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Luxury Recrafted

Macro Trends

Luxury Recrafted

The consumers – or rather the collectors – of tomorrow will expect luxury to signal status not through excess, but by acting as a guardian of craft...
Luxury : Society : Fashion
Open-door HQs

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
ISTO promotes slow fashion through tourism

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ISTO promotes slow fashion through tourism

The sustainable fashion brand is taking inspiration from food and wine tours to promote its eco-conscious practices.
Fashion : Sustainability : Travel & Hospitality
Stat: BNPL services are luring people to overspend

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Stat: BNPL services are luring people to overspend

As e-commerce transactions continue to grow, buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) services provide an increasingly attractive spending method.
Retail : Finance : Fashion
Stat: Consumers want more transparent hygiene claims

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Stat: Consumers want more transparent hygiene claims

As heightened hygiene concerns prevail in the inter-Covid period, consumers are seeking greater transparency on the efficacy of products such as an...
Health & Wellness : Packaging : Society
Stat: Sustainable Britons opt for eco-friendly phones

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Stat: Sustainable Britons opt for eco-friendly phones

British consumers are scrutinising the environmental impact of their mobile phones, according to research commissioned by telecoms company O2.
Media & Technology : Sustainability : Retail
Deciem unpacks chemical misconceptions in beauty

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Deciem unpacks chemical misconceptions in beauty

Addressing a common reticence towards chemical-heavy beauty, skincare brand Deciem is bolstering customer understanding through an awareness campaign.
Beauty : Skincare : Clean Beauty
Certified Skincare

Micro Trends

Certified Skincare

Beauty brands are turning to a series of labelling innovations to communicate radical transparency about ingredients, sustainability and clinical e...
Beauty : Packaging : Technology
Science-backed beauty packaging inspired by nutrition labels

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Science-backed beauty packaging inspired by nutrition labels

Skincare brand Codex Beauty is including an ‘efficacy panel’ on its products to empower consumers through quantifiable data around product purpose ...
Beauty : Packaging : Information
So Energy’s renewable rebranding shuns green tropes

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So Energy’s renewable rebranding shuns green tropes

So Energy is challenging the conventions around renewable energy with a new rebranding led by design agency Studio Blackburn.
Branding : Advertising : Energy
Transparency means business in the Covid age

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Transparency means business in the Covid age

Covid-19 brings an opportunity for brands to radicalise a generation of recycling moderates into consumers that demand transparency from retail bra...
Packaging : Retail : Sustainability
Burger King’s packaging celebrates ingredient authenticity

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Burger King’s packaging celebrates ingredient authenticity

The fast food chain is further celebrating its efforts to eradicate artificial ingredients with its updated packaging.
Food : Drink : Packaging
Stat: Beauty consumers crave ingredient explanations

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Stat: Beauty consumers crave ingredient explanations

Research by Holland & Barrett has shown that the majority (97%) of UK beauty consumers would like brands to be more transparent about the ingredien...
Beauty : Packaging : Transparency
Culinary candy that’s calorie-transparent

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Culinary candy that’s calorie-transparent

Direct-to-consumer confectionery brand Behave aims to re-invent sweet snacking by creating chef-crafted gummy bears made from natural ingredients.
Food : Health : Sugar
IBM drops its facial recognition technology

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IBM drops its facial recognition technology

IBM has announced its decision to no longer offer facial recognition or analysis software.
Society : Technology : Facial Recognition
Covid-19: This tracker documents real-time product shortages

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Covid-19: This tracker documents real-time product shortages

A science and tech researcher has created a live coronavirus shortage and economic impact tracker using Google Maps.
Covid-19 : Retail : Transparency
Lumi ID uses QR codes to simplify eco-logistics

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Lumi ID uses QR codes to simplify eco-logistics

The QR-enabled service allows brands to be transparent about the sustainability of their delivery services.
Technology : Alternative Packaging : Sustainability
TikTok opens doors to its moderation practices

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TikTok opens doors to its moderation practices

Short-form video platform TikTok is building a Transparency Centre to continually improve its content moderation practices.
Transparency : Media : Entertainment
Boots taps into ingredient-led beauty

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Boots taps into ingredient-led beauty

Taking inspiration from the popularity of brands like The Ordinary and The Inkey List, Boots is introducing a range of ingredient-led cosmetics.
Beauty : Wellness : Transparency
Pack of Lies is a platform that tackles greenwashing

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Pack of Lies is a platform that tackles greenwashing

Sustainable skincare brand Maiiro has launched a campaign to eliminate greenwashing and tackle plastic pollution in the beauty industry.
Beauty : Sustainability : Transparency
Thought-starter: How can fintech speak to Generation X?

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Thought-starter: How can fintech speak to Generation X?

Clare Gambardella, chief customer officer at Zopa, on using design to ensure longevity in a fast-paced sector and improve financial wellness for all.
Finance : Branding : Transparency
How fintech can speak to Generation X and beyond

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How fintech can speak to Generation X and beyond

Clare Gambardella, chief customer officer at Zopa, on using design to ensure longevity in a fast-paced sector and improve financial wellness for all.
Finance : Banking : Transparency
Thought-starter: Will microbes make manufacturing more transparent?

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Thought-starter: Will microbes make manufacturing more transparent?

Dr Jessica Green, CEO and co-founder of Phylagen, on using microbiomes to verify brands’ ethical manufacturing practices.
Fashion : Supply Chain : Transparency
Microbes will make manufacturing transparent

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Microbes will make manufacturing transparent

Dr Jessica Green, CEO and co-founder of Phylagen, on using microbiomes to verify brands’ ethical manufacturing practices.
Fashion : Supply Chain : Transparency
Stat: Transparency remains slow among fashion brands

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Stat: Transparency remains slow among fashion brands

Apparel brands including Adidas, Reebok and Patagonia have been named among the most transparent by Fashion Revolution in its latest Fashion Transp...
Fashion : Transparency : Sustainability
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