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Baby Boomers Vs. Millennials: Home Renovations Edition

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As to be expected, baby boomers and millennials were at different ends of the spectrum in terms of the types of houses bought, differences in improvement choices and amount of money spent on repairs. As we reported back in February, millennials are saddled with much more debt than baby boomers were at the same age.

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The Coming Millennial FinTech Crisis

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While they enjoy many FinTech innovations, most millennials don’t have a snowball’s chance of earning more than their parents — ever. It’s one thing for the millennial offspring of the billionaire hedge-fund scions to fall short of making a billion because they only manage to pull down $760 million a year. It’s a fact. population.

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Developing Brick-and-Mortar Stores For QSRs, Sleep Brands

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Data: 2005: The year Essentia’s founder created a mattress made of organic, non-toxic materials. 50 percent: Portion of millennial consumers who place more deliveries than they did two years ago. The sleep brand ’s locations are thriving, and a few more are planned for this year. All this, Today in Data.

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Wirecard Partners With Klarna For Payments

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Founded in 2005 by Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Niklas Adalberth and Victor Jacobsson, Klarna pays merchants upfront and offers an alternative to credit cards. CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski said its target customers are millennials from the U.S. He noted that 70 percent of millennials in the U.S.

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Amazon Prime, Walmart+ See Post-Holiday Declines As Free Trials Expire

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The numbers suggest that Walmart+ — which launched in September — has a long way to go to catch up with rival Amazon Prime, which got more than a 15-year head start by launching in February 2005. For example, the study found that many bridge millennials — a key demographic group — had signed up for both services.

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Millennials and Credit: Are We Missing the Real Story?

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Our fascination with millennials and their like or dislike of credit continues to occupy its fair share of column inches – so much so that a while back I decided to take a look for myself. The real value of balances between 2005 and 2016 are both down by about 19% when compared to the overall movement in the retail price index.

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The Great Subscription Race: How Walmart+ Stacks Up Against Amazon Prime

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population that have signed on with Prime since its February 2005 launch. Moreover, demographics seem to make something of a difference in subscription enthusiasm, particularly among the highly coveted “bridge millennial” demographic. According to PYMNTS’ most recent data on the subject , roughly 17 percent of U.S.