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From left, Bruce Meyer, Peter Mullin, and David Sydorick. Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum.
As founder and chairman of the award-winning Mullin Automotive Museum, businessman and car collector Peter Mullin knows a thing or two about running a world-class car museum, which is one reason why the Petersen Automotive Museum declared “a new era” in the museum’s history after tapping Mullin to become its new chairman.
While many automotive enthusiasts may know of Mullin only through the museum that houses his collection of art deco and French automobiles (or for setting a record for highest price paid for a car when he bought a Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic for more than $30 million), the rest of his auto-related resume is no less impressive: His 1934 Voisin C-25 Aerodyne won Best of Show at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in 2011; he currently serves as president of the American Bugatti Club; and he also serves on the board for the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Nor does Mullin – who replaces Steve Young, who retired at the end of 2012 after five years as chairman – come to the position without big plans. In an interview with The New York Times this week, he said that he intends to transform the Petersen into “one of the great automotive museums in the world.”
“There’s a great opportunity for the Petersen to expand from Southern California car culture into the world of cars as art, cars as freedom and cars as solutions to transportation problems,” he told the Times.
While that sounds like an overly ambitious goal, Mullin will have a couple of heavy hitters backing him as vice-chairmen: collectors and long-time Petersen board members (and Mullin Automotive Museum Foundation board members) David Sydorick and Bruce Meyer. In addition, the museum appointed Terry Karges – a former president of sales and marketing for Roush Performance – as its executive director last August, replacing Buddy Pepp, who retired from the position after two years.
Along with his wife, Margie, Robert Petersen opened the Petersen Automotive Museum to house his impressive collection of cars in 1994 in a former department store on the corner of Fairfax Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, the museum now not only preserves the Petersen collection and numerous other vehicles added to its collection since then, it also shows the vehicles at events across the country and has developed an educational curriculum surrounding its collection. For more information, visit Petersen.org.
If you have been considering heading out to the West Coast to take in all the auction action in the Scottsdale region of Arizona, but have yet to make formal plans, you may want to consider getting an early start: On Saturday, January 12, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles will host a Carroll Shelby Tribute Cruise-In.
The event will honor not only Carroll’s contributions to motorsports and the automobile industry, but also coincide with his January birthday; he would have turned 90 in 2013. Free VIP parking is open to all Shelby vehicles – Cobras, Shelby Mustangs, Sunbeam Tigers and the like, as well as all Shelby replicas – while free parking is extended to hot rods, classics and other special interest vehicles that attend. In addition, drivers will receive two-for-one admission to the Petersen Museum, and both breakfast and lunch will be available inside the museum. Spectators are free to attend, but be prepared to pay regular parking rates (free for the first 30 minutes; $2 for each additional 30 minutes to a maximum of $12); standard museum admission still applies to spectators as well.
For ore information, call 949-900-1960 or visit Petersen.org.
Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum.
As is the case with many car museums, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles has more cars in its collection than it can display at any one time. Having such a large collection gives the museum flexibility in assembling exhibits, but it also means that the public doesn’t get to see most of those cars. For just a couple of weeks, however, the Petersen will open its storage vault to the public for guided tours.
From now through January 6, the Petersen will take small groups of no more than 10 people through the vault, where it currently keeps such cars as the Shah of Iran’s 1939 Bugatti, Steve McQueen’s Jaguar XKSS, and the famed Jonckheere “round-door” Rolls-Royce Phantom I Aerodynamic Coupe.
“In a way the vault has become a legend,” said Terry Karges, the museum’s executive director, in a press release. “At any given time we have as many as 150 vehicles on display in exhibits around the museum, but with over 400 vehicles in our collection many go unseen by the public. People are always asking for access to the vault and we’re excited to finally be able to offer the opportunity.”
Tour participants must be over the age of 12, and photography is not permitted on the tour. Tickets for the vault tour cost an additional $25 on top of museum admission. For more information, visit Petersen.org or call 323-964-6331.
UPDATE: Jesse, the justacarguy, took the tour and offered some photos of the cars in the vault.
UPDATE (21.December 2012): Regarding the no-photography issue as discussed in the comments below, museum spokespeople told us it was for security reasons – to prevent tour participants from photographing the museum’s doors and security measures – and because tour guides can’t prevent large groups from taking such photos the way they can prevent media from taking such photos. I think we’d all agree it would be a shame if somebody broke into the Petersen’s vault to steal any of the cars in its collection.
UPDATE (26.December 2012): TTAC took a tour of the vault and brought back this report.
1960 Chevrolet Corvette. Photo courtesy GM Media.
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles will host a 60th anniversary tribute to the Corvette next March, featuring displays of Corvette race cars, historic concept cars and rare production models, along with commentary from Corvette experts and icons.
The event will kick off the morning of Friday, March 1, with a Corvette Values Seminar that will cover Corvette prices in today’s market, as well as how Corvettes will perform as investments in the future. That afternoon, several legendary figures from Corvette racing history will discuss the car’s racing heritage. Capping Friday’s activities will be a Corvette 60th Anniversary Gala, including cocktails, dinner, memorabilia auction, and a panel discussion with some of the biggest names in Corvette history.
On Saturday, the Petersen will host a Corvette Day Car Show boasting 500 Corvettes of all years in the Petersen parking structure. Registered participants will receive a limited-edition commemorative medallion made especially for this event courtesy of Mid America Motorworks. That morning, there will be a Corvette Restoration Seminar where attendees can learn restoration tips and techniques from the pros.
The Corvette made its debut as one of several concept cars unveiled in January 1953 at the GM Motorama show in the ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
In addition to the special two-day celebration of all things Corvette, the Petersen will run a special exhibit from February 27 to March 31 featuring 20 historic Corvettes from all generations of the fiberglass flyer, including notables such as the 1953 EX-122, a 1959 Corvette Italia by Scaglietti, the 1960 CERV I experimental, a 1964 “World’s Fair” Corvette, a 1963 Grand Sport and the 1969 “Sundowner” Bonneville racer.
The 300 1953 Corvettes built were manufactured on an assembly line in Flint, Michigan, largely by hand. These are the only production ‘Vettes to have ever been built in Flint. The cars had no roll-up windows, or exterior door handles and were powered by the 150hp 235.5-cu.in. Blue Flame six.
Since 1953, more than 1.5 million Corvettes have been built. Initial response to the car from consumers was lukewarm at best. First-year production was limited to just 300 units, about 200 of which are known to survive today. The following year, the Corvette moved to a GM assembly facility in St. Louis, Missouri, where 3,640 were built. It wasn’t until small-block V-8 power was added to the ‘Vette in 1955, followed up by a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL inspired body design in 1956 – along with more powerful engine options, roll-up windows, exterior door handles, door locks and an available hard top – that the Corvette really took off.
The Corvette set an all-time production record of 53,000 cars in 1979, but the car’s base price had soared to $10,220. The standard engine was a 195hp 350; a 225hp 350 was optional.
By 1957, production had soared to 6,339. In 1962, the last year for the solid-axle Corvette, 14,531 were produced. In 1979, the Corvette reached a high-water production mark at 53,807.
For more information about the Petersen Corvette anniversary events, visit Petersen.org.
George Follmer in Bud Moore’s Trans-Am Mustang Boss 302. Photo courtesy Ford.
The late great Mark Donohue spent months working with Porsche engineers trying to teach the brutal 917-10 race car some track manners. But after a 150-MPH crash while practicing with the 917-10 at Road Atlanta sidelined Donohue with a broken leg for all but the last four races of the nine-race series, Penske Racing teammate George Follmer drove the 917-10 to the 1972 Can-Am championship in 1972, handily stealing the title from the dominant 427 Chevrolet-powered McLarens.
This proved to be a huge milestone in Follmer’s career, but his success in the 917-10 also brought out a bitter rivalry between Donohue and Follmer, as Donohue resented Follmer’s success driving the car he’d developed. Follmer, on his way to a championship season, resented Donohue’s attempts to steal his thunder and drove hard against Donohue – which is actually what forced Donohue to a fourth rather than second place overall.
Follmer, in 1972, also won the Trans-Am title and was named the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association’s Jerry Titus Memorial Award “Driver of the Year.” In August of that same year he simultaneously held Mid-Ohio’s qualifying records for three major racing series – Can-Am, Trans-Am, and Continental F5000. Follmer would win the Trans-Am title for a second time in 1976 driving Vasek Polak’s sizzling Porsche 934 Turbo.
At age 39, George was then the oldest driver to start an F1 race – it was 1973 at Kyalami, South Africa, where he finished in sixth place, a points-earning position in his very first Grand Prix start. Teamed with Jackie Oliver in Don Nichols’s menacingly black DN1 Shadows, George’s next F1 race in the UOP car was on the challenging Montjuïc hill circuit in Barcelona where Follmer, finishing third, stood on the Spanish GP podium alongside winner Emerson Fittipaldi and second place François Cevert.
