Flagship futures Department stores are reformatting their offerings to cater to customer’s self-care needs. In February, Selfridges launched a month-long in-store campaign called Superself, spotlighting self-care, positivity and what the London-based retailer called “feel goodness.” Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
Mental health app Real raises $37 million
Mental health app Real raises $37M Series B Real, a mental health app, has raised a $37 million oversubscribed Series B. The round was led by Owl Ventures, with participation from former Cityblock CEO Iyah Romm and chief health officer Dr. Sylvia Romm. Returning investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Female Founders Fund, Forerunner Ventures and BBG Ventures. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
‘Biophilia’ style: From tattoos to clothing to furnishings, more people are adorning their bodies and homes with themes from nature
‘Biophilia’ style: Nature as self-expression, solace From tattoos to clothing to furnishings, more people are adorning their bodies and homes with themes from nature. Designers and artists who see this “biophilia” trend think it’s a response to both the pandemic and anxiety about environmental destruction. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
Spas and wellness retreats have a new audience: the pandemic-weary
Spas and Wellness Retreats Have a New Audience: The Pandemic-Weary After two years of isolation and the attendant anxiety, many of us need a head-to-toe realignment. “There was so much disconnection during the last two years that there is now a mental-health epidemic,” says Anna Bjurstam, who heads up the wellness program at Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas. Read More from the Global Wellness News…
The world’s billionaires are pouring money into anti-aging technology
Anti-aging technology is coming. Here’s how you can be ready for it Billionaires like Jeff Bezos believe that aging is a disease that can be slowed, stopped, even reversed. But you have to be ready to receive its benefits. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
How ‘air care’ became the latest wellness trend
Beauty & Wellness Briefing: How ‘air care’ became the latest wellness trend This week, I’m taking a peek under the hood of an emerging wellness trend called air care, which is a holistic approach to what we breathe in and how it impacts our health and wellbeing. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
Trend in the News – Week of April 13, 2022
Southhall, the Farm-Focused Resort Set on Idyllic Working Farm in Historic Franklin, Tennessee Opens This Summer–Hospitality Net, April 1, 2022 Southhall is a shining example of the new farm-centered wellness resorts and the soon-to-open, 325-acre property will offer a unique menu of farm, wellness and adventure programming that will give guests acres of land for foraging and very immersive, hands-on farming education and experiences. How the…
Trend: Farm Livin’
Trend: Farm Livin’ Several of our 2022 wellness trends explore how big farms and farm-focused experiences are becoming much more central in wellness real estate and at wellness resorts—and how the home gardening and foraging trends just continue to bloom and evolve Next Friday, April 22, is Earth Day—so we thought we’d spotlight how the getting-people-back–to-the-earth trends of farming and gardening are a…
Exercise and wellness platform Mindbody plans return to public markets in 2023–ClassPass owner targets listing as in-person fitness rebounds
ClassPass proprietor targets itemizing as in-person health rebounds Mindbody, the health and wellbeing tech platform that owns train subscription service ClassPass, plans to go public as demand for in-person exercises grows following pandemic shutdowns. A flotation would mark a return to the general public markets after simply 4 years away from the Nasdaq for California-based Mindbody, which was taken non-public by Vista Fairness Companions in 2019…
Power Leaves seeking up to $20 million for coca-leaf wellness startup
An unusual startup is looking to raise $20 million to turn coca leaves into the next trendy wellness ingredient Power Leaves Corp. is seeking to become the first Nasdaq-listed coca-leaf company. The company is working with Indigenous communities in Colombia to harvest legal coca leaves. The coca leaves will be used to produce an energizing extract for food and beverage products. Coca leaves, minus the…