Macro Trends

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

Guilded Luxury

Macro Trends

Guilded Luxury

As the world enters a period of economic downturn, luxury brands are seizing strategies to build long-lasting and enriching relationships with thei...
Luxury : Travel : Hospitality
Accredited Beauty

Macro Trends

Accredited Beauty

As consumers seek proof points on product quality, efficacy and sustainability, scientific evidence will drive the healthification of the beauty in...
Beauty : Health : Wellness
The Betterverse

Macro Trends

The Betterverse

The metaverse has become the new multi-trillion-dollar digital frontier for all that is immersive, engaged and virtual. Here we examine how organis...
The Metaverse : Media & Technology : Society
Hyperphysical Stores

Macro Trends

Hyperphysical Stores

In a post-Covid landscape, changing consumer needs are driving retailers to rethink bricks-and-mortar stores to be more engaging, sensorial and mem...
Retail : Bricks-and-mortar : Stores
Neo-collectivism

Macro Trends

Neo-collectivism

Society is facing a mass re-organisation. United by values of empathy and community, consumers are shunning individualism in favour of alliances th...
Society : Retail : Workplace
The Zalpha Reckoning

Macro Trends

The Zalpha Reckoning

A hybrid generation of Zalphas are entering brands’ consciousness. Wise beyond their years, these products of climate change are using their childh...
Youth : Media : Technology
Redemptive Diets

Macro Trends

Redemptive Diets

Brands and consumers are uniting to build future-fit food systems that support changing social values, protect precious resources and secure supply...
Food : Drink : Society
Five States of Luxury 2021

Macro Trends

Five States of Luxury 2021

A fresh update to The Future Laboratory’s proprietary framework examining people’s emotional and psychological journeys through the luxury sector.
Luxury : Travel : Hospitality
Synchronised Care

Macro Trends

Synchronised Care

Self-care is now a force for collective health that is interconnected with every aspect of our lives and interdependent on the world around us.
Beauty : Health : Wellness
Eco-venience Retail

Macro Trends

Eco-venience Retail

Accelerating e-commerce and demands for expedited delivery are forcing a new framework that puts eco-conscious practices at the centre of retail op...
Retail : Sustainability : Technology
Elastic Brands

Macro Trends

Elastic Brands

Forget advertising campaigns and branded content. All eyes are on the inner workings of your business – and how seamlessly it can adapt.
Society : Branding : Retail
Equilibrium Cities

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.
Future Cities : Health And Wellness : Intersectionality
Alternet Economies

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
Reformation Generation

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
Total Tastes

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
Omnilux Lifestyles

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
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