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In Indonesia, locals can quickly fly from Jakarta to the seashores of Bali for a home holiday. Tokyo citizens can get away the pandemic pressure with a hike up Mount Fuji, and New Yorkers can head to the Hamptons on Lengthy Island.
Citizens of Singapore, a city-state smaller than New York Town, have few such choices, presenting an enormous drawback for its battered tourism business. With borders closed to foreigners, resorts and vacationer sights want to depend on ‘staycationers’ to plug the distance in an business that introduced in nearly $20 billion in earnings closing 12 months. It’s a tall order.
“Until we’ve a go back to global trade, the resort business goes to be decimated as as much as 90% of our bookings come from global travellers,” stated Michael Issenberg, leader government officer of Accor SA’s Asia Pacific unit, the biggest resort operator in Singapore.
Whilst tourism all over has been hammered by way of the pandemic, the slow opening of a few home trip has given a shot within the arm to airways and resorts in puts like Australia and Vietnam. Rosewood Resort Team has noticed occupancy charges as prime as 70% at a few of its China houses as recreational trip choices up, stated CEO Sonia Cheng.
Singapore’s tourism sector faces a harder problem, because the resorts have been simply given a inexperienced mild closing week to request approval to welcome home vacationers. Many locals like instructor Najeer Yusof desire to save lots of their cash and look ahead to trip to renew in within sight hotspots like Thailand and Malaysia slightly than spend it on a resort down the road.
“There’s extra to look and revel in out of the country at a less expensive price,” stated Yusof. There’s additionally the “awe issue — getting to look or revel in one thing I gained’t in a different way be capable of in Singapore, just like the mountains and nationwide parks in Indonesia and actions like diving and browsing.”
Although the rustic of five.7 million other folks has reopened its financial system after a lockdown of greater than two months, its borders are nonetheless in large part closed. It recorded a historical low of simply 750 international guests in April, down from 1.6 million in the similar month closing 12 months. Would possibly’s numbers weren’t significantly better, at 880.
“Within the momentary, resorts, eateries and sights can re-orientate to attract pastime to staycations, sights or meals reductions,” stated Selena Ling, head of treasury analysis and technique at Oversea-Chinese language Banking Corp. “Alternatively, our inherent small home marketplace dimension implies it might not be a longer-term sustainable resolution.”
GDP Spice up
Tourism has been an an increasing number of essential business for Singapore, serving to to diversify the financial system from its conventional strengths of finance, oil refining and transport. Sights together with the Marina Bay Sands resort and on line casino, the Common Studios theme park and the Singapore Zoo have drawn vacationers from all over the world.
Closing 12 months, Singapore hosted a document 19.1 million guests, whilst tourism receipts rose to S$27.7 billion ($19.eight billion), from S$26.nine billion the 12 months earlier than. Singapore’s tourism sector, which employs about 65,000 other folks, contributes about 4% to gross home product. The Singapore Tourism Board doesn’t observe the proportion of native as opposed to global tourism.
The border closure way Singapore wishes to steer locals to spend more cash at house. Even with out of the country trip off limits, Singapore citizens will nonetheless need to mission out, stated Tourism Board CEO Keith Tan.
“They are going to subsequently be open to take time without work in their very own metropolis and rediscover all that Singapore has to supply,” he stated in an emailed commentary.
Singapore has put aside S$90 million for the tourism sector and a role power is creating home and global restoration plans to be shared quickly, Tan added.
Expats Go back
Inns together with the Shangri-la also are getting a small spice up from the 1000’s of Singaporeans and expats who have been travelling in another country and are slowly being allowed again in. After they arrive, maximum are being pressured to quarantine for 14 days in a resort, at a price of about S$2,000.
With occupancy operating at simply 15% for August, the enduring Raffles Singapore is providing a two-night particular for approximately S$795, whole with a complimentary Singapore Sling, unfastened breakfast, metropolis excursion and spa reductions.
Some vacationer spots also are providing value cuts to draw citizens who’ve been cooped up of their residences for weeks. Sentosa Building Corp., which manages a lodge island with sights together with Madame Tussauds and Common Studios, has waived admission charges till the top of September, stated Lynette Ang, the manager advertising officer.
Lo & Behold Team, which operates the Tanjong Seaside Membership simply 15 mins from the monetary district, is launching a brand new thought known as “Dine In Nature,” which contains curated gourmand picnic baskets. It hopes this “will satisfy a rising call for from native citizens for polished, considerate eating reports,” stated Leader Operations Officer Andrew Ing.
For Singapore’s tourism business, a complete restoration isn’t most probably earlier than 2022, and in large part is determined by international locations warding off further waves of the virus and the advance of a vaccine, stated Wong King Yin, a lecturer in advertising at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological College.
“Even if home trip generally is a resolution at first all the way through the restoration degree, the tourism business can’t depend on staycations to live to tell the tale,” she stated.
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Seating maker invests $1.9M in expansion, 60 jobs
A seating maker with a more than 100-year history is planning to undergo a $1.9-million expansion and create at least 60 jobs.
Irwin Seating Company plans to complete a “strategic expansion project” at the company’s current location in Walker, at 3251 Fruit Ridge Ave. NW, according to The Right Place, a regional economic development nonprofit, today.
In addition to building renovations, Irwin Seating Company will invest in new machinery, equipment and training for newly hired employees.
Irwin Seating plans to re-purpose 50,000 square feet of existing manufacturing space to support the production of a new recliner product for the cinema market.
The product line is a “strategic growth opportunity for the company.”
The company employs more than 400 people, with 287 employees located in Walker.
Irwin Seating was founded in West Michigan in 1908.
The company is the world’s largest maker of seating for movie theaters, auditoriums, arenas, performing arts centers and convention centers. Its products are currently in use at some of the world’s “finest venues.”
Irwin Seating operates a second plant in Altamont, Ill. and direct sales offices in Canada and the Middle East.
The Right Place said Irwin Seating received a $300,000 performance-based grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund for the project.
The city of Walker is also supporting the project and considering the approval of a local tax abatement for the expansion.
Irwin Seating CEO and President Win Irwin said he’s proud to be able to continue to re-invest in the community.
“We are particularly grateful that The Right Place and the state of Michigan were willing to partner with us on this exciting opportunity,” Irwin said.
Mark Huizenga, mayor of the city of Walker, said that Irwin Seating is "not just a great company and a provider of jobs, but also a community-minded organization."
“We are proud to see their commitment continue to grow in Walker and in the great state of Michigan,” Huizenga said.
Birgit Klohs, CEO and president of The Right Place, said that Irwin Seating and the Irwin family have “long been part of West Michigan’s manufacturing and economic growth history.”
“We are pleased to see the company continue to grow, innovate and re-invest in the region,” Klohs said.

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As we learned last week, e-cigarettes are 60 percent more likely than nicotine products or willpower to help you quit smoking. But now, quitting with e-cigarettes might be even easier.
We’ll admit it: we’ve made fun of e-cigarettes before for their unwavering ability to make people look like tools. But despite e-cigarettes’ icky appearance, a new study has found that they’re actually doing a great job of helping people quit smoking.
There’s even more insurmountable evidence that we should just pack up all the teens and send them off to a deserted island until they become respectable human beings. The New York Times is now reporting that teens’ usage of electronic cigarettes has disturbingly doubled over the past year. Read More
If you think you look cool puffing on a metal approximation of a cigarette, then prepare to have your mind blown: you could actually be getting stoned while looking that chill. Wow, have you been missing out. Read More


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India’s festival season presents a huge number of micro-moments for marketers to connect with India’s fast-growing online population.
With 400 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, how can brands reach audiences that are selective about what deserves their attention?
HP teamed with DoubleClick to produce banner ads featuring visuals and messaging tailored to specific audiences across India, Malaysia, and Australia.
To increase brand consideration and sales in Hong Kong, Danone’s Aptamil brand of baby nutrition tapped into YouTube to create a hero video and bumper ads. Using a unique audience segmentation strategy and brand lift tracker, they reached 78% of their audience and drove 1.1M minutes of watch time.
To grow brand affinity amongst Gen Z’s in the Philippines, NESCAFÉ tapped two of the most influential Filipino YouTube creators, Alex Wassabi and The Filharmonic, to creat content on NESCAFÉ Mocha.


