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Five Ways Restaurants are Exploring Extremes

From one-ingredient meals to psychedelic soundtracks, dining spaces are giving guests moments to remember through extreme eating experiences.

Food : Drink : Design

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Five Future Job Roles for the C-Suite

New leadership roles will be realised in the next decade as businesses navigate new working paradigms and respond to evolving customer, employee an...

Workplace : Society : Technology

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Meet Tomorrow’s Alternative Investors

With traditional systems of monetary value and exchange under threat, four emerging investment communities are ushering in a new dawn for alternati...

Finance : Society : Youth

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Why the Snow Mushroom is the Next Beauty Sensation

Described as the magic mushroom for moisture, the snow fungus is entering the Western market as an ingredient promising a range of skin-boosting be...

Beauty : Skincare : Wellness

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Why Hotels are the Next Frontier for Brands

From streetwear hotels to decadent souvenirs, brands across sectors are embedding themselves in hospitality’s long-awaited comeback.

Hotels : Travel : Tourism

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Five Luxury Hotels Elevating Sleep Tourism

From AI-powered mattresses to in-house sleep specialists, high-end hotels are placing next-generation restorative facilities at the heart of their ...

Travel & Hospitality : Luxury : Hotels

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Five Generation Z-Founded Brands to Watch

Optimistic, ambitious and socially switched on, the first wave of Generation Z-founded brands are hitting the market. These are the disruptors to w...

Youth : Retail : Beauty

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Five Brands Extolling the Cool of Cryobeauty

From cryotherapy collaborations to cooling beauty formulas, brands are exploring the regenerative benefits of cold therapy through tools and topica...

Beauty : Wellness : Skincare

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Five Future Paths for Metaverse Beauty

Shifting focus from e-commerce to experience marketing, beauty firms are seizing upon the metaverse to educate, experiment and boost interaction.

Beauty : Wellness : Metaverse

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Charting the Rise of Clout Kitchens

Content platforms and creators are launching virtual dining concepts that cater for digitally native audiences while uplifting local restaurant ope...

Food : Media : TikTok

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Five Fresh Innovations in Waterless Beauty

From dissolvable sheets to freeze-dried skincare, explore the new experiences for customers using waterless beauty and personal care products.

Beauty : Wellness : Sustainability

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Five Future Home Scenarios for 2050

As the climate crisis escalates, our population ages, and the way we live is reshaped by new technologies and materials, our homes will look very d...

Society : Sustainability : Health And Wellness

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The Airports Bringing Humanity Back into Travel

As the travel sector re-invents itself, airports are doing the same. From Kansas to Mexico, these are the aviation hubs elevating pre-departure wel...

Travel : Retail : Airports

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How New-Generation Indigenous Restaurants are Decolonising Cuisine

Restaurants are blending ancestry with innovation, re-asserting cultural heritage and place of indigeneity as a driving force in the food sector’s ...

Food : Travel & Hospitality : Drink

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Five Ways Retail can Maximise the Metaverse

The buzz around virtual worlds isn’t waning. For retailers, it’s providing space for novel marketing, brand education and alternative investments.

Retail : Media And Entertainment : Technology

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Family in 2030: Climate Communities

In this scenario, we meet an intergenerational Muslim family finding meaning and hope amid the impacts of the climate crisis on the city of New York.

Scenario : Society : Climate Crisis

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Five Brands Elevating the Outdoor Leisure Market

As outdoor activities become more than just an occasional pastime, brands are reviving apparel and equipment with energetic palettes that better su...

Travel : Leisure : Fashion

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IAM 2021: The Future of Community is Inter-Citizenship

Solutions were not enough at this year’s IAM Weekend, as thinkers gathered to imagine better internet(s), care systems and inter-species perspectives.

Digital : Technology : Media

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Web Summit 2021: The Future of Tech is Post-Purpose

We’ve just lived through our most online period in history. Here’s what Web Summit predicts will come next, from brand obsession to metaverse scept...

Technology : Media : Digital

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Purpose in 2030: Generation Betterment

In this future scenario, brands are frantically trying to reframe their purpose, turning to climate-literate Generation Alpha – tomorrow’s valuable...

Scenario : Branding : Purpose

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The ideas and innovations that hint at the future of the consumer landscape