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.

Sacred Sojourns

Religious tourism is booming as a new generation of travellers seeks spiritual meaning, cultural rituals and connection across sacred destinations worldwide.

Markets

Gen Z’s Mall Revival

For Gen Z, malls are more than places to shop – they have become social playgrounds where retail, food and entertainment collide to create energy, connection and discovery.

Big Ideas

SXSW 2025: Reclamation Versus Resistance

SXSW 2025 marked a radical shift from resistance to reclamation, as industry leaders build agency in a challenging democracy, create decentralised media platforms and focus on a shared humanity.

Markets

The Sexuwellness Men’s Market

Meet the innovators rebranding men’s sexual wellness as a pillar of male pleasure and wellbeing.

Markets

Cortisol Control

Tackling stress is a major concern for the wellness community, with new research and innovations emerging to measure and lower cortisol, along with viral content promoting cortisol-focused solutions.

Big Ideas

Public house of fashion

New York – Runway shows during New York Fashion Week are typically exclusive affairs. But this season Givenchy is being more egalitarian by opening...

Givenchy : Public Fashion Show : Seasonless Style

Big Ideas

Game on

San Bruno, California – YouTube has launched YouTube Gaming, a new video games platform, in a bid to compete with Amazon-owned Twitch.

YouTube Gaming : Twitch : Transmedia Futures

Big Ideas

Beacon of hope

New York – BLIP Systems has installed customer-tracking beacons at John F Kennedy International Airport that display real-time flight information.

BLIP : Beacon Tracking : JFK

Big Ideas

Space investors

New York – Space is the new frontier for venture capitalists who are pouring funding into space start-ups.Funding for space start-ups is higher&nbs...

Frontier Technology : Start-up : The Immortal Brand

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress 2015 Preview

The dangers and opportunities of digital and economic disruption will be the main theme at this year’s World Retail Congress.

Metro Group : Rome : World Retail Congress

Big Ideas

Ola to cashless India

India – Ola Money, the payment platform used by India’s equivalent of Uber, is enabling consumers to make payments on other websites. More than ...

Ola Money : Zipcash : Cashless Futures

Big Ideas

Neighbourhood as hotel

Cultural centre Hagiso plans a ‘dispersed’ hotel in the Yanaka residential neighbourhood of Tokyo.

Bricolage : Hagiso : Tokyo

Big Ideas

Onboard concierge

UAE – Etihad Airways has launched a new onboard concierge service for its high-net-worth passengers.

Etihad Airways : The Residence : Luxury Futures Travel

Big Ideas

Hybrid helper

Global – Facebook is trialling a new personal assistant service that combines human and artificial intelligence (AI) to perform tasks that other se...

Facebook M : Messenger : David Marcus

Big Ideas

Goodbye ads

Global – Adieu is an ad blocker with a conscience, ridding websites of obtrusive banners without damaging the revenue of content-creators.

Adieu : Ad Blocker : Sustainability

Big Ideas

Fit finance

Dubai – The Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) is offering customers the opportunity to exchange physical activity for attractive interest rates.

Commercial Bank Of Dubai : Mobile Banking : Fitness Tracker

Big Ideas

Sustainability sewn up

Detroit – Start-up menswear brand Lazlo has launched a new t-shirt that not only lasts a lifetime, but gives something back to the community too.

Lazlo : Heirloom T-shirt : Boutique Altrusim

Big Ideas

Crashless cars

Global – Driverless cars could reduce the number of accidents involving commercial vehicles by 80%, predicts KPMG.

KPMG : Autonomous Vehicles : Insurance

Markets

Interface Market

In the era of Awakening Tech our devices’ interfaces are set to become more human.

Interface : Interface Design : Haptics

Big Ideas

Gastronomy Googling

UK – Chef Heston Blumenthal will take the practice of Googling guests into new territory when restaurant The Fat Duck re-opens next month.

Fat Duck : Nostalgia : Personalisation

Big Ideas

Four-day working

Japan – Retailer Uniqlo is set to trial a four-day working week in a fifth of its stores.

Uniqlo : Workweek : Working Conditions

Big Ideas

Look me up

Global – LinkedIn has launched a new employee directory service to replace corporate directories and drive activity on its network.

LinkedIn Lookup : Directory : Internal Resource

Big Ideas

Health benefits

New York – Wellcoin is taking the gamification of fitness to the next level, with real, tangible rewards.

Wellcoin : Health Currency : Fitness

Big Ideas

Always on demand

US – On-demand marketplaces such as Uber and Airbnb are expected to grow by 57% by 2020, according to new figures.

Airbnb : Uber : The Sharing Economy

Big Ideas

Retail apps challenge

Global – A new report from Forrester Consulting reveals how retailers face a challenge in persuading consumers about the benefits of retail apps.

Forrester Consulting : Retail Apps : RetailMeNot

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