Most of us have abandoned plastic straws but the next big culprit of our to-go coffees are the plastic lids! About 8.25 million tons of plastic waste enter the ocean each year and these take a million years to decompose causing significant damage to the oceans and marine life. Not-so-fun fact: New York City alone generates enough plastic lid waste to cover the entire earth THREE times. To solve...

The Moniker Sport section of the store is designed to evoke the feeling of space exploration.A fashion shop in Oslo has been designed to draw in shoppers by creating a playful, experiential focusIn the post-COVID world, experience is going to be more important than ever for enticing shoppers back into shops in person. In fact, design firm Snøhetta is counting on this. The firm has designed a n...

A majority of Americans say they use YouTube and Facebook, while use of Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok is especially common among adults under 30.Despite a string of controversies and the public’s relatively negative sentiments about aspects of social media, roughly seven-in-ten Americans say they ever use any kind of social media site – a share that has remained relatively stable over the pa...

SoftBank and its Vision Fund have invested aggressively in robotics technology, with founder Masayoshi Son frequently predicting that computers will surpass humans in 30 years. Japanese company will pick up 40% stake in Norwegian warehouse automation specialist.SoftBank has struck a $2.8bn deal for a 40 per cent stake in Norwegian warehouse automation company AutoStore, in the latest addition t...

The pandemic has created plenty of investment winners, from Zoom to online retailers and Malaysian glove makers. Add Singapore golf club memberships to the list.With borders closed for more than a year and relatively few Covid-19 cases in the city-state, golfers have flocked to Singapore’s 15 courses, making tee times almost impossible to get and driving prices for the private clubs to record...

A new type of can of Asahi Super Dry draft beer naturally generates more head after being opened from bumps on the inner side of the lid, which can be completely torn off. Asahi Breweries Ltd. will debut a new draft beer version of its Super Dry line in April to quench the demand from more people drinking at home instead of at bars during the COVID-19 pandemic.A special feature of the new Super...

Winning the Attention War: Consumers in Nine Major Markets Countries Now Spend More than Four Hours a Day in Apps. Time spent in apps surged by up to 80% in selected markets between Q1 2019 and Q1 2021If we live in an attention economy, then there's no doubt where people are currently directing their eyeballs. Our new data for Q1 2021 reveals that consumers are spending more time than ever in a...

A mixture of high-grade vegan ingredients replicates each vitamin, mineral and protein within the egg yolk.Inspired by the long history of egg use in Asian skincare, new brand Superegg provides all of an egg’s nutrients with none of the associated environmental damage. A mixture of high-grade vegan ingredients replicates each vitamin, mineral and protein within the egg yolk, the egg white and...

In Japan, the period when people’s day-to-day mobility is restricted is getting longer, not shorter.- By 2050, a third of Japan's population will be aged 65 or older;- As people age, they need new ways to get around, particularly alternatives to driving, but public transport provision is far from universal – even in Japan;- New mobility initiatives, many based on the principle of “mobility a...