It’s been a strange old year for the student population – and if their festive wishlists are anything to go by, they’re embracing the festive season as the perfect time to treat themselves. But what exactly are Gen Z students...
They’re two demographics that are often merged together – but they’re actually very different. When it comes to market segmentation, how well do you know the difference between Gen Z and Millennials? START...
Last year, China’s celebration of self-love had more sales than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. Introducing Singles Day – the next big thing in global retail. What is Singles Day?...
If you’re marketing to Gen Z, you’re marketing to a generation in constant flux. As students take those crucial steps from high school to college, there are certain purchases they’ll pick up on the way. Here’s what you need to...
Gen Z have grown up over the past 25 years – the oldest within the cohort are now financially independent. It’s easy to see this as a single moment when young people suddenly start swiping their credit cards left, right and centre....
Cyber Week 2020 is just days away – but here at Student Beans, we’ve been getting ready to go for months. Make sure you’re ahead of the game, too – see how in-tune you are with the key forecasts for Gen Z spending this Cyber...
Understanding what students want is a two-way conversation – and at Student Beans, we’re very open to suggestions from our student user base. We’ve learnt a lot from looking at what discounts they have requested over the past six...
If you’re looking to engage with students, Freshers should be high on your agenda. It’s the biggest event in the student calendar, with over two million young people taking on a new stage of their lives. Students start preparing for...
As the new academic year approaches, students across the US are composing their shopping lists. For those starting college this year, there are many first time purchases they’ll need to make, across a variety of brand categories....
2020 has been a difficult year for in-store retail so far due to the impact of COVID-19, but there is increasing optimism as shops reopen and social life resumes. Now, for brands marketing to Gen Z, the challenge is to convince digital...
The COVID-19 lockdown has impacted brands across every sector that markets to young people, whether they’ve been forced to temporarily close, or to change their business model to survive. We’ve been impressed by how some of Gen Z’s...
One of our key values here at Student Beans is to listen to the needs of our vast community of student users, and this has become more important than ever during the current global crisis, the coronavirus pandemic. Each month we survey...