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Today, TiVo reported that they lost thousands of subscribers, bringing their total customer base down to 3.6 million, compared to the 4.2 million customers they had just last year. However, amidst the dwindling subscriber base, the company did manage to achieve a 4% revenue gain, and an 88% increase in hardware sales, making their report a mixed bag.
TiVo remains certain that they can continue to stay profitable with changing business model, shifting the focus off hardware, and onto both licensing their own software, and getting other partners, such as YouTube and Entertainment Weekly into the fray. It has seemed as if TiVo was on its last legs for quite some time now, and the move to licensing the TiVo operating system was the one thing many spectators championed when they were dropped from Direct TV.
I can personally attribute the decline in customers to a few key issues. Naturally, the pressure from increased competition with cable providers has impeded the company’s ability to retain their customers, and the advent of affordable, multi-room DVRs already integrated with customers’ cable service hasn’t exactly helped their efforts. But, above all, I believe loyal customers are annoyed with the creeping introduction of ads, the buggy and non-existent timely software updates, and the lack of software support (especially for OS X) has left many with a bad taste in their mouth.
Lots of people are leaving TiVo. We’ll find out roughly how many when the company reports second-quarter results this afternoon. By a couple estimates, TiVo lost anywhere from 100,000 to 142,000 subscribers last quarter alone, which leaves the company with a subscriber base of around 3. million.


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Inflation is the rate at which the prices of goods and services bought by households rise and fall.
In the UK, there are three indices which measure inflation: the Retail Prices Index (RPI), Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and the new CPIH.
What is CPIH?
CPIH is the new headline measure of inflation produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
It replaced the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) as the preferred measure on 21 March 2017.
It’s the first time there has been a change to the headline rate of UK inflation since CPI replaced the Retail Prices Index (RPI) in 2003.
What does CPIH include?
CPIH is pretty much the same as CPI in terms of the method of calculation, the population coverage and the basket of goods and services, but includes Owner Occupiers’ Housing (OOH) and Council Tax costs.
So, the ‘H’ in CPIH effectively stands for ‘Housing’.
Why has CPIH been introduced?
Housing makes up a significant part of most people’s monthly costs, but the CPI measure of inflation doesn’t take these into account.
This omission dates back to 1990s when CPI was invented by the EU. At the time statisticians could not agree on the best way to measure housing costs so the compromise was to leave them out entirely.
CPIH has been designed to help fill this gap and make inflation reporting more accurate.
Why is CPIH important?
The headline rate of inflation shows how the price of goods and services households spend money on rise and fall from month to month.
It’s also an important indicator of how the UK economy is performing and a key measure used by the Government and businesses to make decisions about things like interest rates, tax allowances, wages, state benefits, pensions, bills and many other payments.
So, the move to CPIH from CPI could start to have a significant impact on standards of living in the UK.
Historically, CPIH has been either the same or lower than CPI. The latest ONS figures show CPIH and CPI both stood at 2.3% in February 2017.
Should inflation be consistently lowered by adopting CPIH, this will erode the standards of living of many people over time.
Problems with CPIH
The new CPIH measure is controversial because of the way the Owner Occupiers’ Housing costs (OOH) are calculated.
The ONS is using ‘Rental Equivalence’, which takes the rent paid for a similar house in the private sector to calculate the costs faced by an owner occupier.
So rather than house prices, home insurance, water rates or other typical housing costs the OOH is measuring the price owner occupiers would need to pay to rent their own home.
Critics claim that rents aren’t a great indicator of housing costs as they are unrelated to many of the costs associated with owning a home and that the data being used will often be out of date.
The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) isn’t happy with CPIH either. It removed its status as a National Statistic in 2014.
The ONS says that the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has set out a number of requirements for CPIH to regain the designation as a National Statistic and it’s working to address these.
Is there a better way to include housing costs?
There is an alternative way to calculate housing costs called ‘Net Acquisitions’, which looks at house prices and all costs related to buying and maintaining a home.
The EU is moving towards this system and soon all member states will have to produce an OOH index using the ‘Net Acquisitions’ approach.
The UK’s other measure of inflation, RPI, includes housing costs.
This uses a ‘payments’ approach of adding up all the aspects you pay for in relation to your house and monitoring prices.
But the ONS has concluded that one of the formulae used to produce the RPI isn’t up to scratch and, as of 21 March 2017, the publication of RPI-related data was scaled back, limited to the information required for needs of existing users to be met.
What will happen to CPI and RPI?
The Government will issue monthly updates on CPIH as well as CPI and RPI.
That’s because the UK uses different inflation measures for different purposes so even though CPIH is the preferred headline rate of inflation CPI and RPI are still relevant.
CPI will be continued to be published as it is used the Government’s target for inflation and is put together to international standards in line with European regulations.
RPI – a long-standing measure of UK inflation – will also be published as it is tied to long-term contracts and to provide consistency in inflation reporting.

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That Jim Jones and Harry Fraud project got some burn this past few months, so I am interested to see how Jim Jones rocks with the new project/label. This is more on some Dipset/Byrdgang (which makes sense as the label is Byrdgang 2.0) and his has some new artists his is trying to push. Will have to see if this one has the staying power. Details below.
Platinum-selling rapper and entrepreneur Jim Jones releases the new single, “Hip Hop,” with Dyce Payso and Shoota today. The single is the first release through Jones’ new Byrdgang 2.0 label with eOne, and will be featured on the first full-length release set to hit streets this fall. Dyce Payso and Shoota are two of the new artists that Jones introduces on the label.


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To make it in the expanding Internet era, a number of retailers are continuously releasing mobile apps to help make online shopping easier. But Adidas has taken it one step further with the help of virtual reality.
Like any other “real-life” store, customers are first greeted by a sales associate. Clickable pins let customers navigate the store and browse through items that are for sale.
Despite this technological leap, the store does have its downsides. Shopping options are limited and customers do not have free reign when browsing the store.
Additionally, the virtual reality experience is only available in Swedish, as Adidas based the layout on its Stockholm store. Hopefully, Adidas will expand their virtual reality store globally, as soon as the technology takes off.
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News of partnerships with well-known food brands and the potential for easing competitive pressure has helped Grubhub stock (ticker: GRUB) recover substantial ground since early June. On Thursday, however, investors fretted about something else: regulatory worries in New York.
The shares were recently down 3.4% to $74.43 following a Wednesday night New York Post report that said the state is considering rules that could substantially cut into its per-order fee income and require it to be listed on liquor licenses. The report cited “sources close to the situation” and a spokesman for the New York State Liquor Authority.
Instead, there is a growing number of fronts that Grubhub and other digital companies have to watch for regulatory challenges. The New York rules, if enacted, would presumably affect Uber (UBER) Eats, DoorDash, and other third-party food-delivery services. Another example came Thursday in ourstory about how California could change how gig-economy workers are classified.
“We ascribe a low probability of success here unless the entire third-party delivery industry is going to go through a similar regulatory curbing,” Needham analyst Brad Erickson, who has a Hold rating on Grubhub, wrote Thursday.


