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Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day
August 2, 2012 permalink
Dan Cathy, owner of the Chick-fil-A fast food chain, recently supported traditional (opposite-sex) marriage. Boston Mayor Thomas M Menino expressed his wish that Chick-Fil-A would not open a restaurant in his city. Political figures in Philadelphia, Chicago and New York chimed in with similar sentiments. Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee fought back, declaring yesterday to be Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. The restaurants were overwhelmed with supportive customers.
Chick-fil-A Has 'Record-Setting' Sales on Appreciation Day
Chick-fil-A posted "record-setting" sales on Wednesday as thousands of people swarmed the chicken chain for Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day after the chain's chief made anti-gay comments.
"While we don't release exact sales numbers, we can confirm reports that it was a record-setting day," Steve Robinson, Chick-fil-A's executive vice president of marketing, said in a statement.
At least one location had to close early after nearly selling out of chicken. At others, lines snaked around buildings and patrons waited upwards of two hours to snag their chicken sandwiches and show their support for Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy's comments supporting traditional marriage.
"We are very grateful and humbled by the incredible turnout of loyal Chick-fil-A customers on August 1 at Chick-fil-A restaurants around the country," Robinson said. "We congratulate local Chick-fil-A Owner/Operators and their team members for striving to serve each and every customer with genuine hospitality."
At the Chick-fil-A in Augusta, Georgia, about 150 miles from the franchise's Atlanta headquarters, the lunch line wait was hours long. And after a day of lines that snaked around the building, the restaurant had to turn away part of the dinner crowd, closing two hours early due to low supplies.
Lillian Huber, the Augusta Chick-fil-A's marketing director, told ABC News that employees began directing customers to another location around 8 p.m. so the store would have enough food left to open the next morning.
With no Chick-fil-A locations in Maine, Auburn, Maine resident Arthur Langley organized a caravan to cart supporters to the nearest location two hours away. Langley said he and 14 friends and supporters drove the two hours and "happily" waited a "very very long time" to "demonstrate their support for what they believe was very important values in our society."
Langley said the Chick-fil-A in a food court in Peabody, Massachusetts was "swamped with people" and felt like a family reunion.
"It was people you really don't know but you know they're family so you treat them politely and nicely," he said.
Mike Huckabee, who created the Appreciation Day movement on Facebook, said on his radio show yesterday that he was "giddy" about outcome.
"People are voting with their feet today," Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, said. "I guess you could also say they are voting with their faces, they are stuffing them with chicken sandwiches, those lovely Chicken sandwiches from Chick-fil-A."
In Fayettville, Ga., CEO Cathy greeted customers waiting in line at the drive-thru and thanked them for their support. One Chick-fil-A goer tweeted this photo of Cathy:
The CEO has not spoken publically or agreed to any more interviews following the backlash over comments he made to the Baptist Press supporting "the biblical definition of the family unit."
"We are very much supportive of the family," Cathy said. "We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives."
After an outpouring of support for Cathy and his company during Wednesday's Appreciation Day, gay activists are taking to the streets, or rather the Chick-fil-A parking lots, around the country for National Same Sex Kiss Day at Chick-fil-A on Friday to protest the chicken chain's opposition to the LGBTQ community.
Same-sex couples are being urged to take photos and videos of themselves kissing outside of Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide.
About 11,000 have said on Facebook that they will attend the event. The Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day event had about 55 times that many Facebook attendees.
Although the restaurant chain has become a rallying cry for people on both sides of the marriage debate, Chick-fil-A has aimed to stay out of the politics and controversy stemming from its CEO's comments.
"The Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect –regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender," Robinson said in a statement. "We understand from news reports that Friday may present yet another opportunity for us to serve with genuine hospitality, superior service and great food."
Source: ABC News
Opponents struck back by vandalizing Chick-fil-A. photo. A national kiss-off protest against Chick-fil-A fell flat.
Chicken lips are scarce
Great gay kiss-off lays a gigantic egg
This was billed as the greatest protest since Occupy Wall Street. Thousands of scantily clad gay men and lesbians said they’d lock lips in a coast-to-coast red-hot make-out session.
They were to blast anti-gay-marriage comments made by Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy. But gays preferred staying home to watch “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.”
Tumbleweeds could have rolled through the Paramus Park Mall in New Jersey yesterday as a symbol for the lack of stamina in the national kissing campaign.
From Georgia to California, protests drew yawns, not saliva.
Even in Atlanta, the home of Chick-fil-A, only two dozen kissers showed up. And there was a similar lack of necking in Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and San Francisco.
At NYU, 20 people weren’t allowed in the dorm that hosts the city’s only Chick-fil-A. Just three pairs of guys kissed on the street.
In Jersey, I only found eight kissers — and two weren’t even bi!
Giggling like overaged cheerleaders, Jessi Friechter, 42, and Claudia Campagna, 51, stared into each other’s eyes. And in full view of the Chik-fil-A neon sign, the coworkers pecked each other on the cheek — handing me an iPhone to record the event.
“My husband would love this,” teased Friechter.
Nearby, an older gent who refused to give his name was freaking out.
“That’s disgusting! That’s not why I came here,” he said.
“Why don’t they go to Sbarro and do that? Why don’t they go to Subway?”
So much for the kiss-fest. It couldn’t even draw New York’s Lesbian-in-Chief Christine Quinn, who wants to boot Chick-fil-A from the city.
This aged mall of dwindling splendor, where brow threading competes with bedazzlers, was supposed to be swarmed by thousands of folks protesting Cathy’s comments: “We are very much supportive of the family — the Biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives.”
But there wasn’t enough gay outrage to draw more than one person who was actually gay.
She was Laura Fram, 34, a gay Republican vegetarian, who said Chick-fil-A was “hateful and hurtful.”
But her main problem was that she had no one to kiss.
“If you find someone for me to kiss, I’d be willing — but only a woman,” Fram said before running to pick up her daughter.
One disappointed by the smooch fiasco was Curtis Sliwa. The radio talker and Guardian Angel has been urging people to come out and eat.
“I was here to realize every male fantasy — watching lesbians kiss,” he said. “Now I get to buy a spicy chicken sandwich and waffle fries.
You’re not the only one.
Source: New York Post
Addendum: Chick-fil-A ends its funding of traditional marriage (but Dan Cathy has denied making policy changes to get a restaurant in Chicago).
Chick-fil-A no longer will fund traditional-marriage groups
Chick-fil-A stopped funding traditional-marriage groups in an effort to open a new Chicago restaurant, but the company initially kept quiet about the decision, prompting gay rights groups to speculate that the company feared a backlash from conservative customers.
The Christian-rooted fast food restaurant agreed to stop funding groups such as Focus on the Family that oppose same-sex marriage in a meeting with the Chicago politician who had been blocking the company’s move there. Chick-fil-A wrote a letter to Alderman Joe Moreno affirming this, according to his spokesman, Matt Bailey, but the company initially wouldn’t allow his office to release the letter to the public. Three weeks later they relented.
“There was concern from them,” said Anthony Martinez, executive director for the Civil Rights Agenda, the Illinois lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender group that negotiated with both Chick-fil-A and the alderman to stop funding for so-called anti-gay groups. “They really didn’t want to announce it, really, but, of course, the alderman needed to clarify why he was changing his stance on them opening a restaurant within his ward.”
Chick-fil-A did not returns requests for comment, and has previously said it will not discuss the issue with the media.
Mr. Martinez said Chick-fil-A told the alderman they will no longer fund groups that support traditional marriage through their charity arm, the WinShape Foundation, and will instead use that money toward educational programs and food donations.
“The WinShape Foundations is now taking a much closer look at the organizations it considers helping, and in that process will remain true to its stated philosophy of not supporting organizations with political agendas,” Chick-fil-A wrote in the letter.
Chick-fil-A also sent an internal memo called “Chick-fil-A: Who We Are” stating the company will “treat every person with honor, dignity and respect-regardless of their beliefs, race, creed, sexual orientation and gender.”
Mr. Moreno called it a win for gay rights.
“Prior to today, Chick-fil-A had a poor record when it came to acknowledging equal rights for all of our citizens, regardless of their sexual orientation,” he said. “But today, we have a new path: For the first time, Chick-fil-A has changed their practices and promised the workplace protections that all of our citizens deserve. Instead of being a company that openly promotes discrimination, Chick-fil-A has vowed to move forward.”
This could also help in other areas, such as Boston and San Francisco, where politicians vowed to oppose new Chick-fil-A restaurants.
The Civil Rights Agenda was also happy with the move, but said more needs to be done.
“We’re very pleased with this move,” Mr. Martinez said. “We think it is a big step forward.”
The group would also like to see Chick-fil-A include an anti-discrimination policy in the company’s employee handbook. He said companies in many states are still allowed to discriminate against gay and transgender people, so a company policy would help prevent that.
“In the state of Illinois, it is part of the law,” Mr. Martinez said. “But in many parts of the South, sexual orientation is not protected. There are over 20 states still that you can be fired for being gay, and there are over 30 states that you can be fired for being transgender. A lot of people don’t know that.”
The restaurant’s decision comes less than two months after Chick-fil-A sparked a nationwide controversy when President Dan Cathy told a Christian news outlet that he supported traditional marriage. Gay advocacy groups took that to mean that he was anti-gay. They also pointed to the company’s funding for groups that oppose same-sex marriage. Many called for a Chick-fil-A boycott, while others joined in a gay “kiss-in” at the restaurants. Some politicians, including Mr. Moreno, said the restaurant was not welcome in their communities.
But religious supporters fought back, turning out for “Chick-fil-Appreciation Day,” which happened to be the most successful day of business in company history.
Source: Washington Times


