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Global Futures Forum: Disruptors – One year on

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Global Futures Forum: Disruptors – One year on:

18.10.2017 - At our first Global Futures Forum, 20 disruptors offered their vision of the future. Five of them...

Behaviours

Big data is being used to study human psychology:

18.10.2017 - Our personal Google searches – the biggest and most accurate dataset in history – are feeding a...

Digital : Technology : Identity

How Wonderbly is changing the reading experience for children

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How Wonderbly is changing the reading experience for children:

17.10.2017 - The co-founder of Wonderbly on capturing children’s imagination through personalisation and the brand’s...

Personalisation : Digital : Technology

How technology is transforming the luxury car-buying process

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How technology is transforming the luxury car-buying process:

16.10.2017 - Automotive brands are using technology to meet luxury consumers’ demands for higher levels of...

Luxury : Automotive : Technology

Behaviours

Nicolas Le Moigne on the future of luxury design:

16.10.2017 - The head of MAS in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship at École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (ECAL) on...

Luxury : Design : Technology

Friday’s headlines including a retail model based on social media data

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Friday’s headlines including a retail model based on social media data:

13.10.2017 - In today’s daily digest: The future of online grocery shopping, HBO enables users to influence tv...

Fashion : Media : Food & Drink

Opinion

Why are we teaching humans how to code and machines how to learn?:

12.10.2017 - An overemphasis on teaching children technical proficiency could undermine their future skill sets.

Education : Technology : Youth

Opinion

Do we need to start designing for digital resistance?:

11.10.2017 - Why it’s time for brands to start thinking more carefully about how the attention economy is affecting...

Digital : Technology : Media

News

Riley Rose targets teen beauty market and other stories:

11.10.2017 - In today’s daily digest: Yacht rentals for aspiring luxurians, the first augmented reality teddy,...

Beauty : Technology : Travel

Opinion

Is the technology in Blade Runner 2049 already here?:

10.10.2017 - With advances in artificial intelligence technology, the sci-fi future of Blade Runner 2049 may be...

Technology : Culture : Artificial Intelligence

News

Today’s headlines including a Mars-like city to be built in the UAE:

10.10.2017 - In today’s daily digest: Google’s in-ear translation, alcoholic Kombrewcha, an environmentally themed...

Technology : Sustainability : Food & Drink

Behaviours

Next-generation Apps:

10.10.2017 - Tired of narcissistic platforms such as Instagram, young people are moving over to private messaging...

Youth : Digital : Technology

Opinion

Is it finally time for brands to start taking cryptocurrency seriously?:

06.10.2017 - With an increasing number of leading economies creating state-backed cryptocurrencies, brands need to...

Finance : Retail : Technology

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Behaviours

How brands should use chatbots:

06.10.2017 - From acting as virtual employees to creating more meaningful relationships with consumers, chatbots are...

Retail : Digital : Technology

Behaviours

What 3M’s road sign research means for mobility:

06.10.2017 - Embedding roads with materials that cars can sense and see will improve passenger safety.

Automotive : Design : Technology

Behaviours

Danny Isserles on designing robots for the home:

03.10.2017 - Danny Isserles, vice-president of marketing at Roboteam, on why autonomous robots should not be humanoid.

Technology : Design : Artificial Intelligence

Opinion

Why avatars make the perfect brand partners:

02.10.2017 - Tapping into gaming culture for campaigns blends real and virtual worlds in an authentic way that is...

Identity : Advertising : Media

Opinion

Will the future fashion showroom really live online?:

02.10.2017 - As brands explore the potential of digital showrooms enabled by virtual reality, will fashion buyers be...

Fashion : Retail : Digital

Micro Trends

Anti-intuitive Cooking:

02.10.2017 - New packaged food products and at-home appliances are making it easier to cook gourmet food at home.

Food : Technology : Convenience

News

SWEAR offers luxury customisation and other stories:

02.10.2017 - In today’s daily digest: Sweden’s biometric train tickets, a smart scale that tracks health, rethinking...

Food & Drink : Luxury : Technology

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Brand Innovation Debrief: Nike:

27.09.2017 - From data-informed design to augmented reality-powered customisation, Nike’s latest innovations hint at...

Fashion : Technology : Retail

Behaviours

Alfredo Orobio on fashion’s democratic future:

26.09.2017 - Alfredo Orobio, founder and CEO of AWAYTOMARS, on why the future of fashion lies in its democratisation.

Fashion : Tech : Digital

Opinion

Have we reached peak wellness?:

25.09.2017 - With millions around the world dying from non-communicable diseases and an increase in ageing...

Wellness : Health : Technology

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Markets

Hype Market:

25.09.2017 - From frenzied crowds outside Supreme stores to Yeezy sneakers reselling for more than 20 times their...

Fashion : Digital : Technology

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Micro Trends

Countering Counterfeits:

25.09.2017 - As fashion counterfeiters become smarter and more relentless in their approach, brands and consumers...

Fashion : Apparel : Technology