Best printers for Home

Best Mixer Grinder

Best wired Earphones

Best 43 Inch TV in India

Best Wi Fi Routers

Best Home Theatre in India

Smart Watch under 5000

Best Laptops for Education

Best Laptop for Students

The worst TikTok health trends of 2020

Christian Vierig/Getty ImagesOversized bags and space-inspired outfits are set to be some of 2020's biggest luxury fashion trends.<ul class="summary-list"><li>Global fashion search platform <a href="https://www.lyst.com/">Lyst</a> forecasted the four biggest <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/louis-vuitton-hermes-goyard-secret-luxury-brand-rich-people-love-2018-5">luxury fashion</a> trends in 2020.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/luxury-streetwear-millennials-status-symbol-2019-6">Luxury fashion</a> is set to be influenced by major events: advancements in space, the Olympics, and the US presidential election.</li><li>Lyst also predicts a comeback in oversized purses.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.</a></li></ul><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/luxury-streetwear-millennials-status-symbol-2019-6">High-end streetwear</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-sneakers-status-symbol-luxury-footwear-style-2019-3">luxury footwear</a> may have dominated the fashion world in 2019, but luxury fashion is taking off to new places in 2020.<a href="https://www.lyst.com/year-in-fashion-2019/">Lyst's 2019 report</a> predicts that luxury fashion will take inspiration from countries and galaxies far away. The report analyzed data from more than six million products, 12,000 stores, global media coverage, and social media mentions to look at the past year in fashion.But it also forecasted the next year in fashion. Here are four trends set to dominate, all mostly influenced by upcoming events around the world.<h2>1. Space fashion</h2>2020 is about to get far out. In the next decade, NASA's plans include landing humans on the moon, detecting quakes on Mars, and defending Earth from deadly asteroids, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-10-year-plan-lunar-base-saturn-moon-2019-7">Morgan McFall-Johnsen previously reported for Business Insider</a>. Moon Express is also planning on sending a lunar lander to the moon and SpaceX is also <a href="https://www.airspacemag.com/space/space-series-starliner-and-spacex-dragon-180969499/">developing the Dragon 2 capsule</a>, both in 2020, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spaceflight-travel-innovations-spacex-rockets-2019-10">wrote Dave Johnson for Business Insider</a>.Lyst is forecasting that these ventures will fuel a rise in space-inspired fashion, from holographic outfits to space-suit outerwear.<h2>2. Japanese influences</h2>With Tokyo set to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games during the summer, Lyst expects influences from "bold Harajuku street style" to contemporary Japanese labels. According to the report, searches for Japanese brands increased by 8% in 2019.Japanese brands have long been reluctant to branch outside of Japan, <a href="https://hypebeast.com/2019/10/japanese-brands-stores-london">reported Jason Dike for Hypebeast in October</a>, but they're finally expanding into new markets, particularly the UK. It's likely because, Dike wrote, the world is catching on to Japanese culture and trends because of the upcoming Olympics.<h2>3. Oversized handbags</h2>Consumers spent more money on expensive footwear than on handbags in 2019, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/expensive-shoes-become-status-symbol-2019-2">according to an NPD report</a>. But that doesn't mean they're not buying into the handbag market.While the average handbag surface area shrank by 40% in 2019, fueling a trend in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.sg/lizzo-wore-tiny-handbag-to-american-music-awards-2019-11/">mini-bags</a>, Lyst predicts that the extra-large bags that dominated in the 2000s will make a comeback in 2020. <a href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/trends/g28988643/spring-2020-bag-trends/">Harper's Bazaar</a> and <a href="https://www.elle.com/fashion/shopping/a29657264/winter-bag-trends-2019-2020/">Elle</a> are also forecasting a big bag resurgence in spring 2020, as oversized totes and hobo bags both made an appearance on the runways.<h2>4. Political fashion</h2>From Brexit's presence in London fashion labels to headlines examining politicians' sartorial choices, the past few seasons have seen many political fashion statements, <a href="https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/politics-in-fashion">Zoe Whitfield wrote for Refinery29</a>. As the US enters 2020 with the presidential election on the horizon, Lyst expects more politically inspired fashion to continue into the new decade that's "reflective of global and cultural tensions."<a href="https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/politics-in-fashion">As Zoe Whitfield wrote for Refinery29</a>, "As a gesture of empowerment, a signal to the communities we feel a close bond with - or a warning to those we don't - the use of fashion as a vehicle for political expression is nothing new, but in turbulent times, its immediacy can be potent." <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-fake-christmas-trees-made-artificial-science-channel-2018-12">How artificial Christmas trees are made</a></h3>

