TREND REPORTS
(PDF) Booking.com - Sustainable Travel Report 2023
[Consumer]
2023/06/22 09:10
The most extensive sustainable travel research from Booking.com to date spotlights how economic uncertainty is informing meaningful sustainable travel decisions this year.76% of travelers say they want to travel more sustainably over the coming 12 months, while the same amount say the global energy crisis and rising cost of living is impacting their spending plans Nearly half (49%) of travelers...
Life Extending Stickers
[Business]
2023/06/22 09:09
There are few and far in between the opportunities in which an idea ticks all the boxes, driving awareness and conversion at the same time, while doing good and in and effortless way. This is one of them, using an overlooked in-store media space to drive behaviour change. Brownie points for the simple and effective design that doesn’t call attention to itself and just works. Top Cannes contend...
Sequoia Capital - The New Language Model Stack
[Business]
2023/06/22 09:08
ChatGPT unleashed a tidal wave of innovation with large language models (LLMs). More companies than ever before are bringing the power of natural language interaction to their products. The adoption of language model APIs is creating a new stack in its wake. To better understand the applications people are building and the stacks they are using to do so, we spoke with 33 companies across the Se...
Lululemon Partners with 'Plastic-eating' Startup, Samsara to Create Infinitely Recyclable Textiles
[Business]
2023/06/22 09:07
Samsara Eco uses enzymes to break plastics down to their core molecules, which can then be used to make new plastics. Canberra-based enviro-tech startup Samsara Eco has announced a partnership with Lululemon to develop the world’s first infinitely recyclable nylon and polyester. The two companies plan to work together to create new recycled textiles from clothing waste using Samsara Eco’s ‘p...
From Google To Youtube, Advertising Drives The Alphabet Profit Machine
[Investing]
2023/06/22 09:06
The European Commission has charged Google with abusing its dominant position in the advertising tech industry, mirroring a similar lawsuit filed by the US DoJ back in January.The EC alleges that Google has exploited its control on both the buy side, assisting advertisers in securing ad placements, and the sell side, helping publishers fill their available ad space. That's essentially put the c...
(Paper) Combining Bioprinting Techniques to Pursue Functional Blood Vessels
[Tech]
2023/06/22 09:05
UMC Utrecht researchers for the first time successfully combined volumetric bioprinting with melt electrowriting. This combines the speed and cell-friendliness of volumetric printing with the structural strength needed to create functional blood vessels.In this project volumetric bioprinting was for the first time successfully combined with melt electrowriting. This combines the speed and cell-...
Streaming Represented 36.4% of TV Usage in May, Roku Channel Obtains 1.1% Share
[Consumer]
2023/06/22 09:04
Roku Channel is the third FAST service to be independently reported in The Gauge.Streaming accounted for 36.4% of time spent watching TV in the U.S. in May, according to Nielsen's May 2023 report of The Gauge™, the media measurement company's monthly snapshot of total broadcast, cable and streaming consumption that occurs via television. By comparison, 31.1% of TV viewing was spent watching ca...
MSCHF Creates Microscopic Louis Vuitton Handbag
[Design]
2023/06/22 09:03
Art collective MSCHF has unveiled a tiny Louis Vuitton handbag that is "smaller than a grain of salt" as a critique on luxury fashion.Described by the collective as "the final word in bag miniaturization", the bag-shaped model is 657 micrometres high and 700 micrometres long.Made from neon-green photopolymer resin, the microscopic handbag was 3D printed using technology normally used for making...
(PDF) Bain - China Shopper Report 2023 - Slowly Rebounding from Turbulence
[Business]
2023/06/21 09:10
This is the 12th consecutive year that we have tracked the shopping behaviors of Chinese consumers. Our continuing research has given us a valuable long-term view across 106 fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) categories purchased for home consumption in China. As in each of the past 11 years, we analyzed the 26 key categories that span the four largest consumer goods sectors: packaged food, beve...
