Category: New Media

Retail Round-up: H&M’s & Other Stories Launches in 10 European Countries; Uniqlo’s Up 23.5%; Urban Outfitters On the Rise

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Financials are coming in for the New Year and two of the most important ones to watch are the fast-fashion giants, H&M and Uniqlo (Fast Retailing). First, H&M had a big announcement, yesterday, January 9, 2013 saying that they will launch their & Other Stories, a strong brand within the H&M group, in the Spring […]

The Future Consumers Report: Mobile Phones, Spending Patterns, Electronics, Technology—Why Youth Culture is Leading the Charge

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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 […]

Current TV Sells to Al-Jazeera for $500 Million

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One of the more popular youth culture cable channels, and one highly touted for covering issues that mainstream news channels don’t, Current TV has become a darling media site and TV network for a new generation that’s become tainted by traditional media. On Wednesday, January 2, 2013, former Vice President Al Gore, a co-founder with […]

Best of 2012! Label Networks Presents the Top 10 Profile Reports on Global Youth Culture

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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 […]

Action Sports + Culture Event During Agenda To Bring Industry Experts, Top Speakers, and Professionals Together

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The ASC is back but in a new and improved format. Now called Action Sports + Culture the conference, to be held during the first night of the Agenda trade show in Long Beach, CA,  January 4, 2013, will feature speakers Jarka Duba, CEO/President of POC Sports, Amy Purda, Pro Snowboarder and Co-founder of Adaptive […]

The Rise of Online Trade Shows Shifts Attention to New Formats and Schedules—How This Impacts the Fashion and Footwear Industries

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The growing number of online trade shows is a strong indication that even though the fashion industry tends to be slow when it comes to digital and mobile commerce and technology, there are some brands, fans, and industry leaders who get how a new generation of consumers shop and why. In this profile report, we […]

Label Networks to Present at Outdoor Industry Association University Educational Program at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City, UT

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We’re pleased to announce that Label Networks has been asked to present at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market on January 24, 2013 in Salt Lake City, UT. During each bi-annual trade show, the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) offers a series of seminars at Outdoor Retailer aimed at enriching the experience of exhibitors, brands, media, and industry […]

Warped Roadies Reality Show to Debut Showing Intricate Insides of What Makes the World’s Longest Running Music Tour a Success, Plus More

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As the Vans Warped Tour 2013 moves into entering its 19th year, making the tour the longest running music tour in history and definitely one to watch when it comes to youth culture trends, sponsorship, and up-and-coming artists, it’s undergone a variety of interesting themes, including Punks In Space, Lucky 13, Island of the Misfit […]

Street-Art Round-Up: Swoon Featured on MOCAtv for Swimming Cities and Konbit Shelter, Haiti; Space Invader Invades Space for Art Basel Miami

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MOCAtv has been producing an amazing series of short films featuring a number of unique artists including a fair number of street artists and the work that they do. Their latest short features Swoon talking about her Swimming Cities of Serenissima and the Konbit Shelter that she and other artists helped build in Bigones-Leogane, Haiti. […]

Vans Round-up: Sells Pro-tec to Dye Precision; Partners with IMG to Increase Content Coverage; Set to Launch Vans Triple Crown of Surfing

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Vans has recently had a lot going on, from the ramp-up to surfing’s crowned-jewel events at the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing on the North Shore of Hawaii, to their recent announcements that they’ve sold Pro-tec protective gear to Dye Precision, and entered into a new media partnership with IMG to increase their content coverage. […]