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For more than 35 years, the National Center for Appropriate Technology’s ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program has been helping farmers and ranchers grow nutritious food and operate successful businesses without synthetic fertilizer. Now, NCAT has released a new toolkit with trusted and practical resources for farmers who want to transition away from the use of synthetic fertilizers.
“As the cost of synthetic fertilizers and global food prices continue to climb, NCAT is releasing a roadmap for farmers who are looking for a more self-reliant and resilient method of farming,” said NCAT Southeast Regional Director and Arkansas farmer Margo Hale. “A growing number of farmers are opting out of the high-input model of conventional agriculture, which we see now is so vulnerable to global events like war and supply chain disruption.”
As the world’s farmers watch the cost of synthetic fertilizer continue to increase and global food prices shatter records kept by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, the global food system is being stressed like never before. There is a more stable, resilient model being used in every corner of the U.S. These farmers rely on biological sources of nitrogen, breaking free of an often-volatile global marketplace.
Farming without synthetic fertilizers is within reach for large-scale food producers, and it’s a requirement for certified organic farmers. Montana grain-grower Bob Quinn transitioned his family’s conventional farm to an organic one back in 1989. Quinn brought Khorasan wheat to the mainstream marketplace with his brand KAMUT.
In Maryland, Ron Holter manages his 150-cow seasonal dairy on grass alone, with no supplementary grain. Holter’s dairy has been free of synthetic fertilizer since 1995. Dave Brandt began cover cropping his Ohio corn and soybeans in 1978. Cover crops have maintained his cash-crop yields while reducing nitrogen fertilizer use by nearly 90%. Brandt credits cover crops with increasing soil microbial activity naturally, which provides nutrients to the food he grows and increases the soil’s water-holding capacity.
Data show consumer demand for certified organic and other regeneratively produced foods continues to increase. The sale of organic products in the U.S. has grown more than 30% since 2016, and the number of organic producers is up almost 40%. Farmers who use regenerative methods but might not be certified organic are no doubt on the rise, too.
Shifting to a production method that is not reliant on synthetic fertilizers can be accomplished strategically over a 3-5 year transitional period. NCAT’s new toolkit guides farmers as they learn to use cover crops, managed grazing and alternative soil amendments to naturally boost renewable nitrogen levels needed to maintain long-term productivity. These are accessible tools that can result in reduced input costs, increased self-reliance and more nutritious food grown at small and large scales.
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New inflation survey data examining the opinions of U.S. smokers found that, due to higher prices, smokers were more likely to switch to cheaper cigarettes rather than less expensive as well as less harmful alternative nicotine products. In examining smoker attitudes, this survey also found a lack of education regarding harm reduction products, with almost a third of smokers surveyed saying that nicotine pouches were more harmful than traditional cigarettes.
“In times of rising inflation, it is even more critical that smokers are well informed about the benefits of harm reduction products as it is an opportunity both for health and wallet,” said Markus Lindblad, head of external affairs at Nicokick, an e-commerce company in the smokeless industry, in a statement.
“Instead of switching to a lower-cost traditional cigarette due to rising prices, a better outcome would be switching to cheaper, harm-reduced alternative products like nicotine pouches, gum, or lozenges. Unfortunately, this survey found many smokers are not aware of the health benefits of switching to alternative products like nicotine pouches, and it is incumbent upon policymakers to address this misconception if they are serious about better public health outcomes.”
The survey also found that half of Americans say more education on the less harmful nature of alternative nicotine products would help them switch from cigarettes to products like vapes or nicotine pouches.
Only 21 percent of those surveyed view nicotine pouches as less harmful than cigarettes, with 30 percent incorrectly saying that nicotine pouches are more harmful than traditional cigarettes.
Thirty-six percent of respondents said vaping was more harmful than smoking traditional cigarettes.


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Passenger vehicle sales rise 5.2% in December1 min read . Updated: 11 Jan 2018, 11:07 PM IST
Car sales declined marginally by 0.18% to 158,326 units, while sales of utility vehicles increased by 15% to 67,073 units
New Delhi: Passenger vehicle sales in December rose by 5.2% from a year ago to 239,712 units on higher demand for utility vehicles and the favourable effect of a low year-ago base in the aftermath of demonetisation.
Car sales declined marginally by 0.18% to 158,326 units, but sales of utility vehicles (UVs) increased by 15% to 67,073 units, according to data provided by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam).
Pointing to a revival in the economy, commercial vehicle sales increased by 52.62% to 82,362 units in December. Mandatory introduction of air-conditioned cabins in trucks from January will lead to price increases, a factor that contributed to higher sales of commercial vehicles in November and December.
“December is as usual not a great month as production plants of some companies are shut for some time. Also postponement of buying to achieve a new year’s registration date happens in the month. We need to look at the January and February data to get a broader picture on the rural market," said Ashwin Patil, a research analyst at LKP Securities.
In the calender year, passenger vehicle sales touched the 3 million mark for the first time. Sales increased by 8.8% to 3,229,109 units in 2017 from the previous year.
Softening of interest rates on loans for both cars and commercial vehicles and the low base effect in the aftermath of the November 2016 invalidation of high-value banknotes has prompted Siam to revise its sales growth for passenger vehicles to 9% in the year from 7-9% at the start of the year. The forecast for sales growth in commercial vehicles has been revised to 13% from 4-6% as transporters expand their fleets to meet increasing demand for movement of freight.
Sugato Sen, deputy director general of Siam, said demand had shifted to UVs, and too much shouldn’t be made of the decline in car sales.
“We have seen during the last few years that December sales have been subdued. In the January-to-March period, car sales will pick up," added Sen.
Medium and heavy commercial vehicle sales increased by 73% to 39,349 as transporters expanded their fleets. Light commercial vehicles sales increased by 37.6% 42,923 units.
Motorcycle sales leapt 40.31% in December to 788,156 units. Scooter sales rose by 52% to 432,429 units during the month.


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Just a time after CZ’s opinion, the CCTV system took out the online video coming from its own system. The online video plan reviewed latest advancements around cryptocurrency conformity inHong Kong It likewise included a Solana- located memecoin that ended up being a pump as well as pour system.
Hong Kong lately introduced that it would certainly make it possible for qualified digital resource systems to provide companies to retail investors. While the statement gave way for retail investors to officially trade crypto in the nation, the Securities as well as Futures Commission possesses however, to accept any kind of crypto systems delivering those companies.
CZ’s report that China’s state-affiliated media firm referring to crypto is actually a significant bargain comes up coming from the reality that China enforced a covering restriction on all cryptocurrency tasks in 2021. However, latest good advancements in Hong Kong– an exclusive management location of China– have actually triggered brand-new supposition concerning its own crypto standpoint.
The good crypto advancements in Hong Kong have actually presently begun to determine the Chinese market, along with China’s state-owned Greenland wanting to make an application for a Hong Kong digital resource investing permit.
Related: China state-backed agency introduces pair of crypto funds in Hong Kong
China has actually kept an unfavorable standpoint towards all types of international cryptocurrencies, rather advertising its own reserve bank electronic money (CBDC), the electronic yuan. China was actually with the initial nations to begin creating a CBDC, as well as although certainly not but formally introduced, the electronic yuan is actually proactively utilized through countless people with several federal government plans.
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Things have been booming at Promega—literally.
The Fitchburg, WI-based life science supplies business on Wednesday held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 270,000-square-foot research and development facility that the company expects to open in late 2020.
The event, which about 350 people... Read more »
An Agios Pharmaceuticals drug developed to treat a rare form of leukemia has received FDA approval ahead of schedule. This marks the second time in the past year that the company has won the regulatory nod for a treatment for the... Read more »
Let’s get caught up with the latest news from Xconomy Texas.
—Austin will be the new home for the U.S. Army’s Futures Command, a technology-focused reorganization of the military branch’s operations. “The command is expected to assess the future... Read more »
You’ve made it to Friday. Time to curl up in your cubicle, pop open one of these in-depth, entertaining reads, and catch up on some of what you missed during a busy week.
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[Updated 7/22/18 12:48 p.m. See below.] The cranes are gone from Epic Systems’ corporate campus in Verona, WI. After more than a decade of near-perpetual expansion, the fast-growing healthcare software company is taking a break from new building... Read more »
After nearly two years of all smoke, no fire around President Trump’s promise to curtail drug prices, there’s finally some glimmer of action. Pfizer said last week it would halt its price hikes, and Novartis and Merck took similar actions this... Read more »
Replicating the car dealership experience online has historically been a challenge.
Although many of us have grown to prefer the ease and convenience of shopping online, there’s nothing quite like kicking the tires of a vehicle in person. Because cars are... Read more »
[Updated 7/20/18, 1:08 pm. See below.] Time to catch up on the latest Boston-area tech news:
—State Street (NYSE: STT), the financial services giant based in Boston, said it inked an agreement to acquire Charles River Systems, also... Read more »
PTC Therapeutics is looking to gene therapy in a bid to broaden its pipeline, scooping up privately held Agilis Biotherapeutics in a cash and stock deal.
South Plainfield, NJ-based PTC (NASDAQ: PTCT) will pay $50 million up front, plus... Read more »
San Antonio—There’s plenty of scrutiny of whether it’s worthwhile for governments to offer incentive packages that aim to attract businesses and the jobs they bring. Still, city and state leaders across the nation continue to do it, among other... Read more »
Austin—Sputnik ATX, a startup accelerator that launched last year, has picked a group of five startups that will be the second class of businesses to run through the program.
The early stage companies include a software-as-a-service business that connects teachers... Read more »
[Updated, 7/19/18, 6:25 p.m. See below.] A patient has died in a clinical trial testing Mersana Therapeutics’ lead cancer drug, and the FDA has put a partial hold on the early-stage study as a result.
The partial hold means... Read more »
One in five pairs of shoes sit unworn in the average woman’s closet. So, why not sell these unused, or slightly used, pairs to someone who will wear them?
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Austin McChord was thinking about his next steps after leaving Datto, a company he founded and led before selling it for what some reports estimate to be $1.5 billion, when David Fialkow, General Catalyst’s co-founder, approached him to join the firm as a venture partner.
“Datto provided a great return and I was asked to help find GC another Datto,” said McChord in an interview with VCJ
GC invested $25 million in Datto’s first venture round in 2013. Vista Equity Partners bought the company in 2017. McChord explained that he owes a great deal of Datto’s success to GC’s involvement in his company and as an investment partner he can not only discover great businesses, but also help founders take their businesses to the next level.
At General Catalyst, McChord will focus on investing in startups in infrastructure and SaaS, software-enabled hardware, and industrial IoT companies. “I am looking for companies with some revenue, but at an earlier stage than when GC invested in Datto,” he said.
McChord will be based in GC’s Boston office, but he intends to look for investment opportunities across the East Coast, particularly in second-tier cities with great universities, such as Rochester, New York, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he told VCJ. His focus away from major tech centers is not a surprise. Datto was Connecticut’s first unicorn.
He did not comment on check sizes, but McChord should not have trouble writing them. General Catalyst in March last year raised nearly $1.4 billion for its ninth and largest fund to date.
The GC team, especially Paul Sagan, former CEO of Akamai Technologies and Datto board member, advised McChord on how to run Datto as a long-term business, rather than a large project, McChord said.
At GC, McChord joins 13 other partners and managing directors, including the former board members of Datto, Steve Herrod and Sagan.
McChord, who started Datto in 2007, while still in college, is cognizant that being a VC will be very different from running a company.
“I’ve not made any investments yet,” he said, “but other people have told me it’s a big transition from running a business to supporting other people’s dreams.”