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Do you feel that the Lego store around this year has started more?
This year, Lego It plans to open 170 new stores around the world, 80 of which are located in China. In other words, by the end of this year, LEGO will have more than 140 stores in 35 cities in China.
It’s no wonder that under the impact of video games, mobile phones and other digital entertainment methods, children in the United States and Western Europe seem to be less enthusiastic about LEGO. In the first half of 2019, Lego’s sales growth in both the US and Europe markets was stuck in a single-digit growth, while Chinese consumers have supported double-digit growth rates for several consecutive years.
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Although only LEGO’s building blocks are LEGO, there are many similar educational toys on the market, and most of them are cheaper than Lego. How to make a difference with the general building blocks is a question that LEGO must answer in the development of China. One way is to choose to work with IP.
Lego is very strict in choosing copyright cooperation. It is generally a very long-lived movie or popular element, such as “Star Wars”, “Harry Potter” or the Disney Princess series. Prevent Lego brand value from being diluted.
Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, former CEO and President of the LEGO Group, explained in an interview. In the first half of this year, the authorized products of “Star Wars” and Marvel are also the best-selling series.
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In addition to this, another important measure of LEGO is to enhance the playability of LEGO bricks through digitization.
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Unlike the AR experience of “aligning to trigger”, LEGO especially emphasizes that children must explore the LEGO model while holding the phone on the other side:
The experience of the entity’s manipulation of the LEGO model has changed the AR experience. This AR experience encourages children to discover new things in the physical model and create a two-way experience with deeper inputs.
Tom Donaldson, Senior Vice President, Creative Play Lab, LEGO Group But it is still necessary for potential users to play by themselves:
You can’t say that the physical experience is no longer necessary because more people are shopping online.
In a market like China, you have to build a brand and use physical products.
In addition to increasing investment in the Chinese market, Lego is also targeting the Indian market. Currently, LEGO is mainly sold through local third-party channels, but there are plans to open specialty stores in the future.
In the next decade, more than 100 million people in India will still be living in middle-class families, which is where Lego is going.
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New York: Coca Cola announced it would launch a global marketing effort next year featuring its new slogan, ?Welcome to the Coke side of life.?
Coke executives made the announcement in New York yesterday during a meeting with investors and financial analysts.
Mary Minnick, head of Coke's global marketing, told investors and analysts that the company is creating an integrated campaign that would focus on selling both the value of Coke, the product, and Coke, the brand.
In order to do this, Minnick said Coke would be using a variety of advertising mediums including 30-second ads aimed at adults, digital media-based ads targeting teen consumers, and some experiential marketing efforts to push its energy drinks.
The campaign is scheduled to debut in North America during the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Coke also announced that Blak, a cola coffee drink, will debut next month in France. Blak will be marketed to consumers age 35 and older. Other new products hitting the shelves next year include a citrus energy drink called Vault, its diet counterpart Vault Zero, a premium coffee for the US market, and some new green tea drinks that the company said would symbolize a makeover for Coke's Nestea brand.


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While we’ve been confined to quarters, consumer buying behavior shifted significantly—and there’s more bad news for brick-and-mortar retailers. COVID has created new marketing challenges.
These stats tell the story:
- eCommerce orders are up a whopping 108%
- Our daily Facebook habit has increased 27%, YouTube 15%, TikTok 15%
- 42% of us believe the way we shop will fundamentally change
The shift towards eCommerce has revved into high gear
The shocking bankruptcy/closing of some of retail’s oldest and most storied brands—the department stores—will further impact the way we shop. These behemoths have traditionally filled mall parking lots. Now those malls will likely shutter as consumers switch to online shopping.
The challenges of change
Smart businesses need to be nimble and adapt to change. I know one business owner who closed down one office, furloughed a few employees and began offering virtual services. All within one week. This is a guy who’s not afraid to make decisions and move on them.
One approach might rely on the messaging that so many have been sharing—that we’re all in this together. Somehow that’s comforting.
With increased online engagement, conversion is now essential to business success
With reduced budgets, we are all content creators. We’re sharing photos and videos across social platforms. These are personal brand experiences that now have an official name: User-Generated Content (UGC); and it’s UGC that potential customers trust. People are looking for authenticity and connection. UGC can be sustainable and cost-effective, the way to build trust, grow sales and deepen relationships.
Building trust: Be the source of consumer confidence
One way to generate trust is through shared, authentic experiences. How to do this? By showing off our happy customers. Think case studies, showcasing successes. According to Nielsen Research, 92% of consumers trust earned media, like UGC, more than any other form of content.
In that same study, 87% testified that social media posts help them decide what to buy, and 56% say that they rely on reviews to make informed online purchasing decisions. These findings transcend the high-priced photos and product descriptions on websites.
The power of Zooming in your PJs
One unintended side effect of the lockdown has been the dismantling of the corporate façade, of office formalities. Doing a Zoom meeting in your pajamas with kids wrestling in the background tends to humanize us. It brings us together.
Preparing ourselves for what comes next
We all want our lives back. We’re angry about the way our government has mismanaged this crisis, heartbroken by the unnecessary loss of lives. But by now, we all understand that our former lives are going to be out of reach for a long, long time.
This is the perfect time to be developing a marketing plan that leverages online delivery
Think about creating some case studies. Then think about how you’re going to use these. I’m working with one client and we’re creating animated explainer videos for YouTube advertising. Or maybe it’s time to finally update your website. Need help rethinking your marketing strategy? Contact Top of Mind Marketing. We’re writers and content marketing experts.


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Viceland will be available on the Proximus TV platform in Wallonia from June 1, and will be available in Flanders and Brussels on a separate channel.
At launch in Wallonia, subtitled and dubbed French programming will include content such as Needles & Pins with Grace Neutral, Noisey with Zach Gouldbaum and Gaycation S2 with Ellen Page. The deal also offers extra distribution in Flanders and Brussels, adding to Viceland’s existing partnership with Telenet.
Viceland will also be available as catch-up content as part of Proxium’s Everywhere service, with multiscreen, replay TV and on-demand offerings to follow.
Stefan Tieleman, general manager, Viceland Benelux said: “Only two months after our initial launch in Benelux, this additional deal in Belgium is testament to our on-going growth ambitions in the territory. Proximus is an ideal home for the channel, sharing a core belief that Viceland’s story-telling and award-winning content should be accessible to audiences the way they want to view it: across all screens, anytime, anywhere.”
Viceland launched in the Benelux region on March 1 after hiring former Talpa Media and Twitter executive Tieleman to head up its operation in the region.
In the Netherlands, the service is available on Ziggo, the Liberty Global and Vodafone-owned cable service.
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Allied Tradelink, the authorised distributor of Panasonic smartphones in Nepal, is set to unveil Eluga Z smartphone in Nepal. The phone features a metal frame with a plastic texture back panel.
Here are the highlights of the Panasonic Eluga Z:
- 5-inch AMOLED (720X1080p) HD display
- 1.4GHz octa-core processor (unspecified chipset)
- 2GB RAM
- 16GB of inbuilt storage with microSD card support upto 32GB
- 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, and a 5-megapixel front facing camera
- 2050mAh battery with fast charging support
- Dimension: 141.3×70.6×6.85mm
- Weight: 120gms
- Android 4.4.2 KitKat
- Dual SIM support
The biggest letdown of the phone is it’s still running Android 4.4.2 when most of the 2015 smartphones are running Android Lollipop 5.1. Another area where the phone can struggle is its battery life. The phone only boasts a 2050mAh battery and has to power a 5 inch HD display and an octa-core processor, so battery life could be a major issue. However, we will let you know on our full review.
There have been no official words from Allied Tradelink regarding the price and availability, but we can expect it to arrive this week carrying a price tag of Rs.21,000.


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To help hype yet another version of the hugely popular zombie game, Capcom opened a temporary human butcher shop in the Smithfield meat market East London. Yes it is real meat, though apparently it is not human meat. I don’t know what kind of meat it is.
The limbs, torsos, and offal (including penis tips) were crafted by food artist Sharon Baker.
Sales proceeds will go to the Limbless Association.
Below is the video ad for the game.
How much for two penes?
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Washington D.C, Dec 26 (ANI): When it comes to buying sensitive products, people are often left embarrassed, irrespective of in-person or online purchase.
The usual notion is that embarrassment is something we experience only when we are around other people, but the Indiana University study found that people often are embarrassed when buying sensitive health care products privately and online, products such as home test kits and medications for incontinence and sexual dysfunction.
The paper has important ramifications for retailers who have established online environments where they believe shoppers feel more comfortable making such purchases.
That’s simply not the case, according to “Wetting the Bed at Twenty-One: Embarrassment as a Private Emotion,” co-authored by Herd, assistant professor of marketing in the IU Kelley School of Business. Other authors of the paper are Aradhna Krishna, professor of marketing at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and Nilüfer Ayd?no?lu, professor of marketing at Koç University in Turkey.
Co-author Kelly Herd said that there is a misconception that buying products online insulates consumers from being embarrassed, but while the product may arrive at the doorstep discretely, the act of purchasing is what triggers the embarrassment. “You still feel embarrassment because you’re judging yourself. It’s not about you even thinking about others judging you.”
The paper’s results suggest that sellers of sensitive health care products need to make consumers feel more comfortable when buying them. For example, promoting home health kits online may not be the best way to encourage people to seek help and prevent spreading disease.
The research appears in the Journal of Consumer Psychology. (ANI)


