Gen Z has the power today to make or break a brand. Loss of core values and virality, like in Glossier’s case, kills cultural relevance. Once a brand falls out of everyday conversation, especially in Gen Z’s social media landscape, it’s incredibly difficult to recover.
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While many young consumers tend to be “loyal–ish” rather than fully brand loyal, there are still a few brands that have them hooked. Find out how you can reach next gens through the brands they love.
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As a “geriatric” millennial now pushing 40, my generation has been pathologized by analysts since we got our first cellphones in our early teens. Millennials have survived more economic turmoil while coming of age than any demographic since the Silent Generation. But we are the biggest spenders in many retail categories, including luxury.
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Wealthy children could have an unparalleled immersive retail experience with historical relevance and a matching doll to take home and show off to the neighbors. American Girl dolls were never accessible to children from middle or lower economic classes. By creating immersive children’s toys that now sell for a whopping $100 and $275 during a period of global upheaval, Mattel is being accused of what some would say such prohibitive pricing on children’s toys always was tone deaf.
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Join Haley Boehning, CEO of Storyforge, and Tarek Müller, co-founder of About You and SCAYLE, as they discuss the talent it takes to develop enterprise technology that is hyper-personalized and flexible enough to respond to the speed of constantly changing market conditions.
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Sweeney is a divisive public figure, to say the least. A celebrity-driven brand lives and dies by its appeal. For every consumer drawn in by Sweeney’s name, another may be alienated by her public persona or the brand’s overtly male-gaze aesthetic.
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TikTok’s halo effect demonstrates how the platform’s influence extends far beyond its own checkout point. In fact, nine-figure beauty brands experienced double-digit growth in brick-and-mortar sales directly tied to their TikTok Shop activity.
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Where is Generation Z actually spending their money? As their social media profiles function like supplementary resumes, they’re spending to build their personal brands online. Young people are investing in highly considered luxury purchases to help them achieve their professional goals by visualizing the life they want to lead, or the person they want to become, on digital channels.
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Even well-off Gen Zs don’t have the once-promising career prospects as their millennial predecessors—and let’s be real, it’s hard to justify buying a $4,500 Murikami+LV bag with Afterpay if you have no prospect of money coming in.
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Early data on gender disparities in workforce AI training and encouragement show that the workplace of the future might be even less inclusive. McKinsey reports that fewer entry-level women (21 percent) report that their managers have encouraged them to use AI, compared with 33 percent of entry-level men.
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