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Sacred Sojourns

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

Markets

The Bromeopathy Market

Bromeopathy is entering the mainstream as the wellness industry caters for a new wave of men seeking science-backed products and supplements to fuel their masculinity. 

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

US consumers say mobiles do not affect store visits

Most Americans do not believe that the rise of mobile technology has influenced their likelihood of shopping in stores.

Big Ideas

Mobile addiction on the rise among women

Mobile addiction is on the rise, and it is growing fastest among middle-aged mothers.

Mobile : Smartphones : Digital Futures

Big Ideas

App aims to help people conquer their arachnophobia

Two psychiatrists have developed an app designed to help people overcome their fear of spiders.

Anxiety : Apps : Smartphone

Big Ideas

Selfridges asks ‘what does beauty mean?’

Selfridges is asking consumers what beauty means with a store-wide campaign.

Selfridges : Department Stores : The Beauty Project

Big Ideas

Star Wars takes over Amazon Locker for 4 May

Disney has teamed up with Amazon to celebrate Star Wars day on 4 May.

Amazon : Disney : Symbiotic Branding

Big Ideas

Old Street underground station revamped as pop-up hub

Transport for London has collaborated with pop-up facilitator Appear Here to introduce pop-up shops on the underground, starting with Old Street st...

Retail Futures : Pop-up : Appear Here

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Retail Analysis: Space Ninety 8, Urban Outfitters’ ode to Brooklyn

Lifestyle retailer Urban Outfitters has opened Space Ninety 8, a concept store in Brooklyn.

Urban Outfitters : Space Ninety 8 : Brooklyn

Big Ideas

Burberry opens Shanghai flagship store with lavish show

British luxury brand Burberry has opened its largest store in China to date.

Burberry : Shanghai : Flagship

Big Ideas

Bra brand's feminist approach to girls' underwear

Founded by 18-year-old Megan Grassell, Yellowberry seeks to fill a gap in the tween bra market.

Tiny Tot Feminism : Girls : Teenagers

Big Ideas

French mall trials body-scanning personal shopper tech

A French mall is experimenting with a personalised, digital shopping experience based on body-scanning technology.

Klepierre : Phygital : Body Scanning

Markets

Endless Aisles

Retailers are introducing virtual shelves and shoppable walls in physical retail spaces.

Sony : Digital Store Front : Kate Spade

Big Ideas

Batter up for iBeacons at Major League Baseball

Apple iBeacons are showing up at more public events, as Major League Baseball adopts them this season.

Beacon : Iphones : Major League Baseball

Big Ideas

Google tries to match online customers to physical footfall

The online search brand is trying to match online ad clicks to purchases in physical stores.

GoogleAd Words : Advertising : Analytics

Big Ideas

Taco Bell moves upmarket with new fast casual offer

Fast food chain Taco Bell is to open a premium taco restaurant called US Taco Co.

Taco Bell : Fast Casual : Yum Brands

Big Ideas

Louis Vuitton chooses brains to promote PDV briefcase

London – In a marketing move that shifts the emphasis away from models, actors and musicians, Louis Vuitton has chosen five Davos delegates to pr...

Louis Vuitton : PDV : Davos

Big Ideas

Millennials shopping habits dictated by fauxsumerism

Millennials are using all the channels of commerce to browse, rather than to buy.

Consumers : E-commerce : Experience

Big Ideas

Start-up makes social enterprise out of latest gluten-free supergrain

Love Grain hopes to make the gluten-free trend work for Ethiopian farmers.

Teff : Gluten Free : Grains

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Retail Analysis: Cult brand lululemon arrives in London

Canadian sportswear brand lululemon has opened it first European ‘community’ store, in Covent Garden.

Lululemon : Yoga : Covent Garden

Big Ideas

UK has nuanced outlook on innovation

New attitudes and behaviours are emerging in the UK as people respond differently to the pace of change depending on their affluence, age and gen...

Nesta : Innovation : Population

Big Ideas

Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2014 Part 2: Top 5 products

Another year, another fresh wave of new designs, products and prototypes for the design world to sit up and take notice of.

Surface Design : Geology : Futurist Montage

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