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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Ireland has decided to appeal a European Union ruling that asked the company to repay $13.8 billion or 13 billion Euros to the country.
On August 30, EU regulators passed this judgment, saying that the tax deal was illegal, as Ireland has allowed Apple to pay less tax than other businesses, thus harming competition. The country had allowed Apple to pay tax at less than 1 percent, on a condition that the American technology giant creates jobs in the country. Margrethe Vestager, the European Competition Commissioner, pointed this out saying that Ireland cannot do this. Vestager is a former Danish economy minister.
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Apple’s European headquarters are in Ireland. The country has decided to contest this decision, saying that European regulators are interfering with national sovereignty. The country’s finance ministry issued a statement saying that the European Commission has misunderstood Irish law. He said, “Ireland did not give favorable tax treatment to Apple. The full amount of tax was paid in this case and no state aid was provided. Ireland does not do deals with taxpayers”.
The US administration too has objected to the EU ruling, saying that it will negatively affect American investments in Europe. Apple says it is “a convenient target”, and has been singled out unfairly.
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The Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) decision to file a complaint this week was revealed by Luca Maestri, the Chief Financial Officer, and Bruce Sewell, who is the general counsel. Attacking Vestager, Luca even said, “Apple is a convenient target because it generates lots of headlines. It allows the commissioner to become Dane of the year for 2016”. Last month, Danish newspaper Berlingske had given this title to Margrethe Vestager.
However, Apple isn’t the only business that has been penalized for favorable tax deals within the EU. The commission had also asked the Netherlands to recover 25.6 million Pounds from Starbucks. Luxembourg was also asked to recover a lot of money from Fiat.
The Irish government and Apple now want to tell judges that the Commission did not consider reports submitted by tax experts representing the Irish authorities. Last time, the Commission did not even argue the findings of these tax experts.
It won’t be a problem for Apple, even if they lose this case and have to pay the $13.8 billion penalty. Apple has reported a net profit of $53 billion for 2015.


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BEYONCE fans clearly aren’t crazy in love with her management after ticket prices were slashed on the day of her concert.
As reported in the Echo earlier this week, the singer’s management, Music World Entertainment, decided to halve the price of the £50 ticket less than 12 hours before the concert started at Cardiff International Arena on Tuesday night.
The Echo has been inundated with calls from angry fans who paid the full whack.
Christine Thomas, 57, bought three tickets for her daughter Charlotte, 16, and two friends paying a whopping £150.
She said: “Her friends paid for the tickets themselves. They are all in college so I feel really angry.”
Carla Gambarini, 12, of Pentyrch, Cardiff, a pupil at Howells School, went to the concert with her sister, Hayley Lewis, 25.
Her mother paid £50.75 for each ticket as a birthday present. She said: “Some people may have saved for a long time to buy their tickets and then they put them at half price.”
Hayley Parker, 23, an administration assistant of Llanrumney, Cardiff, bought two tickets for £102 when they first went on sale.
She said: “I just hope it doesn’t happen again. If they can sell them for £25 on the day of the show, why didn’t they sell them at that price in the first place?”
Speaking on Tuesday, the CIA said it was the right of the promoter, Music World Entertainment, to set ticket prices and offer promotional deals on its events.


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A Reddit user, with username u/kroopthesnoop, recently uploaded photos showing the newly released Apple’s iPhone 7 in a burnt state.
Closer look at the photo and reactions of users on Reddit will bring a few things to limelight:
Why is the phone with an older package instead of the new modified package that shipped with the iPhone 7 & 7 plus?
The phone looks crushed..such heavy dent is the real propeller of sudden explosion
We hear that Apple is already making contacts to send a replacement copy.
Here is what Reddit users have to say


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Anne Riel used to enjoy greeting the dogs that came into the Gloucester Home Depot with their owners.
But since the Home Depot greeter was bitten in the face, the chain is reconsidering its policy on dogs.
“Currently, dogs are allowed in stores as long as they’re under control by their owner — this is a policy we’re now re-looking at,” manager of public relations for Home Depot Tiziana Baccega said yesterday.
There was a “No Dogs” sign at the store, but it was never enforced, said Riel.
The Shih Tzu that attacked her was in a shopping cart near its owner when Riel leaned toward it and it bit her nose.
“It happened so fast,” Riel said. “The shot of pain and the blood was immense.”
Riel received seven stitches and will require plastic surgery, she said.
Riel said she would like to see the dog put down.
Susan Jones, general manager of Emergency and Protective Services, said the city fined the owner $610 and issued an order that the dog must be muzzled in public.
She said she doesn’t have the power to kill animals that bite, but officials have not ruled out asking a judge to order the Shih Tzu be put down.


