The workplace is constantly changing. Whether it’s shifting demographics in the workforce with an influx of millennials book-ended with a generation that’s retiring later than ever, r a new way of using data that changes the way we operate - nothing stays the same for long. Nonetheless, it’s possible to make some predictions based on the facts and figures we’ve seen in recent … [Read more...] about 5 Workplace Trends for 2018
Social Trends
Business Ideas: Trends for the Home-Based Entrepreneur
Trends represent a shift in consumer needs and demands, and business ideas are often spurred by growing trends. It is important for home-based entrepreneurs to think beyond the common home business ideas out there and consider trending markets. Trends represent the biggest demand, which in turn means healthy profits and bottom line. It is what consumers want, and what they … [Read more...] about Business Ideas: Trends for the Home-Based Entrepreneur
The Aging Population and Its Effect On Small Business
In the next few years, the world will see dramatic transformations in how people consume and buy. These changes will be brought about by the gradual aging of the population. The imminent retirement of the “baby boom” generation, combined with longer life expectancies, will place extraordinary pressures on the economic resources necessary to sustain the rising standard of living … [Read more...] about The Aging Population and Its Effect On Small Business
10 Trends in Small Business Retailing
Small businesses dominate the retail business. While big companies such as Walmart, Nordstrom, Best Buy, Bloomingdale's, and others fill the business headlines, about ninety-five percent of retailers in the United States only have one store outlet. The face of retailing is changing, and no one is more affected by these changes than the small independent retailers. Small … [Read more...] about 10 Trends in Small Business Retailing
Use Social Trends to Find Market Opportunities in Business
One great way to find market opportunities for your product or service is to study social and business trends. New social trends transform how goods are built and sold. Business opportunities grow out of the changes in the social order. Back in the 1920s, who would have thought that bottled water will be big business? With the growing consciousness for cleaner and … [Read more...] about Use Social Trends to Find Market Opportunities in Business