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The Estée Lauder Companies Announces That Michelle Freyre Will Be Named Senior Vice President, Global General Manager, Clinique
Today, The Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) announced that Michelle Freyre will join The Estée Lauder Companies as Senior Vice President, Global General Manager, Clinique, effective July 1, 2020. She will report to John Demsey, Executive Group President, The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC), and will succeed Jane Lauder, who has been appointed Executive Vice President, Enterprise Marketing and Chief Data Officer.
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The Estée Lauder Companies Announces That Michelle Freyre Will Be Named Senior Vice President, Global General Manager, Clinique (Photo: Business Wire)
In her new role leading Clinique, Michelle will be responsible for guiding the brand’s overall strategic vision, including innovation, product development and marketing, and all facets of consumer and digital engagement. She will partner closely with members of the global Clinique leadership team to continue brand momentum by driving consumer relevance globally and connecting emotionally with consumers throughout their beauty journey. Michelle and her team will also work to imagine the future of the retail experience, including Clinical Reality, Virtual Selling and High Touch services.
Michelle joins The Estée Lauder Companies from Johnson & Johnson, where she had an impressive 20-year career holding various leadership roles within its Consumer Health Products division, most recently serving as President, U.S. Beauty. In this role, she was responsible for the company’s portfolio of beauty brands at the time, including Neutrogena, Aveeno, Clean & Clear and RoC, and led the successful performance of many brands. Notably, she successfully transformed the image of Johnson & Johnson Beauty with a fully re-imagined Celebrity Talent & Influencer Strategy, diversifying the talent portfolio to reflect a more integrated approach.
“Michelle is a dynamic leader with deep experience across beauty, including marketing, innovation, sales, consumer engagement and strategic growth,” said Mr. Demsey. “She is particularly adept at finding new and innovative ways to fuel growth by exceeding consumer expectations and pushing the boundaries of possibility. She is a wonderful fit for Clinique, and I am thrilled to welcome her to the brand.”
Jane Lauder added, “I could not be happier that Michelle is joining Clinique. She has a tremendous track record of driving successful beauty brands, and her passion for surprising and delighting the global consumer is unparalleled. The Clinique team is lucky to have her as a leader, and I know the brand will be in wonderful hands with her at the helm.”
Prior to her role as President, U.S. Beauty, she served as the General Manager of Neutrogena, the largest brand within Johnson & Johnson’s Consumer division, and as the leader of the company’s Los Angeles campus. During her tenure, she strengthened brand leadership positions in facial care and sun care by focusing on core hero products and franchises and disruptive innovation across categories.
Michelle is passionate about talent development and has a proven track record of fostering workplaces that embrace inclusion and diversity, strengthening the talent pipeline at Johnson & Johnson with high-potential, diverse leaders. She has received several awards and honors in recognition of her exceptional career, including being named to Fortune’s 2018 “50 Most Powerful Latinas in Business.” Additionally, she sits on the Board of Directors of Cynosure, LLC, and is a founding member of CHIEF, a private network designed to accelerate women in business and support women leaders.
About The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Prescriptives, Lab Series, Origins, Tommy Hilfiger, M·A·C, Kiton, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, Donna Karan New York, DKNY, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Michael Kors, Darphin, Tom Ford, Smashbox, Ermenegildo Zegna, AERIN, RODIN olio lusso, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, By Kilian, BECCA, Too Faced and Dr. Jart+.
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Nearly every US household uses batteries. From the battery that starts (or sometimes even powers) the family car to the one that keeps the laptop running, batteries are an essential item in today's age. Mobile electronics, such as tablets, are becoming increasingly commonplace and, thus, increasing demand for batteries. Due to the proliferation of electronics and increasing interest in hybrid electric cars, revenue for the Battery Manufacturing industry is estimated to grow at an annualized rate of 5.2% to $12.9 billion over the five years to 2014.
According to IBISWorld Industry Analyst Britanny Carter, “Despite growing demand, rising input costs have challenged industry operators over the period.” Refined lead and similar metals used to manufacture batteries have become increasingly scarce as countries like India continue to develop manufacturing sectors. In response to growing demand and scarce supply, nonferrous metal prices have risen at an average annual rate of 8.0% in the five years to 2014. Manufacturers were able to offset only part of the rise in metal prices by increasing battery prices, causing average profit to contract from 4.6% of revenue in 2009 to an estimated 4.3% in 2014.
“Demand from car and automobile manufacturing plummeted in 2009 and manufactures that specialize in automotive batteries struggled to stay afloat,” says Carter. Furthermore, the recession prompted households to postpone nonessential spending and demand for consumer electronics fell 11.1%, leading to a 6.9% drop in industry revenue in 2009. As the economy continues to recover, however, higher disposable incomes will increase electronics purchases and, by extension, batteries. Demand from car and automobile manufacturing has also rebounded over the period. As a result, industry revenue is expected to increase 2.1% in 2014.
Economic recovery over the next five years will continue to charge the Battery Manufacturing industry. As discretionary income rises, consumer electronics that use batteries will increase, boosting industry revenue. Increasing environmental concerns and skyrocketing gasoline prices will also push demand for hybrid electric vehicles that use hybrid batteries, which provide more favorable returns than traditional batteries. Slowing demand from the automobile industry and rising low-cost imports from countries like China, however, will hamper growth in the five years to 2019.
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FLORENCE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U.S. Properties Group (USPG) is in the spotlight for another huge first. Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. is planning a significant addition to its Florence, AL store in the Cox Creek Shopping Center, owned and operated by U.S. Properties Group. The fresh and growing Field & Stream concept store will join the Dick’s Sporting Goods on property in one super store over 60,000 SF, with a projected opening on August 8th, 2017.
Gord Wiebe, Director of U.S. Properties Group, states, “We are so excited that we could make this deal! This is just another example of how our U.S. Properties Group team excels across the country. We love creating high quality shopping areas and adding value to communities.”
In a separate note, Best Buy announced yesterday that they will not be renewing their lease in Florence, AL. In late February, they will be consolidating to a nearby city.
Gord Wiebe, Director of U.S. Properties Group, said, “We have had a lot of interest in the space at Cox Creek and, with the addition of the Dick’s Sporting Goods/Field & Stream super store, we feel confident that we can make the deal with potential clients.” Gord further adds, “The city of Florence’s retail zone is viable, active and growing with many new big box users entering the market in the last year. We have been very successful at repositioning some of our centers when some of the box users leave, and have completed over 400,000 SF of new box users in the last two years, with many more to come.”
This Dick’s Sporting Goods/Field & Stream super store is a tremendous addition to Cox Creek Shopping Center and just another sign the economy is alive and the U.S. Properties Group’s team is one of the forefront operators that creates deals that close.
The Cox Creek Shopping Center is comprised of more than 173,940 SF of retail space and is approaching full occupancy. With this addition, U.S. Properties Group anticipates demand for space in the project to increase. The shopping center is shadowed by Target and is directly across Cox Creek Parkway from the Regency Square Mall, positioning itself as premiere real estate.
U.S. Properties Group has acquired and improved “value add” shopping center assets since 2002. Cox Creek Shopping Center has been another all-around win for U.S. Properties Group and the city. The City of Florence, centrally located between Birmingham, Nashville and Memphis, is the center of the Northwest Alabama industry market. The employers highlighted in this strong market include healthcare, commerce, and education.
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Subprime auto lessor making 1st trip to securitization market
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Now RAC King is tapping the securitization market for financing that could further accelerate its growth. It is bundling $269.9 million of leases – the bulk of its $284 million portfolio – into collateral for bonds in a transaction called ACC Trust 2018-1, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.
The deal is split-rated. Kroll expects to assign an A credit rating to the $154.3 million senior tranche of notes to be issued, which mature in December 2020 and benefit from 44.85% credit enhancement. Two subordinate tranches of bonds maturing in 2021 and 2023 that are rated BBB and BB, respectively, will bring total proceeds to $212.6 million.
Moody's Investors Service takes a less favorable view; it only rates the senior tranche Baa2 and the subordinate tranches Ba1 and B2.
RAC originates leases to subprime obligors with FICO scores ranging from 320-826 through its 32 company-owned dealerships. It puts these customers into vehicles that are two to four years old and have been driven an average of 60,000 miles, according to Kroll.
The rating agency cites as a key credit consideration the company’s “committed ownership and experience management team.” Shivers founded the company in 2000, and has managed it through many business and credit cycles.
He maintains a minority ownership and is closely involved in the day-to-day operations.
Kroll acknowledges the risk of rapid growth, which “could lead to difficulty running the business operations including managing the dealerships, vehicle inventory, lease servicing and performance of the receivables.” Motivation to sell more vehicles and extend credit to lower quality borrowers to support growth may also result in higher losses, the presale report states.
However, the rating agency takes comfort from what it calls RAC King’s “proactive investments” in infrastructure, as well as the company’s integrated business model. “All retail locations are company owned dealerships that employ a simple sales and financing model, financing only though leases (no cash sales or loans) and no negotiations on vehicle price or lease terms,” the presale report states.
Nevertheless, Kroll expects losses to reach 26% over the life of the transaction, in its base-case scenario, given the limited financial means of the lessees, who either have either a negative or nonexistent credit history.
Interestingly, the transaction has less exposure to a potential decline in the residual value of vehicles coming off lease than a prime lease securitization, according to Kroll. That’s because RAC King encourages lessors to hold on to the their vehicles at the end of a lease, rather than turning them in, by setting the residual value at a low level and offering lessors an interest-free loan to fund the purchase.
Moody's cites the low exposure to residual losses, along with credit enhancement as the strengths of the deal. However it sees the sponsor's small size and lack of prior securitization experience as weaknesses.
Moody's also noted that the high rate (35%) of customer payments made at dealerships, as opposed to a centralized billing center, could pose problems in the event of a servicing transfer. "To address this risk, ACC has entered into a contract with CheckFree Pay, which offers an alternative payment method that allows walk-in customers to pay at various locations, in addition to existing means of payment such as direct debit, phone payments, online payments and mail," the presale report states. In addition, the transaction
also incorporates a mechanism that would eliminate in-store payments two months before RAC formally provides notification that it will cease to be the servicer,


