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Why the world is turning towards the beauty industry as a way to escape the ills of modern life
Posted On July 20, 2021
India has seen a massive rise in fake beauty products, as well as the rise of online beauty services like Instagram.
According to an official report by the Indian Institute of Technology, around 1.9 million beauty products were sold in the country in 2017.
The report says that online platforms like Instagram are being used by women and teens to sell fake beauty items and cosmetics.
The report notes that Instagram has been using its platform to post and promote “celebratory clipart” and “celebation clipart videos”, which are uploaded by women to Instagram in an attempt to get attention for themselves.
The clipart is uploaded by the women with the aim of getting their selfie up and being shared by their followers.
The Indian Institute for Technology (IIT) report states that the clipsart was not created with the purpose of selling products or services, but was instead a way for women to create their own beauty looks.
The clipart can also be used to promote beauty products.
The IIT report also states that there are more than 40,000 people working in the Indian beauty industry, which means that at least a third of the women who work in this industry are paid less than Rs.1,000 a month.
This means that it is very difficult for them to support themselves, especially in a country where there are many people struggling to support their families.
The women who are working in this sector have to look for jobs outside the industry, and the money they make is very minimal, the report says.
The government of India recently announced a scheme to incentivise online beauty sellers to post the clipsArtificial teeth are a common sight in India, with women buying them for beauty products like face masks, body creams and lotions.
The fake teeth can be made of metal or plastic, with a metal tooth being the most popular option.
The metal tooth is often sold as a tooth brush, or used to extract the saliva from the teeth.
A lot of people who have tried the toothbrush option have not been happy with the results.
A lot of women find that it makes their teeth more brittle, and they find that they have to use a toothbrush again for every toothbrush they use, the IIT said.
The price of a tooth brushing brush is also significantly higher than the $50 that you would pay for a regular toothbrush.
In some cases, you can get a tooth-brush for as little as Rs.50.
The cost of a dental appliance is also much higher, as you would need to purchase an appliance from the local appliance store.
The cheapest option is to purchase a toothbrushing machine.
It is used to scrape and polish the teeth of women who do not have natural teeth.
It costs around Rs.20.
However, there are cheaper options available online.
Some of these include mouth mists, toothbrush brushes, and toothbrushes.
The products on offer on the internet have different price tags.
The cheapest option on the market is a $50 toothbrush, while the cheapest toothbrush on the other hand can cost up to $100.
A few of the cheaper brands also sell mouth cleansers and toothpaste, while some of the expensive ones offer more expensive toothpaste.
The problem with this is that women are not always willing to spend money on products that they cannot afford.
If you have an expensive toothbrush and you want to go shopping for some cheaper toothpaste or toothpaste that is cheaper, then you are stuck with the price of the tooth brush you have.
If the cheaper toothbrush is used and the cheaper one is not available, you end up paying a lot more.
This is why online beauty platforms like Instagram are popular for the younger generation in India.
The Indian beauty online platform has a wide array of products, and it is often difficult to find something that you want.
For instance, it is difficult to decide between buying a beauty mask or a face mask.
It would be difficult to choose between a moisturizer and a face cream.
A beauty brush is just a regular old brush, which is just too hard to find.
In the online beauty marketplace, you have to spend a lot of time to find products.
This is why there are so many products that have been created that can be used by both men and women, it said.
There is also a difference in the way men and female customers interact with the online platform.
In India, most women will interact with their friends or family on the platform, whereas men will interact mostly with their family members.
According to a survey by the National Sample Survey Organization, it was found that in the US, men tend to buy online and women buy offline.
However in India too, the gender gap is not as pronounced.
In 2016, only 15% of women bought online compared to 49% of men


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IDC also reports that the total market for smartphones, tablets, and PCs climbed 29 percent last year.
Samsung's sales surge largely came from its boost in smartphones, IDC noted, and it also shipped more portable PCs than Apple last year. But Apple still led the market in terms of tablet shipments and came in eighth in portable PC shipments. It was fifth overall for desktop PC shipments.
Lenovo, meanwhile, was the No. 3 connected device vendor with 6.5 percent share. Its strong point remains portable PCs, but it's also growing in smartphones. IDC noted Lenovo's phone shipments grew to 23.7 million in 2012 from 3.7 million in 2011.Hewlett-Packard and Dell rounded out the top five, though both saw their shipments fall because of their absences in smartphones and tablets.
Unsurprisingly, smartphones and tablets made up the bulk of the 367.7 million smart connected device sales in 2012, IDC said. Desktop and portable PC shipments both declined about 4 percent, but tablet shipments soared 78 percent from 2011 and smartphones grew 46 percent. More than half (60 percent) of all shipped smart connected devices were smartphones, IDC said.

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The Cash Store, which also operates as Instaloans, has been ordered to repay more than $1 million to B.C. customers who were charged exorbitant interest rates on payday loans.
Under law, payday lenders cannot charge any higher than 23 per cent interest per month.
But, between November 2009 and March 2012, Cash Store Financial Group, which operates as the Cash Store and Instaloans in B.C., was doing just that, by charging customers extra to load the loans onto debit cards, before cashing them.
A CBC News investigation at the time found one customer paying approximately 35 per cent a month.
Consumer Protection B.C. took the Cash Store to court to force the company to pay back the money.
Now, Manjit Bains of Consumer Protection BC, says Cash Store has lost.
"Consumers have waited long enough, and it's time for Cash Store to refund their money," said Bains.
Before the legal battle, the Cash Store was ordered to place $1 million into a trust account. It's that money that will be used to repay the customers, who in total took out 68,000 loans over the course of 27 months.
If the Cash Store is unable to find all of the overcharged customers, Consumer Protection B.C. will take over the search.
The Cash Store has 30 days to appeal the ruling.
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Batavia, NY- Fashion students at Genesee Community College are excited to hear from a Project Runway winner. Anya Ayoung-Chee, winner of season nine of the Lifetime Television Network program, will speak on Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. in Room T119 of the Conable Technology Building on the Batavia campus. This monthly seminar is put on for DECA and Fashion students. GCC’s DECA (Distributive Education Club of America) is part of a national organization for students interested in pursuing a career in business, marketing or fashion retailing. The public is welcome.
Ayoung-Chee was born in New York City but at age two her Trinidadian parents moved the family back to Trinidad. She developed a passion for art and design while a student at St. Joseph Convent School in Port of Spain, Trinidad. She studied at St. Martins School of Art and Design in London and has a degree from Parsons School of Design in New York City. She spent several years working as a designer in New York before returning to Trinidad in 2007 after her 18-year old brother, Pilar, died in a car accident.
In 2008, she was chosen Miss Trinidad and Tobago and represented her country in the Miss Universe competition. On the Project Runway website Ayoung-Chee says the first item of clothing she ever made was “A slouchy gray jumpsuit I wore to Miss Universe.” Her ability to consult on her Miss Universe wardrobe sparked an interest in fashion design. In May 2009, she launched a women’s clothing label, PILAR. On a whim, she applied for Project Runway after seeing a tweet about the application deadline. She won season nine in October 2011. She has hosted her own fashion program on Caribbean television called Make It Yours.
“Anya is an inspiration to our students because she has a lot of determination and drive, which is essential to succeed in the world of fashion,” Fashion professor Rick Dudkowski said.
Fashion students are helping to publicize Ayoung-Chee’s visit. “This is like a dream come true,” said design major Candace Cooper, a GCC sophomore who has her own clothing line, Can’de Couture. “I’m very excited to hear about her Project Runway experience and to learn from her about developing your own designs.” Cooper plans to continue her studies in New York City next year and has high expectations for her future.
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It is clear that the path is far from straightforward for Samsung as it gears towards the global recall of its flagship Note 7 smartphone. In order to put aside money for the venture, which could cost it as much as $1 billion, Samsung has sold shares it used to own in four companies.
The companies include the 0.7-percent stake in Japanese electronics manufacturer Sharp Corporation, 0.7-percent of data storage company Seagate Technology PLC, 4.5-percent stake of semiconductor company Rambus Inc. and half of its stake in ASML, the semiconductor-equipment maker.
The total proceeds from the sale are valued at 1 trillion won, or $888.85 million.
The move is also another step towards its core competency areas from Samsung. We recently saw Samsung sell its $1.05 billion printer division to HP. However, the recall in all likelihood triggered the deal in the end, and will also help Samsung narrow its focus in the long-run.
The issue has already left the shareholders vary of the Korean giant, which lost almost $26 billion of its market value as shareholders continued to dump its shares.
Samsung still has a long way to go till it recalls all of the 2.5 million or so units it has already manufactured and shipped. Already, the project is mired by delays and concerns that the recall isn’t official, as Note 7s are found to be selling still in various outlets.