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LG G Flex 2 will arrive January 2015 — higher res, smaller body
Reports coming in from industry sources over the weekend have suggested that LG is working on a sequel to the LG G Flex, a year after taking a break from mobile phone flexible displays.
Our source claims that the CES 2015 which will start happening on January 4th and will last till February 18 is where the device (LG G Flex 2) will be announced. The CES is home to the unveiling of many big gadgets. This year’s event witnessed the launch of the Sony Xperia Z2, Xolo Win and a lot of other amazing devices.
Now, back to our main subject. The G Flex 2 is said to packing a smaller display and yet a higher screen resolution. The actual physical size of the phone’s screen and resolution was not given but keep in mind that the first LG G Flex had a screen of 6.0 inches and resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. This is not the first time we are hearing of a smaller G Flex from LG.
No other information is available about the phone for now, but we’ll like to assume the upcoming device will be running on Android 5.0 Lollipop OS and should preserve the ‘self-healing’ feature the first G Flex had on it’s back cover.
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It’s been an eventful start to 2021 for Jordan Brand‘s Air Jordan 1 High Zoom CMFT, a modernized take on the Air Jordan 1. It’s hit shelves in a diverse array of dashing colors, is set to serve as the centerpiece of an Aleali May collaboration and will now release in an appealing “Stadium Green” makeup. Combining classic colorblocking with updated materials, the “Stadium Green” calls back to Jordan Brand heritage while looking ahead to its future, all while offering up a Boston Celtics-esque color scheme.
Green suede and white textiles are the two main materials used. The former appears on the mudguard, eyestays, cut-out Swoosh, collar flaps and heel. The latter adds contrast on quarters, toeboxes and throats. The tongue — and the black collar it’s placed in front of — features exposed foam detailing for an extra touch of flair. Two Zoom Air tags provide additional branding as well: one is tucked away behind the lateral eyestays, the other is front and center on the tongue tag. Down below, white midsoles with a Zoom Air cushioning setup work with green outsoles to round off the look.
Expect the Air Jordan 1 High Zoom CMFT “Stadium Green” to release at retailers like Asphalt Gold on April 3, priced at $140 USD.
For more from the Jumpman, get an on-foot look at the Air Jordan 4 “Tech Grey.”
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FLUSHING — In recent weeks, the Flushing City Police Department has been getting inundated with calls about internet/ phone scams, including a new fraud targeting Amazon customers in the community.
Flushing Police Chief Mark Hoornsta said that his department has received numerous tips from residents about a scam disguised as a message from Amazon. In this scheme, scammers pose as Amazon representatives and either contact customers over the phone or through an email notification.
“When the scammers make contact with customers, they claim that their (Amazon) account has been tampered with or that someone used their account to purchase something,” said Cathleen Ross, an administrative assistant with the Flushing City Police Department. “Then they request to gain access to the person’s account remotely to fix their account or convince them that they have to purchase cards to pay for the items.”
Ross said that the “Amazon scam” is especially dangerous because scammers can gain access to a victim’s financial records or defraud them of hundreds or thousands of dollars by making them purchase gift cards and give out the codes over the phone.
Although his officers take reports on internet and over-the-phone related scams, Hoornstra said that his department simply doesn’t have the resources or jurisdiction to investigate these types of cases.
“While we’re concerned about the security of the residents, there’s a limited amount of investigative work that we can do,” he said. “These scams are originating somewhere else out of state or overseas and certainly not coming from the Flushing community.”
Hoornstra said that anyone who wants to report cases of internet or phone fraud should contact the FBI at https:// www.ic3.gov/. In the meantime, he’s advising residents to be vigilant.
“If you receive an unsolicited call from someone who claims to be from a company like Amazon, get a phone number from the real company and call them,” he said. “You can also log into your account to see if anything has been tampered with or purchased without your knowledge. Never give out your banking information or sensitive information like your social security numbers to someone who is soliciting you. Also remember that no legitimate agency will ask you to pay for something with gift cards.”


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Huawei subsidiary has launched the world’s first device equipped with HarmonyOS, Honor Vision
Internationally renowned budget smartphone brand Honor officially launched its Honor Vision Series at the 2019 Huawei Developer Conference (HDC 19).
The futuristic 4K HDR TV is Honor’s first smart screen product.
Mr. George Zhao, President of Honor, said it is packed full of what is dubbed ‘sharp tech’ innovations.
The 55in Honor Vision TV arrives armed with three Huawei self-developed intelligent chipsets.
These are the Honghu 818 Intelligent Display Chipset, an AI Camera NPU chipset and a flagship-level Wi-Fi chipset.
Honor Vision is also the world’s first smart screen device to carry Huawei’s self-developed HarmonyOS.
“Honor Vision is not just television as we know it. It defines the future of television with Honor’s ‘sharp tech’ innovations,” Mr. George Zhao, President of Honor, said.
“It is not only a home entertainment centre, but also an information sharing centre, a control management centre and a multi-device interaction centre.”
The intelligent display includes the Family Note Function. What this means is users can transfer images from their smartphone at speeds 100 times faster than Bluetooth.
The reveal came at Huawei Developer Conference HDC 19 in Dongguan city.
It followed a day after Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group, launched HarmonyOS.
Among the other innovative features on the Honor Vision TV are a Smart Pop-up AI Camera. This is equipped with a dedicated HiSilicon Hi3516DV300 NPU chipset.
The shooter boasts AI capabilities such as face recognition, body tracking and posture detection.
The camera’s pop-up design means users will enjoy a smart and secure experience according to Honor.
It tilts downwards by 10 degrees when wall-mounted. And it automatically hides behind the screen when not in use.
Honor Vision is also equipped with a flagship Wi-Fi chipset — HiSilicon Hi1103 – that supports download speeds of up to a mind blowing 1.7Gbps.
There are two variants of Honor Vision – 2GB+16GB standard version and the 2GB+32GB PRO version.
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Sony's SOCOM 4 has been slated for an April release, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Developed by Zipper Interactive, the squad-based shooter was originally scheduled to arrive last year before being hit by delays.
The game will include online support for up to 32 players and feature PlayStation Move functionality.
"In a demonstration of the game, Travis Steiner, lead designer of SOCOM 4, also shows how a game character quickly switches to a knife attack when a player thrusts the PlayStation Move controller forward," the report elaborates.
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Baseball kicks off, we crown NCAA basketball champions, the snow
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Series is perfect for U.S. businesses looking to identify and win new business
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opportunities with like-minded U.S. businesses and leading trade officials.
The first event in the 2014 series takes place in San Antonio on May 1-2, and the focus is on taking advantage of opportunities in Africa, the Middle East, and India —
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- Commerce Secretary Pritzker's recent business
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- Exports to India have nearly tripled since 2005,
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I hope you'll be able to join us in San Antonio to take
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Ten years ago there was a huge hype cycle associated with the boom in Linden Lab's Second Life. This was to be the metaverse as envisioned by so many scifi writers, they said. But it was not to be, largely because SL was a walled garden, a proprietary sole source provider that no sane company would risk their business on, and Linden Lab refused to be very friendly to other businesses despite their marketing, even rebuffing an IBM investment to enable SL to scale better for greater concurrency.
The SL platform was reverse engineered by open source advocates, and now there is an open source metaverse called the Hypergrid, using the OpenSim server platform and the same sort of viewers that people use to access SL. But this platform has failed to gain traction with the general public or with business, largely due to scalability issues and obsolescent graphics (the image shown at the top of this article is from the Opensim grid Kitely.com).
Linden Lab founder Philip Rosedale has founded a new company, High Fidelity, to create a whole new platform called Hi-Fi that will have the modern graphical capabilities of video games while enabling stronger user social interaction and content creation like virtual worlds, and also enabling VR headsets to be used for the first truly immersive virtual reality experiences. High Fidelity open-sourced the bare server code for their system, but is trying to maintain the same sort of proprietary control on user registrations, backend services, for high fees, that caused the stagnation of Second Life.
Unity has attempted to enable VR for web viewers to some extent, which has been able to create some compelling video games, but again, because it is proprietary, it has failed to gain traction with the wider market. Having a few hundred thousand or a few million users, at most, is not a success for building the metaverse, when there are billions using the regular 2d internet. Proprietary solutions are unacceptable, both to enterprises seeking to control their own content and access, and to users seeking to travel the metaverse as freely as they browse the internet.
The internet succeeded largely because of open sourced software. Ask any web developer. The primary core services of the majority of web servers out there do not come from a proprietary source. The LAMP stack (which stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) is the most common platform that websites are hosted on, and all four are open source server applications. Linux is of course the ubiquitous opensource operating system that Finn Linus Torvalds coded in the early 90's. Apache is the well known HTML web server, MySQL is the most useful database application, behind the success of websites as large as Twitter and Facebook, and PHP is the backend scripting language of most websites that generates HTML pages, constructs them from MySQL database content management systems.
Without the LAMP stack, the internet would be a far different place today than you and I know it as. It would be a lot smaller. A lot more proprietary, and would not have transformed the global economy nearly as much as it has.
This is also why the 3d metaverse has failed to take off. Because it has no equivalent of the LAMP stack. There is no open set of backend services. Not for SL, not for High Fidelity, and not for Unity. OpenSim has something like that, but they are really less than useful as anyone with experience in that platform can tell you.
But there is hope. Kitely.com, the largest commercial Opensim hosting company, is adapting High Fidelity code to operate independently of High Fidelity the company, using Kitely's own backend services stack. Kitely is dedicated to an open metaverse, and will release their adapted HiFi viewer and server to the public. Kitely will also have commercial HiFi hosting services available to the public months BEFORE High Fidelity the company will.
Kitely CEO Ilan Tochner has said, "It is just a matter of weeks. Exactly how many weeks before we launch our Hi-Fi service depends on how many backend services we want to include in the initial offering versus what we will add over time."
Hypergrid Business publisher Maria Korolev has rated Kitely as the most valuable opensim grid. Kitelys Marketplace, which currently sells over 60% of the 3d content in the opensim community, is part of this backend stack, providing for a content market that can deliver to any opensim or hifi simulator.
Kitely has treated its growth in Opensim as an R&D project in business development. Cash flow positive in the low six figures, this slim lean two man team is poised to take the VR world by storm while all the "smart money" is dumping hundreds of millions and even billions of dollars into failed VR startups like Magic Leap.
VR isn't a fad. Things are just starting to take off. This christmas, Samsung alone sold 5 million of its Gear VR headsets. Similar products from Oculus Rift, Vive, and others are starting to see similar numbers. As the VR headsets improve over time their cost will also drop as early adopters capitalize mass production, and as prices drop, user numbers will explode just as they did with smart phones, with social media, and other viral apps. Most market analysts believe that VR will see mass market adoption in 2-5 years.
This isn't something you can wait on to invest in. Going back to the LAMP stack analogy. The biggest player in web hosting today is Amazon with their AWS services in their datacenters around the globe. They achieved this hosting dominance by creating their AWS services years before there was a market for it, first for themselves as they found the existing web server hosting providers to be expensive, unreliable, and poor at scaling. They saw an opportunity more than five years before anybody else, and capitalized on that foresight, to achieve what they have today. Kitely stands to be the AWS and LAMP stack of the 3d open metaverse.
This is also why Kitely is sending out feelers for investment for a private placement offering. In my opinion, Kitely is the most undervalued/most valuable play in the VR space today.
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The Forward Times is proud to announce a special advance screening for the ‘The Best Man Holiday.’ On Tuesday, November 12th, a select audience will witness the reunion of Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Sanaa Lathan and more in the highly anticipated sequel! Although there are limited tickets available, the Forward Times will provide a few lucky readers an opportunity to win tickets through a series of contests.
Starting Wednesday, November 6th, follow the Forward Times Instagram (@forwardtimes) and log on to Facebook and ‘Like’ the Forward Times page for a chance to participate in the daily trivia challenge. The first participant to answer the trivia correctly will score passes to the exclusive screening. Contest winners will be notified and may pick up their passes at the Forward Times office (4411 Almeda Rd., Houston, TX, 77004).
There will be an additional opportunity to win tickets by catching Fashion and Entertainment Editors, Grace Boateng and Chelsea Lenora White at the Galleria Mall on Saturday, November 9th. In a “Where’s Waldo?” inspired contest, winners must find us wearing Forward Times shirts from 2-5pm anywhere in the Galleria mall. Spotting us and mentioning the contest will grant winners ONE pass which will admit the winner and ONE guest into the screening.
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Canadian and Indian companies ink deals worth $1bn during Trudeau's tripStaff Writer | February 21, 2018
Canadian and Indian companies have signed 66 new contracts worth $1 billion in total in a deal expected to create 5,800 jobs in Canada.
Trade deals 66 new contracts and 5,800 jobs
He spent the morning in Mumbai, India's financial capital, meeting with titans of industry and finance at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, scene of a deadly terror attack 10 years ago.
Most of the jobs will come from $250 million in new investments by Indian companies in Canada. Canadian companies will also invest $750 million in India.
The lion's share of that Canadian investment is Brookfield's acquisition of a Mumbai office complex currently owned by an insolvent Indian company.
The Indian executives who attended the event head up some of India's biggest multinationals: Tata Sons, Infosys, the Mahindra Group of Companies, Jubilant Bhartia Group, Aditya Birla Group and Shapoorij Pallonji Group.
Canadian trade with India can best be described as underperforming. The Harper government in 2012 set itself an objective of increasing two-way commerce to $15 billion by 2015.
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The Woodlands, Texas –– Everest.com, the first online, customer-centric, multi-merchant marketplace for the outdoor recreation community, is pleased to launch a storefront for Mainers, an accessories brand that makes mittens for extremely cold weather. Shop Mainers’ storefront, and hundreds of others, with free express shipping by becoming a Caliber Club member.
“Everest.com customers thrive in the outdoors, which is why we are so pleased to have Mainers storefront available now at Everest.com,” said Bill Voss, CEO/Founder of Everest.com. “Mainers is made-in-the-USA, like many of our other storefronts found at Everest.com, and offer unique materials for those Everest shoppers who live or work in extreme cold temperatures”
“Mainers was born out of Tempshield’s 40 years’ experience making cryogenic protective apparel for the U.S. Military, CDC, and others,” said Mainers CEO, Jim Woldenberg. “Each pair is handcrafted in Trenton, Maine, by experts with decades of experience. We are thrilled to share the extreme cold protection of MAINERS Mitts with Everest customers!”
Everest is a marketplace where merchants list and sell products related to outdoor hunting and shooting sports, fishing gear, adventure and camping equipment, apparel, and footwear, and much more. Over the past year, Everest.com has on-boarded over 1,250 new sellers and are on track to manage $1B+ worth of inventory from its various Everest Certified Sellers. Interested in becoming a seller at Everest.com? Visit the storefront page at https://www.everest.com/storefront
Everest THRIVES in nature. They connect outdoor enthusiasts to outdoor sellers to spark the next adventure. Their platform is focused on amplifying the experiences of both customers and brands in the outdoor industry. They promote exploration, participation, and education to their customers. And they help brands of all shapes and sizes build relationships and trust with the outdoor community. Together, they're building the outdoor marketplace dedicated to helping everyone climb their Everest. Learn more and become a member at Everest.Com