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“With the experience we’ve gained through our demonstrator engine testing program, we are confident the HF120 engine configuration is mature and are anticipating a smooth FAA certification testing program,” said Bill Dwyer, president of GE Honda Aero Engines. “The first engine to test will run by the end of the summer, and certification testing will continue into 2010.”
GE Honda Aero Engines has built and tested eight HF120 engine cores and 11 full engine demonstrators. During testing, the engine has exceeded its design goal of 2,095 lbs thrust.
Thirteen HF120 development engines will take part in the certification testing at seven locations in the U.S. and Japan. Tests will include fan blade out, crosswind, stress and endurance testing. GE Honda also plans to test the engine on a flying testbed before flying on the customer certification aircraft. By entry into service, the HF120 will have accumulated more than 15,000 cycles of ground and flight testing.
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Indian wearable tech company Ineda Systems gets Samsung, Qualcomm funds
It can't get better than this for India's emerging semiconductor eco-system. Hyderabad-based wearable devices chip startup Ineda Systems has received $17 million (Rs 102 crore) in funding from US-based venture fund Walden-Riverwood Ventures, Samsung, Qualcomm and UK-based semiconductor R&D company Imagination Technologies.
This follows an earlier round of funding in Ineda by two of the most high profile individuals in global mobility and semiconductor technologies — Sanjay Jha, CEO of Global Foundries and former chairman and CEO of Motorola Mobility, and Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Cadence Design Systems, one of the world's biggest providers of tools for chip design. TOI reported about this funding in October last year.
The latest round also has funding from IndusAge Partners, which has an India-focused fund, as also other existing investors.
Ineda's chips will be applicable to a multitude of devices such as smartwatches, health and fitness trackers and other wearable devices, as well as the emerging space of internet-of-things (connecting everyday devices to the internet). "This is a breakthrough technology from India. I don't believe there is an equivalent product in the world." said Ineda founder Gude Dasaradha, whose previous venture Cute Solutions was acquired by chip maker AMD and who went on to be AMD India managing director before he left to start Ineda.
He said the worldss top 20 companies looking at wearable devices and products for internet-of-things were evaluating Ineda's products. "he feedback from everyone so far is that the processor systems are fantastic. We expect that the first products using these chips will come out by the end of this year," he said.
"With its industry-first WPU (wearable processor unit) technology and world-class management team, we are confident that Ineda Systems will be able to meet the long battery life and high performance requirements in the wearables market," Jha said in a press release.
India is a major global hub of semiconductor design services, but more recently, companies have started to create semiconductor IPs and products. Ineda could potentially turbo charge this process.
Wearable devices have made headlines particularly since the announcement of the Google Glass, a device that brings rich text and notifications as well as other information straight to your eyes, and the launch of smartwatches by Samsung and Sony. A number of wearable body-monitoring devices have also emerged.
Currently, wearable devices mostly use processors that were originally designed for smartphones. This makes for limited functionalities, high power consumption, and lower response times. "This is the reason why people don't find these devices worthwhile after a point," Dasaradha said.
At an event in Bangalore last year, Jha noted that the same thing happened initially during the PC to smartphone transition. "People used PC components for smartphones. But the dramatic migrations to smartphones started once components were developed specifically for smartphones. There will be as dramatic a migration to wearable devices once we have new chip architectures that can reduce power consumption by a factor of ten, and enable things like sunlight viewability," he had said, but without any reference to Ineda.
Dasaradha told TOI that his chip reduces power consumption by one-tenth to one-fiftieth depending on the nature of use, and has a variety of features integrated into it, including sensor subsystems (to monitor, say, body vitals or movements), speech recognition and always-on capability.
"It was ground-up architecture. We have used a method called hierarchical computing, which does not require high-end processors and where different processors use different light-weight operating systems. I believe we are the first in the world to attempt something like this," he said. The new funding will be used to further develop Ineda's semiconductor and software products.


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Looks like New York will be the first to cave in the stand off over the international fashion week schedule.
CFDA pres Diane von Furstenberg has acquiesced to stick-in-the mud Mario Boselli, the president of the Camera Nazionale della Moda in Milan, saying New York will "bite the bullet" and move its dates earlier in exchange for a formal agreement going forward, the New York Times is reporting. “We have to protect the industry,” she said. “To give jobs is the No. 1 responsibility for anyone today, and that’s what we have to realize.”
Former CFDA head Fern Mallis gave her two cents on the showdown earlier this week, and like von Furstenberg, she thought New York would have to be "moved up" a few days. Whatever the case, with these two key industry players weighing in, it certainly looks like New York is going to be the one to compromise--which not exactly surprising, given how stubborn (and childlike) the Italian Chamber of Fashion has proven to be.
While Milan has yet to respond to this new proposal, we hope for everybody's sanity an agreement can be reached. And soon.


