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Tamworth-based retirees Jeff Myers and his wife Chris have been regular visitors to Mylestom on the mid north coast for the last decade, staying about 70 days a year in the quiet seaside village and spending their money at the corner shop and the bowling club.
They have an on-site caravan at the Reflections Holiday Park Mylestom, which they bought off a previous owner, and they pay a flat fee of $5000 per year to rent the spot where the van resides.
Theirs is one of about 30 such vans, generally old and no longer mobile, owned by people whose occupation agreements with the park entitle them to stay up to 180 nights per annum.
Jeff said about half are retired couples from the New England region and the others are families with kids from Coffs Harbour.
But now it seems that Reflections would prefer them gone, if not immediately, at least via natural attrition.
Last month, Jeff received a letter informing him that should he wish to sell or transfer the ownership of his holiday van, it would need to be removed from the park.
He’s heard of this happening in other places, such as Evans Head, with the stated reason being to free up the spaces for short-term tourist accommodation.
“They’re legally entitled to do that,” Jeff said. “But it doesn’t make financial sense. Their income from this site, should they get rid of us, will be $3000 less.”
He based this calculation on Reflections Mylestom only having 100 per cent occupancy of its powered sites during four weeks over Christmas, therefore the lost revenue of $5000 from him would only be offset by an additional $2000 at the high season rate of $63 per night.
“That will be their loss for each site,” he said. “If it was Port Macquarie, or a really busy centre, I would understand it because they would run at 100 per cent occupancy a lot of weeks in the year. But we’re talking about North Beach, which runs at 60 per cent occupancy. If they take the semi-permanents away, you’ve got 30 extra caravan sites that aren’t going to be occupied. If they were to build 30 cabins on those sites, those cabins aren’t going to be occupied.
“Because it’s not that popular a caravan park.”
Jeff suspects it is a statewide decision that is being implemented regardless of local conditions.
“We feel it’s just somebody sitting in an office in Newcastle saying this is what we’re doing. And not looking at individual parks.”
However, Reflections CEO Steve Edmonds said this argument was wrong.
”Jeff Myer’s statement that Reflections will lose money if holiday vans are converted to powered sites is incorrect,” he said.
“During the last financial year, powered sites yielded $9000 per year each compared to Jeff’s calculation of $2000.
There’s going to be a social and economic effect, apart from what it’s doing to usJeff Myers
“This means that when comparing holiday vans (at $5000 per year) with powered sites (at $9000 per year), powered sites yield an extra $4000, being almost double the amount.”
In response to a further question to clarify whether that $9000 figure was an average across all 37 of the parks operated by NSW Crown Holiday Parks Trust, Fairfax Media was told it was specific to Mylestom.
Jeff also argues that another major ramification will be how the loss of the holiday van owners affects the turnover of North Beach Bowling Club and the local store.
“We’re nearly all members of the bowling club,” he said. “Out of the 30, I think there’s five that aren’t. We go there on a Friday or Saturday night, have a drink, have dinner.
“There’s going to be a social and economic effect, apart from what it’s doing to us.”
Jeff said the letters were sent out with no consultation, no forewarning and no contact details for follow-up inquiries.
“It was just a case of here’s the letter, just arrives in the mail.”
He added that one of the van owners paid $70,000 to buy her caravan six months ago.
“They would have known six months ago that this was on the drawing board. Yet they were quite happy to let her spend $70,000 on the basis that the money will be blown. Because you can’t move them [the vans]. Basically, they go to the tip.”
Jeff feared the letter was just the beginning of a process that would see all of the holiday van owners told to vacate their sites within the next 12 months, but his attempts to inquire proved fruitless.
When Fairfax Media approached Reflections for comment, we received the following assurance from the CEO Steve Edmonds:
“The letter that the holiday van owners received at Mylestom on 13/08/2018 is not asking Holiday Van Owners to leave the park.
“It is stating that new Occupation or ‘Lease’ Agreements will not be issued for new people to come to the park, buy a current holiday van owner’s van and re-lease that site in the new van owner’s name.
“Should a holiday van owner wish to leave the park and sell their van, the site they have been leasing will revert to a powered site if allowed under the Plan of Management.”
The current Plan of Management for Mylestom dates back to 2012, prior to the amalgamation of North Coast Holiday Parks, South Coast Holiday Parks and Inland Waters Holiday Parks under the corporate banner of Crown Holiday Parks in 2013.
However, Reflections said there were no plans to update the Mylestom Plan of Management in the next year.


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When you don’t want to pay for this stuff: Why hawaii’s Star advertiser isn’t on your radar
Posted On June 20, 2021
If you’re in Hawaii, you’ve probably heard the news that the state is in the midst of a public relations disaster.
With its annual spring equinox, which marks the onset of spring, Hawaii is one of the first states in the U.S. to introduce a new statewide marketing campaign.
And it’s not just the first time the state has done so.
The marketing campaign has been around since the 1950s, and it’s a key part of Hawaii’s efforts to get people to go to the beach and participate in social and economic change.
It’s a strategy that has been successful for decades, and the state’s campaign has become a mainstay in Hawaii’s tourism industry.
Now, the state will finally get to put some of the marketing money behind a campaign that has become the target of national criticism.
The Star, a major Hawaiian newspaper, is one big target.
But the ad industry says the company has used it to further its own interests.
So what’s the story?
In a nutshell, Star says the campaign is designed to drive tourism in Hawaii and other Pacific Rim nations to a “new, vibrant” economy that would allow them to invest in jobs and education.
The campaign, which has been called “Hawaii’s new tourism industry,” has been billed as an attempt to “transform” Hawaii.
“The Star is not a tourism company.
It is a public policy firm that has engaged in extensive lobbying to help promote the Star’s public policy views,” a Star spokesperson told CBC News.
The spokesperson declined to comment on why the Star has been targeted by critics.
But a review of the Star website shows that the company is known to use its position in the industry to influence the public perception of its competitors.
In an article on the Star front page in January, the article’s author, Andrew Cripps, wrote that the Star “has been engaged in lobbying to promote the public policy positions of major Pacific Rim economies.”
Crippes wrote that his article, which is a work of satire, “appears to be based on an unfounded, and perhaps misleading, notion that Star has lobbied against the U

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India's Leading Car Designer Dilip Chhabria Ran Rs 100 Cr Interstate Car Racket, Claims Police
India’s leading car designer Dilip Chhabria was arrested on December 28, as per a TOI report. Police now say that they have discovered an interstate car financing and forgery scam worth around Rs 100 crore. Chhabria (68) was produced before the Esplanade metropolitan magistrate and is to be remanded in custody till January 2. This happened in Mumbai.
Police said his firm DCDPL manufactured 127 Avanti cars over 3 years and sold them in India and abroad with several registrations in many states.
90 of these cars were put into fraudulent financing by taking loans from NBFCs.
Assistant police inspector Sachin Waze said Chabria, using DCDPL, posed as a customer of Avanti cars to take several loans on each vehicle from different NBFCs, averaging a whopping Rs 42 lakh per car.
He then registered them in another state before selling them.
An investigation indicated Chhabria had 41 cars with the BMW India Financing Services and 16 were never registered with any RTO.


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Over the past few years, LG has slipped to one of the worst phone manufacturers when it comes to software updates. It already took nearly a year for Android 9 Pie to arrive on the US variants of the LG G7, and the company's older phones are waiting even longer. Android Pie is now rolling out to the 2017 V30, but the update hasn't arrived in America quite yet.
There are quite a few variants of the V30, but the only models confirmed by owners to have Pie so far are the LGMV300L and H930. Those are the South Korean LG U+ and European LG V30, respectively. All other variants appear to still be waiting, including all US models.
Android 9 Pie updated on LG H930 (source)
We'll keep you updated if/when Pie rolls out in other regions. The V30 isn't even two years old yet, so waiting over a year for an Android update is nothing short of embarrassing, especially when LG promised faster updates earlier this year.


