2004 Hot Trends

HOT MARKETS

• Middle-Aged Women
  • Investment ideas:  make-up, wrinkle cream,  health food, exercise program,  botox,  sex enhancer



• Toddlers/Tweens/Teens
  • Investment ideas: mobile phone accessories,  hand held gameboys,  ringtones, music tones,  cgi animated movies,  game consoles, video games, snowboards and accessories



• Overweight People
  • Investment ideas: fitness centers,  innovative and safe diet programs,  hiking tours,  health food,  exercise equipments



• Metrosexuals
  • Investment ideas: stylist accessories, progressive fashions,  ipods, grooming accessories



• Hispanics      

HOT TRENDS

• Outdoor Living Spaces



• Fast-Casual Food

HOT BUSINESSES

• Children’s Enrichment Programs
  • Investment ideas: advanced computer educational software,  visual education,  on-demand status tracker for parents, adding wireless network and advanced computers to the classrooms



• Home Improvement
  • Investment ideas: on-demand trusted referral service 24/7, modernized and reliable materials



• Yoga & Pilates



• Upscale Pet Services
  • Investment ideas: Ever seen the 6th day?  Heard of Repet?



• Outsourcing
  • Investment ideas: Inshore Outsourcing, surely, rural areas in America have "english" speaking workers where the cost of living is comparable to the scummy third world countries that greedy corporations are accustomed to. Why outsource to countries where they eat rats?  I wouldn't trust my projects to be reliable when delivered by people whom country doesn't give a hoot about human rights and public health safety, not to mention lousy intellectual property enforcement.

Source - Valerie Young