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The quote was by Brian Nowak, a Morgan Stanley analyst who said: “In the first quarter of 2016, 85 cents of every new dollar spent in online advertising will go to Google or Facebook.”Ever since, I’ve been thinking about what’s to come and how I have to optimize a future dominated by search and social and the complete disruption of $70b currently being spent on TV. If there’s any doubt whether two companies will directly and completely dominate our future, look no further than last week’s earnings reports.
Recode reported that in Q3 Google and Facebook represented all the growth in the online advertising space; the industry shrank. That doesn’t mean everyone shrank (Snapchat’s success is tremendous), just collectively. Still, it shows how dominant these two companies have become. A measurement solution that doesn’t include these two companies isn’t really a solution.
In addition, Facebook announced it passed the 1 billion mobile-only monthly active users; it's staggering how completely dominant mobile has become. Mobile now accounts for 82% of the company’s total revenue.
Two companies dominate the advertising ecosystem, and mobile is the dominant channel. Several other remarkable stats have recently been published and when connected tell an interesting story and also provide marketers with a map to the future. These stats include the rise of ad blocking, cord cutting, scalable reach opportunities, and declining ratings. Per Statista, 22% of TV HHs have never had a traditional TV subscription. They’ve either cut the cord or never had a cable subscription.
What’s considered a ‘regular experience’ has fundamentally changed for consumers and what matters to consumers should matter to the networks. Also, ad blocking remains stubbornly high. Some 70 million people in the US use an ad blocking tool (Statista).
With the rise of consumer control, steaming services, including Hulu and Netflix (+25% subs vs. YAG) continue to grow in the U.S. and abroad. And most of these services are ad-free. And a much better experience because of it. Probably the most prescient data point is that sports now accounts, per Ad Age, for 37% of TV ad spending and the top-rated shows on TV by far are all sports games.
Gathering lots of people together at one time (i.e. scalable immediate reach) has always been the broadcaster’s greatest selling point and the reason they’ve told us we should pay such gigantic CPMs.However, now I can reach as many people with an Instagram post as I can on prime-time cable. The recent World Series ratings success demonstrates the power of culturally significant live programs. But that game was an exception. One of the least discussed facts is that all the contracts to air the games are up for renewal starting around 2021 (a complete list).
And 2021 is only four years away. Given the
dominance of the streaming companies and the war chests being amassed by Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook (FB is 14x the size of CBS), we should not assume that the broadcast and cable networks will
win the next auction.
Twitter has already proven that streaming live sporting events works really well.
According to reports, even the NFL was “pleased.” Given the great quality of shows on Netflix, Amazon and HBO, if sports were to leave the networks, what’s their reason for being? Do we need them any more? Since ratings continue to decrease year over year (maybe except for people 65+) and more reach can be delivered in social than on broadcast what’s the purpose of the broadcasters? The broadcasters promised scalable reach; now Facebook and Snapchat do a very good reaching a lot of people with a lot better data.
While the leagues and the networks have had a synergistic relationship for decades, the leagues are examining a world without the networks. Their confidence is growing enormously alongside the growth of OTT options.
The networks need distribution channels to reach lots of people (assuming they all don’t just go direct) so the fans can continue rooting for their teams.
Not only do the social platforms provide big audiences, they provide a shared participatory mechanism only experienced in the arena.Who will get the $70 billion spent on TV besides the 85% going to Google and Facebook or will they get it all?


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The Scottish Government has cited "unknowns around the new Delta variant" in its decision to ban cruise ships from docking.
The cruise ship MSC Virtuosa was yesterday prohibited from visiting Greenock port, with the Government later confirming that all cruise ships will be banned until the country’s alert level is downgraded.
A spokesperson for the Scottish Government said: "This decision has been informed by the combination of risks that exist between both cruises and the wider travel context, including the current trajectory of Covid infections and the unknowns around the new Delta variant, in addition to the potential for high risk of uncontained rapid transmission on the cruise."
Although the ship can carry more than 6,000 passengers, it has just under 900 currently on board to allow for social distancing measures. All the passengers are UK residents, fully vaccinated, and recently tested negative.
The Government said it "fully understood" the impact of its decision on the cruise industry. "We explained our concerns about the transmission risks posed by cruise vessels in an update to industry on the 24 May and confirmed that we would clarify the position in June," added the spokesperson.
"Following extensive engagement with stakeholders, we have now confirmed that domestic cruises can restart when all of Scotland reaches level one."
Scroll down for more on this and today's other travel headlines.
What have we learned today?
That’s all for today, here’s a recap of the day’s top headlines:
- BA and Ryanair investigated over refunds
- US eases travel rules for over 100 countries and territories – but not the UK
- A quarter of Britons have booked amber list holidays – and the majority plan to travel
- 'Shambolic' Covid rules stop Scottish passengers getting off cruise ship in Scotland
- Your questions about overseas holidays answered
- France reopens to vaccinated travellers
- A year into holiday quarantine – when will this nightmare end?
Tune back in tomorrow for more travel news.
Campaign launched to extend season for pop-up campsites
Pop-up campsites are taking the nation by storm and helping Britons looking for a staycation find space in over-subscribed destinations. Booking platform Pitchup has seen 86 per cent more temporary sites listed this year compared to 2020, with over 250 more in the planning as farms and rural businesses take advantage of a change to regulation, which allows them to offer camping, for a limited time, without planning permission.
Pitchup is now calling for the Government to extend the current 56 day limit to allow campsites to be able to operate over the whole summer season in order to best support the struggling UK leisure industry. According to the online booking platform: “This would require a simple update to the current regulations to allow certain defined uses such as ‘campsites for tents’ to operate for an extended period.”
Dan Yates, founder of Pitchup, said: “Extending the period to October half term would enable rural businesses to make best use of the weather, by providing flexibility to operate all season. Our campaign has the full support of a range of rural organisations including the NFU, the Countryside Alliance, Historic Houses, the Campaign for Pubs and the Federation of Small Businesses, to name check a few. This change would not only help farmers and other landowners away from the busy ‘honeypot’ resorts recover from the pandemic, but also benefit a host of rural businesses.”
Tui cancels Turkey holidays until July 12
The UK's leading tour operator has cancelled all holiday bookings to red-listed Turkey until mid-July as uncertainty over the future of international travel and the ‘traffic light’ system continues.
A spokesperson Tui said: "Due to ongoing uncertainty, we’re unfortunately cancelling all holidays to Turkey up to and including 11 July. We’re in the process of updating customers and our web."
The operator has also cancelled trips to destinations including Croatia, Cyprus and Italy up to and including June 20 and to destinations including Bulgaria, Egypt and Mexico up to and including June 27. Customer are entitled to a refund or the choice to move their booking to an alternative trip.
Need a reminder of which countries on the red list? Find one here.
Tourists have returned to Venice, and the cracks are already beginning to show
Any Venetian awake at dawn last Thursday witnessed a spectacle that much of the city's dwindling population hoped was a thing of the past. The MSC Orchestra – a cruise ship of immense proportions – ploughed through the lagoon and along the Giudecca canal to tie up at the tourist port, dwarfing Venice's unique urban skyline.
It was the first liner to arrive in Venice for 17 months – welcomed by an increasingly vociferous Sì grandi navi (yes big ships) campaign spearheaded by the thousands of port workers laid off during the lockdown, but condemned even more loudly by the long-running No grandi navi (no big ships) committee with high-profile and overwhelmingly sympathetic coverage from much of the world's press.
