Culture Spotlight On France Jun 09, 2018 ... business strategies to revolve around the Internet and music streaming. With multiple streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer providing consumers an easy and popular way to listen to music, indie artists can now focus on their music and not worry about CD sales and strong marketing. The large record labels that once ruled the industry are now surrounded by a multitude of smaller, independent labels whose business models focus on online opportunities and the ability to ...
Global Food & Beverage Trends May 28, 2018 ... Bars While kava, a stress-reducing drink made from the powdered root of a plant of the same name, has been around for centuries and is particularly popular on Pacific islands such as Hawaii and Fiji, it's just now catching on in other regions given young people's desire for natural medicines. New York didn't have a kava bar until 2015, but now there's a growing demand for "nature's Xanax," as recently reported by The New York Times. The Big Apple now boasts several shops, including ...
Extracurriculars Mar 22, 2018 education customization online learning personalization school Life Skills ... push marketing messages, these brands are providing content platforms to help educate and inspire consumers on the topics that matter to them. Acorns Micro-investing app Acorns’ online magazine, Grow, is on a mission to educate consumers about their money. Its team of 20-something financial journalist contributors has seen about 5 million visitors since it launched last year, converting readers to Acorns users and providing an alternative revenue stream for the brand.Apple Apple recently launched a ...
Doctor Who? Mar 19, 2018 health & wellness mindfulness ... mainstream attention, with Millennial-centric media sources from Well + Good to BuzzFeed regularly reporting on the effectiveness of everyday health items in one's fridge, such as apple cider vinegar and coconut oil. And furthering their appeal is that such types of alternative medicine aren't expensive; ordinary, natural items that one can use themselves are proving to be quite effective.If I feel that I'm getting sick, I'll get on the apple cider vinegar train and nine times out of 10, it helps.ETHAN ...
Some Other Time Dec 10, 2017 technology apps friends social media ... solve for different needs, such as Apple’s Do Not Disturb feature intended to curb texting while driving. Young people have used the service to send an automatic reply stating that they’re otherwise occupied. Similar to the trend of implementing more personal and humorous out-of-office email replies, some young people have created comical auto replies to enable their time-shifting behavior, often with hilarious results. And while text overload is a more common problem among 14- to 34-year-olds, the ...
Eco-Exhibitionists Sep 14, 2017 design home technology appliances cars ... products or not, companies have the power to align with consumer demand for sustainability through their stores, offices, delivery practices, and more. For example, Apple designed its new headquarters to be 100% sustainable, an aspirational goal that any company can work towards whether or not they are endemic to the sustainability space. Non-endemic brands can also strive to partner with sustainability leaders to benefit from their halo effect. For instance, a project at Alphabet's "moonshot" factory ...
The Monetization Generation Jun 24, 2017 gen z money spending finance saving ... would hypothetically invest in, they had well-informed answers varying from Disney given how many companies it owns, to Apple due to its overwhelming influence on society, to small businesses that they identified as having high potential for growth. Others remarked how they knew that investing in Chipotle would be a smart move, and its stock would go back up after the dust settled following its E. Coli outbreak, given their deep awareness and trust of the brand. As Zs get older and have more money ...
Robot Relations Jun 16, 2017 career gen z technology school ... that recorded kids' voices and inadvertently leaked their data. In order to balance the protection of individuals with the promotion of innovation, some A.I. companies like Snips are creating virtual assistants that are private by design. Unlike Siri, which stores information it pulls remotely on Apple’s servers, Snips avoids remote or cloud-based servers and stores info locally, which means not even the company’s employees can access it. Public entities are likewise beginning to prioritize privacy ...
Omnitainment Dec 09, 2016 media & entertainment branding radio video ... story is one of five that Kellogg’s MorningStar Farms chronicles in its new docuseries The Veg Effect, which aims to get people to eat more vegetables. - Omnitainment TV - ApplePlanet of the Apps is a new unscripted series about the world of apps and the developers who create them. Co-produced by Propagate and Apple, the series follows a group of app makers who battle it out for resources, mentorship, and, eventually, a $10 million pot of venture capital funding. The project will ...
weCommerce Sep 29, 2016 community retail e-commerce shopping ... be resold. Consider how your brand can support resale of intangibles, including digital products: Apple has even patented a system for buying and selling digital movies, music, books, and software.Young people are seeking ways to refresh products they already own rather than acquire new ones. Brands should consider offering tutorials and classes, both online and in store, that instruct shoppers how to refurbish or repurpose products. - Fashion weCommerce - DepopMobile app Depop builds ...