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Weddings, The Millennial Way? There’s A Marketplace For That

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The point is that when it comes to wedding planning — especially those put together by millennials, who are finally coming into their own as important consumers — there is always a better way to go about things. All this new revenue is going from the cities where most millennials live to the countryside,” he said. An Idea is Born.

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Bankers and Strategic Bets. A Slow Embrace.

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How do we balance strategic direction, customer demand, and the futurist or wildly over-caffeinated millennial that tells us we have to implement every shiny new object or we'll die? Maybe those millennial futurists don't remember this. Online book stores. In 1998, they decided "why don't we sell everything online?"

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Behind BJ’s Digital Double Down

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Headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, BJ’s Wholesale Club doesn’t always attract the same level of interest as its larger counterparts at Costco or Sam’s Club — mostly because those competitors are much larger. With around 210 locations nationwide, BJ’s is less than half their size. But BJ’s is forging ahead — quietly as always.

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Ripple Effects: Mobile Payments Are Just The Beginning

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Technology is taking us to a world where we never have to leave our homes. Rather than build a new warehouse or rely on tried-and-tested technologies for picking products off shelves, Target decided to try a “new breed of robots.”. That the technology will change distribution is certain. In 2016, 5 percent of U.S.

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8 Connected-Economy Firms Expected To Light Up The IPO Market In 2021

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Robinhood offers an easy-to-use app to trade stocks commission-free, making the company popular with millennials. Petco said the upgrades include a focus on curbside pickup, same-day delivery, online appointment booking for veterinary care and more. Rival online pet supply firm Chewy staged a successful IPO last year.

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Retail Bedfellows Roundup: Staples Shares Space, Affirm Finances Life Experiences

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Sure, one could sit back in an armchair and chalk it all up to irascible millennials, but Staples is taking the proactive approach and making sure it can provide the right office supplies, however — and wherever — its consumers want them. “People are everywhere,” Jacobson said. “People are living in all different places.

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Trick Or Treat (Payments And Commerce Style)

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About a quarter of all shoppers will buy their Halloween gear online, though 39 percent will start browsing for it digitally. And while we would like to give each of our readers a piece of candy this season, drone technology has not yet advanced far enough to make that possible.