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Watch Dogs 3 E3 Announcement Hinted By Social Media Account
Though Ubisoft haven’t been too forthcoming about their potential next Watch Dogs game, details about Watch Dogs 3 nonetheless continue to spill onto the internet. Rumored aspects such as the game’s setting and gameplay details have been unearth so far, but what hasn’t seemed as clear is when players might have their first look at the upcoming hacking-focused title. However, by the looks of a new Twitter account, a full announcement may be primed for E3 2019.
An officially verified profile for “Watch Dogs UK” recently went live on the social media site, it dedicated to “the latest news, trailers & info” regarding the Watch Dogs series. The account currently has no posted tweets, but it’s recent emergence may suggest Ubisoft has some Watch Dogs-centric news lined up for the immediate future. With E3 2019 proceedings coming up in a few weeks, it may be telling of an announcement planned to take place at the event.
What may work against the idea of a Watch Dogs 3 reveal is the account’s profile images, which depict content from the 2016 release of Watch Dogs 2. However, these could be easily changed once the rumored threequel is revealed, it’s current layout being a placeholder for the time being. Whenever the announcement happens, reports have suggested the series is headed to London, England for the new installment, with support supposedly planned for well into the next console generation.
What do you think? Do you feel Watch Dogs 3 could appear at E3 2019, or are you taking a wait-and-see approach for the third outing? Let us know in the comments below and be sure to follow Don’t Feed the Gamers on Twitter and Facebook to be informed of the latest gaming and entertainment news 24 hours a day! For more headlines recently featured on DFTG, check out these next few news stories:
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Apple set to kill off the iPad Mini: Sources reveal the firm will NOT update the diminutive device
- Source revealed Apple will stop releasing new updates for the iPad Mini
- Noted that sales have declined and users prefer larger phones over smaller iPads
- Not clear if Apple will still continue to sell the devices after it pulls the updates
Apple’s iPad Mini was not an overnight success, as it received lukewarm reviews in 2012, but in a few months after the release, it was deemed ‘the best tablet ever’.
However, news has surfaced that the tech giant is set to discontinue the lovable 7.9-inch iPad ‘sometime in the future’.
Sources close to Apple have revealed that the firm will not push out any new updates for the iPad Mini in a bid to phase out the devices that have experienced a decline in sales.
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News has surfaced that the tech giant is set to discontinue the lovable 7.9-inch iPad ‘sometime in the future’. Sources close to Apple have revealed that the firm will not push out any new updates for the iPad Min
APPLE'S IPAD MINI SPECIFICATIONS
Screen size: 7.9-inches
Resolution: 2048 x 1536
Camera: 5MP rear-facing,
HD rear-facing Basic storage: 16GB
Price: From $399
Apple revealed the smaller iPad in 2012, while boasting users ‘can hold it in one hand’.
‘iPad mini is as thin as a pencil and as light as a pad of paper, yet packs a fast A5 chip, FaceTime HD and 5 megapixel iSight cameras and ultrafast wireless -all while delivering up to 10 hours of battery life,' said Apple's Phil Schiller at the special event in California.
But the latest report has suggested that the device has lost its steam.
BGR spoke with sources close to Apple that said the iPad mini has been ‘sized out of its own category’ – as many users opt for the larger handsets instead of a small iPad.
However, it was not made clear to whether Apple would continue to sell the devices after it cuts the updates for good.
The iPad Mini seems to have run its course and the source noted that the sales speak for why Apple would kill it from its product.
But the tech giant could also be making room for its next line of iPads – a 10.5in iPad Pro.
Earlier this week it was speculated that the firm was set to release the large device at the World Developers Conference in June.
Sources close to Apple said the iPad mini has been ‘sized out of its own category’ – as many users opt for the larger handsets instead of a small iPad. It was not made clear to whether Apple would continue to sell the devices after it cuts the updates for good
The device is expected to resemble the 9.7-in model, but will boast a larger screen on the same chassis size with narrower bezels, and comes amid falling global tablet sales.
KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo shared the predictions with 9to5Mac, in which he said there is more than 70 percent chance the new 10.5-inch iPad Pro will also make an appearance.
Kuo described the iPad as 'an all-new design', as it will have the same chassis size as the 9.7-inch model, but will boast a larger screen.
It is believed that the device will mirror the design of Apple's upcoming iPhone 8.
And Kuo speculates that Apple will ship about six million 10.5-inch iPad Pros this year.
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the past year there has been significant growth in both the usage rates of
in-flight broadband and number of planes deployed. With new providers now
entering the market, growth is sure to continue in the coming year.
what has been a US-centric market began to see an expansion of borders with
deployments in Europe growing over the past year and new activity in the Middle
East. In-flight Wi-Fi revenues will surpass the $1.5 billion mark in 2015,
according to In-Stat.
rates have increased significantly, moving from an average of 4 percent in 2010
up to 7 percent in 2011.
in international markets in-flight broadband is just entering the competitive
differentiator stage, In-Stat believes it will rapidly transition to a
competitive requirement in these markets as it did in the US.
smartphones and tablets are now the predominant devices, in terms of percent of
broadband providers are beginning to introduce new revenue opportunities,
including additional passenger services (video and voice) and operational
airlines initially viewed in-flight broadband as a competitive differentiator,
it is now simply viewed in the US market as a competitive requirement,” said
Amy Cravens, senior analyst at In-Stat.
future of in-flight Wi-Fi will be less about convincing airlines of the merit
and more about leveraging the network to provide a broader breadth of services.
As in the hotspot market, Wi-Fi access is likely to become a commodity in the
in-flight market, with the revenue opportunity resting on the services and
features, not the connection,” Cravens added.


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An analysis of meat sold at supermarkets in Spain found multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in 40% of samples, Spanish researchers reported at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID).
Out of 100 randomly sampled retail meat products (25 each of turkey, chicken, beef, and pork) sold at supermarkets in Ovieda, a team led by researchers from the University of Santiago de Compostela-Lugo conducted molecular analysis of 82 E coli from 40 meat samples and 12 K pneumoniae isolates from 10 meat samples. Among the E coli isolates, 46 (56%) were extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producers, while 10 of the 12 K pneumoniae samples were ESBL producers. The recovery of ESBL-producing E coli was higher in turkey (68%) and chicken (56%) than in beef (16%) and pork (12%) products.
Fifty-six (68.3%) E coli isolates were determined to be MDR by antibiotic susceptibility testing. The highest prevalence of resistance was against ampicillin, aztreonam, nalidixic acid, ceftazidime, and cefuroxime.
Advice to consumers includes not breaking the cold chain from the supermarket to home, cooking meat thoroughly, storing it properly in the refrigerator, and disinfecting.
The analysis also revealed that 27% of the meat products contained potentially pathogenic extraintestinal E coli (including strains that are responsible for human infections), 6% contained uropathogenic E coli, and 1% contained E coli harboring the MCR-1 gene, which confers resistance to the last-resort antibiotic colistin.
Need for 'farm to fork' protections
The study authors say the findings highlight the need for "farm-to-fork" interventions to protect consumers, including increased surveillance for high-risk bacteria in farm animals and meat and development of vaccines to reduce the presence of specific MDR pathogens in food-producing animals.
"Advice to consumers includes not breaking the cold chain from the supermarket to home, cooking meat thoroughly, storing it properly in the refrigerator, and disinfecting knives, chopping boards and other cooking utensils used to prepare raw meat appropriately to avoid cross-contamination," study co-author Azucena Mora Gutierrez, PhD, said in an ECCMID press release.