The 4 biggest trends in luxury fashion for 2020

<ul><li>With the industry changing at a rapid pace, throwing a new set of challenges every day, experts are hoping that 2020 will be a game-changer that will help them redefine a lot of rules in advertising, with smarter marketing techniques. </li><li>We spoke to a few industry experts to identify these new opportunities that 2020 will bring forth for the industry and here is what they had to say. </li></ul>2019 was an interesting year -- full of ups and downs for the advertising, media and marketing industry. While we saw <keyword id="618493" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="digital-marketing">digital marketing</keyword> taking the center stage and brands experimenting with newer formats on the medium, the economic slowdown affected consumer sentiments, and naturally, the industry. However, during this period of tough economy, the industry tried to squeeze out the inefficiencies to make themselves more productive. As we enter 2020, the industry is hopeful to rise to its full strength together. They are all set to reap the benefits of AR and VR, voice, influencer marketing, and much more to stay ahead in the game. We spoke to a few industry experts to identify these new opportunities that 2020 will bring forth for the industry and here is what they had to say: Will Scougal, Director of International Creative Strategy, Snapchat: I don’t think there’ll be one dominant trend but several interlinked trends that have emerged over the last decade all achieving scale and creating real shifts in the way we experience and interact with brands. Over the last few years people have increasingly shifted their attention to mobile and, as they have become more confident navigating the world with their handset, they’re looking for quality experiences. What we’ve seen at Snapchat is that people are choosing to spend time adding a creative layer to their world through AR (Augmented Reality). As this format continues to scale, both on Snapchat and beyond, we are going to see more innovative, useful, and immersive experiences being built by brands embracing the marketing benefits of AR as a full funnel format. In addition to the growing popularity of AR, we are also going to see premium mobile video content gain more viewers. As audiences rise, we can expect to see more quality made-for-mobile shows from studios, publishers, entertainers and brands who are adapting to the mobile mindset of people. Ashish Bhasin, CEO - APAC and Chairman India, Dentsu Aegis Network Asia Pacific: Voice and performance will gain much more prominence than they did so far in the industry. With the emergence of OTT and data rates going down, there is a natural preference towards digitisation amongst younger audience. Equally, voice is so intuitive, it will be naturally driven more and more on a daily basis -- whether you are driving or use some voice assistant on your phone, which will be simplified with time. On the other hand, clients are also under-pressure to deliver results every quarter, hence, they will be far more interested in performance rather than just pure brand-building. Prathyusha Agarwal, Chief Marketing Officer, ZEEL: With consumption across platforms, the most dominating trend of 2020 would be brand and character love that transcends multiple screens. Viewers will share their dining tables and living rooms with our content on television satisfying the craving for anticipation of a new story, the first bite to savour the emotion and relationship with our characters every day. They will then stretch it across multiple screens and interactions binging on it, dipping in, dipping out and gorging on it through time and space. As broadcasters, we need to gear up our backend to tailor-make our content such that it is adept to the multiple platform front-end user interfaces. There is a shift needed from thinking of content development as an uncertain creative process to building a nuanced understanding the cultural core that makes viewers tick, what they want/ need, where do they need it and have the capability to evolve our craft to deliver that. To own multiple screens where stories and characters are loved beyond just television, content creators and curators, will have to manage the share of pie on each of platforms to maximise screen hours. Sameer Saxena, Chief Content Officer and Head of TVF: “For 2020, we will continue to strengthen our partnerships with OTT platforms and brands equally. We plan to venture into new genres like thrillers and romance amongst others. We will also explore non-fiction properties as there isn’t much happening in this space. Our aim is to release around 15 to 20 shows in the year including a few in regional languages starting with Marathi. In addition to new shows we're also planning the second seasons of some of our key shows like ‘Kota Factory’, ‘Cubicles’, and ‘Hostel Daze’.“ Dinesh Chhabra, CEO, Usha International: “The consumer durables sector has shown a consistent growth and Usha International Ltd leads this growth from the front riding on new product launches like the Bloom series and Racer fans, as well as the introduction of a whole slew of colorful new kitchen appliances. During this period of tough economy, Usha tightened its operating belt to squeeze out the inefficiencies to make itself leaner and more productive. Usha believes in keeping the customer at the core of our businesses and hence ensures that all the new products that we have recently developed keeping consumer insights in mind and built to fulfil their needs, thereby transforming their daily lives. We expect the New Year to fuel consumer demand and a stabilization of growth patterns in coming quarters. We, at Usha, will continue in our journey to launch new products and innovative technologies, and improve the depth of our distribution penetration specifically in the geographies which are growing at a GDP growth higher than the national average.” Koshy George, Chief Marketing Officer, Marico Limited: One big trend for me will continue to be digital. You will continue