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Macy’s Spotlights Women-Owned Businesses With SoGifted

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Macy’s is partnering with the female-led millennial venture capital fund SoGal Ventures to launch an in-store initiative focused on women-owned businesses, Macy’s said in a press release on Thursday (Dec. The retailer is opening SoGifted shops in its flagship Manhattan store and six other locations. Lauderdale. 14 at 6:30 p.m.

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Can ‘Elective’ Fees Work For Retail Banks?

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In a new PYMNTS interview, Andrei Cherny, CEO at Aspiration Bank, shares with Karen Webster his experience in building this new retail banking concept over the last four years. What we’ve really done is create this category of socially conscious, sustainable retail banking that really didn’t exist before,” Cherny said. “We

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Casper Opens First Brick-And-Mortar Store

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After experimenting with pop-up shops, mattress retailer Casper has decided to open a permanent store. The company’s first brick-and-mortar location will be in New York City, The Washington Post reported. The store will also host community events focused on sleep and wellness.

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Outside The Box (And Inside The Storage Container) Solutions To Sky-High Rent

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Older adults tend to own, while younger adults skew much more heavily toward renting – particularly millennials, for whom homeownership is lower than other generations at the same point in their lives. Imagine moving to a new city to start a new job and you don’t know anyone. What is Nuns and Nones?

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

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communities. communities. Expensive Cities. And some of those areas and cities — Chattanooga, Tennessee stands as a good example — are striving to become more attractive to millennials and others, with better internet a big part of such efforts. billion to bring broadband to rural communities.

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Can Retail Investments Keep Up With Changing Consumer Desires?

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And in the world of retail, those choices — about where to invest — are becoming harder and colder for some executives as they try to figure out where commerce is going in the next few years, and what is worth putting fresh money into. Hard, cold choices are usually involved. More Consumer Appeal.

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WeWork Rolls Out Retail Form

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WeWork – the ever expanding office-sharing mega-firm- is officially kicking off its launch into retail. The new concept – titled, WeMrkt – within one of its early WeWork locations in downtown NYC. The firm has already opened co-living communities in New York and Washington DC. It’s name?

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