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Distance from more densely populated urban areas with higher rates of coronavirus infection has not protected farmers in the Rochester-Finger Lakes. For agriculture businesses, COVID-19 has meant loss of customers, shattered food supply networks and extra costs to keep farm workers safe.
“We’re paying our bills, but how long can you keep going?” says Betsy Brightly, who co-manages Brightly Farms with her husband Dean, its owner.
If the produce market doesn’t improve, the Hamlin farm could face a loss of as much as $100,000 on one crop alone.
Brightly’s concerns are widespread. Due to the effects of COVID-19 on markets ranging from schools and universities to restaurants, hotels and ethanol producers, some U.S. farmers are allowing their produce to rot in the fields. Dairy farmers milk their cows, then pour the milk into ground.
As of last month, most farmers in the Finger Lakes region did not appear to have taken such steps so far, but no one knows for sure when the produce and dairy markets will recover from the effects of COVID-19. That largely depends on whether the measures taken against the deadly virus have been sufficiently effective.
All of New York’s nonessential businesses had to cease nearly all in-person activities after Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued his New York State on PAUSE Executive Order on March 20. Farms, considered essential under PAUSE, didn’t have to shut down, but many local farmers felt the pandemic’s effects nonetheless.
“They lost their major customers,” says Jarmila Haseler, agricultural educator for Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Monroe County.
More than half of Howlett Farms’ acreage is in corn production. In the past, 50 percent of that crop went to upstate factories that produce the gasoline additive ethanol. Many cars now sit idle for long stretches, severely reducing the demand for gas and its additives. One of the ethanol plants to which Howlett Farms sold its corn is now shuttered and the other has cut production, reducing the farm’s market for corn.
“Only about 15 percent is going to ethanol, because of the ethanol plant shutdowns,” says Michael Howlett, who co-owns the Avon farm with his father.
Diminished demand for milk and milk products also has affected his business, as dairy farmers decreased their orders for the corn they used as cattle feed. Atop that, the market for wheat and the farm’s other crops has fallen.
“The prices of the crops that we’re raising have dropped below the cost of production,” Howlett says.
Growers of storage crops like apples, cabbage and kale also have been hit by the market downturn. Brightly usually ships her cabbage to several states, where processors turn it into coleslaw or the filling of Chinese egg rolls.
“We would normally be selling three to four truckloads of cabbage per week, that and butternut squash,” she says.
Local food pantries haven’t wanted the stuff, and shipping it out of the area is too expensive.
“Cabbage is heavy, and it costs from $1,800 to $3,000 for every load we ship,” Brightly explains.
Four million pounds of the vegetable now sit in Brightly’s refrigerators burning up money in storage costs.
Wholesale prices for milk, which are calculated per hundredweight, also have fallen since COVID-19 began to spread around the country, forcing economic shutdowns. In April, prices hovered around $16 and by May had dropped to near $12.
Hoping to prop up milk prices, the dairy cooperative to which Keith Kimball, owner of the Avon dairy farm La Casa La Leche, belongs has asked its members to cut production by 10 percent. Though milk prices could rise this month, reduced output and lower milk prices could cut into Kimball’s profits before then.
“We’re probably looking at revenues being off by 30 to 40 percent from where (were) in April,” Kimball says.
Unable to sell their milk at acceptable prices, some of his neighbors have even poured it into the ground.
Farms that have community-supported agriculture programs have fared better than some others. Customers subscribe to the CSA, place orders for fresh produce by phone or online, and pick them up at the farm or other locations. Before the pandemic, some local programs regularly delivered produce to groups of customers at local businesses.
Each year, Sunscape Farms grows about 1 million pounds of fresh market vegetables, greenhouse crops and small fruit on 100 acres that are divided between Greece and Penfield. Fully 35 percent of Sunscape’s output goes to its CSA program, and new subscriptions are coming in so fast that co-owner Nate Savage is considering refusing applications.
“We pick the stuff for that day. You only have so much time to do that,” Savage says.
Sunscape sells the rest of its output at its two farm markets, which are open year-round. Savage admits that his operation is not doing as well as it has in the past, but he says Sunscape’s proximity to Rochester has helped it weather COVID-19’s effects.
“Most consumers are located in the cities, away from farms,” Savage explains. “Most farms, especially large ones, are far out in the country.”
One Ontario County farm’s CSA accounts for nearly 100 percent of its sales.
“It’s my friends and neighbors that I’m feeding,” says Erin Bullock, Wild Hill Farm’s owner and fieldwork manager.
Wild Hill grows pesticide- and chemical-free vegetables, melons, blueberries, herbs and flowers on seven acres in Ontario County. Nearly 400 people have signed up with its CSA this year, about the same as in 2019.
In keeping with government guidelines concerning workplace safety during the pandemic, Wild Hill encourages everyone to maintain social distancing as much as possible. Individuals work alone in their departments, and vehicles aren’t shared.
“Only one person drives a tractor, and only one person drives a truck,” Bullock explains.
When workers can’t work separately, they wear masks and heavy rubber gloves. Everyone washes their hands frequently, and tools are sanitized after usage.
Other farms around the region have also issued masks and gloves to their employees, and striven to make sure they use safe work habits.
“We’re working to retrain people all the time to keep them focused on that six-foot distance, not to handle each other’s equipment or tools,” Savage explains.
Howlett sent about 14 of his farm’s clerical staff home, leaving no more than three in the office. He has issued masks, gloves and hand sanitizer to his truck drivers, who are told not to get out of their trucks when making pickups and deliveries.
Hoping to reduce the risk that a vendor could drop off a load of COVID-19 in addition to goods or equipment, La Casa La Leche strictly limits outside access to its property.
“If somebody’s coming to the farm, then they have to have an appointment and they have to be approved,” Kimball notes.
The dairy farm issues work gloves to its 15 workers, but not masks, and encourages them to take steps to limit the spread of COVID-19.
“We’re just trying to get guys to do what the rest of us are doing. Just the essential stuff, social distancing,” Kimball says.
Government guidelines for lowering the risk of spreading infection are posted around the dairy farm in English and Spanish—11 of Kimball’s workers hail from south of the border, and most of them speak only Spanish. Though he says his workers can socially distance most of the time, that could be difficult in their residences. One of La Casa La Leche’s four-bedroom residences can house as many as six employees at one time.
Creating and implementing coronavirus safety plans takes time and energy.
“We had to just completely change our operations,” Bullock says. “We want to make sure everybody is safe and protected.”
It can prove costly. Sunscape’s coronavirus-related expenses have hit around $3,000 so far, and protective equipment, sanitizer and cleaning costs come to about an additional $1,000 a week.
“I wish I was in the mask and glove business instead of the vegetable business at this point,” Savage jokes.
The pandemic has proved costly in less easily seen ways as well.
As far as Bullock knows, no one who works at Wild Hill has contracted COVID-19, though one of its five employees felt a bit ill recently. Her doctor didn’t order a test for the virus, and advised the worker to self-quarantine. The employee is back on the job, but the fear that COVID-19 could hit the farm’s small workforce weighs on Bullock even more than the measures it has to take to ward it off.
“Psychologically, the effect is harder,” Bullock says.
Efforts to deny COVID-19 access to a farm could also reduce its ability to do its most important job: grow crops.
“We’re definitely limited in some of the work that we can do, and it will impact some of the plantings and maintenance that we do,” Savage says.
Measures to protect farmworkers from COVID-19 might work—as long as they are implemented. Jessica Meyer, a University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry medical student, says some of the local dairy farmers who employ undocumented immigrants might be falling down on that job.
In 2017, Meyer began offering her time to Alianza Agricola, a Western New York collective that advocates for the rights of undocumented immigrant farm workers. Many of the workers she’s talked to speak and read Spanish only, but the written information their employers post about COVID-19 is in English—and useless to them. Atop that, they have lacked important equipment.
“They are not being provided with adequate protective personal equipment that you would expect if you’re an essential worker,” Meyers explains.
One Alianza Agricola member, Fernando, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, has encountered that problem firsthand. The undocumented immigrant from Mexico speaks only Spanish, and was interviewed with the aid of an interpreter, Carly Fox, an organizer with SEIU Local 200United. Cows lowed in the background as he spoke.
Fernando says the owner of the Livingston County dairy farm where he works told its employees only that COVID-19 is “like a virus; that it’s easy to contract.” No one was given protective gear.
“We have masks thanks to volunteers and allies who have taken concerns, who worry and care about farmworkers,” Fernando says.
The farm’s fieldworkers wear heavy work gloves most of the time, but don their masks only when visitors who might be infected with COVID-19 come to the farm. The farmer also denies them opportunity to shop offsite for food, further reducing the chance of bringing the disease onsite.
“I think their worry is to just not have any workers,” Fernando says. “Who’s going to be able to milk the cows?”
Instead, he and his coworkers are encouraged to buy food on the internet—via the farmer. That wouldn’t stop COVID-19 from spreading through the crowded residences that the dairy farm provides for its workers, where effective hygiene is difficult to maintain.
“We know what we need to do to take care of ourselves, but sometimes there’s not even, like, a bar of soap for us to be able to use,” he explains.
One agricultural company, Green Empire Farms, recently learned how crowding workers together can affect operations. Since early May, at least 169 of the 270 migrant workers that the Oneida farm employs at its huge greenhouse have tested positive for COVID-19. Almost all of the workers were housed in local hotels, sometimes four to a room.
Madison County officials have ordered Green Empire to build bunkhouses.
Risks for farmworkers
The risks posed by COVID-19 are greater for undocumented immigrant farmworkers than for those who are native-born. Should Fernando become ill and seek medical care, he could easily catch the eye of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. If he is deported, Fernando would no longer be able to send money to his parents back home, whom he supports.
At a time when Fernando and his coworkers are considered essential, it is disturbing to them that their employers refuse to give them the same employment benefits that some other U.S. workers have.
“Why, if we’re ‘essential workers,’ are we left out of all the benefits of the government, like health benefits or other benefits, that you hear about other workers have in other industries?” he says.
Even short-term state aid for undocumented immigrant workers who have suffered at the hands of COVID-19 appears to be out of the question for now. At an April 16 press conference, a reporter asked Cuomo whether his administration intended to provide financial aid to such workers. He replied that his administration was “looking into it but we have real financial problems.”
For Fernando and his coworkers, that was definitely the wrong answer.
“That’s something like, really hard on them, because they’re working day and night,” he says. “It gets us very mad and sad and frustrated that the governor talks about immigrants and that’s … something that he doesn’t want to deal with right now.”
Farmers, on the other hand, can tap into different forms of government financial aid. The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved Kimball’s application for a Payroll Protection Program loan.
“It will cover our payroll for eight weeks. It’s a significant help,” he says.
As part of the $2.2 trillion CARES stimulus program, the federal Department of Agriculture has agreed to provide $19 billion in aid to farmers hurt by COVID-19. Of that total, $16 billion is in the form of grants to farmers and ranchers. Another $3 billion will be used to purchase fresh produce, meats and dairy products, which will be given to community organizations, food banks and charities.
In addition, the new $25 million Nourish NY Initiative provides a market to which New York’s farmers can sell at least some of their surplus agricultural products. The state Department of Agriculture and Markets program buys the goods, then gives them to food banks.
Closer to home, the Monroe County Emergency Small Business Support Program is offering zero-interest small business loans of up to $10,000. To be eligible, a farmer must have been hit by the pandemic’s effects and have no more than 50 people on the payroll.
Perhaps the best news is that the Finger Lakes region is in phase two of Cuomo’s New York Forward plan for reopening the state. Businesses have to develop acceptable workplace safety plans and meet other criteria before unlocking their doors. Restaurants, a primary customer for agricultural products, have begun outdoor seating. Schools, however, will not be able to open till phase four.
For now, local farmers are girding for the long haul.
“With the policies and procedures we have, we can sustain this a long time,” Howlett says.
Mike Costanza is a Rochester Beacon contributing writer. All coronavirus articles are collected here.


