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Why Retailers Should Stop Worrying About the Gen-Z Versus Millennial Divide

As Gen-Zers hit their mid-20s, the style gap between that generation and their slightly older peers is rapidly widening and playing out publicly on TikTok. For brands, it’s not a matter of choosing a side but rather making an assortment accessible even to older, risk-averse customers.
Gen Z trends, crew socks, Hailey Bieber.
For brands hoping to serve customers both over and under the age of 25, the viral Gen-Z versus Millennial divide presents a conundrum: How to join the latest trends without alienating older, more conservative shoppers? (BoF Studio)

Like any other group of chronically online young people, employees of Ssense have strong opinions about the proper length of socks.

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Further Reading

How Brands Go Viral On TikTok

Becoming the subject of a viral challenge on the video platform can be like catching lightning in a bottle. But there are certain strategies that can help beauty brands strike it big on TikTok.

How TikTok Won Over Fashion

Instagram has more users, but for a growing number of brands and creators, TikTok has replaced the Meta-owned social network as fashion’s go-to marketing platform.

The Brands and Retailers Successfully Engaging Gen-Z on Social Media

In Launchmetrics’ latest report ‘Reinventing Influence: The Gen Z Impact on Fashion Marketing’, a leading software, data and insights provider in fashion, lifestyle and beauty assesses brands in the luxury, premium and mass-market segments generating the greatest growth in media impact value. Discover key insights from the downloadable report here, alongside BoF analysis.

About the author
Cathaleen Chen
Cathaleen Chen

Cathaleen Chen is Retail Editor at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and drives BoF’s coverage of the retail and direct-to-consumer sectors.

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