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This has been a frustration of mine since March. Not one moron from the CDC or from the medical community has talked about how a person can improve their health to battle the coronavirus.
It was all about the lockdowns.
Hell, in some states if you dared try to go outside to improve your health they’d arrest you.
Only now Dr. Fauci has said that vitamin D does have “an impact on your susceptibility to infection. I would not mind recommending, and I do it myself, taking vitamin D supplements.”
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So think of all the minorities with darker pigment in NYC that were forced in their home that was vitamin D deficient. Where was Dr. Fauci with this epiphany in March? Instead, it was “President Trump you must lock down the country!”
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As insurance results have ploughed in over the last couple of months, many firms have offered similar excuses for indifferent performances – namely that market uncertainty post Brexit has impacted their results. One insurer however, has bucked that trend.
The insurer in question is over-50s specialist Saga, which has enjoyed an 8.5% increase in profits for the six months to July 31.
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Huawei's filing was a response to a recent Cisco memorandum supporting its request for an injunction against the Chinese network equipment maker. In the filing, Cisco seized on Huawei's admission that some source-code copying had occurred, after what Huawei characterised as an employee's unauthorised acceptance of Cisco source code obtained by an outside party.
"Huawei seeks to avoid the issuance of an effective injunction, commensurate with the scope of its unlawful conduct, by dismissing its infringement as isolated deeds of low-level employees which … has now 'voluntarily' remedied. The evidence paints a much different picture," Cisco said in its memorandum.
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AIRBNB has resumed its efforts to go public, despite significant damage to the home rental business caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Airbnb's chief executive, Brian Chesky, told employees on Wednesday.
The San Francisco company, once valued by investors at US$31 billion, had planned to file in March to go public, but set aside those plans when the pandemic halted travel around the world.
Since then, Airbnb has slashed costs, raised emergency funding and laid off a quarter of its staff, around 1,900 people.
On a video conference with employees, Mr Chesky indicated that the company's gross bookings - a sum that includes money paid to hosts - had rebounded in recent weeks from their nose-dive.
He added that the trend could change as lockdowns returned in some parts of the United States.
Airbnb also announced that Catherine Powell, the company's head of experiences, would take a new role as global head of hosting as Greg Greeley, president of the homes division, left the company. Hiroki Asai, an 18-year veteran of Apple, will join Airbnb to lead its marketing.
The company is trying to repair its relationship with its hosts, who supply the rentals for its platform and whose income has dried up with travel halted.
Many were outraged when Airbnb allowed guests to cancel nonrefundable bookings as the pandemic spread. Mr Chesky earlier apologised to hosts for how the decision was communicated.
In response to the virus, Airbnb has adapted its offerings, including creating new cleaning initiatives, selling access to "virtual" activities done over video streaming and promoting rentals in rural areas within driving distance.
The company is under pressure from its workers to go public, as shares held by early employees will begin to expire this year.
Mr Chesky closed the meeting by declaring that Airbnb is back. "We are not committing to going public this year, but we are not ruling it out either," he said. "When the market is ready, we will be ready, because Airbnb was down but we were not out." NYTIMES


