別想鮮花和糖果了。今年情人節最熱門的節日禮物是一款40盎司的隨行杯。但買到這款杯子的難度遠遠超出你的想象,你甚至可能要為它打上一架。
為了得到這款被不同年齡段的人狂熱追捧的特別款杯子,人們在塔吉特(Target)的門店外扎營,而且有報道(和社交媒體視頻)稱有人為此發生了肢體沖突。最近幾個月,這款星巴克(Starbucks)與史丹利(Stanley)的聯名款隨行杯走紅,但它的突然爆紅也引起了一些人的不解。Z世代是推動這股熱潮的主力,他們在TikTok和其他社交媒體平臺上對它贊不絕口,但它在千禧一代甚至一些X世代當中同樣很受歡迎。這款Adventure Quencher隨行杯的定價是45美元,在網紅們的宣傳下成為爆款?!都~約時報》(New York Times)的“All Consuming”欄目指出,其中一種顏色的杯子尤其受歡迎,那就是千禧粉。
通常在TikTok上很少見到的嬰兒潮一代,似乎不太迷戀這款杯子,甚至完全不知道它的存在。
當前的這股熱潮源于史丹利在2023年12月底發布的一款特別版杯子,它采用了較暗的芭比粉色。塔吉特將其作為“閨蜜日專屬”系列大肆宣傳。這款杯子實際上源于史丹利與星巴克的一次合作,但它在社交媒體上引起轟動,從而推動了這種狂熱。
如果你認為它就像是在黑色星期五引起混亂的椰菜娃娃、Tickle Me Elmo玩偶和任天堂(Nintendo)的Wii一樣,你的想法可能沒錯。
目前,在塔吉特的網站上,粉色和紅色杯子已經售罄,而且星巴克表示雖然現在許多門店都已經賣光,但公司并沒有補貨計劃。這一方面刺激了人們去零售店搶購的熱情,也讓二手市場的價格暴漲。
在eBay上,這款杯子的售價已經達到了150美元,甚至超過400美元。在該網站上的一次拍賣中,出現了超過15,000美元的出價,但這些出價的真實性未經證實。
這款杯子的設計旨在宣傳星巴克的冬季菜單,而且它的出現恰逢其時,因為星巴克恰好宣布客戶可以在得來速自帶杯子或在手機訂單中使用自己的杯子。
與此同時,你在社交媒體上會看到混亂的景象,例如人們奮力奔跑爭搶這款備受追捧的杯子,或者像一條播放量超過2,000萬次的熱門視頻里展現的場景。而小朋友們因為圣誕節收到一個杯子而歡呼的視頻,表明阿爾法世代很快也會成為推動史丹利杯子狂熱的一份子。(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
別想鮮花和糖果了。今年情人節最熱門的節日禮物是一款40盎司的隨行杯。但買到這款杯子的難度遠遠超出你的想象,你甚至可能要為它打上一架。
為了得到這款被不同年齡段的人狂熱追捧的特別款杯子,人們在塔吉特(Target)的門店外扎營,而且有報道(和社交媒體視頻)稱有人為此發生了肢體沖突。最近幾個月,這款星巴克(Starbucks)與史丹利(Stanley)的聯名款隨行杯走紅,但它的突然爆紅也引起了一些人的不解。Z世代是推動這股熱潮的主力,他們在TikTok和其他社交媒體平臺上對它贊不絕口,但它在千禧一代甚至一些X世代當中同樣很受歡迎。這款Adventure Quencher隨行杯的定價是45美元,在網紅們的宣傳下成為爆款。《紐約時報》(New York Times)的“All Consuming”欄目指出,其中一種顏色的杯子尤其受歡迎,那就是千禧粉。
通常在TikTok上很少見到的嬰兒潮一代,似乎不太迷戀這款杯子,甚至完全不知道它的存在。
當前的這股熱潮源于史丹利在2023年12月底發布的一款特別版杯子,它采用了較暗的芭比粉色。塔吉特將其作為“閨蜜日專屬”系列大肆宣傳。這款杯子實際上源于史丹利與星巴克的一次合作,但它在社交媒體上引起轟動,從而推動了這種狂熱。
如果你認為它就像是在黑色星期五引起混亂的椰菜娃娃、Tickle Me Elmo玩偶和任天堂(Nintendo)的Wii一樣,你的想法可能沒錯。
目前,在塔吉特的網站上,粉色和紅色杯子已經售罄,而且星巴克表示雖然現在許多門店都已經賣光,但公司并沒有補貨計劃。這一方面刺激了人們去零售店搶購的熱情,也讓二手市場的價格暴漲。
在eBay上,這款杯子的售價已經達到了150美元,甚至超過400美元。在該網站上的一次拍賣中,出現了超過15,000美元的出價,但這些出價的真實性未經證實。
這款杯子的設計旨在宣傳星巴克的冬季菜單,而且它的出現恰逢其時,因為星巴克恰好宣布客戶可以在得來速自帶杯子或在手機訂單中使用自己的杯子。
與此同時,你在社交媒體上會看到混亂的景象,例如人們奮力奔跑爭搶這款備受追捧的杯子,或者像一條播放量超過2,000萬次的熱門視頻里展現的場景。而小朋友們因為圣誕節收到一個杯子而歡呼的視頻,表明阿爾法世代很快也會成為推動史丹利杯子狂熱的一份子。(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校: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.