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DIJON, France (WPVI) -- A disgruntled Apple customer, apparently unhappy with his customer support experience, went on a destructive rampage at the Apple store in Dijon, France.
The video shows the man smashing iPhones, iMacs and a Macbook Air with what appears to be a boccie ball.
The man saw that he was being recorded and spoke directly to the camera saying Apple refused to give him his money back.
The smashing went on for a full minute before security took him out of the store. The damage was estimated at $14,000.
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The Advertiser has been informed by reliable, local sources that the BiLo in Edgefield has been sold. Sources say that the grocery store has been bought by KJ’s Market. According to the website www.scnow.com, KJ’s and IGA grocery stores were purchased in Oct. of 2019 by Lowes Food which owns “nearly 85 full-service grocery stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia as well Just Save food stores in North Carolina.” The nearest KJ’s to Edgefield is located in Batesburg, SC.
The Advertiser made repeated attempts to confirm this sale with the headquarters of Southeastern Grocers, the parent company of BiLo. However, the company had not responded by the time the Advertiser went to press.
Alex Lee, Inc., parent company of Lowes Food and KJ’s Market, announced Monday, Sept. 1, 2020, that the company has purchased a total of 20 BI-LO stores in South Carolina and Georgia. Fifteen of those stores will be converted to KJ’s Market and 5 will become Lowes Food stores. The Edgefield BI-LO will be one of the 15 transitioning to KJ’s Market.
According to the announcement, the stores will remain open and operate under the BI-LO brand until the transitions are complete. Those transitions will be staggered from September to November. The company also announced that it plans to hire over 2,000 employees to serve the public in their new stores. The statement said that the company plans to meet with current employees “to discuss employment opportunities.” According to Alex Lee, Inc. “The addition of these stores will enable Alex Lee to expand its geographic footprint, enhance operations across these markets, and offer great customer service for shoppers in these communities.”

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Infinix has been very prominent with their smartphone launches in the Indian market and now they are entering yet another product segment. This time, it is the Infinix INBook X1 notebook that will be launched in India with competitive pricing. The company has already confirmed that they will launch the INBook X1 series notebook and Infinix Note 11 series together in the Indian market. The same laptop series has already been launched in the Philippines market and now it will make its way to India.
It would be the first-ever product from the company in the laptop segment and is expected to come with a sleek and lightweight design. The specifications are going to remain the same and will come in red, green, and silver color options. The laptop has a full metal body construction and aircraft-grade aluminum finish. It makes the laptop very durable against falls and other scuffs and scratches. It comes powered with 10th generation Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors and has a 14-inch IPS FHD display.
The screen has 300 nits of brightness and has 8 or 16GB RAM options available. It can be paired with either 256GB or 512GB SSD storage. In terms of battery, it has 55 Whr with 65W fast charging and Bluetooth v5.1. It will come with connectivity ports like USB-C, USB 3.0, HDMI slots, and an SD card slot. The front has a 720p HD camera and will have Intel HD graphics. The official teaser page is already available on Flipkart and the launch is expected to happen very soon.


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Pockit, a mobile banking app targeting the U.K.’s underbanked, has picked up £2.9 million in additional funding and will soon launch a remittance service to make it easier for its users to send money abroad.
According to TechCrunch, this new funding is essentially a bridge round before a Series B planned for the end of the year. Joining the round are Kevin Reynolds (a partner at Bridgepoint Capital), Colin Harris (founder of Fresh Direct, the food wholesaler) and Stuart Middleton (former creative director of Card Factory). The company previously raised £10 million.
Founded in 2013, Pockit will allow its 150,000 or so users to send money to Poland and Italy starting next week, with all other eurozone countries added in June. Over the next few months, countries outside Europe will also be added, starting with Philippines, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ghana and Nigeria.
Pockit founder Virraj Jatania told TechCrunch that the new remittance service is part of the startup’s mission to bring a range of cost-effective digital banking products to customers currently underserved or financially excluded by traditional banks. The market size is somewhere between 4 to 5 million in the U.K. and thought to be around 2 billion or more worldwide.
Starting with remittance, Pockit is also looking into overdrafts and insurance products and plans to let its users leverage their transaction/account data to secure a better credit score.
And instead of charging a monthly account fee, Jatania created what he described as a simple retail-type pricing model that means any features that aren’t free are charged at a standard 99 pence. This is also designed to wean users off more expensive money transfer providers such as Western Union or MoneyGram. Sending remittances abroad will cost 99 pence plus an “exchange rate adjustment charge” of up to 2.5 percent.
“By launching a low-cost remittance service Pockit is saving our customers money and providing a service that suits their lives. We expect it to be very attractive to our core customers who find it difficult to access conventional financial services for many reasons,” said Jatania in a statement.


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No Kajal-liner, No Lipstick .... 20-year-old Girl Reached The Beauty Pageant Without Any Makeup!
You would be surprised to hear that the girl arrived with her natural skin and plain face to participate in a national beauty pageant like Miss England. 20-year-old Melissa Raouf is going to participate in a beauty pageant like Miss England without any makeup.
In the last few years, the craze of young girls for beauty pageants has increased a lot in our country. Although such competitions have been prevalent in foreign countries for a long time. Along with these competitions, the trend of cosmetics and makeup has also increased. Taking such a thought, a girl from England has decided to take part in the beauty pageant without any makeup.
You would be surprised to hear that the girl arrived with her natural skin and plain face to participate in a national beauty pageant like Miss England. 20-year-old Melissa Raouf is going to participate in a beauty pageant like Miss England without any makeup. His move is being praised everywhere.
reached the beauty pageant without makeup
Melissa Raouf, a resident of London, is a student of politics. She decided to go without makeup in the Miss England contest this year. This is the first time in the 94-year history of this beauty pageant that a contestant has reached here without makeup. Thousands of women apply for this event organized by Angie Beasly every year. In the year 2019, a round without makeup was held during the competition, but Melissa would remain without makeup throughout the event.
inner beauty is important
Melissa, 20, says she wants to promote inner beauty in this way and challenge the norms of beauty. According to The Independent, Melissa says she wants to change the mindset that women are forced to wear makeup to look beautiful. The organizers also liked her idea. On October 17, she will challenge for the Miss England crown along with 40 more women without makeup.
Also Read: Indian-origin Teenager Arya Walvekar won the title of 'Miss India USA'


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Teague said she knew she didn’t want to open a brick-and-mortar, so she decided to open a mobile trailer.
“I wanted something that I could have the flexibility to travel if I wanted or just change locations,” said Teague, a former home care nurse.
After less than a year of building the trailer from the ground up with her husband, she now serves the West Milton area seven days a week at 12 S. Miami St., depending on scheduled events.
The menu features popular espresso-based drinks like americanos, cappuccinos and lattes in addition to Lotus plant energy-based drinks. Teague said she wanted to find an option for non-coffee drinkers that still gave them caffeine. She described the taste of the energy drinks as something similar to an Italian soda. The drinks come in different flavors and edible glitter is also an option.
Teague said the company uses Mechanicsburg-based Hemisphere Coffee Roasters for its beans.
The Beanhive Coffee Company is a family-run business. Teague works with her daughter-in-law and plans to have her niece and husband help with events.
“Our future goal is to get a second mobile to travel the United States and leave this mobile here for my daughter-in-law and son,” Teague said.
For more information about The Beanhive Coffee Company, visit their Facebook or Instagram pages.


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The company Tesla Inc announced that is expanding its service stations and adds 350 mobile service vans, as she prepares to maintain its Model 3 sedan.
Tesla emphasized that the company needs to quickly expand the service to cope with the increase in sales of new electric cars, which should become a bestseller of the brand.
The American automaker’s electric vehicles will open 100 additional services worldwide, their total number will exceed 250. Also, Tesla will add another 350 machines mobile roadside assistance and will employ about 1,400 skilled technicians.
Affordable Model 3 sedan went into production in July this year. By August, the manufacturer expects to deliver customers 100 cars, and by September -1 500. By December, the brand plans to bring the pipeline at full capacity, reaching 20,000 cars a year.
Prices for the Tesla Model 3 starts at $ 35,000.
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Screencheat, the FPS title requiring you to glance at an opponent’s screen to determine their whereabouts has received a release date on the Playstation 4 and Xbox One. The date is actually right around the corner, as March 1, 2016 marks the date it will become available on […]
Australian developer Nnooo has announced the release dates for Blast ‘Em Bunnies across PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS and Xbox One platforms.
From Software has released the opening cinematic of Dark Souls 3, showcasing the intimidating land of Lothric.
Filling your screen with all kinds of cute.
The physics defying racer will be available next month.
A collector’s edition and pre-order bonuses have also been announced.
Relive the latest chapter in the Star Wars universe, in LEGO form.
Xbox Italy may have made a boo-boo.
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While previously announced that Gunscape would release on the Xbox One and PC late last year, the game will actually be launching across both those platforms in addition to the Playstation 4, Mac, and Linux on March 2, 2016. Beyond that date, a Wii U version will be […]


