Trends

Trend

It is an emerging phenomenon that last for a long period of time and transmit existing ventures to the future generations.

Trend Analysis

• It is an examination of these phenomenon and speculations on the likely impact they will have in the future.

• It usses recognition and pattern identification to create presages in knowing the future.

• It is evaluated and observed by the use of timeframes.

Trending

It is is a phenomenal scenario that is currently popular to the eyes and taste of the many. It allows preemptive judgments and reactions up to future events.

Fad

It is a very popular form of interest or fashion that only exist for a short span of time.

Trends

• Long life span

• A style for longer years

• Rising slow in popularity

Fads

• Short life span

• Emerge and go quickly

• Rising quickly in popularity

Trendspotting

It is seeking to overlook or foresee the situation of the future in the present.

Trend Toward / To

• It is a movement or change in the direction of something.

• Ex: online learning

Trend In

• It is a general pattern or popular development within a particular area or subject.

• Ex: social media trend

Upward / Downward Trend

• It is a general increase (upward) or decrease (downward) over time.

• Ex: wars, famines, or epidemics

Follow a Trend

• It is to do or adopt something because it is currently popular or common.

• Ex: clothing

Buck the Trend

• It is to behave differently from or not be affected by the general pattern or tendency.

• Ex: lower prices

Catchphrase

It is a phrase that is often repeated by and therefore becomes connected with a particular organization or person, especially someone famous such as a television entertainer.

Innovation

It is the use of a new method or idea.

Emulation

It is the process of copying something achieved by someone else and trying to do it as well as they have.

Phenomena

It is something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual or interesting.

Cyclical

It is happening as a complete set of events that repeat themselves regularly in the same order or in a regularly repeated period of time.

Elements of Trends

• Duration of Time

• Acceptability

• Cultural Basis

• Transitory Increase or Decrease

• Driver, Enabler, Blocker

Duration of Time

The lifespan of products or ideas that become trends do not disappear quickly.

Acceptability

Trends are popularly accepted by many industries and people.

Cultural Basis

Trend is rooted on the people's cultural traditions, beliefs, and values.

Transitory Increase or Decrease

Trend shows a transitory increase or decrease of a particular idea, event or phenomenon.

Driver, Enabler, Blocker

Agents in trend.

Characteristics of a Trend

• Innovation

• Consistency

• Versatility

Innovation (Characteristic)

A trend should introduce changes and something absolutely new to acommunity.

Consistency

People can still recognize that this style or trend or culture or language is a trademark or a mark of a country or a place.

Versatility

A trend always appreciated by people despite the difference in culture, place and race.