TREND REPORTS
America's Top Retailers in Trouble - Macy's is Closing 100 Stores
[Business]
2016/08/15 11:41
In a sign of how dramatically the retail shopping landscape is changing, Macy's is closing 100 of its stores nationwide.Macy's (M) announced the closures Thursday. They represent about 15% of all Macy's department stores. The iconic retailer did not disclose the locations of stores, but said most of them will be shut down in early 2017.The Macy's move is the latest in a wave of store closures a...
(Video) Domino's Pizza - The House of Crust
[Business]
2016/08/15 11:09
Together with Geometry Global, Domino’s Pizza created a simple and functional solution - a pizza box which can be easily transformed into a bird feeder to store the pizza crust leftovers. A Domino’s pizza is ordered every second in Russia and so the company held the key to helping the birds. As well as an eye-catching design, the pizza box has a simple folding mechanism which enables customer...
In Praise of Failure
[Investing]
2016/08/15 11:08
In most jobs and most industries, if you do something that doesn't work out, that's a bad thing, and you might get fired. If you write a cover story for a newspaper that turns out to be untrue, you have a problem. If you ship a product that breaks, you have a problem.If you do something that doesn't work out, that means you screwed up. Startups and startup investing don't quite work like this.L...
Audi eROT Suspension Harvests Energy as It Rides The Bumps
[Tech]
2016/08/15 11:07
Is this the biggest development in suspension tech since Citroen's hydropneumatic design? [click to enlarge]French carmaker Citroën forever changed the automotive world when it debuted its hydropneumatic suspension system first in the 1954 Traction Avant, and in its more advanced form in the 1955 DS. Traditional suspension systems use coil springs and dampers to absorb bumps, but Citroen rad...
Acquisitions of Digital Agencies, Ad-Tech and Analytics Firms Surge
[Investing]
2016/08/15 11:06
Chinese Firms and Nontraditional Players Such as IBM and Deloitte Move In.Mergers and acquisitions targeting digital agencies, ad tech companies and analytics firms surged worldwide in the first half, independent global marketing consultancy R3 said in a report on Wednesday.The marketing industry overall saw 204 M&A deals in the first six months of the year, totaling an estimated $6.8 billi...
First Cabin Kansai Airport : New Budget Hotel Ideal for Overnight Passengers
[Product]
2016/08/15 11:05
A new inexpensive hotel will open in Kansai International Airport in March 2017 in the style of a capsule hotel.Guests to the tentatively named First Cabin Kansai Airport in the Aeroplaza complex near terminal 1 building can stay in mini booth-type rooms, designed for passengers hoping to get a few hours’ rest before a flight. A stay will cost as little as ¥5,000 per person.From the look of t...
The Right Kind of Wall - Split Washer
[Design]
2016/08/15 11:04
If you want to fully understand laundry woes, live the bachelor life. I’ve got like ten items of clothing in total and when I run a wash, I’d like to finish washing them all at once. Which means my woolens, whites, jeans, and colored clothes all have their little weekly pool party. My whites are this warm grey, my woolens look like ‘smelly cat’ and my regular clothes just about look like cl...
(Video) HoloLens Projects Legendary Characters Onto Your Desk
[Tech]
2016/08/11 11:01
Legendary Pictures is using HoloLens to bring its characters to life as holograms.With AR in the spotlight thanks to the runaway success of Pokemon Go, many heads might be turning towards Microsoft's HoloLens, the AR headset that lets users see 3D holograms in the living room. Though a consumer version might be a long way off, Microsoft is trickling out details about how its partners are experi...
Amazon and Google Change the R&D Race
[Business]
2016/08/11 11:01
The numbers for another quarter are in, and it's becoming ever clearer that Amazon.com and Google's parent company, Alphabet, are pulling away from their U.S. peers in research and development spending:The U.S. R&D Leaders - Trailing 12 months research and development spending*As noted in the chart, though, there is something a little bit different about Amazon's (huge) number. There's no r...
