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NEW YORK -- As part of a continuing expansion of the Skin-So-Soft brand of bath items and moisturizers, Avon is adding sun care to the line.
In an added twist, two of the products will carry the trend toward multifunctional sun care to a new level: The items, besides providing moisturizers and protection from the sun's damaging rays, will be touted as insect repellents.
"Skin-So-Soft is our flagship brand," said Sharon Hall, general manager of the company's personal care division, noting that Avon introduced the brand in 1964. "But we've been looking for ways to take growth to the next level, and we came up with a mega-branding strategy."
As part of the strategy to build the brand, Hall said, Skin-So-Soft has been divided into four categories: the original bath products, hand and body moisturizers, moisture "extras" and now sun care.
The new sun line, called Skin-So-Soft Moisturizing Suncare, will be launched in June and will consist of five items, along with the two with insect repellent, which are called Moisturizing Suncare Plus.
The main collection will include a sunblock lotion, available in SPF 15 or 30, with retail prices of $6.49 and $6.99, respectively, for 4-oz. bottles; a 0.5-oz. sunblock stick with SPF 15 for $4.29; a 4-oz. oil-free tanning spray with SPF 6 for $6.99, and after-sun lotion, $4.49 for a 4-oz. bottle.
Each product is imbued with the original Skin-So-Soft scent, referred to by the company as Original Woodland Fresh, and contains ingredients that promote moisturization.
The two Suncare Plus items have an SPF of 15, contain moisturizers and purportedly repel mosquitoes, fleas and deer ticks. The products will be available with either the Woodland Fresh or a new herbal scent, and will sell for $9.99 for a 4-oz. tube.
"Sun care seemed a natural extension for Skin-So-Soft," noted Hall, "but we knew we wanted to come out with products that were on the leading edge of technology, because so many sun items now are multifunctional. Making the products repellent to insects seemed like such a logical step, because people have always slathered on repellant on top of sunscreen."We think this line is going to do well, because convenience is a huge factor," Hall continued. "People don't want to have to spend time with two or more products, and we've combined many of the benefits."
She said the insect repellant in Suncare Plus is plant-based, with an active ingredient of oil of citronella.
"It wasn't hard to combine sun block with the repellant," said Hall. "The hard part is making sure it's efficacious."
She noted that in order to use the word "repellent" on a product, the formula must be approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, and Avon has passed this test. The sunscreen formula is registered with the FDA.
Avon will launch the sun line with a short flight of national TV advertising. The line will also appear on the cover of Avon's campaign brochure of 1994, due to be distributed to 15 million people at the beginning of June.
"[Skin-So-Soft] has been growing on average about 6 or 7 percent each year," said Hall. "But we're anticipating growth in the neighborhood of 30 percent this year, and a good part of that is due to the sun items."
She would not disclose specific sales figures, but according to industry estimates, the brand could soon be nearing the $50 million mark.
Besides the sun line, Skin-So-Soft sales will be boosted by the addition of a bubble bath and moisturizing bath bar this year, among other items.
Concluded Hall, "Without question, this is the most action we've seen with this brand in many years."
“My personal philosophy to beauty is paying attention to oneself. I love to be outdoors, lots of fresh air, trying to take care of yourself as best you can. I always notice that comes through,” says Felicity Jones, the global face of @shiseido-owned @cledepeaubeauteus, which launches today. Head to WWD.com to read more about the actress’ love for beauty and how she prepared for her new role in “The Basis of Sex,” playing the young Ruth Bader Ginsburg. #wwdbeauty (📷: @dandoperalski)
For men’s fall 2018, @giuseppezanotti drew on elements from streetwear, sport, biker, combat and rock ‘n’ roll. Pictured here are a pair of shoes from the collection, featuring zippers, rhinestones, and silver hardware. Head to WWD.com to see a roundup of the accessories from Milan’s men’s fall 2018 shows. #wwdfashion (📷: Andrea Delb)
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of @ralphlauren’s snowboarding collection, the brand is mining its archives. The iconic brand is reintroducing vintage styles and dropping new designs for a color capsule that will be available in Ralph Lauren stores and @openingceremony on January 25. The capsule will consist of 10 pieces, including the Snow Beach Pullover, pictured here, which is a collector’s item that rapper Raekwon wore in Wu-Tang Clan’s “Can It Be All So Simple” video. #wwdfashion (📷: Tom Gould)
For @rochasofficial’s pre-fall 2018 collection, creative director Alessandro Dell’Acqua channeled the sophisticated and intriguing Catherine Denevue in the film “Belle de Jour.” Polished collarless coats, midi skirts, suits and ’60s graphic motifs were all featured in the collection, adding a sense of discreet luxury. See the rest of the photos on WWD.com #wwdfashion
“We tried to produce clothing of that couture quality, but the most daunting part was that we only had a matter of days [to do it],” said costume designer Lou Eyrich, who recreated Gianni Versace’s iconic looks for @americancrimestoryfx. Eyrich searched online retailers and vintage shops for original pieces from the design house and for @penelopecruzoficial, who plays Donatella Versace. Head to WWD.com to read how she created the Versace world. #wwdfashion
Only three months after her stellar debut catwalk season, @kaiagerber has inked her first big design collaboration –– with @karllagerfeld. The collection blends Lagerfeld’s Parisian chic aesthetic and the model’s signature West Coast casual style via RTW, accessories, footwear and more. The #KarlLagerfeldxKaia collection will launch in September with a series of events. Get all the details on WWD.com. #wwdnews #wwdfashion
Harrods plans to remove the famous statue of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed from the bottom of the Egyptian escalators and hand it back to Mohamed Al-Fayed. “We are very proud to have played our role in celebrating the lives of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed at Harrods and to have welcomed people from around the world to visit the memorial for the past 20 years,” said Michael Ward, Harrods managing director. “With the announcement of the new official memorial statue to Diana, Princess of Wales at Kensington Palace, we feel that the time is right to return this memorial to Mr. Al Fayed and for the public to be invited to pay their respects at the palace.” More on the news, with reporting by @loreleimarfil, at WWD.com. #wwdnews


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Greater LA area ranks fourth nationally in revenue for new Airbnb hosts – Orange County Register
A new report of Airbnb ranks the greater Los Angeles area as the fourth highest grossing region in the country for new Airbnb hosts with a listing in the United States in the first six months of 2021.
Los Angeles area hosts collectively earned $ 6.2 million in revenue through June, according to the study, surpassing North Carolina coast ($ 4 million), Smoky Mountains (3.9 million), Poconos ($ 3.5 million), Houston ($ 3.3 million), Catskills and Hudson Valley ($ 3.1 million) and Denver ($ 2.9 million).
The company declined to reveal how many new Airbnb hosts were offering rentals in the Los Angeles area in the first half of 2021.
Atlanta tops the list for the first half of 2021, with the hosts earning a combined revenue of $ 8.5 million. Next are the southern Gulf Coast of Florida ($ 8 million) and Phoenix ($ 6.3 million).
Half of the new listings booked in early 2021 got a booking request within four days of signing up, the company said, while the annual revenue of existing Airbnb hosts between April 2020 and April 2021 averaged about $ 9,600.
The study shows that 60% of new hosts were women who have earned more than $ 83 million combined in the United States since January 2021. Senior new hosts aged 60 and over have earned more than $ 30 million.
Airbnbs have disrupted the hotel industry, stealing market share and putting pressure on hotel rates, and their popularity as a rental alternative has increased at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many hotels were temporarily closed.
A lifeline and an additional source of income
Natalia Paez said her three-bedroom, one-bath home in Woodland Hills has been a lifeline and a constant source of additional income since she and her husband began offering it for Airbnb rentals in March.
“We recently bought another house in our neighborhood that is bigger and then the pandemic hit,” said the 38-year-old entrepreneur. “I was thinking of doing an Airbnb with our other house. I thought it was a good idea in case we lost our jobs due to COVID. “
As it turned out, the two tattoo shops the couple ran in Studio City and Echo Park had to close for several months in the spring because they were considered non-essential businesses. Their Airbnb business has helped bridge the gap.
“It really helped us survive,” Paez said. “The hotels will charge $ 200 to $ 300 a night, but we’re charging $ 215 a night and the house has a kitchen and a front and back yard. You don’t get that with hotels.
Hosts set their own rental prices and can keep up to 97% of their income, Airbnb spokesperson Samuel Randall said.
So what are people looking for when they rent a house?
“We’ve seen that people tend to prioritize places that allow them to work remotely – homes with WiFi and office setups,” he said. “They’re also looking for places that are pet-friendly, and homes with hot tubs and pools are popular.”
What is the attraction?
Randall said the greater Los Angeles area is a popular destination for Airbnb customers because of its diverse landscapes and myriad of entertainment options. Disneyland, Six Flags Magic Mountain, and Universal Studios are must-see destinations, along with Hollywood, La Brea Tar Pits, and the Queen Mary.
Many people who were locked up during the COVID-19 pandemic are also taking longer trips.
“In many cases, this weekend turns into five or more days,” Randall said. “People are becoming flexible about when and where they travel. Rural areas near national parks remain popular.
The Paez Airbnb welcomed around thirty guests. Most stay around four nights, she said, although others have stayed a week or more. There is work, but Paez has help.
“I have a very good housekeeper,” she says. “But I help her out a bit to make sure the towels are folded the way I like them and I make sure everything is stocked.”

