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.

Gen Z in Kenya

From Silicon Savannah to the streets of Nairobi, Kenya’s Gen Z are rewriting the rules of power, protest and purpose for governments and brands.

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.

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

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

Healthcare Market

In the age of Civic Brands, a new generation of innovators are stepping in where governmental systems are failing to radically reshape the future o...

Health : Wellness : Healthcare

Markets

Female Futures

How will women thrive in a changing world?

Youth Culture : Generation Z : Identity

Markets

Emerging Youth: China

The Chinese Dream is on the rise as the American Dream fades.

China : Youth Culture : Fashion

Markets

Transcendent Wealth

Our special report examines how the definition of wealth is changing from the acquisition of physical signifiers of affluence to a more personal...

Luxury : Technology : Hospitality

Markets

Global Luxury Market 2017: Part 2

In our luxury focuses we examine how brands are recognising the power of net culture and tapping into the resale market, and discover Mexico’s emer...

Luxury : Fashion : Advertising

Big Ideas

This wearable circuit is fully biodegradable

US – In a bid to tackle the rise of electronic waste (e-waste), Stanford University researchers have developed a semiconductor that can completely ...

Technology : Digital : Materials

Big Ideas

Pornhub launches interactive video content category

Global – Users will now be able to synchronise porn with sex toys in order to simulate sex.

Technology : Digital : Media

Big Ideas

Berry-based juice could help to diminish the effects of air pollution

China – BerriQi contains boysenberries, which have been proven to reduce inflammation of the airways in pre-clinical trials.

Wellness : Food : Drink

Big Ideas

The ASA is clamping down on sexist ads

UK – The proposals will strengthen rules that represent activities appropriate for one gender, or those that mock stereotypical gender roles.

Advertising : Media : Culture

Big Ideas

Fino Paytech launches personable banking branches

India – The financial technology company has joined forces with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited to launch the Fino Payments Bank.

Finance : Banking : Culture

Big Ideas

Workers are increasingly postponing their retirement

US – According to the US jobs report, almost 19% of people aged 65 or over were working in the second quarter of 2017.

Workplace : Culture : Finance

Big Ideas

The US is funding brain-computer interfaces

US – The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is investing $65m in the technology.

Technology : Digital : Health

Big Ideas

Retailers should focus on womenswear to cut carbon emissions

UK – Women’s dresses and jumpers have the most profound environmental impact because of the way they are produced and the quantities sold, accordin...

Fashion : Retail : Sustainability

Big Ideas

Time travel banking app is ahead of the Curve

US -– The Curve app enables users to switch the account that payments are made from retrospectively.

Finance : Digital : Technology

Big Ideas

China cycles towards a cleaner future

China – Daan Roosegaarde has worked with bicycle-sharing start-up OFO to introduce his Smog Free Bike to China’s streets.

Technology : Design : Pollution

Big Ideas

Muji announces plans to open a hotel in 2019

Tokyo – The hotel will be situated above a new flagship Muji store.

Hospitality : Retail : Travel

Big Ideas

Ticketmaster pioneers ultrasonic smartphone tickets

US – The initiative enables concert-goers to verify their mobile ticket using their smartphone’s ultrasonic sound transmission.

Technology : Entertainment : Digital

Big Ideas

Google wants to improve human-machine relations

US – The mega-system’s People + AI Research initiative is designed to help people to better understand machine learning systems.

Technology : Digital : AI

Big Ideas

Solar paint turns water vapour into energy

Australia – Developed by researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, the paint absorbs water vapour and splits it to generate hyd...

Architecture : Design : Technology

Markets

Global Luxury Market 2017: Part 1

The luxury market is in a state of flux. Major players, confronted with the need to remain relevant and desirable, are changing their strategies to...

Luxury : Retail : Technology

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