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At Mintel we are often asked if consumers care about environmental and health issues. The argument that they don’t is based on the fact that, despite growing evidence of diminishing resources and the...
View ArticleHow are our 2015 trend predictions playing out?
At the start of the year, Mintel's team of global expert analysts identified and analysed four key consumer trends set to impact the UK consumer market in 2015. As we move over halfway through the...
View ArticleWho are the next brand tribes?
Marketing to the millenials, the sneakerheads, the next-gen eco warriers... today's tribes are clearly defined and targeted by the sectors most wanting to play on their purchasing power. So which new...
View ArticlePop culture, fashion, gastronomy and beauty: Your guide to the hottest...
An emerging generation of youthful and upwardly mobile African consumers present a major market opportunity for foreign brands. Conversely, research from Mintel Global New Products Database (GNPD) and...
View ArticleMintel’s 2016 EMEA Predictions: How Did We Do? (1/5)
Ahead of Mintel forecasts for 2017, Senior Trends Consultant Richard Cope, takes a timely look back at how we fared with our 2016 predictions. Each year we mobilise Mintel’s cross-sector analyst...
View ArticleMintel’s 2016 EMEA Predictions: How Did We Do? (2/5)
Ahead of Mintel forecasts for 2017, Senior Trends Consultant Richard Cope, takes a timely look back at how we fared with our 2016 predictions. Time Space Continuum Space and time are at a premium,...
View ArticleMintel’s 2016 EMEA Predictions: How Did We Do? (3/5)
Ahead of Mintel forecasts for 2017, Senior Trends Consultant Richard Cope, takes a timely look back at how we fared with our 2016 predictions. Archbeacons Beacons can flourish in retail and leisure by...
View ArticleMintel’s 2016 EMEA Predictions: How Did We Do? (4/5)
Ahead of Mintel forecasts for 2017, Senior Trends Consultant Richard Cope, takes a timely look back at how we fared with our 2016 predictions. Pond Filter Fears that the Transatlantic Trade and...
View ArticleMintel’s 2016 EMEA Predictions: How Did We Do? (5/5)
Ahead of Mintel forecasts for 2017, Senior Trends Consultant Richard Cope, takes a timely look back at how we fared with our 2016 predictions. My Mind’s Eye Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies...
View ArticleThe truth about trust: Strengthening consumer trust
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 part one of our ‘The truth about...
View ArticleThe truth about trust part 2: Seeing is believing
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 part two of our ‘The truth about...
View ArticleThe 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 our ‘The...
View ArticleConsumer 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 vending...
View ArticleTokyo 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...
View ArticleTokyo 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...
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