weCommerce Sep 29, 2016 community retail e-commerce shopping ... those with shared tastes, such as Noihsaf Bazaar on Instagram and Buying and Selling New York on Facebook; because these connect sellers and shoppers on an intimate level, all participants are willing to help one another out, whether it’s looking for a coveted item for a peer across the country in one’s local boutique or keeping the resale cycle going should the item not work out for the individual upon receipt. Almost half of UK youth (44%) and 42% of U.S. youth have bought and/or sold used items ...
Membership Drive Sep 18, 2016 money retail spending deals shopping ... drinkers in NYC, New Jersey, Los Angeles, San Diego, Miami, Dallas, Austin, and Hong Kong pay $9.99 a month or $99 a year to get one cocktail a night at participating bars and restaurants. The service currently boasts more than 30 venues in each city, enabling visitors to redeem a drink nightly at different locations within a monthly cycle or regularly at the same few places.FROTHFor $10 per month, FROTH users can obtain five drinks at partner venues, as well as attend monthly members-only events ...
Social By Design Mar 08, 2016 design collaborative consumption coworking spaces politics NOwners ... decision on what is best for society (65%) versus what is best for them personally (35%). Young voters’ significant support of Bernie Sanders is evidence of this value shift. The idea of a self-proclaimed socialist garnering such traction with youth might have seemed unlikely during recent election cycles, but Sanders’s reputation as an accessible, anti-establishment leader has propelled his popularity with youth, sparking hashtags like #FeelingtheBern and #BernieisBae. Because Sanders’ values ...
Buy Not Mar 05, 2016 marketing retail social consciousness activism shopping ... , but I attempt to ignore their sales pitches unless I was wanting to buy something anyway. AMY, 21, UKACTION ITEMSYoung people are becoming more self-aware of the perils of consumerism. Provide them with ways to opt out of the consumption cycle through initiatives like repair services and resale marketplaces.Some forward-thinking youth are beginning to view holiday marketing and sales with disdain. Consider acknowledging materialism as a social issue by taking a stand against it during times ...
Pop Politics Mar 02, 2016 marketing media & entertainment social consciousness celebrities politics ... persuasive than delivering a typical podium speech. Some are even welcoming the emergence of celebrity “surrogates” as veritable stand-ins. For example, in 2013, President Obama tapped “Sexiest Man Alive” Adam Levine, among other celebrities, to encourage Americans to enroll in health insurance. This most recent election cycle, Bernie Sanders has galvanized scores of high-profile advocates from across the worlds of music, comedy, television, film, and even junk food. Sixty-one percent of youth, in ...
CHANGEables Feb 29, 2016 social consciousness activism politics ... can’t say “no” to a cause that their peers are supporting. As a result, the oft described “change agents” have become CHANGEables when it comes to causes and issues, shifting their attention and allegiance before they can actually do something that makes a notable difference. Causes Come And GoTrendiness has become a key factor in young people’s involvement in social causes. This is evidenced by the number of socially conscious products that cycle through the hands of tastemakers (think TOMS shoes ...
The Optimization Generation Sep 04, 2015 career home social life spending shopping ... both after-work cocktails and a trip to the gym can be difficult, so young people are networking while they cycle, run, and hike. The sweat-working trend has been gaining momentum and is now a solid cultural movement that people say makes bonding with coworkers and clients more productive and more fun.WORK UNIFORMS For the past three years, art director Matilda Kahl has worn versions of the same outfit to work each day in an effort “to save some time and energy.” In light of the popularity of ...
Health Hackers Jun 05, 2015 health & wellness technology apps quantified self Health Hackers ... noise to temperature and air quality. Each morning, the Sense app reveals the user’s sleep score and helps them determine what may be disrupting their sleep. WITHINGS’ AURAWithings’ Aura leverages the relationship between light and the hormone melatonin, which is responsible for the sleep-wake cycle. It offers light spectrum programs that help the user fall asleep more easily and wake up refreshed. Each morning, data gathered by sensors overnight is automatically synced to the Aura app, including ...
Feedback Loop Mar 06, 2015 gen z hobbies social media ... Zs value getting critical, honest feedback in order to continually improve, and they also feel an obligation to share their opinions with other people and brands. The act of giving and receiving feedback is ingrained in Gen Zs’ daily lives. Having grown up online, they’ve hardly known a time in which they couldn’t instantly receive the opinions of friends and strangers via comments, likes, retweets, and favorites, and provide their own perspectives in return. The open response cycle of the web ...
Slow Web Aug 25, 2013 ... out lasting content, stories, connections, and images that leave an impression that outlasts the real-time stream. CURATION / CREATIONThe Fast Web prioritizes recycled content—think retweets, reposts, best-of lists, and discovery engines—and so users have long focused their efforts on identifying and becoming accomplished curators of preexisting content. Though users still rely on the machinelike cycle of content recycling to keep up on all things newsworthy and of interest, they are increasingly ...