In this week’s edition of the Trend Taster, we round up the snackable trends, stats and insights from around the world, including:

• Are tampons getting an engineering upgrade?

• Gen Z parents are struggling with reading to their kids

• Expedia's AI turns Instagram reels into bookable itineraries

• Explainer: grandymoons

• Delta Airlines has partnered with Missoni to update its cabin

In this week’s edition of the Trend Taster, we round up the snackable trends, stats and insights from around the world, including:

• Only 33% of US firms actually require full office presence

• Tactile workshop teaches blind women how to style their hair by touch

• What is Substack Couture?

• Explainer: townsizing

• Nigeria's PalmPay turns corner shops into bank branches

Last weekend, I drove down to Devon for an impromptu seaside break: ice cream, fish and chip, dodging seagulls, impossibly cheerful pastel-coloured houses that look like a row of macarons. Classic British seaside therapy.

This morning, I stumbled across research about #gelatocore, and suddenly those butter-lemon yellows and soft peach facades made perfect sense. According to Faire, a wholesale marketplace, British consumers are embracing Italian ice cream aesthetics: pistachio searches have surged 600%, vanilla climbs 400%, and mint follows at 130%.

In this week’s edition of the Trend Taster, we round up the snackable trends, stats and insights from around the world, including:

• Are tampons getting an engineering upgrade?

• Uno is launching physical social clubs

• Home meal preparation has reached its highest level since 2020

• Explainer: dark tourism

• Brazilians can earn money from their digital footprint

In this week’s edition of the Trend Taster, we round up the snackable trends, stats and insights from around the world, including:

• Gen Z spend most on subscription

• SVoD Services Struggling for Identity

• Juicy Tubes are making a comeback

• Explainer: cloud coffee

• Retailers bet on AI transformation

In this week’s edition of the Trend Taster, we round up the snackable trends, stats and insights from around the world, including:

• The Google Street View "Internet Roadtrip"

• Savvy consumers are sceptical of loyalty cards

• Butter made from thin air

• Explainer: dry texting

• 60% of British women are reporting being "mansplained" about money