"It was a shock," said Guido Moltedo, Venice-based editor of the Ytali online news magazine. "But it was a shock we were expecting."
The days of Venice as a locked-down floating city – devoid of tourists – are a thing of the past, writes Anne Hanley. Read her full report here.
Val d’Isère to reopen for summer skiing
Ski lifts in the French resort of Val d’Isère will reopen for the first time this year on Saturday (June 12).
Access to the Pisaillas glacier above the popular resort is via the road over the Col de l’Iseran, which opens for cyclists on the same date and has previously been used for the Tour de France.
The glacier has six pistes, which will be open each day from 7am to midday until July 11, with some runs reserved for professional team training and competition over the coming weeks.
The French Alps saw impressive snowfall well into May, meaning conditions are prime for snow-sport fans to finally hit the pistes again.
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The 10 best places to visit in Scotland
Big mountains, deep lochs, abundant wildlife, remote outposts, bustling cities, rich culture and whiskey, plenty of it – there’s a lot to love about bonny Scotland.
With staycations booming are you planning a Scottish escape? But feeling daunted by its vast appeal? Don’t be.
Telegraph Travel's experts reveal the top 10 places, including cities, islands and National Parks, to add to your itinerary this summer, here.
Good luck, Boris!
Boris Johnson is considering an overseas summer holiday? Good luck, says Chirs Leadbeater.
Number 10 has refused to rule out a Prime Ministerial holiday abroad this summer – despite Ministers continuing to insist that this is the summer to stay on home soil.
When asked if Boris Johnson will book a staycation for his next holiday yesterday, Downing Street was, maybe unsurprisingly, vague.
“We wouldn’t speculate on the PM’s plans and will set out any details in the normal manner” came a reply that didn’t sound exactly like a bellowed cry from the podium of “hell yes, the boss is off to Skegness for a week. Last one to the end of the pier has to do the next round of sulky breakdown talks with the EU.”
'Ministers don't intend to open up travel to Europe or the USA before the end of July'
... So says Paul Charles, the CEO of travel consultancy The PC Agency:
The decision [to keep the UK's 'green list' so small] has become highly political, not based on data at all. The data is clearly showing there are many safe countries that should be on the green list already – Grenada, Portugal, Malta, and Morocco among them.
Ministers have fallen into line (the ultimate in Cabinet Responsibility) to protect their future careers and potentially benefit from an upcoming Cabinet reshuffle. And that means sacrificing the early opening of the overseas travel sector.
Now, thousands of jobs are at risk – as are some airlines and travel firms – because June and July will be lost in travel terms.
Read his blog in full, here.
Auckland's swift pandemic response makes it world's most liveable city
The pandemic has shaken up the rankings of the world's most liveable cities, a study released on Wednesday showed, with metropolises in Australia, Japan and New Zealand leaping ahead of those in Europe.
Auckland tops The Economist's annual survey of the world's most liveable cities in 2021 followed by Osaka and Tokyo in Japan, Adelaide in Australia and Wellington in New Zealand, all of which had a swift response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Auckland rose to the top of the ranking owing to its successful approach in containing the Covid-19 pandemic, which allowed its society to remain open and the city to score strongly," the Economist Intelligence Unit said.
In contrast, they said "European cities fared particularly poorly in this year's edition."
Vienna, previously the world's most liveable city between 2018-20, fell to 12th, while Hamburg fell 34 places to 47th on the list. Eight of the top 10 biggest falls in the rankings were European cities.
It's a good day to explore Britain by bike
Simon Parker is cycling the length of Britain by bike for Telegraph Travel – but on this sunny afternoon, he's resting his legs in Skegness:
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A year into holiday quarantine – when will this nightmare end?
Today, we enter the second year of holiday quarantine. It was on June 8, 2020, that the Government unveiled a new rule enforcing 14 days of self-isolation for everyone arriving back into the UK.
While greeted with dismay by the travel industry and holidaymakers, at least holiday quarantine was fairly straightforward last year. You simply had to announce where you would stay in the UK, fill in a form and then hunker down for two weeks. From July 2020, if your country had a ‘travel corridor’, you did not need to quarantine.
Airports face £2.6bn losses due to 'overly cautious' travel rules, says industry body
UK airports face losing £2.6 billion this year due to the Government's "overly cautious approach" to reopening international travel, an industry body has said.
The Airport Operators Association (AOA) said that there is a risk that the coming months will be "as bad or worse than summer 2020" in terms of passenger numbers.
Last summer, Britons could visit more countries without having to quarantine on their return - but now, under the current traffic light system, they have no viable tourist destinations to visit following Portugal's removal from the green list.
The AOA said UK airports lost out on £2.6 billion of revenue between April and September 2020, and expects a similar loss across the whole of 2021.
Karen Dee, chief executive of the organisation, said: "The Government's overly cautious approach to reopening travel has real-world consequences for the 1.6 million jobs in the UK aviation and tourism industries that rely on aviation having a meaningful restart."
Britain's summer cruise season in doubt
Scotland’s ban on all cruise ship visits has cast fresh uncertainty over an industry that has been left languishing during the pandemic.
Italian cruise line MSC’s first seven-night sailing aboard the brand-new MSC Virtuosa departed Southampton this week bound for: Liverpool, Greenock, Belfast and Portland. Following the decision in Scotland, the ship was forced to remain at the Pierhead Cruise Terminal in Liverpool for an extra day.
Other operators have been left reviewing their plans, some have decided to cancel entirely.
Gary Buchanan has all the reaction to today’s news from the major cruise lines and customers here.
France reopens to vaccinated travellers
From today travellers, including those from Britain and the United States, who are fully vaccinated can enter France with proof of a negative antigen test and do not need a “compelling reason” to be in the country, under new rules released by the government last week.
The reopening has shone a ray of light on the country's tourism businesses. “We’ve been waiting for this for months and months,” Paris tour operator Marc Vernhet told the Associated Press, but it’ll be a slow restart. “I’m not expecting to work correctly before mid-July,” he said.
At the same time, restaurants, bars, gyms and swimming pools can operate at 50 per cent capacity indoors, overnight curfew will start two hours later at 23:00 local time and rules on working from home have ended.
Let’s take a look at how things are reopening in the French capital.
Britons’ travel intentions unchanged since autumn
Despite a summer set to be clouded in travel restrictions and uncertainty Britons remain steadfast in their determination to travel abroad.
Research carried out by Travel Weekly in early May found demand for overseas holidays was the same as it was last autumn, with almost a third (31 per cent) of respondents ‘likely’ to take a foreign holiday in the next year and one in six (16 per cent) ‘very likely’.
The response remains unchanged from that of a similar survey carried out by the website in early November – however intentions to travel abroad are significantly down on pre-pandemic levels, in October 2019 more than half said they were likely to go on holiday abroad.
Britons aged under 35 are driving this push for foreign breaks, with almost half of those aged 25 to 24 saying they’d likely escape the UK for a break. 41 per cent of 16 to 24 year olds said the same.
At the same time, unsurprisingly, the intention to book a UK staycation has risen in the past six months, with over half of Britons saying they’ll holiday on home soil this year.
The research was however carried out before the latest green list chaos that saw Portugal removed just a matter of weeks after being added. Time will tell how this has impacted consumer confidence on international travel and demand for UK breaks, as well the next Government announcement, expected at the end of June.
