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“Obele has the unique ability to ‘think around corners.’ She will focus on connecting the dots across our channel teams, and reinforcing the agency’s solutions framework to better solve business challenges and empower success.”
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Tinuiti, the largest independent performance marketing agency across the triopoly of Google, Facebook and Amazon, today announced that it has hired Obele Brown-West as executive vice president of media. Brown-West will oversee the agency’s media team to crystallize the connection between service lines and propel client growth.
“Obele has been at the forefront of the digital industry since its inception and has the unique ability to ‘think around corners.’” said Craig Atkinson, Tinuiti’s chief client officer. “She will focus on connecting the dots across our channel teams, and reinforcing the agency’s solutions framework to better solve business challenges and empower success.”
This newly created position reinforces Tinuiti’s commitment to building a leadership team with forward-thinking, performance-driven leaders. A 17-year digital veteran Brown-West joins Tinuiti from Weber Shandwick, where she most recently served as EVP of their digital practice across the Americas. She has also held key positions at the Piston Agency and 360i, and was one of the early PPC and SEO pioneers at iProspect. Brown-West has earned recognition from PR Week’s “40 Under 40,” The Holmes Report’s “Innovator 25,” and PR Week’s “Innovator 50.”
“As one of the last true independents, Tinuiti stands apart from the rest of the pack and thrives because they never waver from their north star: to be the best performance marketing partner across the triopoly,” said Brown-West. “I’m excited to be working with such a passionate team to continue to deliver on that promise.”
Tinuiti has won several prestigious industry awards and accolades for both culture and performance, including recognition as #1 on Ad Age’s Best Places to Work for two consecutive years and taking home Google’s Premier Partner Award for Video Excellence. Tinuiti's commitment to people and performance has cemented their position as one of the top digital marketing agencies in North America.
Tinuiti is the largest independent performance marketing agency across the triopoly of Google, Facebook, Amazon and beyond. Tinuiti unites channel expertise with cross-channel strategy to help clients identify, engage, and acquire customers, then retain and reactivate them as they continue their digital journey. With expertise in search, social, Amazon & marketplaces, mobile apps, CRM & email marketing and more, every solution is built on best-in-class analytics, brought to life with brilliant creative, and delivered by exceptional strategists. Clients include Bombas, Truist (formerly known as BB&T), Eddie Bauer, Ethan Allen, Etsy, Jet.com, Rite Aid, Seventh Generation, The Honest Company, Tommy Bahama, Terminix, Vitamin Shoppe. For more information visit http://www.tinuiti.com.


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Update Microsoft has issued the official announcement on the stand alone Kinect sensor for the Xbox One going on sale for $149.99, but with a slight date change to October 7. The company also says it will come with a code to download a free game, the upcoming Dance Central Spotlight from developer Harmonix.
Original story Ever since Microsoft decoupled the Kinect sensor from the Xbox One, the one lingering question was when would they sell it as a stand-alone unit? Offering an Xbox One without the Kinect sensor made financial sense in Microsoft's struggle against Sony, but it does not mean that people may never want to want to buy the Kinect at a later point. Until now though, there was no option to do so.
Windows Phone Central has now learned that Microsoft is planning to sell the stand-alone Kinect sensor for $149 beginning on or around October 6. The timing is ideal as it leads well into the holiday season in the US and other countries, making the add-on an excellent gift for those who already own an Xbox One without the next-gen accessory.
Presumably, you should be able to pick up the stand-alone version from stores like Best Buy, Target, and Microsoft, just like buying an Xbox console. Regional availability for the stand-alone Kinect is not known at this time, though the US market is definitely the first to get it.
Microsoft took a gamble with a $499 price mark for the Xbox One with Kinect sensor bundle when compared to the Sony PlayStation 4 assessed at $399. Priced equally, sans Kinect, and early numbers reflect the Xbox One recouping some lost ground, although it remains to be seen if Microsoft's console can ever catch up to – let alone surpass – Sony.
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After taking more than a year to arrive after the mobile payment platform's initial launch in selected markets, Samsung Pay finally made an appearance in the UK around four months ago. The eventual launch came after reports of delays, forcing the company to defer the launch of the service until this year.
In terms of compatible devices, Samsung's Galaxy S6, S7, and S8 smartphones made the cut at launch with plans to expand to its Gear smartwatches "in the coming months". Now, the tech giant has made good on its word, with support for the Gear S3 now available in the United Kingdom but with a notable drawback. While Samsung Pay can be used with NFC payment terminals, transactions initiated via Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) will not be possible via the Gear S3, as has been the case with its range of compatible smartphones in the UK. The restriction comes as a result of the company's belief that the country "is very much trending towards NFC".
The news comes a month after Samsung's added support for cards issued by HSBC and M&S, potentially broadening the appeal of its mobile payment service to millions of eligible cardholders. That said, there are still notable gaps in the list of supported financial institutions, such as Barclays and Lloyds and PayPal, the latter of which gained support in the US earlier this week, that the firm will need to fill to maximise customer enticement.


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The news that iOS 15.2 is set to switch macro modes for iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max devices is very welcome, but not for reasons you might think.
Well, no only for reasons you think.
When Apple added macro mode to the two top-of-the-line iPhone 13 models, it set things up to automatically switch to macro mode when iOS decided it was what users wanted. The problem is that iOS doesn’t always know what’s best, which is why some have found that macro mode was enabled when they didn’t want to. Apple added a switch to disable that automatic switching with iOS 15.1, but with iOS 15.2 beta 2, we now have a button in the camera app that enables and disables macro mode on the go. And that is magnificent.
But as great as that news was and as wonderful as that button was when iOS 15.2 shipped to the world, that’s not why I’m so pleased to have it there. I’m happy because that means Apple is listening, and that’s not the first indication of that either.
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Ever since the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max went on sale, people have been crying out for a button like his. That’s something people mentioned in early reviews as well. For whatever reason, Apple didn’t think to give us a macro mode for switching over the gate – but someone heard that this is what we wanted, and with iOS 15.2 they give it to us. That is progress.
That’s progress because Apple hasn’t been historically good at listening.
People have spent years complaining that Apple notebooks lack the ports and slots they need, especially at the ‘Pro’ end of the spectrum. Apple listened, in the end, and now we have the best Mac that Apple has produced in a long, long time – the new MacBook Pro.
We’ve even seen this readiness to listen with the iPhone 13 line before. People wanted a thicker and heavier iPhone with bigger batteries inside. We got that. And they are wonderful!
Apple’s new propensity to pay attention to feedback has led me to wonder what we’re going to change next. We already have ports on the MacBook Pro, and MagSafe is back. What to look for next?
Does USB-C push things too far?
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Children are growing up with modern technology. A two year old sits in his car seat playing games on his Mom’s IPhone as she drives him to pick up his sister from kindergarten. When they arrive back home they both head to the TV to play video games. But there is a new video game that is sweeping the country and is being embraced as much by seniors as it is by the kids and teens. It’s Wii time!
Wii Fitness: It's not just for teens
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Linda Kirby had never played a Wii before she picked up a controller at SHARE Club North, a local senior center for residents.
COURTESY PHOTOS Seniors at SHARE Club North Center recently participated in a bowling tournament using the Nintendo Wii gaming system.
"I love it," she said, swinging her arm and simultaneously releasing the trigger on the remote to virtually knock down some pins. Unlike traditional video game systems controlled by a player's thumbs and fingers, Wii games respond to a player's body movements.
Kirby used to actively play sports before her bad hip forced her to give them up. Wii Bowling enables her to continue one of her favorite pastimes without the pain a "real" game of bowling could incite. "I can do this like I used to bowl. It keeps me up on my feet and gives me some exercise," she said.
Bowling and other sports games from Nintendo's Wii gaming system arrived at the SHARE Club North location in March, and the software — perhaps better known for getting tech-loving kids and their parents off the couch — is quickly gaining traction with seniors in Southwest Florida.
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Even Nintendo has taken note of the appeal to baby boomers and older users. Though the demographic breakdown is not available at this time, said Denise Kaigler, vice president of corporate affairs for Nintendo of America. "We know a lot of senior communities are having fun with Wii."
Sue Maxwell, MSW, system director of gerontology for Lee Memorial Health System, agreed that Wii is just plain fun.
"We really feel that senior centers need to offer different opportunities for sports and physical activity other than just the usual swimming pool and pool table. Wii fills that need for something different," she said. "Besides exercise, it provides lots of opportunities for socialization and team building."
Gaming systems could mean added years to your life.
Wii is one way to get 30 minutes of exercise per day, as recommended by the American Heart Association.
"If unable to do other exercises or get to the gym, this type of individualized computer program is a great way to do something physical," said Dr. Lacagnina. "Anything that gets people off the couch and moving is a step in the right direction."
Wii is also useful for maintaining memory.
"Anything that gets your attention is better than something you get bored with. Research has shown that video and computer games interest people," said Dr. Michael Raab, a local geriatrician who works with Lee Memory Care.
The new Wii Fit program rolled out about a year ago and involves a pressure sensitive balance board and comes with 40 exercise-oriented games, including yoga, soccer and ski-jumping.
"Wii Fit will tell you how long it's been since you logged in last and gives you computerized encouragement. So Wii has the interest factor and the record keeping ability," Dr. Raab said.
"Regular exercise can help with balance, cardiovascular health and strength," Dr. Raab said. "In addition, people who participate in regular physical activity experience less memory loss over time."
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Nintendo released the Wii gaming system in November 2006. . About 19.6 million consoles have been sold in the U.S. . Among the Wii sports available are tennis, baseball, golf, bowling and boxing. . Wii Fit, launched in May 2008, involves a pressure-sensitive balance board and comes with 40 exercise oriented games, including yoga, ski jumping and hula-hooping.


