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Big Ideas

Liyia Wu on the Chinese live-stream retail revolution

The ShopShops founder discusses how her platform offers a revelatory shopping experience that cannot be replicated by e-commerce.

Retail : Digital : Media

Big Ideas

How Wonderbly is changing the reading experience for children

The co-founder of Wonderbly on capturing children’s imagination through personalisation and the brand’s evolution from print-only to digital.

Personalisation : Digital : Technology

Daily Signals

Bruno Mars and Versace collaborate on new song and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Sephora’s social platform, air pollution affects nutritional value of food, how banks can encourage sustainability and oth...

Beauty : Luxury : Fashion

Micro Trends

Honest Products

In today’s beauty landscape, where consumers can Google the benefits of any ingredient in seconds, a new hyper-educated shopper is emerging.

Beauty : Skincare : Cosmetics

Micro Trends

Mega-system Style

As the branding, aesthetics and user experience of each online mega-system become hyper-familiar, designers are growing more experimental in how th...

Digital : Design : Data

Micro Trends

Autotels

Switched-on luxury car-makers are seeking more meaningful alliances with the hotel and leisure industries in a bid to connect with their customers ...

Cars : Hotels : Collaboration

Micro Trends

Lo-hi Retail: update

Mass-market fast fashion retailers are moving into premium high street territory as they attempt to plug into the value-driven, but aspirational de...

Value : Masstige : Collaboration

Markets

Online luxury

Global online sales of luxury goods increased by 65% in 2007 to reach €1.5bn (£1.28bn), according to consultants Bain & Company. Yet, despite the m...

Online Luxury : Ledbury Research : Google

Behaviours

Gen Z in Canada

Amid financial struggles and climate anxiety, Canadian Gen Z are turning to activism to amplify their multicultural identity and are showing a stro...

Youth : Gen Z Canada : Gen Z

Micro Trends

Future Forecast 2024: Beauty

Trends in the beauty sector are being turbocharged by TikTok, creating a large pool of consumers for whom the line between their real and filtered ...

Beauty : Future Forecast : Reports

Markets

Haircare Market 2021

With growing expectations of functional personal care, hair brands are exploring scalp health, elevating natural hair and boosting sensory experien...

Beauty : Haircare : Wellness

Big Ideas

Five ways motorcycles are bridging youth culture

The motorcycle sector is finding new relevance with younger, lifestyle-driven audiences by fostering brand-led connections focused on creativity an...

Mobility : Youth : Fashion

Markets

Interactive Tech Retail

Technology companies are adopting an experiential approach in stores, offering shoppers try-before-you-buy interactive environments.

Verizon : Google : Intel

Markets

Luxury: Shanghai

More than a century after Shanghai’s rise to prominence, the city where the Yangtze River meets the ocean is becoming home to a new wave of interna...

Shanghai : Hurun Report : Grand Hyatt

Big Ideas

Why Hotel Rooms are the Next Retail Frontier

Brands are augmenting the guest experience by turning hotel and rentals into immersive storefronts, ushering in a long-awaited revival of souvenirs.

Travel & Hospitality : Retail : Hotels

Big Ideas

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2015: Part 2

Skin health, luxury mineral ingredients and theatrical make-up were some of the key trends at Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2015.

Cosmoprof : Summer/Spring 2015 : Packaging

Big Ideas

Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2014 Preview

The global design calendar’s main event, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, is set to descend on Milan for the show’s 53rd year. The city becomes ...

Milan : Milan Salone : Salone Internazionale Del Mobile

Markets

The Luxury Matrix Stage Three : Emotion and experience

What we said: ‘At this stage, customers are less concerned with brand and value, and more with the uniqueness of the experience on offer and the em...

Emotion : Experience : Instant Inspiration Retail

Viewpoints

How tech is transforming artisanal luxury in India

Indian luxury expert Deepali Nandwani discusses the state of luxury in India, from Covid-19’s impact to downsized weddings and goods on demand.

Luxury : Retail : Fashion

Micro Trends

Studio Stores

Faced with declining footfall and fallout from coronavirus, retailers are reclaiming their stores as multimedia hubs for content creation.

Retail : Media : E-commerce

Micro Trends

Nature+ Beauty

As supplies of raw ingredients dwindle, bio-technology is stepping in to challenge beauty brands and consumers to forge new definitions of natural.

Beauty : Sustainability : Bio-technology

Viewpoints

It’s time for brands to face the end

Strategist Gianfranco Chicco and designer Joana Casaca Lemos explore how brands can create happier endings for products, people and services.

Technology : Design : Entertainment

Big Ideas

A gender-fluid make-up line inspired by and created for the LGBT+ community

Laura Kraber and Isabella Giancarlo, co-founders of inclusive cosmetics brand Fluide, on the importance of creating a make-up line that expres...

Beauty : Gender Fluid : Neutral Culture

Markets

Luxury Student Market

As international students migrate to the world’s wealthiest cities in pursuit of a superior education and quality of life, the cliché of the depriv...

Luxury : Retail : Youth

Daily Signals

Embracing lo-fi technology and a perfume inspired by British botany

Nike campaign reverts to the early days of the net, new fragrance brand Parterre celebrates local blooms, Google considers varying connections acro...

Retail : Beauty : Technology

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