Michael Cleghorn is the Founder and CEO of MC&Co Trend, a global trend intelligence and strategic consulting business working across interiors, furniture, homewares and lifestyle categories.
With more than 30 years of experience spanning retail, wholesale, product development, brand strategy and global manufacturing, Michael helps businesses translate cultural, consumer and aesthetic change into commercially actionable direction.
His work focuses on the relationship between emotional behaviour, design preference and market timing, giving retailers, suppliers and manufacturers a clearer framework for product, merchandising and brand decisions.
His recent work includes collaborations and presentations with Maison&Objet Paris in 2025 and 2026, as well as the Together 2025 design event in Copenhagen. Michael is a regular international speaker and works with businesses seeking practical clarity in increasingly complex and fast-moving markets.

Colour is becoming more considered.
Across interiors, homewares, furniture and lifestyle product, palettes are becoming more restrained, contrast is being handled with greater discipline, and tonal depth is increasingly replacing surface brightness.
These shifts are not isolated aesthetic movements. They are responses to a period shaped by economic pressure, geopolitical instability and accelerated cultural change.
Colour is increasingly being used as a tool for emotional regulation: to create calm, clarity, confidence and a stronger sense of value.
In this exclusive AGHA member webinar, retail trend expert Michael Cleghorn will explore the behavioural logic behind changing colour direction and what it means for product, buying, merchandising and brand decisions.
This is not a colour forecast or a presentation of “must-have” shades. It is a practical session designed to help businesses interpret colour with greater precision and apply it with more commercial confidence.
Date: July 22nd 2026
Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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