099 - What I'm Reading: Week of June 16th.
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💭 This week: Get ready to hear the term holobiont more, a look at why women tend to have more sleep issues, why scientists invented a sweaty robot, Endometriosis is linked to a common bacteria, childhood trauma does accelerate cellular aging, McKinsey looks at what is healthy aging, and more…
🗞 NEWS & PRODUCTS
⭐️ The Economist: The idea of “holobionts” represents a paradigm shift in biology.
Fast Company: Gen Xers and older millennials really just want to go back in time to before the internet existed.
🇨🇳 NikkeiAsia: China cracks down on online stealth marketing.
😔 🏳️🌈 Vice: A sketchy website advertised fake hormone pills to trans people. Then, it disappeared.
Just for fun:
🍬 Bazooka gum is up for sale.
MSCHF the viral marketing machine, is putting up for auction a bag smaller than a grain of salt…
🧴 Skin / Personal Care:
🇬🇧 Marks & Spencer launched its new private-label skincare brand called ‘Fresh Elements’.
Sonsie Skin - a new skincare line from the influencer Marie von Behrens-Felipe offering elevated ‘skin essentials’. The line includes a moisture mask, a super serum, and a lip balm [Instagram; Glossy].
Hide & Seek, a CBD based skincare brand addressing inflammation and skin discomfort, born out of the founder’s struggles with psoriasis [Instagram].
The Washington Post: AI-powered robots are giving eyelash extensions. It’s cheaper and quicker.
Retail Dive: Proven receives second patent for personalized skin care.
🦷 Oral Care:
Fast Company: This $899 device could help you ditch flossing forever.
👃 Fragrance:
💊 Supplements:
Ava Lee, a TikToker known for coining the term ‘Jello Skin’ launched a supplement line called ByAva based around Chinese/Korean traditions - and boosting beauty from the inside out [Instagram; Glossy].
👩🔬 Femtech:
🇮🇳 YourStory: Self-pleasure has become the new self-care for Indian women.
🩸 BoF: What happens when the menstrual cycle meets the beauty aisle.
⭐️ 😴 NYT: Why do women have more sleep issues than men? Hormones…
TechCrunch: Oova grabs another $10.3M, unveils membership model for at-home fertility testing.
The Guardian: Google earned $10m from ads misdirecting abortion seekers to ‘pregnancy crisis centers’.
🛍 Retail: DTC, Brick + Mortar, Social Commerce, and more.
Beauty Independent: ”Bullish about beauty”: How CVS is investing in its beauty business to grow retail sales.
Retail Brew: Olaplex doesn’t sell in mass retail, but you can find its products there. Here’s why.
FYI - Amazon excludes rival Temu from competitive price checks [Reuters].
🇨🇳 The Business Times: Where are Chinese consumers willing to spend?
🇮🇳 BeautyMatter: Amazon Beauty launches ‘Global Store’ in India.
eMarketer: 3 ways retailers like Walmart, Target, and Costco use private label to keep costs down, build brand loyalty.
🩺 Digital Health: Wearables, Smart Devices, and more...Healthcare Brew: Google Cloud is partnering with the Mayo Clinic to streamline health data searches.
⭐️ 🤖 The Byte: Scientists finally invented a robot that can sweat heavily - the purpose is to help understand the impact of climate change on humans, without subjecting them to these adverse conditions [The Hustle: Ever met a sweaty robot?].
New Atlas: Face-worn tech could help bring smell-o-vision to the world of VR.
Wired: This surveillance system tracks inmates down to their heart rate.
🗣 Social Media: News about TikTok, Meta, BeReal, Snapchat, Twitter...
⭐️ Pew Research Center: Life on Social Media Platforms, in Users’ Own Words.
eMarketer: TikTok bets big on livestream commerce, aims for $20B in global sales.
ICYMI and need a primer: The revolt of the Redditors [Morning Brew].
♻️ Sustainability: Sustainable DesignThe Guardian: As the AI industry booms, what toll will it take on the environment?
Congratulations Upside - Upside Foods secures USDA approval for its cultivated meat [Reuters].
💸 M&A, IPOs, SPACs, Bankruptcies, Closings...Curio brands acquired Otherland, known for their candles and home-fragrances [Glossy].
Fashion Network: Henkel sells Diadermine to Dutch company Beauty International.
🔬RESEARCH
⭐️ ♀ Researchers are linking a common bacteria as a potential trigger for endometriosis [Science Translational Medicine].
New research suggests that vaginal seeding can help to boost brain development post c-section, but the authors say this is not the difference between getting accepted to Harvard or not [Nature].
⭐️ Childhood adverse events have been linked with accelerating epigenetic age - independent of socioeconomic class. Demonstrating a strong link between stress and the long-lasting impact it has on the body, even starting at a young age [JAMA Network].
Increasingly researchers are looking at signs in the gut to signal the onset of pre-clinical Alzheimer’s disease. A new study in Science Translational Medicine identified specific gut bacterial taxa linked to Alzheimer’s that could be screened in ‘healthy’ patients to signal potential indicators of the disease.
🧐 REPORTS
Euromonitor X Spate: TikTok - the Impact of Skinification.
GWI: Get down with the kids — 4 trends in decline for Gen Alpha.
ICSC: The Rise of the Gen Z Consumer: Career-Driven, Credit-Averse and Tempted by Immersive Retail.
Juniper Square: Survey Results — The State of Venture Capital in 2023.
⭐️ McKinsey Health Institute: Age is just a number — How older adults view healthy aging.
McKinsey: The economic potential of generative AI - The next productivity frontier. (***Bloomberg: Biggest losers of AI boom are knowledge workers).
Concept Bureau Insights: The 4 Phases of Culture Brands.
Criteo: The 2023 Onsite Shopper Behavior Report — How Brands Can Maximize Retail Media Campaigns.
💡 Enjoy,
-Anne