
- May 11, 2017
- 3 min
Living social trends: the most popular flowers in social
As part of this month’s gardening trend, which we see thriving on social, I had the delightful job to look more closely into which ‘flowers’ are driving interest. So here’s our ranking of the Top 10 Flowers discussed on social. To kick off the research, and narrow down the flowers we are going to analyse, we used a variety of sources to establish long lists of the most popular flowers in retail and cultural terms. To account for marketing biases, we validated this list with p

- Apr 1, 2017
- 2 min
A year of living social trends: April, health reset
We believe in the power of social data to reveal people’s  behaviours, and well, in our own research. So, we’re putting our money where our mouth is, and living the trends we identify, for a whole year. Thus far that’s been veganism, cycling and gin. Turns out April sees a major, largely unrealised trend: health reset. So, we’ll be doing the same ourselves. What is the health reset? Every year, Easter & April see people reset their health. Not quite as much as January, but si

- Mar 31, 2017
- 4 min
An interview with Hannah Lanfear, brand ambassador for Jensen’s Gin
Whatever way you look at it, gin is on the rise. Not just in bars or supermarkets, but also online. Continuing our trend identification series,  we looked at the social data and picked out gin for deeper research in March. We’ve looked at the data and spoken to industry insiders, 'ginnaisance' is in full flow and the taps aren’t being turned off any time soon. Last Thursday we met Hannah Lanfear, cocktail expert and brand ambassador at Jensen’s gin. I’d call myself an experie