PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

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. The Role of Technology .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Upper90 led the company’s debt round, which will be used for setting up and leasing new properties. Domio will use the funding — a combination of $50 million in equity and $50 million in debt — to expand to markets targeting an underserved audience of millennials, business teams, and families. It is currently in 12 markets.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The native New Englander has worked in management consulting and composting and lives on a farm with his wife, kids, chickens and sheep. Walden Mutual will use that experience, plus Cummings’ fresh perspective, to embrace a technology-forward approach. It is rare to have that level of experience,” Cummings says.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2019

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2019

In the last few years astrology has seen something of a cultural renaissance, particularly among millennial consumers. As recently as five years ago astrology was something of a niche market with only a handful of devotees among New Age enthusiasts. It is, as The New York Times described it, “the cosmic buzzfeed quiz.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

More than 100 Goodwill store locations ranging from New York to San Francisco are uploading products like collectibles, clothing and furniture to the platform to drive in-store and online sales. Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey, for instance, teamed with Price.com.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

For instance, a search for August tickets from New York to Paris might yield a graph showing that the aggregate fare is toward the upper limit of average, while results for a September trip to Paris from New York might show that tickets are less expensive than they usually are that time of year.”. I’m happily surprised.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

It’s also a play to capture TikTok’s Gen Z and millennial audience. In practice, that means turning customers into influencers via a social selling technology platform. After announcing a test of shoppable Reels in October, the company has formalized the effort with a global shoppable video rollout. Comscore data says the share of U.S.-based

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

The Underlying Technology. Underlying that new experience is a backbone of enabling technology that has been fully thought through in the context of the merchant and customer experience. The technology experience matches the diversity of the shoppers. The next stop: New York. “If

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

In acquisition news, Kroger recently announced its acquisition of iconic New York City-based cheese shop Murray’s Cheese. Murray’s former owner, Rob Kaufelt, will reportedly remain as a strategic adviser, and the team leading the New York City operation will largely remain unchanged. percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2017

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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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

Direct-to-consumer wedding brands are opening stores in real life — and personalizing the customer experience within them through digital technology. Floravere Co-founder Denise Jin said in an announcement , “With our New York Flagship, we’ve created a retail experience that reflects how our bride actually shops: from IG to IRL.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

15) that it has launched a global initiative, She’s Next, Empowered by Visa, which seeks to support the advancement of women-owned small businesses around the world through shared research, experience and technologies. To that end, Visa said on Tuesday (Jan. And 61 percent of those queried said they self-funded their business. What’s On Tap.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

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. Mall Trends.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Three ways millennials could accelerate FinTech trends in 2016. When it comes to finance, millennials are a generation known to be conservative in spending and distrustful of financial institutions. Thus, it’s not shocking that millennials are a driving factor in the growing financial technology, or FinTech, movement.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Introducing the $10,000 internet escape pod — a Wi-Fi-proof Faraday cage where customers and their families can enjoy their 16-piece fried chicken wing bucket free of technological distractions. We’ve come up with several technologically advanced, creative experiences for our customers and fans this year,” said Felix.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2019

Meanwhile, homesharing platforms like Airbnb are battling regulators in states like New York, as hotels vie for a shift in occupancy laws. With the hostel industry still an attractive choice for millennial customers, Hostelz.com is taking an intermediary role, leaving payment and booking friction to partner platforms like Booking.com.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

AR could be on the cusp of having its moment, as a large brick-and-mortar retailer has fresh plans to appeal to shoppers willing to test out the technology. And new technology is in the works to help welcome them to the AR world: In October, it was reported that a Facebook executive said the company is developing augmented reality glasses.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2018

White, who’s from Youngstown and now lives in New York, noticed that his hometown didn’t have as many delivery choices as other cities. And, to win younger consumers over — like those at the university — many restaurants are betting that millennials prefer their meals with a side of technology.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2016

“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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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2016

There was plenty of excitement in the retail sector after TWICE broke the news in January that an outside investor had acquired the iconic Circuit City brand, with plans to revive the business and open anywhere from 5,000 to 10,000 new locations over the next five years. And then, nothing.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2016

Although those concepts (and then some) were bandied about at the most recent RIC, held in New York City last week, perhaps the most unlikely “big idea” to emerge from the event was defined as such (“unlikely,” that is) because, for so long throughout the history of retail, it existed as a central tenet of the industry: Focus on the shopper.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

However, new technology is able to track the true number of miles driven by a car, and can even track how a driver handles a car. With that new business model and technology, Metromile launched in 2016 and is currently available in eight states, which include California, New York, Washington, Pennsylvania and Arizona.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

He noted that New York was a “natural choice” as it is “the most vibrant, dynamic city in the US.” Yet the move comes as IKEA has curtailed its planned new stores, having canceled planned locations in North Carolina, Arizona and Tennessee amid a shift to eCommerce. Amazon declined to comment per The Wall Street Journal.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

Travel industry services are catering to the thousands of millennial and Gen Z travelers who are booking big trips by augmenting their platforms with online and mobile support. They can come to the site and book five nights in New York City, for example, and those stays could include parking services for just the first two nights, Shust said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

The company recently filed paperwork with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. The company previously raised $111 million in venture funding from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Square Peg Capital, Qumra Capital and others.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2019

Millennials prefer to use cards for smaller transactions, namely those under $5. Payment at a kiosk is often the preferred option for consumers these days, as kiosks are benefiting from vastly improved designs and are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) technology to meet consumers’ needs.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2017

He is very focused on what the youth and millennials are interested in. He is a very solid businessman and has surrounded himself with bright individuals with a hunger for [bringing] new, groundbreaking technologies to market.” However, remember that Wu-Tang is for the children,” said Westbrook. “He

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

If the modern man wants to get in on the smart clothing trend, there’s a stylish bomber jacket by New York City men’s designer Rochambeau that uses the same technology as the new Minkoff handbags. Technology tends to focus on utility. While she certainly made a statement, it wasn’t a fashionable one.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

That matters because as time goes by and existing cities become prohibitively expensive — think San Francisco, New York City and Los Angeles, with Chicago, Boston and other areas not far behind — many younger, well-educated consumers are making moves to exurban or even rural areas, or smaller cities. communities.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Boost Insurance , a New York-based B2B digital insurance platform, raised a $14M Series A led by Coatue Management, and Conversion Capital. Majesco , a New Jersey-based core insurance technology vendor, acquired Inspro Technologies , a Pennsylvania-based core insurance technology vendor, for $12M. .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2017

But in some cases, such as in New York, regulations have governed how those cards can be accessed (such as via mandated ATMs that must not take fees and must be near the workplace or workers’ homes), because of the unbanked workers who use them.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

New York offers retirees direct deposit for disbursements, for example, and agencies in Idaho now facilitate digital payouts for child support payments. Forty-four out of the 50 U.S. states are currently searching for ways to untangle those complications, and upgrade their electronic disbursement and payment tools.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2018

Technology is making it easier for the workforce to put in the daily eight (or 10, or 12) hours from their own homes, but another change is taking place: Using commercial space left behind by retailers, or in eateries or hotels, as communal areas of work. The store is designed to appeal especially to millennial consumers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2018

With millennials working multiple gigs, very few have enough time left to make a proper meal — if they aren’t eating out at a local restaurant. Blue Apron opened up an experiential pop-up retail location in New York City, which featured cooking classes and celebrity chefs. Truly Innovating.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Technology has proven useful in eliminating the friction inherent in so many processes and online marketplaces, so why not the process of finding a roommate where co-existence is virtually guaranteed to be harmonious? Think of Google , where people may go from an office in New York to London or Bangalore.

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