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The Geek Girl Report: What We Know (Or Think We Know) About the iPhone 5
Around this time last year, Apple got us all pumped up about the release of a new iPhone. But then we were somewhat let down to discover that it was just an upgraded version of their current phone. This time, however,it looks like we'll finally be getting the iPhone 5 we were expecting last year, and maybe a little bit more. Here's some of the rumors floating around about the new iPhone 5.
Bigger and Badder? (Most likely)
As usual, the rumors are claiming that the iPhone 5 will be bigger and badder than ever. Bigger case, faster processor, better graphics, it's all the standard fare, and will probably be the most notaclbe diffeecne between the iPhone4/4S and the iPhone 5. However, one rumor I hope will not prove to be true is the new docking system. Some are saying that the universal iPhone charger component could be changed, making all the other cables for my other Apple devices obsolete.
4G LTE Support at last? (Hopefully)
When Apple released the "new iPad" back in March, they finally included something fans have been clamoring for: 4G LTE network support. Apple's devices, particularly their phones, have been surprisingly hesitant to provide support for the faster network, while their competitors have been jumping all over it. But now that Apple has 4G on the iPad, it's a very good possibility that this new iPhone will include 4G LTE support as well, which means Apple's competitors will lose one of the few edges they have over the tech giant.
September release date? (Seems legit)
Apple seems to run a bit like clockwork. Every year around mid to late Fall, they make some sort of major product announcement just in time for people to put it on their Christmas wish lists. This time, the general consensus seems to be that Apple will be making the official announcement of the iPhone 5 on September 12th, and will be available in stores 9 days later on September 21st. If that's the case, I expect pre-orders for the iPhone will start on announcement day, and be all sold out within the next hour.
New iPad as well? (I doubt it...)
There has also been talk that the iPhone won't be the only product announced on that magical 9/12 date. Some rumors are saying that Apple could also announce a smaller iPad, dubbed the "iPad Mini" or "iPad Nano." This rumor appears to come from the assumption that Apple will have to have a product to compete with the smaller tablet computers, like the Google Nexus 7. But I'm not quite buying this rumor. Apple may very well be developing a new, smaller tablet. But the likelihood that it will be announced the same time as the new iPhone, especially considering that it hasn't even been 6 months since the "new iPad" released, is pretty low.
As always, keep in mind that these are all, for the time being, rumors. Nothing here has been confirmed or denied by Apple. However, if there is indeed a big announcement on September 12th, I'll have a full recap of it on a future edition of the Geek Girl Report.


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- Libraries across the U.S. are offering streaming movies to patrons via an agreement with Kanopy, a streaming service.
- Kanopy sees itself as an alternative, not a competitor, to Netflix by offering "quality, literate" content.
- Kanopy films are available to NYPL patrons and patrons of other libraries across many states.
If Netflix and Hulu are boring you with crass, lowbrow content, if you gravitate to arthouse and indie movies, if you're less into Song of Ice and Fire and more into India Song, it might be worth checking out your local library. But no need to get up from the couch and potentially spill your can of Pabst over your perfectly manicured beard — you can now stream these movies directly to your device.
Last Friday the New York Public Library let patrons stream videos and movies for the first time. The service, which is run by online video-streaming service Kanopy, includes a collection of arthouse, independent and classical films on demand. Users can browse content on the Kanopy website after logging into the NYPL online. "This content offering is so unique and worth presenting and logical to us that it makes absolute sense to do so," said Christopher Platt, chief branch library officer of the NYPL.
Platt says offering movies for streaming is part of the library's perpetual goal to offer formats patrons need.
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It's also hard to argue with a service that's free. Derek O'Donnell, senior analyst at Gartner, said the library's service might hit smaller players in the streaming space, like Amazon Prime, which has a thinner selection of streaming movies compared to larger competitors, like Hulu and Netflix. The library's offering may also find a niche with audiences seeking content inaccessible anywhere else, O'Donnell said.
The launch also reflects changing trends: mobile, connected and oftentimes younger users. A Fall 2016 Pew Research Center survey found 53 percent of millennials used a public library or bookmobile in the last 12 months, compared to 45 percent of Gen Xers and only 43 percent of baby boomers.
San Francisco-based Kanopy sees itself as an alternative — and not a competitor — to more mainstream services, like Netflix. "Many users come to watch films that aren't available on other platforms," said Kanopy CEO Olivia Humphrey. The emphasis, she says, is on "thoughtful entertainment" and focuses on independent films that touch on topics like immigration, diversity and LGBT rights. "It's really a different reason for coming to watch Kanopy," said Humphrey.
Kanopy — founded in 2008 in Western Australia — previously partnered with universities such as Yale and the University of Cambridge to make Kanopy's collection of films available to students for study. The company most recently launched their service to patrons of the Los Angeles Public Library and other regional libraries, in Illinois, Connecticut, California and other states, before the NYPL rollout. The company has partnered with local libraries across the country in the past and says other, smaller libraries are to be added soon.
The NYPL, which serves more than 17 million patrons across Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island, launched the service with Kanopy collection last Friday to offer "quality, literate" movies to its patrons. The service is available now to all NYPL patrons with a valid library card.

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Fendi has opened Fendi Ginza, a new flagship boutique infused with the latest global concept inside Ginza Six.
Renowned for the historically acclaimed craftsmanship of its skilled artisans and extraordinary creativity, the Maison’s core values and artistic passion will have unlimited exposure in this new boutique, one of the largest of its kind in Japan.
Spread across four floors – one basement floor and three above ground floors – the boutique will showcase both men’s and women’s collections, ranging from high-end furs, ready-to-wear items and leather goods to shoes and playful accessories.
The underlying concept at Fendi Giza and Fendi Omotesando is Rome, the city where the Maison was founded more than 90 years ago and that still today never ceases to inspire the Maison.
Inside the boutique, signs of the Eternal City of Fendi’s roots are visible at every corner like the historical monument Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana housing since 2015 the Maison’s headquarters and the brand’s ‘present’.


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Spotify on Thursday rolled out a brand new beta model of its Mac app that’s constructed for M1 chips. It guarantees “many compatibility enhancements and optimizations” for Apple Silicon machines, and anybody can attempt it out.
The general public model of the Spotify app — initially constructed for Intel-powered Mac fashions — already works simply effective on M1 machines. Nevertheless it wants Apple’s Rosetta 2 platform for translation, which isn’t best.
With the brand new beta, Spotify runs natively on M1 chips, so it needs to be rather a lot smoother and snappier than earlier variations of the app.
Get the Spotify beta with M1 Mac help
“We now have been working arduous backstage on this and are pleased to announce that we now have a Beta model of our app obtainable” with M1 chip help, Spotify introduced on Thursday.
“It options many compatibility enhancements and optimizations for the brand new Apple structure.” Anybody can obtain and check out the beta as we speak by downloading it from the Spotify web site.
After you’ve downloaded the .DMG file, drag it to your Purposes folder, changing any current model of Spotify that could be put in. You’ll be able to downgrade to the general public model later by merely downloading that.
Spotify warns that there could also be some “surprising conduct” with this model of the app — as is often the case with beta releases. It encourages customers to submit suggestions that might assist enhance the app.


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Grant Thornton appoints new Head of Food and Beverage
A corporate finance specialist, Trefor has extensive experience across the F&B sector, particularly within mergers and acquisitions, company sales, MBOs and refinancings.
In his new role, Trefor will head up a nationwide team including around 20 partners and directors with specialist experience in the industry.
Trefor’s appointment as Head of Food and Beverage is made in response to the increasing demand the sector has seen for M&A, restructuring, profit improvement and other professional advice as a result of increasing cost and consumer pressures. He drive the firm’s one-stop approach, pulling together all national and international cross-firm knowledge and experience.
Voted ’Young Dealmaker of the year for Wales’ in 2007, Trefor has worked for Grant Thornton since 1998, heading up the Cardiff and Bristol Corporate Finance Advisory team before joining the firm’s London team in 2009.
Speaking on Trefor’s appointment, Grant Thornton’s Head of Markets and Industries, David Maxwell, said: "Grant Thornton has a well-established multi-disciplinary F&B team which is respected in the industry. Trefor’s appointment is part of our growth agenda and the development of a leadership position in our chosen markets of which F&B is one.
Trefor Griffith said: "I am delighted to have been asked to head up our Food and Beverage sector. This is a key sector for Grant Thornton in the UK and internationally. As always there are a number of issues for businesses in the food and beverage sector to deal with and we can provide a number of value added services focussed on the needs of the sector. We are working with a number of excellent clients already and I look forward to working with my colleagues to strengthening our relationships with them and building the client base ."
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The sale of $24,000 worth of counterfeit 1988-89 O-Pee-Chee Brett Hull rookie cards to a New York dealer led to the arrest of a London, Canada, man Wednesday.
Frank Johnson was arrested by Suffolk County (N.Y.) police when he tried to complete a delivery of counterfeit Hull cards to dealer Robert Rubenstein of Commack, N.Y. Johnson has been charged with attempted grand larceny, possession of forged instruments and grand larceny.
Johnson is one of three men who allegedly sold thousands of counterfeit Hull cards to dealers throughout the U.S. and Canada.
''I had these cards checked by five people in Canada who swore they were real,'' said Rubenstein, who bought 800 cards in one transaction, 700 at a later date. ''When I found out the cards were fake, I called the police because Frank Johnson was supposed to bring more to my home Wednesday.''
Detectives Doug Kluepfel and Artie Nemes of the fourth precinct in Suffolk County arrested Johnson when he showed up at Rubenstein`s home.
''We`re still investigating the case,'' said Kluepfel. ''We`re also working with Canadian authorities.''
Kluepfel says, if convicted, Johnson faces a jail term of four to five years.
It took O-Pee-Chee, Topps` Canadian licensee, one week to determine the Hull cards were counterfeit. Chicago-area dealer Sally Grace sent the London, Canada, based company several copies of the nearly 300 cards she and another dealer bought from two other Canadians at card shows the weekend of Nov. 17-18.
''It was determined by our suppliers that they are indeed counterfeit,''
said O-Pee-Chee marketing and sales vice president Malcolm Bull. ''This is a very good fake, one that`s hard to detect.''
Grace says two men approached her with a quantity of Hull cards selling for $19 each, $16 if bought in quantity. The Hull O-Pee-Chee rookie card (No. 66) currently sells for around $30. After completing a deal, Grace became suspicious when hockey dealer/collector Steve Penhacker Jr. told her he thought the cards might be fake.
''Our industry is in big trouble,'' said Grace. ''These cards look outstanding. When I was offered 50 of them the first time, I took 29 and discarded the rest because of printer`s errors and other imperfections. The men offering these cards gave some people receipts and home phone numbers. I didn`t think anything of it until Steve said he thought the cards might be counterfeit.''
''I`m out around 150 cards, which isn`t the end of the world. The other dealer and I have contacted people we sold them to (for between $18-24 each)
and refunded the money for all but two cards we sold.''
Said Bull: ''We most certainly want to find the press these cards were made on and other people associated with Frank Johnson. Our police are following through on leads from around the United States where these three men traveled selling the cards.''
Says Rubenstein: ''I bought 10,000 Dave Justice Upper Deck cards a few weeks ago, so I didn`t think this was unusual. You can`t counterfeit Upper Deck cards (because of a special hologram).''
Differences in the counterfeit cards: No small yellow dot on a push-pin drawing above Hull`s name plate; greyish and fuzzy black dots under the name plate; ragged and broken type on cardbacks; and filling in of the center of the upper case ''A'' in type next to the NHL crest on cardbacks.


