Consumers are beginning, tentatively, to plan for a post-pandemic world. That means hope for the fashion industry too after months of slow sales. But luxury marketers also face a new, more contagious strain of Covid-19 ravaging Britain and a lag in the global rollout of vaccines, making investments trickier. London’s Heathrow Airport expects to see travellers start taking holidays as early as February. Summer season partying is prepping for an early start too. Universal Music

Retail planning is challenging in normal times — it’s a far greater dilemma during a pandemic. With COVID-19 continuing to spike, retailers have planned very conservatively for the first half of 2021, but they’re grappling with how to approach the second half. Should they gamble on a rebound in mall traffic and pent-up demand for apparel, as vaccinations roll out and people start going out again, to work and to events? Or proceed with extreme caution? Filled with uncertainty,

If lockdown has taught us anything, it’s that comfort is key, self-expression is fun, mass-consumption needs to go, and caring is cool. In a year like no other, many of us have been made to look inwards at ourselves and the world around us. It’s been a year of reflection which has seen our habits, lifestyles, and thinking change — and that doesn’t have to be all bad. One of the biggest changes this year has been the way we consume. With the limitations of lockdowns and being