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In particular, they are checking for the potential for mass problems in the EU for the purported Joy-Con Drift.
The issue of Joy-Con Drift has plagued the Japanese gaming company for the past few years.
It costs them millions of dollars in repairs and returns. Even then, the issue still comes back again and again with their hardware.
Now, the EU is stepping up to put Nintendo into further accountability.
The European Consumer Organization (BEUC) has now forwarded its complaint to the European Commission. They are calling for a Europe-wide investigation into the Drift issue.
BEUC revealed that they received almost 25,000 complaints from Switch owners across Europe.
For those unfamiliar with the issue, this happens when the device registers movements from the joysticks even without input.
Much of the complaint focuses on how joysticks are failing. They also tackle how early obsolescence comes into play for their consumers.
“According to consumer testimonies, in 88% of cases, the game controllers broke within the first two years of use,” said the statement.
“On behalf of consumer groups in affected countries, BEUC has submitted a complaint to the European Commission and national consumer protection authorities for premature obsolescence and misleading omissions of key consumer information (on the basis of the EU’s Unfair Commercial Practices Directive).”
Within the day, the European Commission further confirmed that there would be “coordinated action” and potential further investigations into the Joy-Con Drift.
If this happens, the Nintendo Switch will be under heavy scrutiny from the EU.
“The European Commission will carefully consider all the elements brought forward by BEUC together with the national consumer authorities in the coming weeks to assess the need for further investigation into the matter and a possible coordinated action as foreseen under the Consumer protection cooperation (CPC) regulation,” said an EC spokesperson to IGN.
The EU has always been pro-consumer in many of its legislation. It is among the most stringent markets when it comes to the right to repair. However, this is not Nintendo’s first hurrah.
Even before this issue with the Nintendo Switch came out, the Japanese company received fines almost 20 years ago.
In 2002, the EC levied a €149 million fine against Nintendo for price-fixing. They pushed that down to €119 million after an appeal.
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Pokémon Creatures developer is hiring staff to work on “next generation hardware”.
A job posting circulating on social media for the developer states that the developer is looking for a 3DCG character modeler.
In the “research and development for other next generation hardware” list it is listed as part of the role’s workflow, potentially suggesting that the company is in the planning stage for a project to appear on a future platform.
Since its launch in 2017, there have been 5 main Pokémon titles on the Nintendo Switch, the most for any console.
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, which will be released later this month, will mark the third major Pokémon title on Nintendo Switch in a year, following Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
Jump on a Paldean trip | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Purple
Interestingly, the work list also references Pokémon Ranger, PokePark, and Detective Pikachu. While a Detective Pikachu sequel has been in development for years, the latest Pokémon Ranger title was released in 2010 for the Nintendo DS. The latest PokePark app was released in 2012 for the Nintendo Wii.
However, this is unlikely to be an indication of a return to these series. These games are the most recent titles in the Pokémon series to feature Creatures as head of development, while in the main series titles they are primarily involved in Pokémon modeling.
Creatures Inc has been involved in the Pokémon franchise since its inception, but only recently partnered with Game Freak once the game series entered 3D space with 2013’s X and Y.
Both Game Freak and Creatures Inc are co-owners of the Pokémon franchise along with Nintendo.
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will be released in November and will allow up to four players to explore an open world together freely.
It was also announced that Ed Sheeran’s new Pokémon-inspired song will be featured in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
In September, Nintendo announced plans to launch a Pokémon Scarlet and Violet themed special edition OLED Switch console.


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The idea was, and still is, captivating: in 2011, the Indian government and two Indian-born tech entrepreneurs unveiled a $50 tablet computer, to be built in India with Google’s free Android software. The government would buy the computers by the millions and give them to its schoolchildren.
But as Pamposh Raina, Ian Austen and Heather Timmons report, it has become increasingly evident that the brothers behind the tablet project are unable to deliver on most of their ambitious promises.
Enthusiasts saw the plan as a way to bring modern touch-screen computing to some of the world’s poorest people while seeding a technology manufacturing industry in India. Legions of customers placed advance orders for a commercial version of the tablet, thrilled at the prospect of owning tangible proof that India was a leader in “frugal innovation.”
Stoking expectations was Suneet Singh Tuli, the charismatic C.E.O. of the small London-based company that won the bid. “I am creating a product at a lower price than anyone else in the world with the hope that it impacts people’s lives and I make money out of it,” he said in a recent interview.
But the Tulis acknowledge that their company, DataWind, will not even come close to shipping the 100,000 tablets it has promised to India’s colleges and universities before its year-end deadline. Most of the 10,000 or so tablets delivered through early December were made in China, despite the company’s early pledge to manufacture in India. Financial statements filed with British regulators show that the company is deeply in the red.
And the project’s entire premise — that India can make a cheap tablet computer that will somehow make up for failures of the country’s crippled education system — is fundamentally flawed, according to some experts in education and manufacturing.


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The California Consumer Privacy Act will effectively be the US national data privacy standard for consumer business and brands when it takes effect on January 1, 2020. (Although enforcement by the California attorney general has been delayed until June 2020, individual and class-action law suits may begin immediately.)
As of this writing, that’s precisely 12 weeks, or no more than 55 working days, allowing for the holidays. Given how many companies were radically unprepared for the GDPR given two years for preparation, this implies that lots of companies need to do lots of work lots of fast.
There are three interrelated and inescapable reasons why CCPA-compliant data practices will quickly become the standard across the US, even for companies that don’t do business in California. Here, Tim Walters, Ph.D. explains more.


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Square Enix has confirmed that the Kingdom Hearts 3’s Re:Mind DLC will be available this winter. This DLC was originally revealed at the Kingdom Hearts orchestral event in Japan back in April, while last night on the LA leg of the tour a new trailer arrived confirming the release period. The trailer doesn’t give too much away though does feature quite a bit of gameplay shots with the majority of them being captured in the midst of battle.
The Re:Mind DLC will feature the scenario of the same name with two new bosses making their marks across a limited episode and a secret episode. The Japanese audience will also get an English VA option. The free content will include a new keyblade for all and a new form. We’re likely to get more details closer to the time of the release.


