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By Action Fraud - 18th July 2020 8:15am
Have you bought anything online recently?...
Almost 34% of all retail sales during May 2020 were carried out online, and new research suggests that only 16% of UK consumers intend to return to their old shopping habits post-lockdown.
Online shopping fraud during lockdown
Action Fraud, the UK's national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime, received over 16,000 reports relating to online shopping and auction fraud during the lockdown, with losses totalling over £16m. Members of the public have reported buying mobile phones (19%), vehicles (22%), electronics (10%) such as games consoles, AirPods and MacBooks , and footwear (4%) on sites such as eBay (18%), Facebook (18%), Gumtree (10%) and Depop (6%), only to have the items never arrive.
Top tips for shopping online securely:
Choosing where to shop:
If you're making a purchase from a company or seller you don't know and trust, carry out some research first. For example, by checking to see if others have used the site and what their experience was.
Use a strong, separate password for your email account. Criminals can use your email to access other online accounts, such as those you use for online shopping.
Some of the emails or texts you receive about amazing offers may contain links to fake websites. Not all links are bad, but if you're unsure don't use the link, go separately to the website. And remember, if a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is.
If you decide to go ahead with the purchase, use a credit card if you have one as other payment providers may not provide the same protection.
What to do if you've fallen victim to online shopping fraud
We all make mistakes and these days the scams can be incredibly convincing.
If you think you've visited, or made a purchase on, a bogus website, you should first, take a note of the website's address, then close down your internet browser. You should then report the details to Action Fraud and contact your bank to seek advice.
Whether you've been a victim of fraud will depend on how much information you've provided to the website, so keep an eye on your bank transactions, if you can. Contact your bank immediately about anything that you don't recognise, even small amounts.
For more information about how to stay safe online, please visit www.actionfraud.police.uk/cybercrime
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By Vikash Mohan
Home to a wide array of landscapes, from mountains to deserts to delta floodplains, India is blessed with rich, arable land.
Some of the world’s best teas, rice and grains hail from India’s bountiful harvests. And the country’s 46 soil varieties also mean that a diverse range of crops are produced and exported. In terms of global production, India leads with milk, wheat, pulses, rice, spices as well as plantation crops.
generated from India’s fields has such high yield that according to the World Economic Forum, the country has already attained food self-sufficiency.
Farm output in 2015 exceeded 270 million tons, well over the estimated 225 to 230 million tons of food needed to feed its population in a year.
Yet, for all its agricultural wealth, the country is struggling to feed its own.
India ranks 103rd out of 119 countries in 2018’s Global Hunger Index, a worldwide study that measures and tracks hunger at global, regional, and national levels. The key reason for the discrepancy: Agricultural food wastage.
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Some 194 million Indians go hungry every day, according to estimates by the United Nations’ (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The organization attributes this problem to massive food wastage — about US$14 billion (12.42 billion euro) worth of food is wasted in India every year.
In fact, the UN estimates that more than 40% of food produced in India is wasted before it reaches the consumer.
Both the government and the private sector have been grappling with food wastage for years, but at the crux of the issue lies a fundamental problem of logistics and infrastructure, said observers.
Chief executive of the Quality Forum of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Sanjeevan Bajaj said the issues that India had with food security are “traceable to issues we have around supply chain bottlenecks, transport, and storage.”
For one thing, the harsh heat of India’s summers makes it near-impossible for perishables to naturally survive long-haul transport. This is compounded by the fact that a piece of fruit has to make multiple journeys, from farms to processing units to temporary storage areas and then to retail stores.
Secondly, cold storage infrastructure, a key pillar of the agricultural industry, is woefully inadequate in India. The wide variety of produce requires different storage conditions that the country’s infrastructure cannot currently support.
Cold storage infrastructure is also poorly distributed — farmers in rural areas have limited access to cold storage facilities as these infrastructures are mostly located in large cities.
This situation, in turn, has resulted in food inequality, said Rosa Rolle, a senior officer at FAO’s regional office. India’s modern food supply chain is “only addressing those who are at the higher level of income,” she added.
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Experts believe that the solution to the massive amounts of wastage is a combination of government policy, technology, and infrastructure improvements. The Indian government is exploring a range of possible solutions.
Expansion of India’s road network is already underway with Bharatmala. The new road infrastructure will ease traffic congestion and allow shipments to move faster. Two years ago, India rolled out a new, simplified tax structure, the Goods and Services Tax, followed by the implementation of e-way bill system which is designed to eliminate paperwork and shorten wait times at toll plazas.
Another focus is to build a better network of cold chain facilities in the country. Minister of food-processing industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal said the Indian government’s target is to build a national food grid consisting of cold chains and food parks, where the transfer of perishables is done seamlessly with minimal wastage from production to consumption.
To this end, the Indian government has embarked on an ambitious Rs 6,000 crore (€764 million) project called Sampada, a national scheme to develop an integrated supply cold chain for agricultural products.
Alongside these government initiatives, the private sector can also play a significant role in accelerating the move to better and more efficient cold chain solutions.
Technology is a key enabler. DHL SmarTrucking, for instance, taps on data analytics to help its drivers determine the fastest route to reach its transport destination. With technology-driven logistics, the organization is equipped to make more informed decisions with higher levels of safety and regulatory compliance, faster transit times, and real-time visibility into the status of consignments.
To further offset food spoilage, DHL also provides temperature-controlled storage environments, enabling real-time, tracking services to monitor product inventory round the clock. This increases reliability and efficiency while reducing transit time.
Further down the line, new modes of transportation could also solve many of the problems that occur in transit.
Plans are in place to build the Hyperloop, which utilizes propulsion through a vacuum tunnel, between Indian cities Mumbai and Pune. If successful, the Hyperloop will be capable of ferrying passengers or light cargo from one city to the other in under 25 minutes, which is 10 to 15 times faster than traveling by traditional rail.
With the adequate infrastructure, India stands a real chance at alleviating the wastage situation and propelling its agriculture industry onto its next wave of growth.(Vikash Mohan is CEO of DHL SmarTrucking India)

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But it appears that GM executives can let out a sigh of relief, as the European counterpart, the Opel Ampera, has broken the 7,000 order mark and is nearly sold out until year’s end in Europe. The Ampera was recently named European Car of the Year which was no huge surprise considering the Nissan Leaf took the honor in 2011.
“We are extremely pleased with the continuing demand for our Ampera,” said Enno Fuchs, Opel’s e-mobility launch director. “This news shows us that our sales target of 10,000 units for 2012 is well within reach.”
What’s interesting now is how quickly Opel will be able to fulfill those orders considering GM shut down production for five weeks. The automaker began delivering Amperas to customers in February and according to Opel, deliveries are “going according to plan.” Interestingly enough, many of the Europeans purchasing the Ampera are switching from luxury brands such as BMW, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz stating that the Ampera’s “cutting-edge technology” is what’s enticing.
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The truth about carbs
Carbs. What an evil word! How many times have you caught yourself looking on the back of a package to see how many carbohydrates are in each serving? Look no longer, because the truth about carbs is they are not as harmful as you think.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans is published every five years. These guidelines are used to inform Americans about the new diets and the scientific evidence of whether they have nutritional worth. The 2005 edition of the guidelines came out earlier this month, with information shocking to the Atkins addicts.
“Carbohydrates are part of a healthful diet. It is important to choose carbohydrates wisely. Foods that are in the basic food groups provide carbohydrates — fruits, vegetables, grains, and milk — these are important sources of many nutrients. Choosing plenty of these foods, within the context of a calorie-controlled diet, can promote health and reduce chronic disease risk,” reports the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Susan Haley, a registered dietitian at University Community Hospital, said that the Atkins diet is not a new diet; it has been around since 1970. The Atkins fad comes and goes.
“Atkins has been around almost 40 years, and we’re still overweight,” Haley said. “It’s not the magic weight loss. We always go by evidence-based guidelines. Anything we recommend is based on evidence. There is no evidence in the Atkins Diet.”
Haley said that there has been short-term research on low-carb diets, but no improvement has been shown.
The Atkins diet claims that 20 grams of carbs a day is healthy. But Haley says otherwise.
“At least 40 percent of calories come from carbs,”she said. “Your brain and nervous system require glucose for fuel. 150 grams of carbs is needed per day for most people to get an adequate amount of carbs for energy and for the brain, although every individual is unique. The amount may vary according to the individual, this is just a common number.”
Since the Atkins “craze,” there have been many products available that are higher in price but lower in carbs. But have you noticed many packages listing complex and simple carbs? What is the difference?
“There are two types of carbs –simple and complex. What the difference is, is the length of the chains. The simple carb chains are shorter,” Haley said.
All of the chains are broken down into glucose. Simple carbs are just shorter chains, so they are broken down more rapidly.
“The complex carbs gives more of a steady release and it’s a little bit better for your body,” Haley said.
Milk and fruit have simple carbs. Atkins isn’t a big fan of fruit because of this, but Haley claims fruit and milk are essential to a healthy diet.
“It doesn’t mean they are bad foods. The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans underscore that the nutrient intake needs to be based on the calorie requirements. Just because milk and fruit have simple carbs, it doesn’t mean they are bad foods. The nutrient intake needs to be based on the calorie requirements. That is how people are going to maintain a healthy weight,” Haley said.