The Petersen Automotive Museum, along with the Checkered Flag 200 Group, will salute Follmer’s storied career with a special tribute program on Thursday, November 8, at the museum in Los Angeles.
The evening’s festivities include a gallery display of cars driven by Follmer and memorabilia generously supported by eminent collectors.
Follmer’s racing career spanned three decades and included turns in Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR, Champ Car, Continental F5000, the Indy 500, IMSA, IROC, FIA Makes, Bosch Super Vee, SCCA Escort Endurance Showroom Trucks, top qualifier in Fast Masters’ Jaguar XJ220, and the enduros at Sebring, Daytona and Le Mans. He’s in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, and on The Walk of Fame at Watkins Glen.
“I would like it to be a good time for everybody, because there aren’t too many times at this point in our lives that we’re all going to be together,” Follmer said of the event. One of the highlights of the evening will undoubtedly be Follmer’s account of the horrendous qualifying crash he survived during the Laguna Seca Can-Am race in 1978.
The Petersen’s program will begin with no-host cocktails and a museum presentation that includes cars and collected memorabilia representing Follmer’s life in racing. The buffet dinner follows, then a multi-monitor video screening compiled of filmed and still photo highlights from Follmer’s extraordinary competition years. Renowned drivers and Follmer’s friends we all recognize or have read about will be introduced to tell some of their best stories from knowing George Follmer, with the tribute evening hosted and moderated by master of ceremonies Bill Stephens. Among the VIP guests who’ve been invited are Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, John Morton, Tony Adamowicz and a number of other familiar names from George Follmer’s racing past.
Reserved ticket purchase is priced at $125 per person for Museum Members, $150 for non-members. Ticket price includes buffet dinner, the evening’s complete program, and parking. For more information, call Sarah Hill at 323-964-6325 or Paul Moritz at 323-964-6359 or visit Petersen.org.
Photos courtesy Mercedes-Benz Classic
Aerodynamics is a key component of a car’s performance, as well as a key component of design, but you rarely hear people bragging about their car’s drag coefficient. A new exhibit, Aerodynamics: From Art to Science at the Petersen Automotive Museum, aims to help change that.
The exhibit, open through May 27, 2013, attempts to highlight some of the landmarks of aerodynamic design from the early days of motoring to the present. “The timing for an exhibition of aerodynamic vehicles has never been better,” said Petersen Curator Leslie Kendall. “Now that most automakers have turned their attention to perfecting the aerodynamic qualities of their cars, museum visitors will be fascinated to learn that the pursuit of sleeker, more efficient shapes actually began during the early 1900s. Not every visitor will find all of these early cars attractive, but they will certainly find them interesting.”
More than a dozen vehicles will be featured in the exhibit to illustrate how the art of streamlining evolved into the science of aerodynamics – among them the 1940 BMW 328 Mille Miglia, a 1928 Martin Aerodynamic from the Lane Motor Museum, a 1938 Delahaye, a 1941 Tatra T-87, a 1979 Ford Probe design study, a 1937 Airomobile, a 1935 Chrysler Airflow and the 1992 Oldsmobile Aerotech.
The cars in the Peterson exhibit are some of the more radical examples of aero, but not every slippery car in history looked like a science experiment. Mercedes-Benz Classic recently rolled some of its more historically pleasing shapes into the wind tunnel to see how they would fare.
Up for consideration were a few million dollars’ worth of classic Benzes from the 1950s: a 1952 W194 300 SL race car, a 1954 W198 300 SL production car and a 1951 W188 300S coupe. The results were interesting. The race car weighed in with a drag coefficient of .376 (wind speed 80.77 MPH) the production 300 SL was a close second at .389 while the 300S had a drag coefficient of .670.
Those numbers put the 300 SL race car in the league of a 1999 BMW Z3 coupe or a 1996 Ferarri F50; the production 300 SL in the neighborhood of a 1989 Mazda Miata or a 1978 Nissan 280ZX; while the 300S actually has a higher drag coefficient than a Mercedes G-Wagon which has a Cd of .54.
For the full details from the M-B wind tunnel test visit Daimler.com.
Through the efforts of the Buick Heritage Alliance, Los Angeles, California’s, Petersen Automotive Museum recently unveiled a pre-war-style Buick dealership exhibit, complete with period signage. Its specific setting is 1941, a year in which many able customers took the opportunity to purchase a new car just in case the war really did reach our shores. Under the period lights of the showroom floor are three fully restored examples from Flint that model year: a Super convertible sedan finished in Monterey blue with a red leather interior (on loan from Michael Kaminsky); a Super Sport Coupe wearing period dealer accessories and Mermaid green over Cedar green paint (on loan from Carlos Wilhelm); and a Limited Formal Sedan finished in Silver French gray over Lancaster gray (on loan from David Harrison). The display will run through July 29.
The coachbuilders, design houses and manufacturers of Italy are responsible for a remarkable number of the world’s automotive masterpieces. From the hands of Boano, Farina, Bertone and other masters have come creations that, for car enthusiasts at least, rival those of da Vinci, Michelangelo and Caravaggio. (Let’s put aside that whole art-vs.-design debate for the time being, okay?)
On February 25, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles raises the curtain on “Sculpture in Motion: Masterpieces of Italian Design,” an exhibit that traces the influence Italy has had on global automotive design. Through the 18 examples chosen for the display, the Petersen will trace how Italian coachbuilders and manufacturers have influenced the automobile’s evolution from an assembly of parts to today’s single, cohesive whole. The exhibit runs through February 3, 2013.
“Italian designers have influenced the look of automobiles for decades,” said Leslie Kendall, the museum’s curator. “We felt it was time to speak of their importance and to display their designs as the works of art that they are.” Kendall will give an in-depth tour of the exhibit the evening before the opening, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Some of the vehicles will change over the course of the year, encouraging return visits and allowing the museum to add facets to the story. The Petersen shared with us two of the cars that will be in the Grand Salon for the duration of the exhibit.
Styled by Battista “Pinin” Farina, the 1947 Cisitalia 202 GT has long been recognized as a landmark design. Introduced in 1947 at Villa d’Este, and shown at that year’s Paris Auto Show, the Cisitalia became the first car to enter an art museum’s collection, when New York’s Museum of Modern Art purchased one in 1951. The Cisitalia’s design incorporated what had been separate elements – headlamps, fenders, door handles, the hood – into a single, cohesive, sculpted shape. The bodies were built by hand, hammered from aluminum sheet over wooden forms; less than 200 were produced.
How many designs still have the power to shock and amaze more than 40 years after their unveiling? The Stratos HF Zero concept is such a car. Designed for the 1970 Turin Motor Show, and measuring just 33 inches at its highest point, the Zero was the Bertone design team’s inspired answer to the question, “How low can a driveable automobile be?” And the Zero was driveable, as were nearly all of Bertone’s concepts. It sparked a decade-long infatuation with the wedge, and remains the most radical execution of the form.
In the Fifties, Italian coachbuilders executed a number of designs on American chassis, either for the automakers themselves or wealthy individuals. One such example was the 1953 Cadillac Series 62 rebodied by Carrozzeria Ghia. Run by Luigi Segre, the coachbuilder employed stylists Giovanni Michelotti, Pietro Frua, Giovanni Savonuzzi and Felice Boano. First displayed at the 1953 Paris Auto Salon, the Cadillac was presented to actress Rita Hayworth by her third husband, Saudi Prince Aly Khan, and once appeared on the cover of Road & Track magazine. It’s now a part of the Petersen’s permanent collection.
There are a couple of special gallery talks scheduled. On Tuesday, May 15, Dennita Sewell, curator of fashion design at the Phoenix Art Museum, will present the history and development of Italian fashion in the 20th century. And on Tuesday, August 21, Michael Robinson, brand and design director for Stile Bertone, will discuss the past 100 years of design history from the famed Italian design house.
Images courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum
On any list of the top five automotive museums in the country, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles would easily qualify, and the woman who helped make that possible, Margie McNally Petersen, has died.
Born and raised in New York, Petersen worked as an actress and model before marrying Robert Petersen, the publicist who would go on to found the Petersen empire of car magazines. Together, the Petersens assembled an impressive car collection and in 1994 founded the Petersen Automotive Museum with an initial donation of $5 million to the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. They would go on to donate another $25 million before Robert Petersen’s death in 2007. More recently, Margie Petersen, who remained on the museum’s board of directors of the museum’s foundation, donated to the museum an additional amount of money, the building that houses the museum and the entire Petersen car collection, altogether worth $100 million.
A breast cancer survivor, Margie Petersen had of late been battling the cancer again. She died Friday at the age of 76.
Most people long ago accepted that Ed “Big Daddy” Roth was crazy. There’s a little more ambivalence when it comes to the work of Pete Millar. Part of the reason is that his work was aimed at hard-core racers, not kids building plastic kits. The other was probably his yummy satire, a little over the top for some.
Millar, the creative mind behind CARtoons magazine and later, his own DRAGCartoons magazine, died in 2003. But his strips, ads and magazines will live forever. To that end, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles has just opened an exhibition of Millar’s work, which runs through the end of April 2012. For more information, visit Petersen.org.


