Micro Trends

Specific shifts in consumer behaviour that are changing the business environment in the short term.

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Micro Trends

Content Commerce

Consumers are watching and scrolling their way through a blended media landscape where streaming services, social media and gaming carry more seamless commerce opportunities than ever

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Scent Retail Futures

Luxury fragrance retail is turning to AI and immersive experiences to provide bricks-and-mortar customers with curated and personalised scent discovery

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Spirited Synthesis

Through creative and unexpected collaborations, food and drink innovators are redefining alcohol as a culinary flavour, appealing to a new generation of sober-curious, snack-happy consumers

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Eau de Climate Change

As more flora and fauna become extinct every year, perfume innovators are becoming activists by attempting to encapsulate the authentic smell of Mother Nature in a bottle

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Mega-system Curation

Apple, Twitter and YouTube have tired of algorithms and fallen in love with human editors.

Apple : Twitter : Google

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Flâneur Zines

A new set of publications are reconnecting readers with the everyday in cities by promoting chance and serendipity.

Flâneur : Magazine : Serendipity

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Virtual Opulence

In the digital world, we are used to thinking about three channels: physical, desktop and mobile. Now a range of virtual technologies is creating n...

Virtual Reality : Samsung Gear VR : Luxurians

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Boutique Altruism

Philanthropy has quietly been undergoing a makeover. Say goodbye to the tokenistic tropes of charity, a new wave of brands is using altruism as a c...

Philanthropy : Ethical : Transparency

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Alco-health

Healthy hedonism is on the rise as consumers seek new ways to have a good time without avoiding alcohol altogether, and new spaces are opening to...

Neo-Detox : Alcohol : The Springs

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Personal Appsistants

After years of automated customer service, the personal approach is making a comeback.

Customer Service : Apps : Personal Commerce

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Mimicry Marketing

Marketers are mimicking digital behaviour in a bid to capture the attention of those online viewers who see ads as a nuisance to be skipped – or ev...

YouTube : Pre-roll Advertising : D&AD

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Mumbai Safari

Mumbai is at the epicentre of change in India. The city is brimming with people, ideas and businesses, all of which are set to prosper in an enga...

Mumbai : Whole-system Thinking : Raising The Bar

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Seasonless Style

Relentless seasonal cycles have become untenable and the luxury industry is re-inventing products and services that can cut across seasons, generat...

The Row : Faye Toogood : Bowndling

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Milking It

As the consumer’s search for sources of optimisation gathers momentum, brands are re-evaluating the potential of dietary staples.

Milk : Milk Factory : Optimisation

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Run Stations

Tokyo’s running stations are evolving beyond basic shower and locker rooms as brands respond to the Body Temples desire for convivial fitness.

Tokyo : Body Temples : Community Retail

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Mission Media

Media companies are committing to potentially polarised beliefs without fear of alienating subsets of society.

Refinery29 : Independent Magazine : Germany

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Milan Safari

Known as an industrial city with a flair for fashion, Milan is beginning to blend age-old tradition with modern innovation.

Milan : The Convergence Economy : Luxury

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Ancient Appetites

Brands and consumers are re-adopting our ancestral eating habits – from the thousand-year-old recipes of Hindu India to the primal diets of our Pa...

Ancient Appetites : Ayurveda : Paleo

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London Beauty Safari

To celebrate the publication of LS:N Global’s Beauty Futures Report 2015, we wandered the streets of London to discover the most interesting beau...

Covent Garden : Shoreditch : Mayfair

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Altruvation

Big brands are mixing altruism and innovation by throwing open their doors to enable anyone to become a collaborator.

Whole-system Thinking : Whole Chain Thinking : Kering Group

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