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Retail Bedfellows Roundup: Staples Shares Space, Affirm Finances Life Experiences

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Sure, one could sit back in an armchair and chalk it all up to irascible millennials, but Staples is taking the proactive approach and making sure it can provide the right office supplies, however — and wherever — its consumers want them. “People are everywhere,” Jacobson said. “People are living in all different places.

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This Week In Insurance Tech: Policygenius Raises $100M, Lemonade Enters Pet Insurance, Nationwide Expands Digital Footprint

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Majesco , a New Jersey-based core insurance technology vendor, acquired Inspro Technologies , a Pennsylvania-based core insurance technology vendor, for $12M. . Socotra , a San Francisco-based core insurance technology vendor, raised a $15.2M Health & benefits. Series B led by Brewer Lane Ventures. PARTNERSHIPS.

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From ACH To IoT: Looking Back On A Year Of Trackers

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It was a busy year throughout the world of payments, with plenty of new technology making headlines along the way. Prpic and his team are hoping to use VR technology to transform luxury and high-end retail as we know it. Chime also makes an effort to reach millennials where they already shop.

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Fizzle Of The Week: The Activist CFPB

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But critics, notably Massachusetts Senator and CFPB architect Elizabeth Warren, have accused Mulvaney of shuttering the CFPB in all but name only, and doing so by defanging its ability to actually protect consumers. Costco for Millennials: Forget the dad jeans. Forget the mom jeans and the giant jars of peanut butter.

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2019: What To Take Forward And What To Leave Behind

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For bridge millennials, those consumers between the ages of 30 and 40 who are the first generation of connected consumers with spending power, those percentages are even higher: 31 percent own a voice-activated device, 55 percent of whom used it to make a commerce purchase in the week we asked them to report on their purchasing experiences.

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