Gen Y: aka millennial ● Born 1981-1996 ● $1.4t spending power ● 86% digital buys ● Value experiences over possessions ● Fully embraced subscription services | Gen Z: AKA iGen or postmillennial ● Born 1995-2012 ● True Digital Natives ● $450b in spending power ● Most diverse generation in U.S. history ● TikTok is their search engine | Gen Alpha: AKA mini-millennial ● Born 2010-2024 ● >50% owns an iPad ● $225m in greenlight accounts ● Gaming is their biggest ecosystem ● Born with AI and Voice assistants
Gen Y: aka millennial ● Born 1981-1996 ● $1.4t spending power ● 86% digital buys ● Value experiences over possessions ● Fully embraced subscription services | Gen Z: AKA iGen or postmillennial ● Born 1995-2012 ● True Digital Natives ● $450b in spending power ● Most diverse generation in U.S. history ● TikTok is their search engine | Gen Alpha: AKA mini-millennial ● Born 2010-2024 ● >50% owns an iPad ● $225m in greenlight accounts ● Gaming is their biggest ecosystem ● Born with AI and Voice assistants
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Walmart’s foray into the metaverse, bringing the best of Walmart’s Aisles to life as Virtual Islands.
Facing inflation and supply chain disruptions in 2022, Walmart sought to evolve GenZ’s transnational, price-based relationship into an authentic connection based on experiences. So we came to their town square by launching. Walmart Land on Roblox. This first-of-its-kind, customizable metaverse world supplies limitless branded engagement to Gen Z and Gen Alpha, Roblox's fastest growing users.
Role: Karan Dang, Head of Brand Creative, Walmart
Strategy Partner: Justin Breton
Agency Partner: Digitas
Role: Karan Dang, Head of Brand Creative, Walmart
Strategy Partner: Justin Breton
Agency Partner: Digitas
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Within the first two weeks of launch, Walmart Land was featured in over 500 pieces of press and saw 4.9 million visitors. Walmart Land Post-Exposure Brand Health Results:
- Brand Affinity: +10% (1% over benchmark)
- Purchase Intent: +17% (4% over benchmark)
- Likely to Recommend: +21% (10% over benchmark)
- As of January 31st, 2023 Walmart Land had 12.3 million total visitors and averaging over 102k daily visitors.
- Purchase Intent: +17% (4% over benchmark)
- Likely to Recommend: +21% (10% over benchmark)
- As of January 31st, 2023 Walmart Land had 12.3 million total visitors and averaging over 102k daily visitors.
Walmart enters the metaverse with Roblox experiences aimed at younger shoppers
Walmart is entering the metaverse with two experiences, Walmart Land and Walmart’s Universe of Play, in gaming platform Roblox.
Walmart arrives on Roblox for the first time with two new virtual worlds to engage young shoppers
Walmart announced today that it is stepping into the metaverse with two new experiences on Roblox: “Walmart Land” and “Universe of Play.”
Walmart launches two new Roblox experiences
Walmart announced on Monday the launch of two new immersive experiences in the metaverse platform, Roblox.
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