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Why Is Carhartt Shifting Marketing Towards Hipsters and Slim Shady Types?

Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:26 am
Posted by Dragoon
Member since Jul 2019
112 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:26 am
This trend has been developing over the past several years. Carhartt has become the brand of hipsters and white wanna-be-thugs.

Why does dressing like you do manual labor appeal to these groups?

Are you thinking about switching from Carhartt as they embrace this developing customer base?
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:27 am to
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This trend has been developing over the past several years. Carhartt has become the brand of hipsters and white wanna-be-thugs.



I've never seen this..
Posted by Bedhog
Denham Springs
Member since Apr 2019
3741 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:28 am to
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Slim Shady Types



Posted by atrain5
Baton Rouge Correctional Facility
Member since Sep 2017
2209 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:28 am to
It's sad too because 99% of those people refuse to do any type of hard labor ever

ETA: The hipsters that it... the white thugs are the baws down at Dow right now working for another 2" lift to their rig
This post was edited on 8/28/19 at 1:00 pm
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
38855 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:28 am to
quote:

Are you thinking about switching from Carhartt


Filson is where it’s at.
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
27212 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:30 am to
Virtually all brands get ruined over time. I often forget Fila is still a legit tennis wear company.
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79457 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:31 am to
Because it's a market that would allow them to sell their stuff for higher than practical/utility prices they command now.

Also, white thuggish townie types do a ton of manual labor and have probably been Carhartt customers for years.
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
One State Solution
Member since May 2012
55967 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:33 am to
I’m guessing they’ve identified an opportunity to gain market share.
Posted by uway
Member since Sep 2004
33109 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:34 am to
My guess is that the boardroom and c-suite got an influx of estrogen in the recent past.
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
Member since Sep 2008
36801 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:34 am to
Baws will wear the same FRC for 30 years.
Posted by SanFranTiger
Dallas, TX
Member since Sep 2003
4917 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:36 am to
To expand their market and make more money?

I dont think their dollar signs in revenue have asterisks next to them showing that some of the revenue is “undesirable.”

Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
35661 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:39 am to
quote:

Are you thinking about switching from Carhartt as they embrace this developing customer base?


Jesus Christ
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98551 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:39 am to
For the same reason North Face shifted from an outdoor brand to a fratstar/soccer mom brand. You go after the biggest market segment you can.
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
167013 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:40 am to
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Marketing Towards Hipsters and Slim Shady Types?


Same price; less fabric?
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
262892 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 11:47 am to
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Carhartt has become the brand of hipsters and white wanna-be-thugs.


Never seen this. It's standard outdoor gear here.
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
36791 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 12:15 pm to
cause they're buying Carhartt shite?



cause they want to look like real men?
Posted by thesoccerfanjax
Member since Nov 2013
6128 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 12:16 pm to
Carhartt has been popular in street wear and hip hop for decades. Nothing new at all.

Posted by RedFoxx
New Orleans, LA
Member since Jan 2009
6038 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 12:16 pm to
Because the carhartt people like money. Good for them.

Go to Korea, all the younger people there are wearing it.
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
50261 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 12:26 pm to
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Why Is Carhartt Shifting Marketing

It's been a skater and surf brand in Europe for nearly two decades now.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119837 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 12:28 pm to
Cause you farm baws aren't a big enough market anymore
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