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Egypt’s annual inflation rate has hit 2.7 percent this month, up from 2.4 percent in October and compared to 15.6 percent in November 2018, according to The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).
Meanwhile, the monthly inflation rate declined by 0.5 percent in November, and Egypt’s urban consumer price inflation rose to 3.6 percent, up from 3.1 percent recorded the previous month.
Food prices have dropped by 1.6 percent in Egypt, CAPMAS noted, and the price of vegetables has declined as well by 4.3 percent, with the price of tomatoes going down by 16.7 percent, cucumbers by 11.4 percent, and beans by 6.39 percent.
Prices of other staple food items have gone down as well. Fruit prices have declined by 3.5 percent, meat by 1.7 percent, and bread and cereal by 1.3 percent.
Meanwhile, housing, water, electricity, gas, and oil costs have increased by 0.1 percent.
Egypt’s inflation rate stood at 11.7 percent between January to July, according to a CAPMAS report in September, which attributed the increase in inflation to rising fuel prices in July and a 0.5 percent increase in prices of foodstuffs between June and July.
Between June 2018 and July 2019, Egypt witnessed an 8 percent increase in food prices.
Egypt floated its currency in November 2016, and the Egyptian pound has been reduced in value by about half since then. The move was key in helping Egypt clinch a three-year US$12 billion International Monetary Fund lending program tied to ambitious austerity reforms such as tax hikes and subsidy cuts.
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We have come across several iPhone 12 leaks and rumours in the past. Now for the first time information related to the bigger iPhone aka iPhone 12 Pro has surfaced online and if the details turn out to be true this will be Apple’s best and most powerful iPhone yet after the iPhone 12 Pro Max.
Android smartphone makers are already competing in the race of screen refresh rate and with the iPhone 12 Pro and also the Pro Max Apple is reportedly gearing up to get into the competition. According to a report coming from EverythingApplePro the upcoming iPhone 12 Pro will come with a ProMotion display with a refresh rate of 120hz. The report also suggests that the iPhone will feature FaceID improvements as well as upgraded cameras.
The report tips that the FaceID on the upcoming iPhones will support a wider field of view which will allow the device to be unlocked from more angles making it easier for users to unlock the phone while they are busy doing something else.
The iPhone 12 Pro is further tipped to come packed with a 6.1-inch screen while the iPhone 12 Pro Max — yes, there’s going to be a MAX too — is said to include a 6.7-inch display with a higher refresh rate. This one likely too could offer 120hz screen refresh rate. The regular or the base iPhone 12 is expected to feature a 60hz display — and that’s possible because of the ‘affordable’ pricing. iPhone 12 will be the cheapest of the three.
Apple is yet to reveal more details about the upcoming iPhones. However, reports suggest that this year too Apple could launch three iPhones including iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. The company is yet to confirm the iPhone launch event of 2020 but some reports suggest that the event will be held but could be slightly delayed due to the pandemic.


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The Vegan Society has recorded a 40 per cent increase in people pledging to follow a vegan diet.
The organisation has seen growth in the number of people joining an initiative in the shape of an online pledge in the last two months compared to this time last year. The pledge lasts for seven or 30 days and is designed to help people with the transition into veganism; they are allocated a mentor, who supports them through the process.
Popularity in veganism continues to grow; in March, the highest number of searches for the word ‘vegan’ was recorded, while the organisers of VegfestUK, which took place recently in Brighton, welcomed a 44 per cent rise in footfall, attracting 7,200 visitors compared to 5,000 last year.
Jasmijn de Boo, CEO at the Vegan Society, said: “We welcome the recent surge in interest in the vegan diet and lifestyle. It is hard to know whether it is the result of food scares such as the horsemeat scandal, the public support of celebrities for the diet or whether consumers are simply recognising that they need to rethink their food choices for the benefit of animal welfare, the environment and their own health.Whatever the root causes this trend can only be good news for manufacturers and retailers that cater well for the vegan community.”
For more information visit www.vegansociety.com/veganpledge


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Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported blowout third-quarter earnings earlier this week, beating analysts' estimates and its own forecast by a country mile.
Following the earnings release, two Wall Street analysts interviewed Netflix's leadership team to talk about the quarterly results and Netflix's long-term outlook. Here are five key highlights of their discussion.
Inexorable growth as the market expands
In Q2, Netflix missed its subscriber growth forecast by a wide margin. It blamed the shortfall in part on higher churn -- the monthly cancellation rate -- related to headlines about price increases. (Netflix didn't actually raise its sticker prices, but it started "un-grandfathering" longtime subscribers from the below-market prices they had been enjoying recently.)
A few months later, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is taking a longer-term view of the market. He noted that despite all of the ups and downs, Netflix has grown its user base by about 12 million subscribers during the first three quarters of 2016, almost exactly in line with its growth during the same period in 2015.
This is suggestive of a constant trend toward adoption of internet TV. Indeed, Hastings sees internet TV as a megatrend that will drive relatively steady growth for many years to come.
Bringing some original content production in house
When Netflix first moved into original content a few years ago, it contracted with various studios to produce shows for it. Netflix got the TV rights, but generally not complete exclusivity. The content owners have sought to maximize their revenue, and as a result you can buy a season of House of Cards on DVD or even buy a digital copy from Amazon.com.
Netflix recently launched its own in-house production arm. Going forward, it wants to produce as much of its original content in-house as possible, in order to keep its original content totally exclusive to Netflix and to avoid paying a middleman. However, Netflix will still be open to shows produced by other studios when it can't get the rights to produce them itself.
Set-top box integration is nice but not a big catalyst
In July, Netflix reached a deal with cable giant (and one-time nemesis) Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) to integrate Netflix into the latter's highly regarded X1 set-top box. By the end of the year, Comcast TV subscribers won't need to switch to a Roku or Chromecast to watch Netflix.
Set-top box integration has been a priority for Netflix's management in recent years. In foreign markets where Netflix isn't yet ubiquitous, set-top box integration can have a meaningful impact on consumer awareness and subscriber growth. By contrast, due to Netflix's high penetration rate in the U.S., the Comcast partnership isn't likely to be a major growth catalyst.
That said, by making Netflix even easier to use, the company hopes to retain more customers and gradually draw in new ones.
Netflix will continue to invest heavily in content
Since the beginning of 2015, Netflix CFO David Wells has repeatedly said that the company will start reporting "material" profits in 2017. However, that doesn't mean it will generate any free cash flow. In fact, free cash flow is plunging due to Netflix's investments in producing original content in-house. Content production requires a lot of cash up front.
Upfront costs for producing original content are weighing on free cash flow. Image source: The Motley Fool.
Netflix is now on pace to burn through about $1.5 billion this year. Cash outflows should start to moderate next year as Netflix becomes more profitable. However, if the company is very successful in attracting new users, it might ramp up content spending even further. As a result, it could be several years until Netflix starts generating positive free cash flow.
No price increase in the pipeline
One piece of good news for consumers is that no further price increases are on the horizon -- except possibly in markets with rapid inflation or rising taxes. After it completes the current round of "un-grandfathering," Netflix will stand pat on pricing for a while.
Netflix executives recognize that the company has pricing power, but they also know from experience how easy it is to alienate some consumers through price increases. For now, the company will continue to improve its offerings in order to make customers even more loyal. That will put it in a more secure position to raise prices sometime in the future.
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As part of their three-day conference at the Powerscourt Hotel in Enniskerry, Co Dublin, Travel Counsellors held a Pow Wow with their preferred suppliers on Friday.
Eamon Flanagan of Air Canada rouge was promoting Air Canada rouge’s year-round Dublin – Toronto service, which increases to nine services weekly in the summer peak (12th June – 9th October), as well as Dublin – Vancouver, and reminding Travel Counsellors that from 15th March 2016 passengers who are visa-exempt for travel to Canada will be required to obtain an electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA) prior to their departure to Canada. The eTA costs CAD$7 and is valid for five years or for the length of the validity of the traveller’s passport.
Onur Gul of Turkish Airlines had a staggering 283 destinations, and “more countries than any other airline”, on offer – with more than six new destinations to be added in the coming months. “With our twice daily Dublin – Istanbul service and onward connections to Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa is now one of our most popular destinations out of Ireland,” he told ITTN. “Our onward service to Tel Aviv is also very popular.” Turkish Airlines currently operates to 49 destinations in Turkey, 107 in Europe, 34 in the Middle East, 48 in Africa, 34 in the Far East, and 11 in America.
Other airlines exhibiting included Emirates, which will begin a Dubai – Hanoi service in August, Aer Lingus, CityJet, Etihad Airways, Qantas, United, Virgin Atlantic, and Ethiopian Airlines, which has recently appointed Tony Flynn as Sales Manager – Ireland.
Among the several cruise companies taking part in the Pow Wow, Royal Caribbean International’s Jenny Rafter was looking forward to the launches of Oasis of the Seas and Harmony of the Seas, while Luke Clarke of Silversea reported that, in addition to Mediterranean cruises, those in Asia were also becoming popular, particularly with “the most inclusive all-inclusive” offer now including a choice of excursions for every day in port.
Vikki Courtman of Holland America Line was also offering two cruises each including two free shore excursions: a 14-day South America Passage (Valparaiso – Buenos Aires) onboard Ms Zaandam departing 25th October from €1,949 and a 12-night Far East Discovery (Hong Kong – Singapore) onboard Ms Volendam departing 6th December from €1,599pp. Holland America’s new Pinnacle-class Ms Kongingsdam will be launched in April and will sail seven-14-night Fjords, Midnight Sun and Iceland cruises from Amsterdam this summer – “an easy 5-star holiday option for clients with our fly-cruise packages from Dublin,” said Vikki.
There were more suppliers than could be fitted into the Pow Wow room so a few had to be located in the lobby area, including Emma Arnold of Thailand Tourism, Tryphavana Cross of Las Vegas CVA, and Vivek Angra of TWX (Travel World Experiences). TWX provides specialist DMC services in India, Nepal and Bhutan to Travel Counsellors and If Only… – and also provided a trip for two to India’s Golden Triangle, for which the lucky winner was Travel Counsellor Sherry Meagle.


