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(PDF) Mckinsey - What Consumer-Goods Sales Leaders Must Do to Emerge Stronger from The Pandemic
[Consumer]
2020/08/20 09:08
The COVID-19 crisis has transformed how people shop and how retailers sell. In response, consumer-goods manufacturers and retailers must build new capabilities and change how they operate.Coming into 2020, the relationship between consumer-goods manufacturers and retailers showed signs of strain, with each battling to stay ahead of new challenges. For consumer-goods companies, there were threat...
Attabotics Raises $50M to Help Retailers and Grocers Automate Warehouses
[Investing]
2020/08/20 09:07
Robotic supply chain startup Attabotics today raised $50 million in venture equity financing. The funds will be put toward accelerating current projects, investing in new technologies, and scaling manufacturing operations.Worker shortages caused by the pandemic have prompted retail, fulfillment, and logistics companies to accelerate the rollout of robots. According to ABI Research, more than 4...
The Israeli Robots Inside Your Belly
[Tech]
2020/08/20 09:06
Israel’s PillCam revolutionized GI imaging, and now others are following that success with other noninvasive solutions that journey through the body.PillCam is a video camera swallowed like a vitamin pill. It travels through the gastrointestinal tract, sending clear images to the physician on its way out of the body.Invented by an Israeli electro-optical engineer and his neighbor, a gastroente...
Neilsen - Total Audience Report : Work from Home Edition
[Consumer]
2020/08/20 09:05
In more ways than have yet to be realized, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the day-to-day lives of nearly every consumer the world over. This is especially true for office workers with traditional nine-to-five day jobs, where in-person meetings were the standard and the dress code called for something more formal than leisurewear. In the U.S., the country’s quarantine for...
IRIS Flow Headphones Uses Algorithms For Ultimate Listening Experience
[Product]
2020/08/20 09:04
Helping you enter the perfect ‘flow state’.Developed by audio tech company IRIS, who are backed by legendary Queen drummer Roger Taylor and Concord, one of the biggest independent record labels, the new IRIS Flow Headphones feature advanced technology that not only restores sound quality that is unavoidably lost in recording, but also helps the listener achieve a ‘flow state’, a powerful ne...
(Infographic) How Much Revenue Automakers Generate Every Second
[Investing]
2020/08/20 09:03
Since their invention, automobiles have been a driving force of the global economy.Used by millions of people to get to work, transport goods, and travel, the modern automobile has become ubiquitous in our daily lives. So much so, that a whopping 92 million cars were produced in just 2019.To help us understand the might of the auto industry, this infographic from Parts Geek breaks down the earn...
(Patent) Intel Patents for a Method for Road Surface Friction Based Predictive Driving for Computer Assisted or Autonomous Driving Vehicles
[Tech]
2020/08/19 09:10
U.S. patent application, 20200255021, discloses an apparatus for computer assisted or autonomous driving (CA/AD) vehiclesthat determines a driving strategy based on road surface conditions, which indicate friction between the road surface and surfaces of the vehicle’s tires at the current location and at a future location of the vehicle. The illustration below depicts an example environment fo...
(PDF) Earning Report - Walmart's Online Sales Double as Pandemic Shapes Q2
[Investing]
2020/08/19 09:09
With pandemic habits still driving shopping, Walmart blew away expectations for the second quarter, with U.S. comparable sales up 9.3% and e-commerce sales up 97% year over year.Sam's Club sales also spiked, with comps up 13.3% and e-commerce sales growing 39%. New memberships at Sam's increased more than 60% in Q2.Operating income in the U.S. also grew, by 8.5%. After adjusting for restructuri...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Future of Work in Japan: Accelerating automation after COVID-19
[Business]
2020/08/19 09:08
Digitization has played a key role in reducing the spread of the virus and promoting a safe recovery. Now, it’s even more critical to the country’s longer-term economic health.Japanese leaders have long promoted productivity improvements to drive economic growth. That has become an even greater priority as the country’s low birth rates and rising life expectancy have reduced the domestic wor...
