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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

US Trend Briefing

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

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

Innovators' Toolkit

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

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

New Consumer Summit

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