Trends & Insights

Blog posts bringing together takeaways from events, interviews, and our conversations with place branding practitioners around the world that suggest important trends, or provide inspiring ideas.

What makes a healthy place?

Today, the buzzwords of ‘wellbeing’, ‘wellness’, ‘sustainability’, ‘eco’, and ‘regenerative’ lay heavily on the imperatives of developers and placemakers. Hunter Design's Crispin Reed explores five factors for how places around the world are rising to the challenge and building health – both personal and environmental – into the DNA of their designs.

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The role of sustainability in building nation brands + integrating digital signals and perception research to measure and manage performance

Ipsos’s Jason McGrath reviews the findings from the 2023 Ipsos-Anholt Nation Brand Index to uncover emerging trends and what it is that drives the performance of the strongest nation brands. Listen in to discover the role sustainability performance plays and what tools nation brand leaders can and should be leveraging to proactively manage their nation brand performance.

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Re-defining the future of places at City Nation Place Global 2023

It is always a privilege to join delegates from around the world at City Nation Place Global to discover how cities, regions, and nations are redefining what success looks like in place branding and place marketing. With two hundred delegates in attendance, and speakers from every continent representing more than twenty places, this year was no exception.

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Japan ranks first on Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index – but Sweden wins in sustainability.

Understanding how perceptions of your nation measure up against the rest of the world, therefore, is an invaluable element in identifying both your strengths and the areas you wish to focus on. Discover findings from the 2023 Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index and how sustainability is impacting perceptions of your nation.

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