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Headspace Health acquires inclusive mental health and wellness app Shine
Headspace Health acquires inclusive mental health and wellness app Shine Headspace Health is acquiring Shine, a mental health and wellness app dedicated to providing an inclusive mental health experience for the BIPOC community, the company announced on Thursday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
Home fitness platform Tonal seeks $100 million in financing
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Grab your leg warmers: fun 80s-style aerobic classes return in fitness fad flashback (They’re big at streaming channels such as Obé Fitness and TikTok)
Grab Your Leg Warmers: Streaming Fitness Classes Channel 1980s Aerobics The aerobics classes that dominated fitness during the 1980s are coming back, minus the VHS cassettes and jazz hands. The same kinds of low-impact, high-octane and sometimes campy dance-cardio workouts that Jane Fonda popularized during the Reagan era are now getting a boost from YouTube and TikTok. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
The Trend in the News: Sept 7th, 2022
TREND: The Wealth Divide is Widening: Super-Expensive Wellness is on the Rise Week of September 7th, 2022 Ultra-rich fueling sales of luxury brands despite inflation and recession fears–CNBC A couple of weeks ago, companies that cater to the ultra-rich, such as LVMH (Dior, Louis Vuitton, etc.), Ferrari, Capri, etc. are all reporting super-strong first-half 2022 sales and hiking profit forecasts, while companies like the Gap…
Trend: The Wellth Divide Is Widening: Super-Expensive Wellness Is on the Rise
Trend: The Wellth Divide Is Widening: Super-Expensive Wellness Is on the Rise The pandemic brought new demands for a less elitist wellness market, but it also fueled growing wealth disparity–so we’re seeing more expensive, exclusive wellness than ever before: $4,000/night room rates at new wellness hotels, $75 million wellness condos, $200,000 cosmetic procedures, and a surge in private, expensive wellness social clubs (or the Soho-House-ification…
With schools increasingly focused on mental health, UK-based PsycApps raises $1.7 million for US expansion (Its gamified mental health app has been tested in clinical trials)
With schools increasingly focused on mental health, PsycApps raises seed round for US expansion • TechCrunch I’ve been tracking PsycApps, a startup that came up with a gamified mental health game called eQuoo, since 2016, and this company – and its founder – is nothing if not persistent in “pivoting into the wind”. The last we heard it had been approved by the U.K.’s National…
The rise of the menopause vacation (Combining a spa trip with advice for taming hot flashes, resorts and wellness properties are offering new getaways to help well-heeled women manage the changes of midlife
The Rise of the Menopause Vacation Massage appointments, Pilates classes and lectures about hormones: It’s all in a day on a menopause vacation. Resorts, destination spas and wellness practitioners are offering new retreats and services to help women in midlife navigate menopause and cope with its symptoms, which include hot flashes, insomnia and mood issues. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
Trying to sell your old Peloton bike? So is Peloton
Trying to Sell Your Old Peloton Bike? So Is Peloton. As its business slumps, Peloton is trying something new: selling its bikes to “value-minded” customers. It faces stiff competition. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. When Steve Edwards Jr. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
The sexist side of wellness: The wellness industry too often preys on women’s fears to sell them everything from health supplements to “clean” beauty
Well To Do | Rina Raphael | Substack Why are women more likely to be concerned about organic produce than men? Why do women meditate more than men? And why are they the ones nervous about parabens? (I’ve never heard a man say he’s terrified of his “chemical” body wash.) Read More from the Global Wellness News ™