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A new report claims that an upgraded AirPods model – called the AirPods Pro, in the manner of the iPhone 11 Pro – may be about to release to market.
An incoming AirPods Pro release was cited in a report by China Economic Daily, which said the new AirPods were expected to launch before the end of October, meaning the claim could be proved (or dismissed) very soon.
We've heard a lot of speculation and rumors around the AirPods 3, though the Pro model would likely sit alongside the base model for those seeking more premium features. China Economic Daily says that the AirPods Pro will come with active noise-canceling, which is lent credence by the mention of "with or without noise-canceling" audio settings in code for the iOS 13.2 beta.
- Read our Apple AirPods (2019) review
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- Apple AirPods Pro: all the leaks and rumors
A previous story by the outlet says that the next AirPods model could feature a new metal design to help with heat dissipation – so there could be a new feel and and form to the AirPods beyond the tech hidden inside.
It's worth noting, too, that the current-generation AirPods got a price cut across retailers this week, which could signal a new model on its way shortly.
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The AirPods Pro will reportedly cost $260, which converts to around £200 / AU$380 – though UK pricing is likely to match the US figure, so it could cost £260 too.
That's a decent step up from the 2019 AirPods' $159 / £159 / AU$249, which is already pretty expensive for true wireless earbuds, when there are certainly cheaper options available – some with similar performance. But if you're after an Apple model, or active noise-canceling is what you're after, the upgraded AirPods Pro may get your bet in the coming weeks.
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Microsoft announced when we’ll be getting the next look at its upcoming slate of games. The Xbox Games Showcase will be streaming the morning of July 23, with a preshow hosted by The Game Awards creator and host, Geoff Keighley.
The preshow starts at 8 a.m. Pacific, with the show officially kicking off an hour later at 9 a.m. You can tune in on Microsoft’s various streaming channels, including Twitch and YouTube.
The company highlighted the third-party support that was coming to Xbox Series X back in May, with word that its next stream would focus on first-party development. In addition, there’s the possibility that viewers may learn some additional details about the hardware, up to and including how much the Xbox Series X hardware is going to cost.
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Alliance Automotive Group UK has announced that it has recently completed the acquisition of EBC Motor Factors Ltd; an existing member of the United Aftermarket buying group.
The business is a two branch LV business based in Brighton and Uckfield with sales of c£1.0m and 13 employees.
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Alliance Automotive Group UK has announced that it has recently completed the acquisition of Yorkshire Exhaust Specialists; an existing member of the United Aftermarket buying group.Read More
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A White House petition in support of Tesla Motors has received more than 100,000 signatures, overcoming the system’s threshold and demanding a response from President Obama’s administration.
Earlier today, the “We the People” petition neared the milestone with three days left to accomplish it. It was created a month ago in an effort to compel the White House protect the electric car manufacturer from opposition it faced as it sought to establish dealerships throughout the United States.
States should not be allowed to prevent Tesla Motors from selling cars directly to customers. The state legislators are trying to unfairly protect automobile dealers in their states from competition. Tesla is providing competition, which is good for consumers.
At issue is the obstruction Tesla Motors is facing in states like Texas, Virginia, and Massachusetts whereby automotive dealer associations don’t want the company to establish dealerships there. Tesla is looking to create direct-to-consumer locations, but there are state laws that dictate that it must be done through franchising. The dealer associations have lobbied the state legislatures to prevent Tesla from receiving an exclusion to the rule.
At the time of publishing, the petition has received 100,486 signatures.
There is no specific timetable for an official response and it’s not guaranteed that President Obama will be writing his administration’s decision. But, the “We the People” petition website says that any response will most likely come from other administration officials.
We’ve reached out to Tesla Motors for comment and will update if we hear back.
Update: Tesla founder Elon Musk just tweeted out a response to the petition surpassing 100,000 signatures:
Woohoo, Tesla direct sales petition passed the 100k threshold! Thanks a lot to everyone that helped!!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 2, 2013
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Tradition makes comeback as Chinese seek red weddings
By Vivi Lin
BEIJING (Reuters Life!) - Red is the new white in China as more young couples forgo Western wedding gowns and rituals for the richly embroidered, crimson costumes and intricate traditions of the ancient Han way.
The Han ethnic group is the biggest in China, accounting for more than 90 percent of the population.
Yet many of their traditions were relegated to history, especially during the chaos of the Cultural Revolution, when the old ways were seen to have no place in new, Communist China.
The recent economic boom has seen many Chinese clamoring for Western-style luxury goods and lifestyles, but now, local media and wedding organizers say many twentysomething ethnic Hans are looking back to their ancestors for unique nuptials.
"This idea is very popular among young people, especially those born in the 1980s," said wedding organizer Ren Guanyu, who also runs a traditional Han clothing shop.
"As China becomes more and more integrated into the world, the younger generation needs to have some special cultural characteristics to express themselves, and maintain their difference from others," she added.
The color red is considered auspicious in China and is the hue of choice at traditional Han weddings, where both the bride and groom wear crimson colored gowns.
Rituals include the couple performing formal bows to heaven, their parents and each other, the casting off of the fan which covers the bride's face, the scattering of auspicious items on the nuptial bed and wishes for a child. Continued...


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Data Breach Hits 22 Million Web.com, Register.com, Network Solutions Accounts
Threat actors may have stolen around 22 million records of current and former customers of Web.com and its subsidiaries Network Solutions and Register.com. The breach occurred at the end of August of this year, but the popular domain registrars did not discover it until October 16. The exposed data was accessed via a “limited number” of systems that were compromised by the attackers.
The stolen data includes names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and subscription information. The companies said they “do not believe” credit card information was affected by the breach, but recommended customers to monitor their accounts and report any suspicious activity. The firms are also forcing customers to reset their passwords, even though there was no indication that login credentials were compromised.