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The UK's savings pot grew to its highest level this century in the second quarter of 2006, figures from industry body IFA Promotion (IFAP) show.
IFAP's Savings Brake which measures the ratio of UK consumers' borrowings, not including mortgage debt, against their savings revealed that UK consumers saved more than 38.6 million pounds in the three months to end June.
That was the highest figure since the study began at the start of 2001. It compared to a low of 19.4 million pounds in the first three months of 2004, and eclipsed a previous high of 33.1 million pounds in the second quarter of last year.
But despite the healthy level of savings, people were still found to be taking on new debt at a ratio of 48 pence for every pound saved.
David Elms, chief executive of IFAP, said: This new fangled allegiance to saving is all well and good, but only if we show equal commitment to controlling our debts.
People are beginning to take heed of repeated calls to start saving, but seem to be eliminating spending and borrowing behaviour from their budgetary considerations.
The simple fact is that if we don't stop borrowing money, the positive effects of saving will be negated.
In the first quarter of 2006, UK consumers borrowed just 16 pence for every pound saved evidence of net debt repayment.
But Elms said that that had failed to result in a new financial pragmatism.
This is all very disappointing to see, he said. This quarter's results only go to show that the economy is in a state of flux and that a sensible budgeting mantra is yet to be embedded in the British psyche.

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MANY of us have pulled up behind a vehicle with a “Visualize World Peace” bumper sticker, yet we are unlikely to see the world become a peaceful place anytime soon. We are more likely to see the vision of a similar bumper sticker—“Visualize Whirled Peas.”
But visualizing world trucks? That’s easy. Anyone who attended the recent Truck Product Conference sponsored by the National Truck Equipment Association saw trucks that either were built in or produced by companies with substantial ownership in Japan, China, Vietnam, Turkey, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Canada, and right here in the U S of A.
Of all the trucks on display at this year’s Truck Product Conference, perhaps the one with the most international pedigree is the new Ford Transit. It’s the one that will replace an American icon—the Econoline van—in Ford’s product lineup.
While the Transit is new to North America, it is almost as much of an icon internationally as the Econoline has been in North America. Ford introduced the van in Europe in 1965 shortly after developing the Econoline for the North American market. According to Ford, more than seven million Transits have been sold in six continents. We are guessing that only Antarctica remains without a Transit dealer.
Also displayed prominently was the new Ram ProMaster van, an Americanized version of Fiat’s Ducato commercial van. The 2014 ProMaster is available as a cargo and window van versions, along with chassis cab and cutaways. It was designed by an Italian company and built in Mexico for sale in the American market.
Of course, Japanese truck manufacturers have been regular participants at the Truck Product Conference for decades. Ironic considering that this event originated as a joint meeting produced by Ford and General Motors. In the early years, participants at the conference viewed new Chevys at the GM facility in Warren and then drove down to Dearborn to hear what was new at Ford—and then went home.
Globalization will only become more important as chassis manufacturers seek ways to break down barriers of entry, hoping to market their products in as many nations as feasible with minimal modification to fit local markets.
One of the biggest obstacles is regulation—particularly with engines. As we reported on our website this month (www.trailer-bodybuilders.com) the world’s leading manufacturers of heavy-duty commercial trucks and engines met in Chicago this more to endorse a harmonized global approach to key issues such as energy efficiency standards and emissions regulations for commercial vehicles.
The meeting drew chief executives of commercial vehicle and engine manufacturers from Europe, Japan and the United States.
“The outcome of our meetings in Chicago was to affirm our commitment to work with governments around the world to establish a set of aligned global standards and measurement procedures related to fuel quality, energy efficiency improvements and greenhouse gas reductions,” said Cummins’ Tom Linebarger, who chaired the meeting.
Can we visualize world trucks? That’s easy. The more challenging question is what’s next? And how will that affect the commercial truck body and equipment industry? The commercial truck industry in the countries where some of these trucks originate is different from the way we do business in North America. Along with the truck will come new technologies and new ways to go to market.
• Truck manufacturers in other nations exercise more control over the manufacture of bodies and the installation of equipment. Will this have an impact on an already changing channel of distribution?
• Will global vehicles make North American customers relinquish some of the freedom they have had to spec their own commercial vehicles?
• Are we in the early phase of seeing vans replace pickups? For the past few years, British truck analyst Tim Campbell has spoken at The Work Truck Show, predicting that compact vans will begin doing more of the work currently being performed on pickup platforms. Good news for van interior manufacturers. But these vans also are being offered in chassis and cutaway configurations. Can we expect to see more second-unit bodies being mounted on these vehicles? And the Ram ProMaster is coming to North America with front-wheel drive. What opportunities might that present back of cab?
Just a few thoughts to chew on while visualizing whirled peas. ♦


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Dolo 650 bribery case: After the start of the hearing in the Supreme Court, Jairaj Govindaraju, Vice President Marketing and Communication of Micro Labs Limited, the manufacturer of Dolo-650, has given clarification in the matter. He told India Today that no FIR has been registered so far in relation to the allegations against the company. A public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court.
He said that if we are asked to give any clarification, then we are ready to give the data. He claimed that all the allegations made in the petition are baseless. He claimed that the Dolo 650 is also low in price like all other paracetamols.
He told that we have not spent 1000 crores on Dolo 650 during the Kovid period, because no company can spend such amount on a brand which has sold around 350 crores last year. He told that the expenditure being talked about in the petition, the company has spent on marketing in the last several years.
He said that the Dolo 650 brand became more popular during COVID as it became a front-line therapy to relieve fever as per the treatment protocol. During this there was also a demand for other medicines like Vitamin C and Zinc combination.
These allegations have been made in the PIL
Supreme Court Judge Justice DY Chandrachud on Thursday heard a PIL against Dolo Company. The Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives Association of India has alleged that the company had given gifts worth over Rs 1000 crore to doctors for prescribing Dolo-650 medicine to patients. Questions have been raised in the petition regarding the control of drug formulations and prices of drugs.
Supreme Court got serious about the matter
Justice DY Chandrachud, while sharing his experience during the hearing, said that when he had Kovid-19, he was also asked by the doctor to take Dolo-650. Apart from Justice Chandrachud, Justice AS Bopanna was also included in the bench. After hearing the arguments, the bench said, ‘This is a serious issue. It cannot be seen as ordinary litigation. We will definitely hear the matter.
Court sought response from the central government
The Supreme Court will now hear the matter after 10 days. The Supreme Court has asked the central government to give its response on this PIL within a week. It has also been demanded in the petition that companies should be held responsible for the gifts received by doctors for prescribing a particular medicine.
Raid on 36 locations in 9 states in July
Dolo maker Micro Labs Limited’s business is spread in more than 50 countries. The company first came into the limelight when the Income Tax Department raided its 36 locations located in 9 states on 6 July.


