Shopping Serendipity

MICAM Milano 2025

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Nextatlas CEO and Co-Founder, Luca Morena, spoke at MICAM Milano 2025, the leading global event for high-quality, innovative, and sustainable fashion footwear. Manufacturers, buyers, and journalists gather to discover the collections footwear brands, and stay up-to-date on the latest trends in style and technology. There, Luca presented a key trend that our powerful combination of AI and data analysis discovered, called “Shopping Serendipity”. This trend report expands upon his talk, highlighting how the desire for discovery, surprise, and spontaneity is the number one thing for shoppers in an increasingly algorithmic landscape.

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Curated randomness, playful layouts and shifting assortments are redefining shopping as an experience of exploration, emotional connection and meaningful surprise
Products or experiences designed to feel unpredictable, like blind boxes and discovery kits, transform shopping from a transaction into a playful, emotionally charged encounter