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Micro Trends

App-surance

A new wave of insurance brands are creating digitally powered products that fit with Millennials’ lifestyles.

Digital : FinTech : Travel

Daily Signals

A Black Friday special covering the launch of the retail holiday season

In today’s Black Friday special: REI continues to encourage exploration, ModCloth gives back to the community and consumers suffer discount fatigue.

Retail : Black Friday : Civic Brands

Design Directions

Thomas Traum: Digital Image-Making

Creative studio Thomas Traum takes digital image-making beyond single deliverables – a campaign, still image or video clip – and builds entire visu...

Poly-reality : Digital : Thomas Eberwein

Big Ideas

New York Design Week Preview 2014

During the spring days of New York’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), a range of satellite events, design exhibitions and worksh...

Design : Product Futures : Neo-Kitsch

Markets

Total Retail

Brands are increasingly looking to the complex online networks we call Mega-systems, which include Facebook, Google and Amazon, to use their data f...

Facebook : Google : Amazon

Viewpoints

Biodiversity will unlock a bright future for food

Mike Lee, co-founder of Alpha Food Labs, examines building a sustainable food and drink brand from the soil up.

Food : Sustainability : Retail

Viewpoints

How micro-learning will transform workplaces

Jacob Waern, founder and CEO of EduMe, on how the new generation of micro-learning platforms will evolve to address an increasingly dynamic workfor...

Technology : Workplace : Microlearning

Big Ideas

Design Miami/ 2014 Overview: Part 2

On the 10th anniversary of the show, Design Miami/ 2014 fully lived up to expectations and the city was awash with colour and energy. Here LS...

Miami : Art : Collaboration

Micro Trends

Stress is the New Fat

In her 2013 cookbook, It’s All Good, actress and lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow writes of a panic attack she experienced brought on by ‘the plane r...

Genetics : Fatigue : Kiehls

Micro Trends

Sensory Splurge

Decades of scientific studies have shown that women have superior olfactory abilities, including the ability to remember smells. Smart brands are c...

Norway : Sex : Aroma

Markets

South Africa Market

South Africans are young, they’re flocking to the cities and they love designer labels.

South Africa : IMF : The Economist

Design Directions

Puma / Fuseproject

Do you use old shoeboxes for storing shoe polish or something else? Old shoeboxes have their uses, of course. But there is only so much shoe polish...

Space Saving : Packaging : Yves Béhar

Design Directions

Merci

A new store in Paris takes a fully philanthropic approach to luxury. In a bid to help the less fortunate, high-fashion concept store Merci, whose n...

Paris : Non Profit : Philanthropic

Design Directions

Pentagram rethinks Starbucks

With a $22 fall in the Starbucks share from $40 in 2006 to just $18 at the start of 2008, Seattle’s coffee monolith is rethinking its strategy. Ret...

Pentagram : Starbucks : Coffee Shop

Markets

Myanmar market report

After five decades of virtual isolation under the ruling military dictatorship, the opening up of Myanmar has led to a flood of interest from forei...

Myanmar : UN : United Nations

Macro Trends

Eco-venience Retail

Accelerating e-commerce and demands for expedited delivery are forcing a new framework that puts eco-conscious practices at the centre of retail op...

Retail : Sustainability : Technology

Communities

Emerging Luxury Millennials

Well-travelled, online and obsessed with good service, the New Luxury Millennials (NLMs) from China, India and Brazil are the next big spenders. Wi...

Heritage : Home : Social Networks

Communities

Women Who Play

As gaming continues its advance as a key tool for consumer engagement, women gamers are now demanding their share of the spotlight.

Future Of Gaming : Avatar Customisation : Women Empowerment

Webinars

Optimised Odysseys On-demand Webinar

Travel has entered a redefining age when every element must be optimised. Catch up on the latest travel and hospitality macrotrend report overview.

Online Event : Travel & Hospitality : Technology

Daily Signals

Camper and Issey Miyake fuse sculptural design with everyday wear

Spanish footwear brand Camper has partnered with Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake to launch Peu Form, a sculptural reinterpretation of the class...

Fashion : Retail : Luxury

Daily Signals

Immersive design is reshaping the future of luxury spaces

Immersive technologies are redefining how luxury brands design and deliver physical spaces, from real estate to retail and hospitality.

Luxury : Technology : Design

Daily Signals

Fjör launches world’s first hydrolytic body moisturiser

Biotech-led skincare brand Fjör is launching the world’s first hydrolytic body moisturiser on 3 June 2025.

Beauty : Body Skincare : Skincare

Daily Signals

Future Days 2025: How TimeOut turned a magazine into a destination food market

Just days after a climate-induced power outage plunged Portugal into darkness, Lisbon emerged as a beacon of resilience and innovation with the ope...

Global Events : Sustainability : Placemaking

Daily Signals

Stat: Coachella’s payment plan reflects cultural repricing

This year, around 60% of general admission ticket buyers at Coachella used the festival’s payment plan, which requires just £37.78 ($49.99, €43.94)...

Pop Culture & Media : Finance : US Market

Daily Signals

Estée Lauder claims Advanced Night Repair mimics beauty sleep

Estée Lauder is harnessing the viral appeal of beauty dupes with its latest campaign, positioning its Advanced Night Repair serum as the ultimate s...

Estée Lauder : Beauty : Retail

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