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Darius Thomas・May 5, 2025・1 min read
Food culture is reshaping travel trends in 2025.
Culinary travel is a trend that has recently seen a spark of interest due to influences like social media; which has greatly influenced food enthusiasts by granting them desirable food options from different locations. These food options not only help the individual, but also increase the amount of tourism in the location—thus driving increased sales and production for food items.
The food travel trend is unique by providing tourists with cultural cuisines, and in some cases allowing individuals to enhance their cooking skills by trying their hand at some local recipes. These tourists may also prioritize agricultural advantages when deciphering what foods to eat. This is categorized as sustainable gastronomy and is best described as: choosing cuisines that best take the origin of foods into consideration.
According to travel advisors: 68% of clients exhibit heightened interests in hotels and restaurants that rely on cuisines such as these. Not only is this option beneficial to local agriculture by helping sustain local traditions, but it can also be a reliable and easily accessible route to experience differences in culture from place-to-place.
Websites such as TimeOut offer users insight on different food spots based on travel location. If your next trip is to Tokyo, you can gather information from the site—best indoor or outdoor restaurants, budget eating, and more—to establish a game plan for your culinary traveling experience.
Darius Thomas・April 14, 2025・2 min read
The future of e-commerce. How U.S. tariffs could negatively influence marketing.
During the fourth quarter of 2024 the seasonal variation for e-commerce was up 2.7% from the third quarter—as stated by the U.S. Department of Commerce. It’s no surprise that in 2025 consumers are still choosing the world of e-commerce over standard shopping experiences.
Retailers are able to personalize what consumers see based on product interest. This is common in all forms of e-commerce as businesses use browsing history and data from computers, and mobile devices from apps like: YouTube, Instagram, Facebook.
These forms of online shopping are nothing new however, as the world continues to evolve so do new ways of getting products into customer’s hands. Livestream shopping has sparked some interest as consumers are starting to engage in live commerce through streaming services such as TikTok. This type of e-commerce helps bring together consumer and marketer by exposing them to products firsthand. This type of marketing has always been around however. During the peek of cable—businesses saw the need to bridge the gap between buyer and seller by using live demos to influence product sales.
The latest tariffs between the United States and China have also affected the e-commerce strategy for businesses. Unfortunately, the effects are negative as the 10% increase on imported goods has left companies like Apple and Best Buy failing to achieve standards in 2025.
“The impact can be particularly significant if these restrictive measures apply to countries and regions where the Company derives a significant portion of its revenues and/or has significant supply chain operations,”
- Apple
Unfortunately, this may also result in price increases as company try to recoup the damage done through these tariffs on imported goods. For now, the hope is that these setbacks will influence a change in product sale strategies, and businesses can start to use other forms of e-commerce like live streams to get products into consumer hands.
