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...

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...

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...

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 (...

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...

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...

This is the Vitrine. It isn’t a TV, but it’s more of a smart glass cabinet. The prototype TV is made of a simple wood frame holding what looks like a single pane of glass at a slight angle.It's only when the TV is switched on that it becomes apparent that the "glass" is actually an OLED screen. All the electronic components are hidden within the frame. Panasonic Design describes the televisio...

Did you know that a majority of the global population doesn’t have access to quality financial assets?In advanced economies, we are lucky to have simple options to grow and protect our wealth. Banks are all over the place, markets are robust, and we can invest our money into assets like stocks or bonds at the drop of a hat.In the United States, roughly 52% of people are invested in the stock m...

Own a PlayStation VR headset? One day you might be able to watch esports leagues from inside virtual reality.Sony recently filed a patent application titled “Spectator View Into An Interactive Gaming World Showcased In A Live Event Held In A Real-World Venue.” The patent describes using an array of cameras to make the VR user feel as if they’re attending the tournament.The cameras and microp...