Richard Cope Blog Articles

Mintel recently conducted its third annual beach clean at Margate’s west sands in south east England, delivering actionable data to the Marine Conservation Society (a charity working for ...

Whether you're new to sustainability marketing or you're an experienced hand, with a subject as wide-ranging and all-encompassing as sustainability it can be difficult to know where to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...