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.

Paradigms 2024: Future of Branding

Brand storytelling and the evolving definition of creativity were hot topics as well-known and emerging designers gathered in Rome to determine the future of branding

Markets

The Rise of Inclusive Travel 

From inclusive cultural learning to accessible work and play, successful travel design must have people with disabilities at the forefront

Markets

State of Luxury: Singapore

Rising disposable income and affluence amongst Singaporeans, along with high-spending international business and leisure travellers, are boosting Singapore’s luxury outlook

Big Ideas

Paris Fashion Week SS25

Cutting through the chaos and overwhelming nature of fashion month, we distil the key insights from Paris Fashion Week

Big Ideas

Material Matters 2024

Material Matters 2024 edition didn’t disappoint in highlighting innovative material intelligence

Big Ideas

Collection control

London – River Island is testing Shutl’s new Click and Don’t Collect service, which aims to give online shoppers more control and ensure fewer deli...

Big Ideas

Optimum browsing

Global – Samsung Internet for the Gear VR system enables users to easily navigate the web in an immersive browsing experience.

Samsung Internet : Samsung Gear VR : Interface Market

Big Ideas

Personal touch

Global – Swedish technology company BehavioSec is developing new biometric technologies to better secure our online identities.

Interface Market : Behaviosec : Neil Costigan

Big Ideas

Festive shopping

Global – Google has revealed the lessons that can be learned from the 2014 festive shopping period.

Think With Google : Black Friday : Festive Shopping

Communities

Live Streamers

Live Streamers live their lives through the lens of Periscope, sharing their thoughts, their talents, even their daily dog walks, with thousands ...

Live Streamers : Periscope : Consumer Tribe

Big Ideas

The Sleep Event Review

Designers and hoteliers at this year’s hotel design conference, Sleep, focused on convergence culture and escapist bedrooms and considered how to c...

Millenial Hotels : The Convergence Economy : Bleisure

Big Ideas

Joined-up clothing

Seattle – Say Kids is a new membership-based clothing label for children that is sold at 0% mark-up.

Say Kids : Childrenswear : Seattle

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Getting real

Global – Weary of having to live up to idealised versions of themselves, Generation D and Millennials are creating private profiles on Instagram.

Instagram : Social Media : Finstagram

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Passage of time

South Korea – Automobile manufacturer Hyundai is using virtual reality (VR) to examine the effects of the north-south divide.

Hyundai : Going Home : Virtual Reality

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Higher states

Global – Boeing’s passenger satisfaction rises sharply thanks to a holistic cabin design, according to recent research.

Boeing : Aerospace : Cabin Design

Big Ideas

Wired Retail 2015

Post-app retail, robotics and virtual reality were under discussion at the second Wired Retail show in London. LS:N Global profiles the technologis...

Virtual Reality : Delivery : Robotics

Big Ideas

Hangover cure

Global – HangoverApp uses geo-location technology to ensure certain photo and video content can only be viewed by a group of friends in the same lo...

Hangover App : Social Media : Instant Messaging

Big Ideas

Informed drinking

US – Consumers are demanding more macro-nutritional information when choosing their spirits, according to new research.

Mintel : Diageo : Alcohol

Big Ideas

Marriott media

US – Marriott is as much a media business as it is a hotelier, according to David Beebe, vice-president of global creative and content marketing.

Marriott International : M Live : Native Advertising

Communities

The IM Crowd

Email and phone calls are outdated forms of communication in the eyes of the IM Crowd, which prefers to keep in touch through instant messaging (...

Teenagers : Instant Messaging : Consumer Tribe

Big Ideas

Instant brand messaging

Stockholm – Tictail introduces a direct messaging service to enable brands to communicate instantly with their customers.

Frictionless Service : Messaging Apps : Personal Appsistants

Big Ideas

Open bazaar

US – Billboard Bazaar is an open marketplace where people can buy Out of Home (OHH) advertising space.

Billboard Bazaar : Advertising : Out Of Home

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Illuminating wellbeing

San Francisco – Smart lighting start-up Ario is launching a lamp that learns about you, synchronises with your body clock and promises to keep...

Holistic Wellness : Lighting Design : Smart Tech

Big Ideas

Sci-fi stories

Global – Microsoft has released a free e-book written by nine sci-fi authors who were given unprecedented access to its R&D department.

Microsoft : Short Stories : Fiction

Big Ideas

Bitcoin with bite

Silicon Valley – Coinbase has rolled out the first ever Bitcoin debit card in the US.

BItcoin : Finance : Financial Technology

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