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Big Ideas

Milan Design Week 2023: A Future for Alternative Energy

At Milan Design Week 2023, brands and creatives tackled the global energy crisis head on, offering tangible solutions through the lenses of urban l...

Design : Architecture : Technology

Micro Trends

Moral Commerce

In the wake of Black Lives Matter, consumers are seeking brand allies and making shopping decisions informed by their socio-political values.

Retail : Finance : Sustainability

Viewpoints

Beauty has a responsibility to cater for men of colour

Blake Rascoe and Patrick Boateng, co-founders of skincare brand Ceylon, explain beauty’s representation problem and why brands need to prioritise r...

Beauty : New Masculinity : Skincare

Big Ideas

Why Brands are Next-Gen Career Advisers

A new wave of workplace advisers are emerging to help Gen Z and Alpha navigate and shape the future of work and yet-to-exist job roles.

Youth : Media & Entertainment : Workplace

Micro Trends

Criteria Retail

From groceries to homeware, retail brands are communicating their social and eco-values to customers by setting strict criteria for products they s...

Retail : Society : Sustainability

Big Ideas

Key luxury themes from Walpole Summit 2019

From the political influences shaping luxury to China’s unstoppable rise and the opportunities in overlooked regions, we delve into the key themes ...

Luxury : Retail : Youth

Big Ideas

Social capitalism and digital colonialism at Me Convention 2018

Speakers at this year’s Me Convention in Stockholm ruminated on our relationship with technology, Silicon Valley’s negative effects and why social ...

Female Futures : Sustainability : Biotechnology

News

The key innovations at MoneyConf 2018

At Web Summit’s MoneyConf 2018, discussions focused on the importance of blockchain technology, whether cryptocurrency has a future and how the ban...

Finance : FinTech : Chatbots

News

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

Markets

Emerging Youth Travel Market

Emerging economies with youth populations eager to explore new territories will radically transform the travel and hospitality sector.

Travel : Youth : Hospitality

News

Smala’s film noir club night and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Vice Media and Airbnb collaborate, Gentle Monster’s post-tsunami interior, and how print publications can best engage thei...

Travel : Hospitality : Branding

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

Macro Trends

The Great Wealth Transfer

Wealth ownership, distribution and the politics that influence cross-generational spending are all in flux, according to the latest findings of The...

Luxury : Gen Z : HNWI

Markets

Chinese fashion brands to watch

Beijing – New Emerging Affluents in China shop at domestic fast fashion retailers with global aspirations alongside foreign brands that have expand...

China : Beijing : H&M

Behaviours

Emerging Youth: UAE

The UAE’s Gen Z are leading the nation’s evolution by redefining tradition to mirror their own values and vision.

Youth : UAE : Gen Z

Macro Trends

Redemptive Diets

Brands and consumers are uniting to build future-fit food systems that support changing social values, protect precious resources and secure supply...

Food : Drink : Society

Big Ideas

Bleisure Redefined

Initially capturing work and leisure fusions for business travellers, the Bleisure concept is now rapidly changing the travel industry.

Travel : Work States : Bleisure

Big Ideas

Future Forecast 2023: Youth

From youth culture’s flat age future to wise-beyond-their-years Zalphas, we select five key directions in youth culture for 2023.

Youth : Media & Entertainment : Society

Markets

Imagination Travel

The virtual travel market of our post-pandemic future will swap clunky technology and headsets for the power of human imagination.

Travel : Tourism : Hospitality

Markets

Hair Removal Market

The conversation on hair removal is changing, from the aesthetics of men’s shaving to the way people achieve their hairless look.

Beauty : Wellness : Design

News

Global Futures Forum: Meet our disruptors of 2017

We explore how six disruptors are challenging thinking in their fields and changing the future landscape through their work.

Wellness : Retail : Food & Drink

Markets

Global Beauty Market 2016: Part 1

We examine the changing face of the global beauty market and the rapid rise of exciting new trends in the industry, from Social Power to Phygital S...

Instagram : Skincare : 3ina

Markets

Luxury Travel Futures Market – Trends

For experience-hungry luxury travellers, one-of-a-kind adventures are more important than prestigious products.

Luxury Travel : The Polarity Paradox : The Convergence Economy

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: February

In our second instalment of Futures 100 Innovators, we spotlight the people democratising Web3, giving voices to disabled youth and augmenting luxury.

Futures 100 Innovators : Beauty : Food

Big Ideas

Milan 2013 Preview

The biggest design event on the calendar is here again. Italy’s industrial centre will play host to a myriad of new trends and design directions as...

Design : Studio FormaFantasma : Interiors

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