TREND REPORTS
US Electric Car Sales Report - EV Sales Up 130% In 2018, 210% In Q4 2018
[Business]
2019/01/07 11:07
The big electric vehicles sales stories these days are generally about the Tesla Model 3 walloping the competition. Nonetheless, we like to go back to our roots and explore overall electric vehicle growth at least once a quarter. The problem is that almost all of the positivity comes from Tesla.As you can see above, several fully electric models saw their sales decline in the 4th quarter of 201...
(M&A) Juul Employees Get a Special $2 Billion Bonus from Tobacco Giant Altria
[Investing]
2019/01/07 11:07
Juul employees stand to receive a $2 billion dividend from Altria as part of the tobacco giant's deal announced Thursday, according to people familiar with the plan. The bonus averages out to roughly $1.3 million for each of Juul's roughly 1,500 employees.Altria invested $12.8 billion for a 35 percent stake in Juul that values the e-cigarette company at $38 billion.Juul's 1,500 employees are ge...
Luxury Brands are Already Feeling the China Burn
[Business]
2019/01/07 11:06
Chinese shoppers are buying fewer smartphones. Expensive handbags and watches could be next.European luxury stocks were hit Thursday after Apple (AAPL) said it sold fewer iPhones than expected in the final three months of 2018 because of a sharp economic slowdown in China.Shares in LVMH (LVMUY), which owns brands including Fendi and Louis Vuitton, were down 3%. Burberry (BURBY) stock plunged 5....
All of the Top 10 Fastest Growing Cities in the World are in India
[Investing]
2019/01/07 11:06
Think of the world’s wealthiest cities: New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles and London probably spring to mind. But based on annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth Asian cities – particularly those in India – are powering ahead of other urban economies.According to research institute Oxford Economics, all the top 10 fastest-growing cities by GDP between 2019 and 2035 will be in India.Surat, a l...
(CES 2019) Neutrogena to Launch Personalised 3D Printed Face Masks
[Product]
2019/01/07 11:06
Following the release of its skin360 last year, a scanner tool that plugs into smartphones for an at-home analysis of a person’s skin conditions, neutrogena is now taking personalized skincare a step further with maskiD. Developed to produce customized, 3D-printed beauty masks, the iOS app works by capturing an image of the user’s face through the phone’s 3-D camera, and analyzing it to prov...
(Infographic) The 20 Internet Giants That Rule the Web
[Business]
2019/01/07 11:06
With each passing year, an increasingly large segment of the population no longer remembers images loading a single pixel row at a time, the earsplitting sound of a 56k modem, or the domination of web portals.Many of the top websites in 1998 were basically news aggregators or search portals, which are easy concepts to understand. Today, brand touch-points are often spread out between devices (e...
CES 2019 : This Kettle Heats Water as You Pour It - HeatWorks
[Product]
2019/01/07 11:05
The Heatworks Duo carafe heats water as it pours, and to precise temperatures.Never wait for water to boil again. The Heatworks Duo Smart Untethered Carafe heats water as you pour it. Just fill the Duo with cool water, and the carafe delivers hot H2O to your cup. It also lets you set the precise temperature you desire. Water decanted from the Duo is heated to plus or minus one degree of your se...
(Patent) Microsoft Patent Suggests You Inhale Whisper to Your Voice Assistants
[Tech]
2019/01/06 09:10
The idea is to make it less awkward to use them in public.While voice assistants have grown in popularity over recent years, many people still hesitate to use them in public spaces, and that's a problem Microsoft is looking to tackle. In a patent filing, the company notes that for a number of reasons -- not wanting to disturb those nearby, not wanting to share private information around strange...
(PDF) Mckinsey - 10 Trends Shaping Fintech : Synergy and Disruption
[Business]
2019/01/06 09:09
As the fintech landscape continues to evolve, a look at the newest developments from across the globe.Fintech, the portmanteau of finance and technology, represents the collision of two worlds—and the evolution of the use of technology in financial services. Financial services and technology are locked in a firm embrace, and with this union comes both disruption and synergies.Financial institu...
