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Announcing a grant program that is intended to support improvements to small towns in America. T-Mobile has partnered with Smart Growth America and Main Street America, looking for elected leaders, town managers, employees, or nonprofit leaders to submit the details for their project request on behalf of the small towns to be eligible.

Focus on retaining, engaging, and selling more to your existing customers is just fundamentally critical. 80% of your future profits will come from just 20% of your customers.

The looming recession has become the perfect test market for brand loyalty. Bottom line, focus on engaging and retaining your existing customers. Focus on delivering a supreme level of customer service and experience.

Finding good deals, bargain hunting, even coupon clipping is back in vogue. Consumers are now using digital price comparison in coupon tracking tools to drive their purchase decisions.

Gen Z's spending power is on the rise. A Bloomberg report from last year, commands 360 billion in disposable income. They get their purchase influences through social media, and tend to have to feel a strong affiliation with the brand in order to buy from that brand.

When it comes to searching for products online, Amazon, Google and eBay have become the top three tools for consumers to start their purchase journeys.

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Retail experts are now saying that this year's holiday buying season for consumers will be focused on doing their shopping online as a first choice, rather than supplementing with online purchases.

20 million US workers working from home means more lunch at home, with 62% of the food dollar now spent on options purchased at the grocery store.