Falerii Novi was once a walled town just north of Rome, likely founded around 241 BC as a relocation site for a Falisci tribe that had rebelled against the Romans. Located on a volcanic plateau, archaeologists surmise that the new site was chosen because it wasn’t as easy to defend, thereby discouraging further uprisings. There […]
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Alexis DeSalva is a Senior Research Analyst at Mintel. Alexis focuses on US Retail and eCommerce reports. April 22nd, 2020April 22nd, 2020 Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in circular retail options such as renting and resale, was high with more than two in five consumers interested in either option, according to Mintel research on
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The recent collaboration between Lockheed Martin & Metamaterial Technologies Inc. marks a breakthrough in metamaterial technologies industry. In June 2017, MTI, a smart materials & Photonics firm based in Canada, and Lockheed Martin signed a pact worth USD 5.6 million to develop a new product referred as metaSOLARTM, which assimilates advanced materials into its highly
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Alexis DeSalva is a Senior Research Analyst at Mintel. Alexis focuses on US Retail and eCommerce reports. February 17th, 2020February 17th, 2020 The 2020 fall and winter New York Fashion Week has wrapped up, unveiling fashion trends that are sure to impact consumers and retail stores. Here, we recap all the key takeaways and must-know
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Alexis DeSalva is a Senior Research Analyst at Mintel. Alexis focuses on US Retail and eCommerce reports. November 20th, 2019November 20th, 2019 It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but for brands and retailers, it’s perhaps the most crucial. The 2019 holiday shopping season is unique from the past few years due to timing.
November 12th, 2019 Tech Erica Perry Instagram is looking to harness the power and popularity of lip-syncing apps like TikTok by introducing its own tool to make music videos to Stories. Dubbed “Reels,” the video-music feature can be found in the Stories shutter modes tray alongside “Boomerang” and “Super-Zoom.” The feature is currently available both
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First there were phones with screens you could touch, then came ones that listened for your voice and knew your face. Now Google is literally bringing a new dimension to phones: awareness of how you move all around them. It just has to demonstrate why we would want that. At an event in New York
Each month, Mike Loukides creates a list of emergent trends from the business and technology worlds. Some items are personal observations or summaries of interesting conversations. Most items on the list have links to media sources—some original sources, some from other reporting, whichever is more informative. Open source and activism trends A new kind of
Radar trends began as an internal resource for O’Reilly. It’s a monthly list of things that I find interesting or important—possibly not “trends,” strictly understood, but ideas that might become trends. Most items on the list have links to media sources—some original sources, more frequently other reporting, whichever I think is more informative. Some items
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After announcing support for digital signatures and public and private encryption keys, which could be used to represent cryptocurrencies, an Apple executive on Thursday made it clear the company is watching blockchain-based digital currencies. This past spring, Apple announced CryptoKit for iOS 13, which will allow developers to easily create hashes for digital signatures and public
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