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After the confines of several lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic, the public has fully embraced opportunities to socialise in large numbers. Public events are back in full swing, with tickets to music festivals such as Glastonbury and Coachella selling out.
That said, concerns about food packaging waste at such events have also come back into focus – particularly around plastic takeaway cups. A sports stadium can host up to 300 events a year. This means these spaces can use, on average, around 5.4 million single-use cups, which amounts to an estimated 63.75 tons of waste.
Several governments around the world have implemented strict bans on single-use plastics. Therefore, public event spaces, such as stadiums and concert halls, will have to invest in sustainable alternatives.
For instance, replacing plastic takeaway cups with those made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or polylactic acid (PLA) can significantly reduce the carbon footprint of public events.
What are public venues doing to reduce plastic waste?
Recent research shows a typical US National Football League (NFL) game generates around 35 tons of waste. This can balloon by up to 50% for events such as the Super Bowl. As the demand for sustainable packaging continues to rise, stadium operators are now taking steps to tamp down their carbon footprints.
Notably, the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, US, successfully phased out 99.4% of single-use plastics in 2020. Tom Garfinkel, vice chairman, president, and CEO of the Miami Dolphins and the stadium was supposedly taken aback by the amount of waste accumulating at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. He then devised a strategy to reduce the amount of waste used at the venue.
These measures help the stadium eliminate 2.8 million plastic items annually. This includes takeaway cups, bottles, cutlery, stirrers and spoons, as well as all plastic disposable packaging accompanying these items.
Some sports stadiums have won EPA awards for their waste reduction and recycling practices. For instance, in 2019, the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in New Jersey was recognised for diverting almost 60% of its internal waste from landfill.
When it comes to music festivals, events such as Coachella, Stagecoach, and Glastonbury can generate up to 100 tons of solid waste every day. Across the US, music festivals produced around 53,000 tons of waste in 2019 – roughly equivalent to 450 blue whales.
Festival organisers have since banned plastic bottles from events, encouraging attendees to use reusable bottles and fill them from water taps on site. Other event organisers have set up reusable cup programmes that include collection bins and mobile cup washing stations.
Single-use waste that is often found at public events
The most common forms of single-use waste found at stadiums and music festivals are plastic bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polystyrene food containers, and polypropylene (PP) plastic cups.
While the materials used to create PP cups and PET water bottles are both recyclable, they often end up in landfills. Research shows only around 25% of PET water bottles are recycled in the US. More so, polystyrene plastics can risk human health by contaminating the food with styrene: a type of carcinogen that can migrate into food from the container.
At the majority of public events, plastic cups are often favoured over those made of paper. This is because of several reasons. For instance, concertgoers are more likely to reuse a plastic cup throughout the event, as they can simply ask for refills.
Additionally, most beverages at such events are served cold and will produce condensation. Unlined paper cups will absorb the water, which will weaken their structural integrity. This may cause the paper cup to feel unstable or even mushy in the consumer’s hands – effectively spoiling the drinking experience.
Sustainable alternatives: Which takeaway cup material is best for public events?
Cups made from PET and polylactic acid (PLA) have become the most popular options for venues looking to reduce waste. PET is fully recyclable and known for its durability and affordability. Additionally, it will retain its structure in the face of condensation, as the material does not absorb water.
PLA is one of the most highly produced bioplastics in the world. It is toxin-free, which has made it popular in the food and beverage industry. PLA is made from the fermentation of carbohydrates from renewable resources such as maize, cornstarch, and sugarcane. The fermentation produces resin filaments that have similar characteristics to petroleum-based plastic. The filaments can then be shaped, moulded, and coloured to suit a range of needs.
Cups made from bamboo fibre are also increasing in popularity. Notably, the market for bamboo products is projected to be worth USD 12.4 billion by 2032. Lightweight, durable, and compostable, bamboo cups are the go-to option for many businesses looking to reduce their carbon footprint.
Overall, bamboo is considered one of the most effective alternatives to plastics. Notably, there is already a growing application of bamboo products, ranging from building materials and textiles to single-use items such as packaging, straws, cutlery, and cups.
Deciding on which cups are best for your business can be a daunting task. However, the team at MTPak Coffee is happy to guide you through the process. We offer businesses a range of disposable cups made from a variety of sustainable materials. Our range of sustainable takeaway coffee cups is made from recyclable materials such as bamboo fibre, PET, and PLA.
Our takeaway cups are available in different sizes: 4 oz, 8 oz, 16 oz, 12 oz, and 24 oz. Beyond this, our cups are strong, waterproof, lightweight, and 100% compostable. They can also be custom-designed using innovative digital printing technology to feature your brand logo or recycling instructions. Our use of innovative digital printing allows us to offer our customers quick turnaround times on orders. Furthermore, we can offer low minimum order quantities (MOQs) of packaging, no matter what size or material.


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UK must take first step towards new trade deal: Indian envoy
Britain needs to get its act together and make the first move towards a new trade agreement with India, a senior Indian diplomat in the UK has said.
Dinesh Patnaik, India's Deputy High Commissioner to the UK, told a gathering of the Indian Professionals Forum (IPF) at Chatham House in London yesterday that India had a choice to make post-Brexit between a bloc of 27 nations that comprise the European Union (EU) or a single nation that is breaking away.
"If you look at it from an Indian perspective, unless the UK gets its act together, why should we get interested? We need the UK to take the first step, he said, adding that trade in goods, services and free flow of people are the key elements that must come together for any new trade pact.
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"Unless all three come together, you cannot have a trade agreement. And, the UK is still not ready for the third part. We are making the stage ready for the first two, but the third part is the most important, he noted.
Patnaik's views on a potential new trade agreement came in response to the UK's Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, John McDonnell, raising the prospect of an ambitious new free trade agreement (FTA) with India.
The senior member of the Labour party indicated that such a new deal would involve EU "partners", in an apparent reference to the Opposition party's stance in favour of Britain staying within the EU's Customs Union.
He said: We have a different way of thinking about the relationship with India than the current government. Britain's trade with India is under-performing, relative to the potential. There are gains from trade that are not being won by either side.
There is a significant opportunity for Britain and India agreeing a new free trade agreement, with our European partners involved as well. That is our ambition." McDonnell made a plea for Indian investments by reassuring entrepreneurs that his party's socialist views were not in conflict with the needs of business.
"We believe in working with Indian entrepreneurs for our joint benefits. The private sector does not require no government, but good government...the Labour Party represents wealth creators at every level, he added.
The event, titled Post-Brexit UK and India: Perspectives for Business and Innovation', was part of a regular dialogues series organised by IPF, a non-profit think tank for Indian professionals related policy advocacy issues set up earlier this year.
"The UK remains a destination of choice for Indian companies and we want to ensure that it remains so post-Brexit, said IPF president Mohan Kaul.
(This article has not been edited by Zeebiz editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)


