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Bob Bob Ricard dishes out discounts, while Alibaba looks to real-world retail

Gucci gains street cred through collaboration, too many tv ads linked to poor diets, Kodak creates its own cryptocurrency.

Food : Retail : Hospitality

News

Today’s headlines including Uber addressing congestion in Asia

In today’s daily digest: HERE magazine offers LGBTQ space to experiment, Estée Lauder finds a home on Google’s Assistant, mums appreciate funny fam...

Mobility : Youth : Beauty

Design Directions

Bivouac NYC

Living and working in busy urban centres can leave many yearning for the tranquility of the countryside and simpler things, an escape from the torr...

Urban : Time Out : Pause

Design Directions

Appartement 50

This summer, strangers knocked on the door of Jean-Marc Drut’s apartment. Each wanted to have a look around his home, situated in a Le Corbusier-de...

Design : Bouroullec Brothers : Jean-Marc Drut

Big Ideas

Wellrooms in 2035

As the bathroom evolves into the wellroom, in 2035 houses could be designed to host functional spas, health data centres and sustainability eco-hub...

Future Of The Bathroom : Bathrooms : Bathroom Products

Big Ideas

Future Forecast 2023: Luxury

Luxury is once more becoming exclusive, guilded and hyper-curated. It is also about assets that can be traded and traced in digital as well as phys...

Luxury : Fashion : Retail

Viewpoints

How can hotels become community-centric?

Using a hotel as a moniker for civic infrastructure, Amahra Spence, co-founder of MAIA Group, imagines how hospitality can be reshaped by community...

Hospitality : Travel : Leisure

Big Ideas

What’s Next for the Entre-Celebrity?

From deep diversity training to TikTok-famous consultants, the C-suite celebrity is rapidly redefining the role of the brand spokesperson.

Retail : Media : Workplace

Micro Trends

Cyclical Fitness

Fitness brands are empowering women to harness their hormonal cycles as a way of optimising exercise routines and enhancing overall wellbeing.

Health And Fitness : Women's Health : Health And Wellness

News

A healthy convenience store, botox and beverages

The Goods Mart champions smarter eating, Christopher Hanna medical spa offers fillers and cocktails, Xbox translates real moves into gaming language.

Food : Technology : Beauty

News

The essential Milan Salone 2018 Debrief

Designers at this year’s Milan Salone del Mobile Internazionale stayed away from political messages, instead focusing on issues such as pollution, ...

Milan Salone : Design : Retail

Markets

Total Beauty: Part 2

Part two of our special report examines a grown-up version of beauty that includes the best of wellness, health and fitness, and highlights the bes...

Beauty : Holistic : Wellness

News

Looking Back: Travel and Hospitality in 2017

Dystopian airlines, neuroscience hotels and technology-enabled luxury highlighted changing attitudes around travel and hospitality this year.

Travel : Hospitality : Luxury

Big Ideas

Le Web 2013: Overview

Crystal balls were the accessories du jour at Le Web Paris 2013 in December, as Europe’s biggest technology conference celebrated its tenth birthda...

Le Web : Internet Of Things : Netatmo

Micro Trends

Cyclical beauty

Beauty brands are taking inspiration from the wellness industry and creating products aligned with natural human cycles and chronobiology.

Beauty : Cyclical : Hormones

Trend Tracker

The New Sublimity

Identified by LS:N Global in 2012, The New Sublimity macrotrend charted a widespread consumer movement away from busy, hyper-connected, digital ...

Suffocation : Spiritualism : Sublime

Micro Trends

Yama Girls

In Japan, an increasing number of young women are wearing colourful mountain gear as an urban fashion statement and taking to the mountains. These ...

Nike : Marmot : Hunter

Viewpoints

It’s time sexual wellness got real

The most interesting part of sexual wellness R&D is how it’s helping us to better understand human sexuality through an intersectional lens, writes...

Health & Wellness : Seuxal Wellness : Intersectionality

Big Ideas

How to cater for the time-strapped beauty consumer

While multiple-step beauty is popular in South Korea, Western consumers are looking for multipurpose universal products to minimise their routine a...

Beauty : Skincare : Branding

Micro Trends

The Hacked Home

In future, families will modify, hack and download to create customised interiors to suit the changing needs of their multi-generational households.

Hacking : Homedulgence : Interiors

Viewpoints

Scott Galloway : Mobile luxury for New Millennials

L2 founder Scott Galloway talks about mobile luxury for New Millennials.

L2 : Scott Galloway : New Millennials

Trend Tracker

The Personal Information Economy

The Personal Information Economy (PIE), first identified by LS:N Global in 2011, refers to the increasing awareness among consumers of how valu...

PIE : Data : Commodity

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: May

In the sixth longlist of our 2023 Futures 100 Innovators, we reveal The Future Laboratory’s chosen innovators and change-makers who are set to disr...

Design : Food & Drink : Retail

Macro Trends

Accredited Beauty

As consumers seek proof points on product quality, efficacy and sustainability, scientific evidence will drive the healthification of the beauty in...

Beauty : Health : Wellness

Macro Trends

Personal Information Economy

Online, there are few places we can hide. From Facebook to Google+, Tesco, Wal-Mart, American Express, Foursquare and Bing, brands are recording ou...

PIE : Data : Commodity

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