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ANZA Squeezer Toothbrush Concept Squeezes Your Toothpaste Till The Last Drops
[Design]
2024/07/15 09:03
ANZA Squeezer Toothbrush is a unique project to solve our daily needs and frustrations. After hearing his son to keep on asking him to squeeze the toothpaste, Davide Anzalone decided to design a multipurpose toothbrush.Whenever the toothpaste is about to run out, we often squeeze the tube to push even the last drop of toothpaste to exit the hole and use it. As far as I know, everyone does this....
Harvard Business Review - How Starbucks Devalued Its Own Brand
[Business]
2024/07/12 09:10
Starbucks is struggling. It has strayed from its successful strategy of offering customers exceptional experiences and, in the process, has commoditized itself. This article analyzes where it went wrong and offers ideas for how the company can turn itself around. It holds lessons for other companies that compete by providing customers distinctive experiences.Starbucks is in trouble again. In it...
(PDF) Deloitte - An Update on Consumer Sentiment in Asia-Pacific
[Consumer]
2024/07/12 09:09
McKinsey’s latest ConsumerWise Survey finds consumers in the region reacting differently to ongoing economic uncertainty. Companies should take note.Consumers in leading Asia-Pacific (APAC) markets have become more cautious and thoughtful since the beginning of this year. McKinsey’s latest ConsumerWise Survey finds that a growing number of consumers are trading down to save money, although ma...
AI Video Startup Captions Valued at USD 500M in USD 60M Series C
[Investing]
2024/07/12 09:08
AI video editing startup Captions announced on July 9, 2024, that it had raised USD 60m in a Series C funding round, bringing its total funds raised thus far to USD 100m. The company’s valuation was also pegged at USD 500m.The lead investor was Index Ventures, which also backed DeepL’s most recent funding round, which raised USD 300m and valued the company at USD 2bn.In a tweet announcing the...
How Affluent Chinese Women are Shaping the Future of Luxury Travel
[Business]
2024/07/12 09:07
The new generation of wealthy female travelers in China now seeks far more than shopping or selfies. Seventy-one percent of affluent Chinese female travelers now prefer to invest in travel and experiences rather than material goods. Key TakeawaysAffluent Chinese women, particularly millennials and Gen Xers, are driving luxury travel trends, with 71% preferring experiences over material goods.82...
Inflatable House Delivers Quick Comfort to Your Camping Adventures - The Exod POD-01
[Product]
2024/07/12 09:06
The Exod POD-01 is quick to set up but fairly hefty in terms of weight, so it's best for car camping.Inspired by the technology behind super-strong kite-surfing wings, French company Exod has developed the Air Station POD-01, a portable, inflatable housing solution. The capsule inflates in five minutes and has enough room for up to four people.While tents have gotten quicker to put up over the...
Amazon at 30 : All Grown Up
[Business]
2024/07/12 09:05
30 years ago, on July 5, 1994, Jeff Bezos founded a company called Cadabra, Inc. While that may not ring a bell with everyone, the company’s later name certainly will: Amazon.com. The story goes that Bezos quickly changed the name to Amazon after a lawyer had misheard the original name as “cadaver” – and the rest is history. On July 16, 1995, the unheard-of company from Seattle launched a w...
Like Most Americans, McDonald’s has Given Up on Beyond Meat
[Investing]
2024/07/12 09:04
The McPlant is dead, long live the $5 deal.McDonald’s will likely be meat-free-free in America for the foreseeable future, after the company confirmed at a WSJ forum on Wednesday that the McPlant, a burger made in collaboration with Beyond Meat, failed when it was rolled out in hundreds of locations across California and Texas in 2022.That’s a sizable setback for Beyond, which, despite some s...
(Video) Revolutionary Three-Wheel Electric Trike is like a Car with Pedal-Powered Battery
[Product]
2024/07/12 09:03
The world of mobility is evolving rapidly. After electric cars and e-bikes, make way for Twike: an electric bike designed like a car and driven using joysticks, reminiscent of old arcade games. This is not fiction but a continuous endeavor by automaker TWIKE GmbH to create a human-powered hybrid vehicle aimed at providing a sustainable mode of transportation. The German manufacturer of battery-...
