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PORTAGE, Mich. — Since the pandemic broke out in mid-March, Kent White and others at Kalamazoo X-Ray Sales kept hearing from their clients about how tough everything is in the healthcare industry now.
“All of our hospital clients are talking about how stressful this time is for their staff,” White said during an interview with FOX 17 on Wednesday afternoon. “They’re just talking about it’s overwhelming, both mentally and physically.”
So, KXS, a medical imaging service company, decided to create an online fundraiser to support healthcare workers by inviting the public to purchase gift cards for them, he said.
“They can go online to our websites and send gift cards right into our office and we have our address on both of those pages,” White said. “When they’re on our website, they’ll fill out a form that’ll say what hospital they want it to go to and what restaurant they want the funds to go to.”
They can also send a healthcare worker a personal thank you note to go along with the gift card, he said.
“We’ve always known that they’re selfless individuals with the sacrifices they’ve made,” White said. “Now the whole world is seeing it. So we want to be able to get that message to them.”
White added that they created a GoFundMe account, for people who simply want to donate.
The goal is to raise $20,000, he said.
“Once our GoFundMe hits the number we want to hit, we’ll withdraw it,” White said. “Then those restaurants who’ve signed up on our website to participate, we’ll be contacting them to get them to send us those gift cards so we can distribute them to our clients.”
White said they have clients all over the state, including northern Indiana. They also work with Bronson and Borgess Hospitals in Kalamazoo.
However, they’re not only supporting their clients, he said.
If any donor wants their gift card to go to specific healthcare facility or worker, just let them know, he said.
“Medical workers and the medical professionals, they’re sacrificing so much. They’re the first among us to deserve time out with family and friends,” White said. “So, they’ll be able to use these gift cards to go out, have dinner, with family and friends and hopefully, at the same time, it’ll help those restaurants get a boost starting back up when this is over.”


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SYDNEY — Like much of the capital’s central business district, which is undergoing a 62 billion Australian dollar, or $44 billion, development boom, the Elizabeth Street flagship of department store chain David Jones is a construction site.
Originally opened in 1927, the store is midway through a 200 million Australian dollar refurbishment that David Jones is claiming will raise the bar for luxury retailing in Australia.
At its helm is David Jones’ chief executive officer David Thomas, who assumed the role in September 2017 following several years of executive reshuffling in the wake of the 2014 acquisition of David Jones by South Africa’s Woolworths Holdings Limited for $2 billion.
In January, Woolworths slashed David Jones’ value by 34 percent, citing poor execution of turnaround plans and structural changes in retailing.
David Jones’ profit fell by 50 percent to 64 million Australian dollars for fiscal 2018, but returned to its strongest sales growth in three years.
Thomas will be hoping to capitalize on some of that sales momentum with the unveiling, on Friday of the first completed stage of the Elizabeth Street refurbishment — the Level 7 shoe floor.
The store’s relocated and dramatically expanded shoe department is now housed inside the store’s former grand ballroom — a space that hosted the first Christian Dior runway show outside of Paris in 1948 and a banquet for Queen Elizabeth II in 1954.
David Jones has boosted its shoe brand offer by 30 percent and constructed dedicated store-in-store boutiques for Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci, Valentino, Roger Vivier, Christian Louboutin and Salvatore Ferragamo.
In the coming months, a Champagne bar will also open in the mezzanine level overlooking the space — where cocktail bands once played.
WWD spoke with Thomas on the eve of the launch.
WWD: Why did David Jones choose the new Level 7 shoe floor for the first reveal of the Elizabeth Street refurbishment?
David Thomas: We timed the project so that we can manage through all the various stages. We are opening the footwear floor first tomorrow because essentially this space wasn’t traded in previously, so we were able to do the works earlier and get part of the store opened first. So we’ll open Level 7 tomorrow and then come back in November and open the new kids’ world, which is underpinned by the new Disney experience.
WWD: Why was this particular floor, an erstwhile ballroom and latterly an events space, chosen as the flagship store’s new shoe destination?
D.T.: From a footwear perspective, we really looked to create a place where a lady can come and really indulge. And the double-height ceiling, the beautiful vista of the park, the whole experience…What we’ve created — bringing obviously the beautiful aesthetic of the product offering, the brand offering and then that service experience — is something very, very special. We’ve probably taken our inspiration from the Paris department store Le Bon Marché. They run footwear on a very similar level and it just creates something that’s very imaginative and very special.
WWD: Who did the design and what kind of experience have you curated for your customers?
D. T.: This is our flagship experience, so we’ve really created something where all the finishes, all of the details of the store have been very beautifully designed. We’ve worked with an architect [bureau] based out of Singapore and the U.K. called Benoy; they’ve been fantastic to work with. We’ve managed to maintain the key heritage elements, so the floors that have been maintained, they’re beautiful, they’re the original parquetry of the original store, but then we’ve brought in some real contemporary elements as well, the lighting elements and the new fixtures and fittings. So there’s certainly a nod to the past, but in a very contemporary way.
If you go to the offer, there are about 30 new brands, but there’s somewhere between 90 and 100 brands in the store and essentially over half of those are exclusive to David Jones. So we’ve created these exclusive, beautiful ranges, we’ve brought the best ranges from around the world and then essentially the width of the product in each of the brands that we sell, the service levels and the fit over and above that. We have a footwear concierge so that we can understand whether your foot has changed, what the size of your foot is and what the right last is for your foot, so that we can put you firstly into the right brand, then into the right product and then essentially make sure that we really close the loop on creating a very, very special service experience in the store. So we’ve got the range, we’ve got the aesthetic, we’ve got the service element. It’s certainly like nothing that Australia has ever seen before.
WWD: Designers and retailers have recently spoken about a “shoe moment,” with a boom in the category. How important is the shoe category to David Jones right now?
D.T.: I think the footwear category is very important strategically for David Jones in that it really allows us to demonstrate our commitment to service. Shoes can’t sell themselves. So, essentially us trying to create a real service commitment, to make sure that we can create those real solutions for customers and create something that’s very special and meaningful…it’s a very, very important category for us. I think what we’ve created here, not just all of Sydney will look at, not just all of Australia will look at, but coming back from Paris, everyone’s talking about it overseas. When you have the lineup of Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Roger Vivier, Gucci, Christian Louboutin, Valentino, Balenciaga…all the brands that are coming into this store, everyone’s sitting back and looking at it. Essentially when this store opens tomorrow, it will be the newest department store in the world that has that offering on hand. And we’ve edited the best that the world has and brought the best of Australian brands, so we’ve got everyone’s favorites, from Midas right through to Louis Vuitton. We cater for all customers, we cater for all feet — we have from very small sizes to very large sizes and we’ve been very considered in the way that we’ve brought the service proposition around that as well. In Paris, I met with all of the brands that are in the store. This is the first execution of this type in Australia, so there’s a lot of excitement and they [international brand representatives] will be visiting over the next six to eight weeks.
WWD: You have said that Level 7 will set the expectation for what’s coming in the next five stages of the refurbishment. After the children’s department, which is due to open at the end of November, what is the rollout schedule?
D. T.: In the middle of next year, we’ll be opening the women’s world, which is three levels of a new women’s offer, so that was part of the Paris trip as well — to go and secure some of the big brands that will be coming into the store. Late November next year, we will be opening the ground floor and Level 1: the new luxury, beauty and accessories precinct across those two levels. Then in early 2020 we will open the final stage, which will be men’s wear on Levels 5 and 6 and then in addition to that, the food and the home offer that’s in the two bottom levels — the basement and the lower ground floor. So essentially it will all be open by March 2020. But the grand opening is the luxury precinct, which will open at the end of next year.
WWD: How important is the Chinese customer to David Jones’ business and what measures has the company taken to better court and service this customer, beyond hiring more Mandarin speakers?
D. T.: The Chinese customer is absolutely critical to our business and obviously our partnership with China UnionPay is very important. We’re working with Tourism Australia and we’re working with the outbound tourism companies out of China as well. In addition to that we are working tirelessly to make sure that our service proposition is not just for the Chinese, but for all tourists, really that we create something that is very special. Of the 50-odd new [sales] team members, about 90 percent of them are speaking two or more languages and there are 19 different languages spoken by the team, from 20 different countries. We’ve got Golden Week at the moment and we’re really driving the tourist dollar through the Chinese. Essentially it [the Chinese dollar] is very, very important and I think it’s going to become more important to what this store needs to be.
WWD: Obviously, it’s an extremely challenging time in department store retail. David Jones saw a 0.9 percent decline in full year sales in 2018, but sales rose 2.2 percent and same-store sales rose 2.7 percent in the second half — with same-store sales rising 3.7 percent in the first seven weeks of 2019. Do you think David Jones might have turned a corner?
D. T.: Retail is always tough and I think you can never rest on your laurels and I hope that we’ve seen the worst of it. But I don’t think we can expect that it’s going to get any easier. Our focus is on being better at what we do, so that we can really bunker down and be very focused on our customer and how we can attract new customers to our business.
WWD: There has been considerable turmoil within David Jones this year, with the abrupt departure of Woolworths regional ceo John Dixon in May and then the loss of 20 head office jobs around the same time, including the heads of fashion and beauty — a matter of months after they had all relocated from Sydney to the new headquarters in Melbourne, which seemed rather dramatic. Were those positions filled internally?
D.T.: Not that dramatic, not really. A reshuffle more than a restructure, essentially all of the appointments were internal. I’ve been in this role now for 13 months. The team that we’ve got now, we’ve got the team right and we’re looking forward to giving it our best shot for our customers.
WWD: David Jones’ online sales grew 21.4 percent in 2018, representing still just 5.3 percent of sales, with the plan to deliver 10 percent of sales by 2020. How is David Jones playing catch-up with its digital strategy?
D.T.: We’ve just re-platformed our entire digital business. We’re focusing not just on the web site, but customer relationship management software as well, which is part of that digital engagement. Our new platform is performing very well, we’re very happy with what’s happened there, but it’s created a very new interface for the brand. So that customers can come in and research the brands that we sell, research the product that we sell, understand the services that we offer to the customer and really driving that forward for the customer. We’re hoping that the customers continue to respond in the way that they’ve started to with the new functionality that’s being offered.
WWD: Once the transformation of Elizabeth Street is complete, David Jones will be closing the adjacent Market Street store. Woolworths Holdings Limited ceo Ian Moir has talked about a further 13 percent space reduction at David Jones by 2020 and yet the company is building a new store in Auckland at the new Westfield Newmarket, which will be your second New Zealand store, after opening in Wellington in 2016. How many other new stores are in the pipeline?
D.T.: Obviously Auckland is a key catchment for global retail. I think Auckland has been waiting a long time for a great department store, we’ll go out and open that store in November next year, so we’re excited about that one. That will be essentially designed by our design team. We’re working with a few different architects on specific parts of the store, but essentially it will be using key elements out of a few parts of our different network.
Outside of that we’ve got Sunshine Plaza which opens in March, on the Sunshine Coast [in Queensland]. We don’t have a store within 100 kilometers [62.14 miles] of that store, so we think that’s a new catchment for us as well.

