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The Buyers: Generation Z’s Shopping Preferences

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Yes, those born between 1994 and 2002 are starting to push millennials over in terms of shaping commerce and eCommerce trends. The buying power of Gen Z comes out to $44 billion, according to an IBM and National Retail Federation study. Get ready, retailers. They appreciate the hands-on experience of shopping in a store.

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The Stats of Summer

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A few years ago, The New York Times took a shot at the quantification of fun with an article that does the rounds on social media every summer in late June despite the fact that it is now four years old. Their headline figure was $16 billion, which is the aggregate value of the summer camp industry in the United States.

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Can Six Days Make (Or Break) The Holiday 2019 Shopping Season?

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What most people don’t realize is how long this has been the case in the United States. Thanksgiving outlived Lincoln, and every president that followed him offered the same proclamation every year declaring a national day of Thanksgiving to be celebrated on the last Thursday in November.

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12 Industries That Will Thrive Thanks To Millennials

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Popular media coverage of millennials often fixates on the industries the generation is allegedly killing and their supposed fiscal irresponsibility. Some industries benefiting from millennials’ increased spending power, such as travel, reflect well-worn Gen Y tropes like the general preference for “experiences” over things.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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Instead, new millennial-inspired and tech-infused dining trends have been emerging across the US and internationally. Many of yesterday’s casual dining brands are dying, but not because millennials “don’t eat out.” An enormous part of By Chloe’s success is that its dishes and restaurants are optimized for social media.

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The Buyers: Hispanic Millennials’ Buying Power

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Millennials. Currently, this group makes up the largest generation living in the United States. million millennials, as reported by Pew Research Center , obtaining, maintaining and retaining consumers from this particular consumer segment is the golden ticket for retailers. With approximately 79.8 As the U.S.

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Robots Sizzle, Tax Reform Fizzles And Facebook Raises Eyebrows With Its Timing

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Spring has finally arrived across the United States, and love is in the air. The social media giant had lots of things to announce this week at F8 : new features, like the “clear history” button; upgrades, like the video chat enhancements coming to Instagram and Snapchat and redesigns, like the great streamlining of Messenger.

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