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RENO, NV, April 9, 2019 – Randa Accessories honored LEGACY Supply Chain Services with their 2018 Logistics Partner of the Year Award for exceptional service and overall logistics performance.
“I am pleased to announce that LEGACY has been named our 2018 Logistics Partner of the Year,” said Randy Kennedy, Executive Vice President & Chief Logistics Officer for Randa. “One of the key ingredients to Randa’s success is having great business partners like LEGACY. Their continued support from transportation services to import consultations has been exceptional and we value and appreciate our long-standing relationship.”
The award recognizes LEGACY’s annual performance within Randa’s network of service provider partners – with emphasis on continually meeting required service performance metrics and landed cost objectives. LEGACY also provided value-added U.S. Customs & compliance consultation in areas within Randa’s global supply chain including foreign trade zone (FTZ) and duties advisement.
“Randa trusts in our ability to add value in their omni-channel retail supply chain, and we are honored to receive this award.,” said LEGACY Supply Chain Services Vice President of Transportation Russ Romine. “Our global logistics team continually seeks opportunities to go above and beyond traditional service provider requirements.”


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The North American International Auto Show's invite-only luxury event "The Gallery" will open its doors to the public for the first time.
The Jan. 8 event is open this year to 100 people willing to spend $500 to see some of the world's most extravagant rides.
The event held at the MGM Grand Detroit casino will feature luxury cars from Aston Martin, Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, Maserati and Lingenfelter, among others. These vehicles will not be on display at the NAIAS at Cobo Center.
Renowned chef and restaurateur Wolfgang Puck will prepare the evening's dinner. MGM Grand Detroit features one of Puck's signature restaurants, Wolfgang Puck Grille.
To purchase tickets, contact The Fulkerson Group at (248) 593-9740.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones released a video tour of her massive closet. Not surprisingly, it looks more like a high-end fashion store than one person’s clothing storage space.
"Pissed the paparazzi photographed my ass," she captioned the photos.
The couples of 15 years enjoyed a romantic getaway in Aspen.
The couple posed for photographers at Super Bowl 50 on Sunday.


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As many of us get ready to hit the road this week to spend the holiday with friends and family during this season when we give thanks and take stock of our many blessings, I will voice one now. Thanks to the many readers who have subscribed to Eye on FDA this past year, as well as the six years before. I’m indeed grateful for the opportunity to make observations, relay information, provide analysis and for interchanges with folks and for the opportunity to meet so many new people.
Despite the lack of postings this week – a busy one – here is a bit of what happened in this final full work week in November:
- FDA Clears “Next Generation” Gene Sequencing Devices – Four new diagnostic devices termed by FDA as “next generation” in high throughput gene sequencing were given marketing clearance by the agency this week. According to the release, the new technology will allow physicians to take a broader look at the genetic makeup of patients. Two of the cleared devices will be used to detect DNA changes in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene.
- FDA Has Marshals Seize Dietary Supplements – The agency announced that it had directed a seizure of over $2 million worth of goods – 1500 cases of finished goods and 1200 pounds of in-process/raw material good – because the products contained DMAA. In 2012, FDA issued warning letters to companies to notify them that any products containing DMAA, which is not a legal component of supplements, had to be taken off the market.
- Compounding Bill Passes Senate – By a voice vote this week, the Senate passed legislation passed by the House of Representatives in September that would give FDA additional authorities to regulate the pharmacies engaged in compounding. The Drug Quality and Security Act will require facilities engaged in compounding to report what drugs are being compounded and to submit adverse event reports and subjects the facilities to a risk-based inspection schedule, among other things. This milestone is added to the FDA and Compounding tab on the Eye on FDA website.
- Advisory Committee is No More – FDA served notice this week in the Federal Register that the Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee was terminated as of September 24, 2013. No explanation was provided in the notice other than to say that the committee had been formed to review the safety and efficacy data for new animal drugs, feed and devices.
Be well. Be safe. For those in the U.S. – have a wonderful Thanksgiving. See you next week.


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Chinese consumers now prioritize factors such as “value for money” and “quality of products and services” over “brand origin”, according to consultancy McKinsey. What does that mean for luxury retailers and brands who continue to emphasize their national origins?
The British House sells over 100 British luxury brands, and is home to the first Harrods Tearoom in China. Founder Yimei McCabe established the store after helping with the China launches of brands including Hugo Boss, Alfred Dunhill, and Madame Tussauds. In 2015, she believed there was still so much interest in British heritage among Chinese consumers there was a real opportunity to bring more British brands to China.
This interest in things British was never more prominent than during the China release of 2017 British blockbuster Kingsman, which made 39 million in its opening weekend. The British House hosted an unofficial black-tie after-party at their store, despite the premiere taking place over 800 miles away in Shanghai. The British House's Retail Director Jamie Powell said, “We hosted the event, and there was so much being shared on social media that people started asking us if we were in charge of the official opening. The next day there was a two-hour queue for our Harrods Tearoom.”
"Following the Kingsman event, The British House also immediately sold out of its quintessential British umbrellas, that bore at least some resemblance to the Brigg umbrellas used in the movie," Powell said. “It wasn’t raining, it didn’t rain for weeks after!”
Being British is not alone enough, however.
According to Powell, “McCabe recognised it’s important we offer more than just another British store in China. We want to bring British experiences and British lifestyle, curating a mix of brands. We’re offering a concept destination for Chinese consumers hoping to discover a piece of British heritage.”
The store’s British townhouse design offers customers the chance to share a photo “from London”, without leaving Beijing. The 1,000 square meter (10,700 square feet) British home has a drawing room, bedroom, reading room, dining room, pantry and children’s area, all offering a themed selection of carefully selected products. This has attracted the attention of film and TV producers, using the store as a film set for Chinese and Korean dramas set in London.
“Although we can’t reveal which studios have used our store, we’ve had a growing interest in it. This isn’t something we ever expected, but we’re aware of the power of it. In the first six months of our opening, we hosted 44 different events, inviting KOLs like idol Qiao En Chen and Chinese celebrities to draw traffic to the store through communication on social media.”
But Powell said,“It’s not just about celebrity endorsement. The Chinese consumer appreciates quality and design. A lot of Chinese customers do think “If its good enough for the royals its good enough for us”, but they like to see who the designer is, put a face to the name, and hear their story. They love it when the designer is actively involved because it maintains the feel of buying something authentic and real.
The majority of The British House’s brands had not traded in the Chinese market before, but the company now offers over 100 British labels in store and online, including up-and-coming designers already based in China, such as Elizabeth Koch and Antonio Samson.
At the recent M2020 European Summit, Paul Tyce, UK Country Head at China’s e-tailer VIP.com, reinforced that it’s not necessarily a proven heritage, but authenticity and trust that are of the upmost importance to the Chinese consumer. “The new Chinese luxury consumer is very skeptical about who they trust and where they’ll invest their money. Its for this reason that they want to know every single thing about a product, where its coming from, the story behind it, the brand narrative.”
Powell agrees. “Its all about trust. For luxury the opportunity to come in and see a product is important, he said. “We’re now finding that once someone buys a brand in our store, they’ll then continue to purchase it through our online site. Our online is growing quickly, but the store builds the trust.”
In the West, we buy into lifestyle brands—we like brands that can sell us everything. But the Chinese consumer likes to go to a specialist for each item. They like to buy their knitwear from one place and their shoes from another. They value quality and are willing to pay for it. In a land of so many fakes, the Chinese luxury consumer is looking for a brand they can trust. British heritage helps to give them this.”


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Tennessee unveils new Nike football jerseys
The much-anticipated day has finally arrived for the University of Tennessee and their fans as the school's contract with Nike officially started today. The change over received so much attention that Tennessee broadcast the event live on their website.
The broadcast can be watched here in case you have a job and couldn't afford to miss such a monumental event:
Tennessee's new home jersey:
Tennessee's new away jersey:
Tennessee's new alternate "Smokey Grey" jersey:
Tennessee's new football cleats:
Fan reaction was met with universal praise for the new threads. In fact, Nike representatives stated in the release event that Tennessee is now their number four retailer - considering the actual switch did not occur until July 1, that's quite an amazing stat.
This guy coming off the corner at you pic.twitter.com/5osBwOPVvJ— Vol Photos (@Vol_Photos) July 1, 2015
Here it is, your Tennessee Football AWAY uniform pic.twitter.com/Esk0S0cb5t— Tennessee Athletics (@Vol_Sports) July 1, 2015
Those Smoky Mountains are SOOOOO Nice pic.twitter.com/uOImz6ns66— Vol Photos (@Vol_Photos) July 1, 2015
This #Vols Nike reveal Production is absolutely DESTROYING. It's making the Browns uni reveals from earlier this year look like high school.— Dwayne Stewart (@dwayne_stewart) July 1, 2015


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Valuable domain name expired earlier this year and now faces UDRP.
The domain name Bespoke.com expired in May. It went through the entire expiration cycle, making it one of the best domain names to fully expire this year.
Now that buyer is being forced to defend the generic domain in a UDRP, and it might be against the company that let the domain name expire.
Bespoke Services Group S.A. filed a UDRP against the domain name, and it’s possible that the complainant is the company that let the domain name expire earlier this year. The prior registrant of the domain name was listed as Bespoke Services Corporation SA, and they had a contact email @bspk.com.
BSPK.com was previously registered to Bespoke Travel Atelier in Russia. A Google search for Bespoke Services Group S.A. shows that it operates from Russia.
BSPK.com also expired about the time Bespoke.com did. It’s possible it didn’t get renewal notices because its email services were turned off.
I have reached out to the owner of Bespoke.com to learn more. The owner says it appears it’s the company that let it expire.


