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The fifth edition of Galleria Intima is Indiaâ€™s only sourcing trade fair for Intimate Apparel Proffessionals is set to project India as a manufacturing hub for domestic, as well as global intimate wear market. The 2016 show, while bringing the world's attention to the "Make In India" campaign, will also focus on India as a land of exceptional manufacturing opportunities and technology upgradation.
The event will welcome more than 2,000 visitors from India and abroad, when it opens its doors in New Delhi. Over 1,000 brands from India alone are expected to visit the event. It is also committed to leverage the opportunities created by Make in India initiative.
Intimate Apparel Association of India (IAAI) will be exploring the possibilities of the future. Some of the indicators of the future growth of Indian intimate wear industry include a robust domestic market that has been growing at an annual rate of 15% to 20%. This, according to the association, gives Indian brands a solid ground to build upon.
China, the long-standing indisputable leader of the global textile export market is demonstrating a slowdown in domestic economy, resulting in lower international competitiveness, the association reports.
Top international brands like Victoriaâ€™s Secret, Fruit of the Loom, Aerie, Warnaco Group, La Senza, Hanesbrands, and others that dominate the global market have been getting their products made in countries like China following a steep rise in manufacturing costs in Europe and USA. China for years has remained the largest supplier of intimate wear. However, the countryâ€™s companies were recently forced to increase their labour costs, making their products less competitive in the international market.
Chinese labour costs are nearly four times higher than in India. Continuous rise is the disposable income of the Indian middle class means that the domestic market for intimate wear will remain robust in the years to come, according to IAAI. This makes India a potential hub for global manufacturing.
Keeping the spotlight on the Make in India campaign, the fifth edition of Galleria Intima will bring together major domestic and international players of the global intimate wear industry. Brand owners, manufacturers of intimate wear, designers, export houses, large format retailers, online retailers and buying houses from all over the world will stand under one roof.
Amit Mehta, General Manager, Shri Ginger Enterprises, a leading manufacturer of knitted fabrics in India said that the fair brings them face to face with their customers and after listening to their needs and demand they find themselves compelled to deliver as per their expectations.
The event offers a platform where domestic and international buyers can observe the newest innovations, most spectacular designs and products that are the result of thorough research and development process. So far the show has received exhibitor participation from countries such as Italy, Turkey, China, Germany, Sri Lanka and Thailand, apart from India.
IAAI, an organization established in 2010 is committed to shore up Indiaâ€™s share in the global intimate wear export market from 4% to 10% by 2025. The organization is guided by the vision to acquire for India a leaderâ€™s position in the global intimate wear market by persistently working towards the promotion and development of the industry.
Galleria Intima will take place on the 5th and 6th of August 2016 at New Delhi's Hotel Crowne Plaza (Rohini).
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ON THE MARKET— Here's a crazy house listing for a $16M mansion in Rosedale. You'll want to check out the photos to believe it. There's also another mega mansion in Mississauga and here's a selling feature: actress Megan Fox has been inside the house. Here's why.
FRONT AND SPADINA— A massive crazy development is threatening to transform the corner of Front Street and Spadina Avenue. The Well development which will be built at the current site of The Globe and Mail will house a mix of over two million square feet of commercial and residential space.
CELEBRITY REAL ESTATE— Remember Bachelor Canada couple, Brad Smith and Bianka Kamber? He gave her a rose, took her on a fantasy date to her hometown of Mississauga and six weeks later, proposed. The happy couple is still together and now house hunting in Toronto. Love is in the air.
KENSINGTON MARKET— The folks over in Kensington Market are pissed off this week after developer Tribute Communities confirmed a Loblaws will be moving in. The grocery chain will be taking up shop in the new College Condo retail space at College and Spadina. Residents have been petitioning against having any big box retailer near the market. As expected, they have a lot to say about this.
MISSISSAUGA— Last weekend, a mansion that went on auction ended up selling to a "mysterious buyer" for $6.2M. The mansion stirred up some unwanted negative publicity after the relator was accused of photoshopping the images. Check out the live and amusing tweets from the auction.
YONGE AND GERRARD— Even pop star Madonna is super excited about the Aura Condos, Canada's tallest residential building coming to College Park. Madonna will be coming to Toronto February 11 to promote her new gym, Hard Candy Fitness, located inside the building. Here's a video tour inside the condo.

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Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt has launched her own startup venture in the kidswear category called Ed-a-mamma.
Bhatt, who has investments in beauty e-tailer Nykaa and fashion styling platform StyleCracker, has fully funded Ed-a-mamma which is being run by a small in-house design, marketing and operations team.
Ed-a-mamma is Bhatt’s own venture and distinct from other celebrity clothing labels that are co-created with a revenue sharing model.
The brand sets itself apart from existing players by offering a range of naturally sourced and sustainable apparel for children in the age group of 2-14 years.
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The brand is currently available on online babycare store FirstCry with the range starting at ₹350.
It is expected to be launched on multi-brand etailers such as Amazon and Flipkart early next year.
The company will launch a dedicated e-commerce website which will be unveiled in April 2021.
