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Retail
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NRF 2025 Retail’s Big Show Europe: Unified Commerce and Community Nuclears
From AI-powered stores to hyperlocal partnerships, NRF 2025 Retail’s Big Show Europe revealed how data, culture and community are converging to define the future of retail.
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Viva Tech 2025: Five Sustainable Fashion Start-ups
From algorithmic upcycling to traceability tools, LS:N Global spotlights five fashion tech start-ups reshaping the future of sustainable production.
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World Retail Congress 2025: Trust As the Ultimate Currency
As the retail industry navigates economic uncertainty and cultural transformation, trust, technology and adaptability transpire as key drivers of success at the World Retail Congress 2025.
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Third Space Retail
Brands are reshaping stores into branded third-space hubs, providing sanctuaries for creativity, community and culture.
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Residential Retail
The home is shifting from a fundamental comfort and security shelter to a dynamic commercial hub bubbling with retail innovations.
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NRF 2025 Retail’s Big Show Europe: Unified Commerce and Community Nuclears
From AI-powered stores to hyperlocal partnerships, NRF 2025 Retail’s Big Show Europe revealed how data, culture and community are converging to def...
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Six Chinese Brands Redefining Global Expansion
Determined to disrupt the ‘cheaply made in China’ narrative, a new wave of Chinese brands is conquering global markets by cultivating fandoms and r...
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Phygital Fittings
Virtual fashion try-ons are evolving into intelligent styling engines, powered by volumetric capture, generative AI and ambient interfaces.
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Scenario-based Airport Beauty
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Mood-matching Fashion
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Luxury Listening Rooms
Luxury brands are staging listening experiences that resonate on an emotional, sensorial and cultural level. These sonic activations operate as com...
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Repair Renaissance
Retail spaces are transforming into skill-sharing hubs, embedding circularity through community-led repair workshops.
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EQ-Beauty
AI is redefining personalised beauty, shifting from data-driven logic to emotionally intelligent tools that bring empathy, intuition and expert car...
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Bougie Basics
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FT Business of Luxury 2025: The New Shape of Global Luxury
Luxury is evolving through post-purchase care, storytelling in resale and digital product passports, all in service of building deeper connections ...
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Viva Technology 2025: Decoding a Decisive Moment for Tech
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