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Mathew O’Brien write that Kerviel managed to trade $73 billion in unauthorized trades during his tenure at Societe Generale using sophisticated computer hacking.
“In plain English, arbitrage just means taking advantage of discrepancies when things should have the same price, but don’t. The idea is to buy the cheaper one, sell the more expensive one, and then wait for them to converge… The beauty is it doesn’t matter whether markets go up or down–you’re both long and short–just that the prices actually converge.”
Of course, Kerviel won’t be able to pay anything back until he finishes his prison sentence in 2015 and even then it will be impossible for him to pay up in full. Some sort of payment plan will need to be decided upon and even then Kerviel will be paying up for the rest of his life.


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200 Gap and Banana Republic stores closing
Gap says it plans to close about 200 underperforming Gap and Banana Republic locations.
There are currently about 2,000 Gap and Banana Republic stores worldwide, so the closures would likely impact about 10% of them.
Gap currently has two Victoria locations and an outlet store in Langford. Banana Republic has a single store in Victoria at Mayfair Shopping Centre.
Gap hasn’t specified how many of each brands’ stores will close or where the soon-to-be shuttered stores are located.
Both Gap and Banana Republic have seen declining sales in recent years. Industry trends say they’ve struggled to compete with so-called “fast fashion” retailers such as Forever 21 and H&M.


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Irene Watson is looking for books to review for her new book review website called Reader Views .
“As a new author, I struggled to get reviews,” she said. “Considering there are over 200,000 books published yearly, most books don’t get the proper review they should. I gathered a team of reviewers throughout U.S. and Canada interested in a variety of genres and we are reviewing books.”
If you’re interested in submitting a book, read the submission guidelines.


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On 11th of July, Canada's Prime Minister Trudeau, Ukraine’s President Poroshenko and Prime Minister Groysman witnessed the signing of the milestone Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA), which will open our markets to products, grow our communities, and give our citizens a higher standard of living.
The Agreement is part of Canada’s continued commitment to supporting Ukraine’s efforts to build a stable, democratic, and prosperous country.
Both Canada and Ukraine are committed to the timely ratification and implementation of CUFTA – so that Canadians and Ukrainians alike can take advantage of its benefits as soon as possible.
“The Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement represents a significant milestone in the relationship between Canada and Ukraine. It will bolster our economies, spur innovation, and lead to long term benefits for the middle class and those working hard to join it.”
– Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
“Canada and Ukraine know that trade is essential to jobs and growth. By improving market access and creating more predictable conditions for trade, the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement will generate new opportunities for Canadians and Ukrainians alike.”
– The Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade
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The EU and G7 restrictions apply to direct imports of non-industrial diamonds mined, processed, or produced in the country
Western restrictions on direct imports of Russian diamonds have come into effect. As of January 1, deliveries of non-industrial diamonds mined, processed, or produced in Russia to the markets of G7 and EU countries are forbidden.
These restrictions are only the first part of the ban. On March 1, the second phase is set to kick in, which applies to natural Russian diamonds from 1 carat that were processed in third countries. From September 1, 2024, imports of Russian synthetic diamonds processed in third countries, jewelry, and wrist or pocket watches made in third countries using Russian diamonds weighing 0.5 carats or more will also be banned.
In September, Western countries also plan to introduce a tracking mechanism for inspecting unprocessed stones in order to trace their origin more effectively and avoid sanctions violations.
Some industry experts have expressed doubts regarding the tracking mechanism. While the details of the proposed system have not yet been made public, it will reportedly be based on the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, which is currently the only way to trace a diamond’s origin at the start of the supply chain, as the certificate is issued to rough gems. Cut and polished stones which later flow through the markets and trading houses are nearly impossible to track.
“With the best will in the world, the average customs agent will not be able to look at one diamond and another diamond and go, ‘That’s the Russian one,’” Al Cook, the CEO of De Beers, the world’s biggest diamond miner by value, said last month.
Meanwhile, Moscow has already pivoted its diamond trade to the markets of China, India, the UAE, Armenia, and Belarus. These countries have all seen a sharp increase in rough and cut stone imports from Russia over the past several months. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned last month that the ban will have a boomerang effect on Western countries, hitting their own economies by depriving them of Russian diamonds. He also noted that Russia is prepared for the ban, and has tools to circumvent it.
The diamond ban was first announced by the G7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US, and UK) in early December. Several days later, the ban was included in the EU’s 12th package of sanctions on Russia.
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In their article "Restoring American Competitiveness," my colleagues Gary Pisano and Willy Shih assert that excessive outsourcing has undermined the competitiveness of the U.S. high tech sector. I disagree. The loss of some manufacturing in a high cost country such as the U.S. is inevitable and need not lead to a decline in competitiveness. Indeed, the future of U.S. competitiveness in high tech industries such as computers, software, communications, and electronics may depend more on the transition to services than trying to retain the country's manufacturing base.
Some of the very examples of harmful outsourcing cited by Pisano and Shih prove my point:
Apple. It was one of the most vertically integrated manufacturers in the computer industry through the mid-1990s, which almost bankrupted it. While much has rightfully been made of Apple's outstanding design capabilities, Steve Jobs's brilliant move to outsource all manufacturing and to incorporate as many industry-standard components as possible has been a key driver of Apple's profitability. And while still predominantly a product company, Apple has become highly successful in services, ranging from its bricks-and-mortar retail stores to its iTunes website that distributes songs, video, and applications.
Hewlett-Packard. HP has become the world's leading computer company by focusing on sales, marketing, and distribution of computers made at very low cost in Taiwan and China. In comparison, archrival Dell, which was widely celebrated 10 years ago as one of the world's best manufacturers, is now saddled with high cost factories and is struggling to compete.
Semiconductors. Pisano and Shih lament the "migration of semiconductor foundries to Asia." In fact, companies like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, the world's leading foundry, enabled the creation of an entirely new business in the U.S: the fabless semiconductor industry. Some of America's (and the world's) most successful semiconductor companies, such as Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Nvidia, may never have existed without the capabilities that TSMC brought to the market.
Maybe the most important point to make is that U.S. has been moving towards a service economy for the last 100 years. In the long run, services will become the core of the U.S. tech world as well. The most successful U.S. computer, software, communications, and electronics companies are adding services on a global scale to complement and, in some cases, replace their core product businesses. IBM, for example, has moved from being a product company to the world's largest technology-services company. Google, which is widely perceived to be the leading technology company in the world today, generates all of its global revenues as a service. And Amazon and Salesforce.com are but two of the many U.S. firms positioned to prosper as cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) cause high tech services to accelerate.
In short, the decline of manufacturing in the U.S. will not necessarily bring about the decline of the U.S. high tech sector. Ultimately, more and more technology will be delivered via services, where American firms can and should play a world-leading role.
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Until the start of the war in February, Russia was the largest global exporter of fertilizers, with sales worth almost 8,000 million dollars a year in 2020 (7,992 million euros), but now they have been almost paralyzed by international sanctions.
According to EFEAgro, the prices of synthetic fertilizers -based on nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium- have tripled in the last year. The increase in the price of gas, necessary for its production, has also raised costs.
The European Commission (EC) proposes to lift ammonia import tariffs, a measure that is considered necessary to help fertilizer producers and that will be voted on September 26 in Brussels.
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KKK celebrates National Coffee Day today
Coffee lovers unite! Today is most definitely our day.
To celebrate International Coffee Day, Araw ng Kape is being held today at the KKK Coffee along Maginhawa Street in Quezon City. The event is the Philippines’ contribution to International Coffee Day which is being celebrated October 1st across the globe.
Aside from free coffee from 4-5 pm, coffee experts will speak on a variety of topics related to our favorite brew.
Among them is Espresso Chef Anj Ferreria-Tan, Managing Partner of Barista & Coffee Academy of Asia who will take on the topic“Coffee Exhibitions”
KKK Coffee CEO and Founder Brian Tenorio who will speak on “Kape at Kilig”;
Food Holidays Publisher and Jeepney Tours founder Clang Garcia will take on the topic “Eat Your History” while Project Saysay Founder and Executive Director Ian Alfonso will provide some insights on ““The Filipinization of Coffee”
Araw ng Kape is expected to last way beyond 9 pm with a slew of activities, including a Coffee Afterparty.
Happy Araw ng Kape Day, Pilipinas! (ANGEL ONG)


