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Hotspots brings you the Mintel Trends team’s top observations on product and service launches from around the world. From naughty Valentine’s gifts to fair trade awareness, find out ...

In our recent blog, we discussed how brands, through their advertising campaigns, are looking to eliminate harmful and diminishing portrayals of people across advertising, and are instead, addressing ...

Brands across the world are becoming increasingly vocal about issues that once would have been deemed too risky to be a part of, in fear of losing their ...

In September last year, Starbucks opened its first store in Asia built from recycled shipping containers. Source: Starbucks.com Located in Hualien City, Taiwan, the store is part of the ‘Starbucks ...

Hotspots brings you the Mintel Trends team’s top observations on product and service launches from around the world. From a wearable devices that warns against dangerous UV radiations, ...

Plastic waste is an issue that is under major scrutiny in Asia. In fact, Asia is home to some of the world’s major contributors of plastic waste, including ...

As ownership of digital devices in India increases, so too does consumers' reliance on them, particularly smartphones and tablets. They are everywhere, from the train to the bedroom, ...

Hotspots brings you the Mintel Trends team’s top observations on product and service launches from around the world. From boozy wellness retreats to female-friendly football grounds, find out ...

15% of the world’s population live with some form of disability, according to the World Health Organization – yet these people are often under-served by brands and businesses ...

In a bid to grab the attentions of today’s consumer amidst everything else that is going on, brands and companies are coming up with new ways to create ...

Hotspots brings you the Mintel Trends team’s top observations on product and service launches from around the world. From restaurants turned into co-working spaces to an author co-writing ...

10 October marks World Mental Health Day, an occasion to raise awareness of mental wellbeing and the issues affecting millions of people worldwide. Mental health problems come in ...