American Riviera Orchard and Meghan Markle

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Do you think she envisions herself becoming a billionaire ala Kylie Jenner by selling the brand for a ridiculous amount of money?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think most of DCUM is going to like this. Millennials are the focus of this brand.

Of course they are, especially the ones who shop at Walmart. Also, Millennials don't cook. WTF do they need any of this? Another flop is on the horizon.

Millennials are 27-42 years, what does their children eat?

What does they eat?

It's what do they eat. IF She were appealing to moms and children she should have gone the Jennifer Garner and Jessica Alba route, it's a saturated market, but she has her fan base- she seems to want to be the next Joanna Gaines, but she hasn't really sold herself as a lifestyle person, but again she's got a fanbase.

I’m sure she is relying in her fans but they are more of a Kohl’s or JcPenney crowd, not Sur la Table.

Her best bet is to appeal to the 40 year old moms who like her sense of style and the fact she’s a mom of young kids like themselves.

She hides her kids from public view. People don’t think of her as a mom first. She will need to start exploiting them to do that.

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Joanna Gaines was smart enough to marry a man with SKILLS. Big diff there.

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Anonymous wrote:Joanna Gaines was smart enough to marry a man with SKILLS. Big diff there.

This. Harry can't execute Meghan's visions. And they seem to refuse to hire people to keep them do that

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Anonymous wrote:Part of the Sandringham Agreement was that they were not to use titles to make money, but grifters gonna grift. Just when I think she can’t get any more tacky and low-class, she outdoes herself.

Lol! So the podcast using her name was one thing, but cookware crosses the line? The Sandringham Agreement referred to discontinuing the use of HRH titles if they’re going into business. And they aren’t using HRH.

Here’s a romance novel:

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think most of DCUM is going to like this. Millennials are the focus of this brand.

Of course they are, especially the ones who shop at Walmart. Also, Millennials don't cook. WTF do they need any of this? Another flop is on the horizon.

Millennials are 27-42 years, what does their children eat?

What does they eat?

It's what do they eat. IF She were appealing to moms and children she should have gone the Jennifer Garner and Jessica Alba route, it's a saturated market, but she has her fan base- she seems to want to be the next Joanna Gaines, but she hasn't really sold herself as a lifestyle person, but again she's got a fanbase.

I’m sure she is relying in her fans but they are more of a Kohl’s or JcPenney crowd, not Sur la Table.

Her best bet is to appeal to the 40 year old moms who like her sense of style and the fact she’s a mom of young kids like themselves.

She hides her kids from public view. People don’t think of her as a mom first. She will need to start exploiting them to do that.

Younger millennials and gen z also are starting to have kids and they’re far more aware of the drawbacks to social media exposure for kids. Many older millennials also stopped showing their kids on social. Rational people don’t need to see children to accept that a person has children.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think most of DCUM is going to like this. Millennials are the focus of this brand.

Of course they are, especially the ones who shop at Walmart. Also, Millennials don't cook. WTF do they need any of this? Another flop is on the horizon.

Millennials are 27-42 years, what does their children eat?

What does they eat?

It's what do they eat. IF She were appealing to moms and children she should have gone the Jennifer Garner and Jessica Alba route, it's a saturated market, but she has her fan base- she seems to want to be the next Joanna Gaines, but she hasn't really sold herself as a lifestyle person, but again she's got a fanbase.

I’m sure she is relying in her fans but they are more of a Kohl’s or JcPenney crowd, not Sur la Table.

Her best bet is to appeal to the 40 year old moms who like her sense of style and the fact she’s a mom of young kids like themselves.

She hides her kids from public view. People don’t think of her as a mom first. She will need to start exploiting them to do that.

Younger millennials and gen z also are starting to have kids and they’re far more aware of the drawbacks to social media exposure for kids. Many older millennials also stopped showing their kids on social. Rational people don’t need to see children to accept that a person has children.

So then being a "mother" isn't going to be a draw b/c when people think of Meghan they don't think of mother first. Also a lot of Gen Z has no idea who she is. She's over 40, way too old to be relevant to many of these people who are still kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Part of the Sandringham Agreement was that they were not to use titles to make money, but grifters gonna grift. Just when I think she can’t get any more tacky and low-class, she outdoes herself.

