the same trends may also impact the business to business marketplace.If consumers are buying more and more of a particular, at healthy profit margins, the manufactures of those products are under a greater compulsion to grow than to cut their costs.That means if you manufacture packaging for frozen foods, your customers may allow higher prices in return for faster and more reliable response time.
There are a number of firms that chart social trends, most of which charge very big money for their services.But if you Google "social trends America 2012" you will find a number of companies who have published some of their research.