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Over instant

UK – It’s official, interest in instant coffee has gone off the boil as consumers discover a more sophisticated palate.

UK : Coffee : Millennials

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Decision-maker

Global – Dvel is an app helping consumers to crowdsource advice on life’s little decisions.

Dvel : Crowdsourcing : Decision Making

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Anti-social networking

Global – Avoid Humans is a new web app that uses geo-location technology to appeal to full-time and part-time introverts eager to avoid the hustl...

Macrotrend : The New Sublimity : Introversion

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Apple keynote: What you need to know

Global – As the dust settles following Apple’s 2015 keynote, we bring you a round-up of the ones to watch.

Apple : Keynote : San Francisco

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In-app advertising

Global – Facebook's new ad format on its app is changing the way brands connect with social media users via mobile.

Facebook : Advertising : Native

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Recruitment romance

US – Not content with personal matchmaking, dating site eHarmony is now helping customers find their professional happy ever after.

EHarmony : Elevated Careers : Neil Clark Warren

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Data marketing

World Retail Congress 2015 – Consumers are sharing their personal data more willingly than ever, but they expect to receive something in exchange.

Aimia : World Retail Congress 2015 : Data Privacy

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Retail challenge

World Retail Congress 2015 – Retailers cannot assume that technology is the answer to all of their problems, according to a new survey by...

Planet Retail : World Retail Congress : In-store Experience

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Open all hours

UK – Oxfam is working with messaging app Traces to help reach customers even when its stores are closed.

Oxfam : Traces : Augmented Reality

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Cashless listening

World Retail Congress 2015 – New methods of cashless payment are stirring up conversation among consumers, according to a recent social media study.

World Retail Congress 2015 : MasterCard : Contactless Payments

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Mind-blowing idea

US – Mindblower is a new platform that helps people to turn their product ideas into reality.

Mindblower : I2P : Inventor

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Feel-good fit

Canada – Sportswear brand Lululemon is marketing its new range of leggings to emphasise how women feel wearing them, rather than how they look.

Lululemon : Engineered Sensation : The Optimised Self

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The people’s pub

Manchester – The Pilcrow project will revive forgotten skills to build a pub that is for the community, by the community.

The Pilcrow Pub : NOMA : The New Value Economy

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Growth market

London – Sales of goods across the UK luxury sector could almost double by 2019, a new study predicts.

British Luxury : Frontier Economics : The Luxury Matrix

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Public house of fashion

New York – Runway shows during New York Fashion Week are typically exclusive affairs. But this season Givenchy is being more egalitarian by opening...

Givenchy : Public Fashion Show : Seasonless Style

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Game on

San Bruno, California – YouTube has launched YouTube Gaming, a new video games platform, in a bid to compete with Amazon-owned Twitch.

YouTube Gaming : Twitch : Transmedia Futures

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Beacon of hope

New York – BLIP Systems has installed customer-tracking beacons at John F Kennedy International Airport that display real-time flight information.

BLIP : Beacon Tracking : JFK

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Space investors

New York – Space is the new frontier for venture capitalists who are pouring funding into space start-ups.Funding for space start-ups is higher&nbs...

Frontier Technology : Start-up : The Immortal Brand

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World Retail Congress 2015 Preview

The dangers and opportunities of digital and economic disruption will be the main theme at this year’s World Retail Congress.

Metro Group : Rome : World Retail Congress

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Ola to cashless India

India – Ola Money, the payment platform used by India’s equivalent of Uber, is enabling consumers to make payments on other websites. More than ...

Ola Money : Zipcash : Cashless Futures

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The ideas and innovations that hint at the future of the consumer landscape