Automation Trends 2025-2026: The New Rules
Automation trends in 2025–2026 aren’t just more bots. Expect agentic AI to move from demos to guarded deployments, edge computing to host most enterprise data, digital twins to become decision tools, and quality control to lean hard on vision technology. Meanwhile, tariffs and demand softness complicate capex, and workforce transformation becomes the real make-or-break factor.
Retail Trends 2026: The Product Shift I’m Seeing
2025–2026 product trends are being shaped by affordability vs. values, AI-powered agents, social commerce growth, private label expansion, emerging brands punching above their weight, connected packaging, and faster fulfillment. Expect more domain-specific personalization, more “shoppable everything,” and more operational tech that quietly decides which products win.
Marketing Trends 2025–2026: The Weird, Human Shift
In 2026, marketing shifts from “AI saves time” to AI marketing effectiveness that proves growth. SEO evolves into earning inclusion in AI-powered pathways to purchase. Conversational marketing trends replace static sites. Personalization becomes table stakes. Multichannel marketing strategy and measurement unify journeys. Short, educational video content marketing keeps winning. In-person events remain an event marketing conversion driver. Employee influencer marketing and trust ecosystems become moats.