Welltodo Today: McDonald’s Green Restaurants, lululemon’s Store Of The Future, Plant-Based Persuasion

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

Is the rise in wellness a direct result of medical misogyny?

A couple of years ago, there was a clinical trial of the male contraceptive injection. The results showed that although the injection had a 98.4% efficacy rate at pregnancy prevention (making it more effective than condoms) the side effects that the men experienced were too severe.

Lululemon’s New Experimental Store Hints at the Future of Retail — The Motley Fool

Retailers have had to adapt to survive in the age of (( Amazon NASDAQ:AMZN). Shoppers need a reason to physically visit stores and give up the convenience of shopping from their couch. To address this new dynamic, lululemon athletica NASDAQ:LULU) is experimenting with a new large-format, multipurpose store it thinks can drive customer traffic and reinforce its lifestyle brand image.

This nonprofit brings yoga to low-income schools to help students de-stress

Poverty alleviation efforts, like raising the minimum wage and providing a stronger support system for families facing financial difficulties, are the most critical component to addressing the issue of toxic stress in children. But in her time volunteering in low-income public schools in New York City, Nicole Cardoza recognized another way to help students in the nearer term: giving them a healthy way to de-stress in schools.

Alice + Olivia, Kush Queen Collaborate on CBD Wellness Line

Alice + Olivia creative director and chief executive officer Stacey Bendet is furthering the brand’s investment in beauty and wellness by entering the CBD market through a partnership with luxury cannabis brand Kush Queen. The news follows the launch of Alice + Olivia Xoxo Maybelline cosmetics, the beauty brand’s first fashion-focused offering, in the Asia Pacific region in June.

Food labeling is broken. Kind Bar is on a not-so-nutty quest to fix it

The snack bar company Kind began airing a national TV commercial in June that seemed, well, not very kind at all. It pitted its product against a competitor’s-and became the latest salvo in the billion-dollar fight to reshape what Americans consider a healthful bite to eat.

McDonald’s Green Restaurants | Stylus

As explored in Packaging Futures 2019/20, consumers are increasingly expecting brands to offer eco-conscious packaging. Coming at this issue from a hospitality perspective, McDonald’s Canada is opening two new green concept stores to trial its new sustainable packaging alternatives.

Plant-Based Persuasion: The Tricky Psychology Behind ‘Eat Less Beef’

“Eat less beef” is getting a lot of play these days. Pat Brown, CEO of Impossible Foods, recently boasted that “the whole point” of his company is to put beef farmers out of business.