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This Weekend’s Food News for Creators in the Food and Beverage Niches

Creator — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 02:28:24 +0000

If you’re a content creator producing content, videos or livestreams around food and beverage related products, here are some recent food and drinks news articles to keep you abreast of trends.

Americans Trade Michelin Stars for Mac and Cheese (Food Manufacturing)

From Squeezable Olive Oil to Chili Crisp — How Pantry Staples Became Status Symbols (Food & Wine Magazine)

Gerrit’s Bakery introduces Mini Stroop Wafels (Bake Mag)

Ghirardelli adds gluten-free brownie mix (Food Business News)

A Global Matcha Shortage Is Expected This Spring — Here’s Why (People Mag)

Grillo’s Pickles and Hippeas launch Dill Pickle Puffs (FoodBev)

HEINZ Launches Dip for Potato Chips: Same Unmistakable Ketchup, New Way to Enjoy (KraftHeinz)

Hershey announces new Easter range (FoodBev)

Jones Soda Announces New ‘Jones Zero Cola’ (Food Manufacturing)

Little Debbie’s New Spin on This Classic Treat Has Hungry Fans Going Wild: ‘There Is a God’ (Delishably)

Minute Maid Dives Into Vodka-Infused Cocktails (FoodBeast)

New Ruffles Greek-Style Ranch Flavor Now Exclusively At Costco (FoodBeast)

New 7-Layer Dip Pringles Are the Brand’s Biggest Swing Yet (Sporked)

Our Honest Review of Sprite Chill Strawberry Kiwi (Sporked)

Red Bull Spring Edition Grapefruit & Blossom (Prepared Foods)

Setting the Table for the Rising Popularity of Home Brunches (Food Manufacturing)

Sour Patch Kids Glow Ups Glow Under Blacklight (Candy USA)

‘The Last of Us’ Mushroom Coffee Probably Won’t Turn You Into a Zombie (Rolling Stone)

Why Gluten-free Foods Are Taking Over Grocery Store Shelves (Food Manufacturing)

Wonder moves beyond bread with the launch of snack cakes (FoodDive)

Enjoy your weekend food and beverage news reads,

-Creator Inspiration

@creatorinspirationblog

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Product Inspiration: Fisher Price Wooden Toys

Creator — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 18:51:24 +0000

This year the venerated toy company Fisher-Price came out with a line of wooden toys. They’re currently carried at Walmart, Target, Kroger stores, and of course, on Amazon.

If you’re in the baby and kids, toys or mommy bloggers niches, take a look and see if creating content about these toys might be lucrative for you.

All of these toys are meant for preschoolers age 3 and up.

(Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you)

Take a look at the Fisher-Price storefront on Amazon to see which wooden toys are on offer.

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Fisher-Price Wood Baby Toy Stack & Sort Animals, 10 Wooden Pieces for Developmental Play for Infants & Toddlers Ages 1+ Years

Fisher-Price Stacking Toy Wooden Balance Tree, 10 Wood Pieces for Developmental Play for Preschool Kids Ages 3+ Years

There’s a couple animal-themed sets, with koalas, lions, a crocodile, and a monkey.

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Fisher-Price Wood Toddler Toy Pound & Tap Bench Xylophone, 6-Piece Wooden Musical Activity for Preschool Kids Ages 18+ Months

The xylophone is a retro Fisher-Price favorite, now in wood instead of metal and plastic.

Fisher-Price Wood Toddler Toy Castle Block Set, 28 Wooden Pieces for Stacking Developmental Play Preschool Kids Ages 2+ Years

For little princesses, there’s a wooden castle block building set, in pink of course.

Fisher-Price Wood Pretend Play Work from Home Set, 9-Piece Office Playset with Wooden Toy Laptop & Phone for Preschool Kids Ages 3+ Years

Kids can be like Mommy and Daddy and work from home with their wooden laptop and office set.

Fisher-Price Wood Pretend Play Coffee Shop & Toy Register, 20-Piece Wooden Food Playset for Preschool Kids Ages 3+ Years

Most wooden toy playset makers offer some version of a play coffee shop, and here’s Fisher-Price’s!

Fisher-Price Wood Pretend Play Toy Herb Garden & Tools Set, 12-Piece Wooden Playset for Preschool Kids Ages 3+ Years

My favorite is the very unique wooden toy herb garden!

You can do research on upcoming Fisher-Price wood products on the Mattel Fisher-Price wood toys page.