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Apple could soon start showing ads inside Maps, Books and Podcasts. Company aims to increase advertising revenue to double digits up from current $4 billion. Ads could also appear inside the App Store and TV+ apps as well as.
iPhone and Mac users may encounter advertisements in the App Store. There are also Stocks, News, and TV+ show advertisements. However, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claims that Apple is also interested in displaying adverts within other apps, like as Maps, Books, and Podcasts.
Gurman recently reported in his newsletter ‘Power On’ that Apple’s Vice President of Advertising Platforms, Todd Tersei, plans to double Apple’s current $4 billion yearly revenue by increasing the advertisements business. Apple is well on its way to reaching that goal by incorporating advertisements into its other programmes.
The advertisements, according to Gurman, could expand to other first-party apps like Maps, Books, and Podcasts. Finally, Apple may increase the number of advertisements it shows in the App Store and on TV+.
Potential layout for iPhone adverts
Gurman claims that the Cupertino behemoth has trialled an ad formatted similarly to the App Store’s sponsored results. Consequently, Apple Maps would prioritise suggested establishments at the top of search results when users typed in the names of restaurants, stores, or other local businesses. Similar to app makers, companies will pay Apple to have their products featured in the first search results.
In an effort to increase profits, the App Store may add more advertising space, despite the fact that it already contains many ads. According to Gurman and a slew of other media outlets, app recommendations and adverts will soon be visible in the Today tab and on individual app sites. More advertising will appear in the “You May Also Like” column.
The Apple TV+ app is another potential future ad hotspot. Ads on TV+ are presently limited to the Friday Night Baseball broadcast. But Apple might provide tiered pricing, with a freemium option backed by ads.
Each year, advertising contributes more and more to Apple’s bottom line. Whether or if Apple will try its hand at third-party advertising again after its iAd debacle is unknown.


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An expert weighs in on how cannabis can treat the debilitating diseases
Dr. Ethan Russo is a board-certified neurologist and the former Senior Medical Advisor of GW Pharmaceutics. He is now the Director of Research and Development at the International Cannabis and Cannabinoids Institute (ICCI) and is a leading authority on all things cannabis. As far as cannabis experts are concerned, Russo is at the top of the food chain and if asserts that cannabis can be used to treat Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), it would be wise to listen.
In a recent interview with Forbes magazine, Russo sat down to discuss exactly how cannabis can help treat PD and AD. He explained that cannabis targets the endocannabinoid system (ECS), the body’s natural controls for regulating the nervous system. He added, “Clinical results with treatment of PD with cannabis have been quite mixed. Cannabidiol (CBD) helped a few PD patients with psychotic symptoms, and some with a rapid-eye movement sleep disorder. Observational studies with smoked cannabis, presumably high in THC, reportedly produced acute benefits on tremor, rigidity and slow movement (bradykinesia). The best results in PD were reported in a Czech study in 2004, in which patients ate raw leaves of cannabis for as much as three months and reported significant improvement in overall function, tremor, bradykinesia and rigidity, with few side effects.”
Regarding AD, cannabis could be even more revolutionary. Russo stated, “Both THC and CBD have been shown to interfere with the production of abnormal toxic matter in the brain of such patients. This is quite exciting, inasmuch as synthetic drugs designed for similar purposes have yet to advance in the clinic. Both THC and particularly CBD are known neuroprotective agents that hold the potential to slow or perhaps even halt the degenerative process. On the symptom side, THC as a single agent has proven beneficial in AD patients in reducing nocturnal agitation, improving sleep and appetite. Observations of nursing home patients in California with dementia have produced similar benefits as well as reducing the need for nursing intervention and amounts of other drugs.”
There is still a lot we don’t know about cannabis and how effective it can be. However, evidence is accumulating that shows it can be beneficial in combatting a number of ailments and is not just an option for pain relief. Being able to treat AD and PD with cannabis is life-changing and needs to be taken seriously.


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Women Uber Drivers Make Less Than Their Male Counterparts
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Women Uber drivers only earn 93 cents on the dollar compared with their male colleagues, a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research shows.
The study found several reasons for the gender pay gap among drivers for the ride-hailing company, including overall driving speed, the amount of time the drivers had worked for Uber and the timeframes and locations drivers preferred to work.
Those factors combined less mean income for women who drive for the ride-hailing company.
“We do not find that men and women are differentially affected by a taste for specific hours, a return to within-week work intensity, or customer discrimination,” the authors of the study, who include Jonathan Hall, chief economist and director of public policy at Uber, and economists from Stanford University write in the study that was released Monday.
Uber drivers have already been shown to make a measly average $8 to $10 when factoring in various vehicle expenses. So a gender pay gap likely means that women drivers are at the lower end of that spectrum.
Even more troubling, the researchers found this trend to be prevalent throughout the entirety of the gig economy.
“Our results suggest that there is no reason to expect the ‘gig’ economy to close gender differences,” the study authors write. “Even in the absence of discrimination and in flexible labor markets, women’s relatively high opportunity cost of non-paid-work time and gender-based differences in preferences and constraints can sustain a gender pay gap.”
To conduct the study, the researchers examined the labor supply choices of more than 1 million drivers on Uber’s platform in the US.
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There has been a lot of buzz surrounding Mumbai City FC (MCFC) in the past 12 months as the club became the part of City Football Group. This group has major stakes in some of the biggest clubs across the globe including New York City FC and Manchester City.
Since they are now part of the City group, some of the sponsorship deals clinched by Mumbai City FC this season were very obvious. The Mumbai based franchise signed a long-term kit sponsorship deal with Puma. The sports apparel brand will also work with Mumbai City FC for the development of the grassroots level of football in the city. MCFC had already signed a long-term sponsorship deal with Etihad Airways at the end of 2019.
Many clubs in the Indian Super League have been working with Dafanews. Mumbai also signed a principal sponsorship deal with the online news portal. As part of this deal, Dafanews is visible on the first team kit of the club. Dafanews is also working with Bengaluru FC and Chennaiyin FC during the 2020/21 season.
For nutrition partner for this season, Mumbai City FC signed a deal with Fast & Up. The Swiss-based nutrition company also features on the first team kit of the team. Considering the global reach of the City Group, Mumbai City FC is likely to sign more deals with foreign brands in the future.
Just before the start of the tournament, MCFC clinched a sleeve sponsor. The club signed a deal with electronics appliance brand Midea. This deal saw Midea becoming the official appliance partner of the club.
The new sponsors for MCFC this season might be few, but they will surely get better exposure across the globe due to deals with big brands. Moreover, the club will be getting much better deals from next season when City Football Group will get more experience in managing an Indian club.


