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Marketing 101 for the Unpredictable Year Ahead

Despite complaints around higher prices and concern over global uncertainty, consumer spending remains relatively resilient. To reach these cautiously confident shoppers in 2025, marketers should highlight value and remain consistent, yet agile, in their brand storytelling.
A collage of brands that lean into key marketing pillars including highlighting product value, agility and consistency in brand storytelling.
To reach cautiously confident shoppers in 2025, marketers should highlight value and remain consistent, yet agile, in their brand storytelling. (BoF Collage)

Heading into 2025, consumers, it seems, are a bit confused.

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Haley Crawford
Haley Crawford

Haley Crawford is Marketing Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers the marketing and public relations industries.

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