Table 2 Findings highlighted by color for apparel and home furnishings

Yellow

Observed more frequent cycles in HF than AP

Multiple periods of disappearance in AP and HF

Short cycles in AP and medium cycles in HF (longer cycles toward the end of the period)

Orange

Similar observations for AP and HF

Multiple short cycles and a few medium length cycles

Sometimes exhibited behavior similar to a fad with clear cyclical patterns

Red

Only two observed cycles in AP, dropped below 5% only once

Sometimes exhibited behavior similar to a classic in AP

Short and medium length cycles observed in HF

Purple

Observed cyclical behavior in AP and HF

Frequent periods of disappearance in HF

Cycle lengths increased over time in HF but decreased in AP

Data suggested cycles occur first in AP then HF

Blue

Similar observations in AP and HF, ranked 3rd in incidences for both

Similar cycle length ranges—short, medium, long

Few periods of disappearance in both categories

Green

Observed almost twice as many incidences in HF

Frequent instances of disappearance in AP

Observed a time lag between AP and HF, data suggested cycles occur first in HF then AP

Brown

Highest incidence of all HF colors

Sometimes exhibited behavior similar to a classic in AP and HF

Cycles were more frequent and shorter in AP

Data suggested cycles occur first in HF then AP

Grey

Similar observations in AP and HF

Exhibited cyclical behavior for both with frequent periods of disappearance

Sometimes exhibited behavior similar to a fad with clear cyclical patterns

Data suggested cycles occurred first in HF then AP

Black

Highest incidence of all AP colors

Frequent periods of disappearance and low incidence in HF

Exhibited behavior similar to a classic in AP

White

Few periods of disappearance in AP and HF

Exhibited behavior similar to a classic in AP and HF

Data displayed some parallel patterns