LSN : Big Ideas

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Speak up

Global – Facebook is increasing the visibility of those who speak out against hate speech on its site.

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Show me the Mondo

London – The Mondo banking app and debit card caters for the smartphone generation through a user-friendly dashboard.

Mondo : Banking App : Customer Services

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Stockholm Design Week and Furniture Fair 2016: Review

At Stockholm’s off-site events, young designers were keen to present a new direction for Scandinavian design.

Furniture : Lighting : Nordic

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Best behaviour

US – Teenagers today are better behaved than past generations, according to a government survey of over 10,000 high school students.

Teenagers : YRBSS : Good Behaviour

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Off the Menu

US – A new food app that specialises in secret menu items is taking off in the US, bringing insider information to a mass-market audience.

High Low : High Street Restaurants : Secret Menu

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Open Sesame start-ups

US – The company behind children’s tv show Sesame Street has launched an investment fund to help educational technology start-ups.

Sesame Workshop : Sesame Street : EdTech

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Offbeat cuisine

New York – Delivery service Eat Offbeat is offering Middle Eastern refugees a chef’s role in its kitchen in a bid to introduce New Yorkers to a w...

Food Delivery : Eat Offbeat : Boutique Altruism

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Party plugin

Global – Google Chrome extension Netflix Party lets people share the viewing experience with friends remotely.

The IM Crowd : Netflix : Media Futures

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Chinese majority

China – Chinese tourists purchased almost half of the total luxury goods bought globally in 2015.

China : Chinese Luxurian : Sixth Continent Luxurian

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By the bottle

Japan – Amazon customers can now call on professional sommeliers to help them pick the perfect bottle of wine.

Amazon Sommelier : E-commerce : Customer Service

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Get on Line

Global – Messaging app Line is now the fastest-growing global social media network.

Line : New Bricolage Living : Media

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Blue-collar bots

Osaka – Shiseido’s new domestic plant aims to cut production costs and increase productivity with a largely automated workforce.

Shiseido : Osaka : Long-term Thinking

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Express yourself

London – Digital marketers are beginning to decipher what emojis reveal about consumer sentiment online.

Emojis : Emoji : Swyft

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Flights unlimited

US – Subscription service Onego offers frequent fliers unlimited internal flights, making air travel more affordable for small businesses.

Onego : Subscription Service : Unlimited Flights

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Ripe for change

London – Whole-system Thinking continues to shape the mainstream groceries market as Asda expands its anti-waste campaign.

Asda : Whole System Thinking : Wonky Veg

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Driving style

UK – To mark its fifth anniversary, menswear site Mr Porter has collaborated on a series of limited-edition BMW i3 electric vehicles.

Mr. Porter : BMW I3 : My City

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Working with stress

UK – Britons are more stressed than ever at work and cope using a combination of classic quick fixes and conscious wellbeing tactics.

Stress Is The New Fat : Wellbeing : Workplace Futures

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Goodbye seasons

Global – Fashion labels Vetements and Tom Ford have joined Burberry in rejecting seasonal catwalks to meet consumer demand for instant gratification.

Vetements : Burberry : Tom Ford

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Fitness rules

Oklahoma, US – Fitbit fitness trackers have been made compulsory for new students of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa.

Educational Technology : Wearables : Wellness

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Look twice

US – MTV is taking on rape culture in a series of online banner ads.

Brandstanding : MTV : Look Different

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