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Economic Justice and Dignity Group programme director, Mervyn Abrahams spoke with eNCA's Morena Mothupi. Courtesy of #DStv403
JOHANNESBURG - Women are depriving themselves to feed their families due to the rising cost of food.
The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group has released its latest Household Affordability Index.
It says women are only buying essential foods at the cheapest prices and cutting back on their own nutritional needs.
Programme director, Mervyn Abrahams, said, "our basket of 44 very basic foods has increased month-on-month by R159 or 3.9 percent and over the past eight months by almost 9 percent the cost of which is R342,59."
"Because the food is getting so expensive, households are cutting back on the amount of food that they are buying and because they are cutting back on the amount of food they buy, the person who, more often than not, doesn't get to eat is the mother of the household."


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On Thursday, Apple announced financial results for the company's fourth fiscal quarter, revealing declining sales for the fourth consecutive quarter but above analyst projections for sales and earnings per share.
Revenue and profits per share for Apple's fiscal fourth quarter came in higher than expected on Thursday, but the company reported declining sales for the fourth consecutive quarter. Except for the iPhone, every hardware business fell year over year, with the iPad and Mac markets seeing particularly steep declines.
To recover to approximately 5% year-over-year growth in Apple's most significant quarter, analysts were anticipating $122.98 billion in revenue for the December quarter.
As compared to the same period a year ago, net income increased to $22.96 billion, or $1.46 per share, from $20.72 billion, or $1.29 per share. The computer giant's full fiscal year revenues came in at $383.29 billion, down nearly 3% from the previous year. In the three months ending in September, revenue was down by less than one percent.
The company's iPhone sales were in line with Wall Street projections and grew more than 2% from previous year. Even though the iPhone 15 wasn't available for purchase for more than a week during the quarter, it was Apple's only hardware line to demonstrate increase.
at that quarter, "if you look at iPhone 15 and compare it to iPhone 14 for the same time in the year-ago quarter, iPhone 15 did better than iPhone 14," Cook told CNBC's Steve Kovach. He also mentioned that increased demand led to shortages of Apple's priciest iPhone models, the Pro and Pro Max.
Both the Mac and iPad divisions of Apple saw a decrease in sales during the quarter. During a call with analysts following Apple's third-quarter results, Maestri warned that iPad and Mac sales would drop by double digit percentages.
Mac sales were lower than expected, falling by roughly 34% year over year, according to financial analysts. Apple unveiled its latest MacBook Pro laptops and iMac desktop computers at a special evening event last month. Apple's new M3 CPUs may help drive sales for the company in the coming quarters, even if the company didn't include such sales in its quarterly report.
After a massive supply interruption in the third quarter of 2022 pushed what would have been third-quarter sales into the final quarter of 2022, Cook informed CNBC that the Mac comparison is to "an all-time record" fourth quarter. To put it another way, "the comparison point here is very difficult," he remarked.
The Mac, I believe, will have a much more successful December quarter. We've got the M3, we've got the new products, and we don't have the compare phenomena on a year-over-year basis," Cook added, referring to an abnormally high market for Macs in 2022.


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Microsoft has entered into a “multi-year, multi-title agreement with State of Decay developer Undead Labs.
Studio founder Jeff Strain broke the news in a company blog post, and while most details won’t be revealed until later in the year, he hinted strongly that the deal involves the State of Decay IP.
“I wanted to let you know we’ve signed a multi-year, multi-title agreement to extend our development relationship with Microsoft Studios,” Strain wrote.
“We’ll be able to share details later this year, but as with State of Decay, we think it’s best if we just keep our heads down and build some prototypes before we talk too much. For now, suffice it to say there are big things going on with State of Decay.”
State of Decay is actually two games. The first, codenamed ‘Class3’, is an open-world Zombie survival game for XBLA that has already become one of the platform’s biggest successes and its fastest-selling original title 250,000 copies sold in just two days.
The second, ‘Class4’, is currently being built on the same framework but will add online elements that transform the 1-2 player game into a world shared by thousands of players per server, and will be available on Xbox 360 and PC.
It seems likely that the deal with Microsoft would eventually put the IP on the Xbox One, either through an additional ‘Class5’ release of the original game or follow-up titles.


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French publisher Ubisoft said Monday that it will be taking an environmentally conscious approach with its video game packaging by cutting back on paper usage for future game releases.
The Splinter Cell
house said that Ubisoft's video games for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 will soon have instruction manuals included digitally on the game disc instead of having traditional paper manuals in the box. The new initiative will begin holiday 2010's release of Shaun White Skateboarding
Ubisoft said that not only will the digital manuals cut back on energy and lumber use required by paper manuals, but on-disc manuals are better for gamers. "Including the game manual directly in the game will offer the player easier and more intuitive access to game information, as well as allow Ubisoft to provide gamers with a more robust manual," said a statement from the publisher.
Ubisoft added, "Internal data shows that producing one ton of paper used in Ubisoft’s game manuals consumes an average of two tons of wood from 13 trees, with a net energy of 28 million BTU’s (equivalent to average heating and energy for one home/year), greenhouse gases equivalent of over 6,000 lbs of CO2, and wastewater of almost 15,000 gallons."
Ubisoft PC games will also see more environmentally-friendly packaging, the company said. In a partnership with Technimark, Inc., beginning with the PC version of Splinter Cell Conviction
on April 27, Ubisoft will release PC games in DVD cases made of 100 percent-recycled polypropylene. The company's PC games have included digital manuals since March this year.


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BERLIN SCL and Fundación Meri Partner with Plastic Oceans International
Plastic can take 500 years to biodegrade in the ocean, yet stories about washed up trash and plastic-polluted waters are increasingly common. This inspired BERLIN SCL, a part of McCann Worldgroup, to work with Fundación Meri, an NGO dedicated to the protection of marine biodiversity, to develop a partnership with Plastic Oceans International.
The organizations came together to develop a print campaign to generate awareness about plastic pollution on beaches. The campaign features images of discontinued brands and products along with the claim “Discontinued around the world, still available in the ocean.”


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The German automaker has appear that all 2020 911 Carrera S and 911 Carrera 4S auto and cabriolet models will be accessible with a seven-speed chiral transmission, according to a columnist release. Customers will be able to baddest the advantage as an another to an eight-speed bifold clamp automated transmission, or as the cast calls it, a Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) manual.
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Those who baddest the seven-speed chiral 911 will acquisition it comes commutual with the company’s Sport Chrono package. The chiral additionally uses a accepted limited-slip rear cogwheel and includes Dynamic Drive mounts, a rev analogous function, antagonism approach for adherence ascendancy and council wheel-mounted approach switch.
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C&D credibility out that it appears that the chiral transmission’s achievement is hardly worse than the PDK-equipped 911 Carrera. The seven-speed goes from 0-to-60 mph in about four seconds, according to Porsche, as against to three abnormal it takes the PDK.
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Every December, The Economist magazine comes out with a special feature that looks at the year ahead. In the sneak peak they provided for 2011, we saw a glimpse into one of the hottest culinary movements in the country: mobile food vendors. According to the magazine, “some of the best food Americans eat may come from the food truck.”
Practiced since ancient times, street vending is more popular than ever. Certain cities across the country are rightfully embracing mobile vendors for the vitality and creativity they bring. But, unfortunately, other cities are taking the opposite approach.
That’s why today my organization, the Institute for Justice, is launching a National Street Vending Initiative — a nationwide litigation and activism effort to vindicate the right of street vendors to earn an honest living.
Consider El Paso, Texas.
Officials in El Paso have recently made it illegal for mobile food vendors to operate within 1,000 feet of any restaurant, convenience store, or grocer. The city even prohibits vendors from parking to await customers, which forces vendors to constantly drive around town until a customer successfully flags them down — and then be on the move again as soon as the customer walks away.
Thus, instead of embracing their vending entrepreneurs, El Paso has decided to threaten them with thousands of dollars in fines and effectively run them out of town. This anti-competitive scheme is illegal because vending entrepreneurs have a constitutional right to earn an honest living free from unreasonable regulations.
And that’s why today IJ filed a major federal lawsuit against the city.
We teamed up with several El Paso vending entrepreneurs. Their stories are as inspiring as they are admirable. Maria Robledo says in our case launch video above:
I came to El Paso in 1981 to have a better life for my son and myself. My son wanted to start a little business selling candies, so we decided to buy an ice cream truck. We should have a chance to make a living. I don’t want to be living on food stamps or welfare or anything like that. We work and work and work. Is it a crime to work?
It boils down to this: Should the city of El Paso, Texas, be allowed to turn itself into a No-Vending Zone in order to protect brick-and-mortar restaurants from competition? Thankfully, the U.S. Constitution prohibits such abuses of government power. Simply put, naked protectionism is not constitutional.
That’s why vending entrepreneurs teamed up with IJ to sue El Paso today in federal court. And keep an eye out for us; we may soon be teaming up with entrepreneurs near you!
What are your favorite foods that you buy from mobile vendors? And do you know about any other cities that have similar laws? Please let us know on our Facebook page.
Matt Miller is the executive director of the Institute for Justice’s Texas Chapter, where he fights to secure property rights, economic liberty, freedom of speech and school choice.


