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NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks in the city's restaurants, delis and movie theaters in the hopes of combatting obesity — an expansion of his administration's efforts to encourage healthy behavior by limiting residents' choices.
The proposal — expected to be announced formally on Thursday in a City Hall briefing — would take 20-ounce soda bottles off the shelves of the city's delis and eliminate super-sized sugary soft drinks from fast-food menus. It is the latest health effort by the administration to spark accusations that the city's officials are overstepping into matters that should be left in the hands of individual consumers.
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Steph Curry has had another phenomenal season on the court and we are sure his sponsors are happy. While we can’t speak for all, we do know that Under Armour sells have gone up especially on his second signature shoe, the Under Armour Curry 2.
Under Armour has made sure that Steph Curry wouldn’t leave the brand due to a better offer and was signed to a contract extension back in 2015. The extension will expire in 2024 and if Curry is still playing in the NBA, we are sure that UA will resign him.
You may remember that Curry was signed to Nike back in the day and when his contract was up, Under Armour came swooping in with an offer. Curry even gave Nike a second chance for the brand to at least match UA’s offer, but declined to. This had all happened in 2013.
Although this is technically not new information, a lot of the websites bypassed it and it’s a good question to why the brand doesn’t ink him for life like Nike did LeBron. Either way, let us know if you think this was a good move by Under Armour or if he should have been signed for life.


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2013 is really looking good for PsVita, at least in Japan: a few good games already have set release dates in the first months of the year, with more announced projects which will be released later in the year. Tales Of Hearts R is among the first category, getting an eraly March release: Namco Bandai has released a new trailer which goes alongside a playable demo just released on the Japanese PSN.
Tales Of Hearts R is the remake of Tales Of Hearts, released in 2004 on Nintendo DS. The remake will feature full 3D graphics, all new animation cutscenes from Production IG, fully voiced story, new quests, locations and characters, together with an all new character building system. The game’s battle system will be very fast paced, allowing for quick gameplay, flashy combos and many combination attacks for all characters.
The new trailer, which can be seen below, shows the currently confirmed characters, some cutscenes and story events and battles: the game looks really great so far and it could be a huge hit, improving the console’s sales at least in Japan.
Tales Of Hearts R will be released in Japan on March 7 both in retail and on PSN: no news on a western release yet. The name was trademarked a few months ago but, given the low console sales, it’s highly unlikely the game will come over, even though the series producer, Hideo Baba, has stated more than once that Namco Bandai wants to bring more titles over since the series is enjoy some good popularity in the West.
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Restaurant owner speaks on capacity and mask plan
Starting Wednesday, bars and restaurants can go back to some sense of normalcy- but will they take the chance right away?
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Starting Wednesday, bars and restaurants can go back to some sense of normalcy- but will they take the chance right away?
A local restaurant owner spoke with KGNS about whether or not they will increase capacity and do away with masks.
It’s been a tough year to say the least for El Capataz and Tabernilla restaurant owner Bobby Gonzalez.
“We’ve had to change our business model and obviously we don’t have as much business. We’ve been restricted and so it’s been very hard on everybody. All our employees obviously and us as business owners as well. Very challenging indeed.”
Although Wednesday marks the official end to capacity limits and masks mandates in Texas, Gonzalez has decided to keep things as is.
“I’m not sure how long we are going to have the policies in place with social distancing, and mask requirements. For the near future we are, and we’re going to continue to evaluate the situation. Talk to the Health Department. Look at our local cases. Are we surging? How many people are vaccinated? There are a lot of moving parts and so we are going to slowly move back towards that 100 percent. When we feel comfortable, the staff and everybody about masks then we’ll finally drop that at some point.”
While some elected officials and medical experts believe it is too soon, we asked Gonzalez what his thoughts were as a business owner.
“While I’m worried that the governor lifted the mask mandate and capacity restrictions, by the same token, I know there’s a lot of people out there who are having a very hard time as business owners and I understand why he’s giving them the opportunity to move forth and get back to some kind of normal.”
According to Gonzalez, there are a number of local businesses that will continue keeping protocols in place for the time being.
Gonzalez says they have a handful of employees who received vaccinations due to eligibility so far.
It’s his hope that people in the industry will soon be vaccinated.
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|Officials from HCM City’s General Department of Market Management find knock-offs of some luxury items at Bến Thành Market. — VNS Photo Văn Châu|
HCM CITY — Fake and low-quality goods and knock-offs are increasing relentlessly in HCM City and can only be prevented through combined efforts by both authorities and businesses, a seminar heard on Wednesday.
Trần Văn Dũng of the General Department of Market Management said the long-term fight against these goods would not succeed without the active co-operation of enterprises and society.
A report by his department said violations are becoming increasingly sophisticated and well–organised, especially in the cases of food, agricultural materials, construction materials, drugs, and consumer goods.
Trần Trịnh Tiến, a department official, said city authorities are seeking more effective measures in the fight against counterfeits, smuggling and trade fraud as e-commerce grows rapidly.
But the fight remains challenging, he said.
“Tightening checking for counterfeit goods at major markets like Bến Thành, Bình Tây and An Đông is vital.”
The inability to root out fakes and piracy is due to the lack of stringent penalties, poor co-ordination between authorities and enterprises, limited human resources, and outdated equipment and facilities, he added.
Nguyễn Thành Danh of Bình Dương Province’s market management department said counterfeit goods and trade fraud related to intellectual property rights are affecting the investment environment and consumers.
Counterfeit goods fetch large profits in a short time but the penalties for their sellers are very lenient, he explained, saying violators therefore tend to be repeated offenders.
“Some enterprises are not aware of the seriousness of the counterfeit problem, others do not actively co-operate with authorities and most of the public are ignorant about it."
Consumers also lack awareness and legal knowledge about commercial businesses, and are often deceived by cheap products that could be unsafe for their health, he added.
Trần Trung Nghĩa, a businessman, said to combat the problem city authorities should closely monitor goods that are susceptible to piracy and forgery as well as people trading fake goods in the past.
“They should work closely with enterprises and related authorities. The most important thing is that market authorities should regularly update lawmakers on the changing situation.”
Businesses need to have greater awareness of counterfeits and co-operate closely with relevant authorities, he said.
“Enterprises should improve their technologies to make it harderfor their goods to be faked.” — VNS


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OYO Hotels and Homes yesterday made the announcement of the appointment of Mandar Vaidya as the CEO for Middle East and South-East Asia.
Cipla Gulf, subsidiary of Indian pharma major Cipla enters into partnership with Iceland-based Alvotech.
The Indian entertainment industry which is already running on its top gear is now intensifying its foray by entering into the Middle East market.
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Earlier this year, American-based developer The Behemoth lifted the lid on Castle Crashers Remastered for the Switch. This is the first time the company will bring one of its games to a Nintendo platform since the GameCube generation.
Now, after "months of responding to questions and posts and tweets" asking when exactly the game would arrive on Nintendo's newest system, a blog post has confirmed this version will launch next month, on 17th September for $14.99 USD. Pricing for other regions has not been revealed.
The Switch eShop version of the remaster includes HD Rumble, online play and up to 4-player local Joy-Con support. This is backed by 60 frames per second gameplay, texture sizes "five times greater" than the original game, the fast and frantic mini-game "Back Off Barbarian" and all of the previously released downloadable content - including characters, weapons, and animal orbs.
The Behemoth also mentioned how it had no plans for cross-play, so you'll just have to stick with fellow Switch players. Here's a new trailer showing off the Nintendo version of the game:
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Maine's best-selling spirit is expanding.
Boston Brands of Maine, the maker of Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey, will move to a 24/7 operation at its Lewiston facility, according to News Center Maine.
The move comes less than a year after the company announced a $4 million expansion of the bottling plant.
The move is expected to create 46 full-time jobs, according to Sazerac, the the New Orleans-based company that owns Boston Brands.
A Sazerac spokesperson told the Portland Press Herald that the facility previously ran three shifts a day, five days a week. The facility will now have alternating 12-hour shifts, seven days a week.
In 2018, Fireball became the number-one spirit sold in Maine.


