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wine
Food
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Australia’s love affair with boxed wine endures

Boxed wine is one of Australia’s most extraordinary contributions to the wine industry, also known as cardboardeaux, bag-in-box (BiB), or more commonly. Australian winemaker Thomas Angove patented the design for a one-gallon polyethylene bladder in a…

Armani box popup
Fashion
1 min read

Armani Box on Air Sanya pop up lets customers make their own movies

International actress, Zhang Jing Chu, was invited to celebrate the opening of the Armani Box – Giorgio Armani’s traveling pop-up store – at an exclusive event held on the 11 May in Sanya, on China’s Hainan Island. Within the Sanya International Duty-Free…

pizza hut around the world
Food
1 min read

Ikea and Pizza Hut design table based on pizza box widget

Swedish furniture chain Ikea and Pizza Hut Hong Kong have teamed up to create a full-sized pizza table shaped exactly like the tiny plastic table (the “sava”) included in pizza boxes. The product is part of a collaboration that has also resulted in a new…

freitag 1
General
1 min read

Freitag Japan opens store in Kyoto

Bag and carrying case manufacturer Freitag has opened its fourth outlet in Japan, which was featured in Designboom architectural magazine for its unique interior. The Swiss firm, which creates its products from used truck tarpaulins, has set up an 80sqm…

lightinthebox
General
1 min read

LightInTheBox sees strong third-quarter growth

Beijing-based e-commerce retailer LightInTheBox achieved US$59.9 million sales in its third quarter to September, up 35 percent year on year. LightInTheBox said third-quarter net income was US$10 million, in contrast to a loss of US$17.8 million in the same…

HelloFresh scaled
Food
1 min read

HelloFresh to monetise Tasty Perks

HelloFresh has launched a new in-box sampling service called Tasty Perks, which allows brands to test new products on the meal kit company’s customers for a fee. The in-box advertising program creates a new revenue stream for HelloFresh and gives it…

walmart
E-Tailing
2 min read

Walmart launched subscription service With Kidbox

International retailer Walmart and Kidbox, the curated childrenswear subscription service, are teaming up to offer Walmart.com customers an exclusive, curated stylebox for kids. The service features an option to receive a seasonal selection, without a styling…

amazon scout scaled
Logistics
1 min read

Meet Scout, Amazon’s new delivery robot

Amazon is field testing a new delivery robot called Scout, which the company describes as a “fully-electric delivery system” designed to safely get packages to customers using autonomous delivery devices. Six robots are initially being tested in a Snohomish…

Amorepacific
General
2 min read

Amorepacific adopts a new eco-friendly packaging

Nowadays, products purchased online are typically delivered in a big box with bubble wrap for protection. But once the package is safely delivered, the packaging becomes nothing more than waste. Amorepacific, however, has chosen to make use of eco-friendly…

memebox
E-Tailing
2 min read

Memebox will no longer sell Korean beauty products to the US

Online Korean beauty shop Memebox was known for selling popular K-beauty products to the United States. However, the retailer revealed it will change its model from selling beauty products to focusing on educating consumers about Korean products through…