Ralph Lauren holds the #1 ranking for the world’s top 10 luxury brand cafés, with Ralph’s Coffee scoring 94.3 out of 100 across search trends, social media, media coverage, and prestige, ahead of Dior, Louis Vuitton, and Prada.In this RB Insight, we break down how ten different brands turned a café into a measurable retail strategy, and why the highest-prestige name is not the same as the most-searched one.Ralph’s Coffee wins on reach, with roughly 30 locations across three continents, with new sites in Newport Beach, Boston, and Saint-...

Pocket, a device designed to capture AIconversations, has raised $11 million from Accel and Y Combinator. The company says it has shipped 35,000 units and reached $27 million in annualised revenue.This funding arrives at a time when the AI hardware sector has seen several high-profile failures, making Pocket’s revenue one of the strongest in the field so far.Enterprise customers like DoorDash have started using the device, showing that Pocket has moved beyond being just a novelty for tech enthusiasts and is now meeting real business needs.I...

Procurement organizations stand at a major inflection point as artificial intelligence transitions from an isolated support tool into an autonomous, agent-driven capability. According to an executive perspective report published in July 2026 by Boston Consulting Group, titled From AI Assistance to Agentic Orchestration with Applied AI Procurement, the next wave of corporate value will not originate from basic conversational copilots or task-level productivity hacks. Instead, enterprise impact requires deploying autonomous AI agents capable o...

Louis vuitton drops new monogram visuals by Hugo Michaudel @hugo.mchdl who gives a fresh take on the houses iconic motifs across three standout collections: the sport capsule, pre-fall 25, and spring/ summer 26.French luxury powerhouse Louis Vuitton has unveiled a striking new visual artwork series created by digital artist Hugo Michaudel, reimagining the heritage brand's iconic Monogram across its Sport Capsule, Pre-Fall '25, and Spring/Summer '26 collections. Spotlighted in creative design coverage on plastik's Instagram post, the campaign...

Results from a Merck-Moderna partnership validate years of research into a new approach to cancer. treatmentAn experimental mRNA-based vaccine from Moderna and Merck succeeded in preventing cancer from returning or spreading in high-risk melanoma patients.The late-stage study tested the personalized vaccine intismeran in combination with Merck’s cancer immunotherapy Keytruda.Moderna hopes to have the drug on the market in 2027.An experimental mRNA-based vaccine succeeded in preventing cancer from coming back or spreading in a study of high-...

Once defined primarily by European heritage and centuries-old brand narratives, the global luxury skincare sector is undergoing a profound structural shift. Today’s discerning consumers are increasingly looking beyond geographic provenance, demanding scientific innovation, regenerative performance, and clinically verified efficacy. At the epicenter of this global transformation is South Korea, whose tightly integrated ecosystem—uniting cosmetics brands, biotechnology firms, specialized dermatologists, and aesthetic clinics—has elevated K-...

If you’re a frequent flyer, 2026 hasn’t really been your year so far. There was the government shutdown that plunged airports into chaos due to TSA staff shortages and - an even bigger nuisance for most - the war in Iran sent jet fuel prices surging, resulting in airline fares that are near historic highs.Over the past twelve months, the Consumer Price Index for airline fares increased 25.5 percent, bringing prices to levels last seen in 2022, when high jet fuel prices due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine coincided with pent-up travel dema...

Most electric cars spend a lot of time doing absolutely nothing. They’re parked outside work. Parked at home. Sitting in a driveway. Waiting in a shopping center while their owners disappear inside for 45 minutes. Deep Orange 17 basically looks at all that wasted time and says: what if the car could do something useful while it’s sitting there?Developed by graduate students of Clemson University Deep Orange with BMW of North America, Deep Orange 17 is a lightweight electric coupe built around a slightly unusual idea: generate more energy d...

1. (PDF) McKinsey 보고서 - 소비자가 재편하는 모빌리티의 미래재무적 제약과 실속형 차량 선호: 물가 상승과 고금리 여파로 전 세계 소비자의 32%가 차기 차량 구매를 연기하고 45%가 차급 낮춤을 고려하며, $40,000 이하 저가형 A/B 세그먼트 선호도 증가.대중형 EV 확산과 브랜드 충성도 약화: 구매 기준이 브랜드 헤리티지에서 ADAS 및 소프트웨어로 이동하는 가운데 소비자의 28%가 브랜드 교체를 희망하며, 배터리 용량 증대로 차량 가격과 개인 충전기 접근성이 대중화의 핵심 변수로 부상.중국 OEM의 부상과 AI 기반 옴니채널 구매: 중국 OEM이 압도적 가성비와 스마트 콕핏 기술...