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Why Gen X Could Be Beauty s Biggest Consumer Base
10/21/2022 7:08:00 PM
Women over the age of 50 have been routinely ignored by marketers for decades Now though healthier and wealthier than any generation of women before them Gen X is coming resolutely into focus
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Women over the age of 50 have been routinely ignored by marketers for decades Now though healthier and wealthier than any generation of women before them Gen X is coming resolutely into focus
Women over the age of 50 have been routinely ignored by marketers for decades Now though healthier and wealthier than any generation of women before them Gen X is coming resolutely into focus
One marketing executive from a big-three beauty company who asked to remain anonymous shared that brands have traditionally courted younger consumers in hopes of future-proofing their brand. “The thinking is that Gen X has already been bombarded by marketing for so many years, plus they have fewer shopping years ahead of them. Compare this to Millennials and Gen Z — they are blank slates with more years of shopping ahead of them.
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So does drowning our children to save money on their upkeep but that doesn’t make it right. beauty , in health and in shopping in general is so much broader than the tech-driven younger populations or the less tech older generation,” Liebmann said.The Top Bridal Trends for Fall 2023 Include Y2K References and Full Editorial Looks "As an Iranian woman who fled her home country in pursuit of these very freedoms," Dayani continued, "I could not have been more grateful for how [Markle] chooses, again and again, to advocate for women around the world.FORT MYERS, Fla.death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for breaking hijab laws. “The fact that Gen X lives in such a broad world where they are so discriminating about their choices means that you have a lot of ways to reach them, but you really have to know them well.” Understanding the mores of Gen X is crucial, because women over 50 hold the country’s purse strings, with a spending power of $15 trillion." See some of our favorite looks from the Duchess of Sussex in the gallery below: 75.
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Yet fewer than 5 percent of marketing targets them. “It was nice to see it happen, and then it was all yanked away,” Osborne said.
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“The Gen X woman has so much buying power, but marketers and retailers don’t cater to her,” said Sally Mueller, cofounder and CEO of the wellness menopause line, Womaness. “Marketers are intimidated by how to reach her.
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Dayani wrote how she was “so grateful to work with incredible women like Meghan and my fellow Iranian colleague and friend, Ashley Momtaheni, as we continue to highlight the bravery and courage of the women and young girls on the frontlines of one of the most important feminist movements of our lives. People think that it’s hard, and expensive, to reach this woman.
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Osborne employs nine women at her store, and she’s been collecting donations through a crowdsourcing website to keep her staff paid.” One marketing executive from a big-three beauty company who asked to remain anonymous shared that brands have traditionally courted younger consumers in hopes of future-proofing their brand. “The thinking is that Gen X has already been bombarded by marketing for so many years, plus they have fewer shopping years ahead of them. Compare this to Millennials and Gen Z — they are blank slates with more years of shopping ahead of them.
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“I’m so blessed and grateful for them. Blank slates are easier and cheaper to sell to,” the source said.
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Like, I still brush with Crest,” said Kim France, cohost of Gen X-beloved podcast Everything Is Fi...
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WireImage Markle was pictured at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth on September 19 in a Stella McCartney cape dress. Be that as it may, youth does not breed loyalty. “Gen X is the last generation with brand loyalty.” In addition to those donations, Osborne just received an unexpected gift from across the state.
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Like, I still brush with Crest,” said Kim France, cohost of Gen X-beloved podcast Everything Is Fine and the founding editor of Lucky magazine. “I remember someone explaining this to me in a research meeting while I was at Lucky, and it was one of those lightbulb moments.
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Oh my God, this magazine is going to die someday, and that someday is sooner than later, because the next generation has no brand loyalty. It’s time for us to give back. ” France said Gen X has been “flying blind” for awhile, inured to the lack of nuanced representation in media.
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“Marketers and advertisers are very literal. They’re either showing somebody who’s young and beautiful, or they’re showing somebody who is quote, unquote, older.
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They’re our friends. Gen X doesn’t get represented because it’s sort of neither here nor there,” she said. “Gen X is used to finding and responding to marketing that isn’t meant for them.
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“I would look at them, and then look at myself in the mirror. I thought, ‘I don’t look like that. What’s wrong with me?’” According to a 2021 Nielsen report, women over the age of 50 comprise just 8 percent of onscreen television roles, with the majority of these roles as ancillary mother/matriarch figures.
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Almost half of all movies showed their 50-plus female characters in a negative, stereotypical role, while 29 percent of movies had no 50-plus women at all. When women were shown, they were predominately white and always cisgender. “Lesbians and transwomen over 50 are completely erased in the films in this study,” the report said.
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“Really, just shame on everybody,” Liebmann said. “Gen X just disappeared into the woodwork. Gen X is out there now saying ‘I will not be ignored.’ Whether it’s about menopause or sexual wellness or skin care or hair care, these things are the things that I want.
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And we’ve got lots of entrepreneurs who are out there rattling cages of brands and retailers and saying, ‘This is what we want, you don’t deliver it, I’m going to do it for you.’” You May Also Like As London notes, when Gen X sees a problem, they solve it. “Gen X is doing something about menopause because we’re in it.
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Estée Lauder’s Double Wear. While Gen Z fell in love with Gen X oldie-but-goodies via TikTok, Gen X relies on search when shopping for new products. “Search is huge for this consumer,” Vanasse said.
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“The research that we’ve done shows that women are very well aware that they’re not being marketed to, and because of that, she needs to search and search to find solutions to her needs.” The path to purchase, for the average Gen X consumer, starts with these unmet needs: “I see a problem with my hair or my skin or my body. I try to do as much research as I can.
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That’s my discovery process,” Vanasse said. In 2021, P&G Beauty launched Hair Biology, a line of SEO-friendly, problem-solution products developed by a team of female 50-plus scientists to meet the most-searched concerns of the 50-plus consumer.
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“Yes, this is what is happening with your hair. Here’s why your hair is thinning, and how the volumizing solution helps. The formulas change depending on the need and types of hair.
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” Optimistic skeptics, Gen X simply wants results — products that deliver on promises. “We’v...
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” Optimistic skeptics, Gen X simply wants results — products that deliver on promises. “We’ve had so many things thrown at us. So many cheesy beauty products marketed to us when we were young.
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Gen X trusts sci-com influencers — dermatologists and cosmetic chemists — to help her navigate product claims. According to Vanasse, “print is still important, but only the long-form science-based articles that are really going to inform.
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“We used to trust magazines. If I read something worked in Allure, I knew it would work for me,” France said.
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“Gen X is really looking for itself, as far as influencers go. I hear a lot from women who are desperate to find someone who they can follow. Someone who inspires them.” If you ask London, the Gen X woman can find that someone right in the mirror.
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When London was a fashion editor at Mademoiselle magazine, her front-of-book “How To” pages always tested highest in reader surveys. “Gen X was really that ‘how-to’ generation.
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How to dress, how to style your home — all of the things that were really the golden era of reality tv,” London said. “Today, we’re not necessarily looking for external experts, but instead reestablishing our own authority, as experts in terms of days lived on the planet. Shared, lived experience takes precedence over any type of expertise.” Custom communities are the new custom content, with brands like State of Menopause, Womaness, Trinny London, Beginning Is Now and Hair Biology creating passionate communities where Gen X women can connect to talk about “anything and everything,” London said.
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“I’m hoping chat rooms will make a comeback. The more ways we all can connect, the better.” At a recent event, London spoke about the “crisis of confidence” she experienced with menopause. “A woman came up to me and said, ‘You may have had a crisis of confidence, but now you are confidently vulnerable.’ And that’s where Gen X is at.
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