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Hardcore brand Chaos and Pain has introduced many powerhouse pre-workouts over the years, all starting with its original stimulant-heavy supplement, Cannibal Ferox. Another product the brand rolled out along the way was the more stimulant junkie competitor Cannibal Riot, originally surfacing in the enjoyable DMHA era, all the way back in early 2016.
Chaos and Pain has kept Cannibal Riot in its lineup throughout the years, and for 2022 it is releasing a completely new version of the reputable stimulant pre-workout, and it does sound promising. The brand has said the upcoming supplement will be the most intense stimulating iteration of Cannibal Riot that it’s ever brought to market, which is saying something.
As mentioned, Cannibal Riot came to life in the DMHA era of pre-workouts, and the first version actually featured the potent stimulants DMHA and DMAA, as well as a strong 300mg of caffeine. If we are to take Chaos and Pain at its word, that means the Cannibal Riot coming down the pipeline is going to have a harder stimulant experience than that.
We’re certainly excited to see how Chaos and Pain’s latest evolution of Cannibal Riot looks on paper, especially with that claim of “hardest stim version of this product”. The brand is apparently revealing the formula powering the stimulant junkie pre-workout this coming Wednesday, with an official launch and availability coming a few days later on Monday.


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World’s most valuable startups, China’s Toutiao, has launched a social networking app called Helo to take up India’s hottest digital media startups such as Dailyhunt, Sharechat, Facebook, Etc.
Helo has already gained 1 million downloads since its launch last month. It has content on showbiz, parenting, farming and daily soaps.
Toutiao is founded by a software engineer named Zhang Yiming. Toutiao means “Today’s Headlines” and it is one of the biggest success stories of China’s Startup ecosystem. A key factor behind its success is its sophisticated machine learning algorithms that showcase personalized content for users.
Content business is dominated by the Chinese firms such as NewsDog and UC News, in spite of expansion of Indian startups like Dailyhunt, Sharechat, Clip, ETC.
Most of these platforms have local language content to offer and the apps are designed to cater people who do not speak English.
“Chinese players have an advantage of better technology talent available, especially in machine learning and AI,” said Ujjwal Chaudhry, engagement manager, consumer internet, at RedSeer Consulting. “(This) might very well become the differentiator in the long run since it is fairly complex to create algorithms within the context of vernacular languages. What remains to be seen is how well they are able to understand the Indian mindset and adapt accordingly,” he added.


