TREND REPORTS
Walgreens Replaced Fridge Doors With Smart Screens. It’s Now a $200 Million Fiasco
[Business]
2025/01/22 09:06
A startup promised the pharmacy chain its high-tech coolers would track shoppers and spark an in-store ad revolution.The refrigerated section at the flagship Walgreens on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile was glowing with frozen food and bottled drinks, but not for long. Where the fridge cases were previously lined with simple glass doors, there were door-size computer screens instead. These “smart...
Chinese Population Keeps on Shrinking
[Consumer]
2025/01/22 09:05
The National Statistics Bureau of China has released the latest population figures which show that the Chinese population has shrunk for the third time in a row after decades of growth. Around 1.4083 billion people lived in China at the end of 2024, down from 1.4098 billion in 2023. The average annual growth rate of the population was therefore -0.1 percent between the two years. In 2021, the p...
The Strategy Behind Miu Miu’s Explosive Growth
[Business]
2025/01/22 09:05
Growth at Prada’s Miu Miu label is far outpacing the wider luxury market: retail sales were up 58 percent in 2023, and accelerated by an eye-popping 82 percent in the fourth quarter. The brand’s success is due to a product and styling revamp that speaks to a broad church of consumers, “conversational” pieces and strengthened operations.CEO Benedetta Petruzzo, who joined in 2020, is convince...
Robotic Exoskeleton Can Train Expert Pianists to Play Faster
[Tech]
2025/01/22 09:04
The exoskeleton allowed each finger to move on its own, helping participants practice fast, complex finger movements they hadn’t tried before.Aglove-like robotic exoskeleton hand may help pianists improve their skills without risking injury from overpractice.Inspired by traditional teaching methods, researchers have created a device that moves individual fingers to guide complex motions.This i...
(동아일보) 트렌드버드 2025년 전망 …“AI컴패니언, 로보택시, 비만치료제 시장에 주목”
[Trendbird]
2025/01/21 09:10
글로벌 트렌드 리서치 서비스 트렌드버드 (Trendbird), 불황기의 유망 비즈니스 발굴 지침서 ‘Annual Trend Report 2025' 발표 - ‘2025년은 생성 AI가 기업과 일상에 자연스럽게 녹아 드는 원년이 될 것생성AI와 로봇·모빌리티·헬스케어· 모바일 럭셔리·뷰티 등 산업별· 기능별 분석 총 12권 보고서, 기업들의 사업기회 창출 아이디어 제공글로벌 마켓 센싱 & 트렌드 리서치 서비스 트렌드버드 (Trendbird)가 20일 '...
(PDF) BCG - Biopharma Trends 2025
[Business]
2025/01/21 09:09
The companies that thrive will focus on their core areas to drive innovation and efficiency while accelerating speed and agility.Scientific understanding of the biological drivers of disease, combined with the ability to influence human biology, has never been greater. We expect new development to accelerate, delivering a wave of breakthrough drugs that will transform the treatment of diseases...
(Patent) A Continuation Patent from Apple Shows That They're Still Working on a Future Flip-Style iPhone
[Tech]
2025/01/21 09:08
Late this morning Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo touched on 2H25 by pointing to an ultra-thin iPhone (with the thinnest part around 5.5mm) and a foldable iPhone, which is in the planning stage.Talking about a foldable iPhone, the U.S. Patent Office published Apple's fourth patent application (a continuation patent) for a foldable iPhone in the form of a flip phone.While I personally hope that Apple...
73 Wall Street Analysts Cover Amazon, There are 72 on Meta, and 66 write about Nvidia
[Investing]
2025/01/21 09:07
In the 1990s, one of the most highly sought after jobs on Wall Street was stock research analyst.Crunching some numbers, chatting to a few experts in the industry, and then writing (typically bullish) reports about stocks, in the hope that your insights would encourage investors or companies to do business with the financial institution you were employed by, was a great gig. The pay could be sk...
This luxe ice cream sandwich maker is going national with its brand of elevated nostalgia
[Product]
2025/01/21 09:06
Nightingale’s premium ice cream sandwiches are making their nationwide debut at 2,400 Kroger outlets.In 2009, when pastry chef Hannah Pollack was working for chef Xavier Meers’s Richmond, Virginia, restaurant, she debuted a nostalgia bomb of a dessert: an ice cream sandwich that took a childhood staple and made it fit for fine dining. She used a dense brownie to contain Madagascar bourbon and...