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Princeton Digital Group commits US$100 million of growth capital.
HTS connectivity provides telecom operators with the ability to expand their networks, launch new broadband services and reach underserved areas quickly and cost-effectively.
PT XL Axiata Tbk posts a year-on-year net profit of Rp160 billion (US$12.25 million) from a loss of Rp507 billion (US$38.8 million) for 9M16, ended in Sept 30.
New York-based music streaming service company Yonder Music has announced an exclusive partnership with XL Axiata in Indonesia, nearly six months after announcing a similar pact with XL’s sister company Celcom Axiata in Malaysia.
Since launching their commercial 4G LTE services, Indonesia’s operators say they have not seen much revenue from the service.
Debt-ridden Indonesian telco XL Axiata has signed an agreement with Protelindo to sell 2,500 of its 6,500 towers.
Diutamakan pengguna prabayar Rp500 ribu/bulan Menargetkan 1,000 pelanggan paska bayar
Panggilan terkait mekanisme penetapan tarif dan kuota pelanggan Operator menganggap masih terlalu dini membahas perang tarif
Operator harus mencari model bisnis digital non-tradisional Masuki era 4G, operator berkomitmen tidak akan perang tariff
Pendapatan dari sektor UKM hingga tahun ini mencapai Rp4 triliun UKM berteknologi berpotensi besar mewujudkan digital ekonomi


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Disney has just announced the release of even more new merchandise inspired by Disney’s all-new movie “The Lion King”, now available (or coming soon, in the case of the MagicBand) at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Take a look at what’s to come below!
“The Lion King”-inspired items include several vibrant T-shirts in a variety of colors as well as special apparel featuring Simba and Nala. All of the items are now available at Mombasa Marketplace, Island Mercantile and Discovery Trading Company at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Also, be on the lookout for new “Lion King” Funko Pop collection! Rafiki, Simba, Scar, Pumba and Timon can soon be found at Disney’s Animal Kingdom locations.
This exclusive new MagicBand will be available only at Walt Disney World Resort starting July 19th.
The “The Lion King” collection includes special items for your wrist as well – like these Alex and Ani bracelets we managed to hunt down earlier in June!
Will you be on the lookout for these new items? Oh, I just can’t wait!


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Southland residents who may not have been able to easily access fresh food are getting a new Wal-Mart Supercenter in Richton Park that opens Wednesday.
Wal-Mart, 22401 Central Ave., on the southwest corner of Interstate 57 and Sauk Trail, is positioned in an underserved area for fresh food.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the store is located in the vicinity of several "food deserts" along the southern Cook County border and into northern Will County, which are defined as "low-income census tracts where a significant number or share of residents is more than one mile ... from the nearest supermarket."
The store moved from 21410 S. Cicero in Matteson, and expanded to offer a full fresh grocery, deli, bakery and vision center, which the old location did not have.
As store manager Eric Jones toured the 182,000-square-foot store Tuesday, he said that among the many expansions is a fresh meat department. The store hopes to attract customers not only from the immediate area, but also from Frankfort and Monee, he said. The store will feature a wider variety of items to serve diverse customers, he said.
For example, the store has "nicer grills, nicer bicycles" than other locations may have, he said.
In the dairy section, the long aisle was filled with cheese options, and there were six rows of shelves, eight-feet wide, dedicated to Greek yogurt varieties.
"This is the single-largest retail development in the history of Richton Park," said Regan Stockstell, interim village manager.
Stockstell said not only does it offer one-stop shopping that residents have been asking for, it also provides jobs. Jones said all the 190 employees from the Matteson location transferred to the new store. Wal-Mart also added another 150 employees, providing 340 jobs total.
Stockstell also said that the village has talked with "a number of different retailers," and expects to have more businesses in Richton Park "within the next year or two."
"The traffic generated will help other businesses in the area thrive," Stockstell said.
The store will have an official ribbon cutting at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, but will have other grand opening activities through the weekend, Jones said. There will be visits by brand characters, such as Bimbo the Bear, and from the Miller Girls and Coors Girls on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 2 p.m. On Saturday, there will be free hot dogs, as well as a kids tent outside.
Erin Gallagher is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.


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The latest from LoCITY's James Smith
National government is undoubtedly committed to a zero carbon economy but it’s uncertain whether enough has been done to support the businesses that will have to buy in and then adapt to this vision.
Last month the UK hosted the world's first Zero Emission Vehicle Summit where the Prime Minister outlined funding plans to help push the UK’s influence on the design and manufacture of zero-emission vehicles. They want all new cars and vans to be effectively zero-emission by 2040, so it remains to be seen whether reducing the Plug-in grant by £1,000 for pure electric will have a detrimental impact on sales. In reality the biggest impact for commercial car users may be felt by the total removal of support for plug-in hybrids especially for businesses which required the additional security of emergency extended range. These formed the majority of the 160,000 grants provided since 2011 and could be considered excellent bridging vehicles for businesses testing the practicality of an alternatively fuelled vehicle. Let’s hope the government have read market conditions correctly.
The last few years at LoCITY have taught us that establishing fact from fiction ensures the majority of people understand the basics before committing to new technology. That’s why we’ve launched the new Fuel Facts website [https://fuelfacts.locity.org.uk/ ] which answers common queries. Like most of our tools it is work in progress which we will develop if you find it useful.
With the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) on the horizon small business owners in particular may find it a little more difficult than others to acquire compliant small vans. Transport for London and the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association are running an event in Southwark, London on Friday 16 November to help promote affordable compliant vans to those who need them. Email us at LoCITY@tfl.gov.uk if you’d like to attend.
If you can’t make it then we will be sharing what other operators are doing in the run up to April. Whether that’s increasing the use of cargo bikes, swapping Euro 6 vans around in the fleet or just passing on the additional costs to clients. LoCITY’s role is to help signpost how policymakers are trying to influence businesses and vice versa. ULEZ is stepping beyond national government to clean up London’s air. For this reason it’ll be bumpy whilst we adapt but has the potential to directly improve the lives of millions of people everyday.


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BANGKOK: India today strongly supported initiatives for an integrated market to facilitate economic trade in the fast booming Asia Pacific region and advocated evolving of mechanisms for free and open trade and investment flows. Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia told the 68th UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) session that India had been a firm believer in regional economic cooperation and integration...
September 16, 2008 |
MUMBAI: In view of its economic integration with the world economy, India cannot remain immune to the present global financial crisis, Reliance Capital Chairman Anil Ambani has said. "Given its economic integration with the world economy, India cannot remain immune to the global financial crisis. The Indian equities and currency markets have already been affected by these developments," Ambani told shareholders at the company's AGM here today. ...
November 20, 2012 |
PHNOM PENH: Against the backdrop of China's row with East Asian nations over the South China Sea, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today advocated establishing of a "common set of principles" and "cooperative mechanisms" to deepen economic integration and ensure "open, inclusive and rule-based architecture" in the Asia Pacific region. Linking India's security and prosperity to the Asia Pacific region, he said, "our vision for this...
July 16, 2011 |
WASHINGTON: India's rise offers a huge opportunity for Pakistan which is facing major economic challenges, a top US official has said, advocating that Islamabad should consider improving its trade ties with its neighbour. "India's economic rise presents a huge opportunity for Pakistan, a bilateral breakthrough could provide a catalyst for wider regional economic integration in South and Central Asia," Robert Hormats, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and...
February 12, 2007
India's 'Look East' policy, when it was initiated a decade and a half ago, marked a strategic shift in our perspective. It coincided with the beginning of our economic reform process and provided an opportunity for significantly enlarging our economic engagement. At the same time, it was also a renewal of time-tested linkages with our neighbours in South East and East Asia. Our zeal and determination to pursue this renewal and reach our goal of fashioning the Asian Economic Community, remains unshaken.


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Market-leading automotive visualisation specialist, ZeroLight, will demonstrate its critically acclaimed virtual reality experiences at Develop:VR, taking place at London's Olympia Conference Centre, November 9th. In addition to the showcase, Technical Director Chris O'Connor will address delegates in Room 1 from 12pm, discussing how the company has created world-class commercial VR experiences for some of the automotive industry's biggest names. Coming just a week after ZeroLight won the Best Use of Tech in the Digital Economy Award at the prestigious UK Tech Awards, Develop:VR will see professionals from all areas of the immersive sector come together to network and discuss the future of the medium.
Due to its substantial and sustained growth over a number of years, ZeroLight is looking to recruit talented individuals from the event for a number of technical and creative roles, ranging from Graduate to Tech Director level. Erin Turnbull, ZeroLight's Talent Development Manager, will be leading the recruitment drive at the event. She says "Develop:VR is a great chance for us to network with the highest calibre of developers from the UK's booming tech industry. Thanks to our continued expansion, we have opportunities for skilled developers at every level, and we look forward to welcoming some new faces to our team."
With examples from ZeroLight's work with international brands like Audi, Pagani, and Toyota, Chris O'Connor will discuss the company's optimisation of GPU resources to deliver a compelling and scalable experience. Focus will also be directed towards ZeroLight's recent adoption of new and emerging technologies and developments like Augmented Reality and volumetric video environments.
Speaking on the currently available opportunities, he said "we offer a unique opportunity for developers to work on projects with the potential for significant world-wide impact in the automotive industry. I look forward to discussing this further at Develop:VR and meeting the talented developers who will help us to fundamentally reinvent the way people buy cars."
Jack Nove Marketing Intern, ZeroLight T: +44(0) 191 485 0505 Email: [email protected]
About ZeroLight ZeroLight is the market leading omnichannel visualization platform for the automotive industry. Pioneering real-time 3D solutions for retail, online and asset creation; ZeroLight empowers OEMs and agencies to sell smarter and engage customers with interactive product experiences that enhance the buying process. For more information about the company, go to: zerolight.com


