Welltodo Today: Apple Intros More Fitness Features, Chanel Gets Into Clean Beauty, Mindful Chef X Waitrose

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

Apple Fitness+ introduces new ‘Collections’ feature and ‘Time to Run’ series

Apple Fitness+ is introducing a new “Collections” feature along with a new “Time to Run” series starting on January 10th. Collections are a curated series of workouts and meditations from the Fitness+ library organized to help users reach a goal. The feature draws on nearly …

Waitrose teams up with Mindful Chef to launch recipe boxes

Waitrose has teamed up with recipe box group Mindful Chef as part of trial Website open to customers from 29 December, with deliveries from January Waitrose has become the first supermarket in Britain to work with a recipe box service, in a sign of how rapidly this market has grown in the pandemic.

When Wellness Meets Weight Loss

Calorie counting is so 2021. As consumers embrace all things wellness, dieting is now a dirty word, replaced by the idea of intuitive eating and a slew of apps hoping to make mindful eating easier to navigate. According to YPulse, there has been a shift in diet culture among Gen Z and Millennials from focusing on weight loss to nutrition and fitness.

Saks Fifth Avenue Taps Into Penchant For Health And Launches Online Wellness Business

With the Covid-19 pandemic putting a spotlight on health and well-being, Saks Fifth Avenue is launching a Wellness Shop focused on four pillars: fitness, health and nutrition, rest and relaxation, and sexual wellness. This is a significant expansion from previous wellness offerings.

How Femtech Moves From Niche To Essential

Despite 2021 being a special year for femtech global venture funding, the technology supporting women’s health is still not where it should be in terms of being perceived as an essential or gaining equal investors’ attention. In this guest commentary, Flint Capital’s Andrew Gershfeld shares what can be done to move the needle.

Chanel Has Entered the Clean Beauty Chat

The influence of the camellia flower on Chanel’s DNA can be seen throughout everything the French atelier creates. Rumored to have been Coco Chanel’s favorite flower, the blooms have been integrated (both prominently and subtly) into the house’s clothing, designs, fragrances, and skincare. Paper versions even adorn the brand’s iconic shopping bags.