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Take home grocery sales fell by 1.9 per cent over the 12 weeks to 31 October 2021, according to the latest figures from Kantar. Although in decline compared with the same 12 weeks in 2020, sales are still 7.3 per cent higher than in 2019.
Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar, says: “Our shopping habits are beginning to settle at a new baseline as we’ve adapted our lifestyles through the pandemic. The general trend towards bigger, less frequent trips to the supermarket seems set to stay. Households visited the supermarket 15.7 times in the past month on average. That’s a slight increase from the 15.3 trips we saw at this time in 2020, but consumers are still making 40 million fewer trips per month than they were in 2019. At this rate of change, it would take three years to get back to our old shopping patterns.
“Online sales have also levelled out. For the second month in a row, digital sales accounted for 12.4 per cent of the total grocery market. A fifth of households consistently order groceries online each month, becoming long term converts.”
Shoppers are keen to make the most of calendar milestones this year as they prepare for an extra special festive season. Fraser McKevitt explains: “After a tough 18 months, consumers are gearing up for bigger and better celebrations. An unrestricted Halloween drove sales of pumpkins up 26 per cent in the four weeks to 31 October.
While it hasn’t dampened spirits yet, like-for-like grocery price inflation in the latest four weeks reached 2.1 per cent and shoppers could start to seek out better value. Fraser McKevitt comments: “Grocery prices are rising and this month inflation hit its highest rate since August 2020, when retailers were still cutting promotions to maintain stock on the shelves. As prices increase in certain categories, we can expect shoppers to continue to visit several supermarkets and shop around to find the best deals. Already, households visit an average of 3.3 supermarkets per month in order to find the best value for money.”
Tesco bucked the wider market decline and was the only retailer to achieve year-on-year growth this period with sales rising by 0.3 per cent over the 12 weeks to 31 October. Almost three quarters of the population made a trip to Tesco in the past three months, helping the retailer to gain market share for the tenth month in a row and boost its proportion of the market by 0.6 percentage points to 27.6 per cent.
While Lidl’s sales remained flat compared with last year, the grocer performed ahead of the market to nudge up share by 0.1 percentage points to 6.2 per cent. Aldi also increased its share of total grocery sales by 0.1 percentage points and it now holds 7.9 per cent of the market.
Iceland’s market share remained steady at 2.3 per cent this period. Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons’ market shares were 15.2 per cent, 14.3 per cent and 10 per cent respectively. Co-op’s market share now stands at 6.3 per cent and Waitrose’s is 5 per cent.
Compared with the equivalent period in 2019, all retailers boosted their sales in the latest 12 weeks.
Ocado achieved the strongest increase in sales compared with two years ago, growing by 35.7 per cent, while its market share stayed flat at 1.7 per cent.


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KATHMANDU, May 6: Five star hotels have reported 25 percent rise in banquet sales in the first four months of 2012, thanks to the growing tend of choosing star hotels for organizing parties and social occasions.
Hoteliers say people starting from middle class to corporate clients have started choosing banquets at star hotels to organize parties.
Five start hotels in the capital have the capacity to serve up to 1,500 persons each at a time. Banquet rates at five start hotels start from Rs 1,400 per person (exclusive of applicable taxes).
According to hoteliers, growing awareness about hygiene, competitive price, foolproof security and adequate parking space are the major factors behind rise in banquets sale. “Although conference groups are our major clients, the number of individual parties especially weddings is very positive,” said Aatma Prasad Khanal, banquet sales coordinator at Hotel Annapurna. He said the hotel has reported 25 percent rise in banquet sales so far this year compared to last year.
Banquet rates at Hotel Annapurna start from Rs 1,400 per person if the total pax is around 1,000. The rate is exclusive of tax. The hotel has the capacity to serve 1,500 people for a cocktail dinner.
Similarly, banquet rates at The Everest Hotel start from Rs 1,500 per person. “Our rates start from Rs 1,500 (exclusive of taxes) per person. But the minimum number of guests should be over 500,” Ashwini Acharya, senior director-sales and marketing at the hotel, said.
According to Acharya, the hotel has reported 20 percent rise in banquet sales so far this year compared to last year.
Banquet rates at Gokarna Forest Resort range from Rs 1,800 to Rs 2,000 per person (exclusive of taxes) depending on the number of guests. “Although our banquet rates are slightly higher, we´ve seen 20 percent rise in sales so far this year,” Kaushal K Singh, director-sales and marketing at the resort, said.
Singh said the resort had already started receiving bookings for parties to be held after four-five months as it is very difficult to get quality venue without advanced booking.
Bharat Joshi, director-sales and marketing at Hotel Yak and Yeti, said banquets sale at the hotel has increased by at least 20 percent. Joshi informed that banquet rates at the hotel starts from Rs 1,300 plus taxes per person for cocktail snacks and dinner. “The rate can go up to Rs 1,700 per person, depending on décor, food variety and presentation of the venue,” added Joshi.


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Mactac®, a leading manufacturer of pressure-sensitive graphics and signage solutions for the wide format print industry, announces partnerships with graphic distributors, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and paper merchants at PRINTING United 2023.
“We are thrilled to team up with several industry partners at this year’s PRINTING United show,” says Amanda Smith, Marketing and Communications Manager at Mactac Graphics & Signage Solutions. “Partners will be showcasing Mactac and Spinnaker® solutions in their booths, giving attendees more opportunities to learn about products and see them in action.”
In addition to Mactac booth #B9113, Mactac wide-format products, including Printvinyl Scored™, Roodle®, and Rebel® multi-print media, Mactac sheet-fed products, and an array of Spinnaker offset and digital print products will be displayed at the following booths:
- HP® – #B13013
- Fellers – #C2047
- Canon® – #B15083
- Laird Plastics – #B10119
- Lexjet – #C2504
- Nazdar – #C1332
- MAC Papers & Packaging – #B15071
- Lindenmeyr Munroe – #B9051
- Millcraft – #C3329
- Athens Paper – #C3369
Mactac is also a sponsor of expo events, including the PDAA (Professional Decal Applicators Alliance) Wide-Format Zone and the 2023 Women in Wide-Format Awards.
The PDAA Wide-Format Zone features wide-format graphic demonstrations and installations by industry professionals. Adjacent to the Mactac booth, the PDAA booth (#B8110) will highlight Mactac products on the following days/times:
- Wed., Oct. 18 at 11 a.m. – window applications
- Wed., Oct. 18 at 3 p.m. – wall applications
- Thurs., Oct. 19 at 11 a.m. – floor applications
“During these times, customers will garner helpful information, tips, and tricks as they watch demonstrations and observe professional installers working with various Mactac media solutions,” Smith says. “Attendees can also participate in the PDAA’s guided hands-on training and work with the materials themselves.”
Recipients of the 2023 Women in Wide-Format Awards, women who have advanced the wide-format digital print industry through innovation, leadership, and philanthropy, will be honored during a recognition ceremony on October 19 at 4 p.m. at the Future State Theater.


