Convenience stores that rely on technology instead of cashiers to keep things ticking over might sound like a futuristic notion, but there are a number of such concepts being tested around the world. 7-Eleven is the latest to enter the fray, today announcing a trial of a new store in Texas that will be unstaffed with customers left to their […]

There is a lot of information going around that, in the next decade, robots and not humans will be carrying out major tasks. However, the truth is that it is more likely that some jobs will grow at a much faster rate than others and will offer even more attractive pay to workers by 2030. Let’s take a look at […]

Have you grown sick and tired of living paycheck to paycheck? Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to make more money and save more money? What better time to brainstorm clever ways to make those goals a reality than right now? As 2019 comes to a bittersweet end, it’s time to look toward 2020 and all of the potential […]

The manufacturing industry doesn’t exactly have a reputation for their sustainable efforts. Luckily, a modern push for environmentally friendly alternatives to wasteful or harmful practices has begun to change this. Keep reading to learn four ways that manufacturing is going green. 1. Ditching Old-Fashioned Factories When you think of sustainability, the last thing you might think of is oversized, loud, […]

Brands that don’t embrace the circular economy will go out of business, according to Dutch designer Richard Hutten. Speaking at the Warsaw Home fair in Poland last week, Hutten said that consumers are demanding sustainable products. Companies that don’t respond will fail, he said. “If you don’t have a circular business, you won’t have a business,” he said. “If companies […]

The new decade is nearly knocking on our door — what does business have in store for startup owners and aspiring entrepreneurs? We’ve watched markets rise and fall over the past 20 years and investors who got burned by the volatility know how important it is to financially forecast the years to come. Here’s a look at four industries that […]

Killing up to 200,000 people annually, schistosomiasis is one of the most deadly parasitic diseases in the world, second only to malaria. Soon, however, prawn aquaculture could be used to control the snails that spread it – and to provide revenue for people in developing nations. Freshwater river prawns are already widely grown as food, starting out in hatcheries and […]

Harrods has beaten the likes of Selfridges and Liberty to be named the world’s best-performing luxury department store. According to research compiled by industry analysts at GlobalData along with architects Sybarite, the 170-year-old retailer owned by Qatari royal family is the strongest performer by sales per square foot. Harrods raked in sales of £2.1 billion in the year ended February 2018, […]

The push for more sustainable business practices is very encouraging. According to Perillon, the number of companies that have set carbon emission and water conservation targets has risen 10% since 2014. The number of companies that have been disclosing their environmental practices has risen by 33%. The focus on improving environmental practices can be observed in every aspect of their […]