Behaviours

Everything you need to face your future consumer with confidence, including the latest ethnographic research, generational insight, consumer-related stats and overarching human needs.

Sacred Sojourns

Religious tourism is booming as a new generation of travellers seeks spiritual meaning, cultural rituals and connection across sacred destinations worldwide.

Markets

Gen Z’s Mall Revival

For Gen Z, malls are more than places to shop – they have become social playgrounds where retail, food and entertainment collide to create energy, connection and discovery.

Big Ideas

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 media platforms and focus on a shared humanity.

Markets

The Sexuwellness Men’s Market

Meet the innovators rebranding men’s sexual wellness as a pillar of male pleasure and wellbeing.

Markets

Cortisol Control

Tackling stress is a major concern for the wellness community, with new research and innovations emerging to measure and lower cortisol, along with viral content promoting cortisol-focused solutions.

Markets

Chronodiets

In a world that runs against our natural rhythms, a new movement in nutrition is synchronising meals and supplements with our biological clocks.

Markets

Bougie Basics

Household activities and hygiene routines are being transformed into moments of everyday opulence driven by self-care rituals and social hangouts i...

Beauty : Luxury : Design

Big Ideas

Cannes Lions 2025: The Unhinged Humour Opportunity

Can brands use humour to heal a world in permacrisis? According to the biggest names at Cannes Lions 2025, they can, but only if they fully commit ...

Advertising : Technology : Pop Culture & Media

Big Ideas

Viva Tech 2025: Five Sustainable Fashion Start-ups

From algorithmic upcycling to traceability tools, LS:N Global spotlights five fashion tech start-ups reshaping the future of sustainable production.

Fashion : Technology : Sustainability

Big Ideas

SXSW London 2025: Gaming and Brand Strategy

From Minecraft’s chicken jockey strategy to Adidas’ direct-to-avatar commerce, LS:N Global unpacks the best insights on gaming from the inaugural e...

Technology : Pop Culture & Media : Youth

Markets

Next-gen Spirits Market

While established markets face headwinds, growth opportunities in the global spirits sector are emerging through the booming no-alcohol movement, I...

Food & Drink : Alcohol : Spirits

Big Ideas

Viva Technology 2025: Decoding a Decisive Moment for Tech

At VivaTech 2025, AI took centre stage – but conversations about climate, care and connection revealed where the future of tech must lead: human-fi...

Technology : Artificial Intelligence : Retail

Big Ideas

Localise to Survive

The third report in our Rebranding Sustainability series looks at how localisation can become a powerful marketing tool and a meaningful sustainabi...

Retail : Sustainability : Luxury

Big Ideas

Future Days 2025: Designing Inclusive Futures

From nature-driven governance models to decolonised AI models, Lisbon’s Future Days mapped out radical responses to an increasingly unpredictable w...

Design : Sustainability : Future Spaces

Big Ideas

SXSW London 2025: The Pursuit of AI Optimism

From AI co-workers to optimising brands for LLM attention, LS:N Global unpacks the best insights on artificial intelligence from the inaugural edit...

Technology : Global Events : AI

Markets

Tattoo Tourism Market

With tattoos reaching mainstream status, hotel groups are offering tattoo happy hours, local artist packages and educational inking sessions.

Tattoos : Travel & Hospitality : Body Art

Markets

Social Wellness Market

Health is becoming social, and social life is getting healthier. As digital fatigue proliferates, a new care culture is emerging, grounded in inten...

Health & Wellness : Society : Sports & Leisure

Markets

Halal Food Futures

A growing Muslim population, fast-expanding retail ranges and interest in ethical food alternatives are driving growth and innovation in the halal ...

Food & Drink : Retail : Travel & Hospitality

Big Ideas

FT Business of Luxury 2025: The New Shape of Global Luxury

Luxury is evolving through post-purchase care, storytelling in resale and digital product passports, all in service of building deeper connections ...

Luxury : Retail : Fashion

Markets

Public Transport Futures

A new era of public transport is taking shape. From AI-powered networks to free travel trials and zero-emission fleets, the future of mobility is s...

Transport : Public Transport : Travel

Markets

Urban Transport Futures

Self-driving taxis, MaaS platforms and electric aircrafts are reshaping urban mobility, promising passengers seamless, efficient and AI-optimised t...

Mobility : Transport : Urban Spaces

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Hyrox

Move over Pilates princesses, Hyrox athletes are the new consumer group every business should have on their radar. These fitness-fanatics are disru...

Health & Wellness : Hyrox : Sports & Leisure

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress 2025: Trust as the Ultimate Currency

As the retail industry navigates economic uncertainty and cultural transformation, trust, technology and adaptability transpire as key drivers of s...

Retail : Global Event : Luxury

Big Ideas

Branding in the Age of Elasticity

As the US enters a time of cultural volatility and political division, brands face a choice: retreat, react or re-root. 

Branding : Advertising : Design

Big Ideas

Time as Luxury: Walpole British Luxury Summit 2025

In an era when time is the ultimate luxury, brands are rethinking what it means to feel, create and care in more human-centric ways. LS:N Global un...

Luxury : Health & Wellness : Hospitality