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Tasty Beer and Good Times Brewing in Zion Canyon
by Alexa V. Morgan
photos courtesy of Jolene Pace/Zion Canyon Brewing Company
The Zion Canyon Brew Pub in Springdale carries the distinction of being the only brew pub in southern Utah. But their menu of classic favorites with a local twist and vibrant atmosphere, coupled with a picturesque setting at the gateway to Zion National Park, are what truly set them apart. “There’s definitely a market for it, and we’ve found that niche,” general manager Troy Moyers says.
The pub is the retail face of the Zion Canyon Brewing Company, which started about 11 years ago and was initially a very package-oriented business that specialized in kegging for local restaurants and selling beer by the bottle. But that focus shifted when the pub opened in 2012. “The real money is selling by the pint,” says Jeremy Baxter, who took over as brewmaster in late 2013. “That’s what we’ve been doing since I got here – putting beer into kegs and in turn, into pint glasses.”
Their “pub grub” is every bit as tasty as their beer, says Moyers. The menu changes with the seasons and only fresh ingredients are used. After major renovations and the addition of Baxter and chef Asiry Jaramillo, revenue has doubled each year.
Moyers attributes this success to two main factors – the growing appreciation for craft beer worldwide and a virtually untapped regional market. “Southern Utah has a huge amount of traffic tourist-wise, as well as a very rapidly growing community. The fact that there isn’t another brewery is pretty amazing,” says Baxter. “If you built it around the correct business line, you could have another brewery in Springdale and be profitable, let alone St. George.”
Utah’s overly restrictive and antiquated liquor laws are to blame, Moyers says, adding that his staff has to explain to confused patrons from other states and countries that they’re required to buy food with their beer no less than 100 times a day.
The entire north side of the building was recently remodeled to add a dog-friendly patio with a watering trough and a new beer garden, bringing the capacity to 200 outside and 120 inside. 2016 also saw the launch of a retail shop catering to the beer enthusiast.
Moyers says that plans for the pub’s future may include taking over the building next door to create a bigger kitchen and a brewery that customers could tour. An outdoor kitchen to bake brick oven pizza is another possibility.
Owners Jolene and Andrew Pace, who are also behind the Painted Pony and George’s Corner restaurants in downtown St. George, are contemplating opening up another pub in Ancestor Square within the next couple of years, Moyers says.
Those who want to take a bit of Zion home with them might soon be in luck, as Baxter plans to explore canning his unique brews in 2017. “We’ve been kicking around some ideas,” he says. “There’s always something exciting and new around the corner for us.”
Baxter, who spent years creating home brews, says that the creativity involved with running a brewery is his favorite part of the job. The pub has three flagship taps and four that rotate seasonally. Details on all of the company’s brews can be found at zionbrewery.com. “You have to pack a lot of flavor into the 4% alcohol beer, so that’s what we do,” Moyers says. “We make our beer tasty; it’s just not strong.”
Baxter started brewing kettle sours in the spring of 2015. Whereas traditional sour beers take a year or more to brew, kettle sours can be produced in a matter of weeks and allow the brewer creative control. He has made pomegranate, peach, and prickly pear cactus fruit thus far. These are perhaps the most distinctive beers on the pub’s menu, and customer response has been largely positive. He will be introducing a German-style pilsner this year. “Every style has its own parameters, and the beer can be very different from brewer to brewer within those parameters,” he explains. “All of our beers are one of a kind.”
Zion brews are not only poured at the pub, but several other restaurants in Springdale, Kanab, Hurricane, and St. George.
Approximately 80% of the pub’s customers are tourists visiting the park, Moyers says. The other 20% are Springdale locals and folks who drive out from St. George.
The pub sits at 95 Zion Park Blvd., only a quarter mile from the visitor center. “I don’t know if there’s another brew pub located so close to the entrance to a national park in the whole country,” Baxter says.
Unlike most restaurants in Springdale, the pub remains open all year long. There’s live music from local and nationally touring acts every weekend. Although they experience a lull when visitation to the park declines over the colder months, Moyers estimates that they serve 350 customers as a year-round daily average. That can peak at roughly 600 during a busy summer weekend. “We’re still beating last year’s numbers,” he says. “It’s just getting better all the time.”
The pub is open every day from noon to 10 pm. Call (435) 772-0336, visit brewpubspringdale.com or stop in and enjoy a pint while observing the wonders of nature in majestic Zion Canyon.


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2022 Ford Maverick hybrid truck debuts, 2023 Kia Sportage preview: What’s New @ The Car Connection
2022 Ford Maverick preview
With the Maverick, Ford hopes it can lure small-SUV buyers into yet another version of the mechanicals that power its Escape and Bronco Sport, without drawing them away from one of its bigger pickups—the Ranger and F-Series.
First drive: Lexus Teammate driver-assistance system wants to know you’re there
In a test run of the 2022 Lexus LS 500h AWD, Lexus Teammate veers to the conservative side of Level 2 semi-autonomous systems.
2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz preview
Hyundai markets the Santa Cruz as a sport adventure vehicle, but its proportions appear like the ideal urban weekend getaway vehicle for sport, adventure, utility, and parallel parking.
From Motor Authority:
2023 Kia Sportage (European spec)
Preview: 2023 Kia Sportage takes on dramatic look
A more premium, more technologically advanced Kia Sportage is headed to showrooms soon.
2022 Ferrari V-6 hybrid supercar spy shots: New entry-level mid-engine car coming
Ferrari is working on a V-6-powered supercar but just don’t call it a Dino.
It took over 400,000 Legos to create this Lamborghini Sian hypercar
The full-size Lego version of the Lamborghini Sián hybrid supercar took 8,660 hours to complete and weighs 4,860 pounds.
From Green Car Reports:
2022 Ford Maverick
2022 Ford Maverick hybrid pickup: City-savvy 40-mpg truck starts at $21,490
The 2022 Ford Maverick small pickup truck will come standard with a hybrid engine and estimated 40-mpg city rating.
2021 Kia Niro EV carries over, ahead of EV6 intro
The pending arrival of Kia’s next-generation EV6 hasn’t changed the presentation of its Niro EV for 2021, although it gets a few new features.
Plug-in hybrids top 20% of Volvo’s US sales
Volvo gave its plug-in hybrids a big price reduction, started hiding its tailpipes, and also introduced a program that will pay U.S. owners for plugging in.


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'Tis the season for chapped skin, runny noses, spiked temperatures and compromised immune systems. What better time for convenience retailers to give a boost to their health and beauty care (HBC) program and optimize an oft-overlooked category that’s begging to be stuffed like a Christmas stocking over the fireplace?
An apple a day may keep the doctor away. But apples priced at only 99 cents a pound, six organic romaine hearts advertised at $5, and a pound of ground turkey for $1.99 keep the customers coming back in droves. At least that’s the hope—and hoopla—fueling Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, an upstart grocery chain that’s looking to steal thunder from fresh-food- centric stalwarts such as Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s and carve out a healthy niche in the Midwest.
CSP fourth-annual cash-management study generated input from 200 c-store respondents who operate and/or influence decisions related to cash flow/banking/cash management. Corporate Safe Specialists/FireKing Security Group commissioned the study.
More than 100 U.S. cities—including Seattle; Boston; Indianapolis; Gainesville, Fla.; Mountain View, Calif.; and Duluth, Minn.—have enacted laws comparable to New York’s, effectively outlawing e-cigarette use in places where smoking is prohibited, such as parks, restaurants, bars, outdoor dining spaces, beaches and office buildings.
From provocative Jenny McCarthy testimonials and colorful sports sponsorships to controversial Super Bowl spots and splashy giveaway promotions, e-cigarette makers are pulling out the big guns in recent months to push their products.


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- Articles tagged "laptop"
Panasonic have been producing ruggedized notebooks for specialized industries such as law enforcement since 1996 and are undoubtedly the market leader, but can the Toughbook weather the global PC crunch?
Dell has launched two notebooks under its specialized Rugged Extreme series - a 12-inch tablet/notebook convertible and a larger 14-inch notebook. Designed to withstand extreme temperatures, strong impact, sustained vibration and other demanding conditions, we witnessed their toughness at a recent launch event.
Intel announced today that products based on the upcoming Broadwell processors will be available in time for this year end's holiday season.
Hot on the heels of Intel's announcement of the next generation 'Bay Trail' processors, Asus wasted no time to unveil their latest Bay Trail powered Transformer Book T100 which is a 2-in-1 detachable laptop/tablet.
Sony has just unveiled a 11-inch tablet with Ultrabook-like components, similar to Microsoft's own Surface Pro tablet, but a lot sleeker. The Vaio Tap 11 has a dual-core Intel Core processor, as well as a digitizer (N-trig technology) that lets you draw or write on the tablet. Check out our brief experience with it.
Check out Sony's new mainstream laptop, the VAIO Fit. The VAIO Fit is available in Singapore only in a 15-inch form factor, but with two distinct variants in the form of the Fit 15 and the Fit 15E.
We go hands-on with Sony's super-slim and ultra-light touchscreen-enabled VAIO Pro Ultrabook, which come in both 11-inch and 13-inch variants.
We go hands-on with Sony's newest convertible laptop computer, the VAIO Duo 13, featuring an improved Surf Slider hinge design as well as more powerful guts thanks to Intel's fourth-generation Core technologies.
With Windows 8's Modern UI designed with touch in mind, manufacturers are steadily introducing more and more hardware with touch-enabled screens. The latest is Dell's XPS 12, which uses a swiveling screen form factor to transform between tablet and notebook. Find out how well it works inside:
Intel said today during IDF (Intel Developer Forum) that it will yet again transform the personal computing landscape with the upcoming 4th generation Intel Core processor built solely for mobile systems such as the Ultrabook.
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Where Are Manchester's Fashion Independents?
THE food and fashion industries are revelling in this techy digital age.
Truth is, it's the high rents that's killing us
Both are benefiting from the internet breeding of eagle-eyed Instagrammers, discerning bloggers and twitchy-fingered tweeters with an opinion to voice and a hashtag to share. Nearly half of consumers now shop online for clothes (online sales reached £5.6bn in 2014) and hospitality businesses have latched onto 'brand awareness' gained from social communication.
Consequently, as Health and Beauty Editor of Manchester’s leading city magazine with a heavy focus on food and drink, life tends to revolve around those two areas in digital land. I've witnessed both bellowing 'technology is the future', yet with one major difference: online is killing our physical high-street, while restaurants are thriving.
Today when it comes to bricks and mortar business, food is the far sexier, fashionable investment.
According to CRBE, restaurant and food outlet numbers are now 258% higher than in 1998 (8% annual average growth rate) with a total of 17,450 chain branches in operation across the country.
This growth is far above the increase in number of other retailers and shops which are now 50% higher than in 1998 (3% annual average growth). (See full report).
Arguably, no other city displays this better than Manchester.
Food is having a renaissance in the city - I’m sure you might have noticed. The restaurant-openings-upon-restaurant-openings say it all. We're all so very social now. So very 'foodie'.
Yet what has this meant for Manchester's independent fashion boutiques? In fact, where have they all disappeared to?
Let's consider the Corn Exchange, once home to the sleepy (downright comatose) fashion quarter, The Triangle. Following a £30m investment, it will soon re-emerge as a huge food hall complete with hotel later this year. They'll be no fashion focus. Spinningfield's The Avenue is similarly giving up on fashion in favour of food. There's a trend emerging here.


