According to findings from Statista Consumer Insights, DoorDash has an edge over the competition in the U.S. restaurant delivery market, with 72 percent of consumers who order food online having placed an order on its marketplace in the past 12 months. Uber Eats comes second at 49 percent of survey respondents saying the same, just ahead of industry dinosaur Domino's Pizza.While Uber started out as a ride-share company, it pivoted to restaurant delivery to an increasing degree during the boom times of the pandemic and now makes around a thir...

Dove’s “Real Beauty Sketches” turns a conversation about appearance into a visual comparison. Through two portraits of the same person, the campaign asks women to reconsider the language they use to describe themselves. Launched in April 2013 and created by Ogilvy & Mather Brazil, the film centers on a core insight: the way people view themselves is often starkly different from the impression they make on others.Two descriptions become two portraitsFBI-trained forensic artist Gil Zamora drew each participant without seeing her, workin...

Airbnb has teased its plans to build its own AI travel agent before, but on Thursday the company announced that the new AI feature will launch in the first half of 2027. In the company’s Q3 shareholder letter on Thursday, Airbnb also provided more detail about how the agent will work, what it will actually do, and how it’s different from a typical AI chatbot.In prior interviews, CEO Brian Chesky sketched out the travel company’s approach to AI, describing a plan to build an AI agent that has a richer interface than a conventional chatbot....

ChatGPT Dominates Global AI Chatbot Market, But Competitors Gain Ground in Key Regions.OpenAI’s ChatGPT continues to hold an overwhelming lead in global AI chatbot referral traffic, though alternative platforms are carving out substantial market share in countries like South Korea and Russia, according to market referral data shared by finfab.app (sourced via InvestorSight and StatCounter).Dominance Across Major MarketsChatGPT maintains a strong majority of chatbot referral traffic across most major Western and Asian economies:Indonesia: 85...

While the digital revolution has mastered the capture, transmission, and reproduction of sights and sounds across global networks, the human sense of smell has long remained an intractable frontier for communications technology. Unlike photons and acoustic pressure waves that conform neatly to the physical laws of digital sensors, odors are complex, volatile chemical cocktails floating through ambient air. Now, in a bid to bridge this sensory divide, an international research team has developed an integrated system capable of detecting airbo...

1. (PDF) McKinsey 보고서 - 2.7조 달러 규모로 급성장한 글로벌 웰니스 시장웰니스 시장의 거대화와 정체성 일체화: McKinsey 조사 결과 글로벌 웰니스 시장이 2조 7,000억 달러 규모에 도달했으며 미국 소비자의 3분의 1 이상이 웰니스를 자신의 핵심 정체성이자 삶의 최우선 순위로 규정.Baby Boomer 세대의 급부상과 임상적 효능 중시: 구매력 높은 Baby Boomer의 웰니스 우선순위 비중이 49%로 급증하며 장수 스킨케어와 전해질 보충 소비를 주도하고 있으며 제품 선택 시 가격보다 실질적인 임상 효능 검증이 최우선 기준으로 부상.GLP-1 확산과 바이오해킹 및 셀프 진단 트렌드: GL...

More consumers are prioritizing their health and scrutinizing what they buy. Our latest Future of Wellness research explores the trends shaping where they spend and what they expect in return.The global wellness market is now worth $2.7 trillion and the US market alone accounts for $700 billion.Wellness is becoming part of consumer identity. More than a third of US consumers say it is core to who they are, with a greater share prioritizing it versus last year. While Gen Zers and millennials still account for the greatest wellness spending of...

Sony Group Corp. has introduced the MDR-3R, a $60 pair of wired, retro-styled headphones designed as an homage to the original 1979 Walkman era and the broader cultural revival of vintage consumer tech.Retro design with modern connectivity: Styled after the original Walkman headphones from 1979, the MDR-3R updates the format with a USB-C connector, an in-line remote, and a built-in microphone for phone and video calls.Vintage hardware with modern tuning: Retains 23-millimeter driver units matching the original model, paired with subtle acous...

The Nasdaq composite closes in correction territory in the stock market’s worst day since last April’s tariff turmoil.The Nasdaq composite fell into correction territory as a tech-stock selloff wiped out an estimated $2.5 trillion in total market value.The market decline followed the election of a bloc of AI skeptics and governors promising data-center restrictions.Nvidia closed the trading session in the red for 2026, while shares of Tesla and SpaceX both fell by more than 9%.Just two days after the 2026 midterm elections swept a wave of...