Happy creating,

Creator Inspiration

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Product Inspiration: Pinterest’s Cherry Coded 2025 Prediction

Creator — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:03:34 +0000

This year (2025), Pinterest Predicts suggests that “Cherry Coded” will be a big trend. They suggest that Gen Z and Millennials will be decorating, wearing makeup and fashion tinted with cherry hues. They also suggest that cherry flavors will be infused into foods, menus and alcoholic beverages. I’m guessing cherry scents will also be all the rage, but will be in darker hued candle vessels and not light pink “cherry blossom” inspired scents.

Take a look at some of the Cherry products you might feature in your content, product videos and shopping livestreams in early 2025.

(Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you)

Cherry Beauty and Cosmetics

Tom Ford Limited Edition Cherry Collection Eye Color Quad - 02 Cherry Smoke (Copper, Burnt Red, Deep Red, Maroon) - .35 oz / 10 g

Violet Voss I Love U Cherry Much Eyeshadow Palette

UCANBE Red Eyeshadow Makeup Palette, 15 Colors Burgunry Gray Silver Shimmer Matte Glitter Metallic Eye Shadow Pallet, Pigmented Make Up Kit for Halloween Parties Christmas Joker Vampire Clown

NYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP Lip Lingerie XXL Matte Liquid Lipstick - Sizzlin' (Oxblood Red)

Cherry eyeshadow palettes and cherry lipsticks.

Cherry Candles

Voluspa Cherry Gloss Jar Candle, 6.5 oz, Coconut Wax Blend, Scented Candles for Home, 40 Hour Burn Time, Fruity Candle, Handcrafted in The USA

Voluspa Cherry Gloss Large Jar Candle, 18 oz, Coconut Wax Blend, Scented Candles for Home, 100 Hour Burn Time, Fruity Candle, Handcrafted in the USA

Voluspa Cherry Gloss Mini Tin Candle, 4 oz, Coconut Wax Blend, Scented Candles for Home, 25 Hour Burn Time, Fruity Candle, Handcrafted in The USA

Yankee Candle Cherries On Snow Scented, Classic 22oz Large Jar Single Wick Candle, Over 110 Hours of Burn Time

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M&SENSE Cherry Bomb Scented Candles, Sweet Candles for Home Scented, Natural Soy Wax Candle, Candles Gifts for Women, 11.3 oz 70 Hours Burn

Cherry candles from Voluspa, Yankee Candle and M&Sense.

Cherry Colored Purses

Women's Underarm Shoulder Bags Faux Leather Tote Bag Clutch Trendy Purses Handbag Vintage Evening Bag Shoulder Totes

Baggallini Carryall Tote Bag - Crossbody Tote Bag for Women, Dark Cherry - Large

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GETERUUV Shoulder Bags for Women Red Purse Burgundy Purse Retro Fall Purse Crossbody Bag Maroon Purse Leather Hobo Handbag

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Women's Small Shoulder Bag Clutch Y2KPurse Handbag PU Leather Tote Bag with 2 Removable Straps and Zipper Closure Crossbody Bags (Crocodile red)

Cherry handbags, purses, satchels, clutches and crossbodies.

Cherry Home Decor

JONATHAN Y JYL4026G Julian 29" Traditional Classic Ceramic Urn LED Table Lamp, Red for Bedroom, Living Room, Kitchen, Home Office, Kids Room

Chanasya Premium Ruched Faux Fur Throw Blanket - Luxurious, Soft Reversible Mink Blanket - 50" x 65” - Red Maroon

Sullivans Red Vase Set, Farmhouse Decor, Boho Aesthetic Room Decor Vases for Your Kitchen, Bedroom, Office, Living Room & Bathroom, Shelf Decor, Centerpiece Table Decorations (CM2407)

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MIULEE 3D Decorative Romantic Valentines Stereo Chiffon Rose Flower Throw Pillow Cover Solid Pillowcase for Girl Women Wedding Sofa Bedroom Car Decor 12x20 Inch 30x50cm Wine Red

Cherry lamps, throws, pillows, vases, and home decor pieces.

Happy creating, and happy Lunar New Year!

Creator Inspiration

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Product Inspiration: Lunar New Year 2025 Chocolates and Candies

Creator — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 21:36:08 +0000

Several gourmet candy and chocolate companies have come out with Lunar New Year gifts for 2025. Take a look at our suggestions for products to create content around this year.

(Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you)

The gourmet candy company Sugarfina has several beautifully packaged Lunar New Year “Year of the Snake” edible gifts on offer. They are already selling out quickly, so make sure you have time to procure the products, film and upload while consumers still want to purchase these.

