Trend cluster
Category

Data
Personalization

Brands leverage big data to offer personalized touches for consumers.

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Trend

What is the Data Personalization trend?

Data Personalization: No longer an oxymoron, mass personalization has become expected by consumers. When it comes to marketing efforts, brands are adding customized touches that require little to no effort on the part of the consumer, ultimately creating a surprise and delight moment that's tailored to individual taste. By leveraging big data, brands are able to become more intuitive in a way that doesn't compromise convenience.

Trend themes

Themes within the Data Personalization trend

Three behaviours holding the trend together
01

Mass Personalization

With personalized touch points becoming the norm, brands are leveraging big data to offer surprise and delight moments tailored to individual tastes.

02

Data-Powered Personal Shopping

Big data is being used to improve ecommerce experiences, like the use of TrueSpectrum by True&Co to collects 7 million data points and design bras for 6,000 body types.

03

AI-Powered Advertisement

M&C Saatchi's Artificially Intelligent Posters uses AI to gauge a person's mood and interest, regenerating layouts and images for better engagement.

Industry implications

What the Data Personalization trend means for industry

Where the trend changes the playbook
For

Ecommerce

Big data is being used to create unmatchable personalized user experiences like True&Co's bra collection designed for 6,000 body types.

For

Mobile Notifications

Companies can help consumers save time and increase personalization by using Kahuna's 'Dynamic Deep Linking' program to direct users to specific screens based on their browser history.

For

Advertisement

The AI-powered smart billboard series by M&C Saatchi has the potential to disrupt the advertisement industry through its use of facial recognition, beacon technology, and mood gauging.

Workshop question

How could your brand or product offer customization in an expedient way?

Trend signals

Trend signals for Data Personalization

Trend score 4.6 out of 10, from popularity 79%, activity 53%, freshness 8%.

Popularity79%
Activity53%
Freshness8%
Audience
50%Men
50%Women
  • Gen Alpha (not a primary audience)
  • Gen Z
  • Millennial
  • Gen X
  • Boomer (not a primary audience)
Market
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific

Evidence

Examples of the Data Personalization trend

6 featured examples from Jun 16, 2014 to Oct 21, 2015