Game-Fi Rising

Micro Trends

Game-Fi Rising

Brands are using game-based finance to create new retail opportunities, rewarding game play loops and building a greater sense of in-game status.
Gaming : Finance : Technology
Crypto-and-Mortar

Micro Trends

Crypto-and-Mortar

With more consumers investing in virtual assets, bricks-and-mortar retailers are exploring ways to market and sell NFTs in physical shopping spaces.
Retail : Media : NFTs
Affirmative Avatars Market

Markets

Affirmative Avatars Market

As the line blurs between people’s real-life personas and online avatars, socially conscious netizens are seeking digital fashion that reflects the...
Gaming : Avatars : Web3
Digital Fragrances

Micro Trends

Digital Fragrances

Our sense of smell, once impossible to translate via the internet, is now aligning with our digital habits, thanks to a new wave of phygital perfum...
Fragrance : Beauty : Technology
How fashion NFTs can spark eco-action

Viewpoints

How fashion NFTs can spark eco-action

Brad Morris, founder of digital fashion house MYAMI, shares how NFTs can be used as virtual tools for prompting environmental action.
Fashion : Metaverse : Climate
Unpacking luxury’s NFT and metaverse opportunity

Viewpoints

Unpacking luxury’s NFT and metaverse opportunity

Daniella Loftus, a member of Red DAO, describes how non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and digital goods can open new revenue streams and enhance audience ...
Luxury : Technology : NFTs
Web Summit 2021: The Future of Tech is Post-Purpose

Big Ideas

Web Summit 2021: The Future of Tech is Post-Purpose

We’ve just lived through our most online period in history. Here’s what Web Summit predicts will come next, from brand obsession to metaverse scept...
Technology : Media : Digital
Education in 2030: Neo-Knowledge Exchanges

Big Ideas

Education in 2030: Neo-Knowledge Exchanges

With hyper-connected living and longer lifespans questioning the relevance of traditional schooling, we look forward to 2030 when education exists ...
Youth : Education : Scenario
It’s time to wake up to the metaverse mall

Viewpoints

It’s time to wake up to the metaverse mall

With Fortnite, Minecraft and Roblox thriving, the metaverse’s doors have been flung open. But when will retailers start building their own virtual ...
Retail : Technology : Gaming
Fashion Meta-networks

Micro Trends

Fashion Meta-networks

Breaking away from oversaturated social media platforms, fashion communities are finding connection and inspiration in alternative online spaces.
Fashion : Technology : Metaverse
Alternet Economies

Macro Trends

Alternet Economies

A technological counter-culture is decentralising capitalism, reforming the internet and powering new value frontiers for creators, consumers and b...
Technology : FinTech : Internet
Five Ways Retail can Maximise the Metaverse

Big Ideas

Five Ways Retail can Maximise the Metaverse

The buzz around virtual worlds isn’t waning. For retailers, it’s providing space for novel marketing, brand education and alternative investments.
Retail : Media And Entertainment : Technology
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