to find a lot more digital adoption because the rates, while they have gone up, continue to be rock bottom in the country. And you will find that a lot of time that consumers spend will move into digital and hence the focus to continue to build brands and invest there will be one big trend that we look at. And as part of that, there are a lot of medium like TikTok that have suddenly come and exploded out of nowhere. We have recently worked with the platform and seen really good results so that'll be an area of focus. Secondly, while the economy has been witnessing a slowdown, there is still a room for a lot of premiumization. And there's a big trend in sustainability that is slowly but surely picking up momentum and is something we will see more of in 2020. Amer Jaleel, Group CCO &amp; Chairman, MullenLowe Lintas Group: I see content saturation coming. We have to start seeing consumers as audiences in the Media Age. Everybody is creating content with ease through apps. While this explosion leads to satisfying the creative urge among people and that surely is a good thing, but coupled with the march of platforms and production, this is leading very rapidly to content fatigue. Once we see our consumers as an audience, we have to account for the fatigue they have to overcome to see the frankly poor quality of brand content that most of us are putting out. The only way marketeers and their brand partners have is to be ahead of and fresher than the content that's being dished out. I can clearly see that the phrase 'break the clutter' is outdated. We will have to preempt all the evolution of what we call clutter and be ahead of the thinking of the clutter makers. Gurmeet Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning India: To stand out from the crowd, companies are putting the customer at the heart of everything they do. This has led to the emergence of exceptional customer experiences. Marketing in the modern era has to play a significant role in shaping these experiences. Artificial Intelligence is certainly going to be a game changer driving the marketing landscape in 2020. This Next-gen technology will create new avenues of effective marketing and customer experiences. One of the trendiest topics across the world, both in B2B and B2C spaces, AI is going to take the charge as it holds the power to evolve businesses, accelerate customer experiences and boost sales like never before. Audience segmentation with in-depth understanding of the demand is key to success in any B2B module. Here AI will empower and align business, marketing and sales teams to accurately analyze the demand touchpoints much before a lead generation. This will ensure faster and concrete conversion of leads resulting in enriched customer experiences. Artificial Intelligence can play a significant role in influencing marketing strategies and predicting favorable product and service outcome. With AI things will become faster, easier, more convenient and affordable for business ecosystem to meet the ever evolving customer expectations. New India’s smart customer is globally connected and is curious to explore, experiment and experience. Today, customers are considering exceptional experiences as a critical aspect of their buying decision. In the B2C segment, AI has a huge role to play. It is also the responsibility of businesses and marketers to ethically leverage the power of this impactful tool. Without invading the privacy of customers, AI should aim at significantly providing intelligent and informed customer experiences by equipping marketing and product teams to effectively analyse consumer behavior, acceptance, demand and delivery points. This will ensure a smooth end to end customer journey that is more customized and interactive in the most natural and ethical manner. AI will also support the marketing landscape by enabling powerful and high-impact consumer insights to disrupt customer satisfaction and enhance success factors of product and service innovations. TikTok spokesperson: In 2019, we saw a drastic shift in online content consumption behavior. As the internet continued to democratize, Indians moved beyond the traditional consumption of entertainment content and are now avidly looking at videos to educate themselves on variety of topics such as self-improvement, health, fitness, e- learning languages, among others. In 2020, we foresee this trend to grow, with brands and NGOs leveraging short video formats with platforms such as TikTok. At the same time, given shorter attention spans, it will be critical for content to break through the clutter, be creative, fun and engaging, in order to attract audiences. Shamsuddin Jasani, Group MD, Isobar South Asia: Voice as a technology is coming into its own and is going to be a big trend in 2020. With Hindi as a language being made available on Alexa, it will open up huge opportunities in the future. Secondly, with advancements in technology, augmented reality is going to take off in a big way. And the third biggest trend will again come from the world of vernacular content. Local languages are going to explode as we go into 2020 and you will see more OTT players investing on local languages. Pratik Gupta, Co-founder, FoxyMoron: "2020 will be the year for digitally evolved agencies and digitally involved clients. Hyper-personalization of content through all digital platforms should be the biggest trend this year. Along with the innovation on digital; Voice, OTT, Social, Progressive Web Apps, the use of Hyper-Personalisation are going to be imperative. While the entire ecosystem believes that the consumer does not want to see advertisements, I believe that ads &amp; communication served to an exposed cookie pool at the right time and at the right place is the future. This year we will be working on creating workflows, technologies and teams to cater to this need for brands and consumers alike." Also see: 
 <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="73046703" title="Top stocks to buy in 2020, recommended by experts" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>