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“The logistics industry is experiencing a perfect storm of investment appetite, customer demand and technological innovation,” said Ian Worboys, CEO of P3 Logistic Parks. “No longer consigned to the shadows, the logistics industry is now one of the most attractive and stable investment classes around. We continue to remain customer-focused, and our growing base of retail customers appreciates P3’s flexible, long-term approach. And they keep coming back! That’s probably why we’re signing a new lease deal every 1.3 days, have a committed development pipeline exceeding 660,000 m², and are committed to building some of the largest spec projects in Europe.”
Deal & construction highlights from 2018 include:
- Commencement on P3’s first G+3 warehouse in Europe; a 190,000 m² development for a leading eCommerce customer in Italy
- A high-tech and semi-automated 30,000 m² BTS development for Lamborghini Ducati in P3 Sala Bolognese, Italy
- The commencement of construction on a 30,000 m² BTS development for Airbus in P3 Illescas, south of Madrid, Spain
- The development of a 130,000 m² brownfield project, P3 Kamen, in Germany, with a 37,000 pre-let to Arvato
- The installation of Virtuplex, by Etnetera, the largest B2B Virtual Reality experience in Europe, in P3 Prague Horní Počernice, Czech Republic
- The commencement of the largest speculative development in Czech Republic, 60,000 m² at P3 Lovosice.
- Development of new flagship park in Slovakia, P3 Bratislava Airport, with a 46,000 m² warehouse under development for retailer, Action
- Completion of a 30,000 m² BTS project in P3 Lomme, France for Ingram Micro
- The extension of P3 Piotrków park: in 2018 a total of 54,900 m² was completed and further constructions of a total area of 59,000 m² were commenced
- The acquisition of a 16-hectare site in northwest Bucharest, Romania, for an 80,000 m² logistic park
Since its acquisition by Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth Fund (GIC), in December 2016, for EUR 2.4 billion, P3 has increased its portfolio to more than 4.1 million m² of lettable area, with a land bank of more than 1.3 million m². Internally, P3 has grown to more than 140 real estate experts in nine countries across Europe. In 2018, P3 appointed a new Managing Director for its German operation, Sönke Kewtiz, a new Managing Director of its Polish operation, Bartłomiej Hofman, and a new Managing Director of its French operation, Christophe Chauvard.
P3 continues to follow its customer-centric strategy by producing another edition of its leading real estate trends and technology conference, P3 Momentum, in Prague this October, for more than 200+ business leaders and customers. Speakers at last year’s conference included VP and Head of Retail at DHL Supply Chain, Alex Hislop, Director of Merck Healthcare, Christophe Revirron, CEO of autonomous vehicle company Bedestrian, Shadi T. Mere and renowned futurist Sean Culey as keynote speaker.
On P3 Momentum, Worboys continues: “As we progress through the so-called ‘Information Age’, a few universal truths are emerging. Namely, that customer-centricity is at the heart of the new business norm. Personalisation, automation and servitisation of the warehousing and logistics industries are driving rapid change in how businesses are run and the space needed to store, fulfil, ship and process goods. It’s an exciting time, full of both creative and disruptive forces, and therefore P3 considers it our duty to understand, report and act on the trends impacting consumers and, more immediately, our customers.”
P3 is continuing its work as the first logistics warehouse developer in the world to join the UN Global Compact, an initiative based on CEO commitments to adopt sustainable and socially-responsible policies, by implementing green technologies in parks and cooperating with communities and professional/academic organisations in creating better warehouse spaces.


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Oprah Winfrey, the billionaire media mogul, has yet again snagged a huge profit from her investments. This time, it was from the diet and nutrition company, Weight Watchers International. Her shares from three years ago not only doubled or tripled in value but are currently valued at about 9 times the price she paid for it!
Back in October 2015, Oprah bought about 10% of the New York-based company at a price of about $6.79. It was at that time when Weight Watchers was still struggling. But with the help of the actress and former TV host’s endorsements, Weight Watchers saw its increase in the stock price.
In 2017, the shares reportedly increased to about $60.98.
Fast forward to March 2018, Oprah sold 25 percent of her shares in the company. It is a move described as a part of a normal diversification of her investment portfolio. Furthermore, 361,000 shares — which was sold for $22.6 million — were donated to her foundation, which supports several philanthropic efforts.
With 75 percent of shares, she plans to retain it and continue being a board member, adviser, spokesperson, and a significant shareholder in Weight Watchers.
“I am deeply committed to Weight Watchers and continue to see a bright future for the company,” said Winfrey. “I believe in Weight Watchers and I’m inspired every day by the millions of people around the world who are leading healthier and more fulfilling lives.”


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There have been countless Minecraft knockoffs since the indie game phenomenon exploded on to the scene a few years ago, but there’s one that might be able to move the needle. On Monday, following a week full of rumors, LEGO and TT Games launched a new, open-world game called LEGO Worlds in Early Access on Steam.
“LEGO Worlds is a galaxy of procedurally generated Worlds made entirely of LEGO bricks which you can freely manipulate and dynamically populate with LEGO models,” reads the description on Steam. The game features combat, exploration, racing and even real LEGO sets that you can find on store shelves.
Developer TT Games says the game will stay in Early Access throughout 2015 as features are added through regular updates. By the time the game officially launches, the team plans to have implemented underground cave networks, pre-generated towns, underwater gameplay, online multiplayer and more.
The game is currently available on PC for $14.99, but the price will go up once the team releases the final build. Watch the first trailer below, and check back soon for our first impressions of LEGO Worlds:


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Samsung appears to have its Galaxy Z Fold 3, Galaxy Z Flip 3, Galaxy S21 FE, Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, and Galaxy Watch Active 4 ready to launch in multiple colour options.
A mega launching event of Samsung will take place on August 11. Samsung smartphone, smartwatch, and earbuds will be launched in this Samsung Unpacked event. Although the images of these products have been leaked before the launch. According to the information, two new Galaxy Foldable smartphones, a Galaxy Fan Edition smartphone, and two Galaxy Watches will be launched in the launching event of August 11. Also, a new Galaxy Buds will be launched.
Specifications of Galaxy Z Fold 3
According to tipster Evan Blass, the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 3 smartphone will come in White, Green, and Black color options. The Galaxy Z Fold 3 smartphone can be offered with S Pen stylus support. Also, according to the leaked report, Galaxy Z Flip 3 will be offered in Purple, Black, Gold, and Green color options.
According to the recent leaked report, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 smartphone will be offered with an under-display camera. This will be a Samsung Galaxy smartphone, which will come with an under-display camera. The Galaxy Foldable Z Flip 3 smartphone can be launched with a bigger display.
A large external display of 1.83 inches can be given in Galaxy Z Flip 3. The phone will come with a dual-camera system. A 12MP main camera setup will be available on the phone. Also, a 12MP ultra-wide angle lens has been given.
The internal display of the Galaxy Z Flip3 will come with a punch-hole design display. The phone has a 10MP selfie camera. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 smartphone can be offered with Snapdragon 888 chipset. Both the foldable smartphones will be very light and cheap.
Galaxy Watch Active 4 Specifications
Blass has shared a GIF image of a mid-range smartphone Samsung Galaxy S21 FE. The phone can be offered in four color options. In another tweet, Blass shared images of two new Samsung Watches. Both these new smartphones will work on the common platform of Google and Samsung. The Galaxy Watch Active 4 can be offered in 44mm and 40mm screen sizes.
Active Noise Cancellation feature has been supported in Galaxy Buds 2. It can be offered in Grey, Purple, and White color options. The device lineup and launch date have been officially released by Samsung.


