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What Smart Consumers Want in 2025
From dupe culture to AI-powered mirrors, smart consumers are more informed, value-driven, and digitally empowered [...]
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How Travel Retail Thrives Amid Tariffs and Trade Wars
Amid rising tariffs and shifting trade routes, duty-free retail is emerging as a strategic growth [...]
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What Global Retail Sales Reveal About the Consumer Economy Today
Global retail sales are telling a more complex story than the headlines suggest. From cautious [...]
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The Fall and Reinvention of the Multibrand Luxury Store
Once the backbone of global luxury retail, the multibrand luxury store is facing a dramatic [...]
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Asia Beauty Market: Rebuilding Brand Power in a Reopened Sector
As global beauty resets post-pandemic, the Asia beauty market is rewriting the rules of engagement. [...]
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Navigating the Future of Travel Retail in the Middle East
Travel retail in the Middle East is rapidly evolving, driven by changing consumer behavior, digital [...]
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Unpacking the Fashion Rental Economy
Fashion rental is no longer a disruptive experiment. In 2025, it is being repositioned as [...]
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Europe, the US and China at the Center of Global Cosmetics Growth
From Paris to Beijing to New York, cosmetics growth shows no signs of slowing. Because [...]
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What’s Next for Department Stores in 2025?
After a brief post-Covid resurgence, department stores are once again facing declining sales—except in one [...]
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When Did Luxury Stop Feeling Like Luxury?
Global luxury brands are selling a dream, but customers are waking up. The trust gap [...]
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How Gen Alpha Consumers Will Change Retail
Forget Millennials and Gen Z. Gen Alpha consumers are the next wave of shoppers flipping [...]
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The Evolution of Department Stores
As consumer behavior shifts rapidly, department stores in 2025—once the cornerstones of retail—are rethinking their [...]
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Inside The $2 Trillion Wellness Economy Trends That Took Over Retail
Evolving consumer priorities, technology, and value-driven purchasing; These are the latest wellness economy trends making [...]
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Cross-Border Ecommerce and China’s Unstoppable (?) Rise in Europe
Can Europe compete with €3 dresses and 72-hour shipping? Chinese cross-border ecommerce platforms are betting [...]
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Can Luxury Brands Still Command a Premium?
With price tags climbing higher and economic uncertainty testing even the most brand-loyal shoppers, the [...]
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