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SAN FRANCISCO — By all accounts, Intel Corp.’s (Nasdaq: INTC) second quarter was a blowout.
The chipmaker booked its largest quarterly net income in a decade and raised its full-year profit forecast. Yet a fear hanging over the numbers was that the computer industry might be headed for another slowdown because of economic wobbliness in Europe and signs of slowing demand in China. More than half of Intel’s revenue comes from Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
Intel CEO Paul Otellini addressed those concerns on a conference call with analysts.
Asked if he noticed weakness in any particular geography in the quarter, Otellini replied: "Everything was up, in particular on the commercial or enterprise side of the business. In terms of China, it was a little slow-going early in the quarter and it got good toward the end, similar to Europe. … Things settled down in both geographies by the end of the quarter. The net was, year-over-year, things were nicely up."
Investments by large corporations, which have been slower than consumers to start spending again after the worst of the recession passed, led to purchase of more computers that use Intel’s most expensive chips.
That suggests businesses are freeing up their technology budgets, which should have helped other companies as well. Intel’s main rival, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., reports on Thursday, while IBM Corp. and Microsoft Corp. issue results next week.
Intel’s results, reported after the market closed Tuesday, topped Wall Street’s forecasts, and the company raised its guidance.
Shares of the company rose nearly 7 percent in extended trading.
Intel’s net income was $2.89 billion, or 51 cents per share, in the quarter ended June 26. That compares with a loss of $398 million, or 7 cents per share, a year ago, when Intel was forced to pay a $1.45 billion fine in Europe over antitrust violations.
Analysts expected net income of 43 cents per share in the latest period.
The last time Intel’s quarterly net income topped $2.5 billion was in 2000 during the dot-com heyday, when Internet fever fueled spectacular computer sales.
Revenue was $10.77 billion in the latest period, above the $10.25 billion expected by analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters.
Intel’s third-quarter forecast was stronger than expected. Intel expects revenue of $11.20 billion to $12 billion. Analysts were projecting $10.92 billion.
Intel’s profit forecast also got a lift. Intel now expects gross profit margin – a key measure of a company’s ability to control costs – of 64 percent to 68 percent of revenue. Its previous forecast was for 62 percent to 66 percent.
The results point to robust spending on computers that use Intel’s chips. Intel is the world’s No. 1 maker of microprocessors, the "brains" of personal computers and servers.
Consumer spending on discounted PCs has been a major help to Intel over the past year and a half. More recently, corporate spending on computer servers also came back, but many companies have been stingy about upgrading their work forces’ PCs amid lingering fears about the health of their businesses.
Spending on PCs is critically important to Intel because the company gets the bulk of its profit from the sale of chips that go into PCs.
Intel’s profits have also risen because of technological upgrades to its factories that make its chips more powerful and cheaper to make. That’s a major factor in Intel’s ability to increase its profit margins.
The PC industry has been slowly recovering since a disastrous slump.
It has been more than a year since Intel CEO Paul Otellini declared that PC sales had "bottomed out" and were starting to recover after their worst stretch in six years.
His analysis was accurate, but the semiconductor business is highly cyclical and now many analysts worry that another slowdown could be around the corner. The fears are being stoked by economic wobbliness in Europe and signs of slowing demand in China.
More than half of Intel’s revenue comes from Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
Still, market research firms IDC and Gartner Inc. predict that PC shipments will grow a robust 20 percent this year.
Shares of Intel, which is based in Santa Clara, rose $1.42, or 6.8 percent, to $22.43 in extended trading. In regular trading earlier, it jumped 44 cents, or 2.1 percent, to close at $21.01.
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Wages, or salary, is the compensation received for work.
Tiered minimum wage
In 2013 Washington D.C. proposed requiring large profitable retailers such as Walmart pay a higher minimum wage.
Firms engaged in creative work often offer unpaid internships to young people and recent graduates. This practice discriminates against workers without the funds to work for free and violates minimum wage laws.
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- "Washington Push for Higher Minimum Wage for Workers Has Walmart Balking" article by Trip Gabriel in The New York Times
- "Unpaid Interns: Silent No More" article by Ross Perlin in The New York Times July 20, 2013
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Editor’s note: This article is frequently updated to reflect the latest information available. We most recently added information about the on-screen navigation buttons, iris scanner, desktop dock, camera, and a possible launch date.
With just a couple of months to go until its unveiling, rumors are flying about the latest Samsung flagship smartphone. Presumably to be called the Galaxy S8, it carries the extra pressure of being a sort of comeback kid—Samsung’s first big announcement after the exploding Galaxy Note7 debacle.
The details are pretty much in the rumor category at this point, but as the launch date draws near, a clearer picture is emerging of the device. We’ll keep updating this article with the latest information, but the most recent reports tease a number of exciting details, including information about the screen size, on-screen navigation controls, and camera.
An even better display
The latest Samsung phone usually wins the “best display” crown from Displaymate, and it looks like this year won’t be any different. At first it seemed like Samsung was going to bump up the resolution to 4K (2160x3840), based on a report from the Korea Herald. However, while the Korea Herald has broken its fair share of Samsung news in the past, recent rumors indicate that the company won’t be going 4K just yet.
SamMobile’s sources report that the Galaxy S8 will retain the 1440x2560 quad HD Super AMOLED display of its predecessor, but will manufacture it using a new material that will help it last longer and use less power. The site also reports that the company will switch from the Diamond PenTile subpixel arrangement to a standard RGB stripe one, effectively increasing the subpixel count from 7,372,800 to 11,059,200. Sammobile claims the change will “provide a noticeable improvement in virtual reality environments." Additionally, BusinessKorea most recently reported that the S8 will utilize 2K resolution displays, with Samsung holding off on 4K until Galaxy Note8 launch.
However, a screenshot of a feature list from notable leaker Evan Blass (seen above) seems to settle the rumors once and for all. According to the seemingly official sheet, at least one of the models will feature a Quad HD+ Super AMOLED screen—not quite 4K, but definitely an improvement over the S7.
The biggest yet
As far as the size of the S8 goes, SamMobile reports that the new displays will be even bigger, clocking in at 5.7 inches and 6.2 inches, an increase of more than a half-inch over the 5.1- and 5.5-inch S7 and S7 edge, equaling or exceeding the 5.7-inch Galaxy Note7. An early VentureBeat report backed up the 6.2-inch claim, as did a rumor from South Korea-based Naver. The most recent leaks come in the form of a photo of a pair of the larger Galaxy S8 models at VentureBeat. It shows USB-C ports (an optical illusion from the curve of the phone makes the one on the right look like microUSB, it is claimed). Using the camera module as a point of reference, they do indeed seem gigantic.
The Guardian backs up that claim, reporting that the two phones “will have screens in the 5-inch to 6-inch region, with the devices having the same or smaller proportions of previous versions of Samsung’s flagship smartphone but with larger displays.” Bloomberg also weighed in, reporting that the Galaxy S8 will feature a completely bezel-less design not unlike the Xiaomi Mi Mix concept phone that launched earlier this year.
In his leaked spec sheet, Blass points to a 6.2-inch screen for the larger S8+ model (or 6.1 inches if you discount the rounded corners of the display. However, while the display is going to be significantly bigger than the S7's 5.5-inch screen, the actual phone itself may not. Based on what we've seen, the bezels are incredible small, so the footprint might not actually be much bigger than last year's model, despite all those extra pixels.
To edge or not
There’s some uncertainty about just how many phones Samsung will release, and what form they’ll take. Initial murmurings suggested that all S8 models will go for that Edge look with the dual-curved screen. Bloomberg also reported that the S8 “will only come with wraparound displays,” but a January report from Sammobile raised the specter of a similar lineup to the S7, with a regular flat model and a curved edge variant.
Furthermore, the Guardian shares some details about a so-called “infinity display (that) will cover the majority of the front of the device, with very little body on the top and bottom of the screen not dedicated to the display.” Both versions of the phone “will have screens that curve down at the left and right sides of the device similar to the Galaxy S7 Edge,” according to the publication’s sources. Tipsters also tell the site that there wasn’t even room to put a logo or brand name on the front of the device, a design detail many users will appreciate.
A recent leaked picture by Twitter user @dfordesign backs up the Guardian’s description by showing a front panel that’s nearly entirely screen. Particularly of note are the rounded corners on the display, something we haven’t seen in most Android phones.
Based on the images that have been leaked, the S8 will be the first Galaxy S phone
without a physical home button. And it appears that Samsung will be handling the navigation much like other button-less Android phones do. According to several leaked images—including a diagram (seen left) of what appears to be the S8 owner's manual—the phone will utilize virtual buttons that appear when you need them, likely similar to the swipe-down method on the Pixel and other phones. It's unclear from the images whether Samsung will allow customization of the button like many phones do, but it's worth noting that the picture shows the back button on the right, in line with the backwards placement Samsung utilizes on its other devices.
A new digital assistant
Everyone is trying to get in on the digital assistant game these days. Samsung doesn’t want to just watch on the sidelines as the Google Assistant, Cortana, Siri, and Alexa battle for dominance. The company recently purchased Viv Labs for this purpose. The service can handle natural language queries like the other digital assistants in this hot space. Since the Google Assistant isn’t yet available to outside developers, Samsung clearly wants this type of capability and is keeping with its strategy of pushing its own services on the company’s hardware.
A report by Sammobile says the new Viv-based digital assistant will be named “Bixby” and will work across nearly every native Samsung application. “Unlike S Voice, Bixby will be much more advanced, and it will work system-wide,” the site writes. “For example, it might be come in handy inside the Gallery app where you can ask Bixby to show you pictures and videos that satisfy particular criteria (similar to Google Photos and/or Apple’s Photos app in iOS 10). S Voice is likely to be replaced by Bixby in the Galaxy S8.”
Meanwhile, Korea’s ET News reports that the service will initially support eight languages, including English, Korean, and Chinese. That would best Google Assistant on the Pixel phone, which currently only understands English and German (though it also can speak Hindi, Japanese, and Portuguese in the Allo app).
The Guardian weighed in here, too. While it was less clear on the Bixby name, its sources said the AI assistant will be able “to perform tasks such as object recognition, using the smartphone’s camera similar to Google Goggles.”
Retaking the camera crown
Samsung typically offers the best-in-class smartphone camera. But with the S8 it will have some catching up to do to beat Google’s Pixel, which many regard as the current photography king.
There are a variety of reports to consider here, making this particular piece of the puzzle a little unclear. A report from Tech Updates indicated a 30MP rear camera. A tipster to Weibo says the phone will go dual lens, with 13MP and 12MP cameras. (However, Bloomberg reported that while Samsung is indeed experimenting with a dual-camera system, it may scrap the idea due to higher manufacturing costs.) An 8MP camera will be on the front, with other reports indicating it could have an autofocus for even better selfies. A trademark filing with the European Union Intellectual Property Office for “Samsung AF” seems to support that rumor.
In the Guardian’s report, sources said the S8’s camera will have a similar dual pixel sensor to last year’s S7, with “incremental improvements to image quality, low-light performance, and speed.” And Blass's leaked spec sheet backs up this claim, reporting that the S8 will actually sport the same 12MP dual pixel main camera, along with a slightly upgraded 8MP selfie shooter.
Powering the engine
Samsung has typically used its own Exynos chip or a Qualcomm Snapdragon model depending on which region the phone is sold in. A SamMobile report says that trend will continue, with an Exynos 8895 processor with ARM’s Mali-G71 GPU on tap. Performance is said to be 1.8 times better than the S7 with optimizations for 4K and VR. The Qualcomm chip will be the recently announced 10nm Snapdragon 835, and a recent report suggests it may be exclusive to the Galaxy S8 at launch.
As far as the fingerprint sensor goes, the Guardian tossed cold water on the dream that it would be built into the display. According to its report, the scanner will move to the back of the display, like the Pixel and many other Android phones have already done. Additionally, recent case leaks seem to confirm the re-location fingerprint scanner, showing that it will be positioned in an odd place, just to the right of the camera. However, Blass claims the S8 will adopt the Note 7's iris scanner, so we might not need to reach for it as often as we did with the S7.