 
 <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="73078860" title="Here's why Airtel, ICICI Bank, L&amp;T, and Maruti Suzuki are among IIFL's top picks this new year" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>

The top trends that will dominate the advertising, marketing and media industry in 2020

<ul><li>While the last decade saw digital grow and gain more importance, the next one will have digital as the centerpiece. </li><li>Shrenik Gandhi, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, White Rivers Media lists down some trends that would drive <keyword id="618493" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="digital-marketing">digital marketing</keyword> industry in 2020 and help it reach its peak. </li></ul>2019 has been an interesting year for digital marketers. From the rise of augmented reality and video content to voice search and <keyword id="2540701" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Influencer-marketing">influencer marketing</keyword>, this year the trajectory of digital industry has only gone up. And to stay ahead in the market, it’s always beneficial to be aware of the evolving <keyword id="2934190" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Digital-Trends">digital trends</keyword>. With this decade coming to an end, here are some notable trends which will play an important role in digital marketing in the coming year. Importance of Consumer Privacy Owing to privacy failures from technology companies in the past few years, the establishment of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and increased demand to impose controls on technology companies, 2020 will witness more companies focusing on privacy and data security issues. It is expected that many will adopt privacy and transparency as a brand differentiator, allowing users to opt in or out of data collection schemes with greater ease and awareness than in the past. The bigger question is whether digital giants like Amazon (via Alexa) and Facebook will quietly keep on gathering all the data they can from the users or join the others. Stories will take the Center Stage As per industry reports, stories are growing 15X faster than feeds. With nearly a billion accounts across Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger, creating and watching these vertical, ephemeral slideshows, it’s clearly the format of the future. Surpassing feeds, the story format is becoming the most popular way people share things on social media. The users are on a constant lookout for ways in which they can glorify every moment and add it to their narrative of the day. Basis this the advertisers need to rethink their message on how they can pique the users’ interest using backgrounds, overlays, and convert the whole story into a feeling that lingers even if viewers don’t tap through. Voice Search/ Conversational Marketing Rapid consumer adoption of smart speakers and innovation in search query processing, conversational interfaces and messaging is paving way for conversational marketing. Conversational marketing technologies like Voice Search Optimization (VSO) enable interactions between companies and customers that mimic human dialogue and do so at scale. Text and voice requests are significantly different. For example, the user will write "the best sushi in Mumbai", but he will say: "Where to eat delicious sushi?" There doesn’t seem to be much difference between the two statements. However, this greatly affects SEO. The online services implement voice query analysis accordingly and redo their content for them. This leads to the preference of natural language over keywords in web content and completely ditches overly technical language. In this realm of voice technology, one specific asset that builds a connection between computer systems and the human voice command is Neuro-linguistic programming. Often referred to as NLP, it’s a kind of a programming language that helps computers in understanding the underlying human tone, sarcasm, puns, and even deeper context clues like double meanings. Multi-experience Multi-experience replaces technology-literate people with people-literate technology. This involves an evolution from the traditional single point interaction to include multisensory and multi-touchpoint interfaces like wearables and advanced computer sensors. At present, immersive experiences that use augmented reality (AR), virtual (VR), mixed reality, multichannel human-machine interfaces and sensing technologies are what comprise the multi-experience. This trend in the future will be called an ambient experience. Let’s take the example of Domino’s Pizza, who with the inclusion of autonomous vehicles, a pizza tracker and smart speaker communications created an experience beyond app-based ordering. This kind of integration will be the way forward. Real-time Personalization In 2020, customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan. Success, therefore, lies in creating real-time personalized experiences — spanning marketing, sales and customer service — aimed at resonating deeply with customers so that they feel valued and appreciated. Brands and marketers will have to focus on real time personalization without invading the personal space on the end user. <keyword id="6006107" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="augmented-and-virtual-reality">Augmented and Virtual Reality</keyword> Will Continue to Grow The rise of AR and VR spaces will create new, immersive advertising environments for businesses that can’t be simply skimmed over. With larger than life scope in social media, the practical applications of virtual and augmented reality are only going to increase in 2020. For a more bite-sized version of this, you can consider Snapchat’s newly launched AR Bar in Snap Camera. From scanning a math problem to get the answer or a product to see results on Amazon to scanning the sky to see whales swim over the horizon, or to watch butterflies emerge as you open your palm is putting the technology right at your fingertips, it locates contextually relevant Lenses whenever you point your camera at certain objects. It’s an emerging technology that will give brands an opportunity to come up with fun and interactive ways for promotion. Moreover, these platforms are making it easier for creators to start building their own lenses. For Instance, the new update for Snapchat’s Lens Studio now includes templates for augmented reality creators — including Land markers, which empower creators to build Lenses that can transform the world's most iconic landmarks in real-time. Thus, all in all, while the last decade saw digital grow, and digital becoming very important, the next one will have digital as the centerpiece. This is a decade which will redefine a lot of rules in advertising, with smarter marketing and smarter consumers. With a plethora of new trends and challenges on the way, the coming year will help businesses in gaining a competitive edge, generate leads and deepen relationships with their existing customers. And hence, the first year of the decade is a crucial stepping stone. - By Shrenik Gandhi, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, White Rivers Media