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The holiday gift guide features small businesses across the state. File photo
The Illinois Office of Tourism is prepping for the holiday season by releasing a state holiday gift giving guide for the first time.
The guide features small businesses across the state that will make loved ones very happy. The list includes gift ideas from the coffee lovers in the household to the art and wine tasters.
"This unique guide encourages everyone to shop local and support small businesses throughout Illinois this holiday season," Illinois Office of Tourism Director Cory Jobe said in a press release.
If you’re a coffee drinker, check out Ipsento Coffee in Chicago. If whiskey is more your speed, look for Blaum Bros. Distilling Co. in Galena. If you love fashion, Optimo Hats has you covered in Chicago. If you’re a sports fan, Homewood Bat Co. is the place to be.
To see the full gift-giving guide, visit www.prnewswire.com.

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Benchmarks took a battering on Friday as three industry heavyweights, Microsoft, General Electric and McDonald's, came out with discouraging economic reports. The Dow suffered its biggest fall in almost four months. Also, weekly gains were almost overshadowed by the heavy losses benchmarks suffered on Friday alone. Metals lost their sheen as copper and gold prices suffered declines.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) crashed 20.5.43 points or 1.5% to end at 13,343.51. The Standard & Poor 500 (S&P 500) slumped 1.7% to end Friday’s trading session at 1,433.19. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index plunged 2.2% to close 67.25 points lower at 3,005.62. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index gained 2.0% to settle at 17.06. Total volumes on the New York Stock Exchange were 3.3 billion shares. Declining stocks outnumbered advancers on the NYSE by a wide margin; as for 74% stocks that declined, 22% stocks closed higher.
The day was dominated by corporate results and the major ones disappointed. Earnings results almost single-handedly took the markets lower and the Dow suffered its biggest decline since June. Also, in terms of points, it was the Dow’s fourth worst show this year. Incidentally, it was the 25th anniversary of Black Monday, when on October, 19, 1987, the blue-chip index had lost 22%.
Coming to the details of the corporate results, Microsoft Corporation (NSADAQ:MSFT), McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) and General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) reported discouraging results and almost all of them blamed certain macroeconomic headwinds. Shares of Microsoft, McDonald's and General Electric lost 2.9%, 4.5% and 3.4%, respectively.
While the PC market slowdown was one of the factors that affected Microsoft, dull comparable-store sales and inflated costs affected McDonald's. Currency translation headwinds were also a reason behind McDonald's poor third quarter. Microsoft fell short of the Street’s estimates on both counts, but McDonald's moved past top line estimates and missed earnings expectations. As for General Electric, a decline in orders for wind turbines resulted in a 5% drop in infrastructure orders. However, General Electric’s bottom line was in line with estimates, while revenues fell short of projections.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) announced late on Thursday that its revenue slumped 10.2% sequentially and 24.9% year over year. AMD’s shares slumped 16.8%, adding to the woes of the tech sector.
The disappointing corporate results came hot on the heels of weak numbers reported by Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG). Shares of the world’s leading internet search engine had slumped 10.5% during Thursday’s session and trading was briefly halted. At the end of the trading day, Google’s shares were down 8% and closed at $695.00 per share. Weakness in the core internet advertising business and continual losses from its recently acquired cell phone business, Motorola Mobility, were the major factors behind Google’s third-quarter loss.
Earlier, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) and International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) had also reported weak numbers. Shares of all the three aforementioned companies slumped on Friday while the Technology Select Sector SPDR (XLK) dropped 2.2%. Shares of Google, Intel and IBM dropped 1.9%, 1.9% and 0.8%, respectively. Separately, shares of Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) plunged 2.2%, 3.6%, 5.9% and 3.3%, respectively.
Meanwhile, metal prices fell considerably on Friday. While copper plunged 3% to settle at $3.6375 a pound, gold was down by $20.70 to $1,724 per ounce. Also, energy prices dropped with benchmark crude losing $2.05 to settle at $90.05 per barrel. The Energy Select Sector SPDR (ETF) was down 1.6% and stocks including Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), TOTAL S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) and Western Refining, Inc. (NYSE:WNR) lost 1.1%, 1.4%, 1.2% and 2.5%, respectively.


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Don’t curse the next time your check engine light comes on — credit a mind like Oljeta Qirko for streamlining the process of getting smart sensors from the drawing board to your dashboard.
As part of her Organizations Lab work, Qirko introduced a workflow pilot into an innovation process in her office at smart sensor company, cutting the time from ideation to minimum viable product by 60 percent. In Organizations Lab, MIT Sloan Executive MBA students undertake a change initiative in their companies, diagnosing a problem and leading improvement. Faculty and peers voted Qirko’s work as the Organization Lab winner. She and another finalist presented their work to peers, faculty, and staff at a recent EMBA ’18 and ’19 joint dinner event.
“Our innovation process is designed to be a fast learning and iteration loop, through early customer engagement,” Qirko, EMBA ’18, said.
In this case it means sensor developers are getting that much closer to matching the speed of safety and security features with the rapidly changing automotive industry. But Qirko’s pilot can apply to a range of organizations looking to move their development workflow from a push to pull system — a method used by well-known corporations like Toyota.“If I already know what tasks are mine, I don’t have to wait for someone else to get started,” Qirko said. “That creates a pull system.”
The automotive industry is going through major changes thanks to electronic cars, autonomous vehicles, and ride sharing, Qirko said. The sensors that her company creates are used in the aerospace and automobile industry — harsh environments that use electronically complex systems.
“We need to be ahead of the curve with our product technology and quality, which requires yet another level of rapid innovation and design agility,” Qirko said.
Qirko said the smart sensor company she works for started a new innovation process about a year-and-a-half ago, with the goal of a more agile approach to projects. After a year observing the new innovation workflow, Qirko came to the conclusion that there was room for improvement.
She found instances of misalignment on growth opportunities pursued, delays caused by communication disconnects between internal teams, problems with under-scoped projects, and teams stretched across too many projects.
“We were entrepreneurial and worked hard to get working prototypes in the hands of our customers, as soon as we could,” Qirko said. “However, innovation is messy and iterative and our existing product development process was not designed to handle it efficiently.”
Other problems arose in how projects were handled in a series, rather than in parallel tracks, Qirko said. A prototype of a product would be drawn up and manufactured, tested, and then sent to the customer, rather than engaging users earlier in the process to ensure the right product was being made to serve a need.
“In several examples, we overdesigned,” Qirko said. “We were so focused on developing a product, instead of a learning tool. At times, we produced a sensor prototype that was way more than we needed for a rough prototype. We could have been much faster to market had we followed an iterative approach.”
But these problems were to be expected in a grassroots effort, Qirko said. To address them, Qirko created a pilot program that cut the 11 steps of the current workflow down to five.
The new workflow started with an all hands meeting at the beginning of the project, rather than a back and forth throughout the different innovation stages. Decision makers from sales, marketing, and engineering gathered right from the get go to lay out the team and scope of work.
The pilot program dedicated team members to one project. Using visual management (think walls of Post-it notes), team members could see the flow of work and their responsibilities. The pilot also encouraged the use of single-sheet reporting, so that everything from the problem statement to planning to customer engagement were all in one place. In practice, the original innovation process time dropped from 20 weeks to eight weeks.
Qirko said her pilot project received support from company leadership, and her office has already started to adopt the one-sheet and visual management practices.
While she does wonder how the productivity gains will be maintained as more project opportunities come to the team, Qirko hopes the lessons learned from these pilots become part of the company culture.
“Ideally instead of a pilot,” she said, “it becomes the natural way of doing our work.”