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Tenerife is the preferred winter destination for Thomas Cook and First Choice customers according to a study carried out by the two tour operators. Tenerife came out on top of a list of favoured wintering places, ahead of Sharm el Sheik, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, and Mexico in fifth place.
Tenerife Cabildo economy vice President and tourism councillor, Carlos Alonso, said that the results were very good news and derived from Tenerife’s character as destination leader, and consolidated the island as a valued holiday choice not just for British tourists, but for European ones at large since the two companies operate throughout Europe as well as in the UK.
Sr Alonso said that it shouldn’t come as a surprise thanks to Tenerife’s quality tourism offer which went far beyond just sun and beach. In 2011, British holidaymakers comprised the largest market with 1,650,000 tourists, followed by the Spanish themselves with 1,300,000, and then the Germans with 590,000. Hopefully this winter’s figures will be boosted by this study and help 2012’s results too.


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The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased to a three-month high last week amid rising layoffs in the technology sector, but that likely does not suggest a material shift in labor market conditions, which remain tight.
Weekly jobless claims data tend to be volatile around the start of the holiday season. Despite the increase in filing reported by the Labor Department on Wednesday, claims remained well below the threshold that economist said would raise red flags about the labor market. The jobs market has remained resilient in the face of the Federal Reserve’s most aggressive interest rate-hiking cycle since the 1980s aimed at curbing high inflation by dampening demand in the economy.
“Layoff announcements have picked up although there is no sign yet of broad-based redundancies,” said Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics in White Plains, New York.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted 240,000 for the week ended Nov. 19. Data for the prior week was revised to show 1,000 more applications filed than previously reported. Economists say claims would need to break above 270,000 to raise concerns about the labor market.
“Any sign of a sustained increase in claims that approaches the break-even level, or that consistent with no monthly job growth, would be cause for concern,” said Dante DeAntonio, an economist at Moody’s Analytics in West Chester, Pennsylvania. “There is still some room for the labor market to soften without raising a red flag.”
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 225,000 claims for the latest week. The claims data was released a day early because of the Thanksgiving Day holiday on Thursday.
Unadjusted claims shot up 47,909 to 248,185 last week. They were boosted by a 5,024 jump in California, likely reflecting the tech sector job cuts. There were also big increases in filings in Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, New York, Ohio and Michigan.
Economists, however, did not expect the technology sector layoffs would be a major drag on the labor market and the overall economy, noting that businesses outside the technology and housing sectors were hoarding workers after difficulties finding labor in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Layoff announcements need to be taken with a grain of salt as they’re not set in stone and businesses can adjust them,” said Ryan Sweet, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
“Still, if the largest layoffs announced so far in November were to occur this month, it would raise the unrounded unemployment rate from 3.69% to 3.80%, all else being equal.”
With 1.9 job openings for every unemployed person in September, some of the workers being laid off could find new employment quickly.
U.S. stocks opened lower. The dollar fell against a basket of currencies. U.S. Treasury prices rose.
The Federal Reserve has raised its policy rate by 375 basis points this year from near zero to a 3.75%-4.00% range.
The claims report also showed the number of people receiving benefits after an initial week of aid increased 48,000 to 1.551 million in the week ending Nov. 12.
The so-called continuing claims, a proxy for hiring, covered the period during which the government surveyed households for November’s unemployment rate. Continuing claims increased between the October and November survey periods. The unemployment rate was at 3.7% in October.
A separate report from the Commerce Department on Wednesday showed new orders for American-manufactured capital goods rebounded in October while shipments increased solidly, suggesting business spending on equipment started the fourth quarter on a strong footing.
Orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, rose 0.7% last month. These so-called core capital goods orders decreased 0.8% in September. The data is not adjusted for inflation. Core capital goods increased 9.2% on a year-on-year basis in October.
Shipments of core capital goods jumped 1.3% after dipping 0.1% in September. Core capital goods shipments are used to calculate equipment spending in the gross domestic product measurement. Business spending on equipment rebounded sharply in the third quarter after contracting in the second quarter.
Orders for items ranging from toasters to aircraft that are meant to last three years or more accelerated 1.0% in October after rising 0.3% in September. They were boosted by a 2.1% increase in orders for transportation equipment, which followed a 2.5% surge in September.
“The growth trajectory for the fourth quarter is slowing but not contracting,” said Jeffrey Roach, chief economist at LPL Financial in Charlotte, North Carolina. “However, the slowdown in global economic activity increases the risk of recession in 2023 but as of today, the economy is not in recession.”


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Dublin, Feb. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Kuwait Fitness Service Market Outlook to 2022 – by Revenue Stream (Gym and Personal Training), by Region, by Gender, by Membership Subscription, by Organized- Men’s Gym, Women’s Gym, Mixed Gym, CrossFit and Unorganized” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.
The Kuwait fitness service market revenue has been anticipated to grow registering a robust CAGR of close to 9% during 2017 to 2022. This revenue generation will be supported by the increasing number of membership which is expected to grow with a double digit CAGR of close to 10% during 2017 to 2022.
Competitive landscape of major players including Platinum Health Club, Oxygen Gym, Peak Fitness, Pilates and More, Fitness First, Flex Fitness, Circuit Plus, Flare Fitness, Desert Fitness, Orangetheory Fitness, Ras Al Salmiya, Spark Athletic Center, Al-Corniche and Inspire Fitness have been extensively covered including company overview, major business strategies, USP, financials, revenue streams, number of centers and various other parameters. The report also covers customer profiling and investment model along with analyst recommendation and macroeconomic variables highlighting the major opportunities and cautions prevailing in Kuwait.
The report is useful for existing fitness service providers, potential entrants, investors and other stakeholders to align their market centric strategies according to ongoing and expected trends in the future.
Kuwait Fitness Service Market Size and Overview
The Kuwait Fitness Service market has grown owing to the rising number of expatriate population, increasing obese population, rise in health consciousness among the adults, growth of national income, changing lifestyle of people, innovative marketing strategies being implemented by the fitness centers in the country, higher demand for fitness services by women and the growing number of penetration of international fitness brands across the country. The market is currently placed in growth stage with strong possibility for further growth at a much rapid pace. Profitability associated with fitness services is highly correlated with multiple factors such as improving the effectiveness of fitness services provided, cost reduction related to equipment procurement, customer retention and relationships, having diversified services portfolio with trained professionals, flexible schedule of classes and use of latest gym equipments amongst various others.
A major contributing factor to the boost in revenue had been the addition of integrated fitness services such as, Yoga, Pilates and Swimming; all under one roof. Remaining factors which have supplemented growth include increase in the demand for personal training and increasing national disposable income of Kuwait amongst various others.
In terms of membership, the Kuwait fitness service market observed a robust double digit CAGR over 2012-2017.
The fitness services market in Kuwait has been witnessing an upward trend and has registered a positive CAGR during 2012-2017 in terms of number of fitness clubs. The number of fitness centers in Kuwait has increased because of the expansion in the number of organized gyms, increase in the number of female specific fitness centers and increase in ease of doing business with the implementation of the new partnership law.
Kuwait Fitness Service Market Segmentation
By Revenue Stream: Membership fees have been the largest revenue generating segment in Kuwait in 2017. The revenue generated by Personal Training has particularly been benefitted by the continuous growth in the demand for qualified fitness professionals and certification courses in the country. New fitness centers mushrooming in majority of developing and developed cities, government’s indirect contribution to the market by construction of more number of parks, cycling lanes and running lanes to support and promote active lifestyle has contributed to change the mindset of the population to opt for fitness services.
By Market Structure: Unorganized sector has contributed majority share to the total revenue generated through fitness services in 2017. The remaining market share has been contributed by organized sector which includes various entities such as men’s gym, women’s gym, mixed gym and crossfit indulged in providing all kinds of fitness services. Unorganized centers have been better able to make use of this opportunity and enter the fitness industry because it is cheaper and for the fact that it is easier to set up an unorganized fitness center as compared to the organized one. Fitness First, Al Corniche, Circuit Plus have been some of the major organized players in 2017.
By Region: Hawalli has accounted for the maximum number of fitness centers because it is the commercial capital of the country. The major reason responsible for the concentration of fitness centers in Al Asimah has been the expanding business clusters in the region. With Al Asimah being the capital governorate of the country, majority of fitness centers have emerged here. Majority of the urban and wealthy population reside in these regions. This set of audience usually opts for a healthy lifestyle and has the resources to spend on fitness services. These regions are followed by Al Ahmadi, Al Farwaniyah, Mubarak Al Kabeer and Jahra in terms of having higher number of fitness centers in 2017.
By Gender: The market for fitness services had been majorly driven by the country’s male population due to the societal norms associated with women in Kuwait. Men have been found to be more prone to changing lifestyle trends and fashion trends associated with fitness in Kuwait. Women have started becoming more conscious and it has been witnessed that there has been a surge in the number of women members at various fitness service centers in the country. The demand for female specific services and fitness centers has already started picking up and this trend is assumed to continue in the future.
The industry is fragmented with the presence of several organized gym chains and number of unorganized fitness clubs in the country. These provide gym services along with supplementary facilities such as spa, sauna, swimming pool, showers, lockers and others.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Executive Summary
2. Research Methodology
3. Kuwait Fitness Service Market Introduction and Evolution
4. Kuwait Fitness Service Market Ecosystem
5. Kuwait Fitness Service Market Size (by Revenue, by Membership and by Number of Fitness Centers), 2012- 2017
6. Kuwait Fitness Service Market Growth Drivers and Trends
7. Challenges in Kuwait Fitness Service Market
8. Kuwait Fitness Service Market Investment Model
9. Kuwait Fitness Service Market Segmentation, 2017
10. Customer Profiling-Kuwait Fitness Service Market
11. Snapshot on Personal Training Market In Kuwait
12. Snapshot on Yoga Market in Kuwait, 2017
13. SWOT Analysis Kuwait Fitness Service Market
14. Competitive Landscape in Kuwait Fitness Service Market
15. Kuwait Fitness Service Market Future Outlook and Projections, 2018E- 2022E
16. Analyst Recommendations
17. Economy Analysis, 2012 – 2022E
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Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods names Mary O’Rourke head of its wholesale channel
Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods has named Mary O’Rourke as vice president of its broadline foodservice and wholesale business.
El Segundo, California, U.S.A.-based Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods (COSFF) promoted O’Rourke from her previous position as the company’s senior director of foodservice. In her new role, O’Rourke will lead a team that services regional wholesalers and independent operators nationally, the company said in a press release.
“We’re all very excited to see how Mary can bring her proven-experience in foodservice to the wholesale channel. This is a well-deserved promotion,” COSFF Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Brenden Beck said.
O’Rourke replaces David Litle, who will begin his new role as senior vice president of business development at Santa Monica Seafood at the end of April.
In her time as senior foodservice director, O’Rourke led COSFF’s relationships with foodservice broadline operators including Sysco, US Foods, and Performance Food Group. O’Rourke started her career in the seafood industry in 1998 with Empress International and joined Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods when the two companies merged in 2009.
COSFF is a fully owned subsidiary of the Thai Union Group. It operates seafood brands including Xcellent, Asian Gold, Orion, Van Camp, and Chicken of the Sea, sold at retailers, clubs, wholesalers, broadline foodservice operators, and national restaurants chains.


