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Know Women, Know Sustainable Consumers

There is more than meets the eye in what we know about how women buy (poetry not intended).  And, fortunately for us, that means we’ve got a lot of information at the ready to help better serve the sustainably minded consumer.

My argument has always been that marketing to women was … Read on >

Resources: Women’s Market & Sustainability

This past few months, a lot of the little projects I’ve worked on or participated in, have completed.  Some are marketing to women focused and some are more sustainability-oriented, but, as is my perspective – applying what you learn about the women’s market to the sustainable consumer market can be … Read on >

Sustainability Leadership: SHIFT or SHOW?

So, why did I undertake the exercise of polling my readers/Twitter followers on the question of who the “women at the forefront of sustainability” might be? Because, I’d noticed a gender imbalance in the names of those who have written the majority of the books and articles I’ve come … Read on >

Working Women: Key to Promoting Energy Efficiency

How women buy and how they work/lead is big news these days – no matter what brand, category, industry or organization.  When you think about how to start to change the culture around sustainable life and business practices, women also appear to be worth serious consideration.  This is particularly … Read on >

PDF: The Green Mom Eco-Cosm

The Social Studies Group and Learned On recently partnered to study the women who are really influencing “green mom” consumer behavior online.   As with so many other issues, women exploring more sustainable consumer practices each begin an engagement … Read on >

Engaging Conventional Thinkers With Sustainability

It’s difficult to change thinking in a society that has been both quite patriarchal and quite unsustainably-minded for some time.  Considered from an anthropological view, these sorts of things could take hundreds, if not thousands, of years to evolve.  But still (!) – especially in marketing – the consumers are … Read on >

Kimpton: When “Marketing to Women” Serves Men (Well)

If ever there were an example of how true, women-focused customer experience development and marketing efforts could also resonate with men, it might just be Kimpton Hotels.  Long considered a pioneer and best practice example in the field of marketing to women, specifically, this chain is now a mass market … Read on >

Hogwarts are to Millennials as Pink is to Women

But they’re trying too hard.  They’re selling the wrong thing. And my friends and I won’t be fooled. – Lauren Edelson, in The New York Times, December 6, 2009

This young woman was not writing about a pink, “for women” ad campaign, but she so well could have … Read on >

Busted! The Surcharge for “Women’s” Product Versions

Nothing like an article in Psychology Today to put something into perspective.  Some brands charge more for products they can pitch as “for women.” As consumers, women have always sensed this to be the case, but the article’s author, William Poundstone, lays it all out for us – almost … Read on >

Are “Women’s” Sites Necessary: The Broad(er) Implications

I’ve written about this before, but just came across a Portfolio article on Slate’s “absorption” of DoubleX that was so compelling I had to share.  To me, this discussion is important because it represents a broader perspective on marketing to women – with insights for any industry.  … Read on >