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AUGUST 17, 2017

It can be argued that some of the toughest buyers to keep in mind when planning out retail strategies are teenagers. While one day a teen may be into shopping strictly online, another day may see an offline preferred experience or a mixture of both, and retailers must be at the ready to transform engagement efforts at any given time.

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JULY 7, 2017

Generation Z are the next up-and-coming group of shoppers who retailers are turning to for the future of retail. Yes, those born between 1994 and 2002 are starting to push millennials over in terms of shaping commerce and eCommerce trends. Get ready, retailers.

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MAY 6, 2017

It’s been chronicled in these virtual pages that millennials are the driving force behind change – change in how payments are done, how banking is banked, how social media influences commerce (or doesn’t) and how shopping may become a hybrid of high touch across the digital and physical realms.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

More than one out of four millennials carry less than $5 cash with them. And according to another study, nearly 20 percent of millennials have not used cash in two months. With a fifth of millennials already rarely using cash, it is clear that this is happening relatively rapidly,” said Kalle Marsal, CMO of Mitek.

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APRIL 25, 2016

“Improving engagement” has become just another platitude in retailers’ back pockets as they figure out which channel of the increasingly fragmented online world they should focus on, but Nordstrom may have struck gold with a new Snapchat-centered production.

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MARCH 19, 2018

The Market and Millennials. Eleven James may also appeal to millennials, who don’t have that ownership mentality. After all, they’re the first generation to come of age during the internet era, and most millennials were also among the very first social media users. The Road Ahead.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

According to the BDO Retail Compass Survey of CMOs, nearly 60 percent of marketers plan to leverage mobile in their marketing strategies this holiday season. Although less than 10 percent of marketers say they plan to focus on generic mobile coupons, retailers will be offering bargain hunters other ways to get a deal.

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JUNE 16, 2016

A lot of fuss is made over millennials and their proclivities toward things being easy. So, when it comes to something like digital banking , it’s not so much about finding what’s easy as it is about finding what service best meets millennials’ needs. Millennials to big banks: No thanks ….

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Accenture

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Based on this survey of over 2,000 consumers, it’s clear that online retailers, tech firms and social-media players face an uphill battle to convince consumers to allow them access to their financial data. Trust in online platforms and social-media companies as providers of payments services is low. So why not?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

Make room for more contextual commerce and more retail innovation in the travel sector. That’s the view from one of Google’s latest retail-associated launches, an airfare insight and travel recommendations offering. The travel industry also is the site of recent retail-oriented innovation. Habibi asked.

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JUNE 8, 2018

Driven by younger customers, such as millennials and teens, casual luxury is bolstering sales of luxury apparel, handbags and footwear. The change in behavior is due, in part, to social media sites such as Instagram. As such, millennials have more money at their disposal than Generations X, Y and baby boomers.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

Within these emerging markets, we’ve seen retailers make large bets on luxury. The surprise luxury consumers who’re popping up, according to Bain’s research, are millennials and Generation Z. As such, millennials have more money at their disposal than Generations X, Y and Baby Boomers.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Retail chain Destination Maternity reportedly filed for bankruptcy on Monday (Oct. According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.” The company owns 458 stores in the U.S., Another one seems ready to bite the dust. Larger Trends.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Another 33 believe D2C retailers have better deals on their websites, while 33 percent say it’s easier to see all of a brand’s offerings on one site: Even better, from the brands’ point of view, is that the consumers most interested in D2C are typically younger, better educated and wealthier than those with less interest in the concept.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

To help improve the retail shopping and shipping experience, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) is catching on with big-box retailers in the U.S. AR could be on the cusp of having its moment, as a large brick-and-mortar retailer has fresh plans to appeal to shoppers willing to test out the technology.

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MARCH 25, 2020

On a broader scale, parents are concerned about how much time kids are spending in front of screens, whether that’s video games, phones or social media. Onderdonk pointed out that many millennials and younger adults see the crates as cool things to build.

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APRIL 19, 2016

” Retailers have come to recognize the incredible marketing opportunity presented by the multi-weekend music festival in Southern California. Todd Smith, president and CMO at Sonic, told MarketWatch that this campaign comes from the company’s long experience with the millennial demographic.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

And so a sheepherding innovation – and new vocabulary word – was born. Retailers scour social media to find influencers and designer bellwethers to turn trends into sales. Bridge millennials own slightly more devices than the average consumer in our study: six devices compared to the roughly five that most consumers own.

