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Beyond Meat is transitioning to 'Beyond' in a move to regain the company's status as a stock-market darling. Beyond Grou...
30/07/2025

Beyond Meat is transitioning to 'Beyond' in a move to regain the company's status as a stock-market darling. Beyond Ground, the brand's latest product, focuses on providing consumers with more protein per serve than meat, representing the company's move away from imitating meat and onto celebrating the power of plants.

Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown started the company in 2009, and ten years later, took it public in a celebrated IPO. Things took a turn for the brand and the plant-based meat industry in general, however, and Beyond Meat stocks fell from their peak of US$239 in 2019, to just above US$3 today. The hype surrounding the brand and plant-based meat products fizzled, prompting Brown to turn the company in a new direction.

As a Fast Company article highlights, moving away from mimicking meat has given Beyond Meat more freedom to diversify its products and develop further brand authenticity. The brand's current products will remain available for the time being as the company sets off on its new path.

To learn more about Beyond Meat's repositioning in the market, click the link below to read the full article at Fast Company.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91374217/beyond-meat-rebrand-pivot-protein-fava-ground-ethan-brown-ceo

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As workplaces have grown more efficient, they’ve also become places where it’s not as easy to form work friendships. A r...
28/07/2025

As workplaces have grown more efficient, they’ve also become places where it’s not as easy to form work friendships. A recent Fast Company article highlights the negative impacts of loneliness at work, and the importance of forging positive relationships with colleagues. Having work friends has been shown to boost happiness, increase trust levels in teams, and drive workplace satisfaction. In a world where virtual meetings are often the norm and water cooler catchups are considered a thing of the past, how do we make work friends? The Fast Company article pinpoints three key methods:

1. Place importance on building positive workplace relationships, and make time for work friendships to form.
2. If you feel left out or lonely at work, create opportunities for people to get to know you better and show some initiative when it comes to making friends.
3. Consider building a group, like a book group or a group volunteer effort, to kickstart relationships with a number of work colleagues.

To learn more about the importance of work friendships and how to build them, click the link below to read the Fast Company article.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91372017/how-to-deal-with-loneliness-at-work

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It would seem as though it’s getting harder to thrill and intrigue customers when it comes to food and beverage offering...
26/07/2025

It would seem as though it’s getting harder to thrill and intrigue customers when it comes to food and beverage offerings. Brands appear to be coming up with increasingly outlandish products that are as obscure as they are nostalgic.

As a recent Trend Hunter feature highlights, Buzz-In’s new battery flavoured corn chips aim to replicate the zingy and metallic flavour associated with licking a battery. This wild new chip flavour is representative of a bold movement in the snack industry, where brands seek to draw upon customers’ childhood memories and appeal to their sense of adventure.

To learn more about Buzz-In’s new battery flavoured corn chips and the intriguing nostalgia-driven trend impacting the food and beverage sector, click the link below to read the full article on Trend Hunter.

https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/buzz-in

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As EVs become increasingly popular, a picture is beginning to form of the charging facilities of the future. The new Tes...
24/07/2025

As EVs become increasingly popular, a picture is beginning to form of the charging facilities of the future. The new Tesla Diner in Hollywood was highly anticipated: Elon Musk promised the company would open an "old school drive-in" with charging facilities in 2018, and it finally opened the first of its kind on Monday of last week. The diner is many things rolled into one: a drive-in movie theatre, a restaurant, and a charging station—but do experience-driven charging stations align with the future direction of EV charging?

A Fast Company article highlights that although a number of creative and multifunctional charging centres have opened in the recent past, in reality, the future of EV charging may be headed in a different direction. Last year, public charging startup Rove opened a charging centre featuring a lounge where drivers could work as they waited for their EV's battery to fill. "Rechargery" stations by Ionna, a coalition formed by automakers, include lounges and coffee. These places aim to offer customers a comfortable and appealing place to spend time while waiting for their cars to charge, but as EV charging becomes quicker, could these venues quickly become redundant?

Chinese EV company BYD is releasing vehicles with batteries that can charge in up to six minutes, and it's also planning a series of lightening-fast charging facilities. EV charging stations are becoming more commonplace, popping up in shopping centre, hotel, apartment, and gym carparks. In the US, around 80 to 90% of EV drivers charge their cars at home the majority of the time. Simply put, EV charging is becoming available in places that customers already frequent, minimising the need for dedicated EV charging destinations such as the Tesla diner.

To learn more, click the link below to read the full article at Fast Company.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91372486/tesla-tried-to-reinvent-the-gas-station-its-totally-wrong-about-the-future-of-charging

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July brought with it an exciting array of trends in the food and beverage market. As a recent Trend Hunter article highl...
22/07/2025

July brought with it an exciting array of trends in the food and beverage market. As a recent Trend Hunter article highlights, this month's top 100 food trends place an emphasis on big, bold flavours, next-level snacking experiences, and creative serving formats. Brands catered to their consumers' increase appetite for the novel, along with elegant and sophisticated products, resulting in a boom in unusual and intriguing food and beverage offerings.

