Micro Trends

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

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

Spirited Synthesis

Through creative and unexpected collaborations, food and drink innovators are redefining alcohol as a culinary flavour, appealing to a new generation of sober-curious, snack-happy consumers

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

Agile Artisans

Revealing a more resilient business model, ethical fashion and homeware brands are supporting their artisan suppliers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Fashion : Homeware : Retail

Micro Trends

Low-impact Interfaces

To cut the carbon emissions of our online consumption, designers are exploring how to simplify UX and UI design to be greener and more energy-effic...

Technology : Sustainability : Design

Micro Trends

Moral Commerce

In the wake of Black Lives Matter, consumers are seeking brand allies and making shopping decisions informed by their socio-political values.

Retail : Finance : Sustainability

Micro Trends

Inter-Covid Fashion

In the inter-Covid period, fashion choices are becoming informed by health and safety concerns, resulting in hygiene-first threads and socially dis...

Fashion : Covid-19 : Health

Micro Trends

Augmented Restaurants

Augmented reality is creating unconventional, interactive dining experiences that bridge the gap between physical and digital environments.

Food & Drink : Social Media : Technology

Micro Trends

Music-powerment

Post-lockdown, Generation Z are seeking more democratised music communities, blurring the worlds of education and creation.

Music : Entertainment : Youth

Micro Trends

Mundane Gaming

Countering our hyper-emotional online existence, gaming platforms are turning mundane daily activities into a form of escapism.

Gaming : Technology : Health & Wellness

Micro Trends

Isolated Intimacy

As the world experiences a crisis of closeness, new services are positioning isolation as an opportunity to reassess the meaning of intimacy.

Health : Wellness : Technology

Micro Trends

Studio Stores

Faced with declining footfall and fallout from coronavirus, retailers are reclaiming their stores as multimedia hubs for content creation.

Retail : Media : E-commerce

Micro Trends

Activism Gaming

A new generation are viewing the gaming world as a utopian medium to explore and express their social, ethical and political values.

Youth : Media : Entertainment

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Anti-social Sanctuaries

Reclaiming their liberation, affluent consumers are paying a premium for travel and dining services that promise total seclusion.

Luxury : Hospitality : Travel

Micro Trends

Decentralised Care

With the world facing a crisis of health, new micro-societies are emerging that infuse local communities with solidarity, trust and care.

Health : Covid-19 : Wellness

Micro Trends

Flagship Fulfilment

As consumers continue to value speed, retail brands are doubling down on the ways supply chains, logistics and fulfilment can enhance their identit...

Retail : Technology : Logistics

Micro Trends

Edu-play-tion

With parents of Generation Alpha now home educators, brands are elevating playtime with tools that combine digital and analogue learning.

Youth : Technology : Gen Alpha

Micro Trends

Virtual Happy Hours

Amid Covid-19 and self-isolation, digital tools combined with delivery services are reframing drinking at home as a positive, social activ...

Drink : Society : Retail

Micro Trends

Sacrificial Advertising

With a quarter of the world’s population in lockdown, brands are sacrificing typical marketing messages for campaigns that promote isolation over p...

Advertising : Society : Covid-19

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