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.

Gen Z in Kenya

From Silicon Savannah to the streets of Nairobi, Kenya’s Gen Z are rewriting the rules of power, protest and purpose for governments and brands.

Markets

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

Gen Z in Indonesia

With millions of young, tech-savvy and entrepreneurial Indonesians reshaping culture, business and faith, Gen Z is a force no brand can afford to ignore.

Big Ideas

Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: Top five not to be missed

This year’s Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) will focus on textiles, flooring and ceramics. LS:N Global profiles our top five destinations not to be m...

Markets

New Luxury Millennials: Update

New Luxury Millennials (NLMs), the well-heeled, high-spending branch of the collaborative, creative, entrepreneurial Millennials, are rapidly becom...

Millennials : Ipsos Mendelsohn Affluent Survey : India

Big Ideas

US Hispanic population moves to new territory

Atlanta : Raleigh : Orlando

Big Ideas

Gentology shows how e-commerce can appeal to men

New Orleans – Gentology, a new members-only e-commerce site catering specifically for men, is introducing men to products by having celebrities cur...

E-commerce : Gentology : Celebrities

Big Ideas

Virgin Mobile calls on Millennials to cut the cord

Finance : Curb Your Enthusiasm : Leaving

Big Ideas

Net-A-Porter creates city guide with The Dorchester

London – Online retailer Net-A-Porter has teamed up with The Dorchester to create its first micro-app for a commercial partner.

Net-A-Porter : The Dorchester Hotels : Bars

Big Ideas

Brands show 20s cred for The Great Gatsby release

New York – Luxury brands in the US are dusting off the archives and burnishing their Roaring 20s credentials in the run-up to the May release of Ba...

The Great Gatsby : 1920s : Jewellery

Big Ideas

Baidu to buy online video service for $370m

Baidu : Online : Video

Big Ideas

Moda Operandi makes Met Gala event shoppable

New York – Online luxury fashion retailer Moda Operandi has worked with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vogue and Samsung to offer Spotlight, an ev...

Moda Operandi : Online : Live-streaming

Big Ideas

Fab.com opens phy-gital store for DIY furniture

Hamburg – Design e-commerce specialist Fab.com has had a major revamp amid a pivotal new physical-digital strategy.

Fab : E-tailer : Furniture

Big Ideas

Boomers lose confidence in retirement plans

Children : Stephanie Coontz : Retirement Institute

Big Ideas

Erbil blossoms as Iraq’s luxury destination

Iraq – A new luxury hub is booming in the deserts of Iraq. Erbil, an ancient city nestled in the country’s northern region of Kurdistan, has been n...

Erbil : Kurdistan : Hotels

Big Ideas

Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo: Overview

Inside 3D Printing, one of the first large events dedicated to exploring the present and future impact of 3D printing, brought together thought lea...

New York : D-Shape : MGX By Materialise

Big Ideas

Milan 2013: Top 10 experiences

A hotbed for experiential and traditional exhibition design, Milan Design Week is a fantastic place to take in the latest in spatial and stand desi...

Design : COS : Installations

Markets

Chinese fashion brands to watch

Beijing – New Emerging Affluents in China shop at domestic fast fashion retailers with global aspirations alongside foreign brands that have expand...

China : Beijing : H&M

Big Ideas

Boomers and Millennials diverge on green behaviour

Hybrid : Energy : Care

Big Ideas

Chanel beauty pumps up vending machine roll-out

Chanel : Vending Machine : Mascara

Big Ideas

The White House launches new Tumblr account

Tumblr : The White House : Barack Obama

Big Ideas

US restaurants target Millennials with extreme snacks

Fast Food : QSR : Sam Ochres

Big Ideas

Harvey Nichols plans new look for e-commerce

London – UK retailer Harvey Nichols is to relaunch its e-commerce operation with a more multi-channel approach in September.

Harvey Nichols : Editorial : Personalised

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