David Evans, CEO of the SPOS Group, predicts five North American trends will help Australian retailers to adapt to the economy and customers’ shopping needs. Customers are informed Shoppers have permanently moved from impulse buying to in...

It seems that the fundamental lesson of retail, of consumerism is about to be learned.

Britain's pet accessories and healthcare market is thriving.

The latest Trend Briefing from international marketing observer trendwatching.com has been published online with 41 new business ideas.

Chinese shoppers may have caught the luxury bug - but they're paying cash, not borrowing to buy.

Two global retail chains have launchend initatives to recycle the clothes they've once sold, reports trend- spotting website springwise.

British home decor website mydeco.com offers its customers to plan their rooms with 3D tools and buy directly from over 500 retailers.

CROWD MINING is a moniker for how Trendwatcing.com sees crowd-based business concepts evolving in 2008.

For years, Trendwatching.com has been talking about GENERATION C, with the C mainly representing 'content'. In other words, digital creation. Pictures. Movies. Blogs. Music.

Consider this for 2008: if consumers value the authentic, the practical, the exclusive, and they're also forever looking to make life more convenient, even save some time, then why persist in bombarding them with your mega-million dollar/euro/pound, one-way advertising campaigns?

After all, while millions of consumers are firmly rooted in the eco-sphere, millions of others are not. But let's focus on those who are now getting their status fix from consuming in a more sustainable manner.

The Online Revolution, the mega-trend that keeps on giving, one that single-handedly dominates the 'connecting sphere'.

The inventor of E-wash – a compact washing machine that uses natural soap nuts instead of detergent – has won this year’s international Electrolux Design Lab 2007 award.

SNACK CULTURE thus embodies the phenomenon of products, services and experiences becoming more temporary and transient; products that are being deconstructed in easier to digest, easier to afford bits, making it possible to collect even more experiences, as often as possible, in an even shorter timeframe.

Definitely part of the 'traditional sphere', PREMIUMIZATION is not going to go away in 2008.