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There are already 1.2 billion A/C units pumping cool air into people’s homes, and that number is on track to reach 4.5 billion by 2050; energy demand is expected to triple in the same amount of time. It’s a vicious…

How do you teach a computer what a good strawberry looks like? According to AgShift founder and CEO Miku Jha, whose company is innovating food inspections with deep learning, you do it the same way you train a three year…

McDonald’s recently opened a to-go location in London. Customers order via touchscreen kiosks and quickly pick up their food to go—there’s no seating in the restaurant. The concept leverages technology to make ordering easier and faster.McDonald’s is providing an option…

More and more, overlooked cities and states are getting creative, combining public and private economic enticements to appeal to remote workers. Starting this year, Vermont, which is dealing with an aging population and years of little to no growth, is…

When consumption patterns can no longer be defined by traditional factors, such as age, gender or location, consumer tribes grouped by their collective common behaviours and interests begin to emerge. But what does this mean for the modern marketer? Read…

More than 7 million women interact with the brand each month. Net-a-Porter has more than 5 million online followers and achieves 4.45+ million app sessions each month. Read more in insider trends How Net-a-Porter is rethinking retail By Jack Stratten…

Virtual reality or VR refers to using computer technology for creating a simulated environment. Virtual reality places the user inside experience, and instead of watching on a screen, the users get immersed and can carry out interactions with the 3D…

Despite Amazon’s ever-tightening grip on the retail industry and consumers’ smartphone-tethered, on-demand purchasing behavior, physical retail still commands nearly 90% of U.S. retail sales. Read more in uschamber 8 Store Trends Poised to Reshape How You Shop By Barbara Thau…

Winning in the new environment compels us to reclaim human connection in the workplace. We need to allow workers to think for themselves so they create a self-healing, adaptive organization, complete with idiosyncrasies and imperfect trials. Read more in Forbes…

The  Shopping Fulfillment Center, or SFC is an idea that marries retail and logistics to turn the shopping mall into a hybrid online-offline fulfillment channel. Customers can come in-store or they can shop online and everything is managed from one…