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(PDF) Mckinsey - Hainan’s $40 Billion Prize : The New Battleground for Global Luxury
[Business]
2021/07/27 09:10
This popular vacation destination is likely to capture a growing share of Chinese luxury spending.Hainan’s luxury market is poised for stellar growthIn June 2020, the Chinese government announced a plan to transform the island province of Hainan into the world’s largest Free Trade Port. The scheme comprises policies such as reducing corporate and individual tax rates, relaxing visa requiremen...
Virbela's Virtual Reality Approach Could End the Debate Over WFH vs. At the Office
[Business]
2021/07/27 09:09
Virbela builds virtual spaces to recreate the office experience in a simulated space for workers in all time zones.Virbela runs its daily operations in a virtual office that includes common areas, meeting rooms, offices and avatars that represent employees.The key to success with the new hybrid work plans is experimenting, according to HR experts. Managers should be willing to drop policies tha...
Food & Drink Vegetables Grown in The Grocery Store Parking Lot - The GardenBox
[Business]
2021/07/27 09:08
A US grocer chain has begun to grow its own vegetables hydroponically - in a shipping container in the store parking lot. The containers’ 320 square feet are enough to grow more than 4,000 heads of organic lettuce.The locavore movement has been gaining pace in recent years, as consumers and businesses seek to create more self-reliant and resilient food networks by eating locally. However, eati...
Tomorrow’s Space Tourism - Billionaires and Their Space Toys
[Business]
2021/07/27 09:08
With earth currently struggling to end a global pandemic, and climate change literally driving mass wildfires, Gen Z and Millennials are left wondering why billionaires are so focused on beating each other to space instead of, who knows, combating world hunger (as suggested by UN World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley)? Yet, with billionaires left to their own devices, we are all l...
China’s Vast Network of Gray-Market Shoppers Grounded by the Pandemic
[Business]
2021/07/27 09:07
Travel restrictions and a government shift have stymied daigou who buy goods overseas.Vivian Li, a stay-at-home mother in Shenzhen, used to make weekly trips abroad, leaving her husband in charge of their toddler and traveling to Hong Kong or Tokyo with two empty suitcases. She would fill them with Lancôme eye creams, Pola shampoos, Louis Vuitton handbags, and other products that in China were...
Surgical Robotics Company CMR Raises $600M
[Investing]
2021/07/27 09:05
UK-based robotics company CMR Surgical this morning announced a $600 million Series D. This latest round, led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 and co-led by Ally Bridge Group, joins an existing $384.8 million already raised by the Cambridge firm. It values the company at $3 billion.CMR’s flagship product is Versius. The robotic system is designed to perform minimally invasive keyhole surgery, prim...
The Conceptual 'AIO Phone-Book' Has a Wireless Charging Pad
[Design]
2021/07/27 09:04
The conceptual 'AIO Phone-Book' has been designed by Kylin Wu as a futuristic piece of mobile computing technology that would drastically enhance the capabilities of users when connecting from anywhere.The laptop replaces the trackpad component with a smartphone that can be easily removed when the user wants to use it on its own or even as an external mouse. The laptop boasts a dedicated dock f...
European Product Design Award Winner - One Plus Three
[Design]
2021/07/27 09:03
In the integration of eastern and western cultures, this tableware design can meet the actual needs of different cultural backgrounds. Based on the guiding principles of structuralism and morphological aesthetics, we carry out ecological reconstruction design for this set of tableware. Not only give a set of tableware for two western or three Chinese food use function, but also has the form of...
(PDF) Bain - Helping Consumers Make Healthier Choices
[Consumer]
2021/07/26 09:10
How The Consumer Goods Forum’s Collaboration for Healthier Lives coalition can build on its successes.Health and well-being have been steadily growing in importance for consumers and society at large. The Covid-19 pandemic, which has resulted in more than 3.4 million deaths to date, has further increased the urgency to address critical health issues by improving public health and empowering in...