Digital Trends to look ahead in 2020

Two decades into the millennium and <keyword id="3658" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>’s technology landscape has evolved exponentially, with businesses reaching new heights in innovation and sustainable efficiency. We have witnessed how organisations from all sectors have recognized, adopted and implemented digital transformation strategies and solutions in response to the technical advancements that have changed every aspect of our lives – catalysed by ever-increasing smartphone usage and demands for app-based services, delivered at the speed of light. However, 2020 could very well be the year that steers us towards a next phase of growth and transformation. While adoption of core data centre technologies will no doubt continue, we predict that 2020 will be a turning point for transformation where we will see more businesses set their sights on what’s next – looking beyond digital transformation to the promise of new opportunities, innovation and growth that the next wave of ‘intelligent transformation’ holds. Here are, what I think, will be some of the defining trends and technologies that businesses will be looking to in order to drive intelligent transformation in 2020: Driving Efficiency with AR &amp; MR Augmented Reality (AR) is not a new concept, but its implementation will take a front seat when it comes to data centre management. AR enables real-time use of information in the form of graphics, texts, videos and other visualisations, integrated with real-world situations to enhance user experience. This will not only help to diagnose problems in a data centre, but also illustrate best practices to resolve issues. Mixed Reality (MR) takes these capabilities further by giving users the ability to interact with and manipulate surface objects though holograms. Use of AR-based, hands-free gesture controls and remote assistance also enables users to pin, interact and collaborate with 3D digital information in the real world, improving their contextual awareness and efficiency. Hybrid Cloud 2019 has been the tipping point for hybrid cloud, as it has become the norm for big data and analytics deployments. As more enterprises benefit from <keyword id="7314524" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Software-defined-infrastructure">software-defined infrastructure</keyword>, security and scalability, the introduction of pay-per-use infrastructure models will make this technology more accessible to SMEs enabling more types of businesses to benefit from them. Emergence of Edge Computing We are seeing the emergence of edge computing in addition to cloud deployments, to support mission-critical activities that require minimal delay in processing. IoT infrastructures are beginning to transition to the edge. We also see the data centers evolving from the ‘core-centric’ data center of today to an ‘edge-to-core’ data center in the near future. This will have two key parts – distributed edge IT or where the ‘local’ work happens; and core IT where the majority of business operation work happens, which is not just limited to the data center but also encompasses how an IT organization leverages private, multi-and hybrid cloud. We also believe that eventually everything will become software-defined – including both in the edge and in the cloud. Software Defined Data Centres Rapid virtualization through the adoption of cloud and IoT networks is quickly pushing out the use of physical data centres. This is moving data centres towards a transformation that changes the infrastructure from hardware to a software platform, giving rise to software defined data centres (SDDC). SDDC brings faster, more flexible infrastructure reconfiguration from a single console, improving performance of workloads and network traffic management. Data centre automation will also ensure better and hyper-efficient management of data flow. As data continues to grow along with infrastructure costs, enterprises will no doubt look to adopt Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) for its more flexible and responsive data centre architecture. Smart solutions In order to derive maximum value from data, the next generation of smart integrated data solutions is emerging. At Lenovo, we are focusing heavily in this area with a focus on three core aspects of intelligent transformation: Smart IoT, Smart Infrastructure and Smart Verticals. Various industries have already adopted smart data centre solutions to collect, transfer and store their data volumes, but in 2020, we expect to see an increase in the rise of smart verticals in India – especially in industries like BFSI, healthcare, education and automotive. The rise of hyper automation 2019 has seen the rising adoption of <keyword id="3241386" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="robotic-process-automation">Robotic Process Automation</keyword> (RPA) across various industries like automotive, BFSI, healthcare and more. Intelligence infused in automation through data science and analytics is leading to an era of hyper automation that will enable optimisation and modernisation. However, though this is cost effective, it does pose new challenges and risks and in 2020, we expect to see more enterprises evaluating the risks and control mechanisms associated with hyper automation. Role of Practical Blockchain across Business Ecosystems It is possible that data explosion can also have a negative impact on businesses. Enterprises in 2020 will look to increase their focus on blockchain to combat this threat. Blockchain as a technology creates a more secure and transparent environment to process and monitor information. As its adoption increases across varied sectors, we can expect to see more talent acquiring expertise in implementation of blockchain solutions. Disclaimer: This article is written by <keyword id="244385" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vivek-Sharma">Vivek Sharma</keyword>, managing director India of Lenovo <keyword id="4343933" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="data-centre-group">Data Centre Group</keyword>. The opinions expressed are entirely that of the author.