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The search engine giant announced that crypto mining hackers have turned their eyes to Google Cloud consumers. The tech company confirmed that most of the compromised cloud accounts involve crypto theft.
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A visual representation of the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin on December 07, 2017 in London, England. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Lightcoin saw unprecedented growth in 2017, although they continue to be extremely volatile. While digital currencies have shared opinions across financial institutions across the board and now have a market capitalization of around $ 175 billion, the crypto sector continues to grow.
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Because of this, the Google cybersecurity action team released a report explaining the mining hacking content in the hacked cloud accounts.
At the moment, the cryptocurrency market continues to expand as more and more investors arrive. Many companies like Tesla started investing in various digital coins believing that these blockchain tokens would provide long-term financial benefits.
TechTimes recently reported that a new crypto project called “Lord of the Rings” has arrived. On the other hand, El Salvador announced that it wanted to found the first Bitcoin city.
All of these details show how the crypto industry continues to grow. However, because of its success, it also attracts cyber criminals and other malicious actors.
Crypto hackers are now targeting Google Cloud
According to the latest report from The Guardian, almost 100% of compromised Google Cloud accounts are linked to crypto mining theft.
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“86% of the compromised Google Cloud instances were used for mining cryptocurrencies, a for-profit activity that intensifies cloud resources,” said the search engine giant.
In Google’s latest cybersecurity report, the company explained why the current crypto mining hacks are pretty alarming. The company said the hackers were able to deploy their crypto mining hacking software in just 22 seconds.
What Google recommends
Currently, Google is advising its cloud users to take the usual security measures it has suggested for its other services over the past several years.
This includes using two-factor authentication and signing up for the search engine giant’s Work Safer Security program. You can view this link for more details.
On the flip side, PYMNTS reported that hackers are also keeping an eye on small blockchain investors through their mobile devices. Right now, people could see even more malicious campaigns in the crypto industry as it expands.
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Smartphones are among the rapidly growing best sellers on the Indian E-commerce retail platforms. Flipkart has emerged as the clear winner in this competition in the last quarter beating arch rivals amazon along with others. Smartphones in the previous quarter have contributed a third of gross merchandise value i.e. GMV. Flipkart has even doubled or possible tripled the sales during the big bang festival event. They made an history in the Indian market this year when they sold about 1.3 million Smartphones within 20 hours of the sale, which surpassed their previously held record from last year. 51% market share in the month of October-December 2016 was reviewed by Hong-Kong based counter point technology market research. In 2017, Flipkart Smartphone sales grew at a staggering pace of 43%.
The senior director of smartphones at Flipkart, Mr. Ayyappan Rajagopal claimed that they have 70% online market share but they are still growing 70% year after year. Flipkart sales went high because they keep working on the launches and the affordable offers and prices. All the prominent sellers basically focus on the smartphones segment in their offerings simple because they are on the top grocer when it comes to generating revenue. They receive 4-6% commission on per transaction which includes the shipping costs, payment gateway costs and marketing costs. Flipkart has 64 exclusive smartphone ranges with 158 smart models which were launched on the platform in 2017.
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- Flipkart Toys Offer 2018 – Get Up to 70% Off on All Major Brands
- Top Deals on Amazon, Flipkart for Smartphones in 10k to 30k Segment
Flipkart has deployed plenty of smart strategies and promotions to stay ahead in the race. They are expanding the sales to the list of small cities as well, and give delivery within a day and half even during rush seasons such as festive or peak seasons. They have also expanded schemes such as product exchange and NO COST EMI to draw buyers’ attention. They have kept a watchful eye on their supply chain as well so that they can deliver it on top priority. Their firm belief that the online sales will capture 50% of the market at the end of the next year as the online marketplace extends plenty of services and offers which the offline market will not be able to provide. Offline market for example will never be able to give cash back, buy back or product exchange offers with such ease of business for smartphone shoppers. Flipkart’s partnership with the top brands is also one of the major reasons of the huge numbers. Flipkart is expecting the gross sales to increase by 50— 60% in the coming financial year. Since the smartphones have contributed to generating 50% of the company’s annual sales, expectations for growth are higher now. Flipkart now tends to grow close 100% in the flagship segment in 2016-17.
Flipkart is not only keeping an eye on profit margins, they are working out a strategy to invest a hefty sum that they have managed to raise to quickly get hold of the major portion of the market share, so that they can make more funds for more selling and spending the same again to make the pace with the other e-retailers in the market. However, Flipkart is pushing to its best to protect its lead in Smartphone sales. They are simply looking to be the undisputed leader in the category of high priced Smartphone’s as to increase their margins and stay at the top of the race. Customers do come back and would look forward for the high value smart phones which will definitely boost the sale and will help Flipkart to change the Smartphone market. Lastly, we would say Flipkart has driven the Smartphones’ market in India and expanded the competition with the help of their innovations and their marketing stratagem of understanding customers’ requirement. Flipkart is way ahead and keeping up the pace in the race of the highest selling platform in the smartphones category and is likely to keep working on the same in near future as well.


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The Chief Executive Officer of MultiChoice, Calvo Mawela has explained that the wish of subscribers across Africa to select only the channels they want to watch from the packages offered will attract considerably higher costs if the model is adopted.
In an interview on SABC News, Mawela explained that the model desired by subscribers “does just not work” and it is the reason why MultiChoice bundles television packages in a few bouquets.
Mawela stated that Canada went through a lengthy regulation change, which compelled pay-television operators to adopt an a la carte model.
The model, he said, has failed because subscribers ended paying more for the same number of channels available to them.
“Today, there is no uptake because consumers end up paying more for the same number of TV channels they are getting today.”
“So, it came up to a zero-zero sum where they went through this whole process. What consumers don’t understand is that we look at our research across the market and then what we do is that we bring everybody together with different tastes of content.”
“That way, we attract a much larger audience and then prices come down. That’s how we keep the prices down. That will attract a bigger audience because we’ve got children, we’ve got sport, you’ve got movies and all other content that we have.” Mawela said.
Meanwhile, a veteran in the Nigerian creative industry, Femi Odugbemi has revealed in an interview that MultiChoice Talent Factory will revolutionise the continent’s creative industries.
“Technology is asking a lot of questions of us because it is also providing a lot of opportunities. It has the potential for young people. If you look at the industry, it is still very young. The potential that comes from their passion, from how much they are self-taught and from how much they want to create, that potential has business implications.”
“For us to connect their potential and their talent to them being able to sustain that, we need to be able to make sure that their talent provides them…the idea is that we want to provide them from being just filmmakers to creative entrepreneurs.” Odugbemi was quoted saying.


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One of China’s largest bubble tea chains, Naixue’s Tea, seeks a public offering in Hong Kong in the second quarter, aiming to raise $400 to $500 million.
The firm filed confidentially for an offering in the U.S. early last year, but due to the coronavirus outbreak and the impact of Luckin Coffee's (OTC: LKNCY) financial fraud, the company turned to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong instead.
According to Bloomberg, Nayuki has just completed a new funding round of roughly $100 million, which values the company at nearly $2 billion. Billionaire Jack Ma’s Yunfeng Capital was among the investors in the latest round, said people familiar with the matter.
Headquartered in Shenzhen, Nayuki was founded by Shenzhen Pindao Restaurant Management Co. in 2015. The company targets young female customers and sells high-end fresh fruit tea and a variety of popular cold brew tea. Its signature drink is fresh strawberry jasmine green tea with a layer of light salty cheese foam on top.
The founder of the company, Xin Peng, said she planned to open its first shop in New York, but the plan was postponed because of Covid-19.
“I spoke with some American friends and from their perspective, tea is seen as more high-class than coffee. People who drink tea are elegant, graceful, and have a higher quality of life,” Peng told local news media.
Right now, the company has more than 500 stores in 70 cities in China, according to its official site.


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Cheri’s Bakery and its online sister business, Cheri’s Cookies, have been selling cookies to a nationwide audience for a couple years now, but owner Cheri Kovacic says so far, a vast majority of business still comes from Wichita.
She was surprised, then, when she received a call last week from a producer responsible for developing the “swag bags” handed out at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards.
The producer had stumbled upon Kovacic’s business and wondered whether Cheri’s might design a cookie for the event.
Kovacic says she and her staff discussed creating an Emmy-shaped cookie. But the plan was to ship 800 cookies to New York, and the Emmy statue seemed too time-consuming and fragile.
The group instead designed a Larry King-style microphone in honor of the talk show host, who will be honored at the event with a lifetime achievement award.
“They loved it,” she says, and Cheri’s got the spot in the swag bag. She says the company is providing the cookies for free as a marketing venture.
“We hope to be recognized more nationally,” Kovacic says. “It’s going to be a lot of work, and a challenge to work it in with orders from our local customers, but the staff is really excited.”


