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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. million of the borrowers, up from 700,000 a decade earlier.

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Trust And Speed Light A New Path To Omnichannel Retail

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But as a new webinar from PYMNTS showed, retail success is not exactly some mysterious process; it simply requires close attention to changing consumer trends and new technologies, including those centered around payments. They were born into a world with this technology and access,” Parsons said. Trust Issues.

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SoulCycle Partners With Public School For Athleisure Line

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According to news from Bloomberg on Monday (Dec. 4), SoulCycle recently launched a line of workout clothing in collaboration with New York City-based streetwear company Public School. Fitness company SoulCycle is known for its indoor spin classes, and now it could be known for its fashion too.

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Grocery Tracker: Time Crunch

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In acquisition news, Kroger recently announced its acquisition of iconic New York City-based cheese shop Murray’s Cheese. The two have yet to disclose the financial terms of the deal, but city records show that Kroger dropped $20.6 The rates were considerably higher among millennial consumers ( go figure ).

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American Apparel And Postmates Pair Up

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“The combination of American Apparel’s real-time, local inventory paired with Postmates’ superior delivery technology and national footprint is changing the way customers can access their favorite brands,” Luedorf said in a statement.

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Outside The Box (And Inside The Storage Container) Solutions To Sky-High Rent

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Older adults tend to own, while younger adults skew much more heavily toward renting – particularly millennials, for whom homeownership is lower than other generations at the same point in their lives. People had roommates, but were running into lots of challenges that smart design and technology can solve.”. What is Nuns and Nones?

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Physical Retail Looks For New Life This Holiday Season

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In-store holiday returns present a unique opportunity for retailers to either upsell or capture another sale while a consumer is in the store, aided by savvy store employees and retail technology. Both of those demographics surprisingly beat out millennials, at 53 percent, and Gen Z, at 46 percent. Consumer Trends.

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