TREND REPORTS
JAB Upends Coffee Trading
[Business]
2019/03/04 11:12
The owner of Peet’s and Pret a Manger is pressuring suppliers already ground down by low prices.Brazil, guatemala or Kenya are the sorts of exotic locations that most people would associate with the cup of coffee that kickstarts their day. But increasingly it is Luxembourg that is providing the coffee business with an industrial shot of caffeine. jab Holding, a private-investment company based...
Mojio Raises $40M to Monetize Connected Car Data
[Investing]
2019/03/04 11:12
There will be an estimated 200 million connected cars on the world’s roads by 2020, a number that could rise to nearly 500 million in the U.S., Europe, and China alone by 2025. One of the big by-products of all these connected automobiles is data — location data, diagnostic data, drivers’ behavioral data, and more — which presents a lucrative opportunity for myriad applications and services...
Are Beer Sales Declining Carbs Push Drinkers To Wine, Tequila
[Business]
2019/03/04 11:12
U.S. drinkers ordering vodka sodas don’t want all the calories and carbs.At a recent frat party in the backroom of a Manhattan bar, beer was scarce. Students were instead sipping a more popular concoction that might make some drinkers’ stomachs churn: tequila with soda water.James Houk, 21, was drinking a gin-and-tonic. The Columbia University senior’s friends say they’ll still buy a 30-rac...
FedEx’s Autonomous Delivery Robot will Begin Rolling Out Summer 2019
[Product]
2019/03/04 11:12
FedEx this summer plans to begin testing a robot to handle home deliveries for partners ranging from Walmart to Pizza Hut.Shippers, retailers and restaurants are experimenting with robots, drones and self-driving cars in a bid to use automation to drive down the high cost of delivering gadgets, groceries and even cups of coffee the “last mile” to consumer doorsteps.FedEx is teaming up with De...
Generation Z is Stressed, Depressed and Exam-Obsessed
[Consumer]
2019/03/04 11:12
For most youngsters getting good grades is a bigger worry than drinking or unplanned pregnancies.MOVE OVER, millennials. Young people now belong to “Generation Z”: a cohort which demographers usually define as people born since 1997. Researchers have devoted lots of effort to understanding the attitudes and experiences of people born in the 1980s and early 1990s (that is, millennials or gener...
The Quadra Riding Suitcases
[Design]
2019/03/04 11:11
The Quadra is a winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award for the year 2018.Admitted it’ll take a while for ‘riding suitcases’ to become a norm of sorts, but the Quadra is ideal for people who can’t lug their luggage around with them. Whether it’s a traveler with fatigue, a flyer who’s running late for a flight, or perhaps the noblest scenario, an elderly traveler or a traveler with spec...
Monthly Trend Report - March. 2019 Editiion
[Trendbird]
2019/03/04 11:11
MONTHLY TREND REPORT - March. 2019 Edition Released !TRENDBIRD (What's the Next Big Thing ?) is a Global Trend Research & Consulting Service that Instantly Delivers Industry Expert Information on Emerging Trends & Future Business Opportunities from Around the World, Ahead of The Curve." 600여개의 글로벌 리딩기업 CEO/경영진과 미래전략실에서 10년이상 구독중인 재계약율 +90%의 Trendbird Pre...
IKEA Gunrid Air-Purifying Curtain Fights Pollution Inside Your Home
[Product]
2019/03/01 16:48
The technology works like photosynthesis, using sunlight and a chemical coating to destroy indoor pollutants.The World Health Organization says that air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk on the planet. It causes heart and respiratory disease, cancer, and stroke. Scientists attribute 1 of every 8 deaths caused by those diseases to pollution. And if you think you’re safe at home...
(PDF) Capgemini - Conversational Commerce : The Future for Brands is Conversational
[Business]
2019/02/26 16:48
Consumers are adopting smart speakers an order of magnitude faster than they did the smartphone. The devices, and the voice assistants which inhabit them, will change shopping forever, creating a new era: Conversational Commerce.This paper explains how it will accelerate the changes e-commerce is already creating in consumer industries; how it results in a new, emotionally engaged relationship...
