Spark Trends: The Origin Of Imagination
Since 2015, Bell’s Spark Trends platform has been mapping the origins of imagination. Year after year, Spark outlines a world of new possibilities, unlocking creativity by forecasting influential consumer trends in the flavor and fragrance industries. Today, Spark stands as a unique, all-in-one guide to what’s next in the swiftly evolving consumer landscape.
Bell’s Spark platform provides answers to big questions arising year over year: How are consumer demands changing? What are the next big flavors, fragrances and botanicals? And how can our customers deliver on-demand products consistently amidst disruptions on a global scale?
To answer these questions, we look at the current cultural and personal mindsets to determine the foundational behaviors that are driving consumers’ everyday actions. Our experts combine this deep understanding with comprehensive knowledge of the global culinary influences, market dynamics and innovations that are shaping the future of flavors, fragrances and botanicals.
Understanding Trend Curation
Global Perspective
Our Global Marketing teams collaborate seamlessly to identify core trends impacting the industry and consumers on a global scale (i.e., “Macro Trends”) in addition to regional nuances and fads shaping consumer experiences (i.e., “Micro Trends”).
Experiential Lens
Our longstanding experience as product development and innovation partners as well as frequent involvement in culinary dine arounds, tradeshows, events and more allows us to discover and deeply understand what’s ‘hot.’
Insightful Reads
Call us bookworms, but staying up-to-speed on industry news and publications, digital e-newsletters, magazines and more helps keep our finger on the pulse of what’s unfolding at both the industry and consumer level.
Credible Market Research
We support our intuition and trend knowledge with market research from a wide variety of respected data partners who are steeped and fully invested in consumer behavior and purchasing habits.
Featured Global Trends
Bringing the Trends to Life
In close collaboration with our wildly creative Flavorists, Perfumers and R&D/Applications teams, we translate the trends into culinary, fragrance and botanical spotlights featuring breakthrough flavors, fragrances and ingredients and relevant market products.
With each year’s trend predictions, Bell will equip you with the foundation to ignite creativity and fuel innovation around your team’s product development efforts.
To request a general Spark presentation or one focused on a specific industry category, drop us a note at spark@bellff.com.