Health, wellness products drive outsized sales growth as organic outpaces conventional Health and wellness positioned products may account for only a small portion of the food and beverage industry’s overall dollar share, but they are disproportionately driving dollar growth alongside organic, which often outpaced its conventional counterparts year-over-year in 2021 across categories, according to SPINS data. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
Oura Sells Its Millionth Ring
Oura sells its millionth ring We love big, round numbers here in hardware land. Hitting one million of anything is an impressive feat, let alone one million $399 smart rings. It’s too soon to suggest that Oura has permanently transformed the wearables space, but in a time when things have calcified around the smartwatch form fa… Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
Wall Street Bets on Gym Chains’ Getting Back in Shape
Wall Street Bets on Gym Chains’ Getting Back in Shape Gym chains are back in favor on Wall Street for the same reason Peloton Interactive Inc . is on the outs: Americans are tired of working out at home. Budget operator Planet Fitness Inc . and its franchises attracted hundreds of millions of dollars from private fund managers in recent months, according to people familiar…
The Global Wellness Summit’s Top Wellness Trends for 2022 Are Here
The Global Wellness Summit’s Top Wellness Trends for 2022 Are Here We are excited to unveil our annual trends report, The Future of Wellness 2022! This 110-page report goes in-depth on the major shifts ahead in nutrition, wellness travel, wellness real estate, women’s health, men’s wellness, healthcare, technology, sustainability, and spas. One thing this forecast makes crystal clear: the future of wellness will be anything…
Trend in the News – Week of March 16th, 2022
What Is ‘Bigorexia’? –The New York Times, March 9, 2022 This new, in-depth article on the trend explores how a social media diet of perfect bodies is leading to a muscle dysmorphia (“bigorexia”) issue for teen boys. The most popular TikTok and YouTube accounts reveal a landscape dominated by musclemen—and more young men are now becoming obsessed with weightlifting and dieting. It’s a crisis worsened by…
2022 Trend: Toxic Muscularity Comes Clean
2022 Trend: Toxic Muscularity Comes Clean How bulging biceps and rippling abs have had a negative ripple effect on male body image—and how the conspiracy of silence around the rising crises of muscle dysmorphia for men and boys is finally being addressed For a decade, we’ve seen so much forward progress around women’s body positivity in a culture that has long held such unrealistic standards…
Anticipation for First-Ever Global Wellness Summit in the Middle East Builds
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS), the foremost gathering of international leaders in the multitrillion-dollar global wellness economy, today announced nine unique pre- and post-Summit experiences available exclusively to delegates attending the GWS taking place at the Hilton Tel Aviv from October 31-November 3. Previous GWS delegates are encouraged to register before a rate increase at the end of March, while those interested in becoming a first-time…
Open Minds. Open Hearts. Open for Business.
OPEN MINDS.OPEN HEARTS.OPEN FOR BUSINESS. 2022 Global Wellness Summit | Tel Aviv, Israel | October 31-November 3 Dear Friends, As the world reels from the war in Ukraine, and COVID remains a top story in the news, we are mindful of the challenges facing humanity. Like many companies learning to live in this “new normal,” we are keen to move forward, even during these extraordinary times, while respecting…
Trends in the News – Week of March 2nd, 2022
Relaxing Bath Rituals Have Been Quietly Healing For Centuries –The Zoe Report, February 2022 A revival in the appreciation of bathing rituals from cultures all over the world – from Finnish saunas to Japanese onsens to Turkish hammams to Aztec sweat lodges – is fueling the urban bathhouse trend. Luxury urban spa to open in Oslo with restored public baths, rooftop sauna and Nordic…
TREND: Urban Bathhouses Heating Up
TREND: URBAN BATHHOUSES HEATING UP Affordable, social, and accessible wellness is coming to a city near you For centuries, the cleansing and healing power of water and heat has been harnessed to bring city dwellers together in the common pursuit of cleanliness. Early public bathhouses were fueled by mineral-rich waters warmed from the earth’s core, which bubbled up and not only cleansed, but also worked…