12 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2012

Here is the briefing of trendwatching.com about the 12 crucial consumer trends for 2012. I will share the list only, so the ones who like to read the briefing in full please click here...

1. Red Carpet (... which I am also working on)
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 (...which I found very interesting)
11. Emerging Maturialism
12. Point & Know

I know that some of those trend names are a bit weird but worth to read... enjoy!

Wearing a slogan on your t-shirt is so passé

We were thinking about this years ago for networking with barcodes but the production of X amount of t-shirts with different codes were too costly. Some Londoners tried and did there ;) Now it is the era of QR codes and this can work!

Heineken opens your QR world

Abu Dhabi International Airport today marks its 30th anniversary

Abu Dhabi International Airport Celebrates 30 Years of Success

They are coming! - European unease over Etihad stake in Air Berlin

European unease over Etihad stake in Air Berlin - The National

The acquisition by Etihad Airways (EY) of a bigger stake in Air Berlin (AB) is likely to stir tensions among European airlines concerned about the expansion of Gulf carriers into their home territory.

There is another article from NY Times about the same topic; Etihad and Air Berlin Form an Alliance

737 MAX vs A320neo

Planemakers fight it out with new narrow-body aircraft.

gulfnews : Boeing-Airbus face off in new war

They are fighting for narrow-body market by introducing upgraded versions of their existing models. I wonder who will design a completely new aircraft for this segment. Most likely; Boeing...