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Why we’re looking forward to Brighton SEO
For the fourth year running, Purplex Marketing will be heading to the seaside town of Brighton for the Brighton SEO conference.
Brighton SEO attracts business owners, digital marketers, in-house marketing and PR professionals from all over Europe and beyond. The day includes free talks from over 80 expert speakers.
This event gives many insights into the latest trends and techniques to get the most out of SEO. The event also demonstrates future predictions in where SEO is going; for example, one key speaker in 2016 suggested that “By 2020, 50% of searches will be voice searches”. This assists in ensuring you stay ahead of the trend and utilize the new technology available in the market.
Priding itself on being hands on, detailed and practical, BrightonSEO started on a much smaller scale. Launching few SEO executives meeting in a pub, to now filling the biggest venue in Brighton.
“The idea was to share ideas and chat about all the interesting stuff that we can’t really talk about with anyone outside the industry for fear of them falling asleep.”
Now attracting somewhere in the region of 4000 experts every year, it’s a great place to find out more about the hot topics in search and beyond.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Chuck D, a hip-hop artist and former member of Run DMC, encourages his three children to browse Napster and other online sites for music. He even started his own music Web site, Rapstation.com, which provides information, and songs -- for free.
Chuck D said he believes that file sharing is the way of the future.
He is one of many artists, analysts and lawmakers who have said that, somehow, a balance between artist and music industry ownership rights, consumer property rights and innovative technology must prevail in the digital downloading world.
"Being the artists, at some point you have to be a fan of the fan," he said. "Hip-hop has always been parallel with technology, so MP3 technology is nothing new."
According to Chuck D, 40 percent of all downloads last year came from the hip-hop marketplace.
"I look at MP3 and file sharing as the new radio," he said, calling compression and MP3 technology the "superstars."
While many well-known musicians could be losing money as a result of free music sites like Napster, little-known artists who might otherwise never have a chance in the business said they need the benefits the technology provides to launch their careers.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who is an amateur musician himself, has said he recognizes the hurt file sharing can cause to major artists, but also the help it provides the unknowns.
"There is much great music that will never sell at the level of Metallica or N'Sync, but I think more of it can survive in this new world," Hatch said in a statement.
Singer and songwriter Suzanne Brindamour said she agreed.
"I'm not a nationally known artist," she said. "It gives me tremendous exposure."
She submitted a six-song CD to MP3.com last spring, which has netted about $4,000 -- mostly from advertisers. She said she has sold a few CDs through the site, but that the exposure she has received was far more important than the money.
Brindamour's songs play over the airwaves in the Netherlands because a station approached her after hearing her music on MP3.com. Someone in the country is now promoting her CDs.
"It's a really tough call, but I do think it needs to be on a volume basis," she said. "You're trying to make a living selling your stuff and someone's out there giving it away."
But, she wondered how Naspter and its copycat sites could possibly be regulated.
Brindamour said she hoped a solution would emerge that would balance the rights of the technology companies, consumers and artists, arguing that if people stopped going to the online sites it would be a loss for the music industry.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman W.J. "Billy" Tauzin, R-La., agreed that digital music companies should not be aiding copyright infringements, but also said lawmakers should not hinder innovation or block information from reaching consumers.
"It's a battle we fight over and over," he said. "Consumer access to information is critical and vital."
America should be developing technologies that work with current laws and policies, rather than developing new regulations, according to Tauzin.
"I'd love to see technology come to the rescue for us," he said. For example, technology could limit the number of copies that a purchaser could make.
But, he did say that Congress would be making decisions on such issues as privacy, encryption, data protection and broadband in the future. He did not know whether lawmakers would step in on the file sharing issue.
John Parker, a senior analyst at Aberdeen Group, said that implementing legislation with the intention of stopping certain technologies was not viable. Policy could become outdated as technology continues to improve.
"You can't really kill technology with a lawsuit, you can only discourage it," he said. "It's far easier to build safety mechanisms into the technology than to enact legislation."
Like the old adage "if you can't beat them, join them," Parker said that one way music and television companies are attempting to slow the weight on their revenue streams is by investing in the technologies they find disruptive.
By investing they hope to influence decisions that might affect them, such as the recent Replay TV investment in Tivo TIVO, +1.35% he said.
Parker said, however, that it's the job of technology to make the software better and companies will continue on this path.
Free online music companies, such as the Napster lookalikes that have popped up internationally, will not be able to sustain themselves on advertising revenue alone and most likely will be forced move to a subscription-based model in the future or to develop new technologies to circumvent it, Parker predicted.
He also said that it is in the profit interests of these technology companies to provide digital watermarking, but that people will find ways to integrate this and other types of technologies and others will find ways around them -- creating a continuous cycle.
Basically, the market will force the technology industry to work it out.
"This is a market problem, this is not a regulation problem," said Larry Kasrel, a senior analyst at Forrester Research. He said online music companies would have to change their business models at some point to become profitable.
As Parker said, advertising alone will not keep the companies running, according to Kasrel. But people who know the code behind Napster-type software will trade it freely because it costs them nothing.
"Free music on the Internet will not stop," Kasrel said. "They can get the songs for free, but they won't be able to get the experience. Just because there's free music out there doesn't mean people will use those exclusively -- people still buy CDs even though there is radio."
Kasrel likened the issue to competition between Internet service providers. Although AOL AOL charges a price for Internet access, they provide a user experience that free Internet service providers like NetZero do not. Like AOL, online music companies will have to provide an experience, such as focusing on jazz or young men, and charge a subscription rate.
Without offering comment on whether government will impose new laws to limit the exchange of music, movies, books and other information online, Sen. Hatch has said he thinks creators, consumers and online sites can live in harmony.
He said in a speech to the Senate following the Feb.14 Napster case decision that he believes that "the compensation principal underlying copyright can co-exist -- and it has, in fact, co-existed -- with society's evolving technologies for generations."
A spokeswoman for Hatch said the Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to hold hearings on online entertainment and copyright law at the beginning of April, but didn't know whether it would lead to legislation regarding digital downloading.


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3 technology trends all small businesses should know about
It seems like organisations with household names are always ahead of the technology curve.
However considering there aren't very many secrets left in the industry, success isn't solely reserved for larger companies. Australian small businesses account for 97 per cent of all enterprises across the country, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Their growth will largely depend on how active they are with innovative technology, and the result will ultimately set the course for the economic success of the region.
With that in mind, here are three trends that small business owners should be keeping in their sights:
1. The rush to hybrid cloud deployment
It's likely your organisation already uses very basic forms of cloud computing, like Google Docs for instance, which is a Software-as-a-Service. The advantage is that various members of the company can access information no matter where they are – a key feature for start-ups that often don't even have an office space.
75 per cent of businesses currently deploy a hybrid cloud model.
As more powerful applications than Google Docs enter the space, and as the need for greater computing power grows within businesses, we'll begin to see a transition towards hybrid cloud deployment, Michael Warrilow, research vice president at Gartner, told IT Brief. This is manifesting in a move away from legacy infrastructure that compose physical data centres into multiple public and private cloud architectures.
Takeaway: With nearly 75 per cent of global companies focused on cloud integration, Warrilow expects to see a major divestment from self-owned, physical data centres. Review your organisation's needs and capabilities now to ensure it's spending capital with an eye towards the future.
2. Inching closer to business intelligence
It may seem like every new year is earmarked as when big data will be taking over, but the truth is that the insights have been mostly reserved for larger companies with the internal resources to gather and analyse massive amounts qualitative and quantitative data.
As more business intelligence software providers take advantage of the cloud, small enterprises will be able to uncover some of their operational, supply chain or marketing inefficiencies. This hinges on the data streaming infrastructure in place, though. Manufacturing and financial organisations will need to have an architecture that can support high-volume and high-speed streaming, with various connections.
Takeaway: Get your company ready for accessible business intelligence insights by improving its data gathering capabilities now.
3. Shift focus to consumer
Much of the past decade has been dedicated to leveraging technology to spur innovation within businesses, but savvy leaders are now turning the tables and using it to empower customers. Roughly 97 per cent of all consumers will research online before buying a product, Inside Small Business reported. By 2020, an estimated 85 per cent of all shoppers will communicate with artificial intelligence when it comes to returns, purchases or questions, according to Gartner.
The emphasis for IT should be on customer service.
With a bevvy of new applications set to be developed and released over the next few years with the aim of improving customer experience, DevOps and application integration strategies will require much more attention than they have before. Effective IT teams will be essential in gaining an advantage in highly competitive industries. This could be a challenge for small businesses without the financial resources to support their digital initiatives.
Takeaway: Consider moving your IT operations into a managed service if your current team can't handle the complexities that artificial intelligence and customer-facing applications will bring. It's an affordable way to supplement your technological capability.
Contact an ANATAS representative today to learn more about how to prepare your small business for the future.


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Riot Games and Ubisoft are teaming up to tackle toxicity
Riot Games and Ubisoft have announced the ‘Zero Harm in Comms’ project, which will see the game developers team up to investigate “artificial intelligence-based solutions” to toxicity in multiplayer games.
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From today (November 16), both developers will work together on ‘Zero Harm in Comms’ – a research project that will see the companies search for ways to tackle toxicity and harassment in their games.
According to a statement from the pair, this research will focus on enhancing “the reach of their artificial intelligence-based solutions” and work to create “a cross-industry shared database labelling ecosystem that gathers in-game data, which will better train AI preemptive moderation tools to detect and mitigate disruptive behaviour.”
“Disruptive player behaviour is an issue that we take very seriously but also one that is very difficult to solve,” shared Yves Jacquier, executive director at Ubisoft La Forge. “At Ubisoft, we have been working on concrete measures to ensure safe and enjoyable experiences, but we believe that, by coming together as an industry, we will be able to tackle this issue more effectively.”
“Through this technological partnership with Riot Games, we are exploring how to better prevent in-game toxicity as designers of these environments with a direct link to our communities,” Jacquier added.
While the project is in its early stages, Riot and Ubisoft will share their findings “with the whole industry” in 2023.
“Disruptive behavior isn’t a problem that is unique to games – every company that has an online social platform is working to address this challenging space,” explained Wesley Kerr, head of techology research at Riot. “That is why we’re committed to working with industry partners like Ubisoft who believe in creating safe communities and fostering positive experiences in online spaces.”
Kerr added that the project will help Riot “develop systems that create healthy, safe, and inclusive interactions with our games.”
Last year, a study from the Anti-Defamation League found that almost two thirds of young gamers experience harassment while playing online games. 42 per cent of gamers pointed to Valorant as having the most hostile environment, followed closely by Call of Duty.
The post Riot Games and Ubisoft are teaming up to tackle toxicity appeared first on NME.


