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Markets

South Korean Beauty Market

South Korea’s eagle-eyed consumers are demanding fast fashion beauty brands that are attuned to Instagram-friendly aesthetics.

Markets

Sponsorship Futures

Current estimates show that despite recession and the ensuing collapse in advertising expenditure, worldwide spending on sponsorship and related ac...

Sponsorship : Emotional Economy : Red Bull

Markets

Indian Beauty Market

Skincare, haircare and colour cosmetics are booming in India’s beauty market, bolstered by ingredient innovation, reformed beauty ideals and experi...

India : Beauty : Retail

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

News

Looking Back: Retail in 2017

Democratising goodness, pollution-free spaces and chatbots rising are some of the stories that defined the retail sector this year.

Retail : Beauty : Technology

Macro Trends

Faction Marketing

Desensitised to authenticity, and spoiled by the know-everything, see-everything transparency culture of the web, consumers are once more suspendin...

Fact : Fiction : Fake

Macro Trends

The Immortal Brand

Brands and consumers are no longer satisfied by instantaneous gratification. Can we really plan in years, decades – even centuries?

The Age Of The Long Near : Evernote : Long Now Foundation

Design Directions

Synthesised Beauty

The visual language of conscious beauty is being redefined as the rise of biotechnology and digital innovation inspires creatives to re-imagine wha...

Beauty : Biotechnology : Digital

Big Ideas

Dutch Design Week 2024: AI Nourished Foodscapes

At Dutch Design Week 2024, we learned how AI is fuelling the re-invention of the food and drink landscape, from ecosystem-nurturing agriculture to ...

AI : Food : Technology

Markets

Beauty retail: counter culture

‘More premium services are being offered at the counter in the beauty retail sector as retailers explore new ways of enticing customers into stores...

Euromonitor : Shiseido : The Ginza

Communities

Hijabistas

A new breed of fashion innovators is blazing a trail for modesty, creative flair and business sense. Dubbed ‘hijabistas’, these women are homing in...

Chanel : Muslim : Feminism

Big Ideas

Rebranding recruitment for Generation Z

Workplaces and education institutions are firing up their recruitment campaigns to focus on empathy, purpose and Gen Viz aesthetics.

Youth : Media : Workplace

Micro Trends

Relaxed Jewellery Retail

The days of austere and exclusive jewellery showrooms are over. In a climate in which Millennials are ready to spend, jewellery brands are discover...

Luxury : Retail : Jewellery

News

Sneakers designed for Instagram and recreating food digitally

Smart Stitch facilitates material re-use, adidas’s Deerupt is designed for social media, Sierra Leone uses blockchain to guarantee its presidential...

Food : Fashion : Technology

Markets

Hype Market

From frenzied crowds outside Supreme stores to Yeezy sneakers reselling for more than 20 times their original retail price, the market for hype is ...

Fashion : Digital : Technology

Big Ideas

NYCxDesign 2015 Review: Part 1

A relative newcomer on the design festival circuit, NYCxDesign brings together the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), North Americ...

NYCxDesign : ICFF : DesignJunction

Big Ideas

BaselWorld 2015 Review

Prestigious industry stalwarts showed their strength at this year’s event, but it was burgeoning mid- and low-priced brands that stood out.

Baselworld : Watches : Shinola

Big Ideas

Graduate Fashion Week 2014

London's Graduate Fashion Week relocated this year to vibrant East End venue, The Old Truman Brewery, adding a cutting-edge vibe to the c...

Graduate Fashion Week : George At Asda : Students

Macro Trends

Leanomics

In a world of über choice and information overload, we are witnessing the emergence of brand filtering and pause culture, and the growth of ‘thick ...

Lean : Nega-choice : Mega-choice

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: September

The penultimate instalment of the Futures 100 Innovators spotlights a new generation of beauty scientists, value-driven luxury marketers and indepe...

Futures100 Innovators : F100 : Health & Wellness

Macro Trends

Backlash Brands

In an age of constant consumer backlash, bold brands are choosing to stand their ground rather than bow to every customer whim, staging a reactio...

Backlash Brands : Controversy-courting : Righteous Retail

Viewpoints

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

Micro Trends

Community TV

Digital technology is enabling a new wave of start-ups to curate and build video content around communities of like-minded individuals.

Gen Viz : Revelation Brands : Mega-Systems

News

Haute tech

London – LS:N Global journeyed through the history of iconic fashion label Chanel at the brand’s Mademoiselle Privé exhibition.

Chanel : Mademoiselle Prive : Exhibition

Micro Trends

Growth Products

Designers are developing modular products that can be adjusted to grow along with you.

Lapka : Project Ara : The Shoe That Grows

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