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Minagi compact crossover concept was released for new 2012 Mazda CX5 since 2011 Geneva Motor Show. But in that time is only the concept of this awesome 2012 Mazda CX5 which has been hinting at production of its attractive. At New York 2011 Auto Show Mazda was finally released the true car named 2012 Mazda CX5 and confirmed that a production version of the concept was in the pipeline and destined to the CX5. Like 2012 Mazda3 Little Compact Car Showed at New York 2011, they powered the engine with SKYACTIV range of fuel efficient technologies too.
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2012 Mazda3 is the brand new little compact car from Mazda that showed off at New York 2011 Auto Show. This 2012 Mazda3 coming with a mid cycle refresh that not only provides a refined exterior and interior. 2012 Mazda3 performance is dishes out a new engine that utilizes Mazda’s innovative SKYACTIV fuel saving and performance oriented technologies. Like Future Volkswagen Beetle Revealed on New York 2011, they use that fuel saving technology both on new and old Mazda3. With manual transmission revealed will enhance this city car.
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If you have off-road market, then the name of Jeep Wrangler Rock Raider River Raider Off Road may come to mind and this company has a new full service outside. We recently spoke with Kenny Hauk Hauk project and talked with him about the various models that the company developed for its customers. He mentioned [...]
Mercedes Benz E-Class Cabriolet is one of the famous cars that most people choice to become their ride. With this Mercedes Benz E-Class they can smoke even the most powerful of exotics in the world with it. But Brabus, a german based tuning company has cooked up to have to pick your jaws up off [...]
After released the concept of 2012 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR at Los Angeles Auto Show in 2007, today Dodge was give the full review of this brand new sport cars. They say this 2012 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR bringing what would essentially be the last model presented before a whole new breed of Viper comes [...]
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Burger King Sells 'Proud Whopper' In San Francisco
Originally printed 7/10/2014 (Issue 2228 - Between The Lines News)
AP Wire - Burger King celebrated gay pride with a message on its Whopper wrappers.
The fast-food chain posted a video online July 2 that shows scenes from a San Francisco location where it sold a "Proud Whopper." Customers were not told what is in the burger, which comes wrapped in rainbow paper. Once opened up, a message inside the wrapper states, "We are all the same inside."
The idea is that the Proud Whopper is no different from the regular Whopper, despite its colorful packaging.
The marketing effort is part of Burger King's push to connect with customers in a more meaningful way, particularly with the younger individuals fast-food chains are known for courting. As part of that push, Burger King recently said it was retiring its "Have It Your Way" slogan in favor of the more personal "Be Your Way" (Ad Age pointed out the phrase was "grammatically challenged").
Whether the new approach can help Burger King Worldwide Inc. boost sales remains to be seen. The company, based in Miami, was acquired and taken private by 3G Capital in 2010. The Brazilian private investment firm took the chain public again in 2012 in a deal that allowed it to retain a majority stake while more than recouping its investment.
3G has been trying to revitalize Burger King's image and menu ever since with mixed results in the U.S., where traditional fast-food chains have struggled amid competition from newer players such as Chipotle. Last year, Burger King's sales at established North American locations slipped 0.9 percent.
The chain says the "Proud Whopper" video was shot over the past weekend in San Francisco, near where the city held its 44th annual gay pride parade. Fernando Machado, who heads global brand management for Burger King, said in a phone interview the "Proud Whopper" will remain on the menu until Thursday.
A rough cut of the two-minute video shows confused customers asking about the Proud Whopper, trying to figure out what makes it different, then later grasping what is happening.
"I think this wrapper means we all have the same rights," a young child explains.
"A burger has never made me cry before," says a young woman.
Another young woman uses an expletive to explain that it's same stuff inside. The video also shows some negative reactions, including a man who says the chain will no longer have his business.
Burger King said the video was developed by the ad agency DAVID, and directed by Henry Alex Rubin, who also directed the film "Girl, Interrupted."
Other food companies have also recently shown support for gay individuals, including Oreo-cookie maker Mondelez International Inc., which featured a gay couple in an ad for Honey Maid graham crackers, and Coca-Cola Co., which featured a gay couple in its Super Bowl ad.
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The lot sits empty — for now. But there may be cars for sale again soon at Springfield Ford.
The dealership is in the midst of a sale to a new owner and the transaction may be finished soon, pending approval from Ford Motor Company.
“We’re in the process of selling the dealership,” said Harry Maun, who currently owns Springfield Ford.
Maun would not disclose to whom he is selling the dealership. Maun noted that the empty lot is part of the sale process as the new owner brings in a new inventory of cars.
“It looks bad for the public,” he said. “But it looks good for the dealer.”
Maun sold all but 36 cars in the dealership’s stock before taking the rest to auction.
The Maun family bought the dealership in 1985, purchasing it from the Kight family.
“It’s been profitable all these years, until recently,” Harry Maun said.
Springfield Ford’s television commercials through the years have been a staple on local airwaves, right down to the “who do you know wants to buy a Ford in Springfield, Georgia?” spoken by Harry’s father the late Hans Maun.
“Those definitely put us on the map,” Harry Maun said of the spots. “We were selling 20-24 cars a month. The second month (of the commercials), we jumped to over 100 vehicles a month.”
The roots of the dealership stretch back to Ramsey Motor Company, which sold Model-T Fords and Maytag appliances, Maun said, housed in an old railroad station in Springfield.
Springfield Ford has been in Rincon since 1994 and began building its lot there in 1993.
From 1985 to 1993, Maun drove Highway 21 everyday and had a vision then of what is on the property now.
“It took us nine years to decide business was good enough to do that,” he said of moving the company to its current site. “It just took us a while to get here.”
Ford and General Motors began losing market share to the foreign automakers in 2001, Maun said. In the meantime, he expanded his facility, admitting he may have expanded too fast, and other economic factors also crippled auto sales.
“Things got worse and worse, instead of better and better,” he said.
The housing market’s collapse brought truck sales down with it, “and the gas situation made it worse,” Maun said of last year’s fuel price surges. Springfield Ford had been averaging about 15 sales a month.
He said the dealership more than held its own with $3 million in inventory, while nearby larger Ford dealers have as much as $20 million in vehicles in stock.
Maun is optimistic the dealership’s prospective new owners will survive and thrive in Effingham.
“There’s so much potential in Effingham County, and Ford Motor Company has so many wonderful products coming out in the next six months,” he said.
In fact, there may be more sales people and service technicians added because of the new fleet coming in.
“It will actually be a good thing for Effingham County,” he said.
As for himself, Maun intends to remain a part of the new dealers group.
“I’m going to stay working here,” he said. “I built it, and I don’t want to leave it. There’s a lot of people who don’t want to see it go away,” he said. “We’ll do everything in our power to make sure it stays here.”


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Adah Sharma is known to have fashion choices that are out of the box. The actress has sported some of the most unconventional and unusual styles over the past few years. Maintaining the quirky image for herself, Adah Sharma’s latest piece of accessory has got people’s attention. With masks being mandatory now, she was wearing a rather aberrant mask.
Adah Sharma’s quirky mask with red parted lips gets heads turning
A baby pink mask with red parted lips printed on it adding to the required zany effect to her casual look, Adah Sharma got papped and the pictures are going to leave you with mixed opinions. Take a look at her pictures from today.
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Don't get burned by the Great Sun Cream Scam
Which! has outed three major brands of sun cream for being ineffective, slapping them with a ‘DON’T BUY’ sticker.
In a test of 15 popular brands, they found that Hawaiian Tropic, Piz Buin and Malibu don’t offer sufficient protection against UV rays – and that although the label said ‘factor 30’ they were found to have a real SPF level of 25.
Ironically the brands that failed the test were among the priciest – for example Hawaiian Tropic Satin Protection Ultra Radiance costs £13.99, while Piz Buin Ultra Dry Light Touch Sun Fluid is a skin tingling £16.99. Meanwhile Morrison’s Cheapo Cream, SPF 30, passed the test with flying colours and costs just £3.50.
Which! tested the products by applying a small amount of each sun cream to a volunteer’s back, exposed them to a sun lamp, and then lab assistants checked them for redness.
Malibu Protective lotion also failed to meet EU recommended safety standards – by law the UVA factor should be a third of its SPF.
An angry and sunburnt Ricardo Lloyd of Which! put down his pina colada and said:
‘We’ve found three products that failed the strict British Standard tests and we want to see manufacturers doing much more to make sure their sun creams live up to the claims on the packaging.’
It’s a cover up, that's what it is.