Revealed: England's most beautiful villages
Britons in search of a slice of traditional England, in all its glory, have a plethora of picture-perfect hamlets to choose from – whether it's a Cornish fishing village, a Yorkshire bolthole nestled in a tiny cove or a pint-sized parish in Hampshire.
To help you on your way, our experts have unearthed 30 bucolic delights to discover. Explore them here.
Ryanair boss: UK Government is 'making up' UK's travel restrictions
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary has spoken out against the UK's 'bonkers' traffic light system. He told Sky News this morning:
It’s typical of Boris Johnson’s Government just making this stuff up as they go along.
There is no green list. What we keep calling for in the travel industry is, now that we have 80% of the adult population of Britain vaccinated, why can’t those people go on holidays to Portugal and Spain without restrictions? They’re already vaccinated.
Do we bring more people back from furlough? Do we re-employ them? Do we schedule the flights? We can’t schedule the flights and then cancel them within two weeks because we have to pay compensation to customers, so it’s incredibly difficult.
The airline industry will get through this, but the real challenge is how do you get the rest of London and Britain’s tourism industry back to work because it fundamentally depends on welcoming back European visitors.
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'8 valuable lessons I’ve learnt about how to survive a family staycation'
Domestic holidays are the only option for most of us this summer – but take it from a staycation veteran, they need thoughtful planning, writes Heidi Scrimgeour:
"I’ve been staycationing with my husband and our three children for the past 16 years, mainly because family holidays abroad during term time cost an arm and a leg. We have eschewed exotic destinations and forgone flights in favour of self-catering accommodation within driving distance of where we live in Northern Ireland.
"Here are the lessons we learned; may you be spared our mistakes and fall in love with staycationing."
BA and Ryanair investigated over refunds
British Airways and Ryanair are to face action over their Covid refund policies, in an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
During last year’s travel bans, the airlines ‘refused to give refunds to people that were lawfully unable to fly,’ reads a CMA statement. ‘By failing to offer people their money back, both firms may have breached consumer law and left people unfairly out of pocket.’
The CMA is now seeking to resolve these concerns with the airlines, which may include seeking refunds, or other redress, for affected customers.
Andrea Coscelli, Chief Executive of the CMA, commented: “While we understand that airlines have had a tough time during the pandemic, people should not be left unfairly out of pocket for following the law. Customers booked these flights in good faith and were legally unable to take them due to circumstances entirely outside of their control.
“We believe these people should have been offered their money back.”
British Airways and Ryanair now have the opportunity to respond to the CMA’s concerns.
'Airlines banning booze for non-business flyers is astounding snobbery'
SouthWestern and American Airlines have extended their Covid-related pause on serving alcohol on board their flights – but only if you’re sitting in coach. 'What next – being breathalysed before you board?' asks Rob Crossan:
Over in the UK, we’ve long gotten used to BA and all budget airlines charging us for absolutely everything on short-haul flights. But for how much longer will we even have the option to buy, let alone be given, an alcoholic drink?
Of course, if you actually can’t go for 90 minutes without the hard stuff then you should probably be looking at medical attention rather than departure gate numbers right now. But for the majority of us who still cling to the atavistic notion that a flight should be enjoyable, being able to kick back with a beer above the clouds is still, just about, an experience that correlates with pleasure – despite the larcenous prices and the inability to recline your seat in modern budget aircraft.
WTTC: UK government must abandon the ‘failed and damaging’ traffic light system
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has called for an end to the 'traffic light' system, saying it risks 'hundreds of thousands' of jobs in the UK, and causes 'havoc' for would-be holidaymakers.
WTTC, which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, says the UK will squander its competitive advantage generated by the successful vaccine rollout.
Virginia Messina, World Travel & Tourism Council Senior Vice President and Acting CEO, said:
It’s time the government abandoned the hugely damaging traffic lights system.
Consumers, airlines and the wider travel sector were promised a watchlist and three weeks’ notice of any changes from green to amber, and not just four days. It has been incredibly disruptive and costly for both Travel & Tourism businesses and consumers. It simply hasn’t worked.
What’s needed now is a watertight government policy enabling those who’ve been fully jabbed to travel freely, and not have to self-isolate on their return.
Those who are not fully vaccinated should be able to travel with proof of a negative test, like what we are seeing in the EU. The travel sector needs this now if it is to survive this summer as domestic travel alone will not save the day.
A quarter of Britons have booked amber list holidays – and the majority plan to travel
According to insights agency Perspectus Global, 24 per cent of Britons claim to have a holiday booked to an amber list country – of which, two thirds claim they will be happy to go even if their destination doesn’t move to the green list.
The majority (39 per cent) of respondents said they needed to get away for their own mental health, while 27 per cent said they were fully vaccinated and saw no reason not to go. 23 percent said they had given up listening to advice being given by the Government.
However, almost half (47 per cent) of those who have not booked a holiday to an amber list country said that those who were prepared to go were irresponsible.
42 per cent felt people holidaying to a country on the amber list were selfish, while a further 24 per cent said it was up to individuals to make their own decisions.
Letters: Why restrict travel when the data show vaccines work against variants?
In today's letters to the editor, Telegraph readers weigh in on the UK's ongoing travel restrictions:
Now is the time to take a data-driven approach and open Britain’s borders. The economic recovery, over one million jobs in tourism, and the future of international travel depend on it.
Read the letters – and tell us, do you agree?
Maldives to auction off 16 islands
What greater way to wallow in your own luxurious, Covid-free sanctuary than to buy a private island? At 10am local time on June 24, the Maldives government is auctioning off 16 of its 1,190 islands, to tempt foreign investors into helping to boost a tourist economy that has been hit hard by the pandemic.
There are no reserve prices for the islands, each of which comes with a 50-year lease. But the winning bidder must pay a Lease Acquisition Cost, ranging from a minimum of $210k for the 1.2-hectare Kudafarufasgan’du island in the Haa Dhaal atoll to $1.575m for 10.4-hectare Maausfushi island in the Meemu atoll.
Oh – and the buyer must build a resort. The concept, size and type of resort is down to the buyer, says planning officer Fathmath Maishan at the Maldives Ministry of Tourism, but they will need to adhere to guidelines on construction, environmental practices and the minimum number of beds.
US eases travel rules for over 100 countries and territories – but not the UK
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has relaxed its travel recommendations for 111 countries and territories, but not the UK.
Yesterday, 61 countries were lowered from its highest Level 4 rating – discouraging all travel – to Level 3, which only recommends travel for fully-vaccinated individuals. The revised list of Level 3 countries includes France, Canada, Spain, Switzerland and South Africa.
A further 50 countries have been downgraded to Levels 1 and 2 – including Singapore, Iceland, Israel and South Korea.
The UK, meanwhile, remains at Level 3. Since 16 March 2020, it is not possible for most British nationals to enter the USA if they have been in the UK, Ireland, Schengen zone, Iran, Brazil, or China within the previous 14 days.
Your questions about overseas holidays answered
It is essential to arm yourself with as much information as possible before booking – or indeed even considering – a holiday.
In this new travel Q&A, we answer some of the questions that our readers have been asking via the comments sections on our articles. As ever, please continue to pose your queries, and we will do our best to help you navigate the uncertainty.
'Shambolic' Covid rules stop Scottish passengers getting off cruise ship in Scotland
Passengers on a cruise ship touring the UK have been told they will not be allowed to disembark in Scotland because of the SNP's Covid rules.
