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Autumn/winter 2015 Top 10 Performances

From New York to London, Paris and Milan, brands are going above and beyond to create shareable narratives. Here, we chart the outstanding top 10...

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SXSW Interactive 2015: Part 1

In 2015, SXSW Interactive featured exuberant debates about technology, from synthetic biology to retail disruption and emerging media and storytel...

SXSW : Synthetic Biology : Virtual Reality

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Sky-high spenders

London – Developed for heads of state, London Heathrow’s VIP service is now driving luxury retail spending by private shoppers at Europe’s busies...

Heathrow Airport : Personal Shopping : Terminal 5

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Insta-casting

New York – Marc Jacobs is calling on groups of friends around the world to apply to be models for its autumn/winter 2015 campaign.

Marc By Marc Jacobs : Cast Me Marc : Autumn Winter 2015

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Deeper data-mining

San Francisco – Businesses and developers will be able to search trillions of tweets for deeper consumer insights, using a new Cloud data service ...

Twitter : IBM : Kenneth Cukier

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Conceal to reveal

London – Ted Baker’s spring/summer 2015 digital campaign has started with a bang, taking Instagram followers on a surrealist journey of discovery.

Ted Baker : Pinch Me : Faction Marketing

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Autumn/winter 2015 beauty trends overview

Held in the four fashion capitals of New York, Milan, London and Paris in February and March 2015, these were the defining moments in beauty for th...

Beauty : Make Up : Hair

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Catfish marketing

Austin – Catfish marketing struck at SXSW as film-makers for sci-fi blockbuster Ex Machina promoted the film’s imminent release with a fake Tinder ...

Ex Machina : Tinder : Catfish Marketing

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SXSW: Virtual branding

Austin – The North Face has joined forces with cinematic virtual reality company Jaunt VR to release a branded, immersive film at South by South...

SXSW : Jaunt VR : Google Cardboard

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Bristol’s smart city

Bristol, UK – The city of Bristol has announced a multi-million pound experiment to create a smart super-connected city.

Bristol Is Open : Connected City : The Internet Of Things

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Mobile World Congress 2015 Review

Game-changing industry disruption from enhanced batteries, driverless cars and integrated eco-systems are prompting a variety of innovations acro...

Mobile World Congress : Mobile Phones : Barcelona

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SXSW: Fast-casual chef

American chef David Chang announced the opening of a fast-casual restaurant at SXSW 2015.

Fast Casual : SXSW 2015 : Affordable Dining

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SXSW: Complex new world

Austin – Shinra Technologies has presented The Living World, a simulation that tests current limits of complexity for virtual gaming worlds.

SXSW : Shinra Technologies : Google Fiber

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Small packaging, big applications

US – Replenish is a packaging solution that saves on waste materials by using the consumer’s home resources.

Replenish : Water : Waste Material

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SXSW: Princess Reema’s mission

Princess Reema Bint Bandar Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia has announced a new initiative to bring greater health awareness to Saudi women.

SXSW 2015 : Saudi Arabia : Health Awareness

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Drive for female equality

Uber and UN Women have joined forces to create a million new jobs worldwide for women drivers by 2020.

Uber : UN Women : Brandstanding

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SXSW: Living circuits

Austin, Texas – Consumer biotechnology company Synbiota has launched DNA Tinker Studio, a kit that enables non-specialists to build working circu...

SXSW : Synthetic Biology : Synbiota

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Mobile app update

US – Our phones may be smart, but there is nothing subtle about the way we use them, according to a new study from Ericsson.

Ericsson : Mobile Usage : Data

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Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2015: Preview

The 48th Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna show opens on 20 March, and this year the exhibition will have an even more international edge, as well as a r...

Cosmoprof : Cosmopack : Bologna

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SXSW: Shia LaBeouf's beating heart

Actor Shia LaBeouf unveiled a new art project at SXSW 2015, where people can watch his heart beat online as he moves through the festival.

SXSW 2015 : Pplkpr : Wearable Technology

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The ideas and innovations that hint at the future of the consumer landscape