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O Boticário launches sensual guide for female pleasure

News

O Boticário launches sensual guide for female pleasure

Brazilian cosmetics brand O Boticário has launched Her Touch, a digital book that aims to dismantle taboos around female pleasure by reframing the ...
Beauty : Wellness : Brazil
Stat: Nearly half of UK shoppers prefer in-store retail – but body image challenges persist

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Stat: Nearly half of UK shoppers prefer in-store retail – but body image challenges persist

As consumers’ desire for in-person connection increases, nearly half of UK shoppers now prefer to shop in-store, according to new research.
Stats : Stat : Retail
Jameel Motorsport turns Fortnite into environmental wake-up call

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Jameel Motorsport turns Fortnite into environmental wake-up call

Jameel Motorsport and Serviceplan Arabia have launched The Treeless Map, a Fortnite experience designed to raise environmental awareness by removin...
Gaming : Sustainability : Technology
Stat: AI news fails to win over US audiences

News

Stat: AI news fails to win over US audiences

Despite growing industry interest in AI-generated journalism, a new poll from Poynter and the University of Minnesota reveals widespread public sce...
Technology : Media : AI
Scenario-based Airport Beauty

Micro Trends

Scenario-based Airport Beauty

Beauty brands are targeting Chinese travellers in Asia with services and products that provide effective solutions which are based on an individual...
Retail : Beauty : Health & Wellness
Innovation Debrief 2025: The New Age of Discovery

Micro Trends

Innovation Debrief 2025: The New Age of Discovery

Where can consumers still find newness amid algorithm fatigue, ad blockers and saturated content platforms? Part of the answer lies in gatekeeping ...
Technology : Pop-culture & Media : Retail
Phygital Fittings

Micro Trends

Phygital Fittings

Virtual fashion try-ons are evolving into intelligent styling engines, powered by volumetric capture, generative AI and ambient interfaces.
Fashion : Retail : Technology
Innovation Debrief 2025: Automated Accessibility

Micro Trends

Innovation Debrief 2025: Automated Accessibility

Although calls to defund diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across the US are growing louder, tech innovators continue to develop cu...
Beauty : Technology : Wearables
Women’s Sports Economy

Micro Trends

Women’s Sports Economy

Women’s sport is building its own economy, culture and fandom – driven by female founders not afraid to play by their own rules.
Sports & Leisure : Fashion : Advertising
Stat: Consumers reject corporate storytelling as scepticism and fatigue mount

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Stat: Consumers reject corporate storytelling as scepticism and fatigue mount

Consumers are growing increasingly sceptical of corporate storytelling, with 56% believing brands spend too much time talking about their values – ...
Brand Purpose : Citizen Brands : Conran Design Group
Trust as the Ultimate Currency: World Retail Congress 2025

Big Ideas

Trust as the Ultimate Currency: World Retail Congress 2025

As the retail industry navigates economic uncertainty and cultural transformation, trust, technology and adaptability transpire as key drivers of s...
Retail : Global Event : Luxury
Resilience Branding

Micro Trends

Resilience Branding

As the Trump administration rolls back nationwide government DEI initiatives, progressive businesses are choosing to re-affirm their commitment to ...
Design : Advertising : Retail
The Value Vanguard

Communities

The Value Vanguard

Meet the consumers redefining value through imperfect sustainability, emotional spending and radical pragmatism, offering brands a glimpse into the...
Value : Finance : Society
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
Innovation Debrief 2025: Mischief Marketing

Micro Trends

Innovation Debrief 2025: Mischief Marketing

Roasting competitors in public? Serving kegs to pregnant women? To cut through the noise, marketers are leaning into ‘doing the wrong thing’ to sho...
Advertising & Branding : Food & Drink : Pop-culture & Media
Collaboration Culture

Markets

Collaboration Culture

Successful brands are evolving from authoritative voices to co-creative partners. They are collaborating with audiences, creators and peers to shap...
Fashion : Sports & Leisure : Beauty
Neo-community Market

Markets

Neo-community Market

From personalisation through data to personalisation through dialogue, brands are creating communities where followers feel like friends and belong...
Retail : Pop-culture & Media : Society
EQ-Beauty

Micro Trends

EQ-Beauty

AI is redefining personalised beauty, shifting from data-driven logic to emotionally intelligent tools that bring empathy, intuition and expert car...
Beauty : Technology : AI
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
The Future of Dating Apps

Viewpoints

The Future of Dating Apps

Hinge is the ‘designed to be deleted’ dating app now turning to real-life connections to tackle Gen Z loneliness. LS:N Global speaks to president a...
Home & Family : Technology : Pop Culture & Media
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
Cannes Lions 2025: Branding in the Trust Recession

Big Ideas

Cannes Lions 2025: Branding in the Trust Recession

As public trust in institutions plummets, brands are stepping up with bold action, scientific rigour and substance.
Global Events : Branding : Pop Culture & Media
FT Business of Luxury 2025: The New Shape of Global Luxury

Big Ideas

FT Business of Luxury 2025: The New Shape of Global Luxury

Luxury is evolving through post-purchase care, storytelling in resale and digital product passports, all in service of building deeper connections ...
Luxury : Retail : 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
Culture-coded Retail

Macro Trends

Culture-coded Retail

Digital commerce may offer consumers convenience, but a new generation of in-person retail experiences energised by cultural relevance and built on...
Retail : Culture : Technology
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