PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

New evidence of that — part of the broader trend of the existential changes in the world of brick-and-mortar retail, changes that are gaining more focus this month — comes from reports that stationery chain Papyrus is closing up shop. The chain had since expanded to some 260 or so retail locations. Millennials to the Rescue.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2019

“It was meant to be a criticism of the art market, and I think it’s going to double the value of the work.”. Because the millennial art buyers are arriving – and what they buy, how they buy it and how they relate to it is very different than prior generations. It’s a very fast-moving market.”. million, including fees.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Millennial consumers are ready to be brand ambassadors — especially when engaging in mobile commerce with private-label debit programs. The interview with Bailey comes amid increasing focus on how millennials might change gas and convenience store payments. Millennials are ready to be engaged.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2018

There have been a number of great commercial jingles in the history of commercials — tunes so catchy that they stick, almost forever, and remind us of brand names simply by nature of being so catchy. Toys R Us ’ famous “Toys R Us Kids” jingle succeeded in doing that, and then some. Not a grain of salt — a whole container.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

Consumers were already changing their retail preferences before anyone had heard of COVID-19, let alone had their life utterly upended by it. This vastly accelerated retail realignment presents challenges — and opportunities — for retailers of all kinds, particularly those dealing in luxury goods, Molnar said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

The past several months have been largely defined in the retail world by merchants and brands making quick digital pivots to stay afloat in an environment that’s gone from “digital sometimes” to “digital mostly.”. When selling online became the only game in town, retailers across the board got very seriously digital overnight.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

We have deep dives into unattended retail, rapid settlements and cybersecurity, as well as news on Mastercard receiving the go-ahead from China’s central bank to set up a bank clearing business. Mastercard Gets Nod To Join China’s $27T Payments Market. What Amazon At 10 Can Teach Us About Uber At 10. As of Friday (Feb.

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Retail Cards Millennials Fraud 141

PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

Millennials are never, ever going to buy homes. Why millennials are never going to buy homes is more of a jump ball. According to the National Federation of Retailers, 81 percent of millennials report at least aspiring to homeowners as hip, even if they aren’t there yet.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

Like many retailers, Tradesy opened 2020 with great expectations and big plans. Significant growth in terms of their active user base and revenue were on the agenda — to be supported by a major investment in marketing to get the word out about the Tradesy peer-to-peer (P2P) market model and its advantages for both buyers and sellers.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2018

The old model of opening a retail store with merchandise as a main focus of the space may not appeal to today’s consumers – millennials in particular. The opportunity is us to open in some of these unexpected locations,” Neighborhood Goods CEO and Founder Matt Alexander told PYMNTS.com in an interview.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2016

Dormify, a dorm decor startup, seems to have cracked the email marketing code for millennials and Gen Z buyers. The New York-based e-tailer has seen a 92-percent increase in revenue from email marketing and has doubled its web conversion rate. This has allowed it to bring in automation to the process.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

Also, Kohl’s is teaming up with Facebook to capture the attention of millennials, and world bankers met to discuss whether a new cryptocurrency would be better than relying on the dollar as a global reserve company. Despite Meeting Swiss, US Lawmakers Remain Libra Skeptics. The company sees the country as its next big growth market. .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

With the busy holiday season upon us, we are proud to offer a truly multi-channel payment solution that has proven to bring new customers and increased sales to our retail partners,” Afterpay Global Chief Revenue Officer Melissa Davis said in the announcement. CEO Nick Molnar said in a past PYMNTS panel.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2017

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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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

Forget millennials, that consumer segment that is blamed for the downfall of most everything while also being the target of many innovative efforts. Single consumers are a force of nature as well when it comes to retail. At least that’s the case when talking about toilet paper – specifically, the Charmin Forever Roll. Singles’ Day.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

As spotlighted in the Digital Banking Tracker , the global digital banking market is slated to grow by 16 percent, compounded annually. As many as 72 percent of bridge millennials say mobile apps are important for accessing bank accounts. The age of personalized service is upon us.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

The company will partner with top fashion and beauty brands and retailers for the event, which offers its two million U.S. Discounts will be offered across retailers such as NARS Cosmetics, Schutz, APL, Steve Madden and more. market just over a year ago and is now signed with over 6,500 U.S. retail partners. many others.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

