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At Supercomputing 2019, Dell Technologies introduced several new solutions, reference architectures and portfolio advancements all designed to simplify and accelerate customers’ high performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) efforts.
Continued adoption of AI to solve real-world problems has spurred growth across the HPC industry.
According to a recent report from Hyperion Research, the global HPC industry is expected to grow by 7,1% to more than $39,2-billion by 2023, and HPC-server based AI is expected to rise by ¬more than 29% from 2018 to 2023, reaching $2,7-billion in 2023.
“There’s a lot of value in the data that organizations collect, and HPC and AI are helping organizations get the most out of this data,” says Thierry Pellegrino, vice-president of HPC at Dell Technologies. “We’re committed to building solutions that simplify the use and deployment of these technologies for organisations of all sizes and at all stages of deployment.”
Dell Technologies is expanding its portfolio of Dell EMC Ready Solutions for HPC Storage with new, turnkey solutions for ThinkParQ’s BeeGFS and ArcaStream’s PixStor file systems.
Offering a combination of technology partners’ software with Dell EMC hardware, networking and support, based on engineered and tested designs, Dell EMC Ready Solutions for HPC Storage simplify and speed deployment and solutions management.
Dell EMC Ready Solutions for HPC BeeGFS Storage, with ThinkParQ’s software-defined parallel file system, speeds-up input/output (I/O)-intensive workloads with the ability to scale from small clusters to enterprise-class systems on premises or in the cloud.
Additionally, Dell EMC Ready Solutions for HPC PixStor Storage offers a high performance parallel file system, enabling data management at scale with the ability to perform archive and analytics in place.
The solution also includes a validated, scalable design with object, tape and cloud tiering capabilities using PixStor Ngenea along with PowerEdge servers, PowerSwitch and Mellanox networking, PowerVault storage, supported by Dell Technologies deployment and support services.
Dell Technologies also is introducing expanded capacity for Dell EMC PowerVault ME4, offering 16TB HDDs that allow customers to scale to 4PB in 15U rack space – a 25% improvement in density, allowing for more HPC storage capacity in a smaller space.
PowerVault brings scale, bandwidth and built-in data protection to HPC configurations with management simplicity.
Dell EMC is expanding its Ready Solutions for AI portfolio with an all-new validated design for the Domino Data Science Platform. Developed in collaboration with Domino Data Lab, the Dell EMC validated design enables data scientists to develop and deliver models faster while providing IT with a centralized, extensible platform spanning the entire data science lifecycle – accelerating ideation and deployment.
Dell Technologies also is introducing five new reference architectures for optimizing Dell EMC technologies with leading AI partners. With these architectures, organisations can speed up deployment of AI solutions to modernize, automate and transform their data center using industry leading Dell EMC converged infrastructure, servers, storage and data protection technologies.
These architectures are optimised for Intel Xeon Scalable processors and enable organisations to speed up the deployment of AI solutions for training and inference to modernise, automate and transform their data centers using Dell EMC converged infrastructure, servers, storage and data protection technologies.
Joining the Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z-Series portfolio, Dell is unveiling the Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9332F-ON, a 400GbE open networking switch designed for high performance workloads.
The Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9332F-ON is purpose-built for cloud service provider data center networks with intensive compute and storage traffic, such as HPC, AI and streaming video. The new switch also delivers four times the throughput, double the price performance and near double the power efficiency of existing 100GbE platforms.
Dell Technologies is also unveiling Nvidia T4 Tensor Core GPUs as a new accelerator option for the Dell EMC DSS 8440 server.
With up to 16 accelerators, this offers high capacity, high performance machine learning inference with exceptional energy efficiency (70 watts per GPU). This is designed for multi-tenancy environments that need to share machine learning resources among users or departments.
The company is introducing new GPU and FPGA support for its PowerEdge servers, including:
* NVidia Tesla V100S GPU with up to 25% more bandwidth to communicate directly with Mellanox InfiniBand interconnect and PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe Performance PCIe SSDs for faster data transfers.
* NVidia RTX GPUs, designed to boost performance at a fraction of the cost, space and power requirements of a traditional render farm to produce high-quality content faster than ever before.
* Intel FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card D5005 in Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd and R940xa servers to boost inferencing, streaming analytics, video transcoding, and financial and genomic applications.


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Adelaide is to get its most significant new retail development for 20 years.
Future development pipeline now totals $11 billion.
Colonial First Estate’s Lake Haven centre in NSW has won a community business award.
Westfield has announced plans to expand into Italy, just two days after confirming investment in Brazil.
Fashion shows, gifts and a new catalogue promote World of Fashion campaign.
Surprise investment to be announced Wednesday.
A famous bank robber’s alleged quote has strong resonance with modern retailing, writes property columnist Michael Baker.
Zara has signed up as a cornerstone tenant of an Adelaide shopping centre.
Lease Equity has named four new executives.
An inner west Sydney landmark is set for restoration and future retail use.
Westfield Sydney has announced the final suite of level six restaurateurs to open from August.
Jones Lang LaSalle has announced the promotion of 115 staff members.
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Ken Blackwell is Senior Fellow, Family Empowerment at Family Research Council. This article appeared in Investor's Business Daily on November 1, 2013.
About five years ago amidst the background of a national financial crisis, an American icon admitted that the mistakes of its past had caught up to its present: General Motors filed for bankruptcy and turned to taxpayers for help.
A Republican president - George W. Bush - initiated what eventually became a $50 billion government bailout plan.
In the years since then, GM has restructured its business practices and redesigned its product line, brought on new management and many new board members, returned the company to profitability and invested more than $8 billion in the U.S.
But you'd never know that from reading recent editorials in the media.
Five years ago, GM may have deserved robust indignation from American taxpayers. But today, GM is doing plenty to earn its place at the forefront of the U.S. auto industry. The new GM has an interesting story to tell, and it's time to give that story a fair hearing.
It starts with a contrite, and somewhat chastened, company determined to implement change. The bailout money came with certain stipulations, yes, but even beyond those, management knew that without significant internal restructuring and a new commitment to building better vehicles, any taxpayer investment in GM would be wasted.
GM re-negotiated a deal with the United Auto Workers (UAW) that is grounded in reality, not union perks. The agreement gave employees a direct stake in the company and also included a five-year no-strike provision.
The company's legacy costs have been scaled back from $32.9 billion at the time of the bailout, to $7.8 billion at the end of 2012. Its balance sheet today shows the company's debt at $4 billion, compared to the $45.8 billion for the old General Motors.
And since 2009, the new GM has invested $8.8 billion in the U.S., while adding 25,500 jobs here in the U.S.
As a result, the company has seen 14 consecutive quarters of profitability. In 2012, GM earned nearly $8 billion by selling more cars in the U.S. under four brands than it ever did with eight. In August of this year, GM saw retail sales that were up 22% from 2012.
GM's operations in China have become the subject of one-sided criticism. It's strange that a global company with a renewed commitment to free-market practices would be condemned for seizing the opportunity to expand business in another part of the world.
Not competing in one of the top two auto markets globally makes no sense, and other auto manufacturers are working night and day to establish the kind of foothold and market share that GM has achieved in China.
Noticeably absent from the critiques of GM's business ventures in China are other facts.
Despite recent reports, GM's largest manufacturing footprint is still in the U.S., with 41 facilities and 85,500 employees who assemble the cars, stamp parts and build engines, transmissions and tooling.
Moreover, GM's operations are completely self-funding. In other words, no taxpayer money is being sent overseas to support Chinese operations. In fact, the company has repatriated dividends of $3.7 billion back to the U.S. from China.
It's also worth pointing out that General Motors began its expansion into China in 1997 - 10 years before any help from the taxpayer. The company has always been committed to building vehicles where their customers are; by the end of 2015, GM will have 21 facilities in China.
For the first time in decades, GM is operating on sound financial footing with the flexibility to run its business unburdened by past mistakes. It's making better cars, and selling more of them.
By the end of 2013, GM will have successfully bought back its remaining shares from the Treasury Department - the kind of progress that doesn't just come from a government directive.
We'll never know what would have happened if the Bush administration had sent General Motors and Chrysler on their way. Maybe the auto industry, which supports 8 million U.S. jobs and $500 billion in wages, would have survived. Maybe instead we'd be talking about the great auto industry collapse of 2008.
The bottom line is: Because difficult decisions were made, GM is a better company today than yesterday, and we don't have to witness our government spending an estimated $30 billion on unemployment benefits paid to idle auto workers.
As principled free-marketers, it's easy to demonize a major company that preferred partial government ownership to structured bankruptcy. As right-leaning Americans, it's tempting to trot out the auto bailout every few months as a constant ding against the Obama administration. But in the process, we accomplish little save for convincing the public conservatives are stuck in the past.
It's time to look to the future, where General Motors Co. becomes once again an enviable, profitable private company and an American success story.


