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WHAT'S NEXT?: Technology will become the new sales assistant, always on, always friendly, always delivering. Consumers will co-create and create products to their exact needs. Brands will have to focus on seizing mobile moments on apps that already have consumer's attention. Instantly explore below how lifestyles, buying behaviors and attitudes are changing and where you fall short in the battle to win consumers hearts and minds.

  • [New] Despite stable unemployment rates forecasted for 2024 across regions, wages are experiencing minimal growth, failing to keep pace with the anticipated rise in consumer prices. NielsenIQ
  • [New] The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will investigate pricing and competition in the supermarket sector to ensure Australians pay a fair price for groceries. The Mandarin
  • [New] With common services like mobile money and mobile lending frequently serving as a gateway to broader digital transformation, the cybersecurity and resilience approaches that countries establish for DFS will have outsized impacts on their longer-term digital trajectories. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • [New] Mobile retail e-commerce sales in the U.S. are expected to reach more than 560 billion by the end of 2024. Hubspot
  • [New] As the world continues to grapple with environmental challenges, innovations like Tide evo represent a hopeful step forward, offering consumers the opportunity to make a positive impact with their everyday choices. BNN
  • [New] In 2024 the ACCC will prioritise competition, fair trading, consumer protection and pricing issues in the supermarket sector, with a focus on food and groceries. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
  • [New] The online retail and delivery segments are expected to evolve positively again in 2024, given a rising number of consumers that have internet access, growing trust in online shopping, and improvements in delivery services for consumers who may live away from big cities. ESM Magazine
  • [New] 5, 2024 In collaboration with OQ Technology (the world's fastest-growing 5G NTN IoT LEO satellite operator), DT IoT will offer a converged mobile satellite connectivity service, providing global IoT network coverage. OQ Technology
  • [New] Adopting a creative approach in messaging and product development, retailers have the opportunity to reimagine what a snack is and what snacking can mean to consumers. FoodNavigator.com
  • [New] While 2024 is off to a promising start, with more partnerships set to go live, we believe more providers can further align with their customer principles for the 20% of consumers declined because of non-standard risks by signposting to Open & Direct. youTalk-insurance.com
  • [New] Mobile Optimization: With the continued rise in mobile gaming, especially in markets like Asia and Africa, operators will need to prioritize mobile optimization to capture and retain players. nuxgame.com
  • [New] As consumer price inflation is falling noticeably, real disposable income will rise again in 2024 for the first time in three years and stimulate private consumption. Yahoo Finance
  • [New] For NBN Co, the boost for the higher-speed plans may entice consumers to move from basic 50 Mbps plans to the upgraded Home Fast plan (which will offer download speeds of 500 Mbps, up from the current 100 Mbps). The Conversation
  • [New] Southern Co., together with GM and Nel ASA, will demonstrate an integrated hydrogen microgrid for fueling infrastructure, including a stationary fuel cell-based mobile power generator. DBusiness Magazine
  • [New] Southern Company, together with GM and Norwegian fuel cell company Nel ASA, will demonstrate an integrated hydrogen microgrid for fueling infrastructure, including a stationary fuel cell-based mobile power generator. Yahoo Finance
  • [New] Fair competition is key to making sure America's food markets operate effectively and producers and consumers have robust choices and opportunity. The White House
  • [New] While mobile workforce tracking has the potential to greatly improve telecom service delivery by 2024, it is crucial to ensure that privacy and security issues are adequately addressed. Field Squared
  • [New] The correlation between Mobile Workforce Tracking and Telecom Service Delivery Speed is a subtopic of immense interest under the broader question of whether MWT will improve telecom service delivery by 2024. Field Squared
  • [New] The role of technology advancements in mobile workforce tracking by 2024 is expected to be crucial in improving telecom service delivery. Field Squared
  • [New] The mobile workforce tracking in the telecom sector is a rapidly evolving field with significant progress expected to be made by 2024. Field Squared
  • The multi-operator Ericsson Radio Dot System will enable Optus to deliver high-capacity 5G in indoor environments whilst supporting the wideband 3.5GHz spectrum of all Australian mobile operators. Vanilla Plus
  • Fee models for banking vary in different parts of the world, but 2024 will remind everyone that banking is not, nor has it ever been, 'free' - it is just a question of how providers prefer to charge, and how consumers prefer to pay. Research and Markets

Last updated: 14 March 2024



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