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On the latest update for Cortana app for Android; the artificial intelligence created by Microsoft to be your personal digital assistant on Android devices, Microsoft has disabled the voice prompt. Previously you could summon Cortana to do your bidding by just saying ‘Hey Cortana’ to your phone’s microphone, and the digital assistant will pop up ready to serve you.
Microsoft made this update this week, removing the ‘Hey Cortana’ voice prompt. This development comes barely a month after Microsoft had released Cortana on the Android platform to users in the U.S. and China. The hands-free ‘Hey Cortana’ way of summoning the digital assistant on your Android phone is what makes Cortana a cool thing to use in the first place.
It seems Android users will have to continue enjoying Google’s own native digital assistant, which by the way can also be summoned by saying ‘Ok Google’ on your phone’s microphone. But as a user, this move by Microsoft feels like it is limiting our choices, in the numbers of digital assistant apps we can use on our smartphones.
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Online, on their phones and in stores, Millennials and Gen Z will be shopping this holiday season. A recent study by PwC reveals these younger consumers (17-35) plan to spend more or the same as last holiday season, and consumers across the board will spend 5% more this holiday season.
If retailers are able to reach Millennials and Gen Z consumers, they have a lot to gain. While exact numbers around the size of both these populations differ, combined they are clearly bigger than any other generational consumer grouping. They also yield a lot of retail power. Nielsen has Millennial buying power estimated at $65 billion whereas Gen Z is estimated at an incredulous $100 billion. Considering 93% of parents are influenced by their children in purchasing decisions, Gen Z likely has a larger reach than their individual buying power shows.
Lumping these two generations together is not to suggest they are a homogenous group. There are distinctions rooted in realities surrounding their ages (Millennials are more likely to be young parents, have larger incomes) and upbringings (Gen Z continues to grow up in the digital era). Yet, these younger consumers have key similarities, and there are synergies for retailers in how to reach and market to these groups. In line with a few key market trends, retailers might expect holiday sales to soar.
Mobile, online, in-stores: Millennials and Gen Z will likely show up everywhere
These consumers want to step in and out of a seamless shopping experience across every channel. They are likely to start their buying journey online, looking at images or reading content. They research, they go in store and they shop on the go. It’s all the same to them, and it has to be that way for the retailer, too.
It’s unlikely that retailers will change much about their channels before the holidays, but there is still diligence to be done that can round out an omnichannel experience. For example, a click-and-collect process that includes a convenience lane in-store for customers when they inevitably have add on items will add to the shopper experience. Associates and seasonal hires can help customers quickly find items researched online. With a love for easy and expedient – 79% of Millennials use Amazon Prime monthly – but a desire to often touch and experience products firsthand, these groups are true omnichannel shoppers that will give loyalty to those who successfully tie it all together.
Shoppable photos will drive purchasing
It’s time to experiment with shoppable photos. They are the connection point between engaging content and a sale, proving an often high ROI on social channels. There is a lot of data out there about how much Millennials and Gen Zers spend on their phones or on social media but the net/net is these generations are consuming content every day for hours, and that engagement presents a huge opportunity for retailers this holiday season.
Look at Instagram for example, where users view 95 billion images and videos and “like” 4.5 billion pieces of content a day. Now imagine those photos are halfway to a sale because they are dynamic, shoppable pieces of content, and liking it sent you directly to a shoppable image. Retailers across categories are using this model on their own channels and using third-party platforms. Just this year Salesforce Cloud Commerce announced that it will make it easier for many retailers to create shoppable photos with any product in their catalog, meaning shoppable photos are soon to become mainstream. Considering this study reveals that more than 40% of Millennials and nearly a fourth of Gen Z shoppers will purchase through shoppable photos this holiday season— perhaps it already is.
Need a better reach? Hire an influencer
It is the fastest growing customer-acquisition method online today, and with good reason. Influencer marketing returns $6.5 for every $1 spent. To see the power of social media influencers on younger consumers, look no further than Revolve, a fashion-forward online retailer. The online retailer has built its business on pillars that will help it best target Millennials and Gen Z. Its data-driven, omnichannel, leverages influencers and creates distinct experience likes its own mini-Coachella. Late this year Revolve filed an IPO and mentions the word "influencer" 79 times in its filing. No shock its net sales have jumped more than $130 million over the past two years. Fashion retailer H&M used an influencer marketing mix of shopping bloggers and models to boost its 2017 followers by 31% (reaching nearly 24 million users) and an earned media value of more than $98 million. With that kind of reach, the possibilities surrounding shoppable photos, "buy now" buttons and other means that considerably shorten the path to purchase are endless.
It’s true: The Gen Z and Millennial generations are nuanced and segmented, and certainly a one-size-fits-all strategy won’t fully capture this market. But there are commonalities in their shopping habits, preferences and expectations that will lead astute retailers to drive a few new effective means of creating an omnichannel experience that really works for everyone. Knowing their desire to start shopping across categories and channels this holiday season, the younger generations are worth the extra focus and some new tricks.


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"The business and general aviation avionics industry has seen an increase in year-over-year sales for 11 consecutive quarters."
This is the 10th straight quarter of rising avionics sales.
The Aircraft Electronics Association will randomly award five aircraft owners with $1,000 toward an ADS-B compliant upgrade during the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture Oshkosh, July 22-28. This is the sixth-consecutive year that AEA has made the $1,000 award available to five aircraft owners. Aircraft owners may enter to win one of the five $1,000 awards […]
Pilots not going to the big show can request a copy online.
In the first three months of the year, total worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales amounted to more than $724 million, according to the Aircraft Electronics Association’s first-quarter 2019 Avionics Market Report. That represents a 13.2% increase in total sales compared to first-quarter 2018 sales of more than $639 million. The dollar amount reported […]
The four-day convention is the largest gathering of avionics professionals in the world.
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Worldwide avionics sales are up 15.5% over last year, topping $2 billion, according to the Aircraft Electronics Association's third-quarter 2018 Avionics Market Report.
Applications are now being accepted for scholarships from the Aircraft Electronics Association.
Avionics sales continues to grow, topping $1.3 billion in the first half of 2018.


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Payment service Toss becomes South Korea's newest tech unicorn after raising $80mn in funding round
South Korea has now a new unicorn startup after Viva Republica, the parent of payment platform Toss, revealed it had closed an US$80mn funding round, bringing the company’s valuation to around US$1.2bn.
The funding round was led by Kleiner Perkins and Ribbit Capital, and included investors such as Altos Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Goodwater Capital, KTB Network, Novel, PayPal and Qualcomm Ventures.
The company said it will use the newly-raised capital to establish a securities brokerage business and to expand its presence across Southeast Asia.
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“South Korea is one of the world’s largest economies and is at the forefront of an emerging fintech movement driven by an explosion of mobile adopters,” said Noah Knauf, General Partner at Kleiner Perkins.
“Led by a focused and driven leadership team, Toss’ best-in-class product portfolio is poised to fundamentally transform how consumers access and manage their finances securely and with ease,” he added.
Toss was rolled out in 2015 as a peer-to-peer (P2P) payments service by founder Seung Gun Lee.
Today, Viva Republica claims to have 10mnn registered users for Toss, which equates to around 20% of Korea’s 50mn population.
The company has amassed nearly US$200mn in funding to date.
Earlier this year, Seung-gun estimated that by the end of 2018, 10% of all P2P online money transfers in Korea’’ banking system will go through Toss.
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WE all love a parmigiana and ordering one at a registered pub, cafe or restaurant this month will lend a hand for our drought-hit farmers.
WINERIES and breweries are OK, but Yarri is quintessentially WA’s South West in its philosophy and execution.
GOING to the pub for a pint is really an act of charity — but only if patrons order a craft beer being sold for a worthy cause.
LEMONS and limes, grapefruit and oranges are heavy on the trees at the moment — so it’s time to make marmalade.
AFTER launching his own jailbreak to take part in MasterChef, and becoming a fan favourite, SA prison officer Sashi Cheliah is ready to cause a huge stir in tonight’s grand final.
CAN’T stomach another sugary cocktail? Then say cheers to the new trendy tipple the good-for-the-gut “Ginbucha”.
HAIGH’S Chocolates has taken a leaf out of the Cookie Monster’s book by officially declaring its products to be “sometimes” foods.
AN Adelaide Hills winery will roll out a new tradition this weekend inspired by an old Italian race — and it’s going to be barrels of fun.
LAST week it was Coopers Pale Ale being was canned — this week we can reveal another beloved SA booze brand is being wrapped in aluminium for the first time. So why are the Jacob’s Creek winemakers doing it?
Tiny’s bar serves up impressive food in a casual city bar setting
COME out of the cold. Adelaide Hills wineries are opening their doors to for a weekend festival to warm you in the depths of winter.
JOCK Zonfrillo, the chef behind trailblazing Adelaide restaurant Orana, has been named one of 10 finalists for a prestigious global award.
IT’S bold and breaks lots of rules, but will a new cross-country blend be Penfolds’ “great Leap Forward”? Here’s what National Wine Writer Tony Love thought.
SOUPER duper chefs will be manning a new soup-kitchen concept kicking off in the city’s East End on Wednesday.
IT’S the single most-expensive bottle of Australian wine ever sold and of course, it’s from one of the best winery regions in the world — South Australia.
WANT a puppaccino with that? Adelaide cafes are focusing on a new breed of customer, with one Norwood cafe launching a “pooch menu” for their four-legged friends.
WHETHER it’s with our French friends, at a barbecue with some mates or just at home on the lounge, here are a couple of options for Australia’s first World Cup test tonight.
CHEESE fans are in for a treat at this year’s CheeseFest, where Matt Preston will take to the stage to cook his famous cheese toasties and mac ‘n’ cheese.
AN extraordinary example of thinking outside the square, McLaren Vale’s d’Arenberg Cube is going to be on the box this week when MasterChef Australia comes to town.
THE general manager of the Adelaide Central Market Authority Aaron Brumby has resigned to take on a role running the Bedford Group.


