We recently launched the 10th edition of The Future 100: 2024 – our essential trend almanac offering a snapshot of the year ahead and the most compelling trends to keep on the radar.

The Future 100 is our most highly anticipated piece of research and is crucial for helping brands stay ahead of the competition. It charts 100 emerging trends spanning culture, tech, beauty and more.

To help you navigate the many takeaways from the report, we’ve created industry versions for brands that operate in Retail, B2B, Electronics, Finance, Technology, Automotive, FMCG, Beauty, Loyalty, Sports, Drinks, Energy, Music, Social and Health.

Enjoy this insightful glimpse of the year ahead.

15 industry-focused trends:

F100 FMCG AI

FMCG

Very little stands still in the world of FMCG and many brands will be found working hard to get closer to their consumers, putting them at the heart of the process of developing new products and services.

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F100 Automotive AI

Automotive

Whilst our relationship with vehicles may often be functional, more and more customers are seeking brands that connect with their passion for adventure and brands that genuinely enable exploration will be the big winners.

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F100 Music AI

Music

Harnessing abundant data on consumer behavior in music allows us to connect brands with cultural trends. Grasping these passions is crucial for understanding customers and predicting future trends.

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F100 Loyalty AI

Loyalty

As we step into 2024, the economic landscape is gradually recovering from inflationary pressures but the key to winning loyalty lies in transforming it into a catalyst for collaboration, community-building, and consistently exceptional customer experiences.

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F100 Health AI

Health

As governments and public health services wrestle with the challenge of providing complex care for growing, ageing populations, technology and innovation have the potential to put the power back in the hands of the individual.

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F100 Electronics AI

Electronics

The expansion of smart home automation systems and connected app ecosystems, done the right way, represents the next frontier in terms of loyalty, enabling brands to build stronger relationships with customers and add more value to their daily lives and experiences.

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F100 B2 B AI

B2B

The importance of understanding the tech landscape, the influences that impact B2B decision-makers (and the wider buying group), the experiences that become comparisons and the opportunities in media/digital are all relevant to the world of B2B.

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F100 Beauty AI

Beauty

If one thing is certain, it is that in expanding the idea of what is beautiful, beauty itself has become more expansive – a category that was once defined as superficial and cosmetic by definition, now stands for something far bigger.

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F100 Drinks AI

Beverage

Strong brands in the drinks industry will find ways to adapt to these 2024 trends by embracing collective experiences, leveraging digital identities, innovating in marketing, incorporating AI, and exploring new concepts in retail and luxury

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F100 Sports AI

Sports

Emotion and a sense of belonging are central to the experience of watching, enjoying and participating in sport as fans want moments of joy, goosebumps and jaw drops.

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F100 Retail AI

Retail

The sudden disappearance of big, familiar brands from the retail landscape, often elicits nostalgia, and prompts a debate about the mix of forces which drove them to extinction, and all too often results in melodramatic statements about ‘the death of the high street’.

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F100 Finance AI

Finance

Entering 2024, economic challenges persist, but technology, particularly in fintech, offers simplified money management and broader access to wealth management. Finance brands must confront the growing threat of cybercrime to ensure customer safety against sophisticated forms of fraud.

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F100 Social AI

Social

Social media has always evolved at a pace that brands struggle to keep up with, but the transformation of user behaviors has never been greater than in the last 18 months.

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F100 enerygy

Energy

As we enter 2024 and beyond it’s clear that innovation is not just a nice to have but a necessity, as the world adapts to climate change and environmental challenges.

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F100 Tech AI

Technology

In the dynamic landscape of the tech industry, trends are not just shaped but redefined by the influential brands within this realm as tech brands are presented with a unique chance to respond to the increasing consumer desire for balance in their device relationships.

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