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Nanoparticles derived from tea leaves could be the key to a leap forward in treating lung cancer, scientists have "accidentally" discovered.Nanoparticles produced from tea leaves inhibit the growth of lung cancer cells, destroying up to 80% of them, new research by a joint Swansea University and Indian team has shown.
The growing interest in and demand for wellness services is a favourable global trend for the development of this industry in Sri Lanka. Many countries and cities are defining themselves as wellness tourism destinations but few could match Sri Lanka’s rich cultural and wellness lifestyle-based heritage.
Sri Lanka possesses the capabilities required to build quality boats that are on par with those made by the world leaders in boat building. Since France, Italy, Belgium, Scandinavia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and the UK are competing boat building nations, Sri Lanka needs to aggressively market and canvass for opportunities to grow its position in the world market. Mr Gamini Herath, Managing Director of Boat Building Technology Improvement Institute (BTI) believes the industry shows great promise.
For centuries, the gem and jewellery industry of Sri Lanka has been playing a central role in the country’s cultural, social and economic development. Growing from strength to strength, the industry presents tremendous opportunities of investment and value addition. There are two principal ways by which the gem and jewellery industry contributes to the Sri Lankan economy.
Even if we’re a little more than halfway through 2018, we can’t help facing the fact that there’re some significant trends and forces shaping, influencing and disrupting the printing industry. So it’ll be in the best interests of Sri Lankan printing, pre-press and packaging services providers to learn what’s really going on in order to tailor their businesses to fit the shifts in the landscape.
Come 2022, earn US $5 billion in annual revenue; create a total of 200,000 direct jobs; help launch 1000 ICT/ BPM startups. By any standard, to borrow Jim Collins’s phrase, it’s a Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) in a national context, but, in the opinion of industry veterans, it’s quite within our reach. Sri Lanka Association of Software and Service Companies (SLASSCOM) that came up with this bold vision in 2016 too believes strongly in the country’s ability to realize it.
With the acquisition of combined offset / digital printing equipment, many Sri Lankan printers are fully geared to break fresh grounds and go global in this new era of globalization.
As a top office bearer of the Sri Lanka Association of Printers (SLAP) has disclosed to The Sunday Times recently, the industry is striving to establish Sri Lanka as a global printing hub that would open fresh business opportunities and rake in much needed earnings in foreign currency.
Organized by Boat Building Technology Improvement Institute (BTI) and Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB), in association with Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade, Ministry of Industry & Commerce, Ministry of Ports and Shipping, South Asia’s most focused and largest international Boat Show and Boating Festival Sri Lanka 2018 will be held from 26th to 28th October 2018.
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board is organizing exposure visit cum one on one business meetings in Malaysia and Singapore with the assistance of High Commissions of Sri Lanka in Malaysia and Singapore from 16th -21st July 2018 with the participation of 6 electronics and electrical sector companies in Sri Lanka. Business networking meetings in Malaysia and Singapore will be organized with the assistance of High Commissions of Sri Lanka in Malaysia and Singapore.
In the past decade, the global demand for coconut had grown by 500%. During the same time, coconut got its biggest marketing boost yet. With a series of celebrity endorsements, it has been re-launched as a “superfood” to the global market.
Organic agriculture is an environment friendly, culturally sensitive, socially just, and economically viable and a sustainable & efficient production system. The Organic food market is supported by consumers globally and is in ever-growing demand since last few decades. By today, it’s worth billions of dollars.
Natural Rubber is an elastic substance obtained from the latex sap of trees, especially those trees which belong to the genera Hevea and Ficus. Technically speaking, natural rubber is an elastomer or an elastic hydrocarbon polymer. Natural rubber is one of the types of rubber that also include vulcanized rubber which is finished into a variety of rubber products.
While Sri Lanka is surrounded by the Indian Oceans abundant with scenic views, a high biodiversity of ocean mammals, sailing for pleasure was never a pastime of the Sri Lankans and Sri Lanka was never considered a worthy stop for yachts due to lack of a fully-fledged marine in the country.
The EDB in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Consulate General in Guangzhou is organizing a Sri Lanka Pavilion at 14th China- ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) to be held from 12th to 15th September 2017 in Nanning, Guangxi. We’re keen to have Sri Lankan exporters participate in CAEXPO
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) is organizing a half day seminar on “Digital Doors to Trade” to create an awareness on Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Consumer (B2C) digital trade platforms for Sri Lankan exporters on consumer items. The Seminar will be held on Tuesday, 29th August 2017, 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. at the EDB Auditorium.
Called drumsticks in the popular parlance, Moringa is nothing foreign to Sri Lankans from all walks of life. With its pods used as a vegetable that make some delicious curries and its leaves used both as a ‘mallum’ and an essential ingredient in cooking crab and prawn curries and its bark used in many a concoction of indigenous medicine, Moringa is one of the most useful variety of trees grown in the relatively dryer regions of Sri Lanka.
The Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade and the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) will conduct the second consultation for Sri Lanka’s National Export Strategy (NES) from today. Over 300 public and private sector representatives are expected to attend in order to chart the next export growth cycle of the country.
Japan IT Week, the largest IT trade show in Japan, is a single location solution offering latest IT technologies and solutions. Organized by Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd and to be held from May 10 to 12, 2017 at Tokyo Big Sight, an International Exhibition Center in Tokyo, Japan, the Japan IT Week will see the gathering of a great number of IT professionals of various disciplines.
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) on the direction of the Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade held the second programme of creating awareness for the Central Province entrepreneurs on the developing 2000 new exporters by 2020 on 28th April 2017 at the Central Provincial Council Auditorium of Pallekele, Kandy.
Seafood Expo Global 2017, the world’s largest seafood trade event will take place at Brussels Expo in Brussels, Belgium from April 25 – 27, 2017 with the participation of over 1700 exhibiting companies from over 80 countries and more than 26,000 buyers, suppliers


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The “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” star spilled out of her tight leather top on Saturday as she revealed that she “got all dressed last night with nowhere to go.” Kylie had some futuristic, squared sunglasses on the really sold us on the “Matrix” vibe. I wonder if she would take the red pill or the blue pill.
“i hope everyone is staying busy & safe ???,” Jenner wrote in the caption of her post.
Call us crazy but she resembled Carrie Ann Moss‘s character, Trinity, right? Although, Jenner’s leather top was a lot more low cut and she opted for pigtails as opposed to Trinity’s short black ‘do. We totally think she could kick Agent Smith‘s backside!
Regardless if you dig the “Matrix” comparison, she looked stunning and her family seemed to agree.
Momager Kris Jenner was impressed as well and wrote, “You are a little cutie ?.”
no words just Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity in The Matrix pic.twitter.com/naEEXtuVS8
— +JMJ+ (@lohanthony) April 27, 2020
Her futuristic, leather-look was just the latest pic in a series of risque photosets. Well, she bought that $36.5 million mansion, she might as well get some good use out of it. Earlier this week she nearly broke the internet with some side-piece worthy snaps that featured her in a long-sleeve, white bodysuit. It wasn’t see-though material but you could see everything she wanted you to see… which was a lot.
“in love with a fantasy ☁?????,” Kylie wrote.
She doesn’t know how right she is!
As we previously mentioned, Jenner has been getting good use out of her new home and that includes making tons of TikTok videos. Her sister, Kendall Jenner recently revealed that Kylie is constantly pushing to get a sister collaboration TikTok going. While Kylie is a pro, Kenny doesn’t really know the ins and outs.
“I’ve been on a few of my friends’ TikToks and stuff and Kylie calls me every day and says, ‘Let’s make a TikTok!'”
Kylie has been using her BFF Stassie to help her out in the meantime.
Kylie’s main motivation for her videos seems to be impersonating her sisters. She recreates iconic scenes from “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” and earlier this week, she recreated a ridiculous argument between Khloe and Kourtney about wifi… or lack of wifi. Kylie took on Khloe while Stassie channeled the eldest Kardashian sister.
“Kourtney, what the f— is up with your wifi? You have this big a– house and you can’t afford a wifi box out here?” Kylie said as Khloe.
“It’s not about affording, it’s about radiation!” Stassie declared as Kourt.


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Subaru has issued a teaser shot of its eagerly anticipated new Impreza WRX STi which makes its debut at the Tokyo Motor Show on October 24.
While the image itself is mysteriously darkly lit for a sense of drama, enough is revealed to show the car to be substantially different from the standard model.
Technical details are still under wraps on the turbocharged range-topper with huge wheel arches, but it is expected to be more powerful than the current 206kW at 5600rpm.
Prices are expected to be close to the $60,000 mark when it arrives in Australia early next year.
Spy reports after the sightings of a heavily disguised STi on the Nurburgring test track in Germany; suggest that the STi will have much wider fenders both front and rear to accommodate bigger, wider performance tyres.
The front air dam is also wider and more upright and includes a scoop.
At the rear, the prototype shows off its quad exhaust pipes.
The prototype is also equipped with Recaro seats.
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The tribulations that are putting top Indian executives to the test...
Falling margins, increased competition - Indian outsourcing is having a bumpy ride. The real question is whether its leaders can steer it into calmer waters, says Saritha Rai.
Indian outsourcers have recently come face to face with multiple tribulations. Apart from the near commoditisation of the business, the outsourcing market is going through rapid changes. Topping it all, competition for Indian outsourcers is becoming more complex as hybrid companies and multinational consultancies aggressively go after business.
Indian outsourcing's value proposition under threat
Some years ago, outsourcing leaders enjoyed a golden period. As employee count rose, so did their revenues. But these days, skills are growing scarcer, attrition is high and salaries are soaring. The very premise of the Indian outsourcing's value proposition is under threat.
As companies emerge from recession, it has become apparent that client-pushed business is drying up. This change has already had an impact with profitability dipping from between 30 per cent and 35 per cent a few years ago to between 15 per cent and 20 per cent now. For the first time, leadership and strategic thinking are being put to the test.
The next generation of outsourcing leaders need an incredible amount of energy and innovation to build the products and services that customers need, according to Pramod Bhasin of Genpact. Bhasin, until recently the chief executive of Genpact, India's largest business-process outsourcing firm that rolled out of General Electric, is now its non-executive vice chairman.
Top leaders need to anticipate and address the constant changes in the market - and the increased complexities that result, Bhasin said.
Strategy to cope with outsourcing changes
An ability to foresee change well before it arrives is a leadership imperative, said Sudin Apte of consultancy Offshore Insights, an outsourcing advisory firm. That skill also includes...


