Tag: patterns

Planeshop Pop-up Changing Airport Retailing -Starting in Glasgow

Pop-up shops continue to redefine retail, this time with a unique spin and location that’s sure to take off.

Quantifying the Effectiveness of Word-of-Mouth a.k.a. Viral Marketing with Youth Culture and Where It Works Best

Certain demographics and campaigns work best with viral marketing, but it’s often hard for brand and agencies to quantify. Label Networks scores the proof in this excerpt from the Fall Study 2009.

Youth Culture’s Top Categories for Cutting Back in the Next 6 Months Reveals Who’s in For a Serious Blow -Fresh Data from Label Networks’ Fall Study 2009

For those able to attend Label Networks’ capacity-crowd presentation during MAGIC, this was the one data slide that had people gasping and others quietly figuring new strategies.

Retail Round-up: EA Moves in Online Gaming Indicative of Industry Trends; Plus 2nd Qaurter Results from H&M, Volcom, Urban Outfitters, Target

Retail’s 2nd quarter results indicate consumers are not spending but innovative strategies such as what’s taking place with video gaming may just work.

How China’s Youth Culture May be America’s Best New Fashion Market -Excerpts and Data from Label Networks’ 3rd Annual China Youth Culture Study 2009

In truth, for even the most localized trendsetting brands, it’s of vital important to know what’s taking shape among China’s youth culture as the ripple effects from the sheer heft of their size (despite the down economy) continue to shape global economics and opportunities.

Fashion’s New Muse -American Youth Culture and Key Lifestyle Traits

Trends coming from the bottom-up are re-inventing the fashion industry as consumer demand, changes in shopping, inspiration sources, new key lifestyle aesthetics dictate success in a challenging economy.

Retail Round-up: The Differences Between Abercrombie & Fitch and Aeropostale Are Just the Beginning of How Volatile Things Really Are

From Hollister to H&M, Abercrombie to Aeropostale, it’s a mixed bag of tricks as certain brand strategies work while others don’t based on changes in consumer preferences and spending.

Retail Round-Up: Second Quarter Results Indicate Lower Results for Uniqlo and Volcom, and Quiksilver Secures Financing; Adidas Drops 93%

Ups and downs and bank loan consolidations equal a pretty exciting retail round-up for the second quarter for some youth culture brands.