Breathing Life Into the Ghost in the Machine

Published on February 16, 2024November 7, 2024

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Breathing Life Into the Ghost in the Machine

While technology continues to take us “out of this world,” there’s amazing work being done to bring it back down to earth.

Humans: Click to Read On

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Breathing Life Into the Ghost in the Machine

Humans: Click to Read On

Challenge for 2024: A Balanced Digital Life

Published on December 7, 2023December 7, 2023

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Challenge for 2024: A Balanced Digital Life

Actively encouraging and supporting the consumer need for digital wellness may require new thinking in relation to content, platforms, and brand experiences.

Challenge Your Thinking

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Challenge for 2024: A Balanced Digital Life

Challenge Your Thinking

FINNOVATION LAB PARTNERS WITH JT MEGA

Published on December 1, 2023November 7, 2024

Community Involvement

FINNovation Lab and JT Mega partner to help a diverse array of local entrepreneurs

Together, we believe we can help mission-driven businesses recognize their potential and rise to meet it. Which is why we’re calling this initiative... RISE.

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Community Involvement

FINNovation Lab and JT Mega partner to help a diverse array of local entrepreneurs

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We have a whole website dedicated to the food research we do on trends, data and its impact on the food industry.

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14 Examples of Retail Theater

Published on November 16, 2023May 9, 2024

Research & Insights

14 Examples of Retail Theater

The term “retail theater” has become synonymous with “in-store experience”. We subscribe to a more pure, undiluted definition – one that holds the term to a higher standard and should be reserved for engagements that meet more of the criteria for live theater. In our opinion, retail theater is rare, but we’ve located 14 examples across the globe that truly deliver.

Immerse Yourself

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14 Examples of Retail Theater

Immerse Yourself

2 Areas Where Tradition Is Being Upheld

Published on October 5, 2023May 9, 2024

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2 Areas Where Tradition Is Being Upheld

What if resurrecting the past had less to do with novelty and more to do with preserving culture? What if the motivations were purer…say, saving something from extinction? That is precisely what we are seeing. The attempt to preserve “old world traditions” lest they be forgotten.

Explore Traditions

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2 Areas Where Tradition Is Being Upheld

Explore Traditions

10 Pop-Up Experiences From 2023

Published on September 7, 2023May 9, 2024

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10 Pop-Up Experiences From 2023

Creating exclusive experiences is no easy task. Let's explore a range of recent pop-up experiences, to see how they leverage everything from pop culture, to takeovers, and unconventional retail spaces to drive brand engagement and test new product ideas.

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10 Pop-Up Experiences From 2023

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Catch the Girl Power Wave

Published on June 8, 2023May 9, 2024

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Catch the Girl Power Wave

After nearly a century of efforts designed to help young girls reimagine what it means to be one, girls – of all ages – are taking charge.

This Way to Female Empowerment

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Catch the Girl Power Wave

This Way to Female Empowerment

10 Antidotes to TikTok Food

Published on May 4, 2023October 6, 2023

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10 Antidotes to TikTok Food

One of the many common denominators to TikTok food trends is simplicity. Let us propose a countertrend: things that are hard to make.

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10 Antidotes to TikTok Food

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Natural Products Expo West 2023

Published on April 6, 2023September 7, 2023

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Natural Products Expo West 2023

We’ve been heading to Expo West for years and always walk away with new industry learnings and connections. This year proved no different, and while many of the trends aren’t new to the natural products space, there are key areas gaining momentum.

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Natural Products Expo West 2023

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Nostalgia: 2 Ways In

Published on April 6, 2023October 6, 2023

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Nostalgia: 2 Ways In

The desire to reconnect with things from the past that once brought us joy is not a byproduct of the pandemic, it’s a desire that’s been here all along. What tends to change are the particular items (and decades) consumers yearn for.

Connect to the Past

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Nostalgia: 2 Ways In

Connect to the Past

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Breathing Life Into the Ghost in the Machine

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Breathing Life Into the Ghost in the Machine

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Challenge for 2024: A Balanced Digital Life

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Challenge for 2024: A Balanced Digital Life

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Community Involvement

FINNovation Lab and JT Mega partner to help a diverse array of local entrepreneurs

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14 Examples of Retail Theater

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2 Areas Where Tradition Is Being Upheld

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2 Areas Where Tradition Is Being Upheld

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10 Pop-Up Experiences From 2023

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10 Pop-Up Experiences From 2023

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Catch the Girl Power Wave

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10 Antidotes to TikTok Food

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10 Antidotes to TikTok Food

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Natural Products Expo West 2023

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Nostalgia: 2 Ways In

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