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Decathlon Belgium’s leadership team decodes the brand’s reverse shopping campaign – Nolhtaced
Sports retailer Decathlon is resorting to reverse shopping in a bid to advocate and inculcate sustainability; as a part of the campaign, the brand changed its name to ‘Nolhtaced’ in three cities in Belgium.
Decathlon had reversed its brand name to ‘Nolhtaced’ for a month and the audience was confused. The sporting goods retailer changed its brand logo across three Belgian cities – reversing its name. The brand later revealed that it intends to encourage consumers to engage in reverse shopping.
In a bid to promote environment-friendly practices in business and push reverse shopping, Decathlon reversed its brand name.
The name ‘Nolhtaced’ appeared in Decathlon stores located in the Belgian cities of Evere, Namur, and Ghent.
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Sharing the idea behind the initiative, Arnaud de Coster, Leader, Second Life, Decathlon Belgium, told Social Samosa, “Nolhtaced is a communication campaign highlighting our buyback service for sports products. Through this campaign, we want to make our customers aware of the possibility that Decathlon offers them to buy the sports products they no longer use.”
To clear the clouds of confusion, Decathlon posted a video on Instagram on how the new name must be pronounced.
With Nolhtaced, the brand allows customers to resell old or unused sporting goods under warranty. Including products that do not belong to the Decathlon brand as well. The consumers got paid through Decathlon purchase vouchers. The retailer would then repair the products and resell them. In case the products could not be repaired or reused, they were then directed to a recycling hub.
Coster expressed that the goal was to make all Belgians understand that Decathlon has a permanent solution to offer them if they have (quality) sports products lying around.
“You know Decathlon as a brand that sells new sports products. Now know Nolhtaced as a brand that buys your sports products that you no longer use.”Arnaud De Coster
Generally, reverse shopping is carried out by companies to make use of existing materials to satisfy and solve customer problems, thereby promoting sustainability.
Vanessa Vanden Bosch, Sustainability leader, Decathlon Hainaut, Belgium said, “Sustainability is [becoming] more and more important for Decathlon. We try to put the P of Planet in the same balance, as the P of Profit. Sometimes we do, and sometimes we can’t.”
Decathlon further, rewarded its consumers for returning used products and in less than a month, more than 25,000 items have been returned which will be now repurposed, according to the brand spokespersons.
While sustainability is the need of the hour and is becoming a consistent communication peg, many brands end up merely scratching the surface and have been accused of ‘greenwashing’. Bosch however believes that this greenwashing isn’t often intentional.
“Sustainability is new for companies and I am not sure they all try to greenwash, I just think sometimes they don’t communicate in a good way. People are more strict with Sustainability and you need to be careful about what you communicate and how,” she explains.
Bosch advised that everyone should understand and be careful with the message. What really matters is how the efforts are communicated. She urges people to consider the larger picture and think globally.
Bosch added, “The more you pollute, the more ambitious you must be in your actions. We don’t advocate that we are a sustainable company, but we try to reduce our footprint.”
Decathlon is now trying to inculcate environmentalism in every employee, encouraging them to think about the planet first.
“We have a sustainable department and their next step is to be not a department anymore and that inculcate sustainability as a value in all our employees. Each employee should think with the 3Ps (People, Planet, Profit). To succeed, we need to sensibilize and change some mentalities and habits,” Bosch concludes.


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On the heels of what already seemed like a remarkable discount, considering how relatively new Ryzen is, it seems that retailer Amazon has now cut AMD R7 CPU prices even further. It’s the typical, “hurry up and buy! This is the last day of the sale!” situation, while whispering that tomorrow’s sale will be even better.
Regardless, for those who didn’t buy in on the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, the R7 1700 CPU (which we strongly recommend with a quick overclock) and R7 1700X CPU are now marked down to $243 and $252, respectively. List price is about $400 on the 1700X and about $330 on the 1700, though both have been marked down closer to the $300-$350 range for the last few months.
The AMD R7 1700 is available on its new sale here – we just bought another for the lab, ourselves, and will be using it for usual benchmarking. The R7 1700X is available here for a few bucks more.
Meanwhile, in the R5 camp, the AMD R5 1600 CPU – which we gave our Best Overall Value award – is now available for $171, down from its launch and list price of $220. We strongly recommend this CPU, and stand by our review from earlier this year that indicated its dominance over Kaby Lake i5 CPUs. The Coffee Lake i5s are competitive, but presently more expensive. If you prefer the R5 1600X, that’s also marked down to $180. It’s basically a pre-overclocked version, and well worth the extra $10 for anyone who is OC-averse.
Finally, the R3 CPUs – largely embattled with the Intel Pentium G4560, which is still over its launch price – are now cut down to $100 for the R3 1200, making the Ryzen chip far more competitive than previously.
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As the lines between traditional retail channels and foodservice continue to blur, operators battling it out for share of stomach are searching for ways to achieve differentiation and growth. Developing a product mix and merchandising strategy focused on freshness, healthfulness and value is critical, but delivering to consumers the product and flavor varieties their palates crave is equally important.
The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association’s (IDDBA) “What’s in Store” 2016 report noted that 41 percent of shoppers said they would eat more supermarket prepared foods if the stores offered better variety, while 14 percent said they would eat more supermarket prepared foods if that variety extended to kid options.
The study also pointed to Millennials, in particular, as shoppers seeking a broader product mix in the deli and prepared food departments. “Millennials thrive on discovery, global flavors and new experiences. So it’s no surprise that Millennials are looking for more unique items from the deli,” IDDBA’s study concluded.
Global Flavor Focus
Laurie Demeritt, chief executive officer of the Hartman Group, a Bellevue, Wash.-based food and beverage consultancy, also pointed to consumers’ increased appetite for global dishes in the deli and prepared food departments.
“Consumers are looking well beyond their regional cuisines to those of the broader cosmopolitan world,” she said. “In order to keep up with changing consumer tastes, food retailers should be mindful of ingredient and menu changes occurring in popular and emerging ethnic and fresh-format restaurants.”
Giant Eagle, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based operator of nearly 400 retail locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland, offers prepared foods appealing to a wide audience with such concepts as hand-tossed pizza, made-fresh-to-order subs and soup bars, in addition to daily menus, weekly promotions, and limited-time-only and seasonal options.
Among other efforts, noted Dan Donovan, company spokesperson for Giant Eagle, the operator focuses on bringing its customers a menu of products made with fresh ingredients and inspired by Mediterranean, Latin American and Asian flavors.
“Bold and global taste profiles are becoming more popular among customers,” he said. “The Olive & Antipasti Bars in our Market District locations feature seasonal and unique items that provide customers the opportunity to try new and exciting items from around the globe.”
Donovan also said that as snacking becomes a more popular eating occasion, Giant Eagle has observed increased customer interest in dips and spreads in its delis.
From Single-Serve to Family Meals
In addition to increased deli flavor profiles, deli and prepared food departments are catering to changing and varied consumer eating styles, said Demeritt. For example, operators should add single-serving packaging for takeaway, she said, since eating alone and snacking have become more prevalent.
Among its many deli and prepared food selections, Illinois-based Sunset Foods offers single-serve boxed lunches and dinners. The family-owned operator of five Illinois outlets also provides a “What’s For Dinner” menu that features a rotating selection of healthy, pre-cooked meals that can be picked up, taken home, reheated and served on weekdays.
“You can literally swing by the store on your way home from work, and have a fresh, healthy and affordable dinner on the table in minutes,” according to the retailer’s website. Sunset Foods’ November 2015 weeknight meal calendar, for example, includes a generous range of options such as coconut crusted mahi mahi, chicken a la Rockefeller, Mexican lasagna, Grecian grilled chicken breast and beef bourguignon, in addition to side dishes such as balsamic snap peas and carrots, spinach and leek pie, and yam and pineapple mash. To promote variety, no two days in a month provide the same meal choices.
“We offer a huge selection, from soups and salads, to grilled meats and vegetables,” according to the company. “A quick stop at Sunset’s bakery can round out your meal with something sweet…Our cooks and bakers constantly revamp our menus, so you’ll never run out of options.”


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Jena, Germany-based Carl Zeiss Meditec AG said today that veteran Orange County medical device executive James Mazzo will be its new global president of ophthalmology.
Mazzo’s appointment is effective Aug. 1. He will be responsible for Zeiss’s new strategic business unit for ophthalmology, as well its U.S. sales and service center. Mazzo, who is deeply involved in local philanthropy, education and industry advocacy, will remain an OC resident and work out of offices here and in the Bay Area.
Mazzo was most recently chief executive and chairman of Irvine-based eye device startup AcuFocus Inc., and has more than 35 years of experience in the ophthalmic field, including 22 years with Allergan Inc. [now Allergan PLC].
AcuFocus said separately today that it appointed Alan Waterhouse as its president and chief operating officer and William Link, a longtime industry investor, as chairman to replace Mazzo.
Waterhouse joined AcuFocus last year. His experience also includes a stint at Advanced Medical Optics Inc., an eye surgery and contact lens care company that Mazzo previously led before its sale to Chicago-based Abbott Laboratories.
Link is a managing director and co-founder of Versant Ventures, a firm that finances healthcare companies at all stages of development.