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Tesla rumor claims Model 3 leasing is right around the corner
That's one way to boost sales.
Someone tried to end the 'Fortnite' dance lawsuits with a fake email
A fake email riddled with spelling and grammar errors claimed the lawsuits were "baseless."
Linux gaming is on a life-support system called Steam
Valve's video game marketplace has the power to keep Linux alive.
SoundCloud lets artists distribute music to Spotify and Apple Music
Distribution to all major services (even Napster) is available in the beta.
Hyundai’s Nexo makes a case for fuel-cell SUVs
Too bad you can only drive it in a few places.
Instagram will support fundraisers using Story stickers
It will help users raise money for non-profits and good causes.
Google explains how it's fighting fake news
A new white paper brings all of its efforts together.
Huawei founder: 'There's no way the US can crush us'
The Chinese tech giant plans to shift its investments from the US to the UK.
LG won't release a foldable smartphone anytime soon
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The North Platte Perkins restaurant will be largely unaffected by its franchise company’s bankruptcy filing, according to an executive of the company that operates the local restaurant
Perkins & Marie Callender’s LLC sought Chapter 11 protection on Monday. Chapter 11 protects a company from creditors’ lawsuits while it reorganizes its finances.
That will have little impact on the North Platte restaurant because it is a franchised location, said Julie Roettger, vice president of operations of Northcott Hospitality of Chanhassen, Minnesota, which owns the North Platte restaurant.
“We are open and eager for business,” Roettger said.
Perkins & Marie Callender’s LLC owes lenders more than $100 million, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. It’s the chain’s second bankruptcy filing, emerging from its last round of court protection in 2011.
A press release from the company said it has found a buyer, Perkins Groups LLC, for Perkins and part of its Foxtail bakery business. The Memphis-based company is in discussions with other potential buyers for the Marie Callender’s restaurants, it said.
On Sunday, the company closed 10 Perkins and 19 Marie Callender’s restaurants as part of its restructuring, according to the press release.
The North Platte Perkins is located just off Interstate 80 at 2302 S. Jeffers St.


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Company Adds Chief Technology Evangelist, Chief Technology Architect, and Chief Information Security Officer
Continuing to pass the torch to a new generation of leaders who actually have been instrumental in the company’s success so far, Inductive Automation announced another round of C-level appointments.
An earlier round of leadership changes came in July when CEO and Founder Steve Hechtman and COO Wendi-Lynn Hechtman announced they were delegating their C-level roles to focus on their roles as the Executive Chairmen of the Board of Directors, and promoted Colby Clegg to CEO, Kat Robinett to COO, and Carl Gould to CTO.
In this new round of appointments, Travis Cox has been promoted to the new role of Chief Technology Evangelist, Kevin McClusky to the new role of Chief Technology Architect, and Jason Waits to the new role of Chief Information Security Officer.
Inductive Automation’s key product, Ignition by Inductive Automation, is an industrial application platform with tools for building solutions in human-machine interface (HMI), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
As Chief Technology Evangelist, Travis Cox will undertake a variety of responsibilities with the overarching goal of raising awareness of industry trends, modern technologies, open standards, and the many possibilities of the Ignition platform. Cox will communicate through a variety of formats, including presenting at conferences and events, meetings with industry leaders, and providing media interviews.
As Chief Technology Architect, Kevin McClusky will work to help drive widespread adoption of Ignition, work closely with some of the world’s most innovative companies, provide long-term architectural guidance, and provide vital feedback to the CEO and CTO about customer needs, customer and industry trends, new technology adoption, and any identified threats or risks to the company.
As CTE and CTA, Travis Cox and Kevin McClusky will work closely with Inductive Automation’s Chief Strategy Officer, Don Pearson, to expand the market and partnership growth of the ever-expanding Ignition ecosystem of solutions.
As Chief Information Security Officer, Jason Waits will maintain a central and high-level view into the needs of Inductive Automation’s entire ecosystem, from the company to its products and everything in between. This new role is a natural progression for Waits, who was part of the first-place team in 2017 US Cyber Challenge, and has functioned as IA’s resident security expert for several years.


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The European Union is the world’s largest economy. Germany remains the world’s biggest exporter, and the world’s biggest food company Nestlé, mobile phone company Nokia, steel company ArcelorMittal and construction firm Vinci are all European.
The most lucrative investment opportunities often start with nothing but a compelling valuation, only developing the exciting story at a higher price. Europe is currently the cheapest equity market in the world – cheaper than the UK and the US, and much cheaper than emerging markets, which now trade at premiums to developed markets despite historical higher risk.
The key to successful investing is buying when stocks are cheap and selling when they are expensive. This has always been true, despite people’s tendency to only buy things that have already gone up.
European markets traditionally have higher beta than other developed markets. When economic growth is recovering and equity markets are rallying, European markets tend to go up more than other developed markets.
Investors have tended to react too late, only buying into Europe at the end of a bull market. But there is now a great opportunity to buy into continental Europe while it is cheap and well-positioned to benefit from a US recovery which is expected to lead markets higher.
Argonaut anticipates that as the US leads a global economic recovery, the dollar – already undervalued on a purchasing power parity basis – will become much stronger, reducing the appeal of both emerging markets and commodities.
A strong dollar is, however, a positive for many European exporters who have fought the headwind of a strengthening currency for a decade, including world-leading consumer goods companies like BMW, Daimler, LVMH, Electrolux and Nokia.
Investors looking to play the economic recovery through commodities or emerging markets should reconsider. Those trades rely on the US maintaining a zero interest policy well past the point of certain economic recovery. They also assume that, despite a decade-long boom and supply responses, there is still under-utilisation in Chinese manufacturing and supply shortage in global mining, shipping and steel industries. The Chinese and commodity “secular” growth stories will also eventually prove cyclical, like many previous stories.
European interest rates are likely to stay low for a considerable period of time, but stockmarkets trade at multi-decade lows on almost every valuation metric.
Valuations have not been this cheap since the early 1980s or mid-1970s when interest rates and government bond yields were much higher.
Why accept a return of 1 per cent on cash when the average company, with considerable recovery potential, yields more than 4 per cent and there are plenty of low-risk companies in sectors like telecoms yielding around 7 per cent? The severe global recession and credit crunch may have offered a once-in-a-generation investment opportunity.
Of course, markets may have rallied more than 30 per cent from lows seen in March, but that only takes them back to where they started the year and puts them at the same level as 10 years ago.
While it has been a “lost decade” for investment returns, European companies have made real progress, increasing sales and profits by 95 per cent and 65 per cent respectively.
If value and contrarianism count for anything, now is the time to reconsider investing in continental Europe.
Barry Norris is a partner in Argonaut Capital


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Food recalls are serious business. Nearly 48 million Americans (or roughly 1 in 6) are sickened due to food-related illness each year, and 3,000 die from food-borne illness — and the problem seems to be getting worse. Between 2013 and 2018, the number of food recalls increased by 10 percent, with 905 incidents in 2016 alone.
No company wants to become embroiled in a recall, but what can be done to prevent one from happening in your business?While there is no way to make your company immune to potential food recalls and contamination, companies can take a proactive stance to reduce their risk of becoming the next news headline for all the wrong reasons.
What Prompts Food Recalls?
One of the biggest reasons food gets recalled is due to improper labeling, usually when allergens are not disclosed on the packaging. According to data, these recalls account for almost 49 percent of all recalls in the U.S.
The remaining 51 percent are believed to come from contamination in food production facilities and farms. PIRG’s Adam Garder, who oversees consumer safety, notes that one potential reason for contamination issues is that meat operations are growing and regulations and enforcement are not keeping pace.
As food production becomes more interconnected and industrialized, more animals pass through a facility, leaving the greater potential for pathogens to spread. Also in light of a growing meat industry market, produce farms are increasingly housing livestock that can create cross-contamination from runoff and animal manure.
Mitigating Food Recall Impact Across the Supply Chain
Though the majority of companies voluntarily issue recalls as a precaution, admitting that a mistake might have been made is still a tough message for a company to share. It’s a critical decision that affects a brand’s image. It rattles consumer trust, even if the story is spun in a positive light. Steps can be taken to mitigate risks and prevent recalls from happening with specification management. Here are three ways companies can use Specright’s Specification Data Management™ software to limit the risk of a food recall and its potential impact on your business.
Improve Product Labeling
Specification Management software provides a single source of truth and real-time data when it comes to labeling requirements. Companies can prevent oversight of important ingredients and allergen content from falling through the cracks to maintain compliance and avoid costly recalls. In many cases, labeling issues arise when a change is not communicated to a supplier or printer. With Specright, any change to a label specification sends a notification to all partners to ensure that they are operating off the latest version.
Trace Ingredients by Supplier
A recent Forrester report noted that food companies are using Specification Data Management to gain visibility and traceability into the supply chain by each individual supplier. Even though there are other systems that store vendor documentation, they don’t connect to the specification level to provide full insight throughout supply chain operations. Connecting critical documentation to relevant specifications and ultimately finished goods means users can access critical information in just a few clicks.
One executive interviewed by Forrester notes that this in-depth visibility is critical to food safety, stating that “If I click on one of my suppliers, I have all that documentation right there, but I can also see which distributors have bought chicken from that supplier and see the lanes of supply.”
Decrease Response Time
With greater visibility into the supply chain, food companies are better prepared to respond to issues that could affect consumer interest. They can be more proactive in issuing recalls before a food-borne illness becomes a threat. Furthermore, they can take action and quickly identify other suppliers or quickly pinpoint what facilities were impacted.
Specright Provides Transparency to Support Recall Prevention
Though nothing can fully prevent food recalls, Specright and Specification Management software are helping companies increase response time to potential problems and reduce errors that are within their control. To learn more about Specification Data Management and Specright, download our ebook on why Specification Data Management is the Future of Food.


