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

• Retro Kitchen TVs Return as Antidote to Streaming Fatigue

• Cinemas Screen Live Sports to Fill Seats

• Clean Labels As Supply Chain Transparency

• Explainer: Poppamine

• Orient Express Launches Paris-Amalfi Route

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

• Academic Coffee Sparks Viral Banana Latte Trend

• AI Sorts Jumbled Lego Collections

• Gaming and Beauty Converge Through Narrative

• Explainer: Home Swapping

• Cognitive Issues Double Among Under-40s

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

• 59% of Gen Z live paycheck to paycheck

• Fifth-graders are using "old-timey" Tin Can landlines

• How will the ultra-wealthy travel in 2026?

• Explainer: 996 culture

• Asian handbag brands are building loyal followings

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

• 35% of consumers are simplifying skincare post-procedure

• Students bypass school phone bans by turning to Google Docs

• Gen Z is walking away from brands over AI mistrust

• Explainer: retro music platforms

• Should Apple bring back the iPod?

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

• Skincare drinks are trending

• Who wants retro dial-up connections?

• Hybrid-electric cars hit 35% of EU registrations

• Explainer: retro dinner party revival

• Pinball is resurging

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's extreme tanning

• What is a “caffeine nap”?

• Consumers feel 42% confident spotting AI images

• Explainer: microshifting

• Is hōjicha the new matcha?

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

• Cinematic Sound Takes Centre Stage

• Second-Hand Luxury's Authentication Challenge

• The viral 6‑6‑6 walking routine

• Explainer: baristaphobia

• Google Maps becomes the world's largest unintentional photo album

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

• Cancelled Trip Marketplaces

• Next-Gen Windows: Wood, Egg Whites, and Rice

• Event tourism is on the rise

• Explainer: colour drenching

• The "Zombie Brand" Resurgence

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

• Millennial moms are obsessed with their grandmothers' game

• Discreet period care kits for hotel rooms

• Overlooked platforms harbour super-engaged audiences

• Explainer: dopamine dressing

• Solar Sidewalks Are Turning Every Footstep Into Electricity

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

• The world's food supply runs on just nine plants

• Your garden lights are erasing the stars

• A £50,000 diamond ring that fights phone addiction

• Explainer: Death Metal Health Food

• Starbucks Bets Big on Protein Cold Foam

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

• Indian Snacks Are Conquering Western Supermarkets

• MIT turns banana peels into coffee cups

• New Hope for Inheritable Disease: "Mitochondrial Donation" IVF

• Explainer: sensory marketing

• Dior turns shopping into fortune telling at Harrods

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

• Men now make up over a third of Pinterest's global audience

• New travel trend sees parents crashing honeymoons

• When BookTok Meets Real-World Adventure

• Explainer: vintage haul culture

• How 'Beige-ification' Is Redefining Luxury Travel

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

• Teenagers are taking control of their smartphones

• Hermès turned shopping into a murder mystery

• Maybelline is the first-ever official cosmetic partner of WWE

• Explainer: google maps girl

• NotebookLM now has featured notebooks

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