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Stat: Millennials to overtake Gen X in beauty spending by 2034

Gen X is currently the dominant force in global beauty spending, with the generation set to contribute an additional $150bn (£119bn, €141bn) to the...

Beauty : Society : Retail

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Foresight Friday: Seyi Oduwole, foresight analyst

Every Friday, The Future Laboratory team offers an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, ...

Foresight Friday : Boomers : Boomers Now And Next: From Ageing To Becoming

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Stat: Feeld report reveals Gen Z embrace kink and monogamy

A new report by Dr Justin Lehmiller of The Kinsey Institute and Feeld explores shifting trends in dating and relationships across generations.

Dating : Youth Hostel : Society

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Canyon Ranch launches wellness programme to live younger for longer

Canyon Ranch has launched Longevity8, a pioneering wellness programme designed to help individuals live healthier, longer lives.

Health & Wellness : Luxury : Travel & Hospitality

News

Stat: Growing online demand drives surge in perimenopause care products

While searches for ‘perimenopause’ have surged by 151% over the past five years, the market is expanding to include more than just supplements.

Perimenopause : Health : Wellness

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Foresight Friday: Fiona Harkin, director of foresight

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

Foresight : Gen X : Generation Xers

Viewpoints

The Future of Work is Inter-Generational

Commercial director of 55/Redefined, Andy Simpson, explains why companies that radically change the way they employ over-50s and embrace an inter-g...

Workplace : Generations : Accesibility

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Stat: Older workers are key to the UK’s economic growth

The UK’s economic future hinges on mobilising its older workforce, according to a report by the Centre for Ageing Better (CAB).

Finance : Cost Of Living : Economy

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Stat: Survey finds that Millennials lead astrology interest

A survey conducted by the Harris Poll sheds light on astrology’s popularity among different generations in the US.

Astrology : Society : Millennials

Macro Trends

Gen X Now and Next: From Ambiguity to Advocacy

Having long lived in the shadow of Baby Boomers and Millennials, Gen X are racing against time to make their influence felt, while juggling their c...

Generations : Gen X : Demographics

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Stat: Gen X expect to keep working longer than they planned

Retirement expectations in America are undergoing a seismic shift, with Gen X (born between 1965 and 1980) becoming the first cohort to navigate re...

Youth : Workplace : Finance

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Stat: Inter-generational sales rise in resale

As resale platforms become an increasingly prominent feature in the e-commerce landscape, different age groups are adopting the model.

Fashion : Retail : Stat

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Perfect Diary’s inter-generational beauty campaign

For its latest video campaign, beauty brand Perfect Diary has highlighted the beauty exchange between female relatives of all ages, in a bid to uni...

Beauty : Flat Age : Advertising

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Stat: Tv advertising is most influential for Generation X

In a recent US survey, 23.5% of Generation X respondents said they had made a purchase influenced by tv ads in the past six months.

Advertising : Gen X : Retail

Viewpoints

Blokes and beauty: why brands need to watch their language

Michael Sheridan, founder of retail design agency Sheridan&Co, says the men’s beauty sector is ripe for growth, but first it must address the every...

Beauty : Retail : New Masculinity

News

Thought-starter: Are Generation X finance’s forgotten generation?

With the prospect of retiring later, this family-orientated generation of spenders are in need of dedicated financial support to help alleviate the...

Finance : FinTech : Gen X

Markets

Money Market: Generation X

With the prospect of retiring later, this family-orientated generation of spenders are in need of dedicated financial support to help alleviate the...

FinTech : Money : Gen X

Markets

Wellness Tourism

Hotels are offering new ways of supporting guests’ wellbeing beyond the traditional spa treatment.

Wellness : Travel : Hospitality

Big Ideas

The attitudes of US high-net-worth individuals are changing

US – A new study highlights the differences between generations when it comes to investing, relationships and philanthropy.

Finance : Luxury : Culture

Communities

New Beauty Consumers

Beauty, it is often said, is in the eye of the beholder. For five key consumer tribes with very different views about global beauty, this saying ...

Grooming : Consumer Behaviour : Beauty Routines

Big Ideas

Generation travel

US – Millennials spend the most on domestic travel, according to a new study by the Shullman Research Center.

Generations : Consumer Behaviour : Travel Spending

Big Ideas

Generation X fares better than others in post-recession climate

US – American ThirtyfiveUps are the only generation to have become richer since the recession, suggest new findings published in the Federal Rese...

Gen X : Generation X : Consumer Futures

Big Ideas

Cannes Lions 2014: Study shows digital divide between Millennials and Generation X

Millennials are almost twice as likely to name themselves as early technology adopters than members of Generation X, according to a new study from ...

Cannes Lions 2014 : Mobile : Razorfish

Big Ideas

Generation X suffers from a weak identity

Generation X is the neglected middle child, stuck between the Millennials and Baby Boomers, according to a report by Pew Research Center.

Generation X : Pew Research Center : Millennials

Big Ideas

Financial pressure forces US boomers to retire later

Far from racing towards retirement, many American Baby Boomers plan to work after they reach 65.

Baby Boomers : Retirement : Gallup