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Apple has become the principal US organization to arrive at a market estimation of 1 trillion dollars ($1,000,000,000,000) . The hello there tech firm has beaten its opponents Microsoft, Google and Amazon to pass the mystical imprint. Apple‘s stock is presently worth $207 per share, an untouched high. On the off chance that it were a nation, Apple would rank seventeenth on the planet, keeping pace with Indonesia.
Prior to Apple, just China’s oil mammoth PetroChina made it over the 1 trillion dollar mark in 2007. It’s worth declined forcefully in the blink of an eye subsequently when oil costs fallen.
Mac was established in 1976 out of a California carport by Steve Jobs. In the initial two decades the organization was renowned for delivering PCs. Later on Apple built up its progressive MP3 player, the iPod, which likewise spared the organization from chapter 11 20 years back.
The iPhone, the world’s first cell phone, was presented in 2007 and has become the organization’s leader item. Up to now over 1.3 billion iPhones have been sold. AlthoughApple is as of now selling less new models, deals and benefits are rising. It is additionally making cash by selling music and applications.
In 2017, Apple has made benefits in the scope of $50 billion, selling over $220 billion worth of items .
Apple may before long be participated in the 1 trillion dollar club by other hello there tech monsters . Amazon and Microsoft are near the imprint and might be passing it soon.


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Hot Leathers will now carry Harley-Davidson Footwear at all the major motorcycle rallies. Harley-Davidson Footwear is manufactured by Wolverine World Wide, under license from Harley-Davidson Motor Co., according to a company press release.
“We are thrilled about our arrangement with Harley-Davidson Footwear,” Hot Leathers’ retail operations manager, Andy George, said in the release. “We’ve been in this industry for over two decades and only associate ourselves with the best and we consider Harley-Davidson Footwear to be one of the best.”
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Asda reported a growth in sales of 1.1%, according to its parent company, Walmart.
Walmart president and chief executive Doug McMillon, commented: “In the UK, Asda delivered positive comp sales again this quarter. The improvements in store experience and price investments are increasing store basket sizes. I’d like to thank Sean Clarke for the tremendous work that he has done over the past year to stabilize the business and position it for growth.”
Walmart chief financial officer Brett Biggs, added: “Turning to the UK, net sales increased 3.6%, and comp sales increased 1.1%. Customers continue to respond to investments in the value proposition. In fact, during the quarter, our in-store service metrics continued to improve and performance strengthened across our private brand and online grocery offerings. While we are pleased with the improved performance in the business we know we have more work to do.”
Sean Clarke, Asda’s chief executive, added: “It’s great to see that we have now delivered our second consecutive quarter of positive LFL growth, and the fifth consecutive quarter of continued sales improvement. The market environment will continue to be challenging into next year but we’re well placed with clear plans and a renewed level of confidence.”


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BBB report shows half of all small businesses couldn’t stay profitable
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Small business owners know they are at risk for cyberattacks, but they are somewhat at a loss as to what to do. That’s one of the findings of a new report from the Better Business Bureau, The State of Small Business Cybersecurity in North America, released today as part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. One of the more troubling findings is that half of small businesses reported they could remain profitable for only one month if they lost essential data.
“Profitability is the ultimate test of risk,” said Bill Fanelli, CISSP, chief security officer for the Council of Better Business Bureaus and one of the authors of the report. “It’s alarming to think that half of small businesses could be at that much risk just a short time after a cybersecurity incident.”
“Small business owners get it,” Fanelli continued. “When we asked them about the most common cybersecurity threats – ransomware, phishing, malware – they know what’s out there, and most of them have basic protections in place. For instance, 81% use antivirus software and 76% have firewalls. But one of the most cost-effective prevention tools, employee education, is used by fewer than half of the companies we surveyed. Other prevention measures scored even lower.”
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BBB surveyed approximately 1,100 businesses in North America (71.4% of the sample came from the United States, 28.5% from Canada and 0.1% from Mexico). Two-thirds of the participants were BBB Accredited Businesses, and they apparently fared marginally better in most measures, such as awareness of specific threats and adoption of cybersecurity measures. The data was collected in an online survey with a margin of error of approximately +/- 3% for a 95% confidence interval.
The report focuses on cybersecurity effectiveness from three perspectives: a) cybersecurity standards/frameworks; b) best practices; and c) cost-benefit analysis. One of the key findings is that the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, technically a voluntary standard from the National Institute for Standards and Technology, is becoming mandatory in some markets. Not only are many companies requiring it of their vendors for procurement, but many businesses are adopting it because it helps them run a better business. The NIST framework is the basis for BBB’s training program, “5 Steps to Better Business Cybersecurity” (BBB.org/cybersecurity).
The State of Small Business Cybersecurity emphasizes the need not only for education and training, but for cost-benefit analysis of cybersecurity measures. The report suggests a formula created by two professors at the University of Maryland, Martin P. Loeb, PhD and Lawrence A. Gordon, PhD, to help small business owners estimate their risk from cybersecurity attacks and calculate an appropriate investment in prevention.
“It doesn’t do any good for a small business to adopt a $10,000 solution if the potential risk reduction is only worth $5,000,” said Fanelli. “We hope this report will give small business owners greater awareness of the real and the perceived risks of cyberattacks, as well as best practices for protecting against these types of security threats. We hope it serves as a step forward in advancing cybersecurity in the marketplace.”
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In a county with one of the highest euthanasia rates for both dogs and cats, it’s easy to understand why animal activists have bared their teeth at Family Puppy, a new pet store that opened in December in the Genesee Valley Shopping Center.
In a perfect world, everyone would visit a shelter to find their four-legged companion, rescuing them from near-certain death.
But the world is far from perfect and Family Puppy owners John Stottele and his wife, Debbie, are operating a legitimate business. They have every right to make a living selling puppies to people who want them.
Since Family Puppy opened in December, it has been the target of an online petition drive urging mall management not to renew the store’s lease when it expires. But mall management has said the pet store won’t be going anywhere.
Now, protesters are instead asking that Family Puppy only sell animals from area shelters.
We love the idea of finding homes for more rescued pooches, but, again, Family Puppy’s owners have a right to conduct business, legally, as they see fit.
Besides, as David Tucker, the executive director of the Humane Society of Genesee County, noted in an earlier story, the store sells so-called designer dogs for which the customer base is pretty limited.
In other words, these aren’t the same customers likely to choose a shelter animal anyway.
Protesters claim Family Puppy, which operates five stores in Michigan, buys its animals from puppy mills. Stottele, however, said the company carefully scrutinizes the breeders it uses.
In the meantime, Stottele does promote shelter adoptions through events in the store, and signs are posted encouraging it.
Even that is going above and beyond what he is required to do as a businessman.
Yes, Genesee County’s high euthanasia rate for dogs needs to be addressed, but targeting a pet store won’t have as great an impact as doing a better job educating the public about shelter adoption and encouraging folks to spay or neuter their pets.


