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Howard Schultz is Back for Another Stint as Starbucks CEO
[Business]
2022/03/21 09:08
35 years ago Howard Schultz took the top job at Starbucks, a small chain serving coffee in 11 locations. Over the next 3 decades, across two different stints as CEO, Schultz would reshape Starbucks into a US, and then a global, coffee empire — with more than 25,000 locations by the time he stepped down in 2017.Now, he's back (again). Schultz is once again stepping up to the top job, this time...
Zaha Hadid Architects Designs Virtual Liberland Metaverse City
[Design]
2022/03/21 09:07
Liberland Metaverse is a "cyber-urban" city in the metaverse designed by Zaha Hadid Architects.British architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects has created a "cyber-urban" city in the metaverse where people can buy plots of land with cryptocurrency and enter digital buildings as an avatar.Named Liberland Metaverse, the virtual city is a based on the Free Republic of Liberland – a micronation...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Unpacking The Cross-Border Parcel Market’s Promise
[Business]
2022/03/21 09:06
As e-commerce continues to fuel cross-border package deliveries around the world, what should logistics providers pay attention to?“Deliver the letter, the sooner the better,” crooned the Marvelettes, the Beatles, and the Carpenters in the hit song “Please Mr. Postman,” capturing the familiar sentiment of not receiving a letter quickly enough. But today, with email largely replacing snail m...
Hotel Payments Technology Company Selfbook Climbs to $300M Valuation
[Investing]
2022/03/21 09:05
Hotel payment software provider Selfbook has completed a $15 million extension of its Series A financing that values the company at $300 million.Tiger Global Management led the extension, as well as the company’s $25 million Series A in October. At that time, New York-based Selfbook was valued at $125 million — so it has essentially seen a 2.4x increase in valuation from the fourth quarter of...
Lunchbox Delivery Robot – The Future of Unmanned Food Delivery
[Design]
2022/03/21 09:04
In 2019 not long after founding LeapX, this design company received an ambitious and forward-thinking project to reimagine the possibility of unmanned delivery. The project focused on the delivery of takeaway food and so was internally nicknamed “Lunchbox“.Thy began an in-depth study into the current delivery landscape, including a stint working as delivery drivers themselves. In contrast to...
(Infographic) Travel Is Back. Here's What Consumers Are Planning for 2022
[Consumer]
2022/03/21 09:03
After 2 pandemic years, people are ready to see the world again, but it won't be exactly the sameillustration of different ways to travel.Hybrid work may be here to stay, but people are ready to say goodbye to their home offices and sofas to see the world again.According to a survey by consumer insights firm GlobalWebIndex, travel intent for 2022 is up across every category surveyed, with road...
(PDF) Accenture : The Ultimate Healthcare Experience : Global Report
[Business]
2022/03/18 09:10
Accenture 2021 Health and Life Sciences Global Experience Survey of nearly 12,000 people in 14 countries reveals what makes a great healthcare experience.Depending on age, expectations as to what constitutes good healthcare delivery varies in emotional support, technology, trust and access.Life sciences and healthcare organizations can’t rely on current strategies to take them into the future,...
The Top NFTs to Hit the Fashion Week Runway
[Business]
2022/03/18 09:09
Fall 2022’s Fashion Week proved that the metaverse is still on the luxury sector's mind. Jing Daily takes a look at the top NFTs that dropped in conjunction with the runway collections. While the pandemic saw the Fashion Week calendar adapt to a digital-first initiative, luxury brands were forced to shift their focus onto how their identity could survive and maintain relationships with consume...
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Is Back
[Investing]
2022/03/18 09:08
Warren Buffett is once again living up to the title of his book - The Intelligent Investor. Even Warren Buffett wouldn't have seen this coming. Shares of the legendary investor's industrial conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) - Get Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A Report topped $500,000 to mark a landmark turning point in the U.S. stock market at a time of great financial and economic uncert...