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Lazy Beach Brewing held its cafe grand opening on Nov. 11 and is now offering a collection of sandwiches made to complement different brews.
The brewery opened in 2015, offering a new flavor beer every week since first opening its doors. Along with new brews, it is also the only place in Texas that makes in-house hard kombucha, putting a spin on fermented tea.
Along with specialty drinks, the brewery also had several food trucks but due to coronavirus, many of them did not make it through. The shutdown of bars due to the virus in Texas has pushed owners to get creative, many opting to add food to the menu to be classified as a restaurant in order to evade closing. This loophole has helped Lazy Beach continue to stay open despite the difficult times.
Cory Matthews, also known as Mr. Lazy Beach, founded the brewery with his wife, Jess, also known as Mrs. Lazy Beach. The pair are both TAMU-CC Alumni and started the brewery after receiving positive remarks on their home brews. The cafe will allow them to expand their creative side, making food and beer pairing an art. “We’re really trying to bring the food and the beer together. There’s been a lot of great food trucks but it’s never really been paired with the beer,” said Cory, “For the opening of the cafe, we’re releasing the Mariana’s Trench, an Imperial mint chocolate stout that we age for a little less than a year; we made a mint and pineapple chutney paired with pulled pork that really compliments each other.”
Alexis De Leon, also known by her co-workers as the Kombucha Queen, is a former Island Waves Editor in Chief and TAMU-CC Alumni. De Leon received a B.S. in Marine Biology as well as a P. B. in Chemistry and found a home at Lazy Beach while waiting to hear back from another job prospect at the time.
Since then, she has used her skills and love for chemistry and the healthy probiotic drink to build an impressive kombucha selection at the brewery and is the only hard kombucha brewer in Texas. Along with hard blends, non-alcoholic kombucha is also offered as well. “If you’re looking for somewhere you can come in with sweatpants on to study and enjoy a beer or some kombucha, this is the place,” said De Leon.


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The iPhone 14 Pro is supposed to succeed the iPhone 13 Pro this fall and carry with it a few energizing new overhauls. The new Pro iPhones will probably proceed with highlights from last year’s models — including 120Hz showcases and fax cameras — yet there is much more in store in view of the breaks and bits of hearsay. Exclusive post on iPhone 14 Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro.
While we’re stressed over how drilling the standard iPhone 14 might turn out to be, the iPhone 14 Pro could be acquiring things like another poke hole configuration, significantly better cameras, a consistently in plain view and that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Tragically, that might show up with the most elevated truly beginning costs for an iPhone, so you would do well to be set aside assuming you’re enticed to get one,
There’s still an opportunity to go until the Apple September Event (which we hear could be September 13) so for the present, we’ve assembled every one of the reports we’ve heard such a long way to look at the iPhone 14 Pro versus iPhone 13 Pro.
Whether you’re hoping to update your iPhone 13 Pro, are pondering which model to go for once both are accessible to purchase, or need to know how Apple could keep up with its hold on our best telephones list, this guide ought to assist you with sorting it out.
iPhone 13 Pro vs iPhone 14 Pro: Price
At $999/£949 and $1,099/£1,049 separately, the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max are now really costly telephones. However, tragically, and obviously, there are gossipy tidbits about a $100 cost increment for both Pro handsets as per different sources.
Apple’s probably going to quit selling the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max once the iPhone 14 is send-off since that happened to both the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro in earlier years. However, you’ll probably have the option to find iPhone 13 Pro handsets at outsider retailers and cell transporters for a brief period after they’re ended.
iPhone 14 Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro: Design
The iPhone 14 Pro bits of hearsay say that the clearest change from the iPhone 13 Pro will be that the front indent will get supplanted with independent patterns for the front camera and Face ID sensors.
You can perceive how this might search in the renders on this page, or in these supposed pictures of iPhone 14 series show boards. While the iPhone 13 series diminished the size of the Face ID score interestingly since its presentation on the iPhone X, the new pill-and-poke hole pattern configuration would offer back more screen land to real pixels, making it less obstructive while utilizing an application in fullscreen mode.
We had figured there would be a more clear new search for the rear of the iPhone 14 Pro as well, yet it currently seems as though it’ll be fundamentally equivalent to the iPhone 13 Pro. One inconspicuous contrast is the generally enormous back camera knock could be getting much bigger to house a few reputed redesigns. Subsequently, iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max cases don’t appear to fit the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max in light of their schematics.
The iPhone 14 Pro ought to in any case have a Lightning port as opposed to a USB-C port for power and information move as well. That might change one year from now, however, because of changes in the law in the EU and interest for comparable regulation in the U.S.
For tones, the main essential gossip is that the current year’s remarkable iPhone tone could be purple, in a matte-finished pretense for the Pro models. If not, we’ll presumably see silver, dark, and gold once more, with another variety choice probably showing up in mid-2024 as Apple’s finished for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13.
iPhone 14 Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro: Display
Yet again we ought to see the Pro iPhone during the current year highlight a 6.1-inch show, and the Pro Max rendition sport a 6.7-inch show. This depiction might hoodwink, however, as the screens might be very marginally bigger than the iPhone 13 Pro/Pro Max thanks to diminished bezel sizes.
The iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max acquainted ProMotion with versatile 120Hz presentations with the iPhone interestingly, taking into consideration a showcase that is both smoother and more power effective. The reports for the iPhone 14 Pro say that it could get a superior adaptation of this tech that can downsize to 1Hz rather than 10Hz.
Not exclusively would that mean decreased power utilization, however it would empower the reputed iPhone 14 Pro generally in plain view that Apple could likewise be adding? This will evidently allow you to see gadgets like those you can add to your lock screen in iOS 16 on your telephone in any event, when it’s locked, considering helpful updates initially.
iPhone 14 Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro: Cameras
The iPhone 13 Pro involved 12MP sensors for every one of the four of its cameras, yet the iPhone 14 Pro is supposedly getting a 48MP fundamental camera for higher goals or more splendid pictures, contingent upon how Apple needs to tune it. We could likewise see 8K video recording from the iPhone 14 Pro, which would be a first for Apple.
The other back cameras on the iPhone 14 Pro series — the ultrawide camera and the zooming focal point — are clearly remaining equivalent to the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max’s. Apple’s hotly anticipated first periscope camera obviously isn’t prepared right now, so it will probably be one more little while before we see an iPhone with zoom abilities higher than 3x amplification.
iPhone 14 Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro: processor and performance
We ought to see another A16 Bionic chipset managing everything inside the iPhone 14 Pro, an overhaul on the iPhone 13 Pro’s A15 Bionic. This new silicon is a redesign that the standard iPhone 14 will not get clearly, potentially making the hole between the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro bigger than in earlier years.
Claimed benchmarks for this new chip show around a 5% complete expansion in execution contrasted with the iPhone 13 Pro, potentially because of Apple moving to quicker LPDDR5 RAM. A similar source says this new chip will likewise affect the iPhone’s camera capacities, as well, and assist with expanding the iPhone 14 Pro’s battery duration.
iPhone 13 Pro vs iPhone 14 Pro: Battery
We’ve not heard a lot about the batteries inside the new iPhone Pro models, however, one source says that the iPhone 14 Pro will evidently get an expansion in limit contrasted with the iPhone 13 Pro. Be that as it may, the iPhone 14 Pro Max could really get a little reduction based on what was in the iPhone 13 Pro Max, a similar source claims.
That sounds like awful news for the iPhone 14 Pro Max, yet ideally, it will not be. As far as one might be concerned, the battery duration of the iPhone 13 Pro Max was at that point incredible so a couple of milliamp-hours less shouldn’t have a major effect. Likewise, Apple might have presented different changes, for example, through the new chipset, that will assist the telephone with being more proficient, permitting it to keep going as lengthy or considerably longer than last year’s model.
No iPhone rumormongers have made new cases about charging speeds for the iPhone 14 series. Accordingly, we hope to see the iPhone 14 Pro utilize the equivalent 20W wired and 15W MagSafe remote charging tech as the iPhone 13 Pro.
iPhone 14 Pro vs. iPhone 13 Pro: Opinion
The update from iPhone 13 Pro to iPhone 14 Pro appears as though it will be really emotional. The new indent plan, 48MP camera, improved chipset, and improved consistency in plain view would all surely separate the iPhone 14 Pro from its ancestor,
These progressions might come at a strict expense, however, and a cost climb doesn’t sound perfect in this economy. Likewise, we’re a little worried about the poke hole and pill-molded indent and whether they’ll demonstrate more diverting than the ongoing plan.


