Springspotter

English

Noun

Springspotter (plural Springspotters)

1. A person who identifies emerging trends and reports on them to a service called Springwise that uses the information to advise businesses on potential products that capitalize on those trends.
   • 2007, Incentive - Volume 181, Issues 1-12, page 9:

     Springspotters, as regular scouts are called, earn 10 points per accepted contribution and up to 25 points for submissions that are featured.

   • 2013, Alf Rehn, Magnus Lindkvist, Trendspotting-The Basics, →ISBN:

     Springwise boasts “more than 8,000 Springspotters in over 70 countries worldwide," while Trendhunter.com claims to be “fueled by a global network of 47,000 members."

   • 2013 November 1, Julie Bort, “How To Find Great Business Ideas From All Over The World”, in Business Insider Australia:

     Anyone can sign up to be a Springspotter and they will be automatically accepted.

   • 2017, James Bidwell, Disrupt!: 100 Lessons in Business Innovation, →ISBN:

     These Springspotters supply us with around 100 innovative ideas for review every single day.