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According to a recent SEC filing, MemberSuite, a provider of association management software solutions for associations and nonprofits, completed $5.5 million in financing from an undisclosed investor.
As a preferred
Mobile startup FollowAnalytics completed a new round of financing from Orange Ventures.
FollowAnalytics’ mobile marketing automation and engagement platform combines analytics that connect across CRM
According to a recent SEC filing, MC10 raised $15 million in financing from an undisclosed investor.
MC10’s flagship product, BioStamp® Sensor, is a flexible, soft,
Throtle closed a new round of financing, led by TransUnion.
The company focuses on deterministic matching and identity resolution, empowering brands with individual-based marketing to
Tilson Technology Management acquired $1.5 million in Series D financing from Rand Capital.
Tilson is an information technology professional services and network construction company that
According to a recent SEC filing, music merchandise online retailer Merchbar completed $4.6 million in financing from an undisclosed investor.
The company sells 100,000 items
CrossBorder Solutions, a global real estate investment platform provider, raised $6 million in Series A financing, led by Kennet Partners.
CrossBorder’s mission is to enable
White label loan origination and investing platform provider Insikt brought in $50 million in Series D financing, led by Coppel Capital, with participation from
e-Commerce corporation eBay has purchased Terapeak. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Founded in 2002, the Terapeak platform provides historical and current
According to a recent SEC filing, CrossChx raised $5 million in financing from an undisclosed investor.
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Crysis developer Crytek has warned users that their personal details may have been accessed in a website breach.
The studio took four of its websites offline over the weekend – Crytek.com, MyCrysis.com, Crydev.net and MyCryenginge.com. Each carried the following message:
"We recently became aware of suspicious activity relating to some of Crytek’s websites, and acted quickly to take those websites offline for security reasons.”
The developer subsequently said in a statement issued to Eurogamer that users’ personal data may have been compromised.
"Our Crytek.com, Mycryengine.com, Crydev.net and MyCrysis.com sites were all subject to a security breach that may have resulted in some users’ login data being compromised," a Crytek spokesperson stated.
"Although it is uncertain whether the incident led to the copying and decryption of email addresses and passwords, it is possible that users with accounts at these websites have had personal data copied. On Friday afternoon we started to contact all affected users via email and informed them of the potential security breach.
We’re currently doing everything in our power to ensure our sites and, more importantly, our users, are not affected by such issues in future.
"Once again, we would like to offer our sincere apologies to everyone affected by this incident, and thank our users for the level of understanding they have shown."


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Emerging technologies are not for investors with faint hearts. Bulls with great expectations for innovations that can transform markets are often socked with unpleasant reality checks, while bears can be caught off guard when they start to make money. As A123Systems (s AONE) has shown since its IPO last September, the lithium-ion battery market is no exception to this rule.
A123System’s offering priced at $13.50 a share on Sept. 23, well above its previous proposed price range of between $8 a share and $9.50 a share. Its share price surged 50 percent on its first day to close at $20.29. But by late November, it had fallen back below $15 a share as Goldman put a price target of $14 a share on the stock, arguing that good news had been priced in. Goldman, a lead underwriter of the IPO, helped determine that offering price.
But Goldman’s sober outlook couldn’t hold the stock down for long, and A123’s shares are back at $22.39 as of Tuesday’s close. The rebound was helped along by a joint venture with SAIC Motor Corp., a major Chinese carmaker, to sell battery syStems for electRic vehicles in China just as cleantech and auto sales are seeing growth in that country. At the time, an A123 executive told Reuters that the company was “looking to be basically the market leader in China, both in the truck and passenger car market.”
That turbulence may continue for a while. In a recent research note, Deutsche Bank said it expects battery prices to decline about 25 percent by 2015 from the current level of around $500 per kilowatt hour. Following a tour of A123System’s battery plants in China and Korea, Deutsche Bank felt that the company was ready to scale up to meet bigger demands.
“The maturity of operations, level of automation, and depth of manufacturing experience within each company’s subsidiaries gave us increased confidence that production scaling is a manageable risk.”
That makes for a potentially bountiful future, but the problem for investors today is that revenue and profits at A123Systems should begin to ramp up after 2012.
Meanwhile, there is the issue Goldman raised, which is that all the attention that A123Systems attracted in the IPO — which was the largest of 2009 — may have left it overpriced for the time being. Another analyst, Theodore O’Neill at Kaufman Brothers, saw a better bargain in Ener1 (s HEV), which shares some similarities with A123Systems.
“Both companies have multiple automotive and mass transit partners, not all of which have been disclosed… Both companies are pursuing consumer electronics, automotive and frequency regulation markets. Both companies have plant capacity… According to First Call, both companies are expected to report approximately $300 million in revenue in 2011.”
But a key difference is that Ener1 is trading at two times its estimated 2011 sales, while A123Systems is trading at six times. As a result, O’Neill said, “we believe the disparity between HEV and AONE is unsustainable.”


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Consumer Price Index up 0.2 per cent for September
The price of goods and services in Jamaica has increased by an overall 0.2 per cent for September, according to data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN).
Consumer Price Index for September 2020 - which measures changes in the general level of prices of consumer goods and services purchased by private households - was 106.1, while the calendar year-to-date inflation rate for Jamaica is 3.6 per cent.
The inflation rate for the three regions are Greater Kingston metropolitan area 0.5 per cent, other urban centres 0.6 per cent and rural areas -0.2 per cent.
The division ‘education’ was the biggest contributor to the increase in inflation rate with a 22.4 per cent jump due to higher tuition fees for the new school year.
Electricity rates also increased by 1.9 per cent during the review period.
The heaviest weighted division ‘food and non-alcoholic beverages’ recorded no increase in its index.
However, the class ‘cereals and cereal products’ moved up by 1.0 per cent, while ‘meat and other parts of slaughtered land animals’ saw an increase of 2.1 per cent in prices for September.
The class ‘vegetables, tubers, plantains, cooking bananas and pulses’ recorded a decline of 2.8 per cent, which was due to lower prices for agricultural produce, moderating the division’s overall movement.
The division ‘housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels’ recorded a decline of 2.2 per cent in the index, primarily as a result of a 20.7 per cent fall in water and sewage rates.
The ‘transport’ division also recorded a decline in its index of 0.1 per cent due mostly to a reduction in petrol prices.


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OnePlus which has generally been quite swift with its OS updates finally announced new updates for the OnePlus 6, and 6T last week. The company is now rolling out March 2019 security patches to the OnePlus 6 and 6T. In a blog post, the company has said that it is has started to push out the incremental rollout of OxygenOS 9.0.13 for the OnePlus 6T and 9.0.5 for OnePlus 6.
This comes on the back of the OnePlus 5T and OnePlus 5 receiving a new OxygenOS beta update.
Apart from being a security patch, the new updates also come with general bug fixes aimed at improving the overall performance of OnePlus 6 and 6T phones. As per the changelog, the update brings the OS' Android security patch to 2019.3 and also general bug fixes and system improvements. For the community, the update also introduces a feedback tool for reporting bugs and submitting feature requests.
The company further explained why it is introducing the feedback tool in the stable builds of the new software.
"For those who were on previous versions, we appreciate your active feedback for reaching out to us. With your help, we have been able to better optimize and improve several key areas. Thank you for your patience...
We have had our feedback tool integrated into community app under testing in Open Betas for a while now, and it's time for the Feedback section to be part of our stable builds. You can now submit bug reports, product suggestions, and feature requests seamlessly from the community app and the best part is that it automatically captures the required logs based on the issue you are reporting, thus making it easier for our team to address issues and track feedback."
Even as the OnePlus 6 and 6T are getting new updates, the company's CEO Pete Lau has teased the upcoming OnePlus 7 smartphone via Twitter stating that the new device will unleash a new era of Fast and Smooth.
The OnePlus 7, OnePlus 7 Pro and the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G are expected to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor and will run Android 9.0 Pie on top of OxygenOS. All the OnePlus 7 models are further expected to be backed by a 4,150mAh battery along with Dash charge or Wrap charge support. Meanwhile, the company has confirmed that it won’t be going for wireless charging technology for this year’s smartphones as they believe that their wired charging technology is far ahead of it in terms of performance.


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Our favourite childhood sweets are a treasured memory, so people are not happy about a discovery on Maoam sweet wrappers which threatens that.
Some are even going so far as to declare their childhoods “ruined” by an x-rated detail on the sweet wrapper after it was pointed out by a man on social media.
He used his TikTok account @mitchxllt to reveal it all in a video that has now gone viral.
Maoam are hugely popular with Brits, and are among the most popular wrapped confectionery packets and bags on supermarket shelves.
"Why have we never realised what maoams are [actually] doing? Like when you realise," the man told followers in a video that has been watched three million times.
It turns out, rather than chasing each other or hugging, the Maoam characters are actually doing something rather intimate. Yikes.
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"I'm never eating Maoams again that put me off them," one said, reports Birmingham Live.
On Reddit, another said: "I grew up with those and never noticed. You just ruined a part of my childhood."
"Man, that green dude gets around," another joked.
"Must have been the inspiration for Seth Rogan when he made Sausage Party," another joked.
"We had a friend visit from Germany and she gave us a pack of these... I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees the sexyness of this candy," said another.
Another chipped in with: "The judge would never be able to throw the book at these because he'd be too busy eating every last f***ing MAOAM in the house. They are fruit toffees made by satan. I hate their power!"
"There was actuall a pre-social-media s*** storm when they relased these (2004ish)!" [sic] another said.
They added: "All articles i could find are in German though. But that was funny!!"


