Millennials are beginning to fuel a comeback for customized shoemaking, and even insisting that the manufacturing of the product be local. On the macro scale, a number of bespoke shoe manufacturers have entered the digital marketplace over the last few years with millennials as the prime customer target. Chief among them is Awl & Sundry,...
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In sports, will fantasy beat reality?
Just what an obese, increasingly sedentary and physically inactive world needs: The explosive popularity of athletic competition without ever breaking a sweat. Fantasy sports and video games, including games that mimic real-life sports such as football and boxing, are looking more and more like their real-life counterparts. And they may be edging out the real...
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December Top Trends 2017 event almost sold out
Gerald Celente and Trends Research Institute analysts will unveil their Top Trends for 2017 in front of a live audience during a one-day conference Friday, December 2, in Colonial Kingston, New York. The event, discounted for subscribers, is almost sold out. Be among the first to see what 2017 will have in store for your...
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Calling your inner venture capitalist
With start-ups and small business at historic lows, a provision of the federal Jumpstart our Business Start-Ups (JOBS) Act is being promoted to encourage venture capitalist investment. The law allows new businesses to raise up to $1 million every 12 months through equity crowdfunding. Businesses from biotech start-ups to horse-racing stables have raised more than...
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Restaurant recession: Oversupply of eateries or economic omen?
Across America, from established restaurant chains to upstarts, bankruptcies are rising, locations are closings and profit margins are shrinking. As noted recently in The Wall Street Journal, “In just one recent week alone, three restaurant companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection… at least five other restaurant operators have filed for court protection this year”...
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Top Trends 2017 Conference
Gerald Celente and Trends Research Institute analysts will unveil their Top Trends for 2017 in front of a live audience during a one-day conference Friday, December 2, in Colonial Kingston, New York. Be among the first to see what 2017 will have in store for your bottom line and quality of life. The top trends...
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Food hubs mean veggies for all
GrowNYC, with a mission to ensure that all New York City dwellers eat their veggies, is a small example of a community business model with with big potential. The nonprofit has had to snub requests from dozens of the city’s food pantries and soup kitchens because it couldn’t move enough produce through its 5,000-square-foot warehouse....
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Made in America with hemp… and not for smoking
Farmers in the American tobacco belt have high hopes for hemp. Hemp was a staple crop in the region from colonial times until tobacco became more lucrative. When the US government classified hemp as a controlled substance akin to heroin and LSD, the industry died. Now it’s reviving. More than 25 states have legalized the...
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Asian water crisis looms
The Asia-Pacific region will be the world’s hotspot for future water shortages, according to a new report from the Asia Development Bank. Almost 3.5 billion people will be living in the region’s water-scarce areas by 2050, with Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan and Singapore the hardest hit. Because most of the region’s water – up to...