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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.

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As Pizza Hut Struggles, QSRs Grapple With Delivery Investments

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QSR magazine and other analysts point to a direct link between delivery and the consumer experience and consumer satisfaction. In fact, QSR magazine says the disruption potential of home delivery is similar to the disruption felt when eCommerce gained critical mass in 2008. Such methods as QSR mobile apps (6.2

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The Future Of Entertainment? Try Professional Gaming

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Specifically, he said the typical gamer is a digitally native Gen Z or millennial, age 14 up to the late twenties, and belongs to a market that is evenly split between Asia and the West, noting that China’s eSports industry is currently the most advanced in the world. Originally, it was like, ‘What is this? How do we test this?

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Sephora’s High-Tech, Social Justice Case For Cosmetics

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The French cosmetics chain announced Saturday (March 5) that it had officially opened the Sephora Innovation Lab, a research space located in San Francisco where the retailer will test its own and sponsored partners’ innovations for in-store and online retail.

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Dollar Shave Club’s Next Act: Holistic Male Wellness

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When the world first encountered the brand in 2011, Dollar Shave Club didn’t have much more than an innovative idea for selling razors and a viral video about the concept. That might be skin issues, dandruff or the wrinkles they are seeing for the first time on their millennial faces. Same quality, but 90 percent less expensive.

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Digital Spaces As Virtual Makeup Studios, Augmented Reality Style

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The device then asks the person to take a selfie, which appears on the screen in the style of a magazine cover. In an effort to attract millennials, Zara planned to integrate augmented reality into its store, it was reported in March. The user can then download the image by using their smartphone to scan an on-screen QR code.

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Target, Dwell And Why Everyone Is Doubling Down On Decor

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That is something we’ve clearly recommitted to, making sure we’re bringing that quality and innovation to those style categories — apparel, home and beauty — so that we elevate that ‘Tarjay’ experience.” With our friends at Dwell magazine, we’ve created a line that captures modernism beautifully. and $16.99–$99.99

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