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Amazon Bought Whole Foods 8 Years Ago — Now It’s Bringing It Deeper Into The Fold
[Business]
2025/06/22 09:05
As competitors like Walmart up their e-commerce game, Amazon is unifying its grocery strategy.Eight years after acquiring Whole Foods Market, AmazonAMZN $210.08 (-1.37%) is finally exerting more control over the company. As reported by Business Insider last week, corporate staff at Whole Foods will be brought under Amazon’s employee programs, with leadership changes expected at the top as well...
The Spanish Brand Loewe Makes T-Shirts From ... Orange Peel
[Product]
2025/06/22 09:04
There is already "leather" made from apples and robust fabrics made from banana plants. Now Loewe is launching a T-shirt made from orange peel.The harbour city of Catania on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Sicily is home to Orange Fiber, a company founded in 2014. The company does not press and sell litres of fresh succo d'arancia. On the contrary: Orange Fiber does its business with the...
PlaDeo : World’s First Bio-Plasma Deodorant Device
[Product]
2025/06/22 09:03
CES Innovation Award-Winning & Clinically Tested. A New Era of Deodorization— Early Backers Save 40%.It's not your underarm sweat that stinks, it's the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by bacteria as they break down the fatty acids in that sweat. A new device is claimed to prevent the stink without the use of deodorant, by killing those bacteria with plasma.Known as the PlaDeo (a...
How 100 Enterprise CIOs Are Building and Buying Gen AI in 2025
[Business]
2025/06/19 09:10
Just over a year ago, we highlighted 16 changes to the way enterprises approached building and buying gen AI.Since then, the landscape has continued to evolve quickly—so we revisited our conversations with over two dozen enterprise buyers and surveyed 100 CIOs across 15 industries to help founders understand how these leaders are using, buying, and budgeting for gen AI in 2025 and beyond.1 Eve...
(Video) Cannes Lions 2024 Media Winners - Mercado Libre : Handshake Hunt
[Business]
2025/06/19 09:09
Mercado Libre has won the Grand Prix in the Media category at Cannes Lions for the Handshake Hunt campaign, created by Gut, São Paulo.Handshakes are everywhere, including the logo of Mercado Libre. To beat the crowded ad space of TV commercials in the lead up to Black Friday, Mercado Libre turned TV programmes into ads, creating QR codes that appeared on Globo programming any time a handshake...
AI Startup Anysphere Fields VC Offers at Over $18 Billion Valuation
[Investing]
2025/06/19 09:08
Silicon Valley investors are anxious to back the startup they say is the fastest growing of all time.Anysphere Inc., the developer of AI code editor Cursor, has been approached by investors about a funding deal that would value the startup at $18 billion to $20 billion.The company, which surpassed $500 million in annualized revenue, may not need the cash but could choose to add more capital to...
(PDF) Accenture - Unlocking Alpha In Deals
[Investing]
2025/06/19 09:07
New technologies are helping deal teams identify and assess targets faster, refine bids with greater precision and craft more effective value creation plans.Still, investments in these technologies lag their perceived potential—a gap especially stark in post-deal execution.Dealmakers who embed next-gen technologies, equip their teams to use them effectively and partner strategically are pullin...
French Travel Brand Drops Santorini And Mykonos In Bid To Make Overtourism Uncool
[Business]
2025/06/19 09:06
Evaneos has taken a stance against overtourism by removing Santorini and Mykonos from its summer offerings.The B Corp-certified company launched a provocative campaign across Paris, drawing parallels between overcrowded tourist hotspots and the chaos of rush-hour public transit. The ads juxtapose 'idyllic' destinations with sardine-packed metro carriages and compare the slim odds of snagging a...
Yupp, Platform for Discovering, Comparing, and Using AI Tools, Has Raised $33M
[Investing]
2025/06/19 09:05
AI startup Yupp has raised $33 million in a seed funding round led by a16z crypto, founded by a team of veterans from Coinbase, Google, and X.Yupp is a free platform that allows users to compare answers from multiple AI models side by side, using crypto rails for rewards and payouts.AI startup Yupp has emerged from stealth, with a16z crypto announcing it led a $33 million seed funding round for...
