Welltodo Today: Sleep-Related Beauty Products, Lululemon’s Double-Digit Surge, Investors Are Backing Plant-Based Milks

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

Why sleep-related beauty products are the next chapter of the wellness boom – Glossy

As the preoccupation with wellness becomes more intertwined with beauty – the wellness-related beauty market is now valued at nearly $1.1 trillion, according to the Global Wellness Institute – sleep-centric beauty products have become a growing product category.

Why Workout Classes All Cost $34

I’m not an economist or a financial advisor, but I do know that paying $34 for a workout sounds like a lot of money. And yet, so many boutique fitness aficionados have no qualms about dropping that much money just to sweat for an hour (maybe shower and cop the nice toiletries, too) in a fancy studio – myself included.

Gwyneth Paltrow is becoming the Oprah of wellness 2.0

Before we had Goop, we had Oprah.

Lululemon’s double-digit surge this year could just be getting started

Lululemon is up more than 20 percent in 2019, and TradingAnalysis.com’s Todd Gordon says it could stretch even further to knock out new highs. Here’s how he’s taking advantage of any upside.

Why the rise of functional brands is a key fmcg trend to watch

A decade or so ago – back in the age of the mega-budget mini-movie ad campaign – brands were able to seduce consumers with an aspirational dream. Today consumers are much savvier, no longer passively consuming content but setting the context for brands to respond to.

Naomi Campbell Stars In Film By SHOWstudio’s Nick Knight To Mark Equinox Hotels’ Summer 2019 Launch

Equinox built a reputation on becoming a lifestyle brand that promotes fitness and wellness with its fitness clubs across the United States for over 25 years, and now it’s entering the hotel business with the launch of Equinox Hotels, which will merge together the luxury traveling mindset with its approach to wellness and health, with locations set to open in the United States in New York, L.A., Miami, and San Francisco.

Investors Thirst For Plant-Based Milks

By Dayna Fields As millennials and Generation Zers explore healthy, sustainable plant-based alternatives to conventional staples like milk, financial firms are hoping to cash in on the trend. Milk production is down in the largest milk-producing countries and that trend is expected to continue into 2019, according to Netherlands-based Rabobank’s “Dairy Quarterly Q4 2018” report, released this month.