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  • [New] The BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2026 documents that secondhand sales will grow two to three times faster than first-hand sales between 2025 and 2027, reaching a projected 317 billion dollars by 2028. The Silent Luxury
  • [New] McKinsey & Company highlights that data centers could account for a significant share of global electricity demand, while water usage for cooling is also under scrutiny. DC&T Global
  • [New] McKinsey estimates that generative AI applied across marketing and sales could add the equivalent of roughly $463 billion in value annually, with productivity gains worth 5 to 15% of total marketing spend. TechnologyChecker.io
  • [New] (McKinsey, 2025) Only 17% of organizations have deployed AI agents to date, but more than 60% expect to within the next two years. Unico Connect
  • [New] With wealth mobility rising every year, and US$ 5.8 trillion expected to be transferred between generations of wealth-holders in Asia-Pacific between 2023 and 2030, based on McKinsey statistics, Singapore will continue to be sought out as a safe haven. The Business Times
  • [New] Data-driven insights from partners like Indeed and McKinsey will help translate emerging trends into actionable HR strategies. HRTech Edge | HR Technology News, Interviews & Insights
  • McKinsey expects inference to overtake training in AI data centers by 2030, accounting for more than half of AI compute and roughly 30 to 40% of total data center demand. TechBullion
  • Global consultancy McKinsey argues that agent-to-agent commerce could be meaningful someday, calling it a projected $3 trillion to $5 trillion economic opportunity. theregister
  • IDC and McKinsey converge on $1.4 trillion in global enterprise AI agent spending by 2027. AIChainTech
  • Spend Is Tracking a $1.4 T 2027 Forecast: IDC and McKinsey converge on roughly $1.4 trillion in global enterprise AI agent spend by 2027, with the median enterprise's monthly LLM bill growing 7.2 x year-over-year entering Q1 2026. Digital Applied
  • The near-term asset pipeline: McKinsey sees tokenized financial assets reaching $2 trillion by 2030. RWATimes
  • Industry analyses from BCG and McKinsey identify materials science as the highest-value near-term vertical for quantum computing, with a global value approaching $100 billion by 2035 (Boston Consulting Group, 2021; McKinsey & Company, 2024). Texas Public Policy Foundation -
  • (McKinsey & Company) Deloitte cites projections that 25% of global ecommerce sales will be enabled by AI agents by 2030 and that 55% of digital consumers will begin product research using large language model platforms. Omnichannel Customer Engagement Platform
  • Major labs and consultancies have framed agents as the bridge between today's chatbots and genuine workforce displacement, with McKinsey forecasting that agents could automate a meaningful share of knowledge work within five years. metaintro
  • McKinsey projects AI agents could mediate $3 trillion to $5 trillion of global consumer commerce by 2030. nshift
  • Globally, a recent McKinsey report forecasts spending on data centers will hit $7 trillion by 2030. CNBC
  • The numbers that should make every banker sit up straight: McKinsey estimates quantum computing will unlock $400 billion to $600 billion of value in finance by 2035. LinkedIn
  • McKinsey identifies a major bright spot: group commercial insurance is expected to become the largest payer segment by 2029, growing from $9 billion to $27 billion in EBITDA. Healthcare Leadership Institute

Last updated: 21 June 2026



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