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PARIS —Matchesfashion.com on Thursday, at the launch of the Paris leg of its “In Residence” symposia, presented the results of the first IFM/Matchesfashion.com fashion index focused on the shopping habits of the French luxury consumer.The retailer for its "In Residence" program, celebrating its 30th anniversary, has taken over a hôtel particulier on the Rue de l'Université in the 7th arrondissement here, with highlights from its fall collections and designer exclusives presented in the site's historic rooms, offset by lavish flower displays.Conducted with the IFM, the study analyzed the shopping habits of 1,031 French consumers from across a range of age groups over the past 12 months, with a breakdown of 59 percent women and 41 percent men. It focused on the luxury apparel and accessories segments.Ulric Jerome, chief executive officer of Matchesfashion.com, said the motivation came from the dearth of data on consumer habits in the luxury market in France. A new index will be presented every six months to show how the market evolves, he said.France is the fifth biggest market for Matchesfashion.com, with the U.S. in the number-one spot, followed by the U.K., where the retailer is based. Around 80 percent of sales are generated abroad, according to Jerome.Among interesting findings in the report, Jerome singled out the fact that women and men share a similar buying rate online, with 46 percent of women and 44 percent of men having made online purchases over the past year. Today, men’s luxury fashion goods make up only 20 percent of total sales at the luxury retailer, he said, a figure he expects to "rise to around 37 percent of total sales over the next two to three years."The youngest age group — in the 18 to 24 bracket — came out tops in terms of consumers who had made online purchases of luxury apparel over the past 12 months, compared to 15 percent in the 55-plus age bracket, with Millennials having adopted the “digital first” shopping habit, Jerome said.According to the report, 57 percent of consumers of luxury goods in France said they “systematically” look for information on luxury brands online before making a purchase. The study also showed that consumers are no longer afraid to splash out online. One in four of the shoppers interviewed had spent more than 1,000 euros, or around $1,000 at average exchange, on online luxury purchases in the period.Though 90 percent of people interviewed make their online purchases via computer, 34 and 28 percent said they were open to the idea of making purchases via smartphones and social networks, respectively. A whopping 65 and 68 percent said they were open to using virtual and augmented reality to help make their purchasing decisions.The “In Residence” showroom is open to the public beginning today, with a three-day program of well-being, art and fashion events running through April 22. They include roundtables on subjects ranging from art and fashion to the hot new well-being players in France, with participants including Isabel Marant, Erdem Moralioglu, and Pamela Golbin.New York kicked off the retailer's “In Residence” tour on April 5 at a townhouse on 2 East 63rd Street, with the Los Angeles leg scheduled for April 25 to 27.
In honor the @CFDA’s announcement of @iamnaomicampbell receiving the Fashion Icon Award at the 2018 #CFDAAwards, which will take place on June 4, here’s a #tbt of the supermodel on @michaelkors’ runway in 1991. #wwdfashion #wwdarchive (📷: George Chinsee)
“I was making the guacamole when my scout saw me,” says model @stuckinteenage on being discovered just six months ago while working at @chipotlemexicangrill. Since then Williams has signed with @dnamodels, walked in her first show at @calvinklein and landed on the cover of @vogueitalia – a high point of any model’s career. To read @lisajlockwood’s full interview with the model on her experiences thus far, head to WWD.com – link in bio. (📷: George Chinsee)
“I love the idea of dialogue, period. It’s where I’ve always gotten my inspiration from: hearing other women speak, their journeys and their paths,” said @hereisgina, who delivered the keynote speech during @sxsw for @createcultivate in partnership with @fossil. For her two panels, Rodriguez chose female empowering, female-led and female entrepreneurs to focus on. Head to WWD.com to read more about her thoughts on Time’s Up, growing up in a family of women and why we “need a girls’ club.” #wwdeye #sxsw (📷: @jgreenery)
Leading luxury brand are shaking things up to keep up with streetwear. Case in point: the arrival of @mrkimjones as artistic director of @diorhomme. Jones, who succeeds @Kris_Van_Assche, is seen as one of the handful of designers who can actually straddle the luxury and streetwear worlds — which could lead to even more changes at established brands. What could this mean for the rest of the menswear landscape? Head to WWD.com to find out what experts predict #wwdfashion (📷: @franckmura)
“It’s like buying groceries. You’re going to buy the best mango, the best mozzarella, the best things. You have to, or others are going to take it all,” said @gabrielahearst on why she uses only the finest fabrics. Last week, Hearst received her first @cfda nomination for Womenswear Designer of the Year, and earlier this month she opened a permanent showroom in Paris. To read @jessiredale’s interview with the designer and find out why this is shaping up to be a big year for her, head to WWD.com. #wwdfashion (📷: @francoisgoize)
“It’s an interesting thing, playing a younger version of your mother. It’s an interesting concept. I adore my mom and love her in every capacity, but it was just something that had never crossed my mind,” says @anniemstarke on playing a young Joan Castleman in “The Wife.” The same role will be played by her mother Glenn Close. Read more about her growing up in the film industry as the daughter of producer John H. Starke and Close and what she has planned for the future #wwdeye (📷: @nataliamantini)
@asics is launching a new streetwear sneaker inspired by its latest ambassador, @steveaoki. The Hyper-Kenzen x Aoki, which will launch at @footlocker stores exclusively tomorrow, is a slip-on style that incorporates the brand’s proprietary Gel technology through beads integrated into the midsole for comfort and endurance. Read the full story on WWD.com.


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While Hewlett-Packard Co. Canada (NYSE: HPQ) will no longer have a traditional channel chief, the last person to hold that position insists that for partners, the support and route to market hasn’t changed.
As part of a recent restructuring, John Cammalleri will no longer hold the position of vice-president of the solution provider organization. Instead of one channel chief for HP Canada, that responsibility will now reside within each of HP Canada’s main business units, such as the personal systems group (PSG), imaging and printing group (IPG) and enterprise servers, storage and networking group (ESSN). Cammalleri is taking responsibility for the reseller business in PSG, as well as the route to market for the small and medium-sized business segment.
“The strategy is to create much tighter linkages between the end-user sales organization and the SMB channel organization, because you really can’t separate the partner from the SMB business,” said Cammalleri, noting 98 per cent of HP Canada’s SMB revenue comes through the channel. “It’s really about a singular way in which you go to market.”
In terms of HP’s channel support structure, Cammalleri stressed the route to market hasn’t really changed. The product groups have always had responsibility for the channel route to market, and all channel support has always been done at the business unit level. Also, the channel marketing organization ran by Heather Kent, partner development and programs manager, remains housed within PSG supporting the channel across the organization so a consistent marketing and enablement methodology is delivered to partners.
Kent noted HP increased its investment in partner support and enablement in 2011, and is anticipating another 10 per cent increase in investment in 2012.
“How partners engage with HP hasn’t changed,” said Kent. “There’s no impact on partners other than the benefit of greater alignment to the sales organization in the SMB space.”
The elimination of the channel chief role mirrors changes as HP Americas, where the channel chief role was eliminated after Stephen DiFranco left the channel chief role to lead the PSG Americas business. In Canada, HP has created a channel governance team to go into the details of how accounts are being covered, and to ensure the channel is being supported in a consistent way.
The restructuring will be a positive development if it means more of an in-depth focus from HP channel reps into each business unit said David Reid, president and CEO of Epic Information Solutions, an HP business partner from Winnipeg. Reid noted that HP has had divided programs for some time, so the the leadership change is really more administrative and shouldn’t mean a significant change for most partners.
“We deal with all three business units and when it was just one business manager covering all three, they couldn’t drill very deep into any one area,” said Reid. “Having three partner managers will be fine. I think it will be more effective.”
It will be up to HP to ensure the managers aren’t duplicating work, and if Epic starts to get a repetition of information Reid said he’ll let HP know.
Analyst James Alexander agrees there shouldn’t be a major change for HP partners. Alexander, senior vice-president with the London, Ont.-based Info-Tech Research Group, said more than most companies, HP has always been a product-driven company in terms of its go to market strategy. He added it will be important that HP continue to view partners as a whole, for their activity across HP’s business units and not just in each bucket.
“If I was a partner I’d prefer to have a single partner representative; one ‘throat to choke’ that will recognize my importance to the company in whole,” said Alexander. “HP has such a broad portfolio. It’s such a shame they can’t figure out how to gain leverage to sell across the portfolio. That’s one of the things (former CEO Mark) Hurd stressed. With his demise, perhaps it’s gone by the board.”
What has changed is that HP Canada now no longer has a single senior executive with overall channel responsibility, wearing the channel chief hat. Whether or not that will mean a loss of clout for partners within the organization remains to be seen.
“That will be the question, whether there’s change in how much attention the channel will get because we’re lacking that person,” said Epic’s Reid. “I hope it doesn’t happen and HP’s (channel commitment) remains strong.”
Info-Tech’s Alexander noted that much of the funding for partner sales and marketing comes out of the product groups anyway, so in a sense the marketing group now has more of a direct line into the organization than before, which will benefit partners.
“It’s not the cleanest structure looking at it from the outside, but inside I think it’s probably better and partners will have a stronger advocate with this new architecture,” said Alexander.
While there was value in having a singular person with responsibility for the channel, HP’s Cammalleri said the channel is “in the DNA” of HP, with or without an executive having that exclusive responsibility.
“It’s not like you’re in a scenario where if you don’t have that role, there will be less of an understanding of how the channel operates,” said Cammalleri. “It’s in our DNA across all the business units and the sales organization to think about the partners.”
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Realme Book is coming and here's how it could look with the rumoured specs
Realme most likely will debut its first-gen Book in 2021, according to rumours it will be a 14-inch ultrabook with Intel Tiger Lake processors.
It comprises a new 3C certification secured by Realme for a product overtly registered as its inaugural PC with the model number RMNBxxxx, the last 4 alphanumeric characters of which vary based on specs including RAM, storage, CPU and so on.
This new leak also substantiates that the machine is capable of charging at a rate of 65 watts (W), which is common in recent laptops.
In the port department, it is likely to come with USB Type-C ports, said to be located on the same side of the ultrabook.
The same chassis is now also slated to have Red, Blue, and Apricot colourways in addition to the more usual Silver, to have a 3:2 aspect-ratio display and, of course, to be a new entry in the thin-and-light category
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2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 confirmed for Australia
Australia has an unfortunate history of missing out on the best American high-performance cars. That changes next year.
America’s fastest car will reach Australia in 2022, when the new Chevrolet Corvette Z06 arrives in local showrooms.
The Z06 is a motorsport-inspired Corvette variant developed for intense circuit work.
It has bigger wheels, wider bodywork and grippier tyres than the regular Corvette.
Oversized brakes and extra radiators help keep the Z06 cool when pushed to the limit.
But the biggest difference is behind the driver’s seat, where a new 5.5-litre V8 represents an enormous change for Chevrolet.
Positioned in the middle of the car – just like an exotic McLaren or Lamborghini – the new “LT6” V8 sidesteps Chevy’s recent preference for superchargers in favour of high-revving flat-plane crank internals similar to Ferrari’s 458 Italia.
The 5.5-litre V8 makes 500kW at a spine-tingling 8400rpm, spinning to a truly exotic 8600rpm redline that puts the motor in elite territory.
Peak torque of 623Nm reaches the rear wheels through the same sort of snappy eight-speed dual-clutch auto found in a Porsche 911 Turbo or Ferrari F8 Tributo. The result is a sub-three-second dash to 100km/h, and lap times that should outgun far more expensive machines.
We don’t know how much the car will cost in Australia.
But it will be more expensive than the $144,990 (plus on-roads) price of the standard machine.
Particularly if customers choose the Z07 circuit package that adds an adjustable carbon fibre spoiler, ceramic brakes and ultralight carbon fibre wheels made by Australia’s Carbon Revolution in Victoria.
The Z06 represents the a rare opportunity for Australian enthusiasts to get hold of a top-tier performance car built in the US.
US production of the machine starts mid-2022, with right-hand-drive examples to follow “some months later”.
General Motors, Ford and Chrysler have all sold V8 machines in Australia.
But the fastest machines, such as Chrysler’s supercharged Hellcat and Demon, Ford’s GT supercar or Shelby-tuned GT350 and GT500 Mustangs, or Chevrolet’s Corvette Z06 and ZR1 have been off-limits until now.
Joanne Stogiannis, director of GMSV, said it is “an incredibly exciting time to be a Corvette fan.
“It was announced this morning that the Corvette Z06 will be manufactured in both left and right-hand drive and we’re incredibly excited to confirm GMSV in Australia and New Zealand will be part of the global program,” she said.
“News that the C8 was available as right-hand drive was reason enough to make Corvette enthusiasts cheer, but this latest update is absolutely phenomenal.”


