Lifestyle &amp; Products

Next-Generation Oral Care

The mouth is having its wellness moment. As science connects oral health more closely to whole-body health, people are beginning to treat brushing, flossing and beyond with the same attention they give skincare and nutrition.

Inside the Peptide Boom

Once confined to bodybuilders and biohackers, peptides are becoming mainstream wellness currency – self-injected, celebrity-endorsed and grey market-grown, blurring the line between medical treatment and lifestyle upgrade.

Retail

Target turns beauty retail into a discovery destination

Target is launching Target Beauty Studio in more than 600 stores and through Target.com, bringing over 1,600 products from 90 prestige and emerging names – including global brands – to a dedicated discovery environment.

Design

Design

The Future Laboratory discusses functional health at London Packaging Week

On 17 September 2026, The Future Laboratory’s chief creative officer Chris Sanderson took to the stage at London Packaging Week. He took part in the panel Meet the new consumer: packaging for the age of functional health, hosted by Jono Wylie, strategy director at Eatbigfish.

Manchester City Women becomes the first WSL club to have its own brand identity

Manchester City Women has become the first club in the Women’s Super League (WSL) to launch a brand identity distinct from its men’s team, developed by football branding specialist Nomad Studio.

Sustainability

Stat: Outdoor fashion leads in latest circularity rankings

Outdoor fashion is emerging as the most mature category for circularity, according to Kearney’s sixth Circular Fashion Index.

Design

Bugaboo explores a waste-powered future

Bugaboo has collaborated with Finland’s Aalto University to create a concept pram using bio-based and biodegradable materials, turning everyday waste into functional product components.

Fashion

Fashion

Foresight Friday: Rose Coffey, senior strategic foresight analyst

Every Friday, we offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about.

Fashion

Stat: Why brands need to teach consumers how to care for their clothes

A **new survey** from British fashion brand FatFace shows that 45% of UK consumers have never found a perfect pair of jeans, with 52% citing inconsistent sizing between brands as their biggest obstacle.

Dior and A24 launch a two-year creative partnership

Dior has announced a two-year creative partnership with entertainment company A24, becoming the main partner of New York’s historic Cherry Lane Theatre, recently renovated and now owned by A24.

Food & Drink

Noma re-opens in Copenhagen with micro-seasons menus

Acclaimed Copenhagen restaurant Noma has re-opened with a new leadership team and a dining format built around 12 monthly micro-seasons, following its Los Angeles residency earlier this year.

Censored Truth campaign by Patrón Tequila

Marketing & Branding

New Patrón campaign plays with censorship to champion ingredient transparency

Patrón Tequila has launched Censored Truth, a new campaign using redacted visuals, bleeped audio and obscured language to highlight the industry restrictions that prevent tequila brands from openly communicating that their products contain no additives.

Inside the Peptide Boom

Aman opened the Tea House Senkutsu, a traditional tea house at its Kyoto resort for visitors to experience an authentic tea ceremony, Japan

JW Marriott Marquis Dubai launches botanical beverage lab Aurōm

JW Marriott Marquis Dubai will open Aurōm this month, a botanical beverage lab and speciality coffee destination developed with The Herball and botanical innovator Michael Isted.

Health, Wellness & Sport

DUSQ launches a wearable that reacts to sleep interruptions in real time

Sleep tech start-up DUSQ has launched a behind-the-ear wearable that intervenes during sleep disturbances instead of simply recording them.

Manchester City Women becomes the first WSL club to have its own brand identity

Manchester City Women has become the first club in the Women’s Super League (WSL) to launch a brand identity distinct from its men’s team, developed by football branding specialist Nomad Studio.

Phira launches hormone-tracking earring back

Houston-based start-up Phira has emerged from stealth with early results on a non-invasive earring-back wearable designed to track oestrogen, luteinizing hormone (LH) and progesterone dynamics across the menstrual cycle.

Luxury

Dior and A24 launch a two-year creative partnership

Dior has announced a two-year creative partnership with entertainment company A24, becoming the main partner of New York’s historic Cherry Lane Theatre, recently renovated and now owned by A24.

Fashion

The Hot Pot Table: How Shanghai’s most exciting retail brands are winning on…

The Hot Pot Table is the monthly deep dive for global executives and brand managers who need to move past the headlines and into the operational reality of the world’s most dynamic consumer markets in Asia.

Cookson Adventures turns myth into an entertainment-led voyage

Cookson Adventures is turning Homer’s Odyssey into a £1.9m ($2.5m, €2.2m) seven-day superyacht experience for up to 12 guests, blending immersive theatre, interactive storytelling and marine conservation across the Greek islands.

Aldar breaks ground on Abu Dhabi's most ambitious luxury district yet

Aldar, Abu Dhabi's leading real estate developer, has unveiled Marsa Al Saadiyat – the final phase of Saadiyat Island, one of the most ambitious luxury residential developments in the region.

Mobility

Volkswagen plugs camper heritage into an electric future

At the 2026 Caravan Salon in Düsseldorf, Volkswagen unveiled the ID. California Cruise, its first fully electric California camper van.

Mobility

Tesla launches steering-wheel-free Cybercab robotaxi service

Tesla has begun passenger trials of its purpose-built Cybercab robotaxi in Austin, Texas, marking a step towards fully autonomous ride-hailing.

Mobility

The Neo-Urbanites: The Urban Wayfinder

Meet the Urban Wayfinder, a Neo-Urbanite who navigates the city by bike, mapping his surroundings and choosing the scenic route over the fastest one.

Technology

DUSQ launches a wearable that reacts to sleep interruptions in real time

Sleep tech start-up DUSQ has launched a behind-the-ear wearable that intervenes during sleep disturbances instead of simply recording them.

Technology

Ikea tackles Skyrim’s clutter problem with playable Kallax campaign

Ikea has entered The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with Kallax Storageborn, a free downloadable companion voiced by Matt Berry, turning the brand’s storage expertise into a game mechanic.

Phira launches hormone-tracking earring back

Next-Generation Oral Care

Travel & Hospitality

Not A Hotel unveils giant Poké Ball guest room in Japan

Hotelier Not A Hotel has revealed a three-metre-diameter guest room shaped like a giant Poké Ball, set on a lakeside in Tomakomai City, Hokkaido.

Volkswagen plugs camper heritage into an electric future

At the 2026 Caravan Salon in Düsseldorf, Volkswagen unveiled the ID. California Cruise, its first fully electric California camper van.