Behaviours

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Paradigms 2024: Future of Branding

Brand storytelling and the evolving definition of creativity were hot topics as well-known and emerging designers gathered in Rome to determine the future of branding

Markets

The Rise of Inclusive Travel 

From inclusive cultural learning to accessible work and play, successful travel design must have people with disabilities at the forefront

Markets

State of Luxury: Singapore

Rising disposable income and affluence amongst Singaporeans, along with high-spending international business and leisure travellers, are boosting Singapore’s luxury outlook

Big Ideas

Paris Fashion Week SS25

Cutting through the chaos and overwhelming nature of fashion month, we distil the key insights from Paris Fashion Week

Big Ideas

Material Matters 2024

Material Matters 2024 edition didn’t disappoint in highlighting innovative material intelligence

Big Ideas

Youthful urban neighbourhoods attract Flat-Agers

The population of Baby Boomers is rapidly increasing in youth-orientated neighbourhoods in New York.

Big Ideas

Facebook makes a play for financial services

Facebook is seeking approval from regulators in Ireland to enable users to store digital cash and make money transfers on the site.

Facebook : F-commerce : E-commerce

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Quantified community rises on the Hudson

The Hudson Yards complex on Manhattan’s West Side will become the first ‘quantified community’ in the US.

Hudson Yards : New York : Quantified Community

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Miracle material graphene could change everything

Could graphene be the miracle material that revolutionises the technology industry?

Electronics : Plastics : Silicon

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Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2014 Part 1: Top 5 Spaces

The sun was shining and the pavilions were resplendent as thousands of design industry moguls explored the many districts that comprised Salone I...

Milan : Salone Internazionale Del Mobile : Convergence

Big Ideas

NailSnaps brings Instagram to nail art

The NailSnaps app enables people to convert their Instagram photographs into nail art.

Beauty Futures : Instagram : Los Angeles

Big Ideas

Wearable tech market faces adoption issues

Consumers remain reluctant to adopt and quick to discard wearable technology.

Wearable Tech : Wearables : Devices

Markets

Fashion Tech

Will fashion be the next industry disrupted by technology?

Iris Van Herpen : Pauline Van Dongen : Google Glass

Big Ideas

UK fashion retailer creates colour-themed social media campaign

New Look has created a social media campaign centred around colour.

New Look : Colour : Mood

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US rents increasingly unaffordable for middle class

City rents in the US are outpacing rises in middle-class income.

United States

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South Korean beauty brands on the rise in China

South Korean beauty brands are on the march in China.

South Korea : Beauty : China

Big Ideas

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2014: Part 3. Top 10 Products

LS:N Global editor Lucie Greene, and visual researcher Victoria Buchanan, bring you the top 10 products from Europe’s largest beauty trade exhibi...

Cosmoprof : Skin Nutrition : Raw Beauty

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The cult of Body Temples goes extreme

Fitness classes like Project Fit are introducing new levels of intensity.

Fitness : Soulcycle : Gym Talk

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Consumers buy products despite knowing experiences will make them happier

As the lifestyle industry adopts ‘experiential’ as one of its key buzzwords, scientific research continues to cast light on consumer choices when...

Consumer : Shopping Habits

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Study reveals consumer stance on Beacon technology

Boston – Beacon marketing platform Swirl has created an infographic describing the opportunity that the buzzed-about technology offers retailers.

Beacon : Infographic : In Store

Big Ideas

Pop-up crowdsources menu for permanent restaurant

Dinner Lab is one of the pop-up dining industries’ greatest success stories.

Restaurant Pop-up : Supper Club : USA

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Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2014 Part 2

In the second part of our coverage, LS:N Global reveals more of the latest trends and insights from the biggest beauty trade exhibition in Europe.

Beauty+ : Cosmoprof : Nature+

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Restaurants are making room for bar diners

Restaurants are expanding space and menus dedicated to bar-side diners.

Restaurants : London Edition Hotel : Bar Dining

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Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2014: Part 1

The beauty world was out in force seeking the new and the next at Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2014.

Beauty+ : Cosmoprof : Cosmopack

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Inside 3D Printing 2014

The second Inside 3D Printing show, held on 2–4 April in New York, showed that the technology has come far in the short space of a year.

Inside 3D Printing : New York : 3D Printing

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