Behaviours

Everything you need to face your future consumer with confidence, including the latest ethnographic research, generational insight, consumer-related stats and overarching human needs.

Paradigms 2024: Future of Branding

Brand storytelling and the evolving definition of creativity were hot topics as well-known and emerging designers gathered in Rome to determine the future of branding

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The Rise of Inclusive Travel 

From inclusive cultural learning to accessible work and play, successful travel design must have people with disabilities at the forefront

Markets

State of Luxury: Singapore

Rising disposable income and affluence amongst Singaporeans, along with high-spending international business and leisure travellers, are boosting Singapore’s luxury outlook

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Paris Fashion Week SS25

Cutting through the chaos and overwhelming nature of fashion month, we distil the key insights from Paris Fashion Week

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Material Matters 2024

Material Matters 2024 edition didn’t disappoint in highlighting innovative material intelligence

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Inside 3D Printing 2014

The second Inside 3D Printing show, held on 2–4 April in New York, showed that the technology has come far in the short space of a year.

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Techanista hub collaborates with US retailers to back start-ups

Fashion and technology are converging and in a nascent marketplace retailers want a piece of the action.

Start-ups : Tech : Investment

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Pew study highlights internet adoption rates among seniors

Rates of internet usage among US seniors continue to rise, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center.

Pew Research Center : Internet Adoption : Internet

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Pedal power market

In October 2013 actor Ashton Kutcher headed into a meeting wearing a t-shirt that read ‘Bike is the new car’. By broadcasting that belief the Hol...

Ashton Kutcher : Bicycles : US PIRG Education Fund

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Youth Marketing Strategy summit 2014

Strategists and marketers gathered at the 2014 Youth Marketing Strategy summit in London to find out what young people want and think.

YouTube : Millennials : Twitter

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Project makes data collection work for charity

A new project lets users take control of their data and donate to charity at the same time.

Data : Brandstanding : Dawn Of The Megasystems

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US consumers gradually adopt the mobile wallet

The number of US consumers using their smartphones as mobile wallet devices is increasing gradually, but they remain a minority.

Mobile Wallet : Mobile Payments : Cashless Futures

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Premium beauty brands need to be wary of discounting

Women are waiting to buy beauty goods, expecting to see discounted prices, reveals the Premium Market Report 2014 by Imogen Matthews Associates.

The Flat Age Society : Luxury Beauty : Imogen Matthews

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Heathrow Airport restaurants offer carry-on food menus

Airline passengers are rejecting in-flight meals, instead preferring ready-prepared fare from restaurants in the terminal.

Heathrow Airport : Travel : Gordon Ramsay

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Cosmopolitan blurs the line with advertorial cover

US – Cosmopolitan magazine’s May subscriber issue features a stick-on cover sponsored by L’Oréal.

Future Media Landscapes : Magazines : Women's Magazines

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Surfing star Slater joins Kering to work on new brand

Surfer Kelly Slater has left Quiksilver to develop his own brand with Paris-based Kering Group.

Body Temples : City Surf : Kering Group

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Online Beauty

Beauty brands are stepping up their e-commerce efforts in a bid to compete with retail heavyweights Amazon and Target.

Beauty : Luxury Beauty : YouTube

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All aboard for the Selfridges and HTC One skate park

Selfridges has joined forces with technology company HTC to open a large indoor skate park.

Skateboarding : Selfridges : HTC

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Cosmoprof 2014 Preview

Restaurants, espresso bars and taxi drivers are eager with anticipation as the international beauty world descends on the 47th Cosmoprof Worldwide ...

Cosmoprof : Beauty Show : Bologna

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Online fashion retailer offers personalised style advice on Instagram

Zappos hands out free outfit recommendations to Instagram users based on selfies.

Instagram : Marketing : Social Media

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Restaurant Tech

Savvy restaurateurs are waking up to wider advances in technology and are harnessing IT to deliver better dining experiences.The restaurant indus...

Restaurants : Technology : Grillshack

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Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2014 Preview

The global design calendar’s main event, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, is set to descend on Milan for the show’s 53rd year. The city becomes ...

Milan : Milan Salone : Salone Internazionale Del Mobile

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Major fragrance exhibition lands at Abu Dhabi airport

DFS Group, the luxury travel retailer owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton, will present the Masters of Fragrance showcase at Abu Dhabi Intern...

LVMH : Duty Free : Abu Dhabi

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African mobile payment system branches out into Europe

Vodafone is rolling out its popular mobile payment system M-Pesa in Europe for the first time.

NEAs : Vodafone : M-Pesa

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App finds the perfect fit for women’s bras

US – Start-up company ThirdLove aims to make shopping for a bra a seamless experience.

3D Body Scanning : Athena : Women