Weight Watchers. The iconic company is struggling a bit.If you're giving yourself some slack over your diet and exercise regime at the moment, you're not alone according to weight loss company Weight Watchers (WW). The company says they are seeing evidence of people putting "diets on hold" as economies re-open, leading them to downgrade their profit forecasts for this year — a revelation that...

Will Clem knows all too well about restaurant workers not showing up for a shift. At least one person would have car trouble or need to stay home with sick children, and it became a common occurrence on the weekends for the co-founder of Memphis Meats and owner of Baby Jacks BBQ in Memphis.Needing to fill a shift one Friday night, Clem decided to prop his laptop in the drive-thru lane of one of...

Many employers have big decisions to make about 'return to work' proceedures.Employers in the US are making decisions about whether their employees should return to the workplace, or if they can continue working remotely.Four in 10 Americans who currently work from home at least one day a week would seek another job if employers ask for a full return to the workplace.The survey also showed most...

Design graduate Kukbong Kim has developed a paint made from demolished concrete that is capable of absorbing 20 per cent of its weight in carbon. Called Celour, the paint can sequester 27 grams of CO2 for every 135 grams of paint used."That is the same amount of carbon dioxide that a normal tree absorbs per day," Kim said.The indoor-outdoor paint is made of waste concrete powder, a cement-based...

According to a LetsGoDigital report, the South Korean tech giant has applied for a new patent in Germany.Samsung is set to launch the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 in the Galaxy Unpacked 2021 event later today (11th August 2021). But a new patent has revealed that the Unpacked 2022 event might have the company unveil a ‘Galaxy Z Slide,’ which features an extending rollable display.Recen...

Entrepreneurs Supplant Chaebol Heirs as Korea’s Elite.Technology entrepreneurs rise to top of wealth ranking. Some startup founders are pledging to give away their fortunes.A new elite of uber-rich entrepreneurs is shooting up the wealth rankings in South Korea, overtaking the families behind the country’s decades-old sprawling conglomerates known as “chaebol.”Brian Kim, the founder of mobi...

This company recycles shipping containers into backyard swimming poolsSome shipping containers are single-use, making just one trip across the ocean filled with goods. Modpools gives them a second life as swimming pools.Like many curious children, Paul Rathnam’s kids love to play with cardboard boxes, building creative structures out of the empty packaging. Rathnam sees a parallel between thei...

The threat may be virtual, but it’s starting to feel very real.On the one hand, companies around the world are increasingly waking up to the advantages of switching to e-commerce in the B2B market. The internet’s relevance is already high—and still rising—at every stage of the customer buying journey—from comparing product information, to ordering, paying, and scheduling, and even procurin...

Electric fleet mobility company Xos, Inc. has just introduced a mobile charging solution for electric fleet vehicles called Xos Hub that avoids waiting for infrastructural installation. Xos Hub sits alongside Xos Serve as two new services offered through Xos Energy Solutions, a new business unit within Xos, Inc.Xos, pronounced “ex-ose,” is a Southern California-based fleet manufacturer specia...