Doom Dressing

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
Resale Redux

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
Membership Retail

Micro Trends

Membership Retail

A wave of apparel brands are shunning mass selling in favour of membership models, in turn reducing product waste and cultivating stronger communit...
Retail : Memberships : Loyalty
Next-door Commerce

Micro Trends

Next-door Commerce

Having re-engaged with their local communities, neighbours are inspiring new retail models based on hyper-local trading and sharing of goods.
Retail : Placemaking : Local
How Privatise the Mandem will Ungentrify our Cities

Viewpoints

How Privatise the Mandem will Ungentrify our Cities

Nabil Al-Kinani of Privatise the Mandem discusses collective ownership in cities such as London, and saving the ‘ends’ from gentrification.
Society : Health & Wellness : Scenario
Inflationary Loyalty Market

Markets

Inflationary Loyalty Market

As inflation increasingly affects customer spending power, brands are having to innovate and develop new strategies to boost loyalty.
Retail : Finance : Society
Retail-flation Responses

Markets

Retail-flation Responses

Amid rising inflation and the knock-on effect of the war in Ukraine, retailers are innovating to support consumers’ tightening purse strings.
Retail : Society : Technology
Budget Bots

Micro Trends

Budget Bots

With consumers financially challenged due to global inflation they are turning to financial apps and services that automatically streamline their s...
Finance : Technology : Retail
Food Austerity Innovators

Markets

Food Austerity Innovators

Global events are causing widespread disruption to the food sector, with innovators and start-ups helping to assuage rising prices and abating supp...
Food : Drink : Society
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