Collaborative Economy

Trend Longevity Rating

How this trend held up

We are firmly in the middle of the "sharing economy" as the idea of ownership shifts, people use and share products without owning them, and the economy stays collaborative.

Every past trend prediction is re-reviewed and graded with a Trend Longevity Rating, measuring how much each originally curated trend still matters years later.

Where It Led

This trend evolved into a megatrend.

In 2020, Collaborative Economy was identified as one of the past trends that evolved into the megatrend Flux Commerce: As the lines between industries erode, how we sell and buy anything changes constantly, leading to a continual disruption of business models, distribution channels, consumer expectations and even innovation itself.