Why I Have This Link: Trendwatching.com

I subscribed to trendwatching.com for two straight years at my last company.

We wasted the opportunity to appropriately use the information as a company, but I personally used the information throughout client and company experience all the time.

Incredibly interesting, forward-thinking consumer trend information that is delivered in interesting sound bite fashion. While I highly recommend buying the full report if you use this kind of stuff, I even more highly recommend watching for their free stuff (old and new). It makes for great thought fodder on general issues and they are very good at spotting interesting things that are happening globally. (And what they call their trends is worth the visit alone).