Generations

Tracking the key characteristics and values of generational demographics as each cohort evolves.

Download: Generations Now and Next

From Baby Boomers and Gen X to Millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha, uncover what unites and divides consumers across generations

Macro Trends

Boomers: Ageing to Becoming

By 2030 they will all have reached the average Western retirement age of 65, supercharging a wider re-assessment of later life purpose along the way

Macro Trends

Millennials: Pink to Prime

After a stuttering start to their adult lives, the first generation to use the internet as children are hitting their prime earning years

Macro Trends

Gen Z: Vision to Contradiction

Without the tools or role models to help them enact the change they want to see, Gen Z find themselves paralysed by paradox

Macro Trends

Alphas: Sandbox to Roblox

Many of the technologies, careers and crises that will define and shape the lives of Gen Alpha are yet to exist

Micro Trends

Out-of-work Networks

As young people face the brunt of an unemployment epidemic, the solo activity of job-hunting is being transformed into a community-driven pursuit.

Youth : Workplace : Technology

Communities

Regenizens

Meet the community-focused citizens who are reframing their relationship with consumption to be not just more sustainable, but also regenerative an...

Sustainabillity : Beauty : Society

Webinars

Inter-Covid Roadmap Webinar

One year on from the first European lockdowns, this webinar looks at what new opportunities await global brands and businesses in the inter-Covid era.

Covid-19 : Society : Health

Big Ideas

Five influencers driving an everyteen revolution

The Generation Z creators and entrepreneurs who thrived during the pandemic by speaking to, spotlighting and disrupting the realities of ordinary t...

Youth : Media : Social Media

Big Ideas

Five luxury brands exploring longevity marketing

Global luxury brands are exploring slower, lifestyle-led forms of marketing to stand out from the transient and homogenised nature of social media.

Luxury : Media : Marketing

Viewpoints

Generation Z are ready to reboot dating

Marc Baghadjian, co-founder of Gen Z dating app Lolly, on how post-pandemic connections will be defined by video crushes and non-committal mindsets.

Youth : Dating : Social Media

Big Ideas

Five design responses to the climate crisis

Brands are using design mechanisms to communicate about environmental issues in a bid to increase awareness and action from consumers.

Design : Eco Design And Sustainability : Sustainability

Viewpoints

Brynn Wallner on future-proofing luxury marketing

The founder of Dimepiece, a platform educating women about luxury watches, says brands are failing to promote luxury as an investment.

Luxury : Youth : Branding

Micro Trends

Teen Ad-tivism

In a grand subversion of marketing, youth collectives and brands are using satire and brandstanding to distance themselves from capitalist hegemonies.

Youth : Marketing : Technology

Big Ideas

Five pioneers promoting cause-driven retail

In 2021, retail is about much more than acquisition and profit – for these five innovators, it’s a chance to make a positive difference for people ...

Retail : Society : Sustainability

Viewpoints

Gen Z audiences are rewriting entertainment

Aron Levitz, head of Wattpad Studios, explains how the storytelling app is creating an entertainment universe powered by data, fandom and teen crea...

Youth : Media : Entertainment

Big Ideas

Five beauty disruptors on the rise

From empowerment glitter to egg-cloned vegan skincare, discover the new innovators driving a revolution in the beauty industry.

Beauty : Health : Wellness

Big Ideas

Four innovators shaping bio-positive fashion

Sustainability demands are pushing forward material innovation in the fashion sector, resulting in a series of smarter processes, from creation to ...

Fashion : Retail : Material

Big Ideas

Webinar: Future Forecast 2021

Watch our 60-minute webinar hosted by co-founder Chris Sanderson, exploring how in 2021 the global pandemic, climate change, politics and social mo...

Future Forecast : Report : Covid-19

Viewpoints

Club Psora’s network is destigmatising skin conditions

Miriam Thom, founder of Club Psora, is building a new community around skin conditions — one that reframes chronic illness and normalises long-term...

Health And Wellness : Beauty : Skincare

Markets

Metaverse Market

Expanding far beyond its gaming roots, the metaverse is becoming a youth hub in which the future of socialising, entertainment and creativity is al...

Entertainment : Gaming : Gen Alpha

Communities

Deprogrammers

Rejecting traditional education, this global youth community are using digital platforms, virtual tools and DIY content to educate, teach and liber...

Youth. : Youth : Media

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

Markets

Emerging Youth: Canada

With little desire to return to normality, Canadian youth are seizing their own futures through upskilling, community healing and support of indige...

Canada : Youth : Society

Viewpoints

The youth voices of Intersectional Environmentalism

With one-size-fits-all sustainability goals excluding people of colour, Gen Z are combining social justice with environmental activism.

Youth : Sustainability : Intersectionality