Editor's Choice
Women’s Health and Self-Care Fashion: Blurring the Lines Between Hygiene, Apparel and Technology
Marguerite LeRolland
After re-evaluating their priorities during the pandemic, consumers continue to invest in taking care of themselves; both their bodies and minds. This impacts the way they consume and the products they use, opening new opportunities for brands that innovate and release products and services promoting body positivity, sustainability and simplicity that create a feeling of comfort and enhance the mood.
Top Three Megatrends Shaping Asia Pacific by 2032
Rachel He
Technology breakthrough especially in AI, lifestyle changes after the pandemic, and the rise of Gen Z have been driving Digital Living, Shopper Reinvented and Personalisation in Asia Pacific. Euromonitor has identified these megatrends as the top three influential ones transforming the region’s future towards 2032. Truly engaging, customised and responsible customer relationships and shopping experience should be prioritised by businesses in order to grow.
Megatrends: Quantifying Premiumisation
Nathanael Lim
Premiumisation continues to be highly sought after by consumers seeking to enhance their wellbeing who are willing to pay more for premium products and services. In response, companies have leveraged on consumers’ desires and wants, through innovation and active marketing.
Middle East Consumers Choose Drink Brands that Resonate with Their Values
Alexandra Molokova
More Middle Eastern consumers are looking for brands that align with their values, for example local sourcing and sustainability. In an age of social media, consumers are looking beyond pricing when making drink brand choices, and seeking those brands that resonate more with their values.
Megatrends: Quantifying Shopper Reinvented
Bob Hoyler
The Shopper Reinvented megatrend highlights how consumers’ habits are changing across the pre-purchase, purchase, and post-purchase stages of the shopping journey. One of the most obvious manifestations of this shift is the consumer propensity to increasingly make purchases across many different platforms, both offline and online – partially due to an increased desire for instant gratification.
Innovating Around Premiumisation in Today's Economy
Anna Nelson
Despite persisting economic headwinds, many consumers globally are choosing to spend their money rather than save, with savings ratios declining to near pre-pandemic rates in 2023. Across various categories of non-essential spending, one quarter of global consumers on average say they will increase their spending over the next 12 months.