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

The Urban Village Project

Five things you didn’t know about consumers and their kitchens

Influencer Interview: Cecile Poignant – Trend Forecaster and Consultant

Mini-Poll: Washing Machine Noise Levels

Influencer Interview: Nathan Maclean, MD of Virtual Worlds

Neuroaesthetics: The Study of How Design Impacts the Human Brain

Press Release: Trend-Monitor unveils new Kitchen Behaviours & Product Usage Report

Consumer Trend: Premiumisation

Home Robots and The Trends That Will Drive Their Uptake

Technology Trend: Surfaces as screens

Kitchen Behaviours and Product Usage Report 2019 Edition

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BATHROOMS

The Urban Village Project

Neuroaesthetics: The Study of How Design Impacts the Human Brain

Consumer Trend: Premiumisation

Home Robots and The Trends That Will Drive Their Uptake

Technology Trend: Surfaces as screens

Hometail: The new Experiential Retail Strategy

Mini-Poll: How many times do we shampoo?

Bathroom Design and Innovation Trends Report 2019

How hotels are influencing the way we design our homes

Clerkenwell Design Week 2019

‘Do It For Me’ takes over from DIY

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SURFACES

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

Global Megatrends and their influence on the KBB Market 2019

Retail Trends and their influence on the KBB Market 2019

Latest research into adding value to a home

Tile Trends Spotted at Cevisama 2018

Why are experiences more valuable than possessions?

Trends Shaping the Future of the KBB Industry

Tile Trends Spotted at Cevisama 2017

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SOCIAL

The Urban Village Project

Influencer Interview: Cecile Poignant – Trend Forecaster and Consultant

Home Robots and The Trends That Will Drive Their Uptake

Getting acquainted with Centennials

Eco Anxiety: How is it shaping consumer behaviour?

Influencer Interview – Jeremy Fletcher, COO – Tipi

‘Do It For Me’ takes over from DIY

The Sandwich Generation – Caught in the Middle

Influencer Interview – Poppy Szkiler, Founder and MD of Quiet Mark

JOMO – the new lifestyle trend

The Pet Pound

Co-Living: What will ‘home’ look like in the year 2030?

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DEMOGRAPHIC

Influencer Interview: Cecile Poignant – Trend Forecaster and Consultant

Getting acquainted with Centennials

The Sandwich Generation – Caught in the Middle

The Pet Pound

What Happened to the Future?

What homes do the over-55’s buy?

Kitchen Purchase Behaviour, Consumer Insight Report 2016

Designing Homes for Multigenerational Living

The Changing Shape of the UK Population

The Structure of Families and Households in the UK

The Changing Consumer podcast from the KBB Conference

Meet our Kitchen Consumers

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CONSUMER

Five things you didn’t know about consumers and their kitchens

Influencer Interview: Cecile Poignant – Trend Forecaster and Consultant

The War on Plastic

Consumer Trend: Premiumisation

Getting acquainted with Centennials

Baby Boomers click with online shopping

Eco Anxiety: How is it shaping consumer behaviour?

‘Do It For Me’ takes over from DIY

Influencer Interview – Will Higham, Consumer and Behavioural Futurist

The Sandwich Generation – Caught in the Middle

Is the future of food Flexitarian?

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RETAIL

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?

Ikea and the Circular Economy

Take 50 Pop-Up Shops

Retail Trends and their influence on the KBB Market 2019

Ikea launches furniture range for pets

Welcome to the Home of the Future

The trend for augmented reality hits the bathroom industry

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ENVIRONMENTAL

The Urban Village Project

Influencer Interview: Cecile Poignant – Trend Forecaster and Consultant

The War on Plastic

What London’s Temperature Will Feel Like In 2050

Eco Anxiety: How is it shaping consumer behaviour?

Recipes for Building a Food Capital: A Vision of London in 2026

Air Quality Technology

Influencer Interview – Aldous Hicks, ReCircle Recycling

Is the future of food Flexitarian?

Why we should all get behind #WaterSavingWeek

Smart Recycling – a way to navigate the recycling maze

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ECONOMIC

The Rise of the Renting Economy

The Rise of Home Workers

The trend to ‘improve not move’ continues

Post Brexit Luxury Boom

How Loyal Are ‘Sharing Economy’ Customers?

Austerity Fatigue

Is the customer always right?

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DESIGN & INNOVATION

The Urban Village Project

Seven Interior Design Trends from 100% Design 2019

Neuroaesthetics: The Study of How Design Impacts the Human Brain

Home Robots and The Trends That Will Drive Their Uptake

Technology Trend: Surfaces as screens

Robotic Furniture

The Sainsbury’s Future of Food Report: What we will be eating in 2025, 2050 and 2169

Recipes for Building a Food Capital: A Vision of London in 2026

DnaNudge: technology just got even more personal

Bathroom Design and Innovation Trends Report 2019

How hotels are influencing the way we design our homes

Air Quality Technology

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GLOBAL

The Cabin Spacey Minimal House

Global Megatrends and their influence on the KBB Market 2019

Global Mega-Trend: Make it Personal

Consumer Trend: Simplicity

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

Global Retail Trends to think about for 2017

Experiential Retailing

Pantone Colour of the Year 2017

Dulux Colour of the Year 2017

Sustainability Nudging

Ikea Explores the Future of Urban Living

Social Good Hotels

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