The MSC Virtuosa left Liverpool this week with planned stops in Greenock in Inverclyde, as well as Belfast and Southampton – but it has been denied disembarkation in Scottish ports. All the passengers are UK residents, fully vaccinated, and recently tested negative.
Although the ship can carry more than 6,000 passengers, it has just under 900 currently on board to allow for social distancing measures. Train, aircraft and car passengers can currently travel between Scotland and the other parts of the UK.
A statement from Ryanair
Also responding to the CMA's investigation, a Ryanair spokesperson commented:
Ryanair today (9 June) welcomed the UK CMA’s update on its review of airline policies on refund requests made by UK consumers whose flights operated during periods of lockdown.
Ryanair has approached such refund requests on a case by case basis and has paid refunds in justified cases. Since June 2020, all our customers have also had the ability to rebook their flights without paying a change fee and millions of our UK customers have availed of this option.
A statement from British Airways
Competition and Markets Authority is examining whether BA and Ryanair may have breached consumer law. This morning, a BA spokesperson commented:
During this unprecedented crisis we have issued well over 3m refunds and helped millions of our customers change their travel dates or destinations and we're grateful to them for their ongoing support.
We continue to offer highly flexible booking policies at the same time as operating a vastly reduced schedule due to Government-imposed travel restrictions, and we have acted lawfully at all times. It is incredible that the Government is seeking to punish further an industry that is on its knees, after prohibiting airlines from meaningful flying for well over a year now.
Any action taken against our industry will only serve to destabilise it, with potential consequences for jobs, business, connectivity and the UK economy.
Here's a quick recap of yesterday's news:
- Summer holidays abroad on hold, says Matt Hancock
- Portugal goes amber; seven countries turn red
- Holidaymakers left in quarantine limbo after tests fail to arrive
- Green list snub was political, says Malta's Foreign Minister
- Government extends list of places from which residents are urged to 'minimise' travel
Now, on with today's stories.


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Google began to introduce the features of Google Street View in Indonesia after Friday afternoon (11/23) symbolically release two special cars that will record the roads [...]
About 60 percent of those planning to buy a tablet chose Nexus 7.
Christmas Day will soon be arriving. In many parts of the world, it is time to hunt items to be used as Christmas gifts. According to a survey in the U.S. revealed that many public want [...]
Microsoft said it will display the Xbox 720 or Durango on 21 May. Durango is the next generation of the Xbox 360.
As written on the website Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox Campus in Redmond, Washington, United States (U.S.), will be the location of the emergence [...]
Mars or also called the Red Planet is predicted to be hit by a comet around the year 2014.
Quoted from Slashgear, Friday (29/3), is the Australian Observatory astronomer who discovered the comet on January 3.
Australian Observatory comet called C/2013 [...]
The hunt to find a twin of planet Earth never stop conducted by researchers planet (astronomers).
And now astronomers are working with NASA’s Kepler space telescope, discovered two Earth-like planets.
The two planets the distance of about 1,200 [...]
Cooler Master Thursday (09/04) launches headphones aimed at people who love to travel, namely HC-300 and HS-500.
Both headphones are using HDSS technology, a breakthrough technology that eliminates the distortion that can move more freely.
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Forget for a moment about advanced products. During the next week, AdmaTechnology will discuss more about the person behind the successful world of IT companies in his career.
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A temple in southern Taiwan will launch a smartphone app that can help religious Taoist to seek enlightenment from the Almighty when being activity.
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Leaked photo of the latest BlackBerry smart phone cellular seemed talkative use touch screen technology, rated following the design of the iPhone from Apple.
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A leak of GizmoChina mention that Lenovo is preparing a smartphone with an amazing battery.
The products allegedly named Lenovo P770 is a smartphone based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. To accommodate all the needs, Lenovo immerse powerful battery 3500mAh.
CloudFlare, a Web accelerator is having network-wide DNS problems as reported ubergizmo.com (03/03).
“We are experiencing a network-wide issue,” said the CloudFlare via the company’s official Twitter account.
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The Kommersant publication reports that the revenue of Russian developers of operating systems in 2022 “grew multiple” due to demand from corporate consumers. It is also important to note here that domestic solutions are not yet popular in the consumer segment.
So, revenue in the Rusbitech-Astra group (engaged in the support and development of Astra Linux) increased from 2.4 billion rubles. up to 6.5 billion rubles. The share of the financial sector in revenue was about 20% (4% in 2021). The developers specified that the fuel and energy complex, the oil and gas industry and industrial enterprises account for more than 60% of the total volume of deliveries for the year.
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Revenue in Basalt SPO (promoted by Viola) revenues at the end of last year “more than doubled”, by the end of 2023 an increase of another 30% is expected. According to SPARK-Interfax, back in 2021, Basalt SPO’s revenue amounted to 327 million rubles, of which net profit was 92 million rubles. Finally, Red Soft, which is developing Red OS, told Kommersant that the demand for the OS has grown many times, but did not give exact figures.


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Dunhill has poached a new CEO from within the Richemont family. Laurent Malecaze will be the brand’s new CEO, coming from AZ Factory, a joint venture between Richemont and the late designer Alber Elbaz, who unfortunately passed away from COVID-19 in April. Malecaze was formerly CEO of multi-brand luxury retailer The Webster.
Malecaze began his career as a consultant at Bain & Co. In 2015, he joined The Webster as the brand’s chief operating officer. In 2018, he was promoted to president, and in 2019 he was named CEO. He succeeded Andrew Maag, a former Burberry executive who joined Dunhill in 2017. Richemont is expected to name a successor to Malecaze at AZ Factory.
Richemont’s fashion and accessories portfolio includes Chloé, Delvaux, Montblanc, Peter Millar, Purdey, Serapian, and Alaïa. The company is best known for its luxury watch portfolio, which includes Cartier, A. Lang & Söhne, Baume & Mercier, IWC Schaffhausen, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai, Piaget, and Vacheron Constantin.


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A manufacturing defect forced SodaStream to recall blue-tinted carbonating bottles due to the risk of explosions and serious injuries.
Trader Joe's is voluntarily recalling three kinds of unsweetened applesauce due to "the potential presence of glass pieces" in the jars.
The first-ever Zostavax shingles vaccine lawsuit blames Merck & Co. for failing to warn that it can re-activate the virus and cause shingles, chickenpox, or severe complications like blindness and chronic pain.
A Jacksonville mother claims her 19-year-old son died after consuming about half a can of Monster Energy Drink.
Little Tykes recalled 540,000 pink toddler swings sold from 2009-2014 after dozens of kids were hurt or broke an arm when the seat broke.
Pre-packaged chicken salads made by Ready Pac are being recalled across the U.S. after the company discovered they contain cheese that is already being recalled as part of an ongoing listeria outbreak.


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Marcel Campos, the head of the global marketing operations of ASUS has started teasing their next smartphone in his Instagram account. The executive is known for creating hype by posting cryptic messages in his Instagram account and since last week, Marcel Campos has been posting photos on Instagram with Morse code.
These photos that were posted on his Instagram account comes with morse code and it seems that these photos were taken using the latest Zenfone 6. Some of the posts made the executive boasts the features of the smartphone including the portrait mode and panorama.
But the post that really caught our attention was this post:
The morse code translated to Portuguese in which we translated to English via Google translate suggests that there’s a 48MP camera in the smartphone. Well, I’m not surprised as some of his shots are cropped photos that show the details of his shots.
