Posts Tagged ‘trends’
DIY Health
Obviously, my plan for a weekly series on on the “12 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2012″ got pre-empted by my big move to Seattle, but I’m trying to get back into the groove here and it’s even a Tuesday. Let Trend Tuesdays recommence!
My first post in this series was Red Carpet, in which I examined retailers’ current fascination with all things Chinese, including the wallets of the fastest growing consumer audience in the world. Today’s topic: DIY HEALTH Continue Reading
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This is the first in a series of posts commenting on trendwatching.com’s “12 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2012.”
The first trend noted this year is RED CARPET, wherein businesses around the world are expected to shower Chinese customers and visitors with specifically tailored services and perks, and in general, lavish them with attention and respect. To see this trend in action, one need only look at how the world’s most elite luxury brands raced to create special Year of the Dragon merchandise intended for the Chinese market. According to McKinsey & Co., by 2015 China will account for around 20% of global luxury sales, surpassing Japan as the world’s largest luxury market.
So essentially, businesses are going to direct their focus where the money is. Well, duh. Continue Reading
Trend Tuesdays 2012
Each January, trendwatching.com releases a briefing on the trends they see as most likely to affect consumers and brands in the coming year. Independent and opinionated, trendspotting.com is one of the world’s leading consumer trends firms, relying on a global network of hundreds of spotters to track consumer behaviors and analyze what they mean for the culture at large.
Reviving a series I began in 2010, every Tuesday for the next twelve weeks, I am going to dive into this year’s report on the 12 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2012, exploring these twelve trends and themes to offer my own unique perception and point of view. As a consumer myself, as a former public relations and marketing executive, and as an interested observer and occasional participant in the cultural zeitgeist of the 21st century. Continue Reading
Girls, Girls, Girls
Trend, meme, phenomenon. Call it whatever you want, as long as they are funny, people can make as many videos of girls saying sh*t as they want. And these? These are funny. Continue Reading
Gong Hey Fat Choy: It’s the Year of the Dragon
General buzz is that 2012 is going to be a big year, with everyone from economists to astrologers gushing about signs that point to a year filled with good luck and new opportunities for prosperity and happiness. We might have the Dragon to thank for that. Continue Reading
Live Little, Be Happy
In this great TED talk, writer and designer Graham Hill asks: Can having less stuff, in less room, lead to more happiness? Continue Reading
Dance to the Tangerine Tango
Last week, Pantone announced that the Color of the Year for 2012 is Tangerine Tango, aka PANTONE 17-1463. “Dance into the New Year with this Vivacious and Appealing Reddish Orange.” Continue Reading
My name is Angela Eloise and I am a freelance writer. I recently moved to Seattle because I wanted a better home base to support my creative goals. And my shaman told me to. Cloud of Chaos was born from my desire to dance with the absurdity of life, to create a space where I could write and share all of the gorgeous, fun, snarky deliciousness I find spinning around me every day. What does a spinning cloud of chaos have to do with writing? Everything, as it turns out.
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