TREND REPORTS
(Infographic) The Pandemic Economy : What are Shoppers Buying Online During COVID-19?
[Consumer]
2020/04/12 09:03
The Fastest Growing and Declining E-Commerce CategoriesThe COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on every aspect of life, including how people shop for their necessities, and their not-so-necessities.With online retail sales estimated to reach an eye-watering $6.5 trillion by 2023, the ecommerce sector was already booming. But since the outbreak, online shopping has been catapulted i...
(PDF) BCG - COVID-19 Consumer Sentiment Snapshot #3 : Turning the Tide
[Consumer]
2020/04/09 09:10
Stay-at-home orders and increasingly restrictive lockdowns continued throughout the world last week, as COVID-19 cases steadily increased in countries across the globe—in most countries, but not China.What drove containment in China? One can speculate that it was the quick, bold actions the government took. Schools were not reopened following the winter break. More than 80 cities were locked d...
(Paper) Stanford Scientists Designed ‘Smart Toilet’ Monitors for Signs of Disease
[Tech]
2020/04/09 09:09
The smart toilet automatically sends data extracted from any sample to a secure, cloud-based system for safekeeping.There’s a new disease-detecting technology in the lab of Sanjiv “Sam” Gambhir, MD PhD, and its No. 1 source of data is number one. And number two.It’s a smart toilet. But not the kind that lifts its own lid in preparation for use; this toilet is fitted with technology that can...
European Brands Shift Production Toward Hand Sanitizer
[Business]
2020/04/09 09:08
In an effort to bolster the safety and well-being of both healthcare workers and the general public amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, European brands across the fashion, beauty, and alcohol sectors are pivoting their manufacturing operations to assist in the much-needed production of hand sanitizer. However, the following brands aren’t selling the product—they’re working with charitable organiza...
How are Shopping Habits in the U.S. Evolving in Response to COVID-19 ?
[Consumer]
2020/04/09 09:07
How are shopping habits in the U.S. evolving in response to COVID-19? Our latest figures show what Americans are buying, and not buying. Do your shopping trips mirror any of these trends?[neilsen]
(Video) Tyto Care Raises $50M to Grow Its Telehealth Examination and Diagnostic Platform
[Investing]
2020/04/09 09:06
With social distancing, self isolation, and remote working emerging as the standard behavioral protocol to combat the COVID-19 outbreak, this is creating new opportunities for fledgling industries and technologies to step up and show their true worth. And that includes telehealth.While the ability to delivery health care services online and through other virtual communication conduits is not ne...
Nike-backed Researchers Invent a Wearable Robot That Makes You Faster
[Tech]
2020/04/09 09:05
As workout studios close their doors amid a global pandemic, people are left with one of the cheapest and easiest ways to break a sweat: running.But just because you know you could be running, doesn’t mean you’ll actually go out and jog. That’s where a new Nike-funded research team comes in. They want to help people struggling to go the distance — and invented a wearable ankle “exoskeleton...
'Coffee Traveler' by Starbucks Coffee Japan
[Product]
2020/04/09 09:04
A convenient carrier filled with 96 fl oz of our featured brewed medium roast coffee (equivalent of twelve 8 fl oz cups)—a perfect pick-me-up for meetings, picnics or whatever occasion calls for coffee.Website : https://www.starbucks.com/menu/product/873068655/hot?parent=%2Fdrinks%2Fhot-coffees%2Fcoffee-travelers[starbucks]
(Infographic) Media Consumption in the Age of COVID-19
[Consumer]
2020/04/09 09:03
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc across the globe, people’s time that would have otherwise been spent perusing malls or going to live events, is now being spent on the sofa.During this period of pandemic-induced social isolation, it’s no surprise that people are consuming vast amounts of media. Today’s graphics use data from a Global Web Index report to explore how people...
