#consumer-culture

#consumer-culture

Consumer culture didn't just take our villages: It left us with parents too overwhelmed to fully show up.

The price of Coca-Cola was famously fixed at a nickel between 1886 and 1959, allowing the brand to embed itself into American consumer culture.

For Noam Welz, fashion is a physical form of commentary, a surface for emotion, provocation, and social reflection.

I always believe in the serotonin-boosting power of trinkets and tchotchkes, but especially when they're functional. That's what I'm so enamored by the influx of personality-forward, food-themed phone cases in recent years.

Our young minds buy into this cultural message, and they decide, This must be very important. I'll remember this. So they invite in a new voice that repeatedly declares: If you want to be valuable, you'll need to buy many things.

Coffee-flavored Jell-O first hit the market in 1908, a surprising addition to the brand's typically fruity and kid-friendly lineup. Although it may seem unusual today, coffee gelatin itself wasn't a new invention.

Trader Joe's is launching pistachio-infused chocolate bars influenced by the Dubai chocolate trend, priced at $3.99 and hitting stores on May 28.

When you hear the phrase, brand mascot, who do you think of? For me it's Frosties' Tony the Tiger. Probably because I always wanted Frosties as a child and wasn't allowed them often. Or maybe because the slogan was so grrrreat (three 'r's, I checked).

"Can I go somewhere where someone isn't shoving 'DONT YOU WANT TO BE BEAUTIFUL' down my throat?" they just seem to creep in when I'm trying to relax."