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Bob Trudnak, a 1989 Abington Heights High School graduate originally from Chinchilla, has found continued success in a career he never imagined for himself: barbecue.
“I’ve had an interest in cooking my whole life, especially as a kid. I didn’t think I knew I was heading in this direction, but it’s pretty amazing. I love it more than anything,” said Trudnak.
Trudnak got his start in the business of barbecue in 1999 when he worked in marketing for an inventor from Texas, Fred Pirkle, who past away two years ago. “(He) knew what real barbecue was,” said Trudnak, referring to Pirkle’s Texas roots. Pirkle used this knowledge to create and sell barbecue equipment.
BBQ Guru, the name of the equipment company, sold their items at a variety of shows. Trudnak began to use the equipment to barbecue with his own recipes and won awards for his dishes at barbecue and food competitions all over the state.
“Entering the competitions lets the customers know it’s a lifestyle and we’re successful doing it with the products and services available to them,” Trudnak said. “We’re on the road every other weekend from April to October.”
In addition to all the travelling and competitions in the spring, summer and fall months, Trudnak and his wife Tammy run their own catering service called Bob’s Hav’n a BBQ which is mostly booked for graduation parties and other warm month celebrations.
“Ribs are our best-selling catering item,” said Trudnak, “But beef brisket is my favorite. It’s the toughest meat to cook, and it’s not found in restaurants a lot, whereas ribs and other barbecue items are. There’s just nothing like it.” Both of these items can be found on the menu of his catering website, www.havenabbq.com.
In recent competition, Trunak came in first for pork ribs at the World Food Championship in Las Vegas after qualifying in Salisbury, MD. Now, he is manufacturing his winning commercial barbecue sauce to sell online, locally, and at events. With all the success Trudnak is having, he’s hoping to expand his business. The market for the sauce might even include NEPA and his hometown area someday. Because of the equipment needed to barbecue and cater events, Trudnak hasn’t brought his business up to the NEPA area yet, but the sauce might be a way for him to connect with NEPA again.
Trudnak doesn’t plan on leaving the world of barbecue any time soon. He’s fully embraced the lifestyle and is very happy where his passions have taken him in his career.
“I’m thrilled to be in this position,” he said.
“I love what I do. I love the challenge. Teaching people techniques and how to use the equipment and watching their smiles while they’re learning is very rewarding.”
A full list of Trudnak’s barbecue awards can be found on his catering website, www.havenabbq.com.


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Exclusive: Trinchero Enters Hard Seltzer CategoryMarch 25, 2020
Trinchero Family Estates (TFE) is the latest winery to enter the hard seltzer category with the launch of Del Mar wine seltzer, which is shipping next week. Packaged in 4-packs of 355-ml. cans ($9), in four different flavors at less than 100 calories a can, Del Mar is targeted at active, wellness-minded wine consumers.
TFE is “conservatively looking to reach 100,000-plus cases in our first year,” said senior vice president of marketing Dave Derby, who added that Del Mar will be available in on- and off-premise accounts nationally. “While hard seltzer has taken share from the broader alcohol beverage category, we’re not concerned that Del Mar will impact other Trinchero Family Estates brands,” Derby said. Following the launch, TFE plans to introduce a variety pack, a popular option for malt-based seltzers.
Del Mar will be supported by outdoor, national, and regional print, digital, and POS advertising. Its introduction follows TFE’s launch of Fre alcohol-removed wine in cans in January, and last month’s launch of Barefoot hard seltzer by rival E.&J. Gallo Winery.—Terri AllanSubscribe to Shanken News Daily’s Email Newsletter, delivered to your inbox each morning.


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Here’s the perfect car for Throwback Thursday, especially since today is Thanksgiving. It’s an especially good day to be thankful for Zora Arkus-Duntov and all that he did to help the Corvette become what it is today. That’s why it’s appropriate to feature this 1955 Corvette once owned by Zora and likely driven mostly by his wife, Elfi. CorvetteBlogger first heard about this car in 2007 when it was sold in Clearwarter at RM’s Al
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Beer tasting room to open in Solana Beach
By Kristina Houck
A new beer tasting room will soon open in Solana Beach.
In a 5-0 vote, the Solana Beach City Council on Feb. 26 approved a conditional use permit for a craft beer bottle shop and taproom in the city’s Beachwalk Center. San Diego BeerWorks will feature a retail shop, bar and seating area, as well as a food preparation area, restroom, and storage and office space.
“It’s hard to deny the momentum of the American craft beer that we’re seeing all throughout the United States, particularly in California and San Diego,” said applicant John Holko. He and his wife, Jennifer Todd, own and will operate the shop. “San Diego really is ground zero for the American craft brew industry.”
Beer won’t be brewed on site and beer won’t be served outdoors. In addition to beer, San Diego BeerWorks will also serve appetizers and snacks.
“I think this is a great business idea. I think it fits well within the community as a whole,” Councilman Peter Zahn said. “I think the applicants are really tapping into a trend that will attract people to our community and retain people in the community. It’s a great fit with the rest of the Solana Beach business community.”
Located at 437 South Highway 101 in Suite 107, the 1,550-square-foot shop will be open from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
For more information about San Diego BeerWorks, visit sandiegobeerworks.com.


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When Jamie McGean recently visited Dollarama, he wasn’t surprised the store was already stocked for Canada’s 150th birthday. But as he walked past the flags, buttons and bobble-head moose, his heart suddenly sank to see rows of dream catchers among the Canada Day trinkets. For McGean, a member of the Kanien’keha First Nation, it was akin to a Catholic seeing communion bread and wine being sold as a juice and cracker snack pack in the food aisle.
“Dream catchers are created in sacred ceremonies,” McGean explained. “They’re a gift given by the creator and those gifts aren’t for personal gain or profit.”
But even more than disrespect of a sacred object, the Dollarama dream catchers are a political affront because of their placement among Canada Day paraphernalia, McGean says.
“It’s bad enough that you’re appropriating the culture and selling the dream catchers, but it’s a slap in the face that they’re part of the 150th celebration items.”
Like many indigenous people in Canada, McGean does not see the country’s birthday as something to celebrate. Instead, it’s a reminder of years of oppression and cultural genocide. His great-grandmother was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nation, Inuit and Métis children sent to residential schools. Separated from her family and punished if found speaking her language, she grew up unable to pass on her ancestors’ knowledge to the next generation.
The effects of that continue to this day with McGean feeling that parts of himself are incomplete. He knows his great-grandmother and great-grandfather (also separated from his family) were born in Kahnawake, Que., but they never made it back to the reserve after residential school.
“The culture, the ceremonies, the traditions, the language — my family has lost it all,” the 26-year-old grassroots activist said.
Dream catchers, made of a hooped willow branch, deer hide, sinew and hawk feathers, were originally an Ojibwa symbol intended to protect sleeping individuals. Good dreams are said to pass through the web to the sleeper while bad dreams are caught in the sinew.
Following his initial visit to Dollarama, McGean went to several more locations of the discount store and found dream catchers at each one, some decorated with the head of a stereotypical Indian chief, others on key chains with a Canadian tag reading “Celebrating 150 years.”
He wrote to the head office to share his concerns.
A Dollarama spokesperson, Lyla Radmanovich, said McGean’s comments were forwarded to the buying and merchandising team. The decision was made to keep them in stores.
“Given that the complaint is isolated and that dream catchers are actually very popular items with customers from coast to coast, we’ll continue to carry them,” Radmanovich said.
McGean’s partner, Liane Zafiropoulos, has started a petition on change.org to have the dream catchers removed from Dollarama. It has attracted just over 225 signatures.
“We all need to re-examine where we are perpetuating cultural appropriation,” writes one supporter, Susannah Jones, of London, Ont. “Please look for ways to purchase items from cultures where they originate.”
Although dream catchers made by indigenous artists are available in Toronto at such places as the Bay of Spirits Gallery, knock-offs are ubiquitous.
“We’ve had a real issue in Canada where indigenous art has been commoditized as part of Canada’s identity,” Nipissing First Nation artist Aylan Couchie recently told the Toronto Star after an exhibition by non-indigenous artist Amanda PL was cancelled over criticism of cultural appropriation.
“You walk into any souvenir shop and you see dream catchers, you see Inuit sculptures; that’s what people bring home to say, ‘I was in Canada.’ ”
Gord Grisenthwaite, a writer and photographer from the Lytton First Nation, isn’t surprised at Dollarama’s response. No stranger to the debate over cultural appropriation — he was one of the contributors to the issue of Write magazine in which the editor’s note sparked a controversy over an “appropriation prize” — Grisenthwaite says change is more likely to come by educating consumers.
“When we’re visiting other countries, we need to be looking for local artists and buying pieces from the artist, not from a tourist store.”
In the meantime, McGean has decided to continue visiting Dollaramas to raise awareness. At each store, he collects all the dream catchers and brings them to the manager, explaining why they’re offensive and hurtful.
“A big part of the reconciliation process is just talking,” McGean said. “There’s no need to point fingers or spread any kind of hate towards anyone. We just need to start the conversations.”