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Daily Harvest, a plant-based meal delivery company, has been known for years for its prominent social media presence and influencer marketing that has helped build its brand.
The risks of this influencer strategy became clear when the New York-based company recalled its French lentil and leek crumbles in June after hundreds of people said the product was making them sick. Some influencers who previously promoted the company’s products criticized Daily Harvest after they said they ate the sprinkles and then got sick.
Luke Pearson told his 80,000 followers on Instagram that he had his gallbladder removed after becoming nauseous from eating crumbles.
“It changed my life forever,” he said, adding, “Daily Harvest needs to be held accountable.”
Daily Harvest, a private company founded in 2015, sells plant-based meals, smoothies and other products that customers can quickly prepare. The company said one of the ingredients in the crumbles, tara flour, was at the root of the problem. Tara flour, which is made from legumes, is not often used in foods but is sometimes added as a source of protein.
The company said after recalling the product that it had received about 470 reports “of illness or side effects.”
Daily Harvest didn’t disclose how the sprinkles had made people sick, but the Food and Drug Administration said people who ate the sprinkles complained of gastrointestinal and liver function problems.
The company had sent Mr. Pearson a free box of meals with the sprinkles and asked him to rate and post about it, his attorney Jeffrey Bowersox said. Mr. Pearson didn’t sign a deal with Daily Harvest, which companies sometimes ask influencers to do.
Shortly after he first ate the sprinkles in May, he developed stomach pain and other symptoms. A week later, he ate the sprinkles again and within an hour developed a fever, chills and abdominal pain, the lawsuit said.
Luke Pearson told his Instagram followers that he had his gallbladder removed after becoming nauseous from eating crumbles.
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His doctors thought a gallstone was spiking his enzymes, so they removed his gallbladder to prevent a similar incident from happening again, according to the lawsuit. Mr Pearson would not have had to have his gallbladder removed, the lawsuit said, if Daily Harvest had immediately given the people who ate the sprinkles an accurate description of the symptoms some consumers were experiencing. According to the lawsuit, had the company done so, Mr. Pearson could have told his doctors about it.
A Daily Harvest representative did not comment on the allegations in the lawsuit.
“I would like to personally apologize to everyone affected by this,” Rachel Drori, Daily Harvest’s founder and chief executive officer, wrote on the company’s website in July.
The crumbles, which once cost $9.79 for three servings, were no longer available on Daily Harvest’s website as of Friday. Daily Harvest launched the crumbles in April as a topping for its plant-based dishes.
Daily Harvest, like many other companies ranging from small startups to large public companies, has adopted influencer marketing to reach customers who spend more time on social media than reading magazines or watching TV.
Businesses can target specific audiences by building relationships with specific influencers who are trusted by their followers, said Mae Karwowski, founder and chief executive officer of Obvious, an influencer marketing agency.
Influencers can make careers on social media, often earning solid revenue from corporate sponsorships in exchange for promotional posts. Businesses hope that followers who trust an influencer will, in turn, buy the promoted product or service.
Ms Karwowski, who is not affiliated with Daily Harvest, said the company should have been better at handling crisis communications with the influencers it works with.
“A lot of influencers were the first to try this product,” she said. “You should have phoned these people.”
When asked if the company had contacted influencers, a company spokesman referred to a message Daily Harvest posted on its website on June 19, days before the company recalled the sprinkles. Ms Drori wrote that the company has already told customers not to eat the product.
Daily Harvest said it no longer sources its French lentil and leek crumbles, as shown on its website, from the tara flour producer it had.
“We took immediate steps to address what we heard from customers and reached out to each person who received French Lentil + Leek Crumbles,” she wrote.
Daily Harvest has sent out free lunch boxes to influencers, who in turn can post about their products. A company spokesman said Daily Harvest tries to reach a wide audience through mediums such as television advertising, direct mail, podcasts and influencer marketing.
According to court filings, at least four lawsuits have been filed against the company in US courts in recent weeks on behalf of people who have become ill after eating the crumbles. This includes the lawsuit filed on behalf of influencer Mr. Pearson.
It remains to be seen whether other influencers will make negative comments about the company. The setback so far shows that relying on influencers to endorse a product can be difficult.
One such lawsuit was filed this month in New York County Supreme Court against Daily Harvest on behalf of a 4-month-old girl. Her mother breastfed her after eating the sprinkles, the lawsuit said, and then “the girl presented with symptoms that included abdominal pain, headache, gastrointestinal distress, fever, and vomiting.”
The Daily Harvest representative did not comment on pending litigation.
Ms Drori, the company’s CEO, said Daily Harvest is “no longer sourcing” from the tara flour producer. She did not reveal the producer.
The FDA announced last month that it is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other agencies to investigate complaints about the crumb.
More than 270 people had reported feeling sick from the crumbs by mid-July, the FDA said, including 96 who said they were hospitalized. An agency spokeswoman last week did not name the supplier who made the tara flour, saying the FDA is still testing samples.
Abby Silverman, who has more than 115,000 TikTok followers, was one of the influencers who said she received “a PR package” from Daily Harvest and then fell ill after eating the crumbles.
Ms Silverman didn’t respond to requests for comment, but she did warn people to throw away their sprinkles in a video that has been viewed around 1.3million times on TikTok.
“I’m not the type to set fire to a brand,” she said, “but this is really, really serious.”
Daily Harvest did not comment on Ms Silverman’s video.
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Apple saw growth for the first three months of the year, as falling device sales in China were offset by demand for its streaming services due to the coronavirus lockdown.
Sales climbed to $58.3bn (£46.2bn), up from $58bn in the same period in 2019 and beating expectations of $54.5bn.
Apple boss Tim Cook said the firm saw a “record for streaming” and “phenomenal” growth in the online store.
He added that “China is headed in the right direction”.
Despite the coronavirus lockdown hurting iPhone supply due to Chinese factories closing, and a drop in demand for devices in China – a major market for Apple – during February and March, Mr Cook told investors in an earnings call on Thursday: “I don’t think I can remember a quarter where I’ve been prouder of Apple.”
Apple said iPhone sales for the quarter fell 7.2% to $28.9bn, compared to $31bn in the previous year.
However, its wearables, home and accessories division – which produces the Apple Watch and AirPods – rose 22.5% to $6.3bn, while services – such as subscriptions to Apple Music and Apple TV – jumped 16.6% to $13.3bn like-for-like.
Although business in China has not fully rebounded, Apple said all of its stores in the country had reopened by mid-March and sales were improving.


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A man in Scotland claims to have seen the face of Jesus at Ikea.
33-year-old Dave Simons was shopping at an Ikea furniture store in Scotland when he noticed a familiar face looking at him.
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"I went in to the toilet and there it was on the main door when I put my hand out. I said, 'Oh my word, it's Jesus,'" he told the Daily Mail. "I tried to subtly snap a photo because the last thing you want is to be heard taking a photo in a toilet."
Some people spend their whole lives looking for Jesus -- Simons found him in a restroom.
While a divine face on a bathroom door might seem like a miracle, a reasonable explanation for Christ's "appearance" in the men's room is a common psychological phenomenon called pareidolia, in which you interpret a vague sight or sound as something significant -- like when you think you are seeing a smile appear in a bunch of random shapes on a piece of paper, despite the fact that there is little to no resemblance to an actual human face.
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Shoppers wait in a long queue outside a store of Ikea in Gwangmyeong, south of Seoul, on December 18, 2014. Global furniture giant Ikea opened its first store in South Korea a much-anticipated market entry that has stumbled at a number of commercial and cultural hurdles along the way. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
ALMHULT, SWEDEN - MAY 12: KEA CEO Peter AgnefjÃ Â ll announced a collection of furniture that can wirelessly charge devices at the Democratic Design Day conference at the IKEA headquarters in rural Sweden. May 12, 2015. (Randy Risling/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Shoppers walk past a logo of Ikea at its store in Gwangmyeong, south of Seoul, on December 18, 2014. Global furniture giant Ikea opened its first store in South Korea a much-anticipated market entry that has stumbled at a number of commercial and cultural hurdles along the way. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
EMERYVILLE, CA - JUNE 26: A customer leaves an IKEA store on June 26, 2014 in Emeryville, California. Swedish furniture retailer IKEA announced that it plans to raise the minimum wage for its retail employees in the U.S. by an average of 17 percent in 2015. The minimum wage will increase by an average of $1.59 to $10.76 an hour. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A picture taken on November 28, 2013 in Toulouse shows the parking of an Ikea store.AFP PHOTO / REMY GABALDA (Photo credit should read REMY GABALDA/AFP/Getty Images)
An aerial view shows a Ikea department store on November 17, 2011 over Vitrolles, southern France. AFP PHOTO/GERARD JULIEN (Photo credit should read GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty Images)
View of the Ikea store in Roissy-en-France, north of Paris, as workers of the Swedish furniture designer Ikea hold a national strike calling for higher wages. The strike hit 16 of the 26 French stores, and some 500 workers out of the 5,500 due to work today according to management and about 50% of the personel according to the CGT union, one of the three unions that called for the strike. AFP PHOTO / JACQUES DEMARTHON (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images)
A general view of Swedish retail giant IKEA in the coastal Israeli city of Netanya on August 24, 2009. Israel pressed Stockholm to condemn a report by a Swedish newspaper about alleged body-snatching that has stoked tensions between the two countries. Sweden's Aftonbladet newspaper sparked the row last week when it published a report claiming Israeli soldiers snatched Palestinian youths to steal their organs and returned their dismembered bodies days later. The Swedish government has declined to condemn the piece, saying it has to respect the principle of freedom of expression enshrined in its constitution. Hundreds of Israelis have signed an online petition to boycott the Swedish retail giant IKEA to protest the article and Stockholm's stance, the daily Haaretz reported. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
NANJING, CHINA - AUGUST 28: (CHINA OUT) A member of staff works in a new IKEA store on August 28, 2008 in Nanjing of Jiangsu Province, China. IKEA launched a new store in Nanjing, the sixth shop in China, covering an area of over 30,000 square meters. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
Haparanda, SWEDEN: Visitors at the new IKEA furniture department store 15 November 2006 in Haparanda at the very northern Swedish boarder to Finland and Russia. AFP Photo/Thord Nilsson (Photo credit should read THORD NILSSON/AFP/Getty Images)
BEIJING - APRIL 12: A Chinese worker performs during the opening ceremony of IKEA's new Siyuanqiao store on April 12, 2006 in Beijing, China. The world's leading home furnishings retailer, opens the 43,000 square meter store which is the world's second largest IKEA store on Wednesday. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)
BRISTOL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: The sponsors balloon is seen as part of the night glow balloon display at the 'IKEA Bristol International Balloon Fiesta' at the Ashton Court Estate on August 12, 2004 in Bristol, England. The 26th annual festival, which runs until August 15, is the largest balloon fiesta outside the U.S. attracting 150 balloons and over 500,000 visitors. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
DELFT, NETHERLANDS - DECEMBER 11: The exterior of an IKEA store is shown December 4, 2002 in Delft, the Netherlands. All 10 stores of the furniture retailing giant in the Netherlands were closed after explosives were found December 4 in IKEA stores in Amsterdam and Sliedrecht, the Netherlands. (Photo by Michel Porro/Getty Images)