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Rising Aussie model Aylah Peterson graces the pages of Harper’s Bazaar Australia’s May 2020 issue captured by photographer Nicole Bentley. Naomi Smith works on the shoot with hair by Koh and make-up by Kellie Stratton.
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Recently, the Galaxy S20 series received September 2020 patch update. Now, the company has to roll out another new update to its Galaxy S20 Ultra smartphone users in Germany. The latest update brings improvements to the camera performance and security of the Galaxy S20 Ultra. The latest update comes with the build number G988BXXU4BTIB and the update package size is 356MB.
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra Changelog:
- The security of your device has been improved.
- Improvements to camera performance.
A software update can include, but is not limited to:
- Device Stability improvements, bug fixes.
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Codat, an NYC-based universal API for small business data, raised $100m in series C funding.
JP Morgan Growth Equity Partners led the round with participation from Canapi Ventures, Shopify, and existing investors Index Ventures as well as PayPal Ventures. As part of the financing, Patrick McGoldrick, Partner at J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners will join Codat’s board.
The funds will be used to continue expanding operations and to further develop the company’s development efforts.
Codat was founded in 2017 by Pete Lord, CEO. It provides real-time connectivity which enables financial institutions and software providers to create integrated products for their small businesses customers. Lenders, corporate card providers, and business forecasting software are all clients. Use cases include automatic reconciliation and business dashboarding. Codat reports that it now has over 200 clients, including many of the world’s largest banks as well as rapidly growing fintechs such as Brex, Jeeves, Pipe and Clover, and a team of 250 people across the UK, North America and Australia. The company has offices in London, New York, San Francisco and Sydney.


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New Jersey officials sought to tamp down concerns ahead of the state’s primary voting Tuesday, after criminal charges over alleged mail-ballot fraud marred a local election in Paterson, N.J.
State officials emphasized that voter fraud is rare and said measures are being taken to protect mail-in ballots. The primary is being conducted mostly by mail and was delayed from its original date of June 2 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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O2 is heading for a massive own goal in Ireland where it recently launched the iPhone. After the announcement last week the 02 Ireland CEO said – in an amazing display of barely concealed contempt – “I’d say your Apple freaks will be queuing out the door when we launch”. This really does show that they mis-understand the sophistication of the Irish mobile market, which, by indication, has a plethora of mobile and telecoms startups.
The biggest complaint is about the tarrifs. As well as there being no visual voicemail for the Irish iPhone, the comparison between the UK and Irish tariff is insulting:
35.00 GBP = 45.81 EUR
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In other words O2 Ireland is ripping off Irish mobile consumers. It can’t be better put than by MaxRoam startup CEO Pat Phelan, who is doing the rounds of the Irish news media today about the Issue (Qik video below).


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JD.com (NASDAQ: JD) reported Q2 2020 earnings results today.
Net revenues increased 33.8% to RMB 201.1 billion, or $28.5 billion, year-over-year.
Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders was RMB 16.4 billion, or $2.3 billion, compared to RMB 0.6 billion last year. Adjusted net income rose 66.1% to RMB 5.9 billion, or $0.8 billion.
Net income per ADS was RMB10.47, or $1.48, versus RMB0.36. Adjusted net income per ADS was RMB 3.51, or $0.50.
Last week, JD.com announced that its subsidiary, JD Logistics, will acquire a controlling stake in delivery services company Kuayue Express for RMB3 billion. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020.
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Kim Walker, Silver CEO, will deliver a keynote address “The Future is Silver: Rethinking Aging Consumers” at the Market Research Society of Asia Research Conference in Singapore on April 6-7th.
If you’re interested, download the brochure here.
For years marketers have controlled the dialogue with consumers but, undoubtedly, the tables have now turned. The on-going challenge for researchers is to reconnect marketers with consumers in Asia – new tools, new methodologies, new thinking. We have to be innovative to be relevant.
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When it was still a part of the bull’s-eye, Target Commercial Interiors bled red.
Now that the office furnishings division of Target Corp. has been sold, it has a new name, Atmosphere Commercial Interiors, and a new signature color — blue.
“We’re ready for something different,” said Mike Litwin, who led the business under Target, shaped its sale and is now its chief executive. “We’ve had enough red. It’s not us anymore.”
Omni Workspace, a longtime logistics partner, bought the company in May. The deal included an investment from Litwin and other managers and aligned with Target’s desire to shed operations that weren’t core to its main business as one of the nation’s largest mass retailers.
Atmosphere is unveiling its new name, logo and website today. The blue in the logo is a nod to the blue skies conjured by the word “atmosphere,” and it plays off the fact that Target’s effort to sell the business was known internally as “Project Teal.”
Under Target, the firm was one of the largest office furniture dealers in the U.S. and a leading distributor of Steelcase products.
It recently outfitted the new Optum headquarters in Eden Prairie and the training facility of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx in downtown Minneapolis. It was also tapped as the preferred provider of interiors for Holiday Inn Express and plans to furnish 80 to 100 hotels this year. And it has a growing business in sports facilities, with Target Field, Madison Square Garden and Daytona International Speedway as clients.
Litwin said the company plans to branch out into other areas such as video conferencing and soundproofing.
“We’ve been jolted with a charge of energy,” Litwin said. “There’s that element of excitement and newness and desire to prove oneself as its own company.”
There were obviously benefits to being part of Target, he added, but the structure confused some clients who, knowing Target as a discount retailer, were surprised the higher-end focus of the commercial business. Atmosphere has also jettisoned some parts of the Target corporate culture — such as its heavy use of meetings — that it doesn’t find useful.
“We have a lot less administrative things, which you kind of get by habit as part of a big company,” he said.
When Brian Cornell arrived as CEO at Target last summer, company executives were already engaged in a strategic review of every aspect of the company as it looked to refocus and revive sales after a difficult couple of years. Target Commercial Interiors was one that didn’t align with the company’s priorities.
“I’m not surprised they sold it,” said Brian Yarbrough, an analyst with Edward Jones. “It was more of a distraction. In the grand scheme of things, it was pretty minuscule compared to the overall results at Target.”
Litwin said the business has annual revenue that exceeds $100 million, sizable for many businesses but tiny inside the $73 billion Target.
Dayton Corp. started the commercial furnishings business in 1953, nearly a decade before it opened the first Target store.
In recent years, Target has been one of its biggest customers as it used the subsidiary to outfit its headquarters, regional offices and distribution centers as well as its offices in stores themselves. By sourcing furnishings through one of its own arms, Target was able to basically get the items at cost, Litwin said.
And in most years, aside from the down years of the recession, the business was profitable, he added. Its sales nearly doubled in the past five years, far eclipsing the growth of Target’s big-box stores.
Still, Litwin knew the division was vulnerable. In November, he was told by senior executives that, while they liked the business, it was going to be teed up for a sale. “No big surprise,” Litwin said. “We’re business to business. Target is mass consumer.”
By mid-March, he hadn’t heard much about potential suitors. So he asked executives if they would consider letting him make a pitch. In the meantime, he reached out to the owners of Omni, whose A&M Business Interior Services was routinely used by Target Commercial Interiors to move and install furniture. They agreed to partner on an offer.
A couple of days later, they sat down with Target executives and hammered out the framework of a deal, Litwin said. They were given a deadline of May 30 to close the deal.
He declined to give a transaction amount, but Target has said the deal was less than $10 million.
As part of the deal, Target committed to remaining a client. And Litwin noted that Target will continue to get a “competitive deal” on the goods it buys from Atmosphere.
Much about the business is staying the same. Atmosphere kept its offices directly across the street from Target Corp.’s Nicollet Mall headquarters. The same management team is running it. It laid off only about a dozen of its employees. It now employs 90 people in Minneapolis and about 70 others at showrooms in Wisconsin and Arizona.
Its ground-level space at S. 9th St. and Nicollet Avenue once housed a showroom that was open to the public. But the company made it by appointment-only a few years ago and now only uses it mostly to host large groups.
Litwin said he doesn’t see a need for that space anymore. So the building’s owners are looking into leasing that space out, perhaps to a restaurant or two.