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Sugarfina Lunar New Year 8 Piece Candy Bento Box

Sugarfina Lunar New Year "Year of the Snake" Zodiac Candy Tasting Collection

Sugarfina Lunar New Year 8 Piece Candy Bento Box, Pack of 2

See’s Candies is featuring a couple of Lunar New Year chocolate assortments, and a box of chocolate lucky coins.

See's Candies 1 lb Lunar New Year Nuts & Chews

See's Candies 1 lb Lunar New Year Dark Chocolates

See's Candies 8 oz Lunar New Year Gold Coins

There are other gourmet gifts available on Amazon, including Lunar New Year macarons, gourmet fruits, and humorous Lunar New Year 2025 fortune cookies.

Year of The Dragon | Assorted French Macaron decorated with Gold Dust (12 Pack)

Miss Fortunes, Funny Fortune Cookies, The Lunar Dozen, Give Them The Gift of Laughter and Red Food Dye, Chinese New Year, Written by Professional Comedy Writers (Bag of 12 Cookies)

Laumière Gourmet Fruits – Lunar New Year Collection - Square (16 Pcs) – Gong Xi Fa Cai – Chinese New Year Good Luck Candy – Premium Dry Fruits and Nuts Gift Box - No Added Sugar - Gluten Free Basket

Happy creating, and happy Lunar New Year!

Creator Inspiration

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Product Inspiration: Rifle Paper Co’s New Juliet Collection for Valentine’s Day

Creator — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 18:29:19 +0000

Rifle Paper Co. just dropped this gorgeous Valentine’s Day inspired home goods and stationery collection, Juliet.

The botanical style designs include hearts and flowers, with either a black background or a creamy white background.

The collection includes a mug, a checklist notepad, writing pencils, a Valentine’s Day greeting card, safety matches, a charming tea towel, and a porcelain vase.

You can find affiliate links for Rifle Paper Co. products at Viglink/Sovrn and at Pepperjam/Ascend by Partnerize.

As of this writing, Rifle Paper Co.’s Juliet collection is not yet available on eBay, on Etsy or on Amazon. For now, the affiliate links are best for blogs, Tiktok, Instagram or YouTube – anywhere you can add affiliate links.

If you are a livestreamer, remember that you can use QR codes to create a sort of product carousel via Restream (something you can’t yet do on Streamyard).

Happy creating,

Creator Inspiration

@creatorinspirationblog

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Tips for Influencers: How to Use Expo, Gift Mart and Convention Webpages to Find New Brands

Creator — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 03:44:09 +0000

Trying to find new products to film shoppable videos about? You can always browse around on Amazon looking for products in your niches, but let’s face it, they don’t always surface everything you might want to see. You can run searches on Amazon, but how do you find things you haven’t yet thought of searching for?

Let me show you one of my favorite things to do while I’m watching Netflix and sipping a glass of wine: exploring convention, trade show, exhibition and conference webpages to find new brands with products I might want to create content around. There are trade shows intended to be order-writing B2B shows, but we can utilize the information on the trade show webpages for product discovery.

These conventions and trade shows would be fun (but expensive and time consuming) to attend in person; but most of them require business licenses, trade references and the like to even get in. Never fear – we can easily browse their brand/exhibitor listings from the comfort of our own homes.

(Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you)

Here are just a few examples of websites you can use to find new brands to possibly create content about. Be sure to use the most recent conventions (from 2023 if possible) so the exhibitor lists are still up to date with companies currently active.

CosmoProf

I dove into the Cosmoprof exhibitors list and started off by scrolling down and checking out company names. Since I’m not in the beauty niche, I hadn’t heard of many of these. Those of you who are beauty influencers may have heard of many of these already, but there’s the chance of finding hidden gems in this list too.

The name Ella + Mila caught my eye, so I clicked on the link to explore more info about them. I took just a brief glimpse at their website and social media, but didn’t want to waste too much time researching them if their products aren’t on Amazon.

Yes, their nail polish products are on Amazon! They have a cute little elephant logo. I see some gift sets for $55, which is a nice price for bigger commissions; and several nail polish colors for $11 (not a big commission there of course.)

I visited the Ella + Mila Amazon store to see which products they are featuring, and how many of them are currently in stock and available to customers. Perhaps I might not want to feature any of their products other than the Shimmer collection of polishes, or perhaps just the Duochrome.

My main concern right now is finding out how many of their products have influencer videos already; later, I would worry about other metrics to help me make my decision on whether it’s worth investing $ and time in these products for Amazon and Amazon Live. I see that most (but not all) of their products have one influencer video, and most are from different influencers, not one person who specializes in this brand.

I probably wouldn’t buy a bunch of their nail polishes to do videos I’m going to make less than 20 cents on. But if it’s a color I would use and enjoy wearing myself, I’d maybe grab one and hope to make adjacent commission sales from other colors that don’t have influencer videos on them.

