This week in class we explore fads. What defines a fad? What are some of its characteristics? Identify some fads from the past. Finally, what is a current fad. Read your classmates responses and try not to duplicate them.
This week in class we explore fads. What defines a fad? What are some of its characteristics? Identify some fads from the past. Finally, what is a current fad. Read your classmates responses and try not to duplicate them.
Mr. Barrett's Marketing Class 
A fad is a type of clothing or activity that is considered very popular for a short time then is soon after forgotten. An example of a fad is Pokémon go because wherever you would go you’d see someone playing it, but only a few months later people have totally forgotten about it.
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A fad is an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short lived an without basis in the object’s qualities, or a craze. The characteristics include being short lived, extreme enthusiasm for the product, and that it is shared by a large number of people. They are a novelty and have a definite start and end. Some examples of fads are Yeezys, Hoverboards, and Ultra boosts.
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A fad is something that will have mass appeal from almost out of nowhere and die out just as fast. Fads are hard too see coming and once they start many different companies will try and recreate the product to catch the wave the fad is creating. A past fad is baggie denim jeans. Jeans like these were all the rage in the early 2000’s made popular by rappers. This year one of the biggest fads was pokemon go. When it released it made huge waves and almost everyone was playing it however after a few months the game has basically died off.
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Fads are a temporary fashion that at some point was talked about especially one followed enthusiastically by a group. They don’t last very long though. Some examples can be Kanye Wests fashion and his shoes, Yeezys that get sold out in seconds. Also the Kardashians and their trendy style is a big fad toward society today especially Kylie Jenner and her lip kips, which also get sold out in seconds.
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Fads are a item or object that goes in and out of style or popularity very quickly. Some characteristics of a fad are its inability to stay in a market, poor quality, and loss in popularity. A current fad is pokemon go because it was so popular but dropped off quickly.
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A fad is when a product suddenly become popular in a short period of time. Fads are shorter than trends. It fades away quickly too and nobody really uses the fad after it dies out. A few fads from the past are:silly bands, flat hat, slinkies, snap bracelets, and tamagotchis
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A fad is a product or a service that gets extremely popular and then dies very fast, sometimes to the point where it doesn’t exist. Some fads from the past are silly bandz, which were extremely popular in elementary schools in 2010 because you could trade them with your friends. Some fads right now are emoji’s for the iPhone.
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A fad is an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something that is usually short-lived and without basis for the quality and the use of it. A fad is usually unique, and very popular. They are also relatively cheap, and once some people buy them, they get increasingly popular. They are usually short-lived because there are no real uses of them. Some past fads can be the slinky, pet rocks, and snap bracelets. Some current fads can be plastic surgeries and certain fashion trends.
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A fad is something thats peaks in popularity at a certain time which either dies really fast or fades away slowly. Some past fads are ask.fm Michael Jordan shoes, pokemon go, and finger boarding. A current fad is yeezys. Yeezys are a shoe made by kanye west.
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Fads are a craze from activities to fashion that are short lived. Fads are usually very overhyped and overused when they first start then they fall into obscurity and aren’t around as much. Some fads from the past are myspace silly bands and wheelie shoes. An example of a current fad is the huh challenge.
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A fad is defined as a short-lived widely shared enthusiasm for something without a basis for the quality or the uses of the product. Some fads from the past includes slinkies, snap bracelets, and tamagotchis. A current fad would be the silly band.
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Fads is a fashion that is very famous at a period of time. Usually products that make every people buy it, the examples of fads in the past are petstone, slinky and snap bracelet. It was very famous around the world, but it soon decline, because nobody keep buying them. The current fads such as #hashtags, mustache craze.
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A fad is like a trend but does not stay that popular for a long period of time. A fad can be defined as a temperary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, especially one followed enthusiastically by a group. Some examples of fads from the past would be tomogatchi’s, cabbage patch kids, gameboys, and club penguin. A current fad would be things like yeezys, iphone 7’s, and dabbing. Some characteristic of a fad can be identified as being briefly popular, seeing it everywhere, and hearing about it a lot.