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The Modi Government needs to promote India as an investor friendly country to have more international BPO units set up in India.
The Commerce Department says new home sales fell 2.4 per cent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 412,000.
Every company and CEO is different, so a good first step is to take cues from the people around you who have already been at the company for a while.
Along with funds, pedigree and a track record too matter, and even more over the long term. After all, good universities outlive their benefactors by centuries.


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Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) July 6, 2009
As coupon use continues to rise, the amount of savings realized by members of CouponMom.com has exploded as an astounding $5 million dollars worth of coupons were printed from the site in May. Coupon usage is definitely on the rise, and CouponMom's ten-fold increase in membership since early 2008 proves that more shoppers are looking for help with their grocery spending.
"Consumers are realizing that coupons are real money when the products they use are offered," said CouponMom.com founder, Stephanie Nelson, "Our coupons are for popular products from Kraft, Kellogg's, General Mills, Procter & Gamble and many other quality manufacturers. A family of four can easily save over $6,000 in a calendar year just by using our strategic shopping system and coupons."
As consumers realize the Coupon Mom system is "free money", with no registration required and no fee, the old stigma of using coupons has gone away.
In just a year's time, the dollar value of coupons printed on CouponMom.com has increased from $200,000 per month (May 2008) to $5 million per month (May 2009). As more people seek out help with their grocery spending, membership on the site has jumped from 180,000 in early 2008 to more than 1.8 million members now.
The Coupon Mom has been called "the rock star of the recession" by the Washington Post and has taught millions how to save with coupons on Oprah, The Today Show, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Good Housekeeping and Good Morning America.
Because of the recession, more than 40 million people nationally are printing online coupons, up 20 percent from last year, according to a recent report from the Simmons Market Research Bureau.
"With gas prices climbing and consumer discretionary income declining, millions of Americans turned to online coupon sites in May for better deals on their retail purchases," comScore said in a June release. "The Coupon category posted a particularly strong month, surging 19 percent to 34.7 million visitors to lead as the top-gaining category in May."
"More advertisers are using coupons as a way to entice consumers to buy," Nelson said. "Many people are interested in saving money this way because of what's happening with the economy."
CouponMom.com was recently ranked one of the 10 top coupon sites, based on the number of unique visitors, according to Compete.com.
Nelson, a mother of two, says cutting your grocery bill in half is easy. She launched CouponMom.com eight years ago to show other shoppers what weekly sales and savings are available - saving them time, and of course, money.
"Strategic shopping is not about changing the way you eat, it is about changing the way you buy the food that you like," says Nelson, "In many cases, shoppers can get free groceries when they use sales and coupons at supermarkets and drugstores."
Here are some of the Coupon Mom's favorite ways to "Strategically Shop" on a trip to the grocery store.
1. Pick one day a week to shop and plan your week's meals and snacks carefully to make a comprehensive shopping list. The extra planning time will save the time and expense of unplanned shopping trips mid-week.
2. Compare prices for your common items at a few nearby stores and cherry-pick the deals if necessary. Nelson finds the lowest prices on fresh produce and pantry basics at local discount stores (Trader Joe's or Aldi's) and buys the rest of her week's groceries at a typical supermarket using sales, loss leaders, "buy one, get one free" offers and doubled coupons.
3. Study the stores' sales circulars and use online resources like http://www.couponmom.com to find the best sales. The free service does the work of finding coupons and deals for shoppers by listing grocery bargains at 41 retailers in 50 states.
4. Stock up on your common items when they are at their rock-bottom prices. By getting a few weeks' supply of an item, you will have enough on hand until the next sale. Getting in the cycle of stocking up in this way will get you out of the cycle of paying full price for anything.
5. Maximize your coupon inventory. Buy multiple copies of the Sunday newspaper during high coupon weeks, watch for coupon displays in the store, pay attention to your register receipt coupons, use electronic coupons at Kroger.com and even email the customer service contact at manufacturers' websites to request coupons for their products. Having more coupons will enable you to stock up on your common items when they are at rock-bottom prices.
6. Sign up for your stores' loyalty cards and provide complete mailing and email information. You may be sent coupons for products you buy regularly.
For more information on Coupon Mom, go to http://www.couponmom.com. Media inquiries, contact Nanette Noffsinger at email@example.com or 615-776-4230.