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If you believe in the lithium story, Lithium Americas is as good a vehicle as any to ride it out. The company is about a year away from starting production at its Caucharí-Olaroz project in Argentina, which will use a combination of brine evaporation ponds and chemical processing plants to produce 40,000 tonnes per year to start.
Lithium Americas‘ Caucharí-Olaroz project in Argentina
The stock: You’d have done well to own stock in Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX, NYSE:LAC) lately. It’s more than doubled in the past year and more than quadrupled in the past five—despite having no revenue or earnings to speak of, just a couple of lithium development projects in Argentina and Nevada. Can this roll continue?
The drivers: Until recently, lithium, a light, silvery-white alkali metal, was a little-used mineral with few commercial suppliers. But demand is expected to soar as production of electric vehicles powered by lithium-ion batteries takes off. Chinese companies have tried to corner the market, heightening the metal’s strategic importance. Still, lithium prices are volatile as the opening of each new mine or brine extraction plant skews the supply-demand balance. Plus, there’s the overarching risk that a different battery technology—or an entirely different automotive propulsion technology, like, say, hydrogen fuel cells—comes to the fore.
But if you believe in the lithium story, Lithium Americas is as good a vehicle as any to ride it out. The Vancouver-based company is about a year away from starting production at its Caucharí-Olaroz project in Argentina, which will use a combination of brine evaporation ponds and chemical processing plants to produce 40,000 tonnes per year to start. It‘s also developing an open-pit mine site called Thacker Pass in Nevada that would be the largest source in the U.S., but there are several hurdles to overcome.
Lithium Americas stock peaked above $36 last January, when the company obtained an important permit for Thacker Pass. It’s since settled back to around $22, giving it a market capitalization approaching $2.5 billion.
Word on the street: “We fully expect LAC to re-rate as its Argentinean brine project, Caucharí-Olaroz, starts production next year,” IA Capital Markets analyst Puneet Singh said in a note last week as he raised his target by $5, to $29, with a “speculative buy” rating.
Coming and going: Restructured digital building supply marketplace BuildDirect.com Technologies started trading on the TSX Venture Exchange on August 18 under the symbol BILD, following a reverse takeover of VLCTY Capital. Founded in 1999, the Vancouver-based company entered creditor protection in 2017 before being refinanced by a group of investors and lenders.


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While Tim Cook didn’t announce a stock split during Apple’s (AAPL) annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday, he did reveal new information about the company’s proposed spaceship-like headquarters. The offices, which were the brainchild of Apple’s late co-founder Steve Jobs, will be located a short distance from Apple’s current location in Cupertino. Cook said that the company is currently working with city officials to gain approval and plans to begin construction later this year. The facility is expected to span 2.8 million square feet and house more than 14,000 employees. Cook estimates that Apple will move into its new home by 2016.
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Rumors began last week, and it is now officially announced that smartwatch maker Pebble is acquired by Fitbit. The acquisition means no new smartwatches will be sold under the brand Pebble.
According to reports, Fitbit purchased Pebble for less than $ 40 million. Fitbit is interested in the acquisition mainly for Pebble’s current software and patents. The Pebble Core and the Pebble Time smartwatches will no longer appear on the market.
Ignited from Kickstarter
Pebble was one of the most famous smartwatch manufacturers. The product originated through crowdfunding on Kickstarter. In 2013, the first smartwatch appeared which was a great success. But the smartwatch market is stagnating, even Pebble has been facing many difficulties in recent times.
“However—due to various factors—Pebble is no longer able to operate as an independent entity. We have made the tough decision to shut down the company and no longer manufacture Pebble devices.”
The company wrote in a blog post.
“This news has several major implications, and we hope to answer as many questions as possible here, in Kickstarter Update #17, and on our Support site.”
The warranty on the smartwatches expires automatically. Customers who have not received their ordered wearable will get their money back.
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Govt. to encourage exporting of cannabis
Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine Rajitha Senaratnethe says the government of Sri Lanka intends to set aside a 100-acre property in Ingiriya, which is 60 km away from Colombo, for the cultivation of cannabis to supplement the indigenous medicinal industry and for export to the US.
This plantation will be the country’s first authorised cannabis farm and is expected to fall under the guard of the Sri Lankan security force.
The minister further stated that the plantation is expected to yield 25 metric tonnes of high quality cannabis per annum.
He further stated that there was a dearth in the availability of quality cannabis for ayurvedic medicinal purposes, with ayurvedic doctors complaining of the difficulty in securing a high quality grade of this product which is an essential component of indigenous medicines.
He pointed out that at present the ayurvedic community had to rely on smuggled or illegally harvested cannabis that had been seized by Courts, but due to their extended period of storage in evidence had deteriorated in quality.
“By the time our native doctors get this cannabis, it is about four to five years old and it has lost its effectiveness”” he said.
Senaratne informed that the surplus harvest would then be exported, adding that he had been told that, “…there is a high demand in the US and several other countries. Cannabis is used by the pharmaceutical industry in the manufacture of tranquilisers and painkillers.”
Use and possession of cannabis in Sri Lanka is a punishable offence despite it being illegally harvested in the country.
Cannabis harvesting is a lucrative illegal enterprise in Sri Lanka, but with the government now promoting a legal method of distributing the product, it will enable bold and innovative investors to put forward proposals to form a collective farming unit of these illegal growers and provide them with a legal business enterprise.
As mentioned by Senaratne, the market for cannabis is on the rise in the US and other countries and it will provide legitimate business for a previously illicit enterprise.
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SEOUL: The heir to the Samsung empire bowed in apology Wednesday for company misconduct including a controversial plan for him to ascend to the leadership of the world's largest smartphone maker.
Lee Jae-Yong is vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics and was jailed for five years in 2017 for bribery, embezzlement and other offenses in connection with the scandal that brought down South Korean President Park Geun-hye.
The 51-year-old was released a year later on appeal but is currently undergoing a retrial.
"Our technology and products are being hailed as first-class but the public gaze towards Samsung still remains harsh," Lee said.
"This is my fault. I apologise."
Lee bowed three times before flashing cameras at a Samsung Electronics office in Seoul, where reporters sat apart under coronavirus distancing rules.
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He will not allow his children to succeed him at the firm, he said in steady tones, swallowing occasionally.
"I will make sure that there will be no more controversy over the succession of management," Lee said, adding: "I will never take any actions that go against the law."
Wednesday's apology came at the request of Samsung's compliance committee, which oversees the firm's transparency in its corporate dealings.
Lee has effectively been at the helm of the sprawling Samsung group since his father and group chairman Lee Kun-hee was left bedridden by a heart attack in 2014.
The court case centered on millions of dollars the Samsung group paid Park's secret confidante Choi Soon-sil, allegedly for government favors including ensuring a smooth transition for Lee to succeed his ailing father.
The scandal highlighted shady connections between big business and politics in South Korea, with the ousted president and her friend accused of taking bribes from corporate bigwigs in exchange for preferential treatment.
Samsung Electronics is the flagship subsidiary of the group, which is by far the biggest of the family-controlled conglomerates, or chaebols, that dominate business in the world's 12th-largest economy.
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Its overall turnover is equivalent to a fifth of the national gross domestic product and it is crucial to South Korea's economic health.
Chairman Lee Kun-hee is listed as South Korea's richest man -- and the world's 65th -- by Bloomberg Billionaires, with a fortune estimated at $15.7 billion, while Lee Jae-yong has a separate listing of his own, and a net worth of $5.7 billion.
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In March, the Samsung compliance committee which was set up in response to a court order -- said many "disgraceful" incidents involving the Samsung Group were linked to an alleged succession scheme for Lee and advised him to apologise publicly.
It also recommended that Lee address Samsung's previous "no labour union" policy.
For almost 50 years Samsung successfully avoided the unionisation of its workers sometimes adopting ferocious tactics according to critics -- until last November.
"I sincerely apologise to everyone who has been hurt by issues involving Samsung's labour union policy," Lee said.
The company will guarantee workers' rights and act in accordance with employment regulations, he added.
Samsung reported a slight fall in first-quarter net profits last month at $4 billion, citing impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
But the firm which saw operations suspended at 11 overseas assembly lines warned of further falls to come as consumer demand is "significantly" hit by the disease.
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Two Brooklyn men, workers in a cargo warehouse at Kennedy Airport, face grand larceny charges after swiping more than $90,000 worth of electronic tablets, cameras, memory cards and other devices, Queens prosecutors said Friday.
Kason Alexander, 32, of Bainbridge Street, and Akanni Martin, 39, of Park Place, were arraigned Monday before Criminal Court Judge Robert M. Stolz on charges of second-degree grand larceny and second-degree criminal possession of stolen property.
Each was released on his own recognizance; they are due back in court on July 13.
If convicted, both men face up to 15 years in prison.
The office of Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said in a news release Friday that Alexander was spotted urinating on a sidewalk on East 57th Street by a police officer on May 23; when the officer approached Alexander as he and Martin got into a nearby vehicle, the officer noticed wooden crates shoved atop the folded down backseat of the car.
Prosecutors said Martin allegedly stated, "We both work at a warehouse at JFK and we came here after work to have some drinks . . ." and that the vehicle "is my brother's car, I am just using it."
The cargo crates contained 127 memory cards, 36 camera lenses, 52 Nikon cameras and 15 camera accessories. Police allegedly recovered 100 Kindle tablets from Alexander's vehicle.
The recovered items are valued in excess of $90,000, prosecutors said.
"The two men were trusted employees at Kennedy Airport," Brown said in a statement, "but they are now accused of helping themselves to nearly $100,000 worth of electronic merchandise."