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DETROIT -- It’s rare for an automaker to allow a vehicle to stick around for two decades without a major redesign. It’s rarer still to equip such a dinosaur with a brand-new powertrain.
But that’s what General Motors is doing for its full-size commercial vans, the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana.
GM will drop its 2.8-liter, Duramax turbodiesel engine into the vans as an option starting early next year for the 2017 model year. Yes, that’s the same engine that propelled the Chevy Colorado midsize pickup to the coveted Motor Trend Truck of the Year nod in 2015.
The diesel vans also will get an eight-speed automatic transmission. The powertrain will be offered on short- and long-wheelbase versions of the 2500 and 3500 cargo and passenger vans.
The logistics are easy enough. The vans and pickups both are assembled at GM’s Wentzville, Mo., plant, near St. Louis.
Still, those products occupy polar opposite ends of GM’s vehicle stable. The Colorado and sibling GMC Canyon are two of the newest and hottest vehicles in GM’s stable. The vans were developed when Hillary Clinton was enjoying her husband’s first presidential term and a decade before Donald Trump had publicly humiliated his first “Apprentice” contestant.


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The Google Nexus One has been one of the more hyped devices in recent memory, and the aftermath of its release has been punctuated with complaints about patchy 3G performance on the T-Mobile USA network. Some users found that, despite the Nexus One being capable of HSDPA/HSUPA, they were limited to EDGE connectivity, even in areas where other devices were pulling in far faster 3G speeds. Over at jkOnTheRun they’ve a basic fix that seemingly addressed the connectivity shortcoming, and it takes all of 30 seconds to implement.
Apparently our old friend Kevin C. Tofel was able to kick the Nexus One onto a T-Mo 3G network connection by simply heading into the settings and allowing the smartphone to “Select Automatically” from the networks it has to choose from. There’s no telling what’s actually been causing the poor 3G management, but if this fix addresses the problem for users then it could be a poorly implemented network prioritization setting loaded onto the Nexus One initially.
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Elrond, a blockchain firm based in Romania, announced on Thursday that it acquired Twispay, a major Romanian payments company. The blockchain company’s move came after the National Bank of Romania gave it the green light to buy the electronic money institution (payment processing platform).
Twispay provides an international payment solution that supports multiple fiat currencies and integrates various payment methods. As a principal member of Visa and Mastercard, Twispay directly participates in issuing cards and is allowed to acquire merchants.
Twispay is licensed by the Central Bank of Romania to provide payment services and to issue electronic money, and can operate across the European Economic Area.
Apart from the approval, the Central Bank of Romania has also given Elrond a license for e-money. As per the European Union passport rules, the license would allow Elrond to operate e-money services across Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland, and the EU.
Twispay’s acquisition is therefore set to give Elrond an edge to establish itself as a bridge between traditional finance and the cryptocurrency industry. The acquisition would also enable Elrond to provide an infrastructure for faster and cheaper payment solutions. The integration of Twispay on its platform is also set to enable Elrond to take advantage of new stablecoins, crypto-enabled debit cards, DeFi, NFTs and other Web3 technologies, which would enhance efficiency and trust for its existing financial system.
Beniamin Mincu, the CEO of Elrond, disclosed that stablecoins issuance is one of the key goals behind the new acquisition. The executive said: “We’ve been having focused conversations with the Romanian Central Bank about acquiring an e-money licensed institution that enables us to create stablecoins, for instance, in a legal and compliant way.,”
“The main goal is to leverage Twispay’s e-money license for issuing stablecoins that can be used in the EU, both for personal and business use for payments and value transfer, as well as potentially for official use at the institutional level.”
Making B2B Payments Faster
This is not the first time Elrond acquired a fintech company. In January, Elrond bought Utrust, a Portuguese cryptocurrency payment solutions provider, for an undisclosed sum.
Elrond acquired Utrust to enable it make payments fully natively digital by using blockchain to provide near-instant and secure global settlements at a minimal cost, accessible to merchants across the world. Elrond also made the acquisition in order to bring powerful DeFi (decentralized finance) mechanics into play to create a paradigm shift through Merchant Yield products.
The blockchain firm also purchased Utrust to enable it make payments cheaper, faster, and more secure by using Internet-scale blockchain technology and also to transform payment processing services from a cost for merchants into an income stream.
Co-founded in 2017 by brothers Beniamin Mincu and Lucian Mincu alongside Lucian Todea, Elrond is headquartered in Malta and has a development team in Sibiu, central Romania.
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AAM Opposes Oregon’s SB 764 Settlements Bill
Association Says ‘Unnecessary’ Legislation Will Delay Access And Drive Up Prices
Proposed state legislation restricting patent settlements set out in Oregon’s SB 764 bill is “unnecessary,” the AAM has insisted, opposing the “unconstitutional” legislation by citing delayed patient access to affordable medicines, the obstruction of expedited patent settlements and benefits to brand-name pharmaceutical companies which will eventually lead to price rises.
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AAM Strengthens Calls For Reforms To Stop Anticompetitive Tactics
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Kelix bio has announced two deals to expand its presence in Africa. The company is set to acquire 14 oncology injectable products from Germany-based Vitane. Furthermore, Kelix has acquired Pharmaceutical Institute, a pharmaceutical company established in Rabat, to enter Morocco. The pan-African company has also invested in Malta.


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More than a quarter of U.K. internet users will be using ad-blocking software by the end of next year, a new report suggested on Wednesday, heading towards a potential "epidemic".
An estimated 14.7 million people will be using ad-blockers in the U.K. in 2017 or 27 percent of internet users, according to eMarketer's study - a sharp rise from the 5 million in 2014, 7.3 million in 2015 and expected 10.9 million this year.
Ad-blocking software strips adverts from websites and its use has been on the rise, much to the consternation of advertisers and publishers who rely on ad revenue.
Some of the most common reasons people are using ad-blockers include the intrusiveness of adverts, the lack of relevancy and specifically on mobile, the fact that loading of adverts slows down web pages and uses data.
"It is crystalizing to consumers just how sub-optimal the app experience is in digital," Bill Fisher, a senior analyst at eMarketer, told CNBC in a phone interview on Wednesday.
"What we have seen with TV advertising, the value exchange has always been good. For half an hour of good quality content I get one interruption in the middle of that. I move into digital and I am getting bombarded with a lot of ads, they are getting in the way, there are lots of them and not very relevant to me. I think what consumers are now realizing is that they are being able to voice their concerns, saying this industry, this ad-supported free internet actually this value exchange isn't so good."
The rise of ad-blocking has sparked fierce debate between companies providing the software, advertisers and publishers. Earlier this year, Roi Carthy, the CMO of Israeli ad-blocking firm Shine, said his product is "the single biggest threat in the history of advertising". Google and Yahoo both hit back calling the software a "blunt" solution that punishes users and good advertisers.
And publishers have been trying to fight back. The New York Times recently started testing ways to stop people using ad-blockers from accessing their site. And last month, a number of French newspapers took the same action.
Despite this, in the U.K. advertisers spent a record £8.61 billion on digital advertising in 2015, up 16.4 percent from the year before with mobile accounting for the majority of the growth, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau.
But it's unclear what kind of impact ad-blockers are having on the revenues of publishers and companies that rely heavily on advertisements. Fisher said that there is certainly a threat posed.
"I would say it is still noise, but it has the potential to reach a crescendo," Fisher said.