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Samsung has confirmed on Twitter that it’s latest Samsung Exynos SoC will be unveiled January 4th a week before CES 2018. To which in a tweet from the companies official twitter page describes as “The Next Exynos” as something that “goes beyond a component”.
— Samsung Exynos (@SamsungExynos) December 28, 2017
There is little to no public information currently about the new processor as it has been completely hidden from the public and it looks like Samsung has done this on purpose. All that we know so far is that Samsung Exynos SoC will be built on a 10-nanometer FinFET process. This same technology was added to the previous Exynos 8895 as well.
Samsung has already announced the 9810 as being their flagship processor as it is expected to power the Galaxy line of phones (this is only for non-US versions of the phone). If you are in the US you can expect the processor to be whatever is the latest version of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon to power your device.
In addition, the 9810 will come with an upgraded GPU, will support gigabit LTE and 6CA.
All in all, it looks like Samsung is playing a bit of catchup but without further details and benchmarking as of yet it will be difficult to tell if it supersedes the competition in any meaningful way.


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- Sep 6, 2018Mychal Kendricks pleads guilty after foisting half the blame on Damilare Sonoiki.
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Is this Banksy?
Footage has emerged of 'Banksy' working at an exhibition in Israel.
The man in the video is seen hiding away from the camera once he realised he was being filmed.
Banksy goes to great lengths to protect his identity, but could have been caught while working on an exhibition in a shopping mall in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv.
His new exhibition opens on Tuesday.


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Christkindlmarket Des Moines Prepares For Second Year in Downtown Venue10/6/2017
DES MOINES — The Des Moines European Heritage Association (DMEHA) has announced that its 2017 Christkindlmarket Des Moines will be open Dec. 1 to 3 at Cowles Commons in downtown Des Moines. The free event, which drew more than 25,000 visitors last year, will nearly double its offerings in its second year.
“We are thrilled to announce that the second annual Christkindlmarket Des Moines will be bigger and better,” says Suzanne Hull, DMEHA president and founder. “We always believed that people in Iowa and beyond would support and enjoy this type of culturally based holiday event, but the attendance and enthusiasm was incredible.”
The 2017 Christkindlmarket will feature an expanded variety of gift vendors selling their goods from authentic wooden huts made by local high school students. This year’s market will include many more items imported directly from Germany such as steins, nutcrackers, ornaments, holiday foods and candies. From the Midwest, vendors will offer everything from gourmet oils, gingerbread and chocolate to handmade ornaments, clothing, candles and wooden utensils. In addition, attendees will get to see five different artisans create their wares directly. These include a glassblower, a tinsmith, a chainsaw carver, a wreath-maker and a traditional wood carver.
Another major enhancement for 2017 is the market’s enclosed, heated entertainment tent. It will offer marketgoers a great space to sit and watch the musical acts while they enjoy easy access to the wide variety of beer, Glühwein and other beverage options while they eat European-inspired food from one of the curated vendors. Outside, the opening ceremony on Friday evening will feature a children’s procession to help announce the arrival of St. Nikolaus and the Christkind, the traditional Christmas angel from German lore, who will officially open the 2017 Christkindlmarket.
“This year’s Christmas market will help transport our visitors to an old German village without the need for a plane ticket or a passport,” Hull says. “From the smell of Glühwein and roasted nuts in the air to the holiday music wafting from our newly enclosed stage area, time spent with us will create lasting memories for the entire family.”
The 2017 Christkindlmarket Des Moines will open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1 and 2 and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3. There is no admission cost.
As always, the DMEHA continues to seek volunteers to assist in all of its year-round activities, as well as the Christkindlmarket. All interested in volunteering or becoming a sponsor should visit the main website at www.christkindlmarketdsm.com or the group’s Facebook page: ChristkindlmarketDesMoines or on Instagram at: christmasdesmoines or Twitter at: christmasdsm
Christkindlmarket Des Moines 2017 Sponsors: Thanks to the generous support of the Pattie and Jim Cownie Charitable Fund and the Deb and Paul Hayes charitable fund, along with a number of donors and sponsors, we’re able to offer Christkindlmarket Des Moines free to our community. Some of these supporting sponsors include: Modern Woodmen of America, Centennial Warehousing Corporation, Darcy Hines Designs, Gail’s Photography and Designs, Straub Marketing, Merrill Lynch and Grand View University.


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The second beta of Android 7.0 Nougat is now available for the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. Just a few weeks ago Samsung let us see how it would be Android 7.0 Nougat in a Galaxy S7, with a new interface, a lot more tailored to their devices. However, the giant south Korean also announced that it would launch a program of betas public, although unfortunately for many of us, will be private.
Second beta of Android 7.0 Nougat available for Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
Samsung never rests. The technology giant continues to work to improve the operating system of their devices, and comparing with the latest added by Google to Android. The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, as the only flagship of the company after the fiasco with the Note 7, should shine more than ever.
The new version of Android 7.0 will receive TouchWiz with a redesign very important, centering the lighten your weight to improve performance, and some more changes made by Samsung to maximize the user experience.
From yesterday, Samsung started distribution of the second beta of Android 7.0 for users who are part of the program, on devices Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. Among its novelties, we find a great list dand changes focused all on improving the stability build system and correct the errors drawn and that have been appearing over the weeks.
The update to the second beta will via OTA, with a weight of about 90 MB, which can be downloaded from today for all who are part of the beta program in Europe.
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it Is clear that this will not be the latest version of Android 7.0 Nougat for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. Samsung will continue working to create more revisions with the reports obtained from all the participants of the beta program in the next few weeks, and during a small part of the year 2017.
The second beta of Android 7.0 Nougat is now available for the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, and it will be a matter of time to see even more updates.


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Wall Street (and journalists) love the idea of a dazzling megadeal, and its latest iteration, which considers the long-rumored possibility of a tie-up between Apple(AAPL) - Get Report and Disney(DIS) - Get Report , seems almost irresistible.
It's not hard to think of reasons why an Apple-Disney deal would make sense, but as several analysts have pointed out, there would be a lot of complicated moving parts involved in making it happen. RBC Capital Markets analyst Amit Daryanani, who explored the possibility in a note to clients on Thursday, doesn't seem very convinced, assigning a very small likelihood of a deal actually getting done (in his words, the possibility is merely "greater than zero %"). Still, Daryanani said Apple could be willing to pay more than $200 billion for Disney, whose current market cap is about $180 billion, and argues that investors are warming up to the idea.
(TheStreet's Jim Cramer discussed the enormous appeal of thinking and writing about an Apple/Disney mega-deal in a column for Real Money on Thursday).
"Our conversations suggest that investors are giving such a transaction far more consideration than they were three or six months ago," Daryanani wrote. "Tax legislation would likely move expectations higher and could be a material trading event for the stocks."
Apple, whose current market cap is almost $745 billion, stands to be a big winner if President Donald Trump follows through on his plans for a tax holiday, which could result in the tech giant bringing more than $200 billion in offshore cash back to the U.S. Several analysts have said that Apple could use the repatriated money to buy back shares and increase its dividend payout. But another, certainly more eye-catching, option would be for Apple to pursue some sort of M&A.
CEO Tim Cook has signaled previously that the company is open to the idea of M&A and is thinking about ways it could "play" in the original content business.
"There's not a size that we would not do, based on just the size of it. It's more the strategic value of it," Cook said on the company's first-quarter earnings call. "...We're learning a lot about the original content business, and thinking about ways that we could play in that."
Apple's interest in M&A and original content has caused many analysts to speculate what a combined Apple and Disney could look like. According to Daryanani, the combined company would have a market cap approaching $920 billion, putting it that much closer to beating Amazon(AMZN) - Get Report and Alphabet(GOOGL) - Get Report in the race to be the first company to reach a $1 trillion valuation. And it would create a megalith of a technology and media company with more than 300,000 employees.
"The question becomes does Apple have the capacity to manage both companies?" said Nelson Wu, managing director at investment advisory firm Open Square Capital. "I think some Apple executives could cross over and be able to manage some of Disney's production capabilities like television and other media."
Apple already has some consumer brand-focused executives on its payroll, such as senior vice president of retail Angela Ahrendts who is a former CEO of Burberry (BURBY) , that would mesh well with Disney, Wu noted. Moreover, Disney CEO Bob Iger has also been a member of Apple's board of directors for six years, meaning that the companies "know each other really well," said Francis McInerney, managing director of consulting firm North River Ventures.
Loup Ventures analyst Gene Munster said a $200 billion deal would be out of character for Apple, however.
"[There's a] 0% chance Apple buys Disney," Munster explained. "The reason is Apple buys smaller companies and builds them into bigger things."
Apple's largest acquisition to date has been its $2.2 billion acquisition of high-end headphone maker Beats Inc in 2014. Besides that, other notable deals include its purchase of chipmaker P.A. Semi for $278 million in 2008 and fingerprint sensor technology producer AuthenTec for $356 million, Munster noted.
Even if Apple doesn't attempt to purchase Disney, Munster believes the tech giant will increase its investment in content somehow over the next five years.
That said, Apple's interest in content is the backbone for why a Disney deal would make sense, Wu noted. Apple has gradually signaled that it wants to rely less on the iPhone as its core revenue source. Currently, the iPhone generates about 60% of Apple's revenue, Wu said.
"They have to release an entirely new iteration each year and if [profits] don't collapse on one iteration, probably about half could dissolve if it doesn't go over well," Wu noted. "If they're able to do this deal...it insulates them from the tech market. It frees them up to focus more on content distribution."
A Disney deal would allow Apple to "instantly leapfrog" Netflix (NFLX) - Get Report, Amazon and Google's YouTube in terms of original content, Daryanani said, which is an attractive proposition given Apple's prior failed attempts to enter the streaming content market.
"Should Apple decide that content creation and ownership is in fact strategic, then Disney could be a one-stop shop for leadership-level content capability given the strength of Disney's intellectual property," Daryanani explained. "And of course, given Apple's cash, it's one of the few companies that could actually contemplate acquiring Disney."