Standout product releases of July included Philadelphia cream cheese's 'Philly-tini Olives', a take on the cocktail olive, and a hybrid donut-bagel called the 'Bonut'. The Bonut is topped with decadent cream cheese variations including blueberry and pineapple flavour.

Chocolate brands launched innovative new creations, like the SNICKERS Pecan Flatware-Worthy Set, a limited-run combination of the SNICKERS pecan bar teamed with custom dishware. Lindt released a Dubai-style chocolate bar, making the most of this popular chocolate style.

To learn more about the top 100 food trends of July, click the link below to read the full article at Trend Hunter.

https://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/july-2025-food

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Across the US, hotels are partnering up with luxury vehicle brands to provide their guests with exhilarating experiences...
20/07/2025

Across the US, hotels are partnering up with luxury vehicle brands to provide their guests with exhilarating experiences. During their stay at a hotel, guests are invited to explore the surrounds in a prestigious car, with the option of getting behind the wheel themselves or relaxing in the hands of an experienced chauffeur driver.

At the Five-Star Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Beach, California, the use of a special edition Pelican Hill-branded Vespa is included in the stay package. As a part of the offer, guests receive an in-depth lesson to help them become familiar with the vehicle before taking it for a spin in the scenic coastal environment.

In Atlanta, Porsche and Nobu Hotel have teamed up to provide their guests with an immersive in-room experience that will delight luxury car lovers. At the Nobu in Atlanta, guests are invited to stay in the Porsche Icon Suite or Porsche Classic Room, accommodation featuring Porsche-inspired decor, art, and special memorabilia.

To learn more about hotel and luxury vehicle partnerships, click the link below to read an article on the subject at Forbes.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestravelguide/2025/07/17/27-hotels-with-exciting-car-collaborations/

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In the personal care space, brands are increasingly implementing creative, playful and multisensory experiences into the...
18/07/2025

In the personal care space, brands are increasingly implementing creative, playful and multisensory experiences into their marketing campaigns. As a recent Trend Hunter article highlights, one such brand is method, a multinational company specialising in personal care and cleaning products. The brand recently launched a 360-degree marketing campaign to celebrate its sponsorship of the Bad Bunny No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí residency in Puerto Rico. Through a series of exciting activations aimed at the Latin and South American market, method aims to inspire customers to reimagine their experiences in the bathroom as expressions of "identity, connection, and cultural pride."

Method's multifaceted campaign features interactive public scenes, where customers can engage with each other and pose with playful props such as loofahs and mirrors; and the release of special, limited edition merchandise, including a waterproof speaker and an 'isla edition' body wash.

To read more about method's recent 360-degree campaign, click the link below to visit Trend Hunter.

https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pal-recuerdo

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The alternative milk market is thriving, and if you walk into a supermarket today, you’ll notice that plant-based milks ...
16/07/2025

The alternative milk market is thriving, and if you walk into a supermarket today, you’ll notice that plant-based milks claim a great deal of shelf space. According to industry forecasts, the alternative milk market—which is currently valued at US$20 billion—is anticipated to double by 2030.

As a recent Fast Company article highlights, the alternative milk category is evolving. It now not only features the classic almond, soy, and oat milks. The market currently contains options made from a wide variety of plants, and includes water-lentil, barley, potato, watermelon-seed, quinoa, and corn milks.

Although they produce a mild-tasting milk, almonds are a very water-intensive crop. In an attempt to break into the alternative milk market with a more sustainable alternative, Laura Shenkar launched PKN, a brand that produces pecan milks. Shenkar became obsessed with the nut and its benefits: pecans are highly nutritious and have the greatest antioxidant content of all the tree nuts; they’re drought tolerant; rely on wind pollination rather than bees; and they are native to the US, where PKN is based.

In addition to centring in on pecans and the nut’s benefits, Shenkar discovered that local nut farmers were abandoning growing pecans, due to the market being fragmented and difficult. Growers received a high price for the best pecan halves, but the pieces that were considered aesthetically imperfect were often sold for a loss. Shenkar had the idea to take those pieces with a lower demand and convert them into PKN milk, benefiting local nut growers in the process, and converting the less desirable resource into a quality product.

To learn more about PKN’s story and the alternative nut market, click the link below to read the full article at Fast Company.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91364924/why-pecan-milk-is-suddenly-crushing-it-pkn-pecana-alt-milk-dairy-grocery-where-almond-soy-oat-raw-maha-walmart-texas-georgia

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AI has transformed the global job market and will continue to impact careers across a plethora of industries in evolving...
14/07/2025

AI has transformed the global job market and will continue to impact careers across a plethora of industries in evolving ways. In 2023, a Goldman Sachs report predicted that artificial intelligence could take over 300 million full-time jobs, while in the same year, McKinsey projected that 375 million workers could be put out of work due to AI by the year 2030. In May, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said that employment could rise by 20% within the next 5 years, due to AI eliminating 50% of all entry-level white-collar positions.