Lol! So the podcast using her name was one thing, but cookware crosses the line? The Sandringham Agreement referred to discontinuing the use of HRH titles if they’re going into business. And they aren’t using HRH.

Here’s a romance novel:

Did Sarah execute an agreement with the crown, too?

[Anonymous]

I wish them well but I guess I don’t see what’s unique about their venture. There’s a ton of celebs hawking the same. They could do like Pink with her wine venture, there’s plenty of space for that.

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Anonymous wrote:The Instagram says "simply Meghan"

Like the juice?

Simply Meghan seems like a post divorce move.

She'll never divorce Harry until she's sure that her brand is well-established.

Who doesn't see an extended marital separation/separate households in their future. You're right, she'll never officially divorce him until she has established herself either individually or has the next husband lined up.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish them well but I guess I don’t see what’s unique about their venture. There’s a ton of celebs hawking the same. They could do like Pink with her wine venture, there’s plenty of space for that.

Agree with this. There are so many bougie lifestyle brands. It seems like they are trying to establish themselves in a saturated market of a waning trend.

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The only “lifestyle” successful brand that has soared recently is Tabitha Brown’s; her stuff has impact online, she brilliantly fit in and got in to Target; she is presenting something with a bit of a clunky rep, veganism, as a viable full lifestyle compatible with cute affordable serving trays, compatible with listening to The Breakfast Club. It’s genius, and it is reality-based.

This whole trying to make it Gwyneth but a lilibet younger with a cursive “royal” crest is so inane. Launching without anything is also dumb - I remember the Goop thing started as recipes, a newsletter, and hotel and shopping recs from a rich lady who has traveled the world, won awards, dated and married well, and eaten Spanish food with Jose Andres for PBS - built-in interest and cache. This just isn’t it IMO. She can’t price products made in the US or grown fair trade and sell them to the population that likes her. She is low-rent, and thinking she embodies Santa Barbara generational wealth and is too good for Kohls and Target will doom this. In 18 months, she and her accountants will be sad that she was too good to make that Lauren Conrad, Joanna Gaines, Tabitha Brown money.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish them well but I guess I don’t see what’s unique about their venture. There’s a ton of celebs hawking the same. They could do like Pink with her wine venture, there’s plenty of space for that.

Wine probably would have been the smarter move. I think she may have had better success had she launched the lifestyle brand soon after they left. They had huge interest then, widespread support, and people wanted them to do well. Now Public interest has fallen off a bit and I think many people see them as grifters.

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It's so wannabe pick me pick me. She's tiresome.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think most of DCUM is going to like this. Millennials are the focus of this brand.

Of course they are, especially the ones who shop at Walmart. Also, Millennials don't cook. WTF do they need any of this? Another flop is on the horizon.

Millennials are 27-42 years, what does their children eat?

What does they eat?

It's what do they eat. IF She were appealing to moms and children she should have gone the Jennifer Garner and Jessica Alba route, it's a saturated market, but she has her fan base- she seems to want to be the next Joanna Gaines, but she hasn't really sold herself as a lifestyle person, but again she's got a fanbase.

I’m sure she is relying in her fans but they are more of a Kohl’s or JcPenney crowd, not Sur la Table.

Her best bet is to appeal to the 40 year old moms who like her sense of style and the fact she’s a mom of young kids like themselves.

She hides her kids from public view. People don’t think of her as a mom first. She will need to start exploiting them to do that.

Younger millennials and gen z also are starting to have kids and they’re far more aware of the drawbacks to social media exposure for kids. Many older millennials also stopped showing their kids on social. Rational people don’t need to see children to accept that a person has children.

So then being a "mother" isn't going to be a draw b/c when people think of Meghan they don't think of mother first. Also a lot of Gen Z has no idea who she is. She's over 40, way too old to be relevant to many of these people who are still kids.

And there's the problem! Who is MEghan? She's not a style icon. She's not a moomy blogger. She's not an a list actress. She's not a former reality or social media star. Try as she may her main association is Harry's wife royal family.