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Imbibe Live 2024: Five Drink Brands to Watch

Functional flavours, alcohol-free mixology and redefined wine took centre stage at Imbibe Live 2024 (1–2 July), the UK’s leading drinks trade show.

Drink : Imbibe Live 2024 : Food And Drink Futures

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Singapore: The Gateway to Asia-Pacific

While Singapore may be small, it can pack a huge punch for brands looking to expand in the Asia-Pacific region

Singapore : APAC Luxury : Retail

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Brand Innovation Debrief: Walmart

With eyes on Gen Z consumers, a revived beauty aisle and an e-commerce strategy competing with Amazon, the 60-year-old discount department store gr...

Walmart : Retail Strategy : Gen Z

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Modern Burglary

The cost of living crisis, surging inflation rates and a hacker mindset are turning theft into the next big retail turmoil.

Data Security : Retail Crime : Security

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Cannes Lions 2024: Three Key Conversations

Cannes Lions featured more talks, more networking and more brand houses than ever before as the advertising and communications industries convened ...

Cannes Lions : Creativity : Community

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Cosmoprof Bangkok 2024: Eight Key Takeaways

Cosmoprof CBE ASEAN 2024 (13–15 June) highlighted the tremendous growth potential of the region’s beauty market and its potential for leading produ...

Beauty : Asia : Cosmoprof

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Brand Innovation Debrief:  Alo Yoga

Alo Yoga has grown from its Los Angeles home into a globally renowned and coveted brand, using aspirational luxury, the rise of sporty lifestyles a...

Fashion : Sports & Leisure : Retail

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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