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- Tether introduces a new stablecoin backed by gold
- Bitcoin (BTC) and gold serve a similar purpose
Bitcoin News Today – There is a growing number of stablecoins backed by gold in the digital currency world. Recently, Tether decided to join the growing list by adding a new one to the mix. Tether just announced a new stablecoin backed by gold.
Tether Introduces a Gold-Backed Stablecoin
There seems to be something about Christmas that either brings floor-scrapping of great renown gutter wave to the digital currency space. This is because by the time Christmas rolls out this year, the crypto space could be welcoming a new Tether Gold digital currency. It was also around Christmas, in 2017, when the world’s largest digital currency by market cap hit its all-time high of about $20k.
Tether (USDT) Price Today – USDT / USD
Those memories are less fresh than the price trend of Bitcoin in the last Christmas when it lost a considerable fraction of its value and plunged to the $3k range. Nevertheless, the Chief Technology Officer of Tether and Bitfinex – Paolo Ardoino – is super excited about how Tether Gold is going to influence the digital currency space. In a statement, he said:
“Current macro-finance uncertainty brings the need for traditional instruments to hedge risk of our customers, especially in the digital currency industry. Gold has been, historically, an important asset for risk contingency.”
The new product of Tether comes at a time when many digital currency-based platforms seem to be getting the same idea. For instance, Shares – a firm that dabbles in stable currencies – reportedly revealed its plans for a new stablecoin backed by gold. In a statement, the chairman of the London-based firm – Danny Masters – said:
“Gold tokens are appealing due to a confluence of events: weakening real interest rates and weakening national currencies combined with increasing regulatory clarity around non-security tokens and the national appeal of gold to investors.”
Bitcoin (BTC) and Gold Serve a Similar Purpose
Since its emergence, Bitcoin (BTC) has been compared to gold. Many members of the digital currency space have also referred to BTC as “digital gold,” including David Marcus. The comparisons made between both assets is that they both work to act as a hedge against some of the economic tension that can affect fiat currencies and commodities. Their values are not affected by economic turmoil. Hence, both assets are great when it comes to maintaining one’s wealth.
At the time of writing, there are about twenty different gold-backed digital currencies in the market, and more are yet to come.


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Online food is negatively affected by delivery. It is now an old tale regarding the habits of consumer where fresh products do not abide by the laws of mass consumption and people only buy what they can see and touch.
The Italian Market
Given these consumer habits, online food appears to be suffering a negative trend; yet, this is not the case since it has been the growth of Italian online food to drive (a weak) growth of Italian distribution.
According to Marco Colombro, IRI manager, “Until March 2019 online food in Italy was worth around 450 million Euro. Despite the fact it represents little less than 0.8% of the whole distribution value, it drove forth the stagnating large consumption sector. Growth over 35% is drastic for sectors common to minor variations.”
Europe and the United States
Nonetheless, there is a substantial delay compared to other Western markets. Online food, compared to total distribution, represents 1.3% in Germany, 4.7% in France and 6.7% in Great Britain.
In the United States the Food & Beverage industry boasts the largest e-commerce growth. According to eMarketer, one of the most important international market research companies, the F&B industry was worth $18b USD in 2018. In 2019 it should reach $22b USD, followed by a predicted $22b USD in 2022. Despite the different consumer trends compared to our local market, these numbers are of clear significance.
In four years, the total e-commerce F&B value is predicted to double. However, fast growth breads an inevitable fall, arguably seen by the decrease in sales going from 24.2% in 2018 to an estimated 19.4% in 2022.
Even in this market, consumers are still highly selective about their purchasing in key areas, such a fresh or frozen produce. More than half of American consumers have bought packaged snacks such as crisps, biscuits or sweets; and more than a third bought dry/oven products such as cereal, flour and pasta. Products such as fruit and vegetable, eggs and dairy, meat, poultry and seafood were bought by less than a fourth of consumers.
Remaining on board
If this type of e-commerce remains a marginal activity in Italy, then a digital presence is no longer an option but a necessity. The current growth rates indicate that no retailer can exempt themselves from this, unless they also wish to exempt themselves from a fruitful market in the future.
In the medium run, the proportion of online food sales compared to total distribution could double. New technologies to facilitate ordering and delivery will be the decisive factors.


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With only a few companies, such as Panasonic, Philips, and P&G, having a stronghold on the entire market, the global market for shavers demonstrates a consolidated competitive landscape, finds a research report by Transparency Market Research (TMR). These companies are likely to aggressively focus on innovation and product development to remain in competition over the next few years.
According to the research report, the global shavers market offered an opportunity worth US$46.38 bn in 2015. Estimated to rise at a CAGR 4.80% during the period from 2016 to 2024, the market will reach US$70.24 bn by the end of the forecast period. In terms of volume, the market is anticipated to touch 7.90 billion units mark over the same period of time. The demand for non-electric shavers is higher than their electric counterparts. Researchers expect this scenario to remain same throughout the period of the forecast, thanks to the user-friendly features of non-electric shavers and no requirement of electricity or battery for their operations.
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Europe to Maintain Supremacy in Global Shavers Market
In this research report, a geographical analysis of the global market for shavers has also been provided to the readers. As per the study, the worldwide shavers market is spread across North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Asia Pacific. In 2015, Europe acquired the dominant position in this market with a share of nearly 43%. The regional market is anticipated to retain its position throughout the period of forecast on the grounds of the economic recovery in Europe, owing to which, consumers are again getting the confidence to uptake system razors and electric shavers.
Asia Pacific and Latin America are also expected to witness a healthy progress in their market sizes, thanks to the increasing trend of urbanization and the rise in the purchasing power of consumers, notes the research study.
Growing Interest of Consumers in Self Grooming to Fuel Demand for Shavers
“The increasing aesthetic consciousness and the growing interest in personal grooming among people across the world are having the most prominent influence on the uptake of shavers for the removal of facial and body hairs,” says an analyst of TMR. The global market for shavers is also gaining significant impetus due to the rising awareness among consumers regarding personal hygiene and cleanliness.
While the female population base in developed countries has emerged as a prominent consumer base of shavers, reflecting greatly on the market’s growth; their counterparts in the emerging economies are still showing less interest in personal grooming, which may hamper the progress of this market over the forecast period. Along with this, the dearth of knowledge regarding personal hygiene among them may also hamper the market to some extent in the long run.
Over the forthcoming years, the rise in disposable income of consumers, which is likely to increase their purchasing power, will have a positive impact on the market for shavers across the world. The escalating investments from leading players to increase the research activities, in a bid to invent state-of-art products, is also projected to propel this market remarkably in the near future, states the research report.


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One of the world’s largest retailers has undertaken a search for a new CEO to execute a massive transformation. But getting to the interview will require U.S. executives to take a very long flight and the successful applicant will need good listening skills to decipher the accent of co-workers. With annual revenues last year of roughly $57 billion USD, Australia’s Woolworths Limited would rank as the 10th largest U.S. retailer ahead of notable companies such as Lowe’s, Sears Holdings, Best Buy and Macy’s. Now the company is looking for a new CEO after Grant O’Brien announced plans to step down after nearly four years in the top job and 28 years with the company. The interesting thing about his departure is that it was announced only one month after Woolworth Limited unveiled a three-year master plan to drive growth across its range of businesses. “At the recent investor day we set out clear strategies to grow our businesses over the next three years and we have been working hard to execute these plans. However, the recent performance has been disappointing and below expectations. I believe it is in the best interests of the company for new leadership to see these plans to fruition,” O’Brien said. “I approached the chairman and expressed to him that I am committed to a smooth transition to a new CEO and wanted to give the board sufficient time to consider its options.”
The single-digit percentage rise of catalogs over the last few years has been recognized by the national “paper of record.” Catalogs are alive and well, says The New York Times.
“From Anthropologie to American Girl, Pottery Barn to Patagonia, retailers are still relying on direct mail even as they spend considerable resources on improving their websites to accommodate the steady increase in online shopping,” wrote Times media reporter Rebecca R. Ruiz yesterday in a story titled “Catalogs, After Years of Decline, Are Revamped for Changing Times.”
Also flagged as a sign of renewed health for catalogs was JC Penney’s announcement last week that it would return to the channel.
Ruiz noted that the number of catalogs mailed started showing a slight increase two years ago, following a steep decline in 2007. That was the year that a drastic rise in postal rates for flats caused nearly half of catalog titles to cease publishing. The 12 billion catalogs mailed in 2013 is about 8 billion fewer than what was posted in 2006. The Times story notes that retailers continuing to invest in catalogs do so for good reason.
It quotes a Direct Marketing Association figure that 90 million Americans buy from catalog and that, according to the American Catalog Mailers Association, they spend an average of $850 million annually. Retail analyst Bruce Cohen of Kurt Salmon Associates is quoted as saying that “there are moments when people want to slow down, and there’s still an important place for the catalog.”


