The problem? Cosmetic, household and other products that contain large volumes of water need strong packaging that won’t disintegrate (normally made from plastic) and are bulky to transport. In other words, they’re not very environmentally friendly. Now brands are experimenting what happens when you remove the water altogether – creating innovative... See more

practicality of a vending machine, as in any aspect of commercial life, is that things do go wrong. Sure, the vending machine usually dispenses food after you have ordered and subsequently paid for it. However, what happens if the food is crushed by the mechanism on the way down? the food is out of date? your change gets jammed in the vending machi

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Across food, across fashion and accessories, legal cannabis products, beverages, athleisure, skin care, supplements, and other permutations of consumer packaged goods and apparel, every manufacturing and last-mile strategy has become possible, from dropshipping to just-in-time, from small-batch to make-on-demand. Products begin their life as an unb

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In 1979, Casio made a pocket calculator that doubled as a cigarette lighter, also known as the ‘calculighter’