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On Thursday, in a statement, the Chinese Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) said, it aims to establish a working group with its U.S-based counterpart.
The development marks a key shift from the Trump Administration’s moves to levy costs on China following a stream of intelligence reports of cyber campaigns launched by Beijing backed actors to steal U.S. intellectual property.
The announcement by CSIA signals a closer cooperation between the two countries over technology.
In a post. The CSIA said, it would form a joint working group with Washington-based Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), with each side being represented by 10 semiconductor companies. The working group will meet at least twice a year to discuss issues including intellectual property, encryption, and trade policy.
The CSIA’s statement did not shed light on the date of the first meeting, nor the companies involved.
The SIA did not respond to requests for comments. The SIA’s website has not mention of the working group.
According to research firm ICInsights, of the $143 billion worth of chips sold in China last year, semiconductors worth $22.7 billion were produced in China; $8.3 billion was produced by Chinese-headquartered companies.
With Washington taking punitive steps towards Beijing’s murky economic policies which force foreign companies to fight state-backed Chinese companies, Huawei Technologies Co, one of China’s rare jewel, took a critical hit on its once-booming smartphone business.
While the Trump Administration’s punitive sanctions hit their mark against Chinese companies, it however created a global chip shortage.
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That analogy isn't likely to appear on the SATs next year. But that's precisely the question at the heart of the legal dispute over whether Apple will be allowed to use the iPhone name--currently trademarked by Cisco--for the new device unveiled at Macworld. Cisco sued Apple on Wednesday, claiming the iPhone violates a trademark Cisco acquired in 2000 and uses for a line of .
There are a few avenues that Apple can pursue in defending itself against Cisco's lawsuit. However, no matter what the company does, it is treading uphill because Cisco has a registered trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, according to lawyers interviewed Thursday. "As a federal trademark holder, there are certain presumptions," said Grace Han Stanton, a trademark lawyer with Perkins Coie in Seattle.
Apple also apparently recognized the value of Cisco's trademark, as it started negotiating with Cisco for the rights to use the iPhone brand as early as 2001 and was involved in negotiations as late as Monday night, according to Cisco. Apple has declined to comment on its negotiations with Cisco.
One tack that Apple can take is proving that its iPhone is as different from Cisco's iPhone as Delta Air Lines is different from Delta Faucet, said David Radack, chair of the intellectual property department at the Pittsburgh law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott. No one is going to call Delta Faucet looking for a round-trip ticket from San Francisco to New York, so two companies can use the same trademark if they don't confuse the other's customers, he said.
Preventing consumer confusion is one of the primary reasons for trademark law, Radack said. Courts must consider whether the average consumer would be flummoxed by the fact that a faucet company and an airline share the same name. "Since the mark is the same, are the goods substantially different?" he asked.
This appears to be one facet of Apple's legal strategy, as one part of its statement Thursday in response to the lawsuit read, "We're the first company ever to use iPhone for a cell phone." Any court taking up the Cisco versus Apple case would have to decide if voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phones are substantially different from cell phones, and while some might consider a phone a phone, it's not clear cut, Radack said.
Apple can also argue that it owns a "family" of trademarks related to the iPhone, said Craig Mende, a lawyer with trademark and copyright firm Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu in New York. For example, the iPod, iTunes, iMac, iWork and iLife products all bear a strong association with Apple, so the company could argue that consumers would naturally associate the iPhone with Apple.
The most famous example of this strategy is used by McDonalds, which has successfully argued that any other company that attached "Mc" to their product, like a McPhone, is creating consumer confusion that the McPhone is a McDonald's product. Even though you really shouldn't eat a phone, consumers would automatically associate McDonald's with anything using the "Mc" prefix, Mende said.
The problem with this argument is that the letter "i" is not a strong letter for trademark purposes, said Grace Han Stanton, a trademark attorney with Perkins Coie in Seattle. "There are a number of parties that use 'i' for Internet services," she said.
For example, Sony uses a technology it calls iLink to describe its implementation of the FireWire, or IEEE1394, connection. And there's also a company that operates the iBoat Store, selling boats and boating supplies over the Internet. And several iPod accessory makers use lower-case "i"s in their product names, such as the Soundcast iCast or the Klipsch iGroove, Mende said.
And Apple has established an association between itself and the specific iPhone term because it went ahead and launched a product with a name that it didn't have clear rights to use. This is called "reverse confusion," when one company starts using a trademark used by another company, and the later entrant into the market creates a significant buzz around its products. Given the sheer volume of iPhone coverage and that Apple is better known among average consumers than Cisco, people might assume that Cisco is ripping off Apple's iPhone with its family of VoIP phones, Radack said.
If either of those tactics fails to impress a judge or jury, Apple could also claim that Cisco has failed to defend its iPhone trademark, Stanton said. Cisco acquired the iPhone trademark when it bought Infogear in 2000. Since then, other companies, such as Teledex and Orate Telecommunications Services, have shipped products--products that directly compete with the Cisco/Infogear line of phones--bearing the iPhone moniker.
Even Cisco doesn't appear to have actively used the iPhone name until weeks before Apple's announcement. Cisco says that it sold products under the iPhone trademark after it acquired Infogear in 2000--until it started selling Linksys VoIP phones using the iPhone name starting in early 2006. But references to either a Cisco or Linksys iPhone were not readily available on the Web sites of either division until December 2006, when Linksys launched the iPhone family of VoIP phones.
If Apple can argue that Cisco failed to defend the trademark until it launched the new iPhones in 2006, it could possibly convince a judge that Cisco abandoned the trademark, Stanton said. Cisco has said that it used the iPhone trademark on VoIP phones sold in early 2006, and maintains that is has actively defended its trademark. "We have taken all actions necessary to satisfy all elements to prove the validity of our trademark under trademark law," a Cisco spokesman said.
However, settlement is the most likely outcome of this dispute, given the burden of proof on Apple needed to overcome Cisco's trademark registration, the lawyers said. "Even big companies get legal fatigue," Radack said.
But Cisco has said that negotiations broke down over Cisco's desire for interoperability between its iPhone and Apple's. Apple is not known for its desire to make its products interoperable with anyone else's, so if there's no amount of money that could make Cisco happy, we could be in for a battle.
CNET News.com's Marguerite Reardon contributed to this report.


