Fast Company: A few years ago, a new sexual classification emerged on the scene. As funny as I thought it was when I first heard the term “metrosexual,” I think it’s even funnier that it stuck around. Oh no, metrosexuals weren’t just a passing fad –people now comfortably identify themselves as such. Now it appears there is a new name […]
Rise of the Jetrosexuals
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 35
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: TRENDS & INSIGHTS Smoothies War The new fast food fight is on a rather healthier battlefield. Warnings about obesity and increased awareness of the importance of eating five fruit a day have fuelled a surge in healthy eating. The UK smoothie market is worth £100m and doubling yearly. ONLINE & SOCIAL NETWORKS Veeker […]
Buddy Shop
E-commerce Guide: A new e-commerce site called Buddy Shopping that lets consumers peruse products online simultaneously with friends launched today with the promise to offer a viable new channel for Web shop owners. Though there are features specific to the site that e-tailers can take advantage of — which we’ll cover after we explain how the site works — most […]
Eatertainment for Kids
The Herald News: Forget swimming lessons and soccer, the latest trend in extracurricular activities for children ages 4 to 16 is cooking class. And not just any cooking class. There are culinary summer camps, cooking birthday parties, private cooking lessons, plus a plethora of new cookbooks for the young chef who aspires to be the next Rachael Ray or Bobby […]
Smart Soles
New Scientist: A Californian company called Outland Research hopes to put high-tech intelligence into sports shoes. This is because feet often need different kinds of support, depending on whether they are walking, running or playing sport. Conventional shoes that are ideal for some activities are unsuited to others. Inventor and company founder Louis Rosenberg hopes to change all this with […]
Smoothies War
BBC: In the 80s, fast-food burger joints flooded UK town centres. By the 90s, coffee shops took their place on every street corner. But now that the noughties are well established, the new fast food fight is on a rather healthier battlefield. Warnings about obesity and increased awareness of the importance of eating five fruit a day have fuelled a […]
Happy Warholiday
The Hamilton Spectator: LVMH, the luxury conglomerate with Vuitton and Dior in its stable, will build a contemporary art museum in Paris. MAC cosmetics serves up burlesque glamour girl Dita von Teese at a swank dinner at Art Basel Miami. And suddenly, dead artists are at the centre of a major holiday campaign and a luxury designer product launch. The […]
VO Gloves
fibre2fashion.com: Vaughn Outdoor (VO), makers of the CZiP design that frees winter athletes from the inconvenience of taking gloves off at inopportune times, announces the launch of 15 new VO glove and mitten designs with the hands-free access. To advance the line for the ’07 season, VO teamed up with Wendall Tremblay of WTC Consultants for sales, marketing and counsel […]
Google Patents
Reveries: Forever the word magnet, Google is hoping to piggyback off creative minds with its latest offering, Google Patent Search. Users of the free service can sift through more than 7 million registered patents. One can kill some serious time at www.Google.com/patents. Entering “The Motley Fool” spits back 19 entries. The patent offerings may not have the same kind of […]
Nicostopper
Popgadget: If smoking de-addiction is one of your new year resolutions AND you are serious about it, check out the Nicostopper from Fagor. The Nicostopper is an electronic cigarette dispenser in which you can fit a maximum of 10 cigarettes at a time. Once the ciggies are in, you program the intervals at which you would like to take a […]