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Two powerhouse names in electronic music, EXIT and UKF have agreed to cross swords yet again.
Round 2 of their bass powered face off, UKF are set to transport some British talent for Serbia for the always in demand festival.
As ever, UKF aren't holding back. Rudimental took their sound from Hackney to the arenas, notching up breaks-inspired hits in the process.
Set to travel to EXIT, Rudimental will be joined by the likes of Gorgon City, Jaguar Skills and countless more.
It's not all big names, though, with new Black Butter signings My Nu Leng due to perform at EXIT.
Closing the event with style, UKF are set to invite Sub Focus to take part in their grand finale.
Tickets are on sale now.
EXIT festival runs between July 10th – 13th.


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Food photography firm welcomes Greencore Group to new £200k Leeds hub
Convenience food producer Greencore Group has become the first business to use a new Leeds-based content hub and workspace from food photographer Eat & Breathe.
Eat & Breathe launched The Hub in Leeds city centre last month alongside a second 4,000 sq ft creative studio with photography and editing equipment.
The firm has invested £200k in creating the facility, which provides space for food and beverage businesses to develop new products, present and film.
Irish convenience food giant Greencore Group has previously worked with the Manchester-based photography firm, and through its use of the new hub has access to professional kitchen facilities, meeting space, and technology to facilitate menu and recipe development.
Darren Hickson, director of photography at Eat & Breathe added, “We’ve had an on-going relationship with Greencore Group for the last 5 years or so and I was delighted to hear that they wanted to be the first guests to use our Hub facility.
“[Greencore] had a successful visit resulting in booking further dates with us. I’m looking forward to welcoming our next guests!”
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zPrime cost-cutting mainframeware gets traction
Neon chuffed, talking to DOJ and Brussels
Neon Enterprise Software, which in late June launched a tool which allows customers to run IBM mainframe apps for a fraction of the cost, is getting traction and not as much push-back from IBM as you might expect.
Neon' tool, zPrime, allows chunks of applications written for IBM's z/OS operating system to run on the relatively cheap specialty zIIP and zAAP engines Big Blue sells for something like a quarter of the price of a regular mainframe engine.
Neon has rolled out a zPrime release 1.2, which the company says has some features to make it easier to move workloads to the System z Integrated Information Processor (a System z mainframe engine restricted, in theory, for accelerating DB2 database functions) and System z Application Assist Processor (a z engine restricted, in theory, to running Java and XML workloads. (Since 2000, IBM has sold another specialty mainframe engine, called the Integrated Facility for Linux, that is designated to run a Linux operating system and its applications.)
IBM sells the zIIPs, which became available in June 2006, and the zAAPs, which made their debut in September 2004, for a lot less money than a regular mainframe engine running z/OS. How much less is hard to say, since Big Blue doesn't provide list prices for mainframe engines or z/OS any more since it wiggled out of its consent decree to settle two antitrust lawsuits (one in 1952 and the other in 1969) in 2001.
One of the many stipulations of that consent decree was that IBM had to provide list prices and a rental price that bore some resemblance to the list price. IBM does provide a price for the zIIPs and zAAPs, which cost $125,000 per engine on the high-end System z10 Enterprise Class servers and $47,500 per engine on the z10 Business Class boxes. Maintenance on zIIPs and zAAPs, says IBM, is a lot less expensive, and these engines do not incur software license fees, as other engines in a mainframe do.
With zPrime release 1.2, Neon says that it has streamlined the process by which applications can be offloaded to zIIPS and zAAPs and has finer-grained control over how workloads are moved. And the company, which has been pretty secretive about how zPrime works, is now telling customers that the tool uses Language Environment Initialization Exits, and according to Lacy Edwards, chief executive officer and chairman at Neon, here's the important bit customers need to hear.
"zPrime uses standard z/OS exits," Edwards explains. "So disabling zPrime means disabling a ton of other applications."
(For a more detail on how zPrime might work, see El Reg's original coverage here.)
In the wake of the zPrime launch, IBM trotted out letters from Mark Anzani, chief technology officer for IBM's System z mainframe line, warning customers that IBM did not know back in July, when the letters were written, how zPrime worked and that its use might be a violation of a customer's mainframe software license agreements to make use of the tool. Edwards said this was nonsense back in July, and he is not saying anything different today.
"IBM is continuing its aggressive campaign to scare customers away," says Edwards. "We have had over 200 customers' lawyers look at this, and not a single one agrees with IBM."
The customers who have kicked the tires on zPrime, or who are just interested in the possibility of using it, stand to save big bucks, perhaps millions to hundreds of millions of dollars per year in software licensing fees, hardware charges, and maintenance fees. zPrime has the potential to really hurt IBM's $4bn mainframe hardware franchise and the very profitable mainframe software business it has - both of which go a long way towards funding those stock buybacks that IBM is so fond of.
In the Anzani letters from July, IBM was hinting that in creating zPrime, Neon might be violating its own license agreements with IBM for mainframe software and added that it might also be violating IBM's intellectual property.
"IBM has backed off on making any statements that zPrime violates any intellectual property or license agreements," says Edwards. "And IBM has not provided, in writing, any specific provisions in the customer license agreements where zPrime violates the licenses."


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Ride-hailing company Uber, on Wednesday (August 26), launched an on-demand auto-rental service in India, which would allow customers to book an auto for several hours, and make multiple stops during the journey.
The service is available in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune, the company said in a statement.
Prices for the new service would start at INR 169/hour for a 10 km package. Customers would have the option of selecting packages for multiple hours, running up to a maximum of eight hours.
The company statement mentioned that the service was India-centric.
Last month, it was reported that Uber was working to expand its last-mile business to customer (B2C) and customer to customer (C2C) logistics service, to offset the fall in revenue from the traditional ride-hailing service amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The company introduced a C2C delivery service called ‘Uber Connect’ earlier this year to allow residents to send and receive items from each other within city limits. Just like Dunzo, it also allows customers to order items from nearby retail stores. Besides, it also partnered with companies like Nature’s Basket, Big Basket, Spencers, Flipkart, Medlife for the last mile-deliveries of items. As of last month, Uber claimed that it had completed more than 1 lakh home deliveries in 11 cities as part of the last-mile delivery service.
Despite the many efforts made by Uber to offset the financial disruption caused by the pandemic, the lockdown-induced fall in revenue was too much to bear. The San Francisco-headquartered company’s global cost-cutting drive reached India in May when it announced layoffs for 600 employees in the country across departments such as customer and driver support, business development, legal, finance, policy, and marketing verticals. The India layoffs were part of the global downsizing exercise in the wake of the pandemic, which has impacted more than 3,700 Uber employees.
Earlier this month, the company permanently shut its Mumbai office, with no plans as yet of moving to a new location.