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Beauty brand, L'Oréal Paris has announced Anushka Sharma as its newest brand ambassador in India.
Apart from being an actor and entrepreneur, Sharma has always been a strong advocate for a more inclusive world, and it perfectly resonated with L’Oréal Paris’ core values and cause initiatives.
The brand said that she is also passionate about credible skincare and the value it can bring to the well-being and confidence of the women of today. Sharma will be the face of the science-backed skincare innovations that L’Oréal Paris will be pioneering in the Indian market.
Sharma said, “I have always admired L’Oréal Paris for pioneering innovation in the beauty industry with superior and exemplary products backed by science that the women of today need. With this partnership, I look forward to making a positive impact in the beauty industry, making it more inclusive for women. It’s amazing to see an international brand supporting women to be the best version of themselves through unique initiatives and messaging. I hope to further support the brand’s vision by spreading the message of worth and empowerment to every beautiful woman out there!”
Divya Reddy, General Manager, L'Oréal Paris, said, “We are delighted to welcome Anushka Sharma to the L’Oréal Paris family. Anushka shares the mission of the brand L’Oréal Paris – to champion women empowerment and celebrate their beauty because they are all worth it. With science and innovation at the core, we at L’Oréal Paris, strive to create a difference in the Indian skincare market with our differentiated products which are validated by dermatologists and backed by science. We are ecstatic to join hands with Anushka to drive the skincare revolution in India.”
The brand will soon be releasing a campaign film, set in Paris, featuring Sharma, to announce the launch of their latest innovation in skin care - the Glycolic Bright Range.


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Celeb Nude Leaks -- Model Suing Apple Over Hacked Pics ... I Warned Them ... Twice
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Apple is about to get sued by a model who claims her nude pictures are now on public display thanks to the company's crappy security, and she's rounding up others to join her in court.
Joy Corrigan says she was hacked months before Kate Upton, Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst and others who suffered the same fate.
Joy says she reached out to Apple in early July ... but the company blew her off, saying she was simply a victim of phishing, so she needed to change her password. She followed orders, but days later she was hacked again. Apple gave her the same song and dance.
After the story broke late last month Apple contacted her and again denied any responsibility.
Joy's now lawyered up and plans to round up other victims for a class action lawsuit against Apple.
TMZ has also reached out to Apple, but so far no word back.


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Drive-to-store represents €55 billion this year for retailers, which is 58% of the total ad expenditure from the industry going by a forecast by S4M. The company surveyed 400 advertisers in the sector.
Mobile will be a core driver of drive-to-store advertising by 2023, increasing to 26% all over the world from 19%.
Retailers are setting aside more of their resources for the format. Because of this, the format will contribute 65% of the total ad investment in five years.
Digital formats are expected to represent 68% of all the spend on the format, which will be a 4% growth from last year.
Meanwhile, advertisers want measurable solutions combining geo-location data and mobile technologies. According to S4M, combining social and mobile will generate top-performing channels that will drive future sales.
It is expected that by 2023, mobile will be a popular channel for retailers in the US who will allocate 28% of their budgets to drive-to-store. They will be spending only 3% on desktops.
The advertising format is popular in the US and will reach 64% of all retail by 2023, with the automotive industry taking the lead, followed by grocery and restaurant sectors.
At the same time, the format is growing in the UK from 52% to 75% in five years. Mobile will grow the fastest to get to 25%, social 22%, and search, 11%.
The grocery sector is the leading driver for the format in the UK with a 28% share. It is expected to drop 3% in five years.
However, TV, digital out-of-home, and programmatic, among other traditional formats, will continue to attract investment.
KPIs will include sales in-store. Traditional KPIs like click-through rates will be of lesser importance than they are now.


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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Ivax IVX, +0.00% said first-quarter earnings were $42.3 million, or 21 cents per share, up from $29 million, or 15 cents per share, last year. The average analyst estimate for the first quarter as polled by Thomson First Call was 18 cents. The Miami-based generic pharmaceuticals company said revenues climbed to $425.2 million from $317.7 million. Revenue rose 8 percent in North America to $170 million, 68 percent in Europe to $189 million, and 46 percent in Latin America to $74 million. Company president Neil Flanzraich said the company has obtained a number of generic product approvals in the first quarter, and he reconfirmed the 2004 outlook for a profit of 89 cents per share. Ivax shares closed Wednesday down 20 cents at $24.80.
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The man who headed Apple’s communications for the last five years, Steve Dowling, is leaving after 16 years with the company.
Dowling previously was Apple’s head of corporate public relations for 10 years. During his tenure, the tech giant has dealt with everything from Tim Cook’s first years as CEO after the death of its iconic founder to a bevy of new product rollouts to a fight with the US government over encryption.
According to a memo he sent this week to staff, Dowling wrote, “it’s time.” He added that he plans to take time off and is apparently not moving to another job at another company. Dowling will stay at Apple until the end of October.
“After 16 years at Apple, countless keynotes, product launches and the occasional PR crisis, I’ve decided that the time is right for me to step away from our remarkable company,” wrote Dowling. “This is something that has been on my mind for a while, and it came into sharp focus during the latest — and for me, last — launch cycle. Your plans are set and the team is executing brilliantly as ever. So, it’s time.”
MacDailyNews Take: Good luck in your future endeavors, Steve!
Read the Dowling’s entire memo and Apple’s statement in the full article here.


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Salt Lake City-based Deleite Foods Enterprises is recalling approximately 11,000 pounds of marinated raw poultry products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) made the announcement. The products contain wheat and soy, known allergens, which are not declared on the product label.
The marinated chicken thigh meat was produced and packaged on October 12, 15, and 16 in 30-lb. cases, each containing three 10-lb. bags. These items were shipped to restaurants in Utah.
The problem was discovered during routine label verification activities by an FSIS inspector, who found that the product did not include an ingredient statement nor declare soy and wheat. There have been no confirmed reports of illness due to consumption of these products.