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Chinese smartphone manufacturer Elephone has launched its G7 handset in India priced at Rs. 8,888. Released in Black, White, and Gold colour variants, the smartphone is exclusively available via Snapdeal.
The Elephone G7 is a dual-SIM (Micro-SIM) dual standby smartphone that runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat out-of-the-box. The smartphone sports a 5.5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) resolution IPS display with OGS (One Glass Solution) and a pixel density of 267ppi. A 1.4GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592M processor, clubbed with 1GB of RAM and Mali-450MP GPU, powers the handset.
The G7 bears a 13-megapixel rear autofocus camera with f/2.0 aperture and dual-LED flash alongside an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. The camera comes with Panorama and geo-tagging features. The Elephone G7 bears 8GB of inbuilt storage which can be further expanded via a microSD card (up to 64GB). Out of 8GB of inbuilt storage, users would only get 4GB to store their media files and other folders.
Connectivity features of Elephone G7 include 3G, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, FM radio, USB, and GPS/ A-GPS. The handset is 5.5mm thick, weighs 156 grams, and is backed by a 2050mAh removable battery that is said to deliver up to 11 hours of talk time and up to 100 hours of standby time.
(Also See: Elephone G7 vs. Lenovo K3 Note)
The smartphone might go head-to-head with Lenovo K3 Note, which was launched last month at Rs. 9,999. The smartphone comes with slightly better set of specifications including 4G connectivity, full-HD display and a bigger inbuilt storage. The smartphone however, comes with a lower resolution front-facing camera and is much thicker than the Elephone G7.


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TOKYO — Core consumer prices in Tokyo rose 2.7 percent in April from a year earlier, the fastest gain since 1992, as an increase in Japan’s sales tax drove prices up across the board, data showed Friday.
The increase in the core Consumer Price Index, which excludes volatile fresh food prices but includes oil products, was slightly less than economists’ median forecast of a 2.8 percent rise and followed a 1.0 percent gain in March. Tokyo prices are considered a leading indicator of nationwide inflation.
Consumer price information for the Tokyo area is released one month ahead of nationwide data. The Bank of Japan estimates that the sales tax increase — to 8 percent from 5 percent, effective April 1 — will add 1.7 percentage points to Japan’s consumer inflation in April.
Nationwide core consumer prices in March rose 1.3 percent from a year earlier, a 5½-year high, data from the internal affairs ministry showed, a sign that the economy was steadily emerging from 15 years of mild deflation.
That fell slightly short of a median market forecast for a 1.4 percent gain and followed a 1.3 percent increase in February, which was the fastest rise since October 2008.


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Five years ago, the Bay Area fast-food scene wasn’t an accommodating place for vegan diners, especially since most menus were based around burgers, meaty sandwiches and beef-filled burritos. Fast-forward to 2020, and vegan diets are dictating the market.
On a global scale, mega-chains like Burger King are leaning into plant-based meat, but on a smaller level the Bay Area is witnessing a rapid rise in indie vegan fast-food spots.
These businesses take all forms, from nimble pop-ups serving hot dogs made from wheat and mushrooms, to buzzy takeout windows offering plant-based nachos that taste like smoked brisket.
So far in 2020, at least three high-profile vegan and vegan-friendly fast-food operations — Souley Vegan, Vegan Mob and Amy’s Drive Thru, which is vegetarian but allows for all of its menu items to be ordered as vegan — have either opened or plan to open multiple outposts in the Bay Area, at a time when most restaurants are struggling to remain in business. There’s also the vegan Malibu’s Burgers, a Black-owned former food truck venture, which has a new restaurant slated for Oakland later this year.
And, after years when the majority of vegan restaurants were pricey and catered to a white, affluent demographic, there’s also a growing cadre of Black and brown vegan fast-food business owners in the Bay Area whose food is resonating with a more diverse group of diners.
The future of vegan food in the Bay Area is set to be ambitious in its flavors, faster and more mass market.
“Everyone isn’t going to become vegan just overnight,” said Rachel Berliner, co-owner of Amy’s Drive Thru, “but people are definitely becoming more open to the idea of eating less meat.”
Rachel and her husband, Andy Berliner, also own Amy’s Kitchen in Petaluma, a pioneer in the organic and vegetarian frozen foods market. But they weren’t sure their culinary ethos would translate to the fast-food crowd. Then Amy’s Drive Thru opened with milkshakes made from almond and coconut milk and gluten-free pizzas with vegan cheese. The burgers were made from plant-based patties and vegan cheese could be added for an additional charge. It all proved popular and the crowds kept showing up.
“I didn’t really have great hopes for success, honestly,” Andy Berliner said. “I just wanted us to break even with it. It turned out from the day it opened, it was popular.”
Now the Berliners have locations at San Francisco International Airport and in Corte Madera, which opened in August, and plan to open locations across the country.
Rivaling the growth of Amy’s Drive Thru is Souley Vegan, a 14-year-old restaurant in Oakland. It opened an outpost in Los Angeles earlier this month and plans to open new fast-food spots in Oakland, San Francisco and Las Vegas before the end of the year. All will serve owner Tamearra Dyson’s dishes like her chicken nachos made with vegan cheese and seitan, or hydrated gluten.
Dyson said she had plans to expand even before the pandemic but could rarely carve out time to sit and weigh her options because of how busy her restaurant was in Oakland. When she was forced to limit service to takeout and delivery during the early days of the pandemic, Dyson said she used it as a chance to look at commercial kitchen opportunities.
Then there’s Cali Dawg, a vegan hot dog business launched a year ago in Watsonville that built a cult following through frequent East Bay pop-ups. The business is known for its hot dog made from wheat and mushrooms with a texture reminiscent of traditional hot dogs and sausages often topped with pickled onion sprouts or avocado mayo.
A year into the project, owner Maria Gonzalez is looking to open a brick-and-mortar in San Francisco. She said her growth, which includes selling hundreds of prepackaged hot dogs per week at her Bay Area pop-ups, is a small part of a burgeoning local scene.
“With so many places opening, as a customer you don’t have to minimize your food options,” Gonzalez said, compared to just a few years ago.
The pandemic has also played a part in the increased popularity of vegan fast food, several restaurant owners said. Their theory is that locals veered into more unhealthy dining habits during the early days of shelter-in-place and now are looking to adjust their diets in a healthier direction.
But that brings up an issue with vegan food: Though it has the veneer of health, fast-food places do not, and the cadre of new vegan burgers and pizzas are not always going to win awards for nutrition. While following a vegan diet has health benefits, like reducing the risk of heart disease, there remain pitfalls depending on how the diet is followed, according to a 2017 study by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Over the last two years, some health experts and food industry executives have slammed vegan meat alternatives used in vegan fast food for being heavily processed and sometimes containing worrying levels of sodium. Along with the sodium concerns are complications with how large fast-food chains prepare their meatless options.
Burger King’s Impossible Whopper — made with a patty from Redwood City’s Impossible Foods — is criticized for not being a vegan menu item since it gets served with mayonnaise, which is not vegan (a customer sued the restaurant in 2019 over this preparation detail). Burger King cooks its plant-based patties on the same grills as the regular beef Whopper burgers.
Still, health isn’t the only consideration. The environmental impact of mass market meat in fast-food restaurants is another reason for the popularity of vegan alternatives. Being featured on the Burger King menu is part of Impossible Foods’ plan to address beef consumption’s effect on the climate. According to a 2019 report by Quantis, an environmental sustainability consulting group, the plant-based burgers use 87% less water and 96% less land than beef, which is better for combating climate change.
What makes the Bay Area unique in the vegan fast-food category is how indie operations are carrying the trend — often using homespun recipes to make meat-free, black bean and quinoa burger patties, or wheat gluten and soy protein for crispy fried chicken.
Earlier this year, Toriano Gordon of Vegan Mob said he noticed demand for his food outside of East Oakland. His restaurant, which specializes in vegan soul food like gumbo and po’boys, usually handles 300 to 400 orders per weekday, with more on the weekend. By expanding, he’s hoping to accommodate closer to 1,500 per day.
“Customers see this as the good, healthy option where they can have fast food, but it isn’t something where an animal had to be killed, or they have to put something bad into their body,” he said.
Other local vegan businesses in the Bay Area are thriving, including Lion Dance Cafe, which recently opened in downtown Oakland with a menu blending Chinese and Singaporean flavors; the Creole vegan pop-up Vegan Hood Chefs in San Francisco; the soul food-inspired Slides and Sides in Oakland; and the Veg Hub restaurant and nonprofit, also in Oakland.
Gordon has a theory about why the Bay Area’s homegrown vegan businesses are gaining popularity. Even cursory Google searches of vegan celebrities, cookbooks and Instagram accounts mostly show white faces — but businesses like his own are changing this narrative: “Vegan food feels cool in a way that it hasn’t before because diverse people are doing it,” he said.
Pete Speranza, operating partner at Unovis Asset Management, a venture capital investment firm in the alternative-protein sector, said the “major transformation” of vegan fast food has to do, in part, with its new branding. As people began using the term “plant-based” for vegan options, he said, it stoked interest in a new demographic of health-conscious eaters, younger people and those who prioritize the humane treatment of animals.
“Stores now know people understand (vegan food) more, or a different generation of folks are getting into it,” he said. “Now, they’re designating things as plant-based in different aisles and categories so people can find it easier.”
Five years after opening their first Amy’s Drive Thru, the Berliners still joke about a story that helps explain the changing attitudes toward plant-based fast food, based on the experience of a friend of their daughter’s who visited the restaurant.
“He said the burger was good, but the next time he wanted to try a vegetarian or vegan one,” Andy Berliner said with a laugh. “She had to tell him he already had one.”
Justin Phillips is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: firstname.lastname@example.org Twitter: @JustMrPhillips


