Macro Trends

Major shifts in consumer behaviour that will dictate our business environment in the long term.

The Synthocene Era

As AI redefines our understanding of intelligence, we begin to enter The Synthocene Era, an age in which the lines between what is natural and what is artificial are increasingly blurred – driving humanity into a future when technology will redefine what it means to be human

Macro Trends

The Future of Sports Fandom

By embracing new technologies, geographies and audiences, sport is becoming bigger than ever and offering valuable lessons on nurturing a new era of fandom

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Innovation Debrief 2024–2025

Discover the top 50 innovations shaping tomorrow in our Innovation Debrief 2024–2025.

Macro Trends

Functional Feasting

As we move past the ‘free from’ era, consumers are increasingly favouring products that do more with less, bringing flavour and fun back into functional nutrition

Macro Trends

New Codes of Luxury 2024–2025

An essential tool, the Five Luxury States define people’s emotional and psychological journeys through the luxury sector, giving rise to a new set of Codes defining the future language of luxury

Macro Trends

Equilibrium Cities

Citizens are demanding a more receptive and equitable built environment that will allow future urban generations, nature and businesses to thrive.

Macro Trends

Alternet Economies

A technological counter-culture is decentralising capitalism, reforming the internet and powering new value frontiers for creators, consumers and b...

Technology : FinTech : Internet

Macro Trends

Reformation Generation

Marking a new era of collaboration between brands and Generation Z, opportunities are arising to re-assemble, decentralise and decolonise our outda...

Youth : Media : Technology

Macro Trends

Total Tastes

The food-as-medicine movement is being rebranded to fit modern lifestyles, balancing flavour and function to shape our physical and psychological s...

Food : Drink : Health And Wellness

Macro Trends

Omnilux Lifestyles

The luxury experience of the future will no longer rely on tactile human-to-human moments, but anytime attainment, anywhere in the world. In this d...

Luxury : Hospitality : Travel

Macro Trends

Recuperative Living

In the aftermath of Covid-19, consumers’ collective concerns about hygiene, wellbeing and immunity will drive new directions in beauty and wellness...

Beauty : Health : Wellness

Macro Trends

Feedback Frontiers

As communications with consumers become more circular and conversational, brands are treating every micro-interaction as a valuable opportunity to ...

Retail : E-commerce : Digital

Macro Trends

Post-purpose Brands

Pushing back against purpose-washing and jumping on the bandwagon, brands will embrace imperfection and focus on betterment. With more intuitive te...

Retail : Branding : Purpose

Macro Trends

Pleasure Revolution

With every second of our free time colonised by the cult of busyness, future consumers will turn away from a life of relentless productivity and sh...

Leisure : Workplace : Wellness

Macro Trends

Enlightened States

The experience economy is pivoting towards personal transformation as the public imagination looks inwards, favouring self-discovery over shared sp...

Experience : Wellness : Leisure

Macro Trends

Home Eatertainment

Changing dining dynamics have created a new convenience culture focused on elevating the experience and enjoyment of eating and drinking at home.

Food : Convivial : Convenience

Macro Trends

Paradox Personas

Unlike Millennials, Generation Z are swapping self-promotion for self-awareness, using the digital world to enrich but not define their offline sel...

Youth : Digital : Identity

Macro Trends

Bio-positive Beauty

Short, traceable supply chains and condensed routines are in high demand as beauty moves from zero to positive impact.

Beauty : Sustainability : Science

Macro Trends

Liberation Luxury

As global wealth fluctuates, a new mindset is emerging centred on curiosity, flexibility and footloose living. In order to meet these shifting prio...

Luxury : Travel : Hospitality

Macro Trends

Conscious Deceleration

Struggling to keep up with fast-paced and demanding approaches to fitness, health-conscious consumers are looking for a more measured, long-term ap...

Wellness : Health : Technology

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Community Commerce

A new wave of decentralised retail concepts are transforming e-commerce as consumers look for alternative ways to access and exchange products and ...

Retail : Media : Entertainment

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