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What’s Under The Millennial Christmas Tree This Year?

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All that’s left now, more or less, is the rush of returns that will all but overwhelm some retailers. Sneakers, of course, are always popular,” and that popularity looks likely to hold well after the 2019 holiday shopping season — thanks to the preferences of younger shoppers, including millennials and Generation Z. Top Sellers.

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NEW REPORT: Cowboy Chicken Ropes In Millennials With Mobile Order-Ahead

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Some national chains even embraced delivery options for the first time. Going Mobile to Win over Millennials. To win them over, many restaurants are betting that millennials prefer their meals with a side of technology. Increasingly, restaurants are turning to smartphones to speed up service and keep customers happy.

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Amazon Pay’s Gauthier: No One Can Predict Retail’s Future, So Innovate Around What Won’t Change

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He said retailers and service providers need to address such anxieties as they sketch out their digital and omnicommerce strategies and think about what new tech to put in place. As long as retailers focus on creating such safe spaces, he said, “the future is bright.”. And that is where a lot of stress is created.”. Gauthier said.

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Apple Pay, X-Border Invoices, Quick Accept Top This Week’s News

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Saving Main Street From Its Downward Pandemic Spiral. Main Streets will have to change to receive the social proof and vibe that made them so successful. And, beginning next year, they will be able to spend their crypto collections with any of the 26 million retailers currently taking PayPal. Where does Apple Pay stand today?

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Valentine’s Day, Pizza Rings And All The Ways (To Pay) To Say ‘I Love You

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In less than a week, “national engagement season” will be over. And for those saying something to the effect of “there is no such thing as national engagement season,” we would point out the data begs to differ. All in, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), Americans will drop about $27.4

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What The Trendsetters Say About How We Will Pay Next Decade

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Retailers scour social media to find influencers and designer bellwethers to turn trends into sales. In the payments ecosystem, we need look no further than the bridge millennial for how the connected purchasing experience will evolve over the next decade. How We Will Pay 2019 is an annual national study of more than 5,000 U.S.

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Live Christmas Tree Industry Uses Digital To Beat Back Artificial Rivals

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To learn more about why, PYMNTS this past week caught up with Doug Hundley, a spokesperson for the National Christmas Tree Association. The online retailer sold smaller versions of the trees last year, but online orders of Christmas trees made up only a small portion of overall sales of the trees. Christmas Tree Landscape.

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