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Micro Trends

Untrade Shows

It began with bloggers at fashion week. Once accessible only to buyers and media, trade shows and industry events are becoming more consumer-facing.

Trade Shows : B2B : Direct To Consumer

Micro Trends

Budget Luxe

A crop of fresh retailers is springing up online, promising to deliver affordable luxury by cutting out the middle men. But why now?

Affordable : Price : Cost

Micro Trends

Metaverse Architecture

Eminent architects are laying foundations in the metaverse, using the creativity offered by Web3 to create daring digital dwellings and augment eng...

Architecture : Design : Technology

Micro Trends

Life-stage Brands

From adolescence to menopause, brands are helping to alleviate the biological inconveniences of being a woman.

Female Futures : Wellness : Marketing

Markets

Singapore Wellness Market

With a significant expat community, Singapore is becoming a new hub of health and wellness as its residents seek to emulate healthy living practice...

Wellness : Health : Sport

Daily Signals

Trying to save the physical store and celebrating African food

The Future Laboratory explores how brands can save physical retail, Jambo! elevates African cuisine, Facebook creates new VR experiences.

Retail : Food : Technology

Daily Signals

Retailer Koe launches a hotel, while Apple Watch sales tick past the Swiss

Spyscape museum teaches kids about cyber warfare, China launches a government anti-counterfeiting measure, dental care goes luxury.

Hospitality : Retail : Fashion

Big Ideas

The new fashion capitals

Gentrification, unaffordable house prices and immigration regulations are forcing emerging fashion designers to forgo New York, Paris and London. I...

Fashion : Apparel : Placemaking

Markets

The Future of Service: Part 1

Service is no longer simply delivered with a smile. Here we look at the driving forces that are changing consumer expectations of customer service.

Future Of Service : Customer Service : Retail Futures Report 2017

Markets

Retail Market 2016: Part 2

In Part 2 of our look at the retail market in 2016, we examine how off-price retail, delivery disruption and a rethinking of loyalty are affecting ...

Delivery Service : Off-price : Discount Retailers

Big Ideas

TFWA World Exhibition 2013: Overview

Travel retail sales in Asia-Pacific were under the spotlight at this year’s Tax Free World Association (TFWA) World Exhibition, as they continue to...

Travel : Agility Research & Strategy : Amrita Banta

Markets

Boozette brands market

Ladies! Drink me! So goes the subtext of a growing number of drinks brands’ marketing as they try to work out what it is women want in a drink.

Cocktails : Mocktails : Low Calorie Drinks

Daily Signals

The Fashion Innovation Agency debuts 3D garment volumetric capture service

The Fashion Innovation Agency at London College of Fashion has launched Reskinning Reality, the UK’s first 3D garment volumetric capture service ai...

Fashion : Technology : Virtual Fashion

Daily Signals

Selfridges to open exclusive members’ club at Oxford Street flagship store

Selfridges is planning to open its first-ever members’ club at its Oxford Street flagship store in 2026, transforming part of its fourth floor into...

Selfridges : Members Club : Luxury

Daily Signals

Oxford Economics Global Cities Index launches 2025 report

Global urban influence is shifting, according to the newly released Oxford Economics Global Cities Index 2025.

Society : Cities : Oxford Economics

Daily Signals

Stat: Beauty brands double down on experiential marketing

The beauty and skincare sector is increasingly prioritising experiential marketing, with 84% of companies reporting budget increases over the past ...

Beauty : Marketing : Entertainment

Daily Signals

Spam debuts new Korean gochujang flavour

Meat specialist Hormel Foods has expanded its Spam brand with the launch of Spam gochujang.

Food & Drink : Flavour : Spice

Daily Signals

Lidl enters the luxury arena with London Fashion Week pop-up

In a bold crossover between high fashion and value retail, Lidl has opened its first pop-up store during London Fashion Week, following the success...

Food & Drink : Fashion : Design

Daily Signals

Foresight Friday: Simar Deol, foresight analyst

Every Friday, The Future Laboratory team offers an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about.

Foresight Friday : Fashion : Brand Innovation Debrief: Alo Yoga

Daily Signals

Liquid Death and Van Leeuwen launch hot fudge sundae flavoured water

In a bold crossover, water brand Liquid Death has teamed up with ice cream maker Van Leeuwen to launch a limited edition Hot Fudge Sundae Sparkling...

Food & Drink : Indulgence : Water

Daily Signals

Wildfish Cannery returns to its roots with retro packaging

Brooklyn-based design studio Young Jerks has unveiled a new branding and packaging design for Wildfish Cannery, a community-rooted institution in K...

Food & Drink : Nostalgia : Packaging

Daily Signals

E45’s new ad campaign celebrates trans women’s transitioning skin

Skincare brand E45’s latest campaign 'This Is Me. This Is My Space' spotlights the unique skin changes trans people undergo, and earned the Channel...

Inclusion : Skincare : LGBTQ+

Daily Signals

Graza innovates olive oil packaging with beer can refills

Graza, the olive oil brand, has introduced a sustainable twist with its new line of refillable beer cans.

Food & Drink : Sustainability : Packaging

Daily Signals

Textiles brand Evrnu launches DTC fashion collection

New York-based textiles innovator Evrnu has partnered with designer Christopher Bevans to launch its debut direct-to-consumer offering, a hoodie m...

Fashion : Sustainability : Luxury

Daily Signals

Sweet Cheeks gelato unveils whimsical and indulgent rebranding

In a bid to carve out a distinctive niche in Singapore’s thriving ice cream market, Sweet Cheeks has unveiled a whimsical rebranding with help from...

Food & Drink : Rebranding : Design

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