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Once again this year, there’s a startup community holiday party, and Startup Drinks is a sponsor, along with numerous other local groups. It is on Wednesday, December 11 at 6:30pm at Ri Ra, in Midtown. It promises to be a blast — music, food, drinks, prizes and fun. Tickets are $15. I hear tickets are going fast. Attendance is limited and is first come, first served, so go get your tickets now.
Information and tickets are available here
Also, fear not: The January edition of Startup Drinks will be January 7, as usual. Location is yet to be determined. Watch here for news!


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To precipitate one public row might seem a misfortune, but to create three sounds like sheer carelessness. Carelessness, in fact, is very much the word which could describe the latest tribulation afflicting Camelot, the National Lottery operator.
For, in the wake of controversy over excessive profits and uncomfortable disclosures about Camelot directors’ bonuses, we have the CardCall affair.
CardCall, readers will remember (though not seemingly those at Camelot) is a small company specialising in the marketing of prepaid phone cards. It is run by a flamboyant entrepreneur, Michael Zwebner, who last year struck a deal with Camelot as a result of which the National Lottery logo, one of Britain’s best known brands, would appear on his phone cards.
Very enterprising of him. And a coup for Camelot, too, which badly needed a brand partner to help it reach into the youth market. Except that Zwebner is an undischarged bankrupt with, to say the least, a very erratic business career behind him – which has now attracted the interest of the national press.
Did Camelot executives know this at the time they signed the deal last August? Possibly not. Should they have known? Yes they should. In fact they need have done little more than read the pages of Marketing Week, which ran several exposés last year, for an insight into Zwebner’s track-record.
Embarrassingly, Camelot now says it knew about Zwebner’s bankruptcy but does not care to reveal when it found out. Last year, it said it did not feel a need to launch an investigation into his affairs at the time of the deal. So why has it now changed its mind? And what does the fact that it is now launching an internal investigation say about its vetting procedures before the deal was struck? Which raises the uncomfortable question of whether Camelot was in too much of a hurry to conclude the deal.
While on the subject of vetting procedures, it has emerged that Oflot is reprimanding Camelot for setting up an international operation without consulting it – a story first revealed in Marketing Week (October 25 1996). Camelot will, in fact, be allowed to proceed with its new enterprise, but on the condition that it remits a slice of its overseas profits to UK Good Causes (not a part of the original plan). In the meantime, Oflot will be watching Camelot’s behaviour more diligently. Which, in the light of recent events, is no bad thing.
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VR experts sketch their visions of what virtual reality hardware will look like in the near future on napkins
Ah, yes. Nothing screams ‘escapism’ like strapping on a seven-inch screen from forehead to nostrils. While the virtual reality headsets available today are impressively immersive, they are not without their aesthetic downsides—but that’s simply because we’re still toying with the tech's first generations.
In 2018, the Oculus Rift could look more like a pair of Ray-Bans than a face computer. The Samsung Gear VR may look like wraparound sunglasses.
As part of our virtual reality series (which coincides with our recently launched Virtual Reality Debrief), we asked experts in the industry to sketch us their vision of the VR headset come 2018. Want a peephole into the near future of VR hardware? Take a look at the foreshadowing doodles and predictions from the pundits below.