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Throwback uniforms are all the rage in sports, and golf isn't immune. This weekend's Ryder Cup outfits for the American squad feature "classic" golf looks, including purple cashmere sweaters and gray striped trousers, quarter-zip sweaters and red, white and blue belts.
But Friday's deluge forced the Americans into their rain gear, which unfortunately has them looking like a prison work detail, or maybe like orderlies at a hospital. The kicker is that apparently the rainwear absorbs too much water, according to the Guardian's web site earlier this morning, and PGA of America officials bought new gear for the players at a merchandise tent.
Golf Digest has a gallery of what the Americans will be wearing this weekend. Check it out here.
UPDATE, 8:39 a.m.: Just found the Facebook page for the Sun Mountain company, supplier of the original rain suits that have now been replaced.
Best status update so far: "Check out this photo from a Ryder Cup practice round. Thatís a fine looking USA jacket. Weather will most likely be a factor at this yearís event. May the team with the best outerwear win."
The main contributors to The Buzz are:
- Steve Silva, Boston.com senior sports producer
- Gary Dzen, Boston.com senior sports producer
- Zuri Berry, Boston.com sports producer


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Caterforce launches 2017 supplier conference
Leading foodservice buying group Caterforce has this week (4th July) launched ticket sales for its biannual Supplier Conference held at Celtic Manor on Thursday 16th November 2017.
The conference, which is in its 4th edition, is aimed at bringing foodservice suppliers face to face with Caterforce buyers and its members.
Following the groups exciting growth which has taken turnover to over £500m, this integral event in the industry calendar will offer the opportunity for suppliers to find out about Caterforce’s recent performance and its plans for the future as well as learning more about the opportunities for working with one of the UK’s leading foodservice buying groups.
Delegates will hear from a range of figures from within the group as well as some exciting guest speakers, including sporting legend, Kris Akabusi.
Caterforce managing director Nick Redford said: “We’re expecting this year’s Supplier Conference to be more insightful than ever. As our group grows so do the opportunities available for suppliers looking to access over 46,000 customers across both national and regional foodservice contracts.
“We look forward to this event as not only can we talk to suppliers and potential suppliers about the benefits of working together but we can also offer our members and suppliers the latest insights into trends and challenges facing the foodservice industry.”
Delegates at the one day event will enjoy an evening dinner and reception hosted by renowned comedian Alun Cochrane offering suppliers and Caterforce members further opportunity to network.
Tickets include conference tickets, lunch, dinner and entertainment as well as overnight accommodation at the prestigious Celtic Manor resort for more information please visit https://www.caterforce.co.uk/events/supplier-conference.
For more information on the Caterforce supplier conference or to find your closest Caterforce member please contact the team on 0161 440 2766 or visit caterforce.co.uk.


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Iconic monument lit up in a range of colours
WEARY travellers may have rubbed their eyes in disbelief when they returned home on Wednesday night.
Anyone travelling down the A590 will have grown accustomed to the welcoming sight of the Sir John Barrow monument, but for one night this week there was something unusual about its appearance.
In an attempt to showcase the iconic monument, colourful new lighting was tested out displaying it in a range of colours.
The tests were carried out by LED specialists Marl International from Ulverston.
The idea to change its night-time appearance came about when Ulverston Town Council were exploring ways to showcase the monument and asked Marl International for their expert advice.
The lights that were tested out on Wednesday can be changed from a computer keyboard.
The innovative technology trialled at the Sir John Barrow monument is similar to that used for a high-profile project to install feature LED lighting at The Alnwick Garden, one of the UK's top visitor attractions adjoining Alnwick Castle in Northumberland.
Adrian Rawlinson, managing director of Marl International, said: "Marl has a committed and highly skilled workforce in Ulverston which can design and manufacture new LED lighting products entirely in-house. It is a proud moment for the whole company to see our products used on such an iconic local landmark."
Ulverston Town Council clerk, Jayne Kendall, said there had been a "fantastic response" from people on social media.
She said: "The new technology may enable us to change lighting colours for special occasions or to meet requests.
“There was a fantastic response to the tests on social media and the overall verdict is hugely positive. To undertake the work the town council will need to seek extra funding or sponsorship, but it is vital that such a wonderful landmark is quite literally shown in the very best light."
Now the testing has been done and the reaction has been positive, the costs will be assessed and the town council will look at different ways to help fund the project.
The monument will re-open to the public at Easter from 1pm until 5pm on Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
On bank holiday weekends opening times extend to Saturday and Monday.
For the rest of the year until October, the monument opens on Sundays only from 1pm until 5pm.


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Turno, a commercial electric vehicle startup based out of Bengaluru has raised equity funding of $3.1 million. Stellaris Venture Partners and Avaana Capital led the investment.
Turno’s unique model allows the retail segment, which includes individuals and small businesses, to convert to electric vehicles. This is 90% of India’s commercial vehicle fleet. In just two months, the company has claimed to have seized a 75% market share in Bengaluru’s retail cargo three-wheeler sector. It has collaborated with major OEMs such as Piaggio, Mahindra Electric, Omega Seiki Mobility and Etrio among others. The company will launch operations in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, NCR, and Gujarat over the next two months.
Hemanth Aluru, Co-Founder and CEO Turno, said, “We are excited to have investors, who are amongst the few to understand the nuances of EV investments and share our deep passion for accelerating India’s transition to green mobility.”
“Turno’s digital-first approach has already disrupted the traditional offline sales channels, delivering 3x additional sales to our OEM partners. Today, we are delivering world-class battery analytics and the highest battery valuations to our customers. With this capital infusion, we will accelerate investments in our proprietary battery technology to lower the EV ownership costs even further,” added Sudhindra Reddy, Co-founder and COO Turno.
Arpit Maheshwari, Stellaris Venture Partners, commented on the investment said, “Compared to their ICE counterparts, Commercial Electric Vehicles (CEVs) present a superior value proposition – better economics with high reliability – for fleet operators today. However, adoption has not taken off proportionately – buyers have important questions around choice, financing, and residual value. This presents a large and exciting opportunity to play the role of orchestrator in the CEV ecosystem, one that Turno is fulfilling.”
Shruti Srivastava, Avaana Capital, further added, “ We are excited about the opportunity and their ability to build a scalable, defensible and market-leading business.”


text: According to a memo obtained by CEPro, Mitsubishi plans to discontinue its line of rear-projection televisions, marking the end of the affordable but clunky television technology from major manufacturers. The company bet it all on RPTVs last year, ceasing its production of LCD televisions entirely despite the fact that other major manufacturers had already abandoned rear-projection technology in favor of LCD screens. Sony left the market in 2007 and Samsung released its last RPTV model in 2008. In a letter to the company's service centers, Mitsubishi executive Junichi Nose announced the restructuring, and said the the company will focus instead on its other product lines including projectors and printers. While some will look back fondly on the affordable giants, the death of the rear-projection television was inevitable with the rise of flat-panel alternatives.


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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) yesterday announced that the anti-identity-theft company LifeLock will pay a record $100 million to settle a contempt complaint that originated with a court order of five years ago.
Arizona-based LifeLock, which purports to protect consumers from identity theft -- and help them regain it if stolen -- was once best known for its aggressive advertising, which splashed its CEO's Social Security number everywhere and dared hackers to steal his identity.
In 2010, the company settled with the FTC and nearly three-dozen states attorney generals over fraudulent advertising charges, paying $12 million in the process. Much of that money was returned to consumers.
But in July, the FTC filed a new lawsuit, alleging that LifeLock had not complied with the 2010 order and settlement, citing continued false advertising and charging that it had not beefed up its security to protect customers' personal information.
Although LifeLock said in July that it would go to court to fight the new allegations, it ultimately settled. The $100 million LifeLock is to pay will be held by an Arizona federal court and dispensed to consumers participating in a national class action lawsuit.
"This settlement demonstrates the Commission's commitment to enforcing the orders it has in place against companies, including orders requiring reasonable security for consumer data," said Edith Ramirez, the chair of the FTC, in a statement Friday.
In addition to the $100 million payment, the settlement extends LifeLock's record-keeping requirements, which were an important part of the 2010 agreement, until 2023.
In a statement of its own, LifeLock pointed out in legal boilerplate that "As a part of the settlement, LifeLock neither confirms nor denies the allegations of the parties."
The company also claimed that the charges were related to "advertisements that we no longer run and policies that are no longer in place." That meant, LifeLock boasted, that "the settlement does not require us to change any of our current products or practices."
LifeLock charges consumers between $10 and $30 monthly -- or between $110 and $330 annually -- for its services, depending on the service plan.
In its most recently-reported quarter, LifeLock booked revenue of $152 million, a 64% increase over the same period of the year prior.