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Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (HATC), Honda’s automobile production and sales subsidiary in Thailand, today announced plans to build a new automobile production plant with an annual production capacity of 120,000 units.
The new plant will be located within the property that Honda newly acquired in Prachinburi Province (approximately 120km east of Bangkok).
With an investment of approximately 17.15 billion baht (approximately 44.6 billion yen*), including acquisition of the land and construction of the automobile assembly and engine plant, the new plant is scheduled to become operational in 2015 with initial employment of approximately 1,200 associates (excluding seasonal).
HATC will strive to establish a highly efficient production system at the new plant through various efforts including shortening of production processes and introduction of latest production technologies including new painting and welding equipment.
HATC is planning to produce primarily small and sub-compact sized vehicles at the new plant, for which demand is increasing on a global basis. Furthermore, annual production capacity of HATC’s existing plant in Ayutthaya is increased from 240,000 to 280,000 units as of the end of January 2013, through the addition and upgrading of the existing facilities and equipment.
HATC is planning to make an additional investment to increase the annual production capacity of the existing plant to 300,000 units in 2014. Combined with the capacity of the new plant, HATC’s total annual production capacity will be increased to 420,000 units in 2015. Envisioning the continuous growth of the small car market in Thailand and exports to ASEAN, Oceania, the Middle & Near East, Africa and Caribbean countries, HATC will increase its production capacity while also enhancing its product lineup.
* Calculated with an exchange rate of 1 baht = 2.6 yen
About Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Established: December 2000 Capital Investment: 5.46 billion baht Capitalization Ratio: 75.94% Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 13.05% Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 11.01% Others Representative: Hiroshi Kobayashi/President Location: Ayutthaya Province, Thailand Business Areas: Production and sales of automobiles Production Models: Brio, Brio Amaze, Jazz (known as Fit in Japan), Jazz Hybrid, City, City CNG, Civic, Accord, CR-V Production Capacity: 280,000 units per year Employment: Approximately 4,100 associates (excluding seasonal) Honda Worldwide | February 6, 2013 “Honda to Build New Automobile Production Plant in Thailand and Increase Total Annual Production Capacity in Thailand to 420,000 Units in 2015”
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It is happening: Sony has confirmed that the new event “The Future of Gaming” will be held on June 5th at 03:00AM (GMT+7.) Moreover, there is a video teaser released by Sony as you can find below.
In this video, you can see the close up look at DualSense controller before the text detailing about the upcoming event shows up.
Currently, there is no further information about this event yet; however, it seems like we will probably see the closer look of how capable PlayStation 5 is for the first time.
PlayStation 5 will be releasing later this year. As of now, Sony has not shown any photo of the system itself; however, it will come with AMD Zen 2 8-core, 16 thread processor.


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By Venessa Anthony
The Sri Lanka Design Festival (SLDF) was launched 10 years ago, by Academy of Design (AOD), in hopes of creating an impact with design. It is a recognised platform to showcase the progress that Sri Lanka has made in terms of fashion and design. The SLDF 2021 will be held virtually from 15-17 January 2021.
A spokesperson from AOD spoke to The Morning Brunch about the theme for this year’s SLDF, stating: “The theme for this year is ‘ImpACT’. Whether it’s fashion, whether it’s craft, whether it’s the forums or conferences, we want to show the impact of all these aspects.” The virtual festival will showcase fashion and design initiatives that motivate the industry to “ACT” now and create a positive impact in a meaningful way.
Furthermore, they said: “We want to showcase the progress that we’ve made throughout the years. Be it entrepreneurs, designers, individuals, we hope to bring together all the action that they’ve done. We want to show their challenges, and how they overcame it, and what they learned from it. There will be a wider variety of events to look forward to this year.”
For the first time ever, the SLDF will be held virtually this year, due to the prevailing situation with the pandemic. They commented on what changes we can expect this year. “AOD’s graduate exhibition, which is annually showcased at SLDF, will post teasers online to build suspense up to the event, which will take place in January. On the day of the actual event, guests will have to register to visit the physical graduate exhibition, which will be held at Colombo Innovation Tower, just like every other year, while the teasers will remain online.”
This year will see a lot of diversity, catered towards a wider audience. Anoma Wijewardene has been selected as the “Artist Spotlight” for this year’s SLDF, and the festival will be showcasing some of her exclusive work. Former Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay, will also come on board to join the festivities. SLDF revealed he will be speaking on sustainable tourism, the impact on the economy, and the harmony between sustainability and economy.
There will be many exciting segments and events planned in the days leading up to the festival, so keep your eyes peeled for these interesting new concepts.


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Samsung took the wraps off the Galaxy S9 earlier this week, and in addition to several hardware upgrades, the company also introduced its very own animated emoticons called AR Emoji.
By the looks of things, AR Emoji is based on the same idea as Apple’s Animoji available exclusively on the iPhone X, so it was just a matter of time until Samsung was accused of copying its long-time rival.
But Samsung says that it doesn’t copy Apple in any way, not only because the two companies use different approaches, but also because AR Emoji itself is a feature that’s been in development for a long time.
Speaking with the WSJ, Samsung’s mobile chief D. J. Koh explained that AR Emoji was part of the company’s feature roadmap before Apple officially rolled out Animoji, claiming he was the first to come up with this idea in 2001. At that point, he was the chief of Samsung’s mobile research and development unit, but introducing animated emoji on a flip phone was impossible given the hardware limitations.
“Their approach and my approach is totally different,” Koh was quoted as saying. “I do work seriously based off my own roadmap.”
Samsung making fun of Apple
Apple has also denied claims that the company is copying Android, explaining that even though it’s not the first to bring certain features to the market, it takes its time to get everything right and deliver uncompromised experience to customers.
But while it denies that it’s copying Apple, Samsung can’t refrain from making fun of its rival with every single occasion. During the Galaxy S9 launch, for instance,
Samsung poked fun at Apple for building a screen with a notch and removing the fingerprint reader, a feature that continues to be extremely popular.
Instead, Samsung said it’s listening to customers and decided to keep the fingerprint sensor on its phones despite the current smartphone trend of switching to facial recognition exclusively.
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Innoviz Technologies and General Laser to accelerate LiDAR adoption
Innoviz Technologies, a technology company of high-performance, automotive-grade LiDAR sensors and perception software, and General Laser, an European provider of products and services in the fields of lasers, robotics, special machinery and more, announced their collaboration to drive sales for Innoviz’s LiDAR solutions in the European market. This is Innoviz’s first distribution agreement in Europe.
General Laser will utilize its network of over 70 resellers and direct relationships with customers across Europe to accelerate the adoption of Innoviz’s LiDAR solutions in General Laser’s service territory across Europe. General Laser will help expand Innoviz’s sales efforts into various industrial market segments, including construction, agriculture, mobile robotics, drones, surveillance and more, driving near-term revenues.


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“..3D printing is a big deal.
It could – potentially – see local, custom-made goods replacing those produced on assembly lines.
It could bring manufacturing jobs back to the UK – and create a world of new opportunities for UK designers.
And it might also be a major source of growth in the future – one the government might want to nurture.
But what is 3D printing exactly -
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A new North Lakes beauty salon is taking the guilt out of juggling children with finding time for a beauty treatment.
The brainchild of Ashleigh Kapper, Bubs and Beauty Salon provides free childcare onsite while parents are pampered.
In the beauty industry for nine years, Ashleigh realises how difficult it is for mums to find care for their children while they have a haircut, massage or manicure.
“But it’s really important to have that self-care,” Ashleigh says.
“There’s no beauty salon in Brisbane with a creche and there’s such a need for it.
“Gyms have creches, so there’s no reason this wouldn’t work.”
Bubs and Beauty offers free play dates on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, where people can drop in for morning tea and meet other parents while their children are cared for in the creche.
All staff at the salon have Blue Cards and all creche workers have a child service certificate or diploma, first aid qualifications and CPR.
For Michelle Lampshire, the salon is a godsend because it means she doesn’t have to worry about a babysitter.
She moved to Australia from New Zealand about seven years ago, and while she has some family nearby, her partner works six days a week and she doesn’t like to impose.
“It’s great – I brought my five-year-old in while I had a facial and I nearly cried,” Michelle says.
“It was the best facial I’ve ever had because I didn’t have to worry about my kids.”
Ashleigh says the salon has been designed so some treatment rooms have windows overlooking the creche.
“A little bit of noise comes through and the mums say it’s lovely to hear the kids playing happily,” she says.
After their salon treatments, clients are welcome to have a cuppa and a chat in a separate relaxation area before collecting their children.
“We wanted to make it really relaxing and stress-free and guilt-free.
“The better they look after themselves the better support they are for their family.”
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Dacia sales in Romania: 54,500 units in 2018, 26% growth
Last year, over 54,500 Romanians have bought a Dacia car, up 26.2% compared to 2017. In 2018, France was the best foreign market for Dacia, with 141,606 units.
On the Romanian market, Dacia sold 54,593 new cars last year, up 26.2% from 2017. Thus, the Mioveni builder estimates it has a market share of over 30%.
According to Dacia’s report, all models marketed in Romania recorded increases in 2018. The new Dacia Duster has sold in 13,179 units, most of the customers being attracted by some higher versions.
Last year, Dacia Sandero was sold in Romania in 10,218 units. Dacia Logan continued to be the best-selling new model in Romania with 21,176 units.


