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

Luxury mall to open in Azerbaijan in 2014

Azerbaijan welcomes first fully dedicated luxury retail destination.

Azerbaijan : Caucasus : Pasha Construction

Big Ideas

Tablets and e-reader sales booming in the US

America : Rise : Statistic

Big Ideas

Affordable brands fuel luxury sales

Louis Vuitton : Fflur Roberts : Year-On-Year

Big Ideas

A new e-commerce platform for African artisans

Online marketplace that lets artisans from Sub-Saharan Africa sell their hand-made wares directly to consumers.

Android : Kenya : Ecommerce

Markets

Female whisky drinkers

Once the older gent’s status symbol, whisky is now attracting women in their droves. Blogs and tasting clubs are introducing females to the drink’s...

Johnnie Walker : Christina Hendricks : Alwynne Gwilt

Big Ideas

Saks joins retailers welcoming off-price e-commerce

Saks has launched an e-commerce presence for its off-price brand.

New York : E-commerce : Discount Luxury

Big Ideas

Mercedes-Benz brings spa experience to luxury automobile

Mercedes-Benz brings spa experience to luxury automobile.

Perfume : Freeside Mood : Downtown Mood

Big Ideas

Coca-Cola launches clean water and community-building initiative

Africa : Biomass : Ekocenters

Big Ideas

Fohr Card launches tool to quantify social media impact

Fohr Card launches tool to quantify social media impact.

Luxury : Subscription : Bloggers

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress 2013: Overview part 1 - omni-channel 2.0, agnostic retail personalisation and Mega-Systems enablers

Paris – Now in its seventh year, the World Retail Congress in Paris, which brought together more than 1,400 retail industry delegates from 56 count...

Paris : Peter Fitzgerald : Jeff Bezos

Big Ideas

Disney Research brings 3D touch to flat screens

Disney Research brings 3D touch to flat screens.

Tactile : Disney Research : Friction

Big Ideas

Designer hostels appeal to bankers and backpackers

Designer Bunks : Bunk Hostels : Accomodation

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress: Overview Part 2 – Community retail, grocery futures, wellness and emerging markets to watch

Boris Planer : Dorothy Perkins : Ian Cheshire

Big Ideas

Dutch Design Week 2013 preview

The 12th edition of Dutch Design Week promises not to disappoint. A must-see in the design calendar, and the largest design show in northern Europe...

Philips : Van Abbemuseum : Strijp

Big Ideas

Online video-posting on the rise in US

Video : VoxPopMe : Share It All Culture

Big Ideas

Morgans website offers guests virtual inspiration

Hotel group offers virtual concierge before stepping in the door.

Interactive : Immersive : Website

Communities

Athena Woman

Career success and increased spending power are giving rise to a new breed of highly educated, affluent and entrepreneurial woman. These women exud...

Community : Fang Yuan : Courtney Sklar

Communities

No-Mos, Mo-Mos and Fu-Mos

From women who are hands-off parents and those who use science to delay motherhood, to those who decide they never want to have kids at all, women’...

Motherhood : Mo-Mo : No-Mo

Communities

Re-con Man

Being a man used to be simple. You put food on the table, a roof over your head, and clothes on your children’s backs. Now at the start of the ‘fem...

Retail : Terroll Lewis : Luigi Lunihank

Communities

Dads 2.0

Until now, the stereotypical modern dad had been defined as someone who helps out at bedtime, changes the occasional nappy and even does the school...

Fatherhood : Joel Higgs : Oskar Skatt

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