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Though many assumed that Ubisoft’s post-apocalyptic shooter The Division would launch later this year, the company confirmed today that it won’t be released until Q2 2015 at the earliest.
In extending the developing window, Ubisoft intend to avoid any possible compromises in quality in a similar vein to Watch Dogs, which itself was abruptly delayed by six months so as to fine-tune the game’s core mechanics. In order to add context to the decision, the company published the following statement through its official site:
“Working on The Division is a once in a lifetime opportunity for all of us at Massive, Reflections, and Red Storm Entertainment. We are creating something we are really proud of and we don’t want to compromise on quality. We are going to release the game when it’s ready.”
Initially, The Division was slotted to release this year after it stole the show at E3 2013; in fact, the company’s CEO Yves Guillemot claimed that it would see the light of day by late 2014. However, given the lack of footage released hitherto and the scope of the game itself, it’s clear that this date was tentative at best.
Set against the bleak backdrop of a post-pandemic New York City, The Division boasts a persistent open-world in which players compete for supplies and territories in typical apocalyptic fashion. Moreover, the third-person title also takes full advantage of Ubisoft’s all-new Snowdrop game engine, which is said to allow for unprecedented realism.
Much like The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, Mad Max and, more recently, Dying Light, The Division has invariably slipped into 2015. I’ll guess we’ll just have to take solace in Miyamoto’s rather apt quote in that a delayed game is eventually good, but a bad game is bad forever.


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This past weekend, many people turned out at Garden City Center for a Valentine Adoption event at L.L. Bean to see the pets available for adoption through Friends of Homeless Animals Inc. of RI and Anchor Paws Rescue. Two lucky dogs, Troy (renamed Duke) and Chewy, left with their news owners for their forever home. Many applications were filled out for future adoptions.
Over at Pet Supplies Plus, there was a Love Your Pet Party to treat pets to a day out at the store. Attendees were able to pamper their pets with a wide variety of treats, toys and apparel. Activities included Paw Print Stamping Activity.
For more information about becoming a foster parent to a pet, contact email@example.com.


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June 4, 2019 Air Canada and Drone Delivery Canada Corp. Announce a Sales Agency Agreement
Air Canada announced today that it has entered into a sales agency agreement with Drone Delivery Canada Corp. (DDC) through which Air Canada Cargo will market DDC's drone delivery services in Canada, giving the logistics community access to the growing potential of commercial drone deliveries.
We invite you to read the details of this agreement. You will receive more information about this new relationship in future communications.


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EA Inc. this week released the Multiplayer Trailer for Star Wars Battlefront for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 4, Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox One, and the PC.
The trailer features in-game footage from a multiplayer session in Hoth.
Developed by DICE, the title will utilize the new next-generation Frostbite 3 engine.
The final game will include single-player and local split-screen multiplayer options.
Star Wars Battlefront will be released Nov. 17.


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Huawei revealed its highly-anticipated HarmonyOS on Friday as an alternative operating system for phones and other smart devices in the event that looming US sanctions prevent the firm from using Android technology.
Read Also: Huawei launches own operating system to rival Android
That ban could stop the tech giant from getting hold of key hardware and software, including smartphone chips and elements of the Google Android operating system, which runs the vast majority of smartphones in the world, including Huawei's.
Huawei -- considered the world leader in fast fifth-generation or 5G equipment and the world's number two smartphone producer -- has been blacklisted by US President Donald Trump amid suspicions it provides a backdoor for Chinese intelligence services, which the firm denies. NSA NSA


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Dutch court fines Bollywood pirates
Amsterdam, 10 December 2007
A Dutch court has fined a number of Rotterdam shopkeepers up to €15,000 each for selling illegal pirated Bollywood material. Three of the defendants were also given community service sentences of up to 200 hours and a three month conditional prison sentence.
The verdicts came at the end of a trial that was triggered by a raid in March 2005 which saw the seizure of more than 140,000 CDs and DVDs containing Indian music and movies from 13 shops across Rotterdam.
Most of the illegal product originated in Pakistan, a major source of illegal copies of popular Indian films and music.
The raids had involved around 100 officers from the Dutch fiscal police, supported by investigators from record industry bodies IFPI and BPI as well as Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN, who assisted the authorities in identifying illegal product.
BPI, which represents the UK recording industry, had a Bollywood music and film piracy expert who supplied specialist advice and additional intelligence ahead of the raids. The rate of Bollywood music and film piracy in the UK is estimated at 70 per cent, far higher than the average national music piracy rate of 10 per cent.
Tim Kuik, Managing Director of BREIN, says: “Despite the high profile of online piracy, the sale of counterfeit Bollywood CDs and DVDs is still a major problem in the Netherlands. We are pleased with this verdict that sends a strong message to shopkeepers tempted to make a quick profit by selling illegal product.”
Paul Warren, European Anti-Piracy Co-ordinator for IFPI, adds: “The import and sale of discs containing illegal copies of music and film from India is sadly still a continuing problem across Europe. Such illegal trade directly undermines the creative industries in India that are doing so much to generate employment and growth to help that country develop.”
David Wood, Anti-Piracy Investigator at BPI, adds: “BPI was pleased to be able to assist our Dutch colleagues in this case. The UK is a major market for pirate Bollywood material and we were able to share our expertise in this area. Working together we can crack the supply chain of counterfeit music and help ensure that artists, composers and record producers are not ripped off by these organised gangs.”
The 140,000 counterfeit discs seized in the raid will now be destroyed on the order of the court.
NOTES TO EDITORS
The BREIN foundation is the joint anti-piracy program of authors, artists and producers of music, film and interactive software; a unique bundling of forces of the entire entertainment industry in the fight against Intellectual Property theft. BREIN is the central contact for government, law enforcement, trade and media in the Netherlands with respect to all issues concerning the unauthorised copying and distribution of entertainment products both offline and online. BREIN is the Dutch acronym for "Protection Rights Entertainment Industry Netherlands" and also the Dutch word for "brain".
IFPI is the organisation that promotes the interests of the international recording industry worldwide. Its membership comprises some 1,400 major and independent companies in more than 75 countries. It also has affiliated industry national groups in 49 countries. IFPI’s mission is to promote the value of recorded music, safeguard the rights of record producers and expand the commercial uses of recorded music in all markets where its members operate.
The BPI (formerly known as British Phonographic Industry) represents the British recorded music industry. Its membership comprises of over four hundred music companies including the four 'major' record companies, associate members such as manufacturers and distributors and hundreds of independent music companies representing literally thousands of labels that comprise over 90% of the UK's recorded music market. A major area of the BPI's work is tackling music piracy, and the BPI combats commercial music piracy on behalf of the wider British music industry.
Press release concerning original raids: www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20050315.htmlFor further information contact:
Adrian Strain or Alex Jacob, IFPI London