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Voted ‘Mr. Congeniality’ by a panel of Biglaw partners.
The best competitions reward the winner with something related to their skill. If you win American Idol, you get a recording contract. On Project Runway, you get a clothing line. In the Hunger Games, you get to be alive.
Tying the tested skills to the ultimate reward is a concept so strikingly obvious that even we at Above the Law grasped the concept. In 2008, we held a competition among writers, which we called ATL Idol, and we hired the guy who won.
At Case Western Reserve University School of Law, the Career Development Office has announced a “Job Idol” competition, to determine which lucky Case Western Spartan has the chops to earn a law firm job.
We had a similar competition when I went to school. It was called “Early Interview Week,” and the top 98 percent of competitors won a job.
So what do the winners get at Case Western? We have the official advertisement for the competition.
On a nice, lazy, summer Friday, it’s good to know that rudeness still exists this world.
Today’s example of questionable behavior comes from a midsized Midwestern law firm. Yeah, apparently Midwestern manners don’t extend to how you treat people while you are rejecting them. This firm decided to use its rejection letters as an opportunity to market its new iPhone/iPad application.
It’s an app for people looking for work, of course…
Law firm marketing and technology don’t always go well together. When firms try to go high-tech, the results are often mortifyingly cheesy.
To avoid humiliation, many law firms — often culturally conservative, risk-averse institutions — play it safe. But caution can also result in some of the worst law-firm websites, ones that get compared to “a seventh-grade history project” or “[s]imply a brochure placed online.”
Jiminy jillickers! ATL editors are going all over the place over the next month or so. Or at least all over the Eastern Seaboard. If we aren’t heading to your neck of the woods on these trips, never fear, we may hit you up on the next time around. We’ve already hit up Houston, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles in the past year.
Kinney Recruiting’sEvan Jowers is currently in Hong Kong for client meetings and still has a few slots available through October 22. Evan will also be in Hong Kong November 14 to December 15. Further, Robert Kinney has been in Frankfurt and Munich this week and is available for meetings with our Germany based readers.
One of our key law firm clients has referred us to one of their important clients in the US, Europe and China – a leading global technology supplier for the auto industry – in order to handle their search for a new Asia General Counsel and Asia Chief Compliance Officer.
Kinney is exclusively handling this in-house search.
This position will have a lot of responsibility and include supervision of eight attorneys underneath them in the Asia in-house team. The new hire will report directly to the global general counsel and global chief compliance officer, who is based in the US. The new hire’s ability to make judgement calls is going to be as important as their technical skill set background.
The position is based in Shanghai and will deal with the company’s operations all over Asia and also in India, including frequent acquisitions in the region.
It is expected that the new hire will come from a top US firm’s Shanghai, Beijing or Hong Kong offices, currently in a top flight corporate practice at the senior associate, counsel or partner level. Of course, the candidate can be currently in a relevant in-house role.
The JOBS Act created new tools for companies to publicly advertise securities deals online. As a result, thousands of new deals have hit the market and hundreds of millions in capital has been raised, spurring a wealth of new business development opportunities for attorneys.
Fund deals, startup capital raises, PIPE deals and loan syndicates are just a handful of the transactions benefiting from the JOBS Act. InvestorID FirmTM is a platform designed to help attorneys equip their clients with the workflow, marketing and compliance tools to publicly solicit a securities offering online. By providing clients with the tools to painlessly navigate the regulatory landscape of general solicitation, InvestorID FirmTM helps attorneys add value above just legal services.
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) went into effect in 2013 and permits Regulation D offerings of securities to be advertised publicly. This means that funds and companies can now use social media, emails and web sites to market transactions to new “accredited” investors.
However, with these new powers come new pain points. InvestorID FirmTM provides a secure, fully hosted, cloud-based platform with a breadth of tools for your clients, including:


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The U.S. Postal Service will close all 28 postal facilities on Hawaii island by noon Thursday due to Hurricane Iselle.
Officials said Big Island offices will make their best effort to deliver mail, post mail to PO Boxes and open their retail lobbies before noon.
Postal Service officials said they will make additional decisions regarding adjustments to postal operations on other islands as needed.
“The safety of our employees, customers and the mail is our foremost priority,” said USPS Emergency Manager Chuck Lum. “We will resume our operations as soon as we determine that it is safe for our employees to do so.”


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The move to reduce their reliance on China and mitigate security risks comes in response to rising US-China competition over technological supremacy and concerns about potential concentration of medical production in China amid a shortage of medical supplies propelled by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report in the South China Morning Post (SCMP).
A total of 42 per cent, or 42 companies, of 96 respondents said they have diversified or are considering diversifying their supply chains by moving to India and Southeast Asian countries, according to the survey.
Kyodo recently surveyed some 150 major listed companies, of which 96 responded. The respondents include Canon, Toyota, KDDI, NEC, Kobe Steel and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
While the Japanese government has been urging firms to shift their production bases back home to avoid risks associated with China, only eight respondents said they have or are thinking about doing so, SCMP reported.
Around 60 per cent from the survey said they have been conducting in-house training or identified their “important technologies” as Japanese businesses that deal with both the United States and China have put emphasis on implementing measures against information leaks.
26 companies, said they placed restrictions on joint research with partners that could leak technology. Six said they have taken no such action, and one said it is conducting joint research with an entity that is subject to regulations of exports from Japan and the US, according to the survey.
A total 59 per cent, or 57 respondents, said they have introduced a system to focus on human rights in conducting business as a growing number of companies work to implement standards determining whether their products have been manufactured in forced labour conditions, SCMP reported quoting the survey.
The businesses have started taking such action after it was found multinational companies made deals with Chinese factories that have been suspected of imposing forced labour on Uygurs and other ethnic minorities in China, reported SCMP.
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Jaguar is the official vehicle supplier of the England cricket team.
The partnership, which is for an initial four-year period, sees England’s centrally contracted cricketers drive Jaguar’s XJ, XK or XF models.
Jaguar also has a strategic partnership with the ECB’s National Cricket Performance Centre. This association forms part of Jaguar’s long term commitment to British Sport under the umbrella of the ‘Jaguar Academy of Sport’ which aims to recognise, celebrate and inspire the very best of British sporting talent and success.
In return Jaguar has a host of commercial rights that include the use of the England players for promotional appearances, international hospitality packages, the option to purchase international tickets, international programme advertising and signed merchandise.
Jaguar, which has long standing ambassador associations with a number of high profile cricketers, will also form two additional partnerships with the Professional Cricketers Association and the UK’s Test match venues.
The Test match venues partnership, which was brokered by The Essentially Group, will provide Jaguar with in-stadia branding and exclusive opportunities to showcase its cars across all international venues.
ECB Head of Sales Nick Moore said: “We are delighted that Jaguar has decided to leverage the brand equity of the England cricket team to help promote its high-end vehicles.
“We believe this partnership with such an iconic brand as Jaguar is testament to cricket’s wide-ranging consumer appeal.”
Jaguar UK managing director Geoff Cousins said: “Jaguar like English cricket has been transformed in recent times so the timing and fit is perfect for this new partnership.
"Just as England are now winning on a world stage, Jaguar’s new range of XF, XK and the stunning new XJ are now regularly beating the best in the automotive world. This new partnership is one of the pillars of our sports marketing programme.
"It is part of our long term commitment to British sport under the umbrella of the recently launched Jaguar Academy of Sport, which aims to recognise, celebrate and inspire the very best of British sporting talent and success.”


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Previously, crowdfunding has been limited legally to nonprofit and philanthropic fundraising efforts but the new law will open the opportunities to include investments in a full range of...
Michael Dinan, founder of ConfidentCrowd and chief executive of Phoenix-based investment bank Dinan & Co., says, "ConfidentCrowd will be registered with the Securities and Exchange...
ConfidentCrowd aims to increase investors’ confidence by using Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) registered broker-dealers to screen businesses looking to raise capital. For the investors, the crowdfunding portal offers, foremost, the ability to minimize risks.
Crowdfunding could become one of the most promising new strategies for business creation in decades — but intermediaries, investors, and entrepreneurs need to manage the risks to reap the rewards.
Jonathan Sandlund, founder of localinvestors.org and a crowdfunding evangelist, writes in to discuss the relationship between equity crowdfunding platforms and broker-dealers.
Dinan & Company today announced that its unique crowdfunding platform ConfidentCrowd will offer small and mid-sized businesses the opportunity to participate in much larger equity-based...