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Chris Ferrell, Patrick Rains and company are returning to SouthComm, Inc.—or, perhaps more accurately, SouthComm is returning to them.
Endeavor Business Media—the firm launched by Ferrell just weeks after his departure from SouthComm last November as part of a “change in strategic direction” at the company—announced Monday that it has acquired SouthComm’s remaining assets, including 17 trade magazines and a handful of affiliated websites and trade shows.
“From the moment I left SouthComm, I set about trying to put together the resources to acquire the B2B brands when the company put them on the market,” Ferrell tells Folio:. “I told the staff this morning that I have been looking forward to this day for eight months.”
SouthComm, which Ferrell founded in 2007 and headed as CEO until last year, had spent the last several months selling off its considerable holdings in the local alt-weekly space piece-by-piece—including the Nashville Post and Nashville Scene, the Washington City Paper, and Kansas City’s The Pitch, among others—in an apparent bid to focus more on its b2b brands, which, by most accounts, were a stronger business.


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On Tuesday evening, Harlem's Fashion Row celebrated the return of New York Fashion Week with a hybrid in-person and virtual presentation, bringing together a crowd that included Jordan Alexander, Anna Wintour, activist and journalist Emil Wilbekin and more uptown, on the very street where Brandice Daniel started it all.
The 14th annual Style Awards honored Zerina Akers as Stylist of the Year, Christopher John Rogers as Designer of the Year and i-D's Carlos Nazario as Editor of the Year; Liya Kebede was recognized with a Fashion Icon Award, while famed stylist and creative director Freddie Leiba received a Lifetime Achievement Award. Then, there was the fashion show, starring collections from Charles Harbison Studio, Shawn Pean of June79, Johnathan Hayden and TIER — all brands owned and created by Black men — as well as Harbison's collaboration with Banana Republic. Afterwards, guests boarded double-decker buses to view a special Harlem's Fashion Row window display created in partnership with Bergdorf Goodman, featuring looks from each designer.
Originally studying architecture before switching to fashion, Harbison began his career in New York with stints at Michael Kors, Luca Luca and Billy Reid before launching his own label in 2013. The core values of both his design process and his business practices are sustainability, inclusivity and innovation. That's why he trusted Daniel to broker the collaboration with Banana Republic.
"Frankly, I trust Brandice," he says. "I have a relationship with Banana Republic because I worked there in college, and their sensibilities around modern luxury, easy separates and a connection to the environment all resonate with me. And that accessibility is important to me." The capsule launches in October on bananarepublic.gap.com and in select Banana Republic stores; the Harbison Studio collection is available for purchase online now.
"When I was thinking about the inspiration behind this collection, I thought about the things I was presently in love with, and honestly what I missed the most was my mother because I hadn't seen her in over a year," Harbison says. "The place where I was finding the most respite and peace was in nature, so I found a story that linked those two ideas — that of a Black woman pioneer."
June79 by Shawn Pean is Pean's first foray into the creative side of fashion. As a former senior executive at Balmain, Valentino and Saks Fifth Avenue, he brings a unique sensibility to the traditional ways we think about suiting and the business of fashion. "My design process comes from a mix of both worlds, creative and analytical," he says.
From his perspective, the suit has been around for decades but hasn't changed much fundamentally, despite the fact that how we do business now has: "When you think about how we go about our day psychologically, from working on our phones to now being on Zoom calls to meeting someone for lunch to then meeting someone for drinks, most guys reached out saying they felt over or underdressed in each situation." This inspired Pean's aesthetic of work-meets-athleisure with a strong emphasis on luxury and streamlined tailoring manufactured in New York.
Johnathan Hayden, meanwhile, is interested in using technology to make fashion that endures and is inclusive. Hayden employs user-experience-based design techniques to ensure that even during the creative process, he isn't contributing to waste. Allowing his consumers — which tend to be women in STEM — to have input on design as it's happening is one way of ensuring the final product is something they love and want to keep for a while.
"I spent the last nine months really asking our customers, 'How did you survive the last year?' And we categorized this into four groups and they were ways that I also coped with the last year," Hayden says. Those four groups — transformation, movement, growth and meditation — served as the core of that design process.
Hayden's intentionality extends to how he presents his work, too. For the music accompanying his debut, he chose a piece called "The Birds Belong to All of Us," inspired by the racist encounter between Christian Cooper and Amy Cooper in 2020. With this collection, Hayden wanted to acknowledge the strife of what happened in the wake of that incident, George Floyd's death and the pandemic, while also bringing to life something beautiful — yet another testament to Black creatives using art to endure hard times.
TIER is the fashion brainchild of college friends turned business partners Nigeria Ealey (creative director), Esaïe Jean-Simon (finance director) and Victor James (art director). The collection features statement-making streetwear for men and women, and is a true testament to the collaborative power of allowing each team member to own their specific role. "We all connected because we have different styles but collective interests," says Ealey.
The Brooklyn-born team used the past year and a half to become more intentional with the use of their platform. "We want to create something that is going to last longer than us. So you have to be more strategic in order to do that," Ealey says.
During the pandemic, TIER exceeded its profit goals and was able to secure its first studio space, but it didn't feel right to celebrate that success while so many others were suffering. From partnering with local restaurants to provide meals to essential workers to hosting an annual entrepreneur festival, the brand works to amplify smaller businesses and support the community that has supported them from inception.
Daniel founded Harlem's Fashion Row in an effort to provide multicultural fashion designers with the financial, professional and creative support independent businesses need to develop and promote their work. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, she established ICON360 Inc., a 501(c)(3), to provide resources for Black designers and HBCUs with a mission to achieve sustainable growth in the fashion industry, last year. Harlem's Fashion Row continued to give back to its design community at New York Fashion Week: At the conclusion of the awards ceremony, each designer who presented that evening was awarded a $10,000 grant from Crown Royal and ICON360.
Harlem's 137th Street, where CEO and founder Daniel started Harlem's Fashion Row in 2007, served as the runway, with guests seated in the traditional row format and on the stoops of local residents. This only added to the sense of community within the Black creative space, which aptly reflected the evening's theme: Renaissance Forever.
During the Great Migration, Harlem drew about 175,000 of nearly six million African Americans fleeing the terror and violence that followed the Civil War and seeking better lives outside of the South. This small Manhattan neighborhood became home to some of the brightest minds in writing, music, art, dance and philosophy, which gave rise to the Harlem Renaissance. This became a crucial point in the evolution of Black American culture as we worked to create an identity beyond that of enslaved people.
As we're currently enduring yet another period of social injustice, Daniel felt it only right to bring HFR back home for this year's event. "You know with Harlem and with Black people, there's a forever renaissance," she says. "We're continuing to evolve. We're continuing to create. We're continuing to innovate."


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Showaddywaddy drummer passes on music tips
Malcolm Allured, the man behind the drum kit in Showaddywaddy during the 1970s is passing on his knowledge of music to a new generation.
He has teamed up with fellow musician Nick Woolgar to start running group drumming lessons in Shipley Gate, Nottinghamshire.
Speaking to the Ilkeston Advertiser, Allured explained that young musicians would not just be getting technical tips on how to improve their performance on the drum kit.
"We don't just teach the kids drumming - we answer questions about our time touring in bands and supporting artists and teach them all different things about being in a band," he stated.
Earlier this week, Mapex Drums announced it is holding a free drumming workshop at the Northern School of Contemporary Music in Darlington.
The event is to take place on February 20th 2010 and tips will be given by Karl Brazil, who has worked behind the drum kit for Robbie Williams and Feeder in the past.Posted on 7 Feb 2010 09:00 to category : Instruments News
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Apple’s Taiwanese manufacturing partner Pegatron has begun production of the next iPhone, according to a DigiTimes report citing industry sources in Taiwan.The Wall Street Journal also reported last week that the iPhone is already in production, but it did not name a specific manufacturer.
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Bunzl, the parent company of Lockhart Catering Equipment, Aggora, Continental Chef Supplies and most recently Comax, has reported its financial position for the first half of 2021.
The group believes its diversified and resilient business model has delivered good overall growth against continuing pandemic-related challenges.
Group revenue in the first half is expected to increase by approximately 1% at actual exchange rates and to increase by 6% to 7% at constant exchange rates, with the impact of acquisitions such as that of catering equipment dealer Comax being slightly higher than underlying revenue growth and a small impact from fewer trading days.
At constant exchange rates, underlying revenue growth is expected to reflect a strong recovery in the base business, including the foodservice and retail sectors, largely offset by the anticipated decline in larger Covid-19 related orders.
Underlying revenue over the first half is expected to be approximately 6% higher than the comparable 2019 period. Group adjusted operating margin for the first half is expected to be nearly 1% higher than that achieved in the first half of 2019, supported by smaller Covid-19 related orders.
The group’s revenue guidance for the year remains unchanged from that published in its first quarter trading statement. At constant exchange rates, underlying revenue is expected to be moderately higher in 2021 compared to 2019, which Bunzl feels demonstrates the resilience of its business model.
The group is increasing its adjusted operating margin expectations for the year to be slightly ahead of historical levels.
Bunzl’s latest publicly-available financial reporting revealed a £10.1bn turnover with an operating profit of £778.4m in the 12 months to 31 December 2020.