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Forsaken World: Nightfall Details
Perfect World has announced details about the upcoming expansion to Forsaken World: Nightfall.
Players will be able to experience a brand new flight system. With flight comes new bosses, dungeons and events specifically designed with flying in mind. A sky fortress has been shown, as well as many new places to discover.
The Immortal Rift is also being redesigned in the expansion. Guilds may now claim territory, and must defend it, or seek new territories by attacking other guilds.
Perfect World also publishes Perfect World International and War of the Immortals.
Forsaken World: Nightfall Teaser Trailer
Experience Forsaken World like never have before! The brand new flying system will take players through the skies of Eyrda with new bosses, dungeons, and events designed specifically for flying. A new fortress in the sky has emerged along with new, unexplored areas. Be the first to experience the exciting new quests and monsters that roam the land. The Immortal Rift is being revamped into an all-out land conquering system. Attack and defend against other guilds to claim a territory within Eyrda.
These are just some of the new features that are coming with Nightfall! Stay tuned for more information!
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New pair at Dr Martens as boardroom appoints a new chief executive and finance director
Dr Martens, the British footwear brand beloved of punks and wild child pop stars, is shaking-up its boardroom with the appointment of a new chief executive and finance director, while the current boss becomes chairman.
Steve Murray arrives as CEO in October from California-based shoe-maker Deckers Outdoor, having previously worked at Reebok.
He is joined by chief financial officer Henrik Holmark, a former partner at accountants Ernst & Young.
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Exit 11, Washington, opened its first location almost three years ago which included a 10-office coworking center, meeting center and coffeehouse.
The owners, Angela and Scott Garland, said their unique coffee blends and proprietary recipes have helped the company grow year-after-year.
As customers asked for more, they expanded the menu to offer more drinks and custom organic food offerings.
The shop offers homegrown food, including breakfast burritos, made with local nitrate-free sausage and farm-fresh eggs, scratch-made quiche, gluten-free vegan muffins, cinnamon rolls, muffins, oatmeal and other items.
In June of this year, the Garlands began looking for an opportunity to grow their business in a new way while appealing to a diversified client base. They decided a drive-thru location is something the community needed.
“Our current location has limited parking, and with 11,000 cars traveling along Jefferson each day, we knew there was a real desire for a drive-thru option,” said Angela Garland, co-founder and president.
“We’re proud to offer the same quality food and drinks that customers have come to love at the new drive-thru location,” she said. “We care a great deal about the quality of the ingredients in our food items and our coffee drinks. We make our own organic syrups and our cold brew takes 24 hours to process.”
Scott Garland, co-founder and chief of everything food and drink, said the company cares about everything from the grind of the beans, the temperature it is brewed, the time it takes to pull a shot and the type of espresso bean.
“It all matters and we take it seriously,” he said. “Anyone can serve a cup of coffee or espresso, we believe in providing the best and creating an experience for the customer.”
Located at 1403 Jefferson, the new location is drive-thru only. It’s also a block away from Exit 11’s first location at 1351 Jefferson St.
Now, customers have two options for the growing third-wave coffeehouse in Franklin County, the Garlands said.
The trailer is a short-term solution to test out the two-sided drive up model, they said. It if works, the owners will build a permanent structure, still drive-thru only, and then take the trailer on the road to the next location.
The Garlands plan to open five drive-thru locations in the St. Louis metro area in the next 18-24 months. They are also looking to franchise.
“This is a business model that we’ve put our heart and souls into — it’s ready and adaptable to those looking to start their own franchise,” said Angela Garland.
The drive-thru trailer offers service on both sides to accommodate two cars at a time. Customers place and receive their orders at the same window, usually in is less than two minutes from start to finish.
The drive-thru quietly opened May 31 and has already completed over 2,000 transactions.
Because of the July 4 holiday, Exit 11’s grand opening week will be held the week of July 9. People can follow the company’s Instagram and Facebook pages @exit11drivethru for information on specials for that week only.
“What is so exciting is that 90 percent of our drive-thru customers are new to Exit 11, and our existing customers are seeing us more as they head to St. Louis for work or have a carload of kids,” said Angela Garland. “We started as a coworking and meeting center, added the coffeehouse and now we are in the drive-thru coffee business. We are responding to what the market wants.”
Exit 11 Workspace & Coffee House now wears four hats — furnished office space and coworking memberships to small businesses and field reps; meeting space and catering to local organizations and large firms; a coffeehouse within the space that is open to the public; and now a drive-thru coffee trailer geared for the grab-n-go customers.
For information, people may contact Angela Garland at 636-429-01111 or firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Earnings season is in full swing, with huge numbers of companies having already given their latest numbers to investors, and Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) is about to release its quarterly earnings report. The key to making smart investment decisions with stocks releasing their quarter reports is to anticipate how they’ll do before they announce results, leaving you fully prepared to respond quickly to whatever inevitable surprises arise. That way, you’ll be less likely to make an uninformed kneejerk reaction to news that turns out to be exactly the wrong move.
Campbell Soup isn’t the most glamorous, exciting company in the market, but it has quietly been hitting new multiyear highs lately. Let’s take an early look at what’s been happening with Campbell Soup over the past quarter and what we’re likely to see in its quarterly report on Friday.
Stats on Campbell Soup
|Analyst EPS Estimate||$0.66|
|Change From Year-Ago EPS||3.1%|
|Revenue Estimate||$2.32 billion|
|Change From Year-Ago Revenue||9.8%|
|Earnings Beats in Past 4 Quarters||4|
Will Campbell Soup keep heating up?
Analysts have cut their estimates on Campbell a bit over the past three months, with a $0.03 cut in consensus earnings per share. Yet that hasn’t held the stock back at all, with gains of more than 8% just since mid-November.
Campbell has performed extremely well lately, but it’s had to overcome some headwinds in its space, as food inflation has increased the cost of ingredients it needs to make its namesake soups. That’s been a huge problem in the packaged-food space, as General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS) and Kraft Foods Group Inc (NASDAQ:KRFT) have both seen margin pressure come from high input costs despite their respective brand strength. Campbell has also had to deal with a general consumer trend away from soup, although a harsh flu season may have turned around the company’s prospects at least this quarter.
Longer term, Campbell has seen a number of initiatives it began last year start to take root. Its purchase of Bolthouse Farms last summer helped the company diversify away from its mainstay soup offerings with exposure to fresh juices and vegetables. Meanwhile, layoffs announced in September will take place over the ensuing year and should lead to substantial cost savings.
One interesting growth avenue that Campbell took during the quarter was to make a flavoring deal with Sodastream International Ltd (NASDAQ:SODA) to provide V8 Splash and V-Fusion syrups for the carbonated beverage system. The move lends Campbell’s reputation to SodaStream and could help improve brand awareness for V8 store products as well, boosting both companies.
In Campbell Soup’s report, watch for signs of where food costs are going, as they’ll continue to have a huge impact on future results. But also remember to take a longer-term view of strategic shifts to take advantage of more modern trends in the food industry.
The article Campbell Soup Earnings: An Early Look originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Dan Caplinger.
Fool contributor Dan Caplinger has no position in any stocks mentioned. You can follow him on Twitter @DanCaplinger. The Motley Fool recommends and owns shares of SodaStream.
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Gear up, Citi Bike riders: Prices for using the popular bikeshare service are increasing for members and non-members alike.
Citi Bike said the rate hikes — which will go into effect Thursday for some offerings and Jan. 29 for annual memberships — will help fund station upgrades and new electric bikes across its network, which currently includes more than 2,100 active stations and approximately 36,000 bikes.
Annual membership fees will jump to $219.99 a year, up from $205 previously, according to Citi Bike. For members, e-bike rides and charges for rides longer than 45 minutes will rise to 20 cents per minute, up from 17 cents. And the cap for e-bike rides of up to 45 minutes when users enter or exit Manhattan will increase to $4.
For the first time, members will get 60 free e-bike minutes every year they renew their membership, Citi Bike said. Current members will also get a prorated number of minutes until they renew their memberships.
Among non-members, unlock fees for single rides are rising to $4.79, up from $4.49. Charges for rides longer than 30 minutes are hitting 30 cents per minute, up from 26 cents; the same is true for single-ride e-bike fees.
In the case of day passes, e-bike fees are also jumping to 30 cents per minute, but pass and overage fees are staying the same, at $19 and $4 (per 15 minutes), respectively.
Citi Bike launched in 2013 is now owned by ride-hail company Lyft, which acquired Citi Bike operator Motivate in 2018. The service plans to expand to 40,000 total bikes across 2,000 stations in a third of the city by the end of 2024, according to Streetsblog NYC, and has announced it will double its fleet of e-bikes and lower speeds on its second-generation e-bikes.
Last year, more than 1.4 million riders clocked nearly 36 million trips on Citi Bike, a new annual record, with the average Citi Bike member taking 130 rides. Members account for more than 75% of rides across the system, which has stations in every borough of the city except Staten Island, as well as in Jersey City and Hoboken.
“Together with our city partners, we continue to ensure Citi Bike remains a financially sustainable system that provides world-class service, enhanced value for members, and equitable access for clean transportation options,” Lyft spokesperson Jordan Levine said in a statement to Gothamist.
The network’s inaugural electrified stations are expected to go live this year, per the company. Reduced-fare bikeshare memberships will continue to cost $5 per month.


