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Australian Open adopts animated live streams to transform sports viewing

The Australian Open 2025 is pioneering a new era of sports broadcasting with animated live streams reminiscent of Wii Sports.

Sport : Leisure : Media

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Stat: Affordability and gymtimidation shape Middle East fitness boom

Cost remains the primary obstacle preventing people from joining a gym, according to the UAE & KSA Health & Fitness Report 2025, the region...

Sport : Leisure : Health

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ATP Tour launches bold campaign to boost tennis beyond the majors

The ATP Tour is ushering in a new era with It All Adds Up, a campaign designed to elevate the year-round men’s tennis circuit and its role in shapi...

Sport : Leisure : Advertising

Big Ideas

Four Beauty Brands Harnessing the Power of Sports Fandom

As the beauty industry taps into sports culture, brands are capitalising on athletes’ influence to innovate and inspire, scoring big with fans worl...

Beauty : Sports : Leisure

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Southampton FC launches creative design studio Turf

Southampton FC has unveiled Turf, an innovative creative design studio bringing the club’s renowned in-house creative expertise to the broader busi...

Design : Sports : Leisure

Micro Trends

Luxury’s New Clubhouse Model

Luxury brands are shifting towards exclusive, product-free spaces that prioritise immersive experiences in a bid to captivate their most valued cli...

Luxury : Fashion : Retail

Markets

SkipFit: The Health Revolution

New research suggests that rope jumping can benefit brains and bones, adding science to the social media movement reframing skipping for Gen Z and ...

Sport : Health : Wellness

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Self-driving golf trolley iXi offers a high-tech caddie experience

Belgium’s Futurewave, in partnership with software company Botronics, has introduced iXi, an innovative self-driving golf trolley that redefines co...

Sport : Leisure : Technology

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Aescape’s robotic massage tables arrive at the Four Seasons

Aescape, the company behind on-demand robotic massage technology, is expanding into the hospitality sector with upcoming launches at Four Seasons R...

Health&wellness : Robotics : Technology

Markets

The Rise of Inclusive Travel 

From inclusive cultural learning to accessible work and play, successful travel design must have people with disabilities at the forefront. 

Travel : Hospitality : Accessibility

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Game-Changers: Converting supporters into stakeholders

Join us online on 10 September 2024 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm BST for our Sports and Leisure Futures 2024–2025 members-only online event. RSVP now.

Sport : Leisure : Fandom

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Game-Changers: Sports leagues embrace gaming to capture Gen Z fans

Join us online on 10 September 2024 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm BST for our Sports and Leisure Futures 2024–2025 members-only online event. RSVP now.

Sport : Leisure : Fandom

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Official images of the world’s largest football stadium in Morocco have been released

Official images have been released of the Grand Stade Hassan II, set to become the world’s largest football stadium.

Sports : Architecture : Design

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Speedo reclaims its spot in swimwear with new campaign

Speedo has unveiled Go Full Speedo, a global campaign to mark the brand’s relaunch during an Olympic year.

Sport : Heritage : Fashion

Big Ideas

Skiing’s New Frontiers

Amid shifting snowfall patterns, the next generation of global ski destinations is emerging in unexpected locations, challenging traditional alpine...

Skiing : Climate Crisis : Travel

Micro Trends

Future Forecast 2024: Health & Wellness

The sector will benefit from accelerating innovations in sleep enhancement, nutrition and wellbeing in the hope of achieving longer and healthier l...

Health : Wellness : Future Forecast

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Stat: Women’s elite sports set to hit revenue milestone in 2024

Deloitte predicts a ground-breaking revenue increase in women’s elite sports to over £782.9m ($1bn, €911.7m) in 2024, a 300% surge since 2021.

Sports : Leisure : Advertising

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Ikea unveils collection of home fitness and wellness essentials

Ikea is stepping into the home fitness arena with the launch of Dajlien, a limited-edition collection set to hit markets in January 2024.

Sports : Leisure : Design

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DS & Durga develops tennis-scented fragrance

Tapping into the ever-growing racquet culture, fragrance brand DS & Durga has introduced a new scent taking inspiration from the tennis courts.

Beauty : Sports : Leisure

Viewpoints

Leisurewear’s Circular Future

Jun Kamei, founder and CEO of UK-based Amphico, on how material innovation will accelerate the leisure sector’s move to a sustainable future.

Leisure : Sustainability : Materials

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Tom Brady redesigns health and wellness programmes of US schools

Super Bowl champion Tom Brady’s TB12 Foundation has teamed up with American schools to help young people develop healthier daily habits.

Health & Wellness : Youth : Leisure

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MDW: Cleaf remixes materials for future nightclubs

Interior specialist Cleaf has collaborated with Campos Costa Arquitetos on Cleaf Club, a project intended to emphasise the importance of clubs as e...

Youth : Leisure : Hospitality

Micro Trends

Psychophysical Identities

A new wave of designers are exploring how familiar physical feelings can be translated into visual sensations and mood-lifting branding.

Design : Culture : Branding

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Poolsuite is crowdfunding a luxury manor

Poolsuite, the team behind summer-themed radio station Poolsuite FM, is further merging the worlds of Web3 and leisure by launching a Manor DAO.

Media : Travel & Hospitality : Finance

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Jack Wolfskin promotes eco-activism through tv

Outerwear brand Jack Wolfskin is joining eco-activist streaming service WaterBear as a founding partner.

Media : Technology : Sustainability