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Gen X
Born 1965–1980, Gen X-ers are the smallest cohort yet inherently adaptable, the ‘bridgers’ realising their digital dreams out of an analogue upbringing.
Macro Trends
Gen X Now and Next
Having long lived in the shadow of Baby Boomers and Millennials, Gen X are racing against time to make their influence felt, while juggling their care-giving and financial responsibilities
Markets
Perimenopause Care-munities
Shifting attitudes are transforming the perimenopause into a force for collective health, highlighting the life stage as interconnected with, and supported by, the communities around us
Macro Trends
The Great Wealth Transfer
Wealth ownership, distribution and the politics that influence cross-generational spending are all in flux, according to the latest findings of The Future Laboratory’s report
Micro Trends
Tech-powered Perimenopause
The femtech industry is expanding to cater for later women’s life stages, creating AI-driven solutions that will empower individuals with greater choice and transparency as they approach the perimenopause
Viewpoints
Inter-Generational Workforces
Companies that radically change the way they employ over-50s and embrace an inter-generational workforce will win the battle for workplace talent
Markets
Shopping malls: Changing formats
Global – As consumers question the need to visit shopping centres in favour of buying online, mall developers are engaging visitors in new communit...
Shopping Centres
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Community Centres
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Cannes
Micro Trends
Intergalactic beauty
On the catwalks, intergalactic references began with Alexander McQueen’s Avatar-èsque Plato’s Atlantis spring/summer 2010 collection, Christopher K...
Space
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Re-enlightenment
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Galactic
Markets
Phy-gital retail technology: Social Interaction
Retailers are using social media and interactive elements in their stores to entertain, entice and inspire customers. LS:N Global explores some of ...
Facebook
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Taste-graph Commerce
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Mobile
Markets
Myanmar market report
After five decades of virtual isolation under the ruling military dictatorship, the opening up of Myanmar has led to a flood of interest from forei...
Myanmar
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UN
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United Nations
Markets
Re-commerce fashion sites to rival eBay in 2013
UK, US – Over nearly 20 years, eBay has been at the forefront of the re-commerce market as consumers discovered that re-selling their possessions h...
EBay
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Covetique
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Asos
Micro Trends
Layaway Luxury
Fashion rental, installment plans, second-hand luxury stores. These quaint shopping concepts, consigned to the bin in the 90s as bold-faced luxury ...
Fashion Rental
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Installemnt Plans
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Second-hand
Micro Trends
Feminist luxury
Luxury brands are tailoring their products and services, not only to meet the needs of today’s affluent female consumers, but also to promote femal...
Female
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Women
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Empowerment
Markets
How to: Showroom
UK, US – Retailers are realising that showrooming is not the enemy. Bargain-driven consumers are increasingly researching purchases in-store before...
Showrooming
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Bricks-and-mortar
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MasterCard
Big Ideas
Ecommerce site sets new manhood agenda
Sussex, UK – Fatherhood blog Not a Bad Dad, the self-styled ‘antidote to the multitude of saccharine parent-focused sites around the world’, has la...
Not A Bad Dad
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Blog
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Father
Markets
Macau Luxury
Less than 10 years after the first foreign casino opened its doors in Macau, the sleepy former Portuguese colony has transformed itself into the wo...
HSBC
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Macau
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China
Markets
Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2013/2014: Beauty Trends Overview
Punk, gothic, ghostly and feral references led backstage experts at the autumn/winter 2013/2014 shows to create visions of anarchic romance and poe...
Anarchy
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Beauty
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Punk
Markets
Nordic Market report
The Nordic region’s prosperous countries are often held up as role models for the rest of the world. Their taxes may be high, but they are also cha...
Scandinavia
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Norway
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Sweden
Big Ideas
Australians willing to share data, at a price
Australians willing to share data, at a price
Information
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FuturePoll
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Finances
Big Ideas
Prohibition Culture grips Australian consumers
Prohibition Culture grips Australian consumers
Brandstanding
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Environment
Communities
Social Singles
Being alone has never felt less lonely. With more ways than ever to connect online, laptops, smartphones and tablets have become the only tools you...
Last-minute
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Self-employed
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Living
Big Ideas
Opportunity brewing as US craft beer sales double
Opportunity brewing as US craft beer sales double
Beer
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Craft
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Brewing
Big Ideas
Retro-futurism: Harvey Nichols backs space-age styling
Retro-futurism: Harvey Nichols backs space-age styling
Harvey Nichols
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Alexander McQueen
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Prada
Big Ideas
Dodge darts over to crowdsourcing initiative
Dodge darts over to crowdsourcing initiative
Dodge
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Portland
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Wieden + Kennedy
Micro Trends
Twitter Currency
Brands are offering consumers a new way to pay for goods that is virtually free. Tweeting about products to create topical content, then claiming t...
Virtual Payment
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Gamification
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Tweet
Big Ideas
Global boutique network pays off for Farfetch
Global boutique network pays off for Farfetch
Farfetch
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Curation
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Boutiques
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