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Opinions, thought-starters and viewpoints from influencers, changemakers and chief thinkers, understanding how the next big ideas will shape your business.

Retrofitting Revolution

LS:N Global sits down with Rachael Orr, CEO of Climate Outreach, to discuss the importance of retrofitting for creating sustainable homes and achieving a net-zero future

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Modern Armour

Wonder Hoodie founder Vy Tran tells LS:N Global how personal tragedy drove her to create affordable, everyday wearable body armour for a nation grappling with fear and uncertainty

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How to Master AI

Jeremy Kahn is US business magazine Fortune’s artificial intelligence editor and he shares with LS:N Global the key insights from his latest book

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South Africa’s Luxury Surge

Exploring the rise of South African luxury fashion, local designer acclaim on the global scene and emerging opportunities in Johannesburg and Cape Town

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New Era Nutrition

Co-founder of Lifesum, Marcus Gners, sits down with LS:N Global to discuss how tech-driven personalised nutrition is driving a new age of healthy living

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Diana Verde Nieto: Why luxury brands need to be socially and environmentally aware

Luxury does not have to mean compromise between style and a positive impact, says the founder of luxury standards-setter Positive Luxury.

Accessories : Narcisso Rodriguez : Candice Swanepoel

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Danielle Pender: Smart magazine design for women

Ban Photoshop and focus on the words, says the founder and editor-in-chief of new women's magazine Riposte.

Womazines : Riposte : The Athena Woman

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Alex Stephany: How to understand the sharing economy

Where does the sharing economy go after Airbnb?

The Sharing Economy : JustPark : Collaborative Consumption

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Have it your way: Fast food gets personal

McDonald’s and other fast food brands are ramping up their collaborative credentials, but will it be enough to tempt the Millennial generation?

Millennial : Fast Food : McDonald's

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Caryn Franklin: How to make diversity profitable

Brands need to engage with women differently, says fashion commentator and activist Caryn Franklin.

FABs : Caryn Franklin : I-D

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Eoghan O’Sullivan: Making XBox Kinect work for retail

The founder of technology start-up Von Bismark on how laser-scanning technology is changing the way people shop at home.

Von Bismark : Microsoft Kinect : E-commerce

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Retail Futures Webinar 2014

The Retail Futures webinar explored how digital innovations are disrupting the retail sector.

Retail Experience : Total Retail : Luxury Shoppers Experience

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Bea Appleby: We need feminism for boys too

Boys don’t cry. Really? It’s not just girls who feel gender pressure, says the editor of pre-teen magazine Girl Talk.

Tiny Tot Feminism : Re-Con Man : Girl Talk

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Matt Page: Digital magtail for the global luxury consumer

How mr&mrs.tom, a shoppable, digital-only magazine, reduces the gap between inspiration and purchase.

Magtail : Shoppable Editorial : Australia

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Rachel Armstrong: Why we should make 100-year plans

Forget blue-sky thinking. Senior TED fellow Rachel Armstrong says we need to become Black Sky Thinkers.

Black Sky Thinking : Living Architecture : Awakening Tech

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Viv Craske: Rating Regent Street’s beacon experiment

Should retailers use beacon or wi-fi to improve their footfall tracking?

Beacon Retail : Regent Street : Wi-fi

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Daily digest: Do we need print to feel more human?

PaperLater lets consumers curate their own web stories into a printed newspaper. Is this what we need to be individuals in the digital age?

PaperLater : Newspaper : The Curator Generation

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Paul Gulati: Merging retail, hospitality and leisure

Universal Design Studio’s senior associate talks about design in The Convergence Economy.

Ace Hotel : Seek No Further : Universal Design Studio

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LeBron lesson: Should we go back to move forward?

We are continually urged to innovate and move forward, but can going back be a more productive strategy?

LeBron James : Swiss Watches : Waste Redux

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Cindy Joseph: How to be pro-age not anti-age

The 60something stylist and model describes the thinking behind her pro-age skincare line.

Cosmetics : BOOM! : Baby Boomer Beauty

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Muriel Zingraff-Shariff: Luxury airport retail

The luxury consultant, formerly retail director of Heathrow, on the new wave of airport retail.

Heathrow Airport : Terminal 2 : Hermès

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Dave Coplin: The Amazing Big Data Revolution

Microsoft UK's chief envisioning officer on the brave new world of big data.

Big Data : Machine Learning : Healthcare

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David Walker-Smith: Selling to fifty-plus women

Fenwick's managing director on a luxury retail strategy for selling to FABs.

Fenwick Of Bond Street : FABs : David Walker-Smith

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Adding emotion: Multi-layered social media

A new social network shows the power of combining visual and audio content to create emotion.

Tunepics : Justin Cooke : App

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Dave Patten: The store of the future

The head of new media at the London Science Museum discusses content and curation in the store of the future.

Beacon : 3D Printing : Science Museum

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