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TikTok has officially expanded into radio. SiriusXM’s TikTok station is now available for listening, as of noon ET today, in all vehicles and on the SXM app and connected devices.
TikTok Radio is billed as “featuring the trending sounds that are redfining pop culture from TikTok.” Most of the time it’ll just loop the most popular songs on TikTok at any given moment, though weekly shows and occasional specials are planned, too.
Music has always been an integral part of the TikTok experience — so much so, in fact, that viral songs on the app have forced the music industry to completely re-evaluate how it counts streams for charting purposes. Songs created for TikTok have launched musicals and skyrocketed careers. Now an entirely different audience will be exposed to the TikTok trending lifestyle.
Lots going on here — TikTok Radio is very, very TikTok. For the most part, your typical DJ isn’t hosting on TikTok Radio; TikTok creators are. SiriusXM says a “talented and diverse group of TikTok creators” will be hosting, including @8illy, @itscathaley, @hindzsight, @dirrtykingofpop, and @taylorcassidydj. They will, for the most part, play exactly what you’d expect: whatever music is trending on TikTok.
TikTok Radio will also host something called “Creator Invasions,” which sounds like something to be fearful of but is really just guest appearances by big TikTok personalities. Bella Poarch, Dillon Francis, Dixie D’Amelio, Lil Nas X, Normani, and Ed Sheeran are expected to appear on the show at some point, amongst plenty of others.
TikTok for the uninitiated — SiriusXM is still quite popular in the U.S., with a reported total of 34.5 million subscribers during Q1 of this year. The service has about half a million less subscribers now than it did during its peak in 2019. And it still doesn’t come even close to the likes of Spotify, which has around 356 million monthly active users.
Still, the fact that TikTok now has a radio presence at all — a medium typically reserved for very traditional media — is indicative of its immense impact on the music industry. We’d hazard a guess that many of SiriusXM’s subscribers are people who don’t spend much time at all on TikTok. Now they’ll have the chance to be exposed to TikTok’s creators and sounds without ever opening the app.


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Yesterday the Senate Commerce Committee voted unanimously to approve the Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act (SESTA). The bill faces a hard road before it could reach a full congressional vote, and tech companies as well as some anti-trafficking groups have major concerns about the possible consequences of this going into effect as it is currently written. The Internet Association and big tech companies have been staunchly opposed
to the bill. SESTA would remove Section 230 protections which currently prevent sites from being prosecuted for illegal user content, and instead make it possible to hold them legally responsible for illegal user posts. While this may seem perfectly reasonable on the surface, the sheer amount of data that gets posted online everyday makes it impossible for companies to have actual people read and interpret every post in order block illegal content. The only way to do this is to use automated filters and since these filters don't have the ability to interpret nuance or make inferences companies will most likely err on the side of caution and wind up filtering out perfectly acceptable content. Anti-trafficking groups are afraid this could go as far as blocking cries for help from the very victims they are trying to protect. Consequences could disproportionately affect small companies and non-profit organizations who don't have the same resources as the tech giants.


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A 156% increase in Nassau stopovers by a single cruise line has the potential to generate more than $ 52 million in boost to the Bahamian economy in 2022, the cruise port’s top executive revealed yesterday from Nassau.
Michael Maura told Tribune Business that the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to expand its calls in Nassau from 45 in 2019 to 115 in 2022 – an increase of 70 – will bring 350,000 additional passengers to the capital of the Bahamas on the basis of all ships carrying 5,000 people. .
Using data from the Tourism Department suggesting that cruise passengers spend $ 100 per person in Nassau, he said the additional arrivals from MSC alone would generate a $ 35 million increase in visitor spending injected into the local economy in the country. benefit of businesses / employees who depend on the sector for their livelihoods.
And, if the cruise port of Nassau succeeded in increasing the per capita spending of cruise passengers by an additional $ 50 per person through its $ 250 million transformation at Prince George Wharf, Mr Maura added that the total spending of the 350,000 MSC’s additional passengers could reach $ 52.5 million.
Describing this as a “huge impact,” the head of the Nassau cruise port said MSC was not increasing its stopovers in Nassau beyond pre-COVID levels. He revealed that Royal Caribbean had 451 “recorded” calls for 2022, which is a 17.4% increase from the 384 arrivals Nassau saw in 2019 before the pandemic.
Using the same formula that Mr Maura used with MSC, that would translate to 335,000 additional passengers and additional spending of $ 33.5 to $ 50.25 million in the Bahamas. “MSC made 45 calls with us in 2019 and in 2022 we recorded them for 115 calls. This is the most significant increase, ”Maura told this newspaper.
“Another big increase we have is with Royal Caribbean. Royal Caribbean in 2019 made 384 stopovers with us, then in 2022 we have 451. That’s huge. That’s a huge impact considering we have 70 more calls from MSC and you consider that by 2022 their ships could have 5,000 passengers on board again.
“Seventy calls multiplied by 5,000, that’s 350,000 passengers and new visitors. The Tourism Department has consistently reported that Nassau benefited from $ 100 in spending per passenger. We are working very hard to improve and expand our port offering at Nassau Cruise Port through the investments we are making in restaurant, retail and tourism experiences, ”he continued.
“If we take the $ 100 expense figure given, that’s an additional $ 35 million, and if we get a 50% increase in passenger spending due to the new investments underway on the Nassau waterfront, and per capita spending drops from $ 100 to $ 150, just with the MSC passengers alone, you’ll see over $ 50 million in additional spending in the local economy. It is an important matter; A big deal.”
Mr Maura said total cruise bookings for Nassau in 2022 were already 11.1% higher than in 2019, the last full year before COVID. “In 2019, we had a total of 1,206 calls, and in 2022, we currently have 1,340 calls in the logs,” he added.
And Mr Maura said the port was waiting for more than the 50 stopovers suggested by Dr Hubert Minnis for this September. “It will be more than that. We have had 29 ships so far. Given that we have had 29 ships and we are halfway through the month, it will be closer to 60, ”he said.
“I think from a business perspective of Bay Street it has improved. There is certainly a positive trend. It is not yet enough … We see tourists walking in town, we tourists in shops. We have a long way to go to get back to the pre-pandemic period, but passenger volumes are on the rise and we are seeing more ships. “
Mr Maura said cruise ship stopovers in Nassau since June 2021 have come from just three lines – Royal Caribbean, Carnival and MSC. Disney and Norwegian Cruise Line will return next month, while Virgin Voyages will arrive in November.
Regarding the ongoing redevelopment of Prince George Wharf, the head of the Nassau cruise port said he will reveal today to all bidders who have successfully secured the six new retail spaces that will be put available in the new facility.
And those who have submitted proposals for the five new food and beverage sites will also be notified if they have been selected “in the coming weeks.” Open bidding / tendering processes were involved, with retail bidders participating in a concept request and food and beverage candidates participating in a request for proposal (RFP).
Without revealing the number of bidders or their identities, Mr Maura added that the 50 ‘inherited tenants’ of Prince George Wharf in the retail, food and beverage areas will return to the cruise port once there. space allocated to them.
“One area where we really want to move forward is identifying new authentic Bahamian products. We will therefore contact the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC) to get an updated inventory of local artisans and small manufacturers who can produce items that are very unique to the Bahamas that can be displayed and sold in our new commercial space ”, a- he explained.
“We encourage local manufacturers and artisans to email us photos of their products to [email protected] We want to start by looking at these new ideas and products that can be sold through Bahamian merchants who have successfully acquired these retail spaces at the Nassau Cruise Port.
“We have the 50 old tenants with a mix of retail, food and beverage traders. Some of them are currently operating temporarily from Rawson Square. Once we complete their retail space, they will move out of Rawson Square and move into the new retail or catering space at Nassau Cruise Port called Marketplace.
Mr Maura said the difference between the six new retail spaces and those of previous tenants was size. These will receive spaces measuring between 10 feet and 15 feet, or 150 square feet in total, while the six new retail locations will be between 450 square feet and 700 square feet.
“They are intended for operators who have greater production or distribution capacity because the square footage is higher, and the production network to keep products on display and not be out of stock,” added M Maura. “The five beverage outlets are expected to be quite unique. These are not fast food franchises. It is something special.
The cruise port of Nassau is also “very comfortable and confident” that its maritime works will be completed by early December 2021, with its northeast berth – berth six – enlarged enough to accommodate the largest class of ships existing cruise ship, Oasis ships. Six cruise ships will then be in port.
“Our work in the highlands is progressing,” said Maura, the new cruise arrivals terminal due to open next month. This building will house Nassau cruise port staff, customs, immigration and port staff, as well as a doctor’s office and space for medical examinations.
Construction of the Junkanoo Museum and Cruise Port Cultural Experience will also begin next month, with the aim of completing this facility and the arrivals terminal at the same time. Dredging is now complete and associated backfill is transported to the west side of the project to complete the reclamation of the seabed that will support the amphitheater, west marina, and new retail and catering options.