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

Americans, especially millennials, are hungry for restaurant innovation. Unattended retail technology, or order-at-the-table systems, has become an increasingly popular form of modern technology at restaurants. A new kind of tableside service. McCann reported that IRT has found particular success in these kind of environments.

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JUNE 10, 2019

One of the takeaways from the Platform Economy Playbook is that amidst tech innovations like artificial intelligence (AI) to help personalize clothing selection and speed up delivery and social media-powered commerce, customer service has become a differentiator. Ann Taylor and New York and Company were early participants.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

A lifestyle brand for millennial buyers with an eye for design – but perhaps not the pocketbook for designer prices – the watch and accessories startup MVMT started on its path in 2013. After doing some research on suppliers, the duo found quite a staggering gap between wholesale and retail prices in watch brands.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In an interview with PYMNTS, Mladen Vladic, general manager of loyalty solutions at Fidelity National Information Services ( FIS ), said bridging the gap between a satisfied customer and a loyal one is a matter of urgency for firms across all verticals, but especially for retailers. That’s just not engaging.”. The Mechanics.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 1, 2016

Robinhood: On Target Launched in December 2014, Robinhood is a zero-fee stock trading app that quickly gained popularity among financially ambitious millennials. Robinhood was paid the enormous compliment of having “cracked the millennial code” by none other than Jay Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bank and founder of BankMobile.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Invest in mobility Any millennial will […]. As a result, every investment has to count, and every piece of content has to make an impact. Today we’re discussing five keys to effective financial content marketing that can help your institution get plenty of bang for its buck.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Millennials are also more likely to go the do-it-yourself (DIY) route than consumers from other age groups. Almost three quarters — or 73 percent — of millennials are doing DIY home improvement. Since its rollout, it has been engaging in social media marketing. Marketing And eCommerce.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Thanks to a large unbanked population and growing importance of the millennial customer, the digital-first bank business model is spreading not just in developed economies but also emerging markets like those in Asia.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

QVC President and CEO Mike George said when the deal was announced,“By creating the leader in discovery-based shopping, we will enhance the customer experience, accelerate innovation, leverage our resources and talents to further strengthen our brands, and redeploy savings for innovation and growth.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

In addition, the firm said that it is launching the second phase of its advertising campaign known as “Money is Changing,” and where the campaign will train a spotlight on millennial women, with focus on steps they have taken to tackle and overcome money-related challenges. For example, Simon said, the Jan. India and Mexico.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Beyond its website, the company’s products are in brick-and-mortar retailers such as Whole Foods and Gelson’s Market, among others. It is finding a lot of success, as might be expected, with people like urban millennials, Kurzrock noted, and similar groups. For promotion, the company is very active on social media and also has events.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

The experience economy is likely to expand as consumers place an increasing amount of importance — and spend more of their money — on experiences over typical retail goods. And it’s not just millennials. I know that [the space often] gets lumped with millennials, but it’s really cross-generational.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

Like most innovators, Arielle Charnas was looking to solve a problem when she launched her fashion blog – it just wasn’t a fashion problem. Today, she noted, things are quite good, as she is the rare internet celebrity who has turned a social brand into a bankable retail venture. It was the perfect place for Something Navy.

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APRIL 4, 2019

According to a recent study by Citibank , 31 percent of consumers use their mobile banking app more than any other — placing mobile banking behind only social media and weather for most frequented mobile destinations. It might mean incorporating innovative payment experiences like Zelle directly into their mobile offerings.

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JULY 6, 2018

Marketplaces such as Glamping Hub see that glamping is popular with two segments in particular: baby boomers and millennials. Another segment, millennials, are looking for unique destinations that can lend themselves to Instagram and other social media channels. The Great Outdoors.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Which meant that when Sakkijha was looking to launch her own fine jewelry brand online four years ago, she decided to focus on a central innovation that she felt shouldn’t be all that radical of a concept: designing, marketing and selling jewelry to the woman who will actually be wearing it.

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MAY 26, 2017

Fortunately, it appears the recreational market is getting some much-needed innovation to help organizations and associations process payments and participant registration. One company that is innovating in the sports and recreation industry is Amilia, an online registration and membership management platform.

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Insights on Business

APRIL 28, 2017

Recently, new digital technologies – driven by cloud, mobile, social media and analytics – have significantly lowered entry barriers and put customers much more at the center of the banking relationship. At the same time, regulators in many countries also have relaxed regulations to encourage innovation in the banking industry.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

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. Millennials and Gen Z are driving the growth of the secondhand market and eCommerce, generally. Social Media. Online Resale.

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