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Aldi hiring 42 colleagues across North Yorkshire - five jobs available at Whitby store
Aldi is looking to hire 42 colleagues in North Yorkshire between now and Christmas - and five of the vacancies are in Whitby.
The UK’s fifth largest supermarket is looking for people of all levels of experience to fill roles at its stores across the region.
This includes Store Assistant roles all the way up to Assistant Store Manager, with salaries of up to £32,345.
Among the sites in the region looking to hire is in Whitby, which has five vacancies at its Fairfield Way store.
Aldi already employs more than 400 people at its 13 stores in North Yorkshire, and is looking to grow its team over the coming months as part of its ongoing expansion plans in the region.
Kelly Stokes, Recruitment Director at Aldi UK, said: “As we continue to grow, we’re looking for more ambitious and hard-working individuals to join our team at stores across North Yorkshire.
"There’s something here for everyone, from new starters looking to take their first step on the career ladder to more experienced team managers seeking a new challenge.
“Our amazing colleagues are central to everything we do at Aldi and remain one of the key factors in our success, and we’re looking forward to expanding our team to provide an even better in-store experience for our customers.”
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Two of the world’s largest hearing aid makers, based a few miles apart from each other in Denmark, are waging a potentially epic worldwide legal struggle over patent issues that may be critical to both their futures — and to the future of “Made-for-iPhone” hearing aids. GN Store Nord, whose GN ReSound hearing aid unit introduced the first iPhone-compatible hearing aids, this week lost a battle with arch-rival Oticon but insists it should ultimately win the war. [Read more…]
The William Demant Group, parent of Oticon hearing aids and other brands, reported 11 percent revenue growth in the first half of 2015 compared to the first half of the previous year, driven by strong performance of its new sound processing platform, especially in the U.S. [Read more…]
With continued revenue growth in its fiscal second quarter, GN Store Nord, parent of the GN ReSound Group of hearing technology brands, is powering through challenges including a costly case of fraud in a U.S. hearing aid subsidiary and contraction of business in its non-hearing-aid headset subsidiary.
The Denmark holding company reported overall growth of four percent, driven by eight percent organic growth in its GN ReSound Group hearing technologies unit, which includes ReSound, Beltone and Interton hearing aids as well as GN Otometrics, a supplier of audiology equipment. The company pointed to the successful launch of ReSound’s second-generation of Made-for-iPhone Linx2 hearing aids as a high point of the quarter, which saw revenue grow to DKK 2,035 million ($303 million USD). [Read more…]
With the conclusion of its multi-billion-dollar acquisition of Siemens AG’s audiology business Thursday, a private investment group led by EQT Partners announced a new name for the company — Sivantos Group — along with an ambitious agenda to quickly make its presence felt as one of the world’s largest independent hearing aid manufacturers.
Siemens Hearing Instruments for decades had been among the “Big Six” manufacturers that account for more than 80 percent of the world’s hearing aid sales. But it’s been five years since the parent conglomerate announced it wanted to spin off its hearing aid business, and the tortuous, stop-and-go process that finally led to yesterday’s announcement left many industry observers scratching their heads: [Read more…]
With its new Z Series hearing aids, Starkey Hearing Technologies has improved wireless connectivity between its hearing aids and peripheral audio streaming devices. The company said its new 900sync™ technology utilizing the 900 MHz transmission band enables more robust sound and “virtually drop free” streaming into the hearing aids from a normal range of five meters or less. [Read more…]
Phonak’s new Bolero Q behind-the-ear (BTE) and Virto Q in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aid families are a good example of how next-generation wireless binaural sound processing technology is starting to deliver real speech-comprehension improvements in challenging listening environments.
Phonak’s new Quest technology platform leverages a new high-performance digital signal processor to reduce wind interference as well as improve speech comprehension in noise.
Phonak says its autoStereoZoom feature delivers a 3 decibel improvement in signal-to-noise ratio, resulting in an improvement in speech intelligibility of up to 45 percent (click on the video at right for a demonstration). Phonak adds the Speech in Wind function has delivered measurable improvements in speech intelligibility of up to 40 percent. [Read more…]
Widex scored a PR coup today with a CNN report on its advanced manufacturing technology used for its in-the-ear hearing aids.
The on-air report (right) shows how Widex’s proprietary CAMISHA process — Computer Aided Manufacturing of Individual Shells for Hearing Aids — produces the tiny invisible in-the-canal (IIC) shells for its mind and Menu hearing aid models.
3D-print technologies are revolutionizing the world of manufacturing, dramatically reducing the time and cost of producing custom products to extremely demanding specifications. The Widex CAMISHA 3D-print manufacturing technology works from a digital scan of a patient’s ear mold impression to automatically produce a plastic shell for the tiny hearing aid. If you scroll to the 1:30 mark in the CNN video, you will get a rare glimpse of 3D printing at work.
Click here ro read more from CNN about the Widex CAMISHA 3D-print manufacturing technology.
New Unitron Max Super-Power hearing aids address one of the biggest dangers people with severe-to-profound hearing loss face — the temptation to turn up the volume to catch conversations in noisy settings to levels that can damage your hearing. Unitron Max is the first super power hearing instrument on the market with a Power Adaptation Manager that automatically moderates over-amplification while continuing to maximize speech intelligibility.
Over-amplification is a bigger concern than you might think. I find myself constantly turning up my hearing aids to follow conversations, even when the over-amplification of very noisy ambient sound bothers my ears. Worse, I’ll often forget to turn the volume down long after I need the extra boost. I’ve also been guilty of badgering my fitter for even more gain to let me tune into other people’s voices — even when I know that too much amplification can further degrade the hearing that I still do have. [Read more…]


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Hogan Joins XCM
Kim Hogan has joined XCM Solutions LLC, a cloud-based workflow management software provider, as director of its West Coast operations.
Hogan joins XCM from Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc., where she served as business development manager for approximately three years. During her time at Fujitsu Computer, Hogan helped position the company's product line of document imaging scanners, ScanSnap, as the market leader, and helped the company enhance its partnerships within the accounting industry.
The success of ScanSnap steered Hogan to become the co-founder of the CloudSolutions Alliance, an educational collaboration launched in 2010 to help accountants to grasp the importance of cloud, Software-as-a-Service, and paperless technologies.
XCM Solutions vice president of sales and marketing Bob Locke said in a statement that the new addition came as the company is celebrating its tenth year of record growth: "Having a passionate, highly visible leader like Kim join the team is really icing on the cake."
Hogan currently serves on the Information Technology Alliance's Vendor & Future Leaders Committees.


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Turtle Beach to launch first ever gaming VR headset at Gamescom
Turtle Beach is launching what it says is the first ever VR gaming headset at this year’s Gamescom 2016.
Alongside the new wireless Stealth 520 and 420X+ headsets for Xbox and Playstation, it’s also launching the Stealth 350VR for VR devices.
The VR headset’s set to launch around 9 October and come in at about £59.99. It has over 30 hours of battery powered amplification, a variable bass boost and an ergonomic design that provides clearance for VR headsets and cables.


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If you’ve noticed that the those entertainment applications now built into the current Xbox 360 Dashboard have enticed more of your friends into enjoying music and video, it’s not just in your head. Today, Microsoft’s MajorNelson announced that the number of people using those apps rose a nearly 50% from November to December.
Microsoft has also announced the availability of Disney XD for those using Astral Media in Canada as well as Real Sports, also in Canada. German users can now get their hands on ZDF. American users however still have no update on when Fox, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, and IGN might be comin gto the App Marketplaces on these shores.


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Jollibee Foods Corporation has agreed to acquire an extra 45 per cent of the US Smashburger brand for US$100 million, giving it a controlling stake of 85 per cent.
“Jollibee has been an invaluable strategic partner,” says Smashburger co-founder/CEO Tom Ryan.
His company last year launched and sold nearly 2 million Triple Double Burgers, setting record levels of mix, sales and traffic. The company also launched the Smash Pass, a subscription-based loyalty program.
Smashburger CFO Bradford Reynolds says Jollibee’s majority stake in Smashburger positions the brand for continued growth, particularly in Southeast Asia.
As well as beef and turkey burgers, Smashburger offers grilled or crispy chicken sandwiches, black-bean burgers, salads, side items and hand-spun Haagen-Dazs shakes. For each market, the menu includes locally inspired items as well as local craft beer. Launched in 2007, the chain now has more than 360 corporate and franchise restaurants in 38 states and nine countries.


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June 10, 2020
Uber and Flutterwave launch Uber Cash Wallet in Kenya & Nigeria
Uber and online payments firm Flutterwave are introducing Uber Cash to further promote cashless transactions across all Uber’s products in Kenya and Nigeria.
Uber Cash riders in the two countries can now prepay for their upcoming trips with the Uber Cash wallet, creating a stress-free way to travel, further adding to the convenience this payment method offers.


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One in five businesses in the UK would struggle should interest rates rise by one percentage point by the end of next year, according to insolvency trade body R3.
In a survey of 500 businesses, R3 found that six per cent would “seriously struggle” with the rise in interest rates, while a further 16 per cent admitted they would expect “some difficulty”.
This means that the problem of ‘zombie businesses’ is once again threatening to emerge from the shadows. This term applies to companies that cling to survival at times of little economic progression as they are propped up by easy forbearance from the banks and low interest rates, allowing them to continue to trade despite them experiencing slow or no growth.
The companies, which lack the savings or the growth forecasts to cope with upturns in market conditions such as rising interest rates, make for potential prey for any individual or firm looking to buy a business; indeed, while these businesses may not initially appear to be lucrative investments, many of them could provide expertise, assets and client lists that may be valuable to enterprising entrepreneurs.
R3 president, Giles Frampton, commented on this week’s findings: “Economic recovery is just as tough a time for some businesses to negotiate as a recession, if not tougher.
“Normally, insolvencies peak after a recession, but we haven’t seen that this time around. Record low interest rates and high levels of creditor forbearance have helped keep lots of businesses going.
“The good news is that some businesses that might have expected to struggle after 2008 have been given extra time to put their finances in order. However, there is still a big chunk of businesses that will struggle once ‘normal’ recovery conditions, like rising interest rates, return.”