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Chelsea have finished top of the league for London clubs in football shirt sales – shipping almost 900,000 a season.
The Blues have been the capital’s most successful club in the past decade and that silverware has seen them pip rivals Arsenal.
Since 2011 Chelsea have sold an average of 899,000 shirts a year, while the Gunners sold 835,000, according to new research by industry analyst Dr Peter Rohlmann.
Those figures put the London clubs as the fifth and seventh most successful across Europe.
Tottenham are way back in 15th, with 268,000 shirt sales per year.
But all three pale into comparison with Manchester United, who sold 1.75m, and Real Madrid, who sold 1.65m, between 2011 and 2016.


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Many Canadian skiers are likely wearing helmets that are little more than fashionable junk, experts say.
Alpine headgear sold in Canada requires no safety certification and many skiers and snowboarders are buying helmets that have undergone no testing for their protective capacity anywhere in the world.
“And if there’s no certification mark on it at all, you don’t know if it affords you any protection or whether it’s just a nice piece of decoration,” says Anthony Toderian, manager of corporate affairs for the Canadian Standards Association
The tragic death of Canadian freestyle ski champion Sarah Burke has brought a new spotlight to a helmet certification issue that has been simmering for more than a decade, says Richard Kinar, a spokesperson with the Brain Injury Association of Canada.
While it’s unclear if a better helmet would have lessened Burke’s catastrophic brain injuries, which occurred during a training session at a Utah resort Jan. 10, Kinar says unsafe head protection is widespread in both skiing and snowboarding.
The CSA has done extensive testing on ski and snowboarding helmets in an effort, lead by Kinar, to create standards for them. Those standards were published in 2008, but have sat on a shelf since.
Unlike hockey helmets — which must carry an approval from the association under a federal regulation — the alpine counterparts need no such sanction.
“We do have a standard for alpine ski and snowboard helmets as well, but there hasn’t been any helmets certified, it’s a voluntary standard,” says Toderian.
“It’s really up to the manufacturer to come forward and submit helmets for testing.”
Not one helmet maker has in the years since the standard was put in place, Toderian says.
Hockey head gear sold in this country came under a Health Canada “Hazardous Products Act” order that they be CSA certified in the 1970s. But under sustained industry lobbying the government stopped there and hasn’t moved since on the issue, Kinar says.
The current Tory government, which could bring ski helmets under the same umbrella by a simple order in council has been refusing a request to so since 2007.
That’s when Liberal MP Hedy Fry, a Vancouver physician, brought forward a private member’s bill that would broaden CSA approval requirements to the ski hills headgear.
“All the government had to do was have an order in council that we add recreational and sports helmets to the list,” Fry says.
“I got push back from (former health minister Tony) Clement, I got push back from (current health minister) Leona Aglukkaq, while everyone else is supporting it.”
Fry says the federal Tories are caving to lobbying from manufacturers, who think standards requirements would hurt their business.
In response to a letter from Fry in 2008, Clement said one industry representative feared a CSA worthy helmet would be too big and that its foam density might be too low to standup to wear.
But far from hindering the industry here, Fry says a new helmet meeting the CSA guidelines would make Canada a leader in the manufacture of safe headgear.
“They would be selling it everywhere in the world…it would be a big plus from the industry,” she says.
The CSA has done some independent testing of ski and snowboard helmets at their Montreal crash test labs and has found many of the products now available badly wanting.
“There were ones we believe would pass or did pass…but I can tell you for a fact that absolutely there are helmets out there that would fail the test,” Toderian says.
“There are helmets in Canada that don’t meet any standard whatsoever.”
And Kinar, who is a former freestyle skier himself, says he believes that opens this country up as a dumping ground for dangerous products.
Without any mandatory standards here, helmets that fail testing in other countries that do require certification may find their way here, he says.
“They can dump all of their helmets here in Canada and they very well might,” he says.
“Some of them don’t classify as a helmet in any way, shape or form…there are some that more or less are just a hat that looks like a helmet.”
In a 2002 statement, Ski Canada said that many helmets sold here offered no more protection than wearing a “bag of milk over your head”, Kinar says.
Kinar also points to recent University of Ottawa research that bluntly found alpine helmets had “limited effectiveness” in both high and low speed crash tests.
And he says the fact hockey helmets bear CSA certification sows confusion among consumers of other types of head protection.
“When parents are going to buy a helmet, they believe because of the hockey helmets that CSA underwrites the standards for all helmets and it’s just not the case,” Kinar says.
“They’re not asking for any crash test standards because they already believe the government has done that.”
The equipment manufacturers push back, Kinar says, is based on their belief that an absence of mandatory standards inoculates them from law suits, product recalls and the costs of testing, which they would bear.
“They’re not responsible for the helmet in any way, shape or form,” he says.
“These helmets literally cost them pennies to make.”
A 2010 consultation report from Health Canada left the government with a wide range of options, from implementing the CSA requirement to staying with the status quo.


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The California Trucking Association (CTA) has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, attempting to halt the implementation of the state's regulation mandating a transition to zero-emissions vehicles by 2042. They argue that this rule, known as the Advanced Clean Fleets regulation by the California Air Resources Board, is a significant overreach and poses a grave threat to the survival of the trucking industry.
While the introduction of the zero-emissions regulation was originally sought to support climate change incentives and reduce the footprint of the trucking industry, professionals within the industry argue the timeline and strict policies are more damaging than useful if not amended.
The Zero Emissions Regulation
In 2020, California became the first state in the United States to establish a requirement for the sale of zero-emission trucks. The mandate was set to be effective starting with the 2024 model year heavy-duty vehicles, meaning truck manufacturers would need to incrementally increase their annual sales of electric models through 2035. By 2035, 40% of large trucks, 50% of cargo and travel vans, and 75% of box trucks and dump truck sales were expected to have zero emissions.
Technically, federal law prohibits individual states from setting their own emission standards for motor vehicles, but California has a loophole in its climate regulations. the provision in the federal Clean Air Act that grants California the authority to enforce its own standards if it obtains a waiver from the EPA. This waiver extends to states that choose to adopt the California standard.
Since California’s enactment of the waiver, six additional states, including New York, New Jersey, Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Vermont, have adopted the Advanced Clean Trucks regulation. Additional states are in the process of introducing these regulations, which would drastically alter the trucking industry and the way in which it operates. It also poses a significant financial investment for organizations that are required by law to adhere to these changes in the suggested timeline.
Why is the CTA Pushing Back?
The Chief Executive of the CTA, Eric Sauer, released a statement claiming, “California's trucking industry had concerns about the rule in part because it set unrealistic deadlines for a radical shift in the industry”. While the association does fully support climate-protecting measures, the main pushback is the deadlines to which they are expected to adhere.
Currently, much of the trucking industry does not run on zero-emission vehicles, and the state of the industry is already fragile. After the pandemic, trucking businesses faced extreme loss of labor along with increased demand for business. In addition, many businesses had to downsize their fleet due to a lack of parts being available for maintenance. Since the pandemic, trucking has slowed down and forced additional layoffs across the nation. All these aspects have made finances a huge concern for the industry, and replacing an entire fleet feels out of reach for most. Businesses are struggling as is, and many believe that the expectations of zero emissions would require resources that are not currently available.
As of right now, no comments or decisions have been made on the lawsuit itself, but it does raise questions for other states aligning with the Zero Emissions Act as to whether these deadlines are feasible.
Insurance Changes for New Fleets
In addition to the standard changes it would require to enroll new vehicles in line with zero emissions, businesses also need to consider changes to their insurance to reflect new risks. Zero-emission vehicles tend to have more complex electric parts, which require different maintenance routines, replacements, and care.
For organizations beginning the transition to new vehicles, it's important to work with your insurance agent and ensure your coverage reflects your current needs. Even if you haven’t started to transition but plan to adhere to standards, planning ahead for your coverage needs will ensure you effectively manage your risk, and aren’t left with gaps.
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ECBM Insurance brings a wealth of experience and expertise in trucking and auto insurance, and we can cater our services to your insurance needs. Whether you're operating a fleet of conventional trucks or transitioning to zero-emission vehicles, our team is well-equipped to provide you with the comprehensive coverage solutions your business requires. Reach out to us for more information and discover how we can tailor our services to your specific needs.


