What are the Consumer Trends in 2027 and Beyond?

As consumers focus less on what they buy and more on what helps them achieve their goals, innovation is moving beyond individual products and into the systems surrounding them. Whether sleeping better, ageing well, creating a calmer home or feeling more in control, people increasingly combine products, services, technologies and behaviours to get where they want to be.

This move from Products to Systems is one of the most significant shifts Mintel has identified to date. Yet it sits alongside other powerful forces that are redefining authority, relevance and growth across consumer markets.

Download Mintel’s 2027 Global Predictions whitepaper to get ahead of the biggest force reshaping consumer behaviour across categories and creating new opportunities for relevance and growth. Then join our regional webinars to unlock the wider predictions outlook for your category and market.

Mintel 2027 Global Predictions

What are Mintel’s 2027 Global Consumer Predictions?

1. Products to Systems

The next decade of Consumer Packaged Goods will be defined by systems, not standalone products. As consumers focus increasingly on outcomes, brands that connect products, expertise, technology and services into coherent experiences will create more enduring and valuable roles in people’s lives.

2. Authority Shifts

Traditional sources of authority are being disrupted, creating a landscape where power is more fragmented, and trust is harder to establish. The brands that can verify authority have the most to gain.

3. The Relevance Reset

When connection and culture have been distorted into a performance for the invisible algorithms, those who are relevant don’t chase micro-trends, but build bridges back to human agency.

Take a Deep Dive into Products to Systems

The biggest threat to your brand may not come from a direct competitor.

For the first time, Mintel’s 2027 Global Predictions combines insights across Consumer, Beauty & Personal Care, Food & Drink, Household and Wellness to uncover how the shift from Products to Systems is transforming consumer expectations and reshaping competition.

As consumers build their own ecosystems to achieve better outcomes, category lines are blurring fast. Brands that once operated in entirely different sectors are now competing for the same role in consumers’ lives.

The question is no longer who’s in your category?

It’s who’s solving the same problem?

Download the whitepaper to uncover the opportunities, threats and white spaces taking shape beyond traditional market boundaries, before someone else claims them first.

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2027 Global Consumer Predictions Webinar: Unlock the Full Picture

The whitepaper is only the beginning.

Register for one of our upcoming 2027 Global Predictions webinars to access the full outlook, hear directly from Mintel experts and explore the shifts and opportunities set to reshape your category – and those around it.
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Meet the Experts
Diana Kelter
Diana Kelter
Associate Principal, Consumer Trends, North America
Diana Kelter is a senior voice within Mintel’s Research team, serving as the head of consumer trends in North America. She specializes in emerging consumer behavior and forward-looking trend insights. She has been a key driver behind Mintel’s Annual Trend Predictions for the past seven years, shaping narratives that help brands anticipate shifting cultural values, wellness priorities, and cross category demand drivers. Diana brings a clear, actionable lens to what consumers will want next and why it matters for brands.
Dan Takacz
Dan Takacs
Associate Principal, Trends, EMEA
Dan is Mintel’s Associate Principal of Trends in the EMEA region. He advises clients on cross-category topics, focusing on macro consumer attitudes and behaviours. His goal is to uncover what drives consumer choices and predict where consumers are headed in the future. Dan is passionate about delivering presentations that help brands anticipate change and adapt to the evolving preferences of consumers.
Joey Khong
Joey Khong
Consumer Trends Analyst
Joey is a consumer trends analyst and narrative designer who connects emerging signals to possible futures. He tracks cultural shifts and tensions, layering in creative imagination and humanist-centered thinking – to help clients see and shape what comes next. He’s also training a team of young analysts and learning Japanese, one misstep at a time.