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‘Costco For Millennials’ Attracts Big Investors

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A popular eCommerce retailer, which has been called the “Costco for millennials,” is attracting potential investors, according to The New York Post. With warehouses in New Jersey, Dallas, Las Vegas and Atlanta, Boxed offers bulk-sized products similar to those found at big warehouse retailers like Costco Wholesale.

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Boxed And Costco Have Their Roots In A 1970s New Jersey A&P Store

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A&P named its concept Warehouse Economy Outlet — or “Where Economy Originates” — and opened its first location in Pennsauken, New Jersey, in 1971. With warehouses in New Jersey, Dallas, Las Vegas and Atlanta, Boxed delivers bulk items such as toilet paper and pet food to consumers’ front doors.

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Sing It With Me: What’s the Mask Mandate Got To Do With Wealth Management?

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California, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Oregon, Illinois, and Rhode Island have announced plans to lift their statewide mask mandates or school mask mandates, and more states have indicated they will revisit mask requirements in the near future. 59% of millennial investors were most likely to use video chat with their advisor.

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Amid Changing Lifestyles, Homebuying To Continue Torrid Pace?

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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. A survey revealed that about three-quarters of millennials surveyed are now working remotely. Home sales in that region were up more than 40 percent.

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New Report: A Merchant's How-To Guide To Reopening Retail Stores

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Fifty-three percent of millennials say the same, although this generation was likely using eCommerce in greater numbers than baby boomers and seniors already. Different generations have embraced eCommerce to varying degrees, according to a PYMNTS survey that found 40.3 This group is still a minority, however, with 59.7

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Toys“R”Us CEO Sees A Better Future With Smaller Stores

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The brick-and-mortar experience of Toys“R”Us most millennials remember from childhood — with its massive supply and aisles upon aisles of toys — is looking likely to become a relic of a bygone era in retail. The selection at Walmart and Target is not as big.”.

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Thought starter: Top challenges accountants face and actionable ideas to solve them

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Recently, Accounting Today’s editor-in-chief Daniel Hood spoke with Ralph Thomas , the CEO and executive director of the New Jersey Society of CPAs, to have a candid conversation about the challenges currently facing accountants for the website’s video series.