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Against a backdrop of financial uncertainty and rising living costs, consumer priorities for this Lunar New Year are shifting towards emotional values and meaningful celebrations.
NRF Retail’s Big Show, the world’s largest retail event, took place in January 2025, bringing powerful insights into the future of the sector. We delve into the main predictions and innovations that will shape the retail landscape in 2025 and beyond.
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The Alphas' successors, the Beta generation, born from 2025 onwards, will grow up in a world shaped by AI, global instability and climate crises. But what does this mean in practice?
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With the Covid-19 pandemic changing consumer buying priorities and habits as well as affecting finance, we highlight three key shifts in the market and how they will affect design.
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With lockdown restrictions being lifted in many parts of the world, consumers are heading back to stores with a vengeance as ‘revenge buying’ – or the post-lockdown spending rebound – hits high streets around the world. Consumers eager to shop in physical stores and from brands they’ve not been able to find online are…
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Throughout, our S/S 22 key colours, we have balanced the desire for newness with the need for familiarity, with green, blue and yellow tones that feel reassuring and consistent, and juicy pink and orange tones that bring excitement and optimism to the season. Our final key colour for S/S 22 and named WGSN’s colour of…
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Introducing Digital Lavender as our Colour of the Year for 2023.
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During this turbulent and tough time, so many of us have found a new reality for working, socialising and parenting, all without leaving our homes. Getting to grips with a new daily routine, social distancing from loved ones and a lot of extra time on our hands can sometimes make us feel overwhelmed and anxious, but…
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As we leave the decade that brought us Netflix, Millennial pink, Whatsapp, #ad and meme culture, we truly see just how much can change in 10 years. Looking into the 2020s, increasingly intelligent technologies, social uncertainties, along with efforts to balance careers and lifestyles all contribute to ensure the…
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