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Inflation App / App Inflation
Smartphones and those handy apps that you download into smartphones are now helping the British calculate their official inflation rate. Governments keep close track of the prices of certain items, a kind of official grocery basket of things, as a way to monitor how quickly prices are going up. The British basket has about 650 goods and services from eggs to gasoline. Starting now the price of apps and the smart phones that love them are in the basket, a sign that even new numbers can follow the hipster crowd. Pork shoulder meat are out of the index, to be replaced by ready-for-the-oven roasts as British increasingly move toward prepared foods — possibly to free up more time for fiddling with apps.
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Green Key enters collaboration with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Green Key to support the world’s largest hotel franchising company’s sustainability efforts across Europe, Middle East, Eurasia and Africa
Green Key, the world’s leading eco-label for the hospitality and travel sector, and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts – the world’s largest hotel franchising company with over 9,200 hotels in more than 80 countries – today entered a new collaboration, which will see Green Key help Wyndham’s hotels in Europe, Middle East, Eurasia and Africa (EMEA) improve sustainability and environmental performance, working towards the prestigious Green Key Award.
Based on compliance with a strict set of criteria that include environmental management, environmental awareness raising and social responsibility, Green Key’s criteria for hotels are recognised by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). The collaboration will support Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ continued sustainability efforts in the EMEA region, including initiatives to preserve natural resources, solutions to mitigate the impact on climate change through linen and towel reuse programmes, energy efficient lighting, recycling and water conservation. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is also exploring long-term sustainability targets in alignment with the latest climate science including the encouragement of renewable energy where feasible.
Green Key’s application, audit and award process is standardised with a third-party verification of the award, a leading standard of excellence in the field of environmental responsibility and sustainable operation in the tourism industry. Wyndham hotels in the EMEA region will work closely with Green Key in a bid to join the eco-label’s 3,100 awarded establishments in almost 60 countries around the world.
Finn Bolding Thomsen, Green Key International Director, said: “We are extremely proud to be an official cooperation partner of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. The Company’s commitment to sustainability strongly match Green Key’s expertise and we look forward to supporting its broad range of hotels in EMEA in further advancing their efforts.”
Edwin Broers, Vice President Central Operations Wyndham Hotels & Resorts EMEA, added: “Sustainability and environmental performance are crucial for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, and we are committed to providing our guests with places to stay that are socially, ethically, and environmentally responsible. Many of our hotels across the EMEA region are engaged in a broad range of sustainability initiatives, and we look forward to continuing this work in cooperation with Green Key.”


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The Philippines has launched safeguard investigation on high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) pellets and granules saying import surges have caused serious injury to the domestic industry.
In a notification to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Committee on Safeguards, the Philippines said it initiated on September 4, 2020 a “preliminary safeguard investigation” on HDPE and LLDPE pellets and granules.
The investigation was initiated on the basis of the petition submitted by the domestic petrochemical industry represented by the country’s biggest petrochemical firm JG Summit Petrochemical Corporation (JGSPC) which claimed that increased imports of HDPE and LLDPE pellets and granules caused serious injury to the domestic industry in terms of declining domestic sales, production, utilization rate, reduction in labor productivity, incurred losses, suppression, depression and increase inventory.
In its petition, JGSPC has sought for safeguard duty of P15,000 per metric ton.
Based on the preliminary investigation by the Department of Trade and Industry, HDPE imports rose by 9 percent in 2018 and 26 percent in 2019.
Imported HDPE recorded a 274 percent growth rate over the five-year period. Imports in 2020 (Jan– April) increased by 9 percent from 2019 (Jan – April) level.
Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia are the major suppliers during the period of investigation.
As a result, the share of imports to domestic production increased from 17 percent in 2015 to 45 percent in 2016. As of 2019, the share of imports went up to 69 percent.
In terms of capacity utilization rate of local manufacturer, it declined to its lowest in 2019 at 67 percent.
In addition, the DTI noted that local producer JGSPC is currently undertaking the construction of an additional 250 kTA PE plant that will be able to produce both HDPE and LLDPE that will bring JGSPC’s combined PE production capacity to 570 kTA, in an effort to match projected local market demand in the short to medium term.
As the petrochemical complex itself already exists and has many of its utilities outside battery limits available or requiring minimal modification to accommodate increase in capacity, the production economies of scale are improved as well as overall costs to produce and sell.
For LDPE, the DTI said that evidence showed that serious injury to the domestic industry was caused by significant increase in the volume of imported LLDPE in 2016 (5%), 2018 (38%) and 2019 (9%).
As such, the domestic industry suffered a loss of market share, declining domestic sales, production, utilization rate, reduction in labor productivity, cost of production, incurred losses and increase inventory.
The condition of competition showed that the market share of domestic products decreased during the period of investigation from 46 percent in 2017 to 21 percent in 2019, as the share of imports in the domestic market significantly increased.
The Philippines also noted that the US and Middle East petrochemical plants are heavily cost-advantaged versus Asian petrochemical plants.
The US shale gas boom has led to an oversupply of PE, which is primarily intended for export and is expected to flood Asian markets, it said.
In addition, the US-China trade war has caused the displacement of usual trade flows, giving rise to increased exports into the Philippines.


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Parking and Construction Forces Local Business Out of Downtown Boise
Construction and lack of on street parking. Those have been major gripes people have had about Downtown Boise for the last few years. Not only are they inconvenient, they've negatively impacted existing Downtown businesses.
Over the past few years, Downtown Boise's seen some booming construction - from the 8th & Main tower and Grove Plaza remodel to JUMP finally becoming a reality and City Hall getting a face lift. Each of those projects brought a series of lane closures through Downtown and in some cases temporarily took away already hard to come by street parking. Chances are you've spent at least 20-30 minutes driving around your destination trying to find parking at least once, but ultimately caved and decided to pay for parking in one of the garages. It's a pain in the butt, isn't it? Oh, and the new rules enforcing meters until 8 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. haven't made things any easier.
In the grand scheme of things, Boise's parking situation is probably easier to navigate than major cities but the perception from locals is that it's awful. That's why many are choosing to do their shopping at locations with ample surface lot parking like The Village at Meridian or Boise Towne Square Mall, hurting Downtown business's bottom line.
In fact that public perception of Downtown Boise's parking (or therefore lack of) is one of the reasons that LUX Fashion Lounge in Downtown Boise is closing up shop after 14 years in Downtown Boise. The store announced their plans to close via their Facebook page on March 6th. At the same time the large "25% Off Everything! Store Closing!" sign went up in the window, so did a note stating the reasons for the owner's decision.
- Too much construction in downtown Boise for too long.
- Personal family reasons.
- The public's perception of downtown parking.
- Online competition and prices. Economic downturn for brick and mortar retail businesses.
- the moving of the store. (The store moved from 8th Street next to Rediscovered Books to the Eastman Building that's also home to the Vandal Shop a little under two years ago.)
The second hand clothing store will stay open until they sell "enough stuff" or until the building owners rent their space to a new merchant.


text: Introducing new seasonal Crocs Socks for women, men and children, so fans can be even more comfortable in their own shoes - and now socks! Crocs and socks have long been debated by fans around the world, with those in favor embracing the opportunity to celebrate comfort and self-expression. With prints featuring tie-dye, marble, camouflage and out of this world graphics in low, quarter and crew heights, the new Crocs Socks collection creates yet another avenue for personalization, while allowing consumers to showcase their unique socks style paired with their favorite Crocs™ shoes. Available in 3-Pack and 3-Of-A-Kind formats, each SKU – 23 in total – is inspired by footwear within Crocs' Classic Collection, including the brand's iconic Crocs Classic Clog, and Jibbitz™ charms. Each Crocs Socks pack can be paired together or mixed-and-matched for a truly one-of-a-kind style statement. "We're a brand that celebrates self-expression through personal style and Croc Nation has been confidently rocking their Crocs with socks for years now," said Heidi Cooley, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Crocs. "This is something our fans have been asking for, so we're thrilled to introduce the new Crocs Socks collection around the world and encourage everyone to be comfortable in their own shoes." Crocs Socks were developed through a multi-year design and manufacturing partnership with California-based textile and technology company FutureStitch. Founded in 2017 by serial entrepreneur and knitwear manufacturing expert, Taylor Shupe, FutureStitch is the leader in creating innovative, long-lasting, high-quality products with a focus on social and environment consciousness.


