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The Pattern

The Pattern

By: Mike Litman
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 Before it's obvious. Daily culture intelligence from 150+ sources. Fashion, design, technology, brands, music, art, and lifestyle. The patterns others miss, every morning at 7am UK time.© 2026 The Pattern / Cultural Capital Labs
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  • No. 14: Founders are stepping down everywhere and nobody's asking why

    No. 14: Founders are stepping down everywhere and nobody's asking why
    Mar 10 2026
    Culture Pulse: 72. Founder era over. Operators in. Meanwhile: Starbucks curates fashion, tech hides in clothes, retail becomes hospitality. Everything's blending. Pattern for March 10.
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    4 mins
  • No. 13: Luxury brands treating pop-ups as theatre rehearsals, not retail experiments

    No. 13: Luxury brands treating pop-ups as theatre rehearsals, not retail experiments
    Mar 9 2026
    Culture Pulse: 68. Starbucks does Devil Wears Prada pop-ups. Palmer Luckey hunts $1B for Game Boy nostalgia. Brands are excavating the past or staging the future. The present has become commercially inert.
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    5 mins
  • No. 12: Pentagon patronage splits Silicon Valley along new ethical production lines

    No. 12: Pentagon patronage splits Silicon Valley along new ethical production lines
    Mar 8 2026
    Culture Pulse: 78. Pentagon deals fracture AI talent, Asics buys marathon platforms, Iran targets Gulf datacenters. The pattern: infrastructure capture is the new moat. Before it's obvious.
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    5 mins
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