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Marketing & Branding

Brand Innovation Debrief: Refy

By blending minimalist innovation, community-driven marketing and immersive brand experiences, viral beauty brand Refy is proving it’s here to stay.

Photography by Kseniya Buraya
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Beauty

Deep Sea Wellness

Beauty and wellness brands are tapping into powerful deep sea ingredients with the potential to redefine skincare, hydration and sun protection.

Arcaea, US
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Technology

Biotech can Drive Beauty beyond Plant-based Ingredient-sourcing

Jasmina Aganovic, CEO of Arcaea, explains how biotechnology can help source and develop more ethical and intelligent ingredients.

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Retail

Why retail requires long-term metaverse strategies

Justin Hochberg, CEO of Virtual Brand Group, explains the untapped benefits of the metaverse, from R&D to phygital marketing and avatar behaviour analysis.

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Design

It’s time sexual wellness got real

The most interesting part of sexual wellness R&D is how it’s helping us to better understand human sexuality through an intersectional lens, writes Smile Makers’ Cecile Gasnault.

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Marketing & Branding

Noshtalgia: why classic tastes are driving food innovation

From alternative ingredients to monthly delivery drops, the quest for comfort, childhood flavours and convenience is bringing new products to diners’ tables.

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Marketing & Branding

It’s time to reboot the start-up mentality

Fundamental change is needed at the heart of any business to truly live and breathe start-up thinking, making and doing.

Hendrick’s Gin Distillery
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Food & Drink

For the Hendrick’s master distiller, the gin craze is here to stay

With a new distillery and production increasing, Lesley Gracie, master distiller at Hendrick’s, and Ally Martin, its global brand ambassador, outline the brand’s approach to innovation and their view on the future of gin.

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Technology

Self-healing Materials

Self-healing materials will soon offer brands the opportunity to make their products far more resilient.