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BBC removes podcasts from Google Podcasts and Assistant
The BBC has removed its podcasts from voice device Google Assistant and the Google Podcast app, as the British broadcaster is "not comfortable" with how Google promotes third-party apps.
BBC has removed its podcasts from certain Google services
Last year, Google launched a podcast app for Android. Kieran Clifton, director of BBC distribution and business development, wrote in a blog post yesterday (26 March) that Google has since "begun to direct people who search for a BBC podcast into its own podcast service" rather than toward other third-party apps like BBC Sounds, thus reducing consumers' choice.
"[It's] an approach that the BBC is not comfortable with and has consistently expressed strong concerns about. We asked them (Google) to exclude the BBC from this specific feature but they have refused," said Clifton.
Clifton added that the BBC doesn't take removing its podcasts lightly, but it will keep its podcasts off of these Google products until the tech giant "changes the way they look" at the issue of supposed competitive unfairness.
Both Clifton and a Google spokesperson said the two companies are in discussions to resolve the issue.
A Google spokesperson said the company doesn't allow podcast publishers to remove content from some Google devices and not others.
"Having content available unpredictably on different surfaces would lead to an unreliable user experience. However, we take our partners’ feedback seriously, and we’re looking at how we can balance it with product experience predictability," said the spokesperson.
The spokesperson added that Google is working to provide publishers with detailed audio analytics across its products in the future.
Google does not serve ads in Google Podcasts. It serves a publisher's mp3 file, which can contain ads run within a podcast.
Google is also planning to launch a browser version of its podcast app.


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KUALA LUMPUR (Sep 15): More than two-thirds or 73% of Malaysians polled in a new survey by Standard Chartered (StanChart) said that the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has made them more positive about online shopping, though they are also more careful with their spending and want new ways to track their money digitally.
In its latest global survey, StanChart took a look at how the Covid-19 pandemic has transformed consumers' way of life, and what changes could be here to stay — one of which is the emergence of a cashless, cautious and more conscientious consumer.
"The pandemic has accelerated digital adoption among the Malaysian consumers who have now found themselves more comfortable with online transactions, from shopping to investing. Our own ATM withdrawal data supports this shift with ATM usage declining to half the levels they were two years ago, with Covid-19 dramatically accelerating the decline," StanChart Malaysia managing director and chief executive officer, Abrar A Anwar, said in a statement today.
The survey is the second of a three-part series, polling 12,000 adults across 12 markets — Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mainland China, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US.
Prior to the pandemic, only 30% of Malaysians said they preferred shopping online compared with 70% who preferred shopping in person.
"But this has shifted significantly with 51% now preferring online payments to in-person card or cash payments. This increase in preference for online payments is true across a range of purchases, from groceries and travel to digital devices. As a result, 79% of people in Malaysia now expect the country to go fully cashless, with a majority expecting this to happen by 2030," the bank said.
Meanwhile, as spending begins to creep up as lockdowns ease globally, 57% of Malaysians reported increased spending in July, said StanChart.
In contrast, 82% said the pandemic has made them more careful with their expenditure, with 80% either using or interested in using budgeting tools or tools that block card-spending over specified limits.
In terms of travel and holidays, 65% of respondents said they spent less than they did before the pandemic, while 33% spent less on experiences and 62% spent less on clothes.
"This trend is also expected to continue with 48% saying they anticipated spending less on travel or holidays, 23% on experiences and 41% on clothes in the future," said StanChart.
More than half of Malaysians surveyed also said they were more likely to shop locally and more sustainably, as well as to support small businesses.
"In a world where people are being more cautious with their spending, being able to keep track of where your money goes is very important. One way to do that is to keep your payments digital. It's imperative that banks continue to innovate digitally so that clients can conveniently and securely transact, track and manage their spending," said Abrar.


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Japanese media is reporting that Yuji Naka, the legendary Sega game designer behind Sonic the Hedgehog and Balan Wonderworld, has been arrested on alleged insider trading charges related to development information on Dragon Quest Tact.
Japanese outlet FNN reports that Yuji Naka allegedly learned that Dragon Quest Tact in production at Square and partner developer Aiming while he was working on Balan Wonderworld, which launched in 2020. Prosecutors allege that Naka used this information purchased 10,000 shares in Aiming for around 2.8 million yen ($AU29,831) before the game was announced. According to FNN, Naka was arrested under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
Naka was not the only one arrested. Former Square Enix developer Taisuke Sasaki and an acquaintance, Fumiaki Suzuki, were arrested yesterday on suspicion of insider trading. Prosecutors allege that the two bought around 162,000 Aiming shares for 47.2 million yen ($AU502,868). All three are believed to have purchased Aiming shares in the hope that when Dragon Quest Tact was announced, the value of the shares would jump considerably.
Dragon Quest Tact launched in Japan in mid-2020 and was formally unveiled earlier that year. It is understood that both Sasaki and Suzuki were employed at Square Enix at the time, and worked on Dragon Quest XI and Dragon Quest X respectively.
Balan Wonderworld, Naka’s most recent game, was considered a commercial flop and a critical curiosity. Yuji Naka would leave Square Enix not long after the game launched.
More as it develops.
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A delegation of independent food and drink entrepreneurs are set to explore the growing French taste for British produce in a trade mission to Paris next week.
The two-day export trip organised by Enterprise Nation comes just two days before the triggering of Article 50 next week on 29 March and the start of the unwinding of the UK’s relationship with the EU.
It will be the eighth international delegation under the small business support group’s Go Global campaign, following trips to China, New York, Berlin, Dublin and Amsterdam.
The campaign is a collaboration between Enterprise Nation, HSBC and KPMG.
“There is a growing appetite for innovative British food products globally and particularly in France,” said Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones.
“The independent British food market is building its reputation around the world for quality and ingenuity – and year-on-year that message is getting across to more buyers and stockists looking for something fresh and interesting.
“Exploring that market in person is vital for British firms to make sustainable connections which will take them to the next level.”
According to data from the Department of International Trade, France is the second biggest market for UK food and drink exports.
The Go Global mission to Paris starts on 27 March.


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UW-Madison to require Bangladesh producers of licensed merchandise to sign safety accord
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will require all companies in Bangladesh connected in any way to its licensed collegiate merchandise to sign and comply with an acccord aimed at improving worker safety standards.
UW-Madison has been focused on worker safety in the country since the Rana Plaza building collapse, which took the lives of more than 1,100 Bangladeshi garment workers last April.
No UW-Madison goods were produced at Rana Plaza, but the tragedy brought safety standards to the forefront.
The UW will require all licensees active in Bangladesh to sign and comply with the Accord on Fire and Building Safety, Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Friday.
Of the 21 UW licensees active in Bangladesh, seven have signed the accord, according to Blank. They are Adidas, Cutter & Buck, Knights Apparel, New Agenda, Russell Brands, Top of the World and Zephyr Graf-X.
All companies that disclosed sourcing, producing or purchasing any apparel from Bangladesh as of Jan. 1, 2013 under a UW-Madison license will be required to sign onto the accord by July 30, 2014.
The accord is a legally binding agreement designed to make garment factories safer workplaces. It includes independent safety inspections at factories and public reporting of inspection results.
Under the plan, retailers commit to ensuring that repairs are carried out where safety issues are identified, that sufficient funds are made available to do so, and that workers at these factories continue to be paid a salary.
The agreement already has been signed by more than 150 apparel corporations from 20 countries in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.
UW-Madison has contracts allowing 447 companies around the world to make products bearinng the university's name or logos, including clothing contracts with companies that have worker safety issues in Bangladesh.
Product sales bring in $3.3 million to the university, which puts UW among the top 20 colleges and universities in product revenue generation. The proceeds go toward financial aid for scholarships and to the Athletic Department.
"As a national leader in promoting better working conditions for those who make our licensed collegiate merchandise, we believe that our licensees sourcing in Bangladesh have an obligation to help improve the safety standards for workers there," Blank said in prepared remarks.
UW-Madison is a longtime leader among colleges and universities working to curb abuses in licensed apparel manufacturing, according to Blank.
To sell a hat, sweatshirt, jersey or any item bearing the likeness of Bucky Badger, a Motion W or University of Wisconsin logo, UW requires its licensees to agree to a code of conduct maintained by the Collegiate Licensing Company and monitored by an outside group, the Worker Rights Consortium.
That code addresses workers' wages, working hours, overtime compensation, child labor, forced labor, health and safety, nondiscrimination, harassment or abuse, women's rights, freedom of association, and full public disclosure of factory locations.
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Weekly Economic Data Review
Overall it was a very solid week for the economy and the market, which rose 0.7% in the past five days.
Of course with earnings season starting to kick into high gear the economic fundamentals took a back seat to the earnings reports that should be driving the market.
As of the end of last week 19% of S&P 500 companies had reported, with 73%, and 77% beating earnings and sales expectations, respetively.
This is pretty great news, if the trend can hold through the rest of earnings season. That’s because, while EPS can be managed through various account gimicks, sales can’t.
In addition, strongr than expected sales would point to strong consumer spending, which is the lifeblood of the US economy.
Overall, the blended average thus far has been for 5% sales growth and 7.2% EPS growth, which is expected to accelerate in the second half of the year.
Overall for the entirety of 2017 analysts are now expecting 5.4% revenue growth and 9.3% EPS growth, which gives the S&P 500 a forward PE of 17.8.
While that may be high by historical standards, in a low rate environment it could allow for continued 10% to 11% market performance for some time, even without tax reform (which might add another year to the bull market).
Meanwhile on the economic front solid news, especially from stronger than expected building permits and housing starts, has caused both the Atlanta and New York Feds to upgrade their projected Q2 and Q3 GDP growth estimates.
New York Fed GDP NowCast: 2.0% for Q2 2.0% for Q3 (Q2 up 0.1% Q3 up 0.2%)
Atlanta Fed GDPNow: 2.5% for Q2 (up 0.1% from last week)
Now, about 2% growth through the rest of year isn’t exactly thrilling news, but it’s certainly better than declining growth and a rising risk of recession.


