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Macro Trends

Symbiotic Branding

Collaboration used to be optional for brands that want to create buzz or a one-off product range. Now it is a rule not the exception, as brand-jack...

Symbiosis : Branding : Collaboration

Macro Trends

Dreamtelligence

There’s a sense of possibility in the air. US president Barack Obama describes it as the audacity of hope, but innovators, planners, academics and ...

Dreaming : Blue Sky : Future

Trend Tracker

The Personal Information Economy

The Personal Information Economy (PIE), first identified by LS:N Global in 2011, refers to the increasing awareness among consumers of how valu...

PIE : Data : Commodity

Design Directions

Divergent Design

Designers are reframing the narrative surrounding neurodiversity from disability to hyperability through rich visual noise and joyful stimulation.

Design : Intersectionality : Health And Wellness

Communities

Digital Architects

A new community of consumers are curating fresh digital eco-systems to create new opportunities to engage with brands in a meaningful way.

Retail : Communities

Macro Trends

Enlightened States

The experience economy is pivoting towards personal transformation as the public imagination looks inwards, favouring self-discovery over shared sp...

Experience : Wellness : Leisure

Macro Trends

Civic Brands

Businesses are increasingly stepping in where governments are failing and acting as forces for good in society. Amid the shift from top-down co...

Brandstanding : Sharing 2.0 : Civic Brands

Communities

Live Streamers

Live Streamers live their lives through the lens of Periscope, sharing their thoughts, their talents, even their daily dog walks, with thousands ...

Live Streamers : Periscope : Consumer Tribe

Big Ideas

BoF Voices 2023: The Creative Crossroads

At The Business of Fashion’s Voices 2023 conference, the focus was on creative resilience, ethical and sustainable innovation, and how AI is reshap...

Luxury : Fashion : Beauty

Communities

Party-totallers

Tired of a culture that normalises inebriation and places alcohol at the centre of every event, Party-totallers are shunning the shots, beer and ...

Party-totallers : The Optimised Self : Non-alcoholic

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

Macro Trends

The Future of Soft Drinks: 10 trends

No longer are Coca-Cola and Pepsi the stalwarts of soft drinks. Brands are now to revamping their strategies and image to capture the attention of ...

Drinks : Soft Drinks : Non-alcoholic

Macro Trends

Equilibrium Cities

Citizens are demanding a more receptive and equitable built environment that will allow future urban generations, nature and businesses to thrive.

Future Cities : Health And Wellness : Intersectionality

Macro Trends

The Fifth Scenario

At this very moment, the economy, the environment, science and technology, and the global balance of power are undergoing massive shifts: some are ...

Change : Hybrid : Dream

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

Behaviours

FemFin: Female-forward Finance

A report from The Future Laboratory and Allied Irish Banks (AIB) reveals how women are pioneering a financial system change – global banks and fina...

Finance : Investment : Society

Micro Trends

Better Bikercore

If happiness is a long bike ride with a good destination, these fashion innovators are cycling straight towards sustainability, style and inclusivity.

Fashion : Sports & Leisure : Sustainability

Big Ideas

Web Summit Lisbon 2023: AI Futures

As the world’s biggest tech conference, Web Summit Lisbon 2023 had no choice but to dedicate much of its schedule to artificial intelligence – incl...

AI : Technology : Football

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Telfar’s Community-first Retail Strategy

From innovative pricing models to a commitment to inclusivity, luxury fashion brand Telfar is a trailblazer in the industry. What can you learn fro...

Fashion : Telfar : Retail

Markets

Virtual Accessibility Market

Virtual reality’s rise from a gaming tool to an engaging accessibility gateway is expanding the frontiers of inclusivity and opening up a playgroun...

Technology : Virtual Reality Market : VR

Big Ideas

Five Innovators Empowering Football Activism

With the 2022 FIFA World Cup under way, change-makers are using football as a platform for protest and progress.

Youth : Sports & Leisure : Society

Micro Trends

Open-door HQs

Retailers are opening their HQs to the public, turning them into destinations for storytelling, transparency and deeper customer connections.

Retail : Transparency : Hospitality

Viewpoints

Gucci’s Robert Triefus on redefining luxury

Gucci’s executive vice-president of brand and customer engagement discusses the inter-Covid lessons for luxury – and what The Five States of Luxury...

Luxury : Retail : Fashion

Markets

China Green Retail Market

Propelled by the impact of the pandemic and shifting mindsets of Millennial and Gen Z consumers, China’s tone is changing when it comes to protecti...

Retail : China : Sustainability

Viewpoints

The youth voices of Intersectional Environmentalism

With one-size-fits-all sustainability goals excluding people of colour, Gen Z are combining social justice with environmental activism.

Youth : Sustainability : Intersectionality

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