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It isn't unusual for the production facility of a performance car like the Chevrolet Camaro to shut down during the spring and summer to prepare for new model year retooling, but the rumored downtime coming to General Motors’ Oshawa Ontario Assembly Plant isn’t due to normal procedures – it is due to slowed Camaro sales and an abundance of Camaro inventory.
The Chevrolet Camaro has been the bestselling performance car in America every year since being introduced for the 2010 model year and more often than not, the Camaro has also been the bestselling performance car in each of the months since it returned to the Chevrolet lineup. Even though the Camaro has continued to outsell both the Ford Mustang and the Dodge Challenger over the past couple years, GM has watched Camaro sales numbers slide from where they were a few years back. That gradual yet steady decline in sales coupled with a high production level that was designed to meet the previously high demand has supposedly led to an excessively high number of new Camaros in stock. General Motors has been criticized in the past for production numbers that vastly exceeded the demand which has led to the automaker being forced to deeply discount vehicles to get them off of lots. To avoid getting into that problem with the Chevrolet Camaro, GM has seemingly decided to stop production at the beginning of March and again at the end of March and the beginning of April to let dealerships around the country burn through the current inventory of Camaro coupes and convertibles.
Now, I should point out that none of this information comes from General Motors and now that they no longer announce monthly production numbers, we really don’t know if their production levels for the Camaro are exceeding the sales numbers by a big enough margin to cause an overabundance of muscle cars in their inventory. Downtime isn't all that uncommon regardless of the vehicle in question as it is the best way for an automaker to make an “inventory adjustment” without actually changing their production schedules. Should these two periods of downtime at the Oshawa Assembly Plant happen, it will allow the company to perform regular maintenance to the facility while also helping to reduce the number of 2014 model year Camaros as the company prepares to begin building the 2015 model year vehicles later this year.
Some media outlets like to spin scheduled downtime at an assembly plant as a sign of problems, but when you consider the fact that the Chevrolet Camaro is already leading the segment AND the entire performance car market in the US in 2014 sales, it is hard to say that there is anything to worry about at GM…at least regarding the Camaro. The Camaro could face a big challenge later this year when the 2015 Ford Mustang hits but until then, GM execs likely aren't losing too much sleep over the slower sales of the Camaro. After all, the Camaro really hasn’t changed all that much shy of the new nose and new taillights for 2014 while the Mustang has received a much more elaborate facelift during the life of the current 5th generation Camaro.
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This Valentine’s Day, the Nation’s Favourite Coffee Shop, Costa Coffee is looking to bring love safely out of lockdown, with the launch of a special ‘love themed’ toastie box that enables two people living together to share a toastie, at
The Nation’s Favourite Coffee Shop, Costa Coffee, has expanded its partnership with the number one anti-food-waste app, Too Good To Go, with the offering now available at 1,100+ participating UK stores.
The Nation’s Favourite Coffee Shop, Costa Coffee, has today lifted the lid on its most exciting drinks menu yet, the new Limited-edition Latte+ drinks range.
Costa Coffee, the Nation’s Favourite Coffee Shop, is giving its customers more than one reason to love January, with the launch of an incredible limited-edition menu and 50% off all items from the food menu, from today!
Costa Coffee, the Nation’s Favourite Coffee shop, is partnering with leading charity The Reading Agency to share the joy of reading this Christmas, by gifting 100,000 books to some of the families and communities hit hardest by the pandemic this
The Nation’s Favourite Coffee Shop, Costa Coffee, has launched an anti-bacterial reusable cup lid for just £1 as part of a trial across 500 participating stores, with national roll out signalled for 2021.
As we continue to get into the swing of the ‘new normal’, the UK’s leading innovator in barista quality, machine crafted coffee, Costa Express, has announced that it is rolling out a mobile contactless ordering system across 9000+ machines nationwide
The Nation’s Favourite Coffee Shop, Costa Coffee, has added a new ‘Mini’ size to its existing cup family and expanded its incredible value meal deal range, providing customers with more choice than ever before. Available in stores nationwide from Thursday
Costa Coffee to pass on full 15% VAT reduction to customers across all food and drink in owned stores
Costa Coffee to pass on full 15% VAT reduction to customers across all food and drink in owned stores. Over 1,500 Costa Coffee stores and 9,000 plus Costa Express machines will reduce VAT, passing on the saving directly to customers.
The Nation’s Favourite Coffee shop, Costa Coffee, has begun trialling an eat-in option in 44 of its UK stores from Thursday 9 July 2020.
The nation’s favourite coffee shop, Costa Coffee, has granted the wishes of coffee lovers across the country, announcing 1,100+ of its stores will re-open across the UK by the end of June. A huge milestone in the brand’s re-opening plans,
A global leader in background screening services, Sterling, is delighted to announce a landmark partnership with Costa Coffee to provide its ‘ID as a service’ product to support the company’s Right to Work process.
Ceridian HCM Holding Inc., a global human capital management (HCM) technology company, announced today that Costa Coffee has successfully implemented Dayforce Payroll and HR within nine months. The Dayforce platform brings HR, payroll, recruiting, and workforce management together for Costa
Costa Coffee and Deliveroo couple up to give customers chance to win a ruby gemstone on Valentine’s Day
Costa Coffee and Deliveroo have taken relationship goals to the next level with a Valentine’s Day ruby gemstones giveaway worth a whopping £25,000, inspired by Costa Coffee’s instagrammable limited edition menu offering, the Ruby Cocoa Hot Chocolate.
The festive season may be over, but the Nation’s Favourite Coffee Shop, Costa Coffee, is here to help ease January blues with the launch of its incredible Limited Edition January menu, in stores nationwide from Thursday 2 January 2020. With
Costa Coffee to give away Terry’s Chocolate Orange Muffins to anyone called Terry, Teri or Terri…at participating stores in London, York, Leeds and Sheffield on 5 December
On Thursday 5 December, the Nation’s Favourite Coffee Shop, Costa Coffee, is granting Christmas wishes early by giving away free Terry’s Chocolate Orange Muffins at participating Costa Coffee stores if your name is Terry, Terri or Teri in celebration
The Nation’s Favourite Coffee Shop, Costa Coffee, has announced it will be granting fans’ wishes this festive season by offering all Lactofree and plant-based alternatives for free across participating stores during the Christmas period.
The Nation’s Favourite Coffee Shop, Costa Coffee, is granting all our wishes this Christmas, with the launch of its sumptuous Limited Edition Christmas menu, in stores nationwide on Friday 1 November. With its iconic Christmas cups marking the official start
In its quest to revolutionise how the world accesses coffee,Costa Coffee, a leading provider of premium quality drinks, alongside Eseye, the UK-based industrial IoT connectivity specialist, announce today a new partnership to enable Costa Express to deploy IoT-enabled vending machines
The Nation’s Favourite Coffee Shop, Costa Coffee, has announced its most exciting Autumn menu yet. Available in stores nationwide from Thursday 5 September, the limited-edition range includes exciting new partnerships, delicious treats and the return of an Autumn fan favourite.
Coffee-lovers will now be able to enjoy the handcrafted, signature taste of Costa Coffee in their own kitchens, as the nation’s favourite coffee shop, Costa Coffee, launches At Home range in Tesco stores nationwide.
Ceridian, a global human capital management (HCM) company, is delighted to announce that Costa Coffee, the UK’s favourite high-street coffee retailer, has chosen Dayforce to manage their recruitment, HR and payroll processes as part of a wider people management
The Nation’s Favourite Coffee Shop, Costa Coffee, is shifting its focus towards the digital consumer and is leveraging the powerful hybrid integration and API capabilities of MuleSoft’s Anypoint PlatformTM to unlock data from across the organisation and build an application
The nation’s favourite coffee shop, Costa Coffee, has announced that its signature hand-crafted coffee and selected food items are available for delivery as part of a new partnership with the UK’s leading food delivery service, Deliveroo.
The Nation’s Favourite Coffee Shop Costa Coffee is putting a spring in its step with the launch of the new March menu to complement its range of signature handcrafted coffees. Available in stores nationwide from Thursday 7 March, the refreshed


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SAN FRANCISCO Claiming an industry first, Agilent Technologies Inc. Thursday (Sept. 28) announced the availability of Pennsylvania State University-Philips (PSP) model parameter extraction package for advanced CMOS device models.
According to Agilent (Santa Clara, Calif.), the package, for use with the company's IC Characterization and Analysis Program (IC-CAP) software platform, provides more accurate and efficient modeling than was possible with previously available solutions.
"CMOS modelers are finding that parameters that can't be calculated using the BSIM4 model are causing costly errors in their results," said Chris Eppers, product manager with Agilent's EEsof EDA division. "As device geometries approach 65 nm and smaller, the BSIM4 model no longer holds for growing analog and RF applications. A more advanced modeling solution, such as the PSP model, is necessary."
The PSP model was selected as the new industry standard CMOS transistor model by the Compact Model Council following months of heated debate late in 2005. The model, jointly developed by Pennsylvania State University and Royal Philips Electronics NV, succeeds the BSIM3 and BSIM4, which had been the industry standard for years.
Agilent said semiconductor foundries use IC-CAP software to characterize foundry processes. With the PSP Model Extraction Package and IC-CAP, software designers can generate complete models based on the most recent version of the PSP model, the company said. The package includes an interface for measurement collection, recommended extraction flows and model implementation, Agilent said.
Agilent's PSP Model Extraction Package has been verified with foundry data from several large CMOS foundries, according to the company.
Agilent described the PSP Model Extraction Package as part of a strategy to support the latest standardized CMOS models. Following Agilent's recent acquisition of Xpedion Design Systems, the company said it plans to leverage its relationship with Gennady Gildenblat, co-developer of the PSP model, for continued PSP model development and training.
Agilent said it is taking orders for the PSP Model Extraction Package now. The product is expected to ship by the end of the year. IC-CAP parameter extraction software is available now, with prices starting at about $15,000, Agilent said.


