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Keeping a pulse on activities around innovations in Consumer sector is the key ingredient in informing strategies and making key business decisions. Corroborating signals from various business activities and further deducing key performance indicators, creates a 360Β° view around whoβs and whatβs of sector relevant innovations.
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The trendline shows the deals activity related to the innovation by month for this industry. The count represents the number of deals in the last completed 12 months.
The trendline shows the granted patent activity by month for this industry. The count represents the number of patents that were granted in the last completed 12 months.
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Innovations applied for IP protection tracks new noteworthy patent applications published recently in the Consumer Sector including ground-breaking technologies and the companyβs technological and strategic shift towards adoption of new technologies.
Google has patented a removable electronics device of pre-fabricated sensor assemblies (including touch sensors) which includes communication interface to connect to computing devices (such as mobile to analyse data) and that can be attached to any interactive objects.
A patent is issued to an individual inventor which relates to an edible spoon maker that lets you bake delicious, edible spoons that you can eat with any meal. The appliance iron includes a housing, a plate, and an electrical circuit. The plate is disposed within the housing and is shaped for providing the edible spoons that dissociate into the consumable predetermined clumps in order to prevent the dissociating into the random granules that would make the consumption more difficult. The electrical circuit heats up the plate.
IBM patents a smartwatch which can transform into an 8-panel tablet or 4-panel smartphone by using a set of slides that form a storage compartment within a housing, which can then be expanded into a tablet/smartphone based on the displayed content or userβs requirement.
GlobalDataΒ captures news, deals, filings, jobs, patents, and social media signals etc. and gathers the activities around innovation-led initiatives supported in the respective organizations. Our analysis suggests that The Procter & Gamble Co has been most upfront in adopting emerging technologies amongst its peers.
Data from March 2017 onwards
Note: GlobalData captures various data sets such as deals, filings, jobs, patents. Each data set score is combined (π₯π πππππ) to provide an overall weighted-average exposure score. The scores are then used to show the colors on the heat map and represent the level of exposure in which a darker shade represents higher levels of exposure while a lighter shade represents lower levels of exposure. Each cell in any respective column indicates the relative Company Investment Intensity of the ten tech themes compared across the list of companies for that theme.
| Themes | Deal Value(US$m) |
|---|---|
| Internet of Things | 53,055.4 |
| Big Data | 42,431.0 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 35,528.4 |
| Robotics | 34,028.0 |
| Cloud | 12,081.4 |
| Virtual and Augmented Reality | 6,906.8 |
The sectorial representation of the Consumer industry based on growth in patenting activity and number of deals show, Food as the emerging sector. Having less patent records, Clothing & Footwear, marks presence as the innovation sector with highest growth in patenting activity and deal size.
Data from March 2017 onwards
Note: Bubble size represents the number of deals for that sector during the past five years.
| Sectors | No of Deals |
|---|---|
| Food | 7,772 |
| Clothing & Footwear | 2,677 |
| Cosmetics & Toiletries | 2,636 |
| Skincare | 1,373 |
| Household Appliances | 795 |
| Personal Hygiene | 675 |
| Household Care | 443 |
| Pet Care | 328 |
| Packaging | 239 |
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