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Micro Trends

Gym Talk

Faced with a proliferation of pop-up movements and mass participation classes, gyms are changing how they speak about fitness, becoming more pers...

Gym : Fittness : IBISWorld

Micro Trends

Private label rising

Own-label : Own-brand : White-Label

Markets

African Spirits Market

After the market slowed, African spirits producers are leaning towards local ingredients, culture and tradition to put their drinks on the world st...

South Africa : African Spirits : Alcohol

Daily Signals

A 3D-scanned lookbook and Finnish-born beauty

Heresy 3D-scans clothes onto digital models, Lumene’s ingredients thrive under Nordic conditions, Pinterest aids the visually impaired.

Beauty : Sustainability : Wellness

Big Ideas

Martine Jarlgaard on blockchain technology and the future of sustainable fashion

The fashion designer discusses how the fashion industry can use technology to redefine its definition of success to include sustainability, ethics ...

Fashion : Apparel : Sustainability

Design Directions

RUH Collective

RŪH Collective is introducing fashion-forward clothing for women who want to cover up.

Hijabistas : Modesty : RUH Collective

Markets

Destination Retail: Part 1

The future of physical shopping is about creating a desire for destination and a location-specific brand experience.

Experiential : Destination Retail : Explorium Retail

Design Directions

Just Jeans

The innovation: Rebranding for the mass market The instigators: The Future Laboratory, D-Raw and MadeThought The brand: Just Jeans

Heritage : Retail Strategy : Mass Market

Big Ideas

TheIndustry.fashion Summit 2025: Fashion’s Next Frontier

At the inaugural TheIndustry.fashion summit in London, sector leaders gathered to assess the future of fashion and its evolution in the face of rap...

Retail : Global Events : Fashion

Markets

Resale Redux

The resale market is enjoying a resurgence, taking on fast fashion as a (mostly) guilt-free alternative, and allowing younger consumers to hunt for...

Retail : Fashion : Sustainability

Markets

China Green Retail Market

Propelled by the impact of the pandemic and shifting mindsets of Millennial and Gen Z consumers, China’s tone is changing when it comes to protecti...

Retail : China : Sustainability

Communities

New Beauty Consumers

Beauty, it is often said, is in the eye of the beholder. For five key consumer tribes with very different views about global beauty, this saying ...

Grooming : Consumer Behaviour : Beauty Routines

Daily Signals

Lunge elevates luxury pet accessories with fashionable brand identity

New York-based pet accessories brand Lunge is redefining luxury pet products with its collaboration with design agency Porto Rocha.

Pet Industry Trends : Lunge : Visual Identity

Daily Signals

Bambino Mio unveils rebellious rebranding for re-usable nappies

Re-usable nappy brand Bambino Mio has joined forces with London-based design agency Big Fish to launch a new brand identity to empower environmenta...

Design : Youth : Parenting

Daily Signals

Back Market discourages users from upgrading technology

Back Market, a refurbished tech marketplace, is tackling the issue of technological waste by encouraging users to question whether they need to upg...

Technology : Society : Sustainability

Daily Signals

Speedo is making swimming more equitable

Swimwear brand Speedo is taking steps to make swimming more accessible, through its Swim United initiative.

Sports & Leisure : Society : Health & Wellness

Daily Signals

Betr rethinks the identity and delivery of medicine

Betr is a new healthcare provider offering a direct-to-consumer (DTC) alternative to traditional over-the-counter medicine.

Health & Wellness : Healthcare : Medication

Markets

Global Luxury Market 2017: Part 2

In our luxury focuses we examine how brands are recognising the power of net culture and tapping into the resale market, and discover Mexico’s emer...

Luxury : Fashion : Advertising

Viewpoints

Shared by design

As the sharing economy transforms the division between private and public space, designers face an epoch-defining challenge.

Airbnb : The Sharing Economy : Collaborative Consumption

Daily Signals

Work towards wellness

New York – Primary is a new shared office space that is designed to promote wellness in the workplace.

Primary : Workplace Rhythms : Dig Inn

Big Ideas

Millennial make-up

New York – Estée Lauder is setting its sights on Millennials and teenagers with its beauty line The Estée Edit.

Estée Lauder : Skincare : Make-up

Daily Signals

Analogue renaissance

Tokyo – CD packaging by design studio Spread uses an industrial aesthetic to comment on the format’s resurgence.

Spread Studio : CD : Analogue

Big Ideas

Site gives panoramic shoppable view of boutiques

Avenue Imperial offers a virtual panoramic view of European boutiques.

Department Stores : Boutiques : Phy-gital

Daily Signals

Rip and repair: Denim brand opens recycling store

London – Swedish denim brand Nudie Jeans has opened a concept store that encourages customers to bring their old jeans back for repair.

Organic : More Sustainable : Return Worn Out

Micro Trends

Thinking Positive

The language that beauty brands use to describe their products is changing – brands are dispensing with negative fear-based sales pitches and subst...

Language : Cosmetics : Advertising

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