TREND REPORTS
Online Shopping Has Become a Giant Fake Product Machine
[Business]
2024/06/18 09:05
Between knockoffs, artificial reviews and a glut of affiliate marketing, shoppers have no way to tell what is real.In my bathroom, I have a bottle of snail slime I apply to my face every day. It’s not as weird as it sounds. The snail slime has been formulated into a widely beloved skin-care serum made by the Korean beauty brand COSRX. It was a cult favorite among American skin-care enthusiasts...
Light Phone III Offers Basic Phone Features for Distraction-Free Experience
[Product]
2024/06/18 09:04
Light Phone III is the third generation simple phone designed to provide you with non-distraction communication device. We all know how difficult it is to live in a world when everything around you seems ready to distract you.This phone has been designed to make it easier for you to go light, trust us, it will help you pay more attention to your everyday activities such as having personal time...
(Infographic) The World’s Oldest and Youngest Countries, by Median Age
[Consumer]
2024/06/18 09:03
We visualize the world’s oldest and youngest countries by median age, based on 2024 estimates from the CIA World Factbook.The median age is a single indicator of the age distribution of a population—where half the population is older and half is younger than the listed age.It can help government and private companies plan for age-specific demand for goods and services from the resident popula...
Quarterly (Silicon Valley) Trend Report - Q2. 2024 Edition
[Trendbird]
2024/06/17 09:10
TRENDBIRD Quarterly Report (Silicon Valley VC & Startup Trend Report) - Q2. 2024 Edition Released !* TRENDBIRD Quarterly Report는 혁신적인 기술과 비즈니스 모델로 단시간내에 폭발적인 성장을 통해, Unicorn으로 성장할 수 있는 혁신 스타트업들과 Next Big 혁신 비즈니스 / 테크 모델을 조기에 발굴할 수 있도록, 실리콘밸리의 메이저 벤처 캐피탈들에 의해 사업성과 차별성, 그리고 성장성이 검증된 유망 비즈...
(Video) Scientists Create Robot Snails That Can Work Together to Climb
[Tech]
2024/06/17 09:09
A team of roboticists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has created a robot snail with a helmet-like shell that moves by rolling around on bulldozer-like tracks. They have published a paper on their research in Nature Communications.Over the past several years, robot engineers have developed a wide variety of robots. Some can fly, others can swim and more can move across floors or landscap...
(PDF) BCG - Mindshare Matters. Now Marketers Can Measure It.
[Business]
2024/06/17 09:08
Companies that build brand value generate significantly higher sales and shareholder returns than those that don’t. But most marketers aren’t generating these returns because they are unable to effectively demonstrate the direct impact of their brand investment.Brand strength is correlated with “mindshare.” The more closely a customer associates their needs with your offering, the greater t...
Luxury Prices in Spotlight as Chanel Enters New Chapter
[Business]
2024/06/17 09:07
The departure of Chanel's top designer early Thursday sent ripples across the $1.62 trillion luxury goods industry at a time when all the major global players are at a crossroads.The playbook at the world's top fashion labels like privately owned Chanel and LVMH-owned (LVMH.PA), opens new tab Louis Vuitton and Dior has been to heavily market new styles from their high-profile designers while si...
Le Creuset is Releasing a Limited Pokémon Collection in July
[Product]
2024/06/17 09:06
The most difficult Pokémon to catch could be on Le Creuset’s new cookware line.Now here’s a collab no one saw coming. Le Creuset, the French-Belgian cookware brand, has partnered with Pokémon for a pocket monster-themed line of bowls, plates, mugs, and cooking pots.The cookware collection will include familiar Le Creuset products updated with Pokémon iconography, like a yellow cast-iron Co...
How Bad is The Housing Market Recession ? Existing Home Sales are Back to 1978 Levels
[Investing]
2024/06/17 09:05
While U.S. home prices have held stable since mortgage rates spiked, existing home sales are a very different story. Here’s why.Want more stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the free, daily ResiClub newsletter.The recession in the U.S. market for existing homes has been so deep that April sales were back to late-’70s levels—despite the population growth since t...
This Pedal-Powered Exerciser is Your Portable Power Bank
[Design]
2024/06/17 09:04
We are living in a vulnerable world where a disaster can strike at any time, without the slightest warning. While power outages as a result of damage to equipment, failure at the end of the provider, or some fault at home are common; outages because of disasters are still rare. In spite of this, governments globally are advising citizens to take simple steps to prepare for power emergencies. To...
Music Mixer Concept Uses Generative AI to Help You Create Music
[Design]
2024/06/17 09:03
I have a lot of respect for those people who can create music on their own, especially ones that are able to produce earworm-y pop riffs. Sometimes I’ve thought about studying how to create and mix music especially now that there are equipment, apps and websites where you can do that, but you need to study a lot of things before you can actually use them. Sometimes I think, can’t I just have...
(PDF) BCG - The Future of the Natural Diamond Industry
[Business]
2024/06/14 09:10
The natural diamond industry navigated a challenging 2023. This followed a dynamic five years that saw greater demand for lab-grown diamonds (LGDs), disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic, the catch-up effect following the easing of restrictions, and fluctuations in stock levels across the value chain. Demand conditions remain uncertain in the short term.In this context, a report by BCG examines...
