Mega-Systems

Amazon lockers are heading to Coachella

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Amazon lockers are heading to Coachella

The e-commerce giant will allow festival-goers to order essential items online and pick them up on-site.

Retail : Amazon : Mega-Systems

Stat: Consumers could soon be banking with Amazon

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Stat: Consumers could soon be banking with Amazon

With sources reporting that Amazon is in talks to offer a basic bank account to its Prime members, a new study of 6,000 American consumers by Bain ...

Mega-Systems : Amazon : Finance

Stat: Amazon dominates US e-commerce

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Stat: Amazon dominates US e-commerce

Recent figures from market research firm eMarketer demonstrate how mega-systems such as Amazon are dominating e-commerce.

Retail : Amazon : Online Retail

Staffless stores

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Staffless stores

Shanghai – Wheelys 247 is the first staffless retail model to open in China.

Retail : Automation : Streamlined Shopping

Opt out of fashion

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Opt out of fashion

Global – The appeal of subscription fashion is dwindling as the category becomes bloated with too much competition.

Nordstrom : Convenience Culture : Subscription

Grocery goliath

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Grocery goliath

US – E-commerce giant Amazon is opening a series of bricks-and-mortar grocery stores.

Amazon : Grocery Market : Convenience Culture

Do-it-your-way stay

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Do-it-your-way stay

Älmhult, Sweden – Ikea is flexing its muscles in the travel market with its newly renovated hotel.

Ikea : Home-tail : Sustainability

Big Ideas

Health-tracker

North America – Apple has acquired healthcare start-up Gliimpse.

Apple : Big Friendly Data : Gliimpse

Big Ideas

Quick read

London – A new digital start-up enables customers to order titles from local bookshops and promises to deliver them within one hour.

NearSt : Retail Futures : Convenience

Big Ideas

Sing along

US – Apple has purchased the Car Pool Karaoke segment of CBS’ The Late Late Show to drive audience engagement on Apple Music.

Apple : Gen Viz : Internet TV

Big Ideas

Google opt-in

Global – In an attempt to combat ad-blocking Google is making it easier to manage ad-tracking and online data collection by launching a new opt-in ...

Google : Ad-blocker Market : My Activity

Micro Trends

Community TV

Digital technology is enabling a new wave of start-ups to curate and build video content around communities of like-minded individuals.

Gen Viz : Revelation Brands : Mega-Systems

Patrick Dixon: E-commerce now

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Patrick Dixon: E-commerce now

Smartphones are re-shaping e-commerce, global retail and premium retail, says the founder of Global Change.

E-commerce : Retail Futures : Mega-Systems

In-app advertising

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In-app advertising

Global – Facebook's new ad format on its app is changing the way brands connect with social media users via mobile.

Facebook : Advertising : Native

Searching social

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Searching social

US – Google and Twitter have signed a new agreement, giving the search engine access to tweets.

Google : Twitter : Search Engine

Citizen science: Google Creative Lab visualises a spacecraft’s journey

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Citizen science: Google Creative Lab visualises a spacecraft’s journey

US – Google Creative Lab has created a Chrome Experiment, A Spacecraft for All, that visualises the 36-year journey of the spacecraft ISEE-3.

Google Labs : Mega-Systems : The Dawn Of The Mega-systems

Google tries to match online customers to physical footfall

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Google tries to match online customers to physical footfall

The online search brand is trying to match online ad clicks to purchases in physical stores.

GoogleAd Words : Advertising : Analytics

Design Directions

Vectorism

Prompted by the powerful convergence of art and science, as we identified in our Re-enlightenment Rising macrotrend, and by consumers’ ubiquitous e...

Digital : Graphics : Coding

Google enters the healthcare industry with Calico

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Google enters the healthcare industry with Calico

Google enters the healthcare industry with Calico.

Google : Self Quants : Mega-Systems

Peter Fitzgerald : Wearable Retail

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Peter Fitzgerald : Wearable Retail

Google UK head of retail Peter Fitzgerald talks wearable retail.

Google : Mobile Web : The Dawn Of The Mega-systems

Amazon orders pilots for original drama series

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Amazon orders pilots for original drama series

Amazon orders pilots for original drama series

Television : Online Viewing : Binge TV

Design Directions

Glitch

Designers are taking inspiration from digital glitches and re-interpreting mistakes and malfunctions on-screen into details in textiles, graphics a...

Digital Surrealism : Mega-Systems : Data

Design Directions

Stealth Wear

The rise of data-tracking should have everyone looking over their hyper-connected shoulder. Or so says Adam Harvey, whose counter-surveillance...

New York : Mega-Systems : Personal Information Economy

Clear vision: Studio explores power and networks

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Clear vision: Studio explores power and networks

New York – The Museum of Modern Art is holding the first show to focus on Metahaven, an Amsterdam-based studio that uses graphic design to explore ...

New York : International Modern Media Initiative : IMMI

Exciting times: LS:N Global names next Trend Briefing 'Strange Days'

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Exciting times: LS:N Global names next Trend Briefing 'Strange Days'

Exciting times: LS:N Global names next Trend Briefing ‘Strange Days’

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