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The service from New York-based Verizon could be a milestone because it would mark the first time a cable or other pay-TV provider moved to sell its content outside its regional footprint, said Tony Wible, a Janney analyst. The move may prompt cable operators, such as Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) or Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC), to take similar steps, he said.
“We see this as a catalyst” for other companies, Wible said in a research note yesterday.
Verizon is set to offer an online video service using Internet Protocol technology that will compete with Netflix Inc. (NFLX) and cable-television companies, Wible wrote. Verizon had 3.98 million customers for its FiOS TV service as of September.
Verizon hasn’t announced the online video service and Deidre Hart, a spokeswoman for the company, declined to comment. Reuters reported that Verizon would offer a service to compete with Netflix yesterday, citing people briefed on the plan.
“We’ll continue to look at different alternatives, but I think there will be a place for over-the-top” video, Verizon Chief Executive Officer Lowell McAdam said today at a UBS AG conference in New York. The company may combine streaming video with other forms of distribution, with the model “yet to be determined,” he said.
First Movers’ Advantage
Verizon fell 0.3 percent to $38.19 at 9:35 a.m. New York time and had gained 7.1 percent this year before today. Netflix rose 0.2 percent to $68.28 and had dropped 61 percent this year.
A move by Verizon into video may prompt cable and telephone companies to charge broadband customers based on the amount of data they use, what’s known in the industry as usage-based billing, Wible said. That would allow pay-TV providers to build up new revenue streams even if they lose customers for their television services, he said. It may hurt Netflix since its service would effectively become more expensive, he said.
Pay-TV providers that move quickly into each other’s territories could benefit, Wible said.
“The first movers may have an edge in the market,” he said.


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Nissan has found a green avenue to solve a potential end-of-life cycle problem of lithium-ion batteries installed in electric vehicles.
The automaker has joined GreenDataNet, a project aimed at developing technologies to allow urban data centre users to reach 80% of renewable power use and decrease their average power usage effectiveness from its current range of 1.6 to 2.0 to less than 1.3.
The European Union funded initiative will also be investigating second-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries as a more advantageous solution for data centres to become actual smart grid nodes.
Redmer Van der Meer, director of the EV programme at Nissan, told CIO UK that the move was two years in planning and in line with the company's philosophy of '4Rs' – reuse, refabrication, resell and/or recycle – when it comes to components.
"We have a holistic approach tied-in to our Leaf EV model and the 4R strategy. One of the things to consider is the battery. Once it is of no use to the vehicle; that it could be utilised in a large-scale storage solution to facilitate the integration of data centres into smart grids, and a greener power supply management platform, would be ideal."
Nissan was taking a "long-term viewpoint" in the digital age coupled with a growth of the electric car market on the horizon, he added.
By some estimates, the EV market is likely to grow in the 5-10% per annum range, even though Nissan is not releasing its exact projections at this stage. Van der Meer says the company was doubling its EV sales every year and after initial scepticism, other automakers had taken the plunge too.
"At this stage there may not be many, but at some point a problem will arise about what to do with end-of-life lithium-ion batteries. This project could pave the pathway for the batteries to go to data centres."
Alongside Nissan, the project consortium includes Eaton, Credit Suisse, ICTRoom, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Lausanne) and the University of Trento (Italy). It will reveal its findings and first-concept in 2017.
Earlier this year, Nissan's European CIO Stephen Kneebone, told CIO UK that the automaker's EV unit held the key to "keeping its innovative culture alive".
Van der Meer adds: "In line with that sentiment, here we are nailing our colours to the mast. It's a first for us and has implications for the wider industry. Automakers do not turn up at initiatives like this on a whim."
And the Nissan executive is convinced of tangible results. "I strongly believe that at the end of this project we will have a green data centre model. We will supply researchers with battery variants including used, half-life and new ones as they see fit to enable them in their work."
Away from the project, and on to market dynamics, Van der Meer also says the popularity of viable electric cars would not kill off hybrid models or increasingly fuel efficient conventional cars in an instant. "There is room for coexistence, especially as people warm up to emerging technologies at variable speeds."


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Westfield Derby is the largest shopping centre to open in the UK this year and, with more than 100 new retailers being lured to the city, the scheme is set to transform Derby into a retail hotspot
It was as if a public holiday had been declared in Derby last week, as more than 150,000 people descended on the city’s new shopping centre.
The Westfield Derby scheme, a £340 million redevelopment of the old Eagle Centre, has brought a raft of new fashion retailers to the city, including All Saints, Monsoon and Jack & Jones.
It is also the biggest shopping centre opening in the UK this year. Marks & Spencer chief executive Stuart Rose and Debenhams chief executive Rob Templeman were among the crowd that gathered to watch TV presenter Tess Daly perform the opening ceremony on October 9.
The new centre is the first UK opening for Australian developer Westfield. Although not on the same scale as its planned Westfield London centre at White City in west London, the Derby mall gives the first glimpse of the blueprint that is likely to underpin the company’s other schemes.
Clean, spacious and covered, Westfield Derby has fluid pedestrian flows and “streets”, and is a step up from the white box looks of typical malls. Many of the stores feature double-height glass frontages, helping to create easier access and a more dramatic shopping experience.
With Nottingham city centre and Leicester’s Fosse Park shopping scheme only half-hour bus rides away, and Sheffield’s Meadowhall and Birmingham’s Bullring also viable options for shoppers, there were always plenty of alternatives for shoppers frustrated by Derby’s previously lacklustre fashion offer. But this could soon change.
According to retail analyst CACI, Westfield Derby is expected to pull in sales of £483m a year on clothing, footwear and homewares. CACI’s Retail Footprint ranking, which rates the UK’s retail centres on quality and quantity of their offer, also predicts that Derby will move up eight places to 46th as a result of the new mall.
CACI associate director Daniel Parr says the retail catchment of Derby is dominated by affluent “flourishing families” and “secure families”, in nearby areas such as Littleover, Mickleover and Allestree. He says: “The most affluent groups in the catchment area, which have been shopping in Nottingham, Birmingham and Meadowhall, are likely to flock back to Derby, given the vast improvements to the retail offer.”
Westfield Derby has stamped its mark as the core retailing area of the city. But while the familiar big names are present, the centre also presents an opportunity for several local independents to step up to the big league.
Midlands-based kidswear retailer Ekko offers premium brands including Polo Ralph Lauren and Ted Baker. It already has two shops in Derby, as well as a store in Burton upon Trent. It has relocated from a third Derby city centre store to its first shopping centre store at Westfield Derby.
Owner Arvindar Singh says: “The other Derby city centre store wasn’t the best location for us and the new centre enables us to take a step up. The new centre brings a lot of retailers that weren’t here before.”
Midlands-based young fashion retailer Ministry launched its new look storefit at the mall, the business’s first mall location, and owner Yasar Khan says the centre will transform the city.
“This is what Derby needed. It will make it a much stronger retail city,” says Khan. “Some people may say smaller business in the rest of the city will suffer, but many of them have moved in here and the centre will attract more shoppers to Derby, which will benefit everyone.”
Parr adds: “The shopper demographic in Derby craves variety. More than 100 new brands are arriving, so the city will draw back those visits that have been eroded in the past 10 years.”