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Zantrik, the Dhaka-based startup that provides on-demand services for car and motorcycles maintenance and connects car-owners with the service providers, has raised its first round of outside investment from an institutional investor in Dhaka, according to three people aware of the matter. The sources declined to give any details citing confidentiality. The company is expected to make a formal announcement by the end of this month.
With the new investment Zantrik is likely to invest in building its internal service delivery capability in order to improve the experience of its customers, further develop its platforms, and invest in further growth.
Zantrik originally started as an on-demand service platform for car and motorcycles repairing. It has introduced a much-talked subscription service called ‘roadside help’, which provides subscribers on-demand vehicle maintenance service including helping them if their vehicle malfunction in the middle of a journey. It has built a network of service providers throughout the country to ensure on-time service. It said that it has already thousands of customers using its services. While initially it was focused only on cars and motorcycles repairment, it has since expanded to a few other areas related to vehicle maintenance including motor insurance. To start with, users can download Zantrik app to avail its service.
Car ownership has been growing rapidly in Bangladesh. With the development of infrastructure, access to capital and economic growth, there is a huge growth potentiality in this space. At the same time, the service space for car owners remains a highly unstructured market, which offers a big opportunity to build a great business.
This is a developing story. We will update the story as soon as we get more information.


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The French asparagus season has now come to an end. Christian Befve, internationally renowned asparagus expert, founder and manager of the consulting company Befve &Co, takes a look back at the highlights of the season and the solutions to be implemented for better productivity.
“Overall, this year was average to mediocre in the north of France and average to good in the south, with better prices. The end of the winter and beginning of spring were very humid, which delayed the preparation work and impacted the asparagus quality since the mounds were then slow to warm up.”
Normal volumes in the south of France
In the south of France, the season was quite satisfactory this year. “It started normally until Easter. Then, the cold spell slowed down the production. The volumes were normal, sometimes down to -10%. And overall, prices were good, higher than last year with 0.50/1€ [0.60/1.2 USD] more per kg. This explains why the south of France experienced a good season.”
20 to 40% loss in volumes in central and northern France
Because of their climate and latitude, the central and northern areas of France suffered more from the cold, so the season was more complicated. “Producers did not get asparagus until Easter, which is a pivotal period when the asparagus are sold at higher prices thanks to the consumption peak around that time. The asparagus arrived after this date and the cold and humidity (2 to 3°C less than usual) in April/May severely impacted the production. This resulted in volume losses of 20 to 40%. This is considerable.” Prices were (very) good but not enough to compensate for the loss in yield.
A good year for the French organic production
The year has been very good for organic products in general. “Organic asparagus sell for 30 to 40% more than conventional asparagus. This is very good for the asparagus because organic production has higher costs. It is therefore very advantageous for producers when the volumes offered do not exceed the demand. We also observe that consumers are buying more and more locally and becoming increasingly attentive to production methods. The sanitary crisis has also brought consumers closer to producers, with a strong growth in direct sales. This is much more rewarding for asparagus growers. People are becoming more interested, as shown by the significant increase in visits to my website this year.”
A good season for the green asparagus
Overall, green asparagus producers have also had a relatively good season this year. “We observe an increase in the consumption of green asparagus, especially among younger people. Green asparagus sell for about 30% more than white asparagus. This is due to the higher production costs from the daily harvesting. Moreover, a green asparagus weighs about 20% less than a white one.”
Asparagus crops are very sensitive to temperature variations
This year, the bad weather conditions have affected all of Europe. Therefore, there was no marked imbalance in production between the countries. In all regions, the asparagus production was indeed impacted significantly for each degree lost. “Depending on the varieties, the plant will wake up at different degrees: 11°C for the early varieties, 12°C for the mid-season varieties and 13°C for the late varieties. It is important to note that 1°C more can generate an additional 20kg/ha/day of asparagus. In Alsace, temperatures were 2°C lower than normal so they lost 40 kg/ha/day, multiplied by 60 days of harvest, which makes about 2.4 tons less for the entire season. This lower production also led to an increase in labor costs of 10 to 20% since the workers still need to come but the quantity harvested is lower.”
The different tools used to fight the cold
Faced with these temperature-related losses in yield, Christian Befve and his team work hard to anticipate climate change and maintain a good yield level for asparagus producers. “We have various techniques to slow down these changes. There is of course the choice of the varieties. The early asparagus come out at lower temperatures, so I encourage producers to plant those varieties. Then, we can also use thermal plastic mulches to warm up the soil. Thermal plastic can bring an additional 2°C to the soil. With 2 plastic mulches, we can increase the temperature by 3°C. And with hoops, we can gain another 1 to 2°C. This helps eliminate all the weather jolts that will unfortunately become more and more frequent. Other techniques such as the use of shelters and even greenhouses with photovoltaic panels are also being used more and more frequently.”
“It is up to us farmers to adapt to the bad weather. Let us become as independent as possible from weather hazards.”


text: Checking out at the super market with your phone is old hat. But topping off the parking meter, now that's kind of interesting. USA Technologies, a company that handles cashless payments, announced that about 200,000 of its points of purchase will accept Apple Pay. And we're not just talking about NFC vending machines here. This company is outfitting laundromats, parking kiosks and "other self-serve appliances" with the payment terminals. This means that on top of paying for your next tank of gas or grocery trip, you won't have to futz with loose change to do a load of whites or feed that meter.


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For now Canada’s pot supply can’t meet the market demand — however, there’s a silver lining to this particular cloud
First: legalization. Next: a booming, ever-burgeoning pot industry.
That was the plan. And at first it seemed to be working. Canada legalized recreational marijuana in October 2018. Demand soared.
Just one problem. As industry experts are now warning, the supply just isn’t there to meet the demand. And the shortage of pot in Canada could last for a while, according to a Bloomberg News report. Cowen & Co. analyst Vivien Azer tells Bloomberg that in five provinces, 50% of products for sale have gone out of stock.
Meanwhile, Quebec-controlled pot retail outlets are now only open four days a week. Alberta has halted giving out retail licences. Ontario has announced it will merely open 25 stores.
Chuck Rifici, chief executive officer of the Toronto-based Auxly Cannabis Group Inc., explains, “There’s a lot of execution risk; people are expanding by 10, 20 times. Personally, I think we’re at least three years out from hitting real equilibrium.”
If the delay makes you impatient, you’re not alone. As reported in the Toronto Sun, Ontario Minister of Finance Vic Fedeli says that if his government had its way, “there would be as many cannabis retail stores across the province as the market could sustain.”
Fedeli goes on, “We believe in a free market, promoting innovative entrepreneurs, and creating a province that is open for business. This is the best approach to eliminating the illegal market and keeping our children and youth safe… Unfortunately, there is a serious cannabis supply shortage created by the federal government. As a result, we are being forced to scale back our plans dramatically, for now.”
Still, as Business In Vancouver notes, British Columbia entrepreneurs remain enthusiastic about getting retail licences despite the current shortage. And the BC Cannabis Stores’ website now features a special section to alert consumers when out-of-stock products are available again.
Now for the silver lining: Just Kush is in the final stage of obtaining regulatory approval for licensing
We promised you the silver lining, and here it is. Liberty Leaf’s state-of-the-art Just Kush cultivation-production facility is awaiting regulatory approval, which will give it the go-ahead to produce. We expect all to go well in this final stage and look forward to reaping the benefits of the intense market demand.
You may recall that, this past fall, Liberty Leaf announced the completion of work on Phase I of cultivation production at Just Kush. This was a significant step toward our Okanagan facility’s obtaining its cultivation licence.
Liberty Leaf President and CEO Will Rascan declared, “I am very excited with the final result of the completed buildout. Coupled with our innovative technologies, what this means is that Just Kush can now officially notify Health Canada that it’s ready for cannabis licensing.” Which it has done with submission of its Affirmation of Readiness video this past November. Recent notification by Health Canada that our Cannabis License application is now in the detailed review stage has us anticipating receipt of our license very soon. At this point in time it is in Health Canada’s hands.
As Rascan also explained, Just Kush has all the potential of being a market leader in quality of product. The innovative facility boasts: an advanced security system; comprehensive inventory management (i.e. seed-to-sale) and reporting software; new LED lighting; state-of-the art aeroponic growing system; and the detail and care in design of individual grow rooms.
So, while the market overall suffers short-term lack of supply, we’re excited about Just Kush’s potential for a future as bright and sunny as its Okanagan setting. Or, to put it differently, bring on the demand!
Whether you are an investor seeking to include the cannabis industry in your portfolio, or an entrepreneur with a start-up or a strong business idea for the legal cannabis space, Liberty Leaf has the expertise and financial resources to build your portfolio or take your enterprise to the next level.


