别想鲜花和糖果了。今年情人节最热门的节日礼物是一款40盎司的随行杯。但买到这款杯子的难度远远超出你的想象,你甚至可能要为它打上一架。
为了得到这款被不同年龄段的人狂热追捧的特别款杯子,人们在塔吉特(Target)的门店外扎营,而且有报道(和社交媒体视频)称有人为此发生了肢体冲突。最近几个月,这款星巴克(Starbucks)与史丹利(Stanley)的联名款随行杯走红,但它的突然爆红也引起了一些人的不解。Z世代是推动这股热潮的主力,他们在TikTok和其他社交媒体平台上对它赞不绝口,但它在千禧一代甚至一些X世代当中同样很受欢迎。这款Adventure Quencher随行杯的定价是45美元,在网红们的宣传下成为爆款。《纽约时报》(New York Times)的“All Consuming”栏目指出,其中一种颜色的杯子尤其受欢迎,那就是千禧粉。
通常在TikTok上很少见到的婴儿潮一代,似乎不太迷恋这款杯子,甚至完全不知道它的存在。
当前的这股热潮源于史丹利在2023年12月底发布的一款特别版杯子,它采用了较暗的芭比粉色。塔吉特将其作为“闺蜜日专属”系列大肆宣传。这款杯子实际上源于史丹利与星巴克的一次合作,但它在社交媒体上引起轰动,从而推动了这种狂热。
如果你认为它就像是在黑色星期五引起混乱的椰菜娃娃、Tickle Me Elmo玩偶和任天堂(Nintendo)的Wii一样,你的想法可能没错。
目前,在塔吉特的网站上,粉色和红色杯子已经售罄,而且星巴克表示虽然现在许多门店都已经卖光,但公司并没有补货计划。这一方面刺激了人们去零售店抢购的热情,也让二手市场的价格暴涨。
在eBay上,这款杯子的售价已经达到了150美元,甚至超过400美元。在该网站上的一次拍卖中,出现了超过15,000美元的出价,但这些出价的真实性未经证实。
这款杯子的设计旨在宣传星巴克的冬季菜单,而且它的出现恰逢其时,因为星巴克恰好宣布客户可以在得来速自带杯子或在手机订单中使用自己的杯子。
与此同时,你在社交媒体上会看到混乱的景象,例如人们奋力奔跑争抢这款备受追捧的杯子,或者像一条播放量超过2,000万次的热门视频里展现的场景。而小朋友们因为圣诞节收到一个杯子而欢呼的视频,表明阿尔法世代很快也会成为推动史丹利杯子狂热的一份子。(财富中文网)
译者:刘进龙
审校:汪皓
别想鲜花和糖果了。今年情人节最热门的节日礼物是一款40盎司的随行杯。但买到这款杯子的难度远远超出你的想象,你甚至可能要为它打上一架。
为了得到这款被不同年龄段的人狂热追捧的特别款杯子,人们在塔吉特(Target)的门店外扎营,而且有报道(和社交媒体视频)称有人为此发生了肢体冲突。最近几个月,这款星巴克(Starbucks)与史丹利(Stanley)的联名款随行杯走红,但它的突然爆红也引起了一些人的不解。Z世代是推动这股热潮的主力,他们在TikTok和其他社交媒体平台上对它赞不绝口,但它在千禧一代甚至一些X世代当中同样很受欢迎。这款Adventure Quencher随行杯的定价是45美元,在网红们的宣传下成为爆款。《纽约时报》(New York Times)的“All Consuming”栏目指出,其中一种颜色的杯子尤其受欢迎,那就是千禧粉。
通常在TikTok上很少见到的婴儿潮一代,似乎不太迷恋这款杯子,甚至完全不知道它的存在。
当前的这股热潮源于史丹利在2023年12月底发布的一款特别版杯子,它采用了较暗的芭比粉色。塔吉特将其作为“闺蜜日专属”系列大肆宣传。这款杯子实际上源于史丹利与星巴克的一次合作,但它在社交媒体上引起轰动,从而推动了这种狂热。
如果你认为它就像是在黑色星期五引起混乱的椰菜娃娃、Tickle Me Elmo玩偶和任天堂(Nintendo)的Wii一样,你的想法可能没错。
目前,在塔吉特的网站上,粉色和红色杯子已经售罄,而且星巴克表示虽然现在许多门店都已经卖光,但公司并没有补货计划。这一方面刺激了人们去零售店抢购的热情,也让二手市场的价格暴涨。
在eBay上,这款杯子的售价已经达到了150美元,甚至超过400美元。在该网站上的一次拍卖中,出现了超过15,000美元的出价,但这些出价的真实性未经证实。
这款杯子的设计旨在宣传星巴克的冬季菜单,而且它的出现恰逢其时,因为星巴克恰好宣布客户可以在得来速自带杯子或在手机订单中使用自己的杯子。
与此同时,你在社交媒体上会看到混乱的景象,例如人们奋力奔跑争抢这款备受追捧的杯子,或者像一条播放量超过2,000万次的热门视频里展现的场景。而小朋友们因为圣诞节收到一个杯子而欢呼的视频,表明阿尔法世代很快也会成为推动史丹利杯子狂热的一份子。(财富中文网)
译者:刘进龙
审校:汪皓
Forget flowers and candy. The hot holiday gift this Valentine’s Day is a 40-ounce tumbler. But getting your hands on one could be a lot harder than you’d expect—you might even have a fight on your hands.
People are camping outside Target stores, and there have been reports (and social media videos) of physical alterations as people try to get the special edition of the cup that has become something of a multi-generational craze. The Stanley tumblers have become a sensation in recent months, as well as a source of confusion for some, befuddled by their seemingly sudden and overwhelming popularity. Gen Z is the biggest booster, singing its praises on TikTok and other social media channels, but it is equally popular with millennials and even some of Generation X. The Adventure Quencher Travel Tumbler, priced at $45, has gotten a significant boost from influencers, with the New York Times‘ All Consuming column noting that one of its colors is particularly apt: millennial pink.
Baby boomers, who typically aren’t found on TikTok, seem a bit less enamored with the cup, if not totally ignorant of its existence.
The current sensation was sparked by a special-edition Stanley—in a notably darker, more Barbie-ish shade of pink—released at the end of December, with Target marketing it as part of an “exclusive Galentine’s Day” collection. It actually began life as a collaboration with Starbucks, and it just continues to blow up on social media, which is fueling the frenzy.
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If it sounds a lot like the Black Friday chaos of Cabbage Patch Dolls, Tickle Me Elmo, and the Nintendo Wii, you’re not far off.
The pink and red tumblers are currently sold out on Target’s website, and Starbucks says it does not plan on restocking them, with many stores now sold out as well. That’s both creating the craze for people seeking them at retail and pushing prices on secondary markets through the roof.
Prices for the cup on eBay currently range from $150 to over $400. One auction on the site has bids of more than $15,000, though the veracity of those bids could not be confirmed.
The cup was designed to promote Starbucks’ winter menu and came out right around the same time as the coffee house announced customers could bring their own cups to drive-throughs or use them on mobile orders.
In the meantime, you can see the carnage on social media, such as stampedes as people run over each other for the coveted cups, or one of the most viral posts, viewed over 20 million times. And, in a sign that Gen Alpha will soon be driving the Stanley cup craze, videos of youngsters crying over getting one for Christmas.