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Climate Change and the Tea Industry
Can this multinational tea producer weather the storm climate change brings with it?
Chai! Or tea as it is commonly known across the world, an inheritance from the British when colonial rule ended in the late 1940’s, is a staple drink in India. It is omnipresent; prepared at home, offices and the numerous tea stalls at street corners. India is one of the largest producers of tea in the world, second only to China. The country recorded the highest ever tea production in 2015-16 at 1,233 million kilograms, of which a walloping 80% was consumed within the country1.
Tata Global Beverages (TGB), an India based global natural consumer beverage company, is one of the largest producers of tea. Tea plantations are heavily dependent on the monsoon season (June-August in India) as they require 150-250 cm of water on average2. Most of the company’s tea estates are in the states of Assam (north-east) and Kerala (south-west), where climatic conditions favor growth of tea.
Figure 1: A tea plantation in southern India
Global warming has the potential of disrupting rainfall in these parts of the country. Consequently, TGB faces a significant threat of low yield and reduced production.
Erratic weather conditions alter the amount of rainfall a tea plantation receives. Since tea is a moisture heavy crop, dry periods can lead to a complete wipe out of that year’s crop. Conversely, periods of very heavy rainfall can lead to water stagnation which is equally detrimental to tea plantations. In this way, changing rainfall patters can significantly reduce TGB’s ability to continue producing at historical rates. Being a large player in the tea industry, production shortfalls can curtail supply and lead to an increase in prices. Other large tea producers across the world face similar consequences with changing weather patterns.
A simulation, considering production in India and Srilanka, was conducted to predict the impact of climate change on tea production and prices. The results showed that between 2012 and 2022, production on average will decline by 3.4% and global tea prices will increase by over 26%3.
Increased frequency of pest attacks due to climate change is another threat TBG faces. Tea pests such as Red Spider Mites, Tea Mosquito Bug etc can destroy large plantations in short periods4. A higher number of such attacks would once again lower yield and production.
What has TGB done so far?
The company is working on several different fronts to study and combat such risks of climate change on its business.
- Earlier this year, the company commissioned the Tea Research Association to conduct a comprehensive study on the impact of climate change on the tea plantations in Assam. The intent is to identify those areas of the state which will no longer be suitable for tea cultivation and would require switching to another crop4
- They have asked scientists to research common tea pests and suggest non-pesticide solutions to mitigate the risk of crop loss due to these pests. Initial trials have proved successful4
- To promote sustainable agricultural practices, TGB has launched the Trustea initiative to train farmers in sustainable practices such as drip irrigation and soil management5
While sustainable irrigation practices are important, TGB should consider rainwater harvesting as an important measure to prevent a drought from destroying an entire tea crop. Water can be stored for a long period in underground water tanks or natural reservoirs at the base of mountains, to be used when the monsoons fail. Perhaps, TGB can consider scaling this across all their plantations in India and abroad to respond to fluctuations in rainfall.
Moreover, TGB may also do well to invest heavily in developing varieties of tea which can tolerate extreme conditions such as those induced by global warming. For instance, Dr. Barman from the Tocklai Tea Research Association in Assam, has used plant physiology to clone tea varieties. His research has produced cactus-like tea plants, which can withstand extreme drought6. If trials prove to be successful, this can revolutionize the tea industry; and since this this isn’t a GMO version, it would be more acceptable to the public.
TGB seems to be heading in the right direction in safeguarding itself for the future. Though only time will validate this; combating the dangers of climate change isn’t everyone’s cup of tea!
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http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4482e.pdf, accessed November 2016
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https://www.mayatea.com/blogs/maya-tea/6079470-tea-or-cactus-tea-for-the-apocalypse, accessed November 2016
Student comments on Climate Change and the Tea Industry
Interesting perspective about the tea industry! It’s good to know that TGB is working on to keep providing quality tea at low price.
It looks like India and Srilanka are two of the major producer of tea and both regions are suffering from climate change. If that is true, I think the company’s risk is depend on the price elasticity of the demand of tea. How will customers act if the tea companies raise the price all together? Will customers consume more coffee instead? It would be interesting to know about customers behavior and impact on TGH and the tea industry.
The problem TGB is facing is one that practically all agriculture-dependent companies will run into as climate change continues – how do you produce more for an increasingly larger consumer base as the population grows, with a decreasing product yield? And as you’ve noted, the use of improved irrigation techniques and rainwater harvesting are temporary at best. The real opportunity and the future of agriculture lies in your last point regarding the clone tea varieties. Similar to the Indigo Case, the entire agriculture industry will have to evolve in order to address the ever increasing demands of plant production.
Rahil, thanks for the insightful post. I’m an avid tea drinker and had no idea that tea prices will increase by such a staggering percentage over the next decade. It is reassuring to see that TGB is taking a proactive approach to explore many potential solutions from pest-resistant options to improving water resourcefulness. I was particularly curious about rainwater harvesting and how this process can be implemented. Interestingly, Mana Organics group is preparing to install a rainwater irrigation system based on extensive analysis and AutoCAD design in the Assam region . It would be fascinating and mutually beneficial if TGB could serve as a pilot client to help Mana test and scale the solution more broadly.
Fortunately, TGB is a $2B company with plenty of risk-taking ability and resources to expend on this research process. I worry instead about the Indian farmers with smaller landholdings and whether they can continue to compete in the tea market if one season of extreme weather wipes out their quality crop. As you mentioned, TGB has started an initiative to train farmers on sustainable practices. Given your research, I would be interested to hear which of these alternative methods you think will be particularly successful in helping local farmers mitigate against crop loss in a cost-effective way? I think methods like drip irrigation and soil management will not be enough to overcome climate-related risks and that farmers will need to employ higher cost methods like new irrigation equipment and monitoring technology to weather the storms.
Great post on agricultural impact of climate change. This article also reminded me of the “Indigo” case. However, unlike cotton or wheat, some tea brands are perceived as luxury brands, and I think customers might be more sensitive to tea’s quality, production place, and production method. From this perspective, I am interested in how steps taken by TGB would affect customers’ perception of the TGB’s products. Also, I agree with the second potential remedy mentioned in the article, because it is not an application of GMOs and the risk of damaging customers’ perception seems low.
What a great post! I am an avid tea drinker and I had no idea that the drink I enjoy daily could increase in price so dramatically in the near future. It sounds like TGB is taking important measures to combat climate change, especially with its efforts to create tea clones. I do wonder how TGB will approach the marketing of this product if they do indeed release it to the public. One of the benefits many people see in tea, especially in brewing loose leaf, is this idea of it being “natural.” Tea clones could really challenge that perceived benefit, so I am eager to see how TGB combats that issue.


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DEBONAIR: Protection against any eventuality is important, yet many SMEs lack crucial key-man insurance and succession planning. By Tarun Khanna.
Time and again we have witnessed the tragic consequences business owners face when running a company without the right protection in place from severe financial repercussions to bankruptcy and business closure. And in the Gulf, where family-owned companies and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) account for a substantial portion of businesses and make a significant contribution to the economy, such planning and protection is crucial.
In the UAE alone, SMEs represent more than 94 per cent of businesses, account for 86 per cent of the private sector workforce, and contribute more than 60 per cent to the GDP.
Yet despite the clear need for business owners to adopt a robust and solid succession plan that could potentially save the company from a devastating financial blow, little awareness, coupled with the transient nature of many businesses, is leaving many companies in the UAE unprotected. A recent survey by Nexus Group found that 92 per cent of Dubai-based SMEs lack a solid succession or contingency plan, which can lead to a number of issues, ranging from family-related complications, partnership issues and the inability to pay employees’ salaries, to the prevention of business continuation and expansion.
The survey showed that most business owners, and even CEOs of large organisations, tend to place significant emphasis on growth and expansion, while failing to recognise the major impact of losing key personnel in the business. And although it certainly is important for SMEs to grow, the lack of a comprehensive succession plan can lead to the deterioration of businesses and the personal relationships of those involved.
Drawing up a succession plan and reviewing it periodically will not only safeguard the business and its employees, but also protect the wellbeing of family members and dependents of business owners.
Questions that may arise during the planning process include who will adopt the role of the affected individual, what role other family members will play, how the assets of the business will be allocated, what expansion routes to take, and an alternative solution should a family member decide against an assigned role.
If a business owner does not have a succession plan, what will often happen is the business will suddenly fall into the hands of an investor or relative who does not necessarily have the skill set or perhaps a genuine interest in running the company.
This is where tailored corporate-owned policies, such as key-man or partnership insurance, can make a difference. Such policies protect the interests of a business by providing an organisation the financial compensation it requires to continue operating should an unfortunate event happen, such as a key person’s death or permanent disability.
In this case, such a policy can protect the company profits by compensating the business should it lose income and revenue caused by that person’s absence. It can cover the costs resulting from loss of revenue, loss of intellectual capital, downtime and the training and recruitment fees associated with replacing that person.
While there is no hard and fast formula for calculating how much a key person is worth, insurance companies will typically look at a number of factors, including shareholder agreements, company valuations, contributions to revenue, value of intellectual capital and cost of replacement. A well-designed succession plan enables business owners to achieve their personal and business goals, ensures the business’ survival and growth, and maximises company value in both good times and bad.
The writer is CEO of Nexus Group, a leading independent financial advisor.


