- by Chris Dyer
- April 29 2021
- consumer trends
- fast-casual restaurants
- food
- food safety
- food trends
- foodservice
- restaurant
- restaurants
Is Sanitarian the New Vegetarian?
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered the way people dine, both at home and in public. The overwhelming fear of contamination that was once the domain of germophobes has become commonplace. As the world starts to open back up as vaccinations expand, restaurants face the challenge of customers who have spent more than a year thinking about the sanitary practices behind the production, handling, and consumption of food.
Is the “sanitarian” customer the new vegetarian?
- by Owen Stuart
- October 1 2019
- consumer goods
- consumer spending
- consumer trends
How Do Men & Women Shop for Clothes Differently?
There are a lot of stereotypes about the differences between men’s and women’s shopping habits. But what do the data say?
- by Owen Stuart
- June 17 2019
- automotive
- consumer trends
- services & miscellaneous
Car Subscriptions on the Rise, but Face Serious Roadblocks
Quick question: what products can you sell as a service? Clothing? Check. Furniture? Check. Music? Check. Cars? Yes indeed. Even Americans’ love affair with vehicle ownership is going by the wayside – or so it seems. Proclamations of the end of personal car ownership are in vogue. Car subscription services – where consumers pay a fixed monthly fee to drive a vehicle they are renting – are one of the innovative services aiming to liberate us all from the responsibility of ownership. However, the prospects of car subscriptions as a mass-market mobility service appear limited.
- by James Lacy
- June 22 2018
- beverage trends
- consumer trends
- water
Watering Down The Beverage Industry
Consumers are increasingly choosing bottled water over carbonated soft drinks and other beverages due to greater awareness of the negative health effects associated with beverages containing sugar and artificial ingredients. Furthermore, the use of flavor drops enable consumers to customize their drink with as much or as little flavor and sugar as they desire.
- by Chris Dyer
- June 22 2018
- consumer trends
- food
- frozen food
- Millennials
Millennials Might Save the Frozen Food Aisle
Millennials have built up quite a list of industries and businesses for which they are responsible for “killing” over the past few years – from restaurant chains and mass-produced beer to starter homes and napkins. Finally, it seems millennials have redeemed themselves in what is arguably the last place one might expect: the frozen food aisle.
- by Owen Stuart
- June 18 2018
- consumer goods
- consumer spending
- consumer trends
The Top Jewelry Trends Impacting the Market
Three of the top trends impacting the jewelry and watch market
- by Leon Mengri
- May 30 2018
- consumer trends
- environment
- services & miscellaneous
- water
Water Use Concerns Drive Changing Landscape Trends
Consumers are showing greater interest in landscaping features besides lawns, such as gardens, native grasses, plants, and shrubs. A key reason involves environmental concerns and local regulations regarding water use, which have become increasingly important, particularly in areas that feature water scarcity. To succeed in the face of these concerns, landscaping service firms must tailor their offerings to include a wider array of services that address environmental considerations such as reducing water use.
- by Steven Richmond
- October 11 2017
- consumer goods
- consumer spending
- consumer trends
- consumers
- online retail
- retail
- retailing
Customizable, Durable Products Represent Countertrend to Fast Fashion
Fast fashion – the trend toward selling clothing featuring the latest designs to consumers as quickly and cheaply as possible – has long been the driving force in the apparel market. To the annoyance of many consumers, two consequences of this trend have been that clothing has become less durable and less unique.
- by Cara Brosius
- August 28 2017
- beverage
- beverage trends
- beverages
- consumer goods
- consumer trends
- consumers
- food and beverage
Shift to Cans Gaining Steam Among Craft Brewers
US beer demand is forecast to reach 6.6 billion gallons in 2021. Rising disposable personal income levels will stimulate consumer spending on beer. However, over the 2006-2016 period, demand for beer in volume terms fell at an average annual rate of 0.3% as the market matured and beer lost market share to other alcoholic beverages, especially among key demographics including baby boomers and millennials.
- by Luke Hickman
- May 19 2017
- athletic footwear
- consumer goods
- consumer trends
Will Knit Uppers Refashion the Athletic Footwear Industry?
While consumers have embraced the look and feel of knitted shoes, footwear companies have become excited about the possibilities the new process provides...