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Generations
Tracking the key characteristics and values of generational demographics as each cohort evolves.
Download: Generations Now and Next
From Baby Boomers and Gen X to Millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha, uncover what unites and divides consumers across generations
Macro Trends
Boomers: Ageing to Becoming
By 2030 they will all have reached the average Western retirement age of 65, supercharging a wider re-assessment of later life purpose along the way
Macro Trends
Gen X: Ambiguity to Advocacy
Having long lived in the shadow of Baby Boomers and Millennials, Gen X are racing against time to make their influence felt
Macro Trends
Millennials: Pink to Prime
After a stuttering start to their adult lives, the first generation to use the internet as children are hitting their prime earning years
Macro Trends
Gen Z: Vision to Contradiction
Without the tools or role models to help them enact the change they want to see, Gen Z find themselves paralysed by paradox
Design Directions
Design Miami/ 2011
A thought-provoking assortment of work was offered at Design Miami/ this year with a creative mix of historical and new pieces exploring themes of ...
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Flash sales here to stay
New York – The flash sales market arrived with the recession in 2008 and now that online consumers have become used to discounted merchandise and s...
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Portas goes to town on the future of retail
Portas goes to town on the future of retail
Mary Portas
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Town Planning
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Adidas bucks price trend in India with $1 shoes
Adidas bucks price trend in India with $1 shoes
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Coca-Cola caps top ad with a rise in sales
Coca-Cola caps top ad with a rise in sales
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Facebook game helps spread joy and funding
Facebook game helps spread joy and funding
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Rental site lets users take bikes for a spin
Rental site lets users take bikes for a spin
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Russian retail on the slow road to recovery
Russian retail on the slow road to recovery
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Big Ideas
The Future Laboratory partners with NewsLifeMedia
The Future Laboratory partners with NewsLifeMedia
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Mad Science
In the Anarconomy Decade, new and previously unthinkable ideas are forming, and people are rethinking the way food is made and consumed.
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Big Ideas
US web users find a place for geolocation apps
US web users find a place for geolocation apps
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Patagonia Media shows an uncommon thread
Patagonia Media shows an uncommon thread
Patagonia
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Local Brazilian currency hits the right note
Local Brazilian currency hits the right note
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Big Ideas
eBay uses QR codes to get window shoppers giving
eBay uses QR codes to get window shoppers giving
Toys
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QR
Big Ideas
Fashion brand likes new F-commerce initiative
Fashion brand likes new F-commerce initiative
Oscar De La Renta
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Cartier
Design Directions
Rafael de Cárdenas: Interior Design
Rafael de Cárdenas and his firm Architecture at Large have garnered a reputation for impactful, vibrant interiors. ‘When you’re moving through a sp...
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Luxury online store is a gift for IHT readers
Luxury online store is a gift for IHT readers
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New pop-up retail park thinks out of the box
New pop-up retail park thinks out of the box
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Shoreditch
Micro Trends
Curated Travel & Hospitality
Luxury travellers value their independence and like to assemble bespoke packages that deliver memories of a lifetime. But to do so they need hyper-...
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Localism
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Christmas shoppers will pay more but buy less
Christmas shoppers will pay more but buy less
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