Retail Sales Slip As Consumers Switch Spending To Services, Not Goods

Like it or not, whatever you’re planning to do for dinner tonight, David Chang probably had a hand in it. An unknown chef named David Chang opened a tiny noodle shop on a rundown stretch of First Avenue in New York. He had just turned 26.

If Apple launches an that LLM will run directly on the iPhone, as I expect it will, it’ll be a game-changer for the entire AI chatbot industry After a long delay, Apple is gearing up, finally, to embrace artificial intelligence in a big way on the iPhone. The company is expected to show off new AI-powered features for the iPhone’s upcoming operating system, iOS 18, next month at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.

With packaging that looks like beer and cigarettes, water is positioning itself as your next vice. Last summer, a new beverage brand hit the market. Accompanying the product release was a two-minute promotional video with some eye-catching details: a man in a skull mask cracking open a cold one to some death metal, a bikini-clad woman emerging from a lagoon in front of an industrial plant, and some seemingly intoxicated shenanigans in a kiddie pool.

Ashish Kothari is the founder and CEO of Happiness Squad, a company launched in 2022 with the mission of helping people integrate the art and science of happiness into their lives. Previously, he spent 25 years in consulting, most recently as a partner at McKinsey & Company where he organized efforts in leadership, well-being, and […] Ashish Kothari is the founder and CEO of Happiness Squad, a company launched in 2022 with the mission of helping people integrate the art and science of happiness into their lives.

The German sportswear giant is preparing for the inevitable downward trend in Samba sales this year. As Adidas aims to build on hot demand for its three-striped white and black Samba and multicolored Gazelle sneakers, it’s also taking steps to prevent the shoes from becoming victims of their own success.

Large cities such as New York, Miami, Denver, and Boston are struggling to house new arrivals and meet their basic needs. Immigration has become a defining issue in the 2024 elections and a major challenge in many U. S. cities. Over the past several years, wars and armed conflict, violent persecution and desperate poverty have displaced millions of people worldwide and propelled the arrival in the U.