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Baby Boomers Vs. Millennials: Eerily Similar?

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While most millennials were brought up in the age of the computer, baby boomers can remember a time when they weren’t surrounded by technology. It’s a peculiar dichotomy to compare millennials to their parents’ generation, the baby boomers. percent, millennials (who are in part to blame for this) aren’t the main contributing factor.

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10 Top Banking Podcasts You Should be Listening to

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Main Street Banking: A Podcast for Community Bankers 8. In many cases, the podcasts or hosts have sizable social media followings, and all release a new episode at least once per month so you can stay up to date with the latest trends in the finance world. Banking Transformed 2. BankTalk 3. Banking with Interest 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. Social media promotes the experience of buying and decorating those trees, something that is considered, in certain quarters, as more “authentic” than going with an artificial option.

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Cottagecore, Wine Windows And Turning To The Past For Present Comfort

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The bread of social media, like the people who were posting photos of it, always looked its best when presented to the world. The national obsession with baking bread quickly turned into a national debate on the best bread to make and the best way to make it. Dry yeast or fresh cultures? Hand-kneading or stand-mixing?

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The Stats of Summer

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A few years ago, The New York Times took a shot at the quantification of fun with an article that does the rounds on social media every summer in late June despite the fact that it is now four years old. This year, 89 percent of millennials are planning to take a vacation. Which is not to say that others have not tried.

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Deep Dive: How BNPL Services Incentivize Hikers To Spend More On Gear

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Millennial and Gen Z stereotypes often revolve around being tied to smartphones or computer screens, but these consumers love the outdoors just as much as their parents’ and grandparents’ generations. Social media can show how much millennials and members of Generation Z love hiking, camping and other outdoor activities.