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Sporting a Make America Great Again cap, the man shoved and swore at the BBC's Ron Skeans and other news crews before being pulled away. Mr Skeans said the "very hard shove" came from his blindside. "I didn't know what was going on." Mr Trump saw the attack and confirmed Mr Skeans was well with a thumbs up after it happened.
Jim Acosta, a CNN reporter, posted this footage of the rally crowd:
Just a sample of the sad scene we faced at the Trump rally in Tampa. I’m very worried that the hostility whipped up by Trump and some in conservative media will result in somebody getting hurt. We should not treat our fellow Americans this way. The press is not the enemy. pic.twitter.com/IhSRw5Ui3R
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‘Tough love’ de los Mozos to visit Renault Samsung againJose Vicente de los Mozos, the straight-talking No. 2 from Renault Group, is parachuting in again, less than a year after his last visit to Renault Samsung Motors.
De los Mozos will be at the Renault subsidiary in Busan for two days starting Wednesday, making a stop there on his tour of the French automaker’s overseas facilities.
Since then, labor and management have remained in conflict, and they seem no closer to reaching an agreement.
According to Renault Samsung Motors on Tuesday, de los Mozos, executive vice president of manufacturing and supply chain at Renault Group, is visiting the Renault Samsung Motors factory in Busan to review the manufacturing facilities and engage in conversations with workers.
The executive is not spending much time in Korea as he is on a tour of all Renault Group facilities around the world. Renault Group has an 80 percent stake in Renault Samsung Motors.
The visit of De Los Mozos comes in the midst of another flare up of the conflict between management and the workers, and a breakthrough of some sort is needed to keep the operation viable.
The union and management of Renault Samsung Motors are scheduled to return to the negotiating table from Feb. 4 to Feb. 7 to further discuss an agreement on the wage levels and working conditions of last year.
Disruptions by the union forced Renault Samsung Motors to suspend night-shift operations at it sole auto manufacturing plant from Jan. 10 to Thursday last week, which is when the both sides agreed to return to the table.
Hard-line protests have been steadily losing popularity, even among unionized workers, and the participation rate for the last strike was only around 30 percent.
The continuing conflict has been primarily centered on wage increases. For 2019, the union has been asking for an 8.01 percent increase in base pay, a bonus of 4 million won ($3,400) and a promise for new hires.
Renault Samsung Motors has been refusing to raise the base wage level, as weak sales and the loss of contract production orders have resulted in losses for the company.
In 2019, Renault Samsung Motors sold a total of 90,591 cars, down 34 percent from 137,208 posted a year earlier. Its production contract with Nissan for Rogue SUVs came to an end late last year.
The arrival of de los Mozos to Busan brings hope that the deadlock could be broken, as the Renault Group No. 2 has become known for his direct but reasonable style.
During his visit to the Renault Samsung Motors factory in February last year, de los Mozos warned that any rise in costs will harm the competitiveness of the factory in terms of group-wide production decisions.
He then also pointed out that production costs per hour at the Busan factory are already some of the highest among all Renault factories worldwide.
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From today, 15th May, the price for phone calls and text messages across EU member states have been capped according to new limits introduced by Brussels. This is the second achievement concerning communications, after the abolition of roaming charges, delivering tangible benefits to consumers and businesses all through the EU.
Marlene Mizzi, the MEP negotiated both legislations on abolishing roaming charges and introducing cheaper international calls within Europe said: “Today is a big day and a tremendous victory for European consumers, as well as for me, personally, as the Maltese MEP negotiating both the roaming charges and intra-union calls legislations.”
Following the end of roaming charges in June 2017, these new prices are part of the EU-wide overhaul of telecoms rules aimed to tackle large price discrepancies that exist between Member States. The standard price of a fixed or mobile intra-EU call varied from three to ten times higher than the standard price for domestic calls between the different Member States. This discrepancy has now been abolished.
“After lengthy negotiations we have solved this problem so that European citizens will no longer worry about exorbitant bills and high prices when they call their families and friends in another EU country,” said MEP Marlene Mizzi. “From today, consumers calling from their country to another EU country should pay a maximum amount of 19 cents per minute (+VAT) and 6 cents per SMS message (+VAT).”
“I am proud that, following the roaming regulation, once more I was part of the negotiating team working on this ground-breaking legislation of great benefit to consumers. The moment we negotiated the end to roaming charges, I had pledged that the next step for me as an MEP would be to push for lower and unified rates for phone calls from one EU country to another. It is therefore of great satisfaction that, as of today, we have delivered a promise made and tangible benefits to our citizens,” said MEP Marlene Mizzi.
Telecoms operators across the EU will have to notify the consumers of the new price caps. The rules will apply in all 28 EU countries as of 15 May and soon also in Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.


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RED BAY | Nearly five decades after it was founded in Red Bay, ownership of Tiffin Motorhomes is changing to Thor Industries.
In an announcement released Monday morning, Elkhart, Ind.-based Thor Industries finalized a deal on Dec. 18, 2020 to acquire Red Bay-based Tiffin Motorhomes and its related companies for $300 million. Tiffin Motorhomes will now operate as Tiffin Group, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary and standalone company owned by THOR, and will be managed by the Tiffin family and existing senior management team. There are also no plans to close any operating facilities or relocate manufacturing of the Tiffin brand of recreational vehicles.
The purchase by Thor Industries covered a host of Tiffin Motorhomes-related companies, including Vanleigh RV, Tiffin Door Co., Inc., of Vina, Drive-A-Way of Red Bay, Inc. (RV transport company), Water-Way, Inc. (fiberglass supplier), Wynne Enterprises (window manufacturer), and Roma Enterprises, Inc. (furniture manufacturer).
Tiffin Motorhomes Founder Bob Tiffin said the move provides the Tiffin Group with important industry partnerships going forward, and said that other than new corporate ownership, the company will continue to look very much like it does now – with him and his sons and family members continuing in their roles.
“As a family-owned business since 1972, finding the right partner for the future of the Tiffin Group of companies was crucial,” Tiffin Motorhomes founder Bob Tiffin said in the prepared release. “The future of this group of companies is critical not just to the Tiffin family but to our employees, our dealers and our incredibly loyal customers. We needed a partner who we could trust would sustain all of those elements and help us grow the business in a manner that is consistent with how we’ve done business at Tiffin for nearly 50 years. I have known of Bob Martin (Thor President and CEO) for many years and have always respected THOR’s business model and how effectively they have added new businesses to their portfolio, while maintaining the independence and legacy of each new addition. THOR’s strategy to empower its companies to compete with one another and to avoid a centralized operational strategy for its different companies was very important to us. The dealers and customers who love the Tiffin brand will continue to receive the high-quality products they have grown to expect. And I am not going anywhere as I will continue to operate the Tiffin companies as I have with no timeline for change. My sons, Van and Tim, as well as my grandson, Leigh, will also continue to have major roles in the Tiffin business. Instead of feeling like I sold a business, I feel like we have aligned with a great company that will enable us to take Tiffin to a new level while maintaining the Tiffin culture and brand integrity that has set us apart from our competitors for years.”
Though the acquisition had not been publicly discussed or confirmed by either company prior to Monday’s announcement, the impending purchase by Thor had been a topic of local discussion for several months. Social media postings back in September led Tiffin Motorhomes management to issue a memo to employees reassuring them everything was business as usual.
Thor President Martin said adding Tiffin Motorhomes to the Thor portfolio would be a strategically strong move for the company, especially with adding the geographic footprint covered by Tiffin Group, LLC.
“The Tiffin brand is synonymous with quality and customer satisfaction in our industry,” Martin said. “For many decades, Tiffin has set the standard for the luxury class A market. Its strong presence in the luxury class A segment makes it very complimentary to THOR’s current North American portfolio. I have known of and respected Bob Tiffin and the Tiffin brand for many years. Bob and his family have built Tiffin into an industry leader, well known for its Class A motorhomes, quality workmanship and outstanding customer service. I was therefore thrilled to be contacted by Bob when he wanted to talk about joining the THOR family of companies. From the start, it was a great conversation which established a natural fit for both companies and quickly led to this acquisition. The Tiffin Group operates in Alabama and Mississippi with more of a vertically integrated business model than is typical for our industry. The geographic separation from Elkhart offers numerous strategic opportunities including an expanded and talented workforce and a host of potential new suppliers.”
According to the release, the purchase price was funded through existing cash on-hand as well as $165 million in borrowings from THOR’s existing asset-based credit facility. Subsequent to this transaction, THOR’s availability under the ABL remained robust at over $550 million. We anticipate that the ABL borrowings related to the acquisition will be repaid by the end of our current fiscal year and also anticipate further debt reductions on our Term Loan B facility during the fiscal year.
“Tiffin is firmly established as a top performer in the industry,” said THOR Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Colleen Zuhl. “We see great opportunity, working with the Tiffin management team, to realize significant growth in its value. While Tiffin’s motorized gross profit margin and operating margin have, in recent years, been lower than our North American Motorized gross profit margins, our experience with prior acquisitions leaves us confident that, in a relatively short period of time, the Tiffin Group margins will become more reflective of our North American Motorized segment for similar products. THOR’s ability to assist the Tiffin Group in developing high quality products at competitive pricing in the market creates a great opportunity for growth in the future. Exclusive of the effects of purchase price accounting and transaction-related costs, Tiffin will be accretive to our fiscal 2021 earnings.”
“We are excited to be a part of the future of this great company and see many opportunities to drive growth of both its top and bottom lines,” Martin said. “While well established in the luxury Class A space, Tiffin is relatively new to the towable and Class C markets. Tiffin currently has no offerings in either the travel trailer or Class B segments. Growing the great Tiffin brand name into these segments will be well-received by dealers and consumers alike. In Tiffin, we really acquired a company that was incredibly well-established but, at the same time, had very large opportunities for growth. It’s a unique scenario that offers great upside to us. As we move into a new calendar year with strong momentum of industry growth and a growing and diverse end-consumer base, we are very confident in the future of THOR. It is with this confidence that we are excited to add Tiffin to our North American portfolio and look forward to realizing the benefits that such a well-established company will add to THOR for years to come.”
Tiffin Motorhomes FAQ on the acquisition: https://tiffinmotorhomes.com/blog/tiffin-motorhomes-joins-the-thor-industries-family