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The increased size of next year’s iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max allows for upgrades including a periscope telephoto camera and a 12% larger main camera sensor, according to a new report.
The rumor was first shared on Chinese social media site Weibo by a user who says that they have obtained industry insider information. Corroborating several other reports that next year’s iPhone 16 Pro models will feature larger displays, the individual claims that the increased size of the devices will provide more internal space for components including a periscope telephoto camera system. Earlier today, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that the larger size of the iPhone 16 Pro models could help facilitate improved camera hardware or bigger internal batteries.
While the iPhone 15 Pro Max is expected to introduce the iPhone’s first periscope telephoto camera, the feature is expected to be exclusive to Apple’s largest iPhone at first. With next year’s iPhone 16 Pro models, Apple is reportedly planning to bring the telephoto camera to both of the “Pro” models. The increased size of the iPhone 16 Pro, is, therefore, at least partially explained by the need for more internal space to implement the periscope camera on the smaller Pro model.
For the iPhone 16 Pro Max or iPhone 16 “Ultra,” the additional internal space will apparently allow for a larger main camera sensor that is 1/1.14-inches in size. The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max currently feature a 1/1.28-inch sensor. No sensor size increase is expected for this year’s iPhone 15 Pro Max. This claim has since been supported by the Twitter leaker known as “ShrimpApplePro.”
A larger sensor could improve the main iPhone camera’s dynamic range and background blur. It could also substantially enhance low-light photography capabilities since a bigger surface area can capture more light with the same shutter speed and aperture.


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Questor says BUY
Lonrho is a conglomerate operating in five divisions – transportation, agriculture, infrastructure, hotels and support services.
In the first half, revenues rose 35pc to £81.4m, with like-for-like sales up 28.7pc. Pre-tax profits soared by 190pc to £5.8m, but a significant amount of the uplift was down to biological assets.
The company's agribusiness is now a substantial amount of its business, the valuation of biological assets involved (plants and trees) was raised by £12m in the first half of this year compared with £3m in the corresponding period last year. This is the group's second set of interim numbers, as it is moving to a December year end.
The group has launched a review of its airline operations – Fly540 – which prompted some speculation that the business was about to be sold. This appears off the mark. It is more likely that this is about finding the next steps in growing what is a pretty exciting business. It may involve a financial partner, but not a wholesale exit from the business.
Lonrho is well placed to benefit from the long-term African growth story – and these figures are one step along the way. Take the opportunity as a supplier to Walmart – after proving the relationship through contract to supply 540 stores, Lonrho is now supplying a further 740. The growth opportunity is obvious – Walmart has a total of 4,000 in the US alone.
Profitability is expected to rise sharply in the next few years, with the current year's earning multiple of 39.2 falling to 9.8 in 2012 and just 6.2 in 2013. The group is not yet paying a dividend.
Tipped at 13p on October 6 this year the shares are down 8pc, but remain a speculative buy.


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Major Indian crypto companies Unocoin and WazirX have resumed operations less than a day after the country’s Supreme Court has canceled the restrictions imposed on local banks’ dealings with crypto firms.
Unocoin, which claims to have been the first crypto company in India, has been described by local observers as “an icon of the crypto industry.”
Today, the platform resumed operations with rupee as well as bank account deposits and withdrawals, followed by rupee deposits on WazirX that is owned by Binance.
Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream— the developer of the hashcash proof-of-work – welcomed the news that Unocoin resumed full operations, tweeting: “Game on # Bitcoin.”
Crypto industry revives
Last year, amid the growing regulatory uncertainty about the crypto industry in the the country, Unocoin had to lay off 50% of its employees. However, the platform has remained open since the RBI’s ban came into force, but all fiat deposits were suspended in the summer of 2018.
Kashif Raza, co-founder of Indian Crypto Kanoon, said the Supreme Court’s decision is “historic”, believing that it will achieve “positivity to the entire ecosystem.”
However, Reza’s optimism seems to have faded quickly, with fellow crypto exchange CoinDCX resuming its fiat services less than six hours after the Supreme Court’s ruling was announced.
In a related context, Ashish Singhal, founder of Indian blockchain payments startup CRUXPay, said the ruling would pave the way for “favorable regulations protecting all stakeholders”.
India’s Supreme Court has overturned the ban imposed by the country’s central bank on the dealings of local banks with crypto firms.
In April 2018, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had imposed a ban on local banks, preventing them from dealing with crypto firms. The ban came into effect in July of the same year.
Accordingly, the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) filed a lawsuit against the RBI to the Supreme Court.
The court held the hearings for two weeks in January 2020.
IAMAI mainly represents customers, investors and Internet firms before policymakers.
The judges ruled that the RBI’s ban decision was “disproportionate”. The central bank argued that cryptocurrency is a digital medium of payment and that the institution was “legally allowed” in its interference.


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EUROPEAN RETAIL STOCKS ARE down about 50% from their 2007 highs, reflecting expectations that on the Continent -- just as in the U.S. -- consumers this year will again tighten their belts.
Wednesday, the European Union's statistics agency, Eurostat, said retail sales fell 1.4% in 2008. In such a downbeat scenario, one way to play the sector is to look at the way folks pay for their dwindling purchases. Borge Endresen, a portfolio manager of the AIM European Small Company Fund (ticker: ESMCX), likes Wirecard (WDI. Germany), whose growth derives both from retail sales and from a secular change in the way Europeans pay their bills.
Wirecard, an Internet-payment processor, handles bills paid by consumers to a wide variety of retailers, ranging from privately owned supermarket chain Lidl to Dell Europe. Shares of Wirecard, which has a stock-market value of US$577 million, trade on the Xetra exchange, and have fallen to about 4.40 euros from €11.65 last May. (A euro is currently valued at about $1.29.) The selloff is probably an overreaction. Admittedly, Wirecard isn't immune from the contraction in consumer purchasing, but its other sales leg -- online purchases -- probably will continue to grow nicely, Endresen notes.
Recently, the Munich-based small-cap reported preliminary 2008 sales of €197 million, up from €134 million, and earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) increased nearly 50% to €49 million from €33 million. The company expects 2009 Ebit to rise 10% to 25%.
Internet usage in Europe still lags behind the U.S. According to Forrester Research, 64% of Americans who regularly use the Internet also make purchases online. In the five biggest European countries, that figure averages 55%. The difference should narrow over time.
Interestingly, the recession could accelerate growth in Internet purchasing. Forrester analyst Victoria Bracewell Lewis says that in the fourth quarter, "consumers were spending less overall, but more over the Internet as a percentage of total sales, because they could comparison shop [more easily]."
There are about 100 billion transactions online in Europe annually, Endresen notes, and Wirecard has about an 8% share, so it is a player. Currently, many large retailers still do Internet payment-processing in-house, but with many cutting costs in the teeth of this downturn, look for more outsourcing. For example, in December Lidl outsourced such processing to Wirecard. Endresen figures Wirecard could add another 1000 customers this year to a base of about 10,000.
Wirecard also has a strong balance sheet, a net cash position that is about 10% of its market capitalization, and a very flexible cost base to contend with the downturn, the AIM fund manager notes. AIM owned more than 300,000 shares as of Dec. 31.
When measured against a U.S. peer like Cybersource (CYBS), Wirecard is cheap, too, with its shares trading at a price-to-earnings multiple of about 7.5 times consensus estimates of €0.54 this year. Cybersource trades at 12 to 13 times. Endresen thinks that Wirecard stock could double.


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The delivery of the vehicle comes at a time when China and India failed to reach an agreement during recent talks.
Senator Imee Marcos said her brother was hesitant to run for president as he did was not prepared.
Last week's unseasonal downpour damaged flower fields in Nepal and India.
More than 1,500 athletes are expected to participate in the 2nd East Asian Youth Games 2023, that will take place in the city.
The park, Aquatopia, is designed by the world’s leading experts and is spread over eight hectares.
The amendments, if promulgated, will establish a single-citizenship mandate for the prime minister and presidents of the National Assembly, Senate and Constitutional Council.
Only one out of 59 people will be finally admitted as a civil servant, creating fiercer competition than last year, when one in about 54.5 people was accepted.
In the last two years, e-commerce has expanded in Bangladesh like in other countries as the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns turbocharged digital shopping.
Culture Minister Ittipol Khunpluem met the Hollywood superstar for his positive comments on Twitter .
One thing that COVID-19 has taught everyone is that a virulent virus can travel swiftly across geographies.


