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Future Forecast 2024: Retail

Micro Trends

Future Forecast 2024: Retail

Retail is settling into a post-Covid landscape in which consumers frequently welcome brands into their homes, exploring products, consuming content...
Retail : Luxury : Fashion
The Viewpoint: Black art matters in Web3

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The Viewpoint: Black art matters in Web3

British artist Nubianizm explains how a new generation of Black visual artists find solace, community and compensation on the blockchain.
NFTs : Web3 : Identities
Future Forecast 2024: Technology

Micro Trends

Future Forecast 2024: Technology

Rapid advances in technology are creating a new pool of consumers who are happy to leave the social, economic and political crises of the real worl...
Technology : Health & Wellness : Society
Envisioning Tomorrows: Dubai Future Forum 2023

Big Ideas

Envisioning Tomorrows: Dubai Future Forum 2023

Described as the world’s largest gathering of futurists, Dubai Future Forum envisaged an array of futures, all focused on compassion, care and coll...
Dubai Futures Forum : Event : Tomorrow's Leadership
Six Luxury Brands Building Loyalty with NFTs

Big Ideas

Six Luxury Brands Building Loyalty with NFTs

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are catching their second wind, as fashion and luxury brands start to harness digital tokens as tools to build brand loy...
Luxury : Fashion : NFTs
Bumble for Friends rolls out AI-generated ice-breakers

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Bumble for Friends rolls out AI-generated ice-breakers

Bumble For Friends – the platonic alternative to the Bumble dating app – has introduced AI-generated ice-breakers to take the pressure off initiati...
Companionship : Technology : App
AI Pleasures Market

Markets

AI Pleasures Market

AI is stepping into intimate domains, allowing users to create and experience bespoke tech-enhanced pleasure.
Technology : Sexual Wellness : AI
BoF Voices 2023: The Creative Crossroads

Big Ideas

BoF Voices 2023: The Creative Crossroads

At The Business of Fashion’s Voices 2023 conference, the focus was on creative resilience, ethical and sustainable innovation, and how AI is reshap...
Luxury : Fashion : Beauty
Stat: US surgeon general raises concern about global cost of depression

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Stat: US surgeon general raises concern about global cost of depression

Dr Vivek Murthy, the US surgeon general, has told Fortune that the economic toll of depression is immense, costing the global economy some £795.4bn...
Economy : Finance : Society
Stat: US teens are more price-conscious when choosing a university

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Stat: US teens are more price-conscious when choosing a university

Scared by big student debt and high prices, US students are becoming more price-sensitive when it comes to higher education.
Education : Finance : Youth
Future Five: Artificial Intelligence

Micro Trends

Future Five: Artificial Intelligence

As part of our Future Five 2024 report, we explore the impact of AI on the year ahead.
Technology : AI : Design
Foresight Friday: Marta Indeka, senior foresight analyst

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Foresight Friday: Marta Indeka, senior 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. This week, s...
Foresight
Web Summit Lisbon 2023: The Future of the Creator Economy, Podcasts and Gaming

Big Ideas

Web Summit Lisbon 2023: The Future of the Creator Economy, Podcasts and Gaming

Influencers, strategists and businesses gathered at the world’s largest tech conference in search of solutions to cut through the noise in a satura...
Technology : Influencer Marketing : Gaming
Elf launches educational Roblox experience to nurture Gen Z entrepreneurs

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Elf launches educational Roblox experience to nurture Gen Z entrepreneurs

Elf Cosmetics has taken a leap into the metaverse with its inaugural Roblox experience Elf Up!, strategically addressing Gen Z’s entrepreneurial in...
Workplace : Youth : Beauty
Crate & Barrel is bringing the in-store shopping experience to customers at home

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Crate & Barrel is bringing the in-store shopping experience to customers at home

Furniture and home décor retailer Crate & Barrel has created an immersive digital version of its new flagship New York store.
Retail : Technology : Crate & Barrel
Stat: US students are turning their backs on dating apps

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Stat: US students are turning their backs on dating apps

Dating apps are losing traction among young Americans. Nearly eight in 10 students say they don’t use any dating apps, even as infrequently as once...
Dating : Pop Culture & Media : Youth
Web Summit 2023 Daily Recap: hip-hop, music streaming and the superfans

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Web Summit 2023 Daily Recap: hip-hop, music streaming and the superfans

The third and final day of the world’s largest tech conference turned the volume up with panels addressing the future of the music industry and wha...
Technology : Pop Culture & Media : Music
Dcypher launches AI-driven custom concealer for all skin tones

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Dcypher launches AI-driven custom concealer for all skin tones

British cosmetics brand Dcypher has launched the world’s first AI-driven colour match technology and custom concealer for all skin tones.
Beauty : Technology : Retail
Key takeaways from the 2023 Pentawards Festival

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Key takeaways from the 2023 Pentawards Festival

Held at the Science Museum in West London, the second edition of the Pentawards Festival explored the role of innovation and AI in the future of pa...
Technology : AI : Events
Hometopia lets adults live out their home-ownership dreams virtually

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Hometopia lets adults live out their home-ownership dreams virtually

Hometopia is the latest video game aiming to give aspirational home-owners the chance to build their dream house as a tonic for shrinking home-owne...
Gaming : Home : Technology
Hitachi turns to the metaverse for next-generation workforce training

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Hitachi turns to the metaverse for next-generation workforce training

Multinational electronics giant Hitachi is using the metaverse to enable skilled manufacturing workers to run demonstrations on real-world equipment.
Technology : Metaverse : Craft
Pizza Hut creates pizza-themed world in the metaverse

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Pizza Hut creates pizza-themed world in the metaverse

Publicis Middle East and Pizza Hut have collaborated on the restaurant giant’s first venture into the metaverse.
Food & Drink : Media & Entertainment : Technology
Hennessy brings its cognac-making history to life in virtual reality

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Hennessy brings its cognac-making history to life in virtual reality

Hennessy has opened an exhibition in its home town of Cognac, revisiting the Maison’s rich heritage with a little help from virtual reality technol...
Luxury : Food & Drink : Technology
Roblox envisages platform as a place for adults to find love

News

Roblox envisages platform as a place for adults to find love

Roblox, the popular online platform, is aiming to expand its user base to include adults looking for love.
Technology : Media & Entertainment : Society
In-transit Retail Innovations

Viewpoints

In-transit Retail Innovations

How do the three Ts – technology, targets and trends – help turn travel time into valuable retail time? LS:N Global talks to Lennard Niemann, manag...
Travel Retail : Airport Futures : Travel & Hospitality
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