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For Soccer Ventures is out to accelerate American football through the acquisition of FootyCon, The Association and Kicks To The Pitch, helping to make the vision investor Richie Graham has closer to reality. This investment firm in Philadelphia is geared towards philanthropy in the sport using long-term goals and a pledge of $50 million to seek out, acquire and manage businesses in order to grow soccer across the United States. The Sports Techie community blog is a part of the network used by For Soccer Ventures to share this story and others that represent the company ambition to grow soccer with a youthful, energetic and positive outlook as indicated by these three initial acquisitions. The plan is to leverage each of these company’s core competencies into a single platform focused on storytelling around a lifestyle. The Soccer Collective and The Soccer Alliance are the two platforms that will absorb the investments and showcase them to fans via events, compelling content and brand activations related to football in the US and beyond.
“These acquisitions represent For Soccer Venture’s ambition to prop up the best-in-class operators that are advancing the sport of soccer in America,” stated Philadelphia Union Investor and FSV Principal Graham. “As part of The Soccer Collective platform, these properties will serve to connect brands to the American soccer community through sneaker culture, music, fashion, and more. We are committed to not only investing in the American soccer community, but also growing it. For Soccer Ventures believes that these businesses uniquely celebrate soccer fandom in the U.S., and are positioned to draw new fans and brands alike to the sport.”
FootyCon is the first and only consumer facing convention series celebrating soccer and culture for the American soccer community, launching in June 2020 in Pasadena, CA. FootyCon brings the most important soccer brands, tastemakers, egamers, artists, and musicians at the confluence of soccer and lifestyle directly to the fans and consumers. An experience like no other, FootyCon will celebrate the global sport and the impact of American culture on what is increasingly becoming America’s game.
The Association is the first and only soccer league in the United States driven by taste-making brands, creative individuals, and social media influencers. Introduced in L.A. in 2017, The Association is less a 5v5 league and more an incomparable experience for attendees featuring B-Boy and barber battles, DJ’s, pop-up artists, and more. The first two seasons featured teams from a diverse number of properties including SpaceX, Beats by Dre, Red Bull, LA Galaxy, LAFC, Jason Markk, 424 on Fairfax, Guess?, Complex, Nikys Sports, Dash Radio and others.
Kicks to the Pitch (KTTP) was introduced in late 2014 with the vision of founder Curtis Brown. After ten years of working in the live events and sneaker industry via his “buy, sell and trade” sneaker convention, Dunkxchange, Curtis identified a content gap in the soccer realm both in the US and globally. The story around the four tenets of lifestyle — sneakers, art, music and fashion — and how they connect to soccer was not being told. In the past five years, KTTP has grown to be one of the premiere online and social sources pushing the conversation of the connection of soccer with sneakers, art, music and fashion. Both globally and in the US. KTTP has worked with the likes of adidas, Nike, Puma, New Balance, PSG, Dortmund, MLS, LAFC, LA Galaxy, US Soccer and others to further the organic and authentic connection of soccer to lifestyle and culture.
“With an eye toward the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Olympics, the defining decade of American soccer growth is upon us,” said Brown. He added, “Uniquely, For Soccer Ventures puts the American soccer family first. With a data-driven approach and the ability to reach hundreds of thousands of American Soccer fans and brands, FSV will turbo-charge our efforts to grow these three businesses exponentially.”
For Soccer Ventures SportsBiz
For Soccer Ventures has ownership or an investment stake in the following properties, investments and technologies – Philadelphia Union, YSC Academy, YSC Sports, APL Leagues and Tournaments, The Soccer Collective, and The Soccer Alliance.
The management team features: Ryan Mooney former Chief Soccer Officer at U.S. Soccer, John Parker former Director of Strategy for Striker Partners’ soccer investments, Dr. Nooha Ahmed-Lee Director of Education, For Soccer Ventures, Aaron Maines former Head of Sports Marketing at adidas soccer and Wasserman executive, Marc Horine former ESPN executive and COPA90 US General Manager, Heath Pearce former U.S. Men’s National Team player and Lead Creative and Host at COPA90 US, and Burke Cherrie, award-winning filmmaker and former Editorial Director at COPA90 US.
The Soccer Collective
The Soccer Collective is a new media house leading a collaborative movement to celebrate American soccer culture and fan experiences through storytelling, activations and brand content development.
The Soccer Alliance
The Soccer Alliance utilizes Graham’s existing portfolio of soccer properties engaged with youth clubs, leagues and tournaments designed to improve the on-field experience for players and the American soccer family.
Sports Techie, Graham likes to the prospects here in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland, where a one-stop platform for kids, parents, casual fans, professional players and coaches invested in U.S. soccer can interact with the sport and most importantly, absorb the culture.
These cities represent an increase in the Hispanic population and a tech-savvy, millennial and Gen Z fan base, according to Graham.
Personally, I reached out to Parker for an interview request when they launched and was not responded to which is very rare for me when I do so. The For Soccer Ventures web site is not very impressive, for example the links for press do not work correctly, the contact page is also not functioning, and the entire site is bare bones and uninspiring. Spending $50 million can go quickly for investment firms but taking care of the little things along the way represents more than meets the eye.
I do like their focus on the Latino communities across the USA as well as women and girls in general.
These three investments are a step in a cross-cultural direction, time will tell whether they perform as promised.
From Soccer, For Soccer.
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Land Rover’s new high-performance special will be called Range Rover Sport SVR and visitors to the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed will see it in action for the first time.
To be demonstrated in disguised prototype form, the new 550hp V8 SVR will run three times a day up the hill, on all three days, as part of the ‘First Glance’ group.
It’s a significant reveal: SVR will become the designation used by all future hot Land Rover Land Range Rovers. Created by the new Special Operations division, it joins the Jaguar F-Type Project 7 in showcasing the crack new division’s first production-ready projects.
The prototype has actually been shipped in from the Nurburgring, where it’s undergoing final testing (we know this from last week’s video): the challenge will be to spot what’s different beneath the camouflage tape…
Unlike the hand-built Jaguar Project 7, Land Rover says the Range Rover Sport SVR will be built on the line alongside other models. it thus won’t be quite as extreme, but will be pretty focused; certainly, the way it sounds shows plenty of promise. The firm isn’t revealing final engine details yet, oddly: we all know it’s the 5.0-litre supercharged V8 from the Jaguar F-Type Coupe.
Dynamically, Land Rover says it will be the fastest, most agile and responsive Land Rover ever built”. Here’s hoping some of that dynamic prowess is used to put on a great Goodwood spectacle.


