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Romanian cuisine is under pressure to adapt to current rules of living or fade away. There's a lot of potential in its taste, practicality, diversity and creativity, yet lots of other features are holding it back from staying relevant to younger generations. What's the way forward and how we prepare today for the future? This are some of the key questions we addressed in "Tasty Memories" research report, run in partnership with Cronicari Digitali. Romanian version report available for download

The Awakened Self booklet contains a summary of qualitative data and insights connected with each of the trends of 2023 and this year edition is very rich in examples and quotes from people we interviewed throughout the year, with final check in December. The booklet also contains a series of deep dive interviews with people managing brands or organisations that already manifest these trends. There is a lot of positive change around us, we just need to open the booklet and see it. Enjoy!

In January 2023, Netflix launched on its platform Teambuilding, a Romanian contemporary comedy with a huge box-office success. In this way, the movie became accessible to a wider public, the type would have never considered going to cinema for a Romanian movie. The shock was huge and generated a lots of controversies, especially in social media. Apparently, lots of critics, as these appeared as more vocal. Many of those that liked the movie were somehow afraid to admit they laughed and enjoyed the plot so as not to be judged for “bad taste”Curious to find what was actually the real impact of the movie on the Romanian public, we ran a survey meant to bring the scientific truth to the surface and find out what’s really behind those controversies. What are we actually trying to say?

Second edition of the quantitative research study conducted on companies, among marketers and business people, that shows the changes in communication and B2B marketing. You will find out what were this year’s challenges for B2B businesses, what solutions and new tools have they discover as well as how do they see the future of communication and marketing campaigns. Moreover, all data is compared to research results from 2021 edition.

Years during and after pandemic put a lot of pressure on employees relationship with their job and the companies they work for. Simultaneously people went through major stress caused by Covid threat and the challenges of staying home, isolated and forced to function using completely new rules. The come back of work force is not that smooth as we could have expected and that has been aggravated by the fact that mental health issues became priority for employees. In the meantime companies chose to preserve the old way of functioning in terms of employees motivation. What's the status in Romania? Are companies ready to take care of employees mental health? Check the report here

2022 brought back normality in the sense of lowering the level of alert produced by the pandemic. At the same time, 2022 was defined by the tensions generated by the social re-construction. This summary comprises a detailed qualitative analysis of trends valid in Romania in 2022, the year we called “Rebuilding Us”. Foreword: Alec Balasescu, Adina Vlad.

2021 was the first year after the pandemic shock in 2020, the year where lots of life rules have been rewritten. People made a lot of discoveries that led to a total or partial reset of their priorities. This summary comprises a detailed qualitative view of what has changed and defined 2021.