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Micro-amusement parks:

Brent Bushnell, CEO of Two Bit Circus, on how immersive gaming, edutainment and theatrical dining can...

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Patti Wong on Sotheby’s diversifying into diamond retail:

The senior director and chairman of Sotheby’s Asia and Sotheby’s Diamonds on transforming the auction house...

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Pre-loved Premium:

Luxury brands and retailers are introducing buy-back and resale schemes to increase customer retention,...

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Neighbourhood hotels:

Liran Wizman, founder of Europe Hotels Private Collection, examines how luxury hotels can avoid exacerbating...

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Fortitude in failure:

Brands are entering a new era of transparency in which they own up to mishaps and failures, and take the...

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Sensory sex toys:

Wan Tseng, founder of sex tech start-up Wisp, on sexual pleasure that focuses on the senses, and why the...

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Smartphone storytelling:

Youth film-making collective Pickpocket examines why film and tv are stuck in a pre-internet world and...

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Thermal wellness is a burgeoning sector:

Sam Shames, co-founder of Embr Wave, explores the growth of wellbeing based on temperature and how...

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Virtual cleansing:

Mike Meiré, creative director of Dornbracht, discusses how VR can be used as a tool for meditative and...

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Biometric money:

In an era of convenience culture and with security at the forefront of consumers’ minds, this is the...

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Aquaponics is changing the farm-to-table conversation:

Jason Green, CEO of aquaculture pioneer Edenworks, examines how fish waste and plant microbiomes are...

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Lucy McRae on repairing the bonds between humans:

The sci fi artist questions where the body fits in digital environments, and examines how vulnerable and...

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Future-proofing India’s organic cotton farmers:

Sustainability adviser Derek Sabori and Volcom chief marketing officer Ryan Immegart on the brand’s...

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Daniel Freitag on confessing sustainable design sins:

The fashion label co-founder talks about how their presentation at Milan Salone was designed to kickstart a...

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Four key themes from Milan Design Week 2019:

At this year’s Milan Salone Internazionale del Mobile, designers showed how societies’ physical and...

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Beauty has a responsibility to cater for men of colour:

Blake Rascoe and Patrick Boateng, co-founders of skincare brand Ceylon, explain beauty’s representation...

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Why retailers need to rewrite data collection:

Fresh from Retail Week Live 2019, the title’s executive editor George MacDonald urges retailers to rethink...

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Back to basics: the future of luxury retreats:

Dervla Louli Musgrave, founder of luxury booking portal Compare Retreats, on the desire for solo travel,...

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Physical retail is the key to conscious consumption:

Slow retail expert Rebekah Matheny on how physical stores need to nurture consumer relationships to create a...

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How choreography could shape the future of coding:

Alvin Arthur, creator of Body.processing, explains how movement is creating a new, more inclusive language...