China is undergoing a historic transformation away from capitalist values that is alarming global luxury brands. Could India offer a viable alternative? Key Takeaways:Until recently, the luxury industry didn’t take full advantage of India’s transformation into a rising global economic power.Louis Vuitton, Hermès, and Gucci have strengthened customer relationships and increased profits and sa...

Designed by Rockwell Group and developed by the Smithsonian and Institute for the Future, the Futures exhibition helps visitors wrap their minds around what our future might hold.Imagining the future can be hard because our brains aren’t wired to think that far ahead. Speculations, conjectures, and uncertainties make the future a nebulous place. And if we can’t get a clear idea of what our fu...

As holiday shopping ramps up—and supply-chain issues persist—forward-looking retailers are already doing things differently. Maintaining customer loyalty will be key.With container ships clogging up ports worldwide, people are eager to snag toys, electronics, and other gifts off the shelves—real or virtual—as soon as they see them this holiday season. With many shoppers intending to buy ear...

Photography has been vital to skateboarding’s rise as both a culture and sport. Aiming to add to that legacy, Leica has teamed up with Vans and legendary skater and photographer Ray Barbee for a limited-edition variant of its compact camera called the Dub 7.The German brand has traditionally favored all black or black and silver designs—with rare and notable exceptions—but this collaborative...

Last year, much was made of the "lockdown winners" in the stock market. As soon as it became clear we would all be inside for the foreseeable future, markets and investors tried to quickly adjust to what would be the "new normal".We've selected 9 stocks that have had an interesting time of it, checking in on where their share prices are now.The goodSome stocks boomed, and then kept booming. Ets...

Urban mobility is one thing all the sharp minds are trying to streamline and make easier for the end-user as well as bystanders. Hence comes into the picture this mindfully designed e-mobility solution by Hong Kong-based product and industrial designer, Cathy Wong. It is more than just another personal mobility solution aimed at crowded cities. Sometimes such designs make me wonder how differen...

Apple already uses the term "wearables" to cover the Apple Watch and AirPods, but now it could be looking to expand into many more items from key rings and door knob hoops, to bracelets and necklaces.Apple has long been rumored to be researching smart rings, but a newly-revealed patent shows it could have designs on many more wearables."Wearable loops with embedded circuitry," is concerned with...

Family is preeminent for most publics but work, material well-being and health also play a key role.What do people value in life? How much of what gives people satisfaction in their lives is fundamental and shared across cultures, and how much is unique to a given society? To understand these and other issues, Pew Research Center posed an open-ended question about the meaning of life to nearly...

Mytaverse wants to make executive travel obsolete with its business metaverse for people who would ordinarily be jetting around the world.The Miami-based company is the latest to create a 3D platform where business people can create their own avatars and stage meetings, events, showrooms, and training sessions in a virtual space.The company is using the Unreal Engine to craft high-quality graph...