NRF 2025 Retail’s Big Show Europe: Community-centric strategies:

Day two of NRF 2025 Retail’s Big Show Europe continued the conference’s Retail Together theme, with business...

Ralph Lauren launches AI styling companion with Microsoft:

Ralph Lauren has partnered with Microsoft to launch Ask Ralph, an AI-powered conversational styling tool...

Stat: Preventative health, wellbeing and stress management drive consumer spending:

Life expectancy around the globe is set to rise by nearly five years between 2022 and 2050, yet the gap...

Gen Z in China are using AI to transform themselves into collectable merchandise:

Gen Z in China are using AI art tools and 3D printing to transform themselves into ‘guzi’ – personalised...

The Future Laboratory presents The Synthocene Era macrotrend at Première Vision:

The Future Laboratory’s co-founder and chief creative officer Christopher Sanderson presented The Synthocene...

Stat: Gen Z stay indoors for days as screen time replaces nature:

Two-thirds of Gen Z in Britain confess they can go days without stepping outside, according to new research...

NRF 2025 Retail’s Big Show Europe: Unified commerce and inspirational entertainment:

On the opening day of NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show Europe, the spotlight turned to unified commerce and the...

Big W embraces the beautiful chaos of parenting in new campaign:

Department store chain Big W is shaking up family advertising with a bold new campaign celebrating the...

George at Asda unveils new adult adaptive clothing range:

George at Asda has launched a 28-piece adult adaptive clothing collection, designed in collaboration with...

Stat: Girls’ sport participation could unlock leadership potential at work:

Girls who play extracurricular sport in the UK are 50% more likely to go on to achieve senior professional...

Vattenfall and Samuel L Jackson’s seaweed snack is grown on wind farms:

Swedish energy company, Vattenfall has teamed up with actor Samuel L Jackson to launch Wind Farmed Seaweed...

Stat: Luxury consumers’ optimism is improving amid global slowdown:

Saks’ latest Luxury Pulse survey shows rising confidence among luxury shoppers, with more than half planning...

Happy Head debuts DNA-based system for personalised hair growth:

Happy Head has launched StrandIQ, the world’s first dermatologist-developed hair growth system powered by...

Foresight Friday: Dan Hastings, deputy foresight editor:

Every Friday, The Future Laboratory team offers an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and...

Knight Frank’s research signals the rise of wellness in luxury real estate:

In The Residence Report, released in September 2025, global real estate consultancy Knight Frank explores...

Louis Vuitton brings La Beauté to life with immersive Soho pop-up:

Louis Vuitton has marked the launch of its first cosmetics line with a limited-time pop-up in New York’s...

Stat: US adults are losing confidence in capitalism :

New Zealand’s Department of Conservation merges sustainability and local pride:

The Department of Conservation in New Zealand has unveiled a three-year campaign with Deloitte Digital and...

Nike changes Just Do It to Why Do It? in new campaign:

Nike has re-imagined its iconic Just Do It slogan for today’s athletes with the launch of its latest...

Stat: The majority of Gen Alpha consumers buy clothes to create content:

Clothing retailer PacSun’s study of more than 6,000 Gen Z and Gen Alpha consumers in the US reveals how...