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From: Tempo InteractiveTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The Chairman of the Jakarta Branch of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Edy Kuntadi, said that some customs regulations obstruct free trade implementation.
For example, import products letter of origins must be submitted at a maximum of three days after shipping.
“This surpasses the time limit for products that are supposed to be free of import duty get charged,” he said yesterday.
Other regulations complained about are the one requiring entrepreneur that rectifies the memorandum of import documents to be heavily sanctioned, up to 1000 percent.
“If the importer was not found, the Customs Arrangement Service Companies (PPJK) must bear it,” said Eddy
The General Manager of Sarana Lintas Caraka - one of the PPJK--Mamik Leksono, revealed that there are numerous importers that failed to use free trade facilities.
“From 20 import documents handled, five of them failed,” said Mamik. This is unfortunate for the importers because import products price will be higher.
The Customs Information Director, Susiwijono, said he comsidered that submitting the note of origin more than three days after is still permissible.
“As long as they have obtained the original stamp from the letter of origin publisher,” he said.
According to him, the government has socialized the rules several times.
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Quality recognition for Marke Creative
Marke Creative is the recipient of the 2019 Co-op Technical Quality award, which recognises quality, innovation, and integrity.
Marke has been a strategic partner with the Co-op for five years, working closely with the retailer to develop more than 200 high-quality own-label products. Over the years, it has sought to continuously improve standards in managing and educating its factory sites across China.
The company works collaboratively with factories, and inspectors receive continuous training. Most recently, this has included training to understand the new BRC quality audit standards and SMETA ethical audit standards. Donna Murphy, director of sourcing and compliance at Marke, said: “Quality and innovation is ultimately at the forefront of everything we do.
That’s why we’re particularly proud to be recognised by one of our key partners for all the work we’ve done in going beyond audit and making marked improvements within our supply chain.”


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Feature | The fashion connection of the brands now on the ramps
At Lakme Fashion Week we see that many brands hired their designers and presented a fashion show. DHL the official logistics partner for LFW gave designers Nachiket Barve, Little Shilpa and Swapnil Shinde an opportunity to put their creativity to the ultimate test with Speed as the inspiration.
Well this event is a fashion celebration with not only lots of glamour, but with business as well. Today, as it turns out to be, it is more of a business event, mixed with creativity so that both the brands and the designers can gear up and lead a steady monetary life in their respective markets. | By Aanchal Kohli [aanchal(at)adgully.com]


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India’s pet care market is a sleeping giant, and that’s good news, no matter if you are a cat person or a dog person
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One of the most exciting things about the growth of D2C is that it has ushered in the age of brands in India. Just the other day, I was looking at gifts for a friend’s new pet and to my surprise, nearly a dozen Indian startups have rolled out private label pet care and accessories brands, in addition to a handful of marketplaces.
India’s pet care market is a sleeping giant, and there’s more reason to be excited, especially now that funding has started to trickle in. But as we will see, ‘Big Pet Food’ is not about to make it easy for brands to make a dent in their market share.
First, here are two stories that caught our attention in the past week:
- Purplle Patch! The beauty marketplace, which operates the private label StayQuirky, raised $75 Mn from Kedaara Capital, Sequoia and Blume
- Solethreads Steps Up! Can the D2C footwear startup become the go-to flip-flop brand in India
Our cats and dogs may often be the smallest member of the family but there’s definitely nothing small about the love and affection we shower upon them. And this is keenly reflected in the spending for pet care and pet food.
Make no mistake; this is a mega industry and something most non-pet owners may not even be aware of.
?? The India Opportunity: For one, India is the fastest growing pet care market in the world, with the pet care market in India expected to grow 14% to become a $490 Mn opportunity by 2022. The pet food market alone will contribute more than 63% or $310 Mn to this, led by dog food.
??The Pet Care Brigade: India’s pet care landscape is largely dominated by pet food brands, with accessories, lifestyle products and grooming being secondary. The major players include the likes of Heads Up For Tails (HUFT), Supertails, Dogspot, Wiggles, Doggie Dabbas, Benny’s Bowls, Flying Fur, Captain Zack among others.
A majority of these are focussed on pet food, while Supertails and HUFT are both marketplaces that even offer vet consultations. Within this space, products are evolving quickly; Wiggles, for example, offers cannabis pain therapy oils for our canine and feline friends.
Akshay Gupta, who is an investor in pet grooming company Flying Fur, believes that market maturity is key for adoption of pet lifestyle products. After all, food is an everyday necessity, whereas grooming or lifestyle products are not.
?Investors Show Love: The funding tap has been well and truly turned on for some of the major pet care startups. This past week, Pune-based Wiggles raised $5.5 Mn to fuel research and development in new ‘category-creating’ products. HUFT raised $37 Mn in a Series A round in August, while in July, Supertails raised $2.6 Mn from VC firms and celeb investors such as Deepika Padukone.
??The Pet Influencers: Like other D2C categories, pet care brands are bullish on influencer marketing and social commerce. Dogspot, which is one of the older pet care startups in India having been founded in 2007, is looking to turn influencers into resellers after converting them into true fans of the products, said founder Rana Atheya.
?Big Pet Care Vs Startups: But given that the global pet care market is estimated to be a $241.1 Bn opportunity by 2026, the incumbents and established retail players are unlikely to sit back and give up their share of the market.
Startups expect to see pushback from brands in terms of aggressive pricing or retail tactics from companies. Gupta, who is also founder of dog food brand Benny’s Bowl, said the advantage for startups is that they are run by those who love pets and so the products are well informed and modern.
? The D2C Acquisition Brigade
Last week, we dived into the entry of Thrasio in India and how it will play out amid a slew of competitors looking to acquire and scale-up brands or buy out established players. Here are the acquisitions made by these Thrasio-like platforms this year:
D2C Discovery: Salad ?
When we think of condoms, the brands that pop up in your head are the usual contraceptive giants such as Manforce or Durex and their salacious ads, but that could soon change if Aruna Chawla and her startup Salad have a say.
Chawla wants to change the dialogue and narrative around condoms in India, which is pleasure focused and not about health. Salad’s vegan condoms are made in India with non-toxic and natural rubber latex sourced from sustainable rubber forests in India.
?The Idea: India has very low adoption rates for condoms (5.6%), despite it being the cheapest contraceptive and even being sold at subsidised rates by the government. Chawla believes this is due to the stigma or shame associated with condoms.
? Business Model: Salad sells a single condom SKU through its website right now, and will list its products on Nykaa, Amazon, NetMeds and other online channels in the next two months. It claims to have over 500 customers with 60% repeat orders. It’s looking to expand its condom lineup before entering the broader sexual wellness, health, and lifestyle products market in 2022.
?The Mission: The company is also looking to introduce sex education curriculum in schools and colleges — Salad has pledged 15% of its profits towards this cause.
?Presenting FAST42 – D2C Edition 2022
The age of D2C deserves recognition in its own right. Which is why Inc42 and social commerce platform Trell have collaborated to seek out and celebrate India’s fastest-growing D2C brands with the inaugural FAST42 – D2C Edition 2022.
We are looking for 42 of India’s fastest-growing D2C brands who get a chance to boost their visibility, gain brand recognition and access potential growth opportunities. The last date of application is November 15, 2021.Explore FAST42 Now
D2C Buzz In India
- ? Baby’s Day Out! Baby care brand R For Rabbit raised INR 40 Cr and is looking to expand its lineup of baby toys, development products and nursing equipment
- ?Nykaa’s Fab IPO! Nykaa drew massive interest from investors, with its IPO having been subscribed 81.78 times and attracting bids worth nearly $32.53 Bn
- ?Running In Flip-Flops… Footwear brand CHUPPS raised $1.1 Mn to expand its range of sustainable flip-flops
- ?Thrasio For Food? Hyderabad-based TTSF Cloud One raised $5.3 Mn from Times of India group’s Brand Capital looking to acquire cloud kitchens
That’s all for this week folks.
Here’s wishing you a very happy Diwali from everyone here at Inc42.


