Experts & Opinion

Discover the opinions that matter and the ideas shaping our future, including on-demand webinars, videos and podcast discussions with innovative thinkers on how we can collectively shape a more positive future.

RSVP: Culture-coded Retail Online Event

Join us on 19 June 2025 for an online event introducing our new retail macro trend report.

What’s New on LS:N Global?

From shifting definitions of value to TikTok-fuelled commerce and hormone health retreats, our analysts unpack what’s new and next on LS:N Global.

Viewpoints

The Wellness Reset

Energy fields, somatic sensing and spiritual technologies are resetting elite approaches to wellness, according to Carlos Urrutigoity, general manager of London club Grey Wolfe.

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Rehumanising 3D Design

Fashion designer Karina Bond talks to LS:N Global about redefining couture with a printing pen and bringing the human touch to 3D design.

Webinars

Anticipating Tomorrow On-demand Webinar

If uncertainty is a virus, then strategic foresight is the best way to inoculate your organisation against it, as we find out in this much-anticipated webinar.

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For brands, Pride must be a long-term strategy

With a mission to democratise LGBT+ media, Tag Warner, CEO of Gay Times, discusses how brands can navigate Pride month and beyond.

Youth : Identity : Media

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How resell culture will define Gen Z banking

Geri Cupi, CEO and founder of fintech disruptor Twig, discusses how the circular economy will transform young people’s perception of wealth.

Finance : Gen Z : Retail

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The future of fragrance is physi-motional

Scent has long transcended time and space. Now, it’s being used to connect humans, bridge digital gaps and fuse the functional with the emotional.

Luxury : Beauty : Technology

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The future of luxury lies in escapism

Author and analyst Erwan Rambourg is positively bullish about what lies ahead for the sector, sharing insights from his latest book, Future Luxe.

Luxury : Travel : Health & Wellness

Webinars

Global Drivers 2020+ Webinar

Discover the six key global drivers that represent the cultural, social, economic, political, technological and environmental eventualities reshapi...

Global Drivers : Methodology : Human Needs

Webinars

Beauty, Health & Wellness Futures 2021 On-demand Event

Watch our on-demand event for practical insights, exclusive debates, discussions, and an executive summary of the beauty, health and wellness lands...

Health & Wellness : Beauty : Society

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Fashion rental’s future is locally peer-to-peer

Jen Charon, co-founder of Loanhood, explains why local communities and peer-to-peer interactions will drive the future of fashion rental.

Fashion : Retail : Sustainability

Podcasts

Podcast: Cat Tully on Decoding the Future

We speak to Cat Tully about her extensive experience as a practitioner, helping governments and businesses to be better prepared for the future.

Podcast : Back To The F**kture : Society

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Why brandsplaining is retail’s new battleground

Brands continue to market to women using sneaky sexism and corporate feminism tactics, say Jane Cunningham and Philippa Roberts, co-authors of new ...

Advertising : Retail : Society

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We must re-centre wellness on POC experiences

Poonam Dhuffer, founder of self-awareness platform YSM8, says it’s time for the wellness to re-centre on Black, brown and POC practices and lived e...

Health & Wellness : Intersectionality : Society

Webinars

Retail Futures 2021 On-demand Event

Watch our on-demand event for practical insights, exclusive debates, discussions, and an executive summary of the retail landscape.

Society : Events : Retail

Webinars

Inter-Covid Roadmap Webinar

One year on from the first European lockdowns, this webinar looks at what new opportunities await global brands and businesses in the inter-Covid era.

Covid-19 : Society : Health

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Total bodycare blurs the lines of wellness

Sean Moran, the founder of EauLab, shares his vision for a 360-degree wellness brand that delivers physical, mental and emotional health via hydrat...

Wellness : Drink : Self-care

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Redesigning the retro future of online groceries

Jono Holt, founder of design agency Otherway, examines the use of nostalgia, colour, storytelling and locality in its brand refresh for grocery del...

Branding : Food : Retail

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Building hotels that uplift Black culture

The co-founder and chief innovation officer of Homage, a growing US hotel chain, are centring the Black hospitality experience on rest, healing and...

Hospitality : Leisure : Music

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Generation Z are ready to reboot dating

Marc Baghadjian, co-founder of Gen Z dating app Lolly, on how post-pandemic connections will be defined by video crushes and non-committal mindsets.

Youth : Dating : Social Media

Podcasts

Podcast: Henry Coutinho-Mason on Identifying the Trends that Matter

Long-time forecaster and entrepreneur Henry Coutinho-Mason discusses becoming director of content strategy at Founders Forum, Europe’s answer to SXSW.

Back To The F***ture : Henry Coutinho-Mason : Podcast

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Will NFT luxury assets transform consumer values?

Artist Sebastian ErraZuriz and his studio have created Digital Diamonds, the world’s first crypto gems. But are luxurians ready for a future of int...

Luxury : Technology : NFTs

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It’s time sexual wellness got real

The most interesting part of sexual wellness R&D is how it’s helping us to better understand human sexuality through an intersectional lens, writes...

Health & Wellness : Seuxal Wellness : Intersectionality

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Brynn Wallner on future-proofing luxury marketing

The founder of Dimepiece, a platform educating women about luxury watches, says brands are failing to promote luxury as an investment.

Luxury : Youth : Branding