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

Markets

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

Big Ideas

Paris Fashion Week SS25

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

Big Ideas

Material Matters 2024

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

Big Ideas

Coming into fashion

US – Amazon is now the preferred online fashion retailer among American Millennials.

Amazon : E-commerce : Millenials

Big Ideas

Organic competition

US – Premium price organic retailers face fresh competition as budget supermarket chains offer the same quality for less.

Organic : Supermarket : Millennials

Big Ideas

Responding to retail

US – Some 64% of American consumers prefer to shop in bricks-and-mortar stores, according to a new report.

Shopping : Generation Z : Brick-and-mortar

Big Ideas

Free speech

New York – Waverly Labs is launching an earpiece that translates languages in real time.

Waverly Labs : Wearable : New Bricolage Living

Big Ideas

Redefining roles

New York – Helmut Lang has hired an editor-in-residence to oversee the brand’s future creative direction.

Helmut Lang : Workplace : New York

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Discarded profits

Global – Businesses that commit to reducing food waste will earn a positive return on investment, according to a new report.

Whole-system Thinking : Food Waste : The Immortal Brand

Big Ideas

Speak up

Global – Design firm Doberman has designed an app that charts gender bias through voice recognition.

GenderEQ : Workplace Futures : Neutral Culture

Big Ideas

Retail Week Live 2017: Review

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Chinese consumer mindsets and the most effective retail models were key topics at this year’s Retail Week Live.

Retail : Artificial Intelligence : China

Big Ideas

Digital dailies

Global – Radish provides original curated literary content that is aimed at digitally connected consumers.

Radish : Books : Futuretainment

Big Ideas

Selfie surgeons

Washington – A new study has revealed social media as a top driver in the rise of cosmetic procedures.

Social Media : Cosmetics : Selfies

Big Ideas

E-winners

US – A new e-sports arena in Las Vegas takes video gaming culture to the mainstream market.

E-sports : Gaming : Millennials

Big Ideas

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2017: Preview

Expect a surge in Inclusive Beauty and Next-level Natural products at this year’s Cosmoprof.

Cosmoprof : Beauty : Neutral Culture

Big Ideas

Sugar surplus

UK – Nestlé has announced it will remove 10% of the sugar from its confectionery by 2018.

Nestle : Sugar : Nutrition

Big Ideas

Ultra-wealthy on the rise

UK – New research indicates that the number of Ultra High Net Worth individuals (UHNWIs) continues to grow.

Knight Frank : The Dislocated World : Money

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Smart idea

India – Rygbee is a new platform that uses artificial intelligence to help develop ideas into finished projects.

Rygbee : Artificial Intelligence : Workplace Futures

Big Ideas

Olympic treatment

London – Performance Team is a new training camp that offers athletes the opportunity to be treated like Olympians.

Performance Team : Fitness : The Optimised Self

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Silver lining

New York – Ermes Group is using IBM’s cloud-based pricing technology to optimise in-store sales.

IBM : Ermes Group : Discount

Big Ideas

Neighbourhood watch

US – The Party Squasher device enables Airbnb hosts to monitor the number of people inside their home remotely.

Party Squasher : Airbnb : Airbnb Backlash

Big Ideas

Lights out

Global – Recent technical problems suffered by Amazon have revealed vulnerabilities in the Internet of Things (IoT).

Amazon : The Internet Of Things : Smart Home

Big Ideas

Autumn/winter 2017 Fashion Innovation

In the politically charged and consumer-facing autumn/winter 2017 season not just designers, but also the industry as a whole, are moving towards a...

Fashion Week : Dislocated World : Backlash Brands

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