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Atlus and Vanillaware have released a new gameplay video of their recently announced RPG Odin Sphere: Leifdrasir.
It also has been revealed that the Odin Sphere remake will include the original “Classic Mode” of the PS2 version in HD.
Odin Sphere: Leifdrasir is due to release on PS Vita, PS3 and PS4 in Japan on January 14, 2016.
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First, Ripple Junction has added The World of Eric Carle for young men’s and junior shirts. A multi-sku program launched earlier this year at Urban Outfitters online and in select stores with a crewneck sweatshirt and a long sleeve tee. Most recently, the line expanded with additional tees at Urban Outfitters and Pac Sun.
Rashti & Rashti has also partnered to bring the brand into a range of infant and toddler sleepwear (sizes 12M – 5T). The collection will feature Carle’s “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
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The Bellingham Herald reports that border policy researchers at Western Washington University have been observing the number of Canadian and U.S. vehicle license plates at various points along the I-5 corridor.
The research began before the Skagit bridge collapse to get a better understanding of Canadian shopping activity in the region.
A license plate survey done in June after the bridge collapse found that the proportion of Canadian plates at a Costco in Marysville dropped by 80 percent compared to March.
Five of the six retail areas that were surveyed south of the Skagit bridge saw a decrease of more than 40 percent.
David Davidson at the university's Border Policy Research Institute says the survey provides a snapshot on what happens when a key piece of transportation infrastructure is disrupted.
The Small Business Administration announced in June it was making low-interest disaster loans available to small businesses hit in the pocketbook by the collapse.
The declaration covered Skagit County and the adjoining counties of Chelan, Island, Okanogan, Snohomish and Whatcom.
Karen Mills, administrator of the U. S. Small Business Administration, said the agency acted under its own authority to declare a disaster in response to a request it received from Gov. Jay Inslee.


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Bridgestone to Build a Plant in Poland
Bridgestone will build a plant in Poland to produce rubber tracks for earthmoving equipment, the manufacturer announced today.
The plant is due to begin operating in July 2006 and will be located in the city of Zarow in the south western Polish province near Wroclaw. Production capacity is expected to reach about 26,000 tracks a year by 2007 and 12 million euros will be invested to achieve this.
The plant is to serve “rising European demand for rubber tracks amid continuing global growth in demand for construction machinery,” says the manufacturer.
The new plant will operate as Bridgestone Diversified Products Poland, a wholly owned Bridgestone Corporation subsidiary that was established on 29 December 2004. “It will enable the Bridgestone Group to serve European manufacturers of earthmoving equipment more responsively,” said the manufacturer in a statement.
Bridgestone Group companies presently produce rubber tracks at plants in Kumamoto, Japan; Shenyang, China; and Bilbao, Spain.


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A new company is marketing a ''consent'' condom.
BBDO Argentina has launched the contraceptives which require four hands to press four buttons in order to access them.
The new product has been designed to encourage full consent in sexual practices.
Sexual products maker Tulipan said on her Facebook page: ''Why can't this box be opened with two hands? Because that's how consent works in relationships.''
''Sex is worth everything only if a rule is respected: consent to both do it.''
According to The Next Web, Tulpian has placed the limited edition condoms in bars and events in Buenos Aires.
Only 14.5% of men in Argentina regularly use condoms according to a recent survey.


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After the British government stated its plans to make the UK a “Crypto Hub”, the well-known issuer of large stablecoins—Tether, announced the upcoming launch of a new stablecoin that will be pegged to the British Pound. The new token will be called GBPT, Tether’s latest addition to its already issued pegged cryptocurrencies USDT, EURT, CNHT, MXNT and XAUT. Initially, the new GBPT crypto will operate on the Ethereum blockchain with the possibility of other platforms being utilized later on.
The pound-pegged coin is called GBP₮ (GBPT), and will initially live on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, Tether’s announcement said. It did not specify what other blockchains might be supported later.
The move from Tether comes after the UK government in April this year announced plans to make Britain a “global cryptoasset technology hub.” The government plans also included a move to recognize stablecoins as a valid form of payment.
According to Tether, the government’s plan is expected to make the UK “a prime location for the next wave of industry innovation.”
Elaborating on the company’s plans for a GBP-pegged stablecoin, Paolo Ardoino, chief technology officer of Tether, said they hope to help the UK become the crypto technology hub that the government envisions.
“Tether is ready and willing to work with UK regulators to make this goal a reality and looks forward to the continued adoption of Tether stablecoins,” Ardoino said.
Tether already has stablecoins pegged to the euro (EURT), Chinese yuan (CNHT), and Mexican peso (MXNT), in addition to the popular USD-pegged coin USDT. The company also has a gold-backed stablecoin known as XAUT.


