Why is there Friends merchandise EVERYWHERE?

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Seriously, every website that I'm looking for xmas gifts on seems to be full of Friends merchandise!

Why?

Didn't Friends finish in 2004? And wasn't it pants by the end anyway?

Who is buying this stuff? Or are retailers hoping that we will just buy it for each other?

I was wondering exactly the same - it's a complete mystery to me! It's everywhere

Nostalgia sells

It's having a resurgence due to this follow up show we're supposed to be getting.
I don't mind, I love friends. It's my go-to for feel good vibes and stuff I don't have to concentrate on.

I guess it’s found a new audience since being on Netflix. I tried to rewatch it but didn’t enjoy it. We used to watch it every morning before school in the early 00s. I think a lot of if it was toned down for that time slot.

I said the same to dh yesterday, loads of stuff in supermarket friends themed

My dd and her friends all really love it and she has asked for Friends pyjamas. She is 10 and I belatedly realised it's not really suitable. Oops.

I wondered this, it really is everywhere. But then I am waiting for a Snoopy sweatshirt to come back into stock at Next.

It's become quite popular with teens now (I think it started a couple of years ago actually). Some of DDs friends were rather obsessed for a while. I suspect it's that age group the merchandise is being aimed at.

As someone who watched every episode when it was first on I find the resurgence quite odd. At the time I thought it was great but having re-watched a few episodes it really hasn't aged well.

My 12 year old is obsessed with it, as are all her friends. It's bizarre because I really don't think it's aged well!

It’s a bit retro now

I’m old.

@Sometimesonly

My dd and her friends all really love it and she has asked for Friends pyjamas. She is 10 and I belatedly realised it's not really suitable. Oops.

Oh no! You must watch it with her and point out all the terrible things. especially Ross.

Gen Z have got into it.

I have a Central Perk mug from the very first time around. Ebay?

Not understanding the love TBH I was the right age for it them first time and wasn't a massive fan (although watched it with my housemates).

Its the same with Harry Potter, been around for ages but still everywhere.

My 16 year old loves it. She can’t bear Ross, thankfully.

Aged 14 I had a Massive FRIENDS poster. I would have gone all out for the merch had it existed at the time. I do find seeing the FRIENDS stuff everywhere really weird but the demand among kids is obviously there.

Kind of sad that in about 5 years it will be 30 years since I bought that poster and yet the kids of today don't have their "own" equivalent of a huge comedy TV show

My 14 year old DD likes it as do her friends. I think it's making a cone back. I havent found it especially funny either time.

Oh no. Make it stop.

Hoodie

It's because it's on Netflix I guess, so accessible to a whole new generation. And that makes me feel really old

I got a Friends mug and recipe book for my birthday just last week.
Dd is 19 and has been watching it since birth!

My kids love it we watch the runs together. Anything too risqué goes over their heads.

I'm guessing they all get loyalties from the merch.

I think this is a step too far...

www.grindstore.com/products/friends-clip-clean-hand-sanitiser-we-were-on-a-break-1059058.html

Friends was not pants by the end how dare you op 😂😂

@EdwardCullensBiteOnTheSide

Friends was not pants by the end how dare you op 😂😂

No it was pants from about the middle!

Netflix suggested it to me yesterday so I guess it's having a resurgence or maybe it never went away