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CANNES, FRANCE - JUNE 24: Francine Lacqua, Demis Hassabis and a guest onstage for 'The Future of Creativity with Demis Hassabis' on Day 3 of Cannes Lions 2026 on June 24, 2026 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty Images for Cannes Lions)

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Cannes Lions 2026: Key Trends

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The Future 100: 2026

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An outdoor, paved courtyard area filled with people socializing in front of industrial-style buildings. Some people are sitting at wooden picnic tables and high-top bar stools under beige umbrellas, while others walk through the space. In the background, there are shipping containers, brick buildings, a white car parked on a lower rooftop, and a large, stylized bow sculpture pointing toward the sky on the right.

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SXSW London 2026: Trends and insights

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Gen X's power era

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Tech

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Lifestyle & Culture

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Retail & Commerce

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Wellness & Beauty

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Food & Drink

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Travel & Hospitality

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Q&A

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Round-ups

F100 2026 Cover final

Trend Reports

Intelligence Work, News and Insights

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Kawaii kaiju

Diptyque introduced a Water Counter at its London Maison on New Bond Street. Courtesy of Diptyque

Haute hydration

Four Gen Z adults in casual clothing sit side by side outdoors in late afternoon light. They are smiling, conversing, and holding beer bottles, framed by string lights and pine trees in the background.

Gen Z's nowism

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Grounded luxury

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High-friction travel

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The Future 100: 2026

A woman stands in a darkened digital gallery interacting with a digital image of orange toadstool mushrooms on a black screen.

Next-wave immersive art

Tourists are photographing and looking at Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) around the village of Rémuzat (Drôme, France).

Rewilding tourism

Photography by Min An. Courtesy of Pexels

Happiness economy

A blurry, motion-effect photo of a person stretching outdoors against a bright blue sky. They are standing on one leg and holding their other foot behind them to stretch their quadricep, with the sea visible on the horizon in the background.

Five wellness trends to watch

A rooftop terrace featuring a square swimming pool with checkered tiling. The pool deck is made of matching brown and beige square tiles, furnished with a wooden side table, a lounge chair, and sun loungers. In the background, green trees meet the blue ocean under a clear sky.

Safe haven travel

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