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Dentsu‘s MKTG Sports and Entertainment has unveiled a significant evolution, including the launch of a specialised PR and Talent Marketing division, investment in expanding its Creative Services group, and a centralised approach to brand and rights holder servicing with increased production capabilities and a strengthened in-stadium sports presentation team.
Lead Image: MKTG CD Ross Allen; GM PR, Stephanie Rudnick; GM Integrated Marketing Jarrad Provis, GM Partnerships and Events Briana Doyle
The agency also announced the appointment of Rachael Sharratt as Head of Client Services and Steve Whately as Head of Business Solutions, both new roles at the agency.
“With the full support of our global network and the most talented team we’ve assembled to date across Australia and New Zealand, I’m super confident that this next phase of our business will bring us our best years yet. Our strengthened and our new offerings, combined with a refreshed organisation design that puts our customers at the centre of what we do, will create new and exciting value for our clients, partners and our people,” said Matt Connell, APAC MD of MKTG Sports and Entertainment.
The PR and Talent Marketing team will be led by American PR veteran Stephanie Rudnick, who brings a wealth of expertise to the Australian market. A masterful storyteller and connector, she has nurtured the personal brands of A-list athletes, sports leagues, renowned recording artists, and world-leading brands. Her roles as the Head of PR for Angel City Football Club in LA, recently named the world’s most valuable women’s sports team, and leading the PR for the launch of the US spring gridiron league, the XFL, provides a unique set of skills working with teams, athletes, rights holders, and brands at every level.
“Our Sports PR offering, led by Steph Rudnick, is poised to redefine how brands connect with their audiences. Steph’s understanding of our market, in just her three years living here, and her vast network will be of great benefit to our current clients as well as teams, athletes, rights holders and brands across the region,” said Connell.
In other moves, creative director Ross Allen will lead the Creative Services offering within the Integrated Marketing Services team overseen by GM Jarrad Provis. Josh Hall also joins this team as Art Director.
Briana Doyle has been elevated to general manager to lead the transformation of a centralised servicing and delivery unit, the Partnerships and Events team. The team is a fusion of existing brand consulting services and its award-winning events, hospitality and experiences team. The agency also has enhanced its sports presentation offering and elevated Monique Horan to lead the charge. Horan has been with MKTG for over seven years and excels in producing fan engagement strategies and experiences in stadiums that help brands and teams deliver unforgettable moments of connection.
Rachael Sharratt joins in the newly created head of client services role, bringing her significant industry experience across rights holders, brands, and agencies. Rachael’s most recent role saw her leading complex commercial partnerships as a senior lead on the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ team. GM Briana Doyle said of the appointment, “We’re thrilled to welcome Rachael to MKTG and know she will immediately impact our evolving business. Coming off her remarkable contributions to the success of the Women’s World Cup 2023™, she is already well-equipped to lead the team to continue their incredible work on current and prospective clients.”
Also joining MKTG in another newly created role is Steve Whately as head of business solutions. Steve has extensive industry experience, having held senior commercial roles with Nielsen Sports, the Australian Sports Commission and KPMG for over 15 years. He joins from Greenroom Digital, where he was the general manager, Australia and New Zealand. “Steve brings a wealth of knowledge from his extensive career and will play a vital role in driving growth for MKTG through solutions for our clients that leverage the full potential of our integrated capabilities,” said GM Jarrad Provis.
Coordinated between a global network of dentsu sports International and MKTG colleagues in the US, UK, and Asia, MKTG has continued to strategically enhance its capabilities to deliver agile solutions for clients and partners that move at the speed of fans. Leveraging data and insights from dentsu Sports Analytics, MKTG can ensure clients make impactful and measurable connections with their audiences through insight-led marketing campaigns.
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News and notes on disability-related info from around the internet.
It’s National Disability Voter Registration Week. The REV UP campaign was created to increase political power to the disabled. ✊
The disAbility Resource Center will hold a workshop to help “Disable the Label.” 🚫
Amputee Shaholly Ayers is breaking barriers and advocating inclusion as a fashion model. 👠
Study of how we see faces can give us clues about autism. 👁
A New York City nonprofit is suing Uber over its lack of wheelchair-accessible vehicles. 🚙


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Tunisian engineer Boubaker Siala has developed with his own funds an environmentally friendly electric light commercial vehicle called “Bako B10”, reports Anadolia.
Siala has produced an environmentally friendly vehicle with an electric motor equipped with solar panels.
After completing post-graduate studies in Ukraine and Germany, Siala, who worked with the world’s leading car manufacturers, wanted to make the experience he gained abroad useful for his country upon his return.
“During the quarantine period due to COVID-19, my son Ibrahim and I often rode an electric bicycle. In the process, I produced an electric bicycle myself. Then I started working on the development of an electric work vehicle, albeit a small one,” said Siala.
A commercial vehicle can carry a load of 300 kilograms.
“I named my vehicle Bako, inspired by the name ‘bako’, which means box or bag in the local Tunisian language,” explained Siala.
The Tunisian engineer said his vehicles are currently on the market for 12,000 Tunisian dinars ($4,000).
Siala said they faced many obstacles in patenting the vehicle, but eventually succeeded despite all the bureaucratic difficulties.
“The vehicle we are producing is a vehicle with high quality standards. Therefore, we believe it will be in demand in many countries, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar,” said Siala.
Although the electric vehicle market is a challenging market, he believes that they are at an advantage, because they can make changes to the vehicle according to the requirements.
Claiming that fossil fuel vehicles, which are causing global warming to increase in the world, will be withdrawn from the market in the coming period, Siyale said: “Fossil fuel vehicles, which are one of the biggest causes of pollution, are being replaced by renewable and environmentally friendly ones. vehicles”.
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Exports from Air Corridor Decreased Dramatically
The authorities of the Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) have reported that the country’s exports through air corridors have dropped dramatically.
According to ACCI’s statistics, Afghanistan used to export up to 25,000 tons of goods annually, but now that volume has dropped to less than 6,000 tons.
ACCI adds that most of the country’s exports were done to India through the air corridor, but it has been more than seven months since the corridor has been closed.
“Currently, there is no shipment through the airport. If it is, it’s not measurable and considerable,” said Khan Jan Alokozai, a member of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) board.
According to Alokozai, the “subsidiary” doesn’t operate now and traders have to pay the full cost of the transfers themselves.
In recent years, air corridors have been an important route for the export of Afghanistan’s agricultural products and domestic products to countries in the region, and the former government used them to facilitate the required facilities, which had made the trade activities easy for the traders in using the aid corridor.


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March 28, 2014
Developers and Apple enthusiasts, take note: Cupertino is likely to announce this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in the coming weeks. When they do, the mad dash to purchase tickets to the event will be on. In 10 of the past 11 years, WWDC has been held in early June. In 2012 and 2013, Apple selected the fourth Wednesday in April to make the WWDC announcement. The bottom line: Expect the WWDC announcement on April 23. This year’s five-day conference is likely to begin on Monday, June 9. Are you hoping to score tickets to this year’s event? You’ll need to hurry. The 5,000 $1,599 tickets to last year’s event sold out in two minutes. WWDC 2014 is likely to feature a demo of iOS 8 and the successor to OS X Mavericks. We might also see the launch of new MacBooks, and Apple’s recently rumored iTunes Radio subscription service. What we probably won’t see in June are new iOS devices, including the “iPhone 6” and “iWatch.” Past practice suggests Apple won't reveal these products until fall. What do you want Apple to unveil at WWDC?


