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Adidas's Futurecraft.Loop is a Zero-Waste, Sustainable Sneaker
[Product]
2019/04/21 09:08
The Futurecraft Loop performance running shoes can be returned to Adidas, where they will be ground up to make more shoes, again and again.So, recycling is a mess. Manufacturers have sold us on the idea that it's the consumer's responsibility to recycle the manufacturer's product, ostensibly relieving the manufacturer of responsibility for all the trash their products generate. Meanwhile, despi...
CBD Goes Mainstream
[Business]
2019/04/21 09:07
CR surveyed more than one thousand CBD users nationwide to find out whether it’s changing their lives—and how.A mother uses CBD to treat her son’s seizures. A veteran hopes it will help her wean off opioids. A dietitian says it helps her sleep through the night. Even a pet owner uses it to calm his anxious Saint Bernard. These are just some of the estimated 64 million Americans who have trie...
A Max Levchin-Backed Startup Raises $19 Million To Tackle Online Returns
[Investing]
2019/04/21 09:06
Returnly is helping thousands of retailers turn returns back into sales by offering shoppers instant store credit for unwanted items. We have all been there: You buy a jacket or pair of shoes online and they don’t fit or the color is all wrong. When you find the time, you head to the post office to drop off the item and then wait a few weeks for the refund to hit your bank account.A San Franci...
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...
