Welltodo Today: Competition Stretching Athleisure, Supermarket Farming, Wellness In Real Estate

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

Products and Competition Stretch Market for ‘Athleisure’ Clothing

A result: The $330 billion athleisure market is being stretched more than Lululemon’s stretchiest yoga pants. Already, some signs of strain are showing. Nike spooked investors – many of whom had bought into the athleisure boom – by reporting slowing sales on Tuesday.

The Office Of The Future Will Be Natural, Chair-less, And Designed For Collaboration

Office chairs that adjust to your body based on biofeedback. Walls that slide, shift, and change color according to worker needs. Three-dimensional printers that produce food and replicate office supplies. These are some of the possibilities in the “office of the future.” Plusnet, a U.K.

The Fitness Store Challenging Lululemon With $400 Yoga Pants

On a recent Wednesday night, about 70 fitness devotees wearing in-the-know brands like Heroine Sport and Outdoor Voices were crammed into a studio in the Flatiron district, mastering their leg lifts while Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” blared overhead. Taryn Toomey, a founder of the workout program called “the Class,” led the group.

At This Supermarket, The Produce Section Grows Its Own Produce

At the end of the produce aisle in the Metro supermarket in Berlin, an indoor farming company is testing the ultimate in local food: Greens and herbs are growing inside the store itself. The greens grow inside glowing modular boxes, in a design that the company behind the project, Infarm, says is so efficient that it can finally make vertical farming affordable on a micro scale.

Lendlease and a former banker bring wellness to real estate

Australian building owners and occupants are warming to the new WELL Building Standard: a certification that aims to measure the performance of the built environment so it can support health and wellbeing.