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What’s a Vubble? Tessa Sproule, former director of digital at Canadian pubcaster CBC, wants people to start asking that very question, because it’s the name of her upcoming short-form video service being created in partnership with fellow former CBC staffer Katie MacGuire.
The site’s Facebook page describes the upcoming launch as being “a digital media service that merges human curation with artificial intelligence to bring you the best on-demand short-form video on the web.”
Vubble (a combination of video and bubble) aims to shake up the way people consume news and current event content online, something Sproule says has been a long time coming for people between the ages of 18 and 34 who get the majority of their news through platforms like Google and Facebook.
“Right now if my son searches for Sept. 11 he might get a long-form article from the New York Times, a video from TMZ or a piece on conspiracy theories, depending on his search history,” says Sproule. “I wanted the audience to have more power to be active in the consumption of a media story and get rid of the smoke and mirrors around it.”
While details around the service, which aims to launch in beta this October are still being planned out, Sproule says the idea is to provide a website and possibly also an app where people are served a selection of short-form news and current events videos.
The new service will provide content filtered through a search algorithm such as Google’s (which customizes items shown in search based on location, etc), as well as curating media content from outside the user’s typical digital sphere (which can become narrower over time based on how a user finds news).
Videos on the platform will not be created by Vubble, instead they will be served from sites around the web that provided embeddable video like YouTube, Vimeo and Daily Motion. Selected videos will be placed on the site and curated through a combination of algorithms built in partnership with Waterloo, ON-based Primal and a team of editors who will be tagging content into categories that are personalized to each user, similar to Netflix, says Sproule. The twist is that editors will be using the same algorithm to occasionally serve pieces outside the user’s comfort zone.
Sproule says all content on Vubble will be video-based because that’s the dominant medium for the target audience.
Revenue on the site will be generated by selling aggregated market research around the site’s target user base of 18- to 34-year-olds, says Sproule.
“This audience is incredibly difficult to understand in terms of what they’re sharing and not sharing, what they’re interested in, and not because they don’t do things en masse,” she says. “They don’t have land lines or fill out long-form surveys.”
Sproule says that Vubble will stand out from similar sites by combining a tailored news feed that relates to each user’s personal interests as well as showing them things they might not normally look at.
“We want to make it about things that are outside people’s comfort zones and make it okay to dive into the tough issues,” she says.
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Britvic Ireland is introducing new Club Zero Lemon to the Club Zero line this summer.
The product provides a "distinctively zesty fruity zero sugar flavour with no taste compromise", Britvic said. Other sugar-free products in the range include Club Zero Orange, Club Zero Rock Shandy, Club Zero Raspberry as well as the limited edition Club Zero Super Split.
Niamh McArdle, Marketing Manager of Club Orange at Britvic Ireland, said: "We’re excited to bring the delicious Club Zero Lemon to Irish consumers. Research has shown that consumers love Club Lemon and are now looking for those unmistakeable zingy flavours with Zero sugar. That’s why we know Club Zero Lemon is the perfect addition to our zero sugar portfolio. This has been an exciting 2018 for Club Zero so far, with Club Zero Super Split returning for a limited run this summer also.”
The launch will be supported through the summer months with TV, digital, sampling, trade and consumer press and in store activation.
Club Zero Lemon is available in stores nationwide in 500ml at an RRP of €1.29 and 2litre bottles €2.39.


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Nokia is continuing to push its Windows Phone 8 devices in China after a national regulatory filing revealed that the Lumia 625, a seemingly mid-range smartphone, is on its way to the country as soon as this month.
All smartphones imported to China must be certified to use wireless networks, and the phone has been found on radio communication device regulator TENAA’s website — image below — as Liveside notes. A Sina Weibo user claims the phone will launch in China at the end of this month for RMB1,999 ($325) off-contract.
Although there are no confirmed details within the product listing, aside from supported radio networks, the device looks to be a low-end phone to complement Nokia’s existing product line in China, which includes the Lumia 920T which launched with China Mobile this year.
There have been plenty of rumors of a Lumia 625. The device is said to sport a 4.7-inch screen with a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm S4 MSM8960 dual-core processor providing the horse power. The phone was initially tipped to enter the US — which it is still do — and to include support for LTE. Given that there are no LTE networks in China yet, the Chinese variant goes as fast as HSDPA/HSUPA, according to the listing.
A more affordable device might help Nokia grow its presence in China, where it has struggled. Though its revenue in Q1 2013 from China increased 20 percent on the previous quarter, thanks to the Lunar New Year season, the total was down 25 percent from that of Q1 2012.
The Finnish firm sold 3.4 million devices in China during Q1 2013, that’s lower than the 4.6 million units it shifted in Q4 2012 and the 9.2 million devices sold in Q1 2012. Though Nokia did not break the figures out based on smartphone and feature phones volumes, the stats are not promising.
A more affordable device might help capture the attention of consumers with a budget for mid-range devices where much of the growth is tipped to occur.
China’s Xiaomi, which makes devices priced around RMB1,699 ($280), illustrated that potential yesterday when it announced record revenue of $2.15 billion for the first half of 2013. The company predicts it will sell 15 million smartphones this year.
It may yet transpire that the Lumia 625 comes to the US too. Nokia Power User spotted a device that matches up to its reported specs at the FTC in AT&T branding.
We’ve reached out to Nokia for further details.
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As we continue to dive deeper and deeper into this post-PC world, I find myself thinking more about what things we used to find essential about computers that are being tossed aside as we hurdle towards the future. With this week’s news that Apple is working on a keyboard with literally no moving parts, it hit me like a ton of bricks: of course physical keyboards are on the way out. Just stay with me though and let me explain.
Let’s not beat around the bush anymore and start calling the cameras in our phones what they really are, cameras. Yup, they’re just plain old cameras. There’s no longer a need to specify that they’re not a “real camera” anymore. I know it’s semantics, but I think it’s important to realize what these things have become over the past 8 years.
There was a time when pop up advertising was the norm. You had to either deal with it or download a pop up blocker. Over time, pop ups became unacceptable to most people and it eventually became a standard feature of all mainstream web browsers…
If you really are serious about standing up for the average retail employee, stay home this Thanksgiving and don’t buy anything until at least the next day. The odds of you missing out on a great deal is pretty low, so enjoy your time with family and friends.
Google made some headlines this week when they announced that they will be providing podcasts as a part of their Google Play Music service. Podcasters can submit their shows today and the feature will actually go live in the coming weeks.


