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Deep Dive: How BNPL Services Incentivize Hikers To Spend More On Gear

PYMNTS

Millennial and Gen Z stereotypes often revolve around being tied to smartphones or computer screens, but these consumers love the outdoors just as much as their parents’ and grandparents’ generations. Social media can show how much millennials and members of Generation Z love hiking, camping and other outdoor activities.

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Deep Dive: Why Smart Cities Should Get Smart About Digital ID

PYMNTS

Many consumers already use connected devices that track exercise activity, sleeping habits or blood pressure, indicating that they are already collecting health data without much additional effort. As the millennial population grows, the implementation of smart city technology will accelerate.

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Navigating The Overstuffed Weight Loss Market

PYMNTS

is largely credited for the global epidemic – even if we are no longer technically the “fattest” country on Earth (congratulations, Nauru ) – the problem has definitively spread inside our national borders. Plus, while the U.S. percent of global GDP. Noom is an app-based method for tracking calories and activity.

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The Fastest Growing Retail Categories Are…?

PYMNTS

A new study by The NPD Group found that anything related to health and wellness ­­— like wearable technology , basketball gear, sweats and active bottoms (AKA exercise pants), running products, outdoor sports and toys, running gear, portable beverageware — were among the fastest-growing retail categories between Dec. 2014 and Dec.

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Consumer Banking Predictions 2019: Four Trends to Watch

FICO

The annual exercise of staring into our crystal balls and making predictions for the coming year has begun. Indeed, we are already starting to see signs of distress among community and regional banks that lack the advertising budgets and sophisticated digital capabilities of the big national banks.

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Growth Loops – The New Way To Grow Bank Product Sales

South State Correspondent

Here is a fun exercise – Ask a bank product team, “How do you grow customers?” A large national bank is recently infamous for introducing a millennial targeted mobile account that failed mainly because the branch didn’t get credit for account openings. Shortcomings Of The Current Growth Mindset. This is the first problem.

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12 Industries That Will Thrive Thanks To Millennials

CB Insights

Popular media coverage of millennials often fixates on the industries the generation is allegedly killing and their supposed fiscal irresponsibility. Some industries benefiting from millennials’ increased spending power, such as travel, reflect well-worn Gen Y tropes like the general preference for “experiences” over things.