Welltodo Today: Nike Doubles Down On Patents, The NY Times Muscles In On The Meal Delivery Market

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

Fashion Startup Caraa Aims To Be The Go-To Luxury Athleisure Bag

Caraa is a new New York City-based luxury fitness brand focusing on an untapped area of the booming athleisure market: handbags. The activewear space is a $35 billion dollar marketplace, and while there are many choices in leggings and tops, co-founders Carmen Chen Wu and Aaron Luo saw white space in fashion […]

The ‘New York Times’ Is Getting Into the Meal Kit Delivery Business

Soon, the New York Times will be delivering more than just “all the news that’s fit to print.” This summer, the Times will beef up the capabilities of its cooking website by teaming up with the meal-delivery startup Chef’d to offer recipe kit packages, Bloomberg reports.

Why Nike Has More Patents Than Lockheed, Ford And Pfizer

Nike ( NKE) has more U.S. patents than a defense contractor making stealth jets, a pharma developing cancer-fighting drugs, and an auto giant working on self-driving cars. The athletic gear maker was granted about 500 patents last year and ended 2015 with 5,060 issued patents, which include those that expired, according to the U.S.

Check in for the five-star approach to your health

by Helen Hawkes Once upon a time a weekend at a luxury hotel meant self-indulgence on a five-star scale – kilo-rific gourmet meals, smart cocktails in a designer bar or sunbathing in a lounge chair by the infinity pool, and perhaps a bit of networking.