Articles
Women’s Sportswear: The Big Winner of Paris 2024 Olympics?
Suzi Gardner
For the first time ever, the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will feature an equal number of female and male athletes, which is expected to increase fan interest and opportunities for women and girls to participate in sports. In recent years, women’s professional sports fandom and women’s participation in athletics have been on the rise, leading to opportunities for sportswear brands to appeal to women’s sports fans and female athletes alike through sponsorships, product launches and event activations.
Rise of Disposable Period Pants in China: Menstrual Care’s Lifestyle-Adapting Diversification
Quinn Mai
Underpinned by rising wellness demand, menstrual care has witnessed a consumer shift towards holistic self-care in recent years, with products and services offering security and comfort across targeted use occasions gaining favour.
Flavour Trends and Innovation: Classic Flavours with Strongest Staying Power
Jared Conway
Amidst an ever-growing array of flavour experiments driven by R&D, aimed at capturing the attention of increasingly distracted and busy consumers, certain classic flavours consistently stand out. In the world of packaged food, where new flavours are continuously being introduced, three enduring favourites—chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry—still lead the way.
今後5年間で生活は良くなる：最新調査が明らかにした消費者の声
Connor Malloy
2024年、世界の消費者は、自身の将来をポジティブに考える傾向が高まっている。ユーロモニターが実施した消費者調査によると、回答者の52％が「自身の生活は今後、より良くなる」と感じ、58％は「現在より幸せになると思う」と回答した。このような消費者の感覚が、購買行動や消費意欲の高さに繋がっていることは、企業にとって見逃せない事実である。
Top Trends Shaping the Future of Men’s Skin Care in 2024
Julia Yang
Today’s male beauty consumers are informed and sophisticated, bolstered by dynamic sociocultural influences that are transforming gendered beauty norms. Self-care narratives driven by a digital pulse in social media education are encouraging more men to invest in and expand their skincare routines. As younger generations lead the push to normalise skincare practices for men, companies will need to continue brand-building online to reach an increasingly digital male consumer.
Women’s Health and Self-Care Fashion: Blurring the Lines Between Hygiene, Apparel and Technology
Marguerite LeRolland
After re-evaluating their priorities during the pandemic, consumers continue to invest in taking care of themselves; both their bodies and minds. This impacts the way they consume and the products they use, opening new opportunities for brands that innovate and release products and services promoting body positivity, sustainability and simplicity that create a feeling of comfort and enhance the mood.
Unlocking Potential in Retail by Embedded Finance
David Zhang
The development of embedded finance not only eases the customer journey throughout the retail funnel, which helps reduce purchase abandonment, but it also plays a critical role in driving digital transformation across channels.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Cities
Aleksandra Svidler
As the world continues to urbanise rapidly, the share of global population living in cities is projected to reach 64% by 2040, up from 57% in 2023. This growth highlights the need for innovative and sustainable solutions to boost urban liveability, resilience and efficiency. Digital cities, accelerating climate action, and strategic planning are the key trends shaping the cities of tomorrow, vital for enhancing the quality of urban life and offering opportunities for businesses.
Modernising Loyalty: How Airlines Are Capturing Millennials and Gen Z Travellers
Prudence Lai
The airlines industry is one of the mature industries in adopting loyalty programmes as frequent flyer programmes morph into a profit centre. With shifting traveller behaviour, airlines have to transform engagement through different touchpoints to stay relevant, especially to appeal to younger generations. Airlines are working to provide mobile-led, personalised touchpoints that leverage on latest AI technology to increase their relevance with the younger generations and yield better customer loyalty.