Anti-Excess Consumerism: As a pandemic recession looms, people are thinking twice before buying
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As a pandemic recession looms, people are thinking twice before buying, and considering the long-term impact of their money on society...


LAForward7
- Oct 19, 2020
- 1 min
Biotech in Fashion
Biotech is changing the world as we know it. Providing a more sustainable means of producing fashion to even providing interactive real...
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LAForward7
- Oct 7, 2020
- 1 min
Menopausal beauty: the latest frontier of the inclusive beauty trend
For decades the older woman was invisible, not considered beauty forecasters or trendsetters. Trends focused on the younger generation...
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LAForward7
- Sep 30, 2020
- 1 min
Hotels, the tempting and convenient option to Work From Home.
COVID-19 has spawned a work-from-hotel trend that may be here to stay. It’s hard to pass up a clean, convenient, and pampered remote...
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LAForward7
- Sep 23, 2020
- 1 min
“Doin’ it for the ‘gram” is played.
Remember going to an event and everyone had their phones out? Photos taken in front of wings painted on brick walls, in front of...
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LAForward7
- Sep 16, 2020
- 1 min
Is luxury in the eye of the beholder?
Discover the metamorphosis and self-transformation of the hospitality industry that starts with who you are. Wellness tourism is gaining...
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LAForward7
- Sep 9, 2020
- 1 min
A wave of mindful travel sees luxury in the journey rather than the destination
The movement to ‘travel slow’ progressed organically from the slow food movement that took over Europe in the 1980s, a time when American...
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LAForward7
- Sep 2, 2020
- 1 min
Is that Gucci? No, REI.
Scientific travel is becoming the ultimate status symbol for an emerging echelon of elite adventurers, prioritizing purpose-driven...
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LAForward7
- Aug 5, 2020
- 1 min
A New Age for Analog Marketing
This article from Catchfire is kicking it old school and taking a look at a few of the most ingenious analog marketing campaigns making...
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LAForward7
- Jul 27, 2020
- 1 min
Sensory Retail Brand Boot Camp!
Click HERE to read the article
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LAForward7
- Jul 22, 2020
- 1 min
Reposition, or Jump Ship!
Our very own in-house retail guru (guess who!) talks with BisNow about how retailers can reposition excess square footage to avoid going...
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LAForward7
- Jul 20, 2020
- 1 min
Retailers need to get on board or get out of the way…this train is coming fast.
COVID-19 hasn’t stopped retail trends in their tracks; it’s accelerated them. How will retailers adjust to this change of pace? Click...
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LAForward7
- Jul 14, 2020
- 1 min
The More you Know: Gauging the Consequences of the Retail Customer’s Experience
There’s been a lot of talk this month about customer experience, but in order for us to map out how, as designers, we can push our...
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LAForward7
- Jul 8, 2020
- 1 min
Hindsight is 2020...
...but here are five trends that experts in the business of retail foresight suggest we focus on. Each of the five trends called out by...
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LAForward7
- Jun 26, 2020
- 1 min
Five ways buildings of the future will use biotech to become living things
Check out this article in The Conversation. As always, comment below!
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LAForward7
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
This mushroom building cleans our air as it grows
Click here to read the Fast Company article! [Photo: Erik Melander/courtesy Company New Heroes]
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LAForward7
- May 26, 2020
- 1 min
Teaching Your Kids Good Money Habits
As parents, we want the best for our children. As it's been said "it's never to late to start talking to your kids about money" It's...
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