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Apple’s Let’s Rock event will be held on tomorrow Tuesday, September 9th 2008, so it should come as no surprise that we are seeing “leaked photos” of the updated iPod nano making an appearance.
One photo that has slipped through the cracks shows a slimmer and more colorful iPod Nano. MacNN was the first to break the news about the new photos that had been leaked. If the photo of the iPod Nano is true, we should expect to see a little color appearing in the product line. According to claims, the new iPod nano will feature more vibrant colors.
Checking out the leaked photo if this is real it will have the tapered design that Kevin Rose wrote about recently on his personal blog. It’s also obvious that this iPod bares some similarities to its cousin, the second-generation iPod nano. If the photo is real the clickwheel has made a comeback. The clickwheel was surprising given that Apple has been using multi-touch technology with it iPhones, iPods, MacBook Air, and now the MacBook Pro. Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, stated that multi-touch technology would be eventually working its way into other Apple products. Perhaps it’s a virtual clickwheel? Maybe, but wouldn’t the screen vanish when the device was turned off. One of the reasons I did not update to the third generation iPod nano was that I did not like the touch screen interface. I use iPod almost exclusively for workouts, and the touchscreen would take more of an effort for me to change my musical selection. I don’t have that problem with my second generation iPod nano.
Another similarity is the dock connector. Just like the second generation iPod nano it’s again offset from the center. I found the plastic packaging odd and seemed to be a step backwards for Apple. True, second generation iPod nanos arrived in plastic packaging; however, Apple has been making an effort to become more environmentally friendly. Criticized by organizations like Greenpeace Apple has continued to make its products green. One of the evidence is the packaging that it is using for some of its products. iPods have been packaged in cardboard boxes.
Is the photo of the third generation iPod nano real or fake? We’ll find out tomorrow at Apple’s Let’s Rock event. Judging by the photos it appears to be all about the iPod similar to how WWDC ’08 was all about the iPhone. Obviously some Apple users will be unhappy especially those that are looking for the updated Mac computers. Perhaps Apple will have another event that focuses on Mac computers. It does make me curious. Will Apple start to have separate events to focus on specific product lines?
if you’re a student hoping to score an updated iPod during Apple’s Back to School promotion you won’t be able to do so. The promotion does not apply to updated iPods.


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McDonald's Taiwan to discontinue 7 menu items starting Aug. 26
Taipei, Aug. 14 (CNA) American fast food chain McDonald's said Friday that it will stop serving seven existing items on its menu at restaurants in Taiwan, starting Aug. 26, due to lackluster sales.
The items to be discontinued are the Angus Beef burger, the Thousand Island Shrimp burger, the 1+1=$50 Coin Menu's Spicy Chicken Burger Meal, Shake Shake Chicken Bite, McCafé's Passion Fruit-Lemon Smoothie and Hot Milk Tea, and the Happy Meal Chicken Bites.
Meanwhile, the major food franchise also announced that from Aug. 26, its Taiwan-based restaurants will introduce several new items, including a smoked chicken sandwich and a honey lemon smoothie.
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BJ’s Wholesale Club will open its 222nd location in Seabrook, N.H., on July 2.
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.’s newest club will open on July 2 in Seabrook, N.H. The retailer made mention of the Seabrook location back in May, when it reported its outlook for the rest of 2021, including plans to expand its presence on the East Coast.
“We’re excited to expand our footprint in New Hampshire with the opening of our new club in Seabrook,” said JoAnn Hebert, club manager of the Seabrook BJ’s location. “Our team members have been working hard to prepare the club for opening, and we’re excited to welcome the Seabrook community and serve our members when our doors open.”
Located at 30 Perkins Avenue in Seabrook, the new club is the company’s 222nd location. The Seabrook club will feature a selection of fresh food and produce, a full-service deli, household essentials, pet supplies, and more. BJ’s members can choose from a variety of shopping options like curbside pickup, pickup in-club, same-day delivery, delivery from BJs.com, and shopping in-club.
B.J.'s is the second food retailer to open a store on the New Hampshire coastline within a week of each other. Whole Foods Market opened its Portsmouth, N.H., location on June 25, approximately 25 minutes away from B.J.’s newest location.
To promote BJ's new store opening, the retailer is offering a limited-time Founding Member offer now through July 2 for local shoppers interested in joining the club. Local shoppers can sign up for a one-year BJ’s Inner Circle membership with BJ’s Easy Renewal for only $25, and get $75 in coupons. Additionally, local shoppers can sign up for a one-year BJ’s Perks Rewards membership with BJ’s Easy Renewal for only $65, and get $75 in coupons. Additionally, BJ’s Perks Rewards members earn 2% cash back on most BJ’s purchases.
To fill a number of positions, the Seabrook location is offering a $2,500 sign-on bonus, along with on-the-spot interviews and job offers. Interested candidates can view open positions at careers.BJs.com.
Based in Westborough, Mass., BJ's Wholesale Club is an operator of membership warehouse clubs in the eastern United States. The company currently operates more than 220 clubs and 151 BJ's Gas locations in 17 states, and is No. 27 on The PG 100, Progressive Grocer’s 2021 list of the top food and consumables retailers in North America. The first national certified-organic grocer, Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods has more than 500 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, and is No. 26 on The PG 100 list.


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This range figure is better than any other SUV under $200,000.
Pricing starts at $50,000 for the base model. The Extreme is $69,000.
Fisker has announced that its all-new Fisker Ocean Extreme SUV has achieved an impressive EPA estimated total range of 360 miles (approximately 580km) on 20-inch wheels. This milestone surpasses the company’s previous estimates and sets a new benchmark for electric vehicles in its class.
According to the EPA values, the Fisker Ocean Extreme now possesses the longest range of any new electric SUV under $200,000 sold in North America today. This achievement follows the European certification of a WLTP 707 km (440 UK mile) range, making it the electric SUV with the longest range available in Europe as well. What’s more, when fitted with optional 22-inch wheels and tires, the Fisker Ocean Extreme still managed to attain a WLTP 701 km / 436 UK mile range, proving that the vehicle’s range is minimally affected by the use of performance wheels and tires.
“A lot of hard work went into achieving these results, and it feels great to give our customers a better range than we had estimated. Delivering an EPA 360 mile range in the US and WLTP 707 km range in Europe gives our drivers what they want: a fantastic 5-passenger vehicle, and the confidence they’re driving the electric SUV with the longest range available in an affordable new vehicle,” CEO Henrik Fisker said.
“This is a huge milestone for everyone at Fisker,” he continued. “We are looking forward to getting Oceans to customers in the US, and we plan to send out communications today to our first customers.”
The Fisker Ocean Extreme has received an EPA Certificate of Conformity and a California Air Resources Board (CARB) Executive Order, which approves the vehicle for sale and delivery in the US. Moreover, the CARB Executive Order grants the Fisker Ocean Extreme the maximum 4.0 Zero-Emission Vehicle credits per vehicle sold, further highlighting its commitment to sustainability and clean energy.


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Social networking ads around the world, from Weibo WeChat to Instagram, are "illegal"
It's just too common to see ads on social networks, sitting in the red of a large number of fans, fighting for money by advertising day, and it's also an open secret. This kind of new advertisement goes beyond the regulation of the traditional advertising law of various countries to a great extent, but in fact it is contrary to the principle of advertising law.
In a recent letter to the Federal Trade Commission, a US consumer rights group, Public Citizen said a number of bloggers had not labeled "#广告" or "#赞助" as required, including not only the well-known Kardashian family, but also small people with small fan numbers.
"It's new for us that 'small net red' ads don't label," says Kristen Strader, Commercial Advertising Coordinator at Public Citizen. "
As the mainstream trend of marketing in recent years, native advertising has gradually become an important commercial means of global social platform. Many brands are also starting to distribute their products through advertising agencies, allowing them to complete paid social network promotions.
In China, there are too many versions of KOL's advertising quotes circulating on the Internet. So abroad, how much is it worth to send an ad? Here's a reference: According to Captiv8, a U.S. company that specializes in social network marketing, there are 3 million to 7 million followers. A video posted on YouTube costs $187,500, a message on Instagram or Snapchat costs $75,000, and a message on Twitter is worth $30,000; If the number of followers is between 50,000 and 500,000, a YouTube video quote is $2,500, Instagram and Snapchat offer $1,000, and Twitter offers $400.
In response to this new marketing trend, the FTC released a special sound ad in 2015Policy statement, requires the standardization of this kind of commercial marketing behavior, to clarify what kind of information is advertising. Simply put, if you're advertising, you have to make it clear - clearly mark the words "advertising" and "sponsorship" in your message.
Similar rules are in use in China. In September this year, the Interim Measures for the Administration of Internet Advertising was formally implemented, which also requires that Internet advertising should be identifiable and that it is illegal to indicate the word "advertisement" in a prominent place without indicating it. Before this provision landed, it also attracted a lot of soft text in the circle of everyone's mourning. Imagine, the ads attractive chicken soup soft packaging nakedly torn off, marked as "advertising" article, how many people are willing to open it?
In fact, however, a considerable number of star network red did not follow the rules. Public Citizen's recent complaints include a number of members of the Kardashian family. The high-profile man has faced more than one similar complaint - in August, another consumer rights group, Ruth in Advertising, filed a complaint with the FTC that the Kardashian family had more than 100 Ins soft messages that did not include advertising information. Last year, Kim Kardashian posted a drug ad on Instagram that was removed by the FDA because it didn't indicate potential side effects.
What about the country after the new rules are implemented? It seems that the new rules just landed when the wind was tense for a while, now when you open the microblog and circle of friends, without any labeling of the ad soft text or flying all over the sky. It seems that it is not easy to govern social advertising that involves huge business interests, both at home and abroad.
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Paul needed eight stitches after being hit with a pistol while grappling a robber in his Londis store in Wheatley, Oxfordshire, last week. Although he advises his staff not intervene in a threatening situation he found his instincts took over.
“I grabbed his arm to try to get the gun. It wasn’t until afterwards that I realised how dangerous it was,” he said. Now recovering, Paul has called on the government to get tougher on retail crime. “The police and ambulance services were excellent when they came after the robbery, but they need more resources,” he told C-Store.
“Labour’s promise to be tough on crime hasn’t really been enforced. We need tougher penalties for offenders and more police presence.”
ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “Too often retail crime is wrongly dismissed as a victimless crime when it has a significant impact not only on the business and its owners, but on the wider community as well.” He called on the Conservative Retail Crime Commission to investigate sanctions for shop theft and the impact of crime in the community.
Philip Dunne MP, chairman of the Commission, addressed these concerns at the ACS Crime Prevention Forum held earlier this month.
He proposed scrapping early- release policies and encouraging the police to better use their search powers. “On-the-spot fines could be useful for first-time offenders, but there needs to be a wider use of community sentences to deal with persistent shop thieves,” he said.
The ACS survey of more than 2,700 members revealed that in the last quarter of 2008 there were 88 robberies, a 23% increase on the previous quarter, and 82 incidents of physical violence, 22% up on the same period in 2007.


