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Anticipating Tomorrow On-demand Webinar

If uncertainty is a virus, then strategic foresight is the best way to inoculate your organisation against it, as we find out in this much-anticipated webinar.

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Regenerative Olive Oil

Citizens of Soil, an innovative olive oil brand, is championing provenance transparency, healthy soils, gender equality and sustainable packaging at a fair price.

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Connected Healing

Dr Jonathan Leary, founder and CEO of Remedy Place, tells LS:N Global how the intersection of social wellness and technology is creating a new era of connected healing.

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Suzie Wokabi: SuzieBeauty

How to appeal to Africa’s burgeoning beauty consumers.

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Troy Collins: Endource

How personalised content can be used to differentiate e-commerce from physical retail.

Troy Collins : Endource : Content Curation

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Madary and Metzinger: Virtual Reality Ethics

The authors of Real Virtuality: A Code of Ethical Conduct on why brands need to be cautious with VR.

Virtual Reality : Ethics : Michael Madary

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Paulo Barcelos: Kids Hack Day

Why adults need to embrace the idea of play in their work and daily lives.

Kids Hack Day : Gen Viz : Internet Age Media

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Arthur Martinez: Abercrombie & Fitch

The executive chairman of Abercrombie & Fitch explains how to revitalise a brand that has lost its way.

Abercrombie & Fitch : World Retail Congress : Ground Zero Branding

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Julia Cordray: Online Identity

The Peeple co-founder on the need for cast-iron digital identities.

Peeple : Julia Cordray : Online Identity

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Sara Carter: Clerkenwell London

The CCO of Clerkenwell London explains why it is key to put community and staff at the heart of today’s bricks-and-mortar retail experience.

Clerkenwell London : Retail Futures : Sara Carter

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Nicole Srock Stanley: Curating a destination

The creative director of Bikini Berlin explains why retail spaces constantly need to evolve and interact with their customers.

Bikini Berlin : World Retail Congress 2016 : Destination Retail

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Buy-it-now fashion

Should fashion designers adopt the ‘see now, buy now’ fashion show model?

Buy Now : Fashion : Consumer-driven Demand

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Elise By Olsen: Recens Paper

The 16-year-old youth culture magazine editor explains why it is time to rethink teen stereotypes.

Elise By Olsen : Gen Viz : Recens Paper

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Nic Yeeles: YouTube endorsements

The CEO and founder of Peg on the opportunities and pitfalls of YouTube star brand endorsements.

Nic Yeeles : Peg : Youtube

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Joen Schauman: Social travel

Trip Republic’s chief experience officer talks about the importance of inspiration to the holiday booking process.

Joen Schauman : Trip Republic : Social Planner

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Workplace futures

Businesses need to prepare for the arrival of Gen Z employees by making their workplaces more flexible.

Bleisure : Gen Z : Office Design

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Ian Knox: Egencia

Egencia’s Ian Knox on identifying and addressing business travellers’ pain points.

TripNavigator : Egencia : Expedia

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Marcus Rothoff: Autonomous Driving

The project leader of Volvo’s Drive Me initiative on making cities compatible with autonomous vehicles.

Volvo : Marcus Rothoff : Gothenburg

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Kevin Paintin: 20.20

Travel agencies need to redesign the holiday-buying experience, says 20.20 client director Kevin Paintin.

Thompson : Travel : Explorium Retail

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In vitro cosmetics

In vitro research is becoming less taboo and may offer brands a way to stop testing on animals.

Beauty : In Vitro : L'Oreal

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Sarah Brightwell: Uber

London – Sarah Brightwell, senior marketing manager at Uber, on delivering glocal service.

Uber : New Bricolage Living : Seamless Travel

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Kassem Younis: Respect Data

CEO of Mana App Studio explains how companies can reform their attitude to personal information.

Privacy : Personal Data : Big Data

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Mark Rowe: easyJet

Mark Rowe, business marketing manager at easyJet, on using seamless technology to meet Millennial demands.

Easyjet : New Bricolage Living : New Millennials

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