TREND REPORTS
Container Farms Add Local Flavor to Fresh Fruit Production
[Tech]
2016/11/27 11:07
Agricool focuses on growing fruit in its shipping container farms, rather than leafy greens.French startup Agricool believes the fruit flown around the world and stacked onto supermarkets shelves ain't what it used to be, so it has hatched a plan to recapture the authentic flavors of yesterday's fresh produce. The company has just raised €4 million (US$4.2 million) in funding to develop specia...
Amazon Is Dominating Online Retail Going Into the Holiday Shopping Season
[Business]
2016/11/27 11:06
Verto Analytics' stats reveal how the ecommerce giant has the digital pole position. Some might say it's Amazon's online world, and the rest of us are just browsing in it. And while virtually roaming Amazon's real estate, many people also spend a crazy of time and money purchasing things from the merchant.Verto Analytics just released data comparing the top 15 retailers based on the online acti...
(M&A) China’s Ctrip is Buying Flight Search Company Skyscanner for $1.74 Billion
[Investing]
2016/11/27 11:05
Skyscanner, the Scotland-based flight-search company, has been acquired by Chinese online travel giant Ctrip for £1.4 billion, or approximately $1.74 billion.The deal is predominantly cash and is expected to close before the end of this year. Once completed, Skyscanner will operate independently of Ctrip, both parties confirmed.Ctrip was founded in 1999, and it is China’s largest online trave...
The Black Friday Shopping Frenzy is Moving Further Online
[Business]
2016/11/27 11:04
Black Friday is fast approaching, which means it’s time again to look at how the retail landscape is changing.For brick-and-mortar stores, Thanksgiving weekend is still huge, but it’s increasingly losing relevance. According to the National Retail Federation, in-store foot traffic has fallen from 147 million in 2012 to 102 million in 2015, as more and more retailers start their promotions ear...
Microsoft "Color Binoculars" App Caters to The Colorblind
[Tech]
2016/11/27 11:03
Color Binoculars, a new mobile app from Microsoft Garage, helps colorblind ‘see’ the world the way others do.In most cases of colorblindness, people can actually see colors, but they have difficulty telling some of them apart. While there are corrective glasses that help enhance contrast, they cost several hundred dollars. That's why two Microsoft software engineers developed Color Binoculars...
The Great Influencer
[Consumer]
2016/11/27 11:02
The rise of social media over the past decade has not only changed the way people communicate, it has undoubtedly also had an impact on how they shop, be it online or at a boutique around the corner. Before making a purchase, consumers now have the chance to scroll through thousands of product photos on Instagram or Pinterest, look for promotions on a retailer’s Facebook page or scroll through...
The Swipe Door Handle for Sanitation
[Design]
2016/11/27 11:01
So swiping isn’t just good for your love life, it’s a great hygienic habit too! That sentence didn’t make sense, right? The Swipe door handle disinfectant takes the fun element from Tinder and makes it a healthy practice. The product fits on cylindrical door handles and simply slides from left to right and back. Each swipe coats the door handle with a layer of disinfectant, eliminating all g...
(PDF) Deloitte - The New Digital Divide : The Future of Digital Influence in Retail
[Business]
2016/11/24 11:10
Today, retailers almost universally recognize that digital has reshaped customer behavior and shopping forever. So why are so many traditional brick-and-mortar retailers still so far behind at creating the digital experiences that customers really want?This, the 2016 version of Deloitte’s New digital divide report, deepens our exploration of the growing gap between the digital experiences that...
(M&A) New York Times, Verizon, News Corp In A Rush To Grab Media Startups
[Investing]
2016/11/24 11:09
There have been nearly 30 M&A deals by large media corporates in 2016 year-to-date.[click to enlarge]This year has seen a series of moves that further consolidate the media landscape. Verizon is close to acquiring Yahoo, the creation of Group Nine Media came out of the merger of 4 distinct digital media companies, and NBC acquired DreamWorks Animation for approximately $3.8B.Media giants ha...
