TREND REPORTS
(PDF) Bain - China’s Unstoppable 2020 Luxury Market
[Business]
2020/12/23 09:10
A reduction in international travel is creating an exponential boost in domestic spending.The luxury goods market in mainland China saw a significant boost in consumer spending in 2020. Our report examines the four factors that powered this increased growth rate and that will continue to offer opportunities for China’s luxury brands.Mainland China’s luxury goods market will likely achieve 48%...
New Normal 2.0 : Tech and the K-shaped Recovery
[Investing]
2020/12/23 09:09
Since the start of the pandemic, we’ve heard about different recovery curves: Z-shaped recovery (optimistic: downturn, bounces back to pre-crisis growth), V-shaped (optimistic: steep decline, quick recovery), U-shaped (somewhat pessimistic: period between decline and recovery), W-shaped (pessimistic: recovery, second decline), and L-shaped (most pessimistic: extended downturn).More recently, J...
(Infographic) CB Insights : The World’s 500+ Unicorn Companies
[Investing]
2020/12/23 09:08
There are 510 private companies around the world valued at $1B+, all featured on our real-time unicorn tracker. These tech startups are collectively worth $1.59T and have raised a combined total of over $370B.Using the CB Insights database, we mapped all 500+ global unicorn companies valued at $1B or more according to the primary markets in which they operate.MARKET MAPOur market map sorts unic...
(Paper) AI Robot Walk Broken Leg Thanks Brain Never Stops Learning - Snippet
[Tech]
2020/12/23 09:07
Simulated Robot Manages to Carry on With a Broken Leg. It's thanks to its AI brain that never stops learning.The world of robotics is advancing in leaps and bounds, and this new video is no exception. First shared by Science Magazine, the YouTube video depicts two simulated robots going about their business. You quickly notice that they're acting very differently, with one turning on its back,...
(PDF) Capgemini - Taking the Lead with Sustainable Transportation
[Business]
2020/12/23 09:06
The challenges and opportunities currently faced by commercial vehicle OEMs are significant and often exciting ones.Tighter environmental regulation will compel them to shift their portfolio toward electric vehicles, whether battery electric vehicles (BEVs) or fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Connected services will help achieve sustainability goals but also address much wider needs. Change...
Former Tesla and SpaceX Designers are Selling Tiny $17,500 Prefab 'Urban Escape Pods'
[Product]
2020/12/23 09:05
Jupe is selling tiny prefab portable shelters. The 111 square-foot pods were designed by ex-Tesla, Airbnb, and SpaceX employees. They cost $17,500, and orders will start being fulfilled in March.Tiny-living startup Jupe just released new images of its sci-fi inspired portable shelters, or "cosmos-inspired urban escape pods," which are now available to preorder.The company was founded by Jeff Wi...
Korean $168 Billion Sovereign Fund To Boost Alternative Assets
[Investing]
2020/12/23 09:04
South Korea’s $168 billion sovereign wealth fund is planning to allocate as much as a fifth of its portfolio in alternative assets like tech ventures, as it bets that near-zero interest rates will stay on for a long time..- KIC to increase alternative assets to up to 20% of portfolio- KIC bought stay-at-home stocks like Peloton and Zscaler“In the mid-to-long term, our direction is to steadily...
Blow Bubbles & Avoid Lockdown Monotony with 'Soap Mask'
[Design]
2020/12/23 09:03
Interdisciplinary creative laboratory aerosoap introduces the ‘soap mask‘, a face shield frame that serves as a large bubble maker. Although not particularly protective, the mask aims to make our homebound reality a little less stressful and a little more fun, by blowing colorful soap bubbles. ‘Our soap mask does not provide efficient or even long-lasting protection, not a bit’ the aerosoap...
(PDF) Mckinsey - How US Customers’ Attitudes to Fintech are Shifting During the Pandemic
[Consumer]
2020/12/22 09:10
Recent surveys of US consumers reveal some shifting attitudes towards banks and fintechs after more than six months of the COVID-19 crisis.Beyond its devastating impact on human health and the economy, the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped much about the day-to-day lives of people across the globe. In this post, we highlight some observations on how the experience of living through a pandemic has...
