Euromonitor Podcasts

While being a vehicle for job creation, prosperity and equality, if out of control, travel and tourism can damage precious ecosystems and biodiversity. Climate action was accelerated during the pandemic, where travel businesses took advantage of the pause to rethink their corporate strategies and supply chains to drive cost efficiencies. The intersection of climate action and green technology is a sweet spot for innovation for travel brands and destinations on the pathway to net zero.

Hot off the back of COP26, Caroline Bremner speaks to Jeremy Smith, Co-Founder of Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency in the latest Travel Leaders podcast. Hear from Jeremy about the journey that Tourism Declares has been on, culminating with the launch of the Glasgow Declaration to provide a working framework for the tourism sector to reduce its carbon emissions by 50% by 2030. Jeremy gives an insight to what happens next now that the momentum is well and truly rolling on climate action.

In this episode, Euromonitor International’s Nutrition Research Analyst Ekaterina Tretyakova discusses the main trends in the ready meals market. Consumers tend to cook less often but still perceive eating together as an important social occasion, which is driving demand for ready meals. Increased spending on ready meals and their delivery is accelerating the development of new business models, and close collaboration between retailers and foodservice operators. Within this burgeoning category there are
clearly emerging trends - health and wellness, sustainability, and the impact of technology – which are also explored in this podcast.

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered a change in consumer transport patterns. More people have turned away from public transport due to lockdowns and strict social distancing rules in favour of cycling and private car travel, while others have reduced demand for transport due to remote work arrangements. In a post-pandemic, world transport demand is likely to return to some level of normality, though personal car travel is likely to decrease in favour of mobility-as-a-service and micro-mobility.

This month’s episode of Fashion Friday by Euromonitor International analyzes the digital resale market in North America. While the resale market has existed for decades, it is currently booming thanks to the changing needs and values of consumers, especially Millennial and Gen Z consumers. A range of new, digital-native players and initiatives by existing clothing brands have emerged to meet these needs. Who are these new players? What drives consumers to a particular resale platform? Will the trend continue? What can existing brands and retailers do to capitalize on this growing market?

In this latest episode of Travel Leaders Series, Head of Travel Research Caroline Bremner speaks to Shaon Talukder, Chief Executive Officer of Geotourist, an award-winning audio-tours platform that enables local people to share and preserve their stories.

Geotourist’s transformation in becoming a vital tool for destination management, leveraging visitor analytics, encouraging dispersal and inclusion. Tune in to hear about future opportunities for the creator economy.

In the aftermath of COVID-19 lockdowns, stark tensions and contradictions have arisen in many parts of the world. Behavioural tensions and responses range from empathy and a growing sense of community to a “me first” attitude of self-interest; from a “more is less” approach to consumption to indulgence spending and comfort clutter.

Consumer behaviours towards sustainability in fashion are characterised by a tension between opposing trends, especially in an age of overconsumption: are shoppers holding brands accountable for their ethics or are price and convenience still driving consumption? Is a 'structural shift' in the industry really happening or were these pledges mostly PR stunts in the wake of 2020’s big focus on social causes worldwide?

While the global luxury goods market is expected to recover from the pandemic in the coming years, sustainability will be an increasing focus area for luxury players to engage with consumers, with a new-normal having emerged as values were transformed by the experiences in the pandemic. Euromonitor International’s Industry Manager Fflur Roberts and Consultant Yuri Gorai discuss sustainability trends in the global luxury goods industry as well as in the important Japanese market with Taro Okamura, Senior specialist for investor relations and ESG at Valuence Holdings and Senior specialist for strategic market analysis at Valuence Japan. Learn more about Valuence Holdings at its website.

This episode is the second of our new podcast series on “Restarting Europe”, where Food and Nutrition Research Analysts Margaux Laine and Marie Breban will dig deeper into the evolution of the physical store one year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, as Europe is gradually re-opening.

The episode will explore two pillars shaping the future of the brick and mortar store in Europe – ‘Betting on Suburbia’ and ‘Exploring new concepts’. With e-commerce further gaining advantage during extended lockdowns, can physical stores compete by betting on community-driven initiatives? Can retailers and shops extend the role of the physical store, and where does sustainability fit into this new normal?