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AI will drive the future of K-pop’s first prosumers

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AI will drive the future of K-pop’s first prosumers

K-pop pioneer Lee Soo-man has positioned artificial intelligence not as a threat, but as the engine of K-pop’s next global chapter.
AI : Parasocial Relationships 2030 : Parasocial
Stat: Gen Z’s screen time isn’t slowing down

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Stat: Gen Z’s screen time isn’t slowing down

Despite growing cultural narratives about going offline, Gen Z’s screen time in the US is still accelerating.
Technology : Gen Z : Statistic
The Great Beauty Blur On-demand Webinar

Webinars

The Great Beauty Blur On-demand Webinar

Beauty is blurring, and so is our ability to tell what’s real, what’s filtered, and what’s human. Catch up on the latest macrotrend report overview.
Beauty : Health : Wellness
Goldilocks Tech

Micro Trends

Goldilocks Tech

A new era of ‘Goldilocks tech’ is prioritising a human-first approach, blending the best aspects of the ‘old’ internet with the convenience and sec...
Technology : Pop-culture & Media : Design
Gen Z Parents: Future:Poll

Communities

Gen Z Parents: Future:Poll

Published as part of our Gen Z Parents Communities report, our latest Future:Poll research reveals the priorities, behaviours and concerns shaping ...
Youth : Gen Z Parents : Future:Poll
Stat: Sustainability remains on the CEO agenda despite decline

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Stat: Sustainability remains on the CEO agenda despite decline

A new report from Bain & Co shows that while CEOs are using fewer public sustainability statements, they are increasing action and linking sust...
Sustainability : Leadership : ESG
Foresight Friday: Fiona Harkin, director of foresight

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Foresight Friday: Fiona Harkin, director of foresight

Every Friday, the Future Laboratory team offers an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and viral moments we’re all talking about. Here...
Foresight Friday : Fragmenting Societies : Misinformation
Mood-matching Fashion

Micro Trends

Mood-matching Fashion

Emotionally attuned styling and shopping tools are reshaping fashion discovery, helping consumers to move away from keyword and product searches to...
Retail : Technology : Fashion
Future Five 2026: Future Spaces

Micro Trends

Future Five 2026: Future Spaces

As bleeding-edge technology creates almost limitless possibilities for the design of real-world spaces that merge the physical and digital realms, ...
Future Spaces : Retail : Technology
Parasocial Relationships in 2030

Big Ideas

Parasocial Relationships in 2030

A togetherness deficit and the age of distrust have made the presumed intimacy of parasocial relationships with celebrities programmable and moneti...
Youth : Pop-culture & Media : Retail
The Great Beauty Blur

Macro Trends

The Great Beauty Blur

Beauty has become monotonous, influenced by powerful algorithms that entrench long-standing ideals. Its future depends on embracing complexity, fri...
Beauty : Health & Wellness : Technology
ADHD and the Attention Economy

Markets

ADHD and the Attention Economy

Soaring ADHD diagnoses are fuelling demand for non-medicinal interventions, with therapeutic gaming, functional music and non-invasive nerve stimul...
Design : Health & Wellness : Technology
Gen Z Parents

Communities

Gen Z Parents

Meet the Gen Z parents (born between 1997 and 2012) of Gen Alpha and Gen Beta, who are busy raising the next generation.
Youth : Home And Family : Generations
SPF's Next Frontier

Markets

SPF's Next Frontier

The SPF market is recalibrating amid consumer mistrust and regulatory complexity. The next frontier is translating credible science and clear guida...
Beauty : Health & Wellness : Sustainability
Web Summit 2025: Tech’s new era of resistance

Big Ideas

Web Summit 2025: Tech’s new era of resistance

Web Summit 2025 marked a shift in tech zeitgeist, with start-ups, creators and sports innovators showing how tech is breaking old rules and buildin...
Web Summit 2025 : Technology : Start-ups
Digital Clout Dining

Markets

Digital Clout Dining

A new wave of Indian restaurants is reshaping fine dining through limited-access menus, founder storytelling and digital scarcity, transforming mea...
Food & Drink : India : Travel & Hospitality
Cyberchondria and Its Cure

Viewpoints

Cyberchondria and Its Cure

The democratisation of medical knowledge – and the spread of fake news – has opened the doors to a new kind of cyberchondria. Jay Topham, co-founde...
Design : Technology : Health
TheIndustry.fashion Summit 2025: Fashion’s Next Frontier

Big Ideas

TheIndustry.fashion Summit 2025: Fashion’s Next Frontier

At the inaugural TheIndustry.fashion summit in London, sector leaders gathered to assess the future of fashion and its evolution in the face of rap...
Retail : Global Events : Fashion
New Ways of Seeing 2025: Embracing Multiplicity in Modern Creativity

Big Ideas

New Ways of Seeing 2025: Embracing Multiplicity in Modern Creativity

For the cross-pollination of ideas and alternative viewpoints, look no further than New Ways of Seeing 2025, a festival of creative thinking spanni...
Design : Culture & Media : Technology
Dark Tourism Market

Markets

Dark Tourism Market

Dark tourism is on the rise as more travellers seek out sites of historical tragedy, offering solemn opportunities for reflection, education and re...
Travel & Hospitality : Dark Tourism : Historical Events
LuxePack Monaco 2025: Luxury Packaging’s Era of Accountability

Big Ideas

LuxePack Monaco 2025: Luxury Packaging’s Era of Accountability

Evolving beyond its functional and desirable roles, packaging now stands as a marker of environmental credibility, material intelligence and ethica...
Packaging : Luxury : Innovation
Luxe Comfort Foods

Markets

Luxe Comfort Foods

Comfort food is getting a luxurious makeover, as nostalgic and fast food favourites are being re-imagined with gourmet flair into playful, premium ...
Luxury : Food : Hospitality
Optimised Odysseys

Macro Trends

Optimised Odysseys

Travel has entered a redefining age in which every element must be optimised, from planning to presence, to deliver truly purposeful, personalised ...
Travel & Hospitality : Technology : Sports & Leisure
NRF 2025 Retail’s Big Show Europe: Unified Commerce and Community Nuclears

Big Ideas

NRF 2025 Retail’s Big Show Europe: Unified Commerce and Community Nuclears

From AI-powered stores to hyperlocal partnerships, NRF 2025 Retail’s Big Show Europe revealed how data, culture and community are converging to def...
Retail : Technology : Fashion
Human by Design

Design Directions

Human by Design

As flawless, AI-generated aesthetics spread across industries, human-made content is gaining value. Meet the creatives embracing messy, nostalgic a...
Design : Branding : Advertising
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