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Upscale UK Retailers Look To Land In US Market

PYMNTS

s most high-profile retailers is doing well in the U.S. and another one is ready to open, both of them seeking a new market as their home turf sees retail struggles. s fastest growing brick-and-mortar retailer, Wren Kitchens. And also in training our retail staff to offer the customer a fantastic service.”.

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How Can Banks Thrive in the Next Five Years?

Jeff For Banks

I know, my first job in banking in 1985 at Northeastern Bank of Pennsylvania was making microfiche. In Pennsylvania, Rocket has number 1 market share. Then came this bubble generation they named millennials. Ever call your millennial child only to get a text back asking "what?" We can ignore millennials no more.'

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Settling Into Sofas On Subscription

PYMNTS

Millennial consumers are a mobile group – according to data analysis by FiveThirtyEight , the average millennial makes 12 moves between moving out of their parents’ home at college graduation and buying their first home. Why would you want to be saddled with furniture?”.

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Today In Data: The Transforming World Of 2019

PYMNTS

Data: $24 million: The amount spent by Pennsylvania over 16 months to prepare to issue Real ID law-compliant state IDs. 55 percent: Share of voice-activated speaker-owning bridge millennials who have used their devices to make a purchase in the last week. 73 percent: Share of drivers who connected to the internet during their commutes.

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Target’s Rapid Reset

PYMNTS

They are increasingly seeing the upper-end of their prime demographic, a group PYMNTS titled bridge millennials. Looking at the data, a significant minority of bridge millennials report Amazon as their preferred shopping destination (19 percent), while a full a 50 percent noted that their preferred commerce experiences are omnichannel.

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US Faces Shortage Of 50,000 Truck Drivers

PYMNTS

is facing a shortage of 50,000 truck drivers, impacting both retailers and consumers. Steve Viscelli, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania who studies labor markets and automation, told CNBC that, overall, eCommerce has had a “huge effect.” The American Trucking Associations (ATA) said that the U.S.

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Emerging Restaurant Delivery Services Take Hold In Small Cities

PYMNTS

As Youngstown, Ohio, is near the Pennsylvanian border, the platform serves both Youngstown and a small portion of western Pennsylvania. 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. The Grubdom Model.

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