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As Americans heat up their grills this summer, the Ad Council and USDA have partnered with FDA and CDC to provide an online tool that inserts food safety tips into users’ recipes.
The Ad Council says the tool is an extension of the national Food Safe Families campaign, a multimedia effort created to raise awareness about the risks of food poisoning and motivate consumers to take action to reduce their risk.
According to the CDC, about 1 in 6 Americans will contract a foodborne illness each year resulting in 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths. Illnesses spike in the summer months where the warm weather creates an environment for bacteria to thrive.
The tool, found on FoodSafety.gov, allows users to input recipes directly onto the webpage where food safety tips are automatically inserted. The tips address a recipe’s preparation and cooking instructions as well as the ingredients used.


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NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — The Vitamin Shoppe is making significant investments into omnichannel retailing, CEO and director Anthony Truesdale told analysts during a conference call on Tuesday.
"Our omnichannel initiative is an important focus for the company, one which will enable us to further improve service to our customers," he said. "This is a multiyear project. Phase one includes the ability for customers to buy online and pick up in the store. We expect to have this service available by the end of next year," he said. "All [of] this is designed so that customers can shop however, wherever and whenever they want, and this will set us further apart from pureplay e-commerce companies."
Vitamin Shoppe recently boosted its online retailing appeal with the addition of PayPal as a payment option earlier in the quarter, Truesdale added. Also in an effort to enhance its online offering, Vitamin Shoppe has been tweaking its multiple interfaces. "We're seeing the tremendous movement of customers and growth in the tablet business and our phone business," Truesdale said. "So we're going to continue to invest in those two devices, to make sure that … it continues to meet what the customer expects from The Vitamin Shoppe," he said. "The tablet experience is different than the phone experience, and we're adapting our experiences based on how the customer uses those devices when they shop at Vitamin Shoppe."
Vitamin Shoppe also announced the launch of two new premium private-brand products, including a probiotic under its Probiocare label and a line of herbs to be marketed under its Plant label.


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Getting the best holiday shopping deal right after Thanksgiving may depend on which state you're in. And we're not just talking about the fact Wisconsin has a clothing sales tax and Minnesota doesn't.
On the day after Thanksgiving at Wal-Mart, everyone was hungry for a deal. But some of the shoppers paid, in some cases, hundreds of dollars more than others for the exact same item.
KARE 11 compared prices at two Wal-Mart stores that are ten miles apart. One is in Hudson, Wisconsin. The other is in Woodbury, Minnesota.
Here's what we found:
A Trivial Pursuit game selling for $19 in the Woodbury flier, cost $27 in the Hudson.
A portable DVD player selling for $68 in Woodbury, cost $83 in Hudson.
A TV selling for $98 in Woodbury, cost $129 in Hudson.
A $398 personal computer in Woodbury was almost $100 cheaper than its Hudson twin.
And a laptop that cost $398 in Woodbury, cost $632 in Hudson. That's a difference of $234 for the exact same computer.
"That's unreal, isn't it?" says Judy Darwin of Hudson. "May as well go across the border."
"How can they do that? It's the same store," says Amy Weiser of Madison, Wisconsin.
The answer dates all the way back to 1939, when Wisconsin lawmakers passed the Unfair Sales Act. That state law says it's illegal for retailers to sell items below cost. It's supposed to ensure a competitive marketplace.
"Kind-of irritates me," one Wisconsin customer said.
Wal-Mart officials would not go on camera, but they told KARE 11 they're simply complying with state law.
"State regulations prevent us from practicing certain pricing policies in Wisconsin," says Gail Lavielle, Wal-Mart spokeswoman.
But that policy means some Wisconsinites might be crossing the state line.
"Be heading back over to Woodbury every time, instead of staying here," says Jody Swenson of Hudson.
Wal-Mart officials were not able to say what they could legally do for you if you purchased one of the more expensive items in Wisconsin and wanted to return it in Minnesota.
The items discussed in this story were Black Friday sales items. They are now sold out.
When KARE 11 called several local Wal-Marts, store managers stressed the importance of keeping your receipt because, more than likely, you will only get back the amount of money you paid in the first place.
By Amy Hockert, KARE 11 News.


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World Bank news
In its bi-annual economic India Development Update, the World Bank said the growth will accelerate to 7.2 per cent from 6.8 per cent in 2016-17.
The new location will also house an Axalta Global Business resource center which will provide a variety of services to the company's operations in the region and around the world.
The ambitious Goods and Services Tax to be implemented from July 1 would help raise India's medium-term growth to above eight per cent, the International Monetary Fund has said.
The project would enable commercial navigation of vessels with capacity of 1500-2,000 DWT. The development of NW-1 would provide an alternative, viable, economical, efficient and eco-friendly mode of transport.
The idea of 'one nation, one tax' — or the GST — had taken a decade to see the light of day. But SMEs, the worker bees of India’s economy, have had other problems to cope with, especially after demonetisation in 2016.
Referring to the annual 'Doing Business' report of the World Bank, Prasad said India's ranking has improved from 178 lowest rank in 2016 to 172 in 2017.
According to medical journal The Lancet, over a million Indians die every year due to air pollution and some of the worst polluted cities of the world are in India.
In its recent report, World Bank emphasised on the need for the auto component suppliers to reduce dependence on one customer and develop multiple revenue sources, especially by way of increasing focus on the overseas business.
While focus on research and development and ability to meet the global standards can serve as wheel for the auto parts makers to take them global. The auto parts industry has already been successful in achieving its core strength as developed markets like Europe and America.
DIPP in consultation with states and World Bank has drawn up the new agenda that concentrates on 294 action points instead of 340 in last year’s list.
The expectations from investors in form of rebates, benefits and sops is very high.
UN report has said India's economy is projected to grow by 7.7% in fiscal year 2017 and 7.6%in 2018, benefiting from strong private consumption.
"In India, the growth forecast for the current (2016-17) and next fiscal year were trimmed by one percentage point and 0.4 percentage point, respectively."
"Growth in India is estimated to reach 7 per cent in financial year (FY) 2017...reflecting a modest downgrade to India's expansion," the multilateral lender said in its Global Economic Prospects report released here on Tuesday.
Over 13 years, consumption of gasoline rose in countries that lowered taxes or raised subsidies, they said in a study published in the journal Nature Energy.
"India has done very well in the past decade but has a distance to travel before it can fully contend with other major global exporters in the auto sector.


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Look out, Lenovo! HP: We're not happy with being a 'number two'
PC market crown within its grasp again - but, wait: who cares?
HP is not a happy bunny and won't be until it's recaptured the global PC sales crown that Lenovo made off with last week. But that snatch may come sooner rather than later, according to analysts.
No single vendor covered themselves in glory in the second quarter of 2013, with all of the world's largest shifters of boxes reporting declining sales. Even top dog Lenovo saw shipments dip 0.6 per cent, year on year, Gartner data showed.
For its part, HP declined 4.8 per cent which was less than half the average drop across the market, but this was enough to concede the top position by some 200,000-plus systems.
In a statement sent to El Chan, an HP spokesman said:
We don't like being number two and we don't plan to stay there. We have a multi OS, multi architecture and multi form factor computing strategy that we believe will delight customers and rebuild share. We're also focused on building a profitable business that's smart about its future.
HP has dropped the ball with large corporate and government contracts, and Lenovo has been there to catch those deals, say our sources. And the Chinese giant is predictable and easy to work with, we are told by IT distribution channel folk.
The same cannot be said of US titan HP for the past couple of years. It recently introduced some fresh blood at the top of the Personal and Printing Systems Group, namely Brit Dion Weisler as the boss, to chivvy along the operation.
Lenovo exec Milk van Duijl told us back in 2011 that it expected to be the top PC vendor by 2014, so it has made that achievement ahead of time.
But outside of the PC makers and their shareholders, who really cares which company leads in a declining market, wondered Ranjti Atwal, research director at Gartner.
"The PC market in isolation is getting less and less relevant; tablets and smartphones are bigger markets. The market is shifting, the question is how will HP change to address it?" he asked.
Once tablets and smartphones are factored into the sales mix along with PCs, Samsung is the largest intelligent device maker on the planet, followed by Apple, Lenovo and then some way behind HP.
But having got HP on the ropes, Lenovo will likely use its muscle in China - the world's largest PC market - and its standing among corporate customers to continue pummelling arch-rival HP.
"Even in the toughest PC market ever, Lenovo has not only gained share, but we have steadily improved profitability," said Lenovo in a crowing statement sent to us. It acknowledged the "battle for PC leadership could certainly go back and forth" but it foresees a "$200bn opportunity" in PCs and further room for growth in the wider tab and phone markets.
Atwal at Gartner expects HP to be back at the top after Q4 when the consumer space, Lenovo's weakest global segment where it doesn't have universal coverage, comes into its own at Chrimbo.
"Leadership will flip flop when it gets to Q4," he said.
Longer term, it will be the battle for business in China and North America device markets that will define future success for HP and Lenovo. ®


