Quarterly Trends Report – Q1

This report summarizes the most pertinent trends of the first quarter of 2024, gleaned from our team of trend experts here at Flux Trends. Using our T.R.E.N.D.S methodology, we cover a range of business and consumer trends.

Here are the key trends covered in this trend report: 

• T = Technology: The evolution of Generative AI into Interactive AI.
• R = Retail and marketing: How the nature of retail has changed in the past three years.
• E = Economy: Governments and financial institutions adopt policies that reduce economic risk. 
• N = Natural world: How businesses and governments are bracing themselves for “green swans” and the continuing impact of climate change on supply chain logistics, food security and migration. 
• D = Diplomacy: How nations are leaning into an “à la carte diplomacy” by cherry-picking elements from other political systems, coupled with global civil displeasure and Generative AI into politics. 
• S = Socio-cultural: Generative AI continues to change the landscape of society through relational experiences by using chatbots to fill the space of companionship and grief. 

And many more trends that look at the death of old ideas and the birth of new ones.

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