Food & Drink Futures Report 2017

 Overview Across the globe, appetites are changing. Conscious consumers’ mission to optimise their health now extends beyond their own wellbeing to that of the planet and wider community. Brands looking...Read more

Placemaking Service

Ready to future-proof your placemaking strategy? In an era of growing man-made pressure on our natural and built environments, our relationship with the places where we work, live, shop and...Read more

Fashion Futures 2017

From poor working practices to the painfully slow adoption of AI, the fashion industry is reaching a tipping point. Brands in the sector will increasingly need to look beyond its...Read more

Female Futures 2018 : Sydney

Our highly subscribed live events draw on The Future Laboratory’s wealth of research to inspire and reframe future business strategy. In February 2018 in Sydney we will present happens when female innovation...Read more

The Future of Service Report 2017

From New Intimacy Offers to Sharing Economy Tactics, get to know the trends that will shape the lifestyle industries. Overview  New thinking is urgently required as today’s on-demand culture continues...Read more

The Future of Service 2017

Today’s always-on customers demand seamless service, but the gap between their expectations and retailers’ responses is widening. As interactions become faster and shallower, brand loyalty is increasingly hard-won. Our Future...Read more

Female Futures Report 2017

Help to prepare your business for the changes ahead by downloading the Female Futures Report 2017 now. Overview As we wrestle with the modern demons of our post-crash, post-truth world,...Read more

Female Futures 2017

Female Futures is an in-depth look at the current landscape of female entrepreneurialism and highlights an emerging attitude driven by members of Generation Z, who are ditching a broken system...Read more

Luxury Futures 2017

We explore the rise of the new normal in the global luxury landscape, identifying areas of growth and the potential challenges ahead. We consider the unexpected rise of ultra-high-net-worth individuals...Read more

Luxury Futures Report 2017

The trends, consumer tribes and innovations shaping the future of luxury. Overview As the markers of luxury evolve to transcend the physical trappings of wealth, political and economic upheaval are...Read more

Beauty Futures 2017

We examine growth areas and emerging markets in the global beauty landscape. We consider how venture capital funding and interest from big brands have changed niche beauty start-ups, and look...Read more

The American Middle Report

Packed with unique research, this report explores the key drivers and forces shaping the American Middle, and gives practical recommendations on how to implement its insights. : Overview The Future Laboratory...Read more

Beauty Futures Report 2017

The trends, consumer tribes and innovations shaping the future of beauty.   Overview In a radically re-aligned beauty landscape, established brands and innovator start-ups are finding new paths to success....Read more

Retail Futures

The world of retail stands on unsteady ground in 2017. The ramifications of geopolitical events such as Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as President of the US are...Read more

The Age of Re-engagement

With increasingly distracted consumers, a breakdown in traditional systems of governance and the nuclear family relegated to history, the business landscape of the future is uncertain.  The Age of Re-engagement...Read more

Retail Futures Report 2017

A toolkit to build winning strategies from the endless possibilities of Total Retail   Overview As omni-channel retires, the era of Total Retail begins in earnest. Customers are demanding frictionless...Read more

Innovators' Toolkit Report 2016

Overview The Innovators' Toolkit Report draws on The Future Laboratory’s wealth of research and thinking, and the insights and observations of a string of global experts, to consider anew what...Read more

The Dislocated World

We live in a dislocated world, characterised by distrust, disconnection, disenfranchisement, disgust and disorder. Public trust in governments, the financial sector and brands is at an all-time low. Racial division,...Read more

Luxury Futures Report 2016

Overview Our annual report on the global luxury sector combines detailed market analysis with a timely reconceptualisation of the very notion of luxury. The decade we call the Turbulent Teens...Read more

Food & Drink Futures Report 2016

 OverviewOur annual report on the global food and drink industry is your definitive guide to future-proofing your brand in this rapidly evolving sector.The report begins with an Insight Overview, which...Read more

New Consumer Summit Report 2016

Overview Our annual report on The New Consumer is your definitive guide to future-proofing your brand to meet the demands of the next generation. With today’s teenagers increasingly embracing authenticity...Read more

Beauty Futures Report 2016

Overview Our annual report on the global beauty industry is your definitive guide to future-proofing your brand in this rapidly evolving sector. As the beauty industry shifts towards a holistic...Read more