silly bandz fad
| 8:00AM 12/29/2010
It's hard to say if any of the fads of the past decade will be as memorable as, say, the Hula Hoop or Frisbee. But like every decade, the 2000s (which, technically, started in 2001) had its fair share of interesting trends: from risky investment strategies to inexplicable crazes over pieces of...
| 2:00PM 12/17/2010
The Silly Bandz trend is dead -- and not just because USA Today declares it so. I knew it months ago when the cry-fests at home, otherwise known as Silly Bandz counting between my 4-year-old son and 7 year-old daughter, ended as suddenly as Indian Summer. These once-precious commodities -- colorful...
| 6:00AM 7/31/2010
Do you have your Silly Bandz? Fads come and fads go, but for the moment, these brightly colored, animal-shaped silicone band bracelets are it among the 'tweener and teen set. Sales exploded from $10,000 two years ago to more than $100 million today.