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Last Roar Of The Paper Tiger?

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Statistical swarms of millennials and Gen Zers report never having used a paper check. It got so bad that New York City became the first municipality in the nation to pass a law making it easier for freelancers to sue for payment. Their perception of banking, aside from ATMs, is entirely app-based – and mobile.

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eCommerce Site Jet To Offer Blue Apron’s Knick Knacks

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We are proud to introduce Knick Knacks as our latest culinary innovation, which gives consumers the ‘secret sauce’ – from our test kitchen to their home – to create a delicious meal, while allowing for the flexibility to customize certain ingredients based on their personal preferences.”. “We

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WeWork Rolls Out Retail Form

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The facilities range from single rooms – to studio apartments that come equipt with touches that millennials can be counted on to love – a Tuft & Needle mattress, Brooklinen sheets, two patterned accent throw pillows and an illustrated print of succulents on the wall. But the price tag?

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Splitty Makes It Easier To Grab A Piece Of The Travel Industry

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Travel industry services are catering to the thousands of millennial and Gen Z travelers who are booking big trips by augmenting their platforms with online and mobile support. Competition among airlines, hotels and travel agencies is fiercer, but all these platforms are approaching travel innovation in similar ways.

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Making Shopping About The Shoppers (Again)

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One would expect that a event called the Retail Innovation Conference (RIC) would be a veritable brainstorm of big ideas as to how to improve the woeful retail space in the U.S.: Doesn’t it follow, then, that by working very hard to put innovative technologies in place in their operations, retailers are , in fact, focusing on the shopper?

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Zola Gets Physical With Its Digital Wedding Registry

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When you think about millennial couples today, they are unlike any previous generation. Ma noted in an interview that the firm’s most important innovation is that its underlying technology platform easily integrates online assortments from new brands. They tend to live together before they get married.

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Physical Retail Looks For New Life This Holiday Season

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Both of those demographics surprisingly beat out millennials, at 53 percent, and Gen Z, at 46 percent. For instance, the new Nordstrom New York City store offers several different food and beverage locations, as well as the ability for shoppers to order food and have it delivered to them while they shop.

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