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Launch of Bonsai Future - media response

Kim Haußer and Prof. Peter Wippermann (both formerly of Trendbüro) are continuing the successful Bonsai future studies at Bonsai Future and launching new projects. To this end, Bonsai Research has founded its own unit, Bonsai Future, and is further expanding its foresight division. This news was widely reported in the trade press this week. What's behind it ...

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Value index 1/2024 - what companies should know

Around 50 company and press representatives gathered online for the presentation of the Values Index 1/2024, the largest social media study on social change - around a dozen were guests at Bonsai Research in Hamburg. In addition to the exciting results, the main focus was on how companies need to react to the most important manifestations of the change in values - using best practices, of course.

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Values Index 1/2024: Society more divided than ever before

The preliminary coverage of the largest social media study on changing values was enormous: daily newspapers, the trade press and several news portals reported on the Value Index 2024/1: how society is drifting apart and the tone in social media is becoming harsher. On January 17 at 11 a.m., we will show what companies and institutions can learn from the results of the value index from Bonsai and Trendbüro. We cordially invite you to attend the presentation in person in Hamburg or online:

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Co-creation for the agriculture of the future

Exciting challenges for the agriculture of the future result in an exciting project for Bonsai. We tackled this topic of innovation in the agricultural sector in a co-creation workshop with the Forum Moderne Landwirtschaft at the end of November. The background: In 2050, agriculture will have to feed ten billion people, while operating in the most climate-friendly way possible, promoting animal welfare and biodiversity and adapting to changing consumer habits.

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Otto Trend Study Ethical Consumption 2023 - "From the Optimism of Action".

For the sixth time, the Trendbüro presents the study on ethical consumption, which is initiated and published by the Otto Group and for which Bonsai Research has taken over the market research part.One important result in advance: Ethical consumer behavior remains capable of gaining majority support. For 62 percent of people, it is an integral part of their purchasing considerations - although the value has fallen by eight percentage points in view of the crises.

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Mewa Trend Study 2022: Sharing Potential Grows

Sharing offers continue to gain in importance - for consumers and for companies in Germany. This is one of the key findings of the "Mewa Trend Study 2022" by Professor Peter Wippermann on behalf of the textile service provider Mewa, which surveyed Bonsai . According to the study, the sharing economy model offers many advantages and growth potential for the majority of decision-makers in Germany - and meets a corresponding need among people.

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Value index update 2022/1: What the press reports

We had already informed you about the "new" values index. According to it, health, freedom and family are the values that people are most concerned about. Today we summarise what the media are reporting about the largest social media study on social change. And how the values index can be used operationally in companies.

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The New Values Index - What the Project Confidence Means

Values Index Update 2022/1 - Project Confidence. Jens Krüger and Alisa Heinl (Bonsai), Ulrich Köhler and Fiorella Frank (Trendbüro) and Björn Welzel and Jonas Michels (Fritz Classen) present the new Values Index - more up-to-date, faster and bigger than ever before. The largest social media study on social change shows: Health, freedom and family are the values that people are most concerned about.

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Exit from the old world ...

... this is the headline of the article by Bonsai CEO Jens Krüger in the new issue of the cult magazine Max: "Climate change, poverty, fear of war, pandemic, social divisions - a better future seems ever more distant, the problems of humanity are building up like the devastating Omicron wave. The world seems to be undergoing a single transformation. Are the consequences foreseeable?"

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QVC study Next Home - the future of living

The home is becoming a multifunctional control centre, the technology largely invisible. Hybrid forms of work are gaining ground. While robots are taking over everyday tasks, do-it-yourself is becoming a meaningful counter-trend. These are just some of the keywords of the QVC future study "Next Home - How will Germany live the day after tomorrow", which is now available for download.

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QVC Future Study Next Home: The Home Becomes a Control Centre

The pandemic has accelerated the change to virtual everyday life as if in fast motion. This is also changing our homes. The QVC future study "Next Home - How will Germany live the day after tomorrow?" shows that many things will remain and change in the way we live in the future. Because in 2040, our home will be an all-rounder, a place for retreat and departure in equal measure.

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Ethical Consumption Established in the Mainstream - Otto Group Trend Study

Ethical consumption has arrived in the middle of society: For more than two thirds of Germans, ethical criteria play an important role in their purchasing decisions. This is a result of the 5th Trend Study on Ethical Consumption by the Otto Group and the Trend Bureau (market research: Bonsai).

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Sparkassen Innovation Hub: How banks must respond to the change in values

In its new white paper, the Sparkassen Innovation Hub highlights eleven current trends and theses on the changing understanding of values and the resulting opportunities and challenges for savings banks and banks. It is based on the Values Index 2020 and other studies by Trendbüro, Bonsai Research, Kantar and measury.

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Values Index 2020 Corona Update: 5 trends that companies need to know about

2020 Values Index Corona Update: The Covid 19 crisis is accelerating changes in consumer values. In the new social media study, Trendbüro, Bonsai Research and Kantar show what implications this has for companies. 5 Trends.

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