business predictions for 2018 | Future timeline

Read business predictions for 2018, a year that will see the business world transform in ways that will impact a wide range of sectors—and we explore many of them below.

Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.

business forecasts for 2018

  • Alternative payment acceptance (mobile, blockchain, etc) will continue to grow. 1
  • More major retailers will close stores nationwide to focus capital on automating their eCommerce supply chain and fend off Amazon. 1
  • Magic Leap unveils its first AR product ‘Magic Leap One.’ 1
  • European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law comes into effect, strengthening data protection across the continent. 1
  • Elon Musk's supersonic Hyperloop train to open to public 1
  • Tesla plans to build and sell roughly 500,000 electric vehicles 1
  • Apple Inc. transition to OLEDs screens, marking shift in smartphone industry 1
Forecast
In 2018, a number of business breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:
  • Magic Leap unveils its first AR product ‘Magic Leap One.’ 1
  • European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law comes into effect, strengthening data protection across the continent. 1
  • Elon Musk's supersonic Hyperloop train to open to public 1
  • Tesla plans to build and sell roughly 500,000 electric vehicles 1
  • Apple Inc. transition to OLEDs screens, marking shift in smartphone industry 1
Prediction
Business related predictions due to make an impact in 2018 include:

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