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Of course, it is difficult to talk and even think about the future now, all the more so to determine development trends. 2022 has changed the economic and social spheres in most countries of the world. Of course, these changes take a toll on businesses, so it’s especially important to keep up with new trends in order to adapt quickly. However, global trends will not go anywhere, so it will never be superfluous to speculate about what awaits the business in 2023. And while not all of this will be relevant to a particular country, the general trend is the same: a variety of companies around the world have faced unprecedented difficulties in recent years, and according to forecasts, this will not end anytime soon. So, we talk about the business trends that will affect businesses around the world in 2023.
General economic recession and inflation
Businesses will be forced to consider supply chain optimization more and more as a result of these two unavoidable circumstances. In 2023, the globe’s economic position will likely remain fairly dire; there may not be a single economist left on the globe who could provide an upbeat prediction for the ensuing years. Supply networks are made more risky by inflation and currency instability (the euro is implied to have nearly reached parity with the dollar at some point in 2022). Companies need to boost their resilience in every manner possible to resist this and stay afloat. This mainly entails lowering exposure to the volatility of commodity market prices as well as incorporating safety measures into supply chains to fend off shortages, inflation, and rising logistical costs. Mapping the company’s supply chains can help solve this problem, so they can assess the real risks and find potential solutions, up to switching suppliers or developing their own alternatives to their products.
Big Brother Is Watching Everyone
Remote work is no longer an employee’s best friend. Trust issues become a minefield for both the employer and the team. Companies have been thinking about what to do in response to the remote work trend for a long time, and most of them have adapted to it using performance tracking tools. However, how long will it take before this leads to a loss of employee energy, burnout, and a deterioration in the relationship between the employer and the team? Ultimately, managers will need to be more strategic in measuring and evaluating the performance of each employee.
If earlier the corporate culture was a certain luxury for the company, now, and precisely for the reasons described above, it becomes a necessity. When switching to an employee-oriented corporate culture, it is important to build initially trusting relationships with newcomers and “mastodons” of the team, to show that you are always in the mood for dialogue. What is needed for this:
Project time management
This is one of the main alternatives to constant monitoring of employees. They can be asked to clearly delineate project timelines and deadlines in order to better understand the laissez-faire policy while maintaining high efficiency.
Hybrid work format
Another trend that emerged after the lockdowns and continues to be relevant. Many employees prefer a hybrid work format – a combination of work from home with occasional office visits. For companies, this is a way to save time for employees and company resources. Companies for which it is not so important where the employee is located – in the office or at home, can reduce their office maintenance costs and rent it using a service like MatchOffice.
Technologies In 2023
Cloud computing and big data are two major technology trends of our time that are changing the way businesses work. These technologies will continue to evolve and become increasingly important over the next few years.
Cloud computing allows businesses to store and access data on remote servers from anywhere in the world. The trend of moving businesses to the cloud is accelerating, and new entrants are constantly entering the cloud services market. Competition between cloud solutions can lead to lower prices and higher quality of services.
The amount of big data generated is surprising and likely to increase in the future. Businesses will need to look for ways to store and process this data, which will become even more complex. In the past, companies have used Big Data for marketing and advertising purposes. Now Big data helps to solve more complex problems in healthcare, finance and manufacturing, improve decision-making, and predict future trends.
Sustainability No Matter What
It would seem that during such an economic, energy and geopolitical crisis, ecology is the last thing to think about at all. However, it is precisely environmental problems that in the near future can overshadow even the damage that the pandemic has caused to the economy and entrepreneurs. So in 2023, consumers — and investors, too — will continue to choose environmentally and socially responsible companies.
Additionally, conscientious customers who give consideration to impact on the environment and sustainability when deciding who to buy from or conduct business with—are increasingly driving even purchasing trends. To ensure that their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices are at the core of their strategy in 2023, businesses must do the following. Prior to improving transparency, it is important to gauge how businesses are affecting society and the environment. Every organization must have a strategy for minimizing any bad effects, complete with specified objectives and timetables, and support it with an equally detailed list of measures.


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Hemp-derived CBD has seen massive growth in the past year—and expectations are that sales will only grow in the near future. Hemp Industry Daily estimates that CBD retail sales in the United States will reach as much as $11.3 billion by 2024. That’s 10 times the expectations for 2019!
Alcohol and craft beer, wine and spirits makers must be very careful about how they create drink products based on stringent regulatory standards related to alcohol and CBD. But these regulatory barriers haven’t stopped the process of developing interesting new craft beverages.
This report, created in collaboration with Marijuana Business Daily and Hemp Industry Daily, highlights some of the latest trends we’ve seen around cannabis-infused beverages and provides tips for making sure you stay on the right side of regulations as they continue to evolve. In the face of the continued challenges that federal regulators place on these types of beverages, craft beverage makers are relishing the challenge by focusing on innovation. It’s another reason the craft beverage industry is such an exciting place to work, learn and develop. Download Your Free Report Now.
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Microsoft has patched a flaw in its malware protection engine that could be exploited to gain control of victim's computer.
Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP were among the oil companies targeted by hackers working through internet servers in China, say US reports.
The Internet Systems Consortium has published an advisory and an update for the Bind domain name system software versions 9.7.1 to 9.7.2-P3.
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More than nine out of 10 communications managers want a unified communications infrastructure, but most worry about being able to identify and manage the cost of the individual services provided, according to comms service provider consultancy MDS, writes Ian Grant. A survey of 200 UK comms managers
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Business comms provider Colt Group has recorded a 2.4% drop in full-year sales as voice revenues dried up and data sales remained flat. Colt blamed the slowdown, which is also being seen by its rivals, on competitive pressures and reductions in mobile termination rates.
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Longtime SAP customer Canadian National Railway says one feature in the new BusinessObjects 4.0 release could help them save millions in fuel costs.


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Gionee will this Month at the Mobile congress announce the Gionee Elife S8 – its 2016 Flagship device and possible successor to the Gionee Elife S7 which was announced back in 2016.The Gionee elife S8 which will come with a model number GN9011will move from a phone with emphasis on its slimness to one with a better camera features and camera performance. The Gionee Elife S8 will also highlight a “pressure-sensitive” display similar to those of Iphone 6s, Iphone 6s Plus, and Huawei Mate S.
Early specifications of the Gionee Elife S8 points to a handy 4.6-inch Quad HD pressure sensitive display with a 639ppi, a MediaTek eight core Helio P10 chip paired with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage (though, we do not know if it is expandable or not) and will boot Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box
The gionee Elife S8 will goes official on February 22- Just a day after the the unveiling of Samsung galaxy S7 and the LG G5 and will keep you updated on the latest. There are no words yet on availability and Price of the Gionee elife S8 in Nigeria.


