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Global 4-day week pilot was a huge success, organizers say | CNN Business The verdict is in: A four-day work week is good for business. After six months, most of the 33 companies and 903 workers trialing the schedule, with no reduction in pay, are unlikely ever to go back toastandard working week, according to the organizers of the global pilot program. Read More from…

Why Investors Should Take a Broad Look at Wellness in Seeking Returns The wellness industry is getting more attention than ever from investors, and for good reason. It’s now predicted to reach $7 trillion by 2025, Fidelity reports. This presents shareholders with all sorts of opportunities to track growing lists of stocks that can promise returns. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Brazilian Femtech Feel Raises Round With Female Investors To Advance Sexual Wellness Ecosystem With a business proposition aimed at providing sexual wellness products, information and digital services to adult women of all ages, Brazilian femtech Feel has attracted an all-female pool of angel investors to a pre-seed round worth just over BRL 1 million ($190,000). Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

This former SpaceX engineer wants to prevent you from getting diabetes Josh Clemente’s Levels just raised another $38 million to fight metabolic health—and stave off the $327 billion spent annually on the effects of diabetes. Read the article on Fast Company > Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

ResortPass, backed by Jessica Alba and Gwyneth Paltrow, lands $26M so you can take a daycation ResortPass operates in 35 states in the U.S., as well as in Mexico, the Caribbean and Puerto Rico. It is looking to expand geographically. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Amazon Can’t Get Peloton Back in the Black Even the Everything Store can only do so much. When it comes to Peloton, Amazon can definitely be of some help. The e-commerce giant started selling Peloton’s basic stationary bike in late August, one month before the end of the equipment company’s fiscal first quarter. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Therme Group plans US$200m urban wellbeing resort in South Korea | spabusiness.com news Thermal wellbeing organisation and developer Therme Group has partnered with the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) to create a year-round wellbeing destination in the South Korean city of Incheon. Therme has announced that it’s working with the mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City Yoo Jeong-bok and IFEZ commissioner Kim Jin-yong to build a…

The growing menopause-at-work market Menopause – a condition that’s little discussed and poorly understood – is gaining more attention from employers rethinking the health benefits they offer women. Why it matters: Support for workers experiencing telltale symptoms like hot flashes, fatigue and mood swings is becoming more essential after the pandemic and its economic shockwaves led a disproportionate number of women to exit the workforce.…

Spanish startup Cobee secures €40 million for its staff wellbeing platform and looks to expand in new markets | EU-Startups Madrid-based Cobee is tasked with a mission to revolutionize the employee benefits sector. The startup has just secured €40 million in new capital to further develop the product in existing and new markets, making employee benefits and wellbeing a standard for modern businesses. Read More…

Brain care is a rising wellness category There’s a new wellness trend in town. Self-care gained new meaning in 2020, when many people were stuck at home, some in solitude. Even after emerging from lockdown, many have retained their new outlooks and understanding on issues like work-life balance. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™