Venture capitalists think they have an answer to the growing housing crunch in San Francisco and other big cities across the US-adult dorms.
China’s e-commerce market will climb to $1.1 trillion in 2020, predominantly pushing the total online retail revenues for five key Asian markets to $1.4 trillion.
Mattresses were long considered immune to the e-commerce boom. For decades, they have been sold in showrooms full of dozens of styles with dizzying discounts and high-pressure salespeople. But a new breed of upstarts with slick websites has cracked into the $14 billion U.S. mattress industry.
Much more is highlighted in A Look Ahead.