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Sheraton Abuja Hotel activates Friday Wazobia Nights
Sheraton Abuja Hotel has launched a compelling Friday Night Sit-out for its in-house and walk-in guests.
The event tagged ‘Friday Wazobia Night’ is activated to recharge and entertain the hotel’s guests after a long week of hardwork.
As the occasion suggests,the Hotel intends to delight its local and international guests with pure African delicacies prepared by top class chefs and served with very chilled beer and premium wines.
At the pre-event briefing, the deputy general manager of the Hotel, Mr. Emad Rizk announced that the hotel came up with the initiative to calm the nerves of guests after a long week of hard work and furthermore to foster friendship among family and friends in an ambient elevated environment.
“Dear guests and associates, I am very pleased to announce to you that we will be activating the Wazobia Night every Friday from the 18th of December at the Sheraton Abuja Hotel Coconut Beach”,Emad said.
According to him, “we have put together assorted African dishes which will be served alongside premium wines and beer from the Nigerian Breweries which will be served at the event for your utmost delight.
The Nigerian Breweries, being one of our partners, we will be selling all Nigerian Breweries brands at an affordable discount of 40percent.”
The deputy general manager of Abuja Sheraton Hotel stated further that, “we will also be entertaining you with Live African Music band who will be delighting you with sounds from the major Nigerian languages”.
To conclude his remarks, Emad thanked those who were present and assured them of the best service every Friday night beginning from Friday the 18th of December 2015.”


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According to the research firm, they predict that Apple could end up acquiring companies such as Box or Dropbox. As it stands, Apple and Box are both partnered with IBM in a bid to target the enterprise market. Box and Dropbox are also online data storage firms, but given that Apple already has iCloud which allows users to backup data to the cloud, we’re not sure what acquiring Box or Dropbox would accomplish, save for removing a competitor from the market.
I know what Apple would accomplish by acquiring Box or Dropbox:
Acquiring highly competent people with an excellent knowledge of how to build a reliably working cloud service.


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Isagenix Names Executive To Lead Company Operations
In recognition of his leadership, expertise, and impressive improvements to supply chain operations, Isagenix International has promoted Brian Clark to senior vice president of operations. He is now a member of the global health and wellness company’s executive leadership team.
In his new role, Clark will continue to report to Isagenix Chief Executive Officer Travis Ogden while overseeing the teams handling demand planning, supply planning, purchasing, warehouse operations and fulfillment, and transportation; all manufacturing and distribution; and several key projects.
“In the past year since Brian began reporting directly to me, I’ve been very impressed by his business acumen, work ethic, and leadership abilities,” Ogden said. “I couldn’t be happier to have him join the executive leadership team that guides this great company. He’s a tremendous asset to Isagenix.”
Clark said he looks forward to continuing to work across departments to help the company inspire and empower individuals, families, and communities to make healthy changes and live their best lives.
“We have so much in development right now, including innovative products, upgraded technology, and simplified messaging,” Clark said. “All of that, along with effective supply chain partnerships, will allow Isagenix to deliver an improved experience for our valued customers and independent distributors.”
Clark joined Isagenix in January 2017 as senior director of supply chain planning and was promoted just one year later to vice president of supply chain planning and logistics. During the past three years, he and his supply chain teams have delivered significant improvements to order fulfillment, customer experience, inventory optimization, and cost structures while strengthening collaboration with partners internally and externally. Clark has also implemented new methodologies, processes, and systems that streamlined the Isagenix supply chain to support the company’s vision going forward.
Prior to Isagenix, Clark had several senior supply chain operations positions within companies including Henkel Consumer Goods Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. In those roles, he achieved significant performance improvements by leading strategic initiatives, driving new product development, directing innovative planning and manufacturing improvements, optimizing enterprise resource planning systems, facilitating sales and operations planning, and creating optimized inventory and capacity planning models.
About Isagenix International
Established in 2002, Isagenix International believes that everyone deserves to experience a healthy, joyful, and abundant life. The global wellbeing company artfully crafts more than 175 effective products and offers a supportive community for its more than 550,000 customers worldwide. Isagenix shares its products through a network of independent distributors in 26 markets: the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, South Korea, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland. The private family-owned company has its world headquarters in Gilbert, Arizona. For more information, visit Isagenix.com.


