Klappentext: Ein Buch, das sich ausschließlich der Trendforschung widmet. Was ist Trendforschung? Kaum eine Dienstleistung, kaum ein publizistisches Phänomen ist so umstritten und geheimnisumwittert wie die Trendforschung. Während sich Teile der Medien in Ablehnung überschlagen, ist die...

"Consumed is a forward-thinking look at how shoppers--and consumption--have changed, now and for the foreseeable future, and how businesses must rethink their strategies in order to thrive in this new economic landscape. A worldwide study by the authors found the following: - More than a quarter...

What do we value? For markets to operate and for economies to grow, producers must attract purchasers to the products they offer. In advanced capitalist economies, market saturation and decline of demand are constant threats to markets. But how do we understand why actors desire the things whose...