It’s popular to talk of deepening consumers’ relationships with a brand. But most consumers just aren’t that into brands. Marketing guru Martin Weigel argues that savvy marketers will realize they can best boost sales by extending their brand’s reach—making more consumers more aware of the brand—rather than by building loyal fans. What’s driving this forecast……
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In 2030, the retail environment sees ubiquitous same-day delivery of online goods and autonomous-vehicle pickup and delivery of store purchases. Consolidation across e-commerce and retail industries has left only a handful of players that can combine logistical sophistication with a national footprint. Convenience and availability, not impulse, drive consumer purchasing in this future, making branded…
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Consumers in this future use a spectrum of venues and social media to voice their wants and define spaces that need new brands. The fastest and most innovative companies respond to this crowd expression with tailored products. This amplifies a trend that began in the early 2010s, in which companies used social media to test…
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Through 2030, values-based consumption rises among the increasingly prosperous middle classes of emerging markets, and they look to brands for cues. Ethical and ideological concerns carry more weight in brand choice, partially edging out value-for-money and conspicuous consumption as drivers. What’s driving this forecast… Growing middle classes. Global middle classes are adding hundreds of millions…
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While many brands were already values-driven in the early 21st century, by 2030 more brands have made consumer values central to their journey toward the future. Brand evolution is directed bottom-up by their customers’ aspirations, rather than top-down—co-evolving in sync with consumers’ advancing values and dreams. What’s driving this forecast… Branding is evolving. Standardized branding…
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By the end of the next decade, as the pace of consumer change accelerates and social media matures, a stronger, deeper linkage between consumers and brands has driven brands to change more quickly too. For example, brands have shifted their messaging or morphed key attributes to compete effectively in a world of viral memes. Some…
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By or before 2030, consumer data is so rich and deep that brands essentially create themselves based on detected patterns of consumer need, rapidly filling an identified brand niche. Systems detect gaps in brands through methods such as social media monitoring, click-through rates, or A/B testing. They also look outside the immediate product space for…
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Fostered by Millennial interests, in 2030 game-playing is the leading form of entertainment among crucial consumer demographics. Brand managers respond by embedding their brands into gaming experiences that mix the virtual with the real. Ubiquitous adoption of augmented reality has made brand-oriented gaming as common as playing Angry Birds was in 2013. Consumers engage in…
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Intelligent, customizable brands seek out consumers. With the influx of data analytics about consumer needs, sentiment, and lifestyle choices, by 2030 brands are seeking out users, rather than users seeking brands. Consumers no longer pay attention to brands because AI brands now know what consumers need, and present them with appropriate, individualized choices at the…
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Brands that create themselves … brands that know what you want before you need it … brands that respond to consumer aspirations … Welcome to brands and branding in 2030! Brands 2030 is ten forecasts that provide a provocative look at ideas and trends that could shape the future of brands and their interactions with…
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