TREND REPORTS
Virtual Try-On: Contactless Measurements App Sizer Transforms The Digital Shopping Experience
[Business]
2021/12/07 08:09
Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be over, but the 2021 holiday season is expected to be strong, according to Forbes Magazine and the world’s largest retail trade association, National Retail Foundation (NRF), which predicts sales during the season to grow between 8.5 percent and 10.5 percent from last year.Meanwhile, living with a pandemic has given way to more online shopping as consumers lo...
(PDF) BCG - Even Big Brands Need a Direct-to-Consumer Strategy
[Business]
2021/12/07 08:08
A DTC channel that adds to total growth allows a company to collect valuable consumer data, personalize the experience, quickly launch and test new products, and grow the business.The attitude toward direct-to-consumer (DTC) initiatives has changed almost overnight. Large consumer brands used to worry that such initiatives would create channel conflict and cannibalize the business—not to menti...
The Metaverse Keyboard - Transforms Boring Computer Workspace Into a Cool 3D Space
[Design]
2021/12/07 08:07
The Metaverse Keyboard traverses our plain old workspace into a mixed reality workspace – perfectly in cohesion with the core idea of the metaverse and its applications!Author Nel Stephenson came up with the term “metaverse” in his science fiction novel “Snow Crash” and fast-forward to the present day, it looks more likely we’ll be living in a hyper-realistic world within a digital univer...
These Startups Deliver Groceries Fast, Without Gig Workers - Buyk
[Business]
2021/12/07 08:06
Facing a tight labor market and even tighter schedules, some companies are hiring employees, with benefits. A host of "instant delivery" startups, including Buyk, Fridge No More, and Gorillas, promise to deliver convenience-store-style products in 30 minutes or less. THE GIG ECONOMY is one of Silicon Valley’s greatest tricks of the last decade. Armed with a smartphone, a car, a bag, a bike, wo...
US BNPL Service Users, by Generation, 2018-2025
[Consumer]
2021/12/07 08:05
Which generation leads BNPL’s forward march ?For more insights and key statistics on the biggest trends in today's most disruptive industries, subscribe to our Chart of the Day newsletter.Usage of buy now, pay later (BNPL) services has soared across generations in the US, especially among Gen Z. These financing solutions will have more than 45 million US users in 2021, and that figure will...
Fresh Fridge Concept Encourages Millenials to Develop Healthy Eating Habits
[Design]
2021/12/07 08:04
Fresh Fridge is concept refrigerator that encourages user to shift from their unhealthy old habits into healthier and sustainable ones. Targeting millennials who are experiencing busy lifestyle that they have to sacrifice their health due to bad eating habits, this concept proposes a design intervention to solve this problem. The design process considered different potential strategies to engag...
(Infographic) 2022 Packaging Trends
[Design]
2021/12/07 08:03
Although every new year brings us a step further into a totally unknown future, the packaging design trends forecasted for 2022 are tinged with an overarching nostalgia.Freelance creator platform 99designs by Vista has cooked up a vibrant infographic delving into the types and styles of product packaging. You’ll likely be seeing these in the stores, in online shopping baskets, or perhaps alrea...
(PDF) Mckinsey - State of Fashion 2022
[Business]
2021/12/06 08:10
In 2022, the fashion industry can return to growth as changing category landscapes, new digital frontiers, and advances in sustainability continue to present opportunities.After nearly two years of disruption, the global fashion industry is once again finding its feet. Companies are adapting to new consumer priorities, and digital is providing a nexus for growth. Still, the industry faces signi...
(Paper) Disney : Combining Traditional and Neural Approaches for High-Quality Face Rendering
[Tech]
2021/12/06 08:09
The Disney Research propose to combine incomplete, high-quality renderings showing only facial skin with recent methods for neural rendering of faces, in order to automatically and seamlessly create photo-realistic full-head portrait renders from captured data without the need for artist intervention.In this work we propose to combine incomplete, high-quality renderings showing only facial skin...