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Near the end of December, it was reported that Samsung was most likely not going to update the Galaxy S to Android 4.0 due to the TouchWiz user interface. In an effort to appease customers, Samsung was supposedly going to release a “Value Pack” update that was going to provide updates that mirrored what’s available in Ice Cream Sandwich. Today, Samsung told The Next Web that’s not the case.
Samsung apparently has no plans to offer a Value Pack update to Galaxy S owners. This leaves owners of the smartphones with a couple options. They can either hope Samsung finds a way around TouchWiz, or get really comfortable with the hacking community. Eventually, someone will find a way to port ICS to the Galaxy S. If Samsung turns its back on the Galaxy S, rooting will be the only option left for ICS on the Galaxy S.
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Only a fortnight ago the Communications Minister, Mitch Fifield, addressed the CommsDay Summit and declared:
“So to conclude, just in case I haven't rammed home the message enough, 2017 is the year of the customer, and all of our efforts must be focussed on this.”
Recent reports show yet again the Turnbull Government is all talk and no action.
Labor lead the way gambling reform and it is promising to see the Government has now looked at these reforms this budget.
However it is important that the implementation is smooth. Labor is committed to working with industry to ensure that the timing and implementation of the reforms can be carried out without major disruptions or delays.
A fundamental issue was not addressed during the Minister’s pontifications — who is accountable? And what incentive do the key players have to be accountable?
If there is no incentive, consumers will continue to be left stranded.
Reports in the Sydney Morning Herald “Broadband limbo remains as ACCC fails to break Telstra, NBN deadlock”, go to the heart of this issue.
Frustrated residents and small businesses are stuck in the middle with delays and loss of services, while the retail provider is often without leverage to progress an outcome.
When an NBN activation fails, consumers often discover no-one is willing to reconnect their existing service because key players do not have appropriate incentives to do so.
Worse still, no-one can assure them when the NBN will be connected. This leads to weeks or months of frustration, stress and, critically, no service.
Given the Turnbull Government has vacated the arena, it’s no wonder its asleep-at-the-wheel Minister doesn’t show any sign of life until journalists get on the case.
This goes to the core of Malcolm Turnbull’s failure on the NBN. What a sad indictment of his flawed second-rate network that many consumers say they just want to go back to their old ADSL service, rather than move to the NBN.
For the Turnbull Government, consumer protection has become a spectator sport.
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Behind the Product: Why CNN+ Failed
In our “Behind the Product” series, we discuss examples of products or services that highlight a particular Product Management concept or principle. As Product Managers, we’re constantly watching new and old products, and the marketing associated with them, to find examples for our training and materials that we can use to exemplify good, or not so good, practices in Product Management.
Since Netflix introduced streaming video on-demand (SVOD) back in 2007, the market has exploded. Sources of streaming content have proliferated, giving consumers a lot of choice and access to a lot of content. Just how popular are streaming services today? Nearly 80% of U.S. consumers use them, and the market is projected to reach over $932 billion by 2028.
But the tide is turning: Deloitte predicts that at least 150 million people will cancel their paid SVOD services in 2022, with churn rates of up to 30% per market.
It’s too bad that CNN didn’t figure that out before launching CNN+, a short-lived SVOD service and offshoot of the CNN cable television news network, which launched March 29, 2022 and was shut down less than a month after its debut. Talk about an epic fail – and an indication that Product Management principles and best practices may have been overlooked.
Where Are the Subscribers?
CNN+ originated with Jeff Zucker, the former president of WarnerMedia – CNN’s former parent company – as a way of helping CNN combat the decline in traditional cable viewership. CNN projected that the new SVOD service would attract two million subscribers by the end of 2022 and spent tens of millions of dollars to run a nationwide marketing campaign, hire hundreds of new employees, and sign on big-name anchors such as former Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace.
But during the first two weeks, CNN+ only managed to sign on 150,000 subscribers. Compare that to Disney Plus, which attracted 10 million on its very first day. What’s more, Axios analyzed CNN’s potential viewership and found that CNN+ would have missed its goal by a wide margin, while spending about $400 million in the process.
So where were all the subscribers? Turns out they may be deciding which services to eliminate rather than looking for new ones to subscribe to. According to a recent survey conducted by Mohu, 57% of consumers are planning to cut some of their paid streaming subscriptions, and most will drop three out of five. Another survey found that more than 20% of U.S. consumers think they subscribe to too many streaming services – four or five, on average.
With consumers becoming overwhelmed with streaming choices and content, consolidation is inevitable. According to Chirs Licht, CNN’s new CEO and the person responsible for canceling CNN+, consumers now want “simplicity and an all-in-one service” rather than “standalone offerings.” Such consolidation is good for the provider and the consumer alike: consumers benefit from cost savings and ease of use, while providers can attract more subscribers and create stickiness.
What Went Wrong?
In short, the team that conceived of CNN+ failed to apply basic Product Management principles as they devised their offering:
- Market research: Prior to the CNN+ launch, Netflix was already showing signs of instability. In fact, the company lost 200,000 subscribers in Q1 2022. And let’s not forget that research conducted in 2021 was surfacing consumers’ changing sentiment toward subscribing to multiple services and the desire to switch to comprehensive, consolidated offerings. Had the team at CNN+ done its due diligence, it may have noticed indications that a new, niche streaming service would probably flop on the market.
- Stakeholder consideration: At the time CNN+ was being developed and launched, CNN’s executive team was undergoing big changes. Incoming CEO Licht was not involved in the decision-making process and had no input.
- Understanding the “Why”: Consumers sign up for streaming for one reason: cost-effective, seamless access to great content. Unfortunately, CNN+ didn’t offer any unique, show-stopping content that viewers couldn’t find anywhere else.
- Fulfilling the brand promise: CNN is an established brand with a definitive personality and a reputation for broadcasting news in real-time. However, CNN+ didn’t deliver on that promise. Due to network agreement with cable systems, it lacked what viewers expected: a live feed of breaking news stories.
By failing to incorporate the essential principles of Product Management into their product planning, CNN developed a service that no one would want or use, and that didn’t align with the business initiatives of new leadership taking the helm.
Optimize Your Next Product Introduction
CNN+ was a short-lived product failure that was doomed from the start – and the tragedy could have been avoided by applying smart Product Management principles and strategies throughout product development. Even if the team had decided to overlook Netflix’s subscriber woes and forge ahead with a new offering, better budgeting may have made the endeavor more worthwhile. They could have delayed launch until incoming leadership had time to weigh in, or tailored the offering to meet the needs of consumers and deliver on CNN’s brand promise. Having a solid understanding of these essential Product Management principles is of paramount importance when introducing a new product or service to market, no matter what the market conditions.
280 Group’s Optimal Product Management course teaches Product Managers at any stage in their career how to leverage key Product Management concepts and principles to not just avoid product failure, but to build and manage products that matter. Attendees also acquire the core skills needed to become a Certified Product Manager™ or Certified Product Marketing Manager™. Get started today!
Roger Snyder is a Principal Consultant/Trainer, and VP of Product and Services at 280 Group.
Roger has worked in the field of Product Management for over 20 years, with experience in startups, growth companies, and various technology sectors. He specializes in improving product strategy development, implementing full product lifecycle processes, and roadmap development and evolution.
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JSI Store Fixtures helping in the fight against COVID-19
If you have done any grocery shopping lately, you've probably seen the plastic barriers between you and the clerk.
But, did you know that thousands of those are being made right in Piscataquis County?
TV5 got an inside look at JSI’s warehouse Thursday.
“We’re providing millions of protections per day and tens of millions or protections per week,” said Mark Awalt, President of JSI in Milo.
As coronavirus spreads, many companies are stepping up to help fight the virus - including this hidden gem in Milo, Maine.
For more than 30 years JSI has been manufacturing fixtures for retailers.
Now, their attention is focused on making transparent hygiene shields.
Company officials say these shields provide a physical protective barrier between shoppers and employees. All barriers are made of plexiglass.
“We initially ordered $300,000 worth in advance of having any orders, anticipating getting them, and we have since ordered a few hundred thousand more,” said Awalt. “So, we have plenty of plexiglass on hand to continue to assist anybody who might want our help.”
JSI has been working closely with Hannaford. They currently have more than a million dollars worth of hygiene shields on order for Hannaford, Bar Harbor Bank and Trust, and another large supermarket chain in the Mid-West.
“We’ll run our machines for as much as 20 hours a day on two shifts in order to get these barriers out in a matter of days,” Awalt explained.
So far, more than 10,000 barriers have been shipped out thanks to the hard work of about 150 employees.
When the economy does begin to open back up, officials with JSI believe these barriers will be in even greater demand.
“If an individual hygiene barrier in a retailer is protecting an employee and a consumer and that happens in maybe 20 times in an hour, and they’re open for 10 or 12 hours, and you do the math on the 7,000 hygiene barriers - we’re providing millions of protections per day and tens of millions or protections per week. I clearly think the hygiene barriers and what JSI is doing with our customers is saving lives,” said Awalt.
To learn more about these hygiene barrier solutions visit their website: https://www.jsistorefixtures.com/hygiene-barrier-solutions-transparent-effective-and-convenient/.


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REHAU, GERMANY (July 24, 12:15 p.m. ET) — Polymer pipework specialist Rehau AG + Co. has opened its first United Kingdom facility to produce pre-insulated pipework for the district heating and biomass sectors. The new operation will be sited at Rehau's long established factory in Blaenau, North Wales.
Until now, the U.K. market has relied exclusively on imports of this type of pipework, and Rehau said by investing in local production, it is “significantly reducing the carbon footprint of the Rauvitherm pipe it supplies.”
Rehau has seen sales of Rauvitherm more than double over the past year, driven by the booming market in the UK for biomass and district heating and, more recently, by the impact of the Renewable Heat Incentive.
Martin Hitchin, Rehau's chief executive, said at the official opening: “Despite the fact that it is a global group, Rehau has long had a policy of producing locally wherever possible and this investment is very much in line with that.
“It is further evidence of our commitment to reducing carbon emissions across the entire supply chain and of securing that supply chain on behalf of our customers.”
Rauvitherm is a pre-insulated crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) pipe made with a high density PE outer jacket that is longitudinally watertight. It is popular in the U.K. market because of its flexibility, which simplifies and speeds up installation. Some Rauvitherm products also use polyurethane insulation.


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BOSTON – Amid consistently frigid weather conditions that are currently plaguing New England, residents in this region are being blanketed by the warmth of the promotional efforts of Antigua and Barbuda’s Ministry of Tourism.
The destination was being spotlighted in a week long television feature as part of “Chronicle” a 30-minute show on WABC’s local affiliate station in New England, hosted by renowned reporter Mary Richardson. In addition, the destination was heavily promoted at the Boston Globe Travel Show this past weekend.
Ranked as the largest travel show in the New England, The Boston Globe attracted over 20,000 consumers and travel professionals looking to plan a vacation getaway. Antigua and Barbuda was among 800 exhibitors at Boston Globe Show and the destination’s colorful booth stood out in the Caribbean Pavilion. Chef Murphy was on hand to provide culinary samples, fresh beverages and other island delicacies to vacation seekers who wanted to sample the flavors of Antigua and Barbuda.
Dean Fenton, Tourism Officer in the United States, who led the team effort in Boston last weekend, was joined by representatives from Jolly Beach Resort and Spa and Hermitage Bay Resort. Fenton believes that these two promotional activities have helped to increase the level of awareness and interest in the destination, and indicates that over 30 bookings were generated at the destination’s booth this weekend.
Fenton also commented that,” The Boston Globe Show presents many opportunities to showcase the destination, and we have become very aggressive about working with our travel partners to ensure that consumers can book vacations on the spot. Weather conditions in New England at this time of year often prompt a lot of impulse bookings and I was very encouraged to see the destination being featured on “Chronicle.” We have positioned ourselves to ensure that we translate this high level of awareness and interest into direct bookings and capture some of this business.”
Many show attendees who had already seen previews of the “Chronicle” show were very excited to meet with tourism officials at the Boston Globe Show. Show producers had traveled to Antigua and Barbuda in late January to complete filming for this television feature that highlighted 20/20 Cricket, pottery making, horseback riding, water sports and some of the island’s premier hotels. The “Chronicle” show will air every night this week and target an audience of over 300,000 viewers throughout New England. This region is the second largest source market in the United States for stay over visitors to Antigua and Barbuda.


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Internet of Things (IoT) Platform
When it comes to IoT PCBs, radio frequency is a whole new ballgame. NexLogic's Zulki Khan explains the RF considerations to keep in mind.
It will be 2018 in which IoT grows up and offers true innovation. Infiswift's Arup Barat discusses this and more IoT trends for the coming year.
To ensure the security of open source code that has been recycled, customers must receive the most accurate software supply chain information.
James Brehm of James Brehm and Associates looks at the benefits of IoT in the supply chain as it applies to salsa, from farm to grocery store to your table.
Robert Schmid of Deloitte Consulting explains how turnkey IoT offers a customized IoT solution with ease of implementation -- the best of both worlds.
Tapping smart building and IoT connectivity can positively impact how hospitals operate and the experiences they offer for those who visit them.
From wearables to external sensors to proactive and preventative care, IoT is poised to improve the healthcare system and revolutionize how we view health.
As more companies start implementing reality technology, it's only a matter of time before digital twins become more intricate and elaborate.
IPS' Mitch Maiman discusses IoT technology trends he expects in 2018, from improved security through blockchain to outdoor IoT growth to more wearables.


