Swapping sofas for skincare: How MADE’s co-founder plans to renovate the beauty industry

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by on August 4, 2020 at 9:00 am
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Ning Li recently swapped sofas for skincare. To navigate unchartered waters, the seasoned entrepreneur will be drawing on lessons learned during his seven-year tenure as CEO at one of the UK‘s most recognizable ecommerce brands, MADE, where he was also a co-founder. Now he’s on a journey: Typology. “Typology was born with a mission to demystify the complex skincare industry. It’s clean, genderless, and 100% digital. All products are concentrated, natural, formulated, made in France, and fairly priced,” he tells Growth Quarters, adding that all single items are priced under £20 (22€). The packaging, he says, is simple, minimal, and…

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COVID got the world addicted to (computer) tablets — we made some pie charts about it

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by on August 3, 2020 at 9:53 am
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While most industries suffered during the pandemic, things went well for one technological sector: tablet computers. According to a recent report from analyst firm IDC, the global tablet market recorded 18.6% year-over-year growth in Q2 of 2020. In actual numbers, this meant there were 38.6 million tablets shipped across the world during that three month period. What’s impressive about this is the tablet market saw a decline over the two quarters prior to this, suggesting that, for once, coronavirus actually helped an industry. Who did well? Five companies dominated the tablet market, with Apple coming out at the top spot with a…

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How studying our reaction to coronavirus can help us fight climate change

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by on August 1, 2020 at 6:00 pm
Posted In: syndication, world


Climate change and COVID-19 are the two most significant crises faced by the modern world – and widespread behavior change is essential to cope with both. This means that official messaging by the government and other authorities is critical. To succeed, leaders need to communicate the severe threat effectively and elicit high levels of public compliance, without causing undue panic. But the extent to which people comply depends on their psychological filters when receiving the messages – as the coronavirus pandemic has shown. With COVID-19, the early messaging attempted to circumscribe the nature of the threat. In March, the WHO…

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Ultraviolet light gives astronomers new clues on mysterious stellar eruptions

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by on August 1, 2020 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Space, syndication, world


White dwarfs explode under certain conditions, but the causes of these events remain a mysterious process. However, the detection of a flash of ultraviolet light from one of these explosions could help answer questions about these stellar eruptions. This is just the second time such a flash of energy has been seen by astronomers during one of these events. It could also help researcher better understand the formation of heavy elements, such as iron, as well as providing a look at one of the great mysteries of the Universe — dark energy. “The UV flash is telling us something very…

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