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EXCLUSIVE: Asus bets big on 'laptop of tomorrow' with super innovative 'two screens'
Asus has launched a new line up of laptops, claiming that this is the 'laptop of tomorrow'. The company has launched Asus ZenBook Duo and ZenBook Pro Duo on Thursday with the latter priced at Rs 2,09,990.
This month started with Samsung claiming that it is set to change the 'shape of tomorrow' by unveiling the first-ever foldable smartphone in India - Samsung Galaxy Fold. Three weeks into the month, Asus has launched a new line up of laptops, claiming that this is the 'laptop of tomorrow'. The company has launched Asus ZenBook Duo and ZenBook Pro Duo on Thursday with the latter priced at Rs 2,09,990. The ZenBook Duo, on the other hand, is the more affordable option at Rs 89,990. Asus believes that its latest offerings are unique and target a segment that has limited options. Both these laptops offer dual screens to customers.
"This is a very unique product. There are no options for people who want to buy a powerful system with two screens," Jonas Chen - Country Product Manager - Consumer Notebook - Asus told Zee Business Online, in an exclusive conversation on the sidelines of the launch event. He said that even though the consumers will have to pay more than Rs 2 lakh for the Pro model, they will get value for money.
"So far in this segment users do not have too many options in India. People often go for a powerful gaming laptop instead. This is where the Asus ZenBook Duo Pro will emerge as a great option for buyers," Chen added.
The dual screen setup is aimed to help 'digital nomads, creative mavericks, content creators, editors, passionate gamers, and multitasking professionals'. ZenBook Pro Duo features a full-width 4K ASUSScreenPad Plus that works with the main 4K UHD OLED display, while Zenbook Duo features a full-length 1920p ASUSScreenPad Plus that works with the main 1080p FHD LCD display.
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The latter was launched keeping in mind the price sensitive Indian market.
"We know that India is a price sensitive market. That is why we came up with two different models. The Pro model is more niche and for professionals. And, we believe that we can be very competitive in the under Rs 1 lakh segment with the other model," explained Arnold Su - Consumer Notebook and ROG Business Head - Asus India.
"The Pro model of the laptop is designed for professions like gamers, video editors and content creators. The 14-inch model is made for daily light multitasking as it comes with 22 hours of battery life." he said.
The company has big plans for the Indian market. Asus aims to expand itself to more than 400 shops across the country. Apart from this, it is currently in partnership with around 6000 IT shops out of a total 12000 IT shops present in India. The company aims to take that number to up to 10,000 by 2020. It also plans two big launches in the first quarter of 2020.
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According to a study conducted by Wyzowl, people on average watch 17 hours of video per week. Additionally, 90% of marketers said that video marketing has helped them generate leads, and 87% said it has helped them increase sales. This goes to show that video has become a powerful tool in social media marketing.
Blog2Social helps marketers bridge the gap between creation and distribution of video content. Users can upload or select a video from their WordPress media library, add titles, descriptions, and keywords, and publish their content across their chosen social media accounts. By simplifying their social media workflow with Blog2Social, marketers can save hours of work while staying on top of their social media schedule.
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A number of shops and supermarkets across Ireland will close early today ahead of the arrival of Storm Emma.
All Tesco stores around Ireland are to close at 2pm, while a number of Lidl stores in Leinster and Munster will shut at 3pm.
Dunnes Stores is already closed while all Aldi stores are currently open, however management are said to be monitoring the situation.
The Irish public have been urged to get indoors by 4pm today with severe weather forecast.
Met Eireann have issued a nationwide Status Red weather warning which is valid until 3pm tomorrow.
Is my local supermarket open during Storm Emma?
All Tesco Ireland stores will close at 2pm today (Thursday) due to the updated national red snow and ice weather warning for all counties.
Today: All Tesco stores will close at 2pm
Friday: All Tesco stores will re-open from 1pm, subject to weather conditions
Saturday: Grocery Home Shopping deliveries will resume subject to weather conditions
All trading hours will be kept under review on a localised basis.
Spokeswoman Christine Heffernan said: “We’re closing all stores today at 2pm today in line with the guidance from the Government to ensure that all of our colleagues have time to get home safely.
"We’re really proud of our teams who’ve worked really hard this week to serve customers in such challenging circumstances.
"We will reopen on Friday afternoon subject to weather conditions and we ask our customers to be patient with us as we try to get back up and running as quickly as possible."
All Lidl stores in Leinster and Munster will close at 3pm today until 1pm on Friday.
A spokesperson said: "We have made the decision to close all stores in Leinster and Munster from 3pm tomorrow Thursday March 1st until 1pm on Friday March 2nd.
"Upon reopening, we ask customers for patience with our store teams who will have just resumed normal operations.
"We are continuing to assess and monitor the situation as it happens. As always the health and safety of all colleagues and customers remains an absolute priority.
"Decisions may be taken at individual store level to extend this closure period depending on localised weather conditions."
All Aldi Ireland stores are currently open, however management are said to be monitoring the situation.
A spokesperson said: "All Aldi Ireland stores are currently open. However, our Store Management teams are monitoring the situation closely across the country.
"Demand remains extremely high for fresh food and cupboard fillers. We have our store teams, warehouse teams and suppliers to thank for their outstanding efforts so far this week in keeping our doors open to meet our customers’ needs."
Dunnes Stores is currently closed and will remain so until 1pm on Friday.
A spokesperson said: "Due to further bad weather, all Dunnes Stores in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland will be closed today.
"All stores will remain closed until 1pm tomorrow - this reopening time is subject to change and we will continue to monitor the weather situation."


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A shift to manufacturing in cheaper Asian nations could thwart attempts to curb carbon emissions in line with the Paris Agreement
By Michael Taylor
KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A rising tide of industries moving operations from China and India to less-developed Asian countries undermines global targets to reduce climate-changing emissions, researchers said.
Many energy-intensive industries, including manufacturing and raw materials processing, are relocating to cheaper countries like Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand, a study by Britain's University of East Anglia (UEA) showed on Monday.
"The Chinese production system is starting to transform to be more higher value-added," said Dabo Guan, professor of climate change economics at UEA and a co-author of the report.
"The price of labour in China has increased quite a lot," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The shifts in production and trade will make it harder to meet the Paris Agreement goal of cutting emissions enough to keep the rise in global average temperatures to "well below" 2 degrees Celsius (3.6F) above pre-industrial times, Guan said.
Efforts by smaller developing nations have a growing role to play in staying below that limit - but it could be jeopardised by the new pattern of manufacturing, the report added.
It found that trade among developing nations - known as "South-South" trade - more than doubled between 2004 and 2011.
Energy-intensive industries, such as electronics and steel production, have come under pressure to clean up in recent years as Beijing looks to cut emissions, improve working conditions and reduce air pollution in its towns and cities.
Meanwhile, the growth of carbon emissions generated in the manufacture of Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, while emissions embedded in exports from less-developed countries like Vietnam and Bangladesh have surged, the report said.
International trade increased by more than 50 percent from 2005 to 2015, with about 60 percent of that rise tied to growing exports from developing nations, it added.
In the same period, South-South trade more than tripled to 57 percent of all developing-country exports in 2014, said the study published in the journal Nature Communications.
Many Chinese companies - like mobile phone makers - have begun to expand globally, choosing other developing countries for their manufacturing bases, Guan said.
China and India should help ensure power-efficient technologies and methods are adopted by industries that move off-shore to less-developed countries, he added.
Shoppers in the United States and Europe must also be educated to become more sustainable consumers, said Guan.
Fast fashion and buying more than one car are examples of consumer practices that need to change, he said, warning such habits are being copied by rich Chinese and Indians.
"We only have one planet, unless we move to Mars," Guan said. "If all the 7 billion people in the world consumed like Americans, we would need seven or eight planets."
(Reporting by Michael Taylor, Editing by Megan Rowling. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. Visit http://news.trust.org)
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Oracle's US$1.5 billion purchase of cloud software vendor RightNow Technologies took another step forward on Thursday as a vast majority of RightNow shareholders approved the deal.
EBay has purchased German vendor BillSafe to complement its PayPal online payment system, the company announced Thursday. Terms were not disclosed.
Akamai Technologies has acquired Cotendo is a bid to become better at speeding up enterprise cloud and mobile traffic, the companies said on Thursday.
Jacob E. Goldman, a founder of the Palo Alto Research Center that developed breakthrough computing innovations such as the graphical user interface and ethernet networks, died on Tuesday. He was 90.
Qualcomm's co-founder and former chairman and CEO, Irwin Jacobs, will retire from the mobile technology company's board next year, Qualcomm announced Tuesday.
The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing a proposed US$3.6 billion spectrum purchase by Verizon Wireless, a spokeswoman there said Tuesday.
Consolidating the rapidly growing market for voice recognition systems and services, Nuance Communications is in the process of acquiring Vlingo, a provider of mobile voice recognition and analysis software, the two companies announced Tuesday. Terms...
Twitter plans to open source some of the Android security products built by the developers behind Whisper Systems, which Twitter <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/twitter-scoops-mobile-security-developer-whisper-systems-180174">acquired</a...
Oracle's net income for the second quarter ended Nov. 30 rose 17 percent to US$2.2 billion, with software sales rising but hardware-related revenue falling, the company reported Tuesday. Revenue for the quarter rose 2 percent to $8.8 billion.
T-Mobile USA will receive spectrum licenses in 128 U.S. markets and a seven-year roaming agreement that will expand its reach by 50 million potential subscribers, in addition to US$3 billion cash, after AT&T dropped its deal to merge with T-Mobil...
Google has paid US$94 million for a stake in four photovoltaic power generation projects around Sacramento, California, bringing its total investment in renewable energy generation this year to $880 million, it announced Tuesday.
The European Commission's plan to lower access prices to copper networks in order to boost next generation networks is flawed, said Europe's leading telecoms organizations.
Seagate Technology said Tuesday it has completed the acquisition of the hard disk drive (HDD) business of Samsung Electronics, after it recently received approval for the deal in Australia, China, and the European Commission.
AT&T has scrapped its plans to purchase rival mobile carrier T-Mobile USA in the face of opposition from two U.S. agencies.
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When Amazon announced its first smartphone, one of the most important aspects we wondered about was how much will it cost. Amazon Fire smartphone is a two-month-old news now but its new price has taken everyone by surprise. The e-commerce giant has reduced the price for their super smartphone from $198 to…99 cents. That’s right. Only $1. Of course, this price applies only with a two-year contract. Nevertheless it’s still a great price considering that in this two-year contract you one year of Amazon Prime membership, plus many other cool features like cloud services.
This super offer is also available in Germany and the UK where you can have the Amazon Fire smartphone fore zero pounds or for one euro, again under contract with Amazon telecom partnership.
The Amazon Fire smartphone was first released in June 2014 and its initial price was $199 if it was bought under a contract of two years with telecom giant AT&T.
This news comes ahead of the announcement of the year, the release of Apple’s latest iPhone we all look forward to “meet”. Of course, Amazon’s most important rivals are Apple and their iPhones and Samsung with their flagship Galaxy S smart mobile device.
Ian Freed, Vice President of Amazon Devices said “With access to all of the Prime content, Mayday, 32GB of memory and free unlimited cloud storage for photos, plus the exclusive Dynamic Perspective and Firefly features, Fire is another example of the value Amazon delivers to customers.”
Amazon Fire Smartphone cool feature, Firefly
We’re really excited to find out more details about Amazon Fire’s Firefly feature, which identifies books, music, games when the camera points at it. Firefly can also capture TV programs and songs and helps users purchase them if they want.
We will keep you updated with the latest news concerning the Amazon Fire smartphone as soon as anything comes up. Until then, feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below.


