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Amazon vs. Walmart
[Business]
2021/08/19 09:05
The tech giant is officially the biggest retailer outside of China, but Walmart is stepping up its own e-commerce efforts.Amazon is officially the world's biggest retailer outside of China. Data from FactSet reveals that more than $610bn was spent through Amazon in the 12-months that ended in June — overtaking US retail giant Walmart for the first time ever.Amazon may have only just overtaken...
This AI-Enabled Phone Case has Detachable Display That Prioritizes Your Notifications
[Design]
2021/08/19 09:04
A smartphone case that lets you focus on work at hand without being worried about missing any important notifications.Smartphones are like a second skin to us as they constantly keep beaming notifications (more than 100 in a day on average) that can adversely affect productivity and focus levels. It is like, we get sucked into using our phones even when we don’t intend to. More often than not...
(Video) The Design Prize winner : Scewo Returns with Futuristic Wheelchair, BRO
[Design]
2021/08/19 09:03
Acknowledged as a pioneer of important design in the medical technology industry, BRO wheelchair by scewo ensures that people of restricted mobility meet their personal needs and independence. The award-winning project — honored with designboom’s THE DESIGN PRIZE 2018 — has since then been refigured and developed featuring an elevated self-balancing and stair climbing technology. the smartly...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Shared Mobility : Where It Stands, Where It’s Headed
[Business]
2021/08/18 09:10
Having weathered a pandemic, regulatory whiplash, and a host of other hurdles, shared mobility endures. Here’s where things stand today.more than 40 million e-hailing trips are being booked on the two biggest e-hailing platforms every day?the e-hailing market accounts for more than 90 percent of consumer spending in shared mobility globally?the number of e-hailing trips almost tripled in four...
McDonald’s Urges Drivers To Keep ‘Eyes On The Fries’ In Road Safety Campaign
[Business]
2021/08/18 09:09
You can always count on a McDonald’s to fix your hunger at every corner, but did you know its fries are also great for holding attention on the road?Neither did we, until advertising agency Nord DDB Oslo directed us to this campaign it produced for McDonald’s Norway with the country’s leading road safety organization.Visualizing road markings as an iconic menu item, McDonald’s coaxes driver...
The Foodtech Company, QQA is Developing Lab-Grown Chocolate
[Product]
2021/08/18 09:08
QOA makes cocoa-free chocolate using “precision fermentation” of other ingredients.The chocolate industry has problems. Twenty years after promising to phase out the “worst forms” of child labor on cocoa plantations, chocolate brands still haven’t succeeded. In Ivory Coast, where a third of the world’s cocoa is grown, rainforests are plowed down for cocoa plantations; in the last 50 years...
Crypto Fashion : Why People Pay Real Money for Virtual Clothes
[Business]
2021/08/18 09:07
People care what their avatars are wearing.When the virtual world Decentraland said in June users could make and sell their own clothing for avatars to wear on the site, Hiroto Kai stayed up all night designing Japanese-inspired garments.Selling kimonos for around $140 each, he said he made $15,000-$20,000 in just three weeks.While the idea of spending real money on clothing that does not physi...
How Did a Global Crisis Pave The Way for EV Sales ?
[Business]
2021/08/18 09:06
More than 40% of those planning to buy a new car are thinking of going electric, the latest EY Mobility Lens Consumer Index shows. Green consciousness and environmental issues are now ranked as the clear number one influence on electric vehicle buyers.Any electric vehicle sales boom will be part of a wider resurgence in car buying, driven by changing mobility patterns and perceived COVID-19 ris...
As Idol Troubles Continue, Brands Still Bank On Crazed Fans
[Business]
2021/08/18 09:05
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, brands can’t afford to lose their idol ambassadors.[Despite the slew of idol scandals, brands are still relying on stars like Blackpink and Cai Xukun to drum up excitement for their August drops in China. Photo: PUBG]Despite a turbulent few months of scandals — from Louis Vuitton dropping Kris Wu after his #MeToo allegations, to Lanvin scrubbing posts of Word of Honor...