We might also see a rotating camera mechanism here or a sliding camera mechanism as suggested by his emojis that were posted here:
Aside from this, the ASUS Zenfone 6 has also been spotted at the FCC and the smartphone is expected to sport a Snapdragon 855 chipset and 6GB/8GB RAM according to Indian Express.
The ASUS Zenfone 6 is expected to be unveiled at Valencia, Spain this May 26, 2019.
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CoSN is now accepting nominations for the association's 2013 Withrow Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Award and TEAM Award, which annually recognize an individual and a team, respectively, who have demonstrated exceptional technology leadership in K-12 education. Winners will be celebrated at the CoSN 2013 conference on March 10-13, 2013, in San Diego, CA.
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Amazon.com Inc announced an initiative on Wednesday to get its Kindle e-readers and tablet computers into schools, entering a market that has been particularly successful for rival Apple Inc and its iPad device.


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Why Indian automakers saw the worst festive season sales in November
- Automakers in India reportedly witnessed the lowest festive season sales due to higher fuel prices and low consumer demand.
- India’s auto industry reportedly saw a 20% year-on-year decline in overall demand during October and November.
- Car and two-wheeler makers also had to raise prices because the falling rupee increased the price of the imported raw material.
The entire auto industry suffered weak sales on the back of 20% year-on-year decline in the overall demand between October and November, said the report, citing Saharsh Damani, Chief Executive Officer of Federation of Automobile Dealers Association.
Even though the enquiries for two-wheelers and passenger cars by potential customers were high, they didn’t transform into sales, according to the report. Car and two-wheeler makers also had to raise prices because the falling rupee increased the customs duty imposed on auto raw materials.
The Indian currency shed 15% this year by sliding to an all-time low of 74.48 against the US dollar in October.
As a result, the industry saw a pile up in inventory, from a ‘healthy inventory level’ of 21 days to 45-50 days.
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Portillo’s is opening another Tampa Bay location, the fast-casual restaurant chain announced this month.
A restaurant is set to open in St. Petersburg in front of Tyrone Square Mall during the first half of 2022, the company said. Portillo’s is known for its Chicago-style menu and offers hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, char-grilled burgers, chocolate cake and more.
This will be Portillo’s fourth location in Florida. The chain opened its first in Brandon in 2016 and has two other restaurants in Tampa and Orlando. Ever since opening in Tampa, guests have asked Portillo’s to come across the bay, CEO Michael Osanloo said in a statement.
Portillo’s can seat more than 190 customers in the 7,800-square-foot restaurant on 2300 Tyrone Blvd., and also will feature an outdoor patio and drive-thru lanes. The building design is inspired by the 1950s and 1960s and will be diner-themed.
The chain was founded in 1963 in Villa Park, Ill., and has 70 locations across nine states.


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Valve has announced today that its six-year-old, still-popular FPS Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has gone free-to-play.
In addition, Valve has implemented a new battle royale mode in the game called Danger Zone that will be available to everyone.
Players who have already purchased the game will be upgraded to the game's "Prime" status, which offers improved matchmaking and various in-game item rewards free of further charge.
The switch in business model has met with the inevitable reaction -- PC Gamer reports the game received more than 14,000 negative reviews on Steam in a single day.
That's more than CS:GO has ever received in a single month, and the complaints continue to roll in. Many users are taking issue with the move to free-to-play, including those complaining that players who previously spent money on the game haven't been sufficiently rewarded, while others have problems with the new matchmaking system.
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Madonna's Next Role: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2010 Model!
After two seasons as the face of Louis Vuitton, the Queen of Pop is ready to take on her next high-fashion challenge: modeling for Dolce & Gabbana! The Italian design duo announced on their online magazine Swide.com, that Madonna will be the face of their Spring/Summer 2010 campaign. This won’t be the first time the Italian designers have teamed up with Madonna. They first collaborated with the star back in the early ’90s when they designed the iconic costumes for her 1993 The Girlie Show tour and then, just last year, they designed costumes for her return to the stage during the Sticky and Sweet tour. “To have Madonna in our campaign is a dream come true,” Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana tell their online magazine. And with their Sicilian-inspired Spring/Summer collection revisiting iconic pieces, such as their signature corset, it is only fitting that Madonna, who shares an Italian heritage with the designers, brings the collection to life. Madonna’s Dolce & Gabbana ads were shot last week in New York City by photographer Steven Klein. We can’t wait to see the photos! Tell us: Are you excited to see Madonna as the face of Dolce & Gabbana?


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As iPhone Prices Skyrocket, Apple Talks With Goldman Sachs About Buyer Financing Options
The iPhone X is Apple's most expensive smartphone to date, at least in terms of starting price. Potential customers who are interested in the iPhone X are looking at spending $1,000 or more. Goldman Sachs, the investment bank that has raised tens of billions of dollars for Apple, is now reportedly in talks with the company about offering customers financing options when purchasing the high-dollar handset.
Citing "people familiar with the matter," The Wall Street Journal says Goldman Sachs wants to partner with Apple on offering loans to customers purchasing a $1,000 iPhone X, which some may find more enticing than charging to a credit card, many of which charge high interest rates. It's not clear what kind of interest rate(s) Goldman Sachs would command, but it would presumably be less than many credit cards.
Nothing is a done deal and talks could still break down. And of course Apple and Goldman Sachs both have no comment on the matter. If Goldman Sachs could get Apple to agree to a deal, however, it would be a big deal for the company as it tries to grow its consumer bank. Being attached to Apple in the consumer space would go long way towards getting its name out there in consumer circles, whereas currently Goldman Sachs is better known as an investment firm and corporate adviser.
This would not be an entirely unprecedented move for Apple. Back in 2015, Apple partners with Citizens Financial Group to offer zero-interest loans for iPhone upgrades, along with higher interest options for other devices. Sources tell WSJ that part of the talks with Goldman Sachs involves the investment bank taking over at least part of the upgrade program.
Apple is coming off a record quarter in which it collected $88.3 billion in revenue, a jump of 13 percent compared to the same quarter a year prior. Leading up to the earnings report, there was chatter that iPhone X demand was lower than expected. However, Apple basically said its iPhone X was selling like gangbusters.
"We’re thrilled to report the biggest quarter in Apple’s history, with broad-based growth that included the highest revenue ever from a new iPhone lineup. iPhone X surpassed our expectations and has been our top-selling iPhone every week since it shipped in November," said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. "We’ve also achieved a significant milestone with our active installed base of devices reaching 1.3 billion in January. That’s an increase of 30 percent in just two years, which is a testament to the popularity of our products and the loyalty and satisfaction of our customers."
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BMO Capitalanalysts Ambrish Srivastava and Tim Long this morning relate the findings of several meetings they had recently inTaiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea with companies in the electronics supply chain, the upshot of which is better iPhone shipments for Apple (AAPL), but continued grim developments for chip maker Qualcomm (QCOM).
“We are raising estimates” for Apple, they write “as we think June and September iPhone units will be better than expected.”
Srivastava, who covers the chip side, reiterates a Market Perform rating on Qualcomm shares, and raises his price target to $50 from $47, writing that the company’s fortunes are slightly higher with this Apple news, but that he’s “still cautious on the stock, as we expect a major guide down for September.”
The negative comments on Qualcomm echo those of Brean Capital’s Mike Burton this morning, who cut his rating on the shares to Hold from Buy.
The authors raise their June and September iPhone estimates to 42 million and 44 million, respectively, from our previous 38 million and 42 million. That is above consensus for June of 40 million, according to FactSet.
