The Queen’s Jubilee: The changing consumer landscape over the next 70 years As Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her platinum jubilee, we look forward to the trends that will define the next 70 years and the changing consumer landscape to which ... Read More
The future of food production: Learning from nature to become less dependent on oil and imports The conflict in Ukraine is confronting us with political and environmental realities on how food production needs to liberate itself from over-dependence on fossil fuels and imports. The World ... Read More
Mintel’s beach clean: no time to waste The Mintel Gives volunteering team visited Margate on the 1st July to conduct a beach clean survey for the Marine Conservation Society. We left the shore with 14kg ... Read More
Mintel Consulting: Second wave COVID-19 lessons from Australia’s winter Right now imagining the wintery weather’s impact on COVID-19 may not be most Europeans’ concern. However, as a second wave of infections breaks out, what can Europe learn ... Read More
[WATCH] The future of work and play The return to work has started for some, but worktime and downtime may never look the same. For workers still at home, 89% of UK businesses would be ready ... Read More
[WATCH] Life in the UK after COVID-19 Consumers are being forced to dramatically change their behaviour as a result of COVID-19. In this new video, we examine which of these changes could last after the ... Read More
Mintel Consulting: Brands should commit 100% to sustainability, or risk becoming extinct Last week a client visibly winced when I insisted that they “go in 100%” on the issue of sustainability, or not at all. We were talking about values ... Read More
You Heard It Here First: Digital detox Mintel has been at the forefront of predicting the trends that matter most, calling them early and accurately, over the last 15 years. In our new series, You ... Read More
Tokyo Trends Part 2: Taking pop culture to the next level When Richard Cope, Senior Trends Consultant, recently visited our office in Tokyo, he took time to experience some of the city’s entertainment, foodservice, retail and transport innovations. In this ... Read More
Tokyo Trends Part 1: Saving time and space When Richard Cope, Senior Trends Consultant, recently visited our office in Tokyo, he took time to experience some of the city’s entertainment, foodservice, retail and transport innovations. In the ... Read More
Consumer Trends Roundup: September 2017 Richard Cope, Senior Trends Consultant at Mintel, shares his monthly roundup of key consumer trend observations from around the world, including... A French oyster farm that created an oyster ... Read More
The truth about trust part 3: Talk to me like we’re friends Mintel’s latest exclusive consumer research reveals how deteriorating faith in politicians and the media is weakening consumer trust in FMCG companies across Europe. In this final part of ... Read More