While it’s certainly not the case with every firm, for many, years of venture funding and building size and scale are considered favorable to an early entrance into the public markets with the vicissitudes of public investors. We went public when we had about 100 retailers signed on and 30,000 customers, so really early in the process.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

It looks like we can finally have a serious conversation about the impending collapse of physical retail in the U.S. All it took was a 160-year old retailer and a $34 billion kick in the stomach to the retail sector to get everyone’s attention. retailer, Sears, which found itself standing at Chapter 7’s front door.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2018

The founder of Toys R Us passed away yesterday (March 22) at the ripe old age of 94, barely a week after news broke that the toy chain would be closing its doors for good. Millennials across America singing “I’m a Toys R Us kid” in as solemn a fashion as possible this week are a testament to that. Toys R Us Is Born.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

market for initial public offerings (IPOs) had a banner year in 2020 despite the pandemic — or perhaps because of it. Markets initially responded accordingly, with shares pricing at $24 — the very top of the stock’s $22 to $24 expected range. billion — not bad, but far below what other major online retailers are seeing.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2018

As Gen Z is projected to soon become the largest consumer segment, Target is rolling out three new house brands geared toward the retailer’s teen and young adult customers. Two brands will focus on clothing, while another will focus on electronics, retail news source Chain Store Age reported.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

But before we shut the door on 2019, it bears taking a moment to note how much the world of retail has changed in the last year, a fitting capstone on a decade that has seen retail as the American consumer commonly knew it taken to the ground and rebuilt nearly from the foundations. Lesson 1: Think Big . “We The goal for next year?

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Retail Branding Course Charlotte 135

PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

While we are not quite the world’s leading consumers of soft drinks (Argentina edges us out by a liter), Americans per capita consume 154 liters of soft drinks per capita, per year – or roughly 41.6 I’ve always been in trading and markets, and I have always been a trend follower,” O’Grady said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

Some landlords announced new deals for residential uses, while retailers and real estate owners in general seemed to be collaborating more closely to keep shopping centers alive. You don’t have to fill retail with retail anymore,” remarked Greg Maloney, head of JLL’s America retail business, at the event.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Trading FinTech Robinhood Markets Inc. The new funding is an outcropping of the Series G round unveiled in August for the firm, which is said to have helped millennials become interested in trading. In August, Robinhood Markets unveiled a $200 million Series G fundraising, bringing its valuation to $11.2

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

But the price tag on it is a cool $2,000 (on sale), and so for whatever wonders it is capable of as cutlery, the market for it is fairly narrow. For most of us, it involves intensive internet scouring until we dig up the right compromise. So how to get nice – but not so nice that nice becomes an unaffordable luxury?

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Millennials Tools Examples US 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

The department store retailer reported revenues of $6.8 And, according to a statement from Kohl’s, the retailer ended its fiscal year with 1,159 brick-and-mortar locations in 49 states. Rewards and Millennials. billion and earnings per share of $2.24 compared to analysts’ estimates of $6.6 billion and $2.18

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Big retailers are opening smaller-format stores in major U.S. Already, the retailer has opened a Planning Studio across the pond in London in October. In the announcement, IKEA Retail U.S. He noted that New York was a “natural choice” as it is “the most vibrant, dynamic city in the US.”

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NCR

JUNE 24, 2016

Although the number of payments made via smartphone around the world has rocketed in recent years, there are still a few key hurdles that need to be overcome before it can reach full maturity, particularly in key markets such as the US. POS still lacking maturity.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

The chain’s investment in Flipkart includes $2 billion of new equity funding, which Flipkart will use to accelerate growth. Bridge Millennials And The Threat To Physical Retail. Let us introduce you to a new demographic cohort: the first real generation of connected consumers with spending power.

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PYMNTS

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 13, 2019

The great holiday shopping rush is upon us and the annual spending extravaganza is underway as retailers do anything and everything within their power to try to lure in that enhanced consumer spend.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

According to a report in Fintech Futures , HSBC started the beta test with 15 retailers in Hong Kong. They can now accept payments from customers that use HSBC’s eWallet. In the early part of 2017, HSBC announced the new payment app, geared toward millennials in Hong Kong who also wanted social media built in.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

is facing a shortage of 50,000 truck drivers, impacting both retailers and consumers. ” A boom in eCommerce shipping, along with electronic driver monitoring devices, has made the already tight truck driver market worse, CNBC previously reported. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) said that the U.S. according to ATA data.

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