The plodding catch-up-posts continue.. There’s lots of great stuff to share.. Several weeks ago, Trendwatching.com issued their prognosis for what will be hot trends in 2008. Trendwatching is read by forward looking companies like Nissan, Google, Apple, and others. Note: I’d feel a lot better about purchasing their $699 report if they published the 2007 report, for free. Makes sense, yes ? So. 2008 Consumer Trends after the jump.

Here’s the link. You can see some of their past work here.

Trendwatching is powered by springspotters, an interesting crowd-sourced model to identifying and tracking early moving memes and mode. They also drive Springwise, a marketplace of business ideas… your mileage will vary.