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Marks and Spencer announce closure of a further 110 stores
Marks and Spencer has announced plans to close 110 stores, including 85 full stores and 25 Simply Food outlets.
It follows 35 stores which were closed last year.
The company today reported a 9.9 per cent fall in underlaying pre-tax profits - down more than £50m on the previous year.
Marks & Spencer chief executive Steve Rowe said the company was “deep into the first phase of our transformation programme” and is in the process of “fixing many of the legacy issues we face."
Following the announcement, shopworker's trade union USDAW said they are deeply concerned by the latest of store closures.
They said all M&S shopworkers were put under threat of redundancy in November 2016 when the company announced a restructuring that would affect more than 100 shops over a five year period, adding they did not say which stores will close and so far they have seen four waves of closure announcements.
Dave Gill, Usdaw National Officer, said: "The tragic irony of the company claiming store closures and restructuring had hit profitability will not be lost on M&S staff who are all working under the threat of redundancy. M&S management are not treating their staff with the dignity and respect they deserve.
"Their piecemeal approach to reorganising the business is extremely distressing for the staff. It offers no comfort when a M&S spokesperson was reported saying no decision has been made over which shops will close and that 'staff will be the first to know', when the threat of redundancy hangs over every M&S shopworker"
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Turkiye’s zero waste campaign aims to drive recycling efforts for all kinds of waste…
Turkiye’s Zero Waste campaign, first launched in 2017, is now set to expand throughout the country in order to encourage recycling.
The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, which oversees the massive recycling campaign, will start prioritizing food and unwanted, outdated, or broken products for recycling.
Regulations on the establishment and operation of waste collection centers have been introduced, as well as for zero waste management.
Under the regulations, waste collection centers will be established for people to dispose their trash, with color coding to classify waste types, including biodegradables, glass, plastic, metal, paper, composite, vegetable oil, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and electrical and electronic appliances.
In addition, a food bank system will be introduced through the country in order to reduce food waste.
Fruits and vegetables that are thrown away will be turned into compost, with collection equipment to be placed at wholesale and public markets.
The use of disposable cups, plates, forks, spoons, knives, straws, and wet wipes will also be reduced, while excessive packaging will be prevented in shipments.
Drugs that have expired will be collected and disposed of, while textile products will be distributed to those in need.


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VRML 2.0 is an upgrade of the standard for exchanging 3D data online and is expected to spur a significant increase in the number of 3D Web sites. Version 2.0 will allow 3D images to be more interactive with sound and video.
Cyber Passage 2.0 is a tool for using Java to create and browse 3D worlds based on VRML 2.0. A beta version of Sony's Cyber Passage 2.0 is currently available as a free download from Sony's Virtual Society Web site.
Sony officials say it wants developers to use Cyber Passage so that they can contribute to further refinements of the VRML 2.0 draft specifications.
The company will announce plans for delivering the final version this summer.
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Modern technology, such as 3D and AI, offer new, groundbreaking possibilities for how products can be designed and produced, as well as how they are experienced by customers. During 2020, H&M Group explored tech initiatives spreading from digital avatars to virtual fitting rooms – as well as 3D-based design that eliminates waste.
Taking sustainable fashion to a new level with tech
Watch how 3D technology can be one of the next gamechangers for circular fashion.
New technology opens up for totally new ways to engage with customers. One exciting example that H&M Group delved into in its internal innovation lab, is a personal avatar that helps customers try on clothes in virtual fittings. Besides making it possible to add another dimension to the shopping experience, virtual fittings could also help to improve accessibility and reduce product returns.
“By creating digital twins of our products, customers can try on clothes virtually”, says Frans Borgstrand, who is working with developing 3D technology at H&M Group. “And, if these virtual try-ons are based on individual measurements, for example from a digital body scan, the customer is more likely to find the ultimate size of a garment”.
By creating digital twins of our products, customers can try on clothes virtually to find the ultimate size of garment.
Frans Borgstrand is working with developing 3D technology at H&M Group.
Today, around 50% of H&M Group’s returns are based on size and fit not meeting customer expectations. “With the help of technology and this way of trying and experiencing products before deciding on a purchase, the number of returns could be reduced extensively in the future”, says Frans Borgstrand.
New tech solutions can also help to better match demand and supply. During 2020, H&M Group launched the AI tool Movebox, an algorithm that enables redistribution of products to locations where there is demand. Looking ahead, using this algorithm will also make it possible to react faster to changes in customer preferences, which will lead to a decrease in over production.
Saving material with 3D technology
But innovative technology can also be an excellent tool in the shift to a more circular fashion industry – for example, in the design stage. Moving away from designing a product using traditional sketches and physical samples to using 3D-based design production, can greatly reduce fabric waste.
To explore exactly how waste can be eliminated from the design process, the design team at H&M used 3D technology and zero waste pattern cutting techniques in the making of the Zero Waste Dress, which was launched in May 2020. The design team was inspired by the traditional way of making kimonos, which included not wasting any precious fabric.
By adjusting colour, shape and structure using 3D design, precious material is being saved.
The H&M dress was developed using zero waste pattern cutting techniques.
Today, far too much fabric is used to create prototypes in the initial stage of the design process. Using 3D technology dramatically cuts down the usage of that kind of material.
Recycled polyester was used to make the dress and instead of making several traditional prototypes before starting the production, the team adjusted colour, shape and structure using 3D technology. This allowed the team to reduce the number of samples during the design process, which saved a great amount of material. “Today, far too much fabric is used to create prototypes in the initial stage of the design process. Using 3D technology dramatically cuts down the usage of that kind of material”, says Frans Borgstrand.
According to Reverse Resources, there are roughly 4-5 million tonnes of cutting scraps generated globally each year. In the making of the Zero Waste Dress, the team combined the use of 3D design tools and zero waste pattern cutting techniques to eliminate the fabric scraps from the cutting tables, saving a lot of precious resources.


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THE MEDIA BUSINESS
THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Media General to Buy Back Stake Held by Sugarman
By ANDREA ADELSON, Special to the New York Times
Published: December 20, 1988
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19— In an unusual finish to an unsuccessful takeover fight, Media General Inc. said today that it had agreed to buy back the 10 percent stake of the Hollywood producer Burt Sugarman in the communications company for about $100 million. The deal involves the payment of $44 million in cash and a paper mill in Pomona, Calif., apparently valued at $56 million.
Such a transaction would mean a second defeat for Mr. Sugarman, whose bitter proxy battle, legal fight and takeover bid for Media General was defeated in May. Mr. Sugarman paid about $111 million, or $40 a share, for his Media General stake, and his companies Giant Group Ltd. and Barris Industries absorbed $3.9 million in unusual costs this year related to the takeover bid.
Analysts expect Mr. Sugarman will seek a buyer for the paper mill. Mr, Sugarman was unavailable for comment at his Los Angeles office. In June, Giant Group failed to reach an agreement on the sale of its cement making and resource recovery units. 'Greenmail' Protection
If Mr. Sugarman sells the paper mill in the next year for more than $56 million, the deal requires that Media General receive 25 percent of future proceeds, which would be distributed to shareholders. The provision is intended as ''greenmail'' protection for other stockholders, said Charles T. Akre, an analyst at Johnston Lemon Inc. in Washington.
The cash-and-mill deal satisfies two goals for the Richmond-based company. ''Media General's primary concern was to get rid of Burt Sugarman, and how to do it without incurring the wrath of other shareholders,'' said Stephen D. Weinress, an analyst at L. H. Friend & Company in Los Angeles.
The paper-processing industry is a cyclical one that is currently generating considerable profits. Media General operates three other plants besides its operation in Pomona, which represents 30 percent of its newsprint business. The Pomona plant, about 20 miles west of downtown Los Angeles, serves commercial customers and a string of Media General weekly shoppers.
On the American Stock Exchange, Media General stock closed at $36.25 today, up 37.5 cents.


