12 CRUCIAL CONSUMER TRENDS FOR 2012

Trends

1. Red carpet
2. DIY health
3. Dealer-chic
4. Eco-cycology
5. Cash-less
6. Bottom of the urban pyramid
7. Idle sourcing
8. Flawsome
9. Screen culture
10. Recommerce
11. Emerging maturalism
12. Point & know

A Point of View: Dazzling in an age of austerity

History often harks back to dazzling moments rather than day-to-day drabness, argues historian Lisa Jardine.