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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration expanded duty-free benefits for imported travel goods from several countries in a decision revealed Thursday, disappointing industry groups and fashion firms like Tory Burch, Michael Kors and Coach Inc. that were seeking to have the benefits extended to a larger group of countries.
The U.S. Trade Representative’s office issued the outcome of its annual product review of the Generalized System of Preferences, touting the administration’s decision to expand the GSP program benefits to travel goods made by a large group of the poorest countries in the world.
As a result, African countries under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, as well as other countries such as Cambodia and Haiti will now be able to ship luggage, backpacks, handbags and wallets, among other travel goods, to the U.S. duty free.
“Trade preference programs such as GSP and AGOA can make a powerful contribution to lifting people out of poverty and supporting growth in some of the poorest countries in the world, while also reducing costs to American consumers and businesses,” said USTR Michael Froman. “We have used these programs to give beneficiary countries a vital leg up vis-à-vis more advanced competitors.”
While the decision was good news for those countries, which are currently small or nonexistent suppliers of travel goods, it was not well received by the industry.
“We are deeply disappointed with President Obama’s decision. If President Obama had granted benefits to travel goods from all GSP-eligible countries, we estimate the industry would have received benefits that could exceed $75 million during the first year alone,” said Rick Helfenbein, president and chief executive officer at the American Apparel & Footwear Association, which helped lead the industry effort. “These benefits translate into jobs for our U.S. workers, value for our U.S. customers, and improvements for our global supply chains. The potential for that opportunity is now delayed indefinitely.”
He added that, “Today’s decision denies benefits to countries at a critical point in development, such as the Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.”
Companies such as Coach Inc., Michael Kors, Tory Burch, VF Corp., Kate Spade, Ann Inc., REI and Columbia Sportswear petitioned the government either individually or as part of coalitions for duty-free benefits on a broad array of travel goods under GSP.
The GSP program provides duty-free benefits for more than 5,000 types of products from 122 designated countries and territories. While the entire GSP program does not cover most apparel and textile imports to the U.S., it does cover accessories, such as jewelry.
Congress passed legislation last year that removed a 41-year-old statutory prohibition on travel goods under the GSP program that then allowed companies to petition the government to include imports of certain travel goods for duty-free treatment.
USTR reviewed 20 petitions from companies, industry associations and some foreign governments in a bid to expand the GSP program to include travel goods for the first time. Hearings were also held in the matter.
The estimated amount of U.S. imports of the travel goods covered by the 20 petitions was $9.54 billion in 2014, according to four petitions filed on behalf of several brands and retailers by Sorini, Samet & Associates LLC. Of that total, China accounted for roughly $6.73 billion in travel goods imports to the U.S. China is not eligible for GSP benefits.
Many brands and industry associations were seeking duty-free benefits for countries such as the Philippines, India, Indonesia and Thailand — all existing small suppliers of travel goods to the U.S. and GSP eligible.
Those four countries did not receive the benefits from the administration in the decision announced Thursday.
In its review, the administration weighed, among other things, the impact of lifting duties on imports on U.S. travel goods manufacturers against the benefits to U.S. companies that source the majority of those products aboard and to developing countries seeking to expand their market share in the categories.
One travel goods manufacturer petitioned the government in opposition, stating it would negatively impact domestic producers. That company, Korchmar, a 99-year-old travel goods manufacturer based in Naples, Fla., said providing duty-free benefits to imported travel goods under GSP would have a negative impact on the domestic industry.
“We will continue to fight for the addition of travel goods to the GSP program for all GSP-eligible countries. Delaying this decision adds costs in the form of uncertainties and lost duty savings,” Helfenbein said.


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Citing forced labor concerns, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will detain all imports of raw sugar and related products made in the Dominican Republic by Central Romana Corporation, the agency announced Wednesday.
CBP has issued a “Withhold Release Order” — meaning it will seize all imports to U.S. ports — against Central Romana based on information that reasonably indicates the use of forced labor in its operations, the agency said in a press release announcing the move.
CBP said it identified five of the International Labour Organization’s 11 indicators of forced labor during its investigation: abuse of vulnerability, isolation, withholding of wages, abusive working and living conditions, and excessive overtime.
“This Withhold Release Order demonstrates CBP’s commitment to protect human rights and international labor standards and to promote a fair and competitive global marketplace,” said CBP Acting Commissioner Troy Miller. “The agency will continue to set a high global standard by aggressively investigating allegations of forced labor in U.S. supply chains and keeping tainted merchandise out of the United States.”
Among the brands that use Central Romana sugar are Domino, Florida Crystals, and C&H.
What the ban will mean for sugar availability as consumers head into the holiday baking season remains to be seen. V.I. Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs Commissioner Richard Evangelista was not available for comment on Wednesday, but indicators are that it could cause serious disruptions to U.S. sugar imports in the near term.
The impact on sugar prices also is unknown as they are heavily regulated, including price supports to keep domestic sugar prices far above those on world markets, the New York Times reported. Those regulations also include preferential tariff rates for sugar imported from the Dominican Republic.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Central Romana produces 59 percent of the Dominican Republic’s sugar, and Wednesday’s measure could have a crippling effect on the company that reportedly exports some 200 million pounds of its product to the U.S. each year.
Central Romana is partly owned by Florida-based Fanjul Corp., a global sugar and real estate conglomerate operated by brothers Alfonso Fanjul and J. Pepe Fanjul, who are prominent political donors to both the Republican and Democratic parties. In 2018 they were inducted into the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame.
In a written statement to the Associated Press, Central Romana said that it received the news about the import ban with “great astonishment.”
“In recent decades we have invested millions of dollars to improve the working and living conditions of our employees in agricultural areas, guaranteeing decent wages and increased benefits, training and education workshops, as well as training in human rights and duties of our workers,” it said.
However, the company has faced allegations of abusive labor practices for decades, according to multiple media outlets, including Mother Jones, which reported that Wednesday’s ban follows a two-year investigation it undertook with Reveal from The Center for Investigative Journalism.
“The Reveal/Mother Jones investigation, released in September 2021, found grim conditions for the cane cutters and their families, who live in ramshackle company housing, often with no electricity or running water. In more than 50 interviews, workers spoke of inadequate protective gear, poor medical care, low pay, chronic debt and intimidation by the company’s armed security force,” the publication reported Wednesday in response to CBP’s announcement.
It said that thousands of men who harvest sugar cane for Central Romana are Haitian citizens or of Haitian descent, many of whom do not have legal status in the Dominican Republic, which shares a border with Haiti.
“Unable to collect long-overdue pensions, some workers said they were forced to cut cane into their 80s,” Mother Jones reported.
The Associated Press visited several sugar cane fields owned by Central Romana in 2021, it said, “where workers complained about a lack of wages, being forced to live in cramped housing that lacked water and restrictive rules including not being allowed to grow a garden to feed their families since transportation to the nearest grocery store miles away was too costly.”
The Dominican Republic government also has come under fire in recent days for targeting undocumented Haitians for deportation, prompting a warning from the U.S. Embassy that dark-skinned Americans and U.S. citizens of African descent may be profiled and mistakenly detained.
“CBP continues to set the international standard for ensuring that goods made with forced labor do not enter U.S. commerce,” said AnnMarie R. Highsmith, executive assistant commissioner, CBP Office of Trade. “Manufacturers like Central Romana, who fail to abide by our laws, will face consequences as we root out these inhumane practices from U.S. supply chains.”
According to Customs and Border Protection, the ban on Central Romana imports is the latest action the United States has taken to address forced labor and other human rights abuses around the world.
In September, the U.S. Department of Labor identified sugar cane from the Dominican Republic in its List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor, and the U.S. Department of State placed the Dominican Republic on its Tier 2 list in their July 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report.
With Wednesday’s announcement, CBP now oversees the enforcement of 55 Withhold Release Orders and nine Findings, it said.
Federal statute 19 U.S.C. 1307 prohibits the importation of merchandise produced, wholly or in part, by convict labor, forced labor, and/or indentured labor, including forced or indentured child labor, according to Wednesday’s press release. CBP detains shipments of goods suspected of being imported in violation of this statute.
Importers of detained shipments can export their shipments or seek to demonstrate that the merchandise was not produced with forced labor, the agency said.
Any person or organization that has reason to believe merchandise produced with the use of forced labor is being, or is likely to be, imported into the United States can report detailed allegations by contacting CBP through the e-Allegations Online Trade Violations Reporting System or by calling 1-800-232-5378 (BE-ALERT).


