The rise of mobile gaming via fashion styling of virtual avatars has flipped the script for the fashion industry and provided a growing cross-over platform for tech, video gaming, mobile phone culture, and fashion. The latest in this space is Rachel Zoe’s social gaming company called Crowdstar which is launching a mobile fashion game called […]
The Digital Lifestyle With the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) going on now, from January 8-11, 2013 in Las Vegas, for our first Future Consumers Report for 2013, we take a deeper look at our data for where things are headed in electronics, mobile devices, technology, and spending patterns and how this future generation is influencing […]
Happy Holidays! As we take a look back at 2012, we’ve combed through the most popular Profile Reports that readers and subscribers gravitated to the most. Profile Reports keep industry leaders in youth culture up to speed with a variety of timely topics, insights, data, street photography, analysis, and future forecasting. This is where we […]
Youth culture today is generationally at ease with computers, touchscreens, smart phones, video cameras, social networks, and gaming platforms. They are so entrenched in internet technology and new ways of social engagement, that they have a different thought process toward fashion, music, sports, spending, and communication patterns. Interestingly, while there’s significant hype on Apple’s iPad […]
Fresh research and analysis released today from Label Networks’ 13th Fall Youth Culture Study reveals where shifts in the youth marketplace and various declines have also created new opportunities across a range of industries, such as fashion, technology, sports, electronics, music, entertainment, non-profits, sustainability issues, among others, based on new consumer insights among 13-25-year-olds across […]
The Art of Video Games Exhibition launches on a 10-city nationwide tour this month of October and ending in January, 2013. The exhibition is one of the most comprehensive video gaming shows ever created, featuring 40 years of the evolution of video games as an artistic medium. The show, which started at the Smithsonian in […]
One of the most popular sections within Label Networks’ presentations on Global Youth Culture often stem around disruptive technologies and the differences in patterns between how young people utilize various electronic devices vs. other generations. For example, based on their DIY sensibilities, often what may have been created for a specific purpose is modified and […]
Re-examining the affects of the devastation in Japan, as the country copes, a new DIY generation emerges indicating fresh trends from new sources across the board.
The future of the business of fashion is re-shaping quickly and it’s often youth culture markets that adapt the fastest. Here’s the latest round-up of things to keep on your radar.
Latest trends from Japan reveal what’s going to be predominate this Summer.