Trend cluster
Category

Progressive
Pop-Up

Brands create pop-up installations to celebrate Pride Month.

Interactive Projection Mapping TrucksWater-Light Rainbow InstallationsLuggage Brand Pride PartiesInteractive Light-Up Installations

Trend

What is the Progressive Pop-Up trend?

Progressive Pop-Up: Brands are taking their Pride Month engagements a step further by creating specialized pop-up experiences that celebrate the LGBTQ community. In a political and social age in which consumers expect brands to take a stance on the causes they support, this shift is able to cater to that desire in a way that is playful and interactive.

Trend themes

Themes within the Progressive Pop-Up trend

Three behaviours holding the trend together
01

Pride Pop-Ups

Brands are creating specialized pop-up experiences that celebrate the LGBTQ community to cater to consumers' desire for playful and interactive brand engagements.

02

Interactive Installations

Light-up installations, interactive projection mapping trucks, and other sensory displays are becoming increasingly popular as a way for brands to attract consumers in a playful and interactive way.

03

Resilience-Based Installations

Brands are using installations to promote resilience by emphasizing symbols of the LGBTQ community despite backlash to their messages, such as Ben & Jerry's unbreakable water-light hologram in Warsaw.

Industry implications

What the Progressive Pop-Up trend means for industry

Where the trend changes the playbook
For

Marketing

These trends reflect an increasing desire for brands to engage with consumers in playful, sensory, and interactive ways.

For

Event Planning

These trends suggest opportunities for event planners to design and execute engaging and interactive experiential marketing campaigns.

For

Hospitality

These trends reflect new demands for interactive and immersive experiences among consumers, presenting potential for disruption in hotels, restaurants, and other hospitality industries.

Workshop question

How can your brand celebrate the causes its consumers are aligned with?

Trend signals

Trend signals for Progressive Pop-Up

Trend score 4.6 out of 10, from popularity 74%, activity 57%, freshness 8%.

Popularity74%
Activity57%
Freshness8%
Audience
50%Men
50%Women
  • Gen Alpha
  • Gen Z
  • Millennial
  • Gen X
  • Boomer
Market
North America