The American Middle Report
Packed with unique research, this report explores the key drivers and forces shaping the American Middle, and gives practical recommendations on how to implement its insights. : Overview The Future Laboratory...Read more
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US Trend Briefing
As the rich get richer and ranks of the poor swell, there is unrest among the American population. In a divided and disconnected nation, the aspirations and behaviours of the...Read more
Beauty Futures Report 2017
The trends, consumer tribes and innovations shaping the future of beauty. Overview In a radically re-aligned beauty landscape, established brands and innovator start-ups are finding new paths to success....Read more
Retail Futures
The world of retail stands on unsteady ground in 2017. The ramifications of geopolitical events such as Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as President of the US are...Read more
The Age of Re-engagement report 2017
The Age of Re-engagement 2017 report explores three key macrotrends that will shape the business landscape in the months and years ahead. : Civic Brands With the decline of the...Read more
The Age of Re-engagement
With increasingly distracted consumers, a breakdown in traditional systems of governance and the nuclear family relegated to history, the business landscape of the future is uncertain. The Age of Re-engagement...Read more
Retail Futures Report 2017
A toolkit to build winning strategies from the endless possibilities of Total Retail Overview As omni-channel retires, the era of Total Retail begins in earnest. Customers are demanding frictionless...Read more
Innovators' Toolkit Report 2016
Overview The Innovators' Toolkit Report draws on The Future Laboratory’s wealth of research and thinking, and the insights and observations of a string of global experts, to consider anew what...Read more
Innovators' Toolkit
Our Innovators’ Toolkit Presentation is a road map for those who see innovation, not as an end in itself but as a means to move ahead and escape the status...Read more
The Dislocated World
We live in a dislocated world, characterised by distrust, disconnection, disenfranchisement, disgust and disorder. Public trust in governments, the financial sector and brands is at an all-time low. Racial division,...Read more
Luxury Futures Report 2016
Overview Our annual report on the global luxury sector combines detailed market analysis with a timely reconceptualisation of the very notion of luxury. The decade we call the Turbulent Teens...Read more
Food & Drink Futures Report 2016
OverviewOur annual report on the global food and drink industry is your definitive guide to future-proofing your brand in this rapidly evolving sector.The report begins with an Insight Overview, which...Read more
New Consumer Summit Report 2016
Overview Our annual report on The New Consumer is your definitive guide to future-proofing your brand to meet the demands of the next generation. With today’s teenagers increasingly embracing authenticity...Read more
New Consumer Summit
The digital-native members of Gen Viz are constantly connected – plugged into multiple browsers not to hide from reality, but to create it anew. Deeply averse to being marketed at,...Read more