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The majority of Brits are unaware they can't recycle a greasy pizza box - so Deliveroo is hoping to find a solution
Did you know that pizza boxes can't be recycled? If the answer is no, then you are not alone. A poll commissioned by takeaway delivery giant Deliveroo today reveals that 49 per cent of people think...
The Party is promising to pump 'emergency' spending into energy efficiency, renewables, electric cars and public transport to drive carbon reduction
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc publishes Prospectus for proposed LSE floatation
Party proposes a '10 year emergency programme' to slash emissions and put UK on track for net zero by 2045
Market forces alone will not be enough to drive widespread adoption of electric vehicles as battery costs unlikely to decline sharply in 2020s, study argues


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Watch This Ultimate AirPods Durability Test [Video]
A well-known YouTube blogger nicknamed EverythingApplePro has performed a durability test of the new wireless AirPods that hit the market last week. The headphones turned out to be quite durable and survived numerous drop test from various heights. Moreover, they new earbuds seem to secretly waterproof.
Below you can take a look at the video showing the YouTuber torturing the AirPods.
After several drops, the charging box gets scratched, but the headphones have no signs of damage.
EverythingApplePro then gets the AirPods through the machine wash cycle. Surprisingly, after drying the headphones, they continue to work.
Finally, the AirPods survive after being submerged underwater for 5 minutes.
Apple released the AirPods last week, after more than a 2-month delay due to unannounced reasons. Currently, the headphones are available for $159 both online and at a number of Apple Stores all over the globe.
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In pictures: celebrations as Islington’s popular shopping centre is relaunched
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Popular shopping mall rebrands with huge community event including children’s choir
Celebrations including air guitaring, a conga, an angel-themed children’s choir and a man inside a balloon all kicked off the relaunch of an Islington shopping centre.
The N1 Centre in Liverpool Road changed its name to Angel Central on Tuesday and invited residents to join in with a day of celebrations.
Children from Hungerford Primary School in Hungerford Road, Holloway, marked the occasion by singing angel themed songs while wearing their hand-crafted angel wings, created as part of a school project linked to the occasion. Centre manager Lynne Glover awarded prizes to the three best designs.
Teacher Catherine McLaughlin said: “It’s been a pleasure to be part of the launch of Angel Central. The children ha loved creating their angel wings and really enjoyed performing at this event and being part of what is a historic occasion in Islington.”
Wagamama staff were so impressed with the children it provided them with complimentary lunch and general manager Ania Gardjaura-Starczewska said: “Their little angel voices, singing angel songs and wearing their handmade angel wings were so heart warming.”
Entertainer Bruce Airhead, whose act sees him inflate a six foot balloon using a voice-activated vacuum cleaner also wowed the crowds.
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Shoppers enjoyed an air guitar challenge, a conga and a hula-hooping session, while Angel Central branded goodies and discounts were also on offer.
Lynne said: “The launch of Angel Central is a really exciting time for us. We feel that we now have a much stronger brand identity that reflects not only where we are located, but everything the centre has to offer.”
N1 opened 2002 but recent consumer research revealed that many of its customers weren’t aware of the brand. The new brand was devised to reflect the centre’s prime location in the heart of Angel and to complement an iconic ‘Angel Wings’ sculpture on the site.


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Google has released more themes for gmail.It has added five new themes in the themes section.Those new themes looks like pretty cool.And i’m sure you will also be the fan of these new themes.
According to the company, the new themes are named:
* Basic Black
* Basic White
* Tree Tops
Google has finally made available an Android theme for Gmail. The theme features some graphics in addition to the color green. The Android robot also makes a small appearance behind the Gmail logo.
The new themes can be found in the “Settings” page under the “Themes” tab.


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Resident Evil is a pioneer of survival-horror gameplay and one of the most popular franchises of that genre around. Capcom has cause for celebration today, as March 22, 2016 is the 20th anniversary of this iconic series. Capcom decided to mark the occasion by releasing a developer interview video starring producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi.
Kobayashi has been around since the early days, serving as a programmer on the first two
Resident Evil games before moving on to a producer role for later games like Code Veronica, Zero, and Resident Evil 6. In the video, Kobayashi talks about balancing horror (which he personally isn’t fond of) and entertainment, emulating elements of horror movies, dreaming big when it comes to graphics, the way Resident Evil 4 changed everything, and more, ending with a special message to fans. You can check it out by clicking above.


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- The rose slightly during its recent trading at the intraday levels, to achieve slight gains in its last sessions, by 0.10%. It went by about 32.49 points, settling at the end of trading, away from the lowest levels of the session at 33,747.87. This happened after rising by 3.70%during Thursday’s trading. Over the past week, the index recorded an increase of 4.15%, or the equivalent of 1,344.64.
Thursday’s events continued to weigh on the market after data showed annual consumer price growth fell more than expected in October as core slowed. This raised expectations and hopes that the Federal Reserve will slow the pace of rate hikes when the Policy Committee meets again in mid-December, boosting stock and commodity markets.
Investors now see an 81% chance of a 50 basis point rate hike in December and a 19% chance of a 75 basis point increase.
But the decline in healthcare stocks limited the gains of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Comments from Federal Reserve official Christopher Waller came somewhat negative on the stock market, as Waller said that it will take a series of soft reports for the bank to undo the brakes in raising prices. Interest led to a rise in the dollar and a decline in the prices of goods priced in dollars.
Meanwhile, the Current Economic Conditions Index fell 12% to 57.8, while expectations fell to 52.7 from 56.2.
Inflation expectations for next year rose to 5.1% from 5% in October. The five-year rate moved to 3% from 2.9%, and stayed within the narrow range of 2.9% to 3.1% for 15 of the last 16 months.
While US consumer sentiment soured this month amid rising inflation, according to the University of Michigan gauge. The school’s index of consumer confidence fell to 54.7 from 59.9 in October. The November reading was below expectations of 59.5 from economists polled by the Wall Street Journal.Dow Jones Technical Analysis
Technically, the index is benefiting from the continuous positive support of its trades above its simple moving average for the previous 50 days. It was also affected by its breach of a corrective slope in the weekend’s trading, to give a great opportunity to end this bearish corrective wave in the short term, but in front of that, we notice the influx of negative signals on the relative strength indicators. This is what has curbed the index’s recent gains.
Therefore, our expectations indicate more ascent for the index during its upcoming trading, as long as remains at 32,504.00, to target the first resistance levels at 34,281.30.
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NASA's Curiosity Rover has detected the first signs of organic matter in the form of large quantities of methane on Mars, suggesting the potential for life.
Finnish startup, Canatu, has invented a way to turn almost any surface of any shape into a touch sensor - using transparent films containing carbon nanobuds.
By now you've all probably heard about the terrifying hostage situation in Sydney, Australia, as an armed gunman captured customers and staff in a Lindt cafe. The situation has attracted large crowds and some have been spotted taking selfies.
Not feeling too fussed to check your Facebook news feed, or tweet that picture from last night? You're alone, as social media use in Britain has actually fallen over the last year.
There have been some amazing advancements in prosthetic limbs, from mind control to 3D printing. But none have been able to feel a sense of touch. That is until now, as a team of American and Korean researchers have developed an artificial material that stretches and senses just like real skin.
Magnetic levitation is fascinating to see and a team from Oxford are bringing this experience to us all with their Kickstarter project called 'Halitron.'
Knowing the audience of this site, chances are you've already seen the new 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' trailer, but you may have not seen these awesome parodies.
A lot of people are inventing many ways they see humans controlling computers in the future. A team at Bristol University have had a go at answering this question by using focused ultrasound to create 3D haptic shapes out of air that you can see and touch.
To combat the rising number of drink-drivers around Christmas, Sussex and Surrey police will share the names of people convicted on Twitter.
Copious amounts of offensive internet memes, comic sans text, Doritos and Mountain Dew sum up the rather insane experience that is GAME OF THE YEAR: 420BLAZEIT, a 360 no-scope to the face of modern FPS culture.


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CRUISE CONTROL 03/28/09
DOMESTIC D DAY, RELIABLE JAGS, PONY CAR MARKETING
And the US raised fuel economy standards to 27.3 MPG for 2011 How will this
automotive landscape , what will it cost you the consumer and what manufacturers will have a tough go to meet the new regs?
Both Buick and Jaguar got great news last week with a tie for the highest JD Power and Associates Vehicle Dependability ranking. We figured it was time to take a look
at the new Jaguar with innovative models like the XF so we called on Jags Stuart Schorr to bring us up to date.
Chevy Camaro , Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger . You know them you love
them but right now thanks to the economy its not really PC to market Pony cars.
CRUISE CONTROL 03/21/09
KIA GETS SOUL, FUTURE ALLOY and FBOD MOM
The government is mandating manufacturers to build cleaner more efficient vehicles.
But since gas prices have come down sales
of compacts and hybrids have tanked. What
to do? Well some auto executives say its
time for a gas tax increase.
for future alloy wheels.
And Cheryl Pilcher worked on the
development team for the 3rd and 4th Generation Camaros now she is the 5th Generations Product Manager.
CRUISE CONTROL 03/14/09
HYBRID HARDBALL, AUDI R15 and GM GOOD AND BAD
Plenty of GM news good some bad. Including the headline that they don't need a
2 billion dollar loan for March . But then there's the indefinitely delayed new truck engine, dealers who don't want to order
cars and a big recall.
Hybrid Hardball: Toyota and Honda lock horns over who will sell the least
expensive gas/electric sedan. But
will it even matter in the future?
Audi details its new R15 TDI race car.
CRUISE CONTROL 03/7/09
GM GROWING CONCERN, ELVIS CUDA and 200MPH ON TWO WHEELS
LA growing concern. About "A going concern" The situation gets worse for
GM can bankruptcy be avoided? We have the February Car sales numbers and lets just say it was an ugly month for all.
CUDA this be one of Elvis's cars? Has
a bit of recently uncovered paper work
revealed a former E ticket ride?
He's been a Chrysler Engineering executive, an SCCA driver and a race engine builder now he is shooting for a 200 MPH land speed record on a 750cc Motorcycle.