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sales in The German digital industry in the current year, the forecasts of the Association Bitkom, according to strong. The shops would be fueled by the increasing digitalisation in the economy, state and society, it said.
“the crisis of The export-oriented industry, not by beating branches to date on the companies in the IT and telecommunications”, said Bitkom President Achim Berg. Accordingly, sales in 2019 are expected to grow by two per cent to 170,3 billion euros. 2020 is, however, expected a slightly weaker increase in sales of 1.6 percent to 173,1 billion euros.
growth drivers remain the information technology as the largest part of the market. Here the sales increase, according to the forecast of 3.2 percent to 93.6 billion euros. The field of telecommunications, is after some difficult years since the 2018 and again on a growth course. Here, an increase of 1.8 per cent to 68.2 billion euros is expected (2018 plus 2.1 percent).
Significantly, the turnover of devices, such as Smartphones help. The to put, therefore, in 2018, to 12.2 percent, for the current year, an increase of 9.7 percent is expected. The investment in telecommunications infrastructure is expected to grow by 1.9 percent to 7.1 billion euros. In the area of telecommunications services, the market will stay in a total revenue of 48.6 billion euros, unchanged. “After the auction, the 5G frequencies is the expansion of the network,” said mountain. The network operator would now need to drive your investments to the top.
by Contrast, the business with consumer electronics is according to Bitkom, “continues on a downward spiral”. Here, the Association expects for the current year, a strong decrease of 7.7 percent. “The market for Consumer Electronics is under strong pressure,” said mountain. While prices remained almost stable, it would, however, sold less devices.
The gfu forecast for 2019 in contrast, a stable development on the previous year’s level. Unlike the Bitkom, the Industry Association for consumer electronics expects the sales of private phones and Smartphones with in your domain. For the first quarter of 2019, the gfu calculated on this Basis for the field of Consumer Electronics, a decrease of 2.7 percent compared to the previous year.
In the case of the employment of the Bitkom anticipates that by the end of the year, with an increase of 42,000 to 1.19 million Jobs. In the past year, the industry has created the 51,000 new jobs, according to Bitkom, as many as since the year 2000.
Germany’s share of the world market in the digital area, the Bitkom and, this year, for the first time under the mark of four percent. Germany waxes, but other countries such as the USA, India and China are significantly faster, Berg said. “At the time of digitization, we do not specify the direction, and the other countries are doing”. To creation potential in this country, the President of Bitkom sees-learning systems in Artificial intelligence, or in Software for a quantum computer.
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Health Notes: Plastic not so fantastic
In January this year, the US Food and Drug Administration admitted to ‘some concern’ about the safety of Bisphenol-A (BPA), a widely used polycarbonate plastic additive. BPA is used in baby bottles and water bottles, to coat the inside of most food and drink cans, and in a range of goods from false teeth to household electronics. The FDA’s statement came after many years of declaring the current level to be safe – despite a 2008 report from the US National Toxicology Program, which raised concerns that even low doses of BPA ‘may alter human development’.
The potential problem with BPA is that it’s an endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC), which mimics the effect of the reproductive hormone oestrogen. Initial concerns surfaced in the 1980s when researchers investigating the dramatic decline in the alligator population at Lake Apopka in central Florida linked it to an EDC similar to those in BPA. It’s now been linked to reduced sperm count and sperm activity in animal studies.
BPA is known to leach out of containers into the contents. Concerned experts say that foetuses and babies who ingest it may have a greater risk of developing breast or prostate cancer, of early puberty in girls (a risk factor for breast cancer) and of diabetes. It may also affect the brain development and behaviour of babies and children, possibly contributing to learning difficulties such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), also asthma and heart/lung problems.
Professor Vyvyan Howard of Ulster University’s biomedical sciences research unit says that ‘babies in their first year have not fully developed the ability to clear BPA from their bodies as quickly as adults. Their hormonal systems are also more susceptible to subtle changes that could have an impact on their long-term risks of developing cancer and other chronic conditions.’
Across the Atlantic, the risk is taken seriously. In April 2009, Canada banned the use of BPA in baby bottles. A month later, the US states of Minnesota and Connecticut prohibited its use entirely and Chicago’s city council banned baby bottles and cups with BPA. Meanwhile, in March 2009, the top six US baby-bottle makers stopped using BPA in their manufacturing plants, and retailers Walmart and Toys R Us pulled BPA bottles from their shelves. While it carries out in-depth studies, the FDA is ‘taking reasonable steps to reduce human exposure to BPAs in the food supply’, particularly in products for pregnant women, babies and young children.
In this country, however, despite lobbying by experts, the Food Standards Agency follows the European Food Safety Authority’s opinion that the current level does not pose any health risks. Recently, Breast Cancer UK launched a campaign to pressure the government to end the use of BPA in baby bottles, cups, food containers and tableware immediately, followed by the phasing out of BPA from all consumer products. According to its briefing paper (see nomorebpa.org.uk), cumulative low doses are of very serious concern. ‘The timing of the exposure can be more important than the quantity – pre-birth, early childhood and puberty are critical windows of vulnerability,’ it says.
Dr Alan Greene, clinical professor of pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, says: ‘The preponderance of evidence suggests harm from BPA
at low doses. Governments should be evaluating the latest evidence. Parents deserve to know about these issues and make choices for their own families.’
How to avoid BPA
- Look for baby bottles and other containers with the plastics recycling label numbers 1, 2 and 4; avoid 7, which very often contains BPA (plastics are recycled according to type). Or choose a guaranteed BPA-free brand such as Born Free, available from Boots, Mothercare and babybornfree.co.uk, tel: 020 8732 4728.
- Heating (as in washing and/or sterilising baby bottles) increases the amount of BPA leaching from plastics, so also avoid leaving water bottles in the sun and avoid using plastic containers in microwaves.
BOOK OF THE WEEK: OVERCOME PANIC AND ANXIETY
Written by Linda Manassee Buell, who herself suffers a panic disorder plus agoraphobia, this small, easy-to-read book offers 121 simple and practical tips on getting through this range of problems – and none of them is to ‘pull yourself together!’ Really helpful.
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The Pentland Brands division — which owns footwear brands such as Ted Baker, Kangaroos, the Hunter Boots, and Lacoste Chaussures — noted a 5 percent jump in revenue, up to 618 million pounds.
“Ted Baker footwear had another record sales year, delivering double-digit growth with strong performance in the UK and USA. Lacoste Chaussures enjoyed another year of strong sales, with growth in major markets, including the USA and China,” the company said in a statement.
Pentland Group — comprised of the company’s licensees and brands, as well as a retail division that includes England-based retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc — posted total operating profit of 160 million euros, what implies a 30 percent jump year-on-year.
“The full-year results reflect the quality and continued international development of Pentland’s portfolio of brands in sports, outdoor and fashion,” the firm stated. Pentland said it plans to continue to invest in the global expansion of its brands.
Likewise, Pentland, has announced that it has achieved more than 2 billion pounds in sales for the first time ever. In this vein, the firm has enjoyed a 14 percent in revenues, bringing the total to 2.2 billion dollars.
The apparel group explains that their success lays on the strong performance of the Speedo swimwear brand. Pre-tax profits for the group also lifted by 92 per cent to 164 million pounds.
On another note, positive results at sportswear retailer JD Sports Fashion helped boost Pentland, which owns a 57 percent stake in the business.
"During the financial crisis, we did not cut a single marketing or research budget and continued to invest in technology when other quoted companies couldn't. Now we are starting to see those benefits," said Pentland's chair Stephen Rubin.
Pentland is expecting to see a further boost in September and October during the Rugby World Cup. The company's Canterbury brand makes the kit for the England and Ireland national teams.


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Meta’s next metaverse push will focus on attracting younger people to its VR experience with new games and creation options, ideally drawing a new audience to its much-maligned virtual environment.
Meta Horizon Worlds
Horizon Worlds’ age-appropriate protections and safety defaults would be offered to 13–17-year-olds in the US and Canada in the coming weeks. Meta has included various measures to prevent exposure to harmful information in virtual reality. The Family Center for Worlds will let parents supervise teens’ access to Horizon Worlds as it gradually rolls it out.
Meta is creating immersive experiences that bring gaming characters and real-world friends together to encourage younger people to try virtual reality. Roblox, Minecraft, and Fortnite’s young, impressionable users might be perfect consumers for Meta’s metaverse push. As more young people adopt the metaverse, the VR experience in Meta may improve.


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ASA: Underage gambling ad exposure decreases in Q3
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) applauds the gambling sector for its successful attempts on putting an end to advertisements that are appealing to children and minors, after a significant decline in child-friendly ads was observed in Q3.
The Advertising Standards Authority said it identified five betting adverts from three gambling operators across six websites that breached its age restriction guidelines in its monitoring report ranging from July to the end of September. Q2 followed with a sharp drop, during which the ASA flagged 70 adverts from four operators on eight different websites.
The ASA has flagged, in total, 127 age-restricted ads from 44 advertisers across 27 websites and four YouTube channels that were categorized as potentially being able to attract a disproportionately large child audience. The sweep covers gambling, alcohol, tobacco and e-cigarettes, weight control products and food and soft drinks classified as high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS).
As it happens, the ASA had bigger problems to worry about in the quarter than gambling, as gambling landed behind alcohol, who had six adverts, 14 related to weight reduction and 102 HFSS ads. On the contrary, no ads for e-cigarettes were picked up during the monitoring period.
“We’re encouraged to see advertisers, most notably in the gambling sector, taking steps to target their age-restricted online ads responsibly,” said ASA chief executive Guy Parker. “We expect that trend to continue, particularly amongst HFSS advertisers, throughout the remainder of this project and beyond. We’ll continue working with advertisers and taking action where necessary to build a culture of zero tolerance for age-restricted ads appearing on websites aimed at children.”
The crackdown on such advertising comes after the ASA stated in May that children’s exposure to gambling ads has decreased compared to their exposure in 2008.
The ASA’s 2019 update on the monitoring of children’s exposure to advertising for age-restricted products revealed that children saw, on average, 2.5 gambling ads on TV every week. This shows that the rate of exposure has fallen to 2008 and 2009 levels, when children saw 2.2. and 2.7 gambling ads on TV, respectively.
As of late, the ASA has been issuing a number of warnings over age-related concerns with gambling adverts. This week, tipster service Thebettingman was rebuked after its feature of someone under the age of in an Instagram story promoting the brand. Last month, GVC’s Gala Spins was also sanctioned over a social media advert that drew criticism over its potential appeal to children.