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A controversial bill in the Senatehas raised tensions between tech companies and the record industry. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and dubbed the "Induce Act," was introduced earlier this year, in large part as a response to court rulings that have said that file-sharing software companies were not liable for copyright infringement by their customers. The Senate Judiciary committee had been scheduled to vote on a version of the bill Thursday, but eventually tabled the vote.
Hatch and the Recording Industry Association of America have said they want to focus heavily on behavior, rather than on specific technology. They say that the file-swapping companies are "inducing" illegal behavior on the part of their customers and should be held liable for that action.
Technology companies and consumer advocates say this threatens to expose to liability a wide variety of companies--from Web browser makers to iPod maker Apple Computer.
Apple and the ubiquitous little iPod music player also. At the heart of his criticism of Apple was DRM (digital rights management) technology, which aims to help content providers such as record labels and movie studios control their intellectual property--or at least ensure all royalties are paid and copyrights observed.
"We've had DRM in Windows for years," Ballmer said. "The most common format of music on an iPod is stolen."
However,from a consortium of technology companies hoping to create a common antipiracy language, ending the Babel of copy-proofing technologies that has rendered much digital content and hardware incompatible. The Coral Consortium will initially draw on support from giants such as Hewlett-Packard, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Philips Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Sony and Twentieth Century Fox, along with DRM company InterTrust Technologies.
The problem the group is tackling is one that's familiar to anyone who owns an iPod and has been unable to play music purchased from an online music store operated by Napster, Microsoft or another Apple rival. DRM software that protects content such as music, movies and video games is proprietary, and many different companies now produce incompatible varieties.
The battle against online piracy may encounter static from an updated version of StreamCast Networks' Morpheus file-swapping software, which showcases new search technology that could. Morpheus developers are looking to recapture their one-time leading role in the file-trading world with a network technology called Neonet, written by a pair of former Harvard students.
Dubbed "distributed hash tables," Neonet's technology transforms the way that searches happen on peer-to-peer networks, potentially making it more efficient to search a much larger number of computers and more easily surface rare files. Similar technology is also used by eDonkey, a competitor that is on the verge of overtaking Kazaa as the most widely used peer-to-peer service in the world.
The radio world got a wake-up call this week when shock jock Howard Stern announced that he would be , leaving broadcast radio--and its regulatory headaches--behind. Stern and Sirius Satellite Radio said that they have negotiated a five-year, multimillion-dollar deal to air Stern's show on the satellite radio provider, starting Jan. 1, 2006.
Stern is currently working for Infinity Broadcasting. He ranks No. 1 in 46 large markets across the country, including New York and Los Angeles.
In April, radio giant Clear Channel Communications dumped Stern from its stations, after the Federal Communications Commission proposed a nearly $500,000 fine over remarks stemming from a Stern broadcast. Satellite radio isn't subject to the same stringent regulations as broadcast radio.
Industry analystsfor Sirius and for satellite radio in general, which has struggled to attract subscribers and stay ahead of mounting debts. "We're going to mark today as a moment of sea change," said Jeff Jarvis, a media executive and author of the BuzzMachine blog. "This is going to be the breakthrough for satellite radio to become large enough to be a viable business."
Stern cited FCC issues as one of his main motivations for jumping ship. "I have decided that satellite radio offers me more potential than terrestrial radio," he said. "I can't do the same show I did a year ago because of FCC pressure."
The result could be a mirror of the current split between restricted broadcast TV and no-holds-barred cable networks, which have steadily gained in influence during the past two decades.
A trial in Delaware over PeopleSoft's "poison pill" takeover defense is providing an excellent venue for a behind-the-scenes look at the back-alley tactics employed in a high-stakes takeover. A PeopleSoft board member testified that former CEO Craig Conway was fired in part because of his when informing them last year that Oracle's offer to buy the company was no longer a disruptive influence.
Oracle's lawyers played a five-minute videotape of the deposition, in which Conway acknowledged being less than honest during the conversation with analysts in September 2003. At the end of the video, after repeated questioning, Conway admitted that his remarks "weren't true."
The view on the other side of the table isn't much better. Three days before Oracle publicly announced its intention to buy PeopleSoft, the deal was already viewed asin the minds of PeopleSoft customers.
Mark Jarvis, who was Oracle's chief marketing officer at the time, suggested in an internal June 3, 2003, e-mail that the company "use this news in order to create FUD with prospects and customers alike." FUD is a common term in the computer industry that describes a campaign to spread misinformation or exaggerations.
PeopleSoft has argued that Oracle is not serious about completing the $7.7 billion acquisition and instead has wielded the offer to cast doubt on the future of the world's second-largest provider of enterprise application software and encourage customers to consider rival products. As soon as the Oracle offer was public, PeopleSoft has claimed in court filings, its salespeople "encountered palpable resistance among previously enthusiastic prospects" because of fears that some products would be discontinued.
The Web browser wars may have been reignited, according to browser pioneer Marc Andreessen. This time, it's not Andreessen's former company, Netscape Communications, that's taking on Microsoft's Internet Explorer. It's the increasingly popular smaller products such as Apple Computer's Safari and the open-source Firefox.
"It may turn out that there's," Andreessen said Wednesday at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco. "Microsoft is certainly going to respond competitively."
Claiming browser development has been at a standstill since 1998, Andreessen said the recent emergence of competitive software will force Microsoft to pay more attention to developing new features in IE.
And that would be just fine with developers of third-party browser applications. Microsoft's minimal attention to its browser used to be a boon for some developers. But now those vendors are concerned that IE's widely noted stagnation may be proving. The reason: Frustration with IE may be driving potential users to alternative browsers, especially Firefox.
That apparent trend has software developers including portal giant Yahoo and search king Google shifting away from an IE-only universe to a multibrowser strategy. Such plans may signal a turning point in the browser wars, indicating that the open-source development movement is succeeding in its efforts to thwart Microsoft's turning the Web into a one-browser shop.
But don't count on Google joining the browser battle. Google board member and investor John Doerr said that despite speculation, the, but he predicted others would.
"Browsers are going to come back...We'll see a lot of innovation," Doerr said. He added that as new browsers come onto the market, Google's application protocol interfaces and advertising network will be there to plug into and support them.
Also of note
Network services giant AT&T is , including Linux and Mac OS X, as alternatives to Windows for internal use...The next version of Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center Edition , meaning that consumers will be able to watch one channel while recording another, or record two stations at once...Sony's Vaio Type X, which is available only in Japan, is a home server that : two for PC files and two others for audiovisual materials such as stored TV programs and music.


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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday restrained Multichoice Nigeria Limited from going ahead with its recent decision to increase the subscription tariffs for DSTV, its satellite cable television service providers.
Read: President George Weah honours ArsÃ¨ne Wenger
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had granted the authority for the Council to initiate the suit under Section 10 and 16 of the Consumer Protection Council Act, Cap c25, LFN 2004.
In his order, the judge, Nnamdi Dimgba, said the interim injunction restrains Multichoice Nigeria or its agents and representatives from continuing the implementation of any increase in subscription rates or price review policy imposing increased charges and costs on the consumers pending the determination of the motion on notice.
Read: Zimbabwe court dismisses challenge to Mnangagwaâ€™s win
Besides, the court also restrained DSTV from further carrying on or continuing any conduct or activity which interferes with or has the effect of circumventing the outcome of ongoing investigations by the CPC into the companyâ€™s compliance or non-compliance with the February 16, 2016 order pending the determination of the motion on notice.
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There’s a new rivalry going on between two unlikely sources: Tom Brady and Paul Scheer.
Scheer shared on his Instagram this week that he had a t-shirt that featured a reference to Brady that came from his Unspooled podcast. When talking about Hayao Miyazaki, they talked about how many times he has announced his retirement. Scheer quipped that “Miyazaki is the Tom Brady of the animation world.” They decided to turn the quip into a T-Shirt, which you can still buy here.
Shortly after, Scheer got a phone call, stating that Tom Brady has given them an injunction. “If we continue to sell this shirt, we will be sued,” Scheer says. According to Scheer, Brady has trademarked his own name. They wound up making shirts saying that instead “Brady is the Miyazaki of the animation world.” However, those shirts appear to be out of stock.
So there it is. If you’re gonna try to put Tom Brady’s name on your merchandise, prepare to get sued.


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Vegetable Vigra–yes, that’s its name–is recalled after FDA finds hidden sildenafil in it.
Death Wish Coffee recalls its Nitro Brew beverage over potential toxins fears.
Less than three weeks after launching its Baby Organic Liquid supplement for infants, Garden of Life is recalling the probiotic to fix bad dosage instructions. There is nothing actually wrong with the […]
Essential oil made from Spanish thyme is effective against multiple strains of Staph, says a new study.
A baby is lead poisoned by a “homeopathic” teething bracelet.


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AN UNDERCOVER NYPD OFFICER entered the spotless Super Laundromat & Dry Cleaners in Inwood, a largely Dominican neighborhood at the northernmost tip of Manhattan. He made his rounds through the store, hawking what he said were stolen gadgets — an iPhone, iPad Mini and iPad.
One man took the bait, agreeing to shell out $200 for all three. He was arrested during the May 2013 sting, and the trouble seemed to end there.
But seven months later — the week before Christmas — cops arrived at the laundromat again. This time, they slapped a neon sticker on the front door declaring in block letters: “RESTRAINING ORDER.”
They presented the store’s owner, Sung Cho, with a daunting slew of legal papers, threatening to shutter the laundromat for a year and auction off everything inside. Their justification, the cops said: The store was being “used to facilitate criminal possession of stolen property.”
Owners interviewed for this story, all first- and second-generation immigrants, say they felt entrapped and then strong-armed into signing settlements with steep fines and onerous conditions
Cho was shocked. The 54-year-old Korean immigrant said he had operated his shop for six years without a problem. He says he had even helped cops solve neighborhood crimes, giving them video footage of the sidewalk outside his store.
To build its case, the NYPD cited the May 2013 arrest, along with one other undercover sale of an iPad months earlier for $100 and tips that people inside the laundromat were buying stolen property. Cho said police never told him about the iPad sale or the tips.
“It cannot be denied that this subject premises is a serious public nuisance,” the NYPD wrote in boilerplate language. “As such it should not be allowed to remain open even one more day.”
Cho was facing a nuisance abatement action, civil lawsuits intended to uproot persistent illegal activities by targeting the locations they stem from. Nuisance abatement became city law in the 1970s as a tool to clean up the sex industry in Times Square.
But today it’s being used quite differently — often ensnaring legal mom-and-pop shops that are almost exclusively located in minority neighborhoods, a Daily News and ProPublica investigation found.
Owners interviewed for this story, all first- and second-generation immigrants, say they felt entrapped and then strong-armed into signing settlements with steep fines and onerous conditions. The stipulations often allow for sweeping surveillance, such as warrantless searches and unbridled police access to video cameras. They also permit the NYPD to automatically fine and padlock a store should another allegation arise — all without giving merchants the opportunity to defend themselves in court.


