The why, what, and how of consumer digital and analytics transformations.CPG leaders around the world have been awakened to the potential of digital and analytics to transform the traditional interactions and processes in their businesses. However, despite the energy and engagement of top teams, often these efforts are not scaling up impact as quickly as necessary to keep pace.Frequently, this...

By definition, the metaverse is the hypothesized next iteration of the internet, supporting decentralized, persistent online 3-D virtual environments. This virtual space will be accessible through virtual reality headsets, augmented reality glasses, smartphones, PCs, and game consoles. The metaverse has well-defined use cases within the video game, business, education, retail, and real-estate s...

Innovation is opening significant opportunities, but emboldened competitors are tightening the time frame for pursuing them.Payments snapped back from the rigors of the pandemic faster than most observers would have expected. Analysts use the term elastic to describe a market participant’s success in absorbing change. But the payments industry wasn’t just elastic—it was a slingshot. The nimb...

Could this be the next step towards making VR and the metaverse more realistic?Virtual reality experiences are never going to feel like the real world until we’re able to engage all of our senses, not just vision and hearing. As a potential way to simulate a human’s ability to feel physical sensations, researchers have developed haptic VR hardware that applies chemicals to your skin to trigge...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves VUITY™ (pilocarpine HCI ophthalmic solution) 1.25%, the First and Only Eye Drop to Treat Presbyopia (Age-Related Blurry Near Vision).- Presbyopia, or age-related blurry near vision, is a common, progressive condition that reduces the eye's ability to focus on near objects, affecting most adults over the age 40- Phase 3 clinical studies demonstrated VU...

Electric vehicles (EVs) are a key piece of the net-zero carbon future puzzle, and the electric vehicle market is growing exponentially.Countries and governments around the world are recognizing the importance of these zero-emission vehicles and consequently including them in their decarbonization plans. But some countries are far ahead in the EV race, while others are yet to fully embrace EV ad...

The Icelandverse looks much more enjoyable than Facebook's imaginary metaverse.Iceland released a new tourism ad on Thursday, poking fun at Facebook’s (sorry, Meta’s) recent promises for how we’re all going to live in the future. But Iceland’s version of Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t want to sell you on visiting the sci-fi dystopia that we were all warned about for decades. No, Iceland just want...

After 2020’s sharp reversal, this year the market is likely to be up 1% on its 2019 high.Over the past two decades, the Bain & Company Luxury Study has become a reference point for the industry, but it has never seen a year of surging performance to match 2021. With personal luxury goods sales likely to be up by almost a third, the 20th edition of the study—released in collaboration with...

The Good Glamm Group, South Asia’s largest content-to-commerce conglomerate, has raised $150 million funding in its Series D round, including both primary and secondary sales, co-led by marquee tech and private equity investors Prosus Ventures (Naspers), Warburg Pincus. There was participation from Alteria Capital and existing investors L’Occitane, Bessemer Venture Partners, Strides Ventures,...