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The kidswear apparel market in India reached a value of $14.9 billion in 2019.
Currently, around 375 million individuals are below the age of 15 years in the country representing a huge consumer base for the kid’s apparel market as per a report by market intelligence firm IMARC.
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“Unlike the saturated fashion market for women, we have realised there’s a big gap when it comes to a world-class clothing brand for children which is made in India.”
“Moreover, I have always felt passionately about the environment and wanted to give back a strong message to conserve it through this brand.”
“So, for instance, we have used organic cotton and non-plastic buttons for the range.”
“We strongly believe in the ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ proposition and use the leftover fabrics to make hair ties and potlis.”
“Most of our tees come with an environment centric messages printed on it.”
“Every order placed comes with a ‘Seed Ball’ which contains seeds of live plants which motivates young children and their parents to plant trees”, Mint had a telephonic conversation with actor.
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“We have ensured that ethical clothing shouldn’t be a farfetched thought.”
“Customers can buy good quality clothes at an affordable price.”
“The customer response to the brand has been a testimony to that.”
“Nearly 70% of our range has already been sold out since the launch six weeks ago.”
“It’s reassuring that the product can sell on its own and as the demand increases we will look into other verticals such as accessories, footwear and toys.”
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A lotto winner who scooped an amazing GBP 8.5 million jackpot has donated several crates of cat and dog food to support pet owners in the cost-of-living crisis.
Reformed fraudster Kursat Yildirim – also known as Chico – became an overnight sensation after his German lotto EUR 9.9 million win in September 2022.
Now the 42-year-old teamed up with his pal Abdul Amzugh, 42, for the heartwarming free pet food initiative.
The lads gave away thousands of tins at Abdul’s Lagerverkauf XXL wholesale store in Chico’s hometown of Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia on 27th August.
Abdul announced the special one-off charity event on social media saying: “We’ll be here for two hours. It’s gonna be lots of fun. Come by and get to know us!”
The entrepreneur added: “It comes from the heart. Just drop by if you are in need. And tell your folks. See you there!”
Chico underlined: “Animals are so special.”
According to Chico, he had initially planned to organise the giveaway back in February. However, the devastating earthquake in Turkey – where his family roots are – caused a sudden change of plans.
Now – after having sent several lorries of food and hygiene products to the victims of the quake in Turkey and Syria – Chico got in touch with Abdul to rekindle their free pet food idea.
Chico – who did not reveal how many crates he and his mate eventually donated – told local media: “I love animals. Unfortunately, I’ve never owned a pet.”
The ex-convict and former drug addict added: “My girlfriend Candice owns two pugs.
“Their names are Casimir and Willy. I love them from the bottom of my heart.”
Chico said he learned from conversations with many friends how much their pets mean to them.
The former crane operator said: “That’s why I discussed with Abdul what we could do. He was fascinated by the idea and immediately started organising different kinds of pet food.”
Dozens of pet owners turned up at the giveaway after hearing about the event on the social media channels of Chico and Abdul.
The millionaire incorporated the stunt into his ‘Make A Wish – Tell Chico’ initiative which aimed at finding out how he could support his followers and fans in difficult times.
Truck driver Andreas B. – who turned up at the store with his 10-year-old mastiff Normi – is delighted.
The 53-year-old told local media: “That’s a great initiative. We own seven pets, four of them from a shelter.”
Andreas explained: “We have to spend a lot of money on them as they need special anti-allergic food.”
Svenja B. from the nearby city of Bochum picked up some tins of dog food.
The 32-year-old said: “Chico has a big heart. I assume many people were unsure about coming here. Asking for help can be hard.”
Svenja added: “But I saw their broad smiles on their way out.”
Netizen ‘Juliaa.xxiv’ posted a photo of her two cats surrounded by numerous tins and boxes of food. She captioned the picture saying: “A big ‘thank you’ goes out to Chico.”
Chico emphasised: “I won’t stop launching such initiatives.”
He argued: “It’s nice to buy expensive stuff for my own. But making other people happy is much more beautiful.”
Chico recently posted a video in which he chats with some kids in his neighbourhood.
As they are enjoying some ice cream, he tells the youngsters: “Do always listen to your parents!”
He added: “Don’t smoke, don’t drink and don’t take drugs! Stay away from such people and never return home late.”
Chico concluded: “And remember that there are things in life you cannot buy for money.”
But his outspoken attitude on luxury and his new-found fame has caused controversy.
A few days ago, he reacted to the large number of scornful and derisive comments on his social media channels by posting a video showing him dancing around his Porsche.
Chico told his 872,000 Instagram followers: “This dance goes out to all my haters.”
The supercar fan added: “I just want to let all those envious people out there know that I’m still alive. I just wanna dance!”
User ‘O. Mjemapelle’ was not impressed. He said: “You can’t buy class with money.”
Referring to Chico’s confession he was still living with his parents, ‘Florian Beussel’ asked: “Does your new girlfriend share your bedroom at your mum’s place?”
