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The State of Luxury: USA 2022

Priorities are changing in the US luxury market as brands seek to court high-net-worth clients with ever-more niche experiences, spaces and care.

Luxury : Retail : Health & Wellness

Markets

Certified Supplements Market

With consumers challenging supplements brands to provide science-backed product information, a new wave of innovation is sweeping through the indus...

Supplements : Wellness : Health

Markets

Luxury CBD Market

CBD is being elevated from an eccentric supplement to a covetable, high-end product through gourmet dining, sophisticated branding and luxury retai...

Luxury : Retail : Wellness

Markets

The State of Luxury: India

India’s luxury market is being buoyed by the growing spending power of the middle classes, women and the country’s numerous smaller cities.

Luxury : Retail : Fashion

Design Directions

Alexander & James

Blurring editorial content with online sales is not purely the preserve of luxury fashion e-tailers. It is also a strategy being adopted by alcohol...

Luxury : Female Whisky Drinkers : Mixology

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

Micro Trends

Momentary Make-up

Brands are packaging up bold beauty looks in convenient applications, allowing for rapid changes in identity without commitment or expertise.

Beauty : Cosmetics : Wellness

Micro Trends

Demand-led Design

A new fashion business model is emerging, with start-ups re-inventing the made-to-order system through a pre-production process that is purely digi...

Fashion : Retail : Manufacturing

Daily Signals

A celebration of female explorers and Bobbi Brown expands into wellness

The North Face demonstrates diversity in outdoor sports, Bobbi Brown rethinks healthy edibles, Lunya develops performance sleepwear.

Retail : Wellness : Food

Micro Trends

Uptown Downtown

Department store retailers are looking to attract younger audiences by moving location and collaborating with unexpected partners.

Department Stores : Physical Retail : Anti-luxurians

Big Ideas

Cosmoprof 2011 Part 1

From the hundreds of booths at the 2011 Cosmoprof trade fair – the largest haircare, beauty and spa trade show in the world – we have selected the ...

Customise : Authenticity : 2011

Micro Trends

Local hotels

Louis Vuitton : Tourism : Service

Big Ideas

The new cheap: Electronics get less costly in 2009

Electronics : Consumer Electronics Show : CES

Markets

Luxury Futures: Index: 2017

Based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, the Luxury Index tracks the luxury consumer’s development through five stages – from the acquisition-obse...

Luxury Index

Design Directions

Iconoclash

Designers and creatives alike are rejecting established notions of luxury by employing a tongue in-cheek fetishist approach to popular culture.

Modern Luxury : Pop Culture : Iconography

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Loewe

Spearheaded by fashion mastermind Jonathan Anderson, the Spanish luxury house is reaching new heights and mainstream appeal, without compromising o...

Fashion : Luxury : Pop Culture & Media

Big Ideas

How brands should use chatbots

From acting as virtual employees to creating more meaningful relationships with consumers, chatbots are opening up new opportunities for brands.

Retail : Digital : Technology

Micro Trends

In-situ Showrooms

Home-tail has matured. The stuffy showroom has evolved from a curated living space to a space where consumers can test the full functionality of p...

Home-tail : Retail Experience : Showroom

Micro Trends

Active Recovery

Brands are encouraging consumers to reset, restore and rejuvenate.

Active Recovery : Precovery : Snapbac

Micro Trends

Streamlined Shopping

Despite the speed and ease of online shopping, consumers are unwilling to completely relinquish physical stores.

Retail Experience : Online Shopping : Endless Aisles

Micro Trends

Band Brands

Once band merchandise was the preserve of kids who like heavy metal, but now it has become a booming industry that has expanded well beyond its roo...

Merchandise : Fashion : Anti-Authenticity

Micro Trends

Male Positivity

New cultural initiatives are re-examining masculinity by focusing on mental health, body image and depression.

Re-con Man : Masculinity : Mental Health

Micro Trends

On the app-walk

Fashion has found a new home. Rather than unveil their latest collections during glittering catwalk shows, fashion brands are increasingly heading ...

Vine : Tumblr : Fashion Show

Micro Trends

Unaged White Whiskies

White Dog, light whiskey and moonshine – a growing number of producers are launching these unaged white whiskies to cater for cocktail-loving consu...

Whisky : Aged : Cocktail

Viewpoints

Maurizio Ribotti : Without culture there is no commerce

Design Partners’ Maurizio Ribotti talks about culture and design.

Maurizio Ribotti : Zona Tortona : Design Partners

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