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How brands can create meaningful connections with consumers during a cost-of-living crisis
The cost-of-living crisis is hitting consumers hard, with recent research revealing that a fifth of UK households now have an average shortfall of £60 a week between what they earn and what they need to cover essentials such as energy bills, rent, transport and food
The crisis is impacting pretty much everyone, with 91% of adults reporting an increase in their cost of living between June and July 2022, and it is only going to intensify. According to the Bank of England, inflation is now set to rise to above 11% in October.
Consumers across the UK are tightening their belt and growing increasingly apprehensive - which will inevitably have a big impact on how marketers engage with existing and new customers.
Here are four ways brands can navigate the crisis and create more meaningful, lasting connections:
1.) Show your support
People remember when brands ‘do the right thing’. During the pandemic, those who stepped up to look after their customers built a loyal following, while those who put profits first suffered reputationally.
This is another moment in time when brands need to show that they ‘get it’ and are doing what they can to support their customers. With business costs also on the rise, however, companies will need to get creative about how they do this. For example, retailers could open a food bank for customers to contribute to, or they could facilitate the sharing of second hand clothes. These acts would help to make a difference to people's lives and foster a greater sense of community without a major investment.
2.) Look local
With finances under pressure and travel costs at an all-time high, people may start to stay closer to home for both work and leisure. So, there has never been a better time to prioritize the local community in marketing efforts. The great thing here is that people also want to show their support for local businesses during tough times, with 64% of our own members saying they shop locally more than they did two years ago. Local people and businesses have the ability to lift one another up to get through this crisis - and companies may benefit from shifting marketing spend to focus on people who live and work in close proximity.
3.) Be transparent
A consumer poll by the IPA revealed that the top things consumers want from brands to cope with the cost of living crisis are keeping prices fair (57%), freezing prices (36%) and offering more value for money promotions (33%).
The government has also been calling on businesses to cut prices for consumers, but unfortunately it may not be possible for brands to deliver on this. The cost of doing business is on the rise and companies may even need to put prices up to stay afloat. This doesn’t make them a ‘bad brand’. The best thing companies can do in this scenario is be honest and stay accessible to consumers - including responding to queries and complaints on social platforms.
4.) Make it personal
In tough times, there’s a heightened expectation for brands to engage with customers in a more human way. No one wants to misjudge the tone and come across as insensitive to the significant financial challenges consumers are facing. People expect brands to understand them, listen to their needs and talk to them like a friend. A simple and effective ways to do this could be sharing personalized content with specific groups of people, or promoting useful and relevant information as opposed to simply selling products and services.
During the pandemic, we saw how more people wanted to connect with and support those in their local area. We will likely see this continue through the cost-of-living crisis. Not only because there will be a practical need to stay close to home and save money, but because people will want to look after and support those around them. This focus on community will help to carry brands through the coming months and years.
Paps Shaikh, commercial director, Nextdoor


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Blend Media’s interactive 360 VR platform has built an engaging ‘treasure hunt’ as part of a world-wide celebration honouring Mickey Mouse’s 90th anniversary.
Blend is the world’s leading provider for Brands and Publishers looking to benefit from the deeper audience engagement that immersive content offers. It also boasts the largest library of premium 360° Video/VR films, available to license for use in campaigns across social media, Virtual Reality headsets and WebVR, and runs a global network of expert 360° Video Creators.
Blend Media and Disney collaborated to create a one of a kind immersive 360˚ video. After first contemplating using stock content, they quickly decided they could create a better visual representation and emotive experience by creating specific interactive 360˚ videos for each era of Mickey that would sit on the Disney website. After Disney worked with animators to create the videos, Blend Media added the hotspots and interactivity to turn the project into a completed campaign.
Damian Collier, Blend Media, commented: “It was great to work with Disney on this project to build a 360 video that is not only interactive and fun, but one that drives a deeper engagement. It has been great bringing the “Find the Mickey” video to life and it is refreshing to work with a brand that consistently understands the benefits and emotional weight that immersive formats like 360/VR drive.”


text: Just as the recent monetary data from the Eurozone has revealed the parlous state of demand there, the money supply data released by the Bank of England yesterday revealed a collapsing borrowing by households and firms in Britain scale not previously seen. It is clear that the December data shows that households are deleveraging (paying credit cards down) and business firms are now in full retreat similar to the worst of the recent downturn in 2009. The evidence for that conclusion is to be found in the fact that the Bank of England’s broad money supply measure contracted by 1.4 per cent in December, which the Bank noted was the largest single month contraction on record (shared with December 2010). Just like the latest ECB monetary aggregates are showing what the real situation is like in the Eurozone, the Bank of England’s data is painting a very grim picture of life in Britain as the draconian fiscal austerity drives that economy into the ground. The data also provides a continued rejection of mainstream macroeconomic theory, which is an interesting aspect in its own right.


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After Blackberry announced the new Z10 handset many of you have taken to Twitter to share your reaction to the new look and features of the phone:
Since I still use a BlackBerry despite owning a Samsung Galaxy S3, the BB10 launch excites me because I'm still a fan of physical keyboards.
the reason many use @blackberry is because their addicted to their keypad and to remove that is just not smart IMO
People defending Blackberry now are the same as those defending Atari when the 8 bit consules came out
What do you think of the new Blackberry? Tweet us: @itvnews
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B&D Mfg. sells two tire handlers to Vale Brazil
Purpose-built machines handle tires weighing up to 10 tons
B&D Manufacturing has announced the sale of two tire handlers to Vale’s Carajás Mine in northern Brazil, the largest iron ore mine in the world.
The THS-40-D tire handlers are purpose built for safely and efficiently removing and installing tires of up to 159 inches in diameter on ultra class haul trucks. With the rims, tires of this size weigh up to 10 tons.
The Sudbury-based company designs and manufactures a full line of purpose built equipment, including super jacks, wheel motor handlers and swing shift changers, for servicing the largest open pit trucks and shovels in the world.
The tire handler is a rugged, versatile machine capable of picking up a tire from the ground and precisely positioning it for installation. It can be remotely operated by one person using joysticks and is capable of seven axis of motion, notes new product development manager Marc Gregoire. It can drive forward, reverse and sideways, spin on itself, or crab crawl left or right. The equally versatile work deck can be moved up, down and sideways, tilts forward and back, and can rotate a tire to line up the rim with the wheel lugnuts.
The B&D tire handler is designed for use in an indoor shop environment with limited workspace. Only 20 feet wide and 15 feet deep, it can be easily operated in garage aisle ways, leaving work bays on either side available for truck maintenance.
“It’s so important because changing these tires is one of the most accident prone practices in the entire mining industry,” said B&D global sales manager Scott Whelan. “It takes the man out of harm’s way.”
The purpose-built B&D tire handler is far safer and more efficient than using a forklift with a clamp attachment, according to Gregoire.
“With a forklift, you need an operator in the cab and two men to help steer. Using our tire handler, one operator using joysticks is free to walk around and line up the wheel. It’s also three times faster.”
Also appealing to customers is the tire handler’s energy efficient 40 horsepower diesel over hydraulics power source, which produces fewer emissions than conventional equipment using engines of a couple hundred horsepower, said Gregoire.
The sale was made directly through Vale’s head office in Brazil, which could facilitate additional sales in future. B&D’s presence in Sudbury, where it’s well known and highly regarded by local Vale personnel was helpful because they were contacted for a reference, said Whelan,
B&D estimates it has 80 pieces of equipment in operation around the world, including sales to Chile, Peru, Mexico, Australia, South Africa and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania in North Africa. Domestically, it has made sales to Detour Gold in Northern Ontario and to companies operating in the oil sands in Alberta. It also has an order for a wheel motor handler to serve New Gold’s haul truck fleet at its Rainy River Mine in northwestern Ontario.
While some Sudbury-area mining suppliers are feeling the effects of the prolonged slump in commodity prices, B&D is firing on all cylinders.
“We have five multi handlers on the shop floor now,” said production manager Ryan Kitchen. “The amount of work orders, the amount of material and the co-ordination that’s required is unbelievable. Everybody at B&D has a role to play in the manufacture of these machines – from procurement and engineering to shipping, receiving and tradesmen.
It’s a real team effort to get something like this done.”
Gregoire is optimistic about mining companies continuing to make the transition to purpose-built equipment for servicing haul trucks and shovels.
“The old-school guys who have been doing the job for 35 to 40 years using blocking and forklifts are harder to persuade to try something new, but the younger generation is more technically inclined and accepting of new technology,” he said. “I think we’re going to see the opportunities increase. I don’t know if it’s going to be exponential or not, but I’m optimistic, especially because of the increased safety associated with using this kind of equipment.”