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DSV is looking to expand in North America and hopes to gain key access to the trans-Pacific trade market by acquiring C.H. Robinson's global freight forwarding business, according to sources.
Reuters recently reported that Danish freight forwarding giant DSV is interested in acquiring the global freight forwarding business of its rival, U.S. freight forwarding giant C.H. Robinson, for a price that could be as high as $9 billion, a source told Reuters.
It is reported that DSV is looking to expand its business in North America and met some investors in early June, revealing the above acquisition intention, thereby "obtaining key access to the trans-Pacific trade market".
The sources also said DSV is not interested in acquiring the entire C.H. Robinson company and has no plans to acquire C.H. Robinson's freight brokerage business.
Neither DSV nor C.H. Robinson responded to the news.
It is understood that C.H. Robinson has an enterprise value of US$13 billion and has two core businesses of global freight forwarding and freight brokerage.
C.H. Robinson's global freight forwarding business has significantly outperformed its freight brokerage business. Affected by the epidemic, contract truck rates have struggled to keep up with the busy spot market, but high demand for ocean and air freight has pushed the company's freight volumes to new highs.
In 2021, C.H. Robinson's global freight forwarding business revenue will reach $6.7 billion. In the first quarter of 2022, revenue reached $2.2 billion, an increase of 89.8% year over year. Mainly benefiting from the strong market demand and a tight supply of shipping capacity, the freight rate increased significantly. In addition, C.H. Robinson's increased market share also contributed to revenue growth.
DSV, which has an enterprise value of 239 billion Danish kroner ($34 billion), has long wanted to expand its North American business. DSV has said that it hopes to achieve solid growth in the fiercely competitive global logistics market through integration and acquisitions.
DSV has always been the "acquisition maniac" in the international freight forwarding market, and it has been making big moves in recent years. Including the acquisition of Agility's Global Integrated Logistics (GIL) unit for $4.2 billion in 2021, and the acquisition of Panalpina in 2019 for more than $5 billion.
A spokesman for DSV said mergers and acquisitions were an important part of DSV's strategy. The company rewards shareholders by focusing on the market and taking an active role in the ongoing consolidation of the industry. Therefore, DSV will review potential acquisition opportunities.
According to the list of the top 50 global ocean freight forwarders in 2022 published by the authoritative magazine "Transport Topics" in the logistics industry, DSV ranks fourth in ocean freight forwarding and third in air freight forwarding in 2022; C.H. Robinson ranks seventh in ocean freight forwarding, Air freight forwarder No. 20.
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11 March 2020
Five months into its strategic review of Jawoll, B&M has decided to sell the German arm of its business, according to Retail Gazette.
The £11m deal
B&M has sold its 80% shareholding in Jawoll to a consortium led by AC Curtis GmbH for €12.5m (£11m). Another part of the consortium is an existing shareholder in the value retail business.
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What used to be the ultimate place for gamers everywhere has now taken a turn for the worse as GameStop announces that they will be closing down some of its stores. This shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise however as the company has had a bit of a bad time within the last year or so.
Starting off back in October, the company announced that they had a total global sales figure of $1.96 billion. While this may sound like a huge number, it is actually 2.8% worse than what they did the year prior.
In GameStops fourth quarter earnings in 2016, they actually took a hit and were down nearly 14% from the years prior. This also affected the companies stocks as they took a huge dive down by 31%. The reason for the decline in sales can be attributed to weak new game sales as well as people not purchasing new consoles. As GameStop put it, “aggressive console promotions by other retailers on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday [and] weak sales of certain AAA titles”. This doesn’t exactly come as a huge shock as Amazon has begun to offer pre order discounts to Amazon Prime Members.
What people do have to remember is that GameStop operates all over the world and has somewhere near 6,600 stores. So when you really think about it, the stores being shut down only make up a tiny percentage of their locations. But even though the number is small now, if they are unable to get back on track they will continue to struggle and potentially lose more stores later down the line.


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With Christmas around the corner, here’s an iPad sized for elves.
Apple released the small-sized version of its popular tablet device yesterday, drawing lines of fans at stores around the world, including its flagship location on Fifth Avenue.
The iPad Mini, which sells for $329 to $529 in various configurations, does everything a full-sized iPad does, but is only 7.9 inches measured diagonally. That’s about halfway between the size of a smart phone and a typical full-sized tablet.
“With the amount of stuff I carry around with me, I could use a smaller tablet,” said Sarah Gould, 27, of upper Manhattan, who was among those lined up at the Fifth Avenue store to scoop up one of the pads.
“Hopefully, this one will have a better battery life, since it’s smaller.”
The Mini has gotten mostly positive reviews, but has been knocked for its price tag, which is similar to a full-sized iPad. Lines to buy the device have not been as long as for other major Apple product launches.
Apple expects to sell between 1 million and 1.5 million Minis during the launch weekend, far fewer than the 3 million third-generation iPads that the company sold at its launch weekend in March.
Nevertheless, analysts think the mini will ultimately be a success as Apple battles rival pads, including Google’s Nexus 7 and a new tablet by Microsoft.
“While launch lines and initial weekend sales may not be as impressive as previous iPad launches, the iPad Mini will be a hit product for Apple and become a more significant part of the story over the next two to three quarters,” said Gene Munster, of Piper Jaffray investments.
At the Midtown store, the Minis did sell out.
One of those left disappointed was Hakan Yildiz, 29, a tourist from Turkey.
“Even if it’s sold out, I’d still like to see it,” she said. “I at least want to check it out and see if its worth the hype.”
Even though the pad seemed perfectly sized for him, 10-year-old Mikey Budney, of the Upper East Side, was unimpressed.
“It’s eight ounces lighter, but the screen is smaller, which makes it harder to read,” he said outside the store. “I guess I’m just gonna get an iPad 4; it’s not worth waiting for the Mini.”
Lisa Sieber, a 59-year-old tourist from Germany, said she has just become so addicted to Apple products that she couldn’t resist.
“I didn’t think I needed an iPad, but once you get your first Mac, you slide into the iPhone, and the next one, and it makes it easy to get more Apple products,” she said.
There were also lines for the new device in Australia and Asia.
“It’s so thin and light, and very cute — so cute!” said Ten Ebihara at the Apple store in Tokyo’s upscale Ginza district.


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TechInAfrica – To ensure continuous development, technology potential of various countries in Africa must be nurtured and unlocked. This aligns with the continent’s concerted goal in becoming the next tech hub; considering numerous startups and tech firms have started to emerge and slowly tackle society’s main issues. Recently, a collaborative research has been conducted between the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and The Fletcher School at Tufts University—highlighting the strengths and opportunities of six major countries in Africa in terms of technology growth and its role of supporting the overall sustainability of the sector.
Focused in the research (funded by Mastercard Impact Fund) are the countries Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa in accelerating the digital inclusion impact on the continent. The report, which was initially strategized to help countries across Africa optimize their burgeoning digital evolutions, was also aimed to bolster future long-term notions such as economic growth.
African Leapfrog Index—the name of the collaborative research—has regarded Kenya as the country with the most significant changes over the past decade, effectively defeating all other African countries in terms of digitalization advancement. With over eighty-percent (and counting) internet penetration, Kenya serves as a sustainable future framework for digital change in various scenes. Moreover, many unspoken potentials are yet to come to the region, with most of them ranging to boost the macroeconomy within technology-based jobs like online freelance, ridesharing, and in e-commerce.
Aside from Kenya, five other countries have been highlighted their own special characteristics. The research will also be able to help future stakeholders, developers, and investors in recognizing the true potential of the tech scene in Africa. This means underlining the strengths and weaknesses of every country, as well as the appropriate intervention methods to be undertaken via government policies.


