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SXSW 2025: Designing AI With Intent

At SXSW 2025, the focus was on AI designed with intention and empathy rather than defaulted into systems shaped by control and efficiency.

SXSW 2025 : AI : Intentional AI

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Designing for Extinction

Some things are meant to last. Others are meant to disappear. As industries phase out wasteful systems, extinction becomes an innovation opportunit...

Sustainability : Design : Technology

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Six Storified Retail Environments

Storified retail crosses entertainment with hospitality, offering brand experiences that immerse visitors in emotive, local and cultural moments wh...

Retail : Luxury : Fashion

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IFE 2025: Balancing Health and Hedonism

The International Food & Drink Event focused on key topics such as health, self-optimisation, transparency and indulgence, highlighting the con...

Food & Drink : Technology : Health & Wellness

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The Download: Fashion Month A/W 2025–2026

From Y2K nostalgia to scripted drama and robots – everything new and notable from the autumn/winter 2025–2026 fashion month in one easy download.

Fashion : Fashion Month AW25-26 : Fashion Month

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ITB Berlin 2025: Six Trends to Watch

From the rise of the Indian traveller to the influence of TikTok on destination discovery, LS:N Global explores the key trends from ITB Berlin 2025.

Travel & Hospitality : ITB Berlin 2025 : Gen Z

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SXSW 2025: Reclamation Versus Resistance

SXSW 2025 marked a radical shift from resistance to reclamation, as industry leaders build agency in a challenging democracy, create decentralised ...

Society : Media : Technology

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Sustainability is Dead

Sustainability as we know it is dead. Long live sustainability. A new approach is needed that reflects today’s world of increasingly blended physic...

Sustainability : Climate Crisis : Environment

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Brand Innovation Debrief: Refy

By blending minimalist innovation, community-driven marketing and immersive brand experiences, viral beauty brand Refy is proving it’s here to stay.

Refy : Beauty : TikTok

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NRF 2025: The Rise of Modular Retail

Sephora is leading a new wave of modular retail, transforming stores into flexible, ever-changing spaces designed to evolve with consumer trends an...

NRF 2025 : Modular Retail : Sephora

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NRF 2025: Escapism Retail

Escapism retail invites shoppers to step into another world, offering immersive experiences that provide a welcome escape from everyday life.

Retail : Luxury : Fashion

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Breakthrough Biohacks

What are the next buzzword ingredients and treatments linked to longevity lifestyles? We highlight the pathways and biohacks maximising longevity a...

Health : Wellness : Longevity

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Three Key Takeaways From NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show

Retail leaders unpacked the next wave of consumer behaviour, brand building and ownership models during NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show. Here’s everyth...

Retail : Fashion : Global Events

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CES 2025: Six Trends to Watch

From labour-free homes to Shoppertainment and AI agents, LS:N Global unpacks the key trends from CES 2025.

Technology : AI : Health And Wellness

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Brand Innovation Debrief: Miu Miu

Miuccia Prada’s sister brand has come of age, offering valuable insights on thriving amid a luxury slowdown by harnessing virality, championing cul...

Miu Miu : Prada Group : Luxury

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Kidult Craze

Driven by nostalgia and a desire for stress relief, adults are gravitating towards playful, non-digital items such as plush toys, collectables and ...

Pop Culture : Nostalgia : Hello Kitty

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Four Beauty Brands Harnessing the Power of Sports Fandom

As the beauty industry taps into sports culture, brands are capitalising on athletes’ influence to innovate and inspire, scoring big with fans worl...

Beauty : Sports : Leisure

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Destination Debrief: Perth

As Western Australia’s coastal city of Perth becomes a top destination for international and domestic tourists, growth is being fuelled by a revita...

Travel : Hospitality : Australia

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Brand Innovation Debrief: Represent

From Horwich to Hollywood, British luxury menswear brand Represent is on a mission to redefine the menswear category through community, culture and...

Fashion : Menswear : Retail

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Future Five 2025: Sustainability

We emphasise the need for brands to up the ante in their climate activism, creating tangible positive change in the fashion and luxury industries r...

Sustainability : Travel & Hospitality : Society

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The ideas and innovations that hint at the future of the consumer landscape