CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 2 – May 30, 2004 New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: ? Low-cost, No-frills Budget Airline Cinema You may have heard of low-cost, no-frills airlines such as Valuair and AirAsia, but what about a budget cinema? Enter easyCinema, the world’s first frills-less cinema where you can watch movies for as low as 20 pence (S$ 0.62)! […]
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 2
Cereal That Taste Like Cookies
Tired of having to wake up every morning to the same old breakfast cereal? Not anymore! You can now break the old routine, as Nestle Singapore (Pte) Ltd presents you with its latest innovative offering – the Nestle Cookie Crisp. The company is launching this tastier, more appealing cereal that looks and tastes like your beloved chocolate chip cookies! What’s […]
Low-cost, No-frills Budget Cinema
You may have heard of low-cost, no-frills airlines such as Valuair and AirAsia, but what about a budget cinema? Enter easyCinema, the world’s first frills-less cinema where you can watch movies for as low as 20 pence (S$ 0.62)! easyCinema is the brainchild of EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou. Like EasyJet (yes, it’s the famous budget airline), easyCinema also goes the […]
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 1
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter – May 16, 2004 New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: ? Look At Those Walking Ads! A brand-new “out of home, mobile, interactive media platform” called Adwalker hits the UK! Don’t be surprised to see models walking around London’s streets wearing small jackets that display light LCD screens prominently to passer-bys. ? Instant Delivery – Or Almost […]
The Thing About Toys and Action Figures
Quick: name me any e-tailer that comes to your mind right now. Amazon.com? You’re right! With heavyweight online stores dominating the e-tailing landscape, it isn’t easy at all to succeed selling online. So it’s a pleasant surprise when CoolBusinessIdeas.com spotted an online toyshop that has succeeded in cyberspace. Kidrobot (www.kidrobot.com) specializes in selling premium limited edition collectible toys called “urban […]
Eat It Ripe And Right
Having to spend almost 15 minutes just to select a couple of ripe and still-in-perfect-shape pears may soon be a thing of the past. A world-first, clever label that indicates ripeness of fruit has been developed by two New Zealand scientists and may be coming soon to supermarkets all over the world. Hooray! Called ripeSense, this sensor label allows shoppers […]
Innovation + Style = Lots of Customers
2 interesting business ideas in the F&B industry were reported in the Straits Times recently: High-tech Dimsum – Dimsum lovers can dine in a totally unique local restaurant (iDimsum: Parco Bugis Junction, #02-53) that serves piping hot dimsum on the conveyor belt. The innovative idea originated from the conveyor belt sushi. Instead of waiting for dishes to come from the […]
Instant Delivery – Or Almost So
Have you ever wished that the sofa or cupboard which you’ve ordered after a painstaking search in a Courts showroom can be delivered right away to your house? A furniture store almost accomplishes that – you order today, they deliver it tomorrow. “Buy today…we’ll deliver TONIGHT!” – ambitious promise from Mealey’s Furniture (mealeysfurniture.com), but they have managed to make it […]
Look At Those Walking Ads!
Don’t be surprised to see models walking around London’s streets wearing small jackets that display light LCD screens prominently to understandably amused passer-bys. This brand-new “out of home, mobile, interactive media platform” called Adwalker is but the latest advertising idea to hit the United Kingdom. The Adwalker, designed and created by a young Irish firm of the same name, combines […]