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a fad is an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something,especially one that is short-lived and without basis In the object’s qualities. Examples of past fads: Rubix cube,colourful clothes,afro hair,etc.
Current fads: social media,selfies,tattoo’s,emojis,etc.
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A fad is an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short lived an without basis in the object’s qualities, or a craze. The characteristics include being short lived, extreme enthusiasm, it is shared by a large number of people. They are a novelty and have a definite start and end. Some fads of the pat include beanie babies, webkins, and heelys. Some current fads include birkenstocks, hoverboards, and yeezy’s.
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A fad can be defined as something that becomes extremely popular in a short period of time, and then it is forgotten at about the same speed. For the most part, they don’t fullfil any of the consumer’s needs, and after they lose their popularity, they’re just carried by extreme followers of the fad.
Some examples of fads from the past are: the rubik’s cube, heelys, afros, silly bands, leg warmers, neon clothing, baggy pants, etc.
Currently, social media has a strong effect in the creation of fads. An example of this is the social platform called Vine, which has contribute to making some dance moves and songs extremely popular for a short period of time.
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A fad is an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something. This usually does not last too long. At first everyone wants something but as time goes by less and less people want the product of want to be apart of the fad. Fads usually start out with lots of people who have the product but as time goes by people lose interest in it and everntually very little people have it. Examples of fads of the past include Snapbacks, heelies, Tomagachi, Pokemon Go, and Nike Roshes. Current Fads include Yeezys, Dabbing, Whipping, Nay Naying, and Hitting the quan.
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A fad is a product that was pretty popular at a time and everyone knows about it and talks about it but isn’t anymore. some characteristics include a short life cycle and grows very quickly and then reaches its decision point later. A current fad would be a Hoverboard because everyone is talking about it and its very popular because its something new not only to the society but to technology and everyone thought it was amazing but its suddenly less popular and soon enough will become a fad.
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fad is a product that sky rockets and then stays at the top of the list then drops almost as fast as it became popular. some fads were silly bands, flare jeans, and highsocks. a current one i would choose is water bottle flipping and hoveroards.
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Fads are short lived but very popular products that everyone talks about during that time. Some characteristics include a short life cycle that exceeds growth very quickly and then reaches its decision point soon after that. They have a large following of different social groups. A current fad are waist-trainers, that are highly promoted and advertised on instagram.
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A fad is when a thing becomes really popular but for a short period of time. don’t last long, a group of people use it a lot, nearly everyone in that group has it. Some fads from the past are : fitbit, pokemon go, white converse, flat hat… some from the present are: Yeezys, curved hats, flip it challenge…
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Fads, can be described as a product or service that is hugely popular for a relativity short period of time and does not have a product extension path to develop itself for the future. They are usually directed purposely towards a certain demographic or group in order for the product to be as popular as possible. A fad usually is a product that is cheap and or in high supply which makes them sell quickly and at a low price that everyone will purchase without hesitation. A fad such as a tech deck for example, was hugely popular for my age group when we were in grade 4-6, and they were something that many boys (and some girls) were hooked on buying as they were entertaining and fun to fiddle with. They were a small skateboard that was controlled with your fingers and could fit into a pocket easily, and they featured many real skate brands that included signature styles and models from real life pro skateboarders. the small and portable size allowed for you to whip out your board in public and throw down some rad tricks in an instant! The types of Fads that people are attracted to change as they get older and things that interest them change. A fad from the now is probably Adidas shoes, as the Yeezys, Ultra boosts, and NMDs are all super popular shoes that everyone wants right now, they can be seen as a bit of a fashion statement or as a way of people simply trying to try and copy Kanye Wests style. I happen to have a pair of Ultraboosts however and they are the comfiest shoes that I have ever put on my feet, so props to Adidas for creating a fad that may last longer than others from the past.
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