• PP_BOY_
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    5 months ago

    Corporate-forced trend. New Stanley executive is the former Crocs CEO, who found out you can manufacture a trend with limited editions/FOMO marketing, paying off influencers, and making people feel kitsch for buying objectively ugly products.

  • @Red_October@lemmy.world
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    95 months ago

    They’re decent to high quality insulated cups that are made popular by a cycle of induced scarcity. The CEO imported Sneaker Culture, producing only limited supplies and limiting releases of sponsored partnership-products, so that the fact that they can be hard to find makes more people feel like it’s important to try to find and buy them.

    • @hayalciOP
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      25 months ago

      Thanks for your informative answer.

  • Nomecks
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    14 months ago

    They’re dishwasher safe and cheaper than Yeti. Most insulated mugs aren’t dishwasher safe.

  • @n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca
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    04 months ago

    It’s been the top prize for North American ice hockey teams since the 19th century.