By Susan Heavey and Jessica DiNapoli

NEW YORK, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Younger shoppers are helping to drive growth in some consumer products like Honest Co diapers and Kate Spade handbags despite higher prices from tariffs and other economic pressures, while artificial intelligence boosts efficiencies and margins, several CEOs said on Thursday.

Speaking at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York, Warby Parker Co-CEO Neil Blumenthal said he expected the eyewear company to end 2025 more profitable than expected, while Tapestry CEO Joanne Crevoiserat said the Coach handbag maker was seeing growth across all income segments and in China’s middle class.

“Young consumers may be putting off life moments like getting married or buying a home, which they see as unachievable, but they are still partic

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