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

• Negative age stereotypes in ads

• Puerto Rico’s glow-in-the-dark medication labels

• Relooted lets players steal back 70 real African artifacts

• Explainer: queenager

• German cities incentivise safer nighttime travel for women

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

• Your drink choice reveals more than you think

• Why Travellers Are Choosing 24-Hour Escapes Over Hotel Stays

• New paint literally sweats to cool structures

• Explainer: messy beauty

• Africa becomes the new playground for $50,000-a-night hotels

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

• What is "The Topanga" hair trend?

• Mothers are actively trying to delay their daughters' first periods

• 32% of pet owners skip vet visits

• Explainer: snackification

• What are home cafés?

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

• Americans are ditching fitness influencers and smartwatches

• Fictional memories are reshaping our identities

• What are the latest snack trends?

• Explainer: bakery tourism

• Solo travel is becoming mainstream

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

• Luxury consumers abandon extremes for the middle ground

• HNWI have a different spending mindset

• What is the "McMigraine meal"?

• Explainer: frolleagues

• Copenhagen tops the 2025 Happy City Index

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

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

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 consumers expect AI beauty personalisation

• Viking's hydrogen-powered cruise ship

• Brand Loyalty is Shrinking

• Explainer: cofertility

• Beauty's Next Frontier

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

• The rise in pensioner shoplifting

• Gen Z's ChatGPT stylist

• Ferrero is launching Nutella Peanut

• Explainer: Luxury Blind Boxes

• The epic 100-day global train journey

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

• Pinterest's enhanced visual search

• Visa's Intelligent Commerce "agentic shopping"

• Philips' Fixables offers 3D-printable repair

• Explainer: millennial hobby energy

• Luxury Diapers

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

• • Agatha Christie's AI-powered writing course

  • AI-generated avatars help marketplace sellers

  • The world’s longest train journey

  • Explainer: quiet cracking

  • The rise of "screen fatigue"

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

• Durex India's "The 🐔 Blocker"

• Slow travel

• AI-powered addiction recovery

• Explainer: Dirty Soda

• China's emerging plus-size modelling scene

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

• Reddit's time spent is surging

• Gen Z's travel 'icks'

• Gen Alpha's influence on their parents' shopping

• Foreca$ter puts a dollar on Canada's snowfall

• The misunderstanding of gluten sensitivity

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

• AI-powered dubbing

• Gen Z's instant coffee boom

• Dior's luxury rail travel

• Sleep Tourism

• Rome airport's app to support travellers with vision impairments

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

• Does anyone still print photographs?

• The hidden costs of digital nomadism

• "Lipstick in the dark" stores

• "Granny hobbies"

• Knit-while-you-watch screenings