Trends that will drive Intelligent Transformation in 2020

<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/trendsfestival" data-type="tilCustomLink">Global Trends Festival</a> is one of the world's most prestigious events which will be live from Oct 19-23.</li><li>While nobel laureates, some of the biggest political and corporate icons will provide thought leadership, it's a great platform to network with CXOs from around the world.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/trendsfestival" data-type="tilCustomLink">Global Trends Festival 2020</a> is presented by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/trendsfestival" data-type="tilCustomLink"></a><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/" data-type="tilCustomLink">AWS</a>.</li><li>Get your tickets now from <a href="https://in.bookmyshow.com/events/business-insider-global-trends-festival/ET00137578" data-type="tilCustomLink">BookMyShow</a>.</li></ul> Business Insider is proud to announce that <keyword id="833414" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Sebastian-Thrun">Sebastian Thrun</keyword> will speak at the inaugural <a href="https://trendsfestival.com/?utm_source=tf_usa&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ticketn=ticket"></a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/trendsfestival" data-type="tilCustomLink">BI Global Trends Festival</a>, a virtual event taking place the week of October 19-23, 2020. Thrun, a true superstar of Silicon Valley, developed Google's self-driving cars project. Today he is working on flying taxis and runs a huge online university, <keyword id="1539393" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Udacity">Udacity</keyword>, that during the coronavirus pandemic has reported record results. Thrun previously told Business Insider that when Google co-founder Larry Page first approached him about the self-driving cars project, he said <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-sebastian-thrun-learned-to-be-visionary-from-larry-page-2019-7">it couldn't be done</a>. But Page convinced him. Only "18 months or so later, we had this car driving on pretty much every street in California," Thrun said. Page and Thrun's working relationship extended to the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kitty-hawk-flying-car-startup-google-larry-page-launches-flyer-test-flights-2018-6">flying car startup Kitty Hawk</a>, for which Page provided funding and Thrun was the founding CEO. Udacity, Thrun's current venture, is part of the MOOC (massive open online courses) era of online schools and was founded in 2011. In 2015, it was valued at $1 billion, Business Insider reported. Hear Thrun discuss his many ventures at the <keyword id="9732021" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="business-insider-global-trends-festival">Business Insider Global Trends Festival</keyword>. Get your tickets today. <h2></h2><h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.7em; line-height: 1.3; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24px; background: 0px 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a href="https://trendsfestival.com/en/tickets-for-trends-festival.html?utm_source=tf_usa&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ticketn=ticket"></a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/trendsfestival" data-type="tilCustomLink">Buy tickets &gt;&gt;</a></h2>

