Publish Driving Forces Learn

Consumer

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] Analysis from one ADAS proponent, Consumer Reports, finds that existing vehicle safety technologies could cut road deaths in half-if they come standard on every vehicle.
[New] Uber has set its strategy on a fully electric, zero-emission platform by 2040, with 100% of rides taking place in zero-emission vehicles, on public transit, or with micro-mobility.
[New] The new research presented in the Mobile Payment Authentication: Biometrics, Regulation & Market Forecasts 2021-2025 report found that fingerprint sensors will feature on 93% of biometrically equipped smartphones by 2025.
[New] As the world takes action to reduce emissions from transport and deliver new forms of mobility, such as hydrogen powered vehicles, it will need new and better electric motor technologies.
[New] U.S. consumer prices rose by the most in more than 8-1/2 years in March as increased vaccinations and massive fiscal stimulus unleashed pent-up demand, kicking off what most economists expect will be a brief period of higher inflation.
[New] Once unmanned driving becomes a reality, we will see disruption in practically all adjacent sectors and trigger the most disruptive industry transformation the world will see in the next 10 years.
[New] Carbon-14 was not a health risk, arguing that chemical contaminants in seawater like mercury should concern consumers more than anything that comes from the Fukushima site.
[New] The European Commission is committed to meeting its Sustainable Development Goals and halving food waste per capita, at the retail and consumer level, by 2030.
[New] A new study from Juniper Research, Mobile Payment Authentication: Biometrics, Regulation & Market Forecasts 2021-2025 has found that the number of users of software-based facial recognition to secure payments will exceed 1.4 billion globally by 2025, from just 671 million in 2020.
[New] Companies like Amazon, Uber and ShopRunner have produced a population of consumers that expects orders to be delivered and rides to appear almost instantly.
[New] Consumers look well-placed to play a key role in the UK recovery given the recent high savings ratios, especially as it now looks likely that unemployment will rise much less than had been expected, helped by the extension of the furlough scheme.
[New] Digital forms of payment including wallets, instant payments and cards will comprise over 90% of the growth in consumer-to-business payments by 2021.
[New] With fewer people producing goods and services and significantly more non-working people consuming them, global supply will tend to lag demand.
[New] To keep up with the rapid pace of data creation in today's world, Seagate states that it will continue to innovate storage solutions for clients and consumers.
[New] The market for alternative ownership models is expected to grow from $276bn to $1.084bn in Europe, USA and China by 2035 - led by Europe with $549bn vs. China $362bn given higher consumer prices in mobility and value captured per km in EU.
[New] Reduction targets have been set, including Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3, which aims to halve per capita food waste at retail and consumer levels globally by 2030, as well as reduce food losses along production and supply chains.
[New] The China consumer and technology basket will likely experience high long-term growth above the global average and driven by an expanding middle class expected to reach the level seen in the EU by 2030.
[New] We believe Nordstrom will benefit from a recovery in apparel spending as consumers refresh their wardrobes throughout the year and easing restrictions support a return to in-person shopping.
[New] Discovery's Food Network Kitchen and MotorTrend direct-to-consumer apps have now launched on Flex and will soon be on X1.
[New] A mobile app-based certification system, by itself, is incomplete and will prove to be ineffective on a global scale as much of the world's population still does not own a smartphone.
[New] Within a few weeks, Midea learned that a compact air conditioner that saddles snugly on the window sill, blocks out noise and saves energy could entice many American consumers.
[New] China's consumption will lead to a surge in imports and as a result other foreign markets will score higher revenues and profit streams selling to Chinese consumers.

Last updated: 15 April 2021

Consumer

Login