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Ahead of speaking at our Future of Retail 2020 Conference, Lakshmi Rengarajan talks to PSFK about applying lessons from her work creating genuine connections in online dating to all relationship and community building, personal and professional alike

Startup Lunchclub leverages AI and data to help users foster professional relationships inside specific industries, setting them up for 1:1 meetings with the ideal connections. Each Monday, users receive an email asking them their preferred meeting times and places, then they receive their matches along with personalized introductions twenty-four hours later.

Team management platform Asana is designed to help teams effectively manage their human resources and combat employee burnout by offering a single view into projects, allowing managers to easily reassign and postpone tasks, quantify overall efforts and set alerts when the workload exceeds an employee's preset capacity.

With 500 gaming stations and an 800-seat arena, plus studios, coworking and gyms, the just-announced Space will be esports' biggest stage yet

Beddr, a sleep monitor startup that launched last year, is now offering its devices to employers in the latest work-focused wellness deal

From housing to networking to cooking, brand-new experiences are now catering to Baby Boomers who want to connect with other generations

Customers can now have their car delivered to home or work thanks to CarMax, which is unrolling a completely remote retail experience that prioritizes personalization

Whether to seek meaningful connections or make a bit of extra money, Baby Boomers are redefining retirement, and brands are accordingly tailoring jobs to include this group

In a collaboration between booth brand ROOM and meditation app Calm, a new product allows workers to practice mindfulness in the office

Planning for retirement is often a stressful process, but these brands are working to make it easier through outreach and planning tools

It isn't just deepfakes—here's how AI will enable mass personalization in video and unlock high engagement and returns for retailers across verticals

In a decade, common spaces will take on important new meaning, providing places to meet, work, study, exercise and even use hallucinogens

How brands are tapping into Baby Boomers through marketing, products and services that defy ageist assumptions and empower fuller lives

Amazon and Google voice assistants can now connect their users with jobs at McDonald's, thanks to a new tech rollout by the restaurant chain