As they relate,
We have seen the supply chain stabilize over the last month or two after a rough few months. Our checks indicate that near-term shipments are tracking well. Part of this is strength in the lower-priced SE, but we also believe that the replacement rate is catching up after a soft period.
Long, who rates Apple shares Outperform, raises his price target a buck to $118 after raising his EPS estimate for the fiscal year ending this September to $8.37 from $8.24, and for 2017, he now sees EPS of $9.33 possible versus his prior $9.29.
In addition, the conversations delved into features of the next iPhone, presumably an iPhone 7, write the authors, which they think could be a “modest success”:
We also heard a lot more about the upcoming iPhone 7, slated for shipment in September. In addition to an improved processor and modem, we believe the new device will have the following features: Dual cameras, which will improve image quality by leveraging two sensors. Waterproof design, likely meeting the IP68 rating like the Galaxy S7. Higher memory content, with models offered for 32GB/128GB/256GB compared to the current 16GB/64GB/128GB. We believe pricing will be unaffected by this increase. Multiple speakers, which will improve sound quality and offer a stereo experience. Headset jack removal, which may have a mixed impact as it would enable better use of chassis space, but would cause users to have to purchase wireless headphones or adapters to use existing headphones with the lightning port. We believe it is too early to call success or failure for the iPhone 7. We noted a lack of new features and differentiation for the Samsung Galaxy S7 when we toured Asia in December 2015, and the device has proven to be far more successful. We believe the same thing could develop with Apple, particularly since the installed base is older than it has ever been.
Qualcomm is in trouble on a number of fronts for baseband modem chips, with in-sourced product from Huawei and others:
We see more risk to the chipset business, as market share declines have been troubling. If we look at QCOM MSM market share of 3G/4G phones and tablets, we can see that QCOM maintained share well through 2014, with meaningful drops in 2015 and 2016. MediaTek gained a little, but the rise of Samsung and Huawei (HiSilicon) internal is what has led to the most pressure. We believe Huawei may be 50% internally supplied by the end of the year, and Samsung now is about 25% vertically integrated for chips compared to 15% historically.
Qualcomm was supposed to benefit from selling to Chinese phone makers, the authors observe, but it has actually lost ground: “If we isolate the Chinese OEMs, which will likely gain share over time, the trend is more disturbing; w estimate that QCOM market share over the past five years has been cut in half, though a big chunk of this was MediaTek transitioning its large customer base from 2G to 3G/4G.”
The authors graph that erosion:
We believe better Apple units, and steady GS7 shipments from Samsung, point to incrementally better fundamentals for other wireless related chip names in our coverage with a high wireless exposure, notably, AVGO and QRVO (OP rated) and SWKS and SYNA (Mkt rated).
Apple stock today is up 84 cents, or 0.9%, at $99.78, while Qualcomm shares are down 23 cents, or 0.4%, at $54.71.


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Fibria, Suzano Cut Most as Brazilian Pulp Exports Falter
Fibria Celulose SA (FIBR3) and Suzano Papel & Celulose SA (SUZB5), Brazil’s biggest pulp makers, had their earnings estimates cut by more than any other company in the country as the industry adds factories amid waning overseas demand.
Analysts more than doubled Fibria’s estimated second- quarter loss to 1.14 real per share and increased the forecast for Suzano’s loss sixfold to about 30 centavos in the past three months, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Slowing growth in China and Europe, the two main markets for the paper-making material, is crimping the need for pulp as new plants prepare to start operations from Uruguay to Russia. Fibria and Suzano are raising a combined $1.5 billion in stock sales this quarter to reduce debt as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) forecasts average pulp prices will drop 5 percent this year.
“On the demand side, the scenario is gloomy as exports from Brazil drop and there are no concrete signs of a recovery in Europe,” Daniella Maia, an equity analyst at Ativa Corretora, who has a hold recommendation for both stocks, said by telephone from Rio de Janeiro. “The outlook is negative for pulp prices this year and next.”
Sao Paulo-based Fibria, the world’s largest pulp producer, rose 4.5 percent to 14.21 reais at 11:05 a.m. in Sao Paulo and was up 2.4 percent for the year. Suzano, based in Salvador, Brazil, climbed 4.8 percent to 4.82 reais, paring its decline this year to 29 percent. Klabin SA (KLBN4), the country’s biggest paper maker, increased 0.7 percent to 8.98 reais, extending its gain this year to 12 percent. Brazil’s benchmark Bovespa stock index rose 1.3 percent and was up 0.2 percent for the year.
Officials at Fibria and Suzano, who can’t be named because of company policy, declined to comment. An official at an outside firm representing Klabin declined to comment.
Fibria derives 91 percent of its sales from exports and Suzano 53 percent. They sell mainly to China and Europe, which buy a combined 70 percent of Brazil’s pulp.
China may grow at the slowest pace in 13 years, Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) said June 14. The European Union is set to contract 0.4 percent this year as the debt crisis in the 17- nation euro economy worsens, Fitch Ratings said last week.
Klabin, which focuses on processing pulp into paper for the Brazilian market instead of exporting the raw material, had its average profit estimate quadrupled by analysts in the past three months to 8 centavos. The Sao Paulo-based company has benefited from growing demand in Brazil, the world’s second-largest emerging economy, after more than 35 million people were pulled out of poverty in the past decade.
Pulp exports from Brazil fell 4.7 percent in May from a year earlier and are down 0.3 percent this year through May, according to the Trade Ministry.
The average annual pulp price will drop for a second year as demand weakens, Goldman Sachs analyst Marcelo Aguiar said in a May 21 report. The average for this year will fall to $771 per metric ton from $812 last year and $848 in 2010. Aguiar declined to comment for this story.
The BHKP Global Pulp Price Index, which slumped 23 percent last year, has rebounded 21 percent this year after paper makers built up stockpiles in past months.
The rise is unsustainable as producers increase supply amid slowing consumption growth in China and declining sales in Europe, according to Banco Santander SA. (SAN) Prices measured by the index probably will slide 6.2 percent to $737.5 per ton at the end of this year from $786.03 last week, Santander analyst Rodrigo Ordonez said by telephone yesterday from Santiago.
“The slowdown in China and the European crisis seem to reflect on the pulp market,” Maia said. “A cycle of capacity increase starts at the end of this year.”
Four plants are scheduled to start producing a combined 4.8 million metric tons of pulp between this year and next.
International Paper Co. (IP) is slated to add 490,000 tons of capacity at a plant in Russia as early as this year. Eldorado Celulose & Papel SA will start a 1.5 million-ton unit in Brazil in (EWZ) November, while Suzano is expanding output in the country by 1.5 million tons in 2013. Stora Enso Oyj (STEAV) and Celulosa Arauco & Constitucion SA will add 1.3 million tons in Uruguay next year.
Fibria and Suzano are raising funds in share sales after debt ballooned in past years. Fibria sold 1.44 billion reais ($768 million) of stock in April and Suzano is raising about 1.45 billion reais in an offering to be priced June 27.
The cash will help the two companies weather declining prices, Barbara Mattos, an analyst at Moody’s Investors Service said in a June 5 telephone interview from Sao Paulo.
“The timing of Suzano’s and Fibria’s share sales couldn’t be better,” Mattos said. “It’s a nice financial cushion if you consider that pulp prices aren’t going to help them generate enough cash to support debt reduction and future investments.”
