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The Millennial-Driven Evolution Of Jet.com

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To get more millennials on board, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer is rolling out offerings designed to attract younger, well-to-do consumes in urban areas. That service option ups the ante for speed and flexibility through Jet.com, as the retailer previously had a relatively early 9 a.m. cutoff for same-day deliveries.

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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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Black Friday Heads Toward Shades Of Gray

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By the time retailers get to Black Friday , they will have worked through almost two months of sales events – both proprietary and otherwise – from competitors ranging from Amazon to Target to Walmart. COVID-19 shows no signs of abating – in fact, fears of a second wave have already hit New York City, among other metro areas.

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Bank of the West Adds ATMs for Young Customers on the Move

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Bank of the West recently added 143 ATMs across the Denver and Sacramento metro areas through an agreement with ATM operator Cardtronics. Millennials, actually. One target?

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Verishop Works With Westfield To Open Stores

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According to the outlet, “Westfield’s malls tend to be highly trafficked and in urban metro areas.”. Verishop is targeting mainly younger, affluent and millennial shoppers. The company continued, “They want to grow their businesses online to reach millennial shoppers, but few platforms align with their values.

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American Apparel And Postmates Pair Up

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.” While Luedorf and American Apparel might be hitting the express delivery point hard, it only applies to a subset of 50 products the retailer is dubbing as “basics.” The boon from the partnership is obvious for American Apparel, but Retail Dive noted that it maintains a certain momentum for Postmates as well.

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Goodyear And Changing Tires On Demand

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The new concept, according to reports, is called Roll by Goodyear, and it’s a very different concept for retail than what has been typical of the 132-year-old tire company’s MO thus far. In our (traditional tire) stores we skew slightly older and slightly male, and we are missing millennials and women,” Thomas said. “We