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Leanne Wierzba: Digital fashion

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Leanne Wierzba: Digital fashion

Digital tech is changing how designers and viewers see the body, says fashion curator and luxury expert.
Fashion Futures : Digital Design : ​Leanne Wierzba
Matt Cottam: From the future

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Matt Cottam: From the future

Tellart co-founder Matt Cottam explains why the connected home will only take off once it starts to have an impact on social interaction in the home.
Matt Cottam : The Connected Home : Tellart
Revelation Brands Webinar

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Revelation Brands Webinar

The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond and LS:N Global editor Jonathan Openshaw discuss Revelation Brands, the second macrotrend from Beyo...
Revelation Brands : Webinar : Autumn/ Winter Trend Briefing
Web Summit 2015: Blathnaid Healy

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Web Summit 2015: Blathnaid Healy

News site Mashable owes its growing readership to keeping one step ahead of the online conversation, says UK editor Blathnaid Healy.
Blathnaid Healy : Mashable : Line
Carlos Menendez: Digital wallets with social sharing

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Carlos Menendez: Digital wallets with social sharing

Mastercard’s president of partnerships and growth discusses how users want social experience integrated alongside seamless payments and reassuring ...
S-commerce : Mobile Payments : Online Retail
Social media v self-validation

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Social media v self-validation

In the 21st century teenagers will have to deal with a new kind of growing pain: learning how to be a person online.
Essena O'Neill : Instagram : Insta-real
Anti-authenticity Marketing Webinar

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Anti-authenticity Marketing Webinar

The Future Laboratory co-founders Chris Sanderson and Martin Raymond examine Anti-authenticity Marketing, one of three macro trends from our Autumn...
Anti-authenticity Marketing : Advertising : Webinar
Web Summit 2015: Ken Bretschneider

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Web Summit 2015: Ken Bretschneider

Expect 2016 to be the year that virtual and augmented technologies finally come of age, says The Void founder and CEO Ken Bretschneider.
Ken Bretschneider : The Void : Virtual Reality
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
Nick Gray: Hacking institutions for the better

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Nick Gray: Hacking institutions for the better

The founder of Museum Hack on the value of understanding the system enough to subvert it.
Culture : Storytelling : Museums
Sarah LaFleur: Online personal styling

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Sarah LaFleur: Online personal styling

MM.LaFleur’s sleek Bento Box workwear packages enable a streamlined shopping experience for busy professional women.
Online Referral Commerce : E-commerce : The Athena Woman
Fashion advertising cools off

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Fashion advertising cools off

In an age of ubiquitous hyper-sexual imagery, knowing brands are turning down the heat to remain relevant.
Neutral Culture : Advertising : The Athena Woman
Alison Farrington: No-tax retail

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Alison Farrington: No-tax retail

Data-driven analytics must top the global luxury agenda, says business and insights editor at Global Blue.
Data Analytics : Global Blue : Tax Free Shopping
Thomas Kochs: The Secrets of Claridge's Service

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Thomas Kochs: The Secrets of Claridge's Service

Customer expectations from luxury hotels are continually changing.
Luxury : Customer Service : Claridges
Transforming cities: Culture Inc

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Transforming cities: Culture Inc

Brands are leading the way in the cultural bricolage of urban regeneration today.
New Bricolage Living : Revelation Brands : Cities
Jonathan Reynolds and Nick Everitt: New-normal retail

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Jonathan Reynolds and Nick Everitt: New-normal retail

Jonathan Reynolds, academic director of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management  and Nick Everitt, global insight and strategy director of P...
Retail : The New Normal : Online Shopping
Beyond Borders: Trend Briefing

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Beyond Borders: Trend Briefing

What are Anti-authenticity Marketing, New Bricolage Living and Revelation Brands? Our editor explains
Trend Briefing : Beyond Borders : AW15
Jessica Straker: Music journeys

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Jessica Straker: Music journeys

Jessica Straker, founder of audio-visual web station JuiceVCR, tells us that when it comes to finding new music, machine learning cannot ...
Independent Artists : Music Discovery : Streaming
Oscar Farinetti: Agri-eating

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Oscar Farinetti: Agri-eating

Education and information are key to the slow food movement, says the founder of Italian food emporium Eataly.
Eataly : Slow Food Movement : World Retail Congress 2015
Nick Knight: Digital creativity

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Nick Knight: Digital creativity

SHOWstudio founder Nick Knight discusses the innovations and interactivity explored via his experimental platform. 
Nick Knight : Fashion Film : Transmedia Futures
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