Welltodo Today: Adidas To Sell Reebok? Plant-Based Sales Explode, Beauty Brands Address Stress

Today’s key global wellness news articles from around the world, impacting the industry and influencing the business of wellness.

Plant-based meat sales exploded during the pandemic. Here’s how to keep consumers coming back

The pandemic created space for more family time and motivations to make new food choices. People were making meals rather than eating out. They were reconnecting with food on multiple levels, reflecting more on where it comes from, how it’s produced, and what it means to eat healthy.

New Beauty Launches Address Stress | Stylus

New UK-based beauty launches are tackling stress – the global affliction accelerated by Covid-19. One-third of Americans (33%) have experienced high levels of psychological distress at some point during the extended period of social distancing (Pew, 2020) and 66% of Brits said lockdown had heightened feelings of anxiety (This Works, 2020).

Meet 7 Fitness Trailblazers Determined To Redress The Whitewashing of The Fitness Industry

The fitness industry is facing a racial reckoning, finally addressing the ideal of whiteness it has perpetuated up to this point. Beauty and lifestyle assistant, Twiggy Jalloh, explores the whitewashing of the fitness industry and the Black trainers and entrepreneurs making a difference.

Sportswear giant Adidas looks set to end its unhappy ownership of Reebok

Sportswear giant Adidas finally looks set to end its unhappy ownership of the Reebok brand. German news magazine Manager-Magazin, which has a strong track record in reporting corporate developments in the country, reported on Thursday that Adidas aims to complete a sale of Reebok by March next year.

From spas to psychedelics – the history of ‘wellness’

Pre-pandemic, the wellness economy was worth $4.2tn, according to the Global Wellness Institute. It’s a contemporary obsession now addressed by two British writers, each of whom has set out to explore the origins of wellness. Their two journeys share a vast breadth of historical scope, though their cultural coordinates differ wildly.

Rod Hill signs énergie Fitness master franchise deal for Spain – plans 75 gyms

Rod Hill, former president of TRIB3 and director general of Anytime Fitness Iberia, has signed a master franchise agreement with énergie Fitness to develop 75 clubs in Spain over the next 10 years. Hill will share the master franchisee contract with George Houtenbos, another long-time fitness industry leader and co-founder of Basic Fit Spain.

Kohl’s will boost athleisure and dial down fashion to spike sales.

The retailer wants athleisure to be 30% of sales in short order.