The next company I took a peek at from the Cosmoprof exhibitors list is Bee by the Sea. It’s a Canadian company I hadn’t heard of, with a line of skin care products that tend to get used up and need to be repurchased. Think sunscreen, body butter, face cream, and shower steamers (which are trendy right now). I don’t see any influencer videos on their products yet (but I didn’t dive in too deeply). One of the metrics I would use in this case is do I personally want to try these products on myself (I’m intrigued by their use of sea buckthorn and honey) and keep using them after I’m done filming my videos?

The third company I discovered via Cosmoprof is California Mango, and I’m really excited about it. I love the way the packaging looks! I haven’t smelled any of the products yet, of course. If I were in the skincare or beauty blogging arena I would definitely be giving this a go. Their products include hair care, body care and nail care.

There are hundreds upon hundreds of exhibitors listed at CosmoProf – it’s easy to fall down the rabbit hole. Besides hair care items, cosmetics, lotions, skin care items etcetera, there are adjacent products here such as brushes, application tools, storage boxes for cosmetics, organization supplies and other accessories you might want to create content about. Of course, not all of these companies items are available on Amazon.

Natural Products Expo West

Here’s another list of exhibitors in the skincare, bath and body beauty niche. But wait, there’s more! There’s also food, tea, vitamins, and home care products.

Browsing around, I found the Al Dente Pasta Company. Never heard of them, and I love pasta, so I checked out their website and then headed over to their Amazon storefront. I was excited to see their gluten-free, colorful pasta offerings, most of which do not yet have influencer videos. (You’d want to use your own system for determining if there are enough reviews, sales etc to make it worth your time and $ to film videos for these).

Now, I suppose I could have just browsed the Italian Pasta Node on Amazon and run into these products, but with pages and pages of results I might not have noticed this particular company’s pasta. And I might not have known, browsing Amazon’s front page at some earlier time, that I was looking for pasta. Seeing the company on the exhibitor’s list helped pique my curiosity and spark an idea.

Also, not every item a company carries is surfaced on its Amazon storefront. Sometimes you can visit the company’s website, find out about a new offering, and go search for it (and find it) on the Amazon storefront. Sometimes that product is not yet being featured prominently in the brand’s storefront presence. You wouldn’t have known that product existed if you hadn’t browsed the brand’s website first.

(Hot tip: You can often find strange and unusual Italian pastas at places like Cost Plus World Market, HomeGoods, Marshalls, TJ Maxx and the like. Of course, you aren’t making a big commission on random pasta videos; but sometimes they’re sold in 8 packs for $35 or more, you might also sell someone a big expensive jar of olive oil and some gourmet pasta sauce in bulk, etc).

Chocolate in your niche, or interested in buying something delicious to eat after you film a video about it? Type “chocolate” in the Natural Products Expo search box, and a list of companies that sell chocolate as part of their product line will show up. Or for companies with Chocolate in the name, tick the checkbox for “Only in Exhibitor name” to save yourself some time.

I learned about Belvas Belgian Chocolate which didn’t have any influencer videos but barely has any products on Amazon; and Hippie Snacks which tempted me with the lovely packaging and interesting flavors, but had too many influencer videos – mostly from the same creator.

MAGIC

I’ve attended MAGIC in Las Vegas in past years as a retail buyer for a small home store. It’s a fashion buying event for retail buyers, with sportswear, footwear, apparel and accessories on display. There’s also quite a bit of home decor (candles especially), gifts, and some beauty and jewelry items.

The brand list for August 2023 is quite large. Better pour yourself a nice mug of coffee or glass of iced tea and get comfy for a long “rabbit hole” research and browsing session.

Just browsing around quickly, I discovered Mata Shoes (I hadn’t heard of them before) with no influencer videos on any of the eight or ten shoes I checked. But also, something to think about, most of the shoes didn’t even have ten reviews. Not popular enough to sell many, or just waiting to be discovered and promoted by the right shoe influencer? I’m not in that niche anyway, so I’m moving on.

Take a look at Oooh Yeah Socks. Ok, we’re not going to get rich making videos for $12 socks. However, I might buy a few pairs anyway as gifts for my quirky nieces and nephews at Christmas. I might as well quickly film some sock videos before I mail them out. And remember – my two or three sock videos might show up on the other 40-60 related sock product listings from this company that nobody else has made videos for.

Las Vegas Market

Las Vegas Market is where you can find new accent furniture, home decor, tableware, housewares, home textiles, gifts and other home items.

