Health: “Plant-based” dairy market shrinking?
Plant-based drinks are about 7% of the "liquid drinks" market. Think "oat milk", "almond milk", "soy milk".
Bias against women in male dominated jobs has decreased, but bias against men in female dominated jobs remains
Study finds that discrimination against females in male dominated jobs has mostly ended or reversed, but that discrimination against males in female dominated jobs remains.
Starbucks to create more accessible stores
Starbucks has created an "open source" framework to make all stores more accessible. The framework will be available to all retailers, not just Starbucks.
Business: Wendy’s to start changing prices based on time of day
Real time dynamic market pricing comes to restaurants: Wendy’s expects to test dynamic pricing and daypart offers in 2025 (nrn.com) Update: Wendy’s has backtracked and now says they won’t do…
Demographics, International: US job growth goes to immigrants.
With the declining fertility rate, a majority of U.S. population growth is now due to immigration. Similarly, newly created jobs are going to immigrants.
Business: Downhill skiing too expensive?
Yes, lift tickets can cost several hundred dollars per day. It is also a sport that not that many people participate in.
Why do we play the National Anthem at pro sports events?
We play the national anthem because it was used as marketing - to transfer patriotism to sports ticket sales. Amazing story.
Media, AI: 90% of newsrooms now using AI in some form
the survey revealed that 90 percent of newsrooms are already using some form of AI in news production, 80 percent in news distribution, and 75 percent in news gathering. News…
Business: Remote work a perk for the elite
It was always a perk for the elite.
Follow up: Retailers to have tough time at Christmas 2023
The experts predicted a gloomy Christmas for retailers but were wrong again. Sales revenue was fine.