teens

Recession? Teenagers Get It, and Are Cutting Back

After a year of observing their parents pinch pennies and fret about the economy, the nation’s teenagers may be coming to grips with reality.

Sales are down sharply in recent months at nearly every major retail chain catering to teenagers, and interviews with teenagers suggest that the reasons go beyond their own difficulty finding part-time jobs. Read more...

Good For You Girls Introduces New Line of All Natural Skin Care for Teens and Tweens

New Hartford, CT – Good For You Girls™, the first premium, all natural skin care for teens and tweens ages 9-15, will launch four new products at the Natural Products Expo East in Boston September 23-26, 2009. Read more...

National Junior Achievement poll takes pulse to forecast teen spending on gifts

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – For retailers expecting lumps of coal in their cash registers this holiday season, teens’ consumer confidence about holiday spending may provide an unexpected gift. According to Junior Achievement’s 2008 Teen Holiday Spending poll, more than three quarters of teens surveyed (76 percent) plan to spend as much—or more—this year than last year on holiday gifts. Read more...

High IntenCity presents HSM3 collection

(FAIR LAWN, NJ) -- High IntenCity presents a jewelry collection dedicated to the HSM trilogy and puts a specialty touch on an assortment of High School Musical pieces that land a lead role in tween wardrobes everywhere! Read more...

Family Talk leaves Dr. Toy speechless

Eureka, MO – Walk up and down the toy aisle and it’s easy to find one that talks. But did you know there’s a game that gets reluctant tweens and teens to speak, in the car while running errands or waiting for a table at a restaurant, with adults? Dr. Toy, who has a Ph.D. in all things toys, was left speechless when she uncovered a clever new diversion called Family Talk and awarded it this year’s Top 10 Puzzles & Logical Thinking Games, part of the 2008 Dr. Toy’s 100 Best Children’s Products list. Read more...

Rhinestone Ruby introduces personalized boot straps

(New York, NY) – Finally, your boots don’t have to look like every other UGG boot!

Rhinestone Ruby- Personalized Accessories with Rhinestones- has introduced personalized boot straps to their expanding line of accessories you can personalize with rhinestones…now your boots can stand out from the rest! Read more...

Jewels Girls Love to Wear - Back-to-School Collection!

Fair Lawn, NJ — High IntenCity unveils a new Jewels Girls Love to Wear collection. The signature line of glass-beaded, Swarovski crystal memory wire choker and bracelet sets remain a favorite amongst little ladies and chic tweens everywhere. Driven by style, quality and variety, Jewels Girls Love to Wear continues to introduce fresh collections; from classic to trendy. Read more...

High Intencity Ventures to the World of Hair

High IntenCity has unveiled hair collections and added the new segment to an established assortment of jewelry brands for girls, tweens, and teens.

Best-Selling Creator Invents Jishaku: the Magnet Strategy game for big kids

Jishaku (jee-shah-koo) is a patent-pending portable strategy game where the power of magnets allows the force to be with you (or not!).

Employment for teenagers hits lowest point in decades

Levi Wright's biggest job this summer has been finding a summer job. Wright, a 17-year-old senior from Metro Boulevard Alternative High School, has been applying for work for more than a month without success. Applications at bookstores, bike shops and mall retailers have yielded nothing. Read more...