The Las Vegas Market exhibitor list is here. Have fun browsing! It’s way too easy to lose an afternoon just exploring here. Try searching for products in your niche in the search box – try “candle” for example.

Gift Marts – B2B

Seattle Mart is where every retail gift shop owner in the Pacific Northwest goes to see items in person, shop for their stores, and write wholesale orders. It’s a three story building south of Seattle with dozens of showrooms. Seattle Mart also hosts “gift shows” at the Convention center, which are order writing shows.

None of us influencers would need to go to the Seattle Mart showrooms or the gift show, since we don’t own stores and don’t have wholesale licenses and aren’t buying wholesale products to resell. However, we can utilize their website to discover brands and products or get inspiration for products we want to buy to do videos and livestreams about.

Prepare yourself for a long afternoon or evening of browsing and getting product inspiration!

The Seattle Mart website has two very useful areas where you can find out about their showrooms and product reps: Showroom Listings page is more visual, showing some of the products each showroom carries, and making it easy to click on their websites; and a more text-based Directory of Showrooms.

How do we put this into practice? Ok, let’s go to the Showroom Listings page and click on the very first showroom: Accessories the Showroom. From here we can see that they carry at least four lines: Athena Designs, Benjamin International, HOBO, and Silver Sparrow. From the pictures, they seem to be handbag and jewelry lines. I’ve personally only heard of Hobo before. Next, I click on the Accessories the Showroom website and start looking at it, too. I can now click on subpages for every brand to learn more about them. Sadly, the website is out of date and the most recent Hobo catalog is from Summer 2021. Still, I head over to Amazon to see if any Hobo bags are available. Sure enough – there’s an entire Hobo store on Amazon. I start exploring to see if any of the “New Arrivals” have influencer videos on them yet – no, not yet. Now I do the same thing for Silver Sparrow jewelry and Athena Designs jewelry. I don’t see either of them on Amazon, but my search leads me to a really cool jewelry company I didn’t know about and might not have stumbled upon: Ian and Valeri Co. I see some nice pieces I might like to own anyway, and they don’t yet have influencer videos on any of their jewelry pieces I looked at so far.

From the Seattle Mart website, we can also discover the showroom webpage for Cards & Gifts Northwest. If you’re not in the cards, stationery, gifts, calendars, mugs, books niche this won’t mean much to you. But I like browsing their website because I can easily find out about new puzzles, books and calendars coming out later in the year to help me plan my editorial content calendar for my affiliate blogs. I also can view the new Meri Meri Collection catalog of paper party goods and entertaining supplies. There’s tons of Meri Meri party products on Amazon, most without videos.

One last showroom we’ll learn about via the Seattle Mart website is the Crown Pacific Fine Foods distributor. Any of you in the gourmet food niche? Check out their giant list of specialty food brands!

Grabbing one brand at random, I discovered the Bear’s Breath Ketchup line. Yes they’re on Amazon, and so far only manufacturer videos are present. I probably wasn’t going to be sitting on Amazon searching “gourmet ketchup” to research doing videos, so this is a different way to get product ideas and start doing research.

Now let’s take what we learned and venture forth to explore other regional gift mart showrooms and trade shows, such as Dallas Market Center (their list of showrooms is here); Shoppe Object (home furnishings); Atlanta – America’s Mart; Midwest Market Days; SuperZoo (pets); High Point Market (furniture, home decor, tabletop; North Carolina); California Market Center (mostly apparel); Tabletop Association (dishes); the Sweets & Snacks Expo; Las Vegas Licensing Expo (toys and gifts); Toy Fair;

Summer Fancy Food Show

The Summer Fancy Food show is held in New York City.

I particularly like doing shoppable videos for food products because my household goes through a lot of food, so the products I buy to film videos on aren’t wasted afterwards. I always have some hungry nephew, cousin or kid willing to eat the rest of a snack package I’ve opened up on camera. You don’t, of course, make much commission on low dollar gourmet food items, so be sure to look for listings that include multiples of the item bundled together, making the price above $40 when possible.

The Fancy Foods show has an Exhibitors list with over 1000 companies/brands that sell gourmet foods.

From browsing, I discovered a new brand of chocolates on Amazon with no influencer videos – Mathez. One thing to keep in mind though, is if your viewers/followers haven’t heard of the company before, are they reluctant to buy since they haven’t tasted? Or will watching your video make them want to try it even though some of the items are expensive? Some of what we do is persuasion, some is curation.

Just scrolling through, I discovered Alice’s Sweet Tooth cookies, which are both gluten-free and vegan. They don’t seem to have influencer videos yet.

