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.

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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.

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Democratising Longevity

Neko Health tells LS:N Global why preventative healthcare needs a glow-up – and how design and data can reshape the way we future-proof our bodies.

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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Compostable Cosmetics

Wildsmith is setting a new standard for sustainable luxury with Vivomer, a compostable, microbe-made packaging material designed to disappear into the earth without a trace.

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Digital drugs will revolutionise media

Michael Moskowitz, founder of digital health innovator AeBeZe Labs, discusses media's pharmaceutical power and the disruptive concept of digital nu...

Health : Media : Wellbeing

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A home-sharing revolution for a post-Covid world

Martin Rosengaard, co-founder of Human Hotel, on how inner-city adventures and serendipitous home-sharing will shape post-pandemic travel.

Travel : Hospitality : Tourism

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We must rethink hotel design for a brave new world

Luxury hotels are being challenged to swap opulent interiors for considered spaces and hygienic materials in order to future-proof the guest experi...

Luxury : Hospitality : Travel

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Why Generation Z are creating activist-tainment

Tamseel Hussain, founder of Pluc TV, on how a ‘generation of misfits’ is driving more purposeful social media storytelling for India and beyond.

Youth : Media : Entertainment

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Re-imagining hype: post-Covid menswear mindsets

The current pandemic is driving street and menswear aficionados to re-evaluate their relationship with luxury and clout, amplifying a future of w...

Fashion : Luxury : Covid-19

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In lockdown, experiential retail is screwed. Or is it?

With the physical world shutting down, it’s even more imperative that online retailers turn transactional web interactions into experiences.

Retail : Customer Experience : Technology

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What lies in store for retail post-Covid-19

Jeff Kindleysides, founder of design studio Checkland Kindleysides, discusses Covid-19’s impact on experiential retail, brand communications and th...

Retail : Society : Brand Communication

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Covid-19 is reframing the meaning of luxury

With luxury reeling from Covid-19’s impact on sales, international tourism and events, four industry experts share their vision of what’s next for ...

Luxury : Retail : Health

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The productivity paradox of self-isolation

As the world adapts to life in isolation, brands operating in an accelerated capacity are spouting self-improvement and productivity – but not for ...

Advertising : Retail : Covid-19

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Now is the time for brands in China to champion sustainability

The spread of Covid-19 in China has afforded business vital breathing space to get their future-facing, local sustainability strategies right.

Sustainability : Society : China

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The Covid-19 pandemic will reshape travel as we know it

Travel has become meaningless. Now, the Covid-19 pandemic has granted travel brands an opportunity to contemplate – and moralise – their existence.

Travel : Hospitality : Covid-19

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Why travel could become a one-trip industry

Yvonne Küpper of FairAway Travel, on travel brands’ sustainable responsibilitis, the impact of Covid-19, and how to avoid greenwashing.

Travel Experience : Travelling : Tourism

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Covid-19 has brought chaos – and vast new possibilities

With existing systems crumbling, businesses will need to quickly recalibrate, using fear as a positive catalyst to create future-fit strategies.

Retail : Society : Covid-19

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Covid-19 is accelerating our working landscape

The fallout from Covid-19 has transformed not only how people in the UK work but where, marking a major turning point for how organisations operate.

Office : Flexible Office : Covid-19

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Radical healing is the future of nightlife

Aisha Mirza, the founder of sober club night Misery, explains why embedding therapy into the night-time economy is empowering marginalised communit...

Youth : LGBT : Nightlife

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Skincare minimalism

Salima Issaoui, founder of Barcelona-based Uzza Skincare, discusses how a less-is-more approach could revolutionise the skincare industry.

Beauty : Beauty Industry : Make Up

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To understand TikTok, act like one of its locals

With 60% of its users under the age of 24, brands wanting to reach this creative generation must take time to understand the nuances of the TikTok ...

Youth : Advertising : Social Media

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In future, the only luxury will be a clean conscience

Walpole CEO Helen Brocklebank discusses its recent Sustainability Manifesto, luxury brand stewardship, shared goals and a home delivery backlash.

Luxury : Sustainability : Manufacturing

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Tech brands must address the environmental emergency

The challenge for tech firms over the next decade is to make the transition from profitability to solidarity, says Andres Colmenares, co-founder of...

Digital : Sustainability : Media

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How circular retail could create new cashless economies

Fashion futurist and professor Karinna Nobbs proposes that digital retail experiences can be exchanged for unwanted physical products.

Retail : Sustainability : Circular Economy