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Oculus Rift Support for Xbox One or PS4? 'Anything is Possible'
At this week’s TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York, Oculus VP of Product Nate Mitchell revealed an interesting possibility for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 console gamers. Mitchell confirmed the company has had talks with Microsoft and Sony on potentially working together to bring Oculus Rift support to next-gen consoles.
“We’ve talked to everyone,” Mitchell added. “There’s a lot of people right now interested in the VR space. And we’ve said many times that we’re interested in bringing the Rift to as many consoles or platforms as possible. Ultimately, we haven’t announced any sort of partnerships to date. But it’s something we’re always exploring.”
When interviewer, Josh Constine, at TechCrunch Disrupt expressed how he would enjoy using the Oculus Rift with his PS4, Mitchell replied, “Anything is possible.”
While Sony already has plans for its own PS4 virtual reality headset, Project Morpheus, due out around the same time as the Oculus Rift in Q1 2016. Microsoft, on the other hand, is taking a different approach to VR with its recently announced HoloLens, an augmented reality (AR) headset—which considering how both technologies are different, perhaps could open an opportunity for a unique partnership with Oculus to incorporate a fully immersive virtual reality experience to the Xbox One platform?
Of course, this is all just speculation…however, but it will be interesting to see how things turn out once the consumer version of the Oculus Rift is finally released early next year.


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Health & fitness clubs were a major victim of the pandemic as people did not want to participate in indoor physical activities with others. The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) estimates 25% of health and fitness facilities had closed by the end of 2021 compared to March 2020.
With the likelihood of the pandemic becoming an endemic soon, health & fitness clubs may have an opportunity for a significant comeback. Radio is where they can engage with loyal and returning members and generate new memberships.
Comparing data from five 2021 representative consumer/market surveys conducted by The Media Audit indicates those adults 18+ who have exercised 12+ times at a health club during the past year are a prime consumer audience, with an average age of 48 and an average household income of $83,300.
Unsurprisingly, younger adults over-indexed for exercising at a health club during the past year as they were generally less concerned about contracting the COVID-19 virus. Other adults under-indexed because they were much more fearful of becoming sick. Participating may have decreased because of the pandemic, but these indices will likely improve throughout 2022.
“Health & fitness clubs that survived the pandemic and new clubs will be ready to market and promote themselves again as conditions improve during spring and summer 2022,” said Nick Miller, Midwest Market Manager, The Media Audit. “Club owners may be cautious initially given their experience during the past two years, but the health & fitness audience is very active and, therefore, very mobile, so radio fits their lifestyle almost better than any other ad media.”
The second table of data from The Media Audit’s same five consumer/market surveys shows strong correlations between those exercising at a health & fitness club and participating in other physical activities.
Health & fitness clubs can partner with sporting goods stores, athletic shoe stores and other retailers in these activity verticals for possible cross-promotional campaigns. Clubs can offer a discount coupon from these other retailers for items club members purchase for their other activities while these other retailers can offer a club membership discount with a qualifying purchase.


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Chuangtouquan (ctquan), a startup investing network, released a report that shows second-tier Chinese cities are hosting more startups in terms of percentage. In 2011, 84% of Chinese startups were located in first-tier cities including Beijing, shanghai and Guangzhou. The rate decreased to 77% in 2012. Second-tier cities including Chengdu, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Wuhan became the new startup scenes.
It’s driven by no more than cost and talent, according to the report.
1 Costs. The average office space rental rate in the first-tier is 3.5 to 4 times of that in the second-tier and is increasing at 30% to 40%.
67% of engineers who earn 10,000 yuan or more a monthly salary are in first-tier cities. The monthly salary range for an engineer in second-tier cities is 2000 to 5000 yuan.
2 No shortage of talents. Some second-tier cities such as Nanjing, Wuhan, Xi’an and Chengdu are full of colleges that can meet the talent needs.
3 Governments of some second-tier cities, like what some big cities began doing ealier, have set up funds to support entrepreneurship.
Earlier this year, Quwan, a social shopping site, moved its headquarter from Beijing to Chengdu. In an interview on it, Zhou Pin, founder of Quwan, says the major reason is his team cannot see a better life in Beijing; for instance, some of them cannot afford an apartment, “I want them to have a better life so that they can do a better job”. Also he wants his team to “settle down” in the next three to five years developing products and services. (in Chinese)
Some employees didn’t want to move. But what to his surprise is all the senior managers and most mid-level managers agreed to move. It turns out that young people would like to stay in Beijing where they think is full of opportunities and future returns will be high. But those middle aged managers know that only a small percentage of people in big companies like Baidu and Tencent can afford a home in cities like Beijing.
Average office rental rate is 1/3 or even 1/6 of that in Beijing. Average apartment price is 1/3. Local senior engineers earn 80% of the monthly salary of their Beijing-based peers’, but average local employees earn much lower a salary. Now Quwan is headquartered at Chengdu tech park, which is established by the local government, who offers them free office space for a three-year period.
But, Zhou Pin said, marketing and business development divisions must still be in Beijing. Fu Sheng, CEO of Kingsoft ijinshan, doesn’t think a Beijing-based Internet company should leave at all. He thinks that Internet technologies are changing too fast that you’d be easily lag behind if you leave an environment that everyone is exciting about and talking about tech, and pushed forward by it.
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One of the main features HTC pointed out to us all on their new black-coloured One S smartphone is its unique design process used in creating the phone’s body. The micro-arc oxidation process involves running 10,000 volts or energy across aircraft-grade aluminum, creating a ceramic like finish. A finish, according to HTC’s claims, that makes it three times stronger than stainless steel and completly eliminates the need for a case.
Well the HTC One S has now been in users’ hands for well over a week now and some owners of the black version have been reporting that the ceramic coating has been chipping away for no apparent reason. Owners of the grey version of the One S are left unaffected as it uses anodized aluminum instead.
HTC has since issued a statement saying that they take “quality very seriously and are providing all customers with an immediate fix and we are implementing some small changes to ensure customers do not experience this issue in the future.” This immediate fix is to return the phone to the shop you bought it from within the DOA period. Looking past the typical 30 day term, HTC are happy to replace it under the standard warranty.
Kitguru says: Have you purchased a HTC One S, if so are you experiencing any of the chipping issues other users are reporting?


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Bookstores Gandhi has shown to have an attractive design in its packaging of shipments, generating applause from your customers on social networks.
The field of reading is of vital importance to a considerable number of people around the world, who have a wide variety of formats to choose from. According to a release of the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (INEGI), seven out of ten people aged 18 years and over in Mexico read books, magazines, newspapers, comics or internet pages, where they can learn, educate themselves or simply entertain themselves with a good literary text.
As well as there is a wide offer of genders literary, readers have different ways to acquire their readings; Statista shows in its graph the percentage of people who bought books in Mexico during 2015 by type of establishment that bookstores They were the favorite place for Mexicans to make this type of purchase with a 69 percent preference, in second place were book fairs with 18.6 percent preference, self-service stores in third with 17 percent, street vendors in fourth with 16.9 percent and the markets or tianguis in fifth with 9 percent, among other ways of buying.
Despite this, advances in technology and the adoption of online shopping and sales gave way for brands to send their books, journals and other products to readers’ homes, a fact that was highly useful in a pandemic.
Between one of the most recognized bookstore brands in the Mexican market we can find Bookstores Gandhi, which has a home delivery service so that its customers can receive their purchases from the comfort of their home, through some shipments where the packaging to protect its books has managed to attract the attention of consumers due to its ingenuity in design.
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Bookstores Gandhi is celebrating its 50th anniversary, having been announcing it for some time in the packaging of your shipments; Likewise, the brand has shown creativity on the part of its design team by integrating into other packaging some recognized titles that lovers of literature will recognize when they receive their purchases, such as the Wonderland, Macondo, Comala, among others, improving the shopping experience of its customers.
A good packaging design It could become the first face that customers have of our product (depending on the purchase method), so a good design is a determining factor in capturing the attention of potential consumers, both for better and for worse.
On this occasion, the brand has chosen to decorate the packaging with whom you send your books; However, there are endless possibilities to take advantage of this resource, either in the packaging of our products, as well as in the presentation of the final product.
An example of the opportunity of a good packaging design as a marketing strategy we had a few months ago when Colgate decided to change its name to create a campaign where it sought to raise awareness about the impact on the cost of water, a strategy that was already effective. that achieved good interactions and publications on social networks.
A good design can attract the attention of potential buyers, in addition to improving the experience of our customers.


