Andrea Gonzalez

Travel is both a luxury and a necessity. For some people, they prefer going all out when they go on a trip whether it’s for business or just leisure—first-class, five-star hotels, and rental cars. For others, they go the more affordable route.

Nothing holds still as this not-all-digital-all-the-time generation grows older and gets jobs. A key point for banks and credit unions: Waiting for Gen Z to start working is too late to make a financial connection. Reach out now with teen accounts for younger Z's or fintechs and big techs will become their primary financial institution. Hints: Frugal Gen Z loves freebies and favors branches.

Something is afoot at the corner of Belmont and East Pike in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. A large retail space on the ground floor of an apartment building stands empty, with its windows blacked out and tagged with “no trespassing signs.” After years of silence, Amazon Go, the team in charge of the tech giant’s novelty “cashierless” store concepts, recently confirmed that the location is home to a new experiment on retail shopping.