While a number of the year's key themes will be carried over into 2015, including even larger digital sales and better integration of on - and offline, below are five
less obvious trends that experts predict will shape the retail world in the coming year.
Not exact matches
The recent warming seems to correspond very well with the anthopogenic CO2 increases but the explanations for the earlier two
trends are much
less obvious.
The step from your ordinary wardrobe to the new
trend piece will be
less obvious!
The current
trend in hair color is lots of tones and textures so my multi-tonal transition would look
less obvious as other women opt for this trendy look.
It's worth noting that the variation in per weighted spending in OUSD is
less than the variation without weighting, suggesting that the incremental supports for needier schools are creating a somewhat more equitable environment, but there's still a surprising amount of variability and certainly no
obvious trend showing needier schools getting more.
However, one fact is
obvious — in recent years
trend trading this particular ETF portfolio has outperformed buy and hold by a significant margin, with lower drawdowns and
less volatility.
As the publications cited were from the early oughts, it might also be appropriate to note that the Arctic warming picture has passed from a
less noticeable
trend supporting the strong theory supporting warming to
obvious with a strong signal in the last 8 - 10 years.
When Slide 4 is taken to the logical conclusion Lindzen seemingly wants the honourable members to draw, namely that if greenhouse gases continue on their current rise we can expect a further rise of only 0.8 C over the next 150 years, he's simply using the same linear -
trend argument that Girma and Arfur Bryant love trotting out, obfuscated to make it
less obvious.
States
trends in tropical cyclone intensity of
less obvious over the rest of the tropics due to data limitations
The warming
trend at Byrd appears to be pretty dramatic for October thru March, and more modest and
less obvious for the dark months of April thru September.
Sometimes it's
obvious (pedometers for counting steps), other times
less so (
trends in full - blown smartwatches or smart kitchen appliances).