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Any reason to enjoy ice cream is a good reason! Dairy Queen has announced a new Blizzard to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
The limited edition Zero Gravity Blizzard is a cosmic swirl of Oreo cookies, sparkly swirls, cotton candy topping blended with soft serve and topped with galaxy sprinkles. Dairy Queen promises the Blizzard will defy gravity when it stays in place while upside down.
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PSPA started the new year on a health note with a lecture on Dietary Fiber and Functional Food Ingredients by Dr. Julie Hirsch, a consultant and former Director of Ingredion Materials Science and Applied Research.
We all need to eat more fiber in our diets, yet we don’t, since 90 percent of women and 97 percent of men in the United States do not meet recommended dietary fiber intakes.
Dr. Hirsch talked about a collaboration between Ingredion and the USDA (led by our President, Dr. Arland Hotchkiss, on blueberry, red beet and strawberry dietary fiber as by-products of commercial juice and puree production. These potential functional food ingredients may help with consumer dietary fiber intake.
Upcycling food or turning would-be wasted byproducts from one product into something delicious and nutritious for people, has emerged as one of the hottest trends in food and beverage in recent years with the market projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.6% from $52b in 2022 to $83.26b by 2032. See the presentation for more information about upcycling blueberries, strawberries, and beets.


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Opel's union and management appear headed toward a clash over where the General Motors subsidiary will produce three key models. Opel union boss Klaus Franz wants plants in Poland, Germany and Spain to be chosen over GM's factory in South Korea to make the next-generation Agila and Antara as well as a new small crossover positioned below the Antara.
An Opel spokesman told Automotive News Europe that final decisions have not been made on where these future models will be built.
The union wants the Agila replacement to be made in Gliwice, Poland. "We definitely won't build the next generation of our Agila with Suzuki [in Hungary]," Franz told ANE. "GM would like to have the subcompact produced in South Korea. Instead, we will fight to have it built in Gliwice, starting in late 2014."
The only vehicle made at Opel's factory in Bochum, Germany, is the Zafira minivan, so the unions want to secure the plant's long-term future by adding the next-generation Opel Antara medium SUV and its sibling model, the Chevrolet Captiva, starting in 2014. Both SUVs are currently made in South Korea.
Chevys made in Europe
Said Franz: "GM CEO Dan Akerson is correct in saying that Chevrolets should be built in Europe, too. In keeping with the philosophy that 'production follows the market,' we are making the case for assembling the next generation of the Antara in Bochum together with the Chevrolet Captiva, since it is based on the compact high-roof architecture."
GM also plans to have a small SUV built in South Korea starting in late 2012, but Franz said Opel is "making the case to build the car in our Spanish factory in Zaragoza. Unfortunately, there isn't much chance that GM will change its mind."
He added that Zaragoza urgently needs more volume since the Combo van's output was shifted to Turkey. In addition, Franz said the production of some Corsa volume has been transferred from Zaragoza to Eisenach, Germany, recently.


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WASHINGTON – August 8, 2012 – Douglas Development is thrilled to welcome new tenant Shake Shack
to the Penn Quarter neighborhood. Shake Shack will occupy the Douglas Development-owned property at
800 F Street NW, located within the International Spy Museum Complex. It is scheduled to open mid-2013.
“We couldn’t be more pleased to have such a top flight restaurant and operation as Shake Shack come into another one of our properties,” said Douglas Development Principal, Norman Jemal. “We love Shake Shack’s energy and the
vibrancy that they are going to bring to Penn Quarter.” Jemal added, “Danny Meyer and his team are first rate restaurateurs. They have been looking for exactly this kind of property and found it with this location. They will be a
perfect complement to the area and will thrive at this great building.”
Shake Shack will occupy 3200 Square Feet at the corner of 9th and F Street, NW.
Shake Shack will join a rapidly growing number of restaurants and retail shops along and near F Street that are owned by Douglas Development, including J.Crew, Anthropologie, H&M, Zara, Forever 21, GUESS, the International Spy Museum, Crumbs Bake Shop, and Madame Tussauds.
About Douglas Development
Douglas Development’s commitment to improving neighborhoods and bringing valued brands to the District is unparalleled. Currently the largest private property owner in the area, Douglas Development attracts and pursues the most sought after tenants, including luxury retailers and upscale restaurants. Douglas Development’s properties in the East End of Washington, DC have served as drivers for the continued growth of the area. Today the East End is known as a destination for shopping, dining, and luxury condominiums in the District.
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Are we facing art fair overload?
Hong Kong has hosted six major shows already this year, and more are planned next year. Exhibitors reveal why they choose to flock here
Hong Kong reached a new peak of art madness last week. Besides the week-long autumn auctions by the major houses, a new fair showcasing emerging artists' works opened side by side of a fine art fair, putting tens of thousands of artworks in the market.
The Asia Contemporary Art Show - the new local art fair featuring works by emerging artists from the region - ends its four day run at the Grand Hyatt today, as does Fine Art Asia, the homegrown fine art and antiques fair seeking to be the flagship event of its kind in the region. Fine Art Asia is open to public at the Convention and Exhibition Centre.
In addition to February's Korean-run Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair; May's modern and contemporary fair ART HK; the new fair Spoon focusing on emerging artists, and the Asia International Arts & Antiques Fair, Hong Kong has already played host to six art fairs this year.
But with the Biennale des Antiquaires in Paris looking to set up a mini version here next year and Art Basel's launch here after its acquisition of ART HK, the question is - just how many art fairs can Hong Kong swallow?
"It's great that Hong Kong is taking the centre stage, but it has become a bit frantic," says art critic Oscar Ho Hing-kay. "As the art markets in Europe and the US have gone downhill because of the pessimistic economic outlook, dealers are banking their hopes on Asia.
"The success of ART HK has created a network of infrastructure, from logistics to world media attention, supporting the art fair business.
"There's no tariff, free flow of capital and freedom of expression here. In Asia, there's no better place than Hong Kong to stage an art fair."
Frantic or not, the thriving art market in Asia has proved a great attraction to the West.
According to an Art Market Trends survey last year published by artprice.com, China was the world's largest market for art trading, claiming 41.4 per cent - US$4.79 billion - of global art auction revenue last year. In comparison, the share claimed by the US, the second largest art market, was just 23.5 per cent, or US$2.72 billion, last year.
The top end of the market performed particularly well in Asia - 1.4 per cent of total auction revenue was generated by works of art worth US$1 million or more in Asia, as compared to just 0.3 per cent in the rest of the world. Of the 1,675 pieces sold in this high-end category, 774 came from China, the highest in any one country. Hong Kong alone sold twice more in this price range than Europe did last year. And the Western art world's hopes for Asia have translated into action.
Last year, Art Basel's parent company MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel) acquired 60 per cent of Asian Art Fairs, the organiser of ART HK, which has established itself as a leading modern and contemporary art fair in Asia in just five years.
Many internationally known galleries such as London's White Cube and the Gagosian Gallery in the United States also opened shops in Hong Kong after showing at ART HK.
Mark Saunderson, director of the Asia Contemporary Art Show, believes there is still a gap in the market.
Based on the notion that not everyone can afford the pricey works and blue chip names as seen at most other fairs, his fair positions itself as showcasing "affordable" art works priced between HK$30,000 and HK$80,000. The venue is a series of hotel rooms, and the organisers have made a three-year commitment to the event.
"The gallery experience can be intimidating. If I'm looking for works priced around HK$50,000 to HK$60,000, where do I go?" says the Hong Kong-based gallerist. He explains that to buyers, a hotel room environment is much friendlier than the galleries' polished white walls.
As for the 50 galleries - around half are local ones - showing at the fair, the cost is much more manageable compared to fairs staged at the Convention Centre, as their main cost will be just the room charges, which can be covered by selling two works priced at around HK$50,000, Saunderson says.
On the other hand, Fine Art Asia, in its eighth edition, is intended for a more affluent crowd. It features more than 6,000 fine art pieces from more than 90 galleries from Hong Kong and around the world.
Highlights include Impressionist master Claude Monet's painting Pommiers en Fleurs (1878) from London's Galdwell & Company valued at a cool HK$66.3 million.
The gallery has also brought in realist contemporary works. An 1844 gold Victorian presentation box depicting the signing of the Treaty of Nanjing, which created the British colony of Hong Kong, has been brought to Hong Kong by London antique silverware dealer Koopman Rare Art, which will also feature antique silverware made in Hong Kong and Canton (now Guangdong).
Andy Hei, Fine Art Asia's founder and director, says competition is keen not just among art fairs but also with auctions because everyone has been sourcing top quality works to bring to the market, especially in the antiques and fine art fields.
"Hong Kong is not an easy place, but dealers and fair organisers still come here. Where else is there to go?" Hei says.
"There is only a small pool of antiques available in the market. Dealers and auction houses compete with each other over art works for sale."
But Western dealers are still venturing to Asia despite the growing competition and economic headwinds at home.
London-based Albemarle Gallery is staging a solo show of Italian hyper-realist artist Luciano Ventrone for its Hong Kong debut at Fine Art Asia.
Alessandro Lorenzetti of the gallery says it has clients from Asia including Hong Kong, but hopes the exhibition can help expand the collector base, adding that the exhibition is not just about selling, but also to build up connections.
Lorenzetti says the tax-free status of sales in Hong Kong is very attractive to buyers. "It's like a great discount [on European prices]."
The former art market analyst says the abundance of art fairs isn't just a Hong Kong phenomenon but a global trend. Not every gallery can make it to major fairs such as London's Frieze Art Fair, he says, so many go for fringe fairs staged around the big ones.
"But there are probably too many fairs because they try to get similar clients," Lorenzetti says. "The focus [on art fairs] has grown so much in the last four years. It's good for promotion, but galleries have be selective and be clear about their goals and what clients they want to hit."
Cory Bristow, third generation of Gladwell & Company founded in 1752, says the gallery returned to Fine Art Asia this year because of last year's success.
Asian buyers were very fond of works such as those by surrealist master Salvatore Dali and Spanish modernist Joan Miro last year, she says.
Apart from the traditional big names, the gallery also brought Western contemporary realist works in a bid to attract more Asian collectors. Other than selling, Bristow says, the gallery also buys.
European dealers are keen to cultivate the new market in this part of the world.
Like the European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht, Netherlands, which drew great interest from potential customers in mainland China in March, the Biennale des Antiquaires held just two weeks ago at the Grand Palais in Paris also saw a number of high calibre buyers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China visiting the fair's 121 exhibitors. They included Hong Kong socialites Pansy Ho Chiu-king, Harriet Tung Wan Chi-wah, Leigh Tung and Tse Ling-ling.
Christian Deydier, president of the Syndicat National des Antiquaires, the biennale's organisers, says Chinese buyers have diverse interests.
"Usually ladies are more involved in jewellery first ... Some Shanghai people were interested in Islamic art and [antique] French furniture, and a few were interested in paintings," he says.
Deydier also revealed that as the Syndicat board would be re-elected within a month, the decision on whether to hold a mini-version of the biennale in Hong Kong will have to be reviewed after the new board settles in.
Coming to Hong Kong, as opposed to mainland China, would be a sensible choice in opening up a new market for European dealers, Deydier says. This is because of the uncertainties of the mainland's institutional and legal systems, he adds.
"It's tricky to go to China. China is a growing market, but we have to wait. We don't know anything about the tax and import. We have to create the market first," he says.
Hong Kong, on the other hand, has a reliable system that makes trading easier.
"Right now, Hong Kong is the base. In Hong Kong, you have [mainland] Chinese as well as people from other parts of Asia. It's the centre point," says Deydier.
Lee Siegelson, president of century old New York jewellery dealer Siegelson, has high confidence in Asia. His company, which exhibited at the biennale, returned this year to Fine Art Asia for the second year in a row.
"[China] is an expanding market. It will take a while to develop, to work the taste the market is looking for," says Siegelson, who specialises in antique and estate jewelleries.