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Facebook goes head-to-head with Groupon
Social network mirrors Groupon, sending local deals offers to users
Watch out, Groupon. There's a new deal-maker in town.
The social network first announced Facebook Deals last November. It was a feature that enabled local businesses to offer users deals when they go to their Facebook page.
Today, Facebook upped the ante.
"We're working to make it easier to find fun things to do with your friends and connect with local businesses," Facebook wrote today on its Wall. "We're testing a new Deals feature that brings you offers from nearby businesses, which you can share with your friends."
The new feature is currently only available for users in Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, San Diego and San Francisco.
Facebook will be helping businesses send deal offers directly to users, which is what Groupon has made its name doing.
"For Facebook, this is smart," said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research. "Facebook would like to be users' entry point to the entire Web -- communications, content, game-playing, etc. As long as additions don't obscure the primary experience, and I don't see any reason this would, every addition removes one reason to leave Facebook World."
But this has got to be concerning news for Groupon, the company that quickly rose to online fame as a localized deal-of-the-day Web site.
In about the last six months, there has been a lot of excited talk about Groupon, which helps businesses reach directly out to individual customers. Groupon is designed to e-mail users with information about what to do in their cities, along with bargains and sales offers.
The fledgling company has become a standout example of how the social Web is re-engineer old marketing and advertising models.
And that has turned some heads, even among major online companies like Facebook and Google.
Word hit last December that after Google and Groupon had reached advanced acquisition negotiations and Google is said to have offered $6 billion for the two-year-old company, Groupon rejected the offer.
At the time, industry analysts figured that Google either would make another run at buying Groupon or it would it would develop its own Groupon-like service.
Now it seems that Facebook has beat Google to the punch, another salvo in Facebook's increasing rivalry with Google.
"This is another step in Facebook's evolution from purely people-centered social networking toward both people-centered and content-centered," said Gottheil. "Many things Facebook has done contribute to this trend, but every addition strengthens its position."
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The Ayers Rock Resort is set to undergo a major revitalisation with the new owner, the Indigenous Land Council, allocating more than $20 million to make the asset attractive to tourists.
Koos Klein, managing director of Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia, said the resort planned to open a new convention centre, spa and, eventually, a golf course to attract high-spending international visitors.
The world’s largest hotel operator, Accor, will partner Voyages to provide a full range of services. Accor will particularly concentrate on opening up new markets for the resort, boosting domestic leisure and conference demand, and working with the resort to boost career opportunities for Indigenous Australians.
New initiatives to boost the resort’s international and domestic popularity will include:
– $4.9 million investment in the national indigenous training academy at Ayers Rock by the federal government that will create 200 indigenous positions at Ayers Rock Resort and 100 traineeships annually with graduates to be placed within Accor’s national network of 160 hotels.
– Major promotion of the resort in emerging Asian markets.
– First-ever charter flight from China (in January 2012).
– Opening of new conference & exhibition centre in August 2012.
– Extensive refurbishment of hotels, starting with Sails in the Desert Hotel.
– The launch of a new ‘under the stars’ five-star dining experience (called Tali Wiru).
– Introduction of new activities and experiences.
– Establishment of a pioneering Indigenous Training Academy to develop the careers of over 300 indigenous Australians in the tourism and hospitality sectors.
Ayers Rock Resort is the largest integrated resort complex in Australia, consisting of five hotels – Sails in the Desert, Desert Gardens Hotel, Outback Pioneer & Lodge, Emu Walk Apartments and Lost Camel Hotel. The hotels will retain their names, but will be aligned to corresponding brands in Accor’s portfolio. The addition of Ayers Rock Resort will boost Accor’s Australian network to over 160 hotels and will add to Accor’s Northern Territory presence, which currently comprises hotels in Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs.
Accor will bring to Ayers Rock Resort the world’s most comprehensive sales, marketing and distribution network, a significant presence in the resort’s traditional markets, and a leading position in key emerging markets such as China and India. Accor also has the largest network of hotels and resorts in Australia, and the country’s most effective loyalty programs, which will play an important part in reinvigorating the Resort’s domestic tourism market.
In addition, Ayers Rock Resort will leverage Accor’s expertise in indigenous employment. Accor pioneered indigenous employment in the Australian hotel industry when it launched its nationwide Indigenous Employment Program in 2001. In the past decade, the company has provided employment opportunities for over 600 Indigenous Australians, providing crucial job training programs.
“Since the Indigenous Land Corporation purchased Ayers Rock Resort earlier this year we have been looking at a comprehensive range of measures to rejuvenate what is one of Australia’s most important tourism assets,” said Mr Klein. “We are developing a new vision for the resort, with new directions, new activities, a program of major refurbishments and upgrades and a far reaching program to involve far greater numbers of indigenous Australians at the resort.
“We want to complement the unique nature of the destination with unique services. Our mission goes well beyond attracting tourists to Uluru. We are committed to investing in the development of indigenous employment and tourism businesses, which is why a fundamental aspect of the agreement with Accor is to enable trainees of our National Indigenous Training Academy to further their careers by working in Accor’s extensive hotel network. This should significantly boost the presence of Indigenous Australians in the hotel and tourism sectors.”
Accor Australia vice president, Simon McGrath, said the partnership with Ayers Rock Resort provided the company with an exceptional opportunity to help advance Australia’s tourism industry.
“Ayers Rock Resort is one of Australia’s greatest tourism assets and a fundamental driver for our inbound industry, so it is essential that we reposition the product and attract new markets,” said Mr McGrath. “We have an extensive presence in Ayers Rock Resort’s traditional and emerging markets and this provides a very focused and cost-effective means of generating new business for the resort.
“Most significantly, however, we have demonstrated our commitment to advancing indigenous causes through our pioneering Indigenous Employment Program and our Reconciliation Action Plan. We believe that indigenous Australians should have far greater involvement in the Australian tourism and hospitality industries and Ayers Rock resort provides the perfect opportunity to demonstrate this commitment.”


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GMO Roundup: Whole Foods Market, Pope Francis Top GMO News
Source - Presence Marketing November 2016 Newsletter
Author - Steve Hoffman
Whole Foods Market Updates Progress on GMO Transparency
To mark national Non-GMO Month in October, Whole Foods Market released a progress report on the retailer’s GMO labeling policy. First announced in 2013, “We are well on our way to providing GMO transparency for the food we sell by our self-imposed deadline of September 1st, 2018,” writes President and COO A.C. Gallo in a company blog published on October 10th. While QR codes are a labeling option in the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law, signed by President Obama on July 29th, 2016, “This is absolutely unacceptable for our policy,” Gallo writes. Also, in a modification of its original announcement, made to align with the new federal law, says Gallo, Whole Foods Market will not require suppliers to label ingredients derived from animals fed GMO feed; that is, a food product that contains a meat or dairy ingredient but does not contain any other risk ingredient will not be subject to a labeling requirement. Whole Foods Market requires all non-GMO claims on products sold in its stores to be verified by approved third-party verification programs including the Non-GMO Project, NSF True North and USDA Certified Organic (and equivalent international programs.) “Part of our current focus is working closely with suppliers and manufacturers to help meet our GMO Labeling Policy,” Gallo writes.
Pope Francis Questions GMO Crops, Urges Action on Climate Change
Pope Francis called into question the role of GMO crops in his annual message on World Food Day on October 16th, reported Catholic Culture Magazine. In a letter to the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Pope said, “There is a growing number of people who believe they are omnipotent, or able to ignore the cycles of the seasons and to improperly modify the various animal and plant species, leading to the loss of variety that, if it exists in nature, has and must have its role.” Pope Francis contrasted the “wisdom of rural communities” with “the logic of consumerism and production at any cost, a logic that, cloaked in good justifications, such as the increasing population, is in reality aimed solely at the increase of profit.” In his message to the FAO, the Pope also said, “Genetic selection of a quality of plant may produce impressive results in terms of yield, but have we considered the terrain that loses its productive capacity, farmers who no longer have pasture for their livestock, and water resources that become unusable? And above all, do we ask if and to what extent we contribute to altering the climate? Not precaution, then, but wisdom: what peasants, fisherman and farmers conserve in memory handed down through the generations and which is now derided and forgotten by a model of production that is entirely to the advantage of a limited group and a tiny portion of the world population. Let us remember that it is a model which, despite all its science, allows around eight hundred million people to continue to go hungry.”
Adjusting to Demand, Cargill Announces First Non-GMO Project Verified Ingredients
As demand for non-GMO food rises, Cargill has obtained Non-GMO Project Verification for three of its food ingredients, including erythritol, cane sugar and high oleic sunflower oil. Annual sales of Non-GMO Project Verified products increased from $348.8 million in 2010 to more than $19 billion as of March, 2016. According to Packaged Facts, demand for non-GMO products is expected to grow 12% annually through 2018. With nearly 2,800 Non- GMO Project Verified brands sourcing ingredients to comply with the standard, food and beverage industry demand is outpacing supply, said Cargill in a statement. “Consumer demand for non-GMO food and beverages is growing, and Cargill is responding,” said Mike Wagner, Managing Director for Cargill Starches and Sweeteners North America. “We’re delighted to work with the Non-GMO Project, the leading verifier of non-GMO products in the United States. Their distinctive trademark is the most recognized symbol for non-GMO products in the country.” Collaboration with Cargill, one of the largest food companies in the world, is an opportunity to increase the availability of non-GMO foods to consumers, said Megan Westgate, Executive Director of the Non-GMO Project. “The Non-GMO Project’s mission is to preserve and build sources of non-GMO products, educate consumers, and provide verified non-GMO choices. Achieving this mission requires participation by companies of all sizes, including supply-chain leaders like Cargill that can provide large-scale availability of non-GMO food ingredients,” she said.
Okanagan Gains Approval for Third GMO Apple Variety, But Will It Be Labeled?
British Columbia biotech company Okanagan has gained U.S. approval for its genetically engineered, non-browning Arctic Fuji variety. The Fuji apple joins the non-browning GMO Golden Delicious and Granny Smith varieties developed by Okanagan, using a new gene editing technology known as CRISPR/Cas-9, a technology that labeling proponents fear will not be subject to labeling disclosure under the new federal GMO labeling law, which requires only older, recombinant genetic engineering technology to be labeled. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of USDA granted the non-browning Arctic Fuji approval in late September, reported Food Safety News on October 5th. As part of the review process, the agency sought public comment on the genetically modified organism (GMO). By the mid-September deadline, 626 comments had been filed with APHIS, with those against approval outnumbering those in favor by about 10 to 1. Among those commenters opposed to the GMO apple was the Center for Food Safety, which attached a letter signed by more than 25,000 of its members opposing the apple, reported Food Safety News. Okanagan says it plans next to seek approval for genetically modified Gala apples.
UVA Study: GMO Crops Increased Use of Herbicides on U.S. Farms by 28%
In one of the longest studies ever conducted of genetically engineered crops, researchers found that GMO crops increased the use of herbicides on U.S. farms by 28%, reported Organic Authority. Researchers at the University of Virginia examined data over a 14-year period from 5,000 soybean and 5,000 maize farmers in the U.S. The GMO soybean and maize farms each comprised two GMO varieties – one pest-resistant variety, and one herbicide- tolerant variety. The researchers found that while the use of insecticides decreased by about 11% on GMO farms due to the pest-resistant varieties of the crops themselves, use of herbicides, mainly glyphosate marketed by Monsanto as Roundup, increased by more than twice as much due to herbicide- resistant GMO seeds. “In the beginning, there was a reduction in herbicide use,” said University of Virginia economist Federico Ciliberto, who led the research team. “But over time the use of chemicals increased because farmers were having to add new chemicals as weeds developed a resistance to glyphosate.”
Canadian Groups Call on Competition Board Over Bayer-Monsanto Merger
Bayer AG’s proposed $66-billion, all-cash deal to acquire Monsanto will face a number of political and antitrust hurdles over the coming months, as well as consumer unease in the U.S. and abroad around the consolidation of multinational agriculture, chemical and biotech corporations and the future of food production. The Monsanto-Bayer deal, which would be the largest-ever all-cash acquisition, faces intense and lengthy regulatory processes in the U.S., the E.U. and elsewhere, reported Reuters. In Canada, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, a farmer’s group, and the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, a group of 17 non-GMO organizations, separately submitted comments to Canada’s federal Competition Bureau to review the possible implications of Bayer’s pending takeover of Monsanto. “Our position right now would be for the Competition Bureau to really...examine what the impact is going to be and making sure that there’s fair pricing and competition in the marketplace, Ron Bonnett, President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, told CBC News. "This merger could further increase the price of seed, decrease choice in the marketplace for Canadian farmers, and stifle research and development," said the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network’s submission to the Canadian Competition Bureau, reported CBC News in late September.
China Vying for Control of GMO Technology
In the past month both the New York Times and Bloomberg News have focused on China’s ambitions to become a major player in genetically modified food. However, at the same time Chinese consumers have become increasing suspicious of GMO foods. Food safety issues continue to plague China, and there is widespread belief that GMOs are a foreign conspiracy against Chinese health, reported Bloomberg News. Yet, one of China’s state-run companies, ChemChina, is vying to acquire Swiss agricultural biotech giant Syngenta for $43 billion, which would make it China’s largest foreign purchase ever, reported the New York Times. China is increasing spending on research and development and supporting a nascent domestic industry that it hopes can someday become China’s answer to Monsanto and DuPont. In a 2013 speech, Xi Jinping, the country’s president, said, “We can’t let big foreign companies dominate our GMO crops market.” According to the New York Times, Chinese officials see GMO science as a way to bolster production in a country where large-scale farming is still uncommon – a legacy of the Communist Revolution, when land was stripped from landlords and given to peasants – and better feed its growing and increasingly affluent population on its own.
The New GMOs 2.0: Will They Be Labeled?
Silenced genes, edited genes, algae engineered to produce compounds that taste like food: new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) made with these experimental techniques are making their way to your dinner plate. It’s the next wave of genetic engineering, or GMOs 2.0, reports Stacy Malkan, Co-Director of US Right to Know and author of Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry. In a Huffington Post interview featuring Consumers Union Chief Scientist Dr. Michael Hansen, Malkan warns that vague wording in the new federal GMO labeling law opens the door for industry pressure on the USDA to exempt many – possibly even most – GMOs from labeling at all. Read Stacy’s article, GMO 2.0 Foods Coming Your Way: Will They Be Labeled?, here.