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Gaming software development company Playtech posted revenue growth of 71 percent at €792.3 million for 1H2022 against €457.4 million in the previous year, a regulatory filing shows.
Commenting on the performance of the company for the first half of fiscal 2022, company CEO Mor Weizer said, “Our success in the period was powered by our B2B business in the Americas and Europe, alongside yet another excellent contribution from Snaitech.”
The company continued to make great strides in executing our US strategy, launching with Parx Casino in Pennsylvania, signing several exciting deals with leading Global and US brands, and progressing additional license applications.
The Americans remain one of the Group’s biggest growth drivers, with continued strong revenue growth in Mexico as well as Brazil complemented by new launches and partnerships in the US, Canada, and Peru, the filing read.
However, the company’s net profit for the period dipped 82 percent on a YoY basis at €71.4 million as compared to €401.9 million in the first quarter of 2021, which included a significant gain realized on options embedded in the Company’s agreements in the Americas.
Adjusted EBITDA of the company grew 64 percent on a YoY basis to €203.8 million from €124.1 million.
The company navigated significant disruption and uncertainty in the period due to well-reported geopolitical tensions and inflationary pressures.
The macroeconomic outlook remains uncertain given geopolitical tensions and inflationary pressures, however, the company has seen its excellent performance in H1 continue into H2 and expects to see continued strong results from both our B2B and B2C businesses, the filing read.


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The organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are attempting to make the quadrennial sporting event the most environment-friendly and sustainable games so far. The medals of the upcoming mega sporting events are made from 78,985 tonnes of recycled consumer electronics. These electronics were proactively donated by Japanese citizens.
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Right to trademark registration must be sedulously guarded, says IP attorney
07 February 2023
Sonal Madan, a partner at Chadha & Chadha IP in New Delhi, said that the right to trademark registration must be “sedulously guarded."
“Orders of this nature play a significant role in creating a precedent of deterrence amongst infringers. It is quite common for private companies to use appellations for their goods,” said Madan. “However, as affirmed by the Court, the right to trademark registration must be ‘sedulously guarded’ and that any provision which abrogates or curtails the right to registration of a trademark has to be strictly construed.”
Madan was speaking about the Delhi High Court’s recent decision to set aside the Deputy Registry of Trademarks’s July 25, 2022 order which allowed the registration of two marks for Indian clothing and textile company Promoshirt. These two marks are “Swiss Military” and one showing a white cross against a red background. This second mark is actually the insignia of the Swiss Confederation, or Switzerland.
The High Court stated that had these two marks been registered for Promoshirt’s products, it would have caused the public to believe that said products were manufactured in Switzerland. At the very least, the symbol of a white cross on red background with the words “Swiss Military” written below it, would have caused confusion. Such mark would be a “false trade description,” thus cannot be registered.
“The Court rightly pointed out that certain terms such as ‘military’ carry with them unprecedented notoriety and cannot be used lightly. In order to substantiate its view, the Court noted that if, for instance backpacks bearing the words ‘INDIAN AIR FORCE’ were to be seen by persons outside India, it is obvious that an average consumer would presume a link with the Indian Air Force, whether the words were, or were not, accompanied by the official Indian Air Force insignia. The words ‘INDIAN AIR FORCE,‘ like the words ‘SWISS MILITARY’ carry their own solemn connotation,” said Madan. “Thus, it is likely that an ordinary person will presume that the expression ‘SWISS MILITARY‘ is connected with the Swiss military establishment.”
“This case will serve as a pathway for more agencies to come forward and object to unauthorized use of the official insignias as well as appellations and other terms, which create deception and confusion in the minds of the public,” she added.
Madan also noted that the decision on the appeal by the Swiss military is also significant in that it is one of the fastest disposals of such appeals. "The decision in the Appeal came out in about 35 days. This is a clear reflection of the swiftness of the newly-formed IP Division of the Delhi High Court in disposal of IP suits,"she said.
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The covid-19 pandemic has had a detrimental effect on the labour market in India.
As most industries rely on daily wage earners for their day-day operations, their absenteeism from the workforce is having a negative impact on the economy.
Industry in Andhra Pradesh too has been severely affected due to non-availability of labour and the problem here is more magnified as most of the labour in Andhra Pradesh is migrant i.e. coming from neighbouring states of Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar etc.
‘Most of the project works in the state are carried out by migrant labourers’ said Dr K Kumar Raja, Managing Director of K Kumar Raja Projects speaking to Vizag Industrial Scan.
As migrant workers had returned home during the lockdown, the industry now awaits their return. However with limited public transportation available industry faces a tough situation.
‘Labour now wants to come back but can’t due to little public transport. We are now therefore arranging for buses at our own costs to get them back’ said Dr Kumar Raja
Dr Kumar Raja’s company arranged for a bus to Chattisgarh to fetch 25 people from there.
Mr Akhilesh Reddy of Srinivasa transports too re-iterates the concern ‘The movement of workers is a big concern as there is scarcity of labour’. As per industry estimates only 25-30% project works have resumed. In addition they say that wages of labour have gone up by 30% while productivity has come down by 50% as the number of working hours has been reduced. Shortage of labour in the state has pushed the industry into a position of weakened economic growth, said Dr K Kumar Raja.
Concurs Mr Aashish Pakalapati of Merilyn Shipping and Transports ‘We are facing a shortage of drivers’. This he said is causing hindrance in movement of goods.
As public transport slowly gets back industry hopes that situation becomes better and workers have access to much needed transportation.
Apart from shortage of workers Mr Hakim Mehdi of the Mohsin group stated lack of timely payments to be an even bigger problem the industry faces. ‘Lack of payments by far is the most pressing issue faced by the industry. We need the government to come out with a specific stimulus package for the trading industry. We are a significant industry and play an important role in the supply eco-system’ said Mr Mehdi of Mohsin Group, one of the city’s oldest trading houses.


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- Consumer food volumes up 1.4%, trading margin up 20 basis points
- Ingredients volumes up 2.9%, trading margin up 40 basis points
- Group-wide volumes up 2.5%
Kerry Group booked higher consumer food volumes in the first quarter, thanks to efforts to reposition its portfolio to focus on snacking trends and a stabilisation of market conditions in the UK and Ireland.
The Ireland-based food group said volumes at its consumer food unit increased 1.4% in the three months to the end of March. "Market conditions in the UK and Irish consumer foods sectors have broadly stabilised. The repositioned Kerry Foods portfolio performed well benefiting from snacking trends and a good recovery in meal solutions," Kerry said.
The company also improved its consumer foods trading margin, which expanded by 20 basis points in the period. Mix and a better trading performance boosted margins.
Kerry's ingredients arm continued to grow ahead of the consumer foods unit, with volumes rising 2.9% and a 40 basis point improvement in trading margin. Kerry said its ingredients arm was boosted by its ability to meet growing demand for health and wellness products.