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Payments Briefing: Digital payments are making it “easier than ever” for young consumers to make bad financial decisions￼
- This week, we look at how the convenience offered by digital transactions is making it easier for young consumers to overspend.
- We also discuss how the current global microchip shortage is impacting the payments industry.
Every day, millions of Americans use digital payment methods to pay for everything from rent and utilities to ecommerce purchases and dining out. A recent Banking and Payments Intelligence report by J.D. Power finds that while credit and debit cards continue to lead in overall use, digital alternatives like BNPL, mobile wallets and P2P payments are quickly rising in popularity, particularly among younger customers.
Yet, while this growth in digital transactions is undoubtedly making shopping more convenient, it’s also making it easier for consumers to spend beyond their means and make questionable financial decisions.
The report finds that in terms of overall utilization, debit and credit cards are still the most frequently used payment methods by a long shot. Across all age groups, 32% of consumers used a debit card in the past three months, while 28% used a credit card. Digital payment options were used much less frequently: only 2% of consumers used a mobile wallet, and just 1% used a P2P app or BNPL during the three-month period.
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Irish fintech firm lands deal with US finance giant
US financial services provider owns 1,000 credit unions in 44 American states
Dublin-based fintech company ID-Pal has done a major deal with a US financial services provider which owns 1,000 credit unions in 44 states.
The Irish ‘know your customer’ start-up has signed up Corporate One Federal Credit Union, which has over $6 billion in assets under management, as a client.
“The credit union industry services over 100 million customers in the US alone, so we are very excited to announce that ID-Pal has agreed ...


text: Google could be set to launch a 7in tablet PC designed to rival Amazon's Kindle Fire rather than going head-to-head with Apple's iPad. According to Taiwan-based website Digitimes, the Google Nexus tablet PC looks set to be made available in March or April this year, which means it may well be unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2012 that takes place in Barcelona next month. Furthermore, the website, which did not name its sources, said the device would run Google Android version 4.0, which is also known as Ice Cream sandwich. Furthermore, it will come with a price tag of less than £199 (£127) ensuring it will rival the Kindle Fire. The Amazon Kindle Fire is a Wi-Fi only tablet PC powered by a dual-core Texas Instruments Open Multimedia Application processor that is based on an ARM design which can be found in a number of other tablet PCs including Apple's iPad. It's designed for consuming movies, TV shows, music, apps and books, rather than personal computing. The 1024x600 pixel touchscreen display is made from Gorilla Glass and the tablet PC also runs a customised version of Google Android. The tablet PC was first unveiled in September this year and went on sale in the US on November 15. However, Amazon has remained tight-lipped on when the device will hit UK shores. In an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sea last month, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt revealed the search engine is planning to sell a tablet "in the next six months" and that would be "of the highest quality." Schmidt did not provide any further details of what would set the tablet apart from other previous Android tablets such as the Motorola Xoom or the Amazon Kindle Fire. However, Google Taiwan told Digitimes that the company has never heard about plans to launch its own-brand tablet PC. In 2010, it was widely thought Google was preparing to launch a tablet PC that would run its Chrome Operating System. While the search engine has previously published conceptual images of how a Google-based tablet might look, the device has never been made available.


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We recently learned that Skyrim would no longer be receiving new DLCs since the team is moving on from the game, but if you’re just getting into Skyrim and you don’t want to get the DLCs one by one, Polish retailer Ultima thinks that a Skyrim Legendary Edition could be announced in the near future. The Legendary Edition will pack the original game and all three of its DLCs together. Bethesda has yet to announce this Legendary Edition pack, so this is just rumor for now. It makes sense, since the team would want to milk it for as much cash as possible.
We will keep our eyes open for more details.


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Time for a cookout? Hot dog!
Published 8:38 pm Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The best Independence Day grillmeisters know that you can’t just load the grill with big round patties of beef and be done with it, especially if you’ve got kids coming to the party.
The grill work isn’t done until there are a few hot dogs plumping off to one side, threatening to roll off into the coals or onto the ground.
Hamburgers and hot dogs go together like peanut butter and jelly, like salt and pepper, like bacon and — just about anything you could mention. And no Fourth of July celebration would be complete without hot dogs.
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As American as hamburgers might be, the king of American food must be the ubiquitous hot dog.
The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council estimates that Americans spent more than $1.7 billion on hot dogs in supermarkets last year, with the folks in Los Angeles leading the pack in per-capita consumption.
Today alone, the organization says, Americans will eat 150 million hot dogs. That’s enough to stretch from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles more than five times.
And you might not have known it, but there’s a “hot dog season.” The Council considers the period from Memorial Day to Labor Day the prime time for consuming what must be one of America’s favorite treats. Americans will eat 7 billion hot dogs — 818 per second — during those months alone.
Start grilling, now. You’ve got a lot of eating to do.


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With the upcoming transition of Destiny 2 a free-to-play state with the incoming launch of the New Light version, Bungie is bringing more than just a free campaign to the table. Since the game is going free-to-play, there’s going to be a ton of balance and progression adjustments that need to happen too. Part of that work involves tweaking and reworking the cosmetics system in the game, the Eververse Store.
According to a new announcement from Bungie, the biggest changes concern how these cosmetic items are applied. For one thing, with the launch of the new expansion this Fall, Every piece of Eververse armor is being converted into Universal Ornaments. These Universal Ornaments can be applied to all of the Legendary armor sets. Another armor set change is that Eververse items will no longer dismantle into Bright Dust. With Shadowkeep, Eververse items will dismantle into Legendary Shards and Glimmer.
The biggest alteration with this system is that Universal Ornaments no longer overwrite existing stats, so players won’t be able to turn their characters into OP gods by pumping time or money into the game, at least not with the Eververse Store. This is effectively a new Transmog system for Destiny 2 which will allow players a degree of control over the cosmetic look of their avatars.
And with the free-to-play transition, Bungie wants to make sure that everyone will have access to the best loot, they just have to invest the time into getting it. Bright Dust, the currency used in the Eververse Store, is being overhauled to make it an earnable currency reward in-game, and making it easier and quicker to do so.
The game is also reworking some challenge rewards to allow players to spend more time actually playing the game. Instead of breaking down loot for Bright Dust, all Vanguard, Crucible, and Gambit bounties award the material directly in a equivalent ratio. That way purchasing new items is going to be just a little bit quicker.
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep is due out September 17, 2019 for Xbox One, PC and PS4.


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Bitcoin isn’t the only digital asset changing hands for lots of money these days. The cryptocurrency has spurred a rising trade in associated domain names, with popular domains sometimes changing hands for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Some domain name investors and brokers believe bitcoin has opened a new category in the sector.
The sale of the domain gave a return of nearly 23 times the initial investment, he told CoinDesk, having purchased it for $11,000.
“When I first dove into bitcoin in the fall of 2013 […] I knew almost immediately that bitcoin was going to be hot global news, and there would be countless opportunities in the premium domain space related to this controversial ‘thing’ dubbed bitcoin,” Younts said.
Younts showed CoinDesk a page listing what he said was the majority of his portfolio, saying he believes the bitcoin domain boom has only just begun.
However, “the early-investor boom has definitely already happened,” he elaborated, counting himself among the traders who profited from the low-hanging fruit.
Another domain name player who wants to cash in on the surge in bitcoin interest is Australia-based broker Domain Guardians. The firm is currently touting what it thinks is the next hot bitcoin property, the domain name BTC.com. If it can find a buyer for the right price, it takes a commission from the sale.
A co-founder of Domain Guardians, Mike Robertson, says there has been strong interest in the BTC.com domain name and an overall growth in attention to bitcoin-related domains.
“The response we’ve received from prospective buyers has been very positive […] We’re currently in discussions with a number of companies,” he said.
Jen Sale, another co-founder of Domain Guardians, added that the BTC.com domain fits in with the overall trend at the high end of the market for short, one-word domains that ended in the .com suffix.
She added that the demand for these properties was increasing, against a backdrop of growing interest in bitcoin-related domains, and claimed that her firm had brokered deals worth millions for such one-word .com domain names.
Currently at holding the top spot is Sex.com, which was bought by a company called Clover Holdings in November 2010 for $13m. Other entries in the top five include Hotels.com, which cost $11m in 2001 and Fb.com, acquired by Facebook for $8.5m in September 2010.
A domain name broker can take a commission of 10-20% from the sale. Sedo.com, for example, the largest domain name marketplace, also acts as a broker for some sellers and charges a 15% commission on successful sales.
This translates into tens of thousands of dollars for six-figure sale like BitcoinWallet.com and over a million in a major sale like Hotels.com or FB.com.
Some way to go
However, some industry observers indicate it be some time before a bitcoin-linked domain name will reach those heights.
“There haven’t been enough significant bitcoin-related domain sales to call anything a trend. The only major one we have seen this year is BitcoinWallet.com.”
Domain investors like Younts, though, will hope that Jackson is proved wrong, and soon. Younts said that BitcoinWallets.com (note the plural in ‘wallets’), which he also owns, has been attracting lots of attention from potential buyers, including three six-figure offers.
Younts also noted that competition and asking prices have been rising, saying that several domain names that include a country name and the word ‘bitcoin’ are now beyond his budget.
For example, CanadaBitcoin.com was going for double-digit bitcoin offers only, FranceBitcoin.com had a price tag of 30 BTC, and SeychellesBitcoin.com could be had for 10 BTC.
Perhaps fittingly for a trade spurred on by a decentralised cryptocurrency with a value that can fluctuate wildly depending on what buyers and sellers decide it is worth, Younts points out that domain name investing adheres to a similar dynamic:
“There are no universal metrics for domain valuation from a buyer or seller […] In many cases, [a domain name] owner is simply praying for a home run, but the name is worth what someone is willing to pay for it at the moment.”
- ^ $250,000 in February (www.coindesk.com)
- ^ Currency Evolution (CurrencyEvolution.com)
- ^ Domain Guardians (www.domainguardians.com)
- ^ a leaderboard (www.domaining.com)
- ^ 15% commission (sedo-us1.custhelp.com)
- ^ Domain Name Journal (www.dnjournal.com)
- ^ bloggingbookshelf (www.flickr.com)
- ^ domain (www.coindesk.com)
- ^ Domain Guardians (www.coindesk.com)
- ^ domain names (www.coindesk.com)
- ^ Niko Younts (www.coindesk.com)