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The global financial crisis of 2008 and the COVID-19 pandemic both spurred debt creation and raised question marks about the stability of our financial system. Is the biggest economic experiment of all time coming to an end after 50 years? Do dollars and other fiat currencies still work as a store of value, or should we be looking at gold and bitcoin as alternatives?
In 1912, financier J.P. Morgan stated in his testimony before Congress, “Gold is money. Everything else is credit”. This statement rings especially true today. Now, at the start of 2021, the coronavirus pandemic still holds a tight grip on the world, especially in America, Europe, Brazil, Mexico, and India. There have been more than 110 million cases and a coronavirus-related death toll exceeding 2.5 million people globally. Thankfully, vaccines are catching up and giving people hope that they will be able to return to normal life soon. But the financial and economic consequences of the pandemic will be with us for much longer than the pandemic itself. In 2008, during the global financial crisis, it was the financial sector that needed a bailout; just over a decade later, it’s the whole economy. Worldwide, more than US$10T has been invested in keeping the economy alive and people in their jobs. Just days after his inauguration in January 2021, President Joe Biden unveiled a new US$1.9T stimulus package for the economy consisting of higher stimuli payments, tax credits, enhanced unemployment aid, rental assistance, and food stamps.
Gold as a store of value is checking all the right boxes. With U.S. money supply growing by more than 20% in 2020 alone
Governments around the world are on a desperate spending spree and, in the process, adding massively to their debt. Government debt in the USA alone is surpassing US$27T and, as a percentage to GDP, it’s expected to rise above 110% in 2021. This means the accumulated debt of the government is exceeding the economic capability of the country. The only countries of high economic importance where debt levels are exceeding this ratio are Japan (still working on their lost decade) and Italy, the problem child of the European Union. But government debt is only one factor. To calculate the total debt of an economy, you need to add consumer debt – from mortgages and car leases to credit card debt and corporate debt – to the equation. Since the 1970s, the growth of total debt is exceeding economic growth, but the global financial crisis and the coronavirus pandemic are accelerating debt creation beyond all means.
Where is all this money coming from? Credit. Credit is magically created by the fractional reserve banking system, central banks who are financing government deficits, and the lending activity of the private banking sector. By the end of 2020, global debt exceeded global GDP by a breathtaking 350%. To properly understand the significance of this number, as well as gain perspective on the importance of gold, we need to take a step back and understand the ascent of money.
At its core, money needs to fulfil four basic functions: be a medium of exchange, a measure of value, a standard of deferred payment, and a store of value. If it is fulfilling these basic functions, nearly anything can be money; seashells, precious metal coins, a printed piece of paper, bitcoins, etc. The common forms of money today – printed paper and plastic cards – have no intrinsic value. It is fiat money, that is, it’s created by the government as an informal acknowledged debt in the form of an IOU.
While gold has fascinated humankind for 5,000 years, it hasn’t always been the base of the monetary system. Many countries experimented with a gold or silver standard in history, whereby the currency was based on a fixed quantity of either gold or silver. After WW1 and WW2, the world order changed and the hegemony of the U.S. dollar began. All major currencies have since been pegged to the U.S. dollar, and the U.S. dollar to gold. As the United States was printing more money to finance its budget deficit and to ramp up the Vietnam War, it started to experience a dwindling outflow of gold. At the same time, other nations were converting their local currency into U.S. dollars to exchange into gold. In 1971, Richard Nixon, U.S. president at the time, stopped that process unilaterally by suspending the convertibility of U.S. dollars into gold (“Nixon-Shock”). Shortly after, the international monetary system embarked on the biggest economic experiment in history: a system of free-floating currencies without any base or anchoring, with gold being a relic of the past.
Since then, credit-fuelled growth has become a success model, but only because the nominal value of money is often mistaken for its purchasing power – which is its real value. Classic economic theory claims that money is neutral or an illusion, a “veil on the real economy”. Additionally, the quantitative theory of money teaches us that money only affects prices and has no real effect on the economy. In the hamster wheel of our consumerist economy model, a moderate rate of inflation spurs consumption and stimulates economic growth. It’s no secret that US$100 today will get you less than it would have 10 or 20 years ago, but just how much has the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar decreased over the years? Between 1913 and today, the U.S. dollar has lost more than 96% of its purchasing power. This is inherent to fiat currencies, disqualifying them as money in the long-term as they are not able to store value.
Since the 1970s, the monetary dams have weakened and then broken, and now the rising tide of credit is rushing down on the real economy. Gold’s purchasing power, on the other hand, has remained remarkably stable over the past almost-500 years, at least until the end of the Bretton Woods system in 1971. Professor Roy Jastram performed an in-depth examination of the purchasing power of gold from 1560 in England and from 1800 in the U.S. (an analysis later updated by Jill Leyland). Jastram and Leyland concluded that gold as well as silver had protected investors’ purchasing power for centuries.
The Bank of America put a price tag of US$3,000 on gold in 2020, while the majority of other banks are now forecasting gold to trade between US$2,000-US$2,400 in the medium term. Gold as a store of value is checking all the right boxes. With U.S. money supply growing by more than 20% in 2020 alone, we have to wonder: is it that the price of gold is rising or that the value of the dollar is decreasing? Considering all of these factors, Lana Del Ray’s famous line, “Nothing is more gorgeous than a hundred-dollar bill,” now couldn’t feel further from the truth . Give me some old-fashioned gold instead, because my trust in governments is limited.


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There is a change occurring in how organizations and their leaders refine their diversity strategies–a change that begins with the very way in which "diversity" efforts are defined.
"At the end of the day, diversity is about difference. There's no big, fancy definition.
Every year, billions of pounds of good food go to waste in the U.S. because home cooks are not sure of the quality or safety of items. Household food waste represents about 44 percent of all food waste generated in the U.S., and it's estimated that 20 pounds of food is wasted per person per month.
When a customer walks into one of the 154 Kroger-flagged stores that house The Little Clinic, she can have her sore throat examined steps away from the cooler full of ice cream that may soothe that throat.
"The convenience offered by The Little Clinic, including being open seven days a week and
The last two U.S. Congresses have the dubious honor of being the least productive in modern history. With gridlock at the federal level showing no signs of abating, advocates of all stripes are now looking to the states, and even cities, to get their policies implemented.
What's in it for employees to work together?
At Whole Foods Market, their jobs depend on it.
New job candidates at Whole Foods understand from the start how important teamwork is to their own performance.
For the third year in a row, Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) and The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) examined more than 400 CPG companies with annual U.S. retail sales of more than $100 million and ranked them based on their growth performance.
Even as more consumer packaged goods decisions revolve around Big Data, retailers and their suppliers are still in their own little worlds.
"A CPG company tends to look in the rearview mirror," says Sandeep Dadlani, Atlanta-based executive vice president for India's Infosys Ltd.
The international aisles in the grocery store are expanding as food retailers in the United States seek to accommodate the broader set of cultural values and flavor palates of an increasingly diverse American population.
As CPG retailers expand with new ways of serving shoppers, such as mobile apps and click-and-collect online ordering, it is becoming increasingly important for their inventory and supply chain technologies to be connected seamlessly with these emerging customer interfaces.
Retailers must be able
Culinary trends point increasingly to tangible experiences for consumers. These trends move quickly, as farm to table and molecular gastronomy may be haute cuisine one day and ruled out by something more regal in six months.


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Did you know Apple has its own official Giphy account? It does and its page is filled with custom GIFs from Apple ads, exclusive content, and music documentaries. The only question remaining is…why?
The earliest uploaded GIF on the account is from April 13th of this year. With the social media push Apple has gone on since its Apple Music inception, creating shareable GIFs seems like an understandable debut. By focusing on exclusives and releasing high quality GIFs from that content, Apple Music is creating more opportunities for discovery.
Thanks to the recent Giphy account, we get to enjoy pivotal Apple Music moments like:
Taylor Swift dancing to The Darkness,
Drake trying to work out,
and even Ray Liotta getting aggressive with DJ Khaled.
In all seriousness, the Giphy page looks to be another promotional avenue for Apple’s content. The account was brought to light today when the official Twitter account began promoting GIFs from the new exclusive Harry Styles documentary.
Apple’s custom GIFs can be found over at its official Giphy page, or by using the Giphy app on iOS with included iMessage app.


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US dinosaur thief smuggled fossils from China, Mongolia
Eric Prokopi a 'one-man black market in prehistoric fossils'
A US man has been charged with smuggling dinosaur fossils into America from China and Mongolia.
Eric Prokopi, 38, is accused of conspiracy to smuggle illegal goods, smuggling into the United States, and selling stolen goods, which carry possible sentences of five, 20 and 10 years in prison respectively.
Among the fossils he is alleged to have smuggled is an almost complete Tyrannosaurus Bataar skeleton from Mongolia, federal prosecutors said.
New York chief federal prosecutor Preet Bharara called Prokopi a “one-man black market in prehistoric fossils” and said the earlier seizure of a Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton from the Florida dealer was “merely the tip of the iceberg.”
Prokopi tried to sell the Tyrannosaurus bataar at auction in New York in May this year, but Mongolia’s government claimed the bones were illegally removed from the Central Asian country and could not be sold. US authorities impounded the remains shortly after.
Among other fossils imported by Prokopi, prosecutors allege, were a Saurolophus later sold to a California gallery, a Gallimimus and Oviraptor mongoliensis from Mongolia and the remains of a Microraptor, a small, flying dinosaur, from China.
Prokopi, who has denied trafficking, spent a year restoring and remounting what had been a loose collection of bones to recreate the skeleton, said Heritage Auctions, which attempted to sell the dinosaur on his behalf.
He was expected to appear before New York federal court on October 22, Bharara said.
Bharara told the presiding Florida judge that strict conditions should be put on Prokopi’s bail, because “the allegations against the defendant are unusual. Among other things, the Complaint sets forth a pattern of frequent international travel and manipulation of United States customs forms.”
“Overall, there is a significant risk of flight,” Bharara concluded.


