But a trend called pop-up stores makes sudden disappearance part of the appeal.
A small donation built into prices or requested at the checkout — part of a trend called embedded giving — appears to resonate with shoppers.
A London company is turning cast-off textiles into new products, part of a trend called upcycling which, its advocates say, offers big environmental benefits.
Youth market analysts say this is part of a trend called KGOY, "kids getting older younger," and cultural observers describe a tandem phenomenon, more-indulgent parents.
It is part of a trend called cultural resonance, in which zoos and aquariums are acknowledging the human culture that surrounds animals.
Her school was also fighting a trend called "area codes": boys rate girls with three digits, for their face, body, and "DTF -ness (politely: sexual eagerness).
Other terms suggested: "Shade," "Edge, You will notice, San Francisco, a trend called Mounting Polysyllabism, which culminates in the trio of Latin-root rhymers, "Annihilate," "Obliterate," and "Humiliate".
In this instance, Morgan Spurlock — who directed and appears in the documentary and wrote it with Jeremy Chilnick — seeks to pull back the curtain on a trend called branded content, which is reshaping popular culture by blurring the line between entertainment and advertising in realms like movies, TV shows, songs, video games and online gaming.
The top ten in-world entrepreneurs are making average profits of just over $200,000 a year.By emphasising creativity and communication, Second Life is different from other synthetic online worldsSecond Life's total devotion to what is fashionably called "user-generated content" now places it, unlike other MMORPGs, at the centre of a trend called Web 2.0.
Some conservatives have argued that the "demonization" of the police after killings of unarmed black citizens has led to an increase in urban violence, a trend called the "Ferguson effect" after the Missouri city where Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old, was killed in 2014.
Webisodes — part of a trend called branded entertainment — are growing because marketers feel compelled to find new methods to reach consumers in an era when the traditional media are losing eyeballs, ears, hearts, minds and perhaps other body parts to the Internet.
