both of them seeking a new market as their home turf sees retail struggles. s fastest growing brick-and-mortar retailer, Wren Kitchens. And also in training our retail staff to offer the customer a fantastic service.”.

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How Digital-First Credit Unions Can Break The Impersonality Barrier

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That number is higher among millennial and Generation X respondents, at 77 percent and 63 percent, respectively. Nearly one-third of millennials would prefer to do their banking exclusively online and eschew branch locations entirely. Social media for member engagement. Social media for customer service.

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Standard International Launches Recommendations App

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Described as “the first social travel agency,” Benny (from the phrase “friends with benefits”) would allow people to recommend rooms to friends at the best rate, while also earning a commission. “We Lalvani said most of the firm’s expansion will be in Asia , where 60 percent of the world’s millennials are based.

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Is Bridal Retail Ready For Digital Disruption?

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In New York City, the tab apparently averages out at around $82,299, while in Chicago the proper celebration of eternal love and fealty runs at about $61,265. Wedding dresses in the past, explained Brittanny Carter, industry analyst at IBISWorld, were sort of a tricky proposition for retailers. And those are just the averages.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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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.” In the past decade, restaurant and bar purchases have grown at twice the rate of general retail spending.