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Big Ideas

Five pioneers promoting cause-driven retail

In 2021, retail is about much more than acquisition and profit – for these five innovators, it’s a chance to make a positive difference for people ...

Retail : Society : Sustainability

Micro Trends

Automated Apparel

The next generation of connected clothing will use artificial intelligence to react and recalibrate, catering for continually changing consumer nee...

Fashion : Wellness : AI

Micro Trends

The New Casino

Casinos have long relied on symbols of ostentatious wealth. But to win over the younger generation, they are rethinking gambling formats and abando...

Luxury : Hospitality : Travel

Micro Trends

Colour Refresh

At-home hair colour is getting an uplift from brands that are launching kits with salon-quality dyes and precision application tools.

Beauty : Hair Care

News

Skincare that evolves with changing skin types and Patagonia connects activists

Budweiser creates renewable energy label, MVRDV brings QR codes to architecture and how brands can ensure their products remain desirable post-suga...

Drinks : Sustainability : Budweiser

News

Riley Rose targets teen beauty market and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Yacht rentals for aspiring luxurians, the first augmented reality teddy, Americans favour organic groceries and other stor...

Beauty : Technology : Travel

News

Delta Air Lines reminds people of home and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Delta Air Lines, Nixie Girl, Rushden Lakes, how sugary food affects mental health and other top stories.

Travel : Retail : Wellness

News

Amazon delivers convenience and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Amazon enters the home, Vetements recycles merchandise, re-igniting creativity in the workplace and other top stories.

Retail : Technology : Advertising

Big Ideas

IFE 2017

Now in its 20th year, the International Food & Drink Event (IFE) took over ExCeL London for four days in March, with health and wellness, snacking ...

Sugar : Convenience Culture : Just A Splash

Markets

Plus-size Market

A one-size-fits-all approach to fashion, retail and marketing is limiting brands’ potential to engage with consumers.

Plus Size : Marketing : Post-body Mindset

Markets

Parenting Market

Changing family structures and gender roles, coupled with an increasingly digitally dominant world, are disrupting traditional notions of chi...

Motherhood : Parenting : Family

Big Ideas

Pitti Immagine Uomo spring/summer 2015

Pitti Immagine Uomo's peacock style dictates the menswear looks for spring/summer 2015.

Pitti Immagine Uomo : Florence : Sartorial

Design Directions

Toms Austin

Toms shoes and glasses can be found at thousands of stores in the US and overseas, but until recently the brand had only one dedicated store, in ...

TOMS : Community : Coffee

Markets

Womenomics retail: how to appeal to the fairer sex

Sensory spaces and experiential shopping zones are increasingly a focus for retail brands and designers looking to appeal to female consumers.

Experiential : Holistic Retail : Sensory Spaces

Big Ideas

South by Southwest Interactive 2013- Part 2

Austin – South by Southwest Interactive 2013 saw entrepreneurs move away from app design and towards embedding tech into objects that interface wit...

Luxury : SXSW : Software

Big Ideas

Cosmoprof 2012 Ñ Asia Focus

Cosmoprof attendee Anita Yuen, director of beauty at Harvey Nichols Hong Kong, says men’s luxury skincare, organic beauty, and niche beauty b...

Fragrance : Estelle & Thild : Babykel

Markets

Mexico Market

International influence and local traditions combine in North America’s fastest growing market.

Mexico : Market Research : Urbanism

News

Future Society’s perfumes revive scents of extinct flowers

Future Society, a pioneering perfume brand, is turning to science and DNA sequencing to recreate the scents of extinct flowers.

Beauty : Heath : Technology

News

Kengo Kuma redesigns Fendi accessories with natural materials

Presenting its spring/summer 2024 menswear collection in June 2023 in the Tuscan countryside, Fendi joined forces with the Japanese architect Kengo...

Fashion : Sustainability : Luxury

News

Glengoyne’s whisky box forces drinkers to switch off

Recognising the common distraction of digital devices during in-person social interactions, the brand has unveiled a whisky box that blocks phone ...

Drink : Food : Society

News

Farfetch forgoes trends for longevity fashion

Expanding beyond its roots as a multi-brand e-tailer, the luxury company is launching its own label for timeless staple products.

Fashion : Retail : Luxury

News

Jinx’s direct-to-dog billboards for pet food

Dog food brand Jinx is targeting pet's line of sight via mini billboards placed at animal eye level.

Retail : Advertising : DTC

News

A technology retail space for digital respite

Tablet brand reMarkable is offering consumers a space for stillness and reflection as an antidote to digitised living.

Retail : Enlightened States : Experiential Spaces

Viewpoints

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

Viewpoints

Covid-19 has brought chaos – and vast new possibilities

With existing systems crumbling, businesses will need to quickly recalibrate, using fear as a positive catalyst to create future-fit strategies.

Retail : Society : Covid-19

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