Social media has changed the relationship between manufacturers and retailers, retailers and consumers. As the traditional models of product distribution shift and morph under the influence of ecommerce and digital marketing, all the points of the sales chain need to find ways to engage that...
When we publish these Ravelry updates, our goal is to share the insights we have gleaned from studying trends in patterns, yarns, projects and designers as they are reflected on this user-driven fiber-centric social media site. There’s no denying that Ravelry has changed the yarn,...
Why Would You Want to Sell Direct to Consumers? E-commerce is eroding the traditional relationship between manufacturer and retailer. Consumers learn about brands through social media and go to the internet not only to do their research, but also to do more and more of their...
For this month’s Ravelry update, we spent a few days tracking the Hot Right Now list. It’s not an easy thing to do, because the list can shift before your eyes as you are trying to catalogue it. So this post is based on a...
Recently we’ve taken a look at the most popular patterns on Ravelry. We’ve looked at how the Hot Right Now list works (if you missed the post, read it here), and then taken a more in-depth look at the 25 patterns with the most projects on...
It’s September, and the local yarn stores (LYS) in the region where your company has its dyestudio have scheduled their annual yarn crawl. As a nationally-known dyer whose skeins are snapped up the minute you update your online store and are traded eagerly in a...
In the last post, we looked at the difference between the Hot Right Now (HRN) pattern list on Ravelry and the Top 25 Patterns with the Most Projects list. HRN reflects the patterns that Ravelers are looking at right now, while the Top 25 Most...
While Instagram and Pinterest can spike interest in a particular knitting or crochet pattern, Ravelry continues to be the most influential social media site for the yarn industry. Its user-generated database catalogues both the new and the old, the hot and the classic, in yarns...