TREND REPORTS
Online Retailers are Getting Shoppers to Pay Up-front Fees in Exchange for Benefits
[Consumer]
2015/07/09 11:06
Amazon Prime is the most widely known and used online membership program. And it's been so successful for the company that other online retailers are now beginning to explore their own up-front, fee-based programs.Google, Instacart, Jet, Sephora, and Thrive Market have each formed some type of members-only program for online shoppers that gives consumers added benefits in exchange for an up-fro...
Karmic Labs Gets $5M to Give Every Employee a Company Card
[Investing]
2015/07/09 11:05
Karmic Labs wants to deliver the future of expense management. To get there it just raised $5 million, with Greycroft Partners leading the funding round.Karmic Labs‘ product is called Dash. Dash offers clients of the company’s expense-management software an unlimited number of MasterCard debit cards, all of which managers can control in real time through the Dash app.The cards are free for cl...
Switzerland Begins Postal Delivery by Drone
[Business]
2015/07/09 11:04
Swiss postal service says tests will run until the end of July although the widespread use of drones is not likely to kick in for another five years.Switzerland’s postal service said on Tuesday it had begun testing parcel deliveries by unmanned drones, although widespread use of the flying postmen is not likely to kick in for another five years.Postal service executives showed off the drones f...
Adidas Uses Ocean Trash to Make Footwear – and a Statement
[Design]
2015/07/09 11:03
Adidas and Parley For The Oceans Showcase Sustainability Innovation At UN Climate Change Event.Recently, the Alfred-Wegener-Institut, a German center for polar and marine research, sent out a strong warning about fundamental changes that are occurring in those ecosystems. But awareness is growing and the fight to preserve the oceans has found an ally in Adidas, which has teamed with conservatio...
(Patent) Google Wants You to Use Your Fingers to Take Photos
[Tech]
2015/07/08 15:57
If you’ve ever pretended you were a director, framing shots with your fingers, the next version of Google Glass might be able to make your directorial dreams become reality—sort of. A future Google wearable may let users take photos using just their fingers.In a patent awarded to the company today, Google outlined a way to use the camera on a head-mounted wearable—like Google Glass—to sense...
(PDF) BCG - Global Asset Management 2015 : Sparking Growth with Go-to-Market Excellence
[Investing]
2015/07/08 15:57
In 2014, the global value of professionally managed assets grew to $74 trillion—the third consecutive annual record—and the industry’s profits rose to match their historic peak of $102 billion. Operating margins remained steady, sitting just below the record level achieved before the financial crisis.These data points, among others, offer an encouraging snapshot of the global asset-managemen...
(Video) Skugga Sunglasses Tint on Command or Automatically
[Product]
2015/07/08 15:57
The tint level of Skugga sunglasses can be set by the user, and will automatically activate when they're exposed to light.Well, that didn't take long. In less than a year, electrochromic sunglasses have gone from being experimental to an actual product, with Dutch startup Ctrl announcing its tint-on-demand Ctrl One cycling glasses just this month. Should you prefer multi-use electronically-tint...
(Video) The Picture Book That Parents Worldwide Cant't Put Down
[Investing]
2015/07/08 15:53
With 600,000 books sold, the startup Lost My Name is redefining personalization in publishing.There's no company sign or logo out front. No indication of any kind that this quiet stretch of Pritchard's Road in East London includes the headquarters of a global publishing sensation. A squat, two-story former factory sits adorned in elaborate graffiti. A fox lunges across half the façade. A mouth...
Rich Kids Study English
[Consumer]
2015/07/08 15:52
New data shows that students whose parents make less money pursue more “useful” subjects, such as math or physics.In 1780, John Adams wrote a letter to his wife, Abigail, in which he laid out his plans for what his children and grandchildren would devote their lives to. Having himself taken the time to master “Politicks and War,” two revolutionary necessities, Adams hoped his children would...