Other Markets and Trade Conventions

I’m going to turn you loose with this helpful list of retail trade shows! All of which feature exhibitor pages! And here is a list of consumer trade shows too.

Good luck finding your next products to promote!

-Creator Inspiration

@creatorinspirationblog

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Trendspotting and Coolhunting: News and Trends Links for December 2024

Creator — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:50:35 +0000

It’s very important for affiliate bloggers, content creators and influencers to keep up with current seasonal pop culture and lifestyle trends. This is true especially in the beauty and fashion, cooking, family/kids, cooking and food, home decor, travel, and pop culture content niches.

Here are the current seasonal and holiday trends, coolhunting and trend spotting articles we think you may benefit from this festive, busy month!

The Best Winter 2024 Fashion Trends (Harpers Bazaar)

Double Drenching Is the Creative Interior Color Trend to Try ASAP (Better Homes & Gardens)

8 Furniture Trends That Will Be Huge in 2025 (Better Homes & Gardens)

8 Gorgeous Nail Trends Everyone Will Be Asking For In 2025 (Southern Living)

Expect to See These 5 Home Design Trends in 2025, According to Zillow (Better Homes & Gardens)

5 Holiday Jewelry Trends That Will Make You the Star of the Party (InStyle)

IKEA’s Bold 2025 Color of the Year Is Here to Electrify Your Space (Better Homes & Gardens)

I’m a Dress Devotee, But These 6 Fresh Trouser Trends Are Set to Dominate 2025 (Who What Wear)

The License Global Toy Forecast 2025 (License Global)

A new holiday ritual? Advent book bundles fly off library shelves (Trendwatching)

New products from Blue Diamond, SNAX-Sational and Skinny Dipped (Food Business News)

Pantone’s 2025 Color of the Year Is a Toasty, Decadent Shade of Mocha (Better Homes & Gardens)

Pinterest Predicts: See Next Year’s Trends, Now: 2025 (Pinterest)

The Retro Holiday Decor Trend to Try Based on Your Favorite Christmas Cookie (Better Homes & Gardens)

The Rufflecore Aesthetic Proves Romantic, Vintage-Inspired Rooms Are Still Trending (Better Homes & Gardens)

7 Food Trends That Will Be Everywhere in 2025—According to Instacart (Martha Stewart)

7 Top Christmas Decorating Trends of 2024 (Better Homes & Gardens)

These 8 Interior Design Trends Are Poised to Be Everywhere in 2025 (Elle Decor)

30 Festive Christmas Tree Themes to Try Out This Holiday Season (House Beautiful)

This season’s most merry gift idea: burr baskets. (Target Finds)

The Vogue Business Beauty Trend Tracker (Vogue)

‘Tis the Season to Wear Fun Socks (In Style)

A Touch of Velvet Is the Easiest Way to Dress Up for the Holidays (The Pioneer Woman)

We’ve Done the Research—These Are the Handbag Trends Everyone Will Be Carrying in 2025 (Who What Wear)

What’s New in the World of Board Games? (Global Toy News)

WHITE CHRISTMAS Heads Back To Theaters For 70th Anniversary Screenings (Fashion and Fandom)

The White House Christmas decorations are guided ‘by the peace and light of the holiday season’ – and the tree follows this 2024 trend (Homes and Gardens)

4 Winter Cocktail Trends Set To Dominate 2024/2025, According To Experts (Forbes)

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Happy content planning,

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Product Research: Using the Amazon App Image Search to Find New Products

Creator — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:31:28 +0000

When you feel like you’re running out of ideas for products to film shoppable videos on, and you’re willing to invest in some new items, you can use Amazon’s shopping app’s image search function to find inspiration.

(Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you)

Rocinha Christmas Candles Battery Operated Candle with Timer, Set of 3 Red Flameless Christmas Candles Home Decorations with Snowfake Pattern

I create a lot of Christmas content, and sometimes I feel like I’m stuck in a rut. Here’s a way I found to discover new products or brands I hadn’t thought of exploring.

I hadn’t thought to search for “red Christmas candles,” and these Rocinha LED flameless candles might not have shown up on my search right away even if I had.

I found them because I pointed my iPhone’s camera at a red Christmas candle I already own and have in my house, and used the shopping app’s image search to look for it. My exact candle never showed up, but these items (including some tabletop Christmas trees and a snowflake glass from the Abbott Collection) turned up. I have posted videos about Abbott Collection glassware before, and it hadn’t occurred to me to go look to see if they had any holiday items, such as these Snowflake glasses.

Once you find the items via an Amazon search (I use my desktop computer, not my phone, to help me work faster and more efficiently) you can look at each individual item more closely. Amazon will show you “Frequently Bought Together” recommendations as well as “Consider these similar items” that you can use to explore further and discover even more product ideas.