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xiaomi 11t and 11t pro batteries: get ready! Two smart Xiaomi smartphones with 120W hypercharge support are coming; See launch date and specifications – get ready Two xiaomi smartphones xiaomi 11t and 11t pro 120w will launch with hypercharge support
Online reports suggest that the Xiaomi 11T Pro 120W Hypercharge will come with fast charging support. This information is based on a leaked promo video.
In 2020, Xiaomi launched the 120W fast charging support and brought support for the recently launched flagship smartphone – the Mi Mix 4.
So far, Xiaomi has not officially confirmed the names or features of the devices it plans to launch on September 15th. In addition to the 11T Pro, the Xiaomi 11T and Pad 5 series are expected to launch for global markets that day.
Also read- Users are blowing their heads off by buying this phone from Google! Most of the phones broke down, the company has offered no help to date; Read the full story
Xiaomi 11TAnd 11T Pro: Possible details
- Rumors suggest that the Xiaomi Mi 11T and 11T Pro smartphones will come with OLED panels. There are some contradictions about the type of chipset that might make the devices powerful as some reports suggest it could be a Dimensity 1200 chipset from MediaTek, while some say it could be Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 888 chipset.
- For photography, both handsets are expected to have a triple camera setup, with the primary camera having a 64MP sensor. Both are rumored to have a 5000mAh battery and will be available in three color options, Celestial Blue, Meteor Gray and Moonlight White.
The company dropped the Mi branding
For those wondering why there is no “Mi” branding, as this month the company decided to drop the Mi branding for its premium handsets. Xiaomi launched the first ‘I’ brand smartphone ten years ago, which will now be rolled out. The first devices with the new branding were actually the Mix 4 smartphone and the Pad 5 tablet series.
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Adidas’ shares rose 8% after it posted first-quarter earnings that were above forecasts and indicated the Chinese market was recovering, but its CEO warned the company still faced a “bumpy year with disappointing numbers.”
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After terminating its Yeezy association with musician Kanye West, who changed his name to Ye in 2021, the German sportswear giant is predicting a loss this year.
According to Adidas, the loss of the extremely lucrative Yeezy line reduced sales in the quarter by about 400 million euros ($441 million), primarily impacting revenue in North America, Greater China, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Deutsche Bank analysts found it disappointing that didas did not provide an update on its intentions for its inventory of unsold Yeezy shoes, despite the fact that the company’s quarterly earnings showed encouraging early indications of recovery.
According to CEO Bjorn Gulden, Adidas has reduced the possibilities for the shoes and is nearing a decision.
Also Read: 8 Financial Adjustments You Can Make Today to Surpass the Market
Operating profit for the third quarter of 60 million euros ($66 million) exceeded the 15 million euro estimate of analysts. Additionally, despite a 1% decline in sales, this was better than the forecasted 4% decline, which led to an 8% increase in Adidas shares to their highest level since August.
Adidas maintained their 2023 projection despite having previously warned that writing down all of the Yeezy stock would result in an operational loss of 700 million euros ($772 million).
With currency-neutral sales down 20% from the previous year, North America suffered the most from the loss of Yeezy. Gulden claimed that collaborations with Pharrell Williams, Bad Bunny, and Jerry Lorenzo’s Fear of God brand had helped Adidas better engage with US rap culture.
China Has More Accurate Signs
Sales in Greater China, a challenging territory for Adidas, decreased by 9%, although Gulden claimed that the market was showing indications of improvement.
In Adidas’ own stores and wholesalers in China, the sell-through rate, or the percentage of items kept in inventory that went on to be sold, increased by 12% in the first quarter, indicating that retailers will likely order more in the future.
For the first time in the previous two and a half years, according to Gulden, who switched from local sportswear rival Puma to Adidas at the beginning of the year, we are actually optimistic that the statistics will shift from red to green.
Also Read: A Business’s Guide To Renting An Office Space
With sales up 49%, Latin America was a shining region. According to Gulden, Adidas has started producing more Samba, Gazelle, and Campus shoes. The “terrace” shoe style is performing well in all markets.
Source: Cosmo Politian


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"Black" has nothing to do with the misery that some of us may associate with shopping. This is the day that traditionally kicks off this country's Christmas gift-buying season when retailers expect their account books magically to change colour from red to black in just a few hours. And this year, their hopes are as high as they could possibly be. Americans, we are told, are ready to spend, spend, spend.
While retailers in the high streets of Britain are bracing themselves for what some predict will be the worst Christmas season in decades, the outlook in the US is entirely to the contrary. A remarkable confluence of cheery economic factors - rock-bottom inflation and unemployment, minimal interest rates and a once-more zooming stock market - has everybody in the mood to splash out.
"It doesn't get much better than this," confirmed Carl Steidtmann, chief retail economist for PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York. "We have a very robust consumer environment with good employment growth and income growth. It should be a good Christmas."
What is hot on the shelves on this side of the water? Dark jeans and humidors for the guys (the cigar fad shows no sign of fading) and soft fabrics for the ladies, especially anything in chenille and velvet. And as usual a single toy has emerged as the must-have-but-nowhere-to-be-found item for parents desperate to please their offspring. Made by Hasbro, it is a fluffy robot that goes by the name of Furby.
Only a few weeks have passed since retailers in the US were as fretful as they are in Britain now. Then there was anxiety that various factors were combining to chill the US economy - trouble in Russia and the Far East, a slumping Wall Street and even what seemed then to be the steam- train momentum of the Clinton impeachment scandal. All those worries seem, suddenly, to have evaporated.
Only a spoilsport might pause to note those things that could yet cause concern. As the latest indicators of consumer confidence have started once more to climb after three months of decline, other surveys highlight a rude fact that few seem ready to acknowledge: Americans, never much good at putting aside money in savings, are spending more on their lifestyle than they actually earn.
It was Furby Fever that prompted some malls to open yesterday not at the traditional hour of 7am - early enough, you would think - but at 6am or earlier. At one mall in Cambridge, just outside Boston, Massachusetts, a line of 80 people had formed before its doors opened at 6am. By 6.05am, the main toyshop inside, K-B Toys, was sold out of its entire stock of 100 Furby dolls.
"I've been here all night for this foolishness," admitted Bill Zamparelli, a father-of-three who managed to snap up two of the creatures, which come in a variety of colour schemes and have alleged interactive powers.
They close their eyes in the dark when it is time to sleep and speak to each other, in Furbish, and to their owners in English. "This is an experience that I do not choose to go through again," he added.
As well as the usual enticements offered to shoppers, including the introduction now of huge discounts that traditionally were not seen until after Christmas, American malls go the extra mile to make the shopping experience survivable. In affluent suburbs, visitors can expect valet parking, lockers for the purchases they don't want to lug around and free push chairs for their kids.
The raging economy - the Dow Jones index on Wall Street was back in record territory this week - is presenting the retail industry with one problem: it cannot find the people to man the tills. The shortage is bad news for shoppers too, who may find long queues at checkouts and nobody around to assist them in their search for goods.
With national unemployment now running at a mere 4.6 per cent, those willing to take seven dollars an hour for a seasonal job in Macy's or Bloomingdales are few and far between.
Some of the pressure may be eased by the ascendancy of shopping by catalogues and over the Internet. Recent surveys show that nearly half of all Americans with access to the Internet with PCs at home will do some of their Christmas shopping in cyberspace. About $2.3bn (pounds 1.4bn)may be spent on gifts online this season, more than double what was spent by cyber means last year.
Concerns about the kind of hangover that may follow this season's spending spree were highlighted by new savings rate figures published by the US Commerce Department this week. They showed that for the first time since 1933, the US savings rate was negative for two months in a row at minus 0.1 per cent in September and minus 0.2 per cent in October.
In other words, Americans on average were spending slightly more than they were taking in from wages, rental income, dividends and interest on savings.
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American shoppers who admit they have no pre-set budget for their Christmas shopping: 68 per cent
How much the average American is expected to spend on Christmas gifts this year: $1,000 (pounds 625) (Last year: $800)
How much all US consumers are expected to spend between Thanskgiving and Christmas: $3.5bn a day.
Rise in US consumer confidence in November: 5.6 per cent
Extent of Dow Jones index rebound since 31 August: plus 1,755 points.
Record Dow Jones high: 9,374 on Monday.
Numbers of individual Americans who filed for bankruptcy last year: 1.4 million (up 300 per cent since 1980)Reuse content


