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
As the rich get richer and ranks of the poor swell, there is unrest among the American population. In a divided and disconnected nation, the aspirations and behaviours of the...Read more
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
A detailed exploration of the post-Brexit luxury landscape, examining the consumer trends and behaviour set to challenge the sector in the future. DATE : 5 July 2017 LOCATION : 26 Elder Street,...Read more
The products, services and new consumer tribes set to affect beauty in 2018 and beyond. Global Market Overview We examine growth areas and emerging markets in the global beauty landscape....Read more
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 2017 report explores three key macrotrends that will shape the business landscape in the months and years ahead. : Civic Brands With the decline of the...Read more
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
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
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
Our Innovators’ Toolkit Presentation is a road map for those who see innovation, not as an end in itself but as a means to move ahead and escape the status...Read more
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
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
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
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
The digital-native members of Gen Viz are constantly connected – plugged into multiple browsers not to hide from reality, but to create it anew. Deeply averse to being marketed at,...Read more
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
Citizen consumers and producers, empowered by social media and the internet, are together leading a revolution to reset the global dining agenda. A more holistic view of food and drink,...Read more
Our annual retail report is a global survey of the most exciting developments in the sector, from revolutionary digital technology to bold in-store innovations. Insight Overview The Future Laboratory’s analysis...Read more
Our free Sustainability Summit Report redefines the term ‘sustainable’ for the modern age. Sustainable thinking is now a cornerstone of good business rather than a nice to have. The report...Read more
Placemaking Summit Report 2016 Our inaugural Placemaking Summit Report tackles the importance of physical space in the digital age, from revolutionary retail concepts to geo-branding and locally embedded businesses. Instead of...Read more
Today’s beauty landscape is full of contradictions, as the debate around science versus nature and digital versus physical rages on. One thing has become clear in recent months, however. Consumers...Read more
A new golden age of Fluid Entertainment will dawn as another 1.4bn people flood online in over the next decade, hungry for innovative new forms and formats of entertainment and...Read more
Backlash Culture is a call to arms that urges companies to take a more combative stance against the tired tropes to which consumers have now closed their minds. About the...Read more
Our Sustainability Summit presentation redefines the term ‘sustainable’ for the modern age. Sustainable thinking is now a cornerstone of good business rather than something nice to have. The report is...Read more
Workplace Summit Report 2016 Our inaugural Workplace Summit looks at the consumer trends that are transforming business environments. These dramatic shifts are being driven by members of Generation Z who...Read more
Tech Futures Report 2015 has been forged as a vital guide to traversing the new technology landscape, helping to steer your brand through the key trends and consumer insights from next week to...Read more
Our half-day Tech Futures Forum is an annual look at what is new, next and game-changing in the world of technology. The session has been developed to give your team...Read more
Identity used to be something that you were born with. Age, race, gender and nationality were firmly fixed and determined your place in the world. Now, our identities are sliding...Read more
The digital revolution promised to save us time, but instead we are busier than ever. It vowed to broaden our horizons, but left us trapped in a prison of our...Read more