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Asked how significant a part of the business pre-workout supplements containing DMAA represented, he said: “We went through the Hydroxycut recall in 2009, the peanut butter recall in 2008, we’ve seen the [negative] articles on vitamin E…
“One of the things I take pride in is that we have diversified our mix, we have 8,000 SKUs (stock keeping units) so we don’t see any one SKU having a significant impact on the company, so we believe we’ll get through this”.
Asked by a second analyst if he could “quantify your DMAA exposure”, he added: “We’ve never given out specific category or item penetration.”
Asked by a third caller if customers were actively looking for DMAA on labels, he said: “People come on and off these products and they will try different products over a period of time. Some brands will be popular today, others will be popular tomorrow. That’s the nature of the sports nutrition category.”
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Meanwhile, Vitamin Shoppe’s results had exceeded expectations during the first quarter, driven by higher traffic and strong sales in weight management, sports nutrition, meal replacements, on the go drinks and natural proteins, added Truesdale.
Net sales rose 14.4% to $248.1m in the three months to March 31 driven by a 9.6% rise in like-for-like sales in its store estate, 15 new stores and a 15.5% rise in e-commerce sales.
Net income surged 58% to $18.3m.
New distribution center to be up and running in first half of 2013
As of March 31, 2012, Vitamin Shoppe operated 543 stores and aims to open a further 37 new stores this year (making a total of 52 new stores in 2012), said chief operating officer Michael Archbold, who is leaving the company at the end of June.
“We’ve already identified all of the stores we aim to open in 2012 and some for 2013", he said. "We also expect our new distribution center will be up and running in the first half of 2013.”
A prototype store – around 20% smaller than standard Vitamin Shoppe stores – would also be tested this year in two locations, he said.
Based in North Bergen, New Jersey, Vitamin Shoppe sells vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements, herbs, sports nutrition formulas, homeopathic remedies, and health and beauty aids.
The company carries national brand products as well as exclusive products under the Vitamin Shoppe and BodyTech proprietary brands.


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On the heels of the two busiest online shopping days for consumers and small businesses, Cyber Monday and Restock Tuesday, Liquidation.com - an online auction marketplace for surplus inventory from top retailers, warehouse clubs and manufacturers - says there was a significant surge in overall sales when compared to year-over-year 2009.
Selling to small and medium-sized businesses on its core online auction marketplace -- and directly to consumers through its Secondipity.com website and other consumer e-commerce marketplaces -- Liquidation.com experienced significant increases on both Cyber Monday and Restock Tuesday, a day when online and offline retailers restock their shelves in preparation for December holiday shoppers. Other results include:
• Overall sales increased by more than 16% for Cyber Monday and Restock Tuesday combined, compared to the same period in 2009;
• Direct-to-consumer sales increased by more than 85% for Cyber Monday and Restock Tuesday combined, compared to 2009, and;
• Liquidation.com site traffic increased 12% on Cyber Monday and Restock Tuesday combined, compared to the prior week.
"Cyber Monday and Restock Tuesday are always critical sales days for us," said Cayce Roy, executive vice president of Liquidity Services Inc. "These results indicate that consumer confidence is higher in this shopping season than in 2009, and that buyers are looking to get more value out of their purchases, especially with big-ticket, consumer electronics items like the iPod Touch or HDTVs. Our expectation is that buyers will continue to seek out value and look for these discounts through the end of December."
Top-selling products during these high-traffic shopping days include various models of Apple iPods, including the Shuffle, Classic, and Nano; Nintendo Dsi XL, Nintendo Wii, and other video game consoles; digital cameras; and smartphones.
Liquidation.com works with seven of the top 10 retailers in the U.S., and helps thousands of merchants through its selling of surplus, overstock and consumer returned inventory. Auction sizes range from truckload, pallet, small package and single-unit, while product conditions range from new to consumer-returned and salvage.
Source: Liquidity Services
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Pandora may have stunned investors with last week's announcement that CEO Joe Kennedy would be stepping down after helping the company's board find a replacement, but it didn't take long for speculation to begin stirring about Mel Karmazin taking his place.
Billboard opined a day later that Pandora may be looking for a seasoned radio veteran to take Kennedy's place. A former radio exec argues that Karmazin would be a good fit.
"He is the smartest media executive I have ever known," he argues.
Several financial outlets and bloggers have been throwing their weight behind the former CBS and Sirius XM Radio chief to take the reins at Pandora.
It doesn't seem feasible.
Karmazin doesn't come cheap, and you have to remember that Pandora lost money in its latest fiscal year on the way to ringing up $427.1 million in revenue. Sirius XM was profitable on $3.4 billion in revenue.
Pandora won't have a problem finding a proven terrestrial vet to hop on the growing Pandora platform, but Karmazin is probably out of its price range.
Then again, does Pandora even need a radio veteran?
Pandora loves to compare its usage to the country's overall radio listenership -- it's not up 8% of total U.S. radio listening -- but it's not a radio company. It's a streaming music service with comedy as filler.
This isn't Sirius XM with $300 million a year to invest in programming and content. This isn't CBS with countless local AM and FM stations to nurture.
Sure, one can argue that at the end of the day Pandora is simply out to sell audio ads just like conventional radio. That's fair. Pandora's push to match Sirius XM and Spotify in premium subscription revenue isn't terrestrial fodder, though that's more ammo for Karmazin as the ideal CEO as the master of both.
However, Pandora is ultimately a technology company. It's no surprise that Pandora's biggest threats on the horizon are tech giants. Google is gearing up to launch a pair of branded digital music services through YouTube and Google Play. Reports continue to surface about Apple negotiating with its record label partners for attractive streaming royalty rates.
Pandora doesn't need someone to pit Pandora against CBS Radio and other terrestrial offerings. Pandora's already winning that bout. Sirius XM has been a Wall Street winner over the past four years, but Pandora is also growing a lot faster -- in revenue and users -- than Sirius XM.
Pandora needs a tech visionary at the helm. The real battle will be about technology as companies jockey for the best apps and auto dashboard integration. Karmazin would turn heads, but he's not necessarily the leader that Pandora needs right now.
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CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A local business owner is worried about a new FDA proposal that could place a hefty financial burden on the cigar industry.
Tom Kakadelis owns Outland Gift & Cigar in Charlotte. He said the new proposal could force local shops to close their doors for good.
"We are at the mercy of new federal regulations all the time, which then constrain the small businesses and they are not able to employ people," Kakadelis said.
According to the FDA, in 2014, it proposed an historic new rule that would extend the agency's authority to regulate additional products that meet the legal definition of a tobacco product, such as electronic cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, certain dissolvables that are not "smokeless tobacco," nicotine gels, and water pipe tobacco.
Part of the new regulations would require cigar manufacturers to report and submit product and ingredient listings. The new regulations also include new health warning label rules.
The FDA does not deny that the new regulations could place a serious financial burden on the cigar industry.
"FDA recognizes that some of the proposals...might impose significant costs on certain manufacturers," the proposal reads. "Including the requirement to register and list products and the requirement for cigar manufacturers to randomly distribute and rotate warning statements on packages and advertisements."
The FDA justified the costs in a statement on its website, saying "Despite decades of efforts to reduce tobacco use, it continues to be the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States."
Kakadelis says smoking cigars is a personal decision that should be made by responsible adults instead of over-reaching government officials.
"When we live in a free society, where adults are free to make decisions that you and I might not think are very good, we still live with them because we are a free society," Kakadelis said. "Now if we don't want a free society then we can prevent a lot of things. We can take away tobacco and create an underground or black market. Well, that is not what we want."
Government officials will not speculate on when the FDA will approve or reject the new proposals.


