What the Tweens Are Actually Buying

A Claire's store is seen in New York, Saturday, March 17, 2018. The mall chain that has pierced the ears of millions of teens has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Casey Lewis, author of After School, a trendspotting newsletter about Gen Z and Gen Alpha, talks about her piece in The Cut titled "Tweencore: What the 13-and-under set is shopping for" as tweens who are off from school this week call in and share where they like to shop and hang out in person.