Early Trends — Case studies https://bjornsjeldrup.github.io/early-trends/categories/case-studies.html Early Trends retrospectives. Free RSS; no account required. These are hindsight case studies, not live picks. en-us Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT air up: when the sell-out would have lit https://bjornsjeldrup.github.io/early-trends/trends/air-up-case-study.html https://bjornsjeldrup.github.io/early-trends/trends/air-up-case-study.html Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-10-31 Case studies Retrospective. The first 80,000 air up starter sets sold out in about six to eight weeks after a mid-2019 launch. US TikTok write-ups and Hollywood investor names are 2022. We did not cover it live. Labubu: anatomy of a collectible craze https://bjornsjeldrup.github.io/early-trends/trends/labubu-case-study.html https://bjornsjeldrup.github.io/early-trends/trends/labubu-case-study.html Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-10-31 Case studies Retrospective. Exciting Macaron was already scarce among art-toy buyers before Lisa’s April 2024 posts; restocks then sold out in minutes. We did not cover it live.