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Skip to comments.Retail rebound: 2017 holiday sales reach $598 billion
Posted on 12/25/2017 6:34:47 PM PST by eastforker
NEW YORK -- Retailers are seeing plenty of green this holiday season. And it's not over yet. Records are falling as sales add up.
"This is literally the best season since before the recession," business owner Craig Johnson said.
Johnson's company, Customer Growth Partners, analyzes all things retail. He credits low unemployment and a booming stock market for this humbug-free holiday season.
"The single biggest drive of retail sales is growth in real disposable income," he said. "And when real income goes up, people have money in their pocket and they're able to spend it."
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Same news cycle every year.
3-4 weeks from Christmas and they are predicting failure then, Voila!
I swear that idiot is muttering this under his breath 15x a day.
Lol - I was just going to post something like that. The jug-eared Kenyan is probably going to try and grab credit for it. Hope he does, because he just looks so small and foolish.
But, democrats will claim it’s Obama’s leftover economic policies that had people spending big money during Xmas.
Trump can say, “Ok then take credit, but just wait till next year.”
One of my lib co-workers at the State Department tried to tell me the great things happening with the economy and taxes are because of 0bama. He was serious. I couldn’t help bursting out in laughter.
“Very little is being said in the MSM about this holiday season being one of the best ever for retailers.”
There can be no question now that the economy has been artificially held down for YEARS due to government interference, and a corrupted media.
The stage is set for an economic EXPLOSION, the likes of which we have not seen since the 2nd World War. Only this time, they will be making TV’s and extended cab pickups, instead of tanks.
The Obama lost decade is over.
Thank you President Trump!
I just saved $2,000 on Federal Taxes by switching to Trump.
The Trump Effect....
“The Trump Effect....”
definitely. as soon as i heard amazon/fedex/ups/etc and the rest could no longer guarantee delivery by Christmas, I knew what was up: massive Christmas shopping season due to economic optimism ... I said to Mrs. Catnipman: Trump Effect!
I know a few deluded ones.
They’re all state gov-co drones.
It is because of 0bama. All he had to do was leave.
AND would have blamed Trump if all economic news was currently bad.
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“Prudential Equity Group raised estimates and the price target on Apple Computer, citing ‘stronger-than-anticipated iPod sales’ and ‘marginally better’ sales of the Macintosh platform. Prudential said, ‘We expect strong earnings and positive news flow from potential new product announcements including a new flash-based iPod, enhanced value proposition from the iPod mini, and a ‘headless iMac.’ Such products are not factored into our new estimates.’ The research firm said it sees ‘room for upside” to consensus estimates for Apple, but suggested looking for an entry point in the shares after Macworld and the fiscal first-quarter earnings report,” Forbes reports.
“The firm raised the first-quarter estimated iPod shipments to 4.25 million units from 3.35 million units. It sees shipments of 15.0 million iPod units and 22.5 million units in fiscal 2005 and 2006, respectively. Prudential said, ‘We believe that the iPod story has legs, and having reached critical mass, is capable of moving both the revenue and earnings needles materially,'” Forbes reports.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: That’s a lot of anything and each iPod that’s out there already plays for sure.


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Building on a decade that has seen the number of plastic closures sold per year increase by 60bn to 200bn, Ceresana Research predicts that revenues from the total European plastic caps and closures sector will increase from €1.7bn to more than €2bn a year by 2017. This translates into continuous growth at an average rate of 2.3 percent per year.
The most significant growth is expected to come from certain sub-sectors of the beverage sector, such as beer, yoghurt, milk products, and sports drinks. And in terms of materials, Ceresana said polypropylene and polyethylene are being used increasingly for closures.
Ceresana spokesperson Martin Ebner told this publication that much of this growth is anticipated “because glass is still being replaced by plastics, mainly for reasons of weight (sometimes also for security reasons, e.g. as glass bottles are prohibited in soccer stadiums and trains).”
East versus west
Within Europe, the strongest growth in production and consumption of plastic caps and closures is expected in Russia, Poland and Turkey. In these emerging markets, manufacturers are investing above all in mass-produced, standard products such as screw-caps for PET bottles.
Meanwhile, in Western Europe, innovation is the key to unlocking growth opportunities. Producers are focusing, for example, on complex closures with seals and built-in dosing devises for medications.
Oliver Kutsch, owner of Ceresana, said: “Although inexpensive and standard products are being applied in many sectors, the trend towards more complex closure systems remains unbroken.
“Above all, more functionality, better technical characteristics, and convenience are in demand, in addition to weight reduction, energy saving during production, and recycling.”
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Ottawa's Italian businesses feel effects of lockdown, from prosciutto to guided tours
Italians are only allowed to travel for work or medical reasons until April 3
Ottawa businesses that rely on travel to and trade with Italy say they are beginning to feel the effects of the country's lockdown in response to the coronavirus.
Antonio Mauriello, an Ottawa man who owns Savour Italy Tours, says all of his trips this spring have been cancelled. In a typical year, Mauriello takes hundreds of tourists to Italy each season to experience the country's culture and cuisine.
"After building a business for so many years, I see everything collapsing in a matter of days," said Mauriello on Tuesday.
Italy announced Monday it was putting the entire country under lockdown in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus. People there are only allowed to travel for work and medical reasons until April 3.
Mauriello says April, May and June make up the high season for Canadians travelling to Italy and "100 per cent" of his clients have cancelled their trips.
"What is left is a bit of September and October which is the other peak season and half of them have cancelled also for September, which is a major concern for us," said Mauriello.
Mauriello, who is originally from Rome, has been operating his tour business out of Ottawa for the past 15 years.
Savour Italy Tours has four employees in Ottawa and two in Italy and Mauriello fears he will have to lay them off.
"I'm swamped by decisions to make every second," he said.
La Bottega Nicastro plans for supply disruption
In Ottawa's ByWard Market, the owner of an Italian fine food store said he's also monitoring the situation in Italy, where the vast majority of his products come from.
Pat Nicastro, owner of La Bottega Nicastro, said he got confirmation on Monday that a major food show he attends in northern Italy each year has been cancelled.
"For us it was an important show because we do all our buying for the year — we meet our suppliers, we look at new products," said Nicastro.
WATCH: Here's how quarantine measures in Italy are being felt in Ottawa
Nicastro is already considering finding Canadian alternatives to some products, such as prosciutto, if he can't get them from Italy.
But that wouldn't be ideal, he said.
"You can't replace the authenticity of some of these products like the real parmigiano-reggiano that only comes from that area or the real balsamic vinegar that only comes from that area," he said.
Nicastro said he's hopeful products will continue to come out of Italy but he does think there may be some "adjustments with prices" if there's no stock available.
"It's serious but they say business will go on and they're saying the factories are open. They're still going to send out food," said Nicastro.
"Italy needs [to] export and food is one of the biggest items that come out of Italy. So we're confident that they'll get back on track and have some stuff for us."


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Postal rates are increasing in May, and smart marketers are insulating themselves from the hit by plunging headfirst into acquiring multichannel contact points for all of their customers.
(Magilla Marketing) Too many marketers fail to take basic steps to ensure their e-mail gets delivered and, as a result, seriously risk getting their campaigns blocked, according to Craig Spiezle, director of online safety for Microsoft.
When it comes to bounce data, many companies don
While transactional e-mail offers the highest open and clickthrough rates of any type of e-mail, Harte-Hanks in 2005 said that most companies continue to send plain-text e-mail with no branding or dynamic cross-sell offers.
(Magilla Marketing) E-mail marketing still apparently has a long way to go in terms of integration and analysis. Sixty-five percent of marketers surveyed said they don
Since the late nineties, marketers have been working hard to create more effective and efficient customer relationships through e-mail.
Today most are focused on optimizing their e-mail marketing efforts. But many don
With a large and active e-commerce marketing lists
(Magilla Marketing) With Internet service providers using consumer spam complaints to decide which incoming e-mail to block, housefile hygiene is taking on a new meaning, according to one expert.
(Magilla Marketing) Bass Pro Shops has boosted its conversion-to-sale rates dramatically by including customer product reviews in its outbound e-mail and by sending messages based on Website visitors’ browsing behavior,
(Magilla Marketing) As online merchants ramp up their e-mail efforts, many risk being unable to handle the resulting spikes in Web traffic–
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – Health and fashion are combining for an upcoming event.
PJ Parkinson’s and Marc Nelson Denim are hosting a fundraising event that will benefit the Equity & Inclusion program. The event named “Da Man” will be held at Marc Nelson Denim on Tuesday, November 30th. The event is free and will include Scotch tastings and holiday shopping.
PJ Parkinson’s and Marc Nelson Denim recently got together to gift a young man battling Parkinson’s disease a full makeover. Their motto is “If you look good, you feel good.”


