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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.

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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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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What if bots started developing their own social behaviours?

The long-term impact of robot culture and AI needs to be better investigated by the media and advertising industries.

Technology : Digital : Artificial Intelligence

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Generation Z entrepreneurs: Faster, better, stronger

Why brands need to swap prescription for playfulness if they want to attract the best Generation Z employees.

Recruitment : Gen Viz : The Future Of Work

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Why sustainability is the jewellery industry’s next frontier

Jewellery brands face an uphill battle to attract a new generation of sustainably minded luxury consumers.

Luxury : Jewellery : Sustainability

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Are innovation labs still the future of R&D?

As Target prepares to close its flagship Food + Future coLab, LS:N Global examines what brands are getting wrong about their approach to innovation.

Retail : Food : Drink

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Why it’s time for brands to lead the fight against climate change

Today’s chief agents of change are more likely to be cities or companies than governments.

Sustainability : Branding : Politics

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Do synthetic chemicals still have a place in the beauty industry?

Clean Beauty Co, BeautyMART and Spring Studios on why synthetics aren't going anywhere.

Beauty : Branding : Manufacturing

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Why do consumers mistrust claims made by beauty brands?

Clean Beauty Co, BeautyMART and Spring Studios on why consumers are increasingly distrust beauty brands

Beauty : Branding : Retail

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Nina Ryner: ChromaYoga

Applying chromotherapy to yoga to enhance the sensory experience.

Wellness : Culture : Branding

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Sustainability sells: Consumers want the whole package

As Lucozade and Pringles hit the headlines for their packaging crimes, there is opportunity for brands to demonstrate their sustainability credenti...

Sustainability : Packaging : Pringles

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New Direction: Harry Styles reveals Generation Z’s entertainment future

When 600 of Harry Styles's biggest fans packed excitedly into The Garage in North London for his secret gig last weekend, it wasn’t his new tunes t...

Technology : Culture : Leisure

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Why beauty succeeds in times of turmoil

The beauty industry is faring well, despite political and economic uncertainty on the global stage.

Beauty : Retail : Packaging

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Arrigo Berni: Moleskine

Why the stationery brand entered the retail market.

Retail : Design : Branding

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Breathe uneasy

Should brands step in where governments are failing and protect consumers from air pollution?

Health : Wellness : Retail

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City living is fuelling a skincare revolution

A host of 21st-century aggressors are having an impact our skin and changing our beauty regimes.

Beauty : Pollution : Skincare

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Neil Christie: Wieden + Kennedy

How advertisers can win in the attention economy.

Advertising : Marketing : Virtual Reality

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The real value of personal data

Nicholas Oliver explains why it is vital that consumers take back control of their information.

Privacy : Trust : Big Data

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Gareth Dunsmore: Nissan

Why the electric car could be the key to our future energy infrastructure.

Nissan : The Internet Of Energy : Electric Cars

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Unearthing opportunity

Why big business need to move beyond opportunistic hashtagging in order to become true Civic Brands.

Civic Brands : Earth Day : Reformation

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Mini A/D/O: Esther Bahne

The auto brand's new convergent space in Brooklyn, New York.

Civic Brands : Design : The Learning Economy

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Simon Mottram: Rapha

The founder on creating the right company culture and the brand’s US expansion.

Rapha : World Retail Congress : Retail

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