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The State of the Consumer (2022)

eBook by Remesh | 21 Apr 2022

About This Report

2021 has been a transformative year for every industry and organization in the world; from more permanent transitions into remote and hybrid work, to the expansion of Conscious Consumerism, to the explosion of plant-based products, the constantly-evolving consumer and ever-changing world combined has illuminated the need for more agile, robust, and efficient consumer research.

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  • Seth Adler heads up All Things Insights & All Things Innovation. He has spent his career bringing people together around content. He has a dynamic background producing events, podcasts, video, and the written word.

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