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Foresight Friday: Alice Crossley, deputy foresight editor

Every Friday, we offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, deputy foresight editor A...

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Stat: Gen Z fathers in Australia lean into traditional provider roles

Most Gen Z fathers in Australia believe financial provision is their primary role, highlighting persistent traditional attitudes despite broader sh...

Parenting : Gender : Statistic

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World Retail Congress 2026: Retail’s Roadmap to 2030

In Berlin, retail leaders, policymakers and brand executives gathered for World Retail Congress 2026, where discussions centred around retail’s roa...

Global Events : Retail : World Retail Congress

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Japan pays singles to swipe as birth rates hit record lows

A rural region in Japan, Kochi Prefecture, is subsidising dating app use as part of efforts to address the country’s deepening demographic crisis.&...

Society : Japan : Dating

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Stat: Britain’s health declines as wellbeing gap widens

Britain is experiencing a decline in public health, with new analysis from the Health Foundation thinktank showing healthy life expectancy has fall...

Health : Statistic : Longevity

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Zalando opens its AI commerce engine to World Retail Congress delegates

On day one of the 2026 World Retail Congress in Berlin, flagship store tours moved beyond physical retail environments for the first time. Among fi...

Global Events : Retail : World Retail Congress

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Why haircare brand Davines is dropping the word sustainability from its tagline

Italian haircare brand Davines is updating its tagline for the first time in over 20 years. The brand is moving on from its 1990s tagline of ‘Susta...

Beauty : Design : Sustainability

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Stat: AI use in the classroom linked to decline in core thinking skills

Two-thirds of secondary school teachers in England say pupils’ core abilities, including writing and problem-solving, are deter...

Society : Education : Statistic

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KitKat turns packaging into a tool for digital escape

Nestlé is rethinking the role of food packaging with Break Mode, a new campaign developed by Ogilvy Colombia that turns a KitKat wrapper into a too...

Technology : Food : Kitkat

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The Future Laboratory presents insights into the future of food and drink at Walpole British Luxury Summit 2026

More than 300 luxury professionals convened at London’s The Londoner hotel for the Walpole British Luxury Summit 2026 – a day focused on disse...

Global Events : Luxury : Walpole

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Stat: Australia’s life satisfaction falls to record low

A sharp decline in national wellbeing is taking place across Australia, with new ANU poll data from Australian National University (ANU) revealing ...

Australia : Statistic : Life Satisfaction

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PJL positions showjumping for the fandom economy

Branding agency NOT Wieden+Kennedy has developed the visual identity and launch campaign for the global Premier Jumping League, signalling how nich...

Sports : Entertainment : Fandom

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Can lab-grown cocoa butter save the chocolate industry?

Mondelēz International has produced a dozen milk chocolate bars using cell-cultured cocoa butter developed by Celleste Bio, signalling a step towar...

Food : Sustainability : Lab-grown

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Stat: AI boosts productivity but fuels job anxiety

A new survey of 81,000 users of AI tool Claude highlights a growing tension at the heart of the AI economy: rising productivity paired with deepeni...

Technology : Artifical Intelligence : Statistic

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Aesop translates its brand philosophy into domestic objects at Milan Design Week

At The Factory of Light installation at Milan Design Week, skincare brand Aesop unveiled its first-ever lighting designs.

Beauty : Luxury : Design

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Foresight Friday: Rose Coffey, senior foresight analyst

Every Friday, we offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, senior foresight analyst ...

Design : Milan Design Week : Foresight Friday