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Millionaires, Millennials And The Great Avocado Debate

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No, we’re talking about the real debate in America and the answer to the most important questions facing our nation today. Are millennials eating too many avocados on toast for their own good? No, we’re not talking about the appointment of the Special Prosecutor to investigate the firing of James Comey.

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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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H&M Just Says No Thanks To Plus-Sized Customers In New York

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A little over a week after Tim Gunn excoriated the fashion industry for its plus-sized hostility, H&M has decided to pull plus-sized clothes out of all New York City locations, according to Revelist , an online news site aimed at millennial women. In the U.S. 2015, to $19.8 2016 to $20.4 billion.

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BJ’s On The Block, Amex’s Millennial Problem And Another Big Breach

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And most of the nation got a good chuckle — except perhaps the investors who threw $125 million at the disruptive future of juice. On the slightly more serious side of the payments news this week, BJ’s Wholesale Club looks like it’s going up for sale — and the rumor of the week is that Amazon is thinking about buying it.

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Amid Changing Lifestyles, Homebuying To Continue Torrid Pace?

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To that end, and in terms of the data announced by the National Association of Realtors, existing home sales grew by 9.4 Demographic shifts are playing a role as realtor.com noted that almost half of millennials, 49%, “pushed up their plans to buy” housing due to the pandemic. million units. percent, equating to just 1.5

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Last Roar Of The Paper Tiger?

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Statistical swarms of millennials and Gen Zers report never having used a paper check. Instant” is becoming the posted speed limit nationally and globally for transactions. It got so bad that New York City became the first municipality in the nation to pass a law making it easier for freelancers to sue for payment.

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Airbnb Competitor Domio Lands $100M; Aims To Double Market Share

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Domio , a startup that designs and rents apartment hotels, has raised $100 million in funding to expand both nationally and globally to 25 markets by 2020, according to reports on Tuesday (Dec. Upper90 led the company’s debt round, which will be used for setting up and leasing new properties. The funding round closed in late summer.

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