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Blog: Could proxy fight hit PepsiCo?
Dean Best | 17 July 2014
Nelson Peltz is not letting go. The US billionaire investor is continuing in his quest to get PepsiCo to split in two - and has reportedly suggested a proxy battle with the company could be on the horizon.
Peltz wants PepsiCo to divide its snack business from its drinks unit but, despite his public criticism of the company's performance, the Lay's crisps maker is remained steadfast in its commitment to its model.
Yesterday, Peltz made his latest pronouncements on the situation at a conference in New York convened by CNBC.
According to the news channel, Peltz said he "most definitely" wants PepsiCo to split in two and that there "could be" a proxy battle. "We have definitely not disappeared from the scene," Peltz said.
"Over the last five or six months, we've met with about 100 of the top shareholders of Pepsi. The stock has moved up dramatically. It hasn't moved up because of earnings. They had a big reset a couple of years ago and they haven't even got to the guidance they gave in '12. The company is not being managed well."
Peltz insisted PepsiCo's shares had risen because Trian's "message is resonating with the shareholders of Pepsi". He said: "And I urge you to watch this space and see what happens."
Asked to clarify, Peltz said: "There will be action." Pressed if there could be a proxy battle, the investor replied: "Could be", although when questioned if Trian would pursue a battle, he added: "No, you're hearing me answer a question that [a proxy fight] is a possibility.
The fact Peltz is still hammering away at PepsiCo over a year after first suggesting the company split in two (at that time he was calling for PepsiCo to merge with Mondelez and spin off the drinks division) indicates the investor still believes he could win enough shareholder support to put pressure on the board.
In February, analysts at Sanford Bernstein last month published a survey of 100 PepsiCo investors. Some 55% of the shareholders surveyed said the company should split.
Nevertheless, PepsiCo has so far stood firm. Weeks after that survey - and in the wake of comments from Peltz for the company to use more than "platitudes and rhetoric" to defend its position - PepsiCo insisted "sustained value creation" for its shareholders was "best optimised as an integrated food and beverage company".
Peltz, however, is not going away.
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Samsung Announces Next Unpacked Event
Samsung's next big launch event for a Galaxy-brand product will be February 20th in San Francisco. The company is teasing the event with a "10" and the Galaxy brand. Last year's flagships were the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note9, so the next version is logically the 10, and it will be the ten-year anniversary of the Galaxy S series in March.
Feb 20, 2019
The tenth edition of Samsung's Galaxy S series of flagship phones includes, for the first time, four different models spanning a range of sizes and price points. Samsung announced the Galaxy S10 series today at an event in San Francisco.
Aug 10, 2018
All the major carriers in the U.S. plan to sell the Samsung Galaxy Note9 when it becomes available August 24.
Aug 9, 2018
Samsung today announced the Galaxy Note9, its premiere flagship phone for the year. The Note series has always featured Samsung's newest technology, a big screen, and a stylus.
Feb 11, 2020
Samsung today announced its new flagship phones for 2020: the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and Galaxy S20 Ultra. In the US, all three models support 5G and are powered by Qualcomm's newest top-end Snapdragon 865 chipset paired with 12 GB of LPDDR5 RAM.


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Date: 2006 May 25 11:21
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FUNimation Entertainment announced that they will be teaming up to distribute DVD releases from the home video library of Tokyopop, one of the biggest North American manga distributors. FUNimation has acquired exclusive rights to distribute these titles in North America.
While only a select number of titles have been selected, they are some of the biggest from Tokyopop. These include Great Teacher Onizuka (aka GTO), Marmalade Boy, Initial D and others, all of which were previously released under Tokyopop’s home video line. Other Tokyopop DVD releases include Rave Master and Real Bout High School, though it isn’t known if they will be part of the new deal with FUNimation. The plan is to rework these titles with new packaging, new pricing and new configurations. The first title to be released under the new partnership will be Street Fury Remixed, which is set for a June 27 nationwide release.
"Tokyopop is one of the leading experts on youth entertainment in the United States," said Gen Fukunaga, President and CEO of FUNimation Entertainment. "We are excited to apply our sales and distribution expertise to expand awareness of their titles and increase the sales of their DVDs throughout the market."
"FUNimation, an established leader in anime DVD distribution, has a feverishly-dedicated following of fans which happens to be the same audience that buys our manga," said Tokyopop President and COO John Parker. "A partnership with FUNimation presents a unique synergistic opportunity between two leading teen entertainment companies and we look forward to working with them to bring really compelling home entertainment to North America."


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Marking the next milestone in the commercial roll-out of its Landa S10 Nanographic Printing Press, Landa invited customers comprised of leading print and packaging houses around the world to its facilities in Rehovot, Israel, where they experienced the business progress made since drupa 2016.
This included a tour of Landa’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities showing Landa presses being assembled, tested and readied for shipping. Customers also had the opportunity to see the first Landa press at a production site, when they toured Graphica Bezalel, the Israel based folding carton, packaging and label convertor that is the initial Beta site for the Landa S10 digital press.
‘We are very proud to be the first business to install a Landa press and offer Nanography to the market,’ said Eyal Harpak, director of Graphica Bezalel. ‘We’ve been impressed with the professional and dedicated installation team from Landa. They had the press up and running producing saleable sheets quicker than even we’d hoped for.’
Graphica Bezalel received its Landa S10 Digital Press in August 2017 and is using it to support local as well as international companies including Calvin Klein, Carlsberg, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, SodaStream and others. Through its colour palette and medium-run digital print capability, the company’s Landa S10 is expected to provide new and profitable folding carton work, with a clear point of differentiation in a crowded market.
Yishai Amir, Landa CEO, commented, ‘With our first beta press now successfully installed at Graphica Bezalel, we are proud to host Landa customers and prospects here in Israel – showing them the incredible results from the Landa S10 and the huge infrastructure investment we’ve put in place to support our growth.
‘As we ramp-up production, we look forward to shipping more presses in the coming months and to making them commercially available in 2018.’


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DETROIT (AP) — Burger, fries — and fraud?
Federal prosecutors in Detroit charged a woman with stealing credit card numbers while working at a McDonald's restaurant.
A criminal complaint filed Monday against Shantez Mines says the Detroit woman admitted using a device to steal 40 credit card numbers while working a drive-up window over the summer. She told agents that she sold the information to another person for $200.
Mines doesn't have a listed phone number and couldn't be reached for comment. An attorney hasn't been assigned yet to her case.
In May, a woman who worked as a waitress at an Oakland County restaurant was charged with a similar crime. Her case is pending.


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Trader Joe’s is heading into 2020 with its foot on the gas of its expansion plans, recently cutting the ribbon on a new store mere days into the new year. The grocer announced plans for a ninth store in Manhattan back in May, with the expectation that the new store would support its urban expansion in New York state and the rest of the country.
“We’ve consulted our maps and compass and have found a terrific location for a store in New York (East Village), New York,” read an announcement on Trader Joe’s website, which disclosed that the grand opening of the new store took place this week, on January 6, 2020.
Along with the new East Village location, Trader Joe’s is also rumored to be eyeing Long Island as another spot of growth to continue upping its store count. Multiple New York store openings are part of the retailer’s continued expansion initiatives, which at the end of 2019, saw stores debut in Idaho, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.
What market will Trader Joe’s target next? Deli Market News will keep you posted.


