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The Wellness Reset

Energy fields, somatic sensing and spiritual technologies are resetting elite approaches to wellness, according to Carlos Urrutigoity, general manager of London club Grey Wolfe.

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The New Youth Club

Moot is a membership-based third space redefining UK youth clubs for a generation craving real-world connection, culture and community.

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Compostable Cosmetics

Wildsmith is setting a new standard for sustainable luxury with Vivomer, a compostable, microbe-made packaging material designed to disappear into the earth without a trace.

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Regenerative Olive Oil

Citizens of Soil, an innovative olive oil brand, is championing provenance transparency, healthy soils, gender equality and sustainable packaging at a fair price.

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Dear business leaders: black people are tired

As company leaders, remember your humanity, suspend your disbelief and work to become anti-racist, writes Nyasha Pitt, chair of Coventry Pride’s ...

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Gen Z Perspectives: India

In collaboration with 31st State, our new series unearths global insights on the biggest mindset shifts among Generation Z.

Youth : Mental Health : Health

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What really matters to brands?

Instead of using the fallout from George Floyd’s murder to improve their social equity, brands need to stop and learn from the Black community to c...

Society : Black Lives Matter : Civic Brands

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Squadded recreates the mall effect online

Elysa Kahn, co-founder of Squadded, highlights the potential for the new social e-commerce solution and the difference between shopping and buying.

Retail : Fashion : E-commerce

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The post-Covid consumer: hedonistic or minimalist?

Brands and businesses must prepare for polarised responses to the pandemic as established consumer paradigms are either accelerated or abandoned.

Retail : Covid-19 : Coronavirus

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Inside the social media pantries of tomorrow

Jessica Young, founder of natural food platform Bubble, on how hype groceries and digital culture are changing our relationship with what we eat.

Grocery : Health : Digital

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Digital drugs will revolutionise media

Michael Moskowitz, founder of digital health innovator AeBeZe Labs, discusses media's pharmaceutical power and the disruptive concept of digital nu...

Health : Media : Wellbeing

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A home-sharing revolution for a post-Covid world

Martin Rosengaard, co-founder of Human Hotel, on how inner-city adventures and serendipitous home-sharing will shape post-pandemic travel.

Travel : Hospitality : Tourism

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We must rethink hotel design for a brave new world

Luxury hotels are being challenged to swap opulent interiors for considered spaces and hygienic materials in order to future-proof the guest experi...

Luxury : Hospitality : Travel

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Why Generation Z are creating activist-tainment

Tamseel Hussain, founder of Pluc TV, on how a ‘generation of misfits’ is driving more purposeful social media storytelling for India and beyond.

Youth : Media : Entertainment

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Re-imagining hype: post-Covid menswear mindsets

The current pandemic is driving street and menswear aficionados to re-evaluate their relationship with luxury and clout, amplifying a future of w...

Fashion : Luxury : Covid-19

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In lockdown, experiential retail is screwed. Or is it?

With the physical world shutting down, it’s even more imperative that online retailers turn transactional web interactions into experiences.

Retail : Customer Experience : Technology

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What lies in store for retail post-Covid-19

Jeff Kindleysides, founder of design studio Checkland Kindleysides, discusses Covid-19’s impact on experiential retail, brand communications and th...

Retail : Society : Brand Communication

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Covid-19 is reframing the meaning of luxury

With luxury reeling from Covid-19’s impact on sales, international tourism and events, four industry experts share their vision of what’s next for ...

Luxury : Retail : Health

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The productivity paradox of self-isolation

As the world adapts to life in isolation, brands operating in an accelerated capacity are spouting self-improvement and productivity – but not for ...

Advertising : Retail : Covid-19

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Now is the time for brands in China to champion sustainability

The spread of Covid-19 in China has afforded business vital breathing space to get their future-facing, local sustainability strategies right.

Sustainability : Society : China

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The Covid-19 pandemic will reshape travel as we know it

Travel has become meaningless. Now, the Covid-19 pandemic has granted travel brands an opportunity to contemplate – and moralise – their existence.

Travel : Hospitality : Covid-19

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Why travel could become a one-trip industry

Yvonne Küpper of FairAway Travel, on travel brands’ sustainable responsibilitis, the impact of Covid-19, and how to avoid greenwashing.

Travel Experience : Travelling : Tourism

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Covid-19 has brought chaos – and vast new possibilities

With existing systems crumbling, businesses will need to quickly recalibrate, using fear as a positive catalyst to create future-fit strategies.

Retail : Society : Covid-19

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Covid-19 is accelerating our working landscape

The fallout from Covid-19 has transformed not only how people in the UK work but where, marking a major turning point for how organisations operate.

Office : Flexible Office : Covid-19