Finance: Beyond Meat’s share price in long decline
Beyond Meat hit a high of $194.95 but now trades at about $22/share. Challenges: Product costs +70% more per pound than genuine meat Consumers turned off by high prices Sales…
Demographics: By 2030, 25% of all workers will be over 55 years old
In a world where population demographics is shifting to a surplus of older workers and a significant shortage of younger workers, what happens to age discrimination practices? Bloomberg writes that…
Public health: One third of gym users have not returned after Covid shutdowns
Nearly one-third of gym-goers say they have not returned to their workout facility. For those that haven’t returned, 27 percent said they don’t have plans to go back, according to…
Automation: Walmart offering delivery via drone in select markets
Today we’re announcing we’ll be expanding our DroneUp delivery network to 34 sites by the end the year, providing the potential to reach 4 million U.S. households across six states…
Automation: Warehouses shifting from labor to automation
Traditionally, warehouses and distribution centers have been labor-intensive operation centers with a large number of employees moving inventory to the right place. Typically located in rural areas …. These organizations…
Automation: Zipline offers compelling delivery solution in hard to reach areas
Zipline offers a compelling, high value density delivery service in remote areas, so far demonstrated and operational in some countries in Africa. Former Tesla CFO Deepak Ahuja will join Zipline’s…
Automation: Fast food outlets dropping sit down service, becoming take out only
Name a fast-food restaurant and the odds are the company has recently developed a branch without any restaurant at all. Chipotle’s first “Digital Kitchen,” which opened in upstate New York…
Automation: Restaurants turn to AI voice bots to take phone orders
More casual-dining restaurants and takeout joints are dispensing with direct phone lines, opting instead to divert customer calls to voice bots. Pushing customers who call in orders and reservations to…
Demographics 53: Automation in Warehouse and Distribution Centers
Automation offers significant benefits to employers struggling to adequately staff warehouse environments. In addition to reducing the need for labor and making work less demanding for current employees, automation stands…
Automation: Robotic, automatic food delivery coming to homes in California and Texas
As the population of younger, new workers declines, as labor becomes more expensive, automation will replace much that we thought could never be automated: Source: Uber Eats and Nuro sign…