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SYRI Researchers Recommend Dietary Changes To Tackle Obesity In The Czech Republic
Almost 70% of men and 50% of women over the age of 18 are overweight in the Czech Republic. Photo credit: Freepik.
Brno, Apr 20 (BD) – Data from the recently released World Obesity Atlas suggests that almost 70% of men and 50% of women over the age of 18 are currently overweight in the Czech Republic, while 22% of men and 18% of women are obese. According to Maika Ohno, a Japanese scientist from the SYRI National Institute, the main reason behind the problem is the Czech diet, which consists of few vegetables and a lot of sugar.
The Czech Republic is currently among the 10 most obese countries in the European Union, defining obesity as a body-mass index (BMI) equal to or higher than 30. Obesity is considered a risk factor for many diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and fatty liver.
“This will definitely have an impact on the national health care system,” said Ohno, who, within SYRI, is researching how the recent pandemic has affected diet and food choices in relation to geo-social characteristics.
The biggest concern is childhood obesity, which has long-term consequences and is accompanied by physical and psychological problems. “Similar to adult obesity, obese children are at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, liver disease and more,” said Ohno. “Obesity also affects self-esteem and emotional well-being.”
The increasing trend in obesity is forecast to continue in the coming years. According to the latest World Obesity Atlas 2023, the predicted prevalence of obesity among adults in the Czech Republic will be 35% in 2035, which is classified as high. It is estimated that approximately 40% of men and over 30% of women will be obese. Obesity in boys will increase to a full quarter of the population; for girls it is expected to be less than 15%.
“The differences in obesity between the sexes are particularly large in the Czech Republic compared to other EU countries. The prevalence of obesity in men is generally higher than in women, but in the Czech Republic this difference is much bigger,” said Ohno.
Obesity is a multifactorial disease, meaning it is caused by the interaction between environment, lifestyle and genetic factors. Obesity is generally caused by an imbalance between total calorie intake and usage. Too much calorie intake coupled with insufficient movement to burn calories results in becoming overweight, which leads to obesity.
One of the main factors affecting our weight is diet. “Eating large amounts of food containing high fat and sugar and drinking large amounts of sugary drinks and alcohol contribute to the development of obesity. The prevalence of obesity is higher in people with lower educational attainment and in lower socio-economic groups,” said Ohno.
“The obesity epidemic is therefore a complex problem and obesity should be seen as a disease,” continued Ohno, drawing a comparison with her home country of Japan, where the incidence of obesity is low, at around 5.5%.
“As for food consumption, the consumption of fish and vegetables in Japan is much higher than in the Czech Republic,” says Ohno. “Conversely, meat consumption in the Czech Republic is 1.6 times higher than in Japan. Alcohol consumption is also high in the Czech Republic.”
Ohno advises reducing foods high in sugar and fat and eating more vegetables, legumes and fruits. The World Health Organisation’s recommendation for daily sugar intake is just 25g, or two tablespoons. “A can of regular cola (330 ml) contains 35g of sugar, so it is very easy to consume more than 25g of sugar per day. In Japan, we are taught from childhood that we should eat 30 different foods a day,” Ohno concluded. “How many foods do you eat per day? Beer doesn’t count!”


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Philips warns of spiralling losses
THERE were grim tidings for the European technology and electrical goods sector today as industry giant Philips Electronics warned of spiralling losses in its latest quarter and a decline in consumer confidence since the 11 September terrorist attacks.
Chief executive Gerard Kleisterlee, who took over from Cor Boonstra six months ago, warned that the group's first full-year operating loss for nine years was likely to be larger than expected after its television, computer display and semiconductor arms lost money. The group last posted a net loss in 1996 but remained profitable at the operating level.
The afflicted operations account for more than half of Philips' total sales and the group, which was also hit by the declining demand for mobile phone handsets, warned that a fall in consumer confidence had 'accelerated' since 11 September.
Philips, which has cut 12,000 jobs from its 220,000 global workforce so far this year, warned that it may take further cost-cutting measures. About 1,400 jobs are being lost at its semiconductor equipment affiliate ASML. Philips directly employs 3,800 people in Britain, and several thousand more in five factories as part of a joint venture with LG.
Third-quarter net losses of e799m (£500m) were worse than expected and Philips' chief financial officer Jan Hommen now expects an operating loss of e600m for the full year, and more than e1 billion in exceptional charges. Third-quarter exceptionals were e346m.
The Dutch-listed shares opened 3% down at e22.50 but rallied to e 24.20 as investors warmed to hints that its beleaguered computer chip operation may have reached its nadir.
The group reported an 18% decline in sales to e2.59bn at its consumer electronics division. Sales of stereos, monitors, set-top boxes, videos and mobile phones fell as prices declined by 14% and shipments dipped by 2%. The division slipped to an operating loss of e45m from a profit of e98m a year earlier.
The group said its semiconductor plants were running at just 36% of capacity, and semiconductor sales fell by a fifth on the previous three months to e898m, resulting in a e291m operating loss against a profit of e373m a year earlier.
Price falls for chips also accelerated to 14% in the quarter from 9% in the previous three months.
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Blinkit is a quick commerce marketplace delivering groceries and other essentials to customers within minutes. Blinkit was rebranded from Grofers after a pivot to quick commerce last year.
Jack Ma-led Alibaba and Ant Financials have exited Paytm E-commerce Pvt Ltd, the parent entity of Paytm Mall.
The order comes months after the National Restaurant Association of India asked the CCI to investigate the companies for breaching platform neutrality by providing priority to exclusive contractors.
Many on social media urged a rethink, saying food can wait as even ambulances in India take longer to reach patients.
Cab aggregators like Uber and Ola will have to collect 5 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) for booking 2 and 3 wheeler vehicles effective January 1.
Restaurant aggregator and food delivery company Zomato on Tuesday apologised to a person, who alleged that he was denied refund by its customer care agent for not knowing Hindi.
Gupta, who was promoted to the position of founder in March 2019, had been instrumental in helping build Zomato's premium membership subscription and driving up sales in a competitive market.
A second wave of COVID-19 infections in the country significantly impacted its dining-out business and reversed most of the gains the industry made in the previous quarter.
The stock made its debut at Rs 115, reflecting a huge gain of 51.31 per cent against the issue price on the BSE. It then hit a high of Rs 138, a jump of 81.57 per cent.
The IPO, which will give Zomato a valuation of Rs 64,365 crore, is being touted as the second-biggest since SBI Cards and Payment Services' Rs 10,341 crore issue in March 2020.