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PALM HARBOR — Detectives are seeking the public's help in finding a woman they say stole a credit card and went on a shopping spree days before Christmas.
According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, the woman broke into a parked car on Dec. 21 at the Publix at 30535 U.S. 19 N. She took a purse that belonged to a Palm Harbor woman, then immediately headed to the Walmart at 35404 U.S. 19 N.
There, authorities say, she used the victim's credit cards to get $4,000 worth of gift cards and electronics.
Her next stop was a CVS, located at 2175 Main St. in Dunedin, where she got another $100 in gift cards.
The woman's image was captured on surveillance video as she used the cards at the CVS. Police described her as a black female in her 20s with long black dreadlocks. She is 5 feet 7 inches and weighed about 140 pounds.
She was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with a colored print along the front right side.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Kenneth Sokolowski at 727-582-6945 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS to remain anonymous.


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ASDA have been shamed for selling a peeled and cored whole pineapple – sealed inside a plastic pot.
School teaher Jeff Pedley could barely believe his eyes when he spotted the item at a store near his home in Grays, Essex.
The 33-year-old sarcastically posted a snap on social media, asking the supermarket : “You do know that pineapples come in their own, natural casing?”
The pictures show the £1.75 pineapple, which has had the outer skin and core removed, contained in a plastic box with a plastic film lid.
His post prompted disbelief and anger on social media.
Bec McKeown, said: “But, but, you mean you actually want people to peel and cut the things themselves?”
@KJTaylor_73 said: “Have Asda not heard of plastic pollution!”
@Daz_H_arrison commented: “Not even recyclable plastic.”
Ceridwen Coulby said: “Shame on you Asda, with plastics choking the planet most shops are trying to cut down on plastic packaging, there is literally no need for this.
“As Jeff says it is pre-wrapped by nature.”
Jokingly, Dean Probert said: “Pineapples in this type of packaging really lack a peel.”
Speaking today, Jeff described Asda offering this product as “a kick in the teeth” towards protecting the environment.
He said: “We all know the damage that single-use plastics are doing to the environment.
“I personally take part in a beach-cleaning project on the Thames in Grays and am used to seeing thousands of pieces of plastic wash up onto the shore.
“It must be said that most supermarkets seem to be actively starting to reduce their plastic use, therefore it’s a bit of a kick in the teeth to Asda doing the opposite and covering fruit (already with a natural case) with single use plastic.
“People put convenience over environmental value.”
An Asda spokesman said: “Plastic reduction is really important to us, which is why we have removed 6,500 tonnes of unnecessary plastic packaging from our own brand products over the last year and have committed to ensuring all of our packaging is fully recyclable by 2025.”
Earlier this week, Waitrose were slammed after an image of a sign appeared online boasting about “cutting down on plastic”, placed next to plastic-wrapped fruit.
Terry Nightingale was furious when he spotted the sign next to a huge pile of apples packed into plastic bags.
A spokeswoman for Waitrose commented: “We’re sorry this sign was put in the wrong place.
“We’ve made lots of market leading changes to cut unnecessary plastic packaging and we’ll continue to introduce more loose fruit and veg where possible.”


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On Thursday, Microsoft launched its much-awaited operating system, Windows 11. The event was virtual, live streamed and put forth a host of new features as well as upgrades for existing ones. Although Windows 10 works well, Windows 11 is more integrated to the modern user with an updated interface and support for Android apps.
The new version has been built to compete with the macOS and the ChromeOS. Many of the features that are present in the Windows 11 have already been leaked on blogs and online forums.
Some of the features that are new or have been upgraded are as follows
- The task bar icon has been centered unlike its position on the left as in earlier OS
- New start menu featuring a redesigned UI
- No Live Tiles — a feature that was unpopular on Windows 10
- Rounded corners on menus unlike sharp edges in earlier versions
- Snap layouts, Snap groups and Desktop
- New sounds and alerts
- Microsoft Teams app has directly been added to the taskbar
- Widgets have been added
- Support for touch screen devices is a new feature
- Support for multiple monitors
- Improvements in voice and text typing
- Haptic feedback when you use a stylus
- A new one-handed keyboard
- Audio HDR feature from Xbox series
- Direct storage to speed up game load times
- Game Pass subscription service
- New Microsoft store in collaboration with Amazon and Intel
- Android app support
Although a huge combination of new features and upgraded features were announces Microsoft did not mention a release date for Windows 11. However, the tech giant said that the release would come in the holiday season. It will also continue through 2022. One good news from the company is that anyone using a genuine Windows 10 download will be able to get a free upgrade to Windows 11.


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Salesforce plans to help its customers upgrade the tools their channel partners use with the release of Lightning Partner Community, an adjunct to its Community Cloud platform.
Currently, an average of 70 percent of sales come from channel partners, according to a study by Accenture. The problem is that most companies don’t have efficient connections to the partner ecosystem that represents them, such as retailers and franchisees. Another issue is that there isn’t a single system to manage different types of partners because those partners use completely different systems to register deals.
“These channel partners also don’t have mobile access to their systems, it’s pretty much unheard of,” Mike Stone, senior vice president of marketing for Salesforce Community Cloud, told eWEEK. “We looked at that and said, ‘what if we took everything that’s great on Salesforce with Lightning and made it something our partners could give to the channel?'”
Salesforce Lightning is an updated user interface and related tools designed to make it easier to use the popular CRM platform on desktops, the Web and mobile devices. Stone says the new Lightning Partner Community provides a mobile-first interface that partners can brand.
“It gives the partner the ability to bring business processes and pricing quickly to their online portal, update opportunities and leads. The reseller then has one place to go to find all that,” Stone said. Previously these systems were “very disconnected across multiple systems,” Stone said.
Available now, Lightning Partner Experience has three main features.
First, it’s designed to let companies deliver a more personalized and branded experience across any device. For example, rather than readjust to different interfaces, a health insurance reseller can access information about family plans, billing and what providers are covered in a specific location from a desktop PC or mobile phone.
“With the dashboard you can look at different businesses and see which partner is most effective. That visibility is a big selling point,” said Stone.
Second, it provides what Salesforce calls a “unified partner platform” by extending CRM records to partners so they have everything they need to close deals. This includes access to leads, opportunities, accounts and articles relevant to customers and prospects. It also includes workflows, Lightning reports and dashboards as well as CPQ (Configure Price Quote) software.
Third are artificial intelligence features Salesforce recently introduced under the name Salesforce Einstein, which shows users relevant posts, articles and experts in the field. Salesforce says, for example, that Einstein might offer contact information for an expert in the community or relevant articles.
There are also a lot of customization features which enables users to start with a blank page and add components like sales figures, customer records and contact lists. Any object in Salesforce can be dragged or added to the page.
“You can add a feed or any conversation tied to a group or record that the whole community can see,” explained Rasmus Mencke, a senior director of product management at Salesforce who demonstrated the product. “It could be a campaign page or wherever you want to have an ongoing discussion.”
Jeff Kaplan, managing director at Thinkstrategies, says Salesforce has employed a similar strategy of making its software free beyond its established customer base with such products as its online collaboration tool, Chatter.
“They’re hoping the more they expose the various applications and platforms the better,” Kaplan told eWeek. “After Chatter was unveiled and customers took advantage of it, Salesforce encouraged them to spread the software to their customers.”
Kaplan agrees that Lightning Partner Community is going to be a valuable upgrade to most channel partners. It’s just a question of getting them to adopt it. “That’s why Salesforce wants to familiarize as many people as possible to the functions and business benefits. It starts with evangelism and as it gains greater traction and Salesforce can show successful use cases, the more valid this is going to look to potential users.”
Salesforce says a few early customers are already using the software including DineEquity and Zurich Financial.
Editor’s Note: This story was corrected to state that Rasmus Mencke, a Salesforce.com senior director of product management.