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NEW YORK — Kenzo is finally coming to America.
The Paris-based firm, whose three scents posted a global wholesale volume of around $50 million last year, will undertake a full-fledged U.S. fragrance launch for the first time in August with Parfum d’Ete.
Parfums Givenchy will handle U.S. distribution of Parfum d’Ete, a women’s scent launched in Europe in 1992. Givenchy will also be in charge of the upcoming introductions of Kenzo’s signature fragrance, which was launched in 1988; Kenzo Pour Homme, launched in 1991, and a third women’s scent slated for a European introduction later this year.
Givenchy and Kenzo are both owned by French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
“Kenzo is a major player in France and has become a solid niche marketer worldwide,” said Robert Brady, president of Parfums Givenchy’s U.S. branch. “But they also never felt they were quite ready to come here. It’s very expensive to get started in the U.S. because it’s such a large and diverse market, and it’s more difficult to make a typical customer profile.
“Givenchy has shown the ability to launch new fragrances well and profitably — Amarige was profitable from year one,” continued Brady. It was launched here in 1992.
“LVMH has the confidence to put the resources behind this venture,” he added.
Those resources are vast. LVMH acquired 25 percent of the Kenzo fashion and fragrance businesses last May, and took over the rest in June, paying a total of $82 million. The company also owns the Christian Lacroix and Christian Dior fashion and beauty businesses and acquired Guerlain SA last month for $343.5 million in stock. (See related story, page 8.)
“There is a lot of backing now, yes,” said Pierre Broc, president of Tamaris-Parfums Kenzo, the fragrance subsidiary of Kenzo SA. Broc reports to Jean Courtiere, president of Parfums Givenchy.
“But our main benefit will be from using Brady and his team because they have expertise in this market, which we did not have,” he said. “We’re going to use Givenchy’s sales force, but the rotators will be for Kenzo only.
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“America is now the number one market in the world,” he added. “We have been a little bit terrified of the U.S. There are too many giants. What we have to do is create a nice little niche.”
The Kenzo fragrances have already been test-marketed in the U.S. in a small number of stores, including Jacqueline in San Francisco, Lily’s in Miami and Cosmetics Plus in Manhattan.
Due in part to a strong showing in the test stores, Parfum d’Ete was tapped to be the first nationwide introduction, despite being the newest scent in Kenzo’s stable.
“It’s also been doing substantially better than the signature fragrance on a worldwide basis,” Brady noted.
He maintained that even though the product’s name translates as “perfume of summer,” its sales will not be clustered during the warmer months.
“We like to think of it as an attitudinal fragrance, not seasonal,” Brady said.
The scent will be introduced in 100 to 150 doors, he said, with distribution kept small until the beginning of next year, when “we might add 300 to 500 doors.”
He said specific launch stores had not yet been settled upon.
“It will have to be quasi-exclusive simply due to the small number of doors,” Brady said. “In New York it will most likely be in an exclusive arrangement, and in L.A. it will probably be semi-exclusive, with two or three stores.
“With the price points we’re carrying, we have to keep it tight,” he continued. “When you get rarified, you have to limit your horizons.”
The Parfum d’Ete prices are slightly above those of Amarige, Brady noted, and are comparable to those of high-end scents such as Boucheron and Tiffany.
The brand will be launched with six fragrance items: a 7.5-ml. perfume for $75; a same-size refill for $52.50; a 50-ml. eau de toilette pour for $52.50; a 100-ml. version for $72.50; a 50-ml. eau de toilette spray for $55, and a 100-ml. version for $75.
A body lotion, at $34 for a 200-ml. bottle, will foreshadow the launch next year of a full bath and body line.
The scent itself, created by International Flavors and Fragrances, is described by the company as a green floral, and the packaging ties in with the theme. The translucent bottles are shaped like leaves, right down to the veins and a bead of glass meant to resemble a drop of dew.
As with Amarige, Brady said, promotional activity for Parfum d’Ete will focus on fragrance samples, with the bulk distributed through scented strips, remittance mailings, store catalogs and in-store personnel.
A new print advertising campaign for the scent will make its worldwide debut at the time of the American launch. The tagline will be “Kenzo captures summer in a perfume.”
Brady would not discuss Parfum d’Ete’s advertising budget, but he did say that “we’ll be working with similar resources to what Amarige launched with.”
Industry sources estimated a minimum of $3 million was spent to back up the Amarige introduction.
Brady also projected that Parfum d’Ete would post a volume similar to that achieved by Amarige in its first year. Sources estimate Amarige, which also had a limited distribution, surpassed its initial projection of $10 million wholesale, ringing up $12 million in sales.
“Kenzo and Givenchy are cut from the same cloth,” Brady said. “That’s why we’re using a lot of the same strategies we used with Amarige. If it worked once, why not use the same approach?”
Next in line for a U.S. launch, Brady said, would most likely be Kenzo Pour Homme next year, followed by either the signature fragrance or the yet-to-be-launched item.
While Kenzo’s strategy is mostly in place, Brady would not comment on rumors that LVMH will attempt to revive the Christian Lacroix fragrance business through Givenchy.
“Je ne sais pas,” he said, although he added that he thought LVMH is primed for some kind of further expansion.
“LVMH is going to be a very active player in this arena,” Brady said. “They like the cosmetics and fragrance business, and they understand the prestige market. The trend of late has been toward consolidation and contraction, but they tend to keep individual brand identities, which is good.
“LVMH is not done,” he added. “I wouldn’t be surprised if they make some more moves soon.”


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CSGF quarterly newsflash compilation
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A successful convening of the large-scale sports venue construction and operation in the new era and national fitness summit forum
Organized by China Sporting Goods Federation (CSGF), National Sport Standardization Technical Committee, Sport Bureau of Zhejiang Province and the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 Organizing Committee, the CSGF Public Interest Seminar and Training Session (Shaoxing) was held in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province during July 10 to 13, 2019. A total of 330 representatives from 22 provincial, autonomous regional and municipality level sport bureaus, sports training centers, public fitness centers and venues attended the event.
CSGF and Chinese Roller Sports Association launch a promotion event for group sports standards of skateboard
On August 16, 2019, the 2019 roller skating and skateboard coach and referee trainingcourse (Shenyang) organized by Chinese Roller Sports Association and supported by Shenyang Sports Federation was held in Shenyang City University. From a standpoint of ensuring consumer safety, testing competition methods and being geared to international standards, the regulators set the institutional standards of skateboard to demand higher quality and safety of skateboard in the competition.
The meeting to review the institutional standards of inline skates was successfully convened
A meeting to review the institutional standards of inline skates was held on September 17, 2019 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. Zhang Xiaojing, director of Standard Dept of CSGF attended the meeting. Seven standard drafting companies also attended the meeting, including firms of the whole industrial chain of product and component manufacturing. They participated in the institutional standards setting and rigidly reviewed the submitted draft article by article. Over 10 tests to verify the performance of the products were conducted during the meeting.
CSGF Public Welfare Symposium (Qinghai Station) successfully held
CSGF Public Welfare Symposium (Qinghai Station), jointly sponsored by the China Sporting Goods Federation, the National Sporting Goods Standardization Technical Committee, the State Sports General Administration Training Bureau and the Qinghai Provincial Sports Bureau, was held on 17-20 Sep, 2020 in Xining, Qinghai Province.
Mr. Li Hua, President of the China Sporting Goods Federation, representatives of partners and member companies attended the meeting. Industry experts and entrepreneurs were invited to share experiences and cutting-edge technology with the participants.
CSGF Representatives Visiting Member Company in Dongguan
CSGF workshop was held in Dongguan on 24th Sep. Representatives of CSGF, member companies and local sports department attended the meeting.
Mr. Xie Kun, Director of Exhibition Department of CSGF made a brief introduction of CSGF, China Sport Show and sporting goods standardization system, and invited sporting goods companies in Dongguan to communicate and work with CSGF for the development of the industry. CSGF representatives then visited Duoha Sport & Fun Park, remarkable project of Siboasi Sports Goods Technology Co., Ltd.


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Brexit and trade dominate beef roundtable meeting
The tenth meeting of the Beef Roundtable took place in Dublin today with Brexit and trade developments dominating the agenda.
Acknowledging the resilience shown by the sector in 2017, Minister Creed emphasised the contribution made across the beef sector which has allowed it to react to the challenges it has faced, most notably since the result of the Brexit referendum in the UK last year.
Minister Creed said: “It is encouraging to see how the sector has responded positively in the first six months of 2017 to the challenges it has faced. In particular I note the strong performance of live exports which are 43pc ahead of last year and the growing third country trade which has seen markets in Asia especially, showing strong increases in the value of exports in the first quarter.“
In addition to updating the Roundtable on the work of the Government and the Department in response to Brexit, Minister Creed also provided updates on his most recent trade missions and his continuing work in opening international markets to Irish food and drink: “I am cognisant of the importance of having as many markets as possible open to Irish food and drink. Since I became Minister I have and am continuously working to expand market access for all agri food exports. We are beginning to see the fruits of this increased focus.”
Referring specifically to the trade mission undertaken last month to the USA and Mexico, Minister Creed referred to the recent granting of approval by the USDA to the Bord Bia Process Verified Programme and its importance to overall strategy for the marketing of Irish beef in the USA.
“I was delighted to see the approval by Bord Bia of the Process Verified Programme for labelling Irish beef as grass fed and reared outdoors. I believe that this is a major milestone in our attempts to firmly establish Irish beef in the US market and one which will hopefully provide further momentum to the sale of Irish beef in the US.”
The Minister also provided the Roundtable with an update on progress in different international trade deals affecting Ireland and Irish beef reminding the Roundtable that notwithstanding the primacy of Brexit, other international trade deals are of significant importance to Irish beef:
“Whilst Brexit is very much a key priority for my office at the moment, I can assure you that activities in ongoing international trade agreements are being closely monitored.”


