CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 25

CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 25: 01/01/06 – 31/01/06
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
SERVICES
Mobile Barbers
Dena Kaufer, a 20-year veteran of the hair biz, has retrofitted three Winnebagos into full-feature salons on wheels.
More than Laundry
Slate is an all-inclusive laundry service for NYC residents available through the web.
LUXURY
Vacation Homes
Condo hotels enable you to own a luxury vacation home at a world-class resort and receive rent revenue whenever you’re not using it.
LIFESTYLE
Josh, In Search of Cool
When Spear likes something, he posts it on his popular blog, joshspear.com. What happens next? The thing gets noticed!
Cardio Tennis
Cardio Tennis, a national program being offered runs participants around the court urgently enough to keep their heart rates in the cardio-training zone while helping improve tennis skills.
The AeroPress Coffee Machine
The new Aerobie AeroPress delivers the smoothest, richest, purest and fastest cup of coffee (under 30 seconds) you’re likely to find and the bonus is that the AeroPress costs just US$30.
MARKETING
Graffiti Ads
A growing list of companies has dabbled in street art to get their marketing messages out.
Compelling Ad
ANI has appointed DZP Marketing Communications to lead the strategic development and repositioning of Atkins Advantage.
AUTOMOBILES
Cars, Many Years From Now
Highlights from the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show.
GADGETS
Eat Easy
MealPay.com enables parents to set up an electronic debit-card system that logs their kids’ cafeteria purchases and bans certain foods altogether.
Escapist Blending
Those gazing into the Conduit Group’s Daydreams mirror by designer Jason Miller find themselves in a beautiful landscape.
Moody Player
Walt Disney is working on a multimedia player that selects songs based on the owner’s latest mood via wrist sensors.
FOOD & BEVERAGES
Mothers of Organic
– otherwise known as M.O.O. – is an online beehive of pro-organic moms. The all-natural network was created by farmer-owned food label Organic Valley.
Chinese New Year Takeout
Whether you’re a self-confessed kitchen klutz or a seasoned dabbler in Chinese cuisine-no fuss, no muss-these well-executed dishes offer the perfect chance to put on your own Chinese New Year’s celebration at home.
Low-Calorie Chocolate
The Hershey Co. plans to introduce a low-calorie chocolate candy product in March.
Resurrecting Drink
Although initially created as an anti-hangover elixir, Resurrect is now becoming a part of the daily diet for the health conscious individual.
Fortune Cookies
Lucky Fortune has yet to go full-blast with its domestic promotions, but the duo say the “Gold Coin” cookies are hot products during the months of December, January and February.
TECHNOLOGY
What’s In The Handbag
A solar-powered handbag designed by a student from Brunel University promises to make finding keys and other items at the bottom of a bag easier.
Seeing The World
By connecting the real world with information from the Internet, users can explore geographical spaces with the eye of an insider.
Aged Wines in Few Seconds
We can now electrolyze young wine and ship bottles of fine wine out in no time at all!
DESIGN
Fresh New Storage Solutions
LaCie kicks off 2006 with 6 new storage products designed to help people easily manage their digital lives.
Far Out Art
Far Out Art search the world over, visiting art fairs, galleries, local craft exhibits looking for the highest-quality, coolest furniture and home furnishings available.
BEAUTY
Pure H2O
Antin has taken water purification to the next level with the introduction of his Beauty Water™ Shower Purification System, a revolutionary water filter for your shower.
Radical Cosmetics
Spotting a void in the marketplace, Sephora has staked out the middle ground. Three years ago Europe’s leading retail beauty chain moved into the U.S. with a simple, if radical, concept. It created a retail environment that invited customers to roam the store and try on different lipsticks, eyeliners and blushes made by many different manufacturers.
Powerpuff Make-up Artists
It’s a wonder that nobody thought of the Powderpuff Girls sooner. For £400, you can hire in this crack team of professional make-up artists in sexy but prim Agent Provocateur-inspired uniforms, who will preen your lady guests with a VIP hair and make-up session — and they do it all in the loos.
CONSUMER GOODS
Chic Black Tissue
Why settle for utilitarian white when you can flaunt sophisticated black, from Europe, no less!
Fashion Plates
It is now possible for luxury-loving, label-conscious consumers to eat their meals from dinnerware created by their favorite fashion designers.
E-COMMERCE
Extraordinary Etsy
We are stoked to introduce you to Etsy, a new, experimental, and totally awesome website that challenges the norms of online shopping.
FASHION
Pride Of Kashmir
This Season, shoppers in Dubai will be able to see and buy Shahmina shawls from stores of Pride Of Kashmir across Dubai.
For Surf Or Saddle
Whether you’re a child of the West, or the West Coast, you’ll feel right at home at Rock’n U Ranch, a new boutique in downtown Evergreen offering distinctive apparel to suit tastes from Manitou Springs to Malibu.
TOURISM
Sightjogging
The ever resourceful Romans have come up with a whole new take on sightseeing in Rome, which I am sure will have traditionalists jumping up and down with rage.
MOBILE
SMS and Date
Predictive text software developer Tegic and love author John Gray offer the top-ten tips to help ensure a successful union of texting and dating in 2006.
TRANSPORT
Astronaut Miles
Frequent flyer miles will for the first time be good beyond this planet, based on a new offering from Virgin Atlantic airways and its space-related sister company Virgin Galactic.
ENTERTAINMENT
Easy Home Cinemas
US-based Magnolia, a division of BestBuy, is turning the art of installing home theatres (from reclining seats and huge screens to sophisticated sound systems) into a branded, nation-wide business.
ADVERTISING
Megastar Campaign
Iconix CEO Neil Cole: “Bringing together the hottest young stars of Hollywood in one ad campaign is an excellent way to speak to young women, who may identify with one or more of the stars.”
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