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OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma supermarket operator Homeland has emerged from bankruptcy as a fully owned subsidiary of Kansas City-based Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc., the companies announced late Monday.
Homeland's assets, including 43 stores throughout Oklahoma, now make up the new subsidiary, The Oklahoman reports. The stores will continue to operate under the Homeland name.
AWG is a retailer-owned cooperative that supplies more than 850 retail grocery stores in 10 states. It reported an annual sales volume of more than $3.2 billion last year.
"This should put Homeland in a much better position, given the financial strength and significant operating experience and a very important relationship with its wholesaler," Tulsa money manager Fred Russell told the newspaper. "That should put Homeland in a much better competitive position than before and during the bankruptcy."
The company will continue to be headquartered in Oklahoma City, said Larry Willis, Homeland's new president and chief executive. Willis also said he expects no reduction in Homeland's staff.
"For us to achieve our goals, our associates must be completely focused on customer service and passionate about satisfying every customer, bar none," Willis told the newspaper. "While we enjoy a strong nucleus of dedicated associates who were believe can help to achieve our goals and implement our vision, we will hire future associates who embrace our customer-focus approach and can deliver it."
David Clark, Homeland's former president, resigned after completing the reorganization.
AWG already supplies more than 70 percent of the products sold in Homeland stores. AWG also acquired 29 Homeland stores in a similar Chapter 11 emergence seven years ago.
"They know each other and trust each other, so this should be an easy walk down the aisles and an easy checkout," Russell said.
But even with AWG's backing, Homeland will still not have an easy time competing against the likes of Wal-Mart, Albertsons and others, Russell said.


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Snapchat has been embraced by brands rushing to more cost-effective digital platforms during the pandemic, says local boss Kathryn Carter, as the app is given a redesign to further boost advertising from small businesses.
In June, Snapchat revealed it now reaches more than six million Australians, including 85% of all 13-24-year-olds, 90% of all 18-24-year-olds and 65% of 13-34-year-olds. Speaking to AdNews, Carter, general manager for Australia and New Zealand, says the figures show the “dominance” the short-form video sharing app has among Gen Z and Millennials in Australia.
“Whether it be the broader audience of 13-34-year-olds or a tighter audience of 18-24-year-olds, you can see the role of Snap in terms of being able to deliver an audience at scale,” Carter says.
“And really importantly, when we talk to that audience, we're talking about people who are engaged with the platform multiple times a day. They're spending a meaningful amount of time on the platform, and they're coming to the platform to not only have conversations with their close friends but also to have fun, to be informed, to experience new ways of communicating on the platform as well.”
Carter says advertisers have responded to the strong user numbers, which come a year after the app stopped bleeding users globally. The social media company has also recently enjoyed a shift to digital platforms by brands that have had marketing budgets squeezed during the pandemic.
Carter categorises advertisers during this period into two groups, the first being “digital-natives” - brands that have always invested on the platform.
“They have really increased and scaled their investment quite significantly,” she says.
“They've been able to take advantage of the auction efficiency which has come about through having higher engagement and a higher volume of our community accessing Snapchat on a daily basis and they've been able to build their brand both locally and globally and connect with the Snapchat community at scale across this period.”
Then there’s the more traditional brands, such as McDonald’s and the government, who have had to accelerate their digital transformation during the pandemic.
“They've really partnered with us in terms of what's best practice of engaging with 13-34-year-old Australians at scale,” she says. “And we've been really impressed by some of the creative and solutions that Australian advertisers have been able to launch across this period, which has led to some fantastic results for them.”
In time for this digital embrace from more brands, which helped the company report a better-than-expected first quarter, Snapchat recently revealed a redesign and new products at its virtual Snap Partner Summit in the US.
One of the new features is the roll out of Places on Maps which will allow businesses to promote themselves as communities exit lockdowns, a move Carter says will give the platform a bigger slice of advertising revenue from small businesses.
“I think what Places has been a really positive step in, is enabling us to have a relevant solution to support small to medium businesses across Australia,” she says.
“Especially at the moment when businesses are wanting to connect with consumers, and also to let them know that they're open. We are now proud to be able to have a solution which will be relevant, which will be acceptable, and which will be really easy for them to use and get behind.”
“My perspective is that the current situation has highlighted the importance of having a really sound ecommerce strategy across all retailers,” she says.
“Certainly from a Snapchat perspective we know that our ad solutions work, we know that they deliver return and spend at scale, and that's been proven time and time again with some of Australia's best ecommerce advertisers who utilise Snapchat meaningfully to be able to scale their businesses at a local and global level. Brands like HiSmile and Princess Polly, who are absolute ecommerce experts, are great examples of that.
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Sodexo introduces mobile ordering to 25pc of college campuses
Food service company Sodexo is leveraging a partnership with the Tapingo application to deploy mobile ordering options to more than 850 colleges nationwide, a move that could transform the format of campus dining programs in the near future.
The partnership will enable students and faculty to order food through on-campus dining programs with their smartphones, and set up a time for it to be retrieved or delivered. As mobile ordering continues to gain steam – particularly among millennials and younger consumers – college campus dining programs may be forced to incorporate this technology into their business models to keep up with customers’ demands.
“The college space is particularly appealing for mobile ordering platforms because this is the generation that is driving the shift to mobile capabilities,” said Jeff Hardy, chief business officer at Tapingo. “It’s a fundamental part of their lifestyle – it’s how they have interacted with the world almost their whole lives.
“The university commercial ecosystem has allowed Tapingo to serve students’ everyday needs,” he said. “When everything you buy is clustered, one app can provide everything you want.
“That’s part of why engagement with our app is so high. By engaging the college generation now, Tapingo is well-positioned to turn our loyal customers into life customers.”
Enhancing student experiences
Sodexo currently serves as the campus dining provider for more than 850 colleges across the United States and Canada. The new collaboration will allow Sodexo to roll out Tapingo’s ordering abilities – in the form of a mobile app – to its client institutions.
Tapingo will include Sodexo’s top universities in its fall 2016 deployment schedule, which will see 100 new campuses join its customer list.
Therefore, the collaboration will expand Tapingo’s reach to 25 percent of major four-year U.S. colleges.
With consumers being more time-strapped than ever these days, the partnership will likely result in higher usage of the Tapingo app as well as more sales for Sodexo’s dining programs.
College students are among the most prolific users of mobile ordering platforms, making them an ideal demographic to target.
Tapingo offers its users quick access to local eateries by displaying live wait times for orders. For example, if an individual is craving buffalo wings, he or she can view the estimated delivery time from a slew of nearby locations, enabling him or her to choose the speediest option.
Users can also customize their orders and save their favorites for faster reordering in the future. Tapingo lets customers know when their order should be ready, and gives them the ability to pick up the food or have it delivered.
A comprehensive order history is also readily available in the app.
The future of dining halls
If the Tapingo and Sodexo collaboration sees positive customer feedback this fall, it could prompt a slew of other college campuses to usher in mobile ordering platform partnerships.
This trend could also affect the format of dining halls in the future. Younger consumers’ proclivity toward mobile ordering may force campus dining services to alter their business models accordingly.
For example, if a greater amount of food is being delivered or retrieved by students, dining halls may be able to cut down on square footage and the number of tables or booths they contain.
“At several of our national brand partner stores, as well as cafeterias and dining halls, we’re seeing new, innovative designs that have been built to optimize Tapingo – with dedicated counters for express Tapingo pick-up services,” Mr. Hardy said.
“Our campuses have had such a positive experience with Tapingo increasing throughput that we’ve actually seen entire cafeterias remodeled around Tapingo’s services.”
Additionally, the number of on-site cafeteria workers may need to be reassessed.
“The implementation of Tapingo means that stores/restaurants can repurpose labor to more production-based roles,” Mr. Hardy said. “At one of our busiest locations, they were able to install a new espresso machine and serve more customers faster.
“In this particular instance, Tapingo enabled the restaurant to increased throughput and sales by 30 percent without having to increase overhead costs.”
Ultimately, the Sodexo/Tapingo partnership is likely to entice plenty of new users to flock toward the latter’s app, and could even prompt more students to sign up for on-campus meal plans instead of ordering in food from off-campus restaurants.
Tapingo has also teamed up with several major chains in the past to bring mobile ordering options to college students.
Last fall, Chipotle Mexican Grill took the mobile ordering blitz one step further by identifying a potentially lucrative target audience of college students, prompting the brand to team up with Tapingo for quick mobile delivery to campuses nationwide (see story).
Seven-Eleven also stayed current with the mobile-driven evolution of what constitutes “convenience” through a partnership with Tapingo that brought products directly to college students (see story).
“Tapingo effectively makes college meal plans more powerful, valuable and accessible,” Mr. Hardy said. “College dining services face the challenge of reaching students who live off-campus, and Tapingo Delivery solves this problem.
“Using Tapingo, students, faculty and staff living both on and off-campus can access the meal plan through Tapingo Delivery.”