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"Doc Martens Boots: The comfortable, durable footwear for that perfect grunge look."
This was not the slogan Dr. Klaus Maertens had in mind when he developed his air-cushioned boots nearly 50 years ago. The good doctor, by most accounts, was not trying to be cool.
He was recovering from a skiing mishap and wanted a therapeutic shoe he could walk on without pain. An admirable goal, but not exactly hip.
Today, after a 30-year market history, the clunky-looking boots once worn mostly by mailmen and factory workers in Europe are gracing the feet of young Americans in ripped jeans and XXX-large sweatshirts.
Doc Martens have been a clandestinely cool fashion accessory in the United States for more than a decade, but now they seem to be making a bid for mainstream acceptance.
"In our fall flier, we have a whole page of Doc Martens. We did a lot of the grunge look in our flier," said Michael Zibel, vice president of marketing for the Meriden-based Bob's Stores. "We think this fall will be the biggest season ever for Doc Martens."
The basic Doc Martens look like they inspired the guy who penned the phrase "Your mother wears army boots": black, shiny and with extra-thick soles. The boot comes in several colors for women, and the company even makes a tasseled loafer.
Most shoe-sellers will tell you it's a very average-looking boot, rugged and plain. But Zibel and others say young people have made Doc Martens a staple of the so-called grunge look, which is kind of an anti-fashion fashion trend.
The look includes shorts so baggy, the crotch touches the ground; sweatshirts and T-shirts layered so thick, not even Bounty is a quicker picker-upper; and beat-up flannel shirts with more pills than your neighborhood druggist.
Zibel and other retailers said the boots gained a new popularity in America about two years ago, after a few celebrities
were seen sporting them on magazine covers and television.
"If the kids see somebody wearing something on MTV, the next week they're asking for it," Zibel said.
Madonna has worn them. Ted Gardner, the producer of this year's Lollapalooza concert/pop culture tour, was quoted in The New York Times recently as saying, "Kilts for men, T-shirts and Doc Marten boots are still happening." The boots have also become an item ripe for customization, with key chains, toys, etc. hung from the straps.
Some people even use Doc Martens as a generic term meaning any boot, and the brand is now available, gasp, in shopping malls.
At about $110 a pair, Doc Martens boots are among the pricier items available at Bob's Stores. But they are also sold at places that stock $500 Italian crocodile shoes, such as Bottega Giuliana on Pratt Street.
"They're the most consistent seller we have. We never put them on sale," said Daniella Galati, a salesperson at the store. "We started carrying them on order, because people were asking for them. Now we stock them."
Galati said the Doc Martens are not just trendy, they're also sought by people who want well-made shoes that will "last forever." But she says it's the young and trendy who buy the bulk of the boots.
"When you wear Doc Martens, people look at you and know you paid $120 for work boots," says James Walker, 17, of Windsor, who works at The Wild Pair shoe store in Westfarms mall on the West Hartford-Farmington line. "That makes me feel good."
O.K. James, we'll buy that, but is there another reason you decided to buy them?
"All my friends wear them," Walker said.
Walker says he can wear his Doc Martens with shorts, jeans, or his work clothes. The store carries Doc Martens, but they sell so well, Walker says, he doesn't get a discount on them.
"People are always coming in and asking if we have the newest style, if we have the 13-eyelet boot," Walker said. "People always want something new."
Doc Martens are not new. More than 50 million have been sold since the British manufacturer R. Griggs Group Ltd. began mass-producing the boots in 1960 as "Dr. Martens."
The company ships the brand to more than 22 countries via AirWare Ltd., its distribution division, and has annual sales of $187 million.
Dr. Maertens developed the shoes with a sealed, air-filled cavity in the sole. Originally the shoes were marketed for people with foot problems and workers who were on their feet all day.
Though they are popular today, some shoe-sellers think the popularity is waning.
"They were big at Christmas, but sales are going down now," said Saurabh Bhatt, manager of Track 'n Trail at Westfarms. "The boots are very well-made, so they'll probably outlast the fad."
Zibel of Bob's Stores agrees that the boots' fame, despite a long history, may be as fragile as any other fashion fad:
"This is something that could go away real quick."


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Digitization is speeding up in the sector
The societal shutdown due to Corona has accelerated the use of digital solutions and moved digitisation in the sector forward. ‘We are 1-2 years ahead in terms of putting digital solutions into use’, says Danske Bank’s Head of Business Development.
The societal shutdown due to Corona has been pure digital gift. So says Danske Bank’s Head of Business Development Lars Malmberg. The shutdown gave Danske Bank the biggest on-the-job training initiatives in online meetings and mobile banking that there has ever been in the history of the bank – and without large-scale efforts from the bank. It happened completely naturally and for free.
‘We’ve really put a lot of the digital solutions into use that were already developed and have been available for a long time but haven’t been fully used. This is where the greatest revolution has occurred as a result of the Corona shutdown. We have been meeting our customers digitally on a whole other scale than we ever dreamed of. I think we’ve jumped a year or two ahead on the digitisation agenda in terms of putting digital solutions into use’, says Lars Malmberg.
It is not just the employees who have shifted digitally. The customers have too, and this has given the bank new insights.
‘One of the most interesting things is that the customers have become more digitally aware. They have gotten better at providing feedback and putting the needs they have for our solutions into words, because they’ve started to use them a lot more. The new customer insights of course mean that we will change our priorities a little’, says Lars Malmberg.
We have gained digital momentum
In Spar Nord, the bank’s Director of Communication and Digital, Ole Madsen, also feels that the shutdown has accelerated digitisation and the bank’s use of new technology.
‘The most tangible output of the Corona crisis has probably been that it has accelerated some of the thing we were already doing. There is no doubt that the shutdown has cleared away some of the mental barriers to cultivating more digital meeting formats – and whatever inertia there might have been in adopting new formats’, says Ole Madsen, Director of Communication & Digital at Spar Nord, who continues:
‘So we’ve gained some momentum here, and we really want to do a lot to keep it alive and use it as an impetus to keep working with the experience we can give customers, that is, how we can use the technologies to make an online meeting into something more than just a rudimentary video call. So how do we get the experience we provide in the physical branches to be even better through the digital channels? I think it takes a quantum leap, born of what you might call a crash course in virtual meetings’.
Voice will be crucial in the future
Among other things, the future will offer more voice-activated communication in the financial sector. So says Bent Dalager, who is the Nordic manager for NewTech in KPMG and has been advising on technological development in the financial sector for more than 25 years. He believes the sector will use more digital assistants. Ole Madsen from Spar Nord backs him up.
‘I strongly believe that virtual assistants, through voice recognition, word recognition and pattern recognition, can help advisers who are in dialogue with the customer find the right answer and the right solution faster. This is something we’ve been talking about for many years, but we’re only just now really getting to where we have some technologies that can do voice recognition in Danish that can go along with the other platforms we have in a meaningful way. I would like to see this as a 2020 event’, says Ole Madsen, Director of Communication & Digital at Spar Nord.
Nova takes 100,000 customer calls a month
Just over three years ago, Nordea introduced the virtual assistant Nova in the bank’s Norwegian subsidiary Nordea Liv og Pension. Today, Nova handles more than 100,000 customer inquiries every month on the bank’s website or mobile app. So far, this is only via text messages, but the idea is that Nova will eventually also be able to talk with customers on the phone.
Last year, Danske Bank introduced IBM’s Watson chatbot in the bank’s internal customer support, where it acts as a supplement to the department’s physical employees.


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It's going to be a great year for tech. We can't wait to get our hands on these products.
by Iyaz Akhtar
Zuckerberg takes the stand, Seinfeld's new home at Netflix
Today's biggest tech stories include Mark Zuckerberg's testimony in a major lawsuit, Android 2.0 rumors pointing to a February release and Jerry Seinfeld's web series finding a new home at (you guessed it) Netflix.