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FIFA 18 TOTY MIDFIELDERS REVEALED
The second Team of the Year update from EA Sports is finally here, with the team unveiling the squads three midfield options.
15 players were nominated last week but only three players have made the cut for the final squad.
And following the community vote and EA Sport's own decision, it's been decided that the FIFA 18 TOTY midfielders will include Real Madrid's Luka Modric, Kevin De Bruyne from Manchester City and Chelse'a N'Golo Kante.
Modric is rated 96 overall, 7 points up over his base level 89 card, while Lionel Messi jumps from 89 overall to 96.
Meanwhile Chelsea defensive cover Kante has improved the most from the trio, with stats jumping from 87 to 95.
As per the attackers yesterday, these Ultimate Team cards will only be available for 24 hours, starting at 6pm UK time. Likewise, the TOTY attackers will be removed from packs at the same time.
FIFA 18 TOTY MIDFIELDERS UPDATE
In a little under two hours time, it will be 24 hours since EA Sports announced the first three players from the new Team of the Year squad.
Assuming the EA team are planning to release a new selection of TOTY players every day, we should find out which three midfielders - from the 15 nominees - have been selected to further bolster the squad.
We'd also imagine that these players would go live at 6PM GMT tonight, replacing the forwards.
For a reminder of which players are in with a shout take a look at the gallery just below.
Stay tuned for further details soon, hopefully around 3PM GMT.
ORIGINAL STORY - Yesterday EA Sports kick-started their FIFA 18 TOTY event, unveiling the first three players from the new Team of the Year. For anyone who needs a reminder about the event, keep reading below the gallery.
Back to Monday and EA Sports got things started, treating fans to some impressive new FUT Ultimate Team cards for Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane, Lionel Messi from Barcelona and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo.
Kanes new Ultimate Team card is rated 96 overall, 10 points over his base level 86 card, while Lionel Messi jumped from 93 overall to 98. Meanwhile, FIFA 18 cover star Ronaldo maintain's his crown as the games best player, jumping from 94 to 99 overall.
However, there was one change to the norm and that's the length of time players have to unpack these TOTY cards.
Last year with FIFA 17, the attackers were available for 48 hours from the Monday they were announced, however, EA Sports has advised that the forwards will only be available for 24hrs from 6pm GMT this evening.
That means the countdown is on, as we suspect that EA Sports will likely announce the new midfielders later today, before replacing the attackers at 6PM.
Based on past details we know that we'll get three midfielders from the list of 15 possible nominees.
For a reminder of which players have been nominated, take a look at the gallery above.
Here's a reminder of how EA Sports announced the news and the core details you need to know:
"The best footballers of 2017 will be named in EA SPORTS FIFA Team of The Year! For the first time ever, the EA SPORTS FIFA Team of The Year (TOTY) will be voted on by a carefully curated list of media, athletes and EA SPORTS FIFA community members, representing the millions of EA SPORTS FIFA players all over the world.
"The TOTY, consisting of three attackers, three midfielders, four defenders and one goalkeeper in a 4-3-3 formation, will be made up of ballot votes accounting for 60 per cent of the total vote and EA SPORTS which makes up the other 40 per cent.
"Follow along as votes are revealed with #TOTYVote.
"The final Team of The Year will be announced starting on January 15th, with special TOTY player items available in packs for a limited time in FIFA 18 Ultimate Team and FIFA Mobile."
Who's on the Fifa 18 TOTY nominees list?
Gianluigi Buffon – Juventus
David De Gea – Manchester United
Hugo Lloris – Tottenham
Keylor Navas – Real Madrid
Jan Oblak – Atletico Madrid
David Alaba – Bayern Munich
Jordi Alba – Barcelona
Marcos Alonso – Chelsea
Dani Alves – PSG
Cesar Azpilicueta – Chelsea
Leonardo Bonucci – AC Milan
Dani Carvajal – Real Madrid
Diego Godin – Atletico Madrid
Joshua Kimmich – Bayern Munich
Kalidou Koulibaly – Napoli
Filipe Luis – Atletico Madrid
David Luiz – Chelsea
Marcelo – Real Madrid
Gerard Pique – Barcelona
Sergio Ramos – Real Madrid
Alex Sandro – Juventus
Thiago Silva – PSG
Antonio Valencia – Manchester United
Jan Vertonghen – Tottenham
Kyle Walker – Manchester City
Thiago Alcantara – Bayern Munich
Dele Alli – Tottenham
Casemiro – Real Madrid
Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City
Paulo Dybala – Juventus
Christian Eriksen – Tottenham
Emil Forsberg – Leipzig
Andres Iniesta – Barcelona
Isco – Real Madrid
N'Golo Kante – Chelsea
Toni Kroos – Real Madrid
Luka Modric – Real Madrid
Radja Nainggolan – Roma
Arjen Robben – Bayern Munich
Marco Verratti – PSG
Sergio Aguero – Manchester City
Edinson Cavani – PSG
Philippe Coutinho – Barcelona
Antoine Griezmann – Atletico Madrid
Eden Hazard – Chelsea
Harry Kane – Tottenham
Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich
Romelu Lukaku – Manchester United
Kylian Mbappe – PSG
Dries Mertens – Napoli
Lionel Messi – Barcelona
Neymar – PSG
Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid
Alexis Sanchez – Arsenal
Luis Suarez - Barcelona


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Elegant table-top collection, following up the worldwide success of THE BEATLES Box Of Vision, will be available in time for Father’s Day.
These are the albums that influenced the life of guitarist Steve Hackett (Genesis, GTR).
New album, due June 28, features guest appearances by Stevie Nicks, Colbie Caillat and Martina McBride
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They will each be paired with current Grammy nominees in their respective genres
No danger for Will Robinson here. Creatively, Bill Mumy has come a long way since his Lost In Space role.


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Mumbai: A string of global hotel chains plan to enter India and some that are already present in the country want to expand, betting that a shortage of hotel rooms in the country offers business potential going beyond the current slowdown in Asia’s third largest economy.
Switzerland’s Movenpick Hotels and Resorts and Swissotel Hotels and Resorts, Berggruen Hotels of New York, Hong Kong’s Shama Group, Jumeirah Llc of the United Arab Emirates and Sant Chatwal-promoted Hampshire Hotels and Resorts Llc are among the chains that are set to come to India.
Corinthia Hotels group from Europe, Langham Hotels International from Hong Kong and MGM Mirage Hospitality group of the US are also looking at starting hotels in India, said Manav Thadani, managing director of consulting firm HVS.
India calls: A Movenpick hotel in Thailand. The chain is one of the many set to come to India.
Existing chains are, meanwhile, going ahead with expansion plans. For instance, Accor Hospitality group of France will introduce its Formula 1 brand and Chicago-headquartered Global Hyatt Corp. its Hyatt Place brand.
“The reason for this enthusiasm is simple: India needs an additional 150,000 rooms. Out of this, 100,000 should be budget rooms,” tourism secretary Sujit Banerjee said on the sidelines of the 5th Hotel Investment Conference in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The government has forecast 7.1% economic growth in the year that ended 31 March—the slowest pace in six years—as the US, Europe and Japan battle recession in the wake of last year’s global financial turmoil. That’s caused vacancies at Indian hotels to rise, eroding the revenue of hotel companies.
India’s potential outweighs the temporary downturn.
“Serious hotel companies are here to stay as India is still facing huge shortage of rooms except in select locations. Real estate developers (that) are keen to pocket quick money may not be there in the scene,” said Subramani Sundaresh, director and asset management head of Infinite India Investment Management, a private equity firm that invests in hospitality projects.
According to data from HVS, international and domestic hotel chains had announced in August that they would build at least 114,000 rooms in India; and actual construction is under way for 47,000 rooms. So, all plans are not always translating into action immediately.
During the boom years, leading listed real estate firms had announced hotel projects in the country, but dropped them as realty prices crashed and the cost of borrowings increased steeply last year.
“It will take five to six years to build a hotel and most of the hotels are built in difficult times. If you want to wait (for) the economy to turn around, you will miss another cycle of economic boom,” said HVS’ Thadani. Sant Chatwal, chairman and chief executive of Hampshire Hotels, said a slowdown presents an opportunity as the cost of development and construction is lower.
Chatwal plans to invest Rs5,000 crore by 2012-13 in hotel properties in Kochi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Jaipur, Kolkata and Hyderabad.
Hampshire Hotels is launching its Dream chain of hotels in India. The first one, in Kochi, will be launched later this week. “The Dream of Kochi will be the third Dream hotel in the world after New York and Bangkok (and will be) followed shortly by Miami,” Chatwal told Mint last week.
Jean Gabriel Peres, president and CEO of Movenpick, said his company wants to manage 15 hotels in India by 2015. “These hotels will be upscale hotels and the first would be in Bangalore. There is no big investment involved since we are into managing hotels, not building those,” he said, without giving more details.
Meinhard Huck, president of Swissotel Hotels, said, “there are some deals getting finalized in India”.
Shama of Hong Kong will start service apartments in Bangalore by November. “This will be an upscale hotel with 136 rooms. We are also looking at cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai,” said Raymond Wan, an analyst with Shama Management Ltd.
Berggruen Hotels will have five mid-market hotels under the KEYS brand up and running later this year in Khandala, Mahabaleshwar (both in Maharashtra), Thiruvananthapuram, Ludhiana and Bangalore.
“We had invested around $21 million for these five projects. We are actively pursuing multiple locations in 25 other sites in the country which include Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi/NCR, among others. We will operate 38 hotels evenly distributed across tier I, II and III locations pan-India, each with 100-170 rooms,” said Sanjay Sethi, CEO and managing director, Berggruen Hotels.
Accor has also announced plans to expand its network in India, with 48 committed hotel developments that will add 9,980 rooms. The hotels will be a mix of Accor brands—Sofitel, Pullman, Novotel, Ibis, Mercure and Formula 1. Four sites have been decided for the last, to add 425 rooms. Accor will also manage three convention centres across the country.


