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Welcome To The Club

... modern youth are accustomed to digitally mediated relationships, many existing social platforms don’t actually stimulate meaningful conversation or emotional connection. Young people have embraced retailers that emphasize Community > Commerce, and go out of their way to visit retail environments that provide IRL experiences as part of a group. Their desire for such spaces and events has given rise to group fitness classes, rather than solitary exercise, and has seen them turn work from being just ...

Global Food & Beverage Trends

... Bar.Vrei A combination bar and café in Vienna, Austria is offering patrons the opportunity to game in VR while hanging out, eating, and drinking using various VR headsets, including Samsung GearVR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive. For those who prefer their gaming a little more old school, Vrei also offers original arcade games.Glenfiddich Whisky brand Glenfiddich staged a virtual reality tasting experience in Singapore at the TFWA travel retail conference. Using HTC Vive technology, the ...

Future Of Travel, Transportation, & Infrastructure

... Trade-Off) - Smart Cities - These smart cities seek to reduce pain points across many aspects of urban living, such as sustainability, safety, connectivity, and efficiency by improving traffic and transportation. Phoenix, AZ Bill Gates has purchased nearly 25,000 acres of land outside of Phoenix with the intention of building a smart city with approximately 80,000 homes. Along with residential property, land has been set aside for industrial, office, and retail space, as well as 470 acres for ...

Open House

... places they live and compensate for what their residences lack. This presents a key opportunity for brands to create inviting environments where consumers can feel at home or that function as secondary spaces where they can perform some of the tasks they would do at home if they had more space. Brands without a retail presence can also create a nontraditional home for young consumers by making or sponsoring pop-up areas. For example,this approach proved successful for appliance maker Siemens and ...

GPS (Global Positioning Success)

... International Women’s Day by creating a feminist spinoff of its “all in” campaign, called “all in for #mygirls.” With the goal of encouraging young women to excel in both sports and life, the cornerstone of the campaign was an online magazine that crowdsourced consumer social media content via the #mygirls hashtag. Additional campaign components were created for various online platforms, retail, and TV, with “all in for #mygirls” commercials airing in Russia, Korea, and China. Major bank ANZ, as part of its ...

The Optimization Generation

... reduce time and energy inefficiencies. For example, Nordstrom.com allows customers to see if items they find online are available in the store before they make a trip. Ensure an optimized shopping experience by creating an uncluttered, organized retail environment with a stress-free checkout process. - OPTIMIZING THE OFFICE - ESSENTIALISM Greg McKeown’s Essentialism: the Disciplined Pursuit of Less became an instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller in 2014 and continues to gain ...

IRL (In Real Live)

... consume content together, such as a Buffy the Vampire Slayer binge-a-thon, and hear from industry speakers.Samsung 837 Aside from hosting a Stranger Things BingeFest, as mentioned above, the immersive retail space regularly hosts screenings of at-home entertainment, such as a live airing of Rocky Horror Picture Show. Accompanying refreshments are typically served.Vinyl Listening Parties Vinyl Me, Please, a monthly record club that delivers curated, exclusive LP pressings to members, regularly ...

#Celebrate

... friends and followers, no matter how big or small the event. In finding opportunities to commemorate ordinary days and connect with their peers, Ys and Zs are reworking the traditional calendar of holidays to better meet their needs. They recognize their power to disrupt almost every industry, from retail to travel to entertainment. Consequently, they see no reason why they cannot adjust tradition and invent new ways for society to mark occasions; this is only fitting for generations engrained with a ...

Single Inclusive

... Christmas there’s mum, and behind every mum there’s Asda,” was seen as an ignorant oversight of the nontraditional families, among them friend groups, who also celebrate the holidays. Netflix’s log-in page only shows photos of traditional families (two parents, two kids) enjoying the home entertainment service, completely overlooking its single subscribers— most of whom likely relish the absolute control they wield over their queues. Membership-only retail warehouse clubs, like Costco and Sam’s Club ...

Digital Trends

... BEAUTYAmazon recently unveiled a Luxury Beauty Store within its greater Beauty & Health category. This shop-within-a-shop carries 24 high-end cosmetics brands, and was designed to resemble shoppers’ go-to luxury beauty destinations, like Sephora and Net-A-Porter. According to a 2012 survey by Forrester, 30% of online shoppers begin their product research at Amazon. The retail giant’s creation of the themed microsite suggests its intention to intercept purchases at this point of preliminary research. For ...