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India a Long-Term Bet to Ride High
India is still a tricky place to do business. Many prefer to see it as a long-term bet which will ride high on a highly connected Indian diaspora and a number of very progressive business leaders. The current government has certainly big ambitions. It is aiming to double India’s exports of goods to $900 billion a year by 2020 and is using its Foreign Trade Policy to integrate government initiatives such as ‘Make in India” and improve India’s share of global trade from 2% to 3.5% by 2020…HSBC sees that the UAE’s growing role as a regional trading hub will make it India’s top export destination by 2030. It makes sense, the UAE and India have strong historical commercial and cultural links.
With 1.3bn people and its growing middle class, little need for military expansion to secure resources and many leading edge service businesses, few doubt that in the end India has the potential to be the world’s #1 economy.


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Electric vehicle startup Rivian is reportedly working on an e-bike. Accordingly , CEO RJ Scaringe told Rivian employees about the project during a company-wide meeting the automaker held on Friday. He said the startup had a “small group” of engineers working on a bike.
Bloomberg couldn’t confirm whether Scaringe was referring to an electric motorcycle or bicycle, but the outlet notes that Rivian has patents on bike components and designs. In the past, Scaringe has said Rivian eventually wants to expand into the micro-mobility market. Rivian did not immediately respond to Engadget’s request for comment.
News that Rivian could be working on an e-bike comes in the same week that the company would affect six percent of its workforce. The cuts mark the second major restructuring Rivian has undertaken in less than a year. The company said the move is an attempt to refocus on scaling production of its R1T and R1S electric vehicles and, in turn, put Rivian on a path to long-term profitability. On Friday, Scaringe reportedly told staff that Rivian had thinned out by trying to get too much done at once.


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There's one local manufacturer that hasn't been out for a quick buck and hasn't employed trendy marketing schemes, but its revenue nonetheless ballooned from an estimated $102 million in 1992 to $307 million in 1998.
For 110 years, Dearborn-based apparel-maker Carhartt Inc. quietly had been making rugged overalls, outerwear, sweatshirts, work pants and sportswear for farmers, construction people and other blue-collar workers. Then word got out.
Now, the Carhartt brand is evolving, and the company is expanding as consumer and retailer demands continue to shift.
Ten years ago, hip-hop bands started wearing Carhartt products on television, said Leno Corradi, owner of Contractors Clothing Co. in Madison Heights. Contractors Clothing has a retail store with a 3,000-square-foot showroom devoted to Carhartt products.
Since then, many consumers in the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom have viewed the Carhartt brand not only as work wear, but also as designer street wear.
``The brand is really diverse, which is very unusual,'' said Carhartt President Mark Valade, great-grandson of company founder Hamilton Carhartt. Carhartt, he said, is popular with people ages 13-90.
It's also popular among filmmakers. That's why Bruce Willis' character wore a Carhartt jacket in the movie ``Mercury Rising.'' In ``Men in Black,'' an unlucky farmer is killed while wearing Carhartt overalls.
Ben Joseph of Work in Progress, Carhartt's licensee and distributor in Europe and the United Kingdom, said his London store, doesn't market Carhartt as a fashion brand but as a well-made brand similar to Levi or Lee jeans.
``We don't want to lose our roots as basic work wear,'' said Joseph, an account representative. But ``work wear is fashion.''
Joseph began distributing Carhartt in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1995. He reported $8 million in revenue for 1998.
Valade said Carhartt distributors shy away from distribution to trendy stores. The brand mostly is sold at mom-and-pop stores but can be found in limited quantities at J.C. Penney Co. Inc., Meijer Inc. and Sears, Roebuck and Co.
``A lot of people try to take companies and drive profit as far and as quick as possible,'' he said. ``We want to grow the product slowly, so we are selective in our distribution.''
Carhartt reported 1998 wholesale revenue of about $255 million in the United States, $50 million in Europe and the United Kingdom and $2 million in Japan. The total increased 33 percent from 1992.
However, Valade said, the company has been lagging. Revenue was flat from 1997 to 1998 because of the warm winters and because Carhartt was known as a seasonal outdoor clothing company.
Many midsize or major apparel manufacturers already make year-round clothing and manufacture the product offshore, he said. ``So instead of being a seasonal company, we are becoming known as a year-round company.''
And everyone knows Michigan has two seasons: winter and construction.
Late last year, Carhartt began making ``first layer'' clothing, T-shirts and jeans, for workers to wear in warmer weather. The manufacturer also is looking at the sportswear industry for ideas.
``If you look at the highway workers in the summer, you'll see them wearing T-shirts, flannel shirts and jeans,'' Valade said.
He said the first-layer products, like the core products, are for blue-collar workers, not consumers who want a stylish look. ``We are not in the casual-wear business,'' Valade said. ``The last thing this world needs is another casual-clothing company.''
Joe Lampertius, Carhartt's market manager, goes to construction sites throughout the country to find what workers want.
``We want to make sure they don't go to a cheaper, lower-quality brand,'' he said. Workers typically buy Carhartt products and wear them as casual wear. Then as the product wears out, they use it as work wear.
Scott Culver agrees. Culver is project superintendent for Colasanti Corp., a Macomb Township general contractor that's building the Greektown and MGM Grand temporary casinos in downtown Detroit.
``Carhartt is the best clothing for commercial construction and preferred by workers in the business,'' he said. ``It's durable, flexible, fire-resistant and cleans superior to other clothing.''
However, ``until the yuppies moved in and started wearing Carhartt clothing as designer wear, it was a lot more affordable,'' Culver said. Many of the construction workers don't work full time and cannot afford Carhartt clothing, he said.
But Valade said price increases reflect increased labor, material and cotton costs. ``If we don't provide quality, they won't buy our product,'' he said. ``To decrease the quality is just capitalism, not good work ethics.''
Carhartt is making its new products outside the United States. In September, the company built a 200,000-square-foot, 500-worker factory in Penjemo, Mexico. The company will continue to make its core products in the United States, Valade said.
He also said large retailers such as Meijer and Sears are requesting shipments on hangers with store tags attached. To simplify shipping, Carhartt is preparing to open a 350,000-square-foot distribution center in Hanson, Ky., on May 12. The center initially would employ about 150 people, but that number may increase, Valade said. He would not disclose the cost of the new factory and center.
Carhartt has 150 employees at its Michigan headquarters and 2,500 worldwide. It has two distribution centers already operating in Kentucky and has plants in Kentucky, Mississippi, Illinois and Tennessee.
Regardless of Carhartt's increasing popularity, Valade plans to continue focusing on the American worker.
``Our competitor is the highway worker that's wearing anything but Carhartt,'' he said.


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AP Source: US and Brazil resolve trade fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — An official close to the negotiations says the United States and Brazil have resolved a decade-long trade battle over subsidies Washington provided to American cotton growers.
The agreement would resolve a bitter trade fight that had strained relations between the two countries since 2002 when Brazil brought a case against the United States charging that the subsidies Washington paid American cotton farmers were a violation of global trade rules. The World Trade Organization ruled in Brazil's favor and the United States had been forced to make annual payments to Brazil. The official would only discuss the agreement on condition of anonymity ahead of the announcement.
The agreement resolving the dispute was to be signed Wednesday in Washington by U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and their Brazilian counterparts