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The UK government’s development finance institution (DFI) British International Investment (BII), formerly known as CDC Group, has announced its plan to invest US$100 million in Egyptian startups over its current strategy period. At a business reception launching its new name in Egypt, BII announced its future plans for the country and reaffirmed its commitment to strengthen its partnership with Egypt and increase climate finance to support the country’s green growth. As part of BII’s ambition to bolster Egyptian VC, the DFI announced new commitments to Algebra Ventures and Endure Capital, two leading local VC firms that support and partner with the most promising early-stage businesses to build transformative companies across sectors such as fintech, agritech, edtech, logistics and healthcare. BII has also invested in MaxAB, a prominent B2B e-commerce platform in North Africa. The funding will support the creation of 4,000 jobs and facilitate MaxAB’s expansion across Egypt and Morocco, enabling the company to reach an additional 73,000 micro-retailers across the region.
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Waitrose to fully support British pork
British supermarket chain, Waitrose, has delivered a
boost to the struggling pig industry, after committing to buy all of its fresh
pork and bacon from British farmers.
The supermarket plans to switch its supply by the end of the year, and will
build on its commitment to the British industry, already sourcing 100 per cent
of its fresh pork and more than 90 per cent of its bacon from the UK.
The move comes as the industry
faces one of the most challenging times in its history with nine out of 10 pig
farmers considering quitting for good as farmers currently lose around Â£12 on
every pig produced.
Natalie Mitchell, Senior Meat Buyer at Waitrose,
said: â€œOur decision to source all of our own label fresh pork, bacon and
sausages from the UK sends out a strong vote of support to British pig farmers
who are experiencing very difficult trading conditions. British pig farmers
produce some of the world's best pork - and they need our support now more than
Unique payment model
The retailer will
continue to apply its unique payment model to for its pig farmers which takes
into account the cost of production for the farmer, ensuring they receive
sustainable and stable returns.
Stewart Houston, chairman of the
National Pig Association and Bpex said: â€œThis is very good news for the British
pig industry and Waitrose is to be congratulated for the move. The tangible
support Waitrose has shown for the British pig industry is most welcome in these
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The report shows that 5G subscriptions in North America have been better than expected. The region had the highest 5G global subscription penetration at 41 per cent. Union Minister of State for Electronics & Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar characterized the allegations as an outright lie. He said that no individuals were in jail and that no shutdowns occurred. Chandrasekhar said that under Dorsey’s leadership, there was a reluctance in acknowledging the authority of Indian law.
Carl Pei, the company’s founder, has shown off a new cable design for the upcoming Phone (2), which is expected to be launched soon. Pei posted a picture of the transparent cable without a caption and wrote a Gif tocaption it. The Tech News Space team monitors news from the world of high technology, science, and the gaming industry and delivers it to its readers in a timely manner. There is a virtual lack of technology partners in India for three major companies, including a joint venture with Foxconn.
Scientists In The US Have Taught Ai To Predict Which Songs Will Become Hits
The dangers of unregulated artificial intelligence in the hands of unscrupulous elements harming the world are already happening. The call to either kill or talk about it in an exaggerated, futuristic fashion diverts attention from its actual dangers. There is a risk of powerful tools falling into the hands of people with bad intentions. If artificial intelligence can speed up drug discovery, it can also speed up the creation of chemical and biological weapons that can cause harm to humans. If artificial intelligence can be used to create quick content, it can also be used to create material that is intended to spread misinformation and fear. Massive social and personal harm can be caused by deep fakes.
The subsidiary of tech giant Alphabet Inc. is looking to establish partnerships with Indian suppliers for the local manufacturing of itsPixel smartphones. The likes of global tech giants would be able to manufacture products in India. According to a report by the news agency, the tech giant is in talks with local manufacturers to assemble their products. The tech giant is in talks with several Indian manufacturers to assemble their products in India. Around 120 communications service providers have launched commercial 5G services and around 35 have deployed or launched 5G. Enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), gaming, and some augmented and virtual reality based services are the most common 5G services launched by service providers for consumers.
Thanks to a new study by the US, the situation could be changing dramatically, as the “hint” algorithms used by many streaming platforms don’t always work. Laundryheap took over the consumer operations of Oxwash in August of last year, after it raised £10m in August of last year for its space influenced washing technology. A company veteran who was part of its founding team, Tsai brings Exotic Dish extensive experience in various finance related roles. The cloud business is the biggest growth engine thatAlibaba has outside of its e commerce business. One of the most significant changes of a leading Chinese tech firm to date was made in late March, when it was announced that it would split into six business groups. The danger of the world coming to an end because of the development of artificial intelligence is next to zero for anyone who has understood it.
India Can Play A Huge Role In Defining The International Ai Regulation Framework
Chinese mobile phone manufacturers have been urged by the Centre to incorporate Indian partners into their local operations. Indian executives are included in crucial roles in the government’s request. Additionally, manufacturers have been instructed to collaborate with Indian contract manufacturers, enhance local manufacturing capabilities by forming joint ventures with Indian companies at the component level and involve local distributors in their operations.
Artificial intelligence can be used to detect addresses on the web. When users press and hold on an address, they will be presented with the option to view the detected address on a mini Maps display within Chrome, facilitating quick access to location information. “If you want to visit a museum in Italy but don’t speak the language, you can use chrome to translate the website into your preferred language.”
From 2020 to 2022, he said the company repeatedly violated Indian law and their non compliance continued. Chandrasekhar claimed that they finally followed the regulations in June of 2022. He said that there were no shutdowns and no one was imprisoned. IVP, a Silicon Valley based investment firm, led the latest investment round for Volt. There are a number of actions that could lead to this block.
Modi’s arrival to the U.S. follows a meeting between the Secretary of State and the President of China in a bid to ease tensions between the two largest economies in the world. Modi will meet with Biden and U.S. executives in China on Thursday and Friday. CNBC has learned that General Atomics is nearing a deal to sell drones to New Delhi at a time when the country is trying to beef up its security.
Laundryheap has acquired French rival Wast for an undisclosed sum, its third acquisition in 14 months. Analysts speculated that the decision by Jack Ma to no longer hold controlling rights in the company might have helped pull the two companies out of the regulatory doghouse. According to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, revenue at China’s internet companies fell for the first time in almost a decade. The incoming chairman said in a statement that Zhang had “demonstrated extraordinary leadership in navigating unprecedented uncertainties affecting our business over the past few years”. The restructuring will allow individual business units to pursue independent financing and public listing plans.
The production systems were not compromised and no user passwords, accounts or credit card information were impacted. New CEO Linda Yaccarino is likely to focus on video, creator and commerce partnerships. According to a report, Yaccarino told the company’s investors that they plan to revitalise the microblogging platform’s business which will not only focus on digital advertising but will go beyond it.


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2010 April 15
Temple and Tucker Take Target
(NEW YORK) Zac Posen’s wares for Target are due to hit stores April 25 (impatient New Yorkers can drop by the designer’s 24 Hour Party and pop-up store, starting tonight at 11 at 481 Eighth Avenue), but already the mass retailer has more up its bargain-priced sleeve. Temple St. Clair has been named Target’s sixth-ever limited-edition jewelry collaborator, and Tucker by Gaby Basora will step in as the next GO! Intenational collaboration for the company.
Temple St. Clair Carr, the designer of the luxe jewelry label, founded her company in 1986 and has built a following with signature rock crystal amulets, which retail for up to $8,000. What Carr will do on a bargain budget remains to be seen (Gaby Basora’s silky tunics and frocks for Tucker seem a bit more translatable to mass production), and no images on either collaboration for Target will be available until later in the summer. Temple St. Clair for Target will hit most Target stores and Target.com August 29, where they will remain through December 26, 2010. Tucker by Gaby Basora will launch in stores on September 12 and will remain available through October 17, 2010.
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It’s the weekend before Turkey Day which means that it’s time for the annual Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals (MCACN). The yearly gathering of Corvettes, muscle, and sports cars of all makes takes place inside the cozy confines of the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois (greater Chicago) this Saturday and Sunday November 22nd – 23rd. Show hours are 9am-9pm on Saturday and 9am-5pm on Sunday. Cost is $20 at the door. Kids 12 and under get in free.
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It’s not every day that someone gets to ride in a high-performance sports car like a 2014 Corvette Stingray.
And it’s certainly not every day that someone gets to ride with the likes of former IndyCar and current NASCAR driver Danica Patrick behind the steering wheel.
But that’s exactly what Dustin Wilson of The Block.com got to do during the 2014 SEMA show held last week in Las Vegas.
Could this be a sneak preview of the C8 Corvette or just another tease of a long-rumored mid-engine car from Chevy?
Guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
What we do know for sure, though, is that Chevrolet will be unveiling its Corvette Vision GT Concept on Nov. 19 as the newest member of the highly popular Gran Turismo PlayStation game.
One of the custom Corvettes we were anxious to see in person at the SEMA show comes from a new player in the Corvette aftermarket. Revorix is a new company that has deep roots in Japan and now they have set their sights on America. For the SEMA Show, they brought a 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible to showcase their new product line of functional aerodynamic parts for America’s favorite sports car.
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The 37-year-old star of the TLC reality TV show faces charges of driving while intoxicated and driving with impaired ability after cops saw him driving erratically along the streets of New York City in his 2014 Corvette Stingray around 1 a.m. Thursday.
Each year in early November the automotive aftermarket heads to Las Vegas to show off all of their newest wares. While we’re still recovering from last week’s show out in Vegas we want to hear from our readers. Of the scads of custom Corvettes out in the desert last week what was your favorite?
Bloomington Gold, the iconic “Granddaddy of Corvette Shows” has officially announced that they will be hosting the 2015 gathering (and beyond) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The dates of the event in 2015 are June 25-27, which shifts the show to a more travel-friendly Thursday-Saturday format.