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Trialblazer Stadium is being re-named Greater Zion Stadium as the result of a partnership between Dixie State University and Greater Zion. The partnership will enhance each other's brands and benefit the community. Photo courtesy of the University Marketing and Communication Office.
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The world's largest accounting and tax firm pwc's chairman dennis nally, in a special conversation with cnbc-tv18’s siddharth zarabi spoke about the effect that the satyam scandal had on the. Admission by satyam’s chairman sent shockwaves across the information-technology sector, which raised questions about how the scandal will affect the company’s customers and rivals clients some of satyam’s customers include. Satyam systems, a global it company based in india, has just been added to a notorious list of companies involved in fraudulent financial activities, one that includes such names as enron.
Check out for the latest news on satyam scandal along with satyam scandal live news at times of india. The chairman of india’s satyam computer services on wednesday confessed to fixing the it outsourcing company’s books for the past “several” years, the country’s first major fraud case to. At nearly rs 8,000 crore, the satyam scam was among the biggest in corporate india and tarred the image of the snow white it industry at nearly rs 8,000 crore, the satyam scam was among the. The satyam scandal satyam proposed a deal to buy out maytas properties for $13bn and 51% stake in maytas infra for $300mn satyam had $11bn cash which would all be consumed by this deal.
Satyam scandal the satyam computer services scandal was a corporate scandal that occurred in india in 2009 where chairman ramalinga rajuconfessed that the company's accounts had been falsified. The satyam scandal has shocked india it is being called india's enron many in the financial circles are dismayed that the biggest-ever corporate fraud in the country could have escaped unnoticed for so many years it has brought into question the levels of corporate governance in the country, and. Mahindra satyam (formerly satyam computer services limited) was an indian it services company based in hyderabad, india the company was listed on the pink sheets , the national stock exchange and bombay stock exchange. The satyam computer services scandal was a corporate scandal affecting india-based company satyam computer services in 2009, in which chairman ramalinga raju confessed that the company's accounts had been falsified history initial confession and charges on 7 january 2009, the chairman.
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My report based on the research work done on the same topic. Sec charges satyam computer services with financial fraud for immediate release 2011-81 washington, dc, april 5, 2011 – the securities and exchange commission today charged india-based satyam computer services limited with fraudulently overstating the company’s revenue, income and cash balances by more than $1 billion over five years. The satyam computer services scandal is a corporate scandal that worked in india in 2009 where chairman ramalinga raju confessed that the company's accounts had been falsified ramalinga raju resigned on 7 january 2009 and confessed that he had manipulated the accounts by us$147- billion.
The satyam scandal posted on january 12, 2015 by dyavanapallimanideep the satyam computers services scandal is touted as the biggest accounting fraud in india done by the chairman satyam ramalingaraju and his family members. The satyam scandal has shaken corporate india, and damaged its reputation with investors, domestic and foreign. The satyam accounting scandal that rocked the country has proven once again that companies still have a lot to learn it highlights two major corporate governance failures first is the board ineffectiveness, when satyam’s board approved of an acquisition of two companies, one of them unlisted and where chairman’s family members were the. From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia the satyam computer services scandal was publicly announced on 7 january 2009, when chairman ramalinga raju confessed that satyam's accounts had been falsified.
Satyam scandal highlights the importance of securities laws and cg in emerging markets indeed, satyam fraud “spurred the government of india to tighten the cg norms to prevent recurrence of similar frauds in future” thus, major financial reporting frauds need to be studied. Satyam scandal i analyze the case and respond to the following questions: (a) discuss the earnings management techniques employed by the management of satyam in this case of satyam, i can conclude that the obvious technique employed by the said management are: 1 “big bet on the future. The order comes nine years after the scam at satyam computer services came to light and after two failed attempts by price waterhouse to settle the case through the consent mechanism.


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August 1, 2017: The National Catholic Register has profiled a fashion startup run by three women. Two of the women are Catholic and one is Adventist. The company is called Chasing Grace. It is a Sonoma, California-based women’s apparel and jewelry company. The startup specializes in “Christian luxury” apparel.
Read more at the source: National Catholic Register Features Catholic/Adventist Fashion Startup
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Biolase Technology Inc. has expanded its direct-sales force by 50 percent, including the addition of an inhouse telemarketing team, the company said this week.
New salespeople have been trained in recent weeks to market dental technology produced by Biolase, San Clemente, CA, the company said. Also, the new telemarketing crew will recruit dentists — the company’s prospective customers — for seminars about Biolase technology.
The company made the new hires as part of its campaign to increase long- and short-term sales revenues, Biolase said in a statement.
In addition, Biolase has hired Larry Lennon, formerly of Medical Date International’s market and technology information division, to serve as the company’s director of marketing, the company said. Lennon brings 25 years of experience in healthcare sales and marketing.


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Facebook Is Sending Up a Satellite to Bring Internet Access to Sub-Saharan Africa
The satellite, part of Facebook's Internet.org platform to expand internet access mainly via mobile phones, is under construction and will be launched in 2016, the companies said on Monday. (on.fb.me/1JPiTZC)
The satellite, called AMOS-6, will cover large parts of West, East and Southern Africa, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post.
"To connect people living in remote regions, traditional connectivity infrastructure is often difficult and inefficient, so we need to invent new technologies," Zuckerberg said.
The Internet.org platform offers free access to pared-down web services, focused on job listings, agricultural information, healthcare and education, as well as Facebook's own social network and messaging services.
Growth in the number of people with access to the Internet is slowing, and more than half the world's population is still offline, the United Nations Broadband Commission said last month.
Facebook has nearly 20 million users in major African markets Nigeria and Kenya, statistics released by it showed last month, with a majority using mobile devices to access their profiles.
The company opened its first African office in Johannesburg in June.
Tech news website The Information reported in June that Facebook had abandoned plans to build a satellite to provide Internet service to continents such as Africa. (bit.ly/1JPiVkn)
(Reporting by Sai Sachin R in Bengaluru; Editing by Don Sebastian)
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How Reliance’s Ajio went from trendy end to flavor of the season
Targets have been set; the plans have been drawn up; warehousing and logistics teams put on hold; and the workforce has been vaccinated and ready to work long hours. Thanks to sales orchestrated by leading e-commerce companies Flipkart, Amazon and Myntra in India, October is now associated with a degree of craziness when it comes to online shopping. With the addition of Ajio’s Big Bold Days, the rush for bargains has only grown.
The Reliance Retail-owned buying portal has been around for more than five years and launched its annual sale in 2019. But it wasn’t until recently that Ajio entered the big leagues. “The pandemic has accelerated Ajio’s growth,” says a former Ajio executive. According to the annual reports from Reliance Industries, Ajio’s revenue increased fourfold between March 2020 and March 2021.
The turning point for the company was the Covid-19 pandemic. Reliance had tons of inventory in malls and other retail stores for months on end, and no way to offload it all.
Come in, Ajio.
As India’s first nationwide lockdown eases, the company’s daily orders have increased fivefold, according to two other former Ajio executives. It went from around 20,000 orders per day in December 2019 to over 100,000 orders per day in June 2020. The three former executives of Ajio, as well as other former and current employees of e-commerce companies in India, spoke with The Ken on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Ajio is not the only e-commerce player to have grown during the pandemic. Its biggest competitor, Myntra, owned by Flipkart, has seen its daily orders increase twice to 100,000 orders per day. pre-pandemic to more than 200,000 orders after the first wave of Covid, say industry executives. Flipkart and Myntra control
AJIO, backed by Reliance, rides India’s e-commerce wave – fierce competition for Myntra
of the online fashion retail market, according to a 2020 Bank of America report.
Ajio is however gaining ground. According to a report by investment bank Goldman Sachs, which obtained data from analytics firm Sensor Tower, Ajio’s monthly app downloads have been neck and neck with Myntra’s since the start of the pandemic. . For several months, especially in early 2021, Ajio even beat Myntra. In addition, Ajio also became a
Saurabh Srivastava takes over as CEO of Amazon Fashion
Amazon’s sales channel for some fashion brands.


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As part of a multi-disciplinary team, Pascall+Watson provided architectural design and delivery services for the 28,800m² LEED Gold rated facility, which recently opened its doors for business.
Located in the historic heart of Dubai, the 304-bedroom, 4-star hotel developed by Majid Al Futtaim, includes a climate-controlled rooftop cinema and several bespoke suites specifically designed around movie-related themes such as Hollywood, Bollywood and super-heroes.
A carefully considered yet quirky interior design palette creates an environment that delivers far more than the usual corporate hotel experience.
The Commercial Interior Design Awards celebrate the projects, interior design firms and designers making their mark on the Middle East’s interior design industry.
This year’s winners will be announced at the award’s 12th annual gala event in Dubai, on Wednesday 19 September.


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Sainsbury makes move in supermarket price war
Sainsbury is upping the ante in the supermarket wars, with plans to hand out one billion money-off coupons in its stores.
This is the latest move by chief executive Justin King to keep the pressure on market leader Tesco, which has recently seen weaker sales growth than its peers.
Last month, Tesco decided to offer double loyalty points on its Clubcard in a bid to win more shoppers.
Upping the ante: Sainsbury bites back at double Clubcard points by issuing discount vouchers that all shoppers can use
Now, Sainsbury says it is investing millions in a 'coupons at the till' scheme that will give shoppers discounts on products.
It plans to use its Nectar card scheme to target customers with specific offers on groceries that they normally buy, but will also give vouchers to shoppers who aren't members of the loyalty scheme.
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