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It's been a while since we've had any quality rat rodeo video, so get some popcorn (or not) and enjoy this footage of big fat rats feasting in a Vinny Vincenz Pizza Truck parked in Chelsea. It's actually kind of cute how pumped these rats are about being alone in the truck, and, to be fair, it is pretty good pizza... which we will never eat again.
WNBC obtained the cell phone footage, which definitely belongs in the rat rodeo hall of fame alongside the infamous Taco Bell-KFC rat stampede of 2007. This Vinny Vincenz truck (there are four) stays parked on 27th street between 10th and 11th Avenues, which WNBC notes is right in front of the Pink Elephant, "which just last week hosted celebrity couple Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon!" Carey could not be reached for comment, but the reporter did talk to passers-by like one "Reggie," who opined, "He shouldn't be out here selling that. It's a dangerous part to the health of the people, out here selling rat pizza."
True, that. Owner Salvatore Olivella quickly motored to the news crew after they contacted him but did not seem up to the impossible task of damage control. He blamed the rat-infested neighborhood and an employee who forgot to throw away leftover pizza, but says insists Reggie shouldn't fear his pizza because "at 700 degrees you kill everything when it comes out you don't touch it anymore."


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Walmart Abandons Two High-Profile Projects in Massachusetts
Posted on June 18, 2012 by jway
Last week, the Boston Globe reported big news for the Boston metro area: Walmart announced that it was pulling out of projects in Somerville and Watertown.
The world’s largest retailer had not yet submitted formal proposals in either city, but it had wanted to build a Neighborhood Market in Somerville, and a 90,000 square foot Supercenter in Watertown.
Walmart spokesperson Steve Restivo cited profitability as company’s reason for abandoning the projects. However, both stores had been met with strong opposition, especially in Watertown, where groups like Sustainable Watertown staged protests against the company.
Despite Walmart’s claims that opposition was not a consideration in its decision to abandon the projects, council president Mark S. Sideris is among those who believe otherwise. “There are a number of ‘No Walmart, No Big Boxes’ signs on people’s lawns at this point,” Sideris told the Globe. “The movement was growing.”
Much of the local movement has been driven by Watertown’s business community. In May, a group of local real estate professionals drafted a letter to the Watertown Patch saying a Walmart store would harm small businesses and diminish home values.
This announcement comes at a particularly bad time for the company as it struggles to recover from a string of bad PR, including the ongoing fall-out of the Mexico bribery scandal and reports of Walmart using consultants to infiltrate worker groups.
This post was written by Kurt Scott.


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Nokia has only recently returned to the world of high-end smartphones in North America with its Windows Phone-powered Lumia line, but it looks like they’re already transitioning to take on another role: that of Windows 8 tablet manufacturer.
Stephen Elop, the company’s Canadian CEO and supporter of all things Microsoft, has been vocal about what he sees as the huge market potential for Windows 8 in tablet form, especially its Windows On ARM division which will compete directly with the iPad. Elop stated in January that “There’s a new tablet opportunity coming… We see the opportunity. Unquestionably, that will change the dynamics”
According to Digitimes, Nokia is looking to build and ship at least 200,000 Windows 8 tablets in Q4 this year. The 10-inch tabs are expected to run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 chipset, which debuted recently on such devices as the HTC One X and Asus Padfone.
While Windows on ARM will not be an exactly replica of Windows 8 — it was eschew completely the “desktop” experience in favour of a completely touch-friend Metro environment — developers will still have to port their existing x86 apps to ARM. This will put it at a significant disadvantage when it launches compared to less power-efficient tablets running Intel’s x86 architecture, since it will be able to run a significant number of Windows applications, as long as the developer has submitted it to the Windows Store.
Windows 8 is expected to be released in September or October, and Nokia, along with other manufacturers like HP and Dell, are expected to be very aggressive with their marketing.


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British farmers are unlikely to be affected by Russia's decision today to ban imports of fruit, vegetables, meat, fish and dairy products from the EU and a further four countries for 12 months.
Martin Haworth, deputy director-general of the National Farmers Union, said that the UK exported food and drink worth only £115m to Russia last year. The total included £17m of frozen fish, £5.7m of cheese and £5.3m of coffee.
“However, other EU countries do export a lot and there is every likelihood that a ban could have an impact on EU prices, which will then have a knock-on effect in the UK," Haworth said.
The Foreign Office said that Russia had no grounds for imposing the sanctions, which will also affect the United States, Australia, Norway and Canada.
"Instead of retaliating, Russia should be using its influence with the violent Russian-backed separatists to stop destabilising Ukraine," a spokesman said.
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Ciaran Williamson and two friends were hit by the gravestone while playing in Craigton cemetery in the Cardonald area of Glasgow.
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch spoke at a press conference earlier following arrests made in Zurich.
ITV news has learned that former Thomas Cook CEO Harriet Green will donate to charity a third of shares she is entitled to.


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Payoneer goes public by merging with Betsy Cohen’s SPAC
Payoneer, the payment fintech company that started in 2005, went public on Monday by merging with FTAC Olympus Acquisition.
New public company
Payoneer is a fintech company that helps other companies process their payments globally. The company is mostly used by companies in the freelance, e-commerce, marketing, and vacation industries. Some of its leading customers are firms like Upwork, Fiverr, eBay, Amazon, Airbnb, and Taboola.
Through Payoneer, companies and freelancers can request a payment, pay suppliers, withdraw earnings, and access working capital.
In a statement on Monday, the company said that it had completed its merger with FTAC Olympus Acquisition. By so ding, the company became listed at the Nasdaq. Its stock declined by more than 1%, valuing the company at more than $1 billion.
Payoneer has been on a growth path over the years. It has increased its number of customers to more than 5 million. Also, it has more than 2,000 customers globally and 24 offices. It mostly makes its money by taking a small commission for every amount it processes. In a tweet, the company’s CEO said:
“Now with the public currency, we are able to make bolder investments, make more acquisitions and move faster to do bigger things for more customers and more places around the world,”
More fintech listings ahead
Payoneer went public by merging with a SPAC. A SPAC is a shell company that is created for the sole purpose of merging with a private company. Many startups prefer the option because it is relatively cheaper than a traditional Initial Public Offering (IPO).
Other fintech companies are considering going public. The most high-profile one is Wise, which is expected to go public in London. The company will use a direct listing approach, which is also cheaper than an IPO.
Meanwhile, WorldRemit will also go public later this year by merging with a SPAC. Other fintech companies set to become publicly traded are Remitly and Viva Republica.


