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Why The Car Dealership of The Future Looks Like a Midcentury Modern Living Room
[Business]
2021/06/11 00:07
Lucid Motors wanted the showroom for its luxury electric vehicle to be more inviting and educational than traditional dealerships.Lucid Motors is a young entry in a large pool of established car brands. Unlike most of its competitors, the Silicon Valley startup is offering a very specific type of car—a luxury electric vehicle. With a battery range starting around 400 miles and a cost between $...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The State of Grocery
[Business]
2021/06/11 00:06
As the industry looks beyond the pandemic, grocery retailers must determine which trends will endure. A focus on five areas will separate the winners from the rest of the pack.The COVID-19 pandemic left no industry untouched. Grocers in North America, along with those in other regions of the world, served as essential businesses and critical players in ensuring food supply during a time of grea...
Sustainable Deodorant Brand Uses Refills and Mail Subscription to Cut Waste - Fussy
[Product]
2021/06/11 00:05
The new, vegan natural deodorant brand is combining a refillable system with a mail subscription service to deliver refills to customers’ homes.Sustainable deodorant brand Fussy is using innovative design and a probiotic formulation to pioneer a new era of natural deodorant. The concept resembles a keep-cup in that natural deodorant blocks slot into a reusable case. Once the block runs out ano...
This Washing Machine Tilts Open So No Need to Bend and Makes Doing Laundry Super Easy
[Design]
2021/06/11 00:04
Did you know that automatic washing machines can’t be placed vertically like dryers even though that setup is trending in new apartment layouts? Placing them vertically makes it difficult to use in areas with limited floor space.So to solve this functional interior design problem, Hyun Yeol Shin designed Tilt, a washing machine that can be installed freely (horizontally and vertically) and the...
(Infographic) The Uses of Corn : Industries Affected by High Corn Prices
[Business]
2021/06/11 00:03
Corn Beyond the Cob : Corn or maize is the second most-produced crop in the world, and it’s more than just a staple in our diets.From the sweetener in our coffees to the ethanol that powers our vehicles, corn has hundreds of uses. Consequently, high corn prices have a domino effect that can affect many supply chains and possibly even increase the cost of our weekly groceries, especially if the...
(Patent) Apple has Won a Patent for Replacing the iPad's Physical Smart Connector with a Wireless Power Transfer System
[Tech]
2021/06/09 09:10
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent that relates to replacing today's smart connector on an iPad with a wireless power transfer system to power accessories like the Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil 2. Apple notes in their patent background that an iPad accessory like a Magic Keyboard provides exposed electrical contacts that provide an avenue within which dust...
How Software Is Eating the Car
[Business]
2021/06/09 09:09
The trend toward self-driving and electric vehicles will add hundreds of millions of lines of code to cars. Can the auto industry cope?Predictions of lost global vehicle production caused by the ongoing semiconductor shortage continue to rise. In January, analysts forecast that 1.5 million fewer vehicles would be produced as a result of the shortage; by April that number had steadily climbed to...
Inside The Illuminarium, The $30 Million Spectacle That’s Like Walking Into a Film
[Business]
2021/06/09 09:08
Move over, Museum of Ice Cream: A former Esquire publisher, an Oscars set designer, and the filmmaker behind ‘Hamilton’ join forces on the edutainment of the future.A $30 million spectacle is opening in Atlanta next month that proposes a new kind of post-pandemic experience. Blurring elements of film, immersive environments, and theatrical design, the space, called Illuminarium, hopes to brin...
(PDF) Bain - Growth Strategy : Identifying Your Parenting Advantages
[Business]
2021/06/09 09:07
The traits that nurtured your main growth engine can bring new success beyond the core.Having a strong core business is still the best growth strategy. Yet executive teams are increasingly hunting for new growth engines because their main one has weakened or is under threat.Companies in this position can successfully extend beyond their existing core by exploiting their parenting advantages: tr...