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(Takeshi Kawanami – Nikkei Asia Review)
Japan, Europe and other American allies are increasingly concerned that a new measure under consideration by U.S. President Donald Trump to restrict steel imports could cause friction at the two-day Group of 20 summit opening Friday in Germany.
“The United States stands firm against all unfair trading practices, including massive distortions in the global steel market,” Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council, told reporters during a White House briefing June 29. “We ask the G-20 economies to join us in this effort,” Cohn added. He will attend the summit with Trump.
Trump, having promised during the election campaign to slash American trade deficits and protect U.S. workers, is considering new import restrictions on steel and aluminum based on Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The rule lets the U.S. raise tariffs and take other measures based on national security considerations. The Commerce Department will announce specific proposals soon. Click here to read more.


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Spy Shots: BMW i3 drops even more cammo
Our spy photographers have caught the upcoming BMW i3 out for another testing session. For the first time, the prototypes are now fitted with the real headlights and taillights, and also got the front design elements we are going to see in the production version. If you are going to take a closer look, you will also notice that a lot of fake panels have been removed so that we now can see more of the car’s real lines and shapes.
The model has been previewed many times, with the most recent concept version being unveiled earlier this year at the Paris Auto Show. It will be powered by a powerful 170 horsepower electric engine that will sprint the car from 0 to 60 mph in under 8 seconds and up to a top speed of 93 mph.
The new BMW i3 will go on sale sometime in 2013 at an estimated priced of $55k.


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Tesco, the UK’s biggest retailer, recently opened three F&F clothing stores in the Philippines with its local franchise partner, Stores Specialists. Seven more stores are slated to open in the Southeast Asian nation by the end of this year.
With brick and mortar F&F stores in twenty countries worldwide, Tesco’s clothing brand now has a major global presence.
Referring to store openings in the Philippines, F&F chief executive Jason Tarry said, “These new stores, as well as our recent openings in the Middle East, show how committed we are to making F&F a truly global affordable fashion brand.”
F&F recently opened stores in Dubai, Bahrain and Jordan under an agreement with franchiser Al Futtaim of Dubai.
Besides its stores in China, Malaysia, Poland, Thailand and Turkey, F&F also sells its clothing online in thirty additional countries.
As F&F’s brand expanded, parent company Tesco was cutting its middle management team, continuing a series of changes among senior and middle managers started last August in an effort to beef up its sagging domestic profits.
The cuts are designed to eliminate redundancies among managers at Tesco’s non-food units at central and local operations.
Some senior executive level cuts were also recently reported, including Tesco Clubcard marketing director Ian Crook and Tesco Mobile chief executive Roger Fogg.
Management positions at Tesco’s grocery unit could increase, however, as the result of a study of multichannel marketing and its effect on retailing currently being conducted by the firm.
Tesco’s multiple brands and operations have undergone periodic reorganizations since Peter Clarke became CEO in 2011.


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Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd, on Friday, reported a 19.63 percent increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 62.64 crore for the quarter ended September, helped by an increase in revenue. The leading electronic manufacturing services (EMS) company had posted a net profit of Rs 52.36 crore in the July-September period a year ago, it said in a BSE filing. The year-on-year (YoY) EBITDA was up 23 percent but the margins were down at 3.9 percent versus 5.5 percent in the year ago period.
Throwing light on the earnings and the outlook, Atul Lall, MD, Dixon Technologies, spoke to CNBC-TV18.
He said, “The margin squeeze has primarily been because of two factors. One is the change in the sales mix, so the revenue growth contribution is primarily because of our prescriptive business, which is the LED television business and the mobile business, which structurally is a low operating margin business. Second is our ODM business, which is washing machines, and lighting; there has been pressure because of increase in the commodity prices and an increase in the freight cost. There is always a lag in passing on this price increase to our principles.”
“In the coming second half, margins are going to be raised. Operating margins would be somewhere in the range of 4-4.5 percent since significant growth in revenues is primarily coming from a prescriptive business. Once we are able to deepen the manufacturing, and shift a part of our prescriptive business to our own design business, then we can see some improvement in the margins but as of now, the margins would be in this range,” Lall said.
On revenues, he said they are confident of doing Rs 11,000-11,500 crore this fiscal. “We are extremely bullish on our revenue targets. The main trigger here is the LED television business and the mobile business under the PLI scheme has ramped up. The order book looks very healthy. I feel within Q4, we are also going to have some revenues coming from the new verticals, like laptops and servers. So, a mix of this is going to help us in achieving a higher revenue target,” he added.
On the revenue mix, Lall said, “We are an aggressive participant in the PLI scheme and we have already been approved under mobile, wherein we will be achieving our thresholds in the next 15 days. Our IT products PLI is going to get activated and we will be starting production within the month of November.
“We are working on a JV with Bharti Group and have been a beneficiary of the PLI scheme under telecom, which is primarily routers, modems, and we feel that the production for these particular products is going to start somewhere in Q4. We've applied for the PLI for white goods, one for AC components, and also for the backward integration piece in LED lighting, that is mechanicals. So this production is going to come in, in the next fiscal,’ he said.
Lall further mentioned, “We are into the wearable space, wherein we have started a relationship with the largest brand in India. There is an expectation that the PLI scheme in that particular category is also going to be rolled out shortly. So, these are going to be significant contributions in the next one or two years into our revenues and bottomline.”
(With inputs from PTI)
For the full interview, watch the accompanying video


