LS:N Global is the trends intelligence and consumer foresight platform from The Future Laboratory

Prepare for an ever-changing future by understanding consumers and knowing exactly how to use global trends, foresight and market innovations to your advantage

How can we help you?

Identify Opportunities

Identify Opportunities

Learn from adjacent markets with our robust global market insights from 21+ sectors to inspire innovation and grow your business

Validate and Mitigate

Validate and Mitigate

Manage risk and make decisions with confidence with extensive qualitative and quantitative insights on the evolving needs of your future consumers

Gain the Edge

Gain the Edge

Stay ahead of your competitors with the consumer, category and industry trends and innovators defining tomorrow’s cultural landscape

What makes us different?

With 20+ years as a market leader, we provide access to original research, global trends, market analysis and data insights for resilient businesses making informed decisions

Methodology

Methodology

Our unique research methodology enables clients to frame their decisions about future risk within a brand, consumer or organisational context.

Actionable Insights

Actionable Insights

Our foresight intelligence can be applied directly to your business by using customised Strategic Worksheets, Executive Summaries and Strategic Opportunities.

Fresh Thinking

Fresh Thinking

Cross-sector analysts, industry experts and a global network of innovators established over 20+ years ensure the depth of our analysis is outstanding in its field.

Become a member to get access to:

Macrotrends & Microtrends
Sector Insight
Behaviours
Topics
Experts & Opinions
Support
Online Events
Design Directions

Members have exclusive access to our Reports Bank, packed with downloadable and visually engaging macro trend reports, which delve into key shifts for the next 5–10 years

Macrotrends & Microtrends

Harness the market trends defining tomorrow, adapt to emerging consumer needs and position your brand for future success across 21+ sectors worldwide, including 10 key industries.

Sector Insight

Everything you need to face your future consumers with confidence, including the latest market reports, ethnographic research and expert interviews.

Behaviours

Each of our Topics analyses the most important themes of tomorrow, relevant for today. Topics are based on the challenges and pain points that our clients ask us about the most, giving them the insight needed to innovate confidently and effectively.

Topics

Webinars, podcasts, expert opinions and fresh viewpoints all combine to ensure you can tap into innovative thinkers and thought-provoking big ideas.

We value the human in the machine – and we understand the pressures on your time. Let our Client Development team know your needs and connect you directly with our analysts, experts and strategists.

Support

Access to our full programme of online events throughout the year, including inspiring presentations, panels and live Q&As as well as an exclusive discount off our industry-renowned Trend Briefing live event.

Whatever your sector, from packaging to spatial design or healthcare, we track what’s next in aesthetic directions and translate consumer trends into practical designs, colour palettes and materials.

Design Directions

Unlock Sample Content

Neo-collectivism

Neo-collectivism

UNLOCK MACRO TREND

The Neuroaesthetic Age

The Neuroaesthetic Age

UNLOCK BIG IDEA

Conscious Homes Market

Conscious Homes Market

UNLOCK MARKET

Our Members Network

Over 6,000 industry professionals use our premium content platform to help them stay ahead of the curve and future-proof their business on a daily basis

Unilever
Google
Farfetch
Coca-Cola
IKEA
Facebook
Selfridges & co
Johnson & Johnson
ING
DDB
Philips
Sony
Kenwood
M&CSaatchi
LVMH
Jaguar Land-Rover
Bacardi
QIC
Revlon
SalesForce
General Motors
Reebok
Starbucks
Superdrug
wilko

Testimonials

Our clients come first. Don’t just take our word for it, hear from some of our long-standing members.

‘The site is not only filled with stunning imagery and valuable editorial, it’s also simple to navigate and constantly inspiring. When I needed some support for a specific project, the response was fantastic. The team gave me an array of examples to reinforce my point, delivered quickly and efficiently’
Leo Burnett
‘I’m forever on LS:N Global, pulling off snippets and having discussions in different areas of the business about what this could mean for us and how the insights could inspire us’
Marks & Spencer
‘For me, The Future Laboratory is the authority on prediction in terms of retail, consumerism and changing social patterns. LS:N Global is an extremely useful tool that aids our team in their research, and informs our varied and busy marketing calendar’
Selfridges & Co
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