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With some establishment media finally joining the party, and catching up and reporting on different types of shortages still being seen randomly throughout America, we note new shortages expected will be on items that generally weren't a problem the last time around.
One of the main points people seem to ignore or forget is that grocery stores and other places to purchase food are still not recovered from the initial rounds of panic shopping when the COVID-19 lockdowns first began.
Recent reports show stores are trying to get their stocks replenished, while at the same time trying to prepare for another round of panic shopping, which according to some reports, has already begun.
Another things we have been hearing about is the lack of variety and ability to obtain certain brands, as many companies have limited their choices in order to keep other items available.
When the coronavirus pandemic first struck, grocery retailers across the nation were scrambling to restock shelves as consumers panic-shopped for canned goods, flour, yeast and most curiously, toilet paper. Now, with a second wave of COVID-19 looming and fear over potential unrest around the presidential election, consumers are aggressively stocking up on various foods. And grocers are struggling to keep up with the demand.
“As of now what we are seeing is the start of the second wave of panic,” said Chris Mentzer, the director of operations for Rastelli Market Fresh in New Jersey. “Our customers keep telling me how they are looking for any type of freezer to purchase so they can start stocking up their homes now. Their main concern is meat." He explained that customers are mainly looking to buy and freeze beef and poultry — ground beef, steaks, roasts and all varieties of chicken.
"They're also starting to buy a lot of frozen meals and frozen pizzas," said Mentzer. "We are seeing anything that can be microwaved quickly or easily made in the oven for kids, fly off the shelves, as people are preparing for schools and colleges to be closed this winter — along with a run on dried goods and paper goods, as well.”
.Usually on these food shortage reports we list available items for readers to get online to avoid having to get caught up in the chaos of panic shoppers, at the bottom of the article, which we will also do here, but we will add some throughout as we report on it.
With that said, refrigerators and freezers, are beginning to be a little more difficult to come by, according to Kitchn.com.
Is your refrigerator running? If so, you better go catch it (thank you, endlessly entertaining kindergarten joke). But if it’s not, you might be really out of luck these days: NPR reports that after all the yeast and flour shortages of early quarantine, what’s really hard to track down these days isn’t a specific food, but the appliance in which we store our food.
It’s not the first appliance to disappear from warehouses: In the spring, a run on freezers as people stocked up on supplies rendered them unavailable for months. And when those were gone, customers moved on to purchasing all the refrigerators that had freezers on them.
The article also says that to a lesser extent they are seeing shortages of washers and dryers as well.
From what we are hearing, many appliance stores are still selling all the aforementioned products but some are saying it could be weeks or months before the item will be in store or available to be delivered, so it is a little difficult to stock up on items that need refrigeration and freezing without the appliance to store said food in.
According to SFGate, there is also expected to be a run on gloves again, which makes it prudent to order now to replenish what you have used over the course of the past few months.
It is also mentioned in that piece that the prices for gloves and masks and other similar items have risen considerably, which leads us to the conclusion that as the supplies start dwindling again, those prices will spike again as well.
As for masks, we will list some here, but given the new reports about the ineffectiveness of masks used by those not infected, we would caution folks to do some research and decide for yourself if you want to stock up on them or not.
New reports are also showing what items are expected to fly off the shelves first, and will many recommending the stocking up on gloves and masks, other items they are recommending the purchase of in preparation for more shortages, include hand sanitizer, cleaning supplies and, once again, toilet paper.
“We talked about doing a big shop like we’re going into quarantine,” says Hall, 53, of Burlington, Vermont. On the list: enough basics such as milk, beans and rice to last for two to three weeks.
Hall, a consultant, points out that her local grocery stores struggle to keep their shelves fully stocked and have shortages of products like cleaning supplies, even though her state has one of the lowest COVID-19 rates in the U.S.
“Arguably speaking, we have control of things in Vermont, but you still go into the grocery store and there are shelves that are sparse,” she says.
This is why I said at the top of this article that the establishment media has finally joined the party as they have downplayed the initial shortages until it was too late to encourage people to stock up because they shelves were already empty.
This tells us that if they are warning people now about expected shortages, we can be sure they are expected to be much worse than what the media is reporting.
Seriously, at this point, even if there is no second wave of the coronavirus, a second wave of panic shopping has already begun. First because of the hype of the media and their howls of "second wave of COVID-19."
Secondly and perhaps more importantly, Americans are seeing the unrest in the streets, the Antifa/BLM rioters, buildings and cars burning, stores emptied and left a mess by looters, and innocent men and women on the street, outdoor dining and even trying to sleep in their homes, being harassed by thugs.
Anyone that thinks that grocery stores and other food retailers are going to get back to normal on selection and availability of specific brands, is in for a big surprise, if anything it will get worse.
Last but not least, we are seeing reports and chatter online of expected peanut, therefore peanut butter shortages expected, along with corn syrup that people who use a lot for their businesses are having a hard time acquiring the amounts they need.
If the mainstream media, at least a small portion of it, are finally acknowledging the shortages, and offering a limited amount of reports about round two of panic shopping having already begun, then we can fully expect things to break wide open very soon where the "news" cannot be ignored by the rest of the MSM.
Readers of Independent Media took heed when their trusted websites informed them of the shortages that were coming, and warned about the "medical martial law," that was coming, despite being treated like fear-mongers by those ignoring what was happening, did what they needed to do, stocked up, slowly and carefully without panic shopping, resupplied what was needed, and saved themselves from having to enter the fray of panic shoppers when it all finally hit the fan.
While personally I do not think the second wave of COVID-19 will be anywhere near what the first wave was, I do think that liberal state leaders and politicians, will attempt to shut down their cities and the economy again anyway, which is why the upcoming shortages are almost a given at this point.
Stock up, resupply, top of what you have, and if you need things, get them now, they may be listed as "currently unavailable" by next week or next month.
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MEANWHILE: Getting high with the Web
Online shopping is the in thing. One click does the trick. Ross W. Ulbricht took the idea too seriously.
He made drugs reach your fingertip by setting up Silk Road, an online market for drugs like LSD, heroin, cocaine, etc.
Surprising as it may sound, he managed to evade law for three years and investigators have pointed at 1.5 million transactions taking place on the site.
Ulbricht, a graduate from Pennsylvania State University in material science, claims to have set up Silk Road to empower people to make their own choices.
Online shopping is the in thing. One click does the trick. Ross W. Ulbricht took the idea too seriously
Mr Ulbricht, by selling drugs how is anyone being empowered? And what choice have you been talking about — to choose between heroin or cocaine or LSD?
Silk Road has taken away the lives of many innocent people, who were drawn to this idea of getting high through the web.
Ulbricht, who operated under the alias Dread Pirate Roberts, had successfully changed the lives of many people — for bad.
He had got them easy access to life-threatening substances and drawn them into the world of drug addiction.
The Silk Road founder claims the he now respects the law and authority. It took him just a life sentence and thousands of marred families to understand the point — pretty dumb for a ‘highly educated’ man.
Dread Pirate Roberts has shown the world that the Internet is a dangerous place. As though there were not enough problems, Ulbricht has added another cap to the dangerous feathers of the Internet.
A physics graduate and masters in material science just to rub law on the wrong side and spend the rest of your life in prison — not a good deal Mr Ulbricht.
Now you have all the time in prison to think about lawful ways to empower people and help them make choices.


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Marcelo Claure says his network has improved to the point that it is competitive, but adds he doesn't care if Sprint is the No. 3 or No. 4 carrier.
The wireless carrier adds to its many promotions with a $5-a-month program called "Score," designed to unlock lower smartphone prices.
In an open letter to BlackBerry fans, CEO John Legere says he is disappointed with the breakup with BlackBerry.
T-Mobile said it was taking legal action to stop Verizon from using its LTE coverage maps in ads, calling them misleading.
Can't afford the steep off-contract prices for Apple's new smartphones? T-Mobile joins other wireless carriers in aiming to make it easier for users to pay them off.
The wireless carrier is expanding its existing Wi-Fi calling and texting service with promises of more coverage in the home and in the air.
The carrier's flamboyant CEO says more wireless consumers are joining its network than any other major wireless network.
Any way you slice it, Verizon's network solidly beats its competitors nationwide, according to RootMetrics independent network testing. But AT&T is not far behind. And T-Mobile is edging forward, displacing Sprint as a distant third.
The wireless battle today is being fought among families, as major operators slash pricing. This is good news for consumers -- but watch out for the small print. CNET's Ask Maggie explains.
Wireless consolidation may be taking a breather, but interest in T-Mobile appears to remain strong.