You’ll want to continue your research by looking at the price point and possible commission rate (the $19.00 snowflake glasses would only earn me less than 50 cents commission per sale for example) Of course, you’ll make better sales if you post your shoppable videos and content to your large, engaged offsite following, rather than just relying on onsite traffic.

Amazon may or may not place your shoppable video in the carousel for that item, so you’ll want to share your video to Pinterest, TikTok, and your YouTube shoppable video channel as applicable.

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Happy creating and happy holidays,

Creator Inspiration

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Product Research: Ms. Rachel Toys

Creator — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:36:06 +0000

If you’re in the baby, kids or family niches, you probably already know about the YouTube toddler video sensation Ms. Rachel.

A line of new Ms. Rachel approved toys has come out, including a couple of dolls representing the celebrity.

If you have a New York Times account, you can read this article on the toys, “Ms. Rachel’s Improbable Journey From Toddler Whisperer to Holiday Toy Story.”

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Ms. Rachel Official Cuddle & Comfort Doll, 11” Premium Plush Baby Toy, Toddler Toys for Girls & Boys for Ages 6 Months to 3+

To see some of the new toys in the Ms. Rachel line, search for “Ms. Rachel toy” on Amazon.

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Ms. Rachel Official Herbie Cuddle & Comfort Friend Doll, 11” Premium Plush Baby Toy, Toddler Toys for Girls & Boys for Ages 6 Months to 3+

I currently see five influencer videos on the plush doll, and five influencer videos on the Herbie plush toy. The plush Ms. Rachel doll has sold over 10,000 units in the last month, and the Herbie toy has sold over 5,000 units in 30 days.

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Ms. Rachel Official Sensory Learning Farm, Foldable Soft Baby Book with Plush Cow, Infant Educational Toys for Babies Ages 3 Months to 18 Months

The price point on all of the toys is under $20, so not a high commission.

Ms. Rachel Official Sensory Take-Along Toy, Baby Swing & Baby Stroller Teething Toys with Rattle & Clip, Toddler Toys for Girls & Boys for Ages 0-1+

These might be a quick piece of content for you to create if you’re buying the toys for a relative’s child anyway.

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Product Research: The 12 Brands of Christmas

Creator — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:41:21 +0000

The Twelve Brands of Christmas

I’m going to give you an early Christmas present this year. I’ll show you twelve brands creating lovely Christmas decorations, gifts and holiday items. If you’re in the lifestyle, family, kids or holiday niches, you might already know about these brands. If not, enjoy researching their new products for Christmastime and the 2024 holiday season.

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Certified International

Certified International Santa's Workshop Serving Bowl, 13" X 3"

Certified International offers Christmas tabletop items, including holiday dishes, Christmas mugs, teapots, cookie jars, serving bowls and platters. I’ve found their items to be consistently in stock during the holiday season. They use a lot of red and green in their patterns, but also have a line with Santa and blue backgrounds. They also carry festive plaid motifs. Their designs are classic charming Christmas with rounded edges and cheerful snowy scenes. Certified International also offers some farmhouse and barn Christmas motifs, plus red trucks carrying Christmas trees.

Demdaco

DEMDACO Holly Lodge Snowmen Berry Branch White, Black, Red Lg. 10 Inch, Sm. 7.5 Inch Paper Pulp, Acrylic Festive Holiday Décor, Christmas Decoration Figurine Set of 2

Demdaco is a home decor company with some kitchen items as well. Their Christmas offerings include “Santa’s Kindness” items, Christmas ornaments, snow globes, tabletop decor, a couple of Christmas cookie jars and mugs, and party activities. Their colorway this year includes mostly red and white. There are nativity items, lots of snowmen, Santas and some angels. There are a couple of standout LED churches for decorating the mantel, too. Demdaco carries several wooden “conversation blocks” or “Party starter” type oversized dice to roll. They carry a couple of plush Christmas baby snuggler toys. Themes include country, farmhouse, and primitive, as well as some glitz, glass and glamor.

DII

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DII Joyful Snowflakes Collection Embellished Christmas, Reversible Table Runner, 14x108

The DII store specializes in Christmas tabletop items. Their Christmas selection includes white and gold, plaid, poinsettia and Santa themed items. There are Christmas kitchen aprons, table runners, tablecloths, napkins, festive kitchen towels, doormats, Christmas stockings, and tree skirts. I only see one Christmas cookie jar, a red truck. They also make a festive line of Christmas ornament storage boxes.

