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Today In Data: The Transforming World Of 2019

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Data: $24 million: The amount spent by Pennsylvania over 16 months to prepare to issue Real ID law-compliant state IDs. 55 percent: Share of voice-activated speaker-owning bridge millennials who have used their devices to make a purchase in the last week. 73 percent: Share of drivers who connected to the internet during their commutes.

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Settling Into Sofas On Subscription

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Millennial consumers are a mobile group – according to data analysis by FiveThirtyEight , the average millennial makes 12 moves between moving out of their parents’ home at college graduation and buying their first home. Why would you want to be saddled with furniture?”.

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Target’s Rapid Reset

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They are increasingly seeing the upper-end of their prime demographic, a group PYMNTS titled bridge millennials. Looking at the data, a significant minority of bridge millennials report Amazon as their preferred shopping destination (19 percent), while a full a 50 percent noted that their preferred commerce experiences are omnichannel.

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Emerging Restaurant Delivery Services Take Hold In Small Cities

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As Youngstown, Ohio, is near the Pennsylvanian border, the platform serves both Youngstown and a small portion of western Pennsylvania. And, to win younger consumers over — like those at the university — many restaurants are betting that millennials prefer their meals with a side of technology. The Grubdom Model.

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Metromile CEO: Why Auto Insurance Is Ready For A Digital Lane Change

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With that new business model and technology, Metromile launched in 2016 and is currently available in eight states, which include California, New York, Washington, Pennsylvania and Arizona. “I The company’s early assumption was that it would attract millennials living in metro areas. . — Metromile (@Metromile) October 14, 2019.

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Upscale UK Retailers Look To Land In US Market

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In anticipation of the store opening, it will also open a manufacturing plant in Northeast Pennsylvania, with plans of locating its headquarters in that area. There was also a rise in activism, largely driven by millennials and Gen Z who are demanding their voices be heard. In the U.K., Wren delivers over 2,000 kitchens a week.

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US Faces Shortage Of 50,000 Truck Drivers

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Steve Viscelli, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania who studies labor markets and automation, told CNBC that, overall, eCommerce has had a “huge effect.” There’s also another culprit : Amazon. In 2012, trucks moved a total of 10.2 billion tons, a level that’s projected to rise to 14.9

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