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Top 10 Trends for 2013 - Part One

We enter a new year and for many people that means getting on with business in pretty much the same way that they approached prior years.  It is business as usual.  And, to some degree, that is true.  Retailers will review their sales results and plan on deletions, additions and solving persistent problems, like gaps in price points.  Suppliers will want to find new ways to tweak old standby's and turn new materials into innovative products.  But everyone will be scratching their heads trying to figure out where our industry is headed.  There are many market conditions inundating us, but here are five of my top ten for the coming year. 1.  The Millennials are coming .  More and more of our business is shifting from boomers to millennials.  And with that has come a shift from brand to concept.  For years we have heard of the importance of creating a brand or image.  All industries have pushed to create or enhance their brands, but in most cases that has been little more than lab