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Last week, Nintendo made the surprise announcement that the Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games will be coming to Switch Online as part of a new paid level of ‘Expansion Pack’. Nintendo will also sell N64 and Genesis controllers for $ 64.99 to use with these games.
Now, the company has revealed a special version of the Genesis controller that has six buttons instead of the usual three. However, it will only be offered in Japan, a Nintendo of America spokesperson confirmed to Polygon.
The spokesperson did not provide a specific reason for this exclusivity outside of a general statement that “different regions make different decisions based on a variety of factors.” With that said, the spokesperson noted that the three-button setup was “by far the most widely used and well-known SEGA Genesis controller in these regions.”
What Polygon explains, this was certainly true. The six-button controller wasn’t released until several years after the Genesis was released. It was then introduced in response to the growing popularity of arcade games with many entries like Street Fighter and Streets of rage.
It is important to note that while Nintendo Switch accessories are technically region free, the company says it “cannot guarantee compatibility between systems and accessories for all regions.” So you might want to take that into account if you’re thinking of importing the six-button gamepad or any other Japan-exclusive peripherals.
However, for now, the three-button controller and Switch Online expansion pack are scheduled to launch sometime in October. Nintendo says that specific pricing and release time will be revealed at a later date.
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17 percent of foreign companies started in Turkey during September were started with Iranian investment, Today's Zaman reports.
That figure comes from a Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) report released on Friday. It appears to be part of a rising trend; the same report says that 2,140 companies were funded by Iran last year — a 40% increase on 2010.
More than half of all Iranian-funded companies are based in Istanbul, the report said.
The worry is that these new companies are being used to get around the numerous sanctions that restrict international trade with Iran. Many believe these sanctions were behind recent trouble in the Iranian economy.
One source, a former senior executive of a Turkish company with deep ties to Iran, told Zaman that this was very much the case. "Some of these [Iranian] companies were established to procure goods and merchandise for the Iranian economy in clear violation of the [Western] sanctions [aimed at pressuring Iran to drop its controversial nuclear program]. They use smugglers to get the merchandise across the border to Iran."


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Comedian and author Sarah Silverman is one in every of three writers to file a class-circulation lawsuit in opposition to the technology company OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, for copyright infringement. The writers also sued Meta, which has its personal substantial language mannequin called LLaMa, for coaching on their exclaim material without permission.
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Within the lawsuit, the plaintiffs insist that they “didn’t consent to utilizing their copyrighted books as coaching field cloth for ChatGPT,” claiming the texts were “ingested and historic to mutter” the bogus intelligence chatbot.
To generate responses that sound esteem a human wrote them, AI bots are trained on massive amounts of recordsdata peaceable from the web. However OpenAI is opaque about what source texts it makes use of to mutter its devices, citing “the competitive landscape and the protection implications” of substantial-scale devices esteem GPT-4.
Many types of materials are historic to mutter substantial language devices, and books are a key share of the coaching datasets on tale of they provide prolonged examples of fine quality writing. However according to Silverman’s lawsuit, most of the e book recordsdata comes from OpenAI coaching on “illegal shadow libraries” that non-public the writers’ work.
So, what is going to all of us learn about how ChatGPT is trained? OpenAI has stated that 15% of the coaching pickle for GPT-3, the language mannequin currently being historic for the free model of the AI bot, comes from “two web-basically basically based thoroughly books corpora” that the corporate merely calls “Books1” and “Books2,” according to the lawsuit.
However, there are clues about these two recordsdata sets. “Books1” is linked to Project Gutenberg (an on-line e-e book library with over 60,000 titles), a standard dataset for AI researchers to mutter their recordsdata on attributable to the dearth of copyright, the filing states. “Books2” is estimated to personal about 294,000 titles, it notes.
Most of the “web-basically basically based thoroughly books corpora” is liable to come from shadow library web sites equivalent to Library Genesis, Z-Library, Sci-Hub, and Bibliotik. The books aggregated by these web sites are on hand in bulk by strategy of torrent web sites, that are known for web hosting copyrighted materials.
Shadow libraries are on-line databases that offer access to millions of books and articles which could be out of print, exhausting to connect, and paywalled. A lot of these databases, which started exhibiting on-line spherical 2008, originated in Russia, which has a prolonged custom of sharing forbidden books, according to the magazine Cause.
Soon ample, these libraries modified into effectively-liked by money-strapped lecturers spherical the area thanks to the high price of gaining access to scholarly journals—with some reportedly going for as grand as $500 for an thoroughly begin-access article.
These shadow libraries are also called “pirate libraries” on tale of they most regularly infringe on copyrighted work and decrease into the publishing alternate’s earnings. A 2017 Nielsen and Digimarc mediate (pdf) chanced on that pirated books were “depressing legit e book sales by as grand as 14%.”
Governments spherical the area possess cracked down on shadow libraries. Closing October, the FBI seized several web sites connected to Z-Library and charged two Russian nationals with criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud, and money laundering. However after the US government took down one in every of the positioning’s foremost on-line locations, others created mirrors of the positioning as Vice reported. Courts in France and India possess also ordered web service services to dam Z-Library.
Silverman isn’t by myself in suing generative AI companies. Earlier this year, a community of visible artists sued Steadiness AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt for copyright infringement. Closing November, GitHub programmers filed a class-circulation lawsuit in opposition to GitHub, its guardian company Microsoft Corp., and OpenAI, which counts Microsoft as a serious investor. The lawsuit alleges that GitHub Copilot, an AI product, depends on “unparalleled begin-source gadget piracy.”
Basically based on the rising complaints, Pau Garcia, the founder of Domestic Data Streamers, an art consulting firm, wrote in a LinkedIn submit in January that AI companies must shift their coaching devices to easiest use the sphere cloth in the final public domain or do away with the artist’s work from the devices. Corporations will pay artists outright to utilize their exclaim material for coaching recordsdata, Garcia added.
Corporations are also toying with letting artists possess a say over what exclaim material AI devices will also be trained on. In Could perhaps, song streaming platform Audius launched a fresh characteristic allowing artists to connect a page for his or her work that any individual can use for AI-generated tracks.


