One of the highlights of the Snow Industries of American (SIA Trade Show, which took place last week in Denver, CO, were the new styles in outerwear, including technical snowboarding gear. Burton Snowboards had two huge announcements, first with their collaboration with L.A.M.B., Gwen Stefani’s brand, and secondly, the launch of a sustainable collection with […]
Story and Photos by Kathleen Gasperini and Tom Wallace Outdoor Retailer Winter Market wrapped up January 25, 2013 with a strong turn-out of winter sports enthusiasts as well as fashion industry leaders looking for the next styles in seasonal jackets, snow pants, yoga apparel, and technical backpacks. While it’s by far the most conservative show […]
Label Networks presented to an engaging audience at the Outdoor Retailer trade show on January 24, 2013 in Salt Lake City who came to see the latest results, insights, and forecasts on what’s shaping youth culture markets from a perspective on environmental issues, sustainability, humanitarian concerns, and DIY solutions. In this story, we take a […]
Arguably one of the most leading-edge fashion trade shows in the world, Bread & Butter in Berlin always offers a high dose of innovation and prestige when it comes to what’s taking place in street, urban, and upper urban fashion. Today, January 15, 2013, the show launched with an enormous crowd seeking to discover the […]
The Digital Lifestyle With the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) going on now, from January 8-11, 2013 in Las Vegas, for our first Future Consumers Report for 2013, we take a deeper look at our data for where things are headed in electronics, mobile devices, technology, and spending patterns and how this future generation is influencing […]
From just 30 independent brands in 2003 to more than 550 streetwear, action sports, and lifestyle brands in 2013, the Agenda trade show January 4-5, 2013 in Long Beach, CA provided a broad range of what to expect in this growing subculture of fashion. The growth of this show in the past 10 years also […]
Happy Holidays! As we take a look back at 2012, we’ve combed through the most popular Profile Reports that readers and subscribers gravitated to the most. Profile Reports keep industry leaders in youth culture up to speed with a variety of timely topics, insights, data, street photography, analysis, and future forecasting. This is where we […]
One of the best ways to spread the word about global warming and to gather future support for more sustainable living towards combating climate change is to reach future consumers, namely, global youth culture via music. The Artists Project Earth (APE) and World Bank’s Connect4Climate (C4C) collaboration is doing just that, most recently by joining […]
The growing number of online trade shows is a strong indication that even though the fashion industry tends to be slow when it comes to digital and mobile commerce and technology, there are some brands, fans, and industry leaders who get how a new generation of consumers shop and why. In this profile report, we […]
H&M will be the first fashion-fashion company in the world to have global clothing collection facilities when it launches their latest sustainability program in 48 markets in February, 2013. Starting next year, customers can hand in used clothing in H&M stores which will then be repurposed as part of the brand’s initiatives at looking at […]