Micro Trends

Specific shifts in consumer behaviour that are changing the business environment in the short term.

Pre-teen Protein

The growing protein market for kids is both premium and purposeful, as Gen Alpha and their parents seek to fortify their physical health and appearance

Micro Trends

Content Commerce

Consumers are watching and scrolling their way through a blended media landscape where streaming services, social media and gaming carry more seamless commerce opportunities than ever

Micro Trends

Matrescence

The concept of matrescence highlights the profound physical, emotional and neurological shifts experienced by new mothers, presenting brands with a unique chance to engage and support parents during this transformative life stage

Micro Trends

Scent Retail Futures

Luxury fragrance retail is turning to AI and immersive experiences to provide bricks-and-mortar customers with curated and personalised scent discovery

Micro Trends

Eau de Climate Change

As more flora and fauna become extinct every year, perfume innovators are becoming activists by attempting to encapsulate the authentic smell of Mother Nature in a bottle

Micro Trends

Digital Conservation

Conservationists are using technology as a form of safeguarding through the process of digitising historical and geological specimens and artefacts.

Design : Sustainability : Technology

Micro Trends

Automotive Accommodation

With global car sales in decline, premium automotive brands are entering the property market, using car-branded condos to diversify their product o...

Mobility : Travel & Hospitality : Luxury

Micro Trends

AI-vertisements

AI is pushing the boundaries of brand and consumer interactions, creating experimental and sensorial campaigns that exceed consumers’ new expectati...

Design : Marketing : Advertising

Micro Trends

Prestige Pets

As dog ownership booms and birth rates decline, fashion brands are getting involved in the lucrative luxury pet economy.

Luxury : Fashion : Society

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Fine Dining Redefined

A number of new restaurants are transforming fine dining, helping it to shed connotations of exclusivity through community-orientated initiatives.

Food : Drink : Luxury

Micro Trends

Chameleon Cosmetics

As our digital identities shape-shift, so too will our beauty regimes, as innovators invent cutting-edge formulas that react to temperature, light ...

Beauty : Identity : Make-up

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Metaverse Architecture

Eminent architects are laying foundations in the metaverse, using the creativity offered by Web3 to create daring digital dwellings and augment eng...

Architecture : Design : Technology

Micro Trends

Open-door HQs

Retailers are opening their HQs to the public, turning them into destinations for storytelling, transparency and deeper customer connections.

Retail : Transparency : Hospitality

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Sports Rebranded

Sporting bodies and brands are cementing appeal among Gen Z with rebranding campaigns that celebrate inclusivity and the joy of participation.

Youth : Sports & Leisure : Branding

Micro Trends

Gated Retail

As the race to court very important clients (VICs) heats up, luxury brands are opening private boutiques for their top-spending customers.

Luxury : Retail : Fashion

Micro Trends

Grotesque Grub

Chefs and food brands are exploring the darker side of dining with uglier takes on food and drink.

Food : Drink : Design

Micro Trends

Crypto-tels

In a bid to bolster loyalty, appeal to a new demographic and extend market opportunity, hoteliers are diversifying their operations to engage with ...

Hotels : Travel & Hospitality : NFTs

Micro Trends

Fractional Art Ownership

A new breed of start-up is aiming to democratise access to art ownership, allowing everyday investors to purchase fractions of high-value paintings.

Luxury : Art : Technology

Micro Trends

Membership Retail

A wave of apparel brands are shunning mass selling in favour of membership models, in turn reducing product waste and cultivating stronger communit...

Retail : Memberships : Loyalty

Micro Trends

Care Collectives

With collectivism on the rise, new spaces informed by traditional ideals of kinship are turning care into the next pillar of wellbeing.

Society : Health & Wellness : Beauty

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Psychophysical Identities

A new wave of designers are exploring how familiar physical feelings can be translated into visual sensations and mood-lifting branding.

Design : Culture : Branding

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