Who are the zillennials? A cohort of the 30 million United States consumers born between 1990 and 2000, zillennials bridge the gap between millennials and Generation Z. They are the very first generation of consumers to have never known a world without the internet, and...
There’s a kind of World Cup of digital transformation playing out right now. PYMNTS ongoing ConnectedEconomy™ Index research into digital transformation trends across 11 countries that comprise roughly 50% of global gross domestic product (GDP) found different nations pulling ahead or falling behind in key...
Shoppers want a frictionless checkout experience and are increasingly interested in stored credentials solutions. That’s according to the latest research in PYMNTS’ “Payments and Credentials Vaults: Gauging Consumer Interest” report, done in collaboration with FIS, which found that four in 10 consumers would be “very”...
Without question, more lonely hearts are getting (ahem) engaged with help from the connected economy. In a pair of recent studies taking in responses from a collective sample of over 40,000 consumers in 11 countries, PYMNTS found that online dating apps are still drawing the...
Global digital transformation continues despite economic troubles and, according to PYMNTS’ Q3 2022 ConnectedEconomy™ (CE) Index, three ascendent areas dominated in the latest sounding. This, as a measurement of the digital transformation of roughly 30,000 consumers in 11 countries found that streaming entertainment, travel-related activities,...
New automated tools involving factories, fulfillment and financials are set to accelerate growth this year. This is as CFOs face ongoing inflationary pressures and high labor costs, and companies are increasingly looking to modernize their back-end operations and repurpose capital spending toward internal and customer-facing...
With inflation-sensitive consumers cutting restaurant spending, grocers are jumping on the opportunity with contextual commerce. Yuni Sameshima, CEO and co-founder of contextual commerce tech provider Chicory, which makes recipe content shoppable, discussed the benefit that consumers’ shift to eating at home has had for grocers...
The holiday ornaments have been put away, the resolutions have been made, the new year well wishes have been given. That means it’s time for predictions about the year to come. This year, I’m going to share eight trends that provide business leaders and innovators...
One week in, and the CE 100 Index has already gained some ground, up 2.7%. This time around, the tailwind came as investors notably bid up stocks tied to several names based outside of the U.S. The three best performing pillars were the “Shop” group,...
