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Accounts Of Millennial Sobriety May Be Oversold

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Have millennials started starving a segment of commerce in a socially positive way? Added to the list of things millennials are killing — along with homeownership, the institution of marriage and diamond jewelry — is apparently alcohol. Folks in the millennial generation have maybe a better sense of balance. Data from U.S.

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Millennial Entrepreneurs’ Optimism Is Booming — Here’s Their Top Concern

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As millennials continue to grow their presence in the small business (SMB) community, the dynamics of SMB finance are also changing. According to some experts , millennial small business owners no longer accept mediocre or sub-par services from their financial providers.

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Reimagining The Bar Experience Without The Booze 

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percent it fell in 2017 according to IWSR, an industry tracker for the drinks market. . There does come a time when there has to be some introspection,” Britta Starke, an addictions therapist and the program director of the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center at the University of North Carolina told the Atlantic.

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Wu-Tang Financial Is Here — Finally

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He is very focused on what the youth and millennials are interested in. He is a very solid businessman and has surrounded himself with bright individuals with a hunger for [bringing] new, groundbreaking technologies to market.” The goal it to own “more than half of the global cryptocurrency ATM market” by 2020.

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Retail Pulse: IKEA To Open ‘Planning Studio’ In NYC; Pizza Hut Will Acquire QuikOrder

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Yet the move comes as IKEA has curtailed its planned new stores, having canceled planned locations in North Carolina, Arizona and Tennessee amid a shift to eCommerce. CityLab , too, reported that the company’s market research found those who live in the Big Apple continue to like to shop in stores for furniture.

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Grocery Tracker: Discount Games

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Whole Foods’ market cap was estimated at over $9.7 Costco stock was up as well for the week, hitting a high over $176 on Friday morning, with a market cap over $77 billion. and a market cap over €26 billion (over $27.6 Distribution centers are currently under construction in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina.

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What Is Powering The Emerging Pawnaissance?

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We believe large gaps remain in the state-regulated credit market and more credit challenged consumers will have the most difficult time moving forward with HB 123 products,” Axcess Financial President Doug Clark told the Cincinnati Enquirer earlier this year when the law went into effect.

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