TREND REPORTS
Givenchy’s Beauty House Taps Into Roblox’s Metaversal Goldmine
[Business]
2022/06/13 09:08
Givenchy Parfums is the latest brand to join the Roblox residency hype. But why is luxury so infatuated with gaming platforms? Gaming platforms have become the first point of call for brands looking to evolve their virtual roadmaps and interact with untapped communities. Now even perfume is leveraging this immersive opportunity. On June 13, Givenchy Parfums is set to launch its own universe wit...
Global Luxury Sales Expected to Recover as Shanghai Ends Lockdown
[Consumer]
2022/06/13 09:07
Shanghai, the Chinese commercial hub with 26 million residents, ended its two-month citywide pandemic lockdown last week, a sign that the world’s second largest economy may be ready to return to business-as-usual. A reported 90% of stores and restaurants have resumed operations as of last Wednesday, which I believe is very good news for global luxury sales in particular.As I’ve pointed out be...
Company Uses Algae to Develop Masonry Blocks with Help from Autodesk, and Microsoft
[Product]
2022/06/13 09:06
Prometheus Materials, a Colorado-based developer of zero-carbon building materials, has announced the securing of $8 million in funding from investors including Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, The Autodesk Foundation, and the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund.The funds form part of an effort by Prometheus to develop a zero-carbon alternative to traditional Portland cement by using microalgae. F...
(Infographic) What Drives Gasoline Prices ?
[Investing]
2022/06/13 09:05
Across the United States, the cost of gas has been a hot topic of conversation lately, as prices reach record-breaking highs.The national average now sits at $5.00 per gallon, and by the end of summer, this figure could grow to $6 per gallon, according to estimates by JPMorgan.But before we can have an understanding of what’s happening at the pump, it’s important to first know what key factor...
Soundbuds Earplugs Helps You Fall Asleep
[Product]
2022/06/13 09:04
As someone who lives on my own, I don’t have a lot of problems from external noises that disturb my beauty sleep.But if I stay in a hotel with colleagues for business conferences or go on vacation with friends, it can become a challenge if someone has a snoring or other sleeping issue. Earplugs or ear buds can do the trick but the problem is that they may fall out of your ears in the middle of...
Airport Traffic in the US is Almost Back to Normal
[Business]
2022/06/13 09:03
The latest daily data from the TSA shows that an average of 2.18 million passengers have been screened per day over the last 30 days, just under 90% of the 2.4 million that it screened over the same 30 day period in 2019.Those numbers are way ahead of 2021, where travel was still disrupted, and it suggests that the appetite for travel hasn't permanently diminished much. The only problem is that...
(PDF) Capgemini - Emotional Intelligence – What’s at the Heart of Artificial Intelligence ?
[Business]
2022/06/10 09:10
The essential skillset for the age of AI.In transforming our world, AI and automation are blurring boundaries between tasks performed by machines and humans. As a result, certain traditional roles are disappearing and new ones forming. In the wake of this disruption, emotional intelligence (EI) offers some recourse for both employees and employers. Seventy-four percent of employers and 58% of n...
Gander Closes $4.2M Seed Round to ‘Humanize’ Online Shopping
[Investing]
2022/06/10 09:09
E-commerce platform Gander announced today the closing of a $4.2 million seed round co-led by Harlem Capital and Crossbeam Venture Partners.The seed adds Gander founder Kimiloluwa Fafowora, 26, to the growing list of Black women who have raised $1 million or more in VC funding — a feat no more than 250 have hit. Fafowora told TechCrunch that the idea for Gander came from her own desires as an...
Drive-Thru Design : Taco Bell is Testing a New Drive-Thru Format
[Business]
2022/06/10 09:08
Taco Bell is testing a new drive-thru format with four lanes and vertical drops for food in Minnesota. The concept is dubbed Taco Bell Defy and focuses on mobile ordering and making fast food, well, even faster.Taco Bell's goal is to get drive-thru ordering times down to 2 minutes or less — a bold goal for a fast food chain that is already the fastest in the business (of the 10 largest chains)...