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Amazon gives Alexa more cooking chops, invests in June Oven
05 January, 2018, 14:15 | Author: Julian Harrison
"The move by Amazon, which right now does very little advertising on the Echo, could mean big things for consumer companies that are fretting their influence on a voice-powered shopping experience", CNBC claimed in their report, adding that, "With Alexa's clout anticipated to rise, brands are anxious about being left out of the voice-shopping platform entirely".
Amazon has today announced that its smart voice assistant, Alexa, will soon be able to control microwaves and ovens, with further plans to support other cooking appliances too. Now you can build skills to enable customers in the U.S. to control their microwave ovens using Alexa. This functionality will initially only be available to US-based developers but Amazon will be bringing the API to other parts of the world "soon".
"Customers are increasingly using voice user interfaces (VUIs) as a hands-free way to manage their lives, and hands-free control is especially valuable when cooking", Amazon's Mike Maas wrote in a blog post.
Now Amazon is making strides to expand that trend beyond lights, door locks and televisions, and into the kitchen. "Customers can ask Alexa to set microwave cook times, modes, power levels, and more instead of using the traditional and often confusing microwave experience", Amazon has said.
Specifically, when you need to have something heated in the microwave or oven in the future, you could simply say, "Alexa, heat this on high for one minute".
The functions won't work with existing microwaves, so manufacturers will have to build new smart ovens to support Alexa.
Whirlpool has signed on to launch an Alexa-ready microwave that will be the first to the market.
Manufacturing partners that have signed on to the program include GE Appliances, Kenmore, LG, Samsung, and Whirlpool.
Additionally, Amazon has also announced that Alexa Fund, the company's venture capital arm, has invested in June Life, makers of the June Oven, a countertop smart oven that makes cooking easier, faster, and tastier.
The vehicle has a Texas license plate, JGH9845, and has a white sticker on the upper right hand corner of the rear window. Terry Miles , 44, has a long criminal history, and was arrested in Sulphur on second-degree murder charges in 2011.
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has directed the panel to file its report before the Budget session. With doctors staying off duty, the protest against the new bill has left many patients in the lurch.
The upside is that, while LCD panels have extra weight thanks to the backlighting units, the OLED equivalent is far lighter. The show starts on 9 January, with press conferences and coverage to be found on Pocket-lint from a few days beforehand.
Iranian oil industry and shipping sources said protests have had no impact on oil production or exports so far. Brent crude futures hit US$67, highest since May 2015 on Tuesday following fears of a supply glut.
In late April 2017, Pyongyang launched a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile that failed minutes after launch. The structural damage was independently confirmed by The Diplomat using publicly available satellite photos .
The vaccine was 48 percent effective in 2016-17 and 59 percent effective in 2015-16, according to the CDC. So if you're still really ill after seven days, it's a good indication of something more serious.
We trusted him from day one here because we felt the potential and he deserves full credit for all he has achieved". Shearer believes Kane could be a one-club man and Pochettino compared him to Roma legend Francesco Totti.
Actresses are also being called upon to wear black at the Golden Globe awards on January 7 in solidarity with the movement. The plan gives special focus to low-wage agriculture workers, housekeepers, janitors, factory workers and waitresses.
At the same time, speculation is rising that American drillers will put more rigs to work next year as oil strengthens. WTI Crude Oil (Light Sweet) price at NYMEХ Stock Exchange up by 0.85% to $60.22 per barrel.
'Game of Thrones' to return in 2019 for final season
The seventh season ended last August with an average of more than 30 million USA viewers per episode across multiple platforms. Showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss announced in 2016 it would finish with 13 episodes spread over a final two seasons.
Jon Gruden will replace Jack Del Rio as Raiders head coach
The Raiders must comply with the "Rooney Rule" and interview at least one minority candidate during the hiring process. Gruden declined to specifically comment about the Raiders this past weekend, saying "there is no news to report".
Wind Chill Advisory Expanded…Dangerous Wind Chills Expected
Temperatures drop down into the low teens tonight but winds at 10-15 miles per hour will make it feel like the negatives. Northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas are starting off the new year with bone-chilling temperatures Monday morning.
At least 12 die in plane crash in Costa Rica
The US State Department said it was working with Costa Rican authorities to determine if the plane carried US citizens. The plane crashed just moments after takeoff from Punta Islita Airport, according to officials and witnesses.
Final game of the season: Packers take on the Lions
The Packers played without many of their best players, and further hurt their changes with three turnovers in the first half. With Roberts out, Hakeem Valles will serve as the Lions No. 3 tight end on Sunday against the Packers.
Winston, Bucs stun Saints in season finale
He dropped the New Orleans signal caller for a loss of seven on third-and-3 that forced the Saints to give the ball back. New Orleans Saints running backs Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara have combined to have outstanding seasons.


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“A tentative rumor today asserts that Apple has been buying Samsung’s AMOLED display supply in a move that would trigger a part switch for Samsung’s own phones,” Electronista reports.
“Well-known Russian leaker Eldar Murtazin claimed that Apple had bought virtually all of Samsung’s Super AMOLED stock for 2011, leaving it with no choice but to switch to LCD for the Galaxy S and Wave,” Electronista reports. “The Korean company is fulfilling carrier contract orders but has allegedly stopped retail deliveries from December onwards.”
Electronista reports, “What Apple would do with AMOLED displays isn’t evident.”
MacDailyNews Take: Put them in a warehouse and let them rot? Muahahahaha!
Electronista continues, “All i[of Apple’s] current devices use LCD, and it so far hasn’t had to switch to AMOLED as it has beaten Samsung in display quality tests.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple’s giant cash pile is a many splendored thing.


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Gold prices managed to rise during trading today, Tuesday, in the European session, after the losses recorded yesterday, as they reached their lowest levels in a month and a half. At the British Academy in London.
At 08:35 GMT, gold prices rose, gaining $3.80, or 0.3%, to reach the price of an ounce at $1250.20, after recording its lowest level in a month and a half at 1236.50 during the last session’s trading due to the rise in global stock indices, which weakened the demand for buying havens. Safe.
At 17:00 GMT, the President of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, will speak at the British Academy in London. .
On the same day, the President of the Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Patrick Harker, will speak about his economic outlook and international trade at the Center for European Economics and Finance in London.
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On the economic data front, the US economy will release its house price index and other data on consumer confidence later in the day.
As for other precious metals, silver prices rose to gain 6.5 cents, or 0.4%, to reach the price of an ounce at $16.63, after hitting a seven-week low of $16.22.
Platinum also rose by about 0.4% to reach a price of $921.45, while palladium settled at its levels unchanged at $864.05.
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Steve, of Cherilyn Stores in West Chiltington, West Sussex, told C-Store: "Although there have been great strides to improve our collective act, 20-30% of stores still fail when tested by Trading Standards. This impacts on all tobacco retailers as government and Trading Standards point to these failures as a reason for more legislation.
"I am asking manufacturers, wholesalers and trade associations to join together with the No ID No Sale programme and add new elements including a standard national staff training programme with a test and certification process, and a step-by-step due diligence procedure."
He also suggests building an email database of tobacco retailers so they can be reminded of their obligations and informed about new rules.
However, seven weeks after launching the 'Calling Time on Underage Sales' campaign, and despite some initial interest, Steve has yet to receive a single offer of support for his plans.
"Everyone's been making noises, but no one's being positive," he said. "If the trade helps retailers to improve their performance, it's more likely to happen. The law is focused on the retailer, but manufacturers and wholesalers have a responsibility we expect more support from the supply chain."
The most positive response to his letters had come from Trading Standards, who were keen to talk about the project, Steve said.
"I believe this is a simple idea, and a major step towards showing we are doing all we can," he says. "If I'm on the wrong track, I would at least expect the supply chain representatives I've approached to tell me why."


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NEW ORLEANS — Black Friday about a week away, but you may already be late to the game.
Stores are trying to navigate one of the busiest shopping days of the year amid the COVID-19 surge. So, how will it work?
Camping out, crowds of people, and sprints to the hottest sales have been put on pause this year. That's right, Black Friday 2020 will look different.
The short of it is, retailers are trying to get creative with the hopes it'll thin crowds. They're adding more ways to buy that prized item and giving you more options on how to get it, whether it's with contactless pick-up or even same-day delivery.
Now, don't panic, but Black Friday has already started. In fact, for a lot of big stores it began last month. No, you don't have to go in the store to save big, discounts are actually a mouse click or tap of the finger away, because Black Friday this go around is more virtual.
Best Buy, Home Depot, Target, Walmart, they all have deals online right now, and new ones are added sometimes daily.
Home Depot is letting their mobile app users get advance access to some bargains and Best Buy is doing Black Friday all season long.
Interested in Bed Bath and Beyond? They're offering buy online and pick it up in the store within two hours service.
Now if you're one of the brave ones who prefers the smell of discounts in-person on Nov. 27, you'll notice more safety and capacity controls. At Walmart, only a certain number of customers will be allowed inside at a time. The line to get in will be single file and aisles will be one-way.
Target is also trying something new: Reservations. Basically, you can save a spot in line without being there, and you'll be notified when it's your time to go inside.
Whether online, or in person, Black Friday will be different. But the goal is safety, that way people can save big all while trying to stay healthy.


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Following in the footsteps of MSN Music and Yahoo! Music, Walmart has notified customers that it will be shutting off its DRM servers in less than two weeks. Walmart's been selling DRM-free music since February, but anyone who bought music before that date will not be able to transfer those songs to “unauthorized computers,” or access the songs after changing operating systems. Walmart, like MSN and Yahoo!, advises customers to back up their music to a CD if they want to be able to access it in the future. So, Walmart customers get to invest more time, labor and money in order to continue to enjoy the music for which they have already paid.
We’ve warned music fans for years that they could lose their DRM-wrapped music if vendors decided to withdraw support for it. So we're not surprised that three major vendors have done just that. What is surprising is that Walmart has not learned from MSN Music and Yahoo! Music's experience and made some effort to make things right with its customers. When consumers protested the shutdown of its DRM servers, MSN Music decided to delay that shutdown until 2011. Yahoo! decided to go ahead with its shutdown, but offered refunds to customers damaged by the cutoff. Notwithstanding this recent history, Walmart is still willing to make customers pay the price for the retailer's own faulty business decisions.
• Issue a full public apology to its customers.
• Offer to refund the purchase price of the affected downloads or, at the customer's option, provide replacements from an online store that offers the same tracks in a DRM-free format.
• Ensure that all Walmart buyers have (or have permanent access to) receipts identifying dates, amounts, and titles purchased, so they have proofs of purchase. Or, better yet, offer to cover their legal costs if they are hit with a copyright infringement claim based on a DRM-crippled song purchased through Walmart.
We hate to sound like, um, a broken record, but this is yet another demonstration that DRM is bad business. It's bad for the consumers who don't actually own the music they pay for; it's bad for the rightsholders who lose out when legal copies of their songs are worth less than illegally obtained copies; and it's bad for the companies that must choose between maintaining a defective technology or violating the trust of their customers.