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Christine Quinn and her family became the latest victims in a growing crime trend that targets celebrities and affluent residents in Los Angeles..
The “Selling Sunset” real estate agent told ABC’s “Nightline” that she feared for her family’s life when they saw surveillance video of what appeared to be two men with guns trying to break through a window.
“If they enter, they’re going to shoot me,” she said. “That was the first thing that came to my mind, is they were going to break through that glass and shoot me over bags, diamonds, [and] jewelry.”
The suspects fled when they couldn’t break through the glass and heard Quinn’s dogs bark and the approaching police cars, she said.
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Lawn care contractor Craig den Hartog has deployed a diverse mix of marketing tactics this year. The focus has been on customer incentives and referrals, and employee training and empowerment. The results have been beyond his expectations. “We’re very fortunate that our sales have not dropped over the past three years,” says den Hartog, the owner of Emerald Magic Lawn Care in Holtsville, NY (Long Island).
The company’s sales mix has had to shift a bit, though—but it hasn’t been by accident. Pest control has dropped from 12% of total sales to 5%. Aerating and seeding has jumped from 10% to 20%. Lawn and tree care, Christmas Decor holiday lighting, and poison ivy and invasive vine control have held relatively steady.
Emerald Magic is also servicing more commercial properties. That revenue stream has jumped from 10% of total sales to around 20%. As for the lion’s share of the work (residential properties), landscape maintenance contractors continue feeding roughly half of it.
Serving such an array of clientele, each of which has been affected by the economic downturn in a different, yet equally profound way, has kept den Hartog on his toes. The Emerald Magic ship has had to get a little tighter, the marketing a little more creative, and the sense of urgency even more urgent.
“Many of our clients have had to cut back or cancel outright,” den Hartog relates. “We came up with an ‘Essential’ program that helped us save several accounts. We’ve even offered a ‘recessionary discount’ in some instances.” Now that the economic situation is improving, den Hartog says many customers are returning to normal service and/or pricing levels.
Community coupons have also helped bridge the demand gap for the past couple of years. “We’ve been aggressive with these,” den Hartog says. “We needed to tell the public that we were affordably priced.” Two of the more successful promotions were done through Angie's List (online) and Newsday (print). “These types of promotions open a lot of doors, but you also have to give up a large percentage of your sales. So be careful—you don’t want them to be your main driver of new sales.”
An increasingly significant driver of new sales has been Emerald Magic’s crews. “Active Sales” is what den Hartog likes to call it.
“We’ve been training our technicians to look for needs,” den Hartog explains. “When we do our property inspections, techs look for what could be better. They’re also empowered to let the client know. Finally, they’re empowered to strike up relationships with landscape contractors so we can get more subcontracting work.”
The training to make this happen is twofold.
Technical training. Monthly training sessions with Ed Gulliksen, aka “The Plant Doctor,” help keep techs on the leading edge of trends and technology. “My motto is ‘the more you learn the more you earn,’” den Hartog says. “My goal is to help educate and raise the bar of professionalism. My success hinges on the fact that my technicians are absorbing more information.”
These monthly training sessions are also open to Emerald Magic customers, including landscape contractors. “Offering this type of learning opportunity is a great way to say ‘thank you,’” den Hartog points out. One might think it could backfire, resulting in more landscapers bringing lawn care services in house. But that hasn’t been the case. “New work from existing contractors is up. New work from new contractors is up. I guess this proves that our other motto also holds true: ‘The more you give the more you get.’”
Sales training. Emerald Magic has also taken steps to make sure technicians are prepared to perform at a high level from a sales and customer service standpoint. “We remind them over and over again to do the little things, like wave to the neighbor of a customer you’re servicing,” den Hartog says.
The company also conducts sales training back at the shop. Role playing sessions have been very effective in building confidence.
Give consumers a reason to buy—from you
A variety of other tools are used to strengthen customer relationships and put buying incentives in place.
Fishing trips and golf outings are a favorite of den Hartog’s. Giveaways are another. For instance, consumers could enter to win a free trip to Ireland. Another promotion invited consumers to enter an “Extreme Lawn Makeover” contest where Emerald Magic would provide a complete lawn restoration valued at $600. Aside from the obvious publicity these campaigns generated, there was an added bonus: collecting names for future direct marketing efforts.
Emerald Magic Lawn Care’s active sales initiative has been all about generating new leads. The company has also had to bend with the market in order to hang onto existing customers. They’ve done it, and are feeling pretty confident that their level of service will do the rest.


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Costa Rica Travel News – Andaz is an upscale hotel chain under the management of Hyatt Hotels & Resorts. They have announced that they will open their first Latin American hotel. The Andaz Papagayo will open on December 15th on the Papagayo Peninsula in the northwest part of the country.
The hotel will be on a 2,223-acre property that includes a pair of peninsulas on the Bay of Culebra. There will be 153 guest rooms, an open-air lobby, an 11,000 square foot spa with 9 rooms, and a marina complete with all the boating services you could need.
One of the most interesting dining options will be a casual restaurant built around a tree that will have irregular mezzanine levels to create the shape of the nearby oyster mushrooms.
There will also be a fine-dining seafood option and a tapas-style restaurant.
The property’s director of sales and marketing, Vincent De Croock, explained that “The idea is to give our guests a sense of place as much as possible.”
This will include balconies with bay views from each room ($400 per night) and decorations made from local woven textiles and artifacts.


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Expansion of the Internet slowed in 2014 as the number of available IPv4 addresses neared exhaustion, according to a report by the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), the regional Internet registry for the Asia Pacific.
Demand from providers for IPv6 services on the National Broadband Network (NBN) has been low, according to Tom Sykes from NBN Co.
Telstra has begun offering IPv6 support for its business ADSL services.
Victorian co-operative No ISP has so far struggled to sign up customers to the National Broadband Network (NBN), having to deal with the shortage of available IPv4 addresses and a lack of premises hooked up to the fibre network.
The Internet Society of Australia predicted “piecemeal improvements” to IPv6 adoption in 2013.
All the news, features, tips and tricks you might need to ensure your company gets off the ground on IPv6, before it's too late.
The Internet engineering community says its biggest mistake in developing IPv6 - a long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol - is that it lacks backwards compatibility with the existing Internet Protocol, known as IPv4.
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