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Amid shifting consumer preferences, rapid advances in technology and ongoing disruption to business models, the new strategic imperative for E&M companies is to turn customers into fans – by innovating to create the most compelling, engaging, and intuitive user experiences.
The most rapid growth rates in E&M revenues over the coming five years will be in less-developed markets and economies, where entertainment and media spending on a per capita basis is generally quite low. This is according to PwC’s Global entertainment and media outlook 2017 -2021. The report provides PwC's most recent and up-to-date forecast of consumer and advertising spend data as well as related commentary for 17 entertainment and media segments, across 54 countries including Nigeria. It is a powerful online tool that provides deep knowledge and actionable insights about the trends that are shaping the E&M industry.
According to the latest report, Nigeria with a 12.1% CAGR (albeit strongly influenced by surging spending on mobile Internet access), will be the world’s fastest-growing E&M market over the coming five years while the slowest-growing will be Japan, growing at a 1.7% CAGR. While consumers in mature markets such as North America and Europe, and wealthier Asia-Pacific markets, spend a lot — more than US$500 per capita annually — on entertainment and media, growth rates are relatively slow in these areas. In contrast, less developed economies feature much lower per capita spending and faster growth albeit from a very low base – less than US$50 a year in many cases.
The report noted that dramatic shifts are underway in how entertainment and media companies compete and generate value, as the quality of the experience they deliver to consumers becomes their primary basis for strategic differentiation and revenue growth. To thrive in a marketplace that is increasingly competitive, crowded, and slower-growth, therefore, companies are developing strategies and building capabilities to engage and monetize their most loyal and passionate users — their fans. This means they must combine compelling content with breadth and depth of distribution, and then connect it all to a great user experience, where content is discoverable easily on an array of screens and at an attractive price.
Femi Osinubi, Technology, Information, Communications and Entertainment (TICE) Industry Leader at PwC Nigeria, comments:
“A raft of changes in technology, user behaviour and business models have opened up a gap between how consumers want to experience and pay for E&M offerings, and how companies produce and distribute them. The right user experience bridges this gap. To deliver it, companies must pursue two related strategies. First, build businesses and brands anchored by active, high-value communities of fans, united by shared passions, values, and interests. And second, capitalize on emerging technologies to delight users in new ways and provide superior user experiences.”
Rapid advances in technology drive direct-to-consumer strategies
As companies compete to create the most desired user experiences, advances in technology are at the heart of their strategies. Combined with a great user experience, companies can harness technology and data to create a virtuous circle – one in which increasing consumer engagement and attention lead to the capture of more data and more insights into what users want. This understanding enables companies to further target and engage their core audiences, opening up new opportunities to generate revenue. Increasingly the models used to achieve this monetization are founded on direct-to-consumer (D2C) strategies, which are enabled by technology and characterized by greater choice and user control: over the next five years, Internet video will grow at an 11.6% CAGR, and music streaming at a 20.7% CAGR.
E&M growth will lag GDP as advertising comes under pressure
The focus on realizing new revenues by turning consumers into fans is being intensified by a slowdown in overall entertainment and media industry growth and pressures on advertising models. Over the next five years, we project that the entertainment and media industry globally will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2%, lagging behind the growth of global GDP. Within this overall increase, global advertising revenue will also grow at a CAGR of 4.2% – down from 5.1% in last year’s Global entertainment and media outlook. This slowdown reflects pressures on ad-supported business models, driven by consumers’ preference for ad-free experiences and advertisers’ dissatisfaction with the current measurement capabilities available with digital media. While advertisers are still willing to spend, growth in ad spend is now overwhelmingly driven by Internet advertising.
Mobile advertising is growing apace – but still needs better measurement practices
The growth of Internet advertising is being powered by mobile advertising, which grew by 58.7% in the past year, and will continue to expand at an 18.5% CAGR through 2021. But despite this growth, wired Internet advertising still accounted for 61.6% of total Internet advertising in 2016. Also, the robust growth of Internet advertising actually masks an embedded form of inertia. Without accepted measurement practices that can provide transparency on the efficacy and efficiency of the major platforms, premium brands are reluctant to take on the perceived risks inherent in concentrating more of their advertising in digital mediums, resulting in larger agencies and their clients holding back their ad dollars.
Osere Alakhume, Partner and TICE Industry leader for PwC West Africa adds:
“The steady march of digital technology has ushered in a more direct-to-consumer environment characterized by greater choice and user control. Amid an ever greater supply of media, businesses that are fan-centric will find themselves with audiences that are more engaged, more loyal, and spend more per capita. To thrive in the experience-driven marketplace characterized by this year’s Outlook, companies need to attract and harness the economic, social, and emotional power of fans. ”
Major digital tipping-points are occurring or in prospect across all segments…
Internet advertising now generates more revenue than TV advertising globally. In 2016 an important tipping point was reached in the global advertising industry, with revenue from Internet advertising exceeding that generated by TV advertising for the first time. That lead, thanks to the rapid growth of mobile ad revenues in particular, is set to increase significantly in the next five years. However, at a global level we forecast TV ad revenues will also continue to rise, albeit at a more modest rate. Both platforms are important to consumers, so brands seeking to engage future audiences effectively will need to keep developing and growing their ability to plan, deliver and measure co-ordinated campaigns across multiple platforms.
Internet video revenues will overtake physical home video in 2017. The Internet video segment has expanded rapidly in recent years, and will overtake the physical home video market for the first time in 2017. Internet video revenues are projected to grow at a CAGR of 11.6% to reach US$36.7bn in 2021, while the terminally declining market for DVDs and Blu rays will have fallen to US$13.9bn. Demand has shifted towards the more immediate and convenient video-on-demand (VOD) market, with content accessible via a wide range of connected devices allowing consumers to view when and where they desire. While there remains a strong market for ownership of content through transactional VOD (TVOD) services, growth will be mainly focused on subscription VOD (SVOD) platforms, with subscribers attracted to full seasons of original content and back-catalogues they can binge view.
Global newspaper circulation revenue overtook global advertising revenue in 2016. While newspaper circulation revenue has been on a downward trajectory since 2015, publishers have had the useful lever of cover price rises to partly offset the rapid fall in units. However, the year-on-year falls in newspaper advertising revenue have been more pronounced, with advertisers deserting print editions in large numbers, and publishers increasingly being squeezed out of the digital ad space by Google and Facebook. The upshot is a historic shift in the dominant revenue streams, as newspaper circulation eclipses advertising. By 2021, global total newspaper circulation revenue will account for 54.0% of total newspaper revenue.
In 2016, total digital recorded music revenue overtook physical – and streamed music overtook downloads. The digital recorded music segment was worth US$10.7bn in 2016, surpassing that for physical recorded music, at US$8.5bn, for the first time. Music streaming services grew apace during 2016, pushing global digital revenues up by US$1.8bn year-on-year, or 20.3%, as the physical segment declined 9.6%. While digital recorded music accounted for 55.7% of overall recorded music revenues in 2016, that proportion is set to rise to 80.3% in 2021. Digital music streaming revenue also overtook its download counterpart in 2016, with streaming revenues rising 65.3% to US$6.6bn, and downloading revenue slumping 18.4% to US$3.5bn. Downloaded music is expected to fall from 32.5% of digital revenue in 2016 to just 6.4% in 2021.
Virtual reality video revenue will exceed interactive application/gaming revenue in 2019. The consumer virtual reality (VR) content market will grow at a CAGR of 77.0% over the forecast period to be worth US$15.1bn by 2021. Of this, US$8.0bn will be spending on VR video (rising at a CAGR of 91.2%), surpassing interactive experiences and games in 2019. Spending on VR apps – software that is neither video or game, such as communications apps or utilities – remains modest, and will total just US$163mn by 2021. Spending in this category will also be in decline from 2018 onwards, as purchased utilities that make up for platform or OS shortcomings become integrated into the core platform, in the same way as smartphone apps have increasingly been integrated into new versions of iOS or Android.
Smartphone traffic will exceed fixed broadband data traffic in 2020. Although mobile usage is a key driver of growth in overall data traffic, fixed broadband will continue to account for the majority of data traffic in the 19 markets for which we have developed detailed forecasts. Many consumers still prefer to access data-heavy content – notably high-quality video – via fixed broadband rather than their mobile device. But the shift towards the smartphone will continue, especially in developing markets such as India and Indonesia, so that by 2020, overall smartphone data traffic across our 19 markets will exceed fixed broadband data traffic for the first time.
Global physical OOH revenue will slip into decline in 2019. Global growth in physical out-of-home (OOH) revenue has been trending downwards for some time as an ever-growing share of advertising spending is diverted to digital out-of-home (DOOH). This trend will reach a tipping point in 2019, when physical OOH revenue slips into decline, falling by -0.2%. By 2021, the rate of year-on-year decline will have accelerated to -0.8%. While physical OOH revenue will continue to grow in many markets – especially emerging ones – globally, it will be in terminal decline by the end of the forecast period, as DOOH takes over.
…and in geographies worldwide
China's total number of cinema screens now exceeds those of the US. China had 41,056 cinema screens in 2016 compared to 40,928 in the US. This marks a significant shift, underlining the growing popularity of cinema among Chinese audiences of different ages and demographics – and especially among middle-class cinemagoers with disposable incomes. Although some of the cinemas being erected at such speed in shopping malls across China are not necessarily all premium quality, their existence will serve to hook yet more consumers on the cinema-going habit, and contribute to the longer-term replacement of the US as the number one market for box office revenue.
Data consumption in Russia will overtake Japan in 2020, but the US and China will account between them for nearly half of all data traffic. Our analysis of data traffic in 19 countries shows that the US and China will continue to dominate traffic globally. They are not just the two largest markets individually, but together will account for nearly half of all the data traffic forecast across the 19 markets. Moreover, both will see high levels of growth in the next five years. However, the fastest levels of market growth will come from less developed markets, notably Russia and Brazil. Indeed, Russia is set to overtake Japan in 2020 to become the third-largest market for data traffic among the 19 countries, albeit some distance behind China in second place.
By 2020, Asia Pacific will be the most digitised OOH region. Currently, North America gets a higher proportion of its OOH revenue from digital out-of-home (DOOH) than any other region – 37.9% in 2016. But there are signs that DOOH is approaching saturation point in North America; the region has lower-than-average public transport usage, and the digitisation of the billboard market is being limited by regulation. In Asia Pacific, by contrast, public transport usage is already high in markets such as Japan and South Korea, and soaring in others, as China and India invest in extending metro networks, and Indonesia, Vietnam and others open rapid transit systems. This increased room for growth in DOOH will allow Asia Pacific to overtake North America as the most digitised region in 2020; by 2021, DOOH will be approaching half of all OOH revenue in the region, with a share of 47.7%.
Femi Osinubi concludes:
“Alongside the tipping points being reached in specific segments and geographies, the whole entertainment and media industry may have arrived at its own global tipping point. In many of the largest markets, and hence in the industry as a whole, entertainment and media businesses are approaching or have reached a form of saturation. This effectively puts us on an industry plateau – one where some traditional, mature segments are in decline, the Internet and digital E&M content are growing but at a slowing rate, and the next wave of content and entertainment is in areas such as e-sports and virtual reality that are just beginning to ramp up. Thriving in a world of slower growth, intense competition for attention, and continual disruption will be challenging. But the opportunities inherent in this world are immense. And the data, analysis and perspectives in our Global entertainment and media outlook provide compelling insights into how companies are adapting, investing, experimenting, and innovating to succeed in this new world.”
Senior Manager/Head Marketing & Communication, PwC Nigeria
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The Nakuru County Government is keen on the transformation of the coffee industry by unlocking its full economic potential for the benefit of the residents and creating jobs for the numerous unemployed youths.
Cooperatives Chief Officer Mr Kibet Kurgat said this can be achieved through partnering with stakeholders in the sector who will help the County in identifying the areas of focus to help the sector grow.
Mr Kurgat was speaking today during a meeting with members of the Bahati Specialty Coffee Growers Cooperative Society (BSCGCS) who paid him a courtesy call led by George Talaam, MCA Subukia ward. The society highlighted measures to effectively utilize the sector, among them the need to fully equip the processing factories in three sub-counties of Rongai, Subukia, and Bahati.
Mr Samwel Nene the chairman of BSCGCS urged the county to assist them in capacity building, marketing, and training of the farmers to embrace new farming practices to mitigate the drastic climate changes that harm coffee production.
Nene commended the county administration for their commitment to reviving the once robust coffee industry in the county that paid school fees for the farmers’ children and ensured that families attained financial dignity. He added that the membership of BSCGCS consists of farmers with various sizes of coffee farms ranging from quarter to five acres.
Kurgat assured the farmers that despite the dwindling production of the coffee crop in the county occasioned by mismanagement and unexploited potential in the sub-sector, demand for Kenya’s coffee on the global market remained high.
Statistics from the devolved unit’s Department of Agriculture confirm that over 2,686 acres in the county are under the crop with small-scale farmers owning 666 acres and the rest being in the hands of large estates.
The Chief Officer stated that the county has a huge untapped potential to grow Arabica Coffee, which is said to be highly popular in the domestic and international markets. Additionally, the subsector has the potential to expand and create job opportunities since Arabica coffee has the perspective of selling at Sh.1000 (6.52 dollars) per kilogram due to its high quality and popular aroma.
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WILMINGTON, DE – DuPont announces that it has joined the Together for Sustainability (TfS) initiative. DuPont is among the first U.S.-based members and is targeting completion of the TfS on-boarding process by the end of 2016.
Founded in 2011, TfS is a procurement-led initiative that develops and implements a global program to assess, audit and improve supplier sustainability practices within its member companies. Sustainability information obtained via third-party supplier assessments and audits are made available to other TfS members. This simplifies and streamlines the process to extend sustainability principles into the supply chain for manufacturers and creates an easier process for suppliers, who no longer have to complete individual, duplicative forms.
“Every day at DuPont, our goal is to drive sustainable growth by creating value for our customers, their consumers and society, while demonstrating corporate social responsibility, including that of our supply chain,” said Shelley Stewart, Jr., vice president of DuPont Sourcing & Logistics and chief procurement officer. “Including our suppliers in our overall assessment of our sustainability practices is a logical extension of our commitment to our core values. Joining Together for Sustainability is a significant step toward reaching this goal.”