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Motors announced a significant milestone in the electric vehicle (EV) domain by
rolling out the 1000th Nexon EV from its plant in Pune.
This landmark has been
achieved in just over 6-months after the commercial launch of the vehicle
portraying the rapid growth in both interest and demand for EVs. Acknowledged
as the most preferred electric car in India, the Tata Nexon EV is the best
seller in its segment, helping Tata Motors post a market share of 62% in EVs in
Chandra, President – Passenger Vehicle Business, Tata Motors Ltd. said,
“Acceptance of EVs is accelerating fast, and we are seeing growing interest in
it from all parts of the country. The rollout of the 1000th Nexon EV in a short
time span, despite the challenges of Covid-19, reflects the rising interest of
personal segment buyers in EVs. Tata Motors will continue to innovate and
develop comprehensive sustainable mobility solutions meeting global standards.
EVs are the future and as the industry leader, we are committed to make them
desirable and a mainstream choice for the customers.”
Motors electric cars include the Tigor EV electric sedan with a range of 140 km
& 213 km and Nexon EV SUV with a range of 312 km on a single charge). To
popularise the access and use of Nexon EV in India, the company recently
launched a novel EV Subscription model, ideal for customers preferring
‘usership’ over ownership in the rapidly growing era of shared economy.
Celebrating its 120th Anniversary, Royal Enfield announced the launch of a new range of limited edition helmets earlier this week. The limited range will consist of hand painted helmets designed by ar...
Sony India has introduced the new XAV-AX8100 in-car media receiver, offering new utility features, powerful sound and smart features.
ExxonMobil Lubricants Pvt Ltd launched its upgraded Mobil Super Moto range of engine oils to make it easier for people to maintain their two-wheelers in top condition. The launch comes at a time when...
In an exclusive interview, Uday Narang, Chairman, Anglian Omega Group & Omega Seiki Mobility
talks about his company plans to enter the two and four wheeler electric vehicle space.
Motown India speaks to Woosuk Leem, Managing Director, AS Parts Division, Mobis India to get more details about the Hyundai Mobility Membership App and its advantages.
Vishal Mathur, Senior Vice President, LMD Truck Business – VECV elaborates upon VECV’s Light & Medium Duty (LMD) business in India, the company’s product offering and the several advantages offered by...


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SmugMug comes to the rescue free of charge when StreamNation’s PictureLife photo site shuts down
posted Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 6:59 AM EST
Over the almost two decades we've been reviewing cameras here at IR, we've seen many photo sharing sites come and go; yesterday another unfortunately (but all too predictably) joined that tally. A little over five years after it was founded, Picturelife is no more. The company sold out to Streamnation in January 2015, only a year after its then-CEO told customers that the company was around for the long haul, something The Verge picked up on when the Streamnation sale took place. Not even two years later, its new owner has pulled the plug entirely.
Picturelife isn't the first and we're pretty sure won't be the last photo sharing site to be shuttered. It's a sad fact of the photo sharing business that customers don't like to pay a sustainable amount for their photos to be published online, especially when the likes of Google, Facebook and Amazon are able to offer photo sharing for little if any cost, thanks to their size (and hence, their ability to monetize their customers in other ways.) And since they don't pay, too many sites don't stick around for long. Messages like that below from Picturelife are all too common once the venture capital funding dries up.
Thank you all for everything: https://t.co/Im9P7b3vOs— Picturelife (@picturelife) August 22, 2016
You've probably noticed that we keep using the term photo sharing here, even though many sites instead refer to these sites as photo storage services these days. That's intentional on our part, mostly because we've seen so many such services fail. Frequently, when they disappear so to do their customers' irreplaceable photos. And sure, many of those will be dime-a-dozen selfies and photos of a million restaurant dinners, but that's hardly the point. By referencing "storage", too many people see these services as an alternative to proper backups -- and when the penny finally drops, it's far too late to do anything about it.
If even one in one thousand of those photos was somebody's irreplaceable picture of a long-lost relative, say, or something equally important to them (and perhaps others), well, that's a heartbreak in the making if they didn't have a proper backup elsewhere. But this time, at least, there's a hero waiting in the wings. SmugMug, which has been around long enough now to consider it one of the elder statesmen of photo sharing, has come to the rescue. And although it clearly stands to make a profit if it can persuade Picturelife customers to use its service instead, it's being impressively straightforward and fair by not using all those lost photos as a bargaining chip.
Instead, as an email from Picturelife told its former customers yesterday, SmugMug is allowing them to access their photos -- all 200 million of them (!) -- for viewing and downloading completely free of charge. Picturelife users can, of course, opt to enroll with SmugMug if they want to continue to add to their online photo collections, but it's by no means a requirement -- and that's great news!
With a little luck, the collapse of Picturelife will help to dissuade the public of the notion that online photo sharing sites are a sensible backup solution for their photos, too, although we rather doubt it. Be that as it may, major kudos to SmugMug for stepping in to save the day for the many Picturelife users who for years have mistakenly believed their photos to be safe and secure!


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New Parents and expecting parents often trust baby brands to create and sell safe equipment for their new bundles of joy. Unfortunately, the baby industry is competitive, causing certain brands to cut corners and rush new exciting products to market without thorough safety testing. When hazards are discovered by the public this forces companies to address and remedy the issue. Sometimes it is too late to remedy—such is the case of the Fisher-Price 4-in-1 Rock ‘n Glide, which tragically caused the death of four infants in 2019 and 2020. The four infants who passed away after their parents used the Glider were reportedly placed on their backs unrestrained in the product and later found on their stomachs, resulting in suffocation. These incidents occurred between April 2019 and February 2020.
This has led the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Fisher-Price to announce recalls of over 55,000 Fisher-Price 4-in-1 Rock ‘n Glide Soothers and 2-in-1 Soothe ‘n Play Gliders in early June of 2021. The recall involves model numbers CHP56, CHP55 and CBT81 4-in-1 Rock ‘n Glide Soothers, and model numbers GDD28, GDD39, GDD41, GGW85, GNX43, GVG43, HBD26 and HBD27 of the 2-in-1 Soothe ‘n Play Gliders. The model number is located on the underside of the base. The Gliders were sold at juvenile product stores and mass merchandisers nationwide and online, including Walmart, Target stores and Amazon.com. Fisher Price is offering refunds to consumers who purchased the Gliders.
In addition to the recent Fisher-Price recalls, popular baby brand Ergobaby has recalled over 2,800 METROUS Strollers in Late May of 2021. The recall is due to a potential choking hazard, and it is applicable to all METROUS1, METROUS2 and METROUS4 Compact City Strollers that were designed with a black release button. The button has reportedly failed on numerous occasions causing a choking hazard to young children in the stroller. The strollers were sold online at ErgoBaby.com, AlbeeBaby.com and Amazon.com. Ergobaby is offering to remedy the potential hazard by replacing the defective strollers.
If your infant or child has been injured or died as the result of a choking or suffocation incident involving the Fisher-Price 4-in-1 Rock ‘n Glide Soothers, Fisher-Price 2-in-1 Soothe ‘n Play Gliders, or the Ergobaby METROUS Stroller, contact an attorney at Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner by calling 713-222-7211 or toll free at 1‑800-870-9584.


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Secured by Design (SBD) have launched a Specialist and Supported Housing Design Guide to sit alongside Homes 2023, SBD’s updated guidance for domestic properties.
Secured by Design (SBD), the national police crime prevention initiative, were amongst the hundreds of exhibitors at the prestigious and well attended FIT Show last week, with a constant stream of visitors to the stand on all three days of the show.
Derbyshire-based window and door systems company, Liniar, a subsidiary of Quanex, has renewed its membership with Secured by Design (SBD), the official police security initiative.
The North Yorkshire-based Sashless Window Company has renewed its membership with Secured by Design, the official police security initiative.
Secured by Design (SBD), the national police crime prevention initiative, will be among the hundreds of exhibitors at the prestigious FIT Show next week, 23 – 25 May.
Secured by Design member company Premier Security and Fire Consultants have been thanked by the Metropolitan Police for their work on the Met’s award-winning Youth and Community Centre Safety Scheme.
Rotec Security have renewed their membership with Secured by Design (SBD), the official police security initiative.
Whilst consumer connectable products offer huge benefits for people and businesses to live better connected lives with a lower carbon footprint, the adoption of cyber security requirements within these products is poor. While only 1 in 5 manufacturers embed basic security requirements in consumer connectable products, consumers overwhelmingly assume that these products are secure.
An exciting period at leading provider of high security entrance control solutions and Secured by Design member company Meesons has led to the opening of their newest subsidiary company: Meesons France SAS.
The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 has been enacted into law, receiving Royal Assent on 6th December 2022, with businesses needing to be compliant with the Act by 29th April 2024.
Secured by Design (SBD) has created an SBD Alarm Standard for alarm installation companies, enabling both buyers to have confidence in installers utilising the trusted ‘Police Preferred Specification’ branding and installers to utilise the branding to gain a marketing advantage.
The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 6th December 2022 and was enacted into law. The government have now announced that companies have a period of a year to implement the changes put forth in the legislation, with compliance required by 29th April 2024.