Since the survey’s inception 16 years ago, Piper Jaffray has surveyed approximately 130,000 teens and collected nearly 35 million data points on teen spending in fashion, beauty and personal care, digital media, food, gaming and entertainment. KEY FINDINGS FROM THE SURVEY IN FASHION AND BEAUTY, DIGITAL MEDIA, FOOD, GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:While overall teen spending is d...

What if your reflection in the mirror could tell you to get your lazy butt back to the gym? We have the technology. A San Francisco startup called Naked Labs began taking preorders for its 3-D body scanning system today.CEO and co-founder Farhad Farahbakhshian says the company’s Naked 3D Fitness Tracker was designed for individuals or families who want to measure their progress on physical fit...

China’s love affair with physical beauty is helping to fuel a selfie-editing app’s valuation of $3 billion.Meitu Inc. is shooting for at least that much in its latest funding round, according to people familiar with the company, a target that would make it one of China’s 10 largest private startups and eclipse household-names like Yelp Inc.It’s banking on China’s growing pre-occupation wit...

Privacy.com aims to ease consumer fears with its first consumer product, ‘Pay with Privacy’ — a solution that allows for the creation of “burner” digital Visa cards.With nearly 70 percent of American’s shopping online at least once monthly, it’s safe to say that our online Amazon binges are officially a “thing.”Unfortunately, another “thing” that’s quickly pervading the online shopp...

The new toothpaste aims to tackle dental decay through a slow release of calcium, phosphate and fluoride ions. A new toothpaste technology, known as BioMin, is designed to replace minerals lost from tooth enamel, working while the user sleeps to prevent decay. Available to dentists as a toothpaste called BioMinF, and set to be marketed to consumers in the near future, the product is long-acting...

With Danone’s mission to bring healthy food to as many people as possible, they identified the opportunity to develop a truly great tasting Greek Style yogurt brand with real fruit pieces. Aimed at young adults, Light & Free has over 30% fewer calories than most full fat fruit yogurts and is made with no added sugar and zero fat, it contains naturally occurring sugars to meet the needs of...

New Study Shows Millennials Prefer Short Mobile Videos, While Older Crowds Like Long-form . The difference between 10 and 30 seconds. A new study says millennials who view videos on their phones resonate more with brands that take a short-form approach to spots, while older audiences tend to agree more with the traditional 30-second length.The study, conducted by IAB in partnership with Millwar...

Researchers at the University of Sussex are working to augment palm-based displays by adding tactile sensations to the mix.From buzzing phones to quivering console controllers, haptic feedback has become indispensable in modern computing, and developers are already wondering how it will be felt in systems of the future. Sending ultrasound waves through the back of the hand to deliver tactile se...

The yogurt wars are in full swing in the US. It’s a fast-paced, quickly-changing, promotional battlefield that in just five years has upended a multi-billion industry, giving way to dozens of new competitors and making yogurt the most cutthroat section of the grocery store.That’s a big change from before 2010, when the yogurt aisle was mostly undisturbed territory. There were options, of cour...