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Google Home makes children’s stories interactive

Disney and Google are bringing children's stories to life with a range of physical books that can be enhanced with the use of a Google Home device.

Youth : Technology : Reading

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A board game that re-unites digital-first families

Ikea’s latest seasonal campaign, Connect to Disconnect, is encouraging families to spend more time conversing and getting to know one another and l...

Digital : Ikea Spain : Disconnect

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Chanel becomes first luxury brand to ban exotic animal skins

The luxury fashion house has announced it will cease to use lizard, crocodile, snake and other exotics pelts in its future products.

Fashion : Culture : Sustainability

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Stat: Audience figures for eSports set to surge

The number of spectators watching competitive video gaming is predicted to increase significantly, according to recent projections.

Leisure : ESports : Media

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WeChat opens its own smart hotel in China

InterContinental Hotels has joined forces with the country’s biggest app to open a smart hotel that uses WeChat’s digital technology.

Hospitality : Technology : Voice Devices

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Stat: Chinese travellers' spending is changing

Figures from the UN World Tourism Organisation show that spending by Chinese tourists abroad now makes up nearly a quarter (21%) of global tourism ...

Travel : China : Luxury

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In this ad Australian teens challenge drinking culture

A new ad campaign commissioned by Curtin University flips the narrative around alcohol consumption and teenage rebellion.

Drinks : Youth : Culture

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Google picks up travel planning where you left off

In response to the overwhelming number of travel apps available, Google has rolled out a tool that uses search history to simplify travel planning.

Travel : Leisure : Data

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Stat: America’s fitness industry is growing, but so is obesity

Obesity has long been a major health concern for Americans. According to a report by IHRSA Global, the rate is still rising; prevalence of adult ob...

Health : Wellness : Culture

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This app lets hotel brands become retailers

The DLAppTap app lets hotels sell their wares, creating an additional revenue stream while letting guests outfit their home with hotel-quality prod...

Hospitality : Technology : Design

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Snapchat is creating AR-enabled tv series

Global – Users of the photo-sharing app can not only watch the shows, but step into their narratives using augmented reality (AR).

Media : Culture : Technology

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Facebook enters the home assistant market

The social network has launched its first technology product – a video calling device that connects families and friends.

Technology : Product Design : Culture

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Gender-neutral fashion designed by children

Sustainable clothing brand Everybody.World has made its first foray into childrenswear, with a collection designed by a four-year-old.

Fashion : Youth : Kidswear

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From designer seeds to Sweetgreen salads

The menu at the fast-casual salad chain will soon include a squash created by seed-to-table food brand Row 7.

Food : Flavour : Health

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Diesel turns cyberbullying into Hate Couture

The fashion brand’s latest campaign features celebrities proudly wearing clothes emblazoned with real online abuse.

Fashion : Youth : Activism

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This bar creates homemade cocktail ingredients

The Wolves is a new bar by Kevin Lee that creates its own vermouth, amaro, liqueurs and bitters.

Drinks : Local Sources : Cocktails

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Stat: India’s Gen Z will outnumber Chinese youth in 2019

India’s Generation Z population will rise to 472m in 2019, double that of China’s.

Youth

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London’s first white rum distillery

Following the launch of its Cabby’s Rum earlier in 2018, Taxi Spirit Company is opening London’s first white rum distillery.

Drinks : Flavours : Distillery

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Stat: Female-owned businesses boom

Companies owned by minorities and women were first acknowledged by the US Census Bureau in 1972. Since then, the number of businesses owned by wome...

Female Futures : Business : Finance

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Stat: China is driving the male beauty market

The latest figures from Euromonitor suggest the men’s beauty market will continue to grow over the next five years. This is particularly evident in...

Beauty : Male Beauty : China

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Sainsbury's moves vegan range next to meat

UK – With veganism continuing to rise, the British supermarket will begin to stock plant-based alternatives alongside animal produce in the meat ai...

Food : Vegan : Sainsburys

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Using GDPR as a competitive weapon

Kaijia Gu, partner at global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman, on why GDPR could offer new opportunities for brands.

Data : GDPR : Privacy

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Nicola Temple on changing the narrative around processed food

The author of Best Before: The Evolution and Future of Processed Food explains why vilifying processed foods could be detrimental to consumers and ...

Food : Technology : Processed Foods

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Blockchain Consumerism

Still in its infancy, the blockchain has the potential to cut out financial institutions and third parties in the selling of goods and services.

Blockchain : Provenance : Trust

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New Bricolage Living Webinar

New Bricolage Living examines how, as we enter the third stage of globalisation, our identities are becoming things we collect, assemble and arrange.

New Bricolage Living : Webinar : Sixth Continent Consumers

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