- 2019 predictions, were you already wondering?
- Traditional Media predictions for 2019 and beyond
- More Traditional Media Predictions
- 2019 Science Predictions, what are you expecting?
- 2019 Digital Media Ad Spend Forecast
- Digital Advertising predictions for 2019 and beyond
- Sports Marketing Forecast for 2019 and beyond
- Mobile Predictions for 2019
- AR & VR Predictions for 2019
- IoT Predictions for 2019
- Marketing Predictions for 2019 & Beyond
- Content Marketing forecast for 2019 & Beyond
- 2019 Social Media Predictions
- 2019 Data & Analytics Predictions
- 2019 Traditional Ad Spend forecast
- 2019 Business Predictions
- 2019 Technology predictions
- 2019 MarTech predictions
- 2019 Telecom Technology predictions
- 2019 Television Technology predictions
Are you working on a 5-year plan and are looking for insights into what business will look like from 2019 through to 2022? Many experts have already voiced their predictions and I’ve compiled them for you.
This series of posts is now an annual feature on this blog. However, this year they’ll be shorter and published weekly.
2019 & Beyond Business Predictions
This post covers the business predictions for 2020 through 2060. This post covers business practices, e-commerce, consumers & demographics, privacy, security and human resources.
Please note that some of these predictions are in French. They are indicated with FR – before the prediction.
BUSINESS
2020
- Business in 2020: How Marketers Can Own the Customer Experience, exchangewire.com by Lindsay Rowntree May 3, 2017
- IRM Solutions Market Will Grow to $7.3 Billion by 2020, blogs.gartner.com by John Wheeler Mar 21, 2017
2022
- Chatbots to save businesses $8bn annually by 2022, warc.com by Warc May 11, 2017
CONSUMERS & DEMOGRAPHICS
2019
- Five media-enabled devices per home by 2019, advanced-television.com Sep 8, 2015
- Population Shift: Non-Hispanic Whites to Drop Below 60% of the Population by 2019, marketingcharts.com Mar 27
- 2020
- Analytics transforming the 2020 U.S. Census, feedproxy.google.com by Karen Terrell Jun 23
- Y&R Wins A Big One: $415 Million Census 2020 Contract, mediapost.com Sep 2
- 600m Indian internet users by 2020, warc.com by Warc Dec 7, 2016
- Facebook IQ’s 5 Consumer Predictions for 2020, adweek.com by Adweek Staff Nov 16, 2017
2022
- India will be world’s most populous country by 2022, U.N. projects, mashable.com by Andrew Freedman Jul 30, 2015
2030
- Globally, the middle is going to be a bigger class by 2030, from Marketing Mind by MikeAnderson@CSScenter.com
2060
- US Population Projections by Age Group, 2015-2060, marketingcharts.com
- By 2060, Almost 1 in 3 Americans Will Be Hispanic, from MarketingCharts
E-COMMERCE / M-COMMERCE
2019
- In Canada, Retail E-commerce Sales to Rise by Double Digits Through 2019, emarketer.com Jul 24
- US mobile payments to surge to $210.45B by 2019, smartbrief.com Dec 2
2020
- Mobile Payments May Replace Cash, Credit Cards by 2020 [STUDY], from Pew Internet Rss Feed: All Content Update
- Nordstrom VP warns retailers ‘Put customers in driver’s seat, or be dead by 2020‘, from Latest Mobile content from Econsultancy by Heather Taylor
- U.S. Online Retail Sales to Reach $508B by 2020, marketingforecast.com by Shannon Bryant
- India retail to hit $1.2tr by 2020, warc.com by Warc May 19
- $1.1 Trillion in B2B Sales Will Be Conducted Online by 2020 [Data], blog.hubspot.com by esnider@hubspot.com (Emma Snider) May 1
- Article: Which Retailers Will See the Highest Sales in 2020?, emarketer.com Jan 11
- How Mondelēz plans to increase its e-commerce sales tenfold by 2020, digiday.com by Hilary Milnes Dec 16, 2015
- E-Commerce Predicted to Account for One-Eighth of US B2B Sales in 2020, marketingcharts.com Jun 13, 2017
- Prime set for 64m video subs by 2020, advanced-television.com by Colin Mann Dec 19, 2016
- Weekly Focus: India E-Commerce Expected to Hit £32bn by 2020, exchangewire.com by Eileen Yu Feb 22, 2017
2021
- Apple App Store revenue $30bn by 2021, advanced-television.com Nov 3
- Shopping 2021: Tech-enabled Hypertargeting For Personal Brand Relationship, mediapost.com Nov 16
- Malaysia ecommerce expects 23% yearly growth until 2021, warc.com by Warc, Jun 6, 2017
2025
- $150bn of FMCG e-commerce by 2025, warc.com by Warc, Oct 3, 2016
2026
- FR – Le commerce en 2026: ce qui va bouger, isarta.com by Aurore Le Bourdon May 3
Human Resources
2020
- 3 skills every association leader will need in 2020, from SmartBrief on Leadership
- 10 Hottest Jobs In 2020 And The Skills You Need, dailyinfographic.com by Jerome Oct 6, 2017
2022
- By 2022, One in Five Workers Engaged in Mostly Nonroutine Tasks Will Rely on AI to Do Their Jobs, blogs.gartner.com by Craig Roth, Dec 6, 2017
2024
- FR – Plus d’un million d’emplois à combler d’ici 2024, dit Couillard, isarta.com by La Rédaction, Dec 6, 2017
2027
- FR – Gig economy: les pigistes seront majoritaires en 2027, isarta.com by Philippe Jean Poirier Oct 27, 2017
2034
- A Guide to the Job Market in 2034, mashable.com by Todd Wasserman Feb 13, 2014
PRIVACY
2025
- Experts: Internet privacy will be hard to find in 2025, mashable.com by Rex Santus Dec 23 2014
2030
- The latest on privacy compliance, consumer trends and our privacy world in 2030, the-cma.org:443 May 5
Security
2019
- FR – Le Canada vulnérable aux cyberattaques pour l’élection de 2019, lesaffaires.com by La Presse Canadienne Jun 20, 2017
2020
- To Improve Cloud Security, by 2020, Enterprises Will Fire Senior Managers, blogs.gartner.com by French Caldwell Jan 20
2025
- Security in 2025 – Extrapolate or Bust?, blogs.gartner.com by Anton Chuvakin, Jan 30, 2017
Other 2019+ Predictions
Finally, here are my other 2019 & beyond prediction posts to satisfy your curiosity.
- General predictions for 2020 until 2116
- Science predictions for 2020 until 2100
- Traditional Media Ad Spend Forecast 2019 until 2023
- Traditional Media for 2019 until 2030
- More Traditional Media predictions for 2019 until 2025
- Digital Media Ad Spend Forecast 2019 until 2021
- Digital Advertising predictions for 2019 until 2067
- Sports Marketing Forecast for 2019 until 2032
- Mobile Predictions for 2019 until 2025
- AR & VR Predictions for 2019 until 2035
- IoT Predictions for 2019 until 2030
- Marketing predictions for 2019 until 2025
- Content marketing predictions for 2019 until 2025
- Social Media Predictions for 2019 until 2027
- Data & Analytics Predictions for 2019 until 2022
Did you catch my 2018 PREDICTIONS?
At the end of 2017, I published 7 posts outlining 2018 predictions, available by the time of publishing:
