Cutting Edge Today, Store Tomorrow.

Communication!
News travels faster,fashions change quicker,human nature to 'join', copy, huge electronic population now, compared to pre-.com......all factors!
Oh, and mindless 'willing followers" with NO attention span!

There is a movement toward more & more nudity. Risque clothing never goes out of style. It's just a matter of who is willing to bare the most.

Nudity popularity! It's all relative to the times. What was risqué in the '40s is passé now. But no more/less interesting, each generation. It's The Pill at fault!
Everything changed!

Where is futurist Faith Popcorn when we need her? I'm heading to NYC in the morning. I'll keep an eye out.

Probably more products designed with a middle eastern influence. Increasingly seeing more products that have a "found art" look, reinventing the use of ordinary objects and giving it another use.

All the big box stores employ design companies now to create many of their furniture and accessories and they are aware of the new trends. Even Walmart does this with their BetterHomes&Gardens line whereas 8 years ago their design was like KMart before Martha Stewart bath accessories.

They are no longer behind the eight ball with design and warehouse-like depressing interiors. They keep the interior of their stores fresh and modern, redesigning them every five to seven years.

It's not like the old days of Kresge, Newberrys, etc. where good design was not important with the impression of discounted products. They now want to draw the corporate crowd that demands sophistication in their products and nicer interiors.