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NEW DELHI: The recently revamped Eureka Forbes has introduced another innovation – Dr Aquaguard with Ayurfresh technology, aiming to give a refreshing taste and aroma to everyday drinking water. Dr Aquaguard Edge Ayurfresh and Dr Aquaguard Classic+ Ayurfresh purifiers, reportedly, come with a cutting-edge technology that infuses the goodness of seven Ayurvedic ingredients in every glass of water.
"Eliminating the hassle of sourcing essential ingredients and boiling them in water, Dr Aquaguard with Ayurfresh offers water that is loaded with authentic herbs and spices sourced from the fertile lands of Kerala - cinnamon (provides anti-fungal properties), black pepper (for prevention of stomach disorders), clove buds (for dental treatment), cumin (to improve digestion), cardamom (to treat bad breath), tulsi leaves (ability to boost immunity) and ginger (to increase digestive power) and blended beautifully into the Ayurfresh cartridge," the brand said in a press statement.
“The drive to stay fit and healthy has brought consumers to opt for healthier options when it comes to the consumption of food and drinks,” remarked Eureka Forbes Ltd CTO Shashank Sinha. “This drive has also been reflected in the water intake with people constantly looking for a healthier option. At Eureka Forbes, we have been committed to producing purifiers that give optimum health benefits to our users. With these new products from Dr Aquaguard, we are bringing in 5,000-year-old wisdom, the goodness of Ayurvedic ingredients, into the water through our cutting edge technology of Ayurfresh that will cater to the wellness needs of the young millennials, young moms and elderly citizens.”


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Contxto – The biggest takeaway from my short-lived farming career in Spain was that linear models are often wasteful. Simply extracting resources for one-time use may be lucrative in the short-term but irresponsible in the long-term. Rather, everything should have multiple utilities, whether turning food scraps into compost or using cardboard to make plant beds.
Arqlite from Argentina recently confirmed this after walking away with a US$250,000 equity investment from the NYC Curb-to-Market Challenge (CTMC). Its large-scale manufacturing solution transforms complex plastic polymers into efficient building materials for the construction industry.
From a group of six finalists, the company won alongside sustainable design consultancy Anthropocene.Design that also received a US$250,000 equity investment.
To stimulate potential markets, this U.S. competition sought viable manufacturing solutions to innovate NYC’s recycling landscape. Within the metropolis, the Department of Sanitation handles around half of the waste NYC produces. Private companies take care of the other half, making the commercial side of recycling an evolving industry.
All the while, there is little public knowledge available to consumers. Determined to divert more rubbish from landfills plus promote circular economic models among the public, it makes sense why CTMC awarded Arqlite.
“While we had many highly qualified applicants, Anthropocene.Design and Arqlite both really blew me out of the water with their approaches to reusing recyclable plastic waste,” said Chris Graff, founder of the CTMC. “I am incredibly excited to help them grow their innovative manufacturing approaches right here in New York City.
Both companies will start operating in NYC over the upcoming months. There, they will have Graff as an adviser and collaborate with angel investors. According to the founder Sebastian Sajoux, he is happy to share his solution.
“It is validation after much effort,” said Sajoux. “We understand that the problem of plastics is a global problem and any city in the world could take advantage of our solution, this is a very strong impulse.”
Arqlite takes care of plastics that would otherwise end up in landfills. In case you didn’t know, plastics belong to a hierarchy. Rather than disposing of complex plastic films incompatible with most recycling processes, the startup transforms the material into resellable building materials.
Specifically, it creates a durable “plastic gravel” that’s lighter and better at insulating than typical rocks. The startup works with municipalities and private companies to receive this plastic waste, most of which comes from packaging companies.
At the same time, the majority of plastic from the packaging and warehouse industries can’t be recycled through normal means. Under this falls HDPE, LDPE, PET, PP and PS plastics. In other words, whatever is laminated, aluminized and degraded.
Regardless of these challenges, Arqlites manages to turn this material into little stone pebbles for various construction purposes. According to reports, this recycled version is lighter, better at insulating, and more competitively priced on the market.
With this material, consumers can create lightweight concrete, drainage systems, as well as pre-molded furniture. In the process, this ecological gravel uses less water and fewer resources at an economical cost.
Soon, Arqlite will launch another processing plant in the United States capable of recycling 1,500 tons of plastic per month. Meanwhile, Arqlite will continue running its reprocessing center back home processing 100 tons of laminated flexible plastic a month. This will be a big upgrade thanks to winning the competition.
“CTMC provides Arqlite with the great opportunity to bring our long-term, sustainable solution for complex plastic [scrap] to New York City,” said Sajoux. “Scaling our upcycling process in NYC will not only have a positive impact on the environment but will also generate new jobs and add value to the local economy.”


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Exciting new campaign launches to get kids to eat veg
Eat Them To Defeat Them is a radical new national advertising campaign, launching today, Friday 25th January on ITV that aims to inspire kids to eat more healthily and help tackle rising childhood obesity.
Despite past campaigns, 80% of primary school kids still aren’t eating enough vegetables and this ground breaking initiative looks to change that. The campaign is being launched by a partnership between ITV and Veg Power, and Eat Them To Defeat Them will engage with kids and parents in a new way, looking to reinvigorate how vegetables are viewed and consumed.
The campaign has been funded by a unique alliance of supermarkets and brands that have donated to the Eat Them To Defeat Them initiative, with Aldi, Asda, Birds Eye, Co-op, Iceland, Lidl, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsburys, Tesco and Waitrose all coming together to help their customers live healthier lives.
Prominent UK advertising agency adam&eveDDB have created the ambitious 60’ advert that will premiere on prime-time ITV during Coronation Street tonight (Friday 25th January) and across ITV’s biggest programmes including The Voice, Dancing on Ice and Britain’s Got Talent. It is brave and bold and will push boundaries and engage with kids like no other healthy eating initiative has done before.
The campaign will be supported across ITV by talent and programming, it also has the support of writer and broadcaster Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall and Jamie Oliver.
The advert and supporting creative including posters, stickers and wall charts, will editorially position kids as the heroes as they help their parents save the world from being overrun by angry vegetables. They have to Eat Them To Defeat Them.
Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, Food Writer and Broadcaster said: “I’m really pleased and excited to be involved in Veg Power. Getting our kids to eat more vegetables is simply vital - and it’s never been more so. This campaign is brave, fun and engaging. It will inspire kids to enjoy the huge range of tastes, textures and colours that the brilliant world of veg has to offer. A diet that’s big on vegetables will be a massive win for our long term health. I'm hoping to see carrots and broccoli flying off the shelves!”
Carolyn McCall, CEO, ITV said: “This campaign will reach millions of parents and children through our biggest and most popular shows and it is unlike anything that has gone before. We’re proud to use the power of TV to take a new, bold and brave approach to encouraging kids to eat more vegetables.”
Baroness Rosie Boycott, Chair of Veg Power and trustee of The Food Foundation said: “We are delighted that Veg Power has joined with ITV to launch our very first campaign Eat Them To Defeat Them. With the aim of using ‘advertising for good’ and engaging and entertaining kids rather than using the well-worn health message, we can really shift the dial and hope to see long lasting behaviour change. Having all the major retailers will help us achieve huge reach and impact.
It is vital that we achieve change in both supply and demand if we are to see real transformation of our food system and our work with both Peas Please and Veg Power are tackling both straight on.”
Veg Power is born out of the work of The Food Foundation and Peas Please. It aims to harness the great creative minds of the advertising and marketing world and turn their skills to making engaging and powerful content aimed at changing our perception of vegetables in order to encourage our kids to eat more. The Veg Power fund aims to use positive messages of vitality, vibrancy and wonderful taste to give vegetables a modern appeal.
Other key partners in the campaign include The Beano, ResearchBods, Goodstuff and Taylor Herring. We will be conducting an evaluation with expert input from Kantar Worldpanel, University of Cambridge & University of Oxford and support from Guys and St Thomas Charity.


