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Stat: Threads, CapCut and ChatGPT the fastest apps to reach 50m users

Meta’s Threads app has shattered records, becoming the fastest platform to reach 50m monthly active users (MAUs) globally, according to a survey by...

News

CES 2025 daily recap: Robo-dogs, new cities and 2025 tech trends

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has landed in Las Vegas for another year of innovation showcases, product launches and keynotes from the world’...

Technology : CES : Consumer Electronics Show

Big Ideas

SXSW 2025: Designing AI With Intent

At SXSW 2025, the focus was on AI designed with intention and empathy rather than defaulted into systems shaped by control and efficiency.

SXSW 2025 : AI : Intentional AI

Big Ideas

NRF 2025: The Rise of Modular Retail

Sephora is leading a new wave of modular retail, transforming stores into flexible, ever-changing spaces designed to evolve with consumer trends an...

NRF 2025 : Modular Retail : Sephora

Markets

AI Fragrance Market

AI is transforming new product development and manufacturing of fragrances, allowing brands to adapt efficiently to consumer tastes, augment fragra...

Beauty : Technology : Retail

News

Foresight Friday: Dan Hastings, deputy foresight editor

Every Friday, we wrap up the topics, issues, ideas and viral moments everyone’s been discussing. This week, deputy foresight editor Dan Hastings lo...

Foresight Friday

Micro Trends

Digital Detox Destinations

With the aim of finding a solution to the incessant bombardment from our digital devices, people are swapping their screens for bucolic scenes, see...

Travel : Analogue : Mindfulness

Markets

Cultural Capital

As Gen Z reshape the financial world with irreverence and creativity, fintech is transforming into a playground of memes, gamified investments and ...

FinTech : Gen Z : Fintok

Big Ideas

CES 2025: Six Trends to Watch

From labour-free homes to Shoppertainment and AI agents, LS:N Global unpacks the key trends from CES 2025.

Technology : AI : Health And Wellness

Big Ideas

Viva Technology 2025: Decoding a Decisive Moment for Tech

At VivaTech 2025, AI took centre stage – but conversations about climate, care and connection revealed where the future of tech must lead: human-fi...

Technology : Artificial Intelligence : Retail

Big Ideas

The Download: Fashion Month A/W 2025–2026

From Y2K nostalgia to scripted drama and robots – everything new and notable from the autumn/winter 2025–2026 fashion month in one easy download.

Fashion : Fashion Month AW25-26 : Fashion Month

Viewpoints

China’s New Fitness Boom is More Than a Trend

Fitness in China is no longer just for gym-goers or athletes. Visual anthropologist Enke Huang argues that it has become a lasting cultural shift f...

Health And Wellness : Identity : China

News

Stat: Violence increasingly seen as an acceptable tool for change

The 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals a seismic shift in public sentiment, with worldwide trust in institutions crumbling and grievance replacin...

Society : Edelman : Trust Barometer

Viewpoints

Augmented Futures for Next-Gen Teens

Biomedical scientist and former White House senior policy advisor Dr Knatokie Ford sits down with The Future Laboratory's co-founder Martin Raymond...

Youth : Gen Alpha : Education

Markets

The Sexuwellness Men’s Market

Meet the innovators rebranding men’s sexual wellness as a pillar of male pleasure and wellbeing.

Health & Wellness : Men's Sexual Wellness : AI

Big Ideas

SXSW London 2025: Gaming and Brand Strategy

From Minecraft’s chicken jockey strategy to Adidas’ direct-to-avatar commerce, LS:N Global unpacks the best insights on gaming from the inaugural e...

Technology : Pop Culture & Media : Youth

Macro Trends

New Codes of Value

In this new era of scarcity, richness is expressed through rituals, and abundance is found in regenerative pursuits and deeper connections. New cod...

Finance : Retail : Value

Markets

Public Transport Futures

A new era of public transport is taking shape. From AI-powered networks to free travel trials and zero-emission fleets, the future of mobility is s...

Transport : Public Transport : Travel

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

Macro Trends

Culture-coded Retail

Digital commerce may offer consumers convenience, but a new generation of in-person retail experiences energised by cultural relevance and built on...

Retail : Culture : Technology

Viewpoints

The Future of Femtech

Marina Gerner, author of The Vagina Business, sits down with LS:N Global to discuss the innovators addressing centuries of neglect in women’s healt...

Women's Health : FemTech : Marina Gerner

Markets

Gen Z in Indonesia

With millions of young, tech-savvy and entrepreneurial Indonesians reshaping culture, business and faith, Gen Z is a force no brand can afford to i...

Youth : Generation Z : Indonesia

Markets

Gen Z’s Mall Revival

For Gen Z, malls are more than places to shop – they have become social playgrounds where retail, food and entertainment collide to create energy, ...

Retail : Youth : Gen Z

Big Ideas

Three Key Takeaways From NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show

Retail leaders unpacked the next wave of consumer behaviour, brand building and ownership models during NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show. Here’s everyth...

Retail : Fashion : Global Events

Big Ideas

NRF 2025: Escapism Retail

Escapism retail invites shoppers to step into another world, offering immersive experiences that provide a welcome escape from everyday life.

Retail : Luxury : Fashion

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