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Bitter medicine needed to get back to high growth path: FM
"Some bitter medicine has to be taken this year. We have to take some bitter medicine. There is no other way…this bitter medicine is good medicine.
"It will restore the health of the economy and next year we can look forward to much higher growth," he said in the Lok Sabha winding up a discussion on the first batch of supplementary demands for grants for 2012-13 in the Lok Sabha.
After growing at over nine per cent, the GDP slipped to nine-year low of 6.5 per cent in 2011-12 and during the current year, as per the RBI projection, is estimated to be 5.8 per cent.
Earlier addressing the 'Delhi Economics Conclave', the Minister promised to take "more steps" in the next few days to help turn the economy around.
"However, every country has to introspect on whether the domestic and external issues have been diagnosed correctly and whether the policy options have been exercised adequately and effectively," he said, adding India weathered the 2008 crisis well.
Chidambaram expressed confidence that inflation, which has continued to remain a concern and a challenge, would moderate in the next two to three months.
"Inflation is a challenge. Inflation worries the government. While CPI inflation is sticky, good news is that WPI inflation seems to be trending downwards…If it trends downwards, there will be some reason for comfort," he said.
The WPI inflation, which is based on movement in wholesale prices, moderated to 7.24 per cent in November from 7.45 per cent a month ago. The retail inflation, however, was at 9.9 per cent in November, up from 9.75 per cent in October.


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Southwest Offering Free Holiday Photos
‘Tis the season for holiday activities, and beginning, Tuesday, December 13 through December 24, travelers will have the opportunity to take free holiday photos with Santa or in front of a holiday-themed backdrop. Southwest Airlines in partnership with Microsoft, is pleased to once again offer its passengers free holiday photos.
The free holiday photos are available past security near Southwest gates in Terminal 4. Once the photos are taken, a Windows 7 Elf will assist travelers through an online experience to edit, share and store their photos for free. Travelers will also be able to print a copy of their photo at the Airport. These photos are a nice way to spread a little holiday cheer to family and friends. Phoenix Sky Harbor is one of 21 airports nationwide participating in this event. For additional information, visit http://www.blogsouthwest.com/blog/take-pic-good-ol-st-nick.
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JOHANNESBURG — Textile and clothing manufacturers here are lauding the government’s latest efforts to rescue the beleaguered industry.
The National Treasury has issued a binding instruction to all government departments, agencies and state-owned enterprises to purchase their clothing, textiles, footwear and leather goods from local manufacturers.
As the government is the country’s biggest employer, this means that hundreds of thousands of employees all over the country, from policemen and the military to postmen, nurses and airport personnel, are required to source their uniforms locally.
The instruction enforces the preferential procurement regulations stipulated in the Preferential Procurement Policy Act that came into effect in December. Whether this move will significantly invigorate the ailing sector remains to be seen, but manufacturers and workers’ unions are hopeful.
Industry consultant and analyst Renato Palmi said this move was long overdue, but said its success depends “on the strict enforcement of procurement regulations, which includes the verification of certificates.”
South African Clothing & Textile Workers Union general secretary Andre Kriel said the implementation of local procurement regulations is “a boost for local jobs in the domestic…industry because it now directs millions of state and [state-owned enterprises] sending toward…manufacturing. This is a very significant development for our industry, as it compels that all inputs to the final product that are purchased by the state or SOE, must be made locally as well.”
Kriel added that this “will result in major job creation and job retention in the domestic…sector, we expect. It is a major boost for local production.”


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LowCVP calls for clarity and consistency on EV running costs – key to unlocking cleaner vehicle market
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by the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) finds that better understanding of the running costs and total costs of vehicle ownership on the part of private car buyers could significantly boost the market for cleaner, low carbon vehicles. The work was carried out as part of a collaboration with the finance and leasing sector to highlight potential savings.
The running costs of a typical plug-in electric vehicle (including fuel, taxes, maintenance, insurance etc), for example, can easily save drivers £800 or more a year versus a comparable conventional (petrol or diesel) vehicle, often more than compensating for any difference in the lease cost.
However, the research showed that car buyers are not sufficiently aware of the running cost benefits and are, therefore, likely to underestimate their importance in their car purchase decisions.
A key finding of the study was that presenting the total cost of ownership on a monthly basis to prospective car buyers was perceived as the most useful metric in enabling them to easily choose between different powertrains on the market.
91% of all private new car purchases are made using some form of motor finance so the LowCVP is working with the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA), which represents most businesses operating in the sector, to help make sure that new customers are as well informed as possible about the full costs of vehicle ownership.
In collaboration with the FLA and its members, the LowCVP has been working to identify how information can be most effectively presented to prospective car buyers to encourage low emission vehicle choices as well as examining the potential for regulatory changes to enable the total cost of ownership (not just purchase price) to be incorporated into measures of affordability on which financial lending decisions are based.
The car buyer survey of 2,000 consumers, conducted on behalf of LowCVP, found that the total cost of ownership (TCO) was only the sixth most important factor considered by car buyers researching their new car options, indicating that its significance may be relatively little understood.
When prompted, the prospective car buyers identified fuel cost savings as the single most important factor that could influence their decision to buy an electric vehicle. Savings in road taxes were considered the second most important factor, closely followed by local cost benefits such as access to London’s ULEZ or C-Charge zone.
The study asked about the impact of a range of other possible local financial incentives on the purchase decision. Free electricity at the workplace and at shopping centres was considered to have the greatest potential impact, followed by free parking.
LowCVP’s Head of Projects,
Gloria Esposito, who coordinated the research said: “We need to galvanise a change in how comprehensive financial information is presented to consumers. Enabling an understanding of the total costs of ownership will significantly help private car buyers in making choices that are better for their pockets and better for the environment.”
Gloria added: “An earlier study
of the websites that private car buyers use to inform their purchase choices found that some (mainly the ‘green’ car buying sites) have worked out that making fuel cost information prominent as a component of the total cost of ownership is a vital addition. However, many mainstream sites – including those of most of the motor manufacturers – fail to adequately present fuel and running cost information.
“We do need, though, to make sure that the communicators are using figures based on common assumptions so that prospective car buyers see information that is as consistent as possible across the various sources they use to help them make purchase decisions.”
LowCVP developed and led the introduction of the new car fuel economy label which is now legally required in vehicle dealerships. The label includes a standardised fuel cost. Recent research, however, showed that dealerships only rank fourth in the list of the most important sources of information, behind a variety of websites. Independent review and car buying websites are the most popular sources of information for prospective buyers
Adrian Dally, the Finance & Leasing Association's Head of Motor Finance, with whom the LowCVP is participating at related events on the party conference fringes, said: “We welcome LowCVP’s research, as it’s important that consumers have the right information to help them decide what the right product is for their circumstances and budget. Total cost of ownership (TCO) information is a very good starting point and will also go some way to enabling finance and leasing companies assess the most affordable funding options for the consumer. We look forward to working with the LowCVP to develop a TCO standard further.”
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West Marine Press Release
|West Marine Hosts “Cruising for a Cause” Charity Night Thursday, July 18|
Watsonville, CA (June 26, 2013)
“There’s about 170,000 registered boaters in Oregon and several hundred thousand more non-motorized boaters in the state. ‘Cruising for a Cause’ is one of many ways West Marine gives back to the marine community,” commented Chris Kluever, West Marine’s Portland location General Manager. “Cruising for a Cause is, without a doubt, the biggest and most important fundraiser of its type in the Portland-area. It’s not only a fundraiser but it’s really a celebration of all-things-boating...it’s lining up to be one heck of an event.”
“Cruising for a Cause” charity night will take place on Thursday evening, July 18 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., at West Marine’s new Portland store located at 12050 N. Parker Avenue, in the newly renovated Jantzen Beach Center, Several local boating-related non-profit charities stand to benefit from this evening of fun that begins with a ribbon-cutting by Portland’s Mayor, Charlie Hales. Organizations like Willamette Riverkeepers, Coastal Conservation Association, Daughters of Neptune, Willamette Sailing Club – Youth Program, Sea Scouts, the Leukemia Cup, Association of Northwest Steelheaders, Oregon Women's Sailing Association and Columbia Gorge Racing Association will receive 100% of the money generated from ticket sales and auction items. Award-winning blues is slated with The Robbie Laws Band along with food and beverages. Local fishing and boating celebrities will be in attendance including Lance Fisher, host of KXL Radio’s, Northwest Outdoor Adventures. Tickets for this event are $10 and available through West Marine’s current Portland store at Delta Park or the participating charities.
This is the first charity event of its type in Portland. West Marine has developed this event as a means to elevate boating’s impact and commitment to water quality, boating safety, kids boating programs and conservation. “Cruising for a Cause” has won the acclaim and attention of cities and non-profits across the country as a means to deliver meaningful assistance to targeted charities.
All of the participating charities answered a broad-based appeal that was sent to local media, boating and fishing organizations and charities around the area and have agreed to participate directly in the event through ticket sales to “Cruising For A Cause.”
About West Marine
West Marine, Inc. is the largest specialty retailer of boating supplies and accessories, with nearly 300 company-operated stores located in 38 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and five franchised stores located in Turkey. Founded in 1968 by a sailor, West Marine has grown to become a leading omni-channel retailer for boats and boaters – from power cruisers and sailors to anglers and paddle sports enthusiasts. West Marine also offers gear, apparel and footwear for anyone who enjoys recreational time on or around the water. The company's Port Supply division is one of the largest wholesale distributors of marine equipment serving boat manufacturers, marine services, commercial vessel operators and government agencies. For more information on West Marine, Inc. its products and store locations, visit westmarine.com or call 1-800-BOATING (1-800-262-8464). West Marine's stock is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol WMAR..