A recent Entrepreneur article highlights the 10 highest paying roles with the lowest risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence. All 10 jobs fall within the applied science and healthcare industries. Below are the ten roles pinpointed in the article:

1. Computer and information research scientist
AI-replacing-role risk: 31%

2. Physician assistant
AI-replacing-role risk: 0%

3. Nurse practitioner
AI-replacing-role risk: 0%

4. Veterinarian
AI-replacing-role risk: 7%

5. Medical and health services manager
AI-replacing-role risk: 16%

6. Speech-language pathologist
AI-replacing-role risk: 9%

7. Operations research analyst
AI-replacing-role risk: 42%

8. Epidemiologist
AI-replacing-role risk: 7%

9. Logistician
AI-replacing-role risk: 38%

10. Wind turbine technician
AI-replacing-role risk: 39%

To read the full article, visit Entrepreneur.com via the link below.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/10-ai-proof-jobs-with-highest-pay-fastest-growth/494555

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Last week, the very first Hermès Birkin bag ever made became the most expensive handbag ever to be sold at auction. The ...
12/07/2025

Last week, the very first Hermès Birkin bag ever made became the most expensive handbag ever to be sold at auction. The bag, which was created for French style icon Jane Birkin, was the prototype for a line of famously expensive and difficult-to-acquire Hermès bags.

The 40-year-old Birkin bag, which is stamped with Jane Birkin’s initials, sold for US$10.1 million at a Sotheby’s auction in Paris last Thursday morning. Nine potential bidders took part in a bidding war that lasted more than 10 minutes.

Jane Birkin’s Birkin bag was noticeably worn—she treated it like any other bag in her collection—and was adorned with stickers and other personalisations. In 1994, Birkin donated the bag to an auction to raise funds for Association Solidarité Sida, a French AIDS charity. Then, in 2000, the bag was sold at auction to Catherine Benier, a Parisian collector. After the third and most recent sale of the bag last Thursday, the original Birkin bag became the second most expensive fashion item on record, the first being the Ruby Red Slippers from “The Wizard of Oz”, which sold for US$32.5 million last year.

To learn more about the original Birkin bag and its most recent sale at auction, click the link below to read an article at Forbes.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2025/07/10/original-herms-birkin-bag-sold-at-auction-for-record-breaking-8-million/

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Grocery store aisles in 2025 are generally a visually engaging place to be, with bold colours, interesting typography an...
10/07/2025

Grocery store aisles in 2025 are generally a visually engaging place to be, with bold colours, interesting typography and fun layouts popping out from the packaging. Rewind the clock back 7 years, however, before Greek yoghurt manufacturer Chobani’s rebrand made its debut, and the shelves told a dramatically different story. Grocery aisles were lined with bland, drab and sterile packaging that ticked all the boxes as far as information was concerned, but had minimal personality.

Designers Lisa Smith and Leland Maschmeyer were responsible for Chobani’s exciting rebrand, a project that inspired a new chapter in the food and beverage packaging industry and beyond. Brands began to incorporate juicy colours and tantalising typography into their packaging designs, and the Chobani brand graced many design mood boards. During her time at design agency JKR, where Smith worked as global executive creative director, she also rebranded Walmart, Mozilla, Impossible, and Fanta. As a recent Fast Company article tells, Smith is now moving onto a smaller multifunctional creative studio called Uncommon, where she hopes to expand the realm of what branding encompasses.

To learn more about Lisa Smith and the changing face of branding, click the link below to visit Fast Company.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91362580/lisa-smith-killed-the-blanding-trend-now-she-has-another-plan-to-upend-branding

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This month, Trend Hunter's roundup of the top 45 furniture trends puts an emphasis on bespoke design and premium craftsm...
08/07/2025

This month, Trend Hunter's roundup of the top 45 furniture trends puts an emphasis on bespoke design and premium craftsmanship combined with elevated comfort and modern functionality. Sustainable materials take centre stage, and products are built with longevity in mind. Opulent textures such as hand-carved wood and detailed finishes fuse with custom upholstery and quality textiles.

Studio De Schutter is a Berlin-based design studio features in the furniture trend report for July, their standout hospitality lighting project blending functionality, elegance and, and sustainability. The studio aimed to reduce the project's environmental impact, utilising replaceable light sources and energy-efficient LEDs and luminaires.

Also in this month's spotlight was June St. George, a brand with a reputation for crafting heirloom-quality rugs. Their Kintsugi Collection drew inspiration from the Japanese technique of repairing broken ceramics with gold, turning perceived imperfections into items of beauty. The rugs in the collection interpret the kintsugi aesthetic in a bold and striking way, adding personality and intrigue to customers' homes and workplaces.

To read more about the top furniture designs of this month, click the link below to visit Trend Hunter.

https://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/july-2025-furniture

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