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Domenica Calarco shared a series of snaps at the airport – but the MAFS star had no idea an airline employee would become the star of her shot.
A Qantas employee has been labelled a “legend” after he photobombed a MAFS star at the airport and his act was spotted by amused social media users.
Domemoca Calarco was returning to Sydney after attending the Logies on the Gold Coast over the weekend when she posed for a series of snaps while waiting in the check-in line at the airport.
But as the 28-year-old reality star posed in a brown tracksuit from Australian activewear brand STAX. – she appears to be unaware a Qantas employee had seized the opportunity to steal the limelight.
As Dom sultrily glanced over her shoulder as she leaned against a white suitcase, the airline staffer posed behind her, sticking both his hands in the air in “V” signs.
The Married At First Sight alum later shared the images on Instagram where social media users quickly spotted the airline worker’s “brilliant” move.
“LOVE THE PHOTOBOMB,” one user wrote.
“The guy at the front desk is brilliant,” another said.
While one declared: “This Qantas employee is a legend.”
So many of Dom’s followers commented on the mystery star in her snap, she responded, writing: “He was the best!!!”
The Qantas employee appeared in the background of another photo on Dom’s post – a paid collaboration with the activewear brand she is wearing in the snaps – but this time he appeared to be hard at work.
Since appearing on the 2022 season of MAFS, Dom has been forging a successful career as a fashion and beauty content creator.
The professional make-up artist recently launched her own fashion collection with Australian e-tailer Showpo – and fans naturally went wild over her curated selection of 50 items.
“It is very exciting and I am beyond thrilled to have partnered with such a great brand like Showpo. Being such a lover of fashion, it is certainly a ‘pinch me’ moment,” Dom told news.com.au in May.
Dom explained she chose pieces shoppers could use to “mix fast and high fashion together” and “really elevate their look”.
“I am an everyday-wear type of girl so, making sure I have staple pieces is key and I feel Showpo does this so well,” she said.
“I love that I can mix and match my collection into my wardrobe staples.”
The collection included a sexy black cut-out dress, a tailored lime green pant suit and several co-ord sets in an array of bright colours that are still currently available on the website.
Prices start at $44.95 and go up to $119.95 for the most expensive item in the collection, the tailored wide leg pants with the matching V-crop top.
“My favourite piece is the lime green tailored suit just because it is so easy to dress up and down and I love a good tailored pant with some funky slides,” Dom said.
As well as her “insane” collaboration with Showpo, Dom recently launched a podcast with MAFS bestie Ella Ding called Sit With Us.


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British PM Rebuffs New Bailout Proposal
During an interview, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has expressed his plan not to allow another bailout for the banking sector, adding that there are other ways in which the government can help this struggling industry.
Few months ago, the state provided bailout cash to banks struggling to its feet, but despite this, some analysts suggested the government’s action was a palliative ploy.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown rebuffed new bailout plan for banking sector in an interview on Sunday, despite fears that government’s assistance is not enough to keep the struggling industry afloat.
In an interview with Observer newspaper, Brown said that his government is considering other alternatives to help struggling banks, adding that injecting cash to this industry may not be overall beneficial and saying this is not part of the state’s agenda.
Instead of injecting more cash to bank sectors, Brown proposed other measures to allow this institution to resume its lending activities.
On Friday, the Bank of England warned the public that October’s bailout has failed to improve credit flows in the country, forcing banks to reduce lending to people and companies for the next succeeding months.
According to reports, finance minister Alistair Darling is planning alternative measures to help the financial institution including trading bad loans for government bonds.
In October last year, the government released €47 billion (approximately US$64 billion) bailout to help three struggling British banks.
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Kempsey Shire Council representatives have met with local water carting operators to collectively develop a discount program for people who are facing critical water shortages caused by bushfires.
Council and the water carters will offer discounted water delivery services, prioritised for properties that have experienced fire damage and are within the Kempsey Shire, west of the Pacific Highway.
Council's manager water and sewer, Wes Trotter said the collective businesses recognise the importance of helping locals minimise the costs for this small part of the fire impact.
"By sitting down together we've been able to come up with an approach that will allow council to support our water carting businesses by not charging for water delivered to affected properties.
"The carters are all private businesses and they will still have to charge delivery costs of the water, but the discounted supply will enable a reduction in costs to be passed onto the customers," said Mr Trotter.
Booking arrangements for delivery can be made through the customers preferred water carter and discounts will apply to water ordered and delivered by December 1 with timing to be reviewed after the first two weeks.
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The charts of the maker of recreational vehicles are bearish, while the drugmaker appears to be a buy
Let's check the charts and indicators before buying a season ticket.
Let's check the charts now.
Let's take a fresh look at the charts this morning.
The iPhone maker could bounce in the short term, but the bigger risk is for further declines in the weeks and months ahead.
The retail and apparel sectors just got a bit rougher thanks to PVH's dim outlook.
Selling pressure has taken control of the price action.
Bloomin' Brands jumps on its addition to the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, but Bluegreen Vacations falls on the end of a marketing pact with Bass Pro Shops
The story of the much-vaunted electric carmaker is beginning to unravel, which makes buying the big dip in its shares a dicey proposition.
There is every reason to think the cruise ship operator is undervalued and once again will trade closer to its normalized valuation based on its history.