Sebastian Thrun to speak at the Business Insider Global Trends Festival 2020

Hi, this is Amanda Perelli and welcome back to Insider <keyword id="1112328" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Influencers">Influencers</keyword>, our weekly rundown on the influencer and creator economy. <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/influencerdashboard">Sign up for the newsletter here.</a>During 2020, influencer-marketing professionals and creators adjusted to keep earning a living during the coronavirus pandemic.At the start of the year, all eyes were on the new short-form video app <keyword id="6762469" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="TikTok">TikTok</keyword>, and talent managers and agents fought <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/top-talent-agents-and-managers-for-tiktok-influencers-creators-list-2020-4">to sign these up-and-coming stars.</a>Then, managers helped clients weather the coronavirus' impact on the business as advertisers trimmed budgets and canceled events.Influencers turned to alternative revenue streams this year, like selling merch, direct-to-consumer products, and launching subscription services. Brand deals are slowly coming back and creators are adjusting to a new normal. This week's newsletter is dedicated to highlighting some of our best stories in 2020 - from how influencers earned their money this year to the power players who helped them. We will be back to a regular schedule next week. Here are our top stories of 2020: <div type="image" title="youtube manager power players 4x3" height="1875" width="2500" msid="80048444" hostid="261"></div><h2>Power players in the business: </h2><ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cannabis-influencers-share-what-they-earn-on-instagram-and-youtube-2020-2"></a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/top-talent-agents-and-managers-for-tiktok-influencers-creators-list-2020-4">The top talent managers and agents for TikTok influencers</a> (Amanda Perelli and Dan Whateley, April) </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/plant-influencers-are-getting-brand-deals-and-growing-followings-2020-8"></a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/top-talent-managers-for-micro-influencers-instagram-youtube-tiktok-2020-10">Top talent managers helping micro influencers land brand deals</a> (Sydney Bradley, October)</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-influencer-media-kits-3000-to-1-million-followers-2020-12"></a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/top-influencer-agents-managers-database-youtube-instagram-tiktok-2020-6">An interactive database of the top talent managers and agents for influencers and who they represent</a> (Amanda Perelli, Dan Whateley and Sydney Bradley, December)</li></ul><div type="image" title="iq advantage influencer scam 4x3" height="1575" width="2100" msid="80048447" hostid="261"></div><h2>Inside the industry according to managers, agents and creators: </h2><ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-influencer-group-drip-crib-facing-disputes-over-rent-manager-2020-6">Inside the turmoil at the TikTok influencer mansion Drip Crib</a> (Dan Whateley, July) </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/plant-influencers-are-getting-brand-deals-and-growing-followings-2020-8"></a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/some-former-triller-employees-wary-of-monthly-active-user-count-2020-9">Insiders say TikTok rival Triller reported monthly active users that were 5 times higher than what some internal metrics showed</a> (Dan Whateley, October)</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-influencer-media-kits-3000-to-1-million-followers-2020-12"></a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-fashion-nova-campaign-brief-sponsorship-rates-for-influencers-2020-11">Leaked Fashion Nova campaign briefs reveal what it's offering to pay influencers for sponsored content</a> (Amanda Perelli, December)</li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/influencers-say-talent-management-firm-iq-advantage-failed-on-promises-2020-11">Influencers say a talent-management firm required they pay $299 'deposits' up front and wouldn't refund them</a> (Sydney Bradley, December)</li></ul><div type="image" title="Jade Darmawangsa" height="1802" width="2403" msid="80048448" hostid="261"></div><h2>How influencers make money and how much they earn:</h2><ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cannabis-influencers-share-what-they-earn-on-instagram-and-youtube-2020-2">Inside the world of cannabis influencers who can make over $1,000 for a sponsored post</a> (Dan Whateley, February)</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/plant-influencers-are-getting-brand-deals-and-growing-followings-2020-8">Plant influencers are getting brand deals and growing their businesses online</a> (Sydney Bradley, August)</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-influencer-media-kits-3000-to-1-million-followers-2020-12">6 real media kit examples that influencers use to land brand sponsorships</a> (Amanda Perelli, Dan Whateley and Sydney Bradley, December)</li></ul><div type="image" title="Ryan Kaji youtube" height="2250" width="3000" msid="80048449" hostid="261"></div><h2>TikTok, <keyword id="10879" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="YouTube">YouTube</keyword> and <keyword id="819905" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Instagram">Instagram</keyword> trends:</h2>TikTok<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-tiktok-music-team-helps-artists-songs-chart-trend-2020-8">Inside TikTok's music division, where staffers analyze data to spot trends</a> (Dan Whateley, August)</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-tiktok-has-impacted-different-industries-music-retail-media-2020-12">An analysis of hundreds of exec interviews shows TikTok's impact on a wide variety of companies in 2020</a> (Dan Whateley, December)</li></ul>YouTube<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mrbeast-jimmy-donaldson-youtube-influencer-business-interview-chris-chandler-2020-2">2 of MrBeast's childhood friends explain what it's like to work on the YouTube star's team</a> (Amanda Perelli, February)</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-ryans-world-business-interview-youtube-tv-toys-2020-9">8-year-old Ryan Kaji is the world's top-earning YouTube star. His parents took us inside his business</a> (Amanda Perelli, October)</li></ul>Instagram <ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/eitan-bernath-shares-tiktok-instagram-cooking-video-stratgy-2020-9">How a cooking Instagram influencer doubled his follower count in one month using Reels</a> (Sydney Bradley, September)</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-influencer-email-template-for-pitching-brand-deals-pay-rates-2020-12">A part-time Instagram influencer and mom of 2 shares the exact email template she uses to pitch brands</a> (Sydney Bradley, December)</li></ul>Thanks for reading! Send me your tips, comments, or questions: aperelli@businessinsider.com<h2><a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/influencerdashboard">Subscribe to the newsletter here</a>.</h2>

