Welltodo Today: Contraception On-Demand, Women In Wellness, Fast-Food Chains Target Veggies

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

This Indian startup will home deliver condoms in 30 minutes

Forget fast pizza deliveries, an Indian startup wants to ensure that you find condoms at any time within 30 minutes. Delhi-based startup SMS Contraceptive is delivering condoms and contraceptive pills in less than half-an-hour. What’s more, it will hand over your package for free if it fails to deliver on its promise.

Is Indie Beauty ‘Good’ Business for Women Entrepreneurs?

The dominant face of what’s most exciting in the beauty world is, in fact, an actual face – or rather a big group of them. Women founders, entrepreneurs, and CEOs are helming interesting new brands in the industry, carving out a substantial role for the presence of independent product lines in a world long dominated by large corporate conglomerates.

For SoulCycle’s CEO, Facts and Passion Add Up to a Winning Business Argument

Melanie Whelan, 39, is the chief executive officer of SoulCycle, the New York-based indoor-cycling chain that has 65 locations. It is majority-owned by Equinox Holdings Inc. When I was vice president of business development at Equinox, my role was looking for new opportunities for the business to expand.

Veggies competing with meat at fast food chains

“Eat your vegetables” is the common refrain by most moms, and now it turns out that moms are getting more respect on the veggie angle, as more chain restaurants are putting them on the menu. Everyone from Panera Bread to Taco Bell is turning to veggies to round out their menus, and it’s not just out of guilt.

Can Wellness Be Scientific?

The “wellness” label is slapped on pretty much everything these days from hotel experiences to office chairs. Much like the word, it’s a nebulousterm. Wellness used to primarily mean illness prevention: Think corporate wellness programs that offered smoking-cessation seminars in a poorly lit conference room.