Trends


Reports for 2020


#2023
111
#2022
103
#2021
88
#2020
65
#2019
67
#2018
67
#2017
43
#2016
39
#tech
144
#consumer
160
#culture
79
#design
34
#marketing
144
#innovations
65
#data
56
#content
47
#social
55
#email
4
#creative
30
#business
66
#blockchain
6
#ecom
8
#health
17
#retail
23

2020

TechRadar

  • Growing focus on multi-cloud operations
  • Unicorn start-ups will begin repatriating workloads from the cloud
  • Public cloud providers will be subject to increased security standards
  • Greater level of network automation through AI/Machine learning
  • Kubernetes will no longer be seen as the silver bullet

Ericsson

  • The “edge” is closer than ever before
  • Customization becoming a reality
  • IoT security issues continue to rise for the unprepared
  • Global connectivity becomes a must
  • Sustainability takes center stage

Edelman Digital

  • Listen up: the rise of the audio influencer
  • Going steady: from influencer to ambassador
  • In authenticity we trust: get real or get lost
  • Almost famous: the power of micro & nano — influencers
  • Checkout on instagram: ecommerce checks in
  • Influencer authentication: demanding transperancy
  • Pay to play: amplification is now a must have
  • Proving influencer impact: the great ROI debate
  • Top of mind: data privacy
  • Marketing to gen Z: community and conversation come together

Shutterstock Color Trends

  • Lush Lava
  • Aqua Menthe
  • Phantom Blue

Guardian Tech Trends

  • Advertising will come to smart speakers
  • 5G will be meaningful
  • VR will have a second mini-boom – thanks to one game
  • The console wars will restart with a vengeance
  • AI will be mobilised in cyberwar
  • Cool China
  • Digital wellbeing on the statute books
  • The loot box bans spread
  • The continued death of new media

Isobar: Augmented Humanity Trend Report

  • Augmented Experiences
  • Humanising Data
  • Socialised Commerce
  • Digital Kinship
  • Post-purpose Activation

GlobalWebIndex

  • What’s up, doc?
  • Privacy in a cashless future
  • Can I speak to a human please?
  • The reinvention of retail
  • Data is the new jet fuel
  • Out with the new, in with the old
  • Commerce at the crossroads
  • Two can play at that game

Fjord Trends 2020

  • Many faces of growth
  • Money changers
  • Walking barcodes
  • Liquid people
  • Designing intelligence
  • Digital doubles
  • Life-centered design

Adobe Digital Trends

  • Digital Inequality
  • Putting The Customer In Context
  • Cultural Transformation
  • Consumer Data Management Defines Our Digital Future
  • AI Gets Marketers Back Into Marketing

CES

  • Tv makers keep looking for the next expensive thing.
  • Foldables aren’t ready yet, but flexible screens are coming.
  • The battle between amd and intel will intensify.
  • Concepts were everywhere.
  • Quibi is ambitious but unproven.
  • Smaller companies are chafing under big tech.
  • Sex tech de-stigmatization is inevitable.
  • Tech companies fetishized ai, 8k, and 5g a little less, finally.

Kantar Media Trends & Predictions

  • Streaming wars
  • 5G finally gets real
  • Turning up the volume
  • Content meets commerce
  • Get ready to play
  • Back to reality
  • Just grow up!
  • Brands take a stand
  • Campaign 2020: crowding and clutter
  • Cookies start to crumble
  • The data dilemma
  • Turn and face the change

JWT The Future 100

  • The new neighborhood
  • Sentient tech
  • Biocontributive travel
  • Original content economy
  • Regenerative farming revolution
  • Microbiome beauty
  • Uninterrupted commerce
  • Biodata services
  • Digital spas
  • Branded payments