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Cyberpunk 2077 Ready for Print
It has been a rocky year in game design where a lot of studios have been influenced by the pandemic. It’s looking like CD Projekt Red is going to manage to get Cyberpunk 2027 out the door in the very near future, though. This is all according to a tweet posted to the game’s official twitter account.
This is because the game has officially gone gold. What this means is that the game is complete and physical discs can soon be produced.
The team at CD Projekt Red will likely have to keep working on patches and downloadable content, but the core game will be in player’s hands when it releases on November 19, 2020 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S.
Minecraft Dungeons Receives Cross-Play and More
Cross-Play is one of those things that can really enhance a multiplayer experience. Consoles are expensive and people, especially kids, often have only one if they have any at all. If somebody wants to play with their best friend, favorite relative, or a new acquaintance, they either need to have the same system or be playing a game that allows them to play with another across different platforms. That will soon be the case with Minecraft: Dungeons .
This is all according to a recent reveal that occurred that the Minecraft Live 2020 event. Further details indicate that the consoles included in this arrangement are the Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC. Cross-save, however, is not supported.
A new DLC called Howling Peaks and the Apocalypse Plus difficulty setting will also be out soon. The update that adds cross-play releases in November 2020, while the other two pieces of content are set to follow in December.
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The Witcher Season 3 Listed on Reputable Site
The first season of The Witcher on Netflix was a hit that had fans literally singing. Now fans can likely look forward to at least two more seasons, if a recent listing in the Writers Guild of America Directories is any indication.
While it’s uncertain if the show will ever produce something as catchy as “Toss a Coin to your Witcher,” ever again, the certainty of the shows continuation has been around for a while now. The second season started filming in earlier this year and even though the year was rough for most people, the show doesn’t seem to have been totally deterred. Filming did stop for a while, though.
The show’s second season is expected to release at some point in 2021, which is quite a wait considering the exciting first season concluded at the end of last year. Hopefully the third season follows more quickly after the second season. That said, an anime movie set in the same universe, and a six-part prequel series are also in the works. They are called The Witcher: Blood Origins and The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf respectively and they might help mitigate any potential dry spells for fans in the future.


text: "Exciting", "Leaves you in suspense", "5 stars out of 5". What sounds like reviews for the latest hit movie is actually describing the latest television ad for the Motorola DROID. Verizon and Motorola are not holding back when it comes to promoting the Android powered handset by using CGI and top notch SFX to keep you from changing the channels or running to the kitchen for a snack. Of course, there is no correlation between the excitement of a commercial and the quality of the handset being advertised. BGR has heard that this spot should start airing this week and as you probably know, Verizon will be launching the DROID on Friday.


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During the first seven months of this year, farm prices for fresh-market vegetables averaged 14 percent above a year earlier, according to the latest USDA Vegetables and Melons Outlook.
After declining 4 percent from a year earlier this past spring, farm prices were expected to average at or below a year earlier this summer, with weather-delayed crops coming to harvest and crowding the market through August.
During January through July, preliminary data indicated that shipments of fresh-market vegetables – excluding potatoes and melons – from domestic sources were up 3 percent from a year earlier. Import shipments during this time were lower due to the winter freeze in Mexico. Most of the gain in domestic movement occurred prior to May, with volume lower each month May through July.
According to USDA, the May-July decline likely reflected planting gaps and reduced yields caused by the cool, wet spring in California, drought in Georgia, and periods of extreme heat and flooding in the Midwest and East.
Shipments from domestic sources, which account for the majority of volume during summer months, were 7 percent below a year earlier in July but were expected to increase in August.
Area for harvest of 11 selected fresh-market summer vegetables (excluding melons, onions, and potatoes) was forecast to rise about 1 percent for this past summer to 269,300 acres. This compares with a 2 percent increase last summer and steady area this past spring.
Only four of the 11 surveyed crops registered increased acreage, with most of the increase coming from a 17 percent advance in carrots and a 6 percent gain in head lettuce.
Fresh-market carrot supplies (largely from California) had been chronically short since the severe February freeze with the surge in summer area likely reflecting a need to normalize supplies after several months of sustained high prices.
A 9 percent reduction in summer area was noted for snap beans with marginal declines for four other crops, including tomatoes (down 1 percent).
California, accounting for 48 percent of this year’s summer-season vegetable area (up from 46 percent a year earlier), increased its acreage 4 percent.
New York, the second-leading summer-season producer with 16 percent of fresh-market vegetable acreage, was expected to harvest 1 percent less area than a year ago, largely because of small reductions in snap bean and sweet corn area.
New York is the leading source for fresh-market sweet corn, cabbage and snap beans in the summer. Michigan, the third leading summer fresh vegetable state in terms of area, expects to harvest 19,500 acres this summer—the same as a year earlier.
Most crops late
Growers in most summer-producing states battled cool, wet conditions during planting season, with most crops one to two weeks behind normal development.
The market situation for fresh-market tomatoes (excluding grape/cherry) compared with a year earlier was as follows:
• Shipment volume during June-July was down 1 percent from a year earlier due to the cool, wet spring and a late start for many local deals.
• Market volume of greenhouse tomatoes increased 49 percent during June-July due largely to greater volume of hothouse Roma (plum-type) tomatoes.
• Prices at the point of first sale (largely grower or shipping point) averaged 39.4 cents per pound during June and July—up 11 percent from a year earlier.
• Market News retail prices for field-grown round tomatoes during June and July averaged $1.30 per pound (down 3 percent); hothouse sold for $1.51 per pound.
• January-June import volume was down 13 percent from a year earlier to 1.92 billion pounds, led by greenhouse tomato volume (up 11 percent).
• January-June export volume was up 12 percent from a year earlier.
• Per capita use is projected to be 20.4 pounds in 2011, down slightly from 2010.
The summer (largely July-September), area for harvest of the three leading melon crops (watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew) was estimated to be 84,700 acres — 7 percent less than a year earlier. Area is expected to be down for all three melons.
California melon growers, who account for 41 percent of national summer melon area, apparently shifted into other crops this year, reducing area devoted to the three top melon crops by 11 percent. Although melon area was down in California and Georgia (down 12 percent), growers in the Texas planted 12 percent more melon area, with both watermelon and cantaloupe acreage rising.
Watermelon is the top melon crop during the summer in terms of acreage and shipments. Watermelon area for harvest was down this summer, with growers in every state except Texas (up 13 percent) reducing area.
Despite the incentive of higher prices a year ago, unsettled spring weather and better returns for alternative crops may have encouraged growers to shift area out of watermelon in 2011.
As reported by Market News, U.S. average advertised retail prices for cantaloupes have remained around $2.26 each this summer. Average retail prices for seedless watermelon have declined seasonally since peaking at the start of the domestic season in April at $4.97 each — falling to $3.62 in July.
Honeydew melon retail prices have been relatively steady, averaging between $3.07 and $3.28 since April.
Despite uncertainty in the economy, consumer food demand appeared strong through July, with both retail and foodservice expenditures reported about 3 percent above a year earlier in July.
Adjusted retail grocery sales in July were stronger than the January-July average, while the change in adjusted foodservice sales was about the same as the January-July average.
With higher energy costs keeping pressure on shipping rates, consumer prices for fresh-market vegetables averaged 6 percent above a year earlier over the first seven months of 2011.
During July, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for fresh-market vegetables also averaged 6 percent above a year earlier.
Average retail prices in July were higher than a year earlier for the majority of fresh vegetables.