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LONDON (Reuters) – G4S (GFS.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) plans to shake up the weakest parts of its business and lay off up to 400 UK staff as the new boss of the world’s largest security firm by revenue battles to restore its reputation tarnished by a series of high-profile blunders.
Chief Executive Ashley Almanza said on Tuesday he would sell or restructure 35 poorly performing businesses, accounting for about one twentieth of group turnover, with any disposal proceeds earmarked for higher-growth emerging markets.
LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) – G4S said it would shake up
failing parts of its business and lay off up to 400 jobs as the
new boss of the world’s largest security firm looks to improve
its fortunes after a series of high profile blunders.
Chief Executive Ashley Almanza told reporters on Tuesday he
would sell, grow or restructure some 35 units within the
business in order to “sharpen our strategic focus and strengthen
our investment in customer service, organic growth, and
technology and innovation.”
LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Serco, the global
outsourcing firm battling to save its relationship with the
British government after a series of scandals, said its chief
executive had quit as part of a major reorganisation aimed at
restoring its reputation.
The government, which accounts for about a quarter of
Serco’s revenue, said in July it would not award Serco and rival
G4S any new contracts pending a review of their existing
ones, after an audit discovered they had charged for tagging
criminals who were dead, in prison or not being monitored.
LONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters) – G4S, the world’s biggest
security services firm, said its UK chief executive Richard
Morris had resigned and been replaced by the group’s chief
operating officer Eddie Ashton.
A company spokesman on Thursday confirmed a newspaper report
on the resignation of Morris but declined any further comment.
LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Merlin Entertainments, whose
attractions include the Madame Tussauds waxworks and Legoland
theme parks, plans to sell at least 20 percent of its shares in
a stock market debut in London next month.
Stronger equity markets have helped to support a pick-up in
new London listings after several years of drought.
LONDON (Reuters) – Workers at Britain’s newly privatized Royal Mail (RMG.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) postal service voted on Wednesday to strike for 24 hours on November 4 if they cannot reach agreement with the firm on pay and working conditions.
The management of Royal Mail, which listed on the London stock market in a high profile float last week, had expected a vote in favor of strike action and criticized the prospect of a disruption to services in the run-up to Christmas, its busiest time.
LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Workers at Britain’s newly
privatised Royal Mail postal service voted on Wednesday
to strike for 24 hours on Nov. 4 if they cannot reach agreement
with the firm on pay and working conditions.
The management of Royal Mail, which listed on the London
stock market in a high profile float last week, had expected a
vote in favour of strike action and criticised the prospect of a
disruption to services in the run-up to Christmas, its busiest
LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Tesco, Britain’s biggest
retailer, posted flat sales 18 months into a 1 billion pound
($1.6 billion) recovery plan for its main home market, a lack of
growth exposed by accelerating sales at rival J Sainsbury
Tesco, the world’s No. 3 retailer behind France’s Carrefour
and U.S. leader Wal-Mart, was once the envy of
UK retailers but has been hurt by falling sales, costly failures
in U.S. and Japanese markets, and an expensive folding of its
unprofitable Chinese arm into a state-run firm.
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Premier Foods (PFD.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is focused on expanding Hovis bread, one of its biggest brands, and has no plan to sell the business for now, the company’s chief executive said on Tuesday.
The maker of Mr. Kipling cakes and Bisto gravy has spent years dealing with management changes, refinancing and asset disposals to help cut debt built up before the financial crisis, but its prospects have begun to improve and is now also looking for overseas growth.
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Royal Mail postal service should command a value of as much as 3.3 billion pounds ($5.3 billion) when it makes its stock market debut next month, the government said on Friday as it began taking orders for the selloff.
The sale would be one of Britain’s most significant privatizations since John Major’s Conservative government sold the railways in the 1990s and would give Royal Mail access to the private capital it says it needs to modernize and better compete in a thriving parcels market.


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Most Chinese don’t know where the state of Kentucky is located, but they do recognize the iconic image of Colonel Sanders at KFC restaurants. KFC is now found in 656 cities across China.
“When you have a brand that people love, you have an amazing opportunity to penetrate the market,” according to Joaquin Pelaez, senior vice president and chief support officer for the China Division of Yum! Brands, Inc., which operates KFC, Pizza Hut and other restaurants worldwide.
The key word here is “brand.” It allows a company or product to create a positive image that draws customers.
It is an amazing privilege when consumers come to you because they trust you, Pelaez told those attending the Alltech “Bounce Back 2010” Symposium last week in Lexington, Ky.
The dairy industry already enjoys the trust of consumers, but it could learn a thing or two about taking it to the next level with branding.
Think of it: There are two beverages. One is full of sugar, rots teeth, can rust nails, causes obesity and has zero nutritional value. The other is full of calcium, full of protein, and is nature’s perfect food. The first one sells for $4.39 per gallon; nature’s perfect food for $2.69 per gallon.
“Why is it we allowed this to happen?” Alltech President Pearse Lyons asked those at the Symposium. The first beverage, Coca-Cola, even has the audacity to call itself the “real thing.” Coke has done a tremendous job of marketing itself to consumers and creating a brand image.
“Guys, we have to brand our industry, we have to brand our products,” Lyons said.
He is right. Whenever I go to the grocery store, I am greeted with a boring array of plastic one-gallon jugs in the dairy case. I am not looking for anything fancy, but honestly I can’t remember what the label says or whose name is on it — OK, now I remember.
Where is the imagination on the part of the dairy product people?
Lyons, known for his imagination and entrepreneurial spirit, says we could brand milk for different age groups. One type of milk could be marketed for children, one for teenagers, one for young adults, and one for older people, depending on their different needs. Milk for teenagers could tout the value of calcium for developing bones.
Why not market milk as a product with relevance and benefit? Why not drive that home with branding? Let’s come up with brand images that are as iconic as Col. Sanders or Pizza Hut.
In serving the Chinese market, Yum! Brands not only has built upon its core brands and offerings, but has added menu items that are flavored specifically for the tastes of the local population. Here is a YouTube video where Joaquin Pelaez explains this further.
Other innovative companies are doing the same. See how Coca-Cola is being innovative in the Chinese market. Note the video about Minute Maid pulpy milk drink.


