Longevity is everywhere in beauty today across product claims, ingredient narratives, and innovation pipelines. But when a theme becomes this pervasive, the more important question is not what is trending, but what is translating into sustained demand. From a market perspective, this distinction matters. Trends create noise while repeat purchase, ingredient scale, and cross-category adoption signal where companies should invest versus where they should wait.

As consumers strongly link being attractive with appearing healthy, beauty-positioned supplements surpass traditional health products in both growth and innovation focus.

The dairy industry in Asia Pacific is undergoing demographic shifts and rising competition from consumer health categories. To stay competitive for the long term, brands must focus on early‑life preventative health and build relevance among consumers under 30.

Wellness has become a high value expectation for consumers, creating a strong opportunity for companies to integrate it into loyalty strategies. Its broad, adaptable scope allows almost any brand to embed wellness and form partnerships with health and wellness players. By rewarding progress on personal wellness journeys, companies create a powerful engagement loop that drives loyalty, relevance, and new revenue potential.

Tracking beauty ingredient growth requires understanding which ingredients are gaining traction and which companies and brands are driving adoption and innovation. This article focuses on salicylic acid, an important functional ingredient across skin care and hair care. Using Euromonitor’s Ingredients Dashboard, we examine how usage is concentrated among leading multinationals while faster-growing brands are expanding their portfolios.

As the global economy navigates slow growth, tight labour markets and ongoing geopolitical tensions, luxury consumers are becoming more selective about how and where they spend. Nevertheless, the market continues to demonstrate resilience. With January’s period of restraint now behind us, Valentine’s Day 2026 represents the first major opportunity to reignite demand, followed closely by Chinese New Year and Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan. Against this backdrop, Valentine’s Day 2026 is shaping up to be a telling moment for the luxury market.

Most claim strategy is trendspotting and activation. Brands scan the cultural landscape for what consumers are currently anxious about or aspiring towards and build claims around that signal. Clean label, gut health, immune support, stress relief; each of these has had its moment, and each has faded or been diluted as the cultural mood shifted and the category filled with me-too competitors. The underlying logic is demographic and attitudinal: find a segment, find their current focus or fear, match your claim to it. There is a more durable, sticky alternative. Alongside following trends, we should follow roles.

As the FIFA World Cup approaches, leading foodservice and delivery players are rolling out strategies to capture consumption beyond the stadium, recognising that most viewing will take place in homes, offices, bars, and restaurants.

As increasingly digital consumers prioritise convenience in their purchasing decisions, online delivery’s share of restaurant sales has skyrocketed. With third-party delivery fulfilment being the biggest engine for growth, foodservice operators are seeing their margins eroded by merchant fees. Thriving, let alone surviving, is a juggling act when ingredient, shipping, and labour costs continue to rise.

The USD3 trillion wellness industry is no longer just about green juices, yoga mats and incremental optimisation. A new frontier is emerging, one that challenges long held taboos around substances, mental states and self experimentation. Euromonitor defines this shift as transgressive wellness.

Despite lagging behind European adoption rates, heat pumps in the US have outsold traditional gas furnaces annually since 2021, according to RMI (formerly Rocky Mountain Institute). Since 2015, the Energy Information Administration has reported higher residential HVAC activity each year. With cooling rates increasing due to higher average global temperatures, heat pumps have two points in their favour.

Wellness has become a high value expectation for consumers, creating a strong opportunity for companies to integrate it into loyalty strategies. Its broad, adaptable scope allows almost any brand to embed wellness and form partnerships with health and wellness players. By rewarding progress on personal wellness journeys, companies create a powerful engagement loop that drives loyalty, relevance, and new revenue potential.

The blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, a consequence of the US/Israel-Iran war, has emerged as the defining economic disruption of 2026. The impact extends beyond energy markets: rerouted shipping, airspace restrictions and disrupted exports of petrochemicals and fertilisers have raised freight and input costs globally, reducing margins and exposing the depth of vulnerability in energy importing and trade-dependent economies.

The US/Israel-Iran war has caused a major shift in global economic dynamics, driving oil prices higher and exposing vulnerabilities in energy-dependent economies. Our latest Chart of the Month looks at the projected impact of this war by country.

Climate volatility and commodity disruption are forcing FMCG companies to rethink how innovation is designed and scaled. This article explores why feasibility is moving upstream in the innovation process, reshaping formulation choices, portfolios and long term strategy. As resilience becomes a competitive advantage, brands are redesigning innovation systems to ensure products remain viable under sustained supply uncertainty.

The US/Israel-Iran war has delivered the steepest shock to global travel since the pandemic. Over half of scheduled flights in the region were cancelled in the first two weeks, oil surged 30% to USD92.3 per barrel in March with projections reaching USD115 by July, and major hubs from Dubai to Doha saw capacity plunge by 55-85%. Yet every crisis reshapes the industry. The question is not whether travel will recover, but what strategic lessons will separate those that return stronger and gain a competitive edge in resilience.

The global personal accessories market is being recalibrated by economic uncertainty, shifting consumer expectations and rapid digital transformation. Despite inflationary pressure, trade volatility and cautious discretionary spending, the sector returned to growth in 2025. Jewellery and watches remain the standout performers, stabilising the market and signalling where opportunities lie.

Global apparel and footwear is entering a period of cautious growth, technological disruption and polarising market dynamics. Growth prospects to 2030 remain subdued, amid persistent geopolitical unrest, inflationary headwinds, widening socioeconomic divides and shifting consumer preferences. Yet, even amid such volatility, there are opportunities for players that can pivot, diversify and innovate.

AI is moving from a supporting role to a system-level driver of FMCG innovation. As companies shift from high-volume launches to precision-led strategies, AI is enabling faster demand detection, more resilient formulation and new routes to visibility on the algorithmic shelf. This article explores how AI is redefining innovation advantage and why leading companies are embedding it as the engine of their innovation systems.

As GenAI surges in popularity, more consumers are utilising GenAI platforms in place of traditional search engines when searching for products and services to buy online. Thanks to advancements in in-chat payments, consumers are also increasingly conducting transactions directly within GenAI platforms. These developments are forcing brands and retailers to embrace GenAI to an unprecedented degree, powering an extraordinary transformation in digital commerce.

Loyalty is evolving as brands move beyond purely transactional rewards towards more personalised, experience-driven engagement. Emerging trends such as agentic AI, immersive micro-content, choice-based rewards and wellness-led incentives are reshaping how value is created and delivered – with growing focus on high-net-worth consumers who expect tailored, premium and highly relevant experiences.

Digital commerce is undergoing a seismic shift as generative AI-powered search and emerging “agentic” commerce become new gateways between consumers and brands.

We are excited to present Euromonitor's trending topics. Listen to our thought leaders discuss five short-term trends shaping global industries in 2025–26: market volatility, beyond affordability, healthy longevity, intentional consumption and next-gen online storefronts. Understanding them is critical for resilience and growth in today’s volatile environment.

The retail industry is at an inflection point. Consumers are looking for reliable product information through product labels and digital platforms, while new technologies – especially generative AI and conversational search – are reshaping product discovery and engagement.