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Key takeaways from the 2023 Pentawards Festival

Held at the Science Museum in West London, the second edition of the Pentawards Festival explored the role of innovation and AI in the future of pa...

Technology : AI : Events

Big Ideas

Five Ways Fintechs are Engaging with ESG

Fintechs are combining technology, financial services and ESG practices to help customers prioritise purpose, sustainability and traceability.

Finance : Technology : Sustainability

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: January

Welcome to the Futures 100 Innovators, our annual longlist of global innovators and disruptors creating the future across 10 sectors.

Futures 100 Innovators : Beauty : Food

Big Ideas

Web Summit Lisbon 2023: The Future of the Creator Economy, Podcasts and Gaming

Influencers, strategists and businesses gathered at the world’s largest tech conference in search of solutions to cut through the noise in a satura...

Technology : Influencer Marketing : Gaming

Big Ideas

Future Forecast 2023: Food

The post-Covid rush to be out, meet people and eat out has faded, dampened by rising living costs and global financial turmoil, which is set to con...

Food : Sustainability : Technology

Micro Trends

Future Forecast 2024: Retail

Retail is settling into a post-Covid landscape in which consumers frequently welcome brands into their homes, exploring products, consuming content...

Retail : Luxury : Fashion

Viewpoints

Elevating Travel Narratives

AboundStudio’s founder James Huntly discusses design’s role in creating meaningful brand narratives that reflect travellers’ changing values and de...

Travel : Design : Hospitality

Micro Trends

Crypto Dining Clubs

Web3 communities are using technologies such as blockchain and DAOs to encourage people to break bread together – both online and offline.

Food : Drink : Technology

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

Viewpoints

Scents and Scent-ability

Scent is set to change the nature of health, wellbeing and self-care, according to Firmenich’s chief consumer and innovation officer, Matteo Magnani.

Beauty : Sustainability : Health And Wellness

Viewpoints

How Medicine can Learn from Gaming

Clinical learning experiences through simulation have gained momentum and virtual reality (VR) is emerging as a new, powerful training tool for sur...

Health & Wellness : Technology : Gaming

Markets

Gastro Gaming Market

Joining forces with video game publishers, food and drink brands are turning to gaming to offer tastes, skins and experiences that are transcending...

Food & Drink : Gaming : Food

Big Ideas

Envisioning Tomorrows: Dubai Future Forum 2023

Described as the world’s largest gathering of futurists, Dubai Future Forum envisaged an array of futures, all focused on compassion, care and coll...

Dubai Futures Forum : Event : Tomorrow's Leadership

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

Design Directions

Synth-aesthetic Evolution

From dystopia to delight, an AI-aesthetic Revolution is transforming how we perceive and embrace artificial intelligence.

Design : AI : Artificial Intelligence

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

Podcasts

Podcast: Firmenich's Matteo Magnani on the Future of Fragrance

In this episode of our Back to the F**kture podcast, The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond talks to Firmenich’s chief consumer and innova...

Podcast : Society : Back To The F**kture

Viewpoints

Seller-generated content will upend luxury retail

When celebrities clear out their closets, they sell through Basic.Space, a social commerce platform founded by Jesse Lee that’s augmenting online s...

Retail : Luxury : Community Commerce

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: Shortlist

We present the shortlist for our Futures 100 Innovators Awards, featuring the 10 leading innovators, disruptors and change-makers across 10 industr...

Futures100 Innovators

Micro Trends

Content Commerce

Consumers are watching and scrolling their way through a blended media landscape where streaming services, social media and gaming carry more seaml...

Retail : Pop-culture & Media : Technology

Micro Trends

Future Forecast 2024: Technology

Rapid advances in technology are creating a new pool of consumers who are happy to leave the social, economic and political crises of the real worl...

Technology : Health & Wellness : Society

Big Ideas

Six Luxury Brands Building Loyalty with NFTs

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are catching their second wind, as fashion and luxury brands start to harness digital tokens as tools to build brand loy...

Luxury : Fashion : NFTs

Markets

Gen Zalpha India Market

Amid India’s pandemic recovery, Gen Zalpha are navigating their journey to adolescence by building their own models of progress.

Youth : Education : Sustainability

Markets

Gen Z Hangout Market

Young people are breaking free from their lockdown cocoons, countering a year of isolation and under-stimulation with immersive, real-life social e...

Youth : Gen Z : Generation Z

Communities

Women Who Play

As gaming continues its advance as a key tool for consumer engagement, women gamers are now demanding their share of the spotlight.

Future Of Gaming : Avatar Customisation : Women Empowerment

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