In our view there is already a ton of coverage of the trends that ivory tower professors and billionaire fund managers are seeing. What’s the edge in hearing the billionaire consensus view over and over again?

The edge comes from hearing new perspectives and new information like from the wedding planner who has worked with hundreds of couples during the pandemic and has noticed that couples are allocating significantly more of their wedding budgets on “small details” like personalized neon signs and eco-friendly customized digital invitations rather than paper invites. Or the accountant seeing how there’s a huge uptick in ecommerce clients generating revenue from in person popups.

Below, you’ll find some of the most thoughtful entrepreneurs and creatives in across various industries and markets sharing the trends they are seeing.

Xiesiyuan Shu

In recent years, several trends have been shaping the landscape design industry. The first one is sustainable design. In sustainable landscape design, the focus is on creating outdoor spaces that minimize environmental impact and promote biodiversity. Read more>>

Jen Craven

The publishing industry is seeing massive changes and shifts compared to ten, twenty, thirty years ago. The growth of self-publishing means there are more books than ever being published. Read more>>

Anette During

One of the most significant trends in the photography industry is the rise of smartphone photography. It’s not just about capturing everyday moments anymore; smartphone cameras have become powerful tools capable of producing professional-quality images. Read more>>

Angela Smith

A big new trend are hat bars. Businesses will pop up in a boutique or somewhere like that and bring a variety of hats like the popular trucker hats, and a variety of patches and the customer picks a hat and patches they want and the business will make the hat onsite for them. Read more>>

Maria P Frino

The biggest trend in the publishing industry was the advent of self-publishing, which is now established and well-known. In the last few years though it is AI (artificial intelligence) that is causing much concern. Read more>>

JOANNA GRZESZCZAK

Interior design is a space of trends- trends that come and go. Not because flower patterns or colour blue becomes ugly but only because brands that are selling us wallpaper and paint and decorative objects sold us they collection and want to sell us more- so next season a new colour is in, a new shape and a new rug pattern. Read more>>

Noella Chung

Cut flowers used to be a US agricultural crop until the government passed laws that sent the production overseas to South America. This 52 billion dollar industry imports fresh flowers from South America, Europe, Asia, Canada, and Australia daily filtering through major ports. Read more>>

Leticia Andrade

Artificial Intelligence, or AI. It’s shaking things up in any industry, bringing both opportunities and challenges. On a positive side, AI makes editing photos a breeze. It can fix flaws and enhance images in no time. Read more>>

Cindy Wang

As a Chinese American deeply immersed in the art industry for over a decade, I’ve noticed the burgeoning presence of top-notch contemporary Asian artists in the global art market. Read more>>

Alina Hornfeldt

We are seeing TikTok blow up trends faster than ever before. In the past, Oprah might have mentioned something like neti pots, and the customers would come pouring in looking for them. Read more>>

Laura Munkholm

The fitness industry is seeing a major shift currently with what is defined under the fitness bucket. We are less concerned about physical appearance, and more about the whole person’s wellness. Read more>>

Katie Dubow

I do a lot of public speaking within our industry on garden trends – our firm has published a Trends Report since 2001. And since the pandemic brought in 18 million new gardeners to the hobby, a question I get a lot now is, will they stick around? Read more>>

Jeannie Ralston

I see that women in our demographic–45 and up–are the driving force in the travel industry. They book trips for travel with their partners, with their extended family (children and maybe grandchildren), with girlfriends and increasingly for themselves. Read more>>

Amy Ashway

Covid-19 really created an increase in interest in more natural solutions to keeping healthy and we feel like there should be a trusted place where people can go locally to try herbs and other natural products with the knowledge and satisfaction that all products are Certified Organic, ethically harvested, fair trade and of the best quality. Read more>>

Kara Kraft

Oh the ever-changing world of fitness and nutrition. What was GREAT last year seems to be not-so-great this year, right? There always seems to be a better way, a faster way, and of course a more expensive (trendier?) way to get fit. HOw does anyone make a decision with so MANY choices? Read more>>