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How consumers plan to spend differently in 2026
Growing wealth inequality is reshaping consumer behavior. Experiences over goods, values over discounts, and AI shopping tools mark 2026's divide.
May 20, 2025
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22 stories for“consumer trends 2026”
Latest Trends
A Ten Trillion Dollar Industry Has Started Telling Its Customers to Stop Optimising
The 2026 wellness forecasts describe a pivot away from peak performance and towards something more ordinary. That is a strange message from a sector selling trackers, protocols and longevity clinics, and it is worth taking seriously anyway.
Aug 22, 2026
Fashion
Secondhand Fashion Has Become a Style Signal, Not a Compromise
Preowned clothing is moving into the center of fashion as shoppers pursue value, individuality and access while brands reconsider their resale strategies.
Jul 31, 2026
Design
Color and Craft Return to Interior Design
Maximalism is officially strategic. 2026 designers pair bold jewel tones with intentional craftsmanship, ditching minimalism for rooms that demand attention and touch.
Jul 10, 2024
Fashion
Modest fashion's global moment and the GCC's role in it
Once niche, modest fashion is now a USD 295 billion market, and the GCC's influence is reshaping global style. Major luxury brands are paying attention.
Jul 30, 2024
Business
The Gulf's Restaurant Scene Is Reinventing Itself in 2026
After two years of shocks, Gulf dining is rebuilding around homegrown brands and confident local concepts rather than imported franchise names.
May 19, 2026
Design
Biophilic Design for Small Apartments Starts With a View
Plants help, but small-space biophilic design also uses daylight, airflow, natural patterns and a visible relationship with weather and time.
Jul 28, 2026
Latest Trends
Why Renewable Power Is Becoming Essential Infrastructure Across the Middle East
Solar systems are increasingly keeping hospitals, schools, water networks and street lighting operating where centralized energy supply is expensive or unreliable.
Aug 3, 2026
Diving
The Summer's Diving Deaths Have More in Common Than the Coverage Suggests
A cave in the Maldives, a lake in Germany, an inlet in Florida, a tuna farm off Malta. Four very different events, and a short list of factors that shows up in nearly all of them.
Aug 13, 2026
Crypto
Stablecoins Are Becoming Payment Infrastructure With Bank-Like Questions
Stablecoins promise faster settlement and programmable money, but reserves, redemption, governance and operational resilience now matter more than hype.
Jul 28, 2026
Lifestyle
Third Places Matter More in a Work-From-Anywhere City
Libraries, cafés, parks and community rooms give remote workers something home offices cannot: low-pressure contact, local rhythm and shared belonging.
Jul 28, 2026
Latest Trends
Qatar's Summer Bootcamp Treats Young People as Builders, Not Just App Users
A hands-on Qatar technology program is guiding 124 young participants from ideas toward viable startups. The deeper value lies in learning how to test, build and adapt.
Aug 1, 2026
Latest Trends
The Rest of the World Has Started Wearing Perfume the Way the Gulf Always Has
Higher concentrations, heavier notes, oud at the centre and fragrance treated as something you layer rather than spray. The global market has moved toward a regional habit, and Middle Eastern houses are no longer the niche option.
Aug 21, 2026
Latest Trends
Why There's Suddenly Not Enough Matcha to Go Around
A global cafe boom collided with a limited Japanese harvest, and now matcha lattes are getting rationed, waitlisted, and quietly more expensive.
Oct 8, 2025
Business
Oil Is Flowing Again, but the Fuel Market Is Still Far From Normal
Crude shipments through the Gulf have recovered sharply, yet refineries and fuel supply remain constrained. That gap explains why cheaper oil may not quickly reach consumers.
Jul 31, 2026
Latest Trends
Matcha is taking over your local cafe faster than coffee
Gen Z made matcha aesthetic, brands made it accessible, and now supply can't keep up. What happens when a trend grows too fast.
Sep 30, 2024
Business
Oil Is Back Near $100, but the Outlook Splits Between Shipping Risk and Weak Demand
Brent's renewed jump toward $100 reflects Middle East shipping danger, while IEA and EIA forecasts point to demand destruction and lower prices if supply routes normalize.
Jul 25, 2026
Fashion
Nobody Can Agree How Big Modest Fashion Is, and That Is the Story
One widely cited figure puts the category at 86 billion dollars. Another puts it at 254 billion. The gap is not a rounding error, it is a disagreement about what modest fashion actually is.
Aug 16, 2026
Fashion
Sustainable fashion: progress report on a promise
After years of greenwashing, the secondhand market is growing 11x faster than retail. Real progress on sustainability exists, but the scale of waste remains sobering.
Sep 15, 2025
Business
Fertilizer's Sharp Price Drop Could Become Food Relief, but Not Overnight
World Bank data show fertilizer prices fell 21.8% in June. Farmers and shoppers may benefit later, though contracts, planting cycles and energy costs slow the transmission.
Aug 2, 2026
Business
Silver Went to $121 and Came Most of the Way Back. The Shortage That Did It Has Not Gone Away
Silver set a record just under $122 an ounce in late January, then lost close to half of it. The London squeeze behind the spike has eased rather than ended, and the metal is still up almost 74 per cent on the year.
Aug 18, 2026
Lifestyle
The Third Place Revival: Why We're Going Out Again
After years of isolation, neighborhoods are rediscovering the cafe, the bookstore, the corner club. The third place isn't coming back because of nostalgia. It's because we need it.
Jun 5, 2026