Suzano’s net debt jumped to a nine-year high of 4.8 times earnings before items at the end of the first quarter, while Fibria’s ratio reached a two-year high of 4.6, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Fibria posted a loss of 11.2 million reais in the first quarter, compared with a 387 million-real profit a year earlier. Suzano’s net income dropped 50 percent to 71.8 million reais, the data show.
Average prices for Brazilian pulp sold in Asia slumped 18 percent from a year earlier in the first quarter to $613.3 per ton, Fibria said on May 14.
“I don’t see a major improvement in prices coming in the short term,” Ativa’s Maia said. “The pulp market has seen better days.”
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Dale Crofts at email@example.com


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SPORTS CLOTHING STOCK SALE
Beerschot is bringing out its own brand. The Kiel label is called ‘Thirteen’ and will be proudly displayed on the shirts next season. Beerschot is the only professional Belgian club to develop its own brand and shirts.
This new brand means Beerschot is organising a stock sale of the items from its previous clothing partner Joma on Saturday 26 September 2020 from 11:00 to 16:00. This will be happening on the car park at the Universiteitsplein in Wilrijk.
This clothing can be bought at extremely low prices.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
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Quik Trip is planning to upgrade their existing facility with a new prototype store. It will be larger, look nicer, and offer more retail options. (Artist rendering)
PEACHTREE CORNERS — Bigger is always better, at least in the case of the Quik Trip at 3225 Peachtree Corners Circle.
The owners of the convenience store have made plans to tear down the store and rebuild it.
The plan calls for a 5,858-square foot building to be built in its place, along with 39 parking spaces, 16 fueling stations, updated landscaping and a new canopy.
“QuikTrip is planning to upgrade their existing facility with a new prototype store,” said city planning director Diana Wheeler. “It will be larger, look nicer, and offer more retail options.”
QuikTrip also plans to remove the boarded up building next door, using the area for underground storage tanks.
“When the work is done, the city will benefit from the addition of a new store as well as the removal of two, less attractive structures,” Wheeler said.
In total, the store will increase its capacity by 1,300 square feet and have four entrances.
In addition to the building, Wheeler said the city zoning board of appeals approved several variances to accommodate the new facility, including larger signage and driveways.


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– Almo, the national electronics and appliance distributor,
has tapped CE industry veteran Rick Wigen to head its product purchasing group.
In his new role as product management VP, Wigen will manage existing
manufacturer relationships while identifying and developing new growth
opportunities in CE and white goods, the distributor said.
Almo president/COO Warren
Chaiken said Wigen’s 30 years’ experience, which includes stints at AVAD, Best
Buy/Magnolia and Tweeter, plus his industry contacts, will be “vital” as the
company broadens its business and continues to execute its strategic plan.
Chaiken noted that the company managed to prosper during the
economic downturn, which he attributed to its “diversity and exceptional team
In a statement, Wigen said he has witnessed Almo’s continued
growth and is “impressed with their exceptionally high level of integrity and
customer support. I look forward to joining, and contributing to, a team that complements
my passion for the industry.”
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The Daimler unit has recorded its best monthly sales ever in March, posting a global gain of 13%, as its new compact cars sparked rising interest among consumers.
The 13% jump amounts to 158,523 vehicles delivered, which also contribute to form the best first quarter in the Stuttgart-based carmaker’s history (374,276 cars, up 15.2%). The four-model line-up of the compact series has decidedly contributed to the 10% surge Mercedes had over the past nine consecutive months.
“We are continuing the success story of the record year 2013 with additional new products and have posted the best-ever first-quarter sales in the company’s history,” said Ola Kaellenius, head of sales and marketing. “We have been posting double-digit growth rates for sales in every month since the beginning of the year. We expect added impetus from the new C-Class and the compact SUV GLA, which have been taking over the roads of Europe in the last few weeks.”
The compact line – formed of the A, B, CLA and GLA Series (the latter only introduced last month) had sales increases of 26 % to reach 43,349, while the range topping S Class doubled its sales during the first quarter to 24,144 vehicles.
The company is slowly recovering sale sin Europe, with a 7.6% growth to 76,587 vehicles last month, while the US keeps giving good results: up 11.2% to 27,401 units. Even Japan is a strong performer now, with sales surging 50.3% to 17,807 units. China has grown 34% as well, reaching a tally of 24,937 cars.


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Wilson said the reason for the success was the cheerfulness of the brand and its popularity with women.
"One in four women owns something from Cath Kidston today and we've got a very loyal customer base. We obviously want those people to keep buying from us, but we also know there are still three out of four women who haven't shopped with us," Wilson said.The company was founded by designer Cath Kidston as a shop selling vintage fabrics. (Neville, 2013b).
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In an interview with ET Now , Adi Godrej , Chairman, Godrej Consumer Products ( GCPL) , talks about their acquisition plans, margins and sales targets. Excerpts: ET Now: There have been market rumours doing the rounds that the Godrej Hershey joint venture may be diluted and that Godrej Consumer Products may end up taking a 51% stake in that company. Could you clarify that for us please? Adi Godrej: That is totally a speculative report and we do not comment on speculative reports.
June 29, 2011 |
In April 2011, Deborah Henretta, group president for Procter & Gamble's (P&G's ) Asia business, visited India with an eye on the country's growing urban middle class. She was also here to check the progress on another front: the status of Project 2-3-4 , the world's largest consumer products company's latest gambit to pry open the Indian market. By 2015, P&G wants to double the number of Indians who use its products, treble per capita spending by Indians and quadruple net sales of its India operations.
June 21, 2011 |
NEW DELHI: FMCG player Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) expects a five-fold jump in its sales in Africa to Rs 1,000 crore in the next two years, post the completion of the recently announced acquisition of hair care company Darling Group Holdings . On June 1, GCPL had said it will acquire 51 per cent stake in African FMCG firm Darling Group in a phased manner in the next 24 to 30 months. "Sales in Africa would be about Rs 200 crore currently and...by the time it (the acquisition)
June 2, 2011 |
KOLKATA: Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL), which on Wednesday announced its fourth acquisition in Africa by acquiring 51% stake in hair care company Darling Group Holdings , plans to add some 100 million consumers in sub-Saharan Africa by fiscal 2012-13, the company said in a presentation to investors and analysts. The company said it plans to do this by offering African consumers a strong portfolio of haircare and home care products through the acquired ventures.
June 1, 2011 |
MUMBAI: Godrej Consumer Products has acquired 51% stake in African hair care firm Darling Group Holdings for an undisclosed amount to boost its presence in the continent' s fast growing personal care market. Darling sells a range of hair extension products and is among the largest hair care categories in over 14 countries across sub-Saharan Africa with brands such as Darling and Amigos. "The Darling Group enables us to take our presence in Africa to the next level," Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Consumers said.
April 12, 2011 |
NEW DELHI: Indian male teenagers are now spending upto Rs 4,000 a month on cosmetics, thanks to increased publicity of make-up items and sachet culture, a survey today said. "Male teenagers have increased their expenditure on cosmetics to Rs 3,000-4,000 per month as against their average expenditure of less than Rs 1,000 in year 2000," industry chamber Assocham said in its survey. The number of buyers are growing due to intense publicity campaign by corporates, it said.
March 16, 2011 |
NEW DELHI: FMCG player Jyothy Laboratories today said it has acquired 14.9 per cent stake in Henkel India in an all cash deal amounting to Rs 60.73 crore. The company said the acquisition is part of its strategy to strengthen its "brand portfolio both in the urban and rural India". "Jyothy Laboratories has bought 14.9 per cent or 1,73,51,686 shares at Rs 35 each of Henkel India Ltd from Tamil Nadu Petro Products Ltd (TNPL)," the company said in a statement.
