TREND REPORTS
Meet The New ‘Meat’ Eater
[Consumer]
2019/08/06 11:01
Meat alternatives have made a big splash in consumer packaged goods (CPG), and sales are on the rise. But are manufacturers and retailers doing enough to educate consumers in this space? Getting consumers to try trendy plant-based foods is one thing, but encouraging long-term adoption and lifestyle change is another. Today’s shoppers are, in many cases, omnivores, but they’re playing the fiel...
Barneys Nears Bankruptcy Filing With Plans to Close Most Stores
[Business]
2019/08/06 11:00
Retailer in talks with lenders to keep open seven stores, secure financing that would give it time to find a buyer. The restructuring plan under discussion calls for Barneys to immediately shut down most of its locations and look for a buyer for seven core stores. Barneys New York Inc. is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection and nearing an agreement with lenders for a financing package t...
(Paper) Advance in Bulk Hair-Regrowth Technology Keeps Follicles Coming Thicker and Faster
[Tech]
2019/08/06 11:00
Advance in bulk hair-regrowth technology keeps follicles coming thicker and faster. Though still a while away, hair regrowth science continues to inch toward real-world applications. Outside of expensive transplants and drugs with questionable effectiveness, a proper treatment has continued to elude the great number of scientists working in the realm of hair loss. But sources of optimism are ne...
5 Things to Know About the Exploding World of Pro Gaming
[Business]
2019/08/06 11:00
Tennis stars Serena Williams and Roger Federer will be criss-crossing New York’s Arthur Ashe Stadium when the US Open begins later this month, each battling for $3.85 million in prize money.But the arena has just hosted a very different kind of “sporting” event, with a prize of $3 million – and not a real ball or racket in sight.American teenager Kyle Giersdorf, aka “Bugha”, won the solo...
Rizoma Design Challenge Winner : The Triangular Tryal Electric Motorcycle
[Design]
2019/08/06 11:00
A mini-motorcycle has won the rizoma design challenge, which saw designers come up digitally rendered body concepts and accessories. the challenge called for ideas that would contribute to the future of motorcycling. Its winning design was by erik askin, the associate design director at new deal design in san francisco, who designed an electric motorcycle with a triangular body.Called tryal, th...
(Infographic) Visualizing the Boom in the CBD Beverage Market
[Business]
2019/08/06 11:00
It’s safe to say that the cascade of cannabis legislation has sent the world into a constant state of flux. We are witnessing a seismic shift in culture, as cannabis steps out of the black market and into unexpected industries—from big pharma, to beauty, and now to beverages.According to Zenith Global, the U.S. CBD-infused drinks market will reach an estimated $1.4 billion by 2023, making it...
(Patent) Walmart's Patent Reveals That a Walmart Coin Could be in the Works
[Tech]
2019/08/05 11:32
Walmart is looking into its own US dollar-backed digital currency, along the same lines of Facebook’s much hyped Libra project.A patent application outlines a method for “generating one digital currency unit by tying the one digital currency unit to a regular currency; storing information of the one digital currency unit into a block of a blockchain; buying or paying the one digital currency...
Global E-Commerce 2019
[Business]
2019/08/05 11:32
eMarketer estimate that the global retail market will reach $25.038 trillion in 2019, an increase of 4.5% and slight acceleration in growth vs. the prior year. At the same time, it represents a marked decline from the five years preceding that, when global retail sales grew between 5.7% and 7.5% each year.This consumer spending slowdown over the past two years reflects growing economic uncertai...
Tesla Outs New Megapack Battery for Massive, Modular Clean Energy Storage
[Tech]
2019/08/05 11:32
Tesla's Megapack batteries can hook up directly to solar via a DC connection for wall-to-wall renewable plants.Two short years ago, Tesla pieced together the world's largest battery for the state of South Australia, and with great effect. The company is continuing its moves in this space with a massive new battery dubbed the Megapack, of which it says enough units can be linked together to take...