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December 15, 2021
Our years of a smooth-sailing economy are over: inflation is back with a vengeance, rising faster and lasting longer than most economists had predicted. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the consumer price index climbed steadily each month of 2021 before dipping slightly in August. Then in September, it boomeranged back up, increasing 5.4% over the year prior.
Every single industry is feeling the burn. The nutrition sector is no exception. Still fielding sky-high consumer demand, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, the nutrition industry now faces widespread supply shortages and jacked-up prices on nearly every component needed to produce a dietary supplement or natural food, beverage or personal care product.
A tangled mess of factors have spawned this inflationary environment. And with complex supply chains that hopscotch the globe, even as a deadly virus wreaks havoc in different regions at different times, it’s difficult to disentangle the issues or to chalk out a clear timeline of X caused Y caused Z. But in a nutshell, industry is currently besieged by skyrocketing freight costs, diminished manufacturing at home and abroad, congestion at ports, labor shortages, increased labor costs, extreme weather events and water scarcity plaguing agriculture—and the list goes on.
Certainly, COVID-19 certainly threw a giant wrench into the supply chain. But many of these issues have been bubbling below the surface for years, just waiting to boil over. Now that they have, they are all colliding and exacerbating one another, ultimately choking supply and driving prices ever higher.
“Right now feels like the perfect storm, with all of the levers of economics coming together to drive this,” says Rifle Hughes, head of strategy and innovation at food and beverage consulting JPG Resources. “We’ve never experienced so many things coming together in a way that is so detrimental—and across all industries, not just food and supplements—and it keeps getting scarier.”
Many companies, from dietary supplement and food brands to contract manufacturers to ingredient suppliers, had been, until very recently, managing the challenging pandemic era reasonably well. But over the last several months, with demand staying elevated and supply increasingly pinched, they’ve faced bigger roadblocks—and more of them—than ever before.
“When COVID-19 hit and everyone turned to supplements, demand shot through the roof for most brands we manufacture for,” says Vincent Tricarino, vice president of contract manufacturing at NutraScience Labs. “Because we buy raw materials and components ahead, we were in a good position to handle the increase, and we held steady through the beginning of this summer. Then the faucet turned on, with supply shortages, worker shortages, plant shutdowns overseas, trucking issues, not enough space on boats, problems at the ports, etc. Suddenly, prices increased dramatically, and lead times got significantly longer.”
Unfortunately, all signs point to inflation lingering well into 2022, if not longer, impacting every link in the value chain and, ultimately, consumers’ wallets. For companies in the nutrition industry, the challenge will be to keep consumers engaged without falling too deep into the red.
“This is going to be a tough period,” says Krishnakumar Davey, president of strategic analytics at IRI. “With all of the supply, demand and pricing challenges, if you don’t pass on price increases, you are going to eat them, and your margin goes down. So you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t.”
Aside from the myriad supply challenges, the demand side of the economic equation is itself a significant factor driving inflation. After record-smashing dietary supplement sales in 2020, NBJ expects further growth in 2021, as consumers continue to invest in their health. Shoppers are also still purchasing more nutritious natural and organic foods, despite higher costs than conventional counterparts.
“If demand in 2019 was 100%, then in 2020, it went up to 130%,” says David Solomon, president of botanical and spice manufacturer BDS Natural Products. “Now it has come back down some, but demand is still probably at 115% to 120% of 2019.”
In fact, with consumers still spending more time at home than before the pandemic, demand remains incredibly high for all consumer packaged goods. Throughout 2020, CPG demand hovered at 10% above 2019, according to Katie Denis, vice president of research and industry narrative at the Consumer Brands Association. By contrast, she says typical year-over-year increases are about 2%.
“We figured that by March 2021, we would start to see the demand drop, but it’s been the exact opposite,” Denis notes. “In the second quarter of 2021, it was up 8.5% over the year before. So far, we’ve only seen increasing demand, and it isn’t showing any signs of slowing down.”
Part of this, says Davey, is that people are continuing to buy more goods than services, with their travel and entertainment dollars going toward CPG, including food. Additionally, IRI data reveal that shoppers are still buying more premium food products “because they are flush with money,” Davey says, thanks to stimulus payments and higher wages. He adds that consumer spending has been trending upward for the last six quarters.
Thus, Denis says, the relentless demand for CPG is absolutely exacerbating supply constraints, as the system has had no opportunity to recover from the initial shock of the pandemic.
Among the multiple factors triggering inflation throughout CPG, labor might be the most significant. The issue is twofold: there are not enough people to fill jobs; and companies must offer higher wages to attract and retain workers.
“Honestly, labor is really what’s driving the price concerns and supply issues right now,” Denis says. “Our economist would ballpark it at 70% of these issues being [due to] labor shortages.” To put that in perspective, she says, the CPG industry added 5,000 jobs in September—but it currently has 140,000 job openings.
The worker shortage, in turn, is causing material costs to skyrocket. Denis says the price of aluminum, for example, used widely by supplement and food manufacturers, has jumped nearly 100%. “It’s not that we have a shortage of aluminum, though,” she says. “We have a shortage of people to turn aluminum into cans, foil or other products.”
According to Davey, Americans are opting out of jobs in factories, fields, foodservice and other key entities for many different reasons, whether early retirement, defection to the gig economy or not enough incentive to work due to unemployment benefits or stimulus payments.
Solomon says this phenomenon is already impacting the availability of some botanical ingredients, especially small-dollar botanicals wildcrafted in the U.S., such as pleurisy. “Nobody is out collecting,” he says. “Many collectors have realized that, with all the incentives, they make more money sitting on the couch. And I get it. They were not paid enough to begin with.”
Manufacturers in particular are struggling to fill roles. “Thankfully, on Long Island we are doing OK labor-wise; it takes longer to hire, but people here want to work,” Tricarino says. “However, it costs more to hire now because we’re bidding for people. If a warehouse employee costs X, we’re now adding X plus 15% because they’re not taking the jobs otherwise.”
Increased labor costs across the supply chain will keep prices high for some time. “Vendors tell me that once normalcy comes back, they are not going back to $2 per kilo—they’ll charge $5 per kilo going forward—mainly because of having to pay workers a higher rate,” says Al Sabino, vice president of supply chain at Lief Labs. “All of these overhead costs are adding up, so price increases are not going away anytime soon.”
Largely because of labor constraints, freight costs have skyrocketed. Whether by boat, truck, train or plane, access to transportation has dwindled while transport times have slowed to a crawl.
“Transportation costs sit on top of everything, and that’s where we see this elevation of price holistically,” Tricarino says. “If a material is in stock, the price on it might be the same as before, but the transportation cost is likely much higher.”
Compounding matters, Solomon says, simply accessing containers in a material’s country of origin is problematic. He expects freight rates to go down by the end of the first or second quarter next year but remain elevated above pre-pandemic prices: “Those containers that were in the $2,500 to $3,000 range will probably settle into the $6,000 to $8,000 range because container lines have been running at a loss for years.”
Price fluctuations and materials shortages are nothing new to this industry, and companies typically find creative ways to avoid passing them onto the next ring of the value chain. “Most of the time, if brands are not planning ahead, their forecasting is off or they are out of stock, contract manufacturers can figure something out, pull them out of the weeds and get a product back in stock quick,” Tricarino says. “But the current supply constraints and price increases have taken a lot of those abilities out of our hands.”
He notes that as a service provider, NutraScience Labs always tries to absorb as much of an added cost as possible. “The last resort is to tell a brand that has been working with us for years that suddenly there will be a 30% price increase on their product,” Tricarino says. “First, we try to exhaust every single option. But unfortunately, eventually, the increases do get passed on to the end user.”
Sabino says that increasing prices is the most unpleasant conversation to have with business partners. “We understand they are also facing struggles, so we look hard at efficiencies and try to reduce our production costs as opposed to passing price increases to our customers,” he says. “But if the cost of a raw material increases 35%, no increase in efficiency will be enough to offset that. So sometimes we have to pass on those price increases in a very minimal way, and we give them at least 90 days’ notice.”
These conversations are about to become more common, Solomon notes, once yearly contracts expire and manufacturers set new prices for 2022.
