LS:N Global

Macro Trends

Storefront Salvation

Fuelled by an understanding that saving the store relies on a combination of physical touchpoints and digital technology, retailers are reconsi...

Retail : E-commerce : Digital

Macro Trends

Enlightened States

The experience economy is pivoting towards personal transformation as the public imagination looks inwards, favouring self-discovery over shared sp...

Experience : Wellness : Leisure

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Sephora

With the opening of its largest flagship store in Manhattan in 2017 and a host of new initiatives, Sephora shows how to get beauty retail right.

Beauty : Retail : Youth

Daily Signals

If LS:N Global made... a restaurant

London – LS:N Global’s restaurant would be sustainable in ethos and stylish in design, with pop-up chefs, healthy cocktails and wine on tap.

Trash To Table : Chefs-in-Residence : LS:N

Micro Trends

Virtual Opulence

In the digital world, we are used to thinking about three channels: physical, desktop and mobile. Now a range of virtual technologies is creating n...

Virtual Reality : Samsung Gear VR : Luxurians

Viewpoints

We’re living in the age of the Meme Brand

Welcome to kamikaze capitalism, where business rules are inverted, creative destruction becomes destructive creation and brands compete to stand fo...

Branding : Advertising : Gen Z

Daily Signals

Turning pollution into products

While air pollution is a source of consternation around the globe, these five cross-sector brands are showing how it can be a resource for innovati...

Pollution : Air Pollution : Food Futures

Micro Trends

Made in China

In the era of third-stage globalisation, the children of Chinese migrants across the world are beginning to re-assess their transnational identity.

Third Culture Kids : Made In China : Mindset

Viewpoints

Francesca Sarti : Playing with your food

Francesca Sarti, co-founder of Arabeschi di Latte talks about playing with your food.

Food Futures : Francesca Sarti : Arabeschi Di Latte

Daily Signals

Milan Design Week daily recap: Home futures and Alcova highlights

It’s that time of the year when northern Italy is engulfed in design. Fuorisalone, also known as Milan Design Week, is back with a 2023 edition ent...

Design

Daily Signals

Etsy uses AR in immersive virtual show home

The online marketplace is enticing shoppers through an interactive augmented reality (AR) show home.

Retail : Media & Entertainment : Society

Micro Trends

Serene Hospitality

Silence is emerging as a new signifier of luxury in high-end hospitality.

Hospitality : Luxury : Travel

Viewpoints

Biohacking with hallucinogens

Will psilocybin mushrooms and LSD be next year’s go-to ingredients for optimisers?

Psychadelics : The Optimised Self : Micro-dosing

Micro Trends

Recycling Rebranded

Fashion retailers are finding ways to negotiate the desire for sustainability by creating a new aesthetic around recycling.

Recycling : Closed-loop : H&M

Daily Signals

Taste of the future

London – The Future Laboratory published its Food and Drink Futures report on Wednesday 1 July, and presented the in-depth analysis during a two-da...

Food & Drink Futures Forum 2015 : The Future Laboratory : Blanch & Shock

Micro Trends

Responsive Museums

Museums are changing in response to visitors’ expectations to be engaged, immersed and entertained.

Museum : Dialogue : Participation

Big Ideas

Retailers seek a new male order

Menswear : Male-only : Hermès

Daily Signals

The Space: Burberry’s nomadic island installation

While the steady return to bricks-and-mortar retail in 2021 has given rise to calm and Contemplative Stores and Third-space Storefronts, where shop...

Retail : Architecture : Design

Viewpoints

New-Age Obsolescence

Why smart devices pose a risk to the relationship between retailers and customers.

John Lewis : Revolv : Nest

Daily Signals

Rising tide: Website takes a fresh perspective on climate change

Venice – Artist Margot Bowman has created W-E-T.net, an online platform that considers the social, emotional and political impacts of global floodi...

W.E.T. : Global Warming : Submerged

Daily Signals

YOUR shop: Store creates layers of experience

Belgium : Conviviality Culture : The Tomorrow Store

Micro Trends

3DIY Culture

With free access to information, and a new norm of open-sourcing, a new type of DIY culture is on the rise. This is 3DIY – Design/Download/Do-It-Yo...

Design : Puma Creative Factory : Thing-O-Matic

Markets

Cognac Market

Long considered a staid and elitist drink, cognac brands are working to make the spirit more accessible.

Luxury : Drinks : Spirits

Big Ideas

Destination Debrief: Hainan

China’s Hawaii has turned its tropical forests and pristine beaches into a destination for both local and global luxury consumers seeking an authen...

China : Hainan Island : Hainan

Markets

Digital Clout Dining

A new wave of Indian restaurants is reshaping fine dining through limited-access menus, founder storytelling and digital scarcity, transforming mea...

Food & Drink : India : Travel & Hospitality

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