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Customers walk in front of a Safeway Inc. store in Denver.(Photo: MATTHEW STAVER)
DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL - Safeway will close its bread plant in northeast
Denver on Feb. 27, eliminating 95 jobs.
The supermarket chain says it will outsource its bread production from the 4500 Dahlia St. plant to an unidentified third party.
That’s according to a company official and a "mass layoff" notice Safeway filed with state labor officials.
“This was a difficult decision made after long and careful deliberation,” saidKris Staaf, a spokeswoman for the company, via email on Tuesday. “We evaluated the volume of work and believe that moving production to a third party will allow us to run a more efficient operation."
Read more at the Denver Business Journal: http://bit.ly/1JWZQ6D
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Aussie followers in Qatar for your Globe Mug tend to be furious on the last-minute alcohol prohibit enforced by way of regional authorizations as spectators state Doha’s environment is actually ‘level’.
Qatar made a surprise backflip determination in marketing alcohol at coliseum sites that ended up being verified by way of FIFA 2 days in the past the Globe Mug opener.
Truly strongly believed the determination is actually for your advantageous asset of the regional inhabitants and also to minimise protection problems as Qatar stays a metropolis via stringent alcoholic drinks actions.
1 Aussie follower, Warren Livingstone, which is actually the chief of Australia’s fanatic party stated the statement ended up being poorly was given.
Socceroos followers line a Arena in Munich throughout Australia’s matchup towards South america in 2006 on the FIFA Globe Mug
‘I believe men and women shall be upset,’ Livingstone instructed FoxSports.
The chief is actually certainly one of 250 followers which have actually travelled to Doha for your initial ever before Center Eastern hold country event and also strongly believes the determination ended up being perhaps not inside the ‘spirit of the Globe Mug’.
‘It’s perhaps not merely the actual fact that you could’t alcoholic beverage however I believe merely the entire procedure while the method they performed it… I believe that’s exactly what provides upset men and women the quintessential,’ stated Livingstone.
‘It’s perhaps not also the draft beer subject, it’s merely the entire emotion of it… (Alcohol consumption at stadiums), it’s perhaps not merely in regards to acquiring about piss, it’s in regards to interacting via various other followers… We form of really feel love banning that at the past minute wasn’t inside the Globe Mug spirit.’
Aussie Socceroos followers visualized via beers in hand on the 2006 Globe Mug competition in Germany
Following public statement, Budweiser uploaded a humorous tweet making use of the subtitle ‘Effectively, this can be unpleasant…’ -but it provides considering that already been removed.
Whereas Budweiser’s ‘Bud Absolutely no’ remains to be about coliseum cabinets, the $75million sponsorship arrangement via FIFA is for certain to get backlash.
Retail of alcoholic drinks is actually mostly located in Qatar inns since the Muslim country prohibits their visibility about avenue.
Budweiser had actually a audacious dig at FIFA and also Qatar authorizations following no-beer in coliseum policy ended up being revealed – the message provides considering that already been removed
Livingstone stated town by itself ended up being ‘quite level’ and also is actually making ready for a completely different Globe Mug, offered the placement and also absence of Aussie advocates, which the guy contributes to Covid problems and also Australia’s late introduction to the marketing campaign.
Supporters in Twitter proceeded to burst Qatar’s traditional beliefs, making reference to their particular disregard for LGBTI neighborhoods.
Except a offered follower could manage to shell out much more than AUD$33000 for your most affordable of rooms at a suit, alcoholic drinks is actually a no-go area.
These blessed sufficient attain a seating in a field tend to be guaranteed ‘comfortable alcoholic beverages, beers, sparkling wine, sommelier-selected glass of wines, and also costs sens’ each ‘in the past, throughout and also after’ the recreation.
A Budweiser employee provides beers on the FIFA follower competition opening up – these locations tend to be truly the only area followers could appreciate a draft beer about town environment
‘Qatar have actually perhaps not prohibited alcoholic drinks on the Globe Mug. Should you tend to be exclusive &lifier; in a company field you can easily alcoholic beverage as a lot alcoholic drinks as tickles the elegant. Liquor is just prohibited for peculiar men and women resting inside the stands up viewing their particular workforce,’ a ironical follower uploaded.
Qatar recently guaranteed to uphold all enroller deals, however currently countless Budweiser crates and also fridges tend to be vacant.
Supporters have to currently get a hold of relief in a could of comfortable alcoholic beverage otherwise container of water, observing daytime temps growth to 30 levels throughout Qatar’s wintertime.
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Jens Bekke, a spokesman for the world's fourth biggest brewer, said: "Previously, there has been free beer, water and soft drinks everywhere.
"Yesterday, beers were removed from all refrigerators. The only place you can get a beer in future is in the canteen, at lunch."
Mr Bekke said drivers retained an old right to have three beers per day outside lunch hours, and warehouse workers claimed the same right.
He said: "Because of that, the warehouse staff went on strike yesterday, with other staff striking in sympathy."
Bekke said as many as 800 had walked out on Wednesday, with 250 still on strike today.
The Confederation of Danish Industry and trade union 3F have agreed to look into the dispute.
There have been no shipments from Copenhagen today, but Carlsberg is expecting the financial impact of the strike to be minor.
Mr Bekke added that Carlsberg's trucks have alcohol locks so drivers would not be able to drink too much and drive.
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The popular brand, Adidas, established a partnership with the Crypto exchange Coinbase after the latest week partnership with the virtual decentralized platform Sandbox.
After the initiative of Facebook by rebranding the name of the Facebook company and creation the virtual world with Metaverse, many crypto and non-crypto platforms seem eager with Facebook’s idea of virtual reality.
On 24 November, Adidas announced that they established a partnership with the Coinbase exchange and probably nothing.
Here, through the tweet, we can see clearly that not many details were provided regarding the initiative of Adidas company.
However, reports claimed that Adidas is going to enter the Metaverse initiative. Because recently Adidas established a partnership with the metaverse playground The Sandbox.
Many reports claimed that Adidas will use Sandbox Coinbase exchange to do a better entry into the Metaverse. However, all these are part of rumours and expectations. Because before this, many people claimed that Adidas may consider accepting crypto or digital assets based payment on their platform directly for their shoes and other products.
Coinbase toward Metaverse?
A few months ago, Coinbase exchange announced its initiative for the Coinbase NFTs marketplace. And also the exchange got a huge response from the crypto community regarding the Coinbase NFTs project.
If we look in the real real-life case of the NFTs then there are many companies and brands, which are ready to pay for their Brand and quotes based on newly designed artworks. Coinbase is probably looking towards such opportunities to spread around the world.
There are chances that Adidas wants to do something unique with its brand value and logo by launching NFTs collectibles or maybe they want to promote their Brand with digital blockchain technology-based NFTs concept in Unique ways.


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We are proud to announce that today marks the official launch of our 2019 Global Games Market Report. The report, the games business’s standard for understanding and sizing the global games market, boasts a detailed breakdown of the market in terms of revenue and gamer forecasts per segment. The report explores the market trends shaping and driving the landscape of the game, further zooming in on the latest developments per segment and region. In this article, we will dive into some of the report’s key findings, focusing on the new numbers.
We also made some of the high-level findings available in a free version of the report. Download it here.
Now more than ever, gaming is at the heart of the entertainment business. The way consumers engage with and through games is constantly changing. Not only does this result in more overall engagement, but it also leads to entirely new segments of game enthusiasts. There are now more than 2.5 billion gamers across the world. Combined, they will spend $152.1 billion on games in 2019, representing an increase of +9.6% year on year.
Console will be the fastest-growing segment this year, growing +13.4% year on year to $47.9 billion in 2019. This is the second year running that growth in console games will outpace mobile gaming growth. Last year’s regulatory changes in China, as well as the absence of new global blockbusters, signaled slowed growth for mobile games. What’s more, rising anticipation toward the next generation of consoles will slow down the market during the second half of the year.
Mobile gaming (smartphone and tablet), meanwhile, remains the largest segment in 2019, growing +10.2% year on year to $68.5 billion—45% of the global games market. Of this, $54.9 billion will come from smartphone games. PC gaming will be both the smallest and slowest-growing segment, increasing +4.0% year on year to $35.7 billion. Despite the segment being smaller in size, PC’s status as the bedrock of innovation in the games market remains evident to this day. Nearly all of the most popular game genres, including battle royale and MOBA, can trace their roots back to PC gaming’s modding community.
Important note: We review our games market estimates every quarter and update them if necessary. You can always find the latest numbers here.
The U.S. Is Now the World’s #1 Games Market
In 2019, the U.S. will overtake China as the world’s largest gaming market by revenues. Overall, the U.S. games market will generate $36.9 billion this year, predominantly driven by its +13.9% growth in console game revenues. At $18.5 billion, console represents more than 50% of the total games market in the U.S.. Meanwhile, China’s nine-month licensing freeze on new games, as well as measures to reduce screen time among children, are still felt throughout 2019. Publishers, however, are now able to monetize their new games once more, but the consequences of the freeze and new approval process will still impact growth in the Chinese market this year. Japan, South Korea, and Germany round off the top five countries by game revenues in 2019. We have updated our Top 10 Countries by Game Revenues Ranking with these results.
Global Games Market Continues Its Trajectory of Healthy Growth
In the report, we also present our forecasts for the global games market toward 2022. Consumer spend on games will grow to $196.0 billion by 2022, a CAGR of +9.0% between 2018 and 2022.
Mobile gaming will generate revenues of $95.4 billion in 2022 and account for almost half of the entire games market. This will be driven predominantly by smartphones, with revenues of $79.7 billion by 2022. Although mobile is indeed still the world’s fastest-growing games market segment, growth is slowing in mature markets such as North America, Western Europe, and Japan. Emerging markets, including Southeast Asia, India, and Middle East & North Africa, will contribute most to the segment’s growth. However, a range of other factors are also contributors, including more cross-platform titles, more smartphone users, and improvements to both mobile hardware and mobile Internet infrastructure, including the rollout of 5G networks.
Revenues generated by the console segment will reach $61.1 billion in 2022, increasing with a CAGR of +9.7%. These revenues will dip slightly from the second half of 2019 to 2021, as the imminent release of the next-generation Xbox and PlayStation consoles will see consumers spending most of their gaming budget on hardware. However, the upcoming new Switch model(s), as well as the massive installed base of the previous (now current) console generation will contribute to healthy growth in the segment.
The overall PC gaming market will grow with a CAGR of +3.5% to total $39.5 billion by 2022. The ongoing consumer shift from browser PC games to downloaded/boxed PC games will reduce the browser segment’s revenues by almost half from 2018 to 2022. Downloaded/boxed PC games, though, will grow with a CAGR of +5.4%, generating $37.3 billion by 2022.
Growth in mobile game revenues will continue to outpace growth on PC in the coming years, resulting in a shrinking PC market share toward 2022. Mobile will also outpace console’s revenue growth; yet, console’s market share will remain relatively static.
Despite China’s Licensing Freeze, APAC Remains the Biggest Region by Game Revenues
This year, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region will produce game revenues of $72.2 billion, accounting for 47% of the global total. This represents year-on-year growth of +7.6%. China’s licensing freeze also impacted South Korean and Japanese publishers, with many increasingly depending on Chinese players for revenue growth. China remains the most important market in the region for the coming years, and will reclaim its spot as the #1 gaming market by revenue in 2020. The fastest-growing markets are emerging markets such as South East Asia and India, where Western and Eastern publishers are vying for players’ time and money.
Once more, North America will be the second-largest region (by game revenues), taking more than a quarter of 2019’s total games market with $39.6 billion. This represents a +11.7% increase from last year, the fastest year-on-year growth rate of any region, almost entirely due to consecutive successful years for console gaming. Game revenue growth in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region will be slightly lower than North America’s. With a year-on-year growth of +11.5%, EMEA will generate revenues of $34.7 billion this year, representing 23% of the total global games market. Meanwhile, Latin America will make up 4% of the games market, growing +11.1% year on year to $5.6 billion.
Download the free version of the report here.
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And it’s so much more than just a report. This 12-month service includes four quarterly update reports and dashboard access. The quarterly reports detail any changes to our games market estimates along with the latest market developments. Through the dashboard, you can access all of our market data globally, per region, and per country – allowing you to easily slice and dice the data and export your own custom charts. Want to know more? Contact us at [email protected].


