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Millionaires, Millennials And The Great Avocado Debate

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Are millennials eating too many avocados on toast for their own good? The crux of the debate is this: are first- time home sales down because, given the choice of a two car garage and a yard in the suburbs, millennials have, en masse, decided they’d rather enjoy a more richly-delicious brunch experience, week in and week out?

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Why Are Half Of Millennials Still Using Print Coupons?

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But just when the last iPods started giving way to entirely online streaming services, millennial audiophiles suddenly fell back in love with vinyl records — a music format they never even knew growing up. How curious, it seems, that a similar thing is happening between millennial shoppers and mobile and physical coupons.

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China’s Millennials Driving Mobile Payments Market

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Millennials in China make the vast majority of the mobile payments taking place, eMarketer reported on Thursday (June 16). In comparison, the U.S. Mobile device users ages 21–29 and 30–39 are leading the charge in the country’s mobile payments adoption. percent annually to reach 195.3 million users in 2016. can claim only about 37.5

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Should Retail Worry About Millennials’ Love For Dollar Stores?

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Retailers often treat millennials with mix of attraction and disdain that mirrors the “can’t live with them, can’t live without them” way of life. Whatever their opinions, any merchant worth its salt is already targeting millennial consumers full-blast to shore up their consumer base of the future.

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Should Retail Worry About Millennials’ Love For Dollar Stores?

PYMNTS

Retailers often treat millennials with a mix of attraction and disdain that mirrors the “can’t live with them, can’t live without them” way of life. Whatever their opinions, any merchant worth its salt is already targeting millennial consumers to shore up their consumer base of the future.

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Shoppers Use Mobile For In-Store Comparisons

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For millennials, that number is more like 90 percent. And According to the 2016 Purse String Survey done by Valassis earlier this year, more than 70 percent of consumers report they have looked for coupons or offers while in-store via their mobile device. Still, retailers expect to rake in the cash this year.

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How Scan-And-Go Can Replace Grocery Lines — And Win Over Millennials

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That transformation will rely, in large part, on younger shoppers such as millennials, said Rambus Chief Technology Officer Chakib Bouda during a recent interview with PYMNTS. A recent data-rich report from PYMNTS, for instance, shows how so-called “ bridge millennials ” are upending the $400 billion apparel and accessories industry.