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Stat: Asia-Pacific drives global culinary trends

According to Marriott International’s latest report The Future of Food 2025 Asia-Pacific, this region is shaping global food and beverage trends.

Travel : Food : Hospitality

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Game-Changers: How the Middle East and Asia are reshaping global sports fandom

Join us on 10 September 2024 for the launch of our new macrotrend report, Game-Changers: The Future of Sports Fandom, in which we track how the spo...

Sports & Leisure : Webinar : Pop-culture & Media

Behaviours

Gen Z in Singapore

Singaporean Gen Z are facing burnout, driven by economic pressures and climate change anxiety, but beware of their national pride and willingness t...

Singapore : Emerging Youth : Gen Z

Big Ideas

Singapore: The Gateway to Asia-Pacific

While Singapore may be small, it can pack a huge punch for brands looking to expand in the Asia-Pacific region

Singapore : APAC Luxury : Retail

Big Ideas

Cosmoprof Bangkok 2024: Eight Key Takeaways

Cosmoprof CBE ASEAN 2024 (13–15 June) highlighted the tremendous growth potential of the region’s beauty market and its potential for leading produ...

Beauty : Asia : Cosmoprof

Big Ideas

How Travel Retail is Evolving

For the travel retail marketplace, Chinese shoppers are still the predominant target customers as they resume overseas trips. We round up key insig...

Retail : Travel : Beauty

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Women’s health worsened in 2021

Women from across the world have experienced worsening health conditions, according to medical tech company Hologic’s 2021 Global Women’s Health In...

Health & Wellness : Society : Asia

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Spirits company takes a decolonised approach to spiced rum

Spirits company Mirchi is launching a natural spiced rum that prioritises real ingredients and community.

Food : Drink : Packaging

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Stat: Asian shoppers are self-gifting luxury goods

A study by Bluebell Group outlines the changing luxury behaviour of Asian consumers, revealing that many buy luxury items as a way to reward themse...

Luxury : Retail : Society

Markets

Asia’s Alternative Protein Market

Alongside health concerns and a curiosity for new tastes, innovation in Asia’s alternative protein market is being steered by product localisation ...

Food : Health And Wellness : Technology

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A digital bank boosting Asian American communities

Fintech disruptor Cheese targets Asian Americans and Asian immigrants with specialised banking tools and a philanthropic mission.

Fintech : Banking : Inclusion

Viewpoints

Transforming cult food brands for global audiences

It’s no longer enough for food brands to have great tasting products. Now, they must build a personality that connects with audiences – anywhere in...

Food : Branding : Restaurants

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Stat: Covid-hit APAC consumers crave international brands

Rakuten Advertising uncovers changing shopping behaviour among Asia-Pacific consumers amid the pandemic.

Retail : E-commerce : APAC

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Stat: Patriotic consumers vie for Chinese beauty brands

New research from Mintel reveals insights into the changing beauty landscape across China amid the pandemic.

Stat : China : Retail

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Exofood’s retail space elevates insect protein

Bangkok-based retail concept and laboratory Exofood has opened to elevate the nutritional benefits of insect protein.

Food And Drink : Retail : Asia

Markets

Chinese Travel Market

With Chinese consumers keen to unleash their pent-up spending power, tourism brands are innovating to restore consumer trust in travelling.

Travel : Tourism : Hospitality

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Stat: Asia to become the largest consumer market by 2022

Major Asian economies are expected to cope with an inter-Covid recession better than their Western counterparts.

Luxury : Covid-19 : Coronavirus

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Covid-19: Beauty brands cash in on Chinese quarantine

A study released by Everbright Textile and Cosmetics Li Jie showed that sales of international high-end brands grew significantly during the Tmall ...

Beauty : Asia : Cosmetics

Big Ideas

The emerging youth zines causing media anarchy

Zines are becoming the platform of choice for youth in Malaysia, South Africa, China and Brazil to express alternative views away from regulated me...

Youth : Media : Generation Z

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Asian Millennials gain a new app for group travel

Ready to Travel taps into the rise in global group travel among young Asians.

Travel : Asia : Travel App

Viewpoints

Generation Z are deconstructing Asian femininity

Social media has empowered Indian women to take control of their identity, says Atika Malik, chief operating officer at Cheil India. Now brands mus...

Youth : Female Futures : Advertising

Viewpoints

Empowering women makes perfect business sense – it’s a fact-based truth

On International Women’s Day, Jamie Holtum, strategy director at FutureBrand London, explains how female empowerment drives economic gro...

Female Futures : Technology : Finance

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Stat: Young Indians are driving TikTok’s growth

India is the biggest market for karaoke app TikTok, according to numbers by Priori Data.

Youth : Media : Music

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Stat: China leads global e-commerce sales

By the end of 2019, China will account for 55.8% of all online retail sales globally.

Retail : E-commerce : Asia