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They were the norm before but there’s not a lot of them available in the new car market anymore. We’re talking about the American two-door SUV, and for some, it would be nice to have more choices. Sure, there’s the Wrangler and Bronco, but we’re all for variety, right?
Back then, there were SUVs such as the Dodge Ramcharger, the full-sized Ford Bronco, and, of course, the Chevrolet K5 Blazer. It’s safe to say that most of us have a soft spot for the Chevy, mainly because they used to be everywhere. General Motors bailed out of the full-size, two-door SUV market in 1999 when they discontinued that body style option for the Tahoe.
But the spirit of the K5 Blazer lives on in many enthusiasts. Some restore them to its former glory, while others modify them one way or another. The folks at Flat Out Autos are among them, so they built one themselves out of the previous-generation Tahoe.
If that name sounds familiar, Flat Out Autos is the same crew that built ‘retrofied’ Tahoes to look like the Blazers and Suburbans from the the ’70s. Whether the design is a hit or a miss is up to you, but the quality of work is impressive, nonetheless. There was even a customer who bought four of the same SUVs. But Flat Out Autos reckoned there was room to build a two-door version, and that’s exactly what they did.
Gallery: Flat Out Autos Reveals 2-Door K5 Blazer Conversion For SEMA
They call it the K5 Tahoe, and it even has custom badging for good measure. Flat Out Autos said it started life as a 2018 Z71 Tahoe. After that, they took a chunk out in the middle, removed the rear doors, and made custom side windows to complete the look. The mods are easier said than done, of course, but the results are worth talking about. Not only that, the airbags are still in the right places, while the parking sensors and lane keep assist still function as advertised.
This K5 Tahoe will be on display at the upcoming SEMA Show. If you’re in the area by the first weekend of November, perhaps you can check it out for yourself.
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The tech sector has garnered a reputation for being full of investment opportunities that can deliver high growth to investors. There was already a shift toward a digital economy, but the onset of COVID-19 and ensuing lockdowns accelerated the digital migration. Consumer habits also changed as spending on omnichannel platforms increased.
Despite the possibility of the world soon moving into a post-pandemic era, the tech industry has the potential to deliver even more growth in the coming years. Canadian investors are fortunate that several TSX-listed tech stocks can outperform the broader stock market by a considerable margin in the coming years.
Investing in technology makes the most sense right now for wealth-growth-seeking investors. Today, I will discuss two of the best TSX tech stocks for you to consider buying today.
Shopify (TSX:SHOP)(NYSE:SHOP) might remain the top pick for many Canadian investors interested in capitalizing on the tech industry’s growth. The e-commerce giant has put up stellar growth figures since it became a publicly listed company on the TSX.
The rapid shift in the selling model towards omnichannel platforms has benefited the company’s growth. As favourable industry trends persist, Shopify is well-positioned to continue delivering strong revenues in the coming years.
The company has a reputation for retaining its existing merchants and adding new ones, spelling excellent news for the company’s growth in the short and long term. Shopify has also expanded its platforms, and its payments solutions business is allowing the company to continue inspiring confidence among investors.
The stock is trading for $1,717 per share at writing and is down by almost 17% from its all-time high in July. It could be the perfect time to invest in its shares to enjoy short-term upside from its recovery and long-term wealth growth as the company continues to deliver good results.
Nuvei (TSX:NVEI) has been riding the wave of changing consumer habits by capitalizing on its payment solutions services. The company is a highly rated payment technology solutions provider that has focused on high-growth verticals and accepting more payment types than many of its peers.
The integrated solutions provided by Nuvei have combined with its innovative products and strategic acquisitions strategy to accelerate the company’s growth and sustain the considerable rise in its share prices. The company expects to sustain its rapid growth trend in its adjusted EBITDA, revenues, and volume.
Trading for $164.82 per share at writing, the $23.54 billion market capitalization tech giant is down by 5.84% from its all-time high in mid-September 2021. It could be the perfect time to buy its shares before it rises beyond reach.
The pullback in the stock market during September 2021 was the worst-performing period for the S&P/TSX Composite Index since the pandemic began. The entire stock market went through a significant downturn during that time and has only begun showing signs of life again at the start of October.
The broad correction saw many high-quality stocks take a downturn. Even the likes of Shopify stock and Nuvei stock declined by a significant margin. Investing in shares of these two companies at discounted prices could provide you with decent short-term returns as the shares recover to better valuations and significant long-term gains in the coming years.


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Disney Heads to a Galaxy Far, Far Away with New Star Wars Trilogy
Rian Johnson will create new movies.
Disney has announced that Rian Johnson — who directed the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi — will be creating an all-new Stars Wars trilogy. It will not include Luke Skywalker, though, and will instead introduce new characters from “a corner of the galaxy that Star Wars lore has never before explored,” according to Esquire.
“We all loved working with Rian on The Last Jedi,” said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, according to Variety. “He’s a creative force, and watching him craft The Last Jedi from start to finish was one of the great joys of my career. Rian will do amazing things with the blank canvas of this new trilogy.”
It is not yet clear whether the movies will be labeled 10, 11, and 12, or if the new trilogy will leave behind the sequential numbering. No other details have been announced and it is unclear when the filming and release will be.
“We had the time of our lives collaborating with Lucasfilm and Disney on The Last Jedi,” Johnson and Bergman said in a joint statement, according to Variety. “Star Wars is the greatest modern mythology and we feel very lucky to have contributed to it. We can’t wait to continue with this new series of films.”
The Last Jedi is set to release Dec. 15, and it will be interesting to see how long fans have to wait for the new trilogy. Will the new movies be set decades before or after the Skywalker years? Will anyone we know and love return for a cameo? We will just have to wait and see.
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P&G adopts fair trade coffeeNovember 2003
Procter & Gamble is to introduce fair trade coffee into its US product range through its coffee division Millstone.
US shareholder activists have filed a number of resolutions on the issue at annual meetings, and the company has been talking about it with a number of SRI organizations, led by Domini Social Investments.
Adam Kanzer, director of shareholder advocacy at Domini, said the move showed P&G, the largest seller of coffee in the US, ‘is willing to address complex inequities in the market with forward-thinking action.’
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Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. Reports Results For 2018 Third Quarter
San Antonio, TX, November 8, 2018 – Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2018.
“In the third quarter we continued to combine sales execution with digital innovations across our Americas and International businesses, generating results for us and our advertising partners,” said Bob Pittman, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. “Our progress in making advanced data insights and programmatic central to our platform has opened up even more opportunities for marketers to create strategic moments of engagement with their audiences at scale. This is one of the reasons many of the world’s most respected brands, including top Internet media companies, appear on our out-of-home advertising displays.”
Rich Bressler, Chief Financial Officer of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. said, “We have delivered another quarter of growth with both Americas and International contributing to revenue, operating income and OIBDAN increases in the third quarter. We continue to benefit from the success of our strategic initiatives while remaining committed to financial discipline.”


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The latest rumor on the iPhone 5 release date is that Apple's fancied next-generation iPhone will not probably be launched on Sept. 7.
And it looks like it's a logical guess.First, there is no point in releasing iPhone 5 without loading it with the iOS 5 as competition in the smartphone arena is really hotting up with several Android phones ready to roll out daunting features. A new iPhone version in September, which does not have commanding new features promised by iOS 5, will be a lame duck.
And iOs 5 is not ready to roll out until fall, according to Apple's own clear statement at the WWDC this month. Fall sets in, in the third week of September and it refers to a time frame until November end. If Apple gets iOS 5 ready later in the fall, then iPhone 5 will have to take the lag as well.
As it is, this 'next generation' iPhone is not a full fat update of the existing model. There will only be minor hardware updates like a better processor and an improved camera. The design and form factors of the device will remain the same too. It is expected that a real updated version of the iPhone will come some time in 2012.
This fact had indeed set in motion the talk about 'iPhone 4 S'. The theory was that what Apple will launch in 2011 will be a minor update, like the iPhone 3GS that was launched in the interval between iPhone 3G and the iPhone 4.
There is still a feeble line of argument suggesting that the next iPhone version will still be called iPhone 4 S, though fewer observers believe so now.
Anyway, Apple cannot afford to launch a revamped iPhone in early September, without having the iOS 5 loaded on it. If Apple does really have to launch iPhone 5 in early September, it will have to use the existing version of iOS, which will soon become redundant as Apple releases the iOS 5 in the fall, as promised. This will be suicidal, as the device will fall out of favor immediately and Apple will probably sit on a big redundant stockpile.
The emerging situation in the smartphone segment is indeed tricky for Apple. The competition has gotten a lot tougher for Apple. For example, the arrival of Google’s Nexus 4G would all but annihilate Apple if it still decided to go ahead with iPhone 4. And there is the whole lot of purported iPhone killers like Droid Bionic, Photon 4G and Samsung Galaxy S 2.
Is Apple uncharacteristically displaying its feet of clay? On the one hand, Apple must have to roll out at least an incrementally new iPhone. Because, iPhone adherents will seethe with anger if their phone doesn’t tally up to the competitions' range of Android OS-based phones as early as possible. Apple must have found it difficult to contend with the allegation that most of the rumored iPhone 5 features are already on Android OS-based devices. So why not at least give a chance to iPhone enthusiasts to get on an even keel with the Android phones by moving to the upgraded iPhone 5?
On the other hand, until Apple unleashes something more radical and revolutionary than the projected iOS 5, coupled with a totally made over iPhone model, it wouldn’t have dealt the sucker punch to the growing army of Android OS-bases devices. That's what iPhone fans badly want too.
The reality is that for a radical new iPhone, it's a wait until 2012 while a Fall release of a new iPhone version loaded with iOS 5 can play catch up with the competition.


