TREND REPORTS
Online Platform Use Has Barely Budged Since 2016
[Consumer]
2019/04/21 09:05
Share of U.S. adults using social media, including Facebook, is mostly unchanged since 2018.While many tech giants have lost credibility and trust in the eyes of the public, they haven’t lost many users. Between 2012 and 2015, each platform surveyed by Pew experienced healthy growth in the number of U.S. adults who said they use these social networks.From 2016 to 2019, the share of people repo...
The $50 Lab Burger Transforming Food
[Product]
2019/04/21 09:04
Impossible Foods has just launched its plant-based meat burger in Burger King.Bruce Friedrich has been a vegetarian for 30 years but he has recently been enjoying the taste of meat again.The burgers he has been tucking into have been described by Bill Gates as "the future of food" - lab-grown meat culled from the cells of animals.Mr Friedrich was at the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design...
The 'Pet Styler' is a Home Shower Designed for Your Dog
[Design]
2019/04/21 09:03
The latest project from seoul-based studio, S2VICTOR, is the ‘pet styler’ – a home shower designed specifically for man’s best friend. For anyone who has faced the challenge of cleaning their dog after a long, muddy walk, this design will provide a welcome relief from mud-spattered bathroom walls. the concept is an all-in-one shower unit, perfect in size for a small to medium sized dog.The...
(PDF) Deloitte - Global Powers of Luxury Goods 2019
[Business]
2019/04/18 11:38
Luxury goods market displays growth despite slowing economy. Digitization and growing millennials and Gen Z define the future.Bridging the gap between the old and the newDespite the recent slowdown of economic growth in major markets including China, the Eurozone and the US, the luxury goods market looks positive.In an age of fast changing trends, luxury companies have started to keep an eye on...
Milan Design Week 2019 : Dornbracht Plans Immersive VR Experience
[Design]
2019/04/18 11:38
German-based Dornbracht turns to virtual reality to build positive brand awareness.Spotted: German kitchen and bathroom manufacturer Dornbracht showed off its immersive virtual reality (VR) experience at this year’s Milan design week. The Is Memory Data? installation explored different ways to interact with water and consists of a simple bucket and hose. While visitors played with the real wat...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Ever-Changing Store : Taking an Agile, Customer-Centric Approach to Format Redesign
[Business]
2019/04/18 11:38
Many retailers believe—rightly—that format redesign is often too risky, takes too long, and costs too much. There’s a better way.The role of the store has changed. With customers increasingly shifting their spending online, it’s not enough for a brick-and-mortar store to be just a transactional venue. Instead, it now must serve as a brand-building environment in which customers can have spe...
NuvoAir Raises $3M to Help Patients Monitor Respiratory Diseases with AI
[Investing]
2019/04/18 11:38
With air quality not improving any time soon (hello pollution!) respiratory conditions are on the rise. This has created an opportunity for startups to employ smartphones to monitor respiratory diseases with apps and smart devices.ResApp’s smartphone app, called ResAppDx, diagnoses a wide range of respiratory illnesses accurately by using cough sounds. Healthymize listens for signals of COPD (...
After 60,000% Rally, America's Top Stock has Suddenly Gone Cold
[Investing]
2019/04/18 11:38
Who’s the biggest winner in the stock market this century? Amazon maybe? Or perhaps Apple? Up 2,300 percent and 5,300 since January 2000, respectively, they’re both good guesses.It turns out, though, that they’re not even close to the actual No. 1 stock in that period -- Monster Beverage. That’s right, the energy-drink company with the black and neon green label has dominated all other stoc...
We Now Live in a World With Customized Shampoo
[Product]
2019/04/18 11:37
With more data available, companies are personalizing everything from sports drinks to skin care to shampoo to suit individual needs.What does your sweat say about you?Gatorade thinks it says a lot. Using a sophisticated analysis of an individual’s perspiration, the sports-drink brand plans to introduce a line of products to personalize their beverages. Depending on whether you are trying to b...