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Wells Fargo announced Franklin Codel, a senior executive vice president and head of its Consumer Lending organization, was dismissed from the company, effective immediately. The company said the dismissal was the result of Codel’s acting in a manner that was contrary to the company’s policies and expectations of its senior leaders during a communication he had with a former team member regarding that team member’s earlier termination.
The company said the reasons for the dismissal did not involve the business or operations of Consumer Lending, the servicing of its customers, or its performance or financial results. The dismissal also did not pertain to sales practices at the company.
“Difficult as this situation is, the decision reflects our commitment to our values and culture and to executive accountability,” said President and CEO Tim Sloan. “We have a strong team in Consumer Lending and I am fully confident that the transition will be smooth and that its businesses will continue to operate normally in serving our customers.”
The company said it expects to announce a permanent successor to head Consumer Lending by the end of the year. In the interim, the heads of the group’s four main lines of business will report to Sloan. His interim direct reports from Consumer Lending will include Michael DeVito, who has been named interim head of Wells Fargo Home Lending and served most recently as head of Mortgage Production; Laura Schupbach, head of Wells Fargo Dealer Services; John Rasmussen, head of Personal Lending and Laurie Nordquist, head of Personal Insurance.
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Menswear staple in Del Mar going on three fashionable decades
By Claire Harlin
firstname.lastname@example.orgThere’s an intuitive art to helping men find the right outfit, says Yvonne DiChiara. And she should know — the Durante’s Menswear shop owner has been doing just that in Del Mar for 29 years and counting.
“Men don’t like to shop, so you have to ask a lot of questions and really understand them instead of throwing things at them,” said DiChiara, a Del Mar resident of more than 20 years. “You have to make sure what you give them is right for them, and the less you give them the better. Selling to a man is a psychology; it’s an emotional connection.”
It’s that connection that has kept loyal customers coming back to Durante’s, located at 1412 Camino Del Mar, for decades.
DiChiara has kept the shop consistent since its beginnings in the early 1980s, providing what she describes as “updated but traditional clothing and beach wear.”
She said Durante’s has become a tradition for both locals and tourists who visit Del Mar frequently.
“A lot of people, they come to town and eat at the same places and shop at the same places,” she said. “They know what they like and they come in and they tell me they always have to buy something when they come to town. They tell me, ‘I have to get a shirt every year.’”
DiChiara said her consistent quality and moderate pricing keeps people coming back, as well as her expertise and the time she spends with each customer.
“I remember everyone who comes in here. I remember people who came in a year ago and I remember what they bought and what they liked,” said DiChiara, who rightfully calls herself a “clothing consultant.”
DiChiara has a degree in textiles and fashion design, but before opening Durante’s she had no idea she would end up specializing in men’s clothing. The opportunity came to her one day when she was riding her bike through Del Mar and stopped in the former women’s clothing shop, Kobo. The owner at the time had a small menswear section of that store that was doing well, and wanted to open a separate store, she said.
“I mentioned I wanted to open a clothing shop, that I had experience as a buyer in New Jersey, and he asked if I wanted to go into business,” she said. “I was hesitant with men’s but I thought, ‘Why not?’ and it was the only men’s shop for years. It was a great decision.”
She said the name was the idea of the man who drew the renderings for plans to upgrade the shop’s front door in the 1980s. She loved the name recognition associated with Jimmy Durante, and “it ended up being a great name,” she said.
DiChiara said she has enjoyed working on Camino Del Mar almost every day over the years and seeing the area evolve, but what she loves most about Del Mar is that it hasn’t changed too much — and she’d like it to stay that way.
“Del Mar has kept a lot of its tradition. You can’t get rid of the beauty of Del Mar and the Village atmosphere,” she said. “That’s why people come here, because of the relaxed atmosphere, because our beaches are pretty, because they like our shops.”
“I hope it stays the way it is,” she said. “I want to be here for another 29 years.”
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If you’ve been looking forward to the next generation of gaming laptops, Intel is now ready to offer. The program of its 11th generation 11-processor processors are designed for manufacturing but are not designed for optimal use. Welcome another family of the 11th-gen H-Series chips! According to Intel, this promises up to 19% faster speed than last generation. And as a low-power H-series line (named H35 by Intel because of its warmth), the new chips have 10nm of the company, a major change from the previous 14nm design, making this possible faster.
As a tradition, all laptop manufacturers, from ASUS to Razer, had new models for displaying Intel’s newest chips. Alienware can be very popular, with a new cool. New X-List will use a new thermometer (TIM), perhaps a pad and not a paste, calling for Element 31. Made of gallium-silicone, it will provide “a reduction in strong resistance to previous generations and an unusual change in contact resistance,” Alienware says. There is also a new quad-fan design (patent pending) for things to run faster but cooler.
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Technology giants are demanding that the US pay for domestic services
Apple, Google and Microsoft are just some of the new partnerships.
With regard to chips, U.S. technology companies want the government to provide funding for home-made weapons, as the COVID-19 epidemic continues to squeeze electronic devices into high demand. Companies including Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft as well as carriers such as AT&T and Verizon have created Semiconductors in the American Coalition to raise CHIP-funded contributions from the American Act recently. This led to the development of household appliances and research but, unfortunately, did not provide much-needed funding. Strangely enough, it’s not like the big top companies are because in the meantime. Keep reading.
Selling free advertising and marketing is a good business.
In 2015, Vizio filed an IPO, and we got a glimpse of its best revenue-generating plans by selling more of the advertisers and advertising through smart TVs. Then a bad connection with LeEco messed up, but here we are in 2021 when Vizio finally became a publicly traded company and released its first financial report.
Execs revealed three months ago, profits from the Platform + business – which includes advertising and viewers – were $ 38.4 million, which brought them closer to profits on its sales, which were $ 48.2 million. Vizio said it now has 13.4 million SmartCast accounts, with viewers wasting 52% of their viewing time on SmartCast content. It also launched 32 new options in the last phase and plans to continue connecting the radio as it collaborates with commercials to sell the ads they want. Keep reading.
This will probably help keep your light bulb from talking to the cleaner.
Project Connected Home over IP (Project CHIP) is known as Matter. The Connectivity Standards Alliance, an organization that manufactures more than 100 weapons, including giant giants such as Apple, Amazon, Google and Samsung, announced a re-launch on Tuesday. The companies met to launch the CHIP project in 2019 with the hope of establishing a better way to open a home to connect all their equipment.
Even if you have never heard of Project CHIP, you can still have the right tools in your home. For starters, Matter supported Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, as well as Ethernet, WiFi, Thread and Bluetooth LE connections. The thread is no longer as popular as the others, but the technology used in the network is integrated with Nest Hub Max and Google’s Nest WiFi, as well as Apple’s HomePod mini and the new Apple TV 4K. Some of the original equipment with Matter branding will be sold by the end of 2021. Keep reading.
But there is no guarantee.
We said in the TMA yesterday that he was a little struggle to get new tools from Sony and Microsoft. The latter is trying to comfort its senior fans, however, with its new Console Purchase Pilot. If you already have the Xbox One and are an Xbox Insider, you will be able to sign up to save the new Series X or S.
There is no guarantee that you will get one, but, well, it gives hope. Keep reading.
SoundControl is an FDA-approved device that you can purchase directly.
Bose is immersed in the first aid kit. Its SoundControl tool is obviously the first clear FDA-approved product sold directly to customers.
There are a lot of Bose tech players playing. CustomTune culture in the affiliate program can change the volume, tone, movement and buses of your ears within 30 minutes. Bose has started selling SoundControl in a few countries, including Massachusetts, Montana, the Carolinas and Texas on May 18th $ 850. Big releases come later. Keep reading.
But wait, there is more …
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The jury behind the World Car of the Year awards have announced the finalists for the 2016 edition of its annual prize program.
As usual, there will be one overall winner, with four other vehicles voted as tops in other categories.
Candidates for the 2016 World Green Car prize include the Chevrolet Volt, and a pair of Toyotas: the Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car, and the Prius.
Finally, in the running for the 2016 World Car Design of the Year are the Jaguar XE, and a couple of more affordable (pleasant) surprises: the Mazda MX-5 (the only car up for more than one prize), and the CX-3 subcompact crossover.
Winners will be announced on March 24 at the New York auto show.