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From a daily fitness companion to a medical advisor, the role of healthcare wearables in our lives is growing at an exponential rate. Market researchers reveal that by 2021, the global annual Healthcare Wearable Device Shipments will touch 98 Million. Out of the wearables, the fitness trackers, smart watches, and connected wearables will play a key role influencing the wellness of users in the immediate future. Healthcare sector is also looking at the possibilities of exploiting wearables for the purpose of remote health monitoring. Wearable technology is one of the most influential fitness trends in 2016. 1 out of every 5 Americans now has a wearable device such as fitness band or smart watch. The potential is huge, even with existing technology, and in the coming years, as technology is fully leveraged, and the limitations sorted out, wearables are likely to change the entire nature of healthcare and allied industries.
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In nearly every state, you can sign up for Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) networks and get fresh veggies delivered to your doorstep. The kale and cucumbers that come in those weekly cardboard boxes support hard-working local farmers and are often cheaper than the organic grocery aisle. But soon those wholesome snack packs will include a different — and more buzz-worthy — type of green.
In the coming years, California farmers — working in a state where medical marijuana cards are notoriously easy to get — plan to roll out America’s first crop of marijuana CSAs, stocked with seasonal produce and freshly harvested pot. The boxes will include, for example, potatoes, collards, tomatoes, and cauliflower, along with a bud of the week, says Casey O’Neill of HappyDay Farms, which grows six strains of cannabis and dozens of other crops on 20 acres in Mendocino County.
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Apple and two metal manufacturers – Alcoa and Rio Tinto, have launched a joint venture with the purpose of smelting aluminum in a new way, that allows to exclude gas emissions causing greenhouse effect.
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Yesterday the tech giant’s announcement said that the groundbreaking technology produced by the team found a substitute for carbon, usually used for smelting, which is a high-tech conductive material. This new means lets emit oxygen in the process of production instead of CO2, which opens the road for environmentally-friendly manufacturing of aluminum.
Apple takes very seriously the idea of developing technologies for the benefit of the planet and leaving it prosperous for the next generations, tech company’s CEO Tim Cook said.
The company is proud to take part in this promising initiative, and eagerly awaits the time when aluminum made without carbon dioxide emissions could be used for its products, he also said. Now the bulk of Apple's gadgets need aluminum for production, among which iPhones and iPads.
The three companies along with the Canadian and Quebec governments are going to jointly invest $144 mln for more research and development of the technology.


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Student entrepreneurs are on the rise
For student entrepreneurs, opportunities abound in London. King’s College London’s King’s20 accelerator promises to support 20 students with approximately £60,000 to launch and scale up their startups, with mentoring, grant funding and more. The Hatchery is UCL’s business incubator for startups looking to ‘sharpen their entrepreneurial skills’ by building valuable industry contacts and accessing individual support.
Entering these innovative spaces is a lengthy process, and applicants must prove their idea provides a solution to a problem, or plugs a gap in the market. But for students, growing their ideas into sustainable businesses in the familiar campus environment is made more appealing by the fact that these incubators have no private ambitions and take no shares or ownership.
Alex Kay is the founder of bio-bean, which recycles waste coffee grounds on an industrial scale. He sings the praises of the Hatchery. “Our initial Bright Ideas award of £25,000 was the first real boost in funding which allowed me to commit to the business full-time and helped make bio-bean a reality”, he said. Kay considered how to dispose of waste coffee grounds, and developed a process to turn them into clean fuels. In 2017, bio-bean announced a collaboration with Shell to power London buses with biofuel made partly from coffee grounds.
In a saturated job market where ‘transferable skills’ and ‘commercial awareness’ are all the rage, incubators are one of the ways universities are helping students to apply their theoretical knowledge to practical projects. Bolstered by the success of giants such as Instagram, GroupOn and GitHub, all former startups, students are increasingly willing to forgo traditional career pathways in favour of running their own business. In 2017, the number of company directors under the age of 30 increased to 311,550 from 295,890 in 2015.
Fleurette Mulcahy and Alice Holden of Atollo Lingerie, a specialist plus-size lingerie brand, attributed youth and lack of financial commitments to their decision to start their own company: “At the age we were, we had no liabilities like a mortgage, family or children dependent on us or our income. Therefore we knew financially this was the best time to get cracking with revolutionising the D+ lingerie market!” Following funding from KCL Entrepreneurship competitions and angel investors, the pair initially struggled in the male-dominated market, but were soon back on track. Now they hope to expand into sportswear and mastectomy-centred
pieces. Their ultimate goal? “Global boob domination”.
A university’s global reputation can maximise the social and economic impact of these startups. Imperial College London, the UK’s most innovative university according to Reuters, advocates for a “rich and rapidly expanding entrepreneurial ecosystem” and ventures stemming from within support more than 1,300 jobs, with £900m of investment since 2012. King’s College London’s Strategic Vision 2029 echoes a similar sentiment in advocating for innovation on an international scale.
TRICKNTREAT, founded by Hansa Shree and Kaavya Sridhar, provides lab-like accuracy and speed at diagnosing infectious diseases in rural India. Working with Imperial’s Enterprise Lab helped the pair with funding opportunities and bespoke training, and Shree credits the Enterprise Lab with connecting the fledgling business to potential interns, venture capitalists and advisers. Next, they plan to build a device that can detect and differentiate between any two diseases.
For international students looking start entrepreneurial ventures in the UK, visa fears and bureaucracy are another obstacle. The Hatchery can sponsor individuals under Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Visas, which enable international students to extend their stay and set up a business, if they have a “credible idea”. Malav Sanghavi, founder of LifeCradle, was a recipient. He developed LifeCradle as a low-cost neonatal incubator, which could widen access to good neonatal care in India. He made the Forbes 30 under 30 List, was a project winner at the 2016 Vatican Youth Symposium and plans to expand his line of incubators across India and into Africa by 2022.
While startups are commonly associated with the tech or retail industries, opportunities abound elsewhere. Martina Eco, founder of 3p Translation, said: “Since working as a freelance translator and interpreter I’ve never thought of myself as an entrepreneur or a business owner”. But a staff member at London South Bank University encouraged her to submit her interpretation business to the Make it Happen competition, where she finished as a runner-up. 3p Translation is now a thriving company focused on refining British products and services for the Italian market. When asked for her advice to young entrepreneurs, Eso said: “Try, fail, and try again while never losing sight of the big plan”.


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NPE2018 sells out its exhibit space
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Exhibit space sold out at the space draw, which was held in March. The show returns to Orlando from May 7-11, 2018.
For the first time ever, exhibit space for the NPE trade show in Orlando, Fla. has sold out.
Sell-out status was reached during the space draw for the show, which was held in Orlando from March 20-22.
“We anticipated NPE2018 would break the record we set in 2015, but it’s incredible that we exceeded our numbers during the space draw, a full 14 months ahead of NPE2018,” said William Carteaux, president and CEO of the Plastics Industry Association, which organizes the show. “The industry leaders and decision makers who come to NPE2018 actively seeing new technology solutions will absolutely find them among our diverse, bustling exhibit halls.”
In a statement, the Plastics Industry Association said that it will work to accommodate exhibitors still waiting for booth assignments with limited availability in several technology zones.
“Additional exhibit space could become available in the coming weeks for potential exhibitors who weren’t slotted during the space draw,” the statement said. “Applicants unable to secure booth space on the exhibit floor will be contacted in order of space draw pick in the event of changes or cancellations.”
NPE2018 will be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando from May 7-11, 2018. The show is expected to draw more than 65,000 people from processors, materials suppliers, machinery makers, and other plastics industry professionals.
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Al-Futtaim Group, one of the country's largest family conglomerates, will chart new waters with a boat services company as part of its growing operations.
The group yesterday launched Al-Futtaim Marine, a premium boat services and brokerage company, at the Dubai International Boat Show.
"The Al-Futtaim Marine team has vast experience in the boating business in the UAE and the Middle East and we hope to become the UAE's, and ultimately the region's, largest recreational boat and yacht retailer," said Toby Scruby, the general manager for the new company.
The new company, which is to open next week, will offer new and used-yacht brokerage and sales, maintenance and repair services, insurance and sales of new engines and marine component parts.
It will also offer consultancy services to prospective boat buyers and eventually wants to partner a global manufacturer to become an exclusive local dealer.
"I am sure that Al-Futtaim is looking not only at the UAE, but at how the UAE is becoming a yachting hub within the entire Gulf region now, and therefore they think it's an opportune time to offer these kinds of services and products today," said Erwin Bamps, the chief operating officer of Gulf Craft, a yacht and boat manufacturer based in the UAE.
The arrival of the new company is likely to make it easier and potentially more affordable for customers to buy boats, he said.
"When people don't really know how they will own one, register one, insure one, operate and maintain one easily, then the actual purchase is not going to even happen," Mr Bamps said. "I believe that Al-Futtaim is seeing through that, just what we have been noticing over the last few years, that clients are eager to find somebody that is a one-stop shop.
"The recession has made people think a little bit more and instead of being adventurous about the way they spend money, they're a little bit more careful now."
Al-Futtaim Marine comes under the umbrella of Al-Futtaim Automotive, which provides the largest part of the group's revenue, dominating the UAE car market as the distributor of Toyota, Lexus, Honda, Volvo, Chrysler and Dodge vehicles. Al-Futtaim also has interests in retail, property and construction across the Middle East.
"Al-Futtaim Marine is a milestone development in the group's strategy and signifies the beginning of an extremely exciting time for the marina and marine services industry in the region," said Len Hunt, the president of the automotive division.
The Al-Futtaim Marine office will be located facing the 78th berth on Festival Marina, the yachting facility within Dubai Festival City, which is owned and operated by the group.
Al-Futtaim, which was founded more than 70 years ago, has more than 40 companies and 20,000 employees in at least 20 countries.
It has mall projects worth billions of dirhams under construction in Cairo and Doha, and the company recently embarked on a US$500 million (Dh1.83 billion) programme of acquisitions in Saudi Arabia and Asia.