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Growing losses due to shoplifting could lead to higher prices and possible store closures, Walmart CEO Doug McMillion is warning.
“Theft is an issue. It’s higher than what it has historically been,” McMillion told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “We’ve got safety measures, security measures that we’ve put in place by store location. I think local law enforcement being staffed and being a good partner is part of that equation, and that’s normally how we approach it.”
McMillion said a lax approach from prosecutors handling shoplifting cases could impact the chain’s future.
“If that’s not corrected over time, prices will be higher, and/or stores will close,” McMillon said.
Last month, Target officials said organized retail crime in its stores has led to more than $400 million in profit losses in 2022.
“Along with other retailers, we’ve seen a significant increase in theft and organized retail crime across our business,” Brian Cornell, Target’s CEO, per Business Insider.
Cornell said the company is implementing preventative measures to stop the problem.
“It’s obviously not something we like to do,” he said. “It’s far less convenient for guests as they shop our stores, but we think we can manage that from a service perspective.”


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RackTop Systems Active Defense Technology Wins Four Global InfoSec Awards During RSA Conference 2023
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Principled Technologies Releases New Report and Infographic That Show Azure Cosmos DB Provided Lower Transaction Latency Than Amazon DynamoDB
Principled Technologies compared the transaction latency performance and cost of the two NoSQL solutions using the Yahoo! Cloud Serving Benchmark. - April 22, 2023 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
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Principled Technologies Finds Migrating to Newer Dell Latitude 7430 and OptiPlex 7400 Business PCs Could Improve Productivity
Principled Technologies (PT) examined how performance on newer Dell Latitude 7430 laptop and OptiPlex 7400 all-in-one desktop business PCs preloaded with Windows 11 Pro and Microsoft security features compared to previous-gen Dell business PCs running Windows 10 Pro. - April 19, 2023 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
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EsportsNext 2023 is coming to Chicago from August 21-22 at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel and will be the epicenter of the esports world. EsportsNext provides an opportunity for industry leaders, business professionals, and gaming enthusiasts to come together and discuss the future of esports. - April 17, 2023 - Esports Trade Association
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The Dragon Ball Fighterz closed beta is due to launch soon on PS4 and Xbox One.
Bandai Namco has revealed that closed beta signs up for its upcoming fighting game begin shortly.
How to sign up for the Dragon Ball Fighterz beta
The publisher is expecting a lot of demand, and initially sign ups were due to begin today. However, Bandai Namco wants to include the capacity of the servers to allow more players to join in, so beta entries will be accepted from 22 August, 2017.
The closed beta phase will begin in Europe only on September 16 and 17 (all times in CST):
1st Session -10:00am – 13:00pm (Saturday)
2nd Session – 18:00pm – 21:00pm (Saturday)
3rd Session – 2:00am – 5:00am (Sunday)
4th Session – 21:00pm – 00:00am (Sunday/Monday)
Players will be able to access the game lobby and will be able to test out more than nine characters.
“We would like to thank all of our fans for their patience and understanding; we look forward to sharing more news about the DRAGON BALL FighterZ Closed Beta program soon,” wrote a PR representative following the postponment of sign ups.


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Private Advisor Group LLC raised its stake in shares of The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) by 18.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 33,012 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,224 shares during the period. Private Advisor Group LLC’s holdings in The Kroger were worth $1,265,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in The Kroger by 489.3% during the 2nd quarter. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 9,375 shares of the company’s stock valued at $359,000 after purchasing an additional 7,784 shares during the last quarter. AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in The Kroger by 1.7% during the 2nd quarter. AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC now owns 75,037 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,875,000 after purchasing an additional 1,289 shares during the last quarter. Systematic Alpha Investments LLC acquired a new position in The Kroger during the 2nd quarter valued at about $415,000. XTX Topco Ltd boosted its stake in The Kroger by 47.2% during the 2nd quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 12,461 shares of the company’s stock valued at $477,000 after purchasing an additional 3,998 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wade G W & Inc. boosted its stake in The Kroger by 7.1% during the 2nd quarter. Wade G W & Inc. now owns 6,683 shares of the company’s stock valued at $256,000 after purchasing an additional 444 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.42% of the company’s stock.
A number of research firms have issued reports on KR. Credit Suisse Group lifted their price target on The Kroger from $36.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, September 13th. Telsey Advisory Group lifted their target price on shares of The Kroger from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, September 13th. Northcoast Research lifted their target price on shares of The Kroger from $46.00 to $49.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 7th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their target price on shares of The Kroger from $36.00 to $41.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, June 21st. Finally, lifted their target price on shares of The Kroger from $37.00 to $41.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, June 18th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have issued a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $38.44.
The Kroger (NYSE:KR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 9th. The company reported $0.80 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.64 by $0.16. The Kroger had a net margin of 0.87% and a return on equity of 28.26%. The company had revenue of $31.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $30.69 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.73 EPS. The Kroger’s revenue was up 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts predict that The Kroger Co. will post 3.28 earnings per share for the current year.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.21 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 12th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.13%. The Kroger’s payout ratio is 24.21%.
The Kroger declared that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Thursday, June 17th that permits the company to buyback $1.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 3.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.
In other The Kroger news, SVP Mary Ellen Adcock sold 18,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $42.08, for a total transaction of $778,480.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, VP Christine S. Wheatley sold 25,322 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $39.68, for a total transaction of $1,004,776.96. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 73,479 shares of company stock worth $2,966,226 in the last three months. Insiders own 1.35% of the company’s stock.
The Kroger Company Profile
The Kroger Co engages in the operation of supermarkets and multi-department stores. Its brands include Big K, Check This Out…, Heritage Farm, Simple Truth, and Simple Truth Organic. The company was founded by Barney Kroger in 1883 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Part of the traditional Philadelphia Polish Easter experience is standing in line for meat in Port Richmond.
Folks don’t seem to mind standing in line at Swiacki Meats; in fact, they say it’s a tradition, and it’s worth it to get their Polish delicacies.
“Kielbasi, fresh rye, we have some pound cake, butter cake. As for food, we’re going to do the traditional lamb, the snowflake rolls, and the potato and macaroni salad and all that fun stuff,” said one customer.
As for the the wait:
“Yeah, it’s not bad. It’s only 45 minutes,” said another customer.
“My sister’s texting me: get a babka, get this! Get that! So, she’s adding to my list right now,” said yet another patient customer.
Folks say you have to have all the traditional foods when the family comes together for Easter.
“That’s what it’s about! Yeah, food! That’s one of the only things to bring them back!” one customer explained.