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by Calculated Risk on 6/24/2013 12:30:00 PM
Monday, June 24, 2013
Notes: I follow several house price indexes (Case-Shiller, CoreLogic, LPS, Zillow, FHFA, FNC and more). The timing of different house prices indexes can be a little confusing. LPS uses April closings only (not a three month average like Case-Shiller or a weighted average like CoreLogic), excludes short sales and REOs, and is not seasonally adjusted.
From LPS: LPS' April HPI Report: Home Prices Up 1.5 Percent from March, 8.1 Percent Year-Over-Year
Lender Processing Services ... today released its latest LPS Home Price Index (HPI) report, based on April 2013 residential real estate transactions. The LPS HPI combines the company’s extensive property and loan-level databases to produce a repeat sales analysis of home prices as of their transaction dates every month for each of more than 15,500 U.S. ZIP codes. The LPS HPI represents the price of non-distressed sales by taking into account price discounts for REO and short sales.The LPS HPI is off 18.2% from the peak in June 2006. Note: The press release has data for the 20 largest states, and 40 MSAs. LPS shows prices off 47.7% from the peak in Las Vegas, 39.6% off from the peak in Riverside-San Bernardino, CA (Inland Empire), and at a new peak in Austin, Dallas and Denver! (Also, on the state level, new peaks for the Colorado and Texas).
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HONOLULU (KHON2) — Police on Hawaii Island are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying four people who allegedly stole a total of 21 bottles of whisky in two separate thefts at grocery stores in Waimea and Waikoloa on Monday, April 5.
A dark-colored Nissan Frontier with black rims was used by the four suspects to flee both crimes, according to police.
Police said, four people entered a Waikoloa grocery store between 6:25 and 6:68 p.m. Monday and collectively removed 18 bottles of Crown Royal whisky. The suspects then left the store without paying.
All four suspects got into the Nissan Frontier and fled the area after being confronted by store employees.
According to police, a Waimea grocery store reported four suspects stole three bottles of Crown Royal whisky at 7:50 p.m. Monday. The suspects then fled the area in the Nissan Frontier, police said.
Both grocery stores reported the separate crimes to police on Tuesday, April 6.
South Kohala police officers reviewed the security footage at the Waimea grocery store and confirmed the thefts were committed by the same four suspects.
Police describe the suspects as two men and two women. The men are both described to be between 5 feet, 8 inches tall to 5 feet, 10 inches tall. One man is described as Caucasian with a very thin build and the second is described as having short, black hair.
Both women are described by police as Caucasian, between 5 feet, 2 inches tall to 5 feet, 4 inches tall with brown hair. Police say one woman appears to be pregnant.
Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to contact Sgt. Erich Jackson at (808) 887-3080, or via email at Erich.Jackson@hawaiicounty.gov. The public can also call the department’s non-emergency number at (808) 935-3311.


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Want to turn your Motorola Droid into an in-car navigation device? Google’s navigation software is free, but the car kit will run you $30. Ditto for transforming your Droid into a bedside alarm clock. Verizon Wireless said today that the two specialized magnetic docks for the new Droid phone will each cost $29.99.
The first dock, the Phone Holder for DROID, is the Droid’s car mount. The car kit works with the Droid’s car mode, a simplified interface for calling and navigation.
The second dock, the Multimedia Station for DROID, turns your phone into a bedside alarm clock that displays the weather. The Multimedia Station also puts the DROID at a good angle for watching music and video.
The two docks are expected to become available when the Droid goes on sale Nov. 6.


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Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013 | 2:01 a.m.
I know, I know. The calendar says that we’re still in September, and nightfall on the final day in the month of October is 33 days away.
But Halloween has already broken out here in Florida.
Last week, Universal Studios near Orlando opened its annual Halloween Horror Nights.
Starting the annual Halloween extravaganza on Sept. 20 might sound ridiculously early, until you consider that Disney World kicked off its Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party nights on Sept. 10.
Celebrating Halloween that early is the equivalent of having a New Year’s Eve party two weeks before Thanksgiving or handing your valentine a dozen roses and a heart-shaped box of chocolates on Christmas Eve.
There’s a name for this sort of disregard for the calendar. It’s called “holiday creep.”
Halloween has become a victim of an ever-creeping Christmas, which used to be a December holiday until it was moved up to the day after Thanksgiving with the creation of a marathon of competitive shopping better known as Black Friday.
Last year, Black Friday shopping turned into Black Thanksgiving, with stores opening on Turkey Day rather than waiting until after midnight to begin the annual holiday shopping onslaught.
And this year, Wal-Mart jump-started the Christmas holiday season on Aug. 21 by announcing a holiday layaway shopping program that began on Sept. 13.
So Halloween has been under pressure.
So far, the local haunted houses haven’t succumbed to the September push.
Fright Nights at the South Florida Fairgrounds don’t begin until Oct. 10, and X-Scream Halloween 13 gets started at the G-Star Motion Picture Studios in Palm Springs two nights later.
Starting Halloween festivities three weeks before Halloween seems modest now, unless you’re one of those people who remember Halloween as a single night centering on a pretty simple door-to-door candy gathering operation.
Clearly, that’s an outdated model.
With Type 2 diabetes on the rise among children and strangers attaining new heights of creepiness, enticing roaming children to wander the darkened landscape in search of candy bars has become scarier than dropping them off at a chaperoned haunted house.
There’s a bumper crop of websites that advise you to give trick-or-treaters something healthier than candy.
A woman identifying herself as “Sexy Vegan Mama” on the Circle of Moms website claims to have found the perfect alternative to the traditional Halloween candy.
“I’m a big fan of grabbing multipacks of toothbrushes at The Dollar Store, where I often find them eight-for-a-dollar, and stuffing goody bags with a toothbrush and stickers or other inexpensive party favors like spider rings,” she wrote. “Also, I give mad props to parents who choose not to give out candy. With two little ones allergic to red dye, those non-candy items are a treasure because they don’t have to be culled!”
Handing out toothbrushes on Halloween?
Maybe it’s time to reimagine the holiday, even if it does fall in September.
In other holiday news, it’s not too early to buy your Disney tickets for this season’s Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party.
The Christmas parties begin in the Magic Kingdom on the night of Nov. 8.
Frank Cerabino writes for the Palm Beach Post in Florida.


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German retailer Rewe Group, which owns a network of supermarkets Billa is planning to expand its network to 200 branches by 2020, according to a press release Rewe.
MOSCOW, 6 Nov. German retailer Rewe Group, which owns a network of supermarkets Billa, plans to double its network in Russia by 2020, bringing their number to 200, according to a press release Rewe.
The report notes that on Thursday in Lyubertsy opened a hundredth of a supermarket Billa in Russia. “The company plans to continue to build momentum in 2015 as a whole will be open five stores, in 2016 — six, and by 2020 the network will expand to 200 branches,” reports Rewe.
However, a member of the Board Billa CEE Dimitar Peshev at a press conference on Friday said that this is an indicative figure. “We hope that our development in the next 10 years, including store openings, will be more successful than earlier,” he said.
In turn, member of the management Board of Rewe International, Janusz Kulik, said that the focus for expansion in the next two to three years Billa will do in the Moscow region. “We want to open in Moscow and the Moscow region as many shops as possible,” — said a top Manager.
The concern Rewe Group was founded in 1927. In Russia the company, through the subsidiary of Rewe International owns a chain of Billa supermarkets, which operates on Russian market since 2004. Currently, the network Billa in Russia consists of 100 supermarkets?, most of which are located in Moscow and the Moscow region.


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With E3 2011 just weeks away, there's still plenty of time for rumours and claims from anonymous sources to surface about Nintendo's next home console.
Kotaku's sources have revealed that the console will supposedly have 8 gigabytes of on-board flash memory instead of a more traditional hard drive, a significant jump from the 512 megabytes that's inside the Wii. The console will also support saving to SD cards, making it much easier to patch games and provide additional content such as extra maps for first-person shooters.
Various reports have claimed that the new console will be able to output HD graphics, and whether it's 1080i or 1080p, either resolution will be more impressive than the 480p that the Wii is capable of. The disc format will supposedly be able to contain 25 gigabytes of data, roughly three times the amount of a dual-layer DVD and equal to that of a single-layer Blu-ray disc.
If the console does indeed have 8 gigabytes of flash memory, let's hope there will be a way to upgrade it to a more substantial number. With streaming services like Netflix and the BBC iPlayer already on the Wii, with the former coming to the 3DS too, Nintendo might be happy to just provide users the ability to stream media as opposed to a high-capacity hard drive to store any downloaded content.
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Salesforce has completed its acquisition of Slack. Under the terms of the agreement, Slack shareholders will receive $26.79 in cash and 0.0776 shares of Salesforce common stock for each Slack share,
In a complaint filed before the European Commission, the EU's top competition regulator, Slack has accused Microsoft of antitrust violations for tying its Teams to Microsoft Office products.
BlackBerry has announced that they have teamed up with Slack to integrate BlackBerry UEM with Slack. Through their membership in AppConfig, BlackBerry has formed partnerships with many developers and organizations.
Slack have announced that they have open up their Windows Phone Beta to all Windows Phone users. Being a beta, the app has "some rough edges and quirky traits.


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Megatech Microsoft's latest products are in the headlines, and one of them costs over $4,000. You're not incorrect if you think every brand releases many products
During the COVID-19 epidemic, production slowed or halted in practically every firm, thus companies are launching many items at once to recoup lost revenue. Microsoft follows suit.
Microsoft unveiled new Surface Pro tablets, laptops, and a desktop computer this week. Surface Studio 2 is many years old. Everyone's talking about the Surface 2+.
The technology and pricing have both improved since it was last updated some years ago. It features an Intel Core H-35 processor, a 50% faster CPU, and a faster NVIDIA chip
Along with a mechanical upgrade, its features, such as a four-way split screen display, cameras, microphones, multiple ports, and a digital pen, have been updated and polished.
Since the COVID-19 epidemic, retail firms have encountered several obstacles. Microsoft will have a hard time selling goods priced above $4,000 as the cost of living rises monthly.


