Experts & Opinion

Discover the opinions that matter and the ideas shaping our future, including on-demand webinars, videos and podcast discussions with innovative thinkers on how we can collectively shape a more positive future.

RSVP: Culture-coded Retail Online Event

Join us on 19 June 2025 for an online event introducing our new retail macro trend report.

What’s New on LS:N Global?

From shifting definitions of value to TikTok-fuelled commerce and hormone health retreats, our analysts unpack what’s new and next on LS:N Global.

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Democratising Longevity

Neko Health tells LS:N Global why preventative healthcare needs a glow-up – and how design and data can reshape the way we future-proof our bodies.

Webinars

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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Alison Farrington: No-tax retail

Data-driven analytics must top the global luxury agenda, says business and insights editor at Global Blue.

Data Analytics : Global Blue : Tax Free Shopping

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Thomas Kochs: The Secrets of Claridge's Service

Customer expectations from luxury hotels are continually changing.

Luxury : Customer Service : Claridges

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Transforming cities: Culture Inc

Brands are leading the way in the cultural bricolage of urban regeneration today.

New Bricolage Living : Revelation Brands : Cities

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Jonathan Reynolds and Nick Everitt: New-normal retail

Jonathan Reynolds, academic director of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management and Nick Everitt, global insight and strategy director of P...

Retail : The New Normal : Online Shopping

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Beyond Borders: Trend Briefing

What are Anti-authenticity Marketing, New Bricolage Living and Revelation Brands? Our editor explains

Trend Briefing : Beyond Borders : AW15

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Jessica Straker: Music journeys

Jessica Straker, founder of audio-visual web station JuiceVCR, tells us that when it comes to finding new music, machine learning cannot ...

Independent Artists : Music Discovery : Streaming

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Oscar Farinetti: Agri-eating

Education and information are key to the slow food movement, says the founder of Italian food emporium Eataly.

Eataly : Slow Food Movement : World Retail Congress 2015

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Nick Knight: Digital creativity

SHOWstudio founder Nick Knight discusses the innovations and interactivity explored via his experimental platform.

Nick Knight : Fashion Film : Transmedia Futures

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Paul Armstrong: How to disrupt

Disruptive innovation isn’t easy, but there are ways to make sure you do it, says the founder of HERE/FORTH.

VisaHub : Paul Armstrong : HereForth

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Beau Lotto: The digital brain

The future of digital will not be on screens, says neuroscientist Beau Lotto, founder of augmented messaging app Traces.

Traces : LDF2015 : Beau Lotto

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Jacques Panis: Reviving Shinola

Jacques Panis, president of Shinola, explains how the watch and leather goods brand was brought back from near extinction.

Shinola : Detroit : Makers Mondays

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LDF: 3 things we'd like to see

As the annual London Design Festival continues to grow in numbers, we ask what's still missing from the fair?

London Design Festival 2015 : Awakening Tech : London Fashion Week

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Niccoló Barattieri di San Pietro: New luxury tastes

Luxury consumers can no longer be pigeonholed explains Niccoló Barattieri di San Pietro, CEO of London-based property developers Northacre.

Northacre : Property Development : New Luxury Consumers

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Alana Wood: Moodnotes

The pioneering therapy app began during downtime between client projects, says ustwo designer.

Ustwo : Moodnotes : Mindfulness

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Net-A-Porter: Social shopping

The future of online retail is social, says Net-A-Porter's vice president of social commerce Sarah Watson and creative director of social commerce ...

The Net Set : Net-A-Porter : Social Shopping

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Johannes Torpe: Immortal luxury

As creative director of Bang & Olufsen, Johannes Torpe has created retail ‘cathedrals’ for the Danish electronics brand.

Bang & Olufsen : Johannes Torpe : World Retail Congress

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Luxury: New Aesthetic

The balance of power between global luxury brands and the sophisticated and digitally savvy consumers who favour them is finally shifting.

Luxury : Digital Disruption : Blurred Branding

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Andrea Weiss: Forget omni-channel

Andrea Weiss, co-founder of retail consultancy The O Alliance, explains why omni-channel retail doesn’t exist in the minds of consumers.

Omnichannel : World Retail Congress : WRC 2015

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Glen Neath: Creating theatre in darkness

Theatre-maker and writer Glen Neath explains why narrative isn’t essential to an effective and emotional theatre experience.

Immersive Theatre : Futuretainment : Binaural Sound

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Beauty Futures Webinar 2015

LS:N Global's latest webinar examines the key trends shaping the future of the beauty industry over the coming five years.

Beauty Industry : Beauty Futures : Holistic