EXPLORE THE LATEST TRENDS BY CATEGORY

Updated on a regular basis, these trend updates provide snapshots across the different categories and preview the bigger trends investigated in our core reports 

KITCHENS

4GenKi – The Multigenerational Kitchen

The New Flexible Home

Life after lockdown – a ‘new normal’?

Wellness Trends for 2021

The New Sustainable Home

The New Healthier Home

JKMR Overview Report on the UK Fitted Kitchen Market 2020 Edition

12 Very Good Reasons To Use our Insight Management Service

Ikea Life at Home: The Big Home Reboot

Food Trends: Kindness, Compassion and Simplicity

The Houzz Home Renovation UK Study 2020

Consumer Trend: Refill is the New Recycle

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BATHROOMS

The New Flexible Home

Life after lockdown – a ‘new normal’?

Wellness Trends for 2021

The New Sustainable Home

The New Healthier Home

12 Very Good Reasons To Use our Insight Management Service

Ikea Life at Home: The Big Home Reboot

The Houzz Home Renovation UK Study 2020

What will the kitchen and bathroom industry look like at the end of 2020?

Post Covid-19 K&B Consumer Confidence Survey

Global Megatrend: Personalisation

Mini-Poll: Lockdown Concerns

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SURFACES

The New Healthier Home

Research Case Study: Kastus Intelligent Surface Technology

Surface Trends Spotted at Surface Design 2020

Tile Trends Spotted at Cevisama 2020

Tile Trends Spotted at Cevisama 2019

Influencer Interview – Richard Bradbury, Managing Director, Hard Surfaces trade show

Interior Design Trends spotted at 100% Design 2018

Surface Design Trends 2018/2019

Kitchen Worktop Performance Report, Consumer Insight 2018

Latest research into adding value to a home

Tile Trends Spotted at Cevisama 2018

Why are experiences more valuable than possessions?

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SOCIAL

Aviva: How We Live 2020

4GenKi – The Multigenerational Kitchen

English Housing Survey 2019-2020

The New Flexible Home

Life after lockdown – a ‘new normal’?

The Post-Covid Household in 2021 and Beyond

Home: A New Meaning

How Life Expectancy Has Stalled in the UK

Economic Trend: The Rise of the Middle-Aged Renter

The Structure of Families and Households in the UK

Social Trend: Single Serve – Catering for Those Living Alone

Food Trend: How Eating Got Complicated

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DEMOGRAPHIC

Aviva: How We Live 2020

4GenKi – The Multigenerational Kitchen

English Housing Survey 2019-2020

The New Flexible Home

How Life Expectancy Has Stalled in the UK

Global Megatrend: The Ageing Population

The Structure of Families and Households in the UK

Demographic Trend: Diverging Age-Groups Across the UK

Global Megatrend: Urbanisation

Embracing Ageless Design

English Housing Survey 2018-2019 (updated)

Demographic Trend: More young adults are living with their parents than ever before.

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CONSUMER

Aviva: How We Live 2020

Home Design Trends 2021: A Trend-Monitor discussion with Siemens

The Post-Covid Household in 2021 and Beyond

The New Healthier Home

Home: A New Meaning

Ikea Life at Home: The Big Home Reboot

Food Trends: Kindness, Compassion and Simplicity

The 2020 Renovation Nation Report

Consumer Trend: Refill is the New Recycle

Post Covid-19 K&B Consumer Confidence Survey

Global Megatrend: Personalisation

Global Megatrend: The Ageing Population

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RETAIL

GB Retail and Leisure Market Analysis H1 2020

Ikea Life at Home: The Big Home Reboot

Retail Trend: Experiential Retailing

AR and VR – the technology revolutionising KBB retail

Fresh Air as a Luxury

John Lewis Retail Report 2019 proves Trend-Monitor is spot on

Retail Trend: Robots and Drones

Influencer Interview: Nathan Maclean, MD of Virtual Worlds

Consumer Trend: Premiumisation

Baby Boomers click with online shopping

Hometail: The new Experiential Retail Strategy

Is the power of Influencer Marketing on the wane?

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ENVIRONMENTAL

Home Design Trends 2021: A Trend-Monitor discussion with Siemens

The New Sustainable Home

The Post-Covid Household in 2021 and Beyond

The New Healthier Home

Design trend: Biophilia and creating interior landscapes

Consumer Trend: Refill is the New Recycle

How being Climate Positive means going Carbon Negative

Environmental Trend: 5 New Materials Made From Food Waste

Wellness Trend: Indoor Microgreens

Global Megatrend: Urbanisation

Five ways kitchens will become carbon-neutral in the future

Consumer Trend: Eco-shaming

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ECONOMIC

Big Data and How to Use It

English Housing Survey 2019-2020

The New Flexible Home

The Post-Covid Household in 2021 and Beyond

ONS: Housing Supply Indicators

Economic Trend: The post-lockdown housing market rebound

The 2020 Renovation Nation Report

How Life Expectancy Has Stalled in the UK

Urbanisation: Could the Pandemic Disrupt a Global Megatrend?

Economic Trend: The Rise of the Middle-Aged Renter

Demographic Trend: Diverging Age-Groups Across the UK

Global Megatrend: Urbanisation

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DESIGN & INNOVATION

Home Design Trends 2021: A Trend-Monitor discussion with Siemens

The New Flexible Home

Wellness Trends for 2021

The New Sustainable Home

The New Healthier Home

Ikea Life at Home: The Big Home Reboot

Design trend: Biophilia and creating interior landscapes

How being Climate Positive means going Carbon Negative

Global Megatrend: Personalisation

Research Case Study: Kastus Intelligent Surface Technology

Kitchen and Bathroom Trends Spotted at KBB Birmingham 2020

Design Trend: Broken Plan Living

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GLOBAL

How being Climate Positive means going Carbon Negative

Urbanisation: Could the Pandemic Disrupt a Global Megatrend?

Global Megatrend: Personalisation

How The Wellness Trend is Evolving

Global Megatrend: The Ageing Population

Global Megatrend: Urbanisation

Consumer Trend: Eco-shaming

Pinterest 100 Trend Report

The Nomad Generation

The Cabin Spacey Minimal House

Consumer Trend: Simplicity

Report: Global Kitchen, a study about the kitchen of the future

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