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Surterra Wellness Announces Corporate Name Change to Parallel™ Effective Today
ATLANTA, Oct. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Surterra Wellness today announced that it has changed its corporate name to Parallel™ effective today. Parallel, formerly Surterra Wellness, is a leading, global company that is pioneering human well-being through its proprietary cannabinoid brands and science- and technology-led innovation.
"The introduction of our new parent company brand, under the name Parallel, reflects our transformational growth over the past year and our long-term vision. We need a corporate name that unites the diverse parts of our organization and all of our associates," said William "Beau" Wrigley Jr, CEO and Chairman of Parallel. "We chose the name Parallel because we are improving the well-being of our consumers today through our proprietary, innovative brands while at the same time stepping into the future through robust innovation. We like the name because we see well-being along a spectrum of what quality of life means to different people at different points of their lives, and our brands cover the full range of what they need."
Parallel also announced today the introduction of Goodblend™, the company's new global retail brand. This store brand will become a recognized source across multiple markets where consumers can find a consistent and trusted selection of the company's cannabinoid brands. Goodblend will roll-out initially in Florida over the course of the next several months. Parallel has a house, or portfolio, of consumer brands. Each of these brands has its own instantly recognizable name, imagery, appeal, and unique and differentiated positioning. Our proprietary consumer brands include Surterra Wellness™, Coral Reefer™, Endless Summer™ and Float™.
"The philosophy behind our collection of brands is that the consumer is at the heart of everything that we do. Because consumers have different needs states across the well-being continuum, each brand is distinct. Yet, all our brands focus on improving the lives of our consumers and reflect our uncompromising commitment to consistency, quality, safety and efficacy," said Wrigley. "Goodblend will simply reinvent what retail can be. Goodblend stores will be welcoming and inclusive of all our consumers and will allow each of our distinct brands a chance to shine – having their own stage under one roof."
For more information: www.liveParallel.com.
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ISPs are circling to offer services in place of Asia Online, which has been sold after going into voluntary liquidation late last month.
“Every man and his dog who had a server seemed to think they’d be capable of hosting us,” says one Asia Online customer, auction site TradeMe’s managing director, Nigel Stanford.
Stanford says he has been approached by a number of ISPs including “some large ones”.
One opportunist ISP, Auckland-based ISP StrongNet, has run into trouble with domain name registry company Domainz, which has suspended it for spamming Asia Online customers. StrongNet will not be able to update or change domain name details with Domainz while the company investigates the matter.
Asia Online’s liquidator, KPMG, has reportedly sold the failed ISP to Dresden Equities. Dresden already owns two ISPs, Ezysurf and Esurf, and offers a virtual ISP service.
“We’re taking them all into consideration and will see what happens next,” says Stanford.


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Medabot S will feature a third collaboration event with Mega Man Battle Network, and it will add Dark MegaMan.EXE as a Medabot character. The crossover event will appear in the mobile game starting on April 6, 2023 in Japan. The event will also include new costumes based on MMBN human characters. Previously, Protoman.EXE was added to the game in a crossover event in October 2022. [Thanks, Dengeki Online!]
In addition to adding a Medabot character based on Dark MegaMan.EXE, the game will also offer seven costumes based on human characters from the Mega Man Battle Network series. These will be a Lan Hikari costume for Ikki, a Mayl Sakurai costume for Arika, a Eugene costume for Koji, a Yai Ayanokoji costume for Karin, a Tamako Shiraizumi costume for Samantha, a Higsby costume for Spike, and a Dex Oyama costume for Sloan.
Medabot S: Unlimited Nova released in Japan on January 23, 2020 for Android and iOS devices. This is the third crossover event with this series. The previous two events added several Mega Man Battle Network characters, including MegaMan.EXE, Roll.EXE, Bass.EXE, and Protoman.EXE. Other crossover events for Medabot S included an August 2022 event with Full Metal Panic, and most recently a January 2023 event with Evangelion.
The Medabot S x Mega Man Battle Network collaboration event will appear from April 6, 2023. The game is available in Japan for Android and iOS devices. In addition, the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection releases for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PC on April 14, 2023.


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It’s critical for your site to be on the first page of Google’s search results if you want to make reasonable sales. Very few people ever scroll to the second page of search results. Reaching the second page is not a whole lot better than reaching page 50. You really need to be on the […]
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‘Google says no algorithm changes in new deal to demote pirated content in UK search results’ – Search Engine Land
Marcus Miller says, “The UK Intellectual Property Office has announced what they call a “landmark agreement” between Google and Microsoft Bing for “reducing the visibility of infringing content” in the UK search results by June 1, 2017. But Google tells Search Engine Land that they are “changing nothing today as a result of the announcement/code […]
Andrew Lovasz says, “Google has made yet another algorithm change with its Penguin 4.0 update. While it’s one of the thousands of changes it conducts each year, this one outweighs any of the other, more minor updates. Businesses can leverage Penguin 4.0 in their favor, however, as long as they understand the subtleties the new update entails. Google […]
Alex Cass and Alex Becker have just launched their new training that they say has earned them and a couple of their partners $300,000 (in aggregate) in a single month. They use SEO to rank sites, many sites, over and over, using the same process each time. Client sites, affiliate sites and sites for their […]
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Another portion of outrage from frustrated owners of smartphones Xiaomi. One after another they report
Currently only reviews are recorded.phone owners from the Chinese company Xiaomi. And this is the owners of a variety of device models: Redmi Note 5, Redmi 3 and 3S, and others. Negative reports of a new problem with the camera began to appear in the vast Reddit site. So, one of their users writes that the camera began to “blur” the photo, and the overall impression of the quality of the picture became much worse.
Subject picked up by other users, noticing alsothat their devices are also experiencing this problem. Someone even suggested that Xiaomi intentionally does not correct this fact in order to force customers to update their phone to a newer version. Some users agreed with this opinion, while others are confident that in the next update this error will be corrected.
It is also worth noting that the latest updateAndroid 9 for many users added another headache. It is about a rapid decrease in the level of charge. A number of owners of smartphones from Xiaomi noticed that their phones began to be discharged much faster.
If this is actually a deliberate action withside of the manufacturer, the company runs the risk of losing its users, since the abundance of Chinese inexpensive smartphones with high-quality characteristics today is simply amazing.