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Foresight Friday: Alice Crossley, senior foresight analyst

Every Friday, The Future Laboratory team offers an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, senior foresight analyst Alice Crossley unpacks the concept of healthy hedonism and celebrates GQ’s latest cover story.

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Culture & Media

Condé Nast shifts focus towards multimedia offer

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Europe

Man-teriors

A new wave of lifestyle titles and platforms are targeting the savvy, interiors-minded male consumer.

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Luxury

Moscow Safari

In Moscow, consumer demand for glitz is giving way to a desire for more meaningful experiences.

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North America

On/Off Retail

US online retailer Gilt Groupe recently teamed up with GQ magazine to open a pop-up version of its men’s store Park & Bond in New York. For its Christmas 2011 shopping campaign, eBay opened a London pop-up store, inviting customers to shop for 200 best-sellers from its high-street retail brands including House of Fraser and The Entertainer. The…

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Fashion

The Turtleneck Club

There was a time when turtleneck jumpers meant 1970s kitsch and Roger Moore as James Bond. Not any more. As more men embrace a classic sense of style, they are heralding the once derided piece of clothing as a symbol of the lost values of the past. And as they do one thing is clear: the turtleneck is back.