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Invention shields phones from high, low temps
Ventura County mother and entrepreneur Lisa Lambert has created a smartphone case that can withstand hot and cold temperatures.
The ClimateCase 700 Series was recently launched to provide protection for smartphones from overheating and freezing.
ClimateCase’s multi-layered neoprene insulation system provides thermal protection to prevent any smartphone from overheating in extremely hot conditions and freezing in extremely cold conditions. In addition, ClimateCase also protects smartphones against accidental drops.
After 15 minutes below 32 degrees F or above 95 degrees F, a phone may shut down completely to protect itself, according to ClimateCase CEO Lisa Lambert.
“In addition, prolonged exposure to harsh temperatures can permanently damage smartphones and its internal battery," she said. "With the ClimateCase, there is no need to take the risk.”
After three years of research and product development, the ClimateCase was tested and approved by Bureau Veritas, a global leader in testing, inspection and certification .
ClimateCase is machine-washable and fits most cellphone brands and models. The case costs $39.99 and it's available in several colors and is available online through several sellers and at http://www.climatecase.com.
A version for tablets is planned for launch in spring 2018.


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This is higher than the 8.26% forecast in the economist survey. According to the agency, prices have risen by 0.82% in a month. Meanwhile, inflation has slowed slightly in the past week.
The central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points on December 17 to curb inflation twice its 4% target. This brings this year’s overall austerity policy to 425 basis points, which is the most radical among emerging markets.
The Bank of Russia says that the economy may need more interest rate hikes to curb price increases. However, since October, she added that the probability of multiple interest rate hikes has decreased.
Currently, the forward rate agreement indicates a tightening of more than 50 basis points in three months.
Russian inflation expectations this month soared to a six-year high. Households expect prices to increase by 14.8% in the next 12 months.
On Wednesday, the Bureau of Statistics also reported that retail sales in November increased by 3.1% year on year. Meanwhile, the previous month’s growth rate was revised to 4.3%. The agency said that after a 2% increase in September, the annual growth rate of real wages in the year ending in October slowed to 0.6%.


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Three brands received 2019 MURTEC Breakthrough Awards for their customized solutions that increased guest throughput, eased franchise management problems and streamlined the POS enabling seamless third-party delivery integration.
In the span of less than a decade, technology has made huge inroads in hospitality and is reshaping every facet of service, guest experience, and competition. Digital has become ubiquitous, but digital for digital’s sake is not enough.
The 24th annual Multi-Unit Restaurant Technology Conference (MURTEC) was one for the record books! With the theme, Powering the Possible, MURTEC 2019 attracted almost 900 technology executives from quick-service restaurants, fast casual, full-service, upstart brands and solution providers — an


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Chinese handhelds maker announces three new colors for its Huawei MediaPad; passion pink, classic brown and shadow black. Besides its new “clothing” line, Huawei also announces a new batch of MediaPad’s arriving soon with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system out of the box. The MediaPad is one of the very first 7-inch tablets to run Google’s newest Android 4.0 ICS OS.
Huawei MediaPad features a 7-inch LCD IPD WXGA (1280x800p resolution) display, powering a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor, dual-cameras 5MP rear-facing A/F camera and 1.3MP camera in front, a microSD card slot up to 32GB storage, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth connectivity, 3.5mm headphones jack and a 4100mAh battery.
The Chinese-based company stated its future intentions focusing more in 2012 on the high-end mobile market area bringing new devices at a higher standard.
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That can include anything from 11-year-olds going live playing Minecraft—exposing them to potential predators —to now-banned gaming celebrity Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm streaming from a public bathroom at E3.In its new transparency report Twitch acknowledges this difficulty and for the first time offers specific details about how well it moderates its platform.
Manufacturers selling these devices in France must give their products a score, or “repairability index,” based on a range of criteria, including how easy it is to take the product apart and the availability of spare parts and technical documents.
I saw the meetings, dubbed after a tropical storm, on a colleague’s work calendar, which they had set to Public.An open calendar, Botsman adds, “is a really good example of how often people are talking about transparency, but what they’re looking for is some measure of control.”.
Although Orme-Zavaleta has spent 38 years at the agency and is its top scientist, she isn’t reviewing the new rule and couldn’t answer many questions from the congressional panel.
11 November 2019, Rome - FAO today launched a new $7.1 million project supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to make forest data more accessible, transparent and available, and, in particular, help developing countries to meet the Paris Climate Agreement's enhanced transparency requirements.
Now, this custom chip is also being tasked with handling noise cancelation, adaptive sound equalization features, and a “transparency” setting on the new AirPod Pros.
In less heartbreaking news this week: A defamation lawsuit by a British, Thai-based expat against Elon Musk gets even weirder , and Bollinger Motors wants you to meet its off-road electric vehicles.
FREDERICK FLORIN/Getty Images European lawmakers took a swing at Amazon, Google, Apple, and other tech giants Thursday, endorsing new rules to crack down on unfair practices that stifle competition by online platforms and app stores.
Its maker, though, can handle the grumblings—Jaguar Land Rover has sold 772,000 Evoques since introducing the luxury compact SUV in 2010.As it pushes for the million mark, it makes sense that JLR has upped the “utility” with those civilized, civilian customers in mind: The newly unveiled latest generation of the Evoque is built to conquer the mall parking lot.Naturally, the 2020 Evoque comes stuffed with coddling goodies.
The company requires these advertisers to go through an authorization process, which includes submitting their government-issued ID and a residential mailing address.Concealed Online’s owner says he had no choice but to register as a political advertiser when Facebook instituted its new policies.