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Health experts have reassured the UK community that vaping is safe, after the outbreak of a respiratory illness, in the US, that has been linked to multiple deaths and hospitalisations.
Whilst we are still unsure about how the deaths in the US have occurred, they appear to be linked to the use of illegal THC e‑liquids containing a synthetic vitamin E oil (tocopheryl‑acetate) and other additives.
AT ECIGWIZARD WE CAN CONFIRM THAT NONE OF OUR E‑LIQUIDS CONTAIN THE SUBSTANCE TOCOPHERYL‑ACETATE.
Regulations in place within the UK will protect British vapers from serious illnesses, according to various health experts. The UK vaping industry is the second‑largest market and one of the most well‑regulated vaping industries in the world and Britain has introduced various new laws to guarantee the safety of consumers. In 2017, The Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) implemented additional laws for nicotine‑containing electronic cigarettes and refill containers, to further increase the safety of UK vaping products. Each vaping company within the UK must adhere to these rules, which include:
- Ban certain ingredients including colouring, caffeine, taurine and diacetyl (a chemical linked to the respiratory illness ‘popcorn lung’)
- Include new labelling requirements and warnings on all packaging.
- Require all e‑cigarettes and e‑liquids be notified to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) before they can be sold.
- Restrict e‑liquids to a nicotine strength of no more than 20mg/ml.
The UK vaping industry has a rigorously regulated market in comparison to the US, who have much looser regulations, and this is advocated by Martin Dockrell, head of Tobacco Control at Public Health England, who recently stated:
“Unlike the US, all e‑cigarette products in the UK are tightly regulated for quality and safety by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and they operate the yellow card scheme, encouraging vapers to report any bad experiences”.
Public Health England has previously said that “the current best estimate is that e‑cigarettes are around 95% less harmful than smoking”. In addition Deborah Arnott, the chief executive of health charity Action on Smoking and Health, has claimed that there have been no serious vaping related side effects reported in the UK and informs consumers that they can easily check the safety of their products online: “In Britain, you can check on the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) website whether the product you’re using has been notified and can be legally sold.”
A large portion of the products that are suspected to have contributed to these illnesses are thought to have been homemade or purchased illicitly on the black market. According to various sources within the US, the companies responsible for selling these products have since removed the e‑liquids from their listings or shutdown their company entirely. All e‑liquids containing THC are banned within the UK so it is highly unlikely that you will find any of the products causing harm on sale at reputable vaping companies. This is a sentiment that is backed by Professor Linda Bauld, a public health expert at Edinburgh University who said:
“It seems highly unlikely that widely available nicotine‑containing vaping products, particularly of the type regulated in Europe, are causing these cases,”. “All the evidence to date suggests that illicit marijuana vaping products (THC oils) are the cause. In particular, a compound called tocopherol acetate may be the culprit.”
Paul Aveyard, a professor of behavioural medicine at the University of Oxford, has stated that: “These cases are worrying and need investigating but advice from all official bodies in the UK is that it is always preferable to vape than to smoke. These reports should not change that advice.”
At Ecigwizard, your safety is our priority and we can confirm that none of our e‑liquids contain the substance tocopheryl‑acetate. We have a number of measures in place to ensure that our e‑liquids are fit for consumption. We are based in the UK and operate to an ISO 9001 accredited level. This includes an ISO Class 8 Cleanroom and an independent laboratory equipped with UKAS certified equipment. The majority of our flavours are sourced right here in the UK, at our state of the art, purpose‑built laboratories. Each of our e‑liquids are fully CLP and TPD compliant and are manufactured under the strictest conditions. Every batch of e‑liquid that we produce undergoes meticulous GC‑MS testing, meaning that vapers, and smokers looking to switch to vaping, can be sure that the products they are consuming are of a high standard and safe.


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Montane, the brand synonymous with the outdoors, marks 30 years in the outdoor clothing industry this year and is working with its community to chronicle its journey of progress and exploration.
Montane has been at the forefront of Timeless Design for three decades, evolving with the changing landscape of adventure to deliver clothing and equipment for outdoor enthusiasts that’s built for more and stands the test of time.
Born out of exploration, Montane has evolved to build layering pieces that can endure the toughest conditions, supporting athletes and outdoor professionals to summit some of Earth’s most inaccessible peaks, trails, and mountain ranges.
For this year, Montane has also announced that it will continue to progress its ‘Further. Forever’ initiative with the launch of ‘Know What You’re Buying’, a product knowledge table that features alongside 40% of the AW23 collection, providing customers with details about the origin of its products, third party accreditations, and the composition of the materials used.
The aim is to increase transparency and allow customers to make more informed purchasing choices to protect the outdoors for future generations.
To mark this occasion, the brand reached out to the Montane community via social media and in-person events to reflect on this journey, to share experiences of Montane moments, and to acknowledge the important part this community plays in the brand’s continued pursuit of performance.
Throughout the year, Montane will be sharing the stories of those who have been with the brand over the decades, featuring real-life anecdotes from #TeamMontane athletes, members of the Montane community, and outdoor professionals.
Montane’s Marketing Director, Matthew Hickman, commented: “30 years is a key milestone for the business and it gives us an opportunity to not only reflect on the progress we have made but also allows us to look at what the next 30 years hold for Montane. The world we live in is continually evolving and provides new opportunities for us to drive the brand forward as well as looking to reduce our impact on the wild landscapes where we find inspiration.”
Founded in 1993, three decades on, Montane continues working with mountain professionals and world-class athletes to test kit fit for endurance sports and activities in extreme environments. To learn more about the ‘30 years of Progress’ head over to the blog and see more from the campaign here.


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Last year’s Mardi Gras was one of the biggest parties in decades for the Big Easy. According to the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau more than one million revelers celebrated in New Orleans. In 2012, Fat Tuesday falls on February 21 and the Crescent City promises to keep the good times rolling.
For those planning to hit Bourbon Street this month, they’ll find no shortage of sweet libations to keep the party going. In a town known for drive-through daiquiri shops and go-cups, partiers can stumble along the parade routes with mind-numbing beverages like the cyclone, hand grenade and jungle juice. Long before these frosty concoctions hit the streets, the drink that may have caused more carnival hangovers than any other, the Hurricane, was born.
Bright red and cloyingly sweet, a version of this tipple can be found in any watering hole in the French Quarter. While the drink’s formula has changed over the years, its history can be traced back to World War II when it was invented at Pat O’Brien’s.
For the first time visitor to New Orleans, Pat O’Brien’s deserves a place on the “to do” list. While some dismiss this well-tracked spot as “touristy”, there is something to be said about visiting the bar that the New Orleans Times-Picayune referred to as “Disneyland for serious drinkers.” Founded by Pat-O’Brien, a bootlegger, and Charlie Cantell, a wholesaler, this Louisiana institution opened its doors as Prohibition was repealed. With its charming fountain courtyard, live piano music and storied history, Pat O’Brien’s is a memorable stop in a city filled with saloons.
The invention of their signature drink came about as a practical necessity. Back in the 1940s liquors such as Scotch and Bourbon were in short supply. There was a glut of post-Prohibition rum and the dealers wanted to move it. The bar’s partners were forced by liquor wholesalers to order as many as 50 cases of rum in order to purchase a few cases of the whiskeys they wanted.
Barmen played around with a mixture of fruit juices and passion fruit until they came up with an alluring combination; a tasty and potent cocktail, containing four ounces of rum in each serving. They began selling the new creation in a Hurricane glass and the drink’s moniker was born. The Hurricane caught on and the rest, as they say, is history.
Along with Mardi Gras beads, king cakes and voodoo dolls, a hurricane glass from Pat Obrien’s is a popular souvenir. While the glass has remained a constant, today’s hurricanes have changed dramatically since their inception.
Due to the high volume of visitors, Pat O’Brien’s now makes their hurricanes from a pre-made mix. They do not give out sales figures, but according to Pat O’Brien’s spokesperson Jamie Touchton the Saturday before Mardi Gras is the busiest day of the year. “We make thousands of gallons during Mardi Gras season,” Touchton says.
If you are planning to celebrate Mardi Gras away from the Big Easy, Pat O’Brien’s sells their own brand of Hurricane rum and mix that can be ordered online. But creating your own Hurricane from scratch will result in a rewarding and delicious refresher.
The main ingredients are fairly simple: rum, grenadine, citrus and passion fruit juices. Before the Georgetown waterfront flood of 2011, the best place in DC to get a well-crafted Hurricane was at Farmers and Fishers. Hopefully head bar Chef Jon Arroyo will bring back the flagship drink when the restaurant re-opens this spring.
But for those headed south for Fat Tuesday, Touchton says there is no substitute for stopping by Pat O’Briens. “Visitors want to experience the legend. The Hurricane is the drink of New Orleans. Many try to imitate it, but none can compare to the taste, strength and the overall experience of being in Pat O’Brien’s.”
Learn more and order the mix at www.patobriens.com.
Recipe courtesy of Jon Arroyo
2 ½ oz Mount Gay Rum
1 ½ oz Goslings Black Seal Rum
1 oz fresh orange juice
1 oz fresh lime juice
2 ½ oz Passion fruit puree
½ oz grenadine (one made from pomegranate)
Set aside ½ oz of Goslings rum. Combine the rest of the ingredients in a shaker and serve over ice. Float remaining ½ oz of Goslings on the top of the drink. Garnish with an orange slice.
Ingredients to make the Hurricane may be purchased at Dixie Liquor: 3429 M St. in Georgetown.


