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How Much Money Does BTS Make for South Korea ?
[Business]
2019/11/07 11:39
K-Pop sensation BTS might rival the Beatles in chart success, but is their contribution to South Korea’s GDP really as substantial as that of major companies? A recent article by U.S. magazine Hollywood Reporter puts the boy group’s annual revenue at $4.65 billion and claims this puts the music group in the “same league as Samsung and Hyundai.”But is this claim true? An analysis of 2018 com...
Timeline : Billion-Dollar Beauty & Personal Care Exits
[Investing]
2019/11/07 11:39
Our timeline visualizes beauty and personal care company exits valued at $1B+ at acquisition or IPO, from Meitu's $4.9B public offering to Johnson & Johnson's massive purchase of haircare company Vogue International.From makeup to haircare to plastic surgery marketplaces, companies in the beauty space are increasingly attracting investor attention. In 2018, beauty & personal care startu...
(Video) 14-Year-Old Inventor, Alaina Gassler Solves Blind Spots
[Tech]
2019/11/07 11:38
Using some relatively inexpensive and readily available technology you can find at any well-stocked electronics store, Alaina Gassler, a 14-year-old inventor from West Grove, Pennsylvania, came up with a clever way to eliminate the blind spot created by the thick pillars on the side of a car’s windshield.Gassler’s actually too young to have a driver’s license in most states and has never exp...
The Price of Silence
[Product]
2019/11/07 11:38
Apple quietly (no pun intended) introducing a noise-cancelling “Pro” version of its hugely popular AirPods surely heated up the competition in the market for noise-cancelling headphones/earphones. Having been available for a week now, the Airpods Pro were widely greeted by glowing reviews, as most commentators lauded how Apple addressed most of the niggling issues people had with regular AirP...
Nielsen - The Million Dollar Fine
[Consumer]
2019/11/07 11:37
WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS MADE LESS MONEY THAN MEN. ISN'T IT TIME WE CHANGED THAT?If you’re a woman in North America, the OECD estimates that you make $10,000 less than your male counterparts each year, and you’re charged between $1,300 and $2,135 more for products and services. It’s a gender fine that adds up to about half a million dollars over your lifetime—and that’s if you’re lucky. If you’...
Restaurant Uses AI to Overhaul Fast-Food Dining - Sweetgreen
[Business]
2019/11/07 11:37
Sweetgreen has launched a completely revised version of its restaurant that moves from assembly line salads to high-tech, customised dining.US-based Sweetgreen is using AI tech and personalised service to attract customers to its latest restaurant in New York. Sweetgreen 3.0 combines the “digital and physical” experience, the company says. The casual eatery has made several radical changes to...
(Infographic) From Early to Late Stage, Online Video Ads Provide a Lift
[Consumer]
2019/11/07 11:37
They're effective toward the end of the journey. We all know online video works. Content is king. Customers use video throughout the entire journey.Online video drives the early stages of the purchase journey, with a 24% lift in ad recall and a 9% lift in purchase intent. But a new study from Google and the 4A’s found key performance metrics were high for both early- and late-stage consumers....
Newly Leaked Image of 2019 Motorola RAZR Shows Phone Spotted
[Product]
2019/11/07 00:10
Nnewly leaked images of the motorola 2019 RAZR offer what could be a first look at the reinvented model. motorola is unveiling its highly-anticipated foldable smartphone that’s said to be a revamp of the company’s iconic RAZR flip-phone on november 13. The images were shared by noted leaker evan blass on his private twitter account, providing a somewhat clear look — at least the clearest one...
(PDF) PwC : 2 Trends Shaping the Global Telecom Industry - Commoditization and Convergence
[Business]
2019/11/07 00:09
Two trends are coming together to transform the global telecom industry over the next several years. They will radically change how telecom companies operate, and how customers consume telecom services.The first trend is commoditization, the narrowing of market share and shrinking spreads between low- and high-priced services. For the first time in 10 years, what has seemed like an inexorable p...
