As experiences – 'memorable events that engage people in inherently personal ways' – become the predominant economic offering, what are the implications for businesses and organisations?

Macy's, Kohl's and J.C. Penney have all recorded weak sales in 2015. But while Americans might be spending less on clothes, homeware and televisions, people are still opening their wallets for a different kind of purchase – buying more experiences while cutting back on 'stuff'.

Being bad feels good. Full of intrigue, suspense and backstabbing, the Betrayers’ Banquet is a supper club with a difference. Held in a shadowy hall in East London, it capitalises on this more despicable facet of the human psyche.

Board games conjure up images of a bygone era, the annual Christmas Monopoly tournament or family holidays spent playing Snakes & Ladders. But in 2013 more money was raised on Kickstarter for tabletop games than video games. How has the digital world instigated nostalgia for the past?