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An olm can become “Slovenian of the year”
Slovenian biologists are excited: the olm from Postojna Cave can be born in June. Olms are also known as “baby dragons”. They live deep remote caves away from people. Even though the olms live up to a hundred years, they only breed once in ten years. This event is absolutely stunning; since this is the first time the scientists might be able to see a baby of an olm. They have only met a two-year-old olm before, so this case is truly extraordinary, the Guardian conveys.
The tourists are no longer able to see the “baby dragon”. The olm and the eggs were hidden in a dark corner with extra oxygen at Postojna Cave to prevent any prey attack. 2 years ago, the olm has also laid eggs, but, other creatures living in the aquarium hunted the eggs and broke them. So this time, the preventive actions were taken. The visitors can watch the live streaming from the cave on a screen near the aquarium. Excited Slovenians say that this “baby dragon” might become a “Slovenian of the Year”.
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Scam E-mail Targets Tax Payers at England
In a recent scam, the owner of Riverhouse Inn, a restaurant in Weymouth (Dorset, England) Lorraine D'Agostino, has been alerting the tax payers, mainly business class people residing in England on a fake e-mail threat, reports dorsetecho.co.uk on July 24, 2011.
By the mail message, she was to pay a due of more than £270, as a tax refund. Initially, she thought the mail to be a genuine one as it had a realistic form. Even from the e-mail address, it seemed that the mail had arrived from the government source.
The mail caught D'Agostino's suspicion as being a holder of a larger business, a tax accountant only deal with accounts and people never pay the returns online. Thus, she repeatedly read the e-mail and thinking it to be a computer virus invited Customs and Excise to intervene into the matter, who finally claimed it to be a scam, reported dorsetecho.co.uk on July 24, 2011.
The irony of the fact however lies in the success of these kinds of scam e-mails on tax refund targeting tax payers, indicating that people like D'Agostino are still falling prey to these kinds of scams.
Mrs D'Agostino also administered that small businesses should be wary towards these kinds of scam e-mails. She was also feeling at destitute on considering herself to be an easy prey if she were a small business for which she wanted to help others, reported dorsetecho.co.uk on July 24, 2011.
However, HMRC signifies that these kinds of mails target the tax payers only through post and it does not use other mode like telephone. In fact, claimants are recommended not to accept mails from any other agencies apart from HMRC as this is the sole responsibility of this department only.
HMRC also recommended recipients of such fake mails as mentioned above to send at email@example.com.
However, due to phishing attacks of similar kinds, Symantec revealed in July 2011, that the UK has witnessed an increase in its phishing attacks during July 2011, taking the ratio as one in every 127.9 e-mails.
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- Nike has asked a federal agency for an order that would force Adidas to pull products from shelves.
- The move is the latest volley in an ongoing high-stakes dispute over knitted-shoe technology.
- Experts characterized the move as aggressive and said it likely reflects Nike's confidence.
On Wednesday, Nike upped the stakes in a long-running battle with Adidas over knitted-shoe technology by asking a federal trade agency for an order that would force Adidas to pull some of its most popular products from store shelves.
In its complaint to the US International Trade Commission, Nike alleged that Adidas' Primeknit infringed on some of its Flyknit technology patents. Nike also wants the agency to order a halt to Adidas imports of infringing products.
The action is the latest in a series of lawsuits filed by Nike as it more aggressively protects its intellectual property. In recent months, the company has sued sneaker customizers and a design studio that collaborated with Lil Nas X. It also settled ongoing patent litigation with Skechers.
Numerous Adidas products incorporate Primeknit. Those mentioned in the complaint include Ultraboosts and some Pharrell Williams, Stella McCartney, and Stan Smith sneakers.
In the complaint, Nike said those were only a few examples because of "the large number of infringing Primeknit styles."
Some Yeezys, Adidas' most hyped line, also use Primeknit.
Matt Powell, a senior advisor for the NPD Group, said Adidas sold $800 million worth of sneakers with "knitted uppers" in the US in the past 12 months. NPD does not break out Primeknit sales in its market data.
A legal fight that goes back almost a decade
The battle between Nike and Adidas over knitted-shoe technology stretches back to 2012.
Nike said it cost over $100 million and more than a decade of research and development to invent Flyknit, which debuted at the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
Nike also said that Adidas had "forgone independent innovation" and had instead essentially copied its Flyknit technology.
Adidas previously said it had been developing Primeknit for three years before its release, which came four months after Nike released Flyknit.
Last June, an appeals court ruled in Nike's favor after Adidas challenged the validity of two Nike Flyknit patents.
Craig Nard, a patent-law professor and the director of the Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology, and the Arts at Case Western Reserve University, said Nike seemed confident in its case, possibly because of two recent appellate victories.
"By enjoining someone from selling or importing, you're shutting them down," he said. "Nike is being very aggressive. The potential remedy is significant."
Doug Lichtman, a UCLA law professor, said one of the advantages of bringing a case before the International Trade Commission is that it works faster than civil court. Decisions typically take around 18 months, he said. Complex civil lawsuits can stretch significantly longer.
Nike on Wednesday also filed a parallel civil lawsuit in Oregon federal court against Adidas that makes similar arguments and seeks damages that include "no less than a reasonable royalty" for infringing shoes, the company said. It also seeks attorney fees, damages, and a permanent injunction against Adidas.
"We are currently analyzing the complaint and will defend ourselves against the allegations," an Adidas spokesperson said in an email. "Our Primeknit technology resulted from years of dedicated research and shows our commitment to sustainability."
A Nike public-relations official said in an email that the company doesn't comment on active litigation.


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Caltex Australia has revealed its plans to buy back its petrol stations from franchisees.
The company will buy out its network of franchisee-owned petrol stations, ending a long line of franchisee business and the franchise model along with it.
The plan is to then to elevate the convenience and petrol retailing to equal strategic billing with fuel marketing The Australian reported.
The buy back is expected to cost up to $120 million, to take control of the remaining franchise sites and company leased sites by mid-2020.
Caltex chief executive Julian Segal said operating the core of the business was the best way to achieve the company’s strategic objectives.
“We have a set of very important assets,” he said.
“We realise there is an opportunity to reinvent convenience. That is a very wise decision but a complex one.”
Caltex’s FY2017 Results media release stated that:
Company operation of this core business is key to accelerating the changes required to:
- provide a more consistent customer experience;
- roll out new platforms;
- standardise services; and
- simplify supply arrangements.
“As at 31 December 2017, a total of 314 sites within the 810 Caltex retail consumer network were company operated,” the release said.
“This compares with 152 sites at 31 December 2016, and 233 as at 30 June 2017. Caltex franchisees operate 433 sites. Caltex aims to transition all retail franchise sites to company operations by mid-2020.
“Franchising has been an integral part of growing the retail business. Caltex appreciates that this is a significant decision and it will affect many of our franchisees. Caltex will work with our franchisees to manage the impact of this change, including by offering franchisees transition support and offering employment to all franchisee employees.”


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Netflix is teaming up with Sanrio yet again on a new series! While Aggretsuko carries on with its heavy metal breakdowns, the time has come for Gudetama to slip into the spotlight. So if you want to see how the lazy egg fairs on the small screen, your wish will come true shortly!
Over on Twitter, Netflix and Sanrio confirmed plans are in the works for a Gudetama TV series. The show, which will be titled Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure, is expected to debut in 2022 at a later date. And as you can see below, its teaser is all sorts of cute.
the world’s favorite lazy egg comes to life in a brand new adventureGUDETAMA: AN EGGCELLENT ADVENTURE — a new Netflix series produced in a hybrid of live-action and CG animation — is coming later in 2022 pic.twitter.com/gZJej12jvJ
The TV show will also be a hybrid project with both CG animation and live-action content. You can see a bit of this in the show’s trailer as it starts off with some live-action eggs. Things swap the animation when Gudetama spills out from their comfy egg shell. And of course, the apathetic yolk is too tired to do anything about their sudden adventure.
If you want to know more about Gudetama, you should know the character was created in 2013 under Sanrio artist Emi Nagashima. Despite placing second in a fan-content, Gudetama has gone on to become one of Sanrio’s most popular characters given its lethargic nature. To date, Gudetama rolled out countless pieces of merchandise to fans’ delight. So if you want to read up on its new Netflix series, you can find the show’s synopsis below:
“Gudetama, a listless egg who has given up on life, knowing that all that awaits it is someone’s plate, is forced out of the fridge by the enthusiastic, overbearing chick Shakipiyo. Together, the odd couple set out on a quest to find their mother.”
What do you think of this new Netflix project? Do you think the service has done right by Sanrio so far? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section below or hit me up on Twitter @MeganPetersCB.


