LS:N Global

Big Ideas

Bio-bottles

As consumers become more knowledgeable about their waste, bottled drinks brands are responding with a series of material innovations.

Packaging : Sustainability : Material Futures

Micro Trends

Adaptive Beauty

Innovative technology and packaging solutions are ushering in a new era of inclusivity for consumers with visual impairments and conditions like mu...

Beauty : Inclusivity : Japan

Big Ideas

What’s driving our obsession with CBD?

Melisse Gelula, co-founder of Well + Good, explains why CBD is causing a stir and reveals its most popular use cases.

Wellness : Beauty : Food

Big Ideas

Why community will shape the future of wellness

Katherine Johnston, senior research fellow at Global Wellness Summit, explains why wellness needs to move beyond personal goals to collective gains.

Wellness : Architecture : Interiors

Big Ideas

Artist LaTurbo Avedon exists solely on the internet

The avatar and artist discusses her digital identity and explains why tech companies could become transhumanitarian.

IAM : Digital Media : Marketing

Micro Trends

Click and Connect

With 40% of global shoppers now preferring to purchase clothing and footwear online, brands are exploring new ways to push the buying power of th...

Retail : Apparel : Fashion

Big Ideas

Liyia Wu on the Chinese live-stream retail revolution

The ShopShops founder discusses how her platform offers a revelatory shopping experience that cannot be replicated by e-commerce.

Retail : Digital : Media

Big Ideas

How Wonderbly is changing the reading experience for children

The co-founder of Wonderbly on capturing children’s imagination through personalisation and the brand’s evolution from print-only to digital.

Personalisation : Digital : Technology

Daily Signals

Bruno Mars and Versace collaborate on new song and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Sephora’s social platform, air pollution affects nutritional value of food, how banks can encourage sustainability and oth...

Beauty : Luxury : Fashion

Micro Trends

Honest Products

In today’s beauty landscape, where consumers can Google the benefits of any ingredient in seconds, a new hyper-educated shopper is emerging.

Beauty : Skincare : Cosmetics

Micro Trends

Mega-system Style

As the branding, aesthetics and user experience of each online mega-system become hyper-familiar, designers are growing more experimental in how th...

Digital : Design : Data

Micro Trends

Autotels

Switched-on luxury car-makers are seeking more meaningful alliances with the hotel and leisure industries in a bid to connect with their customers ...

Cars : Hotels : Collaboration

Micro Trends

Lo-hi Retail: update

Mass-market fast fashion retailers are moving into premium high street territory as they attempt to plug into the value-driven, but aspirational de...

Value : Masstige : Collaboration

Markets

Online luxury

Global online sales of luxury goods increased by 65% in 2007 to reach €1.5bn (£1.28bn), according to consultants Bain & Company. Yet, despite the m...

Online Luxury : Ledbury Research : Google

Markets

Brazilian luxurians

Promotion to the Premier League of luxury beckons for Brazil as it prepares to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games.

Brazil : 2014 World Cup : 2016 Olympics

Markets

Luxury Matrix 2014

LS:N Global plots the shifts in luxury in 2014 and identifies where key luxury brands sit in the five stages that define the luxury market.

The Luxury Matrix : DKNY : Moschino

Big Ideas

On-the-go Cocktail Culture

Spirits brands are leveraging travel retail to capture Gen Z’s attention. Elevated cocktail experiences in airports provide entertainment and educa...

Gen Z : Food & Drink : Retail

Behaviours

Gen Z in Canada

Amid financial struggles and climate anxiety, Canadian Gen Z are turning to activism to amplify their multicultural identity and are showing a stro...

Youth : Gen Z Canada : Gen Z

Micro Trends

Future Forecast 2024: Beauty

Trends in the beauty sector are being turbocharged by TikTok, creating a large pool of consumers for whom the line between their real and filtered ...

Beauty : Future Forecast : Reports

Markets

Haircare Market 2021

With growing expectations of functional personal care, hair brands are exploring scalp health, elevating natural hair and boosting sensory experien...

Beauty : Haircare : Wellness

Big Ideas

Five ways motorcycles are bridging youth culture

The motorcycle sector is finding new relevance with younger, lifestyle-driven audiences by fostering brand-led connections focused on creativity an...

Mobility : Youth : Fashion

Markets

Interactive Tech Retail

Technology companies are adopting an experiential approach in stores, offering shoppers try-before-you-buy interactive environments.

Verizon : Google : Intel

Markets

Luxury: Shanghai

More than a century after Shanghai’s rise to prominence, the city where the Yangtze River meets the ocean is becoming home to a new wave of interna...

Shanghai : Hurun Report : Grand Hyatt

Podcasts

Podcast: Carlota Rodben on the Future of Luxury and Emotion

In a new episode of his Back to the F**kture podcast, The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond is joined by Beyond Luxury: The Promise of Em...

Podcast : Back To The F**kture : Luxury

Daily Signals

Crate propels sustainable packaging to next level with label-less wine

Australia’s Fourth Wave Wine is taking sustainable packaging to the next level, with the launch of the world’s first label-less wine, Crate, design...

Design : Food & Drink : Sustainability

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