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Personal Property

... keeping up with those around them. Gen Xers also regarded homes as a key status symbol, and thus believed the bigger the house the better. Since buying a prefab house, rather than a personalized one, enabled them to get the most space for their money, Xers, too, typically had houses that looked highly similar. However, to Gen Ys and Zs, who value customization and individuality in nearly every aspect of their lives, from their career paths to their romantic relationships, it’s far from aspirational to ...

The Gig Is Up

... contract jobs and even cobbling together multiple part-time gigs at once in order to financially support their flexible lifestyle. On average, employed youth have two jobs, and 11% have three or more. In contrast to Gen Ys and Zs with full-time employment who also pursue a side hustle or passion project outside of work hours, participants in the gig economy combine various gigs to build out their own desired form of employment. Thanks to the advent of companies such as Uber and Airtasker, and all the ...

Transgender Activists

... Highly open-minded and inclusive, Zs are leading efforts for transgender equality and acceptance. Gen Ys helped make great strides as strong and vocal advocates for the gay community. Most states now allow gay marriage and the unprecedented open-mindedness Ys brought to the fore prompted the entertainment industry and marketers to feature more gay characters and same-sex couples in their content and advertising. With the battle for gay rights and representation having progressed significantly ...

Health Hackers

... . This is yet another example of how Ys are disrupting stagnant systems in an effort to bring them in-line with the modern era. EXPERT THOUGHTS ON HEALTH HACKERS My Millennial patients are demonstrating a profound initiative in managing their health and wellbeing. If a patient is suffering from an ailment, they have already googled the symptoms by the time we meet and have at least an educated guess of what’s going on in their bodies. This represents a shift in the way the patient used to view me, as ...

Category Lens

... this for the broader retail and apparel categories? Experiential retail offers enormous potential to help educate Ys and Zs about your values and the causes you champion.What if . . . the physical retail environment could be transformed into a space that not only highlights your products and services, but also helps customers experience the values of a brand in a tactile and engaging way? As discussed in Would You(th) Care For A Cause? Zs prefer a call to action, while Ys are more likely to use ...

Branding Trends

... ;enjoyment well beyond what their actual products offer. - 1. Packaging as Entertainment - In an age when advertising is expected to do more than inform, brands must incorporate additional aspects into the consumer experience to provide entertainment, too. Instead of simply raising consumer awareness or presenting facts, branding is shifting toward supplying amusement—many Gen Y and Z consumers believe that, in the future, every brand will need an entertainment aspect (see Omnitainment ...

Habits/Rituals: Impact On CPG

... Young people are making changes to their daily habits during the pandemic—some intentional and some forced—and these will have a significant impact on the CPG category.Young people are taking stock of their priorities. This includes reevaluating major life decisions, as well as smaller day-to-day habits—and these are combining to create significant disruption in the lives of Gen Zs and Millennials. After all, these younger generations are highly focused on betterment and self ...

Surprise & Delight

... /Metropolitan Avenue subway station at the intersection of the L and G trains, a spot considered to be a nexus of hipness in NYC. - MYSTERY BOXES - As consumers continue to prize experiences on equal (if not greater) ground with material goods, they are increasingly intrigued by mystery purchasing opportunities. Retail offers featuring an unknown deal or a special, surprise product can provide the same type of thrill experienced in gambling or playing the lottery. Gen Y women’s e-tailer Modcloth ...

Retail 2.0: Tech-Based Commerce

... -looking, but there's still plenty of room to grow, particularly when it comes to reimagining overall engagement with consumers. By utilizing the devices and social media platforms where modern youth already spend much of their time, brands can capture Ys’ and Zs' attention and create a digital environment that both attracts consumers and keeps them there. THE SIMPLE BUYModern youth are accustomed to instant gratification and want innovations to save them time (see Need For Speed). To them, the ...

Shop Talk

... Discover the differing retail preferences and habits of Boomers, Xers, Ys, and Zs.The retail landscape is undergoing an evolution, but brands who think online shopping is the only catalyst for these changes are missing crucial pieces of the puzzle. Generational differences among Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Gen Ys, and Gen Zs create many layers for retailers to dissect and respond to, from the perception each generation has of shopping as an activity to the ways they prefer to go about doing it ...