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Viewpoints

What if every day was Black Friday?

With Amazon and Calvin Klein leading the way, is daily adaptive pricing the retail model of the future?

Retail : Fashion : Digital

Viewpoints

Is offline the new luxury?

As brands continue to mine consumers for their data, the ability to withhold information is increasingly the preserve of luxurians.

Luxury : Digital : Travel

Viewpoints

Is it time to make retail spaces age-agnostic?

With an ever-growing generation of affluent older consumers, retailers need to stop focusing exclusively on the young.

Retail : Fashion : Interiors

Viewpoints

Could Facebook launch a Line store?

Social media platforms need to become playful and experimental to win over the next generation of users in Asia.

Asia : Social Media : Line

Micro Trends

Olfactive Menus

The worlds of fragrance and hospitality are colliding as chefs and mixologists craft new menus inspired by the perfumer’s lab.

Fragrance : Cocktail : Berlin

Micro Trends

Smart Fitting Rooms

Retailers from Rebecca Minkoff to Kohl’s are re-inventing the fitting room, equipping it with technology to bridge the gap between e-commerce and...

Omnichannel Retail : RFID : Fitting Room

Micro Trends

Luxe Locale

Earlier this year, LS:N Global tracked how retail design was drawing on local nuances and materials in our Crafted Locale design direction. In the ...

Crafted Locale : Architecture : Luxury

Big Ideas

Facebook profiles four luxury consumer typologies

Cars : Affluent : HNWI

Viewpoints

Jill Hawkins : Ultra-marathon clothing

Sportswear brand UVU founder Jill Hawkins talks about ultra-marathon clothing.

Jill Hawkins : Sportwear : Ultra Marathon

Big Ideas

Back to basics: Frugal shoppers make a comeback

Procter & Gamble : Kimberly-Clark : Colgate-Palmolive

Daily Signals

The Campaign: Burger King delivers burgers to new mothers right after childbirth

Fast food chain Burger King has launched its Bundles of Joy campaign, capturing real-life moments of new mothers enjoying burgers as their first me...

Food & Drink : Burger King : Matresence

Daily Signals

Foresight Friday: Simar Deol, foresight analyst

Every Friday, The Future Laboratory team offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about.

Foresight : Foresight Friday : TikTok

Markets

Racquet Culture Redefined

From social padel clubs to the rise of tenniscore, racquet sports are being repositioned for new generations.

Sport & Leisure : Wellness : Youth

Daily Signals

Clinique elevates its reward scheme with NFTs

The beauty brand is making its first foray into the world of digital collectables with the launch of a non-fungible token (NFT) as part of its rewa...

Beauty : Media & Entertainment : Society

Daily Signals

Telfar’s TV channel enables inclusive hype

The luxury brand is making a foray into the entertainment commerce space with the launch of its own television channel.

Luxury : Fashion : Media And Entertainment

Daily Signals

Snack brand MadeGood helps kids 'un-wreck the future’

With younger generations increasingly taking an active role in supporting social and environmental change, snack brand MadeGood is using this behav...

Food & Drink : Youth : Sustainability

Daily Signals

Stat: UK daters face unsolicited fetishisation

Among UK citizens, there is a lack of awareness of fetishisation and its harmful impacts on marginalised groups.

Health & Wellness : Fetishisation : Discrimination

Daily Signals

Stat: US consumers embrace cinema re-openings

As public locations begin to re-open in America, the recent four-day Memorial Day weekend showed positive signs of recovery for cinemas.

Media : Entertainment : Covid-19

Daily Signals

Stat: UK students are investing in cryptocurrencies

The adoption of cryptocurrencies is growing among UK students, offering an incentive for retailers to explore and integrate alternative payment met...

Youth : Finance : Cryptocurrency

Daily Signals

Hermès balances wellness with luxury in WeChat tutorials

Luxury brand Hermès has launched yoga tutorials via a WeChat Mini Programme as a way to promote its accessories.

Luxury : Wellness : Yoga

Daily Signals

This browser plugin is anti-greenwashing the web

The shADe plugin allows consumers to make more informed shopping decisions by highlighting the environmental claims of brands.

Fashion : Sustainability : Informed Shopping

Daily Signals

Stat: Young people get hooked on home decor

New research from Mintel reveals Gen Z and Millennials are driving growth in the UK’s home improvement market.

Design : Statistic : Interiors

Daily Signals

Vans commits to youth-led sustainability goals

Skatewear brand Vans has announced new global commitments to environmental sustainability in line with the core values of its young customers.

Fashion : Retail : Sustainability

Daily Signals

Stat: Health and fitness apps prospered in 2020

The number of health and fitness apps available in the past year has risen amid increasing demand for at-home solutions.

Stat : Statistic : Covid-19

Daily Signals

This innovation hub replicates supply chain environments

Robotic technology company AutoStore has unveiled an innovation hub to test and replicate various climate conditions in stores and warehouses.

Retail : Supply-chain : Storeage

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