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Harbison named Best American Cheese at World Cheese Awards 2016
Harbison, a soft-ripened cheese with a bloomy rind from the Cellars at Jasper Hill, has been revealed as the Best American Cheese at the 29th annual World Cheese Awards, following over 3,000 cheeses being judged in a single day at the Kursaal Congress Centre in San Sebastián.
Taking centre stage on day one of the inaugural International Cheese Festival, the world’s largest cheese-only awards scheme saw a record number of entries this year, with the final Super Jury naming Kraftkar, made by Norwegian producer Tingvollost, as the World Champion Cheese 2016.
With a total of two Super Gold, 11 Gold, 32 Silver and 47 Bronze awards going to entries from the USA this year, the nation’s cheese clearly left a lasting impression with the international panel of judges at this truly global cheese event. Among the other winners flying the flag for the USA at the World Cheese Awards, were a Super Gold winning Leelanau Raclette from Leelanau Cheese Company and a Gold winning Shepsog from Grafton Village Cheese Company.
Drawing entries from 31 different countries, from Australia to Italy and Mexico to Mozambique, cheese of all shapes and sizes made their way by bicycle, boat, plane, train, truck and car to the Kursaal Congress Centre in San Sebastián, via 12 consolidation points in all corners of the globe. 266 cheese experts from 26 different nations followed them to the Basque Country to taste, nose and grade over 3,000 cheeses in a single day, giving Bronze, Silver, Gold and Super Gold awards to worthy entries.
The final judging panel, made up of top names from the world of cheese, featuring cheese makers, buyers, retailers and writers, including Suzy O’Regan from Woolworths Foods in South Africa, Cathy Strange from Whole Foods in the USA, Roland Barthélemy, President of Guilde des Fromagers in France, and Mary Quicke from Quicke’s in the UK, then debated the top 16 cheeses in front of a trade and consumer audience, broadcast live on World Cheese TV, before crowning this year’s World Champion Cheese.
Click on the following links to access details of this year’s Top 16 Super Gold cheeses and the Top 66 Super Gold cheeses.
The International Cheese Festival took place at the Kursaal Congress Centre in San Sebastián from 16-18 November 2016. For more information, visit www.internationalcheesefestival.eus.
- The World Cheese Awards is organised by the Guild of Fine Food
- 2016 is the 29th year of the competition
- The planet’s biggest ‘cheese-only’ competition - no yoghurt, cream, butter or other dairy
- 3,021 cheeses from 31 different countries entered – including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Mozambique, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the USA and Wales
- 266 judges from around the world travelled from 26 different countries to ‘nose’ and taste the cheese
- Judging broadcasted live on World Cheese TV
- A Super Jury of 16 judges decided the final winning World Champion Cheese
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In 2004, when General Electric Company CEO Jeffrey Immelt presented a plan for a green business initiative to 35 top executives at the company, they voted against it. Perhaps it was inevitable: GE had a spotty environmental record up to that point, and its leadership had consistently declined to voluntarily address high-profile problems, such as the company’s role in polluting New York’s Hudson River with PCBs from an upstate electronics plant. But Immelt refused to take no for an answer and overruled his team. Today the initiative, called Ecomagination, is one of the most widely recognized green programs in the corporate world.
By the end of 2008, Ecomagination had delivered US$100 million in cost savings to GE’s bottom line while reducing the company’s greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent. The program has yielded a portfolio of 80 new products and services — including energy-efficient MRIs, locomotives, and lightbulbs — generating $17 billion in annual revenue. Going green “has been 10 times better than I ever imagined,” Immelt told journalist David Magee (as reported in Magee’s book Jeff Immelt and the New GE Way: Innovation, Transformation and Winning in the 21st Century [McGraw-Hill, 2009]).
Like a handful of other companies — Dell, Kaiser Permanente, and Nike, among them — GE views going green as an essential strategy in a global commercial landscape increasingly contoured by environmental policies, regulations, and attitudes. These companies recognize that consumers’ concern for the environment has morphed into buying behaviors that are at least somewhat recession-resistant. A 2008 survey of 6,000 global consumers, conducted by public relations firm Edelman, found that 87 percent believed it was their “duty” to contribute to a better environment and that even in a recession, 55 percent would pay more for a brand if it supported a cause in which they believed. In turn, retailers and manufacturers are demanding greener products and supply chains. In 2007, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced that it would begin a transition in its U.S. stores toward selling only concentrated laundry detergents, which use much less water and therefore require less packaging and space for transport and storage. By 2009, this changeover was complete, with every major supplier in the detergent industry involved, including Procter & Gamble (Tide), Dial (Trend), Sun (All), and Church & Dwight (Arm & Hammer).
Government actions are also driving the shift to green initiatives. In the 2009 stimulus package, the Obama administration and the U.S. Congress earmarked $70 billion for the development of renewable and efficient energy technologies and manufacturing. The European Union has set targets for reducing emissions to 20 percent of 1990 levels by 2020. And in a September 2009 address to the United Nations, Chinese President Hu Jintao said his country would generate 15 percent of its energy from renewable sources within a decade. In part because of the urgency expressed by government, venture capital money is pouring into renewable energy projects. In 2008, as much as $4.1 billion in seed money was contributed by private investors to 277 so-called clean-tech startups, which was 52 percent more than the year before, according to data from the National Venture Capital Association, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Thomson Reuters. Employees are also encouraging their companies to formulate and pursue sustainability campaigns. In a 2008 National Geographic survey, more than 80 percent of U.S. workers polled agreed that it was important to work for a company or organization that makes the environment a top priority.
As is the case with most corporate priorities, going for green makes sense in financial terms. For many years, the widespread adoption of solar energy systems was hampered by the high cost per kilowatt-hour of using photovoltaic (PV) cells compared with other energy sources. But as the price of traditional energy skyrocketed, low-cost thin-film technology (which had existed since the 1970s) was commercialized and began replacing first-generation crystalline silicon PV installations. A similar transition is taking place today: Third-generation PV technologies that promise to combine cost-effectiveness with higher productivity are under development. In general, the savings that can be captured in green initiatives are proving to be meaningful, even in small increments. Since 2006, U.S. health-care provider Kaiser Permanente has recovered $4.8 million from its IT budget by purchasing only hardware and software registered with the Green Electronics Council’s electronic product environmental assessment tool (EPEAT), which evaluates electronic products on the basis of their environmental attributes.


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Health tourism in Italy has a positive outlook
"Italian hospitals plan to benefit more from the growing health tourism in Italy. Each year, seven million people around the world take a trip for medical reasons, generating a turnover of 100 billion dollars. International observers estimate that Italy might reach a revenue of 4 billion euros. Until now, tourists have been attracted by artistic and natural beauty of the country. The authorities however plan to invest more and develop health tourism in Italy and benefit fro


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Earlier this month Motorola hosted a Video User Conference in sunny San Diego, and highlights from the event are rolling in. The conference has become an annual shindig, and this year’s event included more than 350 Motorola video customers – MSOs, telcos, content providers and programmers. In a series of videos, Motorolans on the ground captured what these customers had to say about trends in the market. The first video, shown here, focuses on Motorola customers talking through some of their biggest successes with video in the past year, as well as what opportunities lie ahead. Some of the themes you’ll hear repeatedly: growth in HD & DVRs, IPTV, and the impact of the digital transition.
One of the most astute observations however comes from HBO’s Craig Cuttner, who says:
[Our] biggest success so far is actually using new technology, without anyone ever knowing you’re using new technology.
Have a watch. Tell us what you think they missed. And we’ll post more videos with more insights in the coming days.


text: According to a new report by Trend Micro, the North American cyber criminal underground isn't buried as deep as in other geographies."It doesn't exist in the dark web as much as other undergrounds do, or practice as much security," said Tom Kellermann, chief cybersecurity officer at Trend Micro. "Essentially, it's become a gun show for everyone as long as they can participate and are willing to pay."In addition to offering guns, as well as murder for hire, there's also drugs, money laundering, bullet-proof hosting, and hacking services available.It's a bonanza of services and capabilities, he said, allowing traditional criminals and organized crime groups to become cyber-capable.That can be appealing to less tech-savvy customers, but has its downside for the criminals, as well."We've done studies and exposes of the most significant undergrounds in the world," Kellermann said. "The U.S. underground doesn't practice operational security. They've essentially become a shopping mall."The U.S. underground doesn't practice operational security. They've essentially become a shopping mall.Tom Kellermann, chief cybersecurity officer at Trend MicroAs a result, he said, law enforcement will probably be more effective in attacking its organizational structure -- which will, eventually, drive more of it to the dark Web.In the early 2000s, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies pretty much dismantled the U.S. cyber criminal underground, he said, but it's made a resurgence in the past three years.There are now more than 100,000 participants, Kellermann said, more than there were in the early 2000s."It's larger because it's providing a wider multiplicity of goods and services," he said. "They're there for the drugs, weapons, passports, stolen cards, and murder for hire. It's a one-stop shop for criminals to facilitate their conspiracies, to bypass traditional security, and to launder money."Drugs are the hottest commodity, accounting for 62 percent of all sites.Stolen credit cards are also widely available, including the new EMV and chip cards, with money-back guarantees and escrow payment services.There are also Hulu, Netflix and other online services available at steep discounts over legitimate prices. And identity documents such as passports, drivers' licenses, and insurance cards, with prices varying based on quality and nationality of buyer.Stolen data dumps account for 16 percent of all sites, fake documents for 4 percent, and weapons for 2 percent.\tFor those looking to order some hands-on violence, providers offer menus of services, with prices ranging from $3,000 for a simple beating, up to $900,000 for an "accidental death" of a high-profile person with up to five guards.These murder for hire sites account for 1 percent of the North American underground sites, according to Trend Micro.Targeted attacksOf particular interest to enterprise security professionals, however, is the 15 percent of sites that offer crimeware and allow criminals to buy a variety of malware and hacking services, such as crypting.It's the hottest-selling item, other than drugs, he said. The service providers encrypt the malware as many times as it takes until it is no longer detected by any of the standard anti-malware tools available on the market."it's why targeted attacks have become so prevalent," said Kellermann. "They will make sure their attacks cannot be stopped by perimeter defenses."Prices range from $20 for a single crypt on one file to $1,000 per month for unlimited crypts on an unlimited number of files.In addition, criminals can buy ongoing access to enterprises."In the Russian or Chinese underground, they won't sell you the back door into the system," Kellerman said. "That's a North American phenomenon. It's like, I broke into a house last night, I made a duplicate of the key. You want it, you got it."It's not enough for homeowners to keep their doors and windows locked, he said. They also need to keep a Rottweiler inside the house.The access is used to steal data, but also as a base for attacking other enterprises -- and for attacking the same enterprise over and over again."It really leads to the reality of so much hacking between networks occurring, and why so many organizations are suffering from secondary infections," he said. "They're getting hit again and again from in the inside out."