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Mr Siilasmaa, a software entrepreneur, who took the helm at Nokia’s annual meeting in Helsinki on Thursday, said the company’s fall from grace had been hard to deal with “as Finns”, but that it was already on course for a turnaround.
“It’s no secret that Nokia is going through a very difficult period. It’s difficult for us as shareholders, it’s difficult for employees and as Finns, but I’m certain we have the right team, the right strategy and increasingly the right products to emerge as a successful company,” he said. “I don’t think any new change is required as we are going through a transformation period already.”
Nokia, which used to dominate the mobile market with its robust handsets, has lost ground to smartphones such as Apple’s iPhone.
Stephen Elop, who became the first foreign chief executive in 2010, has gambled on a partnership with Microsoft and a range of Nokia smartphones based on its Windows operating system to turn the company around, but so far they have had little traction.
However, the company said this week that it would soon fight back at rivals with its own range of tablets and “hybrid” mobile devices.
On Nokia’s Finnish roots, Mr Siilasmaa said: “I’m a strong advocate of corporate culture, which in every successful company is a combination of the local national culture and the business culture. For Nokia to be successful, our corporate culture will remain Finnish to its core, with an emphasis on integrity, determination and hard work.”
However, his words are unlikely to pacify investors who have seen 90pc of the value of Nokia shares wiped out over the past five years. Nokia lost €1.34bn (£1.1bn) in the first three months of the year alone, and last week ceded its coveted position as the world’s biggest mobile manufacturer to Samsung.
Outgoing chairman Jorma Ollila said the company he worked at for nearly 30 years had been too slow to launch its smartphones. In an admission that Nokia was in trouble, he said: “Every board chairman would like to be able to leave his successors a flourishing company. I would have hoped to do that.”
Meanwhile, year-on-year sales of tablet devices including Apple’s iPad jumped 120pc in the first quarter, as customers shunned desktop and laptop computers, according to US figures.


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- Supply chain collaboration is key to optimizing economic and environmental benefits.
- CHEP and leading consumer goods companies unite in their mission to achieve a circular economy.
It was a beautiful, sunny February day in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love. No better place to bring together leading consumer goods companies and academic leaders to discuss the power of collaboration. Sponsored by CHEP, in partnership with The Wharton School’s Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL), the event highlighted the importance of supply chain collaboration for sustainability savings and the creation of a circular economy.
“The story told here today is proof that working together can be extremely impactful,” said Kim Rumph, President, CHEP North America. “And if we look across the supply chain in a holistic way, we will discover that collaborating and sharing ideas is making the world a better place.”
At the event, Connecting the Dots: Sustainability Through a Circular Economy, CHEP teamed up with IGEL, a major packaging manufacturer, a multinational food, snack and beverage corporation, a grocery retailer and a leading consumer research company to discuss how supply chain collaboration and innovation are helping to create a circular economy that will move us more towards zero waste and zero emissions.
Event moderator, Gary Survis, Senior Fellow at IGEL and Professor of Corporate Sustainability at Wharton, told attendees, “There is no way to execute on the circular economy as a silo – as a single operator. This event is a demonstration of the power of partnership.”
A recent study by McKinsey & Company, summarized by Mr. Survis, indicates that the consumer goods supply chain is fertile ground for both efficiency and sustainability savings. It shows that up to 90% of sustainability savings can be achieved in the consumer goods supply chain.
As an end-to-end supply chain solutions provider, CHEP is uniquely positioned to help its customers optimize sustainability throughout their value chains. CHEP’s business model is based on shared and reusable assets, as the company moves consumer goods throughout the world on more than 300 million reusable pallets, containers and crates that are used over-and-over again by its manufacturer and retailer customers.
Through CHEP Supply Chain Solutions, the company helps its customers save money, increase efficiency and become more sustainable. In the past 12 months alone, CHEP has helped customers keep 1.4 million trees on the planet and eliminated 2.3 million tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere (equivalent to taking more than 485,000 passenger vehicles off US roads). CHEP has also removed 1.3 million tonnes of waste from landfills, eliminated 3 million empty truck miles and avoided more than 3,000 tonnes of food from being damaged during transport.
“With $2.1 trillion in consumer goods activity each year, we have the responsibility as business leaders and as parents to leave the world in the best shape possible for our children,” concluded Ms. Rumph.
View a recording of the event here on CHEP’s YouTube channel.
Read a summary of the event here on The Wharton IGEL Blog.


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Dungeon Defenders, the RPG/Tower Defence hybrid developed by Trendy Entertainment will shortly recieve the first part of the new Quest for the Lost Eternia Shards DLC. The new content will see the Dungeon Defenders leave their dungeon and go exploring the wide world of Etheria.
The DLC pack will contain a new campaign map, a new PvP map, a new challenge map, new story cinematics, a new pet, a new boss and several new weapons. The DLC will be avaliable on Steam, XBox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Owners of the console versions will have to wait until the next content patch in January to use the new weapons and unlock the new pet.
PC RPGamers can also buy a complete collection of the four Quest for the Lost Eternia Shards DLC packs on Steam, which will unlock their content as they are released, and gives early access to Nightmare Mode, a much harder difficulty setting. Part One of the Quest for the Lost Eternia Shards will be released on December 21, 2011.


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The alleged operator of Silk Road 2.0, a website used to sell illegal drugs, computer-hacking tools and fraudulent identification documents, has been arrested and will face charges in a U.S. court.
Authorities have extradited the founder of Liberty Reserve, a virtual currency allegedly used by cybercriminals for money laundering, from Spain to the U.S.
An official with Liberty Reserve, a popular digital currency service that was based in Costa Rica, has pleaded guilty to money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
A U.S. district court judge has given preliminary approval for Apple to pay a US$450 million settlement for its role in an e-books price-fixing conspiracy.
Apple has reached a settlement in a long-standing case that accused the company of fixing the price on e-books, with the company paying up to US$400 million, depending on the outcome of its appeal in the case, a law firm has announced.
- BitDefender shows off 'Box', a home security device for the Internet of Things
- Use Uber? Snapchat? Google Maps? Now Twitter knows
- PoS malware also targeting ticket vending machines and electronic kiosks
- EU wants Google to apply 'right to be forgotten' delistings to global .com domain
- Hacking Team surveillance malware masquerades as legitimate bookmark manager


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Few brands can cause a "several people are typing" moment in the Bazaar.com team Slack like Skims. Whenever the Kim Kardashian-helmed shapewear and intimates label enters a new category, or signs another A-list ambassador, our chat lights up with skeptics wanting to know if there's really more to Skims than break-the-Internet branding.
Associate editor Bianca Betancourt speaks for every Bazaar editor who has tried Skims when she says, "Sigh, it's good." One Skims order is a gateway purchase to more, according to digital fashion director Kerry Pieri. "I have a fair amount, and I love it all," she tells the team.
But what is really worth buying from the brand? Now that certain Bazaar editors have convinced the rest of the staff to give Skims a chance, we're sharing the best pieces with everyone. Read on for our 8 favorite items, from cropped tanks and cozy pants to seamless thongs and bras.