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China’s Millennials Driving Mobile Payments Market

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Millennials in China make the vast majority of the mobile payments taking place, eMarketer reported on Thursday (June 16). In comparison, the U.S. Mobile device users ages 21–29 and 30–39 are leading the charge in the country’s mobile payments adoption. percent annually to reach 195.3 million users in 2016. can claim only about 37.5

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Black Friday Data: Amazon Tightens Digital-First Market Share Grip

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When PYMNTS last measured Amazon’s take of the total eCommerce business it found that it touched just north of 50 percent for Q1 2020 in eCommerce market share (51.2 By comparison, Walmart.com’s income breakdown was much more even, with 44 percent in the top and bottom brackets and 41 percent in the middle. That dropped to 44.4

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Millionaires, Millennials And The Great Avocado Debate

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Are millennials eating too many avocados on toast for their own good? The crux of the debate is this: are first- time home sales down because, given the choice of a two car garage and a yard in the suburbs, millennials have, en masse, decided they’d rather enjoy a more richly-delicious brunch experience, week in and week out?

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Why Are Half Of Millennials Still Using Print Coupons?

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But just when the last iPods started giving way to entirely online streaming services, millennial audiophiles suddenly fell back in love with vinyl records — a music format they never even knew growing up. How curious, it seems, that a similar thing is happening between millennial shoppers and mobile and physical coupons.

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Shoppers Use Mobile For In-Store Comparisons

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And while a BDO survey from October found that nearly 60 percent of marketers plan to leverage mobile in their marketing strategies this holiday season, the same survey also shows that just 12 percent of retail marketers in the U.S. plan to use flash sales and daily deals as a mobile marketing tactic this holiday season.

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Should Retail Worry About Millennials’ Love For Dollar Stores?

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Retailers often treat millennials with mix of attraction and disdain that mirrors the “can’t live with them, can’t live without them” way of life. Whatever their opinions, any merchant worth its salt is already targeting millennial consumers full-blast to shore up their consumer base of the future.

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Should Retail Worry About Millennials’ Love For Dollar Stores?

PYMNTS

Retailers often treat millennials with a mix of attraction and disdain that mirrors the “can’t live with them, can’t live without them” way of life. Whatever their opinions, any merchant worth its salt is already targeting millennial consumers to shore up their consumer base of the future.