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

PYMNTS

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. 2,420 in Boston and $2,300 in Seattle for a no-frills one-bedroom, probably a walk-up. What is Nuns and Nones?

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The Beauty Of Being Brandless

PYMNTS

Millennials, on average, are less brand-loyal than their parents or older siblings. And that curation is becoming more about building a community – or dare we say an ecosystem – around the Brandless collection of goods. Brandless is perhaps too small for Seattle to take much notice just yet. Not so much.

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Bitcoin Tracker: Easy Access Is ‘Easier’ With ATMS & Gift Cards

PYMNTS

Research says millennials love gift cards , so that may be a way to create a budding bitcoin trend. But other research says to forget millennials and focus on ourselves, as many of us enjoy buying eGift cards for me, myself and I — and, sometimes, you. But maybe ATMs won’t indeed be the way that people access bitcoin.

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Uber Of X: The Speed Stable, Motorcycles On-Demand

PYMNTS

Sharp spoke to PYMNTS about the impetus of the business, as well as some bumps in the road, and whether millennials or baby boomers are the first to hit the road on the motorcycle sharing economy. We have some very high-level discussions going on with investors from Seattle and from the South locally. Immediately.

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Millennials Not Alone in Fleeing Big Banks

NCR

The 24-year-old consults with companies worldwide on how to reach the millennial audience. The trend is not limited to millennials, according to the recent banking survey commissioned by MoneyTips.com, the personal finance community where consumers interact directly with financial professionals.

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12 Industries That Will Thrive Thanks To Millennials

CB Insights

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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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.” Community initiatives: Loom (Massachusetts). Dining out. the Future of food report.