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The CDC officially announced that Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors, except under certain circumstances, such as inside health care facilities and on public transportation. Statistics as of the end of May revealed that over 287 million total vaccines have been administered to Americans, and that number continues to climb each day.
The more Americans that get vaccinated, the sooner we can move past this pandemic and into a brighter future. Some states have fully reopened brick-and-mortar businesses with no more restrictions, while most states have plans to fully reopen within the next couple of months, depending on if COVID-19 cases continue to drop. For now, the majority of states are following CDC guidelines and allowing those who are fully vaccinated to no longer have to wear face masks while in public and indoor settings.
Face Mask Restrictions are Lifted
The states who are following the CDC guidelines on face masks include Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, Vermont, and Wisconsin. These states allow businesses to choose to continue to enforce face masks for both employees and customers, and require masks in certain settings. Regardless of CDC guidelines, Alabama, Florida, Hawaii, North Carolina, and Texas have completely lifted mask mandates for all residents.
While face masks have not been completely lifted in the following states, they are strongly recommended in public spaces: Indiana, Nebraska, Utah, and Wyoming. Pennsylvania is waiting for 70 percent of their population to be fully vaccinated before they completely lift mask restrictions. As more states continue to see a decline in cases, recommended facial coverings will soon be the norm.
Businesses Increasing Indoor Capacity
Among the states that have entirely lifted their indoor capacity for retail businesses include Connecticut, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Texas, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Even though not all states have completely lifted capacity limitations for retailers, the District of Columbia has increased capacity to 50 percent, Illinois has increased maximum capacity to 50 percent, Maine has increased to 75 percent, Michigan retailers can now operate at 50 percent capacity, Pennsylvania has increased to 75 percent, and Wisconsin businesses can operate at 25 percent. Indiana and Washington are creeping on the side of caution, with different capacity restrictions now in place in each county based on the severity of active COVID cases. California is looking to have the state fully reopened by June 15, if COVID cases continue to decrease, and Washington stores must operate at 50 percent until June 30.
Social Distancing Protocols Are Lifted
Delaware, Georgia, Maine, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin are among the only states that have completely lifted all social distancing restrictions. Businesses are still encouraged to be cautious about the spread of the virus by frequently disinfecting high touch surfaces.


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Scientists argue that the consumption of canned food, fast food and convenience foods disrupts metabolism and causes a person to absorb more food, thereby increasing the risk of obesity.
American doctors from the National Institute of diabetes Bethesda has published in the journal Cell Metabolism their arguments about why a permanent presence in the diet of canned, packaged and fast food is much stronger than contribute to obesity than home-made or raw food.
“We have ascertained that men who consumed such food received significantly more calories and fat faster,” – said leading specialist of the project Dr. Kevin Hall.
In the experiment scientists involved 20 volunteers, not suffering from obesity and chronic diseases. Within a few weeks, the participants lived in the laboratory, while subjects were divided into GA group – half adhered to a healthy diet, and half ate food only ready-made production. In this case the group after some time changed their diets. Calorie and nutritional value in each of the diets was the same.
As a result, scientists have established that when people switched to semi-finished products, canned food and fast food, they began to consume on average 500 more calories than when adhered to the food with homemade food. Experts believe that this effect may be related to the fact that the structure or the consistency of the finished products makes a person them less to chew faster and swallowed, causing his digestive system is not able to obtain the signals of saturation. As a result, the body receives excess calories which contributes to the rapid obesity.


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11th Congress of the National Association of Milk Producers
13 February 2020 News from the Company
Development of export potential, reduction of administrative barriers, consolidation of the sector to promote genuine dairy products – all these topics were discussed at the 11th Congress of the National Association of Milk Producers, which was held in Moscow in the framework of AGROS Expo.
More than 300 representatives from the dairy industry, relevant organisations, ministries and regional authorities of the agricultural industry met on 29 January 2020 to look back on the work of the association over the past year and to formulate the most important goals and tasks for the near future. The congress was opened by Stefan Dürr, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Milk Producers.
"To address a number of current issues, we simply need to consolidate our industry now. Our association is getting stronger and stronger, but this year we want to expand our work with regional associations even further and establish new associations in at least 30 other regions of the country. Without doubt, one of our main tasks today is to work together to promote genuine dairy products that are useful and indispensable for everyday nutrition," said Stefan Dürr.
During the congress, it was noted that dairy farmers have succeeded in achieving high milk production rates in the past year, as well as significantly increasing the number of animals and their productivity.
Dschambulat Chatuow, first deputy minister of agriculture: "This is the result of effective government support measures. Last year's figures are encouraging. In 2019, milk production rose by 2.5% to almost 31.5 million tons".
The Ministry of Agriculture actively supports the dairy industry and will continue to do so in the future. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut at the meeting of milk producers.
"The dairy industry is the most popular sector in the agricultural sector among farmers and has an important value for the ministry. As part of the economic support package for 2020, priority has been given to milk production in 66 regions of the country. One of the main tasks is currently the export. Last year, milk exports amounted to 280 million dollars. The plan for 2020 includes 800 million dollars. It's a great challenge, but we must work hard to meet it," says Oksana Lut.
During the discussion round, representatives of the association appealed to the leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture to support dairy farmers in the question of refusing to introduce mandatory labelling for dairy products. In their opinion, this would duplicate the functions of the "Mercury" system, a state automated data system for certification and control of animal products in Russia. In addition, the issue of the possible introduction of subsidies for digitalization and the purchase of modern software products for agricultural enterprises and the purchase of imported livestock was also raised.
Summing up the results of the 11th Congress of the National Association of Dairy Producers, the participants agreed that it is necessary to direct their actions in one direction and to further consolidate the industry in order to meet the main challenges of the modern dairy market.
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Once again, the internet has become gripped in the mystery of Ernest Khalimov, the guy from the Chad meme.
There are Chads, then there are Gigachads and finally, there is Ernest, the Chad of all Chads.
Since 2017, internet users have become stricken with the images of this ultra-masculine personality. While many believe he is real, others have been questioning his identity since laying eyes on him.
Who is Ernest Khalimov?
The earliest images of Ernest, who is believed to be 52-years-old, surfaced in October 2017 on 4chan. The internet sensation was described as “Gigachad,” a moniker that is still in use. Some websites also referred to him as ‘Ultra Chad.’
While we were introduced to Ernest, the GigaChad, in 2017, his origin can be traced to 2015, thanks to the work of Russian photographer Krista Sudmalis.
Krista started photographing extremely attractive male and female models for her project Sleek’N’Tears. The internet was introduced to Ernest through her images. Also known as Chad Thundercock among internet users, the Gigachad quickly turned into a meme.
While, many were stricken by his ultra-masculine, sexually attractive persona, others thought he was a product of CGI. Whatever may be the truth, we can all savour his good looks until the mystery of his identity is solved.
Why the guy from chad meme could be a digital creation
Whether Ernest is an actual man or merely a digital creation is still up for debate. However, there are plenty of theories suggesting that our GigaChad is merely an internet creation.
There are reports suggesting that Ernest is a bodybuilder living in Russia, who models for the project Sleek’N’Tears. However, something about this explanation does not sit well with the fans.
Besides his few photos online, there is absolutely no video of Ernest on the internet. Sleek’N’Tears YouTube videos feature many other models, but none of the clips stars the project’s crowned prince Ernest.
The GigaChad is also barely active on the internet and reportedly remains uninterested in brand deals. This is surprising, as most models and bodybuilders thrive on sponsorships.
When Ernest’s first images appeared online, many 4chan users claimed that Krista, the photographer behind GigaChad’s images, had tweaked pictures of existing models to create the ultra-masculine personality.
Many other internet users also pointed out that some of GigaChad’s earlier images were created by virtually editing and photoshopping the pictures of other models.
Fans react to Gigachad’s ultra-masculine looks
Given that it’s October again, many internet users took to Twitter to remember the guy from the Chad meme.


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Apple is expanding the App Store to 20 new countries this year, in addition to current 155 countries or regions. The announcement comes from Apple’s Developer website.
Thanks to the creativity and innovation of developers like you, the App Store has become much more than the world’s safest marketplace. It’s grown into a vibrant platform with great apps that influence culture and change lives, with over half a billion visitors each week. This wide-reaching platform has helped generate over $155 billion in developer earnings — just from sales of apps and in-app purchases. Today, the App Store gives you the opportunity to connect with users in 155 countries or regions. We’re pleased to announce that the App Store will expand even farther this year with upcoming support for 20 new countries, allowing you to increase your impact and grow your business in new markets.
Following are the 20 new countries where Apple plans to launch the App Store sometime this year.
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
Developers interested in reaching these 20 new countries with their apps need to accept the updated license agreements on the Apple Developer website. The information must be updated before April 10, 2020 to make sure the app is available across new locations at launch. Apple hasn’t revealed a specific date for the launch in these new markets yet.
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Fifty-three per cent of Ontarians are either uninformed or misinformed when it comes to motor vehicle dealer advertising.
According to OMVIC, Ontario’s vehicle sales regulator, only 47 per cent of Ontario’s car buyers know that if a dealer advertises a price for a new or used vehicle, that price must include all fees and charges the dealer intends to collect, with the exception of HST and licensing (and safety standards certificate if the vehicle is advertised as unfit).
Unfortunately, OMVIC still encounters some dealers adding fees to their advertised prices which is why the regulator has re-launched its province-wide consumer awareness campaign. “All-in price advertising has been the law in Ontario for nine years now,” explains John Carmichael, OMVIC CEO and interim Registrar. “We want to ensure consumers understand that their dealer should be providing this level of transparency.”
OMVIC’s Consumer Awareness Campaign
A photo of a beautiful sunrise; a birthday party; even a grocery list on the fridge—yes we take pictures “all the live long day,” OMVIC’s TV ad notes. So why not “take a picture of the dealer’s advertisement the next time you’re shopping for a car and take it with you to your dealer? Because the dealer should not charge more than that advertised price.”
“The messaging is designed to empower consumers,” states Carmichael. “If they have a copy of the advertisement and understand they have a right to all-in pricing, it will help consumers protect themselves should they encounter non-compliant advertising.” It is important to note that dealer fees (like freight or administration fees) are not illegal and will still be itemized on a bill of sale—they just have to be included in a dealer’s advertised price.
OMVIC’s All-in Price Advertising campaign will run online and be broadcast on TV and radio. To help reach new Canadians, many of whom are unfamiliar with Ontario’s consumer protection laws, additional online ads are running in French, Hindi, Urdu, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Russian.


