TREND REPORTS
Food & Drink Vegetables Grown in The Grocery Store Parking Lot - The GardenBox
[Business]
2021/07/27 09:08
A US grocer chain has begun to grow its own vegetables hydroponically - in a shipping container in the store parking lot. The containers’ 320 square feet are enough to grow more than 4,000 heads of organic lettuce.The locavore movement has been gaining pace in recent years, as consumers and businesses seek to create more self-reliant and resilient food networks by eating locally. However, eati...
China’s Vast Network of Gray-Market Shoppers Grounded by the Pandemic
[Business]
2021/07/27 09:07
Travel restrictions and a government shift have stymied daigou who buy goods overseas.Vivian Li, a stay-at-home mother in Shenzhen, used to make weekly trips abroad, leaving her husband in charge of their toddler and traveling to Hong Kong or Tokyo with two empty suitcases. She would fill them with Lancôme eye creams, Pola shampoos, Louis Vuitton handbags, and other products that in China were...
Surgical Robotics Company CMR Raises $600M
[Investing]
2021/07/27 09:05
UK-based robotics company CMR Surgical this morning announced a $600 million Series D. This latest round, led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 and co-led by Ally Bridge Group, joins an existing $384.8 million already raised by the Cambridge firm. It values the company at $3 billion.CMR’s flagship product is Versius. The robotic system is designed to perform minimally invasive keyhole surgery, prim...
The Conceptual 'AIO Phone-Book' Has a Wireless Charging Pad
[Design]
2021/07/27 09:04
The conceptual 'AIO Phone-Book' has been designed by Kylin Wu as a futuristic piece of mobile computing technology that would drastically enhance the capabilities of users when connecting from anywhere.The laptop replaces the trackpad component with a smartphone that can be easily removed when the user wants to use it on its own or even as an external mouse. The laptop boasts a dedicated dock f...
European Product Design Award Winner - One Plus Three
[Design]
2021/07/27 09:03
In the integration of eastern and western cultures, this tableware design can meet the actual needs of different cultural backgrounds. Based on the guiding principles of structuralism and morphological aesthetics, we carry out ecological reconstruction design for this set of tableware. Not only give a set of tableware for two western or three Chinese food use function, but also has the form of...
(PDF) Bain - Helping Consumers Make Healthier Choices
[Consumer]
2021/07/26 09:10
How The Consumer Goods Forum’s Collaboration for Healthier Lives coalition can build on its successes.Health and well-being have been steadily growing in importance for consumers and society at large. The Covid-19 pandemic, which has resulted in more than 3.4 million deaths to date, has further increased the urgency to address critical health issues by improving public health and empowering in...
Alphabet Launches New Robotics Software Company - Intrinsic
[Business]
2021/07/26 09:09
Alphabet announced its latest venture Friday, a robotics software company called “Intrinsic.” The segment comes out of X, its “moonshots” division.Intrinsic said it’s developing software tools to make industrial robots easier to use, cheaper and more flexible, so they can expand the reach of consumers using them.Intrinsic said it’s developing software tools to make industrial robots easie...
Crocs Shares Surge as Clog Maker Posts Another Record-Breaking Quarter
[Investing]
2021/07/26 09:08
Crocs Shares Surge as Clog Maker Posts Another Record-Breaking Quarter.From the Oscar's to the Love Island fire pit - there's no doubt Crocs have made a pandemic comeback. On Thursday, the chunky shoe-maker reported record sales of $640m (£465m) in the three months to 30 June - nearly double the same period last year. And the trend shows no sign of slowing down - the firm raised its revenue ou...
Little Spoon Scoops Up $44M to Grow Its Children’s Nutrition Delivery Service
[Investing]
2021/07/26 09:07
The quest to disrupt the traditional baby food aisle continues as more of today’s parents seek out nutritional food for their children.One of the startups taking on the $100 billion children’s health and wellness market is Little Spoon, producing fresh, direct-to-consumer baby and children’s meals.The New York-based company announced on Tuesday a $44 million round of Series B funding led by...
