Generation Z Swings the Pendulum Back to Reality
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They are quickly approaching 40% mark of all U.S. consumers and will number close to 73 million strong in a year or so. Nope, they aren’t Millenials, they are Generation Z, sometimes called Millenials 2.0. And for brands that are...
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Substance and Meaning – the Key to Luxury Print
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For the lucrative luxury market, the idea that print is out of fashion has never felt more outdated, according to Print Power. The stats themselves prove this to be true: 55% of luxury brands’ advertising spend will go to print...
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Why DTC Brands are Loving Catalogs Again
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Credit: Micheile Henderson via UnSplash Call it B2C or DTC, direct to consumer marketing is back in print with gusto. “While catalogs might seem to be dated and expensive, the reality is there has been a huge resurgence in direct...
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I Just Got My Amazon Toy Catalog … Here’s What I’ve Learned
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It’s here. My Amazon Toy Catalog, pleasantly thick with a high-quality matte cover, just hit my mailbox a few days ago. The first thing I noticed flipping through is the sticker page inserted inside, making it easy (and totally fun)...
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Bauer Media Proves You Can Still Thrive in Print Magazines
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Innovation often leads the news in the magazine business. We like to share stories of publishers finding new revenue models that leverage the cross-channel consumer path. That doesn’t negate the fact that some publishing brands are doing just fine, thank...
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7 out of 10 Customers Did This Before They Bought
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The first of them are in the mail stream … the holiday catalogs. Some are old friends, like the outrageous Neiman Marcus fantasy catalog. Others are new entrants, like the toy catalogs from Amazon and eBay that debuted last year. ...
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Why We’re All Marketing to Five Generations at Once
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With Baby Boomers staying in the workforce longer and Gen Z being the first “fully digital” generation at work, B2B marketers have a tricky challenge. Effectively marketing across five generations – Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, Gen Y and Gen...
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Indie Magazine SOFA Gives Gen Z what they Really Want
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“You mean it’s going to be a real print object?!?!” That was the reaction SOFA founder and publisher Ricarda Messners got from her 16-year-old co-publisher of an upcoming issue of the youth culture magazine. For Messners, it encapsulates what Gen...
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How to Help Your Customers Fall in Love with You
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Eat, print, love. That’s a perfect name for this website, created “for the love of print” and billed as an inspirational resource “for all things print, paper and design.” I just read a post from their blog that beautifully echoes...
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The Stack Interview with Record Culture Magazine
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Love vinyl culture? Then you may be a fan of Record Culture, a relatively young print magazine that lauds vinyl and everything surrounding it. Stack founder Steve Watson recently interviewed Editor-in-Chief Karl Henkell about his magazine, which visits vinyl lovers...
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