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Democratising Longevity
Compostable Cosmetics
Wearable Skincare
China’s New Fitness Boom is More Than a Trend
Gen Z’s New Value System
Seán Dagan Wood: How to harness the power of Positive News

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Seán Dagan Wood: How to harness the power of Positive News

Positive News, the world’s first ‘solution-focused’ newspaper, poses a challenge to the traditional model of journalism.
Positive News : Journalism : Upworthy
Diana Verde Nieto: Why luxury brands need to be socially and environmentally aware

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Diana Verde Nieto: Why luxury brands need to be socially and environmentally aware

Luxury does not have to mean compromise between style and a positive impact, says the founder of luxury standards-setter Positive Luxury.
Accessories : Narcisso Rodriguez : Candice Swanepoel
Danielle Pender: Smart magazine design for women

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Danielle Pender: Smart magazine design for women

Ban Photoshop and focus on the words, says the founder and editor-in-chief of new women's magazine Riposte.
Womazines : Riposte : The Athena Woman
Alex Stephany: How to understand the sharing economy

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Alex Stephany: How to understand the sharing economy

Where does the sharing economy go after Airbnb?
The Sharing Economy : JustPark : Collaborative Consumption
Have it your way: Fast food gets personal

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Have it your way: Fast food gets personal

McDonald’s and other fast food brands are ramping up their collaborative credentials, but will it be enough to tempt the Millennial generation?
Millennial : Fast Food : McDonald's
Caryn Franklin: How to make diversity profitable

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Caryn Franklin: How to make diversity profitable

Brands need to engage with women differently, says fashion commentator and activist Caryn Franklin.
FABs : Caryn Franklin : I-D
Eoghan O’Sullivan: Making XBox Kinect work for retail

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Eoghan O’Sullivan: Making XBox Kinect work for retail

The founder of technology start-up Von Bismark on how laser-scanning technology is changing the way people shop at home.
Von Bismark : Microsoft Kinect : E-commerce
Retail Futures Webinar 2014

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Retail Futures Webinar 2014

The Retail Futures webinar explored how digital innovations are disrupting the retail sector.
Retail Experience : Total Retail : Luxury Shoppers Experience
Bea Appleby: We need feminism for boys too

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Bea Appleby: We need feminism for boys too

Boys don’t cry. Really? It’s not just girls who feel gender pressure, says the editor of pre-teen magazine Girl Talk.
Tiny Tot Feminism : Re-Con Man : Girl Talk
Matt Page: Digital magtail for the global luxury consumer

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Matt Page: Digital magtail for the global luxury consumer

How mr&mrs.tom, a shoppable, digital-only magazine, reduces the gap between inspiration and purchase.
Magtail : Shoppable Editorial : Australia
Rachel Armstrong: Why we should make 100-year plans

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Rachel Armstrong: Why we should make 100-year plans

Forget blue-sky thinking. Senior TED fellow Rachel Armstrong says we need to become Black Sky Thinkers.
Black Sky Thinking : Living Architecture : Awakening Tech
Viv Craske: Rating Regent Street’s beacon experiment

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Viv Craske: Rating Regent Street’s beacon experiment

Should retailers use beacon or wi-fi to improve their footfall tracking?
Beacon Retail : Regent Street : Wi-fi
Daily digest: Do we need print to feel more human?

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Daily digest: Do we need print to feel more human?

PaperLater lets consumers curate their own web stories into a printed newspaper. Is this what we need to be individuals in the digital age?
PaperLater : Newspaper : The Curator Generation
Paul Gulati: Merging retail, hospitality and leisure

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Paul Gulati: Merging retail, hospitality and leisure

Universal Design Studio’s senior associate talks about design in The Convergence Economy.
Ace Hotel : Seek No Further : Universal Design Studio
LeBron lesson: Should we go back to move forward?

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LeBron lesson: Should we go back to move forward?

We are continually urged to innovate and move forward, but can going back be a more productive strategy?
LeBron James : Swiss Watches : Waste Redux
Cindy Joseph: How to be pro-age not anti-age

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Cindy Joseph: How to be pro-age not anti-age

The 60something stylist and model describes the thinking behind her pro-age skincare line.
Cosmetics : BOOM! : Baby Boomer Beauty
Muriel Zingraff-Shariff: Luxury airport retail

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Muriel Zingraff-Shariff: Luxury airport retail

The luxury consultant, formerly retail director of Heathrow, on the new wave of airport retail.
Heathrow Airport : Terminal 2 : Hermès
Dave Coplin: The Amazing Big Data Revolution

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Dave Coplin: The Amazing Big Data Revolution

Microsoft UK's chief envisioning officer on the brave new world of big data.
Big Data : Machine Learning : Healthcare
David Walker-Smith: Selling to fifty-plus women

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David Walker-Smith: Selling to fifty-plus women

Fenwick's managing director on a luxury retail strategy for selling to FABs. 
Fenwick Of Bond Street : FABs : David Walker-Smith
Adding emotion: Multi-layered social media

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Adding emotion: Multi-layered social media

A new social network shows the power of combining visual and audio content to create emotion. 
Tunepics : Justin Cooke : App
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