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.

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. 

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

An alternative alternative

US – Ripple is a new milk made from pea protein, providing an alternative to dairy and non-dairy milk.

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress 2016: Review

World Retail Congress focused on the struggles of the industry and the increasing importance of placemaking to the retail experience.

Total Retail : World Retail Congress 2016 : Dubai

Big Ideas

A working reality

UK – Barclays has launched a work experience programme that uses virtual reality to teach transferable skills to young people.

Barclays : Recruitment : Virtual Reality

Big Ideas

Hello Alexa

New York – Triby is the first third-party connected home hub that uses Amazon’s Alexa Voice System as its user interface.

Triby : Amazon : Alexa

Markets

Branded Content Market: Part 2

For branded content to move forward, brands must embrace experimentation and an Anti-authentic attitude.

Branded Content : Virtual Reality : Anti-authentic

Big Ideas

The connected car

UK – Jaguar Land Rover has teamed up with Silicon Valley start-up Tile on a system that enables users to find essential items such as keys and wall...

Land Rover : Connected Home : Silicon Valley

Big Ideas

Driving the future

US – Companies including Google, Ford, Uber and Volvo have joined forces to press the issue of autonomous vehicles in government.

Self-Driving Coalition For Safer Streets : Autonomous Vehicles : Lobby Group

Big Ideas

Plain english

Global – Mars Foods is to add recommendations to its packaging suggesting how frequently products should be consumed.

Mars Foods : Dolmio : Product Labelling

Markets

Branded Content Market: Part 1

Brands are trusting in the creative intuition of specialist teams to create groundbreaking digital projects.

Branded Content : Revelation Brands : Anti-authenticity Marketing

Big Ideas

Snap to apply

US – Digital agency Space150 invited students to apply for its summer internship scheme this year via Snapchat.

Space150 : Recruitment : Hiring

Big Ideas

Night school

London – D&AD is launching a 12-week night school programme for young creatives that do not hold a formal degree.

D&AD : New Blood Shift : Night School

Big Ideas

Especially for you

Global – YouTube’s newly redesigned mobile app places greater emphasis on personal curation.

YouTube : Google : Artificial Intelligence

Big Ideas

Power to the people

Global – Playmoss is a new music service that places fans at the heart of the user experience.

Playmoss : Megasystem Curation : New Media Landscape

Big Ideas

Milan Salone 2016: Top Five Concepts

The focus of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile continues to shift away from traditional furniture design towards future scenarios and systems.

Milan Salone 2016 : Concept Design : Explorium Retail

Big Ideas

Indexing transparency

UK – Published last week, the Fashion Transparency Index assesses brands’ knowledge of their supply chain processes.

Transparency : Supply Chain : Fashion Revolution

Big Ideas

Ultimatum time

Europe – Publishers are taking a tougher stance on readers that use ad-blocking software, with some positive results.

Ad-blockers : Online Media : Advertising

Big Ideas

Fast and curious

Global – Rightspeed is a new app that enables users to process audio at a faster rate.

Rightspeed : Radio Renaissance : Podcasts

Big Ideas

Pot-chain transparency

Oregon, US – Phylos Bioscience has created an interactive 3D map that represents the relationship between different genetic strains of cannabis.

Cannabis : Phylos Bioscience : Jessi Baker

Big Ideas

FashTech London Summit 2016: Review

The biggest names in fashion and technology came together earlier this month to discuss how to drive sustainability and create a seamless customer...

FashTech London Summit : Seamless Technology : Whole-system Thinking

Big Ideas

See and shop

US – Mobile app Project September bridges the gap between social media and e-commerce.

Project September : Mobile Commerce : Social Media

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