Behaviours

Everything you need to face your future consumer with confidence, including the latest ethnographic research, generational insight, consumer-related stats and overarching human needs.

Gen Z in Kenya

From Silicon Savannah to the streets of Nairobi, Kenya’s Gen Z are rewriting the rules of power, protest and purpose for governments and brands.

Markets

Gen Z’s Mall Revival

For Gen Z, malls are more than places to shop – they have become social playgrounds where retail, food and entertainment collide to create energy, connection and discovery.

Markets

The Bromeopathy Market

Bromeopathy is entering the mainstream as the wellness industry caters for a new wave of men seeking science-backed products and supplements to fuel their masculinity. 

Big Ideas

SXSW 2025: Reclamation Versus Resistance

SXSW 2025 marked a radical shift from resistance to reclamation, as industry leaders build agency in a challenging democracy, create decentralised media platforms and focus on a shared humanity.

Markets

Gen Z in Indonesia

With millions of young, tech-savvy and entrepreneurial Indonesians reshaping culture, business and faith, Gen Z is a force no brand can afford to ignore.

Big Ideas

What Will 2022 Hold for Travel?

From the return of China’s tourism economy to decarbonising the industry, experts made key predictions for 2022 at this year’s World Travel Market ...

Travel : Hospitality : Sustainability

Big Ideas

Why Desert Skincare is the Next Beauty Frontier

As shifting climatic conditions transform our skin, brands are developing products that utilise desert plants and their ability to thrive in harsh ...

Beauty : Wellness : Ingredients

Big Ideas

Education in 2030: Neo-Knowledge Exchanges

With hyper-connected living and longer lifespans questioning the relevance of traditional schooling, we look forward to 2030 when education exists ...

Youth : Education : Scenario

Big Ideas

Dutch Design Week 2021: Envisaging a Better World

This year’s Dutch Design Week reveals components to construct a better society, from preventative care techniques to nature-inclusive solutions.

Design : Sustainability : Society

Markets

Emerging Youth: Saudi Arabia

Driving a shift from collectivism to individuality, young Saudis are at the forefront of their country’s major sociocultural, economic and progress...

Youth : Society : Fashion

Big Ideas

The Destinations Living our Slow Tourism Future

Decelerated tourism is rapidly becoming a reality, as destinations adjust their travel marketing and take tactical approaches to protecting their l...

Travel : Hospitality : Sustainability

Big Ideas

How Alcohol Brands Can Look Out for Men’s Wellbeing

As the definition of nutrition broadens to include mental wellbeing, men are seeking more nuanced support and recognition from the brands they purc...

Food : Drink : Health & Wellness

Big Ideas

Exhibition: Objects for a New Kind of Society

At Dutch Design Week 2021, Dutch Invertuals and The Future Laboratory are together examining how design will shape our experience of future cities.

Design : Technology : Place Making

Markets

Emerging Youth: AfroLATAM

Despite historical socio-economic disadvantages, Black Latin Americans are making themselves heard through a unique sense of unity and resilience.

Youth : Media : Workplace

Big Ideas

Five Ways Automation is Boosting Physical Retail

As retailers work to future-proof stores, technology and automation are helping brands to provide convenience, problem-solve and fill gaps in produ...

Retail : Technology : Automation

Markets

Next-generation Watch Market

An industry long steeped in traditional values, the luxury watch sector is undergoing a transformation in an attempt to woo a new generation of you...

Luxury : Watches : Retail

Big Ideas

Material Innovation Will Build Resilient Cities

These five projects from London Design Festival 2021 show how designers can use material innovation to build better, more equitable and resilient c...

Design : Sustainability : Architecture

Big Ideas

What’s Next for the Entre-Celebrity?

From deep diversity training to TikTok-famous consultants, the C-suite celebrity is rapidly redefining the role of the brand spokesperson.

Retail : Media : Workplace

Big Ideas

Five Ways Sports Fandom is Going Virtual

As sports events are revived, brands are bouncing back with immersive digital innovations that bring fans closer to their teams than ever before.

Media : Technology : Sports

Big Ideas

Travel in 2030: Slow Honeymoons

In this fictional future scenario, we meet Ming and Hui, a Generation Z couple who are struggling to balance their climate commitments with their h...

Travel : Sustainability : Carbon Neutral

Markets

Asia’s Alternative Protein Market

Alongside health concerns and a curiosity for new tastes, innovation in Asia’s alternative protein market is being steered by product localisation ...

Food : Health And Wellness : Technology

Markets

Emerging Youth: Poland

Despite living under an ultra-conservative government, Polish youth are gaining the strength to fight for feminist and LGBTQ+ rights by increasingl...

Youth : Nightlife : Activism

Markets

Travel Agents Revisited

In a fragmented tourism landscape, people are opting out of complex travel planning and hiring experts to navigate their future trips instead.

Travel : Hospitality : Tourism

Big Ideas

Five Beauty and Wellness Brands Exploring Extremes

Brands are going to bold and daring lengths in their production and product offer to meet new heights of exploration, exclusivity and efficiency.

Beauty : Luxury : Production

Big Ideas

Key themes from Walpole’s British Luxury Summit 2021

Explore the headlines from the Future of British Luxury Summit, from ‘carpe diem’ mindsets infiltrating luxury to travel and spending forecasts.

Luxury : Retail : Technology