TrendWatching.com: British grocer Waitrose launched a locally-focused giving program that enlists customers’ help in focusing on issues closer to home. Waitrose’s Community Matters program assigns each store GBP 1,000 each trading month to donate among three local organizations such as community groups, schools or local divisions of national charities. Customers nominate the organizations to benefit, and Waitrose’s local democratic bodies […]
Waitrose Giving
Single Spot Camping Site
SingleSpotCamping.com is a brand new started website. It offers all land- and lot owners to present their own “single-spot-camping”. The idea is – that anyone who owns a piece of land (it can even consist of your garage entrance) and think it would be fun using that spot, to welcome one or a couple of camping guests – can join […]
Ecocabs
TrendWatching.com: Pedal-powered taxis have been around for years, but Dublin-based Ecocabs has come up with a FREE LOVE twist: free eco-taxi rides throughout the city. Ecocabs are pedal-powered (but battery-assisted, when necessary) tricycles that can accommodate three people for emissions-free transit through congested urban areas. The brand-sponsored vehicles are customized with brand-specific colors and imagery, and drivers can also hand […]
Tilly-Miss Vending Machines
Tilly-Miss Vending Machines hold 300 golf balls, each machine is available on outright purchase fully loaded with premium balls, all top name brands only. Each machine can be fixed and bolted to any area for safe keeping. Run out of golf balls on the green? Look out for the Tilly-Miss Vending Machines.
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 79
Fashion: Absurd is kind of normal now Little missmatched brings funky mismatched socks, pajamas and apparel to retail. By targeting the zany population that dresses extrovertedly and ignores standard fashion norms, this clever product… Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 79 >>> – Stimulant-Infused Snacks – I am Saint Nick – The Junior Shark Guiding Wheel – Unilever’s Sustainable Detergents – […]
Virtual “Try Before You Buy”
TrendCentral: Just like how some apparel e-tailers are adapting virtual sizing applications to help online shoppers find properly fitting clothes with the click of a mouse, we predict that a growing number of beauty retailers and services will harness similar technologies to allow consumers to try out new hairstyles and makeup looks without having to take a trip to the […]
I am Saint Nick
Springwise: Launched just in time for the holiday season, I Am Saint Nick lets would-be gift-givers submit the phone numbers of those they’re having trouble coming up with ideas for. The company’s very own “Santa” will then place a discreet, anonymous call to each challenging person and ask them what they’d like for Christmas. Each such call gets recorded and […]
Stop Burning Your Money Today
The dreaded electricity bill has just arrived! You can feel the sweat start to roll off your forehead as you begin to open it. This time you are in for a pleasant surprise! Your bill is €30-50 lower than the previous month! How were you able to get this to happen? With an ERD (Electricity Reduction Device). Electricity reduction devices […]
Stimulant-Infused Snacks
CScout: Cosmetics company Fancl of Japan is connecting the dots between its customer base’s concern about their appearances and their presumed health consciousness by partnering with food manufacturer Itoyakado to create a line of snack foods containing various allegedly healthy additives. The Fancl Collaboration Series includes items such as bread, tofu, and sweets with added collagen, kale extract, germinated brown […]
Servinity Network
Servinity is the future of communication for the service industry. It allows employers and staff to interact via the leading communication technologies of our time – online, email and SMS text. Servinity is a collection of helpful utilities built on a framework of social networking, job search functionality, and online scheduling. Each feature has been developed with the cooperation and […]