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

Gen Z in Indonesia

With millions of young, tech-savvy and entrepreneurial Indonesians reshaping culture, business and faith, Gen Z is a force no brand can afford to ignore.

Markets

The Sexuwellness Men’s Market

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

Big Ideas

US approves technology using Kinect in healthcare

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a rehabilitation system that marks the first time the Microsoft Kinect will be used in a healthca...

Big Ideas

New app from L'Oréal lets users try products virtually

L’Oréal's new beauty app shows what its cosmetics will look like on users' faces.

L'Oréal Paris : Genius Makeup : App

Big Ideas

Same-day delivery start-up and mall operators set to disrupt marketplace

A local US start-up is disrupting Amazon's leadership of the same-day delivery marketplace.

Deliv : Startup : Same-day Delivery

Big Ideas

Debates erupt over trust and the sharing economy

A recent cover story for Wired magazine, Trust Me, has touched off debates over the role of trust in emerging digital business models.

Sharing Economy : AirBnB : Uber

Big Ideas

Hotels putting public spaces at the forefront

Vibrant communal spaces are the future of hospitality, say leading designers.

Home From Home Hotels

Big Ideas

Luxury market set to grow at 6%

The luxury market has settled into lower yet more stable growth.

Altagamma : Bain & Co : Luxury

Big Ideas

Britons are empowered by, yet weary of, technology

Britons are living in an ever-more connected world, which leaves consumers both empowered and exhausted.

Consumers : OMD : Digital Detox

Markets

Luxury Travel Futures Market – Overview

We are living in one of the most affluent eras the world has ever known. A new kind of wealth is being formed and defined, simultaneously cr...

HNWIs : UHNWIs : Wealthy

Big Ideas

Malls begin to enter the beacon era

Beacon technology will provide a new revenue stream for mall operators as its use in physical stores increases.

IBeacon : Malls : Rouse Properties

Big Ideas

Uniqlo app lets customers design their own T-shirts

Uniqlo has launched an app that encourages customers to design their own T-shirts via their smartphones.

Uniqlo : UTme : App

Big Ideas

Millennials and Baby Boomers focus on healthy ageing

Millennials are a prime market for some healthcare categories, according to a new survey.

Nielsen

Big Ideas

DECODED Fashion 2014

The DECODED Fashion Summit combined a fashion technology hackathon with a retail summit that examined current trends in digital commerce.

Decoded : All Saints : Hackathon

Big Ideas

Central Saint Martins launches world’s most expensive pop-up

Students of the Central Saint Martins BA Graphic Design course are opening a pop-up shop selling limited-edition objects with prices starting at £1m.

Central Saint Martins : Pop-up : Graphic Design

Big Ideas

Adidas app turns trainers into a photo canvas

Adidas customers will soon be able to create trainers emblazoned with their favourite photos.

Adidas : Personalisation : Trainers

Big Ideas

Stanford travels in time to 2100 to look at the future of education

A Stanford University project examines what education might be like in the year 2100.

Education : Stanford University : D:school

Big Ideas

Selfridges' summer campaigns celebrate masters of food and fashion

Selfridges launches its Meet the Makers 2014 summer food promotion.

Selfridges : Department Stores : Carl Warner

Big Ideas

Internet Week New York 2014 Preview

The large and growing technology economy will be on show during Internet Week New York on 19–25 May.

Internet Week New York : Retail : Biometrics

Big Ideas

The internet will be as pervasive as electricity in 2025, says study

By 2025, the internet will be as much an integral part of society as electricity, according to a new report from the Pew Research Internet Pro...

The Internet Of Things : Pew Research Internet Project

Big Ideas

Clerkenwell Design Week 2014: Top five not to be missed

Expanding into new venues and introducing a new show, Platform, this year’s Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) will focus on tactile fabrics, nature-i...

Clerkenwell Design Week : Furniture : Interiors

Big Ideas

Frieze New York 2014

For the third year, the global art crowd flocked to New York’s blossom-lined Randall’s Island, home to a white bivouac tent containing ar...

Frieze Art Fair : Foodscapes : Haptic Illusion

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