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At least 15 US states have enacted policies regulating cell phone usage among teenagers and children, pointing to the youth mental health crisis and other potential harms of incessant access to the internet. For marketers, the laws pose a barrier to reaching young consumers as well as an opportunity to get to know this cohort better.

Consumers are getting choosier about where they spend. Retailers will need to work extra hard to ensure it’s in their stores, and not competitors’.

“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” on Hulu sheds light on a powerful influencer segment that drives shopping habits well beyond Salt Lake City.

TikTok’s future in the US is being put to the test this week, as the ByteDance-owned app fights its looming ban in court. If its efforts fail, India’s social media marketing landscape could serve as a blueprint for brands in a post-TikTok world.

This September, BoF and TikTok co-hosted an intimate roundtable with executives from the likes of TikTok, LVMH, Calvin Klein, Fendi, Tiffany & Co., Van Cleef & Arpels and E.l.f. Beauty, to discuss how brands can effectively build digital intimacy with their communities and drive commercial results.

As the ‘experts on the platform’, content creators on TikTok offer brands a critical means of access to the subcultures and communities that the entertainment platform typifies. BoF’s latest white paper, in partnership with TikTok, shares insights on the best practices to engage with and empower creators and communities on the platform, with examples from Coach, E.l.f. Beauty, Loewe, Marc Jacobs and many more.

In BoF’s latest white paper, in partnership with TikTok, brand and marketing executives, independent analysts and TikTok business leaders share their insights on the best practices to acquire and engage audiences by honing platform-relevant brand, product and paid marketing strategies, with examples from Coach, E.l.f. Beauty, Marc Jacobs and many more.

With a community exceeding 1 billion individuals, TikTok is a critical driver of success for fashion and beauty brands today. Partnering with TikTok, BoF shares exclusive internal insights and strategic analysis from a range of independent experts to identify how businesses can optimise their brand and product marketing performance on TikTok, and generate sales through its ads and commerce features.

Multiple people applied to trademark the viral phrase “very demure, very mindful,” bringing into focus the question of who gets to capitalise on cultural moments.

Lavish trips full of free swag are no longer exclusively for the high-follower-count elites.