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It’s a wrap! Hospitals test new, more modest gown
The British government is getting behind a plan to replace drafty open-backed hospital gowns with versions that preserve patients’ modesty.
The country’s Design Council has asked designers and manufacturers to come up with replacements for the gowns, which it said often leave patients feeling exposed.
One model is being created by U.S.-born designer Ben de Lisi, who has made dresses for stars including Kate Winslet. He told the BBC his design, made from luxury cotton, was “fabulous and aspirational.”
Wraparound gowns are already being tested in the western English city of Bristol, and officials said Tuesday that feedback has been positive.
The new gowns will be unveiled next month, and the government says it hopes to have them in hospitals next year.


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New research suggests marketers that get into virtual reality now will have the opportunity to become market leaders and capitalise on growing demand among consumers for immersive, high quality content.
The brand’s top marketer, and former neuroscientist, champions the benefits of being both analytical and creative.
Wireless Group is relaunching the Virgin Radio brand eight years after it disappeared from the airwaves but faces a challenge in moving away from its “laddish” past.
The alcoholic drinks giant halved the cost of digital ad views in the six months to 31 December, as it ramped up its global marketing investment by 6.8%.
With 80% of marketers saying flexible/hybrid working is a key job characteristic, brands are still grappling with how to optimise the blend between home and office.
Artificial intelligence is a powerful and exciting technology with the potential to revolutionise many industries, including marketing. However, human intelligence ultimately determines how effectively AI is used to drive real-life benefits.
Although we never talk about it, marketers kill as many brands as we create, and doing so in the right way at the right time is crucial to business health.


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Johnson & Johnson, JNJ 0.37 % still struggling to overcome manufacturing problems that have dogged it for more than three years, is recalling all bottles of Children's Tylenol that it made and sold in South Korea after finding high levels of the main ingredient, a company spokeswoman said.
The recall doesn't affect any products sold in the U.S.
J&J's Janssen Korea unit withdrew 1.7 million bottles of Children's Tylenol in South Korea on April 23, after routine quality-control testing detected concentrations of the key ingredient, acetaminophen, that were "slightly out of specification" in some bottles, said the company spokeswoman.
J&J said the health risk is remote, and it hasn't received any reports of harm.
The New Brunswick, N.J., health-products company said it traced the problem to the failure of the machines that fill the bottles at the end of manufacturing runs, the spokeswoman said. Some of the remaining bottles were filled by hand, leading to the improper concentrations, she said.
Janssen Korea Ltd. said in a statement the company has corrected the problem and promised it will do its best to prevent the recurrence of such a problem.
"We offer a sincere apology to the Korean people and parents with children in particular for causing a concern," the statement posted on its website said. "We'll actively cooperate with the Korean government's investigation with regard to this case."
Seoul's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it has begun looking into the case and will punish the company if any violation of drug and medicine regulations is found.
The recall is the latest setback to the company's efforts to move past production problems that have weighed on it since 2009, costing it hundreds of millions of dollars in lost sales, damaging its reputation with consumers and drawing the close scrutiny of government health regulators. To revive its image in the U.S., J&J is scheduled to launch a corporate branding campaign next week.
The production snafus have affected products ranging from blood-sugar meters to hip-implant parts, although they have occurred mostly in over-the-counter medicines including allergy treatment Zyrtec and pain reliever Motrin. Some of these popular remedies were recalled due to problems that included a musty smell and the presence of metal shavings, as well as excessive concentrations of the key ingredient.
In South Korea, J&J made the recalled Children's Tylenol at a plant three hours south of Seoul, in a city called Hwaseong. A routine quality-control inspection detected the undue concentrations in late March, and after a company investigation, J&J reported the problem to South Korean drug regulators on April 22, the spokeswoman said.
The plant has temporarily halted production of the recalled Tylenol as J&J works with the regulators "to review and address their findings," the spokeswoman said. So far, J&J has retrieved more than 90% of the recalled bottles, and expects to complete the process within two weeks, the spokeswoman said.
—In-Soo Nam in Seoul contributed to this article.
Write to Jonathan D. Rockoff at firstname.lastname@example.org


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An Illinois-based logistics company has taken nearly 600,000 square feet of space to become the first big business to lease at Mesquite’s new Alcott Logistics Station, bringing more than 200 jobs to North Texas.
Officials with RJW Logistics Group Inc. say that the Mesquite facility brings its total footprint to nearly 6 million square feet of space. The new $130 million facility is on East Scyene Road and is a project by Urban Logistics Realty. RJW offers supply chain solutions primarily to consumer-packaged goods and food and beverage customers,
“Establishing an operational hub in Dallas supports our ability to more effectively meet the needs of our existing customer base and onboard new consumer packaged goods suppliers in a growing region,” RJW Logistics CEO Kevin Williamson said in a statement. “Centralized warehousing is a game changer for suppliers.”
Regional warehouses provide better inventory control
The company expects the new warehouse to be operational in mid-2023.
Expecting to ship more than 36 million cases a year, the Mesquite warehouse will service 200 customers and employ some 225 warehouse personnel, the company said. The warehouse represents RJW’s first in the greater Dallas area, serving as the flagship location for RJW’s “one-inventory model” in the South.
As a full-service retail logistics provider, the company aims to serve its customers’ “entire middle mile.”
The company’s single-node model enables RJW to control inventory from one strategic location to reduce overhead, labor, transportation, and other costs. That helps customers “win by reducing costs and inventory hold, while gaining efficiencies and improving scorecard performance,” Williamson said.
By focusing on retail consolidation, RJW is able to “generate a cost savings of 10% to 30% and 98%+ on-time delivery performance for our customers,” a company spokesperson told Dallas Innovates. Customers can benefit from shorter lead times, reduced “safety stock,” simplified inventory replenishment, and improved store level in-stocks, it said.
“Innovating better ways”
Technology plays its part: CEO Williamson says the company uses data and technology systems to determine which of its two regional hubs is most advantageous and cost-effective for a supplier. The company uses “a plethora of proprietary data” to power decision-making, fuel development, and help customers increase their business efficiency.
“We’re continuously innovating better ways to process our data to allow us to maintain our costs, which helps fight inflationary pressure, and trickles down to our customers,” the company said.
RJW Logistics currently serves its customers from multiple consolidation warehouses in the central U.S., providing transportation and warehousing services for major retailers including Walmart, Sam’s Club, Aldi, Kroger, Amazon, and Walgreens. Until its model replication in Dallas, the company said, RJW’s warehouse campus has been located in Illinois where the company operates 10 facilities.
RJW also offers services such as retail consolidation, retailer compliance, advanced analytics and reporting platforms, enterprise software solutions, integration services, value-added services, and asset-based transportation.
Logistics boom in Mesquite and across North Texas
Alcott Logistics Station is Urban Logistics Realty’s second major project in Mesquite and is one of the largest industrial projects in that city. Urban Logistics has plans for more than 1.5 million square feet of warehouse and shipping facilities on an almost 100-acre site.
Urban Logistics Realty built the Urban District 30 industrial park, a five-building, 980,000-square-foot industrial project near Interstate 30 in Mesquite. The first phase of that project was sold to New York-based investor KKR.
Dallas-Fort Worth is fastest-growing industrial market in the nation with more than 80 million square feet of buildings in the pipeline.
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