TREND REPORTS
Rest of World’s Markets Broken By Trump’s America-First Plan
[Investing]
2024/11/15 09:04
A gauge of stocks excluding the US is at a three-month low. Dollar is at a two-year high, pressuring other currencies.Donald Trump’s election victory has catapulted US stocks to fresh records and pushed the dollar to a two-year high. It’s anything but good news for the rest of the world.Equities excluding the US are tumbling, with an MSCI gauge at its lowest in three months. An index of devel...
$35 Lens Turns Any Smartphone Into A Powerful Microscope
[Product]
2024/11/15 09:03
This little gadget gives you instant, inexpensive access to the microscopic world.Six years on from the first iMicro smartphone microscope, the team has unveiled its latest: the iMicro Q3p, a fingertip-sized, lightweight device that makes microscopy inexpensive, portable and accessible to anyone with a camera on their phone. What's more, this new model features polarization, allowing you to see...
(Patent) Nike Filed A Patent Application for A “Video Game System with Biofeedback,”
[Tech]
2024/11/14 09:10
Nike is getting into gaming. The retailer filed a patent application for a “video game system with biofeedback,” which details a “sport chair” that interacts with an “article of apparel” on a user’s body.Patent Application : https://bit.ly/3YQWlrE[USPTO]
Bain - Global Luxury Sales to Fall 2% in 2024, Among Weakest Years on Record
[Business]
2024/11/14 09:09
Global luxury spending to land near €1.5 trillion in 2024, remaining relatively flat as consumers prioritize experiences over products amid uncertainty.Pockets of luxury growth center around experiences, including hospitality and dining, and experiential goods geared toward high-net-worth individualsPersonal luxury goods market seeing its first slowdown since the Great Recession, excluding Cov...
ZAP Surgical Systems Raises $78M for Non-Invasive Robotic Brain Surgery
[Investing]
2024/11/14 09:08
ZAP Surgical Systems, a San Carlos, CA-based non-invasive robotic brain surgery company, raised $78M in Series E funding.The round was led by Qingdao Baheal Medical Inc., with participation from other strategic investors.The company intends to use the funds to advance the commercialization of its ZAP-X® Gyroscopic Radiosurgery® platform.Led by John R. Adler, MD, Professor Emeritus of Neurosur...
(PDF) BCG - Who’s Winning the Global Race for STEM and AI Talent ?
[Consumer]
2024/11/14 09:07
Leadership in technology and business relies heavily on one factor: access to the world’s top talent.That’s why countries and companies increasingly compete for the world’s best and brightest. But real-time numbers capturing the pulse of this competition are hard to come by—much of the movement of this highly mobile group remains hidden from official statistics. BCG’s Top Talent Tracker fi...
How Marathons Became Fashion Shows
[Business]
2024/11/14 09:06
This year’s New York City Marathon will witness an unprecedented slew of fashion-related activations like branded run clubs, sneaker drops and even a beauty sponsorship as the industry goes all in on running culture.Key insightsWith fashion and running culture increasingly intersecting, major marathons provide perfect venues for brands to market both performance and lifestyle products to a poo...
Fleek, A Marketplace for Wholesale Second-hand Clothes, Sews Up $20.4M
[Investing]
2024/11/14 09:05
Second-hand clothing has exploded as a category over the past couple of decades. A London startup that’s built a first-of-its-kind platform to improve how this very fragmented industry operates is now announcing funding to double down on the opportunity. Fleek, an online marketplace that connects second-hand clothing wholesalers with those who sell it at retail, has raised a $20.4 million ($14...
This New Solar-Powered Scooter is Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before
[Product]
2024/11/14 09:03
The Lightfoot scooter comes with two large solar panels so it doesn’t have to plug in.With a typical electric bike, charging the battery can be a little annoying—you have to remember to bring the battery or the whole bike inside, plug it in, and wait hours for a full charge. If you live in an apartment, it might mean carrying a heavy bike upstairs. Some apartment buildings no longer allow e-b...
