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George Minakakis
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Joanna Williams
Suddenly people talking about the milkmaid dress I predicted 8 weeks ago They’re talking about it b/c it has since gone viral The secret to social commerce & cultural relevance in general is to catch it on the way up – that way you can lead the conversation + commerce The #dupes are insane - from SHEIN, Temu, Amazon, + TikTok Shop Mass fashion always late to market can't participate in the frenzy... See America's historic glut of unsold inventory + stockouts If a brand has it in work right now it had better be of much better value It's got to feel as lux as the House of CB original but accessibly priced Improving the quality of $9 dresses not meant to be kept for life is THE opportunity People don't want to wear trash, but it's the only option to be on trend unfortunately But if you want to be 1st to what #cottagecore + #coquetteaestheic communities want right now b/c you can capture more market share I’d actually look to the Seren Vintage Floral Lace Back Maxi B/c it’s the House of CB's #1 selling style today Oh and look at this, their recent TikTok w/the dress was favorited 54K times Seems related In general, if I were creating C2M shops – I’d just take the best sellers from brands like SKIMS, lululemon, Alo Yoga etc & create an entire super dupe assortment lol Walmart & Costco Wholesale are going viral (for the 1st time EVER btw) for their under $15 dupes People are thrilled to participate b/c they follow the trends but have been priced out until TT made it acceptable & downright fiscally responsible to wear dupes My assortment would include the Alo high-waist airlift legging b/c it generated almost $1M in sales last month but it retails for $128 & that’s just too much for people esp when it costs $20 to make + ship!!! I would pair it w/Skims flex bra that sold $500k in May And Lululemon’s hottyhot short which generated a staggering $1.9M in the last 30 days! Oh and 1M+ people are searching for their scuba 1/2 zip right now too NONE of them can chase back into their own product quickly - sooo many middle manager box checkers in the way But their suppliers can & will soon You've got to visualize the entire market's data instantly & find the next "IT" thing on the way up - bc the algorithm stops serving the content once a trend is declining TikTok was just the start AI will transform the world Forward-thinking corporations that adapt a data-driven, real-time paradigm will leave competitors behind But AI has to be designed around the current zeitgeist, b/c conversations that once dominated culture for months now only last 14 days The only way for a brand to stay top of mind is to increase engagement through a CONSTANT stream of relevant, timely content, for the right communities Content is the product Brands making this shift and relinquishing control will win First they need some real time data :) #thegreatfashionreset #creatoreconomy #c2m #communitycommerce #contentistheproduct #tiktokisthestore
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Joanna Williams
Over 7 million people have used the flower language filter this week on TikTok When was the last time a mass fashion brand got 7 million people to participate in anything in a week? If I were in the flower business, I would hop on this trend today just in time for Mother’s Day because it's the most authentic trend there is to sell your adjacent product It's just the right time too b/c trends peak by day 14 and usually go into sharp decline by day 18 Because the zeitgeist wants to move on to the next fun thing to do Speaking of real time and not fun trends: Meta rolled out 3 new paid verification tiers yesterday: "plus" plan at $44.99 per month "premium" plan at $119.99 "max" plan at $349.99 Meta may offer paid visibility boosts, but no amount of spend can manufacture the authentic virality that TikTok facilitates In fact the more #paidad it seems the less people want to watch it Take it from consumer turned creator shopitordropitmama, your self proclaimed TikTok Shop bestie... She's never been verified or sponsored by a brand because she only posted her first video ever at the end of March lool Yet here she is with the #1 video on TikTok today sharing her Mother's Day wishes (data in comments) 25k daily shares just from being a real mama Yet the filter challenge where a staggering 7M people mobilized in a week to spread joy is not happening on Reels at all.... It's TikTok's unbeatable algorithm that holds the true power to transform random trends into cultural phenomena that move product A reminder that within just 6 months of launching TikTok Shop it accounted for a staggering 68% of all social commerce purchases Compare that to Instagram and Facebook's combined measly 1% share It's clear you can't pay for that kind of organic shopping influence - you've tried for 2 decades... You can’t pay to be relevant or get people to participate TikTok excels at presenting