The top influencer business trends stories of 2020

12 home trends from 2020 that need to disappear, according to interior designers

Five quirky trends of what Indians were Googling in 2020

Business Insider is proud to announce that Ray Dalio will speak at the inaugural <a href="https://trendsfestival.com/?utm_source=tf_usa&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ticketn=ticket">BI Global Trends Festival</a>, a virtual event taking place October 19-23, 2020.Dalio is a billionaire investor and founder of the world's largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, and the author of the bestselling book "Principles: Life and Work".Bridgewater is known for its unique company culture. A core tenent is "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ray-dalio-built-his-corporate-culture-like-his-investment-strategy-2019-11?r=ray-dalio-lp&amp;_ga=2.19401789.422037585.1601294089-1912834428.15683224112411">radical transparency</a>," or understanding what your coworkers and boss think of you in real time.As a guest on Business Insider's This Is Success podcast, Dalio attributed his <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ray-dalio-bridgewater-associates-investing-strategy-success-driver-2019-7">successful investment strategy</a> to analyzing past errors. "It's okay to make mistakes — it's not okay not to learn from them," he said. He said that the idea helped Bridgewater weather the 2008 financial crisis better than its peers.Dalio believes the <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> pandemic <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/ray-dalio-global-companies-could-lose-trillions-coronavirus-earnings-losses-2020-3-1029013523#">poses a huge threat to US corporations</a>. He has also warned that if corporate leaders don't address wealth inequality, the whole economic system of capitalism <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ray-dalio-the-american-dream-doesnt-exist-inequality-education-2020-4">could collapse</a>.See Dalio speak at the Business Insider Global Trends Festival. Get your tickets today.<h2><a href="https://trendsfestival.com/en/tickets-for-trends-festival.html?utm_source=tf_usa&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ticketn=ticket">Buy tickets &gt;&gt;</a></h2>

You Searched For "trends in 2020" and got 10 results

The worst TikTok health trends of 2020

Canela López

The 4 biggest trends in luxury fashion for 2020

Hillary Hoffower

The top trends that will dominate the advertising, marketing and media industry in 2020

Karuna Sharma

Digital Trends to look ahead in 2020

Guest Author

Trends that will drive Intelligent Transformation in 2020

Vivek Sharma

Sebastian Thrun to speak at the Business Insider Global Trends Festival 2020

Business Insider

The top influencer business trends stories of 2020

Amanda Perelli

12 home trends from 2020 that need to disappear, according to interior designers

Samantha Grindell

Five quirky trends of what Indians were Googling in 2020

Prabhjote Gill

Ray Dalio to speak at the Business Insider Global Trends Festival 2020

Business Insider

Popular Keywords

Buying Guides