Posts Tagged ‘Urban Outfitters’

Marvel may test drive secondary characters (in a series of live-action short films to help pick out potential big-budget franchises. Meanwhile a Doctor Strange movie is apparently already on the way.  And in rival comic news, DC Comics asks readers to…

Last week in Essentials we learned guys' lifestyle network Thrillist had bought members-only e-commerce site JackThreads (described as a "grungy Gilte Group," by TechCrunch). Then yesterday I pointed to a post on PSFK that gave props to a recent sweepstakes on Urban Outfitters…

'Napoleon Dynamite' gets animated (for a new series in development for FOX. Also media buyers want less repeats, more original programming on The CW during primetime. And the new MTV docudrama "Hired" is reviewed as "helpful, but slightly irritating."  Plus Ad Age, reg.…

Ford Fiesta rolls out (its latest social media campaign sending University of Michigan students on a high tech road trip to demonstrate various experimental apps including one that tweets the "mood" of the car. "Knight Rider" flashback anyone? Also MTV will…

Today we bring you another installment of Youth Media Movers and Shakers. We've culled through industry publications looking for the recent executive placements we think you should know about. If you have executive news that you want us to highlight…

With all of the talk around the economic crisis spurning teens and Gen Y'ers to spend their discretionary funds with a more value-driven mentality, you might assume that more would be seeking out thrift shops and vintage stores for hidden…

Today's Ypulse Interview is with consumer researcher Kit Yarrow, one of the co-authors of Gen BuY: How Tweens, Teens, and Twenty-Somethings Are Revolutionizing Retail and chair of the Golden Gate University psychology department. In Gen BuY Kit and her co-author Jayne O'Donnell…

Levi's urges Gen Y to 'Go Forth' (in a new campaign that seeks to act as a call to arms for young, optimistic consumers facing tough times. Plus, the latest "Open Happiness" ad from Coke aims to connect with African-American teens. And Denny's looks…

Understanding the 'Transformer Generation' (a new preso from scenarioDNA – Gen Y is more than meets the eye)

- Game on (for the face-off between iPhones and gaming giants) (WSJ via PSFK)

- Green is the new black (Another study confirms that young shoppers are…