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Big Ideas

Four Sexuwellness Travel Destinations Prioritising Pleasure

Heating up the sexual wellness travel market, the rise of seductive stays reflects a growing trend for travellers seeking a reclamation of their se...

Wellness : Hospitality : Travel

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief:  Alo Yoga

Alo Yoga has grown from its Los Angeles home into a globally renowned and coveted brand, using aspirational luxury, the rise of sporty lifestyles a...

Fashion : Sports & Leisure : Retail

News

Hermès balances wellness with luxury in WeChat tutorials

Luxury brand Hermès has launched yoga tutorials via a WeChat Mini Programme as a way to promote its accessories.

Luxury : Wellness : Yoga

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Lululemon’s sensory yoga mat optimises alignment

Activewear brand Lululemon is helping people to improve their yoga alignment with its sensory Take Form Yoga Mat.

Health And Wellness : Retail : Protective Performance Apparel

Micro Trends

Self-care Spaces

New community and co-working spaces are emerging that provide a nuanced approach to self-care.

Wellness : Workplace : Community

Markets

Plus-size Market

A one-size-fits-all approach to fashion, retail and marketing is limiting brands’ potential to engage with consumers.

Plus Size : Marketing : Post-body Mindset

Communities

Anti-luxurians

Purist athletics gear, technology-driven fashion and brand subversion are the new cornerstones that represent a multifaceted future luxury consum...

Anti-luxurians : Fashion : Anti-authenticity

News

Preview: Holistic Athletes

Global – Our latest tribe identifies a new beauty consumer, more likely to be running to fight wrinkles and eating to beat acne.

Holistic Athletes : Nutrition : Fitness

Communities

Holistic Athletes

A desire to balance their minds, meals and bodies as well as their skin keeps Holistic Athletes looking as good as they feel.

The Optimised Self : Fitness : Wellness

Micro Trends

Social Wellness

Exclusive wellness clubs and apps are facilitating social interactions and redefining what it means to meet, mingle and be well.

Social Wellness : Social Clubs : Apps

Markets

Athleisure Market

Athleisure is now widely stocked, from Sports Direct to Selfridges, and the pervasive sports and casual apparel trend is not going away.

Athleisure : Health & Wellbeing : Fitness

News

Forward-looking

New York – District Vision is a new eyewear brand that aims to help people achieve mental and physical wellbeing.

District Vision : Eyeware : Athleisure

Big Ideas

Pre-flight floga

London – Airport retail has finally woken up to yoga with the UK’s first runway-side workout classes for mind and body at Gatwick.

Wellbeing : Airport Retail : The Optimised Self

Micro Trends

Alco-health

Healthy hedonism is on the rise as consumers seek new ways to have a good time without avoiding alcohol altogether, and new spaces are opening to...

Neo-Detox : Alcohol : The Springs

News

World-class workout

New York – Forget working out, the biggest challenge at Nike’s 45 Grand fitness hub is getting in.

Nike : 45 Grand : Luxury

News

Soft steps

Eindhoven – Art gallery MU is set to hold Soft Breaths & Soft Beats, a one-off event that blends art, technology and mindfulness.

Zoned-out Spaces : Eindhoven : Mindfulness

News

Work and Life, Balanced

London – Luxury department store Selfridges has launched Work It!, a multichannel campaign to help consumers achieve work-life balance.

Work-life Balance : Selfridges : Work It!

News

Gym glam: StellaSport hits the shelves of high street retailers

UK – Adidas has teamed up with Stella McCartney for StellaSport, its new range of sportswear aimed at younger women.

Adidas : StellaSport : Afro-pastiche

Design Directions

The Springs

At The Springs in Downtown Los Angeles, visitors can come in for a yoga session, work on their laptop and then finish the night with a vegan meal a...

Los Angeles : Body Temples : Wellness

News

All well and good: Wellbeing centre embodies healthy lifestyle dream

Los Angeles – The Springs, a new restaurant, yoga and wellness centre, has opened in Downtown Los Angeles.

The Springs : DTLA : Body Temples

Big Ideas

Lululemon plans menswear store in New York

Activewear brand Lululemon will open its first stand-alone men’s store in Soho, New York.

Lululemon Athletica : New York : Menswear

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Net-A-Porter to launch site dedicated to sportswear

Net-A-Sporter will offer luxury sportswear for women who want to go straight from ballet to brunch.

Net-A-Porter : Activewear : Luxury

Viewpoints

Celebrity Me-brands: It’s Not All Good

The business struggles of Gwyneth Paltrow’s site Goop shows that celebrity lifestyle brands are not a sure bet.

VIPeers : Gwyneth Paltrow : Lifestyle Blogs

Big Ideas

Retail Analysis: Cult brand lululemon arrives in London

Canadian sportswear brand lululemon has opened it first European ‘community’ store, in Covent Garden.

Lululemon : Yoga : Covent Garden

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Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2014: Part 1

The beauty world was out in force seeking the new and the next at Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2014.

Beauty+ : Cosmoprof : Cosmopack