Despite only being in its second year, Filter’s upcoming Culture Collide is already looking like a who’s-who in creativity and music industry heavyweights. As we often say at Label Networks, knowing what’s happening with the music industry changes, in particular, the business of music, leads to where trends are headed in many other industries. From […]
When it comes to advertising to today’s youth culture markets of 13-25-year-olds in the United States, showing a finished ad campaign or product to this new consumer group in the traditional formats of popular advertising methods have far less of an impact than it had in the past. There are many reasons for this and […]
Fashion X Technology continues to move forward not only with fashion brands communicating better view social media and video vignettes, but also mobile apps for shopping and on-site demand. Last week at TechCrunch’s annual Disrupt SF hackathon, Google Glass was back in the foreground via Glashion–the Glass that allows wearers to immediately find the fashion […]
We are pleased to announce the release of our 2nd Annual “Sustainability and the State of the Future Youth Culture Study” featuring consumer insights on youth culture trends towards sustainability, eco-friendly fashion, sustainability preferences, latest sustainable habits, feelings about the environment, eco and sustainable shopping patterns, greatest influences, “greenest” brands, and more. Overall, while today’s […]
The announcement that H&M, the fast-fashion retailer from Sweden that is quickly gaining traction among youth culture in the United States, has launched its e-commerce platform called Shop Online in America, will have an impact on the where youth shop this fall during back-to-school. As more people are shifting to buying online within this new […]
The Fall fashion trade shows in Las Vegas from August 16-18, 2013 bring with them the fashion industries best, along with several new inspirational destinations that illustrate fresh angles on different genres of fashion. Just as Modern Assembly has given rise to a new platform for brands ranging from streetwear, outdoor, action sports, and denim […]
On July 24, 2013, a day before the Agenda fashion trade show in Long Beach, CA, a core group of industry leaders, marketers, brand strategists, and presenters gathered for the 4th annual ASC Action Sports + Culture 2013 conference at the convention center’s conference theater, host to the legendary TED conference. Launched by Group Y, […]
San Diego, CA, turns into a full-on Cosplay geek-fest with some 130,000 fans and comic, movie, entertainment industry types converging on the largest comic trade show in the country from July 18-21. Comic-Con, which can charge basically whatever it wants, has become so popular, that it can take a year in advance to get a […]
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, […]