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Carmine Marada Berardi, 41 of Rome, was arrested for a string of car break-ins around Rome.
Reports said that on October 5 he broke into a vehicle at Evans Store on Alabama Highway in Coosa and stole sunglasses and a bag of misc items.
He is also accused of previously breaking into a car on Krannert Road and numerous other locations along Alabama Highway.
He is accused of taking CD’s, a radio, logging chain, electric cooler, power adapter, air tank, and numerous other small items,
Berardi is charged with ten counts entering an automobile with intent to commit a felony, seven counts criminal trespass, seven counts theft by taking and criminal damage to property.


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Local restrictions on night-time deliveries leave some distributors no choice but to dispatch trucks during morning rush hours. But lifting these rules could reduce peak traffic volumes and increase transport efficiency, according to a recent study in Sweden.
Some communities prohibit heavy trucks from operating during the night. Stockholm is one of them, but the city wanted to see if lifting its ban might yield some benefits in transportation efficiency. Acoustic, transport efficiency and policy researchers from the KTH Transport Research Laboratory joined with other partners in a pilot study with the city of Stockholm to see if lifting the 10.00pm-6.00am ban on truck deliveries made sense.
They worked with a national supermarket chain and its suburban Stockholm central warehouse, as well as with a company that supplied food to restaurants and hotels.
Ordinarily the supermarket warehouse, 30km north of Stockholm, would deploy several fully-loaded trucks to make deliveries during peak morning rush hours from 6.00 to 8.00, because there is no way for one truck to make them all in that short a time span.
But in the study, a single truck delivered goods to three stores in central Stockholm between the prohibited hours. It would return to the warehouse three times in the night to be reloaded, and then make its subsequent delivery. “That's one truck doing the work of three – or in other words, morning commuters are spared having to share the road with three heavy duty trucks,” Anna Pernestål Brenden of KTH said.
Although it was a small scale study, she said there were strong indications that scaling up off-peak deliveries could increase business efficiency for suppliers and retailers, reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, and perhaps make a positive impact on traffic volume during peak morning hours.
Part of the study was also to assess whether deliveries at night bothered neighbours. The drivers had to follow some rules: for example, no using reverse signals or talking on cell phones outside the vehicle. Also, two trucks equipped with low noise technology were used.
“It turned out that the noise people complained about was caused mainly by unloading the truck, not driving,” Anna explained. KTH created a sound recording system that placed microphones in the truck. The front microphones would record when the truck was getting unloaded, so that neighbourhood background noise could also be taken into account. The system allowed researchers to evaluate the mix of sound from both vehicle and environment, and give a true picture of what difference the unloading of the vehicle actually made.
One particularly quiet neighbourhood on the edge of the city was the source of complaints from neighbours – but Anna said the results showed that most people don’t notice the unloading in neighbourhoods with sufficient background noise: “Only in the quiet neighbourhoods does noise raise a problem.”
The study involved truck manufacturers, goods owners, carriers, goods receivers, and companies that make silent roller cages. KTH was also asked to validate new technologies, such as a zone management concept for electric hybrid vehicles. This system would automatically switch the engine to electric, rather than diesel, power in certain geographic zones.
Anna described the study as a “small step” for more efficient transport, adding: “By making small changes we can improve transport efficiency, reduce congestion, and enable new business models for goods receivers.”


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- Almost 90% of UAE residents surveyed are concerned about global market volatility and rising inflation
- While price increases have been noted across most retail categories, 16% of consumers have reported an increase in spending compared to 2021
- Despite concerns, UAE consumers do not expect to reduce their spending over the next six months
UAE consumer spending power remains strong despite concerns about the global macro-economic environment. This is according to research by leading management consulting firm, Kearney, exploring consumer sentiment and purchasing habits. 88% of those surveyed highlighted concerns about global market volatility and rising inflation, and 83% noted an increase in the prices of goods purchased over the last three months.
Price increases were felt most in food and beverage (85%), transport including gas prices (77%), restaurants and hotels (72%), clothing and footwear (70%) and electronics (68%). However, despite concerns and noticeable price hikes, consumers do not expect their spending to be impacted with over half (56%) planning on making a major household purchase (AED 1,000+) in the next six months.
“Overall, the country’s strong economic foundation and continued favorable policy changes towards business and individuals have given consumers the confidence in their purchasing power, regardless of the macroeconomic environment. UAE residents, in fact, have reported an increase in spending on non-essential items compared to 2021 (16%) reinforcing this, and we anticipate that this trend will continue into the new year,” commented Debashish Mukherjee, Partner, Kearney Middle East.
Online purchasing remains a popular channel for UAE shoppers, mainly due to the ease of purchase (66%), saving money (62%), variety (51%) and ease of delivery (48%). When it comes to shopping in brick-and-mortar stores, the importance of the in-store experience and convenience increased by 36% and 26% respectively, compared to 2021.
“During and post-pandemic, many retailers adopted an omnichannel approach to ensure that the business impact was cushioned. With online shopping also on a steady rise, retailers now more than ever need to build stronger brand connections and offer new, more engaging in-store experiences.” added Mohammed Dhedhi, Partner, Kearney Middle East.
“By closely monitoring the evolving face of retail and adapting their strategies, key stakeholders in the retail sector can capitalize on this positive, local sentiment. This will ensure that they stay relevant and engaged with consumer needs to remain competitive,” concluded Mukherjee.


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The fine jewellery designer unveiled a series of rings set with precious gemstones inspired by the long-time kids' favorite, Lego.
Test out the house's new sneaker models with Snapchat.
The painter's Abstraktes Bild (649-2) painting recently sold for US$27.7 million at Sotheby's "Contemporary Art" sale.
A series of items once owned by the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, are set to go under the hammer, October 23, in an online sale held by the Guernsey's auction house.
The collection, dubbed "Ultimate Steven Klein," consists of 24 unique polaroids featuring celebrities like Madonna, Prince and more.


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With a product offering including pre-rolls, flower, oil, and decarb products, the company has 1.8 million square feet of facilities in Ontario and Quebec and is working hard toward its goal of becoming the premier-branded cannabis company in the edibles space.
As such, Hexo recently acquired Newstrike Brands in an all-stock deal worth $260 million. This combination will mean Hexo will experience an increase in size and reach, and Hexo will have a clear path toward creating specialty products for the edibles market.
In addition to this, in 2018, Hexo announced a partnership with Molson Coors, a joint venture that will be focused on non-alcoholic, cannabis-infused beverages for the Canadian market.
The consumable cannabis market, which is expected to be legalized later this year, is another potentially lucrative market that cannabis companies are working to get a foothold in.
Hexo is well positioned here.
$22.4 billion Canopy Growth (TSX:WEED)(NYSE:CGC) stock has rallied 80% year to date, as this company continues to demonstrate why it is the top cannabis stock to own.
With 4.3 million square feet in operating in Canada, partnerships such as the Constellations Brands partnership, as well as success in its global expansion and 32 patents in its growing intellectual property portfolio of products and technologies, Canopy is a force to be reckoned with.
Taking stock on sustainability
This is all extremely exciting for the long-term viability of the cannabis industry and these two cannabis stocks, but in the short term, where do we stand in terms of sustaining these stock price gains?
Trading at exorbitant price-to-sales multiples, with escalating net losses and growth spending, I can see how these stocks and cannabis stocks in general have big downside in the short term.
Yes, the stocks can grow into these valuations in the long term, but I continue to caution that the short term is fraught with risks for these stock prices.
Aurora Cannabis will be reporting its results on May 14, with Canopy reporting in June, and as these results keep rolling in, we will continue to get a clearer picture on the state of the market and company fundamentals.
Cannabis stocks remain highly volatile, so your best bet is to take some profits in times of strength (like today) and buy on weakness after a market correction.


