China’s energy transition presents a striking paradox. No country has expanded renewable power as quickly or invested as heavily in clean-energy supply chains, yet China still accounts for roughly 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions and continues to rely heavily on coal.A new BCG Institute report argues that this contradiction should not obscure the lessons embedded in China’s experience. Over the past two decades, China has reduced its emissions intensity by 50%, while installing more than 1,300 GW of renewable power capacity in just f...

Savage X Fenty has taken over New York Fashion Week with an outdoor campaign that suspends giant lingerie above Manhattan streets, using sunlight to cast oversized bra and underwear shadows across the road below.Spotted around Seventh Avenue and Fashion Avenue, the installation turns the city itself into the media.Instead of simply showing lingerie on a billboard, the brand has enlarged the product into street-scale structures whose shadows become the advertising.It is a neat piece of experiential marketing because the creative changes with...

Talk of heading off artificial intelligence’s potential role in destroying humanity hurt some stocks and helped others.AI leaders called for a slowdown in the technology’s development, prompting a rotation out of chip makers and into AI-hyperscaler stocks.Shares of Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta all advanced 2% or more following the warnings, while semiconductor hardware suppliers saw sharp sell-offs.Political figures, including President Trump, pushed back against calls for restraint, emphasizing national competition with China.Wall Street...

Nike will be removed from the S&P 100 later this month as the brand’s stock continues to plummet. This is the latest sign of lost faith in the Portland-based company from industry investors that feels almost impossible to gain back.Nike hasn’t just fallen from grace. Soon, it will also fall from one of the stock market’s most prestigious blue-chip indexes.The world’s most valuable sneaker and sportswear brand is set to be removed from the S&P 100 on Sept. 21, Standard & Poor’s announced on Sept. 4. In addition to the S&P...

Onitsuka Tigers are having a moment as a weak yen and classic looks lure tourists to Tokyo stores.Onitsuka Tiger, a shoe brand owned by Asics, is experiencing a boom in demand for its retro sneakers.A weak yen allows international tourists in Japan to purchase pairs for significantly lower prices than in their home countries.Driven by strong sales to inbound visitors, Onitsuka Tiger's revenue surged 36% year-over-year in the first six months of the year.Gerson Balza remembers Uma Thurman wearing yellow and black Onitsuka Tigers in the 2003 m...

Machine learning helps orbital sensors catch blazes earlier.A new generation of satellites equipped with specialized thermal sensors and AI is making it possible to detect wildfires earlier — sometimes before ground-based systems can see them.On July 20, a satellite operated by German company OroraTech detected a hot spot near Aberdeen, California, marking the first detection of the Rock Fire. The blaze eventually grew beyond 12,000 acres and triggered evacuations and road closures.The detection was made by OroraTech’s OTC-P1 constellation...

Anyone who has ever sprinted through a train station with a rolling suitcase in one hand and a coffee sloppily balanced in the other knows the particular despair of scanning a row of seats and finding every single one occupied by someone’s backpack. Not a person. A bag. Sitting there like it paid for the ticket too.That small, maddening moment is basically the whole reason a London studio called Of My Imagination designed something called Flip, a modular public seating system where each individual seat can rotate out of the way on command....

1. 롱제비티(Longevity)가 정의하는 새로운 럭셔리의 가치신분 상징으로서의 건강 수명(Healthspan): 명품 가방이나 슈퍼카 등 물질적 소유를 넘어서, 높은 삶의 질과 건강한 상태를 오래 유지하는 '롱제비티' 자체가 현대 소비자의 새로운 럭셔리 신분 상징(Status symbol)으로 부상.젊은 층이 주도하는 데이터 기반 웰니스 붐: WHOOP 전체 회원의 81%가 Z세대 및 밀레니얼 세대로 구성(Z세대 회원 전년 대비 74% 증가)되며, 노화에 대한 공포보다 생체 데이터 최적화 및 선제적 제어를 목표로 하는 젊은 소비층 급증.치료에서 예방·정체성 영역으로의 패러다임 전환: 연속 생체 모니터...

A massive paradigm shift is quietly transforming the global consumer economy. As highlighted at a recent VOGUE Longevity webinar, the cultural conversation is moving away from simply extending our lifespan to maximizing our healthspan—staying active, healthy, and highly capable for as much of our lives as possible. This pursuit of a longer, higher-quality life is rapidly reshaping the wellness, tech, and fashion industries.The New Status Symbol: Access over OwnershipOnce defined by designer bags, yachts, and supercars, the ultimate "flex" o...