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Sofia Colluci New Molson Coors Marketing Chief; Pete Marino to Leave Company
The new unit, which is expected to unite sales, marketing, innovation, digital capabilities and the company’s non-alcohol and liquor portfolios in the Americas, will be led by Michelle St. Jacques, who will step into a new role as chief commercial officer.
The company said the unit will allow it "to more quickly scale brands and capabilities, and provide more commercial support for Molson Coors Beverage Co.’s portfolio of non-alc and spirits brands."
St. Jacques, who has served as Molson Coors’ chief marketing officer since 2019, will oversee all commercial activity and capabilities across the Americas, including the U.S., Canada and Latin America.
The move comes after she’s spent the last four years leading the effort to modernize the company’s core brands and redefine its marketing vision. Under St. Jacques’ tenure, the company strengthened core brands like Coors Light, Miller Lite and Molson Canadian and accelerated its portfolio of above-premium brands with innovations like Topo Chico Hard Seltzer and Simply Spiked Lemonade.
“Since joining our company, Michelle has built a track record of building brands and attacking white spaces with a consumer-first mindset to effectively drive our business forward,” Hattersley said. “In doing so, she not only demonstrated a deep understanding of the total business, she also earned the confidence of distributors and retailers alike. I am very happy that she will be taking on this new role as she helps drive our Americas business to new heights.”
St. Jacques has selected Sofia Colucci as her successor as Molson Coors’ new chief marketing officer.
Colucci, who joined the company in 2017 and most recently served as its global vice president for the Miller family of brands and economy portfolio, “has earned a reputation for creative excellence,” St. Jacques said, pointing to the resurgence of Miller Lite, which is growing total category share in the U.S.
As part of the restructuring, Molson Coors’ president of emerging growth, Pete Marino, will leave the company, effective April 30.
Marino said folding the company’s growing liquor and non-alc business into the new commercial function “will take our great start in emerging growth to the next level” by helping provide additional commercial support “for even faster growth as they move to scale.”
Hattersley said the objective of the restructuring is not to reduce headcount, save money or reflect a change in the company’s strategy. Instead, he said, it prepares the company for its next phase as it moves toward sustainable, long-term growth.


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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Bars and restaurants are clawing back some of their deep losses at the beginning of the pandemic, and football may be part of the recent boost.
BeerBoard, founded in Syracuse in 2005, provides up-to-the-minute data to their customers about beer sales. Their customers include every single Buffalo Wild Wings in the country, which is nearly 1,300 locations, including Township 5 in Camillus.
The roster also includes Hooters, Wing House, Twin Peaks, Mellow Mushroom, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Guinness, Heineken, and New Belgium Brewing, the makers of the popular Fat Tire line of beer.
“It wasn’t just turn the light switch on and it was right back up,” BeerBoard Founder and CEO Mark Young tells NewsChannel 9.
In June, as many places started to reopen, he says business for his clients was down as much as 80% to 90% year over year. After a gradual climb through the summer, Young says they’ve noticed the past couple of weeks a significant bump in sales. He cites football, college and NFL football, helping to start filling up bars and restaurants with people across the country.
“It’s a significant hit that the industry has taken, and even with these good, favorable signs, you’re still down that 40-50%, even more in certain states and certain concepts, certain locations, so you’re still down significantly from 2019,” Young says.
BeerBoard uses analytics to offer real-time data on any platform to GM’s about their beer sales. Flow sensors on every tap track each pour by the minute, that’s then reconciled to what’s rung up at the register.
When the pandemic hit, it forced BeerBoard to innovate; to help itself, and it’s clients once they were able to reopen to do it safer, stronger and better than before. One of those innovations has been contactless menus on your smart phone, using a QR code.
Young says, “I think there’s some of those contactless, touchless, more convenience that helps the operators be more efficient, but I think gives a great experience to the consumer as well.”
The next innovation BeerBoard is rolling is Pay at the Table technology, which Young hopes also attracts new clients.


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It’s been a year of growth for San Antonio-based H-E-B Grocery Co. in Houston, and 2018 will be no different.
In 2017, the company opened two locations and a Joe V’s concept in the greater Houston area, introduced a new delivery option and supported Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Next year, H-E-B has plans to debut six new stores and a manufacturing plant, a spokesperson confirmed.
These stores opened in 2017:
- Champion Forest H-E-B, at 20311 Champion Forest Drive in Spring, opened on April 26 with 130,000 square feet.
- Joe V’s Smart Shop #8 opened at 2929 FM 1960 Road on May 3, according to the discount concept’s website.
- H-E-B Baytown opened at 6430 Garth Road on Dec. 6, according to ABC-13. It’s near the San Jacinto Mall.
Here are the stores slated to open in 2018:
- H-E-B in Richmond near the Brazos Town Center at 23500 Berry Parkway will open in early 2018, according to Community Impact Newspaper.
- H-E-B in Fulshear at the northwest corner of Fulshear Bend Drive and FM 1463 will open in early 2018. H-E-B purchased 28 acres in 2015 inside the 3,200-acre master-planned community of Cross Creek Ranch developed by Houston-based The Johnson Development Corp.
- H-E-B’s location inside Houston-based Fidelis Realty Partners’ Mont Belvieu Marketplace is expected to open in the spring. Located at the corner of Interstate 10 and FM 3180/Eagle Drive, it broke ground in August.
- H-E-B Bellaire at 5130 Cedar will open in the spring. The company demolished the original building in February and will open a new 70,000-square-foot store on top of a two-level parking garage.
- H-E-B at the corner of FM 2920 and Gosling near Spring is expected to open in the summer.
- H-E-B in the Heights at 2300 N. Shepherd Drive will open in early fall 2018. The 92,000-square-foot store also is expected to be a multilevel location like the new Bellaire store.
Additionally, construction is already underway for the company’s new 64,000-square-foot snack manufacturing plant at 10000 1/2 Genard Road. It’s expected to open in early fall 2018.
And that’s not all — the grocer has at least three other stores on the horizon:
- An H-E-B inside Houston-based Midway Cos.’ mixed-use project Buffalo Heights won’t open until spring 2019. But construction for the 96,000-square-foot store that will offer multilevel parking and a walk-up coffee and food concept began in May.
- The company’s new store inside Fidelis Realty Partners’ Meyerland Plaza isn’t expected to break ground until early 2019, per a December press release. It will replace the grocer’s original Meyerland-area store that closed after Hurricane Harvey flooded the location.
- H-E-B also is planning a store at the northeast corner of state Highway 288 and North MacGregor Way. In March, the Houston City Council approved a $13.85 million deal to purchase the land from Houston Community College. The city will then sublease the property to H-E-B. However, a date for construction has not been set, a spokesperson said.
All of this growth comes at a time when Houston brokers are expecting a slowdown in retail development. Kenneth Katz of Baker Katz LLC expects grocery stores to adapt by building storefronts in tighter tracts of land in urban cores — which H-E-B is doing with the Buffalo Heights store.
And grocery stores are now competing more with e-commerce and delivery options following major changes such as Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods. Yet H-E-B is still performing very well, Rusty Tamlyn, senior managing director of HFF Inc.’s investment sales group, told the Houston Business Journal in July.
“H-E-B is the gold standard in Texas of what people want to buy,” Tamlyn said. “They individualize their stores to the neighborhood.”
At a recent panel, Scott McClelland, Houston president of H-E-B, explained how the grocery chain has evolved to meet consumer demands for curbside delivery and convenience.
“I refer to it as retail Darwinism — if you’re not effective and efficient at what you do, then going forward, you will not survive,” McClelland said. “Never underestimate demand for convenience.”
The grocer has over 300 stores in Texas and Mexico and produces sales of more than $23 billion. H-E-B is also Houston’s largest for-profit private employer with 24,437 employees as of June, according to HBJ research.
By Jen Para – Houston Business Journal
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With the holiday season already in mind, Chicago's annual Christkinlmarket is set to open both downtown and in the Wrigleyville neighborhood this November.
The popular winter festival will kick off at Daley Plaza, located at 50 W. Washington St., and at Gallagher Way, at 3635 N. Clark St., on Nov. 19.
At Daley Plaza, Christkindlmarket will be open Sundays through Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., as well as Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. The market will run through Dec. 24.
In Wrigleyville, the festival will welcome visitors through Dec. 31 from Monday through Thursday from 3 to 9 p.m., then again on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. This location is also open Sundays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Christkindlmarket will be open for holiday hours on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Christmas, both spots will be closed.
The festival, now in its 25th year in Chicago, is inspired by the Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg, Germany, organizers said. It "brings a cherished German and European tradition with international flair and local charm to Chicago."
The major city festival was canceled last year in 2020 and reimagined into a virtual event in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Similar to last holiday season, shopping from vendors will still be available online closer to the opening.


