Millennials

Millennials, also known as Generation Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z. Researchers and popular media use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years, with 1981 to 1996 a widely accepted definition.

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Deep Dive: How BNPL Options Can Help Luxury Retailers Capture Sales
Deep Dive: How BNPL Options Can Help Luxury Retailers Capture Sales
October 02, 2020  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Consumers are continuing to shift toward digital channels during the pandemic, presenting opportunities for some merchants and difficulties for others. Many retailers have had to...

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D2C Telehealth Firm Hims Plans SPAC IPO
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October 01, 2020  |  Investments

Hims, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) company selling health products targeted at millennials, is going public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), CNBC reported. Hims was...

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OAK + FORT On Offering BNPL Options To Expand Consumer Reach
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October 01, 2020  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Many consumers are sticking to buying basics during the pandemic, leaving some luxury brands struggling. In the Buy Now, Pay Later Tracker, Cooper Watts, director...

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OAK + FORT: Flexible-Payment Plans Boost Luxury Purchases
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September 30, 2020  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Dramatic shifts are underway in the retail sector as it adjusts to consumers’ increasingly digital preferences. Merchants are optimizing their eCommerce operations, but this is...

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Why Millennials And Gen Z Could Save 2020’s Holiday Shopping Season
Why Millennials And Gen Z Could Save 2020’s Holiday Shopping Season
September 29, 2020  |  Retail

The retail ecosystem has been turned upside down over the past six months as changes big and small rippled through the segment worldwide in response...

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Franklin Templeton Teams Up With Razer To Woo Millennial Investors
Franklin Templeton Teams Up With Razer To Woo Millennial Investors
September 14, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

A $1.4 trillion global investment giant founded in the 1940s and named after Benjamin Franklin is teaming up with upstart Razer Fintech to create a...

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New Report: A Merchant’s How-To Guide To Reopening Retail Stores
New Report: A Merchant’s How-To Guide To Reopening Retail Stores
September 09, 2020  |  SMBs

The social distancing and stay-at-home orders intended to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak have been devastating to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), with...

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Study: Virus Has Sent Most U.S. 18- to 29-Year-Olds Living With Their Parents
Study: Virus Has Sent Most U.S. 18- to 29-Year-Olds Living With Their Parents
September 08, 2020  |  Economy

For the first time since the Great Depression, most adult children in the U.S. are living with their families, according to a new report. An...

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Deep Dive: Why QSRs Are Investing In Product Diversity, Order Management During The Pandemic
Deep Dive: Why QSRs Are Investing In Product Diversity, Order Management During The Pandemic
September 03, 2020  |  Restaurant innovation

Restaurants and quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are used to stiff competition, but the ongoing pandemic has kicked it into an even higher gear. Some QSRs’ already-thin...

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