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(Sharecast News) – Watches of Switzerland posted a big increase in full-year sales and profits.
Group sales increased by 19% at constant currencies to reach £1.54bn, helped by an especially strong showing in the U.S..
That drove a 23% jump in statutory profits before tax to £155m, while free cash flow strengthened 30% to £146m.
The watchmaker also reiterated its guidance for its 2024 financial year, voicing confidence in the outlook for organic growth, even as it continued “to actively pursue additional inorganic growth opportunities to enhance that growth.”
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Zoom cloud services made accessible to new locations worldwide
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. announced general availability of its Zoom Phone cloud phone service in 25 additional countries and territories, as well as a new, drastically simplified telephone service plan for companies with locations across the globe. Zoom now provides local telephone service and domestic calling in over 40 countries and territories around the world.
The new countries and territories where Zoom Phone supports local phone numbers are: Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Mexico, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
This expanded geographic coverage allows Zoom customers to migrate away from their legacy phone systems and consolidate business communications into Zoom’s video-first unified communications platform. To help customers streamline their communication carrier portfolio, Zoom has launched the Global Select plan. With this new plan, a company can purchase domestic calling in 40 plus countries and territories where Zoom provides PSTN service, for a single price.
While many companies with locations around the world are responsible for negotiating telephone service agreements with various carriers, Zoom aims to simplify that process. In addition to local service in 40 plus countries and territories, Zoom Phone provides telephone connectivity covering the world through its Bring Your Own Carrier model, including in markets where telephone service is highly regulated. Zoom will also continue to provide an easy solution for companies that do not require individual direct numbers for every employee. For these customers, the Zoom Phone Pro plan for cloud telephony service is available starting at $8 USD a user per month. “Zoom Phone is changing the game,” said Elka Popova, VP of Connected Work Research at Frost & Sullivan. “Now, with an innovative plan model and availability of its successful Zoom Phone product in 40 plus countries, it will be a compelling option for many multinational customers.”
“As we engage with our customers, they are telling us they want to untangle their global telephony spending and consolidate, much like their move to the cloud,” said Graeme Geddes, Head of Zoom Phone. “In response we developed the Global Select plan and our expansion across the globe.” What Zoom Phone customers are saying: "At ServiceNow, we rely on Zoom daily to keep our global teams, customers, and prospects connected,” said Tomer Mekhty, Vice President of Global IT Operations, ServiceNow. “We’ve been long-time Zoom platform users and we are excited to have the opportunity to add Zoom Phone to Zoom’s full stack of communication and collaboration tools. Zoom Phone enhances our stack of communication and collaboration, covering voice, video, and chat all in one. It makes it possible to transition from voice to video calls seamlessly and achieve an approach to communication that best suits our collaborative and innovative culture.”
“At Cision, our entire team has found Zoom Phone easy to use and very reliable even when network conditions are challenging for our remote workforce,” said Eric Rabuse, Head of Telephony at Cision. “It offers voicemail transcriptions, three-way calling, a centralized portal for managing all voice operations securely, and many other features that our teams enjoy. The intuitive call queues are easy for users to manage and empowers our teams to make adjustments to their call handling without IT assistance. Zoom’s constant innovation across the entire platform puts a smile on our faces as they frequently surprise us with new features and releases. Just when you thought phones were old school, Zoom made them so much cooler with direct integrations into their meetings platform and CRMs we use daily.”
“I am a long-term Farmers Agency owner. Early on, I recognized the potential of cloud phone systems and have used several vendors over the years,” said Kevin Carda, Farmers Insurance Agency Owner. “There was always an issue: frequent inconsistent call quality issues, complex interfaces, modem/router issues, and so forth. Being a recent Zoom platform user, I discovered that they have a cloud phone service and it is superb! I was easily guided through the setup process and they helped me design a call management process that best suited my business. They truly have the perfect solution with voice, video, and chat services in a single intuitive interface and a very responsive support team to help you. I am thrilled with Zoom’s suite of products and their support team, and highly recommend Zoom to anyone looking for cutting-edge communication services at a very reasonable price."
Telecom Review virtual panel discusses instrumental role of wholesale industry in navigating the crisis
Telecom Review, the leading global telecoms news platform, held a virtual panel on 21 July, attended by 346 participants, to discuss the latest and most pressing issues in the wholesale and capacity space. Telecom Review mobilized an impressively unique panel with representatives from Etisalat, MTN GlobalConnect, PCCW Global, Tata Communications, SES, Orange and GBI.
Following the success of its previous virtual events, the panel titled, ‘Capacity and data traffic: Enabling a seamless experience’, was held at 16:00 UAE time on July 21st.
The session was moderated by Founder of Telecom Review and CEO of Trace Media, Toni Eid, and the panelists included: Ali Amiri, Group Chief Carrier & Wholesale Officer at Etisalat; Frederic Schepens, CEO of MTN GlobalConnect; Marc Halbfinger, CEO of PCCW Global; Vaneet Mehta, AVP & Region Head- MECAA at Tata Communications; Elias Zaccack, EVP of Global Sales at SES; Cengiz Oztelcan, CEO of GBI and Emmanual Rochas, CEO, International Carriers at Orange.
The globally renowned panelists discussed the management of the sheer amount of data which was generated throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of the cloud in ensuring a seamless remote experience and the challenges that COVID-19 posed to the wholesale industry.
Ali Amiri, Group Chief Carrier & Wholesale Officer at Etisalat, said, "Organizations were less concerned about security and remote working because of cloud readiness. Everyone has to be cloud equipped and this showed during the pandemic. This was really quite important that people could connect from anywhere and from any device.”
Frederic Schepens, CEO of MTN GlobalConnect, stated, “When COVID-19 hit our operations, we already had more backups and strengthened networks. In certain markets, we saw 30-35% growth. Voice also increased because people were calling each other to make sure everyone was OK. As an industry, we can do a lot of good to make sure we support all these changes with a reliable, robust infrastructure and also ensure that we facilitate the digitization process.”
Marc Halbfinger, CEO of PCCW Global, said, “The one thing that I’m certain of as a result of COVID-19 is that I’m not certain of anything. The situation has made forecasting an art form. We need to consider as many possibilities as may exist. We don’t know when this issue will be resolved or how governments will deal with it. COVID-19 has demonstrated that anything that is driving new age automation is necessary.”
On the business Impact of COVID 19, Vaneet Mehta, Region Head, Tata Communications, mentioned, “In terms of wholesale segment, we had growth in data traffic, on account of OTT content consumption. But the enterprise segment saw decision making getting delayed.”
Vaneet, was still bullish on the enterprise segment, in markets like Saudi Arabia, UAE and certain select countries of Africa. He also touched upon the recent news of the recent Tata Communications local telecom license in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Elias Zaccack, EVP of Global Sales at SES, said, “Without dismissing the severity of COVID-19, we are seeing is a lot of opportunities. One of those opportunities is digitization. A lot of countries are moving a lot faster to digitization. What we have realized is just how essential satellites are to the global infrastructure.”
“For many years we’ve been talking about digitalization, we also learnt that most governments are nowhere near being digital especially during the lockdown. We suffered a lot of time wastage in terms of organizing basic processes. Also, security is currently in the back burner because people are just trying to be connected. It’s a good time for us to think about this, but the market will demand better security eventually,” commented Cengiz Oztelcan, CEO of GBI.
Emmanual Rochas, CEO, International Carriers at Orange, said, “This crisis has been dramatic in terms of human impact. It also had a massive impact on our international wholesale business. We have experienced a very strong shift in usage in terms of our businesses. Our networks have either been emptied or overloaded. We have seen an increase in domestic voice whilst international voice suffered. We had a very strong increase in public networks due to increase in consumption of entertainment.”
Huawei experiences 13.1% revenue increase in H1 2020
Huawei has announced its financial results for the first half of 2020 which showed a 13.1% increase year-on-year and a net profit margin of 9.2%.
The tech giant generated CNY454 billion in revenue throughout the first half of the year. As for their carrier, consumer and enterprise business, they achieved CNY159.6 billion, CNY255.8 billion and CNY36.3 billion.
As countries across the world have been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic as best they can, ICT has become absolutely essential to combatting the virus and containing its spread. Not only that, but it has also become an engine for economic recovery.
Huawei has been at the forefront of innovation, namely during this period which has been characterized by economic uncertainty. They have been key enablers in helping many industries maintain stable network operations, support efforts to contain the spread of the virus, accelerate digital transformation and reopen economies.
Huawei announces pandemic-inspired smartphone with built-in thermometer
Chinese tech giant Huawei announced that its new smartphone will include built-in sensors that can measure body temperature.
The fever can be an early indicator of infection during times like these where the COVID-19 pandemic is a major concern. Huawei intends to integrate this thermometer in the Honor Play 4 Pro phone.
The infrared technology built into the smartphone will have the ability to measure temperatures up to 100 degrees Celsius.
In a video posted on Chinese social media site Weibo, Huawei demonstrated the phone and how the built-in thermometer would work on a person, via pointing the sensors at the individual’s forehead for a few seconds.
While IR sensors are not as accurate as thermal cameras, it is cheap to use and was in fact already integrated into most smartphones for facial recognition unlock and other camera effects. It was due to this that the tech giant was able to react to the pandemic very quickly.
The phone is expected to be available in China for around $420.
Samsung net profits down by 3% in Q1
Samsung has reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2020 which showed decreased profits due to the pandemic.


