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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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The New Youth Club

Moot is a membership-based third space redefining UK youth clubs for a generation craving real-world connection, culture and community.

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Regenerative Olive Oil

Citizens of Soil, an innovative olive oil brand, is championing provenance transparency, healthy soils, gender equality and sustainable packaging at a fair price.

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Connected Healing

Dr Jonathan Leary, founder and CEO of Remedy Place, tells LS:N Global how the intersection of social wellness and technology is creating a new era of connected healing.

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Where mindful influencers are going wrong

They tell followers to reduce their use of social media but don’t appear to practice what they preach.

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Empowering women makes perfect business sense – it’s a fact-based truth

On International Women’s Day, Jamie Holtum, strategy director at FutureBrand London, explains how female empowerment drives economic gro...

Female Futures : Technology : Finance

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How skincare can learn from the auto industry

Valentin Langen, founder of IONIQ, discusses why beauty brands should focus on cross-sector collaborations to help diversify the skin tech category.

Beauty : Health : Wellness

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Sustainability has become a luxury privilege

Virgil Abloh's reusable water bottle for Evian is indicative of luxury's new mindset – but shouldn't sustainable products be accessible and desirab...

Drinks : Sustainability : Wellness

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Keep calm and embrace intelligent furniture

How can we design technology that promotes mindfulness? Kaz Oki, CEO and co-founder of Mui Lab, envisages a more natural interface experience.

Product Design : Wellness : Technology

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Is smart apparel finally ready to go mainstream?

Aman Advani, CEO and co-founder of Ministry of Supply, explains why smart garments have previously failed, and how his science-backed fashion brand...

Fashion : Retail : AI

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Is Spotify’s mute button a sound idea?

Alex Brammer, a UK music lawyer, considers whether hiding content is a reasonable compromise or a risk to musical discovery and serendipity.

Media : Music : Society

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Meet the Generation Z anti-tourists changing travel

Sam Blenkinsopp, co-founder of youth-driven travel collective Trippin, explains why brands must shape a new narrative around Generation Z tourism.

Youth : Travel : Hospitality

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Mainstream media must be more inclusive of asexual people

At a time of greater inclusivity, asexual people remain invisible in Western culture, argues Michael Paramo. How can media and entertainment brands...

Media : Identity : Entertainment

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Rob Wood on why music is essential to brand experiences

The creative director of Music Concierge explains how, by creating distinct audio identities for brands and retailers, music and soundscapes can in...

Retail : Leisure : Hospitality

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Why SPF alone will no longer cut it

SPF product sales are rising, but so are cases of skin cancer. Sylvie Giret, founder of Skinergies, explains how suncare needs to move from protect...

Beauty : Skinergies : SPF

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Why have luxurians become Doomsday fanatics?

The rich are spending billions of dollars preparing for disaster. Why aren’t they using their wealth to make the planet disaster-proof?

Luxury : Hospitality : Far Futures

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Is retailtainment the future of e-commerce?

NTWRK is shaking up retail with its pop culture-powered video commerce app. Its CEO, Aaron Levant, discusses why hyper-urgency is the future of sho...

Retail : E-commerce : Media

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Should coffee chains ask teens for ID?

With a major UK brand refusing to serve coffee to some teens, could the high street welcome a forward-looking café for young people?

Drinks : Youth : Leisure

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How micro-learning will transform workplaces

Jacob Waern, founder and CEO of EduMe, on how the new generation of micro-learning platforms will evolve to address an increasingly dynamic workfor...

Technology : Workplace : Microlearning

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Should brands be allowed to commodify space?

Vlad Sitnikov, project leader of StartRocket, discusses its controversial plans to fill the sky with branded content via a constellation of netwo...

Scenario : Advertising : Far Futures

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How EQ is transforming Crowne Plaza’s services

Natalia Perez, brand director at Crowne Plaza, discusses the company’s quest to boost colleagues’ emotional intelligence with a little help from Th...

Hospitality : Luxury : Emotional Intelligence

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Should we be sceptical about superfoods?

Author and professor of nutrition Marion Nestle sheds light on the manipulative marketing techniques that food brands are borrowing from the tobacc...

Food : Marketing : Health

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Can precision medicine be transformed into an everyday pursuit?

Roy Smythe, the former CEO for Health Informatics at Philips, on why AI and crowdsourcing data tools are integral to the future of healthcare.

Wellness : Healthcare : AI

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Immigrant populations will drive the future of tech

Anne Kjaer Riechert, co-founder of the ReDI School of Digital Integration, on rethinking the narrative around displaced people and the opportunitie...

Technology : Digital : Integration