Emerging Business Trends and Technology Innovation

A package with a 2D barcode and UPC being scanned

April 23, 2024 | Nikki Paripovich Stifle | Emerging Insights

The Barcode Turns 50—Retiring the UPC and Ushering in a New Era

As an industry organization seeks to sunset traditional barcodes, the 2D barcode is poised for new uses.

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A road sign with an EV charger icon symbolizes EV infrastructure

March 12, 2024 | Frits van der Schaaf | Emerging Insights

New Grants Aim to Tame Range Anxiety for EV Owners

Insurers must price risks like this wind event, which is buffetting palm trees

February 13, 2024 | Alexander Martonik | Emerging Insights

Climate Risk Analytics: The Key to Sustainable Insurance

Business travel is on the rise, as exemplified by this airplane interior

December 5, 2023 | Gary Sankary | Emerging Insights

Meet the New Business Traveler

Retail crime represented by a security camera at a store

November 20, 2023 | Multiple Authors | Emerging Insights

Fast Four: Addressing Retail Crime

Densely packed city buildings hint at the need to monitor subterranean infrastructure

September 5, 2023 | Kathleen Kewley | Emerging Insights

New Research Spotlights Need to Monitor Heat-Induced Changes Below Buildings

Streaming cars represent traffic noise

July 18, 2023 | John Lenahan | Emerging Insights

Working through the Noise—At a Cost to Productivity

Could empty office space like this spur the trend of competitive socializing?

June 27, 2023 | Gary Sankary | Emerging Insights

Community Trends Hold the Key to Repurposing Empty Office Space

A map of a logistics and transportation route with various routes, stops

June 13, 2023 | Chris Chiappinelli | Emerging Insights

Fast Four—Moving Logistics Beyond Route Optimization

A pallet of shipping boxes signifies supply chain agility

March 7, 2023 | Greg Milner | Emerging Insights

Experts Call for New Form of Supply Chain Agility

A blue recycling bin symbolizes new life for product returns

February 7, 2023 | Multiple Authors | Emerging Insights

The Hazards of Easy Product Returns

An empty apartment signifies millennials moving out of cities

December 20, 2022 | Chris Chiappinelli | Emerging Insights

Why Are Millennials Leaving Big Cities?

A weathervane signifies movement of the population center

November 21, 2022 | Greg Milner | Emerging Insights

A Shifting Population Center Puts Analytics in the Spotlight

Twelve wind turbines generate renewable energy in a hilly area

November 15, 2022 | Multiple Authors | Emerging Insights

Fast Four: Renewing the Energy Outlook

Office towers under construction could benefit from AEC digitization

October 11, 2022 | Marc Goldman | Emerging Insights

Are AEC Firms Ready to Build Tomorrow's Infrastructure?

A collection of blue dots forms a digital human silhouette

September 27, 2022 | Chris Nickola | Emerging Insights

Finding Our Way in the Metaverse

An EV charger represents varying EV costs by state

August 30, 2022 | Multiple Authors | Emerging Insights

Are EVs Cheaper Than Gas-Powered Cars in Your State?

A map of the US banking industry shows income disparities and banking opportunities

August 9, 2022 | Multiple Authors | Emerging Insights

Fast Four: Banking on Smart Analytics

Grocery freezer cases represent consumer buying behavior

July 11, 2022 | Michelle Hopkins | Emerging Insights

Inflation—And the Geography of Shopping Habits

A map of retail locations with green and red dots

July 5, 2022 | Multiple Authors | Business Growth

Fast Four: Old Meets New in Modern Retailing

A utility sector map shows gas service to homes

May 24, 2022 | Multiple Authors | Emerging Insights

Fast Four: Utilities Juggle Resilience, Net-Zero Goals

An office with couches and two workers could be a candidate for adaptive reuse

April 26, 2022 | Multiple Authors | Emerging Insights

As Office Occupancy Falls, Adaptive Reuse Drives Real Estate

A digital view of a bridge across a river, fit for an AEC company

April 19, 2022 | Multiple Authors | Emerging Insights

Fast Four: With Infrastructure in Focus, the AEC Industry Innovates

Spatial finance is represented by a chart of green and red lines over a world map

March 29, 2022 | Multiple Authors | Emerging Insights

What Is Spatial Finance, and How to Prepare for It

Long-haul truckers might have a windshield view like this

December 21, 2021 | Agata Miszczyk | Emerging Insights

Recruiting and Protecting a New Generation of Young Truck Drivers