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Apologetic signs on many FKC doors in the UK and Ireland reading “Sorry, we’re closed” have sent many hungry customers home disappointed and outraged.
The fast-food franchise KFC has been forced to close almost all their British stores due to a shortage of chicken.
A total of 563 KFC outlets will remain closed after problems surfaced over the weekend when KFC changed delivery companies. At one point during the weekend 646out of the 900 stores were closed.
KFC has published a list of the 338 stores that would still open on Monday evening although many would have restricted opening hours and limited menus.
The fried-chicken franchise blamed the chicken shortage on a new contract with a delivering company.
KFC reportedly changed delivery companies from Bidvest Logistics to DHL
“We’ve brought a new delivery partner onboard, but they’ve had a couple of teething problems – getting fresh chicken out to 900 restaurants across the country is pretty complex,” KFC explained on their website adding that they “won’t compromise on quality”.
The US-owned franchise also apologised saying: “We know that this might have inconvenienced some of you over the last few days, and disappointed you when you wanted your fried chicken fix – we’re really sorry about that,” the statement said.
KFC UK & Ireland posted on Twitter assuring customers that the “Colonel is working on it”, lightheartedly referring to the franchise’s founder Colonel Sanders whose image also makes up the logo.
DHL has said delivery delays are due to “operational issues”.
“We are working with KFC and our partners to rectify the situation as a priority and apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused,” a spokeswoman said.


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Alabama residents who fell victim to online scams have lost more money on average over the past year when compared to Americans in the remaining 49 states, according to a new study by VPNPro.
VPN experts conducted the study by using FBI data tracking total monetary losses experienced due to cybercrime. That total was then scaled against the number of victims in each state to determine the areas with the highest impacts.
Alabama ranked in the top spot for highest losses per person over the last 12 months, tallying an average of about $50,600 lost per victim, which is significantly higher than the national average of $18,300.
The study showed 4,893 people in Alabama reported being victims of cybercrime over the past year.
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The second state most impacted by online scams was New York, which reported a total of 25,112 cybercrime incidents in the past year and an average loss of $30,900 per victim.
Massachusetts was third with an average of $28,900 lost per victim and South Dakota was close behind in fourth place with an average loss of $28,400.
On a more positive note, Vermont was listed as the safest state for online shoppers with 707 reported cybercrime incidents over 12 months and an average loss of $5,900 per victim.
Indiana landed in second place with only $6,300 lost on average, despite reporting 11,600 cybercrime complaints. West Virginia rounded out the top three safest online shopping states with an average of $9,800 lost per victim.
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VPNPro said the risk of being targeted by cybercriminals is much higher during the holiday season and urged those participating in online shopping, especially for Black Friday, to stay vigilant as scams can come in multiple forms.
According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Report, which revealed a 127% increase in online scams since 2018, over 300,000 complaints nationwide stem from phishing attacks, which is where scammers attempt to obtain personal information – sometimes for identity theft, financial fraud or unauthorized access to systems or accounts.
Other online scams include extortion, personal data breach, non-payment/non-delivery and tech support crimes.
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VPNPro cybersecurity expert Šarūnas Karbauskas explained most scams can be avoided by being aware of the warning signs, such as typos in a brand’s name or email, deals that are too good to be true, suspicious pop-up ads and questionable email senders.
“Using a reliable anti-virus can help keep yourself protected against malware, and it is also good to practice skeptical thinking when asked for money. Always be cautious of unsolicited emails or phone calls and verify the legitimacy of the sender wherever possible,” Karbauskas said.


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Winter storm warnings can be a happy sign your ski vacation is going to be a good one. But they can also mean a delay -- or, at worst, the end -- of a long-planned and long-anticipated trip to the hills. And now things are getting worse. As the rough economy has shrunk demand for travel, airlines have shrunk their capacity for travelers. And as that capacity has shrunk, the New York Times reports, the airlines' ability to accommodate weather-stranded travelers has also receded.
Some of us over at SKI Magazine are what you'd call armchair travelers. Sure, we get out in ski country -- from Aspen to Zermatt -- but the closest we've come to a truly global, truly fish-out-of-water ski experience is skiing in Korea.
Like a lot of folks, you might be planning your spring break ski getaway. And like a lot of folks, you may be getting slightly irked at the baggage fees most airlines are now charging -- and at how those fees are constantly changing. For ski vacations especially, those fees can add up, with up to $25 for a bag full of ski clothes, then another $35 for a ski bag -- provided your airline doesn't charge an extra fee for oversized ski equipment, or charge extra for a boot bag.
The Winter Park Ski Train isn't exactly the speediest way to get to the slopes, but it's a fun one. Which would you rather do on your way to the ski hill -- sit in zero-to-60-to-zero traffic, or have a nice breakfast and read the paper? We'd prefer the latter, and we'd guess you would too. So when the train went kaput last year -- after former owner Anschutz Co. sold the line to a Canadian company -- we were a bit bummed out. No longer.
As we all know by now, much of the economy is in the, er, powder room. But it turns out that even with the mortgage crises, the credit crunches, the layoffs and the Madoffs, skiers are a resilient bunch. Turns out the fancified side of skiing -- the fur-lined boots, the overpriced après, the spa-based lifestyle -- is not what brings us to the hill. In the end, what we're there for is putting skis to slope, and not much else matters.
Let's face it: Getting to Vail is often a pain. The drive to the Colorado resort from Denver International can be snowy, slow and crowded. On the one hand you've got overconfident locals in all-wheel-drives zipping from lane to lane; on the other you've got just-off-the-plane out-of-staters not wanting to crash the rental.
In the doldrums between family-vacation season and ski season, there's still plenty of reason to get outside. If you're a golfer, the times couldn't be better: The sun still shines late into the day, and it's warm enough to hang out in shorts. And if you're a skier, ski-resort golf courses offer a lovely way to ease into the season.


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Franchising in 2018
Article by Suzanne Melville
2017 has been an exciting year in the world of UK franchising. Some of the most widely-appreciated developments in franchising during the past year have been the opening of the first UK Tim Hortons store and the announcement of the first UK Denny’s diner, which will open later this month. The industry at large continues to thrive, with more businesses deciding to maximise their potential through franchising and existing UK franchises enjoying rapid expansion. As the year draws to an end, those involved in franchising naturally begin to wonder what 2018 may have in store for them.
The changes which are underway in the country’s political landscape are naturally at the forefront of many people’s minds. While franchising has been able to survive even the most difficult of economic situations, the announcement of Britain’s departure from the EU has raised many questions that currently seem unanswerable. However, the fact that most franchises in the UK are UK-based and the resilience of the industry in the past suggests that the negative effects of Brexit on franchising, if any, will be minimal, and a number of other developments are taking place which suggest that any changes in British franchising that happen in the coming year will largely be positive ones.
Multi-unit/ Multi-brand franchising
Multi-unit franchising refers to one franchisee owning and operating several units of a franchised business, typically within the same area or region. While owning a single franchise was traditionally the norm, the multi-unit model has become increasingly popular in recent years and, according to a 2016 report by the Bfa, around 29% of franchisees now run more than one unit. Of those who do own only one unit, one in five plan to purchase another, and more than 50% of current multi-unit franchisees intend to open more.
The advantages that the multi-unit franchising model presents for all parties concerned, including increasing the franchisee’s likelihood of being granted a loan and easier management for franchisors, mean that the growth of the model is likely to continue in 2018. A newer concept still, but one which ties in with the multi-unit model, is that of multi-brand franchising. This allows a franchisee to own several different businesses as opposed to (or in addition to) several units of the same business, and allows them to diversify and pursue varied interests. Although the single-brand model is still the most common type in the UK, multi-brand franchising has gained considerable attention recently and may well become more prevalent in 2018.
In 2016, 80% of franchise brands in the UK were British-owned and developed. However, this is looking set to change in 2018 and onwards as UK franchises expand into overseas markets, and overseas franchises expand to the UK. The latter has been particularly prevalent in 2017 with many well-known and popular overseas brands, such as Denny’s and Tim Hortons, establishing their first stores on British soil. These brands often create so much excitement among the public and generate such a level of media coverage that they often perform considerably better than a new unit of a UK brand offering similar products would do. The strength of the franchise industry in the UK as well as the success of brands like Tim Hortons and Denny’s makes the UK a very attractive market to franchisors overseas, and it is likely that 2018 will see the arrival of more popular overseas brands throughout Britain.
Corporate social responsibility is more important than ever for businesses across the globe, and franchises are no exception. At the heart of many modern franchises is a strong sense of social responsibility which is shown in the range of initiatives they participate in. For example, McDonald’s franchisees support environmental protection efforts by organising litter pick-ups in their local areas and help underprivileged young people in their communities by sponsoring local youth football teams. Not only do these efforts make a real difference in people’s lives, they benefit the brand by boosting brand awareness as well as creating a positive image of the company in the minds of customers.
Franchisors are increasingly aiming to recruit the next generation of franchisees, and the much sought-after millennial generation is one which takes a great interest in helping their communities and changing the world for the better. In an ongoing attempt to attract this demographic to careers in franchising, it is likely that franchisors in 2018 will continue to maintain or increase their efforts to promote their franchises as socially responsible and ethical.
Continued growth and success
The UK franchise industry is undeniably a thriving one, with around 1000 franchised brands contributing around £15.1 billion to the economy and employing over 600,000 people. An all-time record of 97% of franchised units are profitable, and over half report an annual turnover of more than £250,000. The industry has grown by 10% in the last four years, and now provides 46% more to the UK economy than it did 10 years ago. It’s clear to see that franchising is a solid industry in the UK, and having grown every year since the economic downturn in 2008, it has also proven to be remarkably recession-proof – which is particularly reassuring in the midst economic uncertainty that events like Brexit have inspired. With statistics like these, it isn’t difficult to believe that 2018 will prove to be another year of success and development for franchisors and franchisees alike.
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Twenty Chinese high school students are a step closer to becoming young entrepreneurs after spending two weeks undertaking a customised curriculum at the UTS Hatchery.
The group from Shanghai Commercial School followed a Hatchery+ program of masterclasses, mentorship and entrepreneurial thinking exercises, covering modules on entrepreneurship and innovation, design thinking and the business-building method Lean Canvas.
The students were also thrown head first into what it takes to launch a start-up, and guided through stages such as problem, solution, customer segment, unique value proposition, distribution channels, revenue, cost, key metrics, unfair advantage and market sizing.
The Shanghai students were the first international delegation to visit the Hatchery. Their trip was conducted in partnership with UTS Commercial and Tripalocal, which aims to connect Chinese schools, students, teachers and parents with international educational and innovation experiences. It comes after a successful pilot program with Shanghai high school students in February 2017, organised by Tripalocal and UTS Access.
The Chinese students, working in four teams, joined Hatchery+ alumni companies GetFoodi, SoEasy Travel, Cookitoo and Fixit to find creative solutions for how these Australian start-ups could launch into the China market.
The students’ program culminated in presentations to the start-ups and a wider audience at Haymarket HQ, Australia’s first not-for-profit start-up hub supporting entrepreneurs wanting to expand into Asia.
Christina Zhu, teacher at Shanghai Commercial School, said: “During the two weeks they spent with the UTS Hatchery, the students learnt a lot of business knowledge that they couldn’t get just by being in the classroom. They were able to connect directly with start-ups and receive first-hand information on how to make a company work.
“Everybody wants to be the CEO of the next Alibaba, so perhaps one day some of our students will be the founder of their own start-ups. This experience has certainly broadened their vision and has been a great help for their futures.”
Caroline Lepron, co-founder of Cookitoo, said: “I have always believed that young people can have really powerful insights even at such a young age and the Shanghai group was no different. We managed to learn how our most important demographic felt about sharing economy (they’d rather not!); we learnt about what the government and food regulations were like and probably most importantly we found out which channels they would listen to. ”
Monique Potts, acting director, UTS Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Creative Intelligence Unit (IECIU), said: “We’ve seen a rapidly increasing interest from students in entrepreneurial careers, and in creating their own livelihoods and businesses when finishing university. It’s critical that we equip them for the workforce of the future and help them develop an entrepreneurial mindset.
“For our Hatchery+ start-ups, the journey doesn’t just end when they fly the nest. International market expansion is a crucial part of growing a business, and it’s important that we can support the next phase beyond life within the Hatchery+, program by connecting our alumni with invaluable international insights.”


