This is from Springwise:
It's time for your weekly fix of entrepreneurial ideas! The latest, extra long Springwise
newsletter is now online. Here's a quick run-down of the business concepts featured in
this edition:
Urban winery & wine bar in New York
Food & beverage
When we first covered urban winery Crushpad back in 2005, the idea
of a winery in an urban centre was surprising. Now a like-minded
contender is picking up on the notion and combining it with a bar.
Online bookstore with a voyeuristic twist
Retail / Media & publishing
Shoppers at BookRabbit can upload photos of their bookshelves for
viewing by the community at large, fostering comparison, interaction
and -- you guessed it -- more shopping.
Game console gets kids outside
Lifestyle & leisure
Swinxs is a new gaming system that encourages kids to get active
and play outside, offering a variety of games for kids ages 4 and up,
all downloadable for free from the company's website.
From smoking bans to ashvertising
Marketing & advertising
Belgium-based Ashvertising hopes to make the best of a bad habit
with an outdoor device that combines an ashtray with a medium for
advertising.
Members' club for moms goes beyond pampering
Media & publishing
Earlier this year we wrote about a few members' clubs for moms in
the London area, and now a similar South African contender has
added a networking twist.
Foldable hotel rooms pop up as needed
Tourism & travel
We've covered pop-up and recyclable hotels, and now a new French
company has come up with a foldable hotel room designed for use at
temporary events.
Adopt a Maine lobster trap
Food & beverage
Two Maine brothers have found a way to offer consumers the chance
to adopt a Maine lobster trap. For USD 2,995, consumers can own a
Maine lobster trap and all the lobsters it catches for a year.
Building retailer launches magazine for women
Homes & housing / Media & publishing / Marketing & advertising
Our latest spotting from the world of women & do-it-yourself? A home
improvement magazine for women which was recently launched by
Karwei, one of the Netherlands' largest DIY retailers.
Bringing a dye back from the dead
Fashion & beauty
The woad industry was wiped out in the late 16th century, when traders
started importing indigo from the Far East. An Italian fashion brand is
now working on woad's comeback.
A customized cup of joe
Life hacks / Homes & housing / Financial services
We've featured two businesses that offer custom-blended tea. Now a
German firm has started selling made-to-order coffee blends online.
Customers can choose from nine varieties and set blend ratios.
Italian government sends food prices by SMS
Food & beverage / Telecom & mobile
Italy's Department for Agriculture is offering price transparency by text
message. Its SMS Consumatori service tracks prices for over 80 types
of food and lets consumers access them when they're out shopping.
Jeans brand offers hot showers and clean undies
Marketing & advertising / Fashion & beauty
At Pinkpop, a Dutch music festival, Diesel kindly provided hot showers
and free underwear. The undies ran out in minutes, creating a nice bit
of buzz for the brand.
Coffee chariot caffeinates Copenhagen
Food & beverage / Eco & sustainability
Ole Skram has begun tempting the pedestrians and cyclists of
Denmark's capital city with the smell of freshly brewed coffee from an
espresso machine mounted onto a three-wheeled carrier cycle.
Open-source label for green fashion
Fashion & beauty / Eco & sustainability
Open source is a term that's familiar in technology, but much less so
in the fashion world. A new German label, however, has embraced the
principles of open source in its new line of eco-conscious clothing.
For a reward, crowds name new products
Marketing & advertising
NameThis is designed to provide a quick and painless way for
innovators to find a market-ready name for their company, product or
service, harnessing and rewarding the creative power of the crowds.
Office teatime goes 2.0
Marketing & advertising / Food & beverage
For UK office workers, making tea is serious business with a political
component all its own. No one wants to get stuck making the office tea
every time -- a problem that a new, tea-focused website helps solve.
Customers deliver donated TOMS shoes
Non-profit, social cause
We've written about TOMS shoes, whose matching program donates
a pair of shoes for every one that's purchased. Now customers can
also hand-deliver those donated shoes.
Limited-edition jeans for summer music festival
Marketing & advertising / Fashion & beauty
In honour of this year's Roskilde Festival, jeans company Diesel has
created a limited-edition line of jeans specially designed to withstand
the rigours of summer festivals.
Our next issue will arrive in your inbox on 25 June 2008. In the meantime, please
check out our daily posts.
Warm regards,
Liesbeth den Toom
Senior Editor
liesbeth@springwise.com
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