1.   The company collects information about consumer trends.

2.   Draught Guinness is well positioned to meet the current consumer trend for sophisticated premium products, while retaining its enviable heritage and tradition in the black beer market.

3.   And studies of consumer trends suggest that RVs will grow more popular as baby boomers age.

4.   Almost half of all weekday meals are prepared in a half hour or less, according to the NPD Group, which studies consumer trends.

5.   But it has expanded the Progresso line in time to take advantage of a consumer trend -- the demand for healthy fare.

6.   Even though the hardware business comes with additional risks, Egghead hopes to tap into the current consumer trend of buying software when and where hardware purchases are made.

7.   Global business practices and consumer trends are starting to transform the wealthy nation.

8.   If the Internet is any reflection of day-to-day consumer trends, survival gear can be had cheaply now, for a variety of nonmillennial purposes.

9.   More people than ever are eating meat-free meals, according to HealthFocus Inc., a Chicago-based marketing consulting firm focusing on consumer trends.

10.   Rather, business associates say, it comes from an uncanny foresight about consumer trends.