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What the kids are saying!

In the last few months we have presented many Habbo Chat Shows to numerous media agencies and clients. The Habbo Chat Show works just like an online ‘qualitative’ focus group with teenagers (it’s run in real-time) and is a great … Continue reading

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Habbo Teenagers love a smart Smartphone…

Our recent mobile phone survey looks deeper into teens usage of the device they believe they can’t live without. We discovered surprising results which prove teenagers are spending considerable amounts of money on their mobile phones and have the best … Continue reading

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Role Playing With Brands (Part IV) – No Likey, No Lighty!

So you have heard in the last post that teens like to create virtual restaurants, shops, hospitals and much more in Habbo. More than anything teens love popular culture and a strange and interesting behaviour we are seeing is the … Continue reading

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Role Playing With Brands (Part III) – “Take 3 tablets, 4 times a day and get plenty of rest. Next!”

So our previous post examined why young people on Habbo build their own McDonalds fast food restaurants, Tesco supermarkets and TV shows in order to work out their relationship with the real world. In this post we examine how role … Continue reading

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Role Playing With Brands (Part II) – ‘One day son, all this will be yours’

Did you know that inside Habbo there are many businesses being set up and run by teenagers including hundreds of virtual McDonald’s restaurants, none of which are created by Habbo or endorsed by McDonald’s? In a Habbo McDonald’s teenagers hire … Continue reading

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Role Playing With Brands (Part I)

“Hi, Big Mac please.” “Would you like fries with that?” “Yes please, and a coke.” **Prepares Burger and puts in bag with fries** Beneath the surface of every day life a virtual hustle and bustle is being re-enacted in games … Continue reading

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Habbo receives CEOP commendation

Habbo are proud to receive a CEOP commendation for work dedicated to ‘Safer by Design‘. A number of initiatives have been set up and pipelined for the coming months including: Addition of ClickCEOP button to the Reporting Abuse pages of … Continue reading

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‘Hmmm… Converse, Puma, Nike or Adidas?’

This post picks up on what teens talk about and how they discuss brands. Below is a common brand discussion trend inside Habbo highlighting peaks of interest and how the brand resonates throughout the Habbo community over time. There are … Continue reading

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How Habbo celebrated the big day!

So the nation is finally calming down from one of the biggest events in history. Inside Habbo we celebrated it by creating Westminster Abbey (see below) and then inviting our users to leave messages for the newlywed couple. We also … Continue reading

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Japan disaster creates a lot of teen chatter

Inside Habbo teens chat about all sorts, from the weird and wonderful to serious current affair issues happening in the real world today. At Habbo we are able to report on the number of times a particular brand or phrase … Continue reading

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