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Micro Trends

Personal Appsistants

After years of automated customer service, the personal approach is making a comeback.

Customer Service : Apps : Personal Commerce

Daily Signals

Arabian mornings: Luxury expatriate breakfasts by design

Saudi Arabia – Luxury breakfast delivery service Breakfast Club has enlisted the help of branding intelligence group Anagrama for its new packaging.

Disruptive Packaging : Anagrama : Branding

Daily Signals

White water retailing: HIC opens store in Amsterdam’s red light district

Amsterdam – It can be difficult for a store to stand out in the red light district. But HIC, a vitamin drink and water shop nestled among the ...

XML : HIC : Red Light District

Daily Signals

Youthquake II: The state of teenagers today

London – Are today's youth in crisis? That was the starting point for Youthquake II, LS:N Global's second Network Evening focusing on teen culture.

Network Evening : YouTube : Youth

Daily Signals

Hive of activity: Site aims to make the web weird

New York – NewHive promotes self-expression by abandoning slick, clean design in favour of anything-goes experimentation.

NewHive : Creative Platform : Websites

Daily Signals

Healthy balance: Pür rebranding changes the tone

Helsinki – Health shop Pür eschews the typical aesthetic of wellness stores, which tend to be minimalist and clinical, in favour of a soft and warm...

Pür : Wellness : Bond

Micro Trends

Fly-and-Flop Philanthropy

Traditionally, luxury travel has been about comfort and indulgence, but no longer.

International Travel Luxury Market : Iltm : Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts

Daily Signals

Visual aid: Augmented reality magazine for the deaf

Düsseldorf – DEAF magazine, by German design collective Morphoria, is a glossy publication aimed at the hearing-impaired that includes an augmented...

Germany : Morphoria : Transmedia Futures

Big Ideas

Tea retail concept puts theatrical lab-style experience centre stage

Sydney – T2B is a new tea retail and café concept that puts the drama of infusion and experiment centre stage.

Concrete : Retail Lab : Lighitng

Daily Signals

GIF art: Social network offers a new dimension

Gifpumper : Social Network : Second Internet

Design Directions

Digital Surrealism

A new style of design is emerging that takes its inspiration from the early days of the internet, as first explored in LS:N Global’s macrotrend, Ne...

Internet Art : Netstalgic : Web Art

Micro Trends

Post-privacy World

Social media has altered the ways in which we communicate with friends and peers. Now these social mechanics are becoming more relevant to families...

Social Networks : Privacy : Profiles

Micro Trends

Choice Architecture

People struggling with information overload need help in making decisions. Even a nudge in the right direction is appreciated. Brands, products and...

Information : Advise : Guidance

Big Ideas

Prohibition Culture a catalyst for innovation, experts say

London : Network Evening : Marks & Spencer

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress hosts top CEOs, discussions on downturn strategy

World Retail Congress : Recession : Chalhoub Group

Design Directions

Steelcase re-invents the workplace

Today’s New Millennials and Generation Y are blurring the distinction between business and leisure as they start their working lives. Welcome to th...

Creativity : Blurred : Steelcase

Micro Trends

Superheroes Anonymous

Superheroes : Chaim Lazaros : Customer Service

Markets

SkipFit: The Health Revolution

New research suggests that rope jumping can benefit brains and bones, adding science to the social media movement reframing skipping for Gen Z and ...

Sport : Health : Wellness

Viewpoints

Smart New Towns

LS:N Global talks to London-based master planning and urban design firm AR Urbanism to discuss the pillars of a regenerative new town, the pros and...

Design : Future Spaces : Architecture

Big Ideas

NRF 2024 Retail’s Big Show: Community, Luxury and Loyalty

At the biggest retail conference in the US, all eyes were on experiential retail, the evolution of the luxury consumer and the critical role of loy...

Retail : Events : Luxury

Markets

Retail-flation Responses

Amid rising inflation and the knock-on effect of the war in Ukraine, retailers are innovating to support consumers’ tightening purse strings.

Retail : Society : Technology

Markets

Emerging Youth: Poland

Despite living under an ultra-conservative government, Polish youth are gaining the strength to fight for feminist and LGBTQ+ rights by increasingl...

Youth : Nightlife : Activism

Markets

Rebranding Ready-to-drink

As ready-to-drink emerges as one of the fastest-growing drink sectors, the category is being updated and elevated in line with premiumisation.

Drinks : Branding : Packaging

Markets

Flat Age Beauty Market

The beauty sector is meeting the needs of Flat Age women with products and marketing that support maturing skin and hair – and their inquisitive ou...

Beauty : Advertising : The Flat Age Society

Markets

Teen Tech Welfare

Brands are playing an increasingly supportive role to parents and children to help them approach their digital lives more mindfully.

Media : Technology : Kids

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