Many brands are already grappling with cost increases. “They are requiring more line time at manufacturing facilities because there is less labor available, and manufacturers are having to pay more for labor, so their toll rates are up,” says Hughes. “But for now, brands are mostly absorbing these costs, as retailers don’t let them adjust pricing any day of the week. So consumers mostly haven’t seen impact of this at the checkout line yet.” E-commerce prices, on the other hand, have been creeping up slightly faster than retail, he adds, because brands have more control over day-to-day pricing.
There are only so many costs that suppliers, manufacturers and brands can absorb until, ultimately, consumers must pay more for finished goods. Experts say we’re now reaching that point at which nutrition consumers, no matter where and how they shop, will start seeing inflation at every turn.
If there is any good news, it’s that every brand and category will be affected, thereby leveling the playing field, in a sense. “We’re seeing broad-based inflationary pressure, so I don’t think we’ll see one company raise prices markedly out of line with its competitors,” Consumer Brands Association’s Denis says. “CPG companies want to be competitive, so they are certainly not going to raise prices any more than they have to.”
As for how consumers are responding to price increases to this point, “so far so good,” IRI’s Davey says. “Consumer price sensitivity and price elasticity came down significantly last year because people didn’t have a choice—they picked whatever product was available on shelf, as opposed to waiting for a deal. As the economy has reopened, consumers have accepted increased pricing. But if prices keep rising, there is a threshold where that is going to break, and people will buy less and substitute.”
Based on IRI data from the 2008–2009 recession, the tipping point is between 7% to 10% higher prices. “It is running around 5% to 6% right now,” Davey notes. “So another couple of points would tip the balance to more value-oriented consumer behaviors: value brands, value retailers, value shopping strategies, such as cutting coupons, value-sized packages.”
“There are only so many dollars you can spend on food, particularly as stimulus money dries up and people have other competing priorities like purchasing holiday gifts and traveling,” Davey says. “Also, gas prices are going up, which always pinches consumers wallets quite a bit.” Given all of these factors, “people are going to start paying more attention to their food bill.”
Hughes points out that in 2020, most means of entertainment were shut down, and now most are back in some way. “So last year consumers weren’t spending entertainment dollars, but this year they are—and food prices are going up,” he says. “This will force people to make some serious choices that were made for them last year.”
However, consumers’ willingness to pay more for products is also tied to their spending power. “If income moves up at a similar rate as food prices, maybe people do continue spending in a similar way,” Hughes says. “Maybe they don’t buy a new TV this year, which they can’t find anyway, but they keep buying more-expensive foods.”
By all accounts, the inflationary pressures and supply chain bottlenecks will likely persist for some time.
“The supply chain is complex and global, so these things take a long time to unwind and stabilize,” Hughes says. “There are a lot of issues impacting this. So, if we solve one or two of them, that may lessen the pressure and move things in the right direction, but we will still be in this for a while. These issues don’t switch off overnight; they tail down. So I think we can expect at least one more year like this.”
With the busy holiday shipping season coming up, conditions will likely get worse before they get better. But come next spring or summer, Denis believes, the intensity should ease a bit. “Ultimately, it’s all going to hinge on the labor shortage,” she says. “If we can’t get people into these jobs, this will be a much more persistent issue.”
Tricarino is optimistic that some normalization will occur by the end of the first quarter next year. “If we’re still here in the second quarter, still seeing incredible demand and prices through the roof, then something’s got to give,” he says. “The good news is COVID-19 cases are going down, and the percentage of the population that is vaccinated is high, trending us in the right direction. With the ports opening 24/7 and private enterprise getting involved to improve transportation across the country, that should help.”
In the meantime, consumer-facing brands must work smartly to navigate this rough period. “Shoppers have been forgiving so far—but don’t push it,” Davey says. “Brands require a good understanding of who their consumers are, what they are willing to pay, at what point they will say a product is too expensive and switch, and to whom they will switch.”
Melaina Juntti is a longtime freelance journalist, copy editor and marketing professional. With nearly two decades of experience in the natural products industry, she is a frequent contributor to Nutrition Business Journal, Natural Foods Merchandiser and NewHope.com. Melaina is based in Madison, Wisconsin, and is passionate about hiking, camping, fishing and live music.
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CUTTING edge technology and new partnerships are helping a West Australian family develop baby food, juice and seafood ranges which are growing the State's export markets.
Jennie and Wayne Franceschi, Advance Packing and Marketing Services and Fresh Produce Alliance, based in Manjimup, are opening international doors with their fresh approach to exports.
They have developed a baby food range which utilises fruit and vegetable produce that doesn't meet fresh market specifications, along the way winning awards for agricultural innovation and being named the Department of Regional Development's overall State winner.
They are also collaborating to export other goods, including fruit juices, seafood and a range of avocado-based products.
The breakthrough is due to the Franceschis' investment in a high pressure processing (HPP) machine and BOC instant quick freeze technology, which uses cold pasteurisation and intense pressure to kill bacteria and preserve food, while maintaining nutritional integrity, colour and flavour.
Ms Franceschi said a due-diligence process was underway to get the juice products into international markets, including Japan, Singapore and Malaysia,
"The difference is that we have been approaching those markets and asking what they wanted, instead of trying to sell a product to them," Ms Franceschi said.
"We have been doing a lot of research, finding out what the consumer wants and going to them with some suggestions."
Ms Franceschi said Japanese importers asked for a range of juices, which they were able to supply.
"The selection of juices, which are top secret, have been at a trade show in Japan," she said.
"The range was a huge success and we hope to have them commercially ready this year."
Ms Franceschi will travel to Japan next month as the interest grows in the WA juice brand and also in their HPP avocado products.
"We have smoothies and juices that the consumers are very interested in," she said.
"With any market or whoever we do business with, we research what the market wants or the gaps that require filling.
"If we feel we are a good fit then we will develop what they are looking for.
"There is a process and we are doing our due-diligence to get the stock on the shelves.
"It won't be in two weeks, but I expect most boxes will be ready to go by March - these things always take time."
The juice range will include eight different blends, as well as its avo-vita range, including its avocado-based smoothies.
Ms Franceschi said the baby food range was the only one in Australia to use high-pressure processing for sterilisation, and had created huge growth opportunities since it was launched.
The company has also been working with the seafood industry.
Abacus Fisheries' Peter Jecks trialled processing blue swimmer crab meat through the HPP machine in Manjimup.
Ms Franceschi said the trials have shown the technology's significance to the fisheries industry.
"It is a game changer," she said.
"The technology significantly extends the life of cooked crab products from five days to beyond a month, which is fantastic for that industry as it opens more doors."
Ms Franceschi said collaboration in agriculture will be important in the future.
"We need to work together and collaborate," she said.
"We need to support each other, just as we have done with the seafood industry - it will grow all business in Australia and it opens more doors."
The Franceschis' mission is to support generational farming families.
"My mission is to create sustainability for future farming generations by harnessing modern technology to create and produce healthy, tasty and nutritionally sound food," Ms Franceschi said.
"Foods that make use of all the harvest and reduce food waste in the process.
"Foods that sustain and nourish humanity.
"Foods that are real, pure and truly good for the body. Foods that make healthy delicious.
"By achieving these goals, we know we can make a difference to growers and family farms across Australia - and fair trade farmers around the world."


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RIYADH: Uber has introduced a new app feature in Saudi Arabia and UAE, which offers riders the opportunity to book a ride on the Uber app up to 30 days in advance, along with the option for extended pickup windows.
The service is aimed at riders and professionals who will pay a premium for even more reliability and availability. It comes with exclusive features such as an extended 15 minute waiting period and a more seamless booking flow — providing a natural complement to on-demand travel, the company said in a statement.
“It takes the planning experience to the next level, and creates more assurance that you can schedule your ride well ahead of time. It also offers drivers new earnings opportunities as we invest in building back and reviving local economies,” Mohammad Gazzaz, general manager of Uber in Saudi Arabia said.
Rifad Mahasneh, general manager for Uber, UAE, and Levant said: “More riders have turned to scheduled rides to plan their days more efficiently, and that’s why we think it’s the right time to introduce Reserve.”