Membership Retail

Micro Trends

Membership Retail

A wave of apparel brands are shunning mass selling in favour of membership models, in turn reducing product waste and cultivating stronger communit...
Retail : Memberships : Loyalty
Next-door Commerce

Micro Trends

Next-door Commerce

Having re-engaged with their local communities, neighbours are inspiring new retail models based on hyper-local trading and sharing of goods.
Retail : Placemaking : Local
How Privatise the Mandem will Ungentrify our Cities

Viewpoints

How Privatise the Mandem will Ungentrify our Cities

Nabil Al-Kinani of Privatise the Mandem discusses collective ownership in cities such as London, and saving the ‘ends’ from gentrification.
Society : Health & Wellness : Scenario
Inflationary Loyalty Market

Markets

Inflationary Loyalty Market

As inflation increasingly affects customer spending power, brands are having to innovate and develop new strategies to boost loyalty.
Retail : Finance : Society
Retail-flation Responses

Markets

Retail-flation Responses

Amid rising inflation and the knock-on effect of the war in Ukraine, retailers are innovating to support consumers’ tightening purse strings.
Retail : Society : Technology
Budget Bots

Micro Trends

Budget Bots

With consumers financially challenged due to global inflation they are turning to financial apps and services that automatically streamline their s...
Finance : Technology : Retail
Food Austerity Innovators

Markets

Food Austerity Innovators

Global events are causing widespread disruption to the food sector, with innovators and start-ups helping to assuage rising prices and abating supp...
Food : Drink : Society
Squad Subscriptions

Micro Trends

Squad Subscriptions

From gyms to streaming services, fractionalised subscriptions are allowing people to earn income by converting memberships into tradeable assets.
FinTech : Media & Entertainment : Society
Barter Brands

Micro Trends

Barter Brands

Inter-Covid, bartering is gathering pace, giving retail brands a chance to explore systems where customers trade items for access to their goods or...
Retail : Society : Payments
Elastic Brands

Macro Trends

Elastic Brands

Forget advertising campaigns and branded content. All eyes are on the inner workings of your business – and how seamlessly it can adapt.
Society : Branding : Retail
Off-price Retail Strategies

Markets

Off-price Retail Strategies

To counteract the surplus stock resulting from Covid-19 closures and slower spending, brands are innovating with new off-price retail strategies th...
Retail : Pricing : Luxury
Financial Wellness

Micro Trends

Financial Wellness

Mental and physical health are being improved through money advice and services focused on wellbeing, marking a new direction for the wellness sector.
Finance : Wellness : Financial Wellness
You have 3 free News articles remaining. Sign up to LS:N Global to get unlimited access to all articles.
BECOME A MEMBER
SIGN IN