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Macro Trends

The Sharded Self

Social media is changing how we interact, make decisions and form opinions. As we pin, post and preen our way to an ideal identity online, these ...

Macro Trends

Futuretainment

As audiences flock to immersive, convivial experiences, entertainers are blurring the distinctions between spectator and performer, digital and phy...

Gaming : Third Rail Projects : Immersive Theatre

Big Ideas

Retail analysis: Opening Ceremony's pop-up retail village at New York Fashion Week

Opening Ceremony hosts a pop-up in shipping containers

New York Fashion Week : Asian : Korean

Micro Trends

The Big Meat Up

Following the popularity of vegetarian, vegan, flexitarian and alternative diets in recent years, US consumers are re-evaluating their relationship...

Food : Meat : Health

Markets

Exertainment Market

As consumers look for new ways to inject fun into fitness, brands are introducing a range of platforms and services that combine entertainment and ...

Fitness : Entertainment : Wellness

Macro Trends

Boomers Now and Next: From Ageing to Becoming

There is an upcoming milestone in the Boomers’ generational journey. By 2030 they will all have reached the average Western retirement age of 65, s...

Generations : Boomers : Demographics

Macro Trends

Liberation Luxury

As global wealth fluctuates, a new mindset is emerging centred on curiosity, flexibility and footloose living. In order to meet these shifting prio...

Luxury : Travel : Hospitality

Big Ideas

South by Southwest Interactive 2013- Part 1

In the run-up to South by Southwest Interactive 2013, some press reports questioned whether it was still possible to find the next big thing at the...

Digital : Esther Dyson : Hater

Communities

Delhi Revivalists

A creative mela, or festival, is taking off in New Delhi’s Hauz Khaz Village. Alternative designers, fashionistas and foodies are putting their own...

Food : Tea Room Traditionalist : Typo-Preservist

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress 2023: Resilient Retail Futures

World Retail Congress 2023 in Barcelona explored how innovators are embracing purpose, transformation and resilience in the aftershock of global cr...

Technology : Retail : Sustainability

Micro Trends

Civic Ads

As society struggles with climate change, rising homelessness and unsafe infrastructure, brands are turning to advertising as a force for good.

Media : Advertising : Global

Big Ideas

The digital studio driving fashion’s open-source future

Jimmy Herdberg, co-founder of Swedish fashion studio Atacac, on how digitising the design and manufacturing process can foster more meaningful rela...

Fashion : Retail : Technology

News

A city-wide hotel network and embracing male make-up

Sweet Hotel takes up residence in former bridge houses, Fenty Beauty collaborates with BlameItOnKway, M&H Plastics develops sustainable plastic.

Hospitality : Beauty : Food

Design Directions

Future Food District

A digitally enhanced supermarket of the future, blending big data and community, is being showcased at Milan Expo 2015

Food Futures : Big Data : Retail Futures

Communities

Anti-luxurians

Purist athletics gear, technology-driven fashion and brand subversion are the new cornerstones that represent a multifaceted future luxury consum...

Anti-luxurians : Fashion : Anti-authenticity

Big Ideas

Five Airlines Uplifting In-flight Wellness

Airlines are reviving luxury air travel, transforming the in-flight experience from exhausting to enriching and bringing wellness to 40,000 feet.

Travel : Hospitality : Wellness

Viewpoints

Gender Euphoria in VR

Award-winning director and self-taught game developer Cameron Kostopoulos believes virtual reality can and will be a place for empathy and safety, ...

Health & Wellness : Society : Media & Entertainment

Micro Trends

Elastic Agencies

Responding to the demands of Post-purpose Brands while facing rising inflation, creative agencies must embrace flexibility to keep clients and tale...

Design : Advertising & Branding : Technology

Big Ideas

Five evolutions of the future nightclub

With nightlife at risk, these young innovators are optimising a time of uncertainty by forming virtual allegiances and care collectives.

Youth : Nightlife : Leisure

Micro Trends

Mood-boosting Beauty

Cosmetics brands are taking cues from neuroscience to inform new products and support consumers with their skincare as well as their mental w...

Beauty : Health And Wellness : Neuroscience

Micro Trends

Soft Masculinity

In a world of toxic masculinity, a softer, more delicate and visibly feminine way to be a man is gaining prominence in East Asia and the West.

Youth : Beauty : New Masculinity

News

Looking Back: Health and Wellness in 2017

Spaces that promote self-care, a holistic gym and empowering Middle Eastern female athletes were just some of the highlights in health and wellness...

Health : Wellness : Travel

News

Tom Ford store combines technology with beauty, and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Breve phone helps you forget, East of England Co-op reduces waste, Re:scam tackles cybercrime, and other stories.

Technology : Retail : Beauty

Design Directions

The Solar Kitchen Restaurant

Humans have always been subject to nature. After radical leaps in science and technology, people are learning to let nature dictate the pace again....

Sustainable : Solar Powered : Lapin Kulta Beer

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress 2024: The Value Contradiction

As the cost-of-living crisis continues, the equation between price point, value for money and consumers’ own values and ethics has never been so co...

Retail : Sustainability : Youth

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