Question: what are the different characteristics of trends?
Answer: Trend. ... 
Duration of time, Acceptability, Cultural Basis, Transitory increase or decrease. ... 
Duration of time. ... 
Acceptability. ... 
Cultural Basis. ... 
Transitory Increase or decrease. ... 
Driver, Enabler, Blocker. ... 
Microtrend, Macrotrend, Megatrend, Gigatrend, Nanotrend.