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Personal Brand

Instructor: Shelby Walsh
Holistic Wellness
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How well is your brand finding opportunity in the tension consumers have between the fear of missing out (FOMO) and the joy of missing out (JOMO)? Find out how some direct-to-consumer brands such as The Sill, Backdrop and Kit & Ace have created an appeal to Millennial consumers – a generation spending more time at home than any other. We’ll explore how staying in more is affecting what young generations are wearing, how they’re communicating and what they’re doing in their spare time.

This module will also detail how brands can consider creating a greater sense of FOMO in consumers' life, honing in on best-in-class examples from the hospitality and travel industry. Get ideas on how to upgrade your product or service to make it more sharable and creating a “staying in” experience with your brand in this quick 10-minute module.
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Workshop Questions:
1. How could you upgrade your product/service to make it more shareable?
2. If you could design a “staying in” experience with your brand, what would it look like?
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Featured Insights

At-Home Escape
Board games are inspired by the interactive escape room format
Trend - The continued popularity of escape rooms has led to brands imitating the same experience with consumers at home, in the form of escape room-themed board games. These games play on the interactive and novel nature of traditional escape room programs, but in a format that's more convenient.
Workshop Question - How could your brand create an interactive program for its customers to experience at home?
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Foliage Familial
Brands tap into the consumers’ obsession with raising houseplants
Trend - As consumers, particularly Millennials, seek to acquire more greenery and plant life for their homes, brands are responding with new products to help track growth, share updates with social media and even provide tips and guidance for successful plant “parenting.”
Workshop Question - How can you leverage the niche interests of your consumers to build better connections?
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Festival Wellness
Health and wellness take inspiration from music festivals
Trend - Brands focused on health-related products and services are adopting the festival model to create large, festival-like events for consumers to experience. These events tap into the loyalty of their more passionate customers.
Workshop Question - Conceptualize a festival that centers around your business' brand, products and/or services.
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Branded Hotel
Brands create custom overnight experiences for their consumers
Trend - Brands are not simply collaborating with those in the hospitality industry, but rather, they’re creating completely branded overnight experiences of their own. These branded hotels allow retailers to showcase their products and services while creating interactive environments.
Workshop Question - How could you create a story or social experience around your products and services? How can you make it more of an event than merely a point of purchase?
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Insights by Trend Hunter AI

Experiential K-Beauty
Immersive K-beauty pop-ups are redefining product discovery and retail
Trend - As experiential retail evolves, K-beauty brands are launching pop-ups where skincare diagnostics, interactive product testing, personalized consultations and visually curated installations transform product discovery into multisensory experiences that reinforce brand identity and engagement.
Workshop Question - How can your brand create physical experiences that strengthen consumer affinity?
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Maker Experience
Hands-on brand experiences are making consumers active creative participants
Trend - Brands are introducing large-scale maker experiences that invite consumers to customize, assemble or create products firsthand. Through interactive workshops, personalization stations and DIY activations, these experiences shift consumers from passive attendees to active participants.
Workshop Question - How could your brand empower consumers to become active participants in creating brand experiences?
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Soft Clubbing
Gen Z pioneers wellness-focused nightlife experiences that prioritize connection
Trend - A new wave of nightlife experiences is emerging that strips away traditional club culture's emphasis on alcohol and late nights. Coffee clubbing events, sober raves, and wellness-centered dance parties are creating spaces where Gen Z can socialize, move, and connect without the usual nightlife baggage.
Workshop Question - How might your brand create social experiences that energize rather than drain your customers?
6.6
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Escapist Game
Game developers launch low-stakes farming-centric games for comfortable escapism
Trend - Game developers are increasingly releasing cozy farming games that offer serene, low-pressure virtual environments. These titles focus on gentle gameplay and emotional escapism—cultivating crops, caring for animals, and building intimate communities in picturesque, pastoral settings.
Workshop Question - How could your brand create engaging and relaxing experiences that current desires of its consumers?
3.4
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Multi-Platform Progress
Developers are launching games with cross-progression for convenience
Trend - Game developers are increasingly integrating cross-progression features in their titles, allowing players to carry over their game progress, achievements, and in-game purchases across multiple platforms. This feature provides gamers with a seamless and flexible gaming experience.
Workshop Question - How can our brand react to the demands of its customers to ensure their convenience and accessibility needs are being met?
3.7
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Hyperlocal Evolution
Brands strengthen community connections through enhanced physical experiences
Trend - As consumers flock to physical retail spaces, both established and emerging brands are reimagining their local presence through enhanced experiential offerings. This shift extends beyond traditional retail to include direct-to-consumer brands creating innovative physical touchpoints.
Workshop Question - How could your brand create meaningful local connections with or without a permanent retail space?
6.9
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Retail Lounge
Retailers are launching experiential events to enhance connections to consumers
Trend - Retailers in various industries, such as department stores, luxury brands, and more, are launching in-store lounges and experiential events. These events are designed to enhance the comfort of shoppers while deepening the connection between the shoppers and the brand.
Workshop Question - How can we create experiential in-store events that enhance consumer engagement and strengthen their connection to our brand?
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