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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is set to meet with a group of top technology company executives next week. The exact attendee list is not yet public, but Politico reports that leaders from Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon have been invited.
A source also confirmed to Politico that Oracle CEO Safra Catz will attend the Dec. 14 meeting in New York, and the Wall Street Journal reported that Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins also plans to go. You'd also expect IBM CEO Ginni Rometty to show up, given that she's a member of Trump's business policy advisory team.
PayPal founder and venture capitalist Peter Thiel has taken a prominent role in Trump's transition effort, and his fingerprints are likely on Trump's meeting with tech executives. During the campaign, Trump and Silicon Valley had a rather fraught relationship, with the candidate offering harsh criticisms of top tech companies and his campaign receiving widespread opposition from the industry (with Thiel being a prominent exception).
It's not clear what the agenda for next week's meeting will contain, or whether it will play out as a productive or mostly contentious discussion. But Constellation Research believes there are a set of highly important topics for Trump and the executives to start dialogues on immediately. Here's a look.
H-1B Visas: Trump's views on immigration reform are well-known, but within that topic his stance on H-1B visas has wavered. Initially, he took a hard position against them, then indicated modest support for H-1Bs in the interest of attracting skilled labor. But most recently, Trump once again condemned them and vowed to "end forever the use of the H-1B as a cheap labor program." Cisco CEO Robbins is on record saying he believes Trump can be convinced to increase the number of H-1Bs issued. Next week's meeting presents a chance for Robbins and fellow tech execs to make that case.
Net neutrality: Some observers believe Trump's administration will undermine net neutrality regulations. Although he himself has said little on the topic, a number of appointees to his Federal Communications Commission team are known opponents of net neutrality. Two of them, Jeff Eisenach and Mark Jamison,respectively worked for net neutrality foes Verizon and Sprint.
Taxing Internet Sales: Trump has had harsh words for online retail giant Amazon, saying it is "getting away with murder, tax-wise." Both Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence have voiced support for online sales taxes, but the incoming administration's position on the topic still isn't entirely clear. Getting that clarity will be important for both online retailers and consumers.
Infrastructure: A centerpiece of Trump's economic plan is massive spending on infrastructure projects--bridges and roads--in order to create jobs and spark the economy. There's an opportunity for Trump to focus on technology infrastructure as well through investments in the Internet backbone and mobile bandwidth. Trump may also look to take back control of the Domain Name System, which the Obama administration handed off to the nonprofit ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) in a widely criticized decision.
China policy: U.S. tech companies desperately want to do more business in China, and a volatile Trump throwing bombs at China over Twitter won't be of any help in this regard. Trump has already made indications he'll take an adversarial stance toward China and its economic policies.
Repatriation: Trump has touted a plan to cut corporate tax rates in the interest of getting companies parking large cash stockpiles overseas to return them to the U.S. Should this plan move forward, it will be interesting to see how it alters the investment strategies of large tech companies in products and services.
Cybersecurity and privacy: One thing the government, the private sector and the public can agree on is that cybersecurity should be a top priority under the Trump administration, particularly in light of emerging threats posed by the IoT (Internet of Things). While regulations must be part of the discussion, another welcome development would be an increased government-private sector around cybersecurity and preventing cybercrime.
The Bottom Line
There's no way to know what will result from next week's meeting, but some or even most of these topics seem likely to come up. Whether they do or don't, the outcome will provide the first clear indications of Trump's priority issues for technology policy, so it's worth watching very closely.
This Constellation Insights post was written with contributions from R "Ray" Wang, Doug Henschen, Alan Lepofsky, Holger Mueller and Esteban Kolsky.
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06/13/2013 8:40 am EDT Follow: Taylor Swift stepped out for the 2013 Fragrance Foundation Awards in NYC last night (June 12) looking as gorgeous as ever, but something about her red carpet look was ... different.
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When I heard this was called the FiFi Awards, I assumed that the room would be filled with a bunch of standard poodles, Jane Lynch told the crowd at the Fragrance Foundation's 40th annual awards ceremony last night. Selecting me as your host makes
Even in the crowded celebrity fragrance market, Heidi Klum and Justin Bieber managed to rise above them all and grab the olfactory senses of The Fragrance Foundation. At the 2012 FiFi Awards (dubbed the Oscars of the fragrance industry) in NYC Monday,
18 May 2012 He's conquered the music charts and now Justin Bieber is taking the perfume world by storm. Last night the 18-year-old beat David Beckham and Kim Kardashian as his debut scent Someday was branded Best New Celebrity Fragrance 2012 by the
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10 am by Anne Each year the prestigious FiFi Awards take place in New York City and honors the art, passion and personalities of the fragrance world in what is considered to be the Oscars of the fragrance world. This year's gala event will take place
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May 26 '11 Halle Berry was at the Fifi fragrance awards awards last night in a draped black dress with an asymmetric angular cutout around the side of her stomach. Apart from the bizarre middle of the dress she otherwise looked flawless. I love her
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Saturday, June 5, 2010
Scientists have proved for the first time that fructose, a cheap form of sugar used in thousands of food products and soft drinks, can damage human metabolism and is fueling the obesity crisis.
Fructose, a sweetener usually derived from corn, can cause dangerous growths of fat cells around vital organs and is able to trigger the early stages of diabetes and heart disease.
Over 10 weeks, 16 volunteers on a controlled diet including high levels of fructose produced new fat cells around their heart, liver and other digestive organs. They also showed signs of food-processing abnormalities linked to diabetes and heart disease. Another group of volunteers on the same diet, but with glucose sugar replacing fructose, did not have these problems.
Sugar: The Bitter Truth!
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Chocolate formula made just for tots
People are shocked to learn this, but chocolate milk wasn't invented to prevent the human race from dying out. No kid in human history has ever dropped dead from a lack of chocolate milk.
Yet parents are giving this junk to their kids earlier than ever, and now a new product aims to bring this poison to babies as young as 10 months old.
It's a chocolate or vanilla flavored toddler formula called "Enfagrow Premium," and if you give this to your kid, he'll grow all right... in all the wrong places.
The drink contains 19 grams of sugar -- that's almost five teaspoons, or enough to send him on his way to a life of disease that will be anything but sweet. Give it to your baby with each so-called meal, and that's 15 teaspoons of sugar a day before the child ever has a chance to learn what real food is supposed to taste like.
This is a crime against children... but already parents are praising it.
"My baby won't eat real food," is the typical whine. "He throws his carrots, spits out beef puree and squishes blueberries in his hands."
Yes -- THAT'S WHAT TODDLERS DO!
But today's clueless parents surrender at the slightest sign of resistance and whip out the chocolate-flavored sugar mainline. After all, they say, the child needs to eat "something."
That's child abuse, and it's every bit as damaging as a slap across the face. If you'd never consider smacking your baby, then don't consider chocolate formula, either -- because the sting from this smack will never fade.
Sugar is like crack for little kids, and the only way they ever acquire a taste for it is when YOU give it to them. And once you do, there's no turning back -- your kid is an addict, and thanks to Enfagrow Premium, it can happen before his first birthday.
And today's parents aren't just giving kids trash for their bellies -- they're also feeding them junk for their brains.