March 3, 2011 |
NEW DELHI: Leading FMCG players, including Emami and Godrej, today said they are interested in buying the hair care business of Henkel India, which the company has announced it is planning to hive off. "Certainly we do have interest in Henkel's hair care brands. We will evaluate as we are looking for a good acquisition. But right now it is too early to talk about as we do not know much about what all they are selling," Emami Director Harsh Agarwal told PTI. This week, Henkel had announced that it is planning to dispose off movable assets and other components of hair care division of the company subject to shareholders' consent.
November 18, 2010 |
NEW DELHI: Two years after consumers began downtrading, or preferring cheaper alternatives to regular brands, the trend has reversed in the '1,30,000-crore FMCG industry. People are now uptrading, or buying premium products across personal care and foods segments, thanks to rising incomes and confidence. Companies such as Hindustan Unilever , Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline and Marico are responding to this new trend by promoting and launching a spree of premium brands across shampoos, skincare products, toothpastes, biscuits, breakfast cereals and fine cheese.
November 17, 2010 |
Dabur, through its acquisition of the US-based Namaste Group catering to ethnic hair products in the US, Nigeria and South Africa, joined the ranks of other Indian mid-sized companies like Godrej Consumer Products and Marico selling products to African markets. However, the market seems to have given a thumbs-down to the acquisition as the stock closed almost 4% lower for the day. Prima facie, the acquisition seems to have come at a good EPS-accretive valuation. In the past three years, Namaste's revenues have grown at a compounded annual growth rate of around 12%, with 15% growth observed in CY2009.


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Food security plan has stalled
After Sept. 11, 2001, the Food and Drug Administration developed a comprehensive plan to guard the nation’s food supply against tainted imports, which were seen as a serious security threat. But nearly six years later, the plan has languished because of a lack of official will and tight federal budgets, according to former senior officials involved in formulating the strategy.
That pains lawmakers and others as they deal with the discovery of chemicals used to make plastics and treat swimming pool water in pet food ingredients imported from China. The contamination is believed to have killed or sickened hundreds of animals, forcing the recall of more than 100 brands of pet food. Similar ingredients common in humans’ food are imported with little government supervision.
“It was a bitter pill to swallow,” said Benjamin L. England, a former FDA regulatory lawyer who worked on the plan for the agency’s enforcement branch. “I’m disappointed that they are basically sitting on the solution.”
Many members of Congress are now demanding action. But a blueprint for dealing with the security concern already has been drafted.
After the 2001 terrorist attacks, the government and experts developed protections against an array of threats. But as time passed without new attacks, the sense of urgency drained away. In the case of foodstuff, the FDA’s Import Strategic Plan fell victim to budget constraints, competing priorities and government inertia.
“The bottom line is that the United States is being overwhelmed with food imports, and they are not being screened by the FDA,” said William Hubbard, a former FDA associate commissioner for policy and planning.
“A lot of time and effort went into it, and the best minds of the agency were brought in,” he said of the import protection plan. “It wasn’t approved or disapproved. It was basically, ‘We can’t do this because we have no money. This is all good stuff, and it should be done, but we don’t have money.’ ”
There is, however, a new urgency. The chemicals implicated in the pet deaths, identified as melamine and cyanuric acid, were found in protein ingredients used in human foods, ranging from bread to veggie burgers. One of the most common of these ingredients is wheat gluten.
FDA investigators suspect the interaction of melamine (used to make plastics more pliable) and cyanuric acid (used to sanitize pool water) might have caused fatal kidney problems in pets. A possible reason for adding the chemicals is that in certain tests, they can make food ingredients appear protein-rich.
This week, the FDA announced that it was expanding testing for contamination of human foods, though none has been detected. China, a country with a reputation for lax safety standards, is a major supplier of ingredients in pet and human foods marketed by U.S. companies.
The FDA, still under a cloud from the Vioxx drug safety controversy, faces the possibility of a more damaging controversy over the food supply. The agency approved Vioxx for sale as a prescription painkiller and only later discovered it posed the risk of heart attacks and other health problems.
Dr. David Acheson, chief medical officer of the agency’s food safety center, said the FDA was alerting food producers and importers about possible risks involving six protein concentrate products. It is also testing imports from China.
“We are trying to get ahead of the curve,” he said.
Somewhere in the system
But in an interview, Acheson and Domenic Veneziano, who oversees imports for the FDA’s enforcement branch, said they were unsure of the status of the Import Strategic Plan.
“It’s moving through the system. As to quite how far, I’m not sure,” Acheson said. Veneziano said the plan was under review by the Health and Human Services Department.
A detailed briefing on the plan was presented to the agency’s top managers at a 2003 retreat in Virginia, Hubbard said. A 2004 FDA budget document declared that the plan would “reinvent the import process.”
Under the plan, the agency would have direct access to quality-control information for the entire life cycle of a product, instead of relying on data from foreign manufacturers and shippers.
The FDA regulates drugs, food, cosmetics and other products that account for about 25% of U.S. consumer spending. The volume of imports under its jurisdiction has roughly doubled since 2002. About 1% of shipments are actually inspected.
Under current law -- strengthened after Sept. 11 -- foreign manufacturers and shippers must register with the FDA and provide basic information, including emergency contacts and the categories of food handled. They also are required to alert the FDA when food is headed for the United States. Companies involved in food production and shipping must keep records documenting who their suppliers and customers are.
The FDA has the authority to detain food shipments if credible evidence suggests they would pose a serious health threat to people or animals.
But Carl R. Nielsen, a former head of import operations for the FDA’s enforcement branch, said the current reporting rules yield little useful information on how food is prepared, packaged, stored and shipped -- key elements in managing risks.
“Registration and prior notice, even though they can be of some value, are not the final solution at all,” said Nielsen, a 28-year veteran of the agency. “One of the holes is that those [requirements] are not linked to the conditions of manufacture.” Nielsen and England are partners in FDAImports.com, a consulting firm for importers that seek to comply with U.S. government requirements.
What’s being done now
Despite the problems with safeguarding imports, FDA officials say, they are not operating in the dark. For example, Acheson said, inspections focus on classes of foods considered high risks, such as baby formula.
England and Nielsen said the Import Strategic Plan included several technological improvements, among them a computer system to put intelligence and other information in the hands of inspectors at points of entry.
That part of the plan may be tested soon in Los Angeles, Veneziano said.
Another element of the plan would have worked like the “trusted traveler” programs used in aviation security. Foreign manufacturers that worked closely with major U.S. firms and followed the same food safety standards would be able to move their products through the pipeline more quickly. That would allow the FDA to concentrate its limited staff on greater threats, England said.
A third element would have shifted some FDA inspectors from domestic industry to import duty. Part of the idea was to see whether states could take more responsibility for monitoring domestic producers.
It’s unclear how much the plan would have cost to carry out. “It would have been millions, and they only had a couple of hundred thousand,” England said.
A coalition of industry and consumer groups lobbying for major increases in the FDA budget estimates that the overall food program -- with an annual allocation of about $440 million now -- needs an additional $125 million a year for the next five years.
“The budget has been steadily cut at the FDA, and therefore, the vulnerability is steadily going up,” said Hubbard, who is among those campaigning for more money for food safety programs.