Story and Photos by Kathleen Gasperini and Tom Wallace Agenda has become the leading forum for streetwear, action sports-inspired, and lifestyle brands when it comes to fashion overall. But the Long Beach show, their most recent sandwiched between a smaller New York version and the upcoming Las Vegas show, is the kingpin of this genre. […]
As an introduction to our new Future Consumer Reports and e-commerce platform, ww.thefutuerconsumer.com, we bring you insights from what to expect in the T-shirts Report 2013. The purpose of the T-shirt Report, and the other Future Consumer Reports covering 13-25-year-olds and their opinions on Denim, Footwear, Accessories, and Action Sports Apparel, is to provide brands […]
Billabong’s CEO Launa Inman has been ousted and replaced with Scott Olivet, a former Oakley executive and previous Nike executive, apparently as part of a new plan lead by potential funding from Altamont Partners. So, the saga continues for the beleaguered surf brand, which also sold its last greatest asset, DaKine for Australian $70 million. […]
Story and Photos by Kathleen Gasperini and Tom Wallace From July 10-11, 2013 Agenda NYC at 82 Mercer Street transforms this hipster part of SoHo into a gathering of the tribes for industry players in streetwear, urbanwear, and skate-inspired footwear and apparel. It’s also home to creative wearable technologies such as Beats by Dre, G-Shock, […]
Youth culture in the United States is one of the most important demographics shaping the landscape of the global future not only because of their vast spending power, but because they lead as a primary source of global inspiration for many other youth markets. In an effort to understand the most vital youth culture markets, […]
On Thursday evening, 4th July 2013, the 29th BREAD & BUTTER event ended with an internal Closing Party in Sunset Park on the grounds of the former airport Berlin-Tempelhof and the great mood was reflected by the successful show. Due to the new visitor regulations, the event was of course not the strongest in terms […]
Aeropostale has lost ground when it comes to youth culture markets, and as we’ve reported in our Youth Culture Studies, has been replaced by various brands that are far more in tune with this demographic than the $2.4 billion chain store/brand has been in the past couple of years. In their latest revamp, the brand/store […]
We are proud to introduce Label Networks’ latest addition to our on-going Global Youth Culture marketing intelligence reports: The Future Consumers Reports. Our first series provides in-depth data analysis, forecasts, trends from insights thousands of 13-25-year-olds across the United States regarding T-shirts, Denim, Footwear (including Sneaker Culture), Accessories, and Action Sports Apparel. Each of the […]
There’s been a lot of activity lately among some of the top street artists in the world that are worth mentioning for their truly inspiring models of giving back to local communities. First, Swoon’s launched another amazing campaign called Braddock Tiles, a website where people can purchase prints towards raising money to fund a local […]
Bread & Butter and its upcoming themed “Connect” fashion trade show taking place in Berlin July 2-4, 2013 has just announced the addition of the BBB Connected Rooms and BBB Trendforum. As fashion and technology continue to merge, and the growth of conferences surrounding fashion trade shows continue to roll, it’s not surprising that such […]