Council Member Biography
Josh Weil is CEO & Co-founder of Youth Trends, the country's largest marketing research and strategic consultation firm focused exclusively on the youth market, since November 2004. Through a comprehensive portfolio of quantitative and qualitative research, Youth Trends delivers personalized data driven insights to over 75 members of the Fortune 500. Youth Trends does market research on companies such as PacSun, American Eagle, Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister, J. Crew, PB Teen, Forever 21 and H&M. Prior to co-founding Youth Trends, Josh Weil led the sales and partnership marketing group at Bolt.com, the Internet's first online community for teens, from May 1996 to September 2004. Under his leadership at Bolt, revenues increased ten-fold over a three year period as the company prepared for an initial public offering. Prior to joining Bolt, Mr. Weil founded CollegeFreshman Online, a pioneer in the online video space. The site received numerous awards including honors from Time Magazine. Weil led CollegeFreshman Online through its acquisition in 1996. Weil has 13 years of experience in the youth media and marketing space and is frequent keynote speaker at high profile industry events. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2004 - Unspecified
- CEO & Co-founder, Youth Trends, Inc.
- 1996 - 2004
- Vice President, BOLT, INC.
- 1994 - 2004
- Founder, CollegeFreshman Online
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Josh Weil(?)
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Using Social Media To Redefine The Customer Experience
September 28, 2009
Using Social Media To Redefine The Customer Experience | www.youth-trends.com
As social media technologies increasingly become viable marketing solutions, there are significant emerging opportunities for retailers to rethink how they deal with their younger customers. With new tools, resources and learnings released daily, the notion of an improved and technologically enhanced customer experience strategy adds real and tangible value to the factors that influence shopper actions and transactions.
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Back To School Retail Winner: The Buckle
August 31, 2009
Youth Trends Shopper Insights Q2 Analysis | www.youth-trends.com
Are there any retail winners for Back To School '09? You bet...ever hear of The Buckle?
Leading institutions connect with Josh Weil through GLG
GLG Study Groups with Josh Weil(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Experts in the Retail Council | 115 |
| Greenfield Online Experts | 45 |
GLG Live Meetings with Josh Weil(?)
Recent Seminars
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July 28, 2009 | New York
Seminar: Youth Retail Trends (New York)