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Perusing the Food Manufacturing Twitter page this morning, I came across one of today's trending hashtags: #SMDay. Today is being touted as Social Media Day 2015, and many companies are sharing their best tactics and resources for "boring" industries to create great content.
Clean label has moved beyond being a trend and is now regarded as standard in the food industry. Consumers are demanding shorter and more recognizable ingredients lists and manufacturers are responding by increasingly highlighting the naturalness and origins of their products.
This year's winners were selected from 2,715 entries across 32 awards categories. The final voting ended at the trade show. A sofi is considered the top accolade in the $109-billion specialty food industry. "Sofi" stands for specialty outstanding food innovation.
The Obama administration on Monday unveiled long-anticipated rules that would make millions of additional workers eligible for overtime pay.
This review looks at the use of more forages than grain feeds to help improve sustainability of rural small-scale livestock farming.
One of the key adopters that will fuel the mainstream 3D printing industry will be small businesses.
Anna Bailey gave us some insight into the "Mobile First" approach that is changing manufacturing operations.
You may have heard that a glass of red wine is good for the heart. But it turns out there's more to it than that. And it's good news if you don't like wine.
Public schools across America will soon offer Greek yogurt as a meat substitute in school lunches beginning this fall.
ConAgra Foods Inc. plans to sell its faltering business that makes store-brand packaged food just two years after spending $5 billion to beef it up by buying the private-label foodmaker Ralcorp.
Kellogg Company is introducing more than 40 new products across its U.S. lineup with a wave of foods that fit the latest trends in nutrition, taste and convenience.
The EPL-SBDL-150RT-120 explosion proof switch blade dock light provides operators with a powerful and energy efficient alternative to traditional hazardous location luminaires.
This robust new laboratory blender is specifically designed for large volume food testing procedures.
Blue Bell Creameries quietly pulled the company's ice cream from retailers and large institutions weeks before issuing a recall over listeria contamination, according to a report in The Dallas Morning News.
A bill to allow private licensees to take over the state-controlled sale of wine and liquor in Pennsylvania is under construction by House and Senate Republicans, with votes possible in the coming days, an architect of the plan said late last week.
Researchers in Egypt are developing a biometric identification system for cattle that could reduce food fraud and allow ranchers to control their stock more efficiently.
Find out everything you need to know about this story by browsing this compilation of media coverage.
Craft beer is not just a fad that is due to fade in a couple of months, but instead a sustainable craze that has been leading today's beer market. With Bud Light and Budweiser sales down, this is a natural and important place for AB InBev to makes its mark.
Unlike other industries, the manufacturing and production industry is no novice when it comes to project management. Nevertheless, staying focused on how best to execute project management tactics is often hard and overlooked.
Have you ever been drinking a can of beer at home and wished it had that frothy head of foam that only seems to apply to draft beer? Well, beer aficionados are in luck, as a new innovative technology introduced at the CE Week gadget show in New York this week promises to deliver just that.


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UsTwo co-founder Matt Mills has claimed that the Android release of its iOS game Whale Trail this week could be company's final "premium" priced release.
In a statement acquired by PocketGamer.biz, Mills explained that the 140,000 downloads Whale Trail received on iOS did not cover its production costs - the game is priced at 99c /69p on the App Store, but UsTwo invested $250,000 to develop both versions.
"We had invested a lot of money making and marketing a game for the masses and it failed to reach the masses," he said.
"Although we're still getting around 500 to 700 downloads a day on iOS, we quite rightly feel it's not enough for a game of such quality. So our conclusion is that we were wrong to go premium."
The Android release will also be priced at 99c/69p, and Mills wants 45,000 downloads in the "first few months" on sale as a "litmus test" for the viability of charging for high-quality games on mobile platforms.
"If we shift less than this, then we can safely say premium is no longer sustainable for UsTwo and others like us in terms of investment," he added. "We simply need to see ROI over a shorter time period."
"This is a chance to see if Android users accept or reject a game that has so far cost £250,000 across both platforms to create and market and continually update with new content."
In August, 2011, Mills wrote an editorial for PocketGamer.biz about the company's decision to, "remain as far away as possible from the F-word - freemium," for Whale Trail's iOS release.
"The last time I looked, gaming was about art, playability, enjoyment and fun, not about complex ways of getting users to spend money on items that don't actually exist in the real world."
"Besides, we don't have the time or patience to study the mechanics, infrastructure and psychology needed to make a freemium game actually work."
However, while many developers are still uncomfortable with the free-to-play model, a number of studies published in 2011 indicated that freemium downloads and revenue are dominating the smartphone business.


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Athens, Georgia – A Watkinsville company has been drawn into the desperate battle to limit the spread of a new kind of coronavirus.
The company, Electrostatic Spraying Systems, Inc., manufactures a kind of sprayer that electrically charges fine droplets of a disinfectant solution. The charged droplets are drawn to nearby grounded objects or surfaces, allowing much more efficient use of the disinfectant.
More of it reaches the target surface than with an ordinary sprayer, and the charged spray penetrates into cracks and crannies better, said ESS President Bruce Whiting.
Now, the company has been getting orders for its portable sprayer models for use in airline hubs, hospitals, and other public places.


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Salem selectmen question inspection of ice cream trucks
SALEM — Summer is on its way, along with the familiar sound of children chasing down the ice cream truck at local parks and playgrounds.
Town officials will be making sure those ice cream trucks are properly licensed and safe for all those kids.
At a recent discussion on town codes, Selectman Pat Hargreaves, who also serves on the town’s recreation committee, asked what the procedure is if anyone has any complaints about those ice cream trucks.
“Let’s say we have a vehicle at Michele Park and there is a complaint that one of the vehicles is selling freezer-burned ice cream. How do we take care of that?” asked Hargreaves. “I know it sounds funny, but we do get complaints on this.”
Town health officer Brian Lockard said he performs unannounced inspections of the ice cream trucks throughout the year.
“The mobile vendors that come in will give me the locations of where they will sell their food,” said Lockard. “We have one that sells at the farmers market, and we have one that travels around but does spend time at the Field of Dreams, so I know the locations where they go and the times they are there.”
Lockard said he also has the contact information for each of the trucks, so if there is a complaint he can get in touch with them.
“In the course of the year, I will go out and find them on the road when I know where they are going and do an unannounced inspection,” said Lockard.
Selectman Everett McBride said the mobile food trucks are treated the same as a restaurant would be when it comes to unannounced inspections.


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The annual hullabaloo about iOS update glitches is here and in full swing.
Users are reporting problems galore, from slide–to–upgrade issues to dropped mobile signals.
iPhones and iPads have been bricked. And discussion boards are febrile with complaints.
There’s no denying that issues with upgrading to iOS are annoying, especially if they affect a device you’ve come to rely on day in, day out.
The fact that iOS 9 is available on devices up to four-years-old also means problems are likely to be greater, even if more people than ever have installed the latest update in record time.
But it’s not as if this wasn’t expected. Cast your mind back twelve months and the internet was working itself into its weekly frenzy about the ill-fated iOS 8.
You'll surely recall how it led to dropped Bluetooth calls, left Touch ID useless, mobile and Wi–Fi drop outs and third party keyboard woes.
Go back another year and the dawn of iOS 7 led to a chorus of complaints about Jony Ive’s then controversial redesign of the platform.
iOS 6 wasn’t without its fair share of problems either. In fact, it felt so dated that Apple wound up firing the man behind it and getting the aforementioned Ive to work his magic on the software.
What’s clear is that every year, there are problems. Yes, you could say that Apple should really iron everything out before launch.
But you could also argue that running a public beta programme, as it has done for the first time ever this year, has led to far fewer major issues arising.
There are always, always problems with software at launch, no matter who makes it. Android and Windows aren’t exactly polished to a complete shine when they relaunch, and neither is iOS.
The lesson, as it is every year, is to wait. Hold fire. Leave it to Apple to recognise where it’s gone wrong and release a patch or two before you strike.
You could even hold fire until iOS 9.1 arrives alongside the iPad Pro. It means waiting until November, but the small changes aren’t going to leave average users feeling like they’re missing out.
Users never like the new. It’s not a phenomenon confined to Apple or even software updates. Just look at what happens every time Facebook reveals a new look.
The fact is that for most people, iOS 9 works fine. But if you are worried, even slightly, heed the cautionary tales of years gone by and keep your powder dry.


