Welltodo Today: Arianna Huffington Quits, Google Targets India’s Food Delivery Market, Soylent Diversifies

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

Arianna Huffington to Leave the Huffington Post

Arianna Huffington, who co-founded the Huffington Post 11 years ago and built it into one of the largest digital media outlets in the U.S., says she will be leaving the company in the coming weeks to focus on a soon-to-launch startup dedicated to issues of health and wellness.

Boltt on building an AI-powered health and fitness platform

Launching a new fitness tracker is a bold move for any company in a world that’s currently being dominated by the likes of Fitbit and Garmin. Building an entire ecosystem made up of wearables alongside a virtual AI coach would be an ambitious move even for the biggest companies in the world.

There’s caffeinated Soylent now

It’s called Coffiest. Because, well, it’s more coffee than coffee, I guess. It’s the latest offering from our meal replacing, shipper container living friends at Soylent. It’s got all of the soy and algal oil-based nutrient delivery one has come to expect from the company’s liquid offerings, with a key new addition.

Google enters the food delivery business in India

for Tech in Asia Food tech just got supremely more interesting in India. Just when the sector was taking baby steps toward stability after battling rounds of misfortune, Google has jumped the gun and entered the fray. “From today, when people search for a nearby restaurant on their phone, they’ll see an option to ‘place an order’ in the search results.

Adidas Comeback on North America Sales Jump

PORTLAND, United States – reported a 26 percent rise in North American sales, underscoring a comeback that has seen the athletic-shoe maker reclaim market share in the US from Nike Inc. Second-quarter sales in North America were €788 million ($878 million), Herzogenaurach, Germany-based Adidas said in a statement Thursday.

‘Vogue’ UK Aims to Tackle the Mystery of Wellness in New Video Series

On the heels of its successful Alexa Chung-hosted docu-series covering different careers within the fashion industry, Vogue UK is ready to tackle another exclusive, slightly befuddling topic that’s taken over the zeitgeist: wellness.