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Flipkart-owned fashion retailer Myntra on Monday said that Ananth Narayanan has resigned as the chief executive officer (CEO), a development which was widely expected after a recent re-jig at its parent group. Flipkart executive Amar Nagaram has been appointed as the new head of Myntra and Jabong, according to an internal email sent to employees.
In an email sent to all employees by the board of directors on Monday, Myntra said Narayanan has decided to step down as CEO Myntra and Jabong to pursue external opportunities.
Amar Nagaram, who previously headed consumer shopping experience, will report to Flipkart Group CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy, it added.
Last month, Amar Nagaram took over as head of engineering and product at Myntra, under CEO Ananth Narayanan.
"We would like to share with you that Ananth Narayanan has decided to step down as CEO of Myntra and Jabong to pursue external opportunities. Amar Nagaram will be the new lead as Head, Myntra and Jabong," parent group Flipkart said in the email.
Reports were doing the round that Narayanan, who joined Myntra in 2015 as its CEO, would quit after Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal resigned as the group chief executive officer following an independent probe into allegations of "serious personal misconduct".
According to media reports, Narayanan is in discussions with Star TV-owned video streaming app Hotstar for the CEO's position.
Narayanan, who had been previously associated with McKinsey, may also consider returning back to the consultancy firm, the report added.
Recently, Flipkart rejigged its senior leadership team at Flipkart and Myntra as the Walmart-owned online retailer plans to restructure its fashion business.
During the financial year 2017-18, Myntra has narrowed its consolidated losses to Rs 178.7 crore as against a loss of Rs 655.8 crore in the previous fiscal. The total income grew nearly threefold to Rs 427.4 crore in 2017-18 as against Rs 155.6 crore in the previous financial year, supported by company's strategic initiative of hiving off its B2B business.
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SINGAPORE: Local telco M1 on Friday (Jul 10) announced a new value-added service that would allow its mobile subscribers to use their existing mobile data bundle for data roaming overseas.
Subscribers will be able to use their data with the new Data Passport service in six markets: Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, United States, Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka, according to its press release.
Customers who exceed their data bundles pay local excess data usage rates of S$10.70 per GB, capped at S$188.32 per month, the company added.
“We want M1 customers to be able to switch on and leave their data connection on when they are overseas, as they do when they are in Singapore, said Mr P Subramaniam, chief marketing officer at M1.
Its rivals Singtel and StarHub, too, have data roaming packages, but these are in addition to subscribers’ existing data bundles.
For instance, StarHub users have the option of enabling the RoamEasy Daily service, which charges a flat fee of $10 per 100MB daily, or sign up to monthly plans that offer bundled data on top of their current local mobile plans.
Similarly, Singtel has its DataRoam Saver Plans, which is priced differently according to which markets the service is available in, and the monthly add-on value-added service option with prices ranging from S$5 to S$388 per month.
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Consumers believe women ‘more positively’ portrayed in advertising
Half of Britons believe women are represented more positively in advertising now compared with five years ago, while only 6% believe women are being portrayed in a more negative way.
When it comes to the objectification of women, 38% of British consumers believe women are less objectified than five years ago and 12% believe they are more objectified.
However, men feel there has been greater progress made than women, with men more likely to women are ‘much less objectified’ and women more likely to say they are ‘much more objectified’.
Source: Marketing Week and YouGov
Consumers want to see brands tackling the climate crisis
Almost three-quarters (72%) of UK consumers agree that brands should act to reduce the impact of the climate crisis, while 74% say they have a more favourable view of a brand that has made an effort to be more environmentally responsible.
Some 66% of Britons want to see brands using less plastic and packaging, while 61% want them to reduce company emissions.
Almost a third (60%) believe brands have a bigger responsibility than religious leaders, celebrites, charities and the general public when it comes to influencing cultural and societal changes. The government is thought to be most responsible for tackling the climate crisis, cited by 35% of those questioned, ahead of international organisations (such as the UN) on 14% and brands on 12%.
Source: Advertising Week Europe
A third of consumers want more than points for their loyalty
A third of customers (34%) want more than points for their loyalty, demanding that brands offer tailored and alternative benefits.
Consumers also perceive less value from loyalty programmes, with just 62% of women and 45% saying they really value the benefits they get from loyalty cards, down from 73% and 55% respectively in 2013.
Source: Data and Marketing Association
Wet weather and coronavirus hit high street sales
UK retail sales fell by 0.4% year on year on a like-for-like basis in February as wet weather and concerns about the coronavirus impact consumer spending.
More than a quarter (28%) of shoppers say they avoided the high street and other busy places over concerns about coronavirus. And more than half say they delayed a shopping trip because of bad weather.
Overall, consumer spending was up 2.2% last month. Spending on digital entertainment and subscriptions was up 12.4% year on year, with takeaway and fast food sales increasing 8.7%. Restaurant spending fell 6.4%
Source: BRC and Barclaycard
Sky regains position as top UK ad spender
Sky has overtaken Procter & Gamble as the biggest spender on traditional advertising in the UK. In 2019, the company spent £178.8m, with McDonald’s in second on £151.6m and P&G third on £137.5m.
Tesco was the biggest spending supermarket, investing £80.8m in traditional advertising last year. Amazon, meanwhile, increased its spend by 29% year on year to £113.9, while BT decreased its spend from £109.1m in 2018 to £87.23 last year.
Overall, spend on traditional advertising in 2019 was up 5.5% year on year to £1.1bn.


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The Royal Mail wants to reduce the delivery of second class letters to every other weekday under proposals to reform the postal service.
The plans will see first class post continued to be delivered six days a week but second class post deliveries will be halved to three deliveries a week and business mail outs of brochures and flyers even less often.
The loss-making Royal Mail said the sweeping changes could reduce costs by £300m a year if implemented but unions warned it could come at the cost of thousands of job losses. The changes would reduce 7,000 to 9,000 daily delivery routes over the next 18 to 24 months, Royal Mail added.
International Distribution Services (IDS), Royal Mail’s parent company said the plans, developed ‘after listening to thousands of customers to ensure it meets their changing needs’, would deliver a “more efficient, more reliable and more financially sustainable service”.
It said the moves would protect the one-price-goes-anywhere Universal Service obligations (USO), allow consumers the choice of First and Second Class services, with First Class letters still delivered six days a week.
The USO legally requires the Royal Mail to deliver letters to all addresses in the UK six days a week but the postal service has been missing its targets with with intermittent deliveries and delays despite increasing the price of stamps. Last year it was fined £5.6m by Ofcom for a “significant” failure to meet its postal delivery targets in the 2022-2023 financial year.
Royal Mail urged Ofcom to act swiftly to introduce the reforms warning of an urgent need for change because of a sharp fall in letter sending which has seen the number of letters being sent each year has declined from a peak of 20 billion a year in 2004/5 to 7 billion in 2022/3. Royal Mail forecasts volumes will likely drop to about 4 billion in the next five years.
The drop-off has increased the risk of making the UK’s postal service financially and operationally unsustainable according to the regulator Ofcom.
No changes are currently proposed to the one-price-goes-anywhere service to all parts of the UK and first class mail will be delivered six days a week. It wants to be able to deliver standard bulk business mail within three weekdays instead of two currently it said.
Martin Seidenberg, IDS chief executive, said: “The fact that letter volumes have dropped from 20 billion to 7 billion a year means that the Universal Service is now unsustainable. If we want to save the Universal Service, we have to change the Universal Service.
“Reform gives us a fighting chance and will help us on the path to sustainability. Our proposal is based on listening to thousands of people across the UK to ensure it meets their needs. We have worked hard to come up with a proposal that is good for our customers, good for our people and would allow Royal Mail to invest in products and services that the UK wants.
“We have serious concerns that the urgency of the situation is not properly recognised by Ofcom. With no need for legislation there is no need to wait.”
IDS said the reforms would enable posties to deliver to around seven out of ten addresses on every walk, compared to just four out of ten currently. It would result in a net reduction in daily delivery routes of 7,000-9,000 over the course of around 18-24 months. It said it expects no compulsory redundancies and fewer than 1,000 voluntary redundancies.
Businesses have reacted cautiously to Royal Mail’s reform plans. Tina McKenzie, of the Federation of Small Businesses, said: “Taking the axe to daily deliveries for second class would be a drastic cut which would hit the many small businesses which rely on it, and will in all probability leave some with no choice but to fork out for first class.
“However, Royal Mail’s concession to retain a six-day-a-week service for first class letters is a good step in the right direction, compared to its original dire proposal – voiced via Ofcom – to torpedo daily deliveries altogether. The Government rightfully said it was committed to keeping the six-day service as it is, and that is something that would have required legislation to change.
“We do recognise that savings need to be made, therefore the idea that bulk business mail, like bills and statements, will arrive within three working days instead of two is a difficult but sensible way to make savings without causing an enormous amount of disruption.
“It’s good that Royal Mail has listened to us on some parts of its consultation response. We hope that Ofcom will reflect on the detrimental impact of diminishing six-day-a-week deliveries, and remind itself that its role is to protect consumers rather than be a cheerleader for service cuts by an organisation it’s supposed to regulate.”
In a separate Ofcom submission, greetings card retailers urged the regulator to cut a midweek delivery day rather than Saturday if it decides on a reduction to the UK’s letter services,
The Greeting Card Association says halting the delivery of standard letters on Tuesday or Wednesday would be far less damaging than suggestions to drop Saturday deliveries.


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Ford has joined an impressive roster of Canadian businesses for a national initiative called POST Promise.
It is designed to help protect Canadians as they return to public spaces and workplaces.
Launched in June, thousands of businesses across Canada have already made the POST Promise, with more joining every day. Each business commits to following five key actions that were developed in consultation with the Public Health Agency of Canada to help prevent the spread of COVID 19. These actions include: maintaining physical distancing; staying home if unwell; wearing a mask when required and practicing respiratory etiquette; cleaning and disinfecting regularly; and, washing and sanitizing hands. Businesses that make the promise are then able to display the POST Promise logo in their storefront. A clear indication to employees and customers that they are doing their part to protect Canadians’ health and safety.
Ford of Canada has joined the initiative as a Founding Partner and has encouraged its dealer network across the country to consider making the “POST Promise”, to support the initiative and the necessary 5 key actions of the POST Promise platform. Participating dealers will proudly display the POST Promise logo in prominent locations throughout their stores.
“POST is thrilled to have the support of Ford of Canada and its dealer network,” said Laura Hearn, President & Executive Director of the POST Promise. “By taking a leadership role with this critical initiative, Ford is demonstrating its unyielding commitment to keeping its customers and staff safe during this unsettling time, as well as being a good corporate citizen for the sake of all Canadians. I hope that other large Canadian companies will be inspired to also join this national movement.”


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A recent glitch on Microsoft's download servers for brand new Windows Phone 7 applications has sparked widespread Internet chatter among developers and focused new attention on the best ways to protect smartphone apps from being hacked.
Microsoft has started letting developers build and release applications for Windows Phone 7 using Visual Basic, potentially opening the door to more applications on the new smartphone platform.
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