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For those lucky enough to own an Xbox One X, a select few compatible 360 titles can run at 4K. By tripling the resolution on each axis, Microsoft can deliver a native 2160p image – give or take some rogue resolution quirks on certain games.
Microsoft revealed the future of gaming in in November of 2010 and it was called the Kinect. This motion-tracking camera accessory for the Xbox 360 was supposed to usher in an era of controlling games with your body, but that never happened.
At ExtremeTech, we all have our own specialties and tech predilections, but pretty much everybody here enjoys video games. As 2017 coasts to an end, we’ve spent a good chunk of our time this month looking back at what we enjoyed most. Here are our favorites.
The PS4 and PS4 Pro hit massive sales records this week, while the Xbox and Xbox One still turned in a solid showing. So far, however, MS is still lagging Sony in monthly sales. We’ll see if December changes their standings.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has arrived on the Xbox and Xbox One X, but the game isn’t really worth playing in its current state.
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A CNI study found that 72% of companies have been affected by the Federal Revenue worker’s strikeMay, 13, 2022 Posted by Gabriel Malheiros
The Federal Revenue worker’s strike, which began at the end of 2021, has worsened the situation for businesses, which are now experiencing long-term consequences such as contract termination. The Brazilian National Industry Confederation (CNI) consulted 163 companies that import or export goods. Out of this total, 72% had their production affected. The main issue mentioned is the slowness in good clearance, both in import and export.
Approximately 21.2% of importers saw their production interrupted, almost three times more than the 7.8% recorded in January when CNI conducted a similar survey. The issue was ranked sixth instead of eighth as the most commonly mentioned problem when comparing the two polls. Obtaining inputs and raw materials has become even more difficult due to the strike. Importers report 23.% delays in the delivery of goods, up from 7% in January. The issue jumped from 10th to 5th in terms of frequency.
The Federal Revenue worker’s strike extension exacerbated the long-term effects on the Brazilian economy. Delays in the delivery of goods were reported by 40.2% of exporters, up 16.8 percentage points (p.p.) from January and moving from the fourth to the second most common problem. When comparing the findings of this study to those of the previous one, contract cancellation increased from 1.8% to 7.6%, making it the 11th most common complaint.
Other difficulties mentioned by respondents were the increased delays in concluding cargo inspections, additional costs associated with storage, logistics and cargo handling issues, greater rigidity in cargo inspections and the use of verification channels, other documentation required, shipment operation suspensions, and depreciation of loads.
Foreign trade facilitation programs
In addition to the problems listed, the strike movement has also hampered the advancement of the Brazilian foreign trade facilitation and modernization agenda by compromising the development of programs, such as the Authorized Economic Operator (OEA in Portuguese).
Some companies have reported to the CNI that their entrance to the OEA program has been delayed. The program’s low-risk operator certificate provides benefits such as increased cargo agility and predictability in international trade flows, as well as lower transaction costs associated with customs activity.
According to a CNI study, full implementation of the OEA program by the end of 2022 would save exporters and importers a total of US$ 17.17 billion from 2018 to 2030 from increased customs efficiency.
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December 13, 2019
Amazon has continued to make a splash in the digital health world in 2019. This year it has been particularly active in the voice space. Its efforts include everything from launching a new Amazon Alexa feature that reminds patients to take their medication to a medical transcription function that runs on Amazon Web Services.
But Amazon hasn’t put all of its eggs in the voice basket. In 2018, the...
December 12, 2019
Amazon’s PillPack has struck a deal with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts that integrates the former’s digital pharmacy platform into the payer’s MyBlue member app.
As part of the agreement Blue Cross members will have the option to switch their prescriptions over to PillPack directly from the MyBlue app without having to reenter their insurance details or medication list.
July 31, 2019
Peloton pulls the plug. Owners of the first generation of Peloton’s exercise bike touchscreens will no longer be receiving new software updates for their device, the company announced in a message on its support page. The touchscreen will still be able to access content, but the company is recommending that these users purchase a hardware upgrade so that they may continue to receive new feature...
May 1, 2019
This Friday, around 500 engineers, clinicians and other innovators will descend on the MIT Media Lab for Grand Hack, the flagship event of MIT’s Hacking Medicine.
“Grand Hack is unique because we’ll get applicants from all over the world,” Kriti Subramanyam, one of three co-directors of Hacking Medicine, told MobiHealthNews. “Last year we had applicants from over 30 countries, over 29 states in...
April 24, 2019
Nearly a year after Amazon announced that it acquired virtual pharmacy PillPack for close to $1 billion, the retail giant is now starting to market the service to its Amazon Prime members.
Evidence of this emerged yesterday when Twitter users started posting the adverts introducing the new service to members. Notably, Jay Hancock, a Kaiser Health News correspondent, posted a screenshot of his...
April 15, 2019
Within the last decade, shopping for groceries, clothes and books has become a lot more virtual. The digital space is rapidly replacing brick and mortar stores for many customers. Now consumers are turning to the web for their health products—whether it is to get a pharmacy prescription, a urine test or an “embarrassing” sexual health product. Read on for three emerging trends in the digital mail...
December 20, 2018
2018 revealed some of Amazon’s biggest moves into the healthcare space. The year kicked off with the major announcement that the retail and tech giant was teaming up with Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase to build its own nonprofit healthcare entity. As the year unfolded the public would hear more details about the leadership and location of the venture.
In addition to the venture, Amazon...
June 28, 2018
This morning Amazon broke the news that it is acquiring virtual pharmacy PillPack. With this, the online retail giant that has made itself famous for “one-click shopping” for consumer goods is positioning to expand its services to include prescription medication.
“PillPack’s visionary team has a combination of deep pharmacy experience and a focus on technology,” Jeff Wilke, CEO of Amazon...
April 3, 2018
Walmart is reportedly in talks to acquire PillPack, a New England-based virtual pharmacy with around $100 million in funding. According to CNBC, which broke the news, the retail giant is offering less than $1 billion for the startup. But the deal could still fall apart, CNBC's sources said.
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Samsung's Galaxy S20 Ultra is surprisingly sturdy
You don't have to baby your $1,400 phone... too much.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey isn't going anywhere (for now)
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ESPN+ will be the home of PGA Tour's streaming service in 2022
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Powerbeats 4 leak gives a first glimpse at Apple’s new sporty earbuds
2020年欧洲杯时间表It looks like they'll have up to 15 hours of battery life.
Amazon's checkout-free tech is heading to other retailers
A number of partners have already signed up for the 'Just Walk Out' system.
The Morning After: A cheaper Google Pixel and a flagship Motorola phone leaked
I'm ready for a new Pixel phone with a headphone port.
Google Maps borrows Lens tech to highlight popular restaurant dishes
A virtual overlay show plate descriptions and pricing.
Twitter labels video retweeted by Trump as 'manipulated media'
2020年欧洲杯时间表It's the first time Twitter has called a video "deceptively altered or fabricated."
Apple Watch might detect your blood oxygen levels
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Wear Fruit, Not Friends on Your Birthday, Prince Charles
Prince Charles celebrates his birthday on 14 November. Never one to miss out on treating a member of the royal family to a gift on their special day, PETA wanted to do something woolderful for the patron of the Campaign for Wool.
So, we sent him a soft, sustainable, and sheep-friendly scarf made from banana fibres, along with a letter encouraging him to clean sheep’s wool out of his wardrobe.
Banana fabric is kinder to animals and the environment than sheep’s wool, and we hope it will inspire His Royal Highness to embrace vegan fabrics.
The sustainable banana fibre is produced from the waste foliage of banana plants grown in the lowland Terai area of South Nepal. The plant has to be cut back after the fruit harvest so that it regrows for the next season, and trading this waste product provides the farmers with extra income.
Banana yarn is suitable for vegans and an ideal alternative for those who don’t want to see sheep suffer for an accessory.
What’s Wrong With Wool?
The wool industry breeds sheep to produce excessive amounts of wool, which is bad for their health, and the shearing process is more than “just a haircut”. PETA entities have released 14 exposés documenting cruelty to sheep at 117 wool operations on four continents, documenting cruelty every time.
In the UK, workers have been caught stamping and standing on sheep, slamming their heads and bodies into wooden floors, punching the gentle animals in the face, and crudely stitching up gaping wounds with a needle and thread.
In addition, the Pulse of the Fashion Industry report found that wool is one of the most environmentally damaging materials. Just like cows, sheep are ruminant animals with digestive systems that constantly generate methane, a greenhouse gas that’s 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere – which is fuelling the climate crisis.
Fabrics of the Future
It’s not just bananas. There are so many beautiful animal-free knits available that it’s easier than ever to leave sheep’s wool behind and shop with compassion.


