Diet trends affect F&B companies, but understanding the root causes and needs for the shift is an opportunity for any company targeting a specific demographic. And in the case of wellness and Gen X and millennials, who grew up proactive about their health and are...
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How Three Award-Winning Ads Tap into the Stress-Free Imperative
In today’s relentlessly connected world, one thing unites us across regions, demographics, and devices: we’re stressed. The constant hum of modern life—notifications, demands, decision overload—has consumers craving one thing above all else: joy. As I explore in my...
Food & Beverage Trends & Strategies: Insights from CAGNY 2025
In February, 2025, prominent North American consumer goods companies met at the Consumer Analyst Group NY conference (CAGNY). This presentation explores how some of the best-in-class companies are responding to evolving consumer preferences, leveraging technology, and...
DINKWAD: Unleashing a World of Marketing Opportunities with the Power of Puppy Love
Move over, DINKs; the DINKWADs (Double Income, No Kids, With a Dog) are here, and they're redefining consumer trends and brand loyalty. It's a cultural shift that savvy marketers can't afford to ignore. The Data Behind the Dog-Loving Demographic Young Americans are...
Teen Skincare Trends and The Stress-Free Opportunity
Skincare brands have captivated teens and tweens with their packaging, applications, and social media content, and Gen Z and Gen Alpha are becoming skincare afficionados, able to dive into efficacy and ingredients. In fact, market research companies peg the teen and...
Brands are Responding to the GLP-1 megatrend
GLP-1 is creating new challenges and opportunities for food and beverage manufacturers, supplement companies, and retailers. It is a truly disruptive landscape, and companies have to address the skinny elephant in the room.
Personalizing Toys: From Digital to IRL – Toy Fair, Sep 2023
The Toy Association's Toy Fair is an iconic tradeshow taking place in New York, NY and catering to anyone in the ecosystem of play: manufacturers, buyers, distributors, inventors, designers, licensors, licensees and creators. The $104 billion global toy economy is...
Digital Marketers: Got Purpose?
I recently attended DigiMarCon East 2022, where I was invited to speak about Consumer-to-Consumer commerce and the implications for digital marketers. The conference was dedicated to digital marketing and naturally, some of the content and exhibitors pertained to...
2022 Trend Series: “Metaverse” Strategies
Join us as we continue to follow up on our 2022 Gen-Z report, this time diving straight into the Metaverse, gaming and fashion applications (and implications). How the Metaverse is affecting tech giants' strategy // Dylan Chung With the advent of the Metaverse, tech...
Trend Brief: Post-COVID Gen-Z Trends to Know in 2022
Post-COVID Gen-Z Trends to Know in 2022: by Dylan Chung and Anja Husemann The Schieber Research internship program proves to be an amazing way for the company to discover more ways to detect possible trends. Our process includes: 1. Identifying potential trends. This...