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Food is our most frequently indulged pleasure. Yet what’s on the plate goes beyond taste and texture. It’s about politics and culture. It’s about supply chains and climate change. It’s about nutrition and health outcomes. It’s about the working conditions and living standards of farmers. Sure, it’s about trendy pop-ups and exciting food trucks. But it’s also about crop-destroying cyclones and locust swarms.
Scientists have been crying hoarse for decades that human actions are pushing life on our shared planet towards disaster. Food production, transport, processing and waste are placing enormous pressure on environmental resources. By 2050, with the global population expected to reach nearly 10 billion, the requirement for food will be 60% higher than it is today. But, at the current rate of ecological degradation, there simply won’t be enough arable land left to meet this demand, according to the World Economic Forum. The result: a food security crisis.
Do we care? No.
We have our heads in the sand, and live in a state of denial. We think: “It won’t happen to me or in my lifetime, or be that bad.”
Yet the early days of the coronavirus-induced lockdown gave us a taste of what a food crisis could be like. With restrictions on borders, transport and employment, hunger worsened among the poor and farm incomes plummeted. In cities, the disrupted supply lines reflected in sparser grocery shelves. This time, there was no denying the disaster. We felt the pinch because it affected everyone directly, including us privileged.
As the pandemic made us housebound, we began buying, cooking and eating very differently. The virus limited potentially dangerous trips to the market. Rather than behaving like kids rampaging through a candy shop, we went shopping for groceries with focused lists.
Food prices surged. We felt the pressure on our wallets and turned affordable pantry staples into delicious, healthy meals. Low-cost sources of protein, which were occasionally overlooked in the past, found a more prominent place on our menus.
In the absence of domestic workers, we took to making solid, belly-filling one-pot meals. Instead of luxury, we learnt to embrace minimalism. Stocking up our pantries with essentials, we became experts at rationing.
Staggering waste occurred during the initial phase of the lockdown due to limited ability to produce, store and transport food. Cabbage crops were flattened. Chickens were culled because of rumours linking poultry to the virus. Milk was poured down drains.
As supplies dwindled, there was a significant reduction in food wastage at the post-purchase stage. Determined not to relegate anything to the bin, we realised that an overripe banana is just fine to eat beneath its blackened peel.
We repurposed leftovers, became formidable baristas and tried our hand at the art of baking sourdough. We became masters at substituting ingredients – coriander in place of parsley, and lemon zest when lemongrass was not available.
The resultant diversity expanded our taste horizons. Before Covid-19, we had been relying on a predictable repertoire of dishes and core ingredients. By having a varied plate, we turned out more exciting meals.
Frustrated by the lack of slots on online delivery apps, we shopped at standalone mom-and-pop stores marked with chalked-out circles for physical distancing. It was these local heroes that kept our pantries running.
Supply and demand
The pandemic bared the many fault lines of the global supply chain.
As lockdowns sealed borders and trade restrictions prevented food from reaching its markets, international food trade flatlined. Countries that depend heavily on imported wheat and rice suffered. It became clear that overreliance on any system that cannot adapt during an emergency is a mistake.
We realised the importance of food sovereignty and of building resilience into local food supply chains. We understood that protectionism, which restricts access to the earth’s diversity, is not the answer. But a model that pollutes the planet and doesn’t have a safety net against economic shock needs an urgent overhaul.
The benefits of eating local became clear as many of us took to buying directly from farmers and small-scale organic producers. Health experts on television waxed eloquent about the need to eat seasonal foods abundant in nature, and to tap into our native wisdom. Out went chia seeds, goji berries, American kale and quinoa, the so-called superfoods that travel across continents to reach supermarkets. Instead, we looked at bajra, gur and ghee with new eyes.
Immunity became the new buzzword as we were informed that a poor diet leads to increased risk of infection. Bottles of Chyawanprash flew off shelves, immunity capsules became scarce, and the prices of Vitamin C-rich oranges and mosambis surged. Geeking out on the food-as-medicine aspect of Ayurveda, we couldn’t get enough of our kadha and haldi doodh.
We embraced carbs for energy and comfort. Yet we tried to wean ourselves off the hyper-palatable foods that are engineered to be irresistible with a combination of salt, sugar and fat.
There was an evident shift towards plant-based diets. With supply chains of meat companies disrupted in the lockdown, we ate less meat. Even those of us who dismiss the environmental impact of livestock (which accounts for 14.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions, as per the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization) were forced to admit that relying on animals for all our protein needs isn’t the smart thing to do.
Above all, the pandemic brought to fore the scourge of inequality. As the privileged sheltered in place, the sudden loss of livelihood led to severe food insecurity for millions who were already struggling with hunger and poverty.
Thousands of migrant workers walked hundreds of kilometers in the scorching sun, pitching makeshift kitchens along the way. Horror stories emerged of workers’ children forced to eat mud to squelch their hunger.
The problem was not shortage of grain in the country, but lack of money in the hands of people who desperately needed food. Many of us came forward to help. We donated to food banks, packed food from our homes or joined feeding programmes. But given the enormity of the tragedy, all these efforts were scarcely enough.
Lessons to learn
As lockdowns ease worldwide, human society faces a moment of reckoning. As consumers, we can no longer take for granted that safe, nutritious food will continue to be available to us forever. Without global awareness and action, destruction will continue to produce food crises.
In an interview, writer Lawrence Wright, whose latest novel The End of October parallels many of the events we are living through, said, “When we look back, we will see this contagion as a warning and even a blessing that we were alerted at this this time of the dangers we face.”
Long after the Covid-19 crisis blows over, we will continue to see more pandemics, zoonotic diseases and extreme weather events induced by climate change. The ghastly pandemic has brought home the importance of early planning and shown us why preparedness is crucial whenever the next microscopic menace comes down the pike.
Now, more than ever, we are aware of how vulnerable our food sources are to climate change and disease. This moment is one of the best shots we have at hitting the reset button on what and how we eat.
The World Wide Fund for Nature recommends the following ways we can eat more sustainably: 1. Eat more plants. 2. Eat a variety of food 3. Waste less food. 4. Moderate our meat. 5. Eat fewer foods high in fat, salt and sugar.
Many of us followed these rules during the lockdown, demonstrating our significant potential to adapt, given the will. Let us retain these lessons in our lives. There is more to this catastrophe than what’s-cooking-in-lockdown contests and frothy Dalgona coffees.
As drivers in food production, consumers have a vital influence on the demand for various food products. Sadly, we underestimate the power of good choices and individual behavioural change in creating a healthier food system.
Even those of us who talk about sustainability often use a different lens while consuming as individuals. Yet it’s what we put into our shopping bags and on our tables that matters. It has a ripple effect through the entire food chain.
The devastating aftermath of the pandemic should be a catalyst for us to expand our taste, knowledge and awareness and contribute to building a more efficient and sustainable food system.
As the beleaguered restaurant industry resurrects itself (and it will), we will once again hit our favourite eateries and bars, camera phones in hand. And go into reveries about our best-loved meals. But let us not stop there.
From basmati to avocados to tuna, many of our best-loved foods raise big ethical and environmental questions. Let us align our food habits with the wellbeing of the planet. Let us ask where our food is coming from and make our choices with more awareness. Let us consume with a mind, a heart and a conscience.
Only then will we go from being ‘foodies’ to genuine food lovers.


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(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc
on Tuesday instructed workers whose work may be performed from house that they’ll accomplish that till June, extending the timeline on a return to workplace as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
“Staff who work in a job that may successfully be performed from house are welcome to take action till June 30, 2021”, an Amazon spokeswoman mentioned in an emailed assertion on Tuesday, including the steerage is relevant globally.
Amazon had earlier allowed that choice till January.
The event comes lower than three weeks after the world’s largest on-line retailer mentioned greater than 19,000 of its U.S. frontline staff contracted the coronavirus this 12 months.
Some employees, elected officers and unions in current months have mentioned that Amazon put workers’ well being in danger by protecting warehouses open throughout the pandemic.
“We’ve invested vital funds and assets to maintain those that select to come back to the workplace protected by bodily distancing, deep cleansing, temperature checks, and by offering face coverings and hand sanitizer,” the Amazon spokeswoman mentioned on Tuesday.
In Might, Twitter Inc
turned the primary main tech firm to permit workers who can work remotely to take action indefinitely.
Different tech giants have prolonged the do business from home choice for his or her workers with Microsoft Corp
saying earlier this month it’ll let most workers work remotely for as much as half their weekly working hours.
had mentioned it could permit its workers to do business from home until July subsequent 12 months, whereas Google
had prolonged the distant working interval for workers who don’t should be within the workplace until June.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh; Enhancing by Amy Caren Daniel)
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Whitby's White Lily Ball is fast approaching - but there's still a chance for people to buy tickets
Tickets are still available for this year’s White Lily Ball, which is set to take place on November 26.
The glittering event, which raises much-needed funds for Saint Catherine’s, Butterwick Hospice and Zoe’s Place, will take place at Raithwaite Sandsend.
Cousin Matthew will provide the live music, and there wll be an auction of promises and a raffle, games and fun, with the popular balloon raffle making a comeback.
There is still a chance for you to join in the fun - there are still tickets available and they are not just sold as tables.
To date, the White Lily Ball has raised £46,838 since it began in 2012 and hopes to top the magical £50,000 mark this year.