TREND REPORTS
(PDF) Bain - Paper & Packaging Report 2026
[Business]
2026/01/13 09:09
Paper and packaging executives today face a complex set of challenges, including low profitability, overcapacity, and subdued demand levels. Stiff price competition is the norm, and markets have diverged. North American companies have fared slightly better in terms of operating rates and asset utilization compared with Europe and other regions. Paper and packaging companies are spending less ti...
Do You Want Your Food Made by a Robot ?
[Business]
2026/01/13 09:08
E-commerce mogul Marc Lore's Wonder is leaning into automation in a $2 billion effort to do to restaurants what Amazon did to shopping.A few weeks before Thanksgiving, Wonder Group Inc.—Marc Lore’s startup aimed at reinventing takeout—spent $186 million on a robotic meal-assembly system called the Infinite Kitchen. The machine, big enough to fill a small room, moves single-serving bowls alon...
Alphabet Becomes Newest $4 Trillion Company, Joining Nvidia
[Investing]
2026/01/13 09:08
Optimism about AI business grows after Apple unveils deal for Google’s Gemini to power iPhone’s Siri.Google parent Alphabet’s value topped $4 trillion, making it the latest tech company to cross that threshold as investors reward the internet-search leader for its artificial-intelligence gains.Shares in Alphabet rose 1% to a record $331.86 on Monday, putting its market capitalization just ab...
Volvo’s Latest Automotive Safety Feature Is A Special Infotainment Screen Font
[Design]
2026/01/13 09:06
As cars become screen-dense digital environments, Volvo is reframing typography as critical safety infrastructure. Volvo Centum is a custom font designed to improve glance-based comprehension while driving.Unless you are a savant obsessed with graphic design or the way text on paper looks, the way a particular font meets the eyes may have never crossed your mind before. But choosing the right f...
Polynorbornene Spray Coating to Enhance Plant Health
[Tech]
2026/01/13 09:05
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a spray-on polymer coating that could help plants resist harmful bacterial infections and survive drought. The advance, published in ACS Materials Letters, could help strengthen global food security as increased environmental stresses continue to intensify plant disease pressures.Bacterial infections are a growing threat to agri...
AI In Customer Service Is Eroding Trust
[Consumer]
2026/01/13 09:04
.51% of U.S. small businesses have now adopted AI for customer service, but 83% would still prefer speaking to a real person rather than an AI. Trust is built through genuine human connection, so AI should support human service — not replace it.Across industries, from healthcare to real estate, and law to local services, businesses are racing to adopt AI because the pressure to do so is real....
Schemata Architects Transforms Japanese Machiya Townhouse Into Flexible Workspace
[Design]
2026/01/13 09:03
Jo Nagasaka-led Schemata Architects completes the head office for Uchida Shōten, a hardware manufacturer with a 160-year history in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The team roots the two-story wooden structure in the spatial logic of the historic town that surrounds it. The site sits along the former Tōkaidō road, once Fujisawa-juku, the sixth post town of the Edo period, where na...
(Trendbird) Annual Trend Report 2026 & Top 10 Emerging Trends
[Trendbird]
2026/01/12 09:10
글로벌 트렌드 센싱 서비스 트렌드버드(Trendbird), 불확실성의 시대를 관통하는 비즈니스 기회 지침서 『Annual Trend Report 2026』와 함께 금년의 비즈니스 지형도가 될 "10대 이머징 트렌드" 발표 2026년은 기술과 감성이 공존하는 새로운 기회의 시대 – “에이전틱 커머스, 피지컬 AI, 듀프(Dupe) 소비, 론제비티의 성장에 주목”800여개 선도 기업의 CEO/경영진 및 미래전략/신사업, R&D/선행 기술연구소, AI 전략/...
Hermès Just Made a Bold Statement in the Age of AI
[Business]
2026/01/12 09:09
Hermès Just Made a Bold Statement in the Age of AIIf you visit the Hermès website in search of a scarf or a handbag, take a close look at the whimsical creatures floating across your screen.If you visit the Hermès website in search of a scarf or a handbag, you’ll be greeted by a collection of whimsical sea creatures swimming across the screen. To navigate to the watch section, you’ll click...
