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Retail 2.0: Shopping As A Live Event

... , in Tokyo that mimicked a movie set—with Hermès products unobtrusively placed throughout.Barneys The luxury department store created a five-floor immersive event in LA with The Drop, which featured,among other things, a Fila pizza parlor, a digital cloud installation by Fear of God, a Birkenstock "park" serving Moon Juice, and a skating rink sponsored by Gucci, Versace, and Fendi. This was a dramatic expansion from its previous NYC iteration of The Drop, which focused solely on exclusive ...

The State Of The Sub/Urban

... , which will be home to Georgia's first urban agrihood. Urban Wineries Urban wineries are also on the rise in cities around the world, including the U.S., London, and Tokyo. Meanwhile, Australia has introduced The Urban Vineyard Project, where it's giving thousands of grapevines to everyday people in order to turn balconies and backyards across the country into the world's largest urban vineyard. These additions are a way in which people can feel as if they're escaping the city—even for ...

Culture Spotlight On Japan

... popularity; it was the place to be 30 years ago, and it's being revived in Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo. In 2017, Japanese City Pop made a comeback and is a highly requested genre at nightclubs. South Korea is also experiencing this strong attitude toward pop music trends of the past. Solid, an R&B group from ‘90s, is releasing a new album after 22 years but staying true to their original sound and aesthetic. The Korean-American trio released their self-created comeback album and threw a party at ...

Global Music Trends

... from the LP was released as a virtual reality app. The Björk Digital exhibition, a VR experience, launched in Sydney, Australia and traveled to Tokyo, London, Paris, and Houston in 2016, arriving in LA in summer of 2017. Gorillaz Prior to their April 2017 album drop, UK band Gorillaz released a 360 VR music video for “Saturnz Barz (Spirit House).” According to Billboard the video set a record by racking up more than 3 million views in the first 48 hours, the biggest ...

Global TV Trends

... series is markedly different from past shows. Miss Sherlock is set in modern day Tokyo and stars two Japanese actresses. In the new series, the character Sherlock is a British-born Japanese woman named Sara Shelly Futaba, an investigative consultant to the police departments. She strikes up a partnership with Dr. Wato Tachibana, a surgeon who recently returned to Tokyo after a volunteer medical mission to Syria. Together they solve bizarre cases.Monkey Magic The beloved children’s TV ...

Global Analog Trends

... 2017 with the sale of 14.32 million albums, a 9% increase since 2016. That same year, Sony Music Entertainment, a label that had shuttered its vinyl production in 1989 after CDs took over the market, announced that it would once again press vinyl records. Young consumers’ desire for old school records catalyzed Sony’s decision to open a vinyl production factory in Tokyo. Sony has deals with chart-topping artists such as Beyoncé, Adele, and Daft Punk, whose music resonates globally.German ...

The Young & The Restless

... and are fascinated by metrics (see Numbers Game). There’s been a surge in performance sleepwear that helps people optimize their ability to rest, and brands have an opportunity to further innovate in this space. Moreover, beverages that aid in people’s ability to sleep well are becoming the next iteration of energy drinks. There’s even been a rise in nap classes, and in Tokyo, there are nap cafes. The market around slumber enhancement is only growing, but as it stands, much of it is aimed at ...

Glutton Goals

... ice cream wrapped in an edible gold leaf, while diners at Shinjuku Isetan in Tokyo can opt for sushi wrapped in an edible gold leaf. At the Eat the World festival in Dubai, UK food truck The Roadery unveiled a gold-plated burger called the Burg Khalifa inspired by the tallest building in the world, The Burj Khalifa.Freakshakes Aptly named “freakshakes”—milkshakes overflowing with piles of desserts—have been catching on globally. The freakshake phenomenon first took off when Pâtissez ...

Scene Stealers

... Scenes This fall, the documentary Sopranos: Behind the Scenes – Volume 1 of 2 became available, offering an insider view into the series. The film includes on-location footage from 1997-2007, as well as interviews from 2000-2014 with the cast, crew, and owners of the locations used in the series.Tokyo 42: Behind the Scenes The multi-part documentary Tokyo 42: Behind the Scenes covers the making of the action game, including the creative process used by the developers and information on new ...

Branding Trends

... Cheetos, Land O’Lakes, and SPAM have already taken advantage of this emerging trend. Kit Kat Museum Visitors to the Kit Kat Museum in Tokyo discovered the history of the chocolate bar dating back to 1973, alongside 18 hard-to-find flavors available for purchase. The pop-up museum coincided with the release of the Everyday Luxury Kit Kat bar, flavored with almonds and dried cranberries.IKEA Museum The site of the original IKEA store, which opened in Almhult, Sweden in 1958, is now the location of a ...