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Israeli start-up scales up sugar-reduction technology for orange juices
07 Jul 2020 --- Better Juice, Ltd, the first food-tech start-up to develop technology to reduce all types of sugars in orange juice, is now scaling up its patent-pending technology with a plan to go full scale with industrial implementation within a year. The Israeli start-up is installing a semi-industrial pilot plant that will be available for future testing at global partners’ plants. It features the company’s sugar reduction process in a continuous flow technology that ensures a consistent, safe, and effective enzymatic process.
Better Juice developed an enzymatic technology that uses all-natural ingredients to convert fructose, glucose, and sucrose into prebiotic dietary fibers and other non-digestible molecules. The new pilot plant system marks a significant milestone in the start-up’s commercial scale-up timeline. It can to reduce up to 80 percent of simple sugar in orange juice at a rate of up to 50 liters/hour.
Better Juice’s non-GMO technology is designed to target the specific sugar composition in the orange juice to naturally create a low-calorie reduced-sugar product that has a delicate sweetness. It is accomplished without using sweeteners or other additives to replace the sugars in the juice.
Hopefully, juice companies can thrive and sell even more sugar reduced juice,” Eran Blachinsky, Ph.D., founder and CEO of Better Juice, tells FoodIngredientsFirst. “We’ve signed collaboration agreements with several global juice producers so far. Our goal is to attain full industrial scale and supply to the market within a year. Soon, you will be able to see natural juice beverages with more favorable Nutri-Scores.”
Nutri-Score is a new food label system that converts the nutritional value of products into a clear letter and color code on the packaging in Europe.
“Juice and beverage manufacturers are increasingly aware of the need to reduce the sugar levels in their products before a new labeling initiative goes into action,” adds Blachinsky. “By using Better Juice technology, this will be easy to achieve.”
Maintaining juice quality
One of the major hurdles in continuous flow reduction of sugars in natural juices is keeping the process contamination-free even through large-scale production, without damaging the enzymatic activity. Better Juice has developed a new device crafted from stainless steel, with aseptic fittings and welding, together with a unique process that guarantees a continuous, safe flow for its enzymatic sugar-reduction process for weeks at a time without interrupting the sterilization stage.
“The biggest challenge is to maintain the performance of the lab-scale, capacity and quality,” notes Blachinsky. “These days, we are working with other fruits as well. Theoretically, we can do any fruit.”
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A travel voucher towards next year’s summer holiday could make a ‘ferry merry’ Christmas gift this year for families, friends or colleagues – according to Irish Ferries.
The company is now taking bookings for 2018 sailings to France and for its new €144 million, 55,000-tonne cruise ferry, W.B. Yeats, which will be the largest and most luxurious ferry ever to sail on the Irish Sea when it enters service on Irish Ferries’ Dublin – France routes next summer.
On French routes, €100 is all that is required to secure a reservation, with the balance payable just six weeks before departure. Vouchers can be purchased online and used to cover full or part payment of a fare or to upgrade an existing booking.
Driving Home for Christmas – Early Booking Advised
Meanwhile, with the rush to travel home for Christmas and New Year due to get underway soon and online bookings filling up fast, Irish Ferries is reminding passengers intending to travel over the festive period that they should book early in order to secure their preferred sailings on busy Irish Sea routes.
Pointing to the fact that Christmas is normally the busiest time of year, Dermot Merrigan, Head of Passenger Sales, said: “Many of our customers choose to drive home for the festive season, filling their car boots with gifts and toys. With no baggage charges, passengers can bring as many presents as they like, including the mistletoe and wine – it all goes free on the ferry!”


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Amidst all the high-tech news coming out of CES 2021, Sigma Phase revealed its revolutionary frozen treat system, ColdSnap.
Revealed in its prototyping phase, the countertop device utilizes pod technology to make ice cream, margaritas, smoothies and any other frozen treats in just 60-90 seconds. According to Sigma Phase President Matt Fonte, ColdSnap was inspired by compressor/condenser technology used in refrigerators.
The recyclable aluminum pods feature a built-in QR code and mixer to ensure the right consistency. Designed with a one-year shelf life, the pods come in standard dairy and dairy alternative options. Each pod generates multiple servings and will be priced between $2.50 and $3 USD.
Still in its prototype stage, Sigma Phase expected ColdSnap to be available in 2022 at a price point between $500 and $1,000 USD.
In case you missed it, Asahi Super Dry latest innovation delivers a full draft beer experience in a can.
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Posted February. 21, 2017 07:07,
Updated February. 21, 2017 07:16
There are some indications that Apply may choose facial recognition as a new way to unlock iPhone. Samsung, the biggest rival of Apple, has adopted iris recognition technology that offers heightened security in its strategic smartphones. It now remains to be seen who will lead the biometric authentication paradigm between Apple and Samsung.
Israeli financial newspaper and online media Calcalist reported on Sunday (local time) that Apple bought an Israeli facial recognition startup "RealFace" and the deal is estimated to be worth of 2 million U.S. dollars.
RealFace, founded in 2014, has continued its R&D efforts to commercialize a software that enables users to unlock their smartphones with facial recognition. One example is an application that automatically choosing the user’s best photos that they took and saved on their devices. RealFace also has a facial recognition technology that can be used to authenticate users for logging in, instead of entering passwords.
Apple has acquired PrimeSense in 2013, Emotient in 2014 and other companies with facial recognition technology. Apple popularized biometric recognition technology by adopting a fingerprint scanner as a feature of its iPhone 5S in September 2013. It seems that securing facial recognition technology is Apple’s strategy to shift paradigms in an era of biometric authentication. Facial recognition is considered as the most natural way of authentication that users can easily use, rather than fingerprint or iris.


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Google has rolled out the Android 11 Developer Preview a lot of new features. The Android 10 successor is coming a few months earlier than the usual time. Just like the previous versions, the new OS is also focused on the security and privacy of the users. This is the core target of Google in recent years.
The Android 11 developer preview build carries several new APIs to improve the connectivity, and support for new technologies such as 5G and foldable displays are some primary features. A new conversations tab under notification area, Facebook like chat heads, improved permissions, Project Mainline will help the users to get easy accessibility.
The latest feature available on the new Android 11 include Dark Mode Scheduling, Chat Bubbles, Privacy and Permissions, New Conversation Tab, Supports New Technologies, Improved Sharing UI, Increase Touch Sensitivity and a lot more.
Features Of Android 11
The latest Android 11 comes with some amazing features and these are highlighted below;
Dark Mode Scheduling
This feature allows Android users to switch to dark mode automatically depending on the time. A very useful feature, if you ask me.
This feature allows users to interact with multiple conversations intuitively enhancing the overall accessibility. It is more like a support for a Facebook messenger like chat heads.
Privacy and Permissions
Lately, Google has been making Privacy and Permissions a core part of the Android experience. With this latest feature, Google is putting us in control of what we are willing to share with our apps. Android 11 only allows an app to use a given permission once.
New Conversation Tab
Android 11 brings a dedicated conversation tab in the notifications panel to see the most recent messages. It also features an improved way to respond to messages from the notification panel. Moreover, the users will be able to send images directly from the notifications.
Supports New Technologies
The latest version support for 5G technology, Foldable devices, and machine learning. It also brings support for low-latency video decoding, better call screening, and Google’s neural network APIs.
Improved Sharing UI
With this feature, you can pin your favorite social networks to the top of the sharing menu.
Increase Touch Sensitivity
With this feature, users now have the option to increase Touch Sensitivity via the settings panel.
Airplane Mode doesn’t affect Bluetooth
If you are running Android 11 on your phone and you switch to Airplane Mode, this will no longer affect Bluetooth. The new version of OS will allow Bluetooth to remain connected with smart wearables or audio headsets.
Mute Notifications while using Camera
With Android 11 running, users will be able to mute any notifications while using the camera. This is a very useful feature while on a video call.
These are the main features Android 11 will be bring to new and upcoming smartphones. You can use the comment box to tell us what you think about the new OS.


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GM Potatoes – Facts and Fictions
22nd September, 2006
In August 2006, German chemicals company BASF applied to start GM potato field trials
in Cambridge and Derbyshire as early as next spring. The GM industry is making many
claims about this product, but are these based on the truth? Andy Rees investigates
ARGUMENT NO. 1: WE NEED THIS PRODUCT
Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) costs UK farmers around £50m each year, even with regular application of fungicides. BASF claims that its GM potato would reduce fungicide spraying from around 15 times a year to just two.
This sounds impressive, until you realise that just 1,300 of the 12,000 tonnes of agrochemicals used on UK potatoes are fungicides – meaning that, at most, pesticide usage would be reduced by only 10 per cent.
As far as actually reducing pesticide usage is concerned, Robert Vint of Genetix Food Alert observes that “such claims ... usually [soon] prove to be extreme exaggerations”. The biotech industry has a long track record of first exaggerating a problem, then offering an unproven and oversold GM solution. A classic example of this was Monsanto’s showcase project in Africa, the GM sweet potato. It was claimed
that the GM potato would be virus resistant, that it would increase yields from four to 10 tonnes per hectare, and that it would lift the poor of Africa out of poverty.
However, this crop not only wasn’t virus-resistant, but yielded much less than its...
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Amazon plans to construct biggest distribution centre in Southern Europe in Barcelona
According to sources within the real-estate sector who are dealing with the sale of the plot, Amazon apparently offered a total of 30 million euro for this land, which is located on the Mas Blau II industrial estate, close to the main airport of Barcelona.
Although the offer is still subject to certain conditions that must be fulfilled, including the approval of licenses and the arrival of the Metro’s Line 9, it is clear that the multinational is keen to move forward with the project.
If all goes ahead according to plan, this new centre, once it has been built, will be Amazon’s largest distribution centre on the peninsular in terms of capability of preparing orders, exceeding that of Spain’s current largest centre located in San Fernando de Henares in Madrid.
In spite of this, the electronic giant also announced in a recent press release that it would also double the size of its premises in Madrid, expanding it from 32,000 square metres to 75,000 square metres.
For this task alone, the company is set to create 1,000 new jobs in three years, which will be added to the 400 fixed positions it already has in the Amazon centre in Madrid since 2012.
With regards to the project in Barcelona, Amazon is yet to release details and figures on the number of jobs that will be created and the size of the new centre.
It will, however, be another one of the 29 centres that Amazon has dotted about around Europe, and the plan is for this one to be one of the largest and most important on the continent.
The plot comprises an area of 150,808 square metres and has a maximum building and edification area of 210,000 sq. m., meaning that it will be possible to construct one large main floor building and three further storeys on top.