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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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I was promoted by Artificial Intelligence

Through the lens of a fictional future scenario, we explore how technology is driving key behavioural shifts among brands and consumers. This month...

Workplace : Recruitment : Digital

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The power and potential of Facebook Groups

There is a growing desire among consumers to feel part of a community online, presenting an opportunity for brands to tap into the rise of Facebook...

Community : Identity : Culture

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Brandon Truaxe on why creating niche beauty products pays off

The founder of Deciem on the success of its science-based beauty brands NIOD, Hylamide and The Ordinary.

Beauty : Skincare : Transparency

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How to cater for the time-strapped beauty consumer

While multiple-step beauty is popular in South Korea, Western consumers are looking for multipurpose universal products to minimise their routine a...

Beauty : Skincare : Branding

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Stuart Bale on creating a maker lab for mixologists

The bar consultant and founder of Crucible, a co-working space for bar staff, on why the alcohol industry needs to be more collaborative.

Drinks : Alcohol : Co-working

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How to boost our energy-gathering efforts

Our energy landscape is changing rapidly. The depletion of Earth’s natural resources is driving designers and scientists to re-appropriate existing...

Technology : Sustainability : Design

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Tom Marchant on getting off the tourist trail

The co-founder of luxury travel agency Black Tomato on excessive tourism, competing with the internet and his brand’s move into wellness.

Travel : Hospitality : Luxury

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How Made is democratising high-street design

Ruth Wassermann, design director at Made, on how its Talent Lab will help to democratise mainstream furniture design.

Retail : Design : Interiors

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How extreme escapism has moved into hospitality

Travel and hospitality innovators are tapping into the experiential nature of immersive theatre to offer next-level escapism.

Travel & Hospitality : Luxury : Experience

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Why brain optimisation should be a spa service

Devon White, behavioural design expert and co-founder of private members’ club Field, explains why neurotechnology is the next frontier in wellness.

Wellness : Brain : Optimisation

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Why robots should have legal rights

Marie Caye, one half of Arvid&Marie, on how the rise of automation will shape the future workforce.

Automation : Workplace : Artificial Intelligence

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How boutique gyms are optimising the user experience

In the age of The Optimised Self, just focusing on fitness is not enough. Here is our pick of the five most innovative boutique studios concepts in...

Gyms : Health : Interiors

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