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Nicola Lazenby, Marketing and Exhibition Manager for Salon International shares a preview of this year’s exhibition:
With just under four weeks to go until we open our doors, ExCeL London is literally bracing itself in anticipation for the start of Salon International 2013, which will continue to welcome thousands of hairdressing professionals from both the UK and abroad as they gather for the most spectacular and inspirational hairdressing event in the world – Salon International
The Hair Show will continue to form the hub of the event, displaying products and services from a wide array of exhibitors, allowing visitors to the show an ideal opportunity to try, compare and buy everything and anything a hairdressing professional could need – from salon furniture to software, scissors to straighteners, serum to shampoo and everything in between. What’s more, there’ll be a number of free live stages throughout the hall, including the Fellowship stage, as well as the HJ Stage, which this year will continue to present a two-hour HJ Men’s slot for each open day of the event.
Our Salon Live schedule will continue to offer a fantastic platform for some of the industry’s most respected and innovative creative teams to present their latest collections of awe-inspiring work. We are proud to presentSassoonAcademy, Patrick Cameron, Toni&Guy and TIGI Inspirational Youth to the stage for 2013.
New to the Salon Seminars line up for this year is Philip Kingsley Trichology Taster which joins both Mahogany and Saco who will continue to educate the masses with their close up and personal sessions.
Designed with salon owners and managers in mind, Business Extra will offer top tips and practical advice on a wide range of business issues. Darren & Jackie Ambrose will be talking “Staff Motivation”; Mark Woolley will be sharing his insights on “Creating a Successful Brand”; Stephen Gresty will be getting under the skin of “Emotional Intelligence”; whilst Ken Picton & Sally Learmouth will be discussing “Social Media and PR Solutions”.
As always, we’ve done our utmost to cram in as much as possible to keep our visitors inspired, educated, engaged and most importantly, in the mood for buying. We look forward to welcoming them and you to what we are sure is set to be yet another successful and rewarding event for all involved. See you on the 12th October.


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London duo Various (formally Various Productions) today launched a new website, and with it, a new EP sold directly from the site.
Featuring three new tracks from the pair, whose year had been quiet so far compared to an industrious 2009 which saw a new album and a series of remix singles, the EP is available digitally now over at various.co.uk, with, as usual, collaborative artwork by Various and London’s David “Bonesy” Bray. The tracks are titled ‘Greyface’, ‘Lost’, and ‘Gain’; the latter two can be streamed below.
Each month, the group promise to update the site with new music, artwork and video. A white label release of this EP is also forthcoming.


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PCEX Member has announced its launch in the Indian Cryptocurrency Market. The Trading Platform is launched in partnership with a leading Cryptocurrency Exchange, PCEX as a Trading member under its B2B Model. Now you can Buy, Sell, and Trade Cryptocurrency in India using INR on PCEX Member.
“The scenario in the Indian market has changed drastically over the past few months since the landmark judgment by the apex court of India. The verdict to curb the crypto ban on banks and the recent confirmation by RBI for the same has bought a fresh ray of hope for cryptocurrency exchanges to capture the Indian market.”
– Sandeep Phoghat, CEO & Founder, PCEX
“India is on the path of digital transformation with the government focusing on creating a Digital India. And what better way to do so than using digital currencies for day to day transactions.”
– Chavi Ahuja, Founder & CEO, PCEX Member
With the declining Stock Market, Cryptocurrency offers a better alternative as an investment option. Through PCEX Member, a new opportunity for investment is open for the Indian Individuals, Traders, and Investors. Now, traders, investors, and crypto enthusiasts can buy, sell, trade, or hold cryptocurrencies at PCEX Member to gain higher profits than the stock market.
Some Features offered by PCEX Member Trading Platform:
- Lowest Transaction Fee– The platform charges a single transaction fee of 0.2% on Spot Trading and 0.02% on Futures Trading.
- High Liquidity– Affiliation with a global exchange like PCEX affords PCEX Member with a high number of transactions resulting in higher liquidity.
- No Maker & No Taker Fee– PCEX Member does not have any Maker or Taker fees on any transaction in any crypto market for the first 25K new users.
- Seamless Interface– The user-friendly interface of the platform and it’s Mobile Application allows for smooth transactions.
- 5-layer Security– Apart from blockchain security, the trading platform has five additional security checks that leave one in a billion chance of a breach.
- Multiple Trading Pairs– PCEX Member has an array of cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and fiat currencies to offer its users multiple pairings for trading.
- Global Investment Scope– Unlike Stocks Market that limits the scope of investment to nationally registered companies, through PCEX Member, users can invest in a global market that is open for one and all.
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During the 1997 NBA All-Star Game in Cleveland, Ohio, the league announced its 50 greatest players of all-time. The gathering included world-class talents both new and old, with generational figures like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Hakeem Olajuwon all capturing coveted spots. Patrick Ewing was among the inductees, too, a moment Ewing Athletics honors 20 years later with their latest release.
The Knicks inspired aesthetic on this Ewing 33 Hi is inspired by a commemorative jacket given to Patrick at the awards ceremony during halftime of the game. The shoes also feature “50 Greatest Players” at the tongue along with traditional “Ewing” script at the heel counter.
Grab a closer look at this new drop from Ewing Athletics that hits stores this Friday, February 17, at EwingAthletics.com.


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A long and cool spring helped many outdoor retailers and manufacturers clean up leftover winter inventories, but don’t expect a big rush to restock.
While the accommodating weather and an improving economy have brought more confidence and optimism to the industry, caution remains.
The brutal “winter that never was” in 2011/12 and a tough early winter 2012/13, have altered production and ordering habits, including leaner lineups and smaller sales floor space dedicated to winter goods.
“We’re pretty excited to be back to full-priced items this winter as long as the weather shows up,” said Mike Massey, owner of Massey Outfitters in Louisiana. “That being said, we’ve tried to diversify away from weather-dependent product.”
Massey’s winter sales floor features a lot more paddle, cycling, running, fitness and lifestyle products than it did a few a years ago, he said. “We can’t afford to give 70 percent of the floor to just fleece and down.” Massey sees several brands responding to the trend and diversifying their product categories to become more year-round businesses.
Many retailers are in a good position heading into fall/winter, but will play it conservative with orders, said Roanne Miller, president of Grassroots Outdoor Alliance, representing about 100 specialty outdoor shops in North America. “Their plan is to stay at basic levels, not go deep into quantities, and then rely on ASAP orders as need be.”
Manufacturers are responding with leaner inventories, particularly on the hardgoods side, such as with skis and ski boots said Black Diamond President Ryan Gellert. “We’re playing it tighter … ‘scarcity’ seems to be the new buzzword among manufacturers.”
Could that backfire if a big winter shows up early this year? Consumers might grumble, but most in the industry probably wouldn’t mind a few shortages at this point.
“For the past few years, consumers have been trained to buy off price,” Gellert said. “That will take a few years to correct.” Lower inventories will help, but in addition, winter needs to come early, he said. “Some of these retailers have had just 30 to 45 days [at full price]. Once the discounting starts, it pretty quickly spreads.”
Scott Jaeger, senior retail analyst for Leisure Trends Group, said while retail inventory levels did come down this year, the dollars tied up in unsold stock is still running about 15 percent higher than the 10-year average, adjusted for inflation. That and other indicators, including winter equipment sell-ins still down by double-digit percents, has the analyst group projecting a slowdown in overall outdoor specialty sales during the second half of the year. Leisure Trend’s full-year 2013 estimates stand at 4 to 6 percent dollar growth, after a 9 percent increase through in the first half of the year.
There are some bright spots though, and they speak to the product diversification retailers are shifting toward, Jaeger said. Sportswear sales are strong and categories like yoga are making greater inroads at outdoor retail. The trend is toward more softgoods and technical-savvy lifestyle products at specialty, brick-and-mortar retail, he said, while hardgoods continue to shift more to online retailers.
Core outdoor isn’t dead. One the fastest-growing categories of late — backcountry ski and winter safety gear — is expected to build off its recent gains due to higher demand, better technologies and increased sidecountry/backcountry access, Gellert said. With that, he added, lies more responsibility and opportunities for all parties — from the brand to the user — to invest in winter safety education.
Winter weather and gear trends aside, outdoor retailers are keeping their eyes on few other key areas that will bring challenges and opportunities in the new year, Miller said.
“The new health-care law, the economic recovery and the evolving e-commerce market, are also top of mind for our members,” she said. “For the small independent business, there’s a lot to tackle.”