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The changing landscape for Australian clothing retailers and wholesalers
"Suppliers shocked as Myer and David Jones dump brands"
Sydney Morning Herald, 26 July 2015
Last month Myer notified about 100 men's, women's, children's, footwear and clothing brands they will no longer be stocked in its stores and launched a 'spring clean' sale less than a week after closing its mid-year clearance. Myer's decision came just a few months after David Jones deleted about 180 of its 2,400 brands, with 80 alone in womenswear.1
Number of brands recently de-listed
Beyond the attention grabbing headline, is this significant?
Yes, and No.
It is not unusual for there to be a changeover of brands at the end of the financial year. And whilst Myer and David Jones have declined to identify the deleted brands, industry commentators suggest some of them had minimal presence in their stores.2
So are the headlines just a media 'beat up', stoked by Myer's PR department seeking to maximise media coverage of its sale?
Perhaps, but only in part. The launch of a 'massive' spring clean sale less than a week after closing a mid-year sale suggests this year's brand cull is more significant. Indeed, the volume of discounted brands made available in the latest sale was sufficient to crash Myer's website, as discounts of 30% to 50% attracted unprecedented customer demand.3
Private label brands
The make up of the deleted brands is also significant. Whilst many of the deleted brands are small international and local designers, the Myer Exclusive Brands are also a significant component. Myer's private label brands, including Piper, Basque, Regatta, Chloe and Lola, Trent Nathan, Wayne by Wayne Cooper, Charlie Brown, Howard Showers, Miss Shop and L Lisa Ho, featured in the list of heavily discounted apparel and footwear brands.
The private label brands have helped Myer differentiate its offer from David Jones and Target and have been a key driver of sales and margin growth over the past few years, with sales reaching $638 million, or 20% of group sales, in 2014. The retailer owns or stocks 66 Myer Exclusive Brands after buying several distressed brands, such as Trent Nathan and Charlie Brown, and developing in-house labels.4
But the strategy clearly needs attention. Whilst David Jones sales rose 6.4% in the year ending June and more than 10% in the June half (the strongest rate of growth since 2007), Myer's sales in the 10 months ending April have risen only 1.7%. Taking into account inflation and store growth, in real terms Myer's sales are actually declining.5
David Jones appear to have taken a proactive approach. Since the Woolworths takeover last year, for example, David Jones chief executive Iain Nairn has removed more than 180 brands (80 in womenswear alone), replacing niche labels with larger mid-market brands such as Seed, FCUK, Marcs, Country Road and Witchery. Nairn's meticulous market research showed these were brands David Jones' customers were buying outside David Jones' doors.7
Myer, by contrast, appears to be playing catch up and the latest brand cull and heavy discounting appear more reactive than proactive. If Myer chief executive Richard Umbers, who took the helm from Bernie Brookes in March, had been hoping the new brands would be as successful in luring shoppers and generating sales growth as they had been at David Jones, then he clearly has had a re-think.8
What this means for Australian clothing wholesalers andbrand owners?
There will be winners and losers.
The losers, clearly, are those brands that have been culled. Myer and David Jones are key distributors for many clothing brands, especially smaller brands without standalone stores. Department stores represent about 25% of total demand for Australian clothing wholesalers.9Given softness in the current retail climate, the prospects of finding new customers to replace Myer and David Jones are challenging.
The winners, at least in the short term, are those brands that were not culled. With more focus on a smaller number of brands, the remaining brands should see an uplift in promotion and sales.
"I think it's positive because one of my criticisms is they have way too many brands and don't have enough volume to do justice to some of the brands"10
[Department store clothing supplier]
The new management at Myer and David Jones are placing much more focus on returns and productivity per square metre than we've ever seen before, which is very positive"11
[Department store clothing supplier]
Longer term – structural changes will challenge both retailers and wholesalers
The current challenges facing Myer and David Jones (and the retail sector generally) are not merely cyclical – they are structural.12
The landscape of retail in Australia is being profoundly re-shaped by external forces. This is forcing Australian retailers to reconsider how they do business. In turn, their wholesaler suppliers will be forced to do the same.
The 'war of attrition' being played out between Myer and David Jones is in response to these structural changes and the impacts will reverberate through both the Australian clothing retail and wholesale industries.
Continued growth in online retail and loss of market share to northern hemisphere retailers will lead to further rationalisation in the Australian retail sector. The big will get bigger, with smaller niche players at the other end of the spectrum. The 'middle ground' will prove a difficult place to trade for medium sized retailers.15
In this environment, the biggest risk for clothing wholesalers will be wholesale bypass. With continued downward pressure on sales volume and profitability, larger retailers will increasingly purchase directly from local and overseas clothing manufacturers and cut out the wholesalers all together. There will continue to be wholesale demand from niche retailers who lack the size or reach to bypass wholesalers, but this will be cold comfort for those clothing wholesalers who are dependent upon demand from mid sized and larger retailers.16
Next month we will be issuing an in depth publication that critically examines the issues raised in this paper.
Myer and David Jones have responded to the changing external environment with broad ranging 'customer centric' initiatives and are settling in for a long, drawn out battle. Given their dominant size, casualties will inevitably extend to other Australian retailers and wholesalers. But will the greater threat be from online and northern hemisphere retailers? Does Zara's radically different approach to supply chain management sound the death knell for clothing wholesalers? And is there a need for the entire economic model of revenue and profitability for retailers and their suppliers to be radically reassessed?
1Suppliers shocked as Myer and David Jones
dump brands, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 July 2015. Web 29 Jul
2"Myer clears out private labels as part of brand cull", The Australian Financial Review, 29, July 2015. Web 30 July 2015 http://www.afr.com/business/myer-clears-out-private-labels-as-part-of-brand-cull-20150729-gimzin
5Suppliers shocked as Myer and David Jones dump brands, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 July 2015. Web 29 Jul 2015 http://www.smh.com.au/business/retail/suppliers-shocked-as-myer-and-djs-dump-brands-20150729-gim9bu.html
6Myer is My Disaster: can anyone save the ailing retail giant?, crickey.com.au, 8 October 2014. Web 29 July 2015 http://www.crikey.com.au/2014/10/08/myer-is-my-disaster-can-anyone-save-the-ailing-retail-giant/?wpmp_switcher=mobile
7Tables turned on Myer as David Jones gears up for war of attrition, The Australian Financial Review, 25 July 2015. Web 30 July 2015 http://www.afr.com/business/tables-turned-on-myer-as-david-jones-gears-up-for-war-of-attrition-20150724-gijbq9
8Suppliers shocked as Myer and David Jones dump brands, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 July 2015. Web 29 Jul 2015 http://www.smh.com.au/business/retail/suppliers-shocked-as-myer-and-djs-dump-brands-20150729-gim9bu.html
9Clothing Wholesaling in Australia, IBISWorld, May 2015
10Suppliers shocked as Myer and David Jones dump brands, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 July 2015. Web 29 Jul 2015 http://www.smh.com.au/business/retail/suppliers-shocked-as-myer-and-djs-dump-brands-20150729-gim9bu.html
12Worst yet to come for Myer and David Jones, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 January 2015. Web 30 July 2015 http://www.smh.com.au/business/retail/worst-yet-to-come-for-myer-and-david-jones-says-expert-20150118-12sznp.html
14Clothing price rises 'inevitable' as dollar drops, The Australian Financial Review, 28 January 2015. Web 29 July 2015 http://www.afr.com/business/retail/clothing-price-rises-inevitable-as-dollar-drops-20150128-130f3m
15Tables turned on Myer as David Jones gears up for war of attrition, The Australian Financial Review, 25 July 2015. Web 30 July 2015 http://www.afr.com/business/tables-turned-on-myer-as-david-jones-gears-up-for-war-of-attrition-20150724-gijbq9
16Clothing Wholesaling in Australia, IBISWorld, May 2015
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Microsoft Officially Confirms Next Xbox May 21st Reveal
Written Wednesday, April 24, 2013 By Richard WalkerView author's profile
Microsoft has confirmed that the next Xbox will be revealed in May as rumoured earlier in the month, heralding "the beginning of a new generation of games, TV and entertainment."
A special press event will be held on Microsoft's Xbox campus, which you'll be able to watch via a live global stream that will be available to view on Xbox.com, Xbox LIVE and on Spike TV for people in US and Canada.
At E3 2013 just under three weeks after the reveal, Microsoft will then be showcasing its full games line-up for the next Xbox.
The next Xbox reveal entitled 'A New Generation Revealed' will take place on Tuesday, May 21st at 1pm ET/10am PT/6pm GMT.
[Via Major Nelson | Thanks, DJSambob]


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LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — The electronic editions of BRAIN's 2015 Interbike Show Daily are still available at the following links:
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BRAIN) — Owner Ross Horsley has re-opened an expanded Middletown Cycling as a Giant Partner Store.
The new store is nearly triple the size, at nearly 4,000 square feet.
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — The National Bike Challenge, an online ride tracking competition sponsored by PeopleForBikes and Kimberly-Clark, reached its 35 million mile goal this week, 10 days ahead of the five-month competition's end. Since the Challenge began May 1, 92,057 riders have recorded 35,081,343 miles.
LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — About 4 percent more retail locations were represented at last week's Interbike show, while retail buyer attendance was down slightly, show organizers announced Wednesday.
LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — Zurich, Switzerland-based TSG International AG has set up a U.S. office in Carlsbad, Calif., to support their operations here. The company displayed its U.S. line at the recent Interbike show in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — Blackburn Design lost five display bikes as well as assorted gear and merchandise after thieves broke into its rental van early Saturday morning at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center following last week's Interbike expo in Las Vegas.
ASPEN, Colo. (BRAIN) — Melon Helmets of Germany has hired Backbone Media to manage its North American public relations. Meanwhile, ZG Collective, the exclusive U.S. distributor for Melon, is actively seeking independent sales representatives and new retailers in the United States.
WHITEFISH, Mont. (BRAIN) — Hammer Nutrition is offering a whey protein supplement made with hormone- and antibiotic-free whey protein isolate from 100 percent grass-fed cows.
BALDWIN, Calif. (BRAIN) — Benny Joseph Sr., a former owner of Crupi Parts, died Saturday at 79.
"Benny was instrumental in making Crupi the company that it is today," said Greg Swingrover, Crupi's current owner.
SEATTLE (BRAIN) — The partners behind Herriott Sports Performance are opening a "new athletic training and lifestyle destination" in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood next month.