General Gen Z Trends

•  Gen Z will comprise 32 percent of the global population in 2019 .
• Gen Z doesn't remember a time without social media, and many will have their entire lives documented online.
• In the past, this thirst for newness would have been easily quenched by shopping at fast-fashion stores such as H&M and Forever 21, which are churning out new styles on a daily basis. But, another characteristic of this generation is that they're leading a movement away from fast fashion because they are more environmentally conscious than their predecessors.
• Rental and resale, are becoming increasingly popular among this generation.
•  Social engagements for articles about Gen Z have increased, as has the number of articles over the past couple of years.
•  74% of Generation Z spend 5 hours or more per day online.
• Over 60% of Generation Z will not use apps and websites that are slow to load or hard to navigate.
• A fractional 9% prefer Facebook over other social media platforms

MARKETING TIPS to GEN Z

• Gen Z has its own dialect and if marketers want to communicate with them, you need to become fluent. It’s an emoji world and Gen Z is living and flourishing in it – like the face with tears of joy, red heart, loudly crying face, heart eyes face, face throwing a kiss, or face with rolling eyes.
• Gen Z wants to personalize their purchases.
• Make your product Instagramable.
• Brand marketers should focus more on how to customize their paid or sponsored content specifically for a channel like Instagram or Snapchat so that it naturally and authentically integrates into users' feeds and they will be more likely to engage with it. Today, too many brands are taking a screaming commercial approach and that will backfire with Gen Z.

SUMMER TRENDS 2019

• The availability of flexible and on-demand access to TV shows and films is something that resonates strongly with these young internet users. And mobile is quickly catching up with televisions as Gen Z’s most popular device to watch any type of TV, including live, on-demand and subscription services. Although it is only 6% that say they never watch live television on a TV channel, this is still 1.4x more likely than the average internet user. Just 54% of Gen Zs pay for a subscription TV service, putting them 9% behind the average. This is an audience who have come to age in a time when it’s normal for content and services to be available on-demand, and having the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, they have a wide selection of relatable and relevant content available to watch at any time. This trend of having the ability to watch multiple episodes at any one time isn’t just seen with Gen Z though; they only slightly over-index for saying they regularly watch back-to-back episodes.
• The abundance of choice when it comes to brands and products appears to overwhelm Gen Z, with 60% feeling that too much on offer makes it harder to choose. Consequently, this could be a win for brands that can tailor products to individual needs, with 69% of respondents having a preference for bespoke products.
• Gen Z consumers are not hedonistic and are more likely to care about family than partying with friends.

PROPRIETARY RESEARCH AVAILABLE

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