Category: Trends

Shanghia’s NeoCha’s Lee Jeans Re-Think Denim Installation Takes Fresh Look at Denim as Sustainable Art Sculpture

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Lee jeans is among several denim brands taking a look at sustainability practices when it comes to their manufacturing process. In addition, they commissioned several creatives to also “rethink” denim and inspired several projects that have taken the concept of sustainability and denim into art including sculpture. NeoChaEdge, a creative agency out of Shanghai and […]

TOMS Shoes Re-Thinks Business Model and Launches Production in Haiti

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At the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting last month, one of the inspiring announcements came from TOMS founder, Blake Mycoskie, in stating that starting in January 2014, they would be manufacturing shoes and hiring local people in Haiti—one of several countries that TOMS supports with its buy a pair give a pair to a […]

Bread & Butter Re-Launches Website to Bring Stories, Connections, to Consumers

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While the popular streetwear and denim trade show in Berlin, Bread & Butter, is known for exceeding expectations when it comes to attracting the top brands in streetwear, denim, and urbanwear, the one missing element was relaying it’s message to the end consumers. Like all industry-only trade shows, the public is not invited, however like […]

H&M Reports Massive Profit in Q3, Plus Success with USA Online Roll-out Plans, and Launch of Its 3,000th Store

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The Swedish-based fast-fashion giant continues to take the U.S. by storm and capturing the attention of youth culture markets. As revealed in our Fall Youth Culture Study 2013, H&M is higher on the radar than ever before although not quite in the top upper echelons of favorite brands/retailers among 13-25-year-olds, but knowing what’s happening with […]

Digital Entertainment Patterns and How Youth Culture Is Leading the Way—Fresh Insights from Label Networks’ Fall Youth Culture Study 2013

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It’s clear after last weekend’s Emmy Awards that the “best in broadcast TV” is no longer a working subtitle for this awards show. With cable shows such as “Homeland,” “Veep,” “Breaking Bad,” and Netflix’s “House of Cards” taking home best director, actors, and outstanding series awards, and shows like “Downton Abbey” capturing the attention of […]

Label Networks Presents 13th Annual Fall Youth Culture Study: Reveals Shifts in Effective Advertising and Sponsorship, Social Networking, Technology and Communication Patterns, Digital Entertainment, Plus Market Opportunities and Trends in Fashion, Sneaker Culture, and Music

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Fresh research and analysis released today, September 16, 2103, from Label Networks’ 13th Annual Fall Youth Culture Study 2013 reveals where shifts in the youth marketplace have created new opportunities and trends across fashion, technology and communication, effective advertising and sponsorship, music, digital entertainment, social networking, mobile phone culture, plus automotive, fast food, and beverages based […]

Culture Collide Summit Featuring Triumvirate with Moby, Shepard Fairey, and Dhani Harrison—Filter’s Event for Latest in Music Industry Changes

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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 […]

Fresh Insights from Label Networks’ Fall Youth Culture Study 2013: Advertising—“Since brands have to advertise, what type of advertising do you prefer most?”

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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 […]

Glashion—Love At First Sight

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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 […]

Label Networks Presents 2nd Annual “Sustainability and the State of the Future Youth Culture Study” –Fresh Insights on How Youth Care, Buy, Act on Sustainability and Impacts for the Future

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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 […]