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TESCO shoppers have been left fuming after being stuck with huge bills following a Clubcard glitch.
Customers hoping to save cash over the Bank Holiday have been left out of pocket instead when they were unable to redeem discount vouchers.
Tesco Clubcard points can be swapped for vouchers that give you money off at pubs and restaurants.
But dozens of annoyed shoppers using the new Tesco Grocery & Clubcard app were unable to get them, landing some with a surprise bill.
One diner eating out at Pizza Express was forced to pay nearly £100 bill out of pocket when his coupons failed to appear.
Complaining to Tesco on social media, he said: "I ordered over £75 worth of Pizza Express vouchers this evening and nearly two hours later they are still saying pending.
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"We had to pay our bill at the restaurant in full as they didn’t come through. Please can you credit the vouchers back to my account?"
Another was hit with a £70 bill unexpectedly at the same food chain.
They said: "Yes same here, Pizza Express treat after changing up £70 of vouchers still pending three hours later.
"Just had to pay the full bill which I really could've done without!"
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Many reported waiting hours or even days for the discount to come through.
One said: "Been an hour now please help! The family have gone and I’m sat here waiting for the rewards to come through!"
Another Tweeted: "I requested Clubcard vouchers over and hour ago and am sat in the pub waiting to pay my bill with them!"
Tesco shoppers can convert their loyalty points for triple the value for restaurants like Pizza Express and Zizzi, as well as theme parks and days out.
Customers have also reported issues with getting the vouchers forChef and Brewer pubs and Eurostar, which are also part of the reward scheme.
One said: "I’ve exchanged my Clubcard vouchers for the Euro Tunnel and it still says pending after four days!"
A Tesco spokesperson said: “Customers can generate Clubcard Rewards Partners codes as normal after a technical issue which briefly impacted the service on Monday afternoon. We’re really sorry for the inconvenience.”
Any voucher codes that shoppers created yesterday can be used for future visits, but if they no longer want to use it, they can contact the Tesco customer engagement centre for a refund of the Clubcard points.
Tesco scrapped its former Clubcard app a few weeks ago to make way for its new combined grocery platform.
A Tesco spokesperson said the new Grocery & Clubcard app is the "easiest way to make the most" of Clubcard offers.
A major change coming next month will see the value of points redeemed for the rewards slashed from three times the value to just double.
Customers wishing to avoid the points devaluation for as long as possible can do so by ordering partner codes before June 14.
These codes will still be worth the current rate and shoppers will have 12 months from their issue to redeem them.
How does the Tesco Clubcard scheme work?
Tesco’s Clubcard was launched in 1995, allowing shoppers to earn points as they shop which can then be turned into vouchers for money off food or other partner schemes.
Each time you spend £1 in store and online, you get one point when you scan your card or app.
You also get one point for every £2 spent on fuel.
One point equals 1p, so 150 points gets you £1.50, for example.
You'll need a minimum of 150 points to request a voucher.
Once you have enough points, you can turn them into vouchers worth the face value to spend in store at Tesco, or you can currently triple their worth to spend at reward partners, including restaurants, and on days out.
Clubcard holders also get cheaper prices on some items compared to those without the loyalty card.
For more loyalty schemes, you can read a full list and our verdict over which ones are worth it here.
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The sequel to Space Jam has been in talks for a pretty long time, and we are all super excited now that it is becoming a reality. One of the tweets from LeBron James’ production company, SpringHill Entertainment, shows the fans what the basketball star is set to look like in his Tune Squad jersey:
“July 16, 2021,” the company had written with #SaveTheDate.
This tweet does not just reveal the movie’s release date, but LeBron’s look for this movie as well. This ensemble is like the costume that Michael Jordan had sported in the original film.
Other than revealing a few crucial information, this tweet promises the return of Lola Bunny and Bugs Bunny. Bugs had been a given, but Lola’s appearance is very exciting. The lack of female characters in the Looney Tunes universe is unfortunate, so this young girl’s entry is great news.
Many people had been very quick to comment on this post:
“Bill Murray return, please?!,” @JoshThomas1994 had requested.
“2021? That’s like 600 years from now?,” @HighwoodDutch had joked.
While we do not know a lot about the long-awaited film, the fans know that it will feel like a reboot than a sequel as such.
“The Space Jam collaboration is so much more than just me and the Looney Tunes getting together and doing this movie,” James had said.
“It’s so much bigger. I’d just love for kids to understand how empowered they can feel and how empowered they can be if they don’t just give up on their dreams.”
Last year, it had been announced that Ryan Coogler would produce the new animated/live-action hybrid and Terence Nance will helm the movie.
SpringHill Entertainment is a new production company which had launched its debut TV show via HBO last year, The Shop.
Space Jam 2 will release on July 16, 2021.


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Sustainability benefits society in three ways - ecologically, socially and economically– and this has been Switzerland-based Zünd’s philosophy since its inception in 1984. All of Zünd’s leading edge cutting systems are developed, manufactured and operated with highest respect for the environment and for society as a whole.
As such, Zünd has made the decision to exhibit at the EcoPrint show, scheduled for 26th and 27th September 2012 in Berlin, where it will highlight its longstanding eco-friendly business practices. The company will be on stand 3-225.
Zünd cutting systems offer more than just efficient production combined with low energy consumption. They are modular systems – designed to grow with customers’ businesses and changing requirements – and can be continually upgraded with tools, additional productivity and automated material handling features.
Zünd systems are made to last. By combining Swiss manufacturing quality and excellence with a modular design, Zünd assures an average product life of close to 20 years.
Lars Bendixen, product manager at Zünd, comments, “Not only are our cutters of exceptional high quality, they are durable and have a clear migration path. In essence, they grow with our customers’ businesses. Unlike other solutions in the digital printing marketplace, Zünd cutters do not become quickly obsolete as a new technology arrives.”
Rather than focus on specific products at EcoPrint 2012, Zünd has made the decision to highlight the company’s sustainable and environmentally-friendly business ethos. Such as:
• Zünd cutting systems typically use 40% less electricity compared to competitive systems
• Zünd’s energy neutral assembly facilities result in 80% less CO2 emissions annually
• Continuous product development and optimisation ensures that Zund cutters minimise the use of aluminium - resulting in 500 fewer tonnes of annual CO2 emissions (not including transportation to and from the factory.)
• Zünd’s local sourcing policy assures the shortest transportation possible of parts to the factory
• The company’s ISO 14001 certification
• The company’s sustainability award from Zürcher Kantonal Bank
• Zünd’s buildings have ‘living rooftops’ which help to replace of lost meadowland
• Zünd’s on-site water management prevents fresh rain water mixing with drain water
Lars Bendixen continues, “There are more and more demands on print service providers to offer more sustainable print options at present and we believe that this will continue. Therefore, it is only natural that such print service providers should now start to look into the environmental practices of their equipment suppliers and demand that they meet the same exacting standards.”
Karl Zünd, founder of Zünd Systemtechnik AG concludes, “It is for this reason that we are exhibiting at the event. We want to demonstrate to current and future customers that we have long been and will continue to be a sustainable business – both in terms of our business practices and in the products that we sell.”
For more information on Zünd, please visit www.zund.com
For more information on EcoPrint, please visit www.ecoprintshow.com


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GREENACRES — It appears as if a new shopping cart ordinance is on the horizon for the city.
At Monday’s city council meeting, Councilman Jonathan Pearce recommended the city draft the ordinance because of all the stray carts around Greenacres.
Mayor Samuel Ferreri agreed.
“There are shopping carts everywhere and they end up in the canal,” Ferreri said. “Wal-Mart’s shopping carts are all over north Jog Road. We need to do something.”
Councilwoman Judy Dugo also said she would support a new ordinance.
The council directed staff to research the idea. The ordinance, if drafted, would need to be approved by the council.
Pearce said he was also concerned about people partying and parking at Rambo Park on S. 57th Avenue after the park is closed.
Ferreri suggested posting signs saying no parking allowed after dark.


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As promised, Xiaomi has unveiled the Mi 5X smartphone. The launch happened at the China National Convention Center where MIUI 9 was also launched.
The Mi 5x is focussed mainly on the dual-rear camera capabilities while as the internals have not seen any major upgrade compared to Redmi Note 4/4x. The
Today is July 26 and Xiaomi has a big event in Beijing China where it is expected to launch the next major version of its Android-based custom software, known as MIUI 9. The event will also witness the launch of a new smartphone called Mi 5X.
We have revealed many details about
Xiaomi is set to launch its upcoming Android based smartphone named Mi 5X in China, on July 26. The launch date was officially confirmed recently and the people attending/watching the event will also witness the launch of MIUI 9 software upgrade.
Here's the 15 second teaser video starring Wu Yifan
Xiaomi has scheduled an event for 26th July where the company will unveil a new smartphone with new version of it's own OS. MIUI is the version or name of OS we see in Xiaomi based smartphones based on Android.
Now the company has officially announced the list of smartphones that
Xiaomi Mi 5X is the upcoming Mi smartphone which is arriving along with the launch of MIUI 9 on 26th July, 14:00 (GMT+8) at China National Convention Center.
To give you a sneak peak of Mi 5X design and colour variants, Xiaomi has posted some official pictures of the device on
Yesterday we reported about the upcoming smartphone from Chinese OEM Xiaomi. Xiaomi has scheduled an event for 26th July to unveil the Mi 5x smartphone along with MIUI 9, it's own version of Android. The Xiaomi Mi 5x was recently leaked online with some major specs.
Now we have more images
It is now secret that Xiaomi is working on next generation of it's own OS, the MIUI. The Xiaomi MIUI 9 is scheduled to be announced on 26th July. The MIUI 9 will be announced along with the Xiaomi Mi 5x.
Now we have some more details about the upcoming Xiaomi MIUI
Xiaomi has finally launched its big screen smartphone called Mi Max 2 in India. This is the worthy successor of the company's big screen smartphone in the mid-range segment, after Mi Max.
The Mi Max 2 retains some of the design lines from the predecessor like the 6.44-inch Full-HD IPS display
Xiaomi has officially announced the launch date of its upcoming MIUI software release i.e. MIUI 9 on 26th July, 14:00 (GMT+8) at China National Convention Center. On this day, Xiaomi will talk about the MIUI 9 software optimizations as well as new features.
In addition, the Chinese company is also launching
Each year Xiaomi introduces a new layer of it's own OS on top of Android. MIUI is the layer from Xiaomi that is found in phones from Chinese OEM.
The current version of MIUI is known as MIUI 8. The company is working on next iteration of the MIUI. It is
Xiaomi is working on a new smartphone. We have a new smartphone leaked online.
The latest smartphone from Xiaomi is spotted online as Xiaomi Mi 5x. The Mi 5x comes with 5.5-inch display of unknown resolution. But we expect the resolution of display to be full HD (1920x1080p) . The smartphone
Xiaomi will be unveiling the Xiaomi Redmi 5 smartphone as successor to the current Redmi 4 smartphone.
Now the Xiaomi Redmi 5 has been spotted online with full specifications as well as images. The smartphone will come with 5-inch full HD (1920x1080p) display on the front. It will have 3GB and