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Big Ideas

World Retail Congress 2024: Let’s Get Hyperphysical

From Primark to Nike and Printemps, the World Retail Congress analysed how retailers are seducing passers-by with innovative in-store experiences a...

Retail : Design : Luxury

Viewpoints

How can hotels become community-centric?

Using a hotel as a moniker for civic infrastructure, Amahra Spence, co-founder of MAIA Group, imagines how hospitality can be reshaped by community...

Hospitality : Travel : Leisure

Communities

Diet Hackers

Consumers entering a post-functional relationship with food and drink are seeking to build resilience and find balance.

Communities : Food And Drink

Markets

DIY Dressing Market

With sustainability increasingly front of mind, consumers are getting creative with their clothing and opting for DIY fashion over new items.

Fashion : Sustainability

Markets

Generation Homebody

Staying in is in. From TikTok bedroom dance-offs to CBD-infused bath bombs, the home has become Generation Z’s ultimate hangout.

Youth : Fashion : Wellbeing

Daily Signals

Keeping kids active and Americans’ take on sake-brewing

FitBit’s latest wearable encourages children to exercise, DoNotPay uses AI to revolutionise travel, Brooklyn Kura brews American sake.

Wellness : Retail : Travel

Big Ideas

Luxe Pack Monaco 2013: Overview

The show, in its 26th year, attracted about 400 exhibitors from a wide range of sectors, including fragrances, cosmetics, wines and spirits, and fi...

Sustainable : Beverages : Sensory Splurge

Viewpoints

The New Youth Club

Moot is a membership-based third space redefining UK youth clubs for a generation craving real-world connection, culture and community. LS:N Global...

Youth : Future Spaces : Gen Z

Big Ideas

TFWA Asia Pacific 2024: Ritualising Beauty Retail

As the biggest driver for global travel retail sales, the Asia-Pacific region dictates how skincare and fragrance brands behave in the rest of the ...

Beauty : Retail : Travel

Micro Trends

Gen Z Activism

As polarisation deepens in the US, Gen Z are using their voice online, and in office, to create change.

Society : Youth : US

Big Ideas

IAM Weekend 2020 Show Report

This year’s symposium offered new perspectives on youth activism, remote connection in the Covid-19 age, and the downfall of human-centred design.

Sustainability : Media : Technology

Design Directions

Mirrored Realms

As reality becomes more programmable, a visual aesthetic is being defined that reflects the artificiality of the virtual world alongside our everyd...

Programmable Realities : Immaterial Fashion : Virtual

Daily Signals

Designers engineer future climates at Milan Salone 2018, convenience retail picks up in Asia

Panasonic shifts from products to experiences and Carlo Ratti rethinks climate-control at Milan Salone 2018, Sir Hotels moves beyond accommodation.

Health : Hospitality : Retail

Daily Signals

M-commerce goes bricks-and-mortar, interactive typography made for AR

Depop helps users grow their brand, Sensei prioritises nutrition over yield of crops, Nike creates a retail destination for women.

Retail

Markets

Global Spirits Market

The landscape of the global spirits market reveals changing consumer tastes, highlighting the desire for more premium products and sophisti...

Drinks : Alcohol : Spirits

Big Ideas

Guardian Media Summit 2016: Review

The publishing industry is championing creative intuition and long-term brand-building to connect with consumers on a deeper level.

Guardian Media Summit : Ad-blocking : Audiences

Design Directions

Charlotte Audrey: Designer and Art Director

MTV : Tumblr Art : Inforgraphics

Macro Trends

The New Value Economy

Ownership is receding as an ideal and a way to mark value. We share, rent and borrow products now, creating new systems of value and worth in the...

Collaborative Economy : Conspicuous Access : Reputation

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Ssense

Amid a challenging landscape for multi-brand luxury e-tailers, Ssense is playing its cards right by seamlessly merging new talents, legacy brands, ...

Fashion : Media : Luxury

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: February

In our second instalment of Futures 100 Innovators, we spotlight the people democratising Web3, giving voices to disabled youth and augmenting luxury.

Futures 100 Innovators : Beauty : Food

Macro Trends

No-Frills Affluents

They have been one of the prime drivers in UK retailer Morrisons’ return to profit. Once driven by impulse and indulgence, they are now driven by v...

No Frills : Austerity : Value

Macro Trends

Future Media Landscapes

In the land of the brand and the media, there have always been kings, ever since media magnate Sumner Redstone declared ‘Content is king!’ way back...

Media : Technology : Transmedia

Macro Trends

Food Trends

Label-gazing, value redefined, fooducation, retro-thrift, localism and comfort binging are just a few of the many trends identified by The Future L...

Food : Local : Scarcity

Macro Trends

EQ-Commerce

Innovative retailers are using technology to create intelligent, empathic commerce journeys – where every touchpoint is a learning opportunity, and...

Retail : Technology : Media And Technology

Macro Trends

Synchronised Care

Self-care is now a force for collective health that is interconnected with every aspect of our lives and interdependent on the world around us.

Beauty : Health : Wellness

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