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October 24, 2013
Distributor Execs Share Supply Chain Insights at HIDA
Streamlining Healthcare Conference 2013
Leader panelists Chris Fagnani and EV Clarke.
Signs of optimism seen for independent physician market.
Alexandria, Va. – HIDA’s annual Streamlining Healthcare Conference attracted hundreds of distributors,
manufacturers, and providers to the nation’s capital to discuss strategic responses to a transforming healthcare environment.
Attendees heard insights on the healthcare supply chain during provider panel discussions and in six Leaders in Healthcare Amphitheater interviews, featuring more than a dozen distributor and manufacturer executives:
McKesson Medical-Surgical President Stanton McComb expresses optimism about the physician market. “We believe that independent physician practices will maintain a prominent place in our healthcare ecosystem for the foreseeable future,” says McComb.
Mercedes Medical COO Andy Wright predicts improving technology will allow providers to make quick, informed decisions. “We’re beginning to see early development of mobile apps with a tie-in to medical devices and distributor websites. Improved ordering functionality, inventory monitoring and data analytics are all areas where we think the market is heading,” explains Wright.
Lynn Medical owner Chris Fagnani describes how distribution’s future success lies in services. “Supply chain partners are asserting themselves by focusing more on services and technology than disposables, particularly with electronic medical record consulting. The ‘whole product’ concept, which allows physicians to save time and practice medicine effectively, should be adopted industry-wide,” comments Fagnani.
Stanton McComb with HIDA's Matt Rowan.
HIDA's annual conference centers on networking between supply chain partners and allows attendees to coordinate multiple meetings with key industry stakeholders. The next Streamlining Healthcare Conference takes place in Chicago, Ill., September 30 – October 2, 2014.
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The Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA) is the premier trade association representing medical products distribution. HIDA members primarily serve the nation’s hospital, long term care, and physician/alternate care markets. For more information, visit www.HIDA.org. For more information on HIDA’s Streamlining Healthcare initiative, visit www.streamlininghealthcare.org.


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Doritos just announced a couple new flavors and they do NOT sound good. It’s not the usual twist on Cool Ranch or cheesy goodness either. The new flavors seem like someone in the flavor lab decided it was too much work to think of anything new, so they decided to squeeze some basic condiments on their chips, thus creating….
Something amazing, something surprising…
Ketchup and Mustard!
Yes, Doritos has announced that they just released Ketchup chips and Spicy Mustard chips. No one really knows why. It sounds gross and unappetizing.
Have you ever thought, “gee, this Doritos chip would be a lot better if I squeezed a ketchup packet on it.” Have you?
Okay, okay. So, the comments on Instagram seem like some people are really excited about the new Doritos chip flavor duo. And who knows, maybe they’ll taste good spread out on a hot dog or something.
Have you tried the new Doritos Ketchup and Spicy Mustard flavors yet? We want to know your opinion.


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The good news for graphics manufacturer Gainward is that managed to get inside Ditech, the main etailer / retailer in Austria and since we know Ditech quite well, you can definitely look at this this as a big achievement.
OCZ has also managed to get to Corsair only space and Gainward and OCZ both share good pricing in the mainstream level, something that Austrians really appreciate.
Ditech has grown to the biggest computer retailer / etailer in the region and it currently hires almost 200 people and has a premium warranty service. So now, you can simply go to ditech.at and buy your favorite piece of hardware and the guys will probably ship it to you in most parts of the Europe.
Gainaward's products are listed here, while OCZ products are listed here.


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The new Unnecto Quatro looks promising. It's a low-cost and unlocked smartphone running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, has a 4-inch screen (800 x 480 pixels), and boasts two SIM card slots for GSM and HSDPA connectivity.
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Chinese private equity firm Orchid Asia has led Series B funding rounds in two startups – Canada’s delivery service platform Fantuan and Beijing-based edtech brand Ivydad.
Orchid Asia leads $35m funding in Fantuan Delivery
Canada-based Asian food and services platform Fantuan Delivery has closed a $35-million Series B round led by Chinese PE firm Orchid Asia, per a company statement on Tuesday.
With this round, the total corpus raised by the platform to date touches over $50 million.
The latest round was joined by existing investors including Vision Plus Capital, Celtic House Asia Partners, and China’s Meituan co-founder Jing Li. The three investors had together participated in Fantuan’s $12-million Series A round funding in March last year.
Chinese global investment bank Taihecap served as the financial advisor for the deal.
The company will use the proceeds to recruit talent and to improve its delivery services.
Vancouver-headquartered Fantuan has three flagship services – food delivery, reviews and errands management. It has a presence in 40 cities across Canada and the US. In 2020, Fantuan generated annual revenue of $400 million.
According to the German global market and consumer research giant Statista, the size of global online food delivery is expected to reach $32.3 billion by 2024.
Orchid leads $30m Series B funding in Ivydad
Orchid Asia has led a $30-million Series B round in Beijing-based edtech brand Ivydad, according to a company statement on Tuesday.
Nanjing-based home appliances supplier Fivestar Holdings’ investment arm Focustar Capital participated in the latest round as a new investor. Returning investor V Star Capital re-upped in the round. V Star Capital had invested 50 million yuan ($7.7 million) in Ivydad’s Series A round in 2018.
Ivydad, founded by Harvard and Yale University graduate Ren Huang, offers learning courses in Maths, Chinese and foreign languages, music and animation to children up to 8 years old.
Ivydad’s early-stage investors include Sinovation Ventures, Crystal Stream Capital and others.
China’s online education industry was pegged at 486 billion yuan ($75 billion) in 2021, per market research company iiMedia Research.


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Father and son team Ramesh and Amish Shingadia have opened their second Londis store – and marked the event with a visit from a Government minister.
The new Londis store in Caterways, Horsham, has benefited from a complete refurbishment following its acquisition earlier this year and is the second store for the Shingadia family, who scooped an Independent Achievers Academy award on Monday.
“We’re confident out customers will like our new store,” said Amish Shingadia. “We’ve got a great range, lots of new products and Costa coffee to go. We’ve already had some fantastic feedback with lots of people saying they are delighted with the transformation.”
The new-look store also represents the 5,000th modernised Post Office opening, which saw Postal Affairs Minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe visiting the store to cut the ribbon to officially open its doors.
The minister said: “The Government has invested nearly £2bn to sustain and transform the network and I am pleased to open this branch, particularly to celebrate reaching the 5,000 modernised post offices milestone.”
Londis brand director John Pattison added: “It’s great to see the Shingadias opening a second store, Ramesh and Amish are great retailers with extensive experience in serving their local communities.”
As well as the official ribbon-cutting, a opening party will take place tomorrow to coincide with Small Business Saturday, with a free goody bag being given away to the first 50 customers, and family activities, food tastings and face painting on offer.