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Fashion Week Men’s 2018: The Standout Collections

Fostering positive social change and collaborating with designers beyond the realms of fashion were just two of the standout approaches s...

Fashion : Apparel : Digital

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Why fashion magazines need to change

Katy Lassen and Simone Konu, founders of London-based digital platform Also Journal, on challenging current beauty ideals and their ambition to be ...

Fashion : Apparel : Female Futures

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Why beauty brands need to invest in connected devices

Guive Balooch, global vice-president of L’Oréal’s Technology Incubator, and Yves Béhar, designer and founder of Fuseproject, on the brand’s new min...

Beauty : Technology : Health & Wellness

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Louise Leolin on why women need to create video games

The co-founder of DinoByte Labs, an indie games studio that exists to create games with diverse player experiences, discusses the importance of gam...

Female Futures : Digital : Technology

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CES 2018: The top innovations

From rethinking cars as devices to creating a virtual reality gym, these were the most intriguing products and ideas presented at CES 2018.

Technology : Automotive : Beauty

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George Ritzer on the McDisneyisation of tourism

The sociologist discusses how travel has succumbed to control, predictability and the wrath of McDonald’s.

Travel : Hospitality : Placemaking

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Brand Innovation Debrief: Sephora

With the opening of its largest flagship store in Manhattan in 2017 and a host of new initiatives, Sephora shows how to get beauty retail right.

Beauty : Retail : Youth

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Sachin Shah on gaming’s role in mental health

The specialist registrar in general adult psychiatry and member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists collective Gaming The Mind discusses the huge...

Gaming : Technology : Digital

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How robots are transforming the travel and hospitality sectors

Service robots are appearing in a range of contexts from airport departure lounges to restaurants and hotels.

Hospitality : Travel : Technology

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Jeremy Hodara on the challenges of e-commerce in Africa

The co-CEO and co-founder of Jumia, an e-commerce conglomerate with a presence across 23 African nations, talks about the challenges of running an ...

Retail : E-commerce : FMCG

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Eve Edelstein on incorporating wellness into architectural design

The research director of the Perkins+Will Human Experience Lab discusses her Neuro-Architectural design process and its potential for future cities.

Wellness : Health : Design

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The best of phygital retail in 2017

Retail operating systems, transportable stores and Instagram-powered inventory are some of the most inventive phygital concepts of 2017.

Retail : Automation : Phygital

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Ryan Elder on the power of distance in sensory marketing

The associate professor of marketing at Brigham Young University reveals how the perceived distance of a sensory experience can impact consumer beh...

Retail : Advertising : Marketing

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Shakeel Avadhany on making passengers’ time productive

The co-founder of ClearMotion explains why its intelligent suspension technology is a prerequisite for making time spent in autonomous cars useful.

Automotive : Media : Technology

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Turning car interiors into spaces of productivity

Uber and Clearmotion are developing systems that will create a more relaxing – and ultimately more usable – vehicle interior space.

Mobility : Media : Digital

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How gaming will define the future of customer service

The £81.7bn ($108.9bn, €91.7bn) gaming industry will transform customer service, from the way consumers budget to how they engage politically.

Tech : Technology : Retail

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Martine Jarlgaard on blockchain technology and the future of sustainable fashion

The fashion designer discusses how the fashion industry can use technology to redefine its definition of success to include sustainability, ethics ...

Fashion : Apparel : Sustainability

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Retailers are starting to offer in-home delivery

Walmart and Amazon are using Internet of Things devices to help them dissolve the border between the public and the private realms.

Retail : E-commerce : Delivery

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Brand Innovation Debrief: WeWork

A series of new initiatives by WeWork highlight how the sharing economy start-up is moving beyond co-working spaces and into the realms of educatio...

Health : Wellness : Placemaking

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Anne-Laure Le Cunff on making healthy eating engaging

The founder of artificially intelligent (AI) nutritionist Lysa and former member of Google’s digital health team on creating an engaging AI persona...

Health : Wellness : Artifical Intelligence

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