TREND REPORTS
Vinted Raises $27M More to Grow Its Secondhand Clothing Marketplace Globally
[Investing]
2015/12/15 12:11
Vinted, a marketplace for people to buy, swap, or donate unwanted clothing, has raised another $27 million to grow into new markets outside Europe and the U.S.Founded out of Vilnius, Lithuania in 2008, Vinted claims north of 11 million members around the world, and is open for business in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, and Lithuania, though it is particularly...
Bicycle Inner Tube is Promised to Pump Itself Up as You Ride
[Tech]
2015/12/15 12:11
The PumpTube is claimed to use wheel motion to draw air into itself.It was three years ago that we first heard about inventor Benjamin Krempel's PumpTire – it was a prototype bicycle tire that used wheel motion to keep itself inflated. While it was an interesting idea, it would require users to give up their existing tires, plus the peristaltic pumping mechanism would be compromised once the t...
(Video) High Desert Maker Mill & Digital Scan 3D Present Shapify Booth & Artec 3D Scanners
[Product]
2015/12/15 12:11
Bend, Oregon is not just all about tourists headed to the snowy slopes or backpackers making tracks on scenic trails–just as their High Desert Maker Mill is not just about a group of makers showing up to casually huddle around a 3D printer or two. A couple hundred miles southeast of Portland, Bend has had a population explosion in the past two decades even with its more remote locale, and is n...
Air Purification of Another Kind
[Design]
2015/12/15 12:10
The HuB Smart Dehumidifier aims at reducing the humidity by minimizing the moisture in the air. You’ve heard of humidifiers, but there’s also a large market for dehumidifiers. Countries with a lot of atmospheric humidity experience intolerable summers because of this. I say that with full confidence as an Indian. It comes bundled with its own app, that allows you to remotely set the desired h...
World’s First Wind Turbine Amusement Park is Dutch-Made, Everyone-Approved
[Consumer]
2015/12/14 11:05
An energy company wants to educate the public about sustainability and renewable energy with fun as its propaganda tool.Qurrent, a Dutch renewable energy company, believes that fun and sustainability can both be achieved by using wind turbines to power an amusement park. Don’t believe it? Qurrent collaborated with Jora Entertainment to come up with the design of the theme park as well as the a...
(PDF) Why Robots May Soon Replace Fast-Food Employees
[Business]
2015/12/14 11:05
Imagine if the assembly line at your local McDonald's was as automated as the ones that make cars in Detroit.Farfetched? A new report from financial services firm Cornerstone Capital Group makes a solid case that humans behind the counter may be going the way of the McD.L.T. The chief factors are a climate change-induced spiking of food prices, the uncertain consequences of Obamacare — which c...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Why Agility Pays
[Business]
2015/12/14 11:05
New research shows that the trick for companies is to combine speed with stability.Over the past decade, we’ve studied the impact of a wide range of management practices on different dimensions of organizational health.1 This analysis, based on surveys of more than two million respondents at over 1,000 companies, has become a stable baseline for understanding the incremental contributions of s...
(Video) Cinematique Lets Brands Sell Directly Through Video
[Business]
2015/12/14 11:05
For years, we’ve heard whispers of shoppable video. Imagine watching your favorite TV show or a music video online and being able to instantly purchase an item that appeals to you, from a shade of lipstick to a particular pair of boots.But it seems the trend is finally coming to fruition.Interlude recently raised $18.2 million from MGM, Warner Music, Samsung, Sequoia Capital, Intel Capital and...
9 Consecutive Billion-Dollar Days of Online Desktop Spending Mark the Longest Streak Ever
[Business]
2015/12/14 11:05
The dust is finally beginning to settle after a busy last couple of weeks for retailers. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are now in the rearview mirror, allowing us to temporarily hit cruise control in the week ahead of Green Monday and reflect on how the busiest shopping period of the year has performed up to this point. Through the first 36 days of the November-December 2015 holiday season, com...
