LSN : Gen Jones

Big Ideas

Cycling mega-brand targets men in Lycra

Cycling : Middle-age : Halfords

Micro Trends

Big Bold Luxe

Big is the new black in luxury circles as brands open ever bigger and bolder high-concept stores and employ epic marketing strategies to woo luxuri...

Flagship : Department Store : Stores

Big Ideas

Lego rental service helps parents save

Lego : Rental : Toys

Viewpoints

Debbi Evans : Media for interested women

Libertine founder Debbi Evans talks about creating media for interested women.

Libertine : Women's Magazines : Transmedia

Big Ideas

Visitors flock to UK’s anti-ageing beauty fair

The font of eternal youth sprung up in London for two days in May with the Anti-Ageing Health and Beauty Show, the UK’s first.

Anti-ageing : Skincare : Youth

Design Directions

Concoction

When you think of the word ‘bespoke’, it is perhaps the luxurious world of Savile Row tailoring that springs to mind, but increasingly beauty brand...

Fragrance : Haircare : Shampoo

Markets

Turkey Market Report

Turkey’s East-meets-West appeal is making headlines as rapid economic growth injects new life into Istanbul and the country’s other historic cities.

Turkey : Istanbul : Turkish Statistical Institute

Markets

Re-commerce fashion sites to rival eBay in 2013

UK, US – Over nearly 20 years, eBay has been at the forefront of the re-commerce market as consumers discovered that re-selling their possessions h...

EBay : Covetique : Asos

Micro Trends

Feminist luxury

Luxury brands are tailoring their products and services, not only to meet the needs of today’s affluent female consumers, but also to promote femal...

Female : Women : Empowerment

Markets

How to: Showroom

UK, US – Retailers are realising that showrooming is not the enemy. Bargain-driven consumers are increasingly researching purchases in-store before...

Showrooming : Bricks-and-mortar : MasterCard

Big Ideas

Ecommerce site sets new manhood agenda

Sussex, UK – Fatherhood blog Not a Bad Dad, the self-styled ‘antidote to the multitude of saccharine parent-focused sites around the world’, has la...

Not A Bad Dad : Blog : Father

Markets

Macau Luxury

Less than 10 years after the first foreign casino opened its doors in Macau, the sleepy former Portuguese colony has transformed itself into the wo...

HSBC : Macau : China

Markets

Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2013/2014: Beauty Trends Overview

Punk, gothic, ghostly and feral references led backstage experts at the autumn/winter 2013/2014 shows to create visions of anarchic romance and poe...

Anarchy : Beauty : Punk

Big Ideas

Tourism sector appeals to Boomers' itchy feet

Tourism sector appeals to Boomers’ itchy feet

Africa : Adventure Travel : Long-haul

Big Ideas

American consumers increasingly passionate about live music

Music : Tickets : LiveAnalytics

Big Ideas

Performance fabrics steal the show in Berlin

Woollen jackets and waterproof or bonded fabrics for performance-related propositions.

Performance Fabrics : Bread & Butter : Berlin

Big Ideas

Mr Porter makes a statement at menswear show

Knitwear and statement tailoring are highlights at London Collections: Men for autumn/winter 2013.

Mr Porter : Menswear : London Collections: Men

Big Ideas

CES: Print digital photos in a flash at Fotobar store

Polaroid will launch a series of digital printing stores.

CES : Polaroid : Analog

Design Directions

No Noise at Selfridges

As we predicted in our New Sublimity macrotrend, getting away from it all is on the rise.Businesses are creating new contemplative spaces...

Branding : Alex Cochrane : Pause

Markets

India

India, the second most populous country in the world, is a booming trillion-dollar economy. Its secret weapon is its young workforce. The median ag...

India : Euromonitor : Vertebrand

Gen Jones

Born 1955–1965 and known as the ‘lost’ generation, this cohort lack Boomer optimism, shaped instead by the economic and social strife of the 1970s.