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All Fresh GPS sees big increase
All Fresh GPS LLC, Sparta, Mich., will have a significant increase in fuji, gala and other apple varieties this year as trees planted over the past five years come into production, said Scott Swindeman, vice president and partner.
The company also is in its fourth year offering the SweeTango variety.
Harvesting, which started Aug. 20, should be up to speed by Sept. 10 and continue until late October, he said.
BelleHarvest Sales hires two
BelleHarvest Sales Inc., Belding, Mich., has hired Angie Sommers as a marketing specialist and Sean Heffron as data analyst, said Chris Sandwick, vice president of sales and marketing.
Sommers will focus on retail promotion, new product development and social media.
Most recently, she was with the western Michigan office of Wilbur-Ellis, where she did marketing and field work.
Heffron, who is from a multi-generation apple farm, will work with sales staff and retailers to provide internal and external reporting, Sandwick said.
Glei’s installs Compac sorter
Glei’s Inc., Hillsdale, Mich., has installed a new Compac single-lane sorter with a Spectrim cabinet that can detect external defects and sort by and color and size, said Damon Glei, president and owner.
The machine includes an Inspectra 2 internal quality sorting system to detect internal defects. The system should be ready for this season, he said.
Jack Brown production rises
Jack Brown Produce Inc., Sparta, Mich., will have an increase in volume this year, including increased production of the EverCrisp variety, said Tom Labbe, sales manager.
The company had a small amount of EverCrisp last year, he said.
“But this year I think we will have enough for it to be a nice variety for our Michigan apple customers. It was something we thought we could do a good job at,” he said.
EverCrisp should be available in late October.
Apple committee adds to staff
John Woodall has been named regional manager for the Lansing-based Michigan Apple Committee, said Diane Smith, executive director.
Woodall, who will cover the northern region of the U.S., replaced Mike Bardon, who retired in June.
Woodall most recently served as produce and floral specialist for Denver-based Lucky’s Market. Before that, he was produce buyer for Independence, Ky.-based Crosset Co. LLC and Indianapolis-based Caito Food Service, with specific experience in the apple category at both companies.
North Bay Produce opens headquarters
North Bay Produce, Traverse City, Mich., has been growing at a rate of 15% to 20% every year on all the commodities the company produces, said Ken Korson, apple category manager.
“It hasn’t really let up,” he said.
The company, which sources from growers all over the world, opened a new 15,000-square-foot headquarters in Traverse City several months ago, he said.
North Bay Produce has seven apple packing sheds in Michigan and one in North Carolina.


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Hackers Release Hudson Valley Foie Gras Customer Information
Whoops, looks like a couple of foie gras lovers got some unexpected Earth Day surprises. Yesterday, it was announced that Hudson Valley Foie Gras's website was hacked Monday and Tuesday, giving hackers access to more than 1,200 customer names, addresses, credit card types, purchases, and email addresses.
Animal rights activists took credit for the takedown, with the North American Animal Liberation Press Office sending the information to Negotiation Is Over. "We temporarily took down their website... and online store, and uncovered name/address/phone number/credit card details for over 1,200 customers who purchased foie gras and duck flesh products between June 2012 and April 2013," the hackers wrote, listing several customers' contact information and purchasing orders.
The OC Register notes that at least one chef, Laguna Beach chef Amar Santana, has been receiving harassing calls from activists since the information went public. "It is illegal to sell [foie gras] or whatever, but you are telling me it is OK to blast personal information like that online? That is more illegal than anything else," he told the Register.
Since then Hudson Valley Foie Gras has responded to the hacking, Eater reports, with a complete statement assuring customers that their credit card information was not compromised. "We use Authorize.Net for credit card processing, which provides security for credit card transactions. It is our understanding credit cards are not compromised. This criminal action has been reported and is being investigated by state and federal authorities," the full statement said.
This isn't the first time Hudson Valley Foie Gras has been targeted by activists; most recently, the Animal Legal Defense Fund and Regal Vegan sued the foie gras company for false advertising, as it calls its product the "humane choice."


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Mon. May 29th, 2023
The Lake Ozark Police Department now has more supplies thanks to a donation from a national chain.
Home Depot brought a truckload of supplies to Lake Ozark police, which included sanitizing wipes, hand sanitizer, disinfectant spray and flashlights.
The day after that truckload was delivered, Home Depot brought pizza, salad and drinks to Lake Ozark police.
From the city:
Christmas came a little early for the Lake Ozark Police Department. Home Depot in Osage Beach recently donated a trunk-load of supplies as part of a company-wide community support program.
Included were sanitizing wipes, hand sanitizer, disinfectant spray, flashlights and more. The next day, HD provided beverages, salad and pizza for the LOPD.
Home Depot Assistant Managers Todd Donaldson and Matt Lammer delivered the items to the LOPD.
From left are Donaldson, LOPD Officers Evan Meyer, Robert Mullet and James Boren and Lammer.


