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A new wedding magazine has launched in Australia targeting LGBTQI* couples, following the country's decision to legalise marriage equality. With 2017’s postal survey where the majority of Australians ...

There’s been a big focus on plastic waste recently with companies around the world uniting to address the issue. Here, Mintel’s expert analysts share their thoughts on the ...

McDonald's and Starbucks are working together to create a compostable cup. The two companies have joined forces to launch the NextGen Cup Consortium and Challenge in partnership with ...

Starbucks will open its first signing store for deaf patrons in Washington this October. The new cafe will not only be a safe place for the hearing impaired ...

Hotspots brings you the Mintel Trends team’s top observations on product and service launches from around the world. From a robot dog designed to keep lonely youngsters company ...

Only the future will tell what’s next for consumer data and how each and every consumer action is captured and transmitted into smarter, more convenient ways to live ...

Guys That Nail It is a pop-up nail salon targeting men, which aims to dispel the myth that getting a manicure is a feminine thing to do. Started ...

According to news reports, the South Korean government has implemented a 52-hour maximum workweek that will see working professionals working less than before—an initiative that is aimed at ...

Festival season has officially started, with thousands of music lovers all over the world ready to boogie to their favourite artists. In 2017, Mintel research revealed that a ...

With the aim to be plastic-free, the state government of Maharashtra and a few other states in India have banned single-use plastics. This has led to packaging converters ...

Hotspots brings you the Mintel Trends team’s top observations on product and service launches from around the world. From an anti-harassment scream detector to edible, environmentally friendly chopsticks, ...

The five primary human senses - sight, sound, smell, taste and touch - represent our window to the world. Whereas campaigns and communications were once limited to sound ...