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Is Cocoa Past Its Sell-By Date?

Cocoa-free chocolate brands are in the spotlight as soaring cocoa prices and shortages lead to mounting challenges for the mainstream industry.

Big Ideas

TFWA Asia Pacific 2024: Ritualising Beauty Retail

As the biggest driver for global travel retail sales, the Asia-Pacific region dictates how skincare and fragrance brands behave in the rest of the ...

Beauty : Retail : Travel

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Ssense

Amid a challenging landscape for multi-brand luxury e-tailers, Ssense is playing its cards right by seamlessly merging new talents, legacy brands, ...

Fashion : Media : Luxury

Big Ideas

Global Fashion Summit 2024: Fashion’s Tipping Point?

Despite 15 years of discussions on sustainability since the Global Fashion Summit’s inception in 2009, the event deplored the lack of real progress...

Fashion : Sustainability : Global Fashion Summit

Big Ideas

VivaTech 2024: Accessibility, Climate Tech and AI in Healthcare

AI took centre stage once again at the ever-growing Parisian start-up and tech summit VivaTech with ground-breaking advances in climate, health and...

Technology : Artificial Intelligence : VivaTech

Big Ideas

Crafting Singapore’s Well-Nation

Singapore is emerging as the epicentre of health in Southeast Asia, with an ever-evolving proactive strategy ensuring its citizens are living longe...

Singapore : Wellness : Longevity

Big Ideas

Five Brands Shaping the Future of Voice-Activated AI Wearables

Meet the innovators harnessing voice-activated AI to seamlessly integrate wearable tech into our everyday lives

AI : Technology : Wearable

Big Ideas

TFWA Asia-Pacific 2024: Distillation Stories

From Glenfiddich and Jack Daniel’s to House of Suntory, spirits brands are shifting focus to engage emerging market travellers with interactive ret...

Travel Retail : APAC : Alcohol

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress 2024: The Value Contradiction

As the cost-of-living crisis continues, the equation between price point, value for money and consumers’ own values and ethics has never been so co...

Retail : Sustainability : Youth

Big Ideas

FT Business of Luxury Summit 2024: The Luxury Hourglass

The luxury industry's most prominent brands, experts and trendsetters gathered in Venice to distill what's next for the Chinese consumer, the fragr...

Luxury : Fragrance : Chinese HNWI

Behaviours

Emerging Youth: The Maghreb

After years of political instability and social unrest, the Maghreb’s youth are still standing up for their beliefs and making themselves heard thr...

Youth : Society : Culture

Big Ideas

House of Beautiful Business Festival 2024: Creating a Life-centred Economy

On a mission to find poly-opportunities in a world of polycrisis, a gathering of thinkers, makers and artists came together in the city of Tangier.

Society : Culture : Technology

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress 2024: Community Commerce

From Claire’s to Sporty & Rich, innovative retailers are reshaping the landscape by fostering community engagement, inclusivity and social impact.

Retail : Advertising & Branding : Youth

Markets

Neo-education Market

With Gen Alpha at prime schooling age, we are witnessing rapid change in education systems, from AI-powered learning to culturally nuanced curricul...

Education : Youth : Technology

Big Ideas

SXSW 2024: Designing Superbrands

From Mattel to Looney Tunes and Apple, superbrands used the SXSW 2024 stage to reveal the best insights from their future-proofed design and brandi...

Design : Brand Strategy : SXSW

Big Ideas

Walpole British Luxury Summit 2024: Strategies for Uncertainty

As the sector navigates troubled waters, The Walpole British Luxury Summit (London, 29 April) focused on balancing priorities, from combining plane...

Luxury : Sustainability : Fashion

Behaviours

Women Futures: Saudi Arabia

Delve into the dynamic world of luxury in Saudi Arabia, where empowered women are redefining consumption patterns, driving entrepreneurship and inf...

Saudi Arabia : Luxury : Vision 2030

Big Ideas

Milan Design Week 2024: Materia Natura and the Human Touch

Milan Design Week 2024 invited attendees to delve into sustainability, craftsmanship and explore the significance of human creativity in a world in...

Milan Design Week : Salone Del Mobile : Materials

Markets

Indian Nuptials Re-imagined

From the rise of wed-tech to eco-conscious ceremonies and higher levels of customisation, consumers are saying ‘I do’ to a new kind of Indian weddi...

India : Indian Wedding : Wedding Ceremony

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress 2024: Let’s Get Hyperphysical

From Primark to Nike and Printemps, the World Retail Congress analysed how retailers are seducing passers-by with innovative in-store experiences a...

Retail : Design : Luxury

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