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Toys”R”Us, Millennial Moms And In-Store Omni — Oh My!

PYMNTS

And though men have made up some ground on the domestic front, millennial moms are still a force to be reckoned with. As it is in nearly every other generational subsection, millennial moms love mobile. How this cohort goes about shopping has also predictably changed with the generations.

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Are Online Resale Sites Rife With Counterfeits?

PYMNTS

The latest Payments and the Platform Economy study examines how marketplaces are responding to the counterfeit threat as well as how they are continuing to innovate the customer experience. Online Resale. Sales of counterfeit goods through online marketplaces are expected to hit $1.8 billion per year to fake online sales.

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Walmart+ And Amazon Prime Face Off As Consumers Decide Who Gets Their Business

PYMNTS

consumer seems happy to test the waters — and none more so than the coveted bridge millennials. According to PYMNTS survey data, nearly three times as many bridge millennials are Amazon Prime members as Walmart+ members. But three in 10 bridge millennials already report having both, just a month in. Those are the 47 million U.S.

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Why bank branches—and human contact—are not going away any time soon

Accenture

For years, we’ve heard people proclaiming the demise of the bricks-and-mortar bank branch, supposedly swept away by customers’ mass-migration to online and—increasingly—mobile alternatives. But as our latest UK banking consumer survey— Beyond Banking —confirms, there’s still plenty of life in the bank branch.

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From BNPL to RTP, The Year In Payments Ends On Digital-First Note

PYMNTS

Millennials have shown remarkable interest in these solutions, which allow consumers to finance purchases with specific terms when they check out online. Millennials lead in the early adoption of BNPL, especially older “ bridge millennials ,” or those aged 32 to 41 who tend to have more purchasing power than their younger counterparts.

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How UK Restaurants Are Coping With Delivery Aggregators

PYMNTS

That company recently made its own play to have more of a digital and mobile role in the restaurant world, buying Preoday , a firm that focuses online ordering technology, increasingly important — even table stakes — to every operation from global fast-food chains to local fish-and-chip lunch counters. But that comparison goes only so far.

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Why Hostelz.com Stopped Accepting Payments

PYMNTS

Dozens of sites and services enable customers to book stays online in their local currencies, making them particularly appealing for millennials seeking cheap accommodations. Homesharing platforms are also competing for young consumers’ attentions – millennials make up approximately 60 percent of Airbnb’s guests, for instance.

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