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Skyhook Wireless has played a major role in developing beacon-based, Wi-Fi location positioning, known as hybrid positioning. The technology often works in conjunction with traditional GPS to make it faster and more precise.
The company was initially used, and name-dropped, by Apple during the early days of the iPhone.
The famously picky Steve Jobs even referred to Skyhook’s technology as being “really cool.’’ But later, once Apple and Google developed their own location-based beacon systems, Skyhook was dropped by major mobile phone developers.
Since 2010, Skyhook has been involved in two patent lawsuits with Google. The most recent complaint between the two companies is supposed to go to court this year. (A source from Skyhook said that the acquisition has no effect on the Google litigation.)
The company was founded in 2003 by Ted Morgan and Mike Shean who literally drove around most of North America, and later Europe, to map Wi-Fi hotspots. Most recently, Jeff Glass was brought in to be the company’s chief executive. Previously, Glass had been with mQube and Bain Capital Ventures.
Currently, Skyhook is a global Wi-Fi, cellular, and GPS location software provider that handles “billions of transactions per month,’’ the press release for the deal stated. Skyhook is best known for its “Precision Location’’ and “Context Accelerator’’ software development kits (SDK’s), which “leverage the network to enable businesses to gain unprecedented levels of geospatial insight, optimize mobile and device experiences, provide the right content when it’s needed, and certify that location is precise and reliable.’’
Mike Schneider, Skyhook’s vice president of marketing, said this morning that the acquisition offers an opportunity for the company to accelerate many of the innovative products it is developing. He added that “it will be business as usual’’ for Skyhook.
On what impact working with TruePosition could have on Skyhook, Schneider said that the two companies have different wireless location services, and that they will “leverage the overlap’’ which creates an opportunity to accelerate Skyhook’s innovation.
Additionally, Schneider said that the acquisition has no effect on Skyhook’s current leadership or employees.
Pennsylvania-based TruePosition has it own geo-location solutions that leverage a variety of cellular location techniques, primarily for public safety and security purposes.
In the press release for the announcement, said, “TruePosition has long been recognized as the industry leader in safety and security related mobile phone geo-location due to its success in the E9–1–1 space.’’
“We are joining forces with the global location leader and are excited to leverage our combined technologies and Liberty Media’s support,’’ said Skyhook’s chief executive Jeff Glass in a statement.
TruePosition’s chief executive Steve Stuut said, “Skyhook’s technology provides TruePosition with another important tool in our technology and patent portfolio that perfectly complements our existing offerings.’’


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