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Halal Food Futures

A growing Muslim population, fast-expanding retail ranges and interest in ethical food alternatives are driving growth and innovation in the halal ...

Food & Drink : Retail : Travel & Hospitality

Big Ideas

FT Business of Luxury 2025: The New Shape of Global Luxury

Luxury is evolving through post-purchase care, storytelling in resale and digital product passports, all in service of building deeper connections ...

Luxury : Retail : Fashion

Big Ideas

Viva Tech 2025: Five Sustainable Fashion Start-ups

From algorithmic upcycling to traceability tools, LS:N Global spotlights five fashion tech start-ups reshaping the future of sustainable production.

Fashion : Technology : Sustainability

News

Stat: Millennials to overtake Gen X in beauty spending by 2034

Gen X is currently the dominant force in global beauty spending, with the generation set to contribute an additional $150bn (£119bn, €141bn) to the...

Beauty : Society : Retail

News

Polaroid champions an analogue way of living amid AI hype

Polaroid has launched The Camera for an Analog Life, a campaign designed to push back against screen fatigue and AI overload. The initiative celebr...

Technology : Design : Advertising

News

Foresight Friday: Dede Mivehchi, foresight intern

Every Friday, we offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, foresight intern&nbs...

Digital Detox : The Great Concert Comeback : Live Music Economy

News

Stat: Portugal tops list as Americans seek freedom abroad

In a recent survey of over 100,000 Americans considering emigration, Portugal has emerged as the top relocation destination.

Travel : Society : Wellness

News

Foresight Friday: Fiona Harkin, director of foresight

Every Friday, we offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, director of foresigh...

Foresight : Foresight Friday : Ff

Markets

Gen Z in Kenya

From Silicon Savannah to the streets of Nairobi, Kenya’s Gen Z are rewriting the rules of power, protest and purpose for governments and brands.

Youth : Technology : Gen Z

News

SXSW 2025: Manifesting a better future for all

SXSW is a festival of future-thinking, but how can we truly anticipate what’s next? In a thought-provoking session, Rohit Bhargava, bestselling aut...

Design : Technology : Society

News

The Future Laboratory hosts Members’ and Clients’ Breakfast Briefing

On 18 February, The Future Laboratory hosted its first Members’ and Clients’ Breakfast Briefing at its UK headquarters in Haggerston, London.

LS:N Global : Events : Breakfast Briefing

News

Somerset House celebrates the magic of soil

Somerset House begins 2025 with Soil: The World at Our Feet, a landmark exhibition running from 23 January to 13 April.

Design : Sustainability : Exhibition

News

Stat: Consumers admit to choosing inaction on climate change due to eco-guilt

More than a quarter of people (28%) in 31 countries fall into the category of ‘anxious inactives’, according to the latest GlobeScan Healthy & ...

Society : Sustainability : Retail

News

Equinox and Stripes Beauty launch luxury menopause spa experience

The Spa by Equinox Hotels has partnered with pro-ageing beauty and wellness brand Stripes Beauty to introduce a high-tech, luxury wellness spa circ...

Health & Wellness : Luxury : Travel & Hospitality

News

Estée Lauder innovates home fragrance with smart technology partnership

Estée Lauder Companies, the beauty giant behind brands like Le Labo and Jo Malone London, is transforming the home fragrance market with an innovat...

Beauty : Technology : Design

News

Stat: America’s millionaire class is growing faster than ever

According to UBS’s 2025 Global Wealth Report, more than 1,000 people became millionaires every day in America in 2024.

Wealth : Society : The Great Wealth Transfer

News

Stat: Consumer confidence recovers as British shoppers prioritise experience-led spending

According to Bauer Media Outdoor’s Audiences in Focus report, 38% of Britons say they’re spending more of their disposable income now than a year ago.

Cost Of Living : Economy : Shopping

News

New data set helps identify culturally specific biases in LLMs

A new dataset called SHADES is helping researchers uncover how AI models internalise and reproduce harmful stereotypes in multiple languages.

AI : Technology : LLMs

News

Stat: Clubbing culture enters its Flat Age era

A new survey by YouGov challenges stereotypes about age and nightlife culture.

Nightlife : Clubbing : Flat Agers

News

ChatGPT expands into e-commerce

OpenAI has announced the launch of new shopping features within ChatGPT.

Technology : Retail : AI

News

Stat: US parents are embracing digital fashion resale

The second-hand market is becoming an essential parenting tool, driven by financial pressures and digital convenience.

Shopping Habits : Thrifting : Secondhand Selling

News

Stat: Supermarkets are bringing luxury dining into the home

As rising costs force high-end restaurants to close, including Le Gavroche and Pollen Street Social in London, British consumers are turning to sup...

Retail : Food & Drink : Finance

News

Mud is rewilding the pet grooming industry

London-based start-up Mud™ is making a clean break from the polished pet aesthetic dominating the market.

Society : Design : Pets

News

Loewe opens Shanghai flagship store with shimmering golden facade

Luxury fashion house Loewe has opened Casa Loewe Shanghai, its largest flagship store in Asia.

Retail : Fashion : Luxury

Markets

The Sexuwellness Women’s Market

The women’s sexual wellness market is undergoing a revolution, fuelled by technology, personalised products and shifting consumer demographics. Mee...

Sexual Health : Sexual Education : Digital Intimacy

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