Cost of Living Crisis

How organisations and brands are flexing their business operations to cater for customers facing a global cost of living crisis.

Functional Feasting

Macro Trends

Functional Feasting

As we move past the ‘free from’ era, consumers are increasingly favouring products that do more with less, bringing flavour and fun back into functional nutrition

Modern Burglary

Big Ideas

Modern Burglary

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

FemFin: Female-forward Finance

Behaviours

FemFin: Female-forward Finance

A report from The Future Laboratory and Allied Irish Banks (AIB) reveals how women are pioneering a financial system change – global banks and financial service providers should take note

The Value Contradiction

Big Ideas

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 contradictory for retailers

Coachella Fatigue

Viewpoints

Coachella Fatigue

Market saturation, solo tours and an audience craving community over selfies have turned the hottest music festival lukewarm, says cultural insights writer Ozge Sargin

Modern Burglary

Big Ideas

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

World Retail Congress 2024: The Value Contradiction

Big Ideas

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

Functional Feasting

Macro Trends

Functional Feasting

As we move past the ‘free from’ era, consumers are increasingly favouring products that do more with less, bringing flavour and fun back into funct...

Food & Drink : Indulgence : Health & Wellness

Coachella Fatigue

Viewpoints

Coachella Fatigue

Market saturation, solo tours and an audience craving community over selfies have turned the hottest music festival lukewarm, says cultural insight...

Coachella : Festival : Entertainment

Solar Sustenance

Micro Trends

Solar Sustenance

The sun is rising once again as a source of inspiration for food and drink brands, which are exploring solar sustenance as a long-term solution to ...

Food : Drink : Sustainability

FemFin: Female-forward Finance

Behaviours

FemFin: Female-forward Finance

A report from The Future Laboratory and Allied Irish Banks (AIB) reveals how women are pioneering a financial system change – global banks and fina...

Finance : Investment : Society

Adaptive Appetites

Macro Trends

Adaptive Appetites

As inflation and supply chain fragility sends food and drink prices soaring, consumers and companies are adapting rapidly – embracing frugality, in...

Food : Drink : Society

Micro Trends

Doom Dressing

Driven by a gathering mood of pessimism, a new dark, dystopian and eerie aesthetic is emerging, infused with satire and subversion.

Identity : Fashion : Climate Change

Dutch Design Week 2022: Designing a Better Future

Big Ideas

Dutch Design Week 2022: Designing a Better Future

Creatives at Dutch Design Week 2022 confronted the critical topics of today to envisage a better tomorrow.

Dutch Design Week 2022 : Society : Technology

Markets

Resale Redux

The resale market is enjoying a resurgence, taking on fast fashion as a (mostly) guilt-free alternative, and allowing younger consumers to hunt for...

Retail : Fashion : Sustainability

Convertible Clothing Market

Markets

Convertible Clothing Market

As the sustainable fashion landscape evolves, brands are experimenting with long-lasting garments that adapt, change or grow with wearers.

Fashion : Design : Sustainability

The Paralysis Paradox

Macro Trends

The Paralysis Paradox

At a time of global dissonance, shared solutions and radically disruptive innovation will emerge from science, technology and business organisation...

Society : Sustainability : Technology

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