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Toyota Motor Corp unveiled a new Camry sedan for Japan, offering it only as a petrol-electric model to jump-start sluggish sales of the model in its hybrid-friendly home market.
The Camry has been the best-selling car in the United States for the last nine years, but Japan accounts for just 1 per cent of the model's global sales due to shrinking demand for sedans in favour of subcompacts or minivans.
For the first time since the Camry's debut in 1982, Toyota said it would limit sales in Japan to a hybrid version, hoping to emulate the success of the Prius, which as a hybrid car enjoys exemptions on certain taxes. Hybrids now make up about 14 per cent of new vehicle sales in Japan, excluding 660cc minivehicles.
'The Camry doesn't sell as much here as it does in the States, so we decided to focus on fuel economy,' said deputy chief engineer Keiichi Yoneda.


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Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, will allow users to purchase cryptocurrencies on its platform using Apple Pay and Google Pay.
In its latest Binance Build update, the crypto exchange announced that the platform had integrated the two payment services.
Customers can now purchase cryptocurrencies using either Apple Pay or Google Pay. The update has already been implemented, and preliminary feedback indicates that the new functionality is functional.
A Strategy for Increasing Binance Users:
Given that Apple Pay has 45,4 million users and Google Pay has 25 million, this change could help bring in more customers for Binance. With the most and second-most users, respectively, these payment systems dominate globally. Binance and cryptocurrencies, in general, will gain a wider audience due to the decision to integrate these two payment services.
The crypto exchange Binance, and the industry as a whole, may benefit from this update by attracting new users. But the fact remains that not every country supports either of these payment methods. Binance’s plans to increase availability in these regions are not entirely clear.
Apple Pay Adoption by Other Crypto-Based Companies:
Binance is not the first cryptocurrency company to accept more mainstream payment methods. Apple Pay has been adopted by other cryptocurrency platforms, such as MetaMask. In March 2022, this crypto wallet integrated Apple Pay into its platform, the preferred method of interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. Klever, another cryptocurrency wallet, added Apple Pay functionality in April 2021 to provide users with a more convenient payment option.
Binance Card Usage:
Binance Card is a debit card that Binance introduced. It enables users to use cryptocurrency for various transactions without needing prior conversion. It gives users 8% BNB back on purchases and no internal fees.
The debit card is accepted in many countries worldwide and is expanding with BNB. It is not yet supported in the United States, so it may not be available for Apple Pay. It is, however, available in several European countries. Moreover, the card converts and spends digital currencies, including AVAX, BNB, BUSD, USDT, BTC, SXP, ETH, EUR, ADA, DOT, XRP, SHIB, LAZIO, PORTO, and SANTOS.
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Innovations in cloud that democratize the technology could pull a profitable business out from underneath Hewlett Packard Enterprises (HPE) , analysts warn.
Enjoying over $6 billion in revenue this past quarter, primarily driven by hybrid IT services that include cloud technologies, HPE's results certainly rest on the success of this segment.
Currently, HPE's system is a "hybrid", which means it allows for multi-cloud management across a workplace while allowing for the security and privacy afforded by private clouds and further allows for a consumption based pricing model.
So far, this has received a warm reception from IT professionals, as CFO Timothy Stonesifer reported that revenue from the company's Greenlake cloud platform has increased by 40% year over year.
However, as technology shifts, this might evaporate.
"IT customers adopting a public cloud-only model could decrease demand for on-premise and/or hybrid solutions, which would likely impact HPE's financial results," RBC analyst Amit Daryanani wrote in a note on August 28.
Multiple analysts voiced their concerns about HPE's prized segment possibly falling victim to fickle consumer preference and being cannibalized by larger competitors in the space.
Morgan Stanley managing director of research noted that "nearly 80% of HPE's revenue is threatened by accelerating cloud adoption," citing the industry shift as the primary risk to the company's turnaround and her own buy rating on the stock.
To be sure, a hybrid cloud does provide a larger degree of security and privacy, which becomes advantageous as both hacking and data privacy laws pressure public cloud providers.
As the turnaround continues, the company's response to the growing threat of cloud market shifts will be pivotal to the protection of 80% of its revenues.


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More cruise ship stops coming to Muskegon
MUSKEGON, Mich. — Muskegon is seeing a spike in tourism.
The lakeshore city is expecting to see a record number of cruise ship stops from May to October.
“We now have three cruise lines coming this year with 13 visits and each one of those ships holds between 200 and more passengers and between 70 and 100 crew on the ships as well. So we have thousands of people coming in this summer just on the cruise ships,” said Carla Flanders with the Chamber of Commerce.
That leads to full day excursions and a boost to local businesses.
“This year Lakeshore Art Festival will be happening during the same time as a cruise ship coming in. That will be magnificent because it’s a free event and they’ll be able to experience that while they’re here in Muskegon,” said Flanders.
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By Lauren Zirbel
The Made in Hawaiʻi Festival has been supporting local businesses for over a quarter century. For the tens of thousands of shoppers who visit the Festival each year it is an experience like no other, with hundreds of stalls of local food, art, clothes, and crafts; along with live local music, entertainment, and cooking demonstrations from world-renowned local chefs.
Having the Festival in person this year was not an option with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But for the Hawaiʻi Food Industry Association (HFIA), which produces the Festival, abandoning the mission and goals of the Made in Hawaiʻi Festival was not an option either.
The Made in Hawaiʻi Festival is much more than an event. It’s a local business incubator with few barriers to participate and a guaranteed audience – so even small companies have a place to start and grow. Products sold at the Festival must be genuinely made in Hawaiʻi, so the Festival is also a place where shoppers can support truly local businesses and interact with contemporary Hawaiʻi culture. Because most of the Festival attendees are Hawaiʻi residents, it’s an important economic driver for the state that is not reliant on tourism. Many Festival vendors use locally grown agricultural products to create value-added products which are sold to local consumers, creating a strong resilient Hawaiʻi economy.
HFIA knew it had to continue the important work of the Festival, so we created the Made in Hawaiʻi Festival Online Marketplace. The theme of this year’s Festival is “Standing Together With Aloha” because we believe that is how we’ll get through this crisis.
The Made in Hawaiʻi Festival Online Marketplace is unlike any other website. It allows shoppers to buy from hundreds of Hawaiʻi businesses, all in one place, and it gives vendors a chance to sell their products year-round to customers across the islands and around the world. For the Online Marketplace launch weekend, the spirit of the Festival was captured by streaming live music, cooking demonstrations and other entertainment. The launch weekend got the Marketplace off to a great start – vendors saw strong sales and, in addition to local shoppers, there were shoppers from every state and 93 countries! Presenting sponsors Central Pacific Bank Foundation and Mahi Pono, and sponsors Ulupono Initiative, Innovate Hawaiʻi, Buy Local, It Matters, Hawaiian Airlines, and Hawaiian Air Cargo are all committed to the Festival mission of supporting local businesses.
HFIA invested in the Marketplace because we take our responsibility to empower Made in Hawaiʻi businesses seriously. The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged our state in so many unexpected ways. The Made in Hawaiʻi Festival Online Marketplace is our way of meeting that challenge and Standing Together with Aloha.
This December, www.madeinhawaiifestival.com is giving away a free trip on Hawaiian Airlines, we hope that you’ll join us in supporting Hawaii businesses by shopping at www.madeinhawaiifestival.com this holiday season, and all year round.
Lauren Zirbel is the executive director of the Hawaiʻi Food Industry Association. Established in 1972, the Hawaiʻi Food Industry Association is a nonprofit trade association whose mission is to actively promote the interests of Hawaiʻi’s food and beverage retailers and suppliers. Lauren directs and coordinates all activities and programs conducted by the association.


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We at The Takeout are pretty fired up about Burger King’s latest marketing gambit, and not just because it gives us a chance to use a lot of heat-related puns. First and foremost: a series of ads, brought to our attention by Curbed Miami, which center on the picturesque patios and backyards of former McDonald’s executives, and the grills to be found therein. Floating above each fancy grill are a few pointed words: “Flame grilling is hard to resist.” Sick burn, Burger King!
In an email to USA Today, a representative explained the ads thus:
“BK has always been about flame-grilling since 1954, and we know that 75% of people prefer burgers cooked with fire… That’s why this time, we decided to show it in a relevant way.”
They then added this hot little classic, to which one might be tempted to add a few flame emojis:
“It’s funny, because it’s true,” the chain said in a statement.
Elsewhere in the world, a BK marketing team got even more creative, touting a Whopper designed specifically for sneaking into a movie theater. As of this writing, the Wendy’s Twitter account has yet to comment.