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Big Ideas

Wealthy consumers don sunglasses, trench coats as luxury goes undercover

Shopping : Discreet : Bashful

Daily Signals

The Big Idea: Luxury and fashion brands have entered the home

Fashion brands have their eyes on consumers’ homes.

Fashion : Luxury : Design

Communities

Beauty Cultists

A new generation of hyper-loyal beauty consumers are building localised communities around their favourite brands.

Beauty : Communities : Consumers

Viewpoints

Can civic brands eradicate period poverty?

With girls and women struggling to afford basic sanitary products, is it time for brands and institutions to step in? Tamara Hoogeweegen, The Futur...

Wellbeing : Health : Female Futures

Micro Trends

Immersive Interfaces

New phygital interfaces are reshaping branded spaces and our personal environments.

Technology : Design : Retail

Daily Signals

Retail Futures Forum 2017

London – Yesterday LS:N Global hosted our Retail Futures Forum, which introduced rising retail trends, case studies of some of the industry’s most ...

Retail Futures Forum : Brand Transparency : Retail

Micro Trends

Catalogue Comeback

The printed shopping catalogue is enjoying a surprising renaissance.

Print : Catalogues : Catalogs

Micro Trends

Luxe Laundry

Laundry brands are taking cues from the beauty world, with stripped-back packaging and eco-credentials that emphasise quality and naturalness.

Natural : Tangent GC : Laundry Detergent Project

Daily Signals

Monkey business: Hotel creates a novel adventure

Traditional : Marketing : Animation

Micro Trends

Faction films

As transmedia storytelling becomes the norm, content creators are heightening the sense of reality behind narratives by blurring the lines between ...

Transmedia : Storytelling : Social Networking

Viewpoints

Justin Basini : Monetising personal information

Allow CEO Justin Basini talks about monetising personal information.

Justin Basini : Allow : Self Quant

Micro Trends

Revivalist Food Brands

Just as smaller, nimbler food retailers are responding to Revivalism, so, too, are major brands. Many are revisiting and resurrecting loved, but lo...

Coca-Cola : Cadbury's : Doritoz

Viewpoints

Andy Stanford-Clark : The Internet of Things

The man: Andy Stanford-Clark The idea: The Internet of Things Words: Stephen Graves Visual research: Joanna Tulej

Internet Of Things : IBM : Andy Stanford-Clark

Micro Trends

Rebuilt heritage

Today’s consumers prefer their products to have history and to evoke a sense of the past. In response, smart – and new – brands are creating instan...

Quality : Engagement : Union Cycle Works

Big Ideas

Russian luxury sales tumble

Moscow : Vivienne Westwood : Stoleshnikov Pereulok

Big Ideas

E-vouchers attract growing numbers of on-the-go consumers

Mobile Phones : Shopping : Emails

Big Ideas

The Download: Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2025

Cutting through the chaos and overwhelming nature of fashion month, we distil the key insights from Paris Fashion Week.

Paris Fashion Week : SS 2025 Trends : Coperni

Micro Trends

Spirited Synthesis

Through creative and unexpected collaborations, food and drink innovators are redefining alcohol as a culinary flavour, appealing to a new generati...

Alcohol : Flavours : Food And Drink Futures

Markets

Cannabis Market Update

Despite a lack of regulatory controls, the much-hyped cannabis-derived food and beverage market continues to grow and diversify.

Food : Drink : Retail

Micro Trends

Alco pop-ups

Retailers are driving customers to bricks-and-mortar locations through alcohol and nightlife partnerships that capitalise on the experiential boom.

Retail : Drink : Alcohol

Markets

Synthetic Leather Market

Synthetic leather is evolving from low-quality, environmentally damaging pleather to a luxury staple for eco-conscious fashion brands.

Fashion : Apparel : Sustainability

Daily Signals

Tinder goes to Bollywood, while Holland & Barrett stocks up on cannabidiol

Wood that is stronger than steel, CBD’s new high, influencer marketing is less influential and other stories.

Wellness : Digital : Youth

Daily Signals

Sleek cosmetics empower make-up enthusiasts and other stories

Beauty : Fashion : Retail

Markets

Global Retail Market 2017: Part 1

The year 2017 will be a tipping point. Machine learning, artificially intelligent (AI) chatbots and virtual reality experiences are just some of th...

Machine Learning : Artificial Intelligence : Chatbots

Design Directions

#TOMMYNOW

Tommy Hilfiger's latest fashion event ditched runway convention to create a carnival of couture.

Destination Retail : New York Fashion Week : Tommy Hilfiger

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