Behaviours

Everything you need to face your future consumer with confidence, including the latest ethnographic research, generational insight, consumer-related stats and overarching human needs.

Sacred Sojourns

Religious tourism is booming as a new generation of travellers seeks spiritual meaning, cultural rituals and connection across sacred destinations worldwide.

Markets

Gen Z’s Mall Revival

For Gen Z, malls are more than places to shop – they have become social playgrounds where retail, food and entertainment collide to create energy, connection and discovery.

Big Ideas

SXSW 2025: Reclamation Versus Resistance

SXSW 2025 marked a radical shift from resistance to reclamation, as industry leaders build agency in a challenging democracy, create decentralised media platforms and focus on a shared humanity.

Markets

Gen Z in Indonesia

With millions of young, tech-savvy and entrepreneurial Indonesians reshaping culture, business and faith, Gen Z is a force no brand can afford to ignore.

Markets

The Sexuwellness Men’s Market

Meet the innovators rebranding men’s sexual wellness as a pillar of male pleasure and wellbeing.

Big Ideas

Remote revenue

San Francisco – Start-up company Zapier has introduced a de-location package to enable remote working.

Zapier : Civic Brands : Workplace Futures

Big Ideas

Milan Salone 2017: Preview

Visitors are set to descend on Milan for the Salone Internazionale del Mobile from 4 to 9 April for the show’s 56th year. LS:N Global profiles the ...

Furniture : Contemporary Design : Materials

Big Ideas

IFE 2017

Now in its 20th year, the International Food & Drink Event (IFE) took over ExCeL London for four days in March, with health and wellness, snacking ...

Sugar : Convenience Culture : Just A Splash

Big Ideas

Educating Utah

Utah – Porn site xHamster is rerouting web traffic to sex education videos in response to recent state legislation.

Civic Brands : Education : Porn

Big Ideas

Robot retail

UK – A new report suggests that retail is the industry that will lose the most workers to automation.

Automation : Workplace Futures : Retail

Big Ideas

Fresh thinking

Seattle – Amazon is looking to take on the groceries market with a number of physical stores.

Amazon : Supermarket : Food & Drink

Big Ideas

Plain-language diagnosis

US – Healthcare platform Zocdoc is using artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose users’ symptoms faster.

Zocdoc : Healthcare : Artificial Intelligence

Big Ideas

React and respond

Global – A number of companies are responding to the recent electronics travel ban.

Emirates : The Dislocated World : Advertising

Big Ideas

Computing diversity

US – Google is looking to diversify its workforce by opening a new campus for Howard University students at its headquarters.

Google : Googleplex : University

Big Ideas

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2017: Part 2

From anti-pollution product lines to highly sensitive formulas, brands are relieving rising anxieties about the damage to the skin caused by enviro...

Cosmoprof : Beauty : Anti-pollution

Big Ideas

Netflix and craft

US – Netflix has launched a do-it-yourself personal trainer app as part of its consumer-facing Make It project.

Netflix : Brand Educators : DIY

Big Ideas

Support network

UK – Marks & Spencer has launched the Frazzled Cafe as a space to support mental health.

Marks & Spencer : Civic Brands : Mental Health

Big Ideas

Healthy home cooking

UK – Weight Watchers UK has developed a subscription-based healthy meal kit.

Weight Watchers : Convenience Culture : Food & Drink

Big Ideas

Rethinking retail

Global – Designers Tom Ford and Thakoon have announced they will be abandoning the see-now, buy-now business model.

Tom Ford : Retail : Seasonless Style

Big Ideas

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2017: Part 1

In its 50th year, Cosmoprof launched new areas dedicated to masstige products and multicultural beauty, showing how much the exhibition has change...

Cosmoprof : Beauty : Cosmoprof 2017

Big Ideas

AI ad spend

Indianapolis – Lingerie retailer Cosabella has replaced its digital agency with an artificial intelligence platform called Albert.

Cosabella : Artificial Intelligence : Lingerie

Big Ideas

Coming into fashion

US – Amazon is now the preferred online fashion retailer among American Millennials.

Amazon : E-commerce : Millenials

Big Ideas

Organic competition

US – Premium price organic retailers face fresh competition as budget supermarket chains offer the same quality for less.

Organic : Supermarket : Millennials

Big Ideas

Responding to retail

US – Some 64% of American consumers prefer to shop in bricks-and-mortar stores, according to a new report.

Shopping : Generation Z : Brick-and-mortar

Big Ideas

Free speech

New York – Waverly Labs is launching an earpiece that translates languages in real time.

Waverly Labs : Wearable : New Bricolage Living

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