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Pulling the plug on on-line leisure — and data — is prone to additional isolate the nation and its individuals after a rising variety of multinational companies have lower off Russia from very important monetary providers, know-how and a wide range of shopper merchandise in response to Western financial sanctions and world outrage over the invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. bank card corporations Visa, Mastercard and American Categorical all mentioned over the weekend they’d lower service in Russia. South Korea’s Samsung Electronics, a number one provider of each smartphones and laptop chips, mentioned it might halt product shipments to the nation, becoming a member of different huge tech corporations equivalent to Apple, Microsoft, Intel and Dell.
And two of the so-called Massive 4 accounting corporations mentioned Sunday they had been slicing ties to the nation. KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers each they’d finish their relationships with their Russia-based member corporations, every of which employs 1000’s of individuals.
Ukraine’s minister of digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, known as on U.S. know-how corporations to do extra Sunday to hit again towards Russia. He tweeted open letters asking Apple and Google to close down their app shops in Russia and for Amazon and Microsoft to droop their cloud computing providers.
Reality or Fiction: How do you notice and debunk misinformation? Consultants chime in
Suppliers of internet-based providers and apps have been largely reluctant to take actions that would deprive Russian residents of social media providers and different sources of knowledge.
That modified Friday when Russian President Vladimir Putin intensified a crackdown on media retailers and people who fail to hew to the Kremlin line on the conflict, blocking Fb and Twitter and signing into legislation a invoice that criminalizes the intentional spreading of what Moscow deems to be “faux” experiences.
Netflix didn’t specify a cause for suspending providers Sunday besides to say it mirrored “circumstances on the bottom.” The corporate had beforehand mentioned it might refuse to air Russian state TV channels.
TikTok mentioned Russian customers of its well-liked social media app would now not be capable of submit new movies or livestreams they usually additionally wouldn’t be capable of see movies shared from elsewhere on the planet.
“In mild of Russia’s new `faux information’ legislation, we’ve no selection however to droop livestreaming and new content material to our video service whereas we overview the security implications of this legislation,” TikTok mentioned in a press release on Twitter. “Our in-app messaging service is not going to be affected.”
TikTok spokesperson Hilary McQuaide mentioned the TikTok app in Russia now seems in “view-only” mode and received’t let individuals submit or see new movies or livestreams. They will nonetheless see older movies, however not in the event that they got here from outdoors the nation, she mentioned.
“The security of staff is our prime precedence,” she mentioned, including that the video-sharing service — a part of China-based tech firm ByteDance — didn’t wish to put both its Russian staff or customers susceptible to extreme felony penalties. Some protesters who’ve taken to the streets in Moscow, St. Petersburg and different Russian cities to decry the invasion of Ukraine have used social media platforms to broadcast their trigger.
How the invasion of Ukraine is impacting abnormal Russians
The brand new “faux information” laws, shortly rubber-stamped by each homes of the Kremlin-controlled parliament and signed by Putin, imposes jail sentences of as much as 15 years for these spreading info that goes towards the Russian authorities’s narrative on the conflict.
A number of information retailers have additionally mentioned they’d pause their work inside Russia to guage the scenario. Russian authorities have repeatedly and falsely decried experiences of Russian navy setbacks or civilian deaths in Ukraine as “faux” information. State media retailers check with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a “particular navy operation” quite than a conflict or an invasion.
The legislation envisages sentences of as much as three years or fines for spreading what authorities deem to be false information concerning the navy, however the most punishment rises to fifteen years for circumstances deemed to have led to “extreme penalties.”
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Gone are the days when cafés were related to breakfast only, now they are one of the happening eating out destinations. The whole spectrum of café has changed drastically. It’s amusing that quarter of the revenue of restaurant business is coming from the breakfast or brunch segment.
According to a report by Technopak Advisors, a consultancy firm, the per organised café market in India, which grew almost six fold in the last five years to $230 million currently, is likely to hit $410 million by 2017, maintaining a compounded annual growth rate of 13-14 per cent. It shows that the future of the cafe’ is definitely bright as it is time savour and way convenient. Things have changed over the period of time, now people are smart and convenience friendly. They know what they want and they do not want to compromise because they have options.
The Consumer Segmentation
Cafe’ segment is growing as people are migrating to different cities as per their requirements. Therefore breakfast and café have become a huge category in restaurant business. “Over the course of the journey, we have realized that the incidents of having breakfast and the time that it takes to prepare breakfast is slowly getting much important for people. Disposable incomes started coming up to consumers, they travel more and getting more cosmopolitan now. In this rushing lifestyle, it has become a necessity to grab something for breakfast on the go”, says Aditya Bagri, Director, Bagrry's India Limited.
Breakfast For Healthy Living
Few years back there was nothing such a concept like café and breakfast. “Many researches have been done that breakfast plays as the significant part of the whole day. Having breakfast in the morning maintains body’s BMR and that is why café culture is getting on the stage,” he adds further. There is a huge scope in café segment because people today have no time to prepare healthy breakfast and café brings that on the table.
Spending Quality Time
“One visits cafe’ just to hang out with friends and to have some quality time. Cafes’ are primarily about community who are comfortable enough to enhance bonding and communication whereas restaurants are about food, exploring new things and novelty,” Riyaaz Amlani, CEO at Impresario Entertainment which runs Mocha Cafes in India.
Preference Of Vegan Consumer
It does not take hours to prepare vegetarian breakfast and that is why it becomes a question for vegans to have breakfast in cafés. “Basically people have no time to cook in the morning and there are cafés serving them home made plus healthy food,” says R.J. Surendranath, Managing Director of M/s. HNS Hotels Pvt. Ltd.
With a market size of around Rs 1700 crore and expected to grow at a fast pace of 20%, the segment has been largely dominated by only two or three key retail coffee chains. As the industry involves different format to catch customers’ attention, it gives emerging player a wide range of opportunity to tap upon the mid-level segment.
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Huge happening in Lyon on the 27th January 2019
At the beginning of 2019, Art Of Change 21 is partnering the Lyon Climat citizen collective for a giant Maskbook-related happening on 27th January; for the first time, art is invited to a climate rally in Lyon, alongside the environmentally conscious people of the city.
The program includes a gigantic human chain that will surround the “presqu’île” of Lyon, with more than 10,000 expected participants. Everyone who partakes in the chain will be invited to wear a self-created Maskbook, designed to the wearer’s specifications and sensitivities.
It is time to say no to global warming and air pollution!
On Sunday 27th January 2019, you are invited to exhibit your most beautiful masks!
Meeting point at the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, at 2 pm.
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Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has announced plans to install hundreds of thousands charging points for the UK’s electric vehicles.
Grayling will unveil the plans that are designed to reduce carbon emissions and increase the purchase and ease of recharging electric vehicles.
The transport secretary’s proposals will include an assessment to see if new homes and offices require charging points, new street lighting columns and more money allocated to fund charging infrastructure.
“The road to zero strategy, combined with the measures we’ve already introduced, will mean Britain now has one of the most comprehensive support packages for zero-emission vehicles in the world,” Grayling will say.
“We want the UK to become the best country in the world in which to develop and manufacture zero-emission vehicles. The prize is not just a cleaner and healthier environment, but a UK economy fit for the future and the chance to win a substantial slice of a market estimated to be worth up to £7.6 trillion by 2050.”
The government is also expected to outline plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040. The commitment is similar to the promise in France and is part of the government’s clear-air plan.
“Poor air quality is the biggest environmental risk to public health in the UK and this government is determined to take strong action in the shortest time possible,” said a government spokesman.
“That is why we are providing councils with new funding to accelerate development of local plans, as part of an ambitious £3 billion programme to clean up dirty air around our roads.”
The sale of electric cars within the UK is increasing. Electric vehicles made up 5.5 percent of the UK’s new car market for the first six months of 2018. This is compared to 4.3 percent for the same period in 2017.
AA president Edmund King said Grayling’s proposals are “a step in the right direction”.


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In response to an increasing number of Montgomery County residents being targeted, the county’s Office of Consumer Protection has released information on how to identify COVID-19 vaccine scams.
Among the scams identified are ones regarding bogus products, testing sites, and vaccine availability, according to a county press release. The scams are being directed toward consumers via email, texting, and telephone. In most cases, the attention-getting scams seek to have innocent residents provide the scammers with funds for services or products that do not actually exist. In other cases, fake or stolen vaccines may be offered on the dark web.
Numerous new phishing scams have been devised by scammers to take advantage of consumers seeking information on how to preregister for vaccines—or how to get around the systems that have been set up by local governments, health care systems, or private pharmacies. The deceptive email messages seek to trick consumers into providing their Social Security numbers, credit card information, or bank information.
“Responding to the numerous health and financial related challenges caused by the current pandemic requires Montgomery County to establish multidisciplinary teams and experts to collaborate and take action,” said County Executive Marc Elrich in a statement. “We recognize that scammers seek to exploit news events and cause financial harm to consumers and businesses. Accordingly, in addition to providing information about vaccines and testing, we also need to provide alerts to prevent residents from becoming the targets and victims of COVID-19-related scams that may cause financial harm.”
“In the wake of COVID-19, scammers are finding new ways to cause financial and irreparable harm,” said County Council Vice President Gabe Albornoz. “During the past several months, we have seen a dramatic increase of fraudulent vaccination sites, robocalls, and phishing scams targeting County residents—especially our most vulnerable. We must continue to do all that we can to end these criminal practices and protect our residents.”
To prevent interaction with scammers, Office of Consumer Protection Director Eric Friedman advises residents to rely on information provided by the County’s official COVID-19 information portal. “These scammers are clever and opportunistic,” said Friedman. “They seek to turn the latest news events into scams that exploit consumer fears and concerns regarding the Coronavirus.”
Scams can be reported to the Office of Consumer Protection by emailing email@example.com, or by calling the OCP’s Anonymous Tip Line at (240) 777-3681.
Earlier this month, Takoma Park Police and the Federal Communications Commission warned residents of scammers preying on consumers during the pandemic, trying to capitalize on the COVID-19 vaccines. “As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the United States, the FCC has learned of scam text-message campaigns and robocalls that prey on virus-related fears,” said the FCC in a statement.
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VIVO under ED Scanner
Tuesday saw at least 44 locations across the nation raided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as part of a money-laundering probe into Chinese smartphone maker Vivo and associated businesses, according to officials.
Sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) were used to conduct the searches at locations across many states, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya, and Maharashtra.
Vivo India is assisting law enforcement, according to a spokeswoman. “Vivo is working with the authorities to give them all the information they need. We are committed to following the law to the letter as a responsible corporate entity “added the spokeswoman. According to the officials, the government was conducting searches at 44 locations connected to Vivo and affiliated businesses.
Zhengshen Ou and Zhang Jie, the directors of Vivo India, flee the country as the ED escalates the money laundering probe.


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As National Identity Fraud Prevention Week reaches it mid-point, a report has revealed that 64 per cent of people admit that they throw sensitive documents in the bin without shredding them.
Also, 12 per cent of people said they used the internet without having any security software in place. The research from National Identity Fraud Prevention Week and featured on the Metro website, showed that the threat of identity fraud is real and current, according to spokesman Tyron Hill.
Hill said: “People are either naive or they continue to ignore the advice that could keep their identity, their finances and their reputation safe.”
Jonny Wilkinson, security expert at Websense, said: “Twelve per cent is a worryingly large number of employees without adequate security software. It highlights a significant gulf between the protection in place and the protection needed in today's Web 2.0 enabled world.
"A company's workforce will regularly interact with a range of websites, social networks and other information-sharing programs. The exchange of data is constant and, especially in the current economic climate, data is power.”
However Phil D'Angio, director at VeriSign, commented that despite the low numbers, UK consumers are gaining knowledge of online threats. “As ID fraud continues to rise, consumers are increasingly aware of the fact that they could be a fraudster's next victim,” said D'Angio.
“Recent research commissioned by VeriSign found that 82 per cent of consumers are reluctant to shop from websites that do not display signs of enhanced security. It's no longer enough to offer behind-the-scenes protection for your online customers – they need to see a visible commitment to their safety when transacting online.
“Customers need recognisable signs which prove that if they buy from your website, you are taking every possible step to protect them against online crime. The proof is in the pudding – if they have any doubts over the security of a site, retailers risk losing their custom as they seek safer places to shop.”


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November 18, 2012
The Skyward Sword heart was absolutely beautiful once it was assembled, and now thanks to ThePixelSmithy, you can wear it around your neck. The new company is focusing on jewelry inspired by video games, and this 2″ pendant is the first item in their catalog. It’s 24k gold plated brass, and is shipping now. More details can be found HERE.