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Topic #1

Returnship

Returnship is a professional internship designed for workers returning from an extended career break.

The concept has been for over a decade. However, returnships are trending again due to the surge of people re-entering the workforce after leaving their jobs during the early days of the pandemic (approximately 2 million women dropped out of US labor since the pandemic began).

A growing number of companies have also started to offer returnships as a way to attract additional talent.

For instance, Amazon announced that they plan to open 1,000 returnship positions.

Many businesses are following suit: there are currently 605 results on Glassdoor for returnship jobs.

What's Next

Returnships are part of the Post-Pandemic Workforce meta trend.

Some examples of post-pandemic workforce changes include:

The rise in contingent workers. 32% of organizations are using contingent workers to replace their full-time workers as a way to reduce their costs.

Talent sharing is becoming more common. This refers to initiatives where businesses agree to share staff members that possess in-demand skills.

More HR departments are seeking fractional CMOs that work part-time for several different companies at once.

Topic #2

Caffeine Eye Cream

Caffeine eye cream is moisturizing lotion infused with caffeine.

Research suggests that caffeinated eye cream can visibly reduce under-eye bags, making the eyes look more vibrant.

Interest in this product category is also increasing because a growing number of celebrities are endorsing them.

For instance, Gemma Chan and Alana Haim have publicly stated that they use a caffeine eye cream made by Inkey (searches for “Inkey caffeine eye cream” have grown by 409% in the last five years).

One highly-rated caffeinated eye cream generates around $23K/month on Amazon.

What's Next

Caffeine eye cream is part of the Caffeine Skincare meta trend.

Searches for “caffeine skincare” have increased by 300% since 2018.

Caffeine is an antioxidant that can protect the skin from wrinkles and fine lines.

According to the Cleveland Clinic, using caffeine-infused products can help protect, brighten and soothe the skin.

Caffeine scrubs, caffeine serums and caffeine lotion are examples of in-demand caffeine skincare products.

For example, one popular coffee scrub brings in approximately $58K/month on Amazon.

Topic #3

Bunnyshell

Bunnyshell is a cloud infrastructure startup.

Specifically, the platform allows developers to simulate environments while building software.

This makes it possible to develop and test code as close to production as possible, helping reduce rollbacks.

According to Bunnyshell, their solution can help companies reduce cloud costs by up to 75% since they can set rules to start and stop environments automatically.

The startup saw a 24% growth in YoY revenue last year (Pitchbook).

Bunnyshell has raised $6.4M in funding to date.

What's Next

Bunnyshell is part of the Environments-as-a-Service (EaaS) meta trend.

EaaS are platforms that provide locations where developers, testers and managers can experiment and interact with an application.

This industry is still in its infancy but is expected to grow by approximately 3x over the next four years.

Prodly and rThreat are examples of trending EaaS startups.

Topic #4

Padel Racket

Padel rackets are stringless, perforated rackets and are smaller and more compact than traditional tennis rackets.

Padel is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world (in some countries, the number of padel players has increased 5x since 2020.)

Importantly, the number of startups offering padel rackets is also growing, accelerating interest in this product category.

Nox Padel and Siux Padel are examples of trending padel racket brands.

What's Next

Padel rackets are part of the Padel Accessories meta trend.

Searches for “padel accessories” have increased by 99X over the last 12 months.

Examples of trending padel accessories include padel ball cans and paddle bags.

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Exploding Topics - ET: November 15th 2022

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Returnship

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