J. Walter Thompson’s Innovation Group Releases The Future 100, A Forecast Of Global Consumer Trends In 2016
New York, NY (PRWEB) December 03, 2015 -- The Innovation Group, the trends forecasting consultancy of J. Walter Thompson Intelligence, today released its "The Future 100: Trends and Change to Watch in 2016" report, featuring original analysis and insights on the most dynamic trends in the year ahead.
In the second annual report, the 100 trends are categorized across 10 sectors, including Culture, Tech and Innovation, Brands and Marketing, and Lifestyle, exploring everything from Post-hipster Visual Irony and Sustainability Nagging to Cannabis Culture and Holographic Healthcare.
“In 2015, we’ve seen that consumers are joining the dots in multiple areas of their lifestyles, taking a holistic approach to brands and consumption, and we expect this to strengthen in 2016,” says Lucie Greene, Worldwide Director of the Innovation Group. “Diet, beauty, wellbeing, mind, body, fitness: all are viewed by the consumer as one big ecosystem to maintain. Brands, once judged on their desirability and products, are now being judged on their value systems, on whether they are innovators, on whether they are promising to change the world.”
As trends and innovation continue to change rapidly, "The Future 100" report helps brands preview emerging trends and understand the cultural shifts that have inspired them, providing context for why these changes are happening, and analyzing what this means for brands who want to stay on the cutting edge of what engaged and informed global consumers care about.
Trend highlights from each sector include:
Culture
Un-tabooing Womanhood — Menstruation, leg and underarm hair, underwear hygiene, and various other previously taboo aspects of femininity are being unearthed and brought to the forefront by fourth-wave feminism, new women’s interest media, and a fresh string of outspoken heroes and blogs.
Tech and Innovation
Silicon Valley’s Next Frontier: Infrastructure — Public infrastructure is emerging as the latest grand utopian ambition for the tech elite, as Hyperloop Technologies advances its plans and Google builds new infrastructure for the wired city.
Travel and Hospitality
Cuba — Cuba’s tourism market is set to take off: Travelers are rushing to see the last of the old Cuba, even as brands are competing to be the first in on the promise of Cuba.
Brands and Marketing
Neuromarketing — A buzzword for years now in the agency world, neuromarketing is finally moving into the realm of serious science and yielding actionable predictive insights for brands and forcing more traditional market researchers to take note.
Food and Drink
Inhalable Cocktails – This new exotic trend in cocktail culture is allowing drinkers to absorb alcohol via the eyes and respiratory system.
Beauty
Freckles — Part of fashion’s general celebration of all things redheaded, freckles are a must-have and with new products consumers add freckles where they don’t appear naturally, consumers are now celebrating individualism in all of its full-freckled glory.
Retail
Satellite Retail — Retailers are turning to data gathered from satellites to track traffic to stores in real time.
Health
Stool Banking — Consumers are now storing samples of their personal bacterial ecosystems — also known as fecal matter — for future use in new medical treatments.
Lifestyle
Grow-with-You Toys — New toys enabled with artificial intelligence can respond to a child’s vocabulary, interests and other traits, and evolve along with the child as they grow.
Luxury
Extreme Dining — The latest dining experiences to entice luxury consumers are extreme, and about accessing remote, rare and theatrical settings amid the wonders of nature.
To access the full report, including all 100 trends, see the Trend Reports section of the newly relaunched JWTIntelligence.com.
ABOUT J. WALTER THOMPSON COMPANY
J. Walter Thompson Company was founded in 1864 and has been making pioneering solutions that build enduring brands and business for more than 150 years. Today under the leadership of Global CEO Gustavo Martinez, the company has evolved to include several global networks including J. Walter Thompson Worldwide, Mirum and Colloquial.
ABOUT THE INNOVATION GROUP
The Innovation Group is J. Walter Thompson’s futurism, research and innovation unit. It charts emerging and future global trends, consumer change and innovation patterns — translating these into insight for brands. It offers a suite of consultancy services, including bespoke research, presentations, co-branded reports and workshops. It is also active in innovation, partnering with brands to activate future trends within their framework and execute new products and concepts. The Innovation Group is part of J. Walter Thompson Intelligence, a platform for global research, innovation and data analytics at J. Walter Thompson Company. It houses three key in-house practices: SONAR™, Analytics and the Innovation Group. For more information, please visit http://www.jwtintelligence.com and follow us @JWTIntelligence.
Jocelyn Weiss Malas, J. Walter Thompson Company, +1 6465096230, [email protected]
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