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Generations
Tracking the key characteristics and values of generational demographics as each cohort evolves.
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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
Gen X: Ambiguity to Advocacy
Having long lived in the shadow of Baby Boomers and Millennials, Gen X are racing against time to make their influence felt
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
Big Ideas
Holiday bookers want more user-generated content online
Holiday bookers want more user-generated content online
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Thomas Cook
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Consumers prefer a nostalgic dinner
Consumers prefer a nostalgic dinner
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UK consumers to explore Doorstop Destinations as summer scorcher hits
UK consumers to explore Doorstop Destinations as summer scorcher hits
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Glamvanning
Micro Trends
Dining 2.0
A new breed of high-tech, high-gloss immersive dining spaces is appearing on the scene. Dining 2.0 describes this new generation of bars, clubs and...
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Web 2.0
Big Ideas
Consumers splashing out on top spirits at home
Consumers splashing out on top spirits at home
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Wine
Big Ideas
Concierge services turn high-tech, mobile
Concierge services turn high-tech, mobile
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Apps
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Motion-control and connective devices rule at E3 conference
Motion-control and connective devices rule at E3 conference
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Nintendo
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Sport & Leisure and hospitality landscapes
Climate change, recession, fragmenting markets, and an increasingly critical, challenging and internet-savvy consumer are turning traditional notio...
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World Travel & Tourism Council
Big Ideas
Chinese car manufacturers attempt to drive luxury sales
Chinese car manufacturers attempt to drive luxury sales
China
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Shanghai
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Geely
Big Ideas
Wine drinkers take to the can-can
Wine drinkers take to the can-can
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Can
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Barokes
Big Ideas
Travel & Hospitality tweets
Travel & Hospitality tweets
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JetBlue
Big Ideas
End of free: The reinvention of newspapers
End of free: The reinvention of newspapers
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Wall Street Journal
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Consumers won’t budge on free-range
Consumers won’t budge on free-range
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Organic
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Free-range
Big Ideas
Green Depot brings greener living to US consumers
Green Depot brings greener living to US consumers
New York
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Lower East Side
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Green Depot
Big Ideas
Tesco tries department store retailing in central Europe
Tesco tries department store retailing in central Europe
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Fitch
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My Liberec
Big Ideas
Cinema beats the credit crunch: silver-screen success in the slump
Cinema beats the credit crunch: silver-screen success in the slump
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3D Cinema
Big Ideas
Travel & Hospitalitylers put hotel tech first
Travel & Hospitalitylers put hotel tech first
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Peer-to-peer lending capitalises on the credit crunch
Peer-to-peer lending capitalises on the credit crunch
P2P
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Zopa
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Prosper
Markets
Home from Home
In the Future Laboratory’s Leisure and Hospitality Futures Report, we identify a series of new leisure trends that are changing the way the hotel a...
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Hotel Design
Communities
NFAs
A new tribe of consumers are abandoning years of indulgence and impulsive spending. Turning to frugality, these No-Frills Affluents are budgeting a...
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