you with what you love and what you urgently want to share No matter how much Meta charges to help make a brand relevant, the real value lies in creating content that resonates with your communities organically Trends take off b/c of strong discovery algorithms that understand what users truly engage with You have to know how to analyze data to understand what people enjoy watching, sharing, and engaging with online because like it or not that's how commerce works now Paying for max reach isn't going to enable you to tap into the cultural zeitgeist if you A. can't find the conversation and B. can't execute in real time Speaking human really well matters way more than speaking ad #thegreatfashionreset #creatoreconomy #communitycommerce #contentistheproduct #tiktokisthestore
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Paul Fish
One of the most fun categories to work on involves vehicles performing amazing feats of derring-do! Toy Stories Chapter 13: Tyco RC Feature Vehicles! Kudos to the brilliant creative minds behind my 3 favorite RC toys: Joseph Moll, Vlad Leonov, carmen ezzio, David Bowen and many others! Shell Shocker!: I had just taken over as GM of the Tyco RC group. Half of the team had just moved from Philly to LA, and most of their time had been allocated to packing up, so the fall line was missing its TV driver. Joe Moll led a brainstorm that included a ball that transformed into RC vehicle, but mechanically it was not quite yet viable, and visually & thematically it needed more. Our mechanical genius, Vlad Leonov, then created a rotating panel transformation that also delivered multi-terrain propulsion! Designer Dave Bowen then gave it an Alien-like monster look and added a tail for balance. It was a cool toy and a big hit at the fall toy show. A great first joint effort by the newly formed team, that won Boys Toy of the Year at the following year’s TIA TOTY’s at New York Toy Fair. Alas, I was not at the ceremony to accept the award, as my twin girls elected to be born a bit earlier than expected. It’s OK, I forgive them…sort of. Terrain Twister!: This all-surface RC was already in production by the time I came on board, so but Vlad Leonov told me that he created the prototype and it sat on his shelf for 10 years, before it was submitted into child testing, where it dazzled kids just as it would in market. Once in production, we had a big argument with management over the media plan. Our President said that sales in early fall wouldn’t justify a September flight. I argued that we would be advertising early to get re-orders for a big late push. Surprisingly, he agreed, we got the media, we got the reorders, and Terrain Twister was the #1 feature RC that year. So popular, in fact, that when I went to Hong Kong Toy Fair the following January, Chinese companies had already knocked it off and were pitching it (to me! Weird!), often even keeping the original name. NSECT!: We knew following up our hit Shell Shocker was going to be tough, so I asked Vlad Leonov for something robotic, which was coming trend. He showed me a cool bug-walking mechanism that was creepily lifelike. I loved It! But it needed more….Just then, Ken Ong sent into my office an RC car driven with the aid of a camera with can of silly string pointed right at me. What a scary feeling! Who was doing this?! We added the camera and silly string to the walking mechanism and the first NSECT was born. Later, we cost-reduced out the camera, and kid-testing told us they preferred darts over silly string. That was fine with me, and Carmen Ezzio did a fantastic job presenting at NYTF, firing the darts so that they would hit and stick on the news camera lens! We added the pincers in front because I always wanted a robot that could bring me a Diet Coke, and I KNEW I wasn’t alone on that! #mattel #tycorc
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Zainab Babar
A BRAND that ends with the DOOMSDAY... 🌚 Or in easier words, a BRAND as great as Nike... If you want to build such a BRAND... You can't do that by just selling products. You've got to have a bigger vision and mission. One great and relevant example for this is Liquid Death. 💚 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨: DEATH TO PLASTIC 💚 We all know what plastic is doing to our planet so it's undoubtedly a great great great cause. And they are doing just right with it 😉 Check out this ad (has millions of views), it says it all... #creativestrategy #ecommerce #advertising
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Jasmine Martirossian
Abercrombie & Fitch reinvented itself by "unbranding" and in the process became the darling of Wall Street. Ultimately, its leaders should be lauded for their courage. And I mean "courage" quite literally, as most would be afraid to take such drastic steps, yet they also did it in a very nuanced manner. Lots of useful lessons in this story. #MarketingLeadership #MarketingEffectiveness #Innovation https://lnkd.in/eTYAh9pz
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