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Microsoft Game Pass & Two Titles Rumoured To Be Coming For Nintendo Switch
Microsoft plans to come to Switch via Gamepass service according to news published by Gameinformer via Direct-Feed Games. As per the source, Microsoft and Nintendo are in process to unify their offerings to gamers. In this way, Microsoft will be able to bring its games on Switch platform through streaming service.
A YouTube video shared by Direct-Feed Games an outlet that is measured as a strong source of leaked rumor circling around Nintendo and Microsoft reported Microsoft is preparing for Gamepass for Switch. It is a service where Microsoft can brings its own game library on the hybrid gaming platform.
Two game specifically mentioned in the video is Ori and Blind Forest, Project xCloud streaming service by Microsoft is the next big initiative to bring Xbox One games to Nintendo Switch. Yes, you heard right, Xbox One games which are designed for the console will be available through the streaming service and by subscribing for Gamepass, Switch users can enjoy them even if they don’t own the console.
Project xCloud is a highly ambitious project by Microsoft where the tech giant wants to bring a uniform platform for gamers to play games wherever and whenever they want irrespective to their platform. By pulling out the requirement of having a dedicated device to access the game, Project xCloud will become the first global game-streaming platform that will offer freedom of playing games on any device through the internet.
Microsoft Gamepass for Switch is based on speculation there is lack of concrete info when this service will be officially available and what games it will carry.


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While Nintendo didn’t have a new console to launch in 2020 like its competitors Sony and Microsoft did, it was still a good year for the Switch. The COVID-19 pandemic drove incredibly strong sales for both the console and games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and according to some analysts, Nintendo may be able to keep that momentum going into 2021. While several analysts are predicting that the Switch will still be the best-selling console in 2021, there are at least a couple who are also predicting that we’ll see Nintendo launch the long-rumored Switch Pro this year.
At this point, the Switch Pro has been rumored nearly as long as the standard Switch has been available. While early on those rumors were often paired with reports of a handheld-only Switch Lite, the Switch Lite is a console that eventually materialized while the Switch Pro hasn’t yet. In a GamesIndustry round up encompassing 2021 predictions from a number of industry analysts, Kantan Games’ Dr. Serkan Toto predicts that we’ll see Nintendo launch a “beefed-up 4K device” during its next financial year.
One thing to note is that even though GamesIndustry categorizes Toto’s prediction as commentary on the Switch Pro, Toto himself refrains from calling the device the Switch Pro. “Yes, I know, I know,” Toto said (referencing the fact that he predicted we’d see a Switch Pro in 2020). “I predict a beefed-up 4K device is coming during Nintendo’s next financial year. And let it be said: ‘Switch’ is just a word.”
Piers Harding-Rolls from Ampere Analysis makes a similar prediction, telling GamesIndustry, “Last year I was unconvinced there would be a new flagship model Switch in 2020, but it makes more commercial sense to release an updated version in 2021. I currently have an updated version of the Switch in my forecasts for 2021.” Like Toto, Harding-Rolls doesn’t call this new console the Switch Pro.
Both Harding-Rolls and Toto think that the Switch family will be 2021’s best-selling console, a sentiment that’s mirrored by NPD’s Mat Piscatella – though, notably, Piscatella thinks that the Switch will achieve bestseller status through “content and promotional efforts rather than the release of a new iterative model.”
So, at least a couple of industry analysts are convinced that Nintendo will launch a souped up Switch this year, but regardless, the expectation seems to be that the Switch and Nintendo will have a big year anyway. It does seem like we hear this prediction year in and year out, so whether or not 2021 will finally be the year these Switch Pro predictions will come true is anything but certain. We’ll keep you updated as we move through 2021.


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05 Aug DSW And Hush Puppies Announce Exclusive Wholesale Partnership
DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse reached an agreement with Wolverine Worldwide to become the exclusive in-store distributor of Hush Puppies beginning in 2022.
“Hush Puppies is a wonderful brand for Millennials who desire both style and comfort in their busy, on-the-go lifestyles,” said DSW’s Chief Merchandising Officer Jim Weinberg. “We continue to deliver differentiated products to our customers, and this exciting new partnership between DSW and Wolverine Worldwide is a great opportunity to further build our robust assortment of brands that meet all our customers’ needs. DSW customers have enjoyed Hush Puppies for years, and we are delighted to become the sole physical destination for this iconic brand in North America.”
“We are thrilled to launch this partnership and have our line of optimistic, colorful and comfortable products exclusively available at DSW stores across the U.S. and Canada,” said Kate Pinkham, general manager and vice president, Hush Puppies. “DSW’s leading position as a footwear industry innovator makes them the perfect retailer to reintroduce our iconic brand to the next generation of Hush Puppies fans.”
DSW, owned by Designer Brands, is a footwear retailer in North America with more than 600 stores in the U.S. and Canada and operates in Canada through DSW and The Shoe Company.


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Bill Requiring Rental Cars to Get Recall Repairs Makes a Comeback
Rental cars will soon be required to undergo repairs.
Four senators are giving the bill that forces rental car companies to pull recalled cars from their fleet another go, as the legislation was brought back into question this month.
The bill would require rental companies to follow the same rules that currently apply to new car dealers, which means they will no longer be allowed to loan recalled vehicles to customers unless the vehicle has been taken in for repairs. "The millions of Americans who get behind the wheel of a rental car each year have a right to the peace of mind that the car they're driving is safe," said Sen. Claire McCaskill from Missouri. "This bill aims to keep dangerous vehicles off the road with the requirement that rental cars subject to a recall must be fixed before they can be rented to a customer."
According to the new legislation, rental car companies must ground vehicles no later than 24 hours after they receive the safety recall notice. Should more than 5,000 vehicles in a rental company's fleet be affected, the company will have up to 48 hours. Rental companies will also be allowed to sell a damaged vehicle subject to recall for parts or scrap with a junk title.
If a manufacturer's recall notice lists steps that can be taken to eliminate the safety risk until parts are available, a rental company may continue to rent the vehicle if it follows those steps. Once parts do become available, the companies must ground the recalled vehicle and have it repaired before loaning it to customers. The bill also ensures rental car companies can't seek damages from manufacturers if they're unable to rent out recalled vehicles because of a delay in parts availability. Rental car companies have noted that taxis, limousines, and car services aren't covered by the legislation.
The bill, named after two sisters who were killed in a recalled rental car that wasn't repaired, is backed by the Obama administration and Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. General Motors and other major rental car companies have also endorsed the bill.
It's unclear if the legislation will succeed, considering this is the third straight year that such a law has been proposed.
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Super Mega Baseball 2 will have an "upgraded and more realistic art style" and a bunch of new content, according to developer Metalhead Games. The latest trailer shows off the new character styles and the new stadiums you'll get to play in. Check out the video below.
The game is the follow up to 2014's Super Mega Baseball and still features that game's highly-stylized arcade-style art. However, Metalhead says stadiums, including those featured in the first game, have been overhauled and will feature new lighting conditions and more realistic dimensions. Character proportions and animations have been changed too.
The studio has also revealed a potential release month. Metalhead Games says it are aiming to release the game in September of this year on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
Super Mega Baseball 2 will see several changes to gameplay, including an online multiplayer mode. There will be more options for customization; you can create your own character, team, and even league with unique logos and uniforms.
The multiplayer mode will support co-op and versus play, and there will also be a local co-op mode. Teams will take turns batting/running with every at-bat, and they'll alternate who pitches and who fields each inning. For more details, including a gameplay trailer showing off the new customization options.


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Tyson Foods and Hillshire Brands today (2 July) entered into a "definitive" agreement that will see the US meat processor acquire the maker of Jimmy Dean sausages for US$8.55bn.
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