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China stats chief urges stable rates
CHINA should keep yuan interest rates stable this year to avoid fuelling upward pressure on the country's currency despite the threat of higher inflation, an adviser to the central bank was quoted as saying today.
Yao Jingyuan, chief economist of the State Statistical Bureau, predicted that consumer prices in China would rise by around 3% this year.
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One of the best-kept secrets to success might be found in your mirror. While personality, experience, and education can take you far, a sleek hairstyle, a clean shave, and a hot shower may also lead you to success. Your appearance says a lot about you, and a sharp-looking man knows how to make the right statement.
Eight out of 10 men in India believe being well groomed has a positive impact on success at work.
One out of three men today spend more time taking care of their skin, with over a third of those surveyed even going in for facials. A survey commissioned by Kaya Ltd, a skincare firm, and conducted by ACNielsen across Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai, targeting men in the age group belonging to affluent households, which concluded in October, has come up with findings that show that Indian men are finally realizing the importance of personal grooming for workplace success.
More important, they are actually doing something about it. Delhi-based Bipaschit Bose, who runs a headhunting firm, agrees there is a sea change in the thinking on the subject. For him, personal grooming implies not just being well dressed, but also hygiene issues such as clean nails, good skin, being fit and neatly trimmed hair.
And it seems to be cutting across ranks. For instance, at Super Religare Laboratories Ltd, phlebotomists have to ensure that their nails are clean and they use a deodorant to guard against body odour.
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Agrees Dharmendra Manwani, chief executive officer of French salon chain Jean-Claude Biguine in India, who says that today the typical life cycle of a male consumer is taking care of his hair and then stepping up the grooming ladder to work on his skin. These include professional treatment for acne, pimples, blackhe as well as regular facials.
Men are also getting increasingly conscious of keeping an eye on their weight. Body and head massages and rejuvenating spa treatments are all now sought after by male executives too.
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What happens when two worlds collide, egos clash and a sleeping giant awakens? The Ford GT40 of course, a racing automobile that was the offspring of a fued between Ferrari and Ford, and Henry Ford II’s emerging interest in winning at just about any and all costs. Back in the 1960’s Ferrari dominated international sportscar racing. The Ford company, which wanted to get involved, actually entered into the negotiations to buy Ferrari.


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Nicaragua is considering embracing Russian Mir bank cards for international trade transactions in an effort to circumvent US sanctions.
Mir is a Russian payment system independent of the one used by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT).
The US and its allies used SWIFT’s payment infrastructure to impose sanctions on Russian banks following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The system was also used to sanction Nicaragua after Daniel Ortega’s presidential victory came under sharp scrutiny. The sanctions restrict the operations of the Nicaraguan central bank and national commercial banks, in addition to curbing the business operations of errant companies and individuals in other countries.
Nicaragua’s Finance Minister Ivan Acosta Montalvan told a Russian Youtube channel that the country is seriously considering introducing Mir.
“We are already considering the Russian Mir payment system, which would allow us to move away from the US dollar,” Montalvan stated.
Ortega’s trade advisor, Laureano Facundo Ortega Murillo, stated during a recent Russia-Latin America Business Dialogue that Nicaragua is studying the adoption of the payment system in Cuba and plans to follow suit.
Mir cards began to be accepted in Cuba in March of this year, with people increasingly using them at local ATMs to withdraw cash.
Russian banks have already issued more than 129 million Mir cards since 2014. The cards are used in several countries, including Venezuela, Turkey, Vietnam, Armenia, South Korea, Uzbekistan and Belarus.


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GM CEO Dan Akerson might be in another one of his battles with the truth.
In a softballed interview with Fortune, GM’s CEO Dan Akerson said that he was suddenly and surprisingly drafted to lead GM as if it was time to go to war. “This was a call to service for me,” said Akerson, as he wrapped himself in a red, white, and blue flag and regaled interviewer Geoff Colvin with stories from the U.S. Naval Academy. Akerson makes the CEO job sound like a hardship post: (Read More…)
Auto bailout mastermind Steve Rattner knows a thing or two about the truth. Just ask his former financial firm, Quadrangle. So, when asked by the Detroit News what he thought of allegations that GM mislead consumers with its “Payback” ad, he pulled a classic out of the thesaurus. The General, said Rattner,
may have slightly elasticized the reality of things.
And this is a real Corvette that went through a special “elasticizing machine” in the factory at Bowling Green, right?
A brand is a promise to the consumer. It’s the umbrella under which all products must shelter. All the people responsible for a brand must ensure that it meets that promise. The Toyota Prius is a promise of reliable transportation that achieve high-mileage with low emissions. So it’s no wonder that Toyota has decided to stretch the brand to other vehicles. Oh, wait, the Prius isn’t a brand. It’s a model within a brand, which contains other examples of reliable transportation that achieves high-mileage with low emissions. Is that confusing? Well if it isn’t now, it soon will be. “The Highlander hybrid and Camry hybrid do OK, but calling it ‘Synergy Drive’ never resonated with consumers,” veteran Toyota dealer Earl Stewart told Automotive News [sub]. “But they can make hay on the Prius name. It’s a magic name. If somebody says ‘I drive a Prius,’ everybody knows what he means.” But for how long? The truth about a brand is that its products must fulfill the brand’s promise, or the brand dies. Confusing that brand diminishes it and alienates the people who gave birth to it in the first place. Maybe not straight away, but eventually. And forever.


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While the Bitstamp exchange is still offline, its team has shared some more details about the compromise they suffered recently.
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A confidential leaked document from Bitstamp details how the Bitcoin trader was hacked and how the crime has been investigated.
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While the investigation is going on, the company has frozen its user accounts, blocked deposits as well as other transactions and suspended the trading business.Such a feature makes it difficult to launder stolen bitcoins.The licence granted to Bitstamp. (after regular news about hackings and stolen bitcoins).
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NEW YORK — Nokia Oyj shares tumbled the most in almost three months after the introduction of two Lumia smartphones with Microsoft Corp.’s new Windows Phone software failed to impress investors.
The stock fell 13 per cent to close at 1.99 euros in Helsinki, the biggest one-day decline since June 14. The stock had rallied 96 per cent from an 18-year low on July 18 through Aug. 27 in anticipation of the new phones.
Nokia is counting on its partnership with Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft to help boost sales and return the company to profitability after falling behind its rivals. The Espoo, Finland-based company has identified the U.S. as a market where it has to win back users and gain momentum in its attempted global comeback bid. The question is whether the new phones break enough ground, said Geoff Blaber, an analyst at CCS Insight in London.
“The challenge Nokia will face is that consumers will struggle to see how the hardware has really stepped forward from the previous generation of products,” he said in an interview.
Nokia Chief Executive Officer Stephen Elop showed off the new phones at a news conference in New York. The Lumia 920 has a 4.5-inch (11-cm) screen and an 8.7-megapixel camera with a so- called floating lens that uses software for image stabilization. The Lumia 820, whose screen measures 4.3 inches, has an 8- megapixel camera without the optics software. Both will go on sale in the fourth quarter of this year.
“Today is a very important step, and there are more important steps ahead,” Elop said in an interview. “There’s no single turning point. We need to succeed with this and take it to the next step.”
The announcement of the Lumia models gives Nokia a brief head start before two top rivals present their own newest handsets. Motorola Mobility, a unit of Google Inc., is planning to unveil one of the first full-screen phones in the U.S. this week, according to a person familiar with the plan. Apple Inc., maker of the iPhone, is planning its own introduction on Sept. 12.
“The U.S. is very important,” Elop said. “These trends we’ve seen in our industry have been starting here and moving east.”
The 920, shown at the conference Wednesday in a bright yellow casing, has software called City Lens that allows users to hold the phone camera up to see the names of restaurants and shops overlaid on the surfaces of buildings. Users can tap a building for more details and can call to make reservations. Nokia’s maps software has similar augmented reality software that shows customers nearby points of interest when they hold the phone up after setting their route.
The phone, which can recharge wirelessly, also comes in red and grey. Its touchscreen is sensitive enough to detect fingers through gloves, said Kevin Shields, a Nokia senior vice president, at Wednesday’s event.
Nokia, whose credit rating was cut to junk this year by the three biggest rating companies, has announced more than 20,000 job cuts and closed production and research sites in an attempt to put the company on profitable footing. Nokia, whose U.S. market share peaked at 32 per cent in 2001, accounted for about 2 per cent of smartphone purchases in the second quarter, according to Strategy Analytics. The iPhone and devices using Google’s Android software combined for about 90 per cent.
The growth of the $219.1 billion (U.S.) smartphone market has aided Nokia. Even as momentum slowed to the lowest in almost three years, global smartphone shipments climbed 32 per cent to 146 million units in the second quarter, according to Strategy Analytics.
While Lumia sales have been dwarfed by competitors, early shipments have exceeded some analysts’ estimates. Nokia sold 4 million of the devices globally in the second quarter, doubling from the first quarter and beating the 3.8 million analysts on average projected. Nokia is expected to sell 3.4 million Windows-based phones this quarter and 5.9 million in the fourth quarter, Sandeep Deshpande, a London-based analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co., wrote in an Aug. 30 email.
Nokia will go through a “transition period” in the third quarter, with Lumia 900 handset sales slowing as consumers anticipate the new models, Elop said.
While Microsoft has seen shipments of Windows Phones more than double, they remain tiny, with its 5.4 million units sold in the second quarter representing a 3.5 per cent share of the market, according to researcher IDC.
“Nothing in the space is going to change dramatically overnight,” said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst at Gartner Inc. “What Microsoft and Nokia need to do is continually show evolution and innovation. They’ve got all the pieces and parts to stand out from the market. Now they have to explain why different is better. They’re going to have to spend a lot of time, effort and money explaining that to consumers.”