Glitzhome

Glitzhome 36" H Lighted Wooden Christmas Santa Porch Sign Standing Porch Decor Rustic Merry Christmas Welcome Sign Holiday Party Outdoor Indoor Xmas Decorations

Glitzhome sells lots of outdoor Christmas decorations, plus Christmas candles that have sold through really well for me. They have quite a few Christmas signs for your yard or indoors on your Christmas mantel. Many of their wooden decorative Christmas signs are LED and light up. They offer Christmas throw pillows, Christmas stockings, and wooden Christmas tabletop decorations.

The Lakeside Collection

Christmas Characters Stackable Ceramic Mugs Set of 2 - Snowman

This company specializes in rustic, farmhouse, lake house and cabin decor and furnishings. Their Christmas offerings include LED light up tabletop decor items, Christmas mugs, Christmas tree toppers, Christmas stockings, wreaths, decorative mini wagons, shelf sitters, LED Christmas lanterns, and Christmas bathroom decor.

Lenox

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Lenox 835218 Holiday Salad Plate Set, Buy 3 Get 6, Red & Green, Christmas Dinnerware, Hosting

The Lenox company specializes in porcelain and ceramic tabletop items, dishes and collectibles. They come out with new porcelain Christmas ornaments every year. Most of their items fall within a simple white, red and green colorway. They make holiday dishes, wine goblets, Christmas ornaments, cookie jars, mugs, serving trays, serving plates and dishes, and collectible figural decor items.

Mackenzie Childs

MACKENZIE-CHILDS Snow Globe, Christmas Decoration for Living Room, Holiday Decor, Candy Cottage

Mackenzie Childs has a distinctive look utilizing black and white checkerboard, plus interesting swirling shapes and whimsical touches. They sell cookie jars, tea kettles, Christmas snow globes, Christmas tree ornaments, Christmas nutcrackers, Santa statues, serving plates, tabletop Christmas trees, and other decorations for your living room, dining room and kitchen.

Mr. Christmas

Mr. Christmas Nostalgic Ceramic Christmas Tree with LED Lights Indoor Decoration, 14 Inches, White

Mr. Christmas has a large selection of Christmas decor and ornaments. They make wreaths, garlands, ornaments, illuminated decorations, musical decorations, nostalgic decorations, cookie jars, Christmas ornaments, decorations, and serveware. Many of their items have a midcentury or retro feel to them.

Mud Pie

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Mud Pie Cookies for Santa Set Plates, platter 6 1/2" dia | carton 4 1/2" x 3", WHITE

Mud Pie crafts farmhouse style and whimsical Christmas decorations, pajamas and clothing, baby items, ornaments, tabletop items, dishes and kitchen items. Their color schemes usually involve a lot of white or cream, with red accents on the holiday items. There are kitchen towels, Christmas cookie jars and kitchen canisters, serving trays, charcuterie boards, mugs, nutcrackers, platters and trays, and napkin holders. Themes include snowmen, Santa, reindeer, nutcrackers, cardinal birds, crosses, and churches. Many of their items have sayings, text or words on them.

Phantoscope

Phantoscope Gingerbread Series Merry Christmas Throw Pillow, Plush Teddy Sherpa Xmas Gingerbread Girl Shaped Christmas Decorative Pillow with Bow for Couch Living, Bedroom, Beige, 13x18 inches

Phantoscope creates unique Christmas novelty shaped throw pillows that you can’t really find elsewhere. Themes include gingerbread houses and gingerbread people, snowflakes, snowmen, reindeer, nutcrackers, Christmas trees, forest trees, Santas and gnomes. Other products include novelty shaped Christmas themed bathroom rugs, and some oversized Christmas plush decor toys.

Plow & Hearth

Plow & Hearth Metal Polka Dot and Star Holiday Trees, Set of 2, Vibrant and Cheerful Painted Accents Brighten Up Any Space with Festive Christmas Cheer, 7" L x 4" W x 36½"H

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company specializes in cozy and rustic home comforts, with lots of outdoor decorations, fire pits, scented campfire wood and log holders. They offer color changing burnable pine cones, wreaths, artificial Christmas trees, a wooden cabin shaped Advent calendar, Christmas ornaments, holiday yard decorations on stakes, and some Christmas tree ornaments.

RAZ Imports

Raz Imports Gingerbread Lighted House Christmas Figurine 6.5 Inch

The RAZ Imports company sells Christmas holiday home decorations and candles. There are Christmas lanterns, gingerbread claydough houses, figural Santa statues, tabletop Christmas trees, lighted musical Christmas trains, and snow globes. Themes include gingerbread houses, Santa, snowmen, winter white, and Nativity scenes.

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