Starbucks’ new “Protein Cold Foam” went on sale September 29 –- and this might be one of the most ridiculous cash grabs I’ve seen in years. Let me tell you why this is corporate desperation disguised as health innovation.
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The fashion industry’s stubborn reliance on outdated supply chain practices is bleeding profits and destroying consumer trust. Traditional approaches to sizing, inventory management, and trend forecasting are creating failures across the entire value chain, from excess inventory that decimates sustainability goals to astronomical return rates that crush margins.
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To succeed in a retail market characterized by so much choice, these five visionaries are rewriting the rules of retail by being bold and brave.
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The death of the traditional end cap isn’t just about technology—it’s about data. These digital displays are collection engines, gathering information on dwell time, interaction rates, and conversion metrics that we could only dream about with cardboard and plastic.
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The key to tapping into gaming communities is authenticity — the most successful brand activations don’t just show a potential customer a product. They embed the brand into core memories that they’re already creating with their friends.
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Regulation doesn’t erase the core question: Are drones actually the future of last-mile delivery, or are they another shiny object distracting retailers from more urgent problems? Challenges will remain; drones are still limited by payload weight, weather sensitivity, and the economics of operating at scale. Yet the shift to standardization provides retailers with the regulatory clarity needed to plan, test, and prepare for drones as a potential solution in the last-mile delivery mix.
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Showrunner brings new risks. How will Amazon manage IP ownership for user-generated content? Can it maintain quality control while scaling content creation? Will creators embrace the platform or push back, as they have with other generative AI tools? And what guardrails will Amazon apply around moderation, misinformation, and monetization?
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In its new ad campaign, “The Code,” Dove explores the explosive impact of AI in shaping perception and estimates that up to a whopping 90 percent of the content consumers currently engage with is generated by AI. And with AI-generated imagery in particular, the depiction of beauty is obviously skewed toward an unobtainable level of perfection. Dove is renewing its vow to champion real beauty, with a commitment to never use AI to create or distort women’s images.
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From simple stone tools to complex genetic engineering and information technology, the history of technology is the history of human invention. The speed at which the invention of these tools and technologies is being delivered now has become exponential as the application of machine learning and AI becomes the ubiquitous open-source ingredient.
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“The supply chain for mass-produced garments is a very lengthy one—we can predict weather better than we can predict what fashions will sell.” Janice Wang
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