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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Zola Gets Physical With Its Digital Wedding Registry
Zola Gets Physical With Its Digital Wedding Registry
December 18, 2018  |  Retail

While probably not one’s first association when it comes to the word “romance,” the holiday season is, in at least one important aspect, all about...

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How Millennials Shop For Furniture With Direct-To-Consumer Brands
How Millennials Shop For Furniture With Direct-To-Consumer Brands
December 18, 2018  |  Retail

Millennials value experiences over things, as the familiar digital age adage goes, but sometimes millennials do, in fact, need actual things, such as sofas, beds...

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Young SMB Owners: Bigger Goals, But Less Clarity On Finances
Young SMB Owners: Bigger Goals, But Less Clarity On Finances
December 18, 2018  |  B2B Payments

When considering the differences across age groups of entrepreneurs, digitization and technology adoption often come to mind first, with younger small business (SMB) owners typically...

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Amazon Dumps Instacart For Whole Foods Deliveries — What’s Next?
Amazon Dumps Instacart For Whole Foods Deliveries — What’s Next?
December 14, 2018  |  Amazon Delivery

Instacart will have to conquer the grocery-delivery business without the help of Amazon. That’s one take on the news Thursday (Dec. 13) that Instacart has...

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Travel Curators Get Local And Personal
Travel Curators Get Local And Personal
December 10, 2018  |  Retail

In an effort to make travel planning easier for those looking to see the world, startups such as Noken are creating mobile personalized itineraries out...

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How Kohl’s Is ‘Thinking Differently’ As It Moves On Millennial Shoppers
How Kohl’s Is ‘Thinking Differently’ As It Moves On Millennial Shoppers
December 06, 2018  |  Retail

When Kohl’s decided to bring Amazon into its store locations about a year ago, many commentators wondered if the brand had made a big mistake....

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Are Millennials Really Killing Canned Tuna, Too?
Are Millennials Really Killing Canned Tuna, Too?
December 04, 2018  |  Retail

The millennial path of destruction allegedly continues, with those young consumers now taking blame for the decline in the popularity of canned tuna — a product...

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Thanksgiving Weekend Shoppers Surpass NRF’s Forecast
Thanksgiving Weekend Shoppers Surpass NRF’s Forecast
November 27, 2018  |  Retail

More than 165 million Americans shopped online or in stores during the period from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, surpassing the 164 million estimate the National...

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Making C-Stores About Loyalty — Not Just Convenience
Making C-Stores About Loyalty — Not Just Convenience
November 27, 2018  |  Loyalty & Rewards

It’s the most valuable treasure in the world of payments and commerce: consumer loyalty. Of course, gaining it requires a sophisticated understanding of retail, marketing...

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