Prebiotic Soda Brand Olipop Raises $50M, Valued at $1.85B
[Investing]
2025/03/06 09:09
Olipop raised $50 million in a Series C funding round that valued the prebiotic soda brand at $1.85 billion as it competes with rivals such as Poppi.Olipop is the top nonalcoholic brand in the U.S., both by dollar sales and unit growth, the company said, citing data from Circana/SPINS.The drink brand is now profitable and saw annual sales of more than $400 million last year.Prebiotic soda brand...
The Top 10% Owns 87% of The Stocks in The U.S.
[Investing]
2025/03/06 09:07
The top 10% owns 87% of the stocks in this country. They also own 84% of the private businesses, 44% of real estate and two-thirds of overall wealth.These numbers have all increased since 1989 as well — total wealth (60.8% to 67.3%), stocks (81.7% to 87.2%), private businesses (78.4% to 84.4%) and real estate (38.2% to 43.9%).According to The Wall Street Journal, the top 10% also accounts for...
Zara, Kiehl’s, Jacquemus: Why Skiing Is Bigger Than Ever for Brands
[Business]
2025/03/06 09:06
Skiing’s retro winter aesthetic is at the centre of a marketing craze for brands that previously had no ties to mountain sports or their upmarket clientele. Here’s why high street names, beauty players and designer labels all want to leave their mark in the snow.“The only guy here without a trust fund,” reads British influencer William Wade’s tongue-in-cheek caption on an Instagram post fr...
Framework’s First Desktop PC is Optimized for Gaming and Local AI Inference
[Product]
2025/03/06 09:06
Framework, the company that is better known for its modular, repairable laptops, just released its first desktop computer. It’s a small desktop PC that punches above its weight.The most interesting part is what’s inside the device. Framework is one of the first companies to use AMD’s recently announced Strix Halo architecture, also known as the Ryzen AI Max processors. It’s an all-in-one pr...
(Infographic) AI's Powerful Pricing Potential
[Business]
2025/03/06 09:05
Generative AI-enhanced pricing can boost revenue growth, widening the gap between leaders and laggards.Infographic : https://bit.ly/43o4loa[bain]
Stylish Orb Ceiling Speaker Concept Study for Bang & Olufsen
[Design]
2025/03/06 09:04
For the past 100 years, Bang & Olufsen has been known for creating unique and elegant products that would challenge the status quo. Orb Speaker is a concept study for Bang & Olufsen brand, it is designed as a centerpiece that would blend into contemporary interior design in harmony. It features unique, avant-garde design that will enrich your space while embodying the iconic signature o...
How Top Luxury Brands Win (or Lose) Ultra-Wealthy Clients
[Business]
2025/03/06 09:03
Luxury brands must understand the emotional drivers of purchasing behavior while avoiding pitfalls that can alienate even their most loyal clients.The luxury market is at a crossroads. While brands like Hermès celebrate one record high after another, others, like Gucci, are in free fall. It’s easy to blame the market when things are bad, but it’s much more critical to examine what really mak...
Deloitte - Harnessing Gen AI in Financial Services : Why Pioneers Lead The Way
[Business]
2025/03/05 09:10
A Deloitte survey finds financial services organizations with high confidence in their generative AI expertise also report greater rewards from their gen AI initiatives.2025 could be a pivotal year for the financial services industry, as it could begin to reap more benefits from generative AI, transitioning from experimental pilots to implementation. However, the level of preparedness and pace...
A Self-Balancing Exoskeleton Strides Toward Market
[Tech]
2025/03/05 09:09
XoMotion gets people with spinal cord injuries on their feet—and dancing Eliza Strickland02 Mar 20254 min read[A woman in a jogging position, with one foot on the ground and the other lifted, while wearing a robotic brace around her stomach, feet and the sides of her legs.] Many people who have spinal cord injuries also have dramatic tales of disaster: a diving accident, a car crash, a constru...