But ‘Deno Bellic’ came out in defence. He commented: “Germany is the unhappiest country in the world. Check the comments section for confirmation.”
Chico was born in Turkey and came to Germany at 12.
In February 2021, he was sentenced to 27 months in jail for fraud and robbery but was released early due to good conduct and his willingness to undergo therapy.


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Food startup Next Gen Foods debuts TiNDLE in the U.S., announces $100m Series A funding round
Food startup Next Gen Foods announced its first product TiNDLE, now available in a range of iconic restaurants across the East and West Coasts in some of the country's leading "foodie" cities and a $100 million Series A funding round, the largest Series A to date for a plant-based meat company. The startup plans to expand TiNDLE to additional major U.S. cities in the next few months, including Miami, Austin and more. Stay tuned for future developments and restaurant news.
Participating in the Series A round are new international investors Alpha JWC, the Southeast Asian venture capital firm; the Singapore-based global investment fund, EDBI; and UK-based MPL Ventures. Returning from previous rounds are Temasek through its newly established Asia Sustainable Food Platform, GGV Capital, K3 Ventures and Bits x Bites. With the company's plans to swiftly increase its global footprint this year, the fundraising comes from a broad mix of both Europe and Asia-based investors, following the seed round of $30 million that took place last summer. Total funding for the startup now exceeds $130 million.
TiNDLE has seen rapid success across several culinary epicenters – including Singapore, Hong Kong, Amsterdam and Dubai – and the new funding supports Next Gen Foods' acceleration to bring TiNDLE to key markets around the globe like the United States. Starting today, American diners can now taste TiNDLE in a range of delicious preparations at select eateries.
Andre Menezes, CEO and Co-founder, Next Gen Foods: "There's no question that the United States is home to some of the best food cities on the planet – and we're excited to bring TiNDLE to this market and hear what consumers think. The U.S. has long been a target market for us, and thanks to our lineup of fantastic investors who have participated in this funding round, this is only the beginning of our journey in delivering delicious and sustainable foods to reverse our climate crisis."
Joshua Yap, Executive Chef, BAIA, San Francisco: "I was very impressed with TiNDLE. As a non-vegan chef, I can definitely vouch that this product is very close to mimicking the flavor and texture of chicken. Being at BAIA has widened my range of possibilities in cooking with vegetables and plant-based products. TiNDLE opens up a large window for chefs, vegan or not, to play with and create new recipes in their kitchens."
TiNDLE is a versatile, easy-to-work-with, plant-based chicken that has caught the eye of all-star chefs and culinary professionals due to its unique versatility and similarities in taste and texture to chicken from birds. It features the distinctive flavor of chicken, thanks to Lipi, the company's proprietary emulsion of plant-based ingredients that mirror the aroma, cookability and savory qualities that typically comes from chicken fat.
TiNDLE is made of nine simple ingredients, all of which are ubiquitous and well known to international regulators and food manufacturers. In addition, it is high in protein and fiber and contains no antibiotics, hormones, cholesterol, or genetically modified ingredients.
Several of America's leading chefs and culinary personalities – including James Beard Award winner and The New York Times best-selling author, Rocco DiSpirito, and Food Network personality and grillmaster, Chef Chad Rosenthal – are already innovating and cooking with TiNDLE. Chef Rocco DiSpirito recently joined the company as a culinary advisor and consultant, testing early crowd favorites in his TiNDLE Parmesan Sliders and TiNDLE Lotus Leaf Baos at last fall's New York City Wine & Food Festival.
Consumers can also sample a taste of Chef Chad Rosenthal's restaurant-quality experience nationwide through the Motel Fried Chicken storefront on Goldbelly – which offers a convenient and interactive meal kit featuring his signature TiNDLE Picnic Chicken Sandwich. Goldbelly is a curated marketplace for gourmet food and gifts, delivered straight to your door.


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The marketing practices of social media stars have been in the spotlight recently.
A recent Reuters report showed that podcasts are much more popular in Ireland than most EU states.
Over 100 objections have been made to the ads watchdog about social media stars and bloggers.
The betting group removed its post from social media following a complaint to the ASAI.
A backlog in Revenue is having a knock-on effect for production companies.
Virgin Media Television has secured the rights for a number of sports tournaments in recent years.
The discount retailer ran its ‘Elf Behaving Badly’ online ads on the basis that Irish people ‘like to laugh’.
The ads watchdog upheld a complaint about social media posts by Rosie Connolly and Rimmel.
Ian Kehoe announced in a rare tweet that it was ‘a privilege’ to work for the title.
The drink is selling well in off-licences – but pubs are a challenge.
Here’s what businesses need to keep in mind when hiring a public relations expert.
Niall Harbison is leaving the media group he set up in 2011.
Rob Hudnut spent nearly two decades producing movies and TV shows for toymaker Mattel.
ShinAwil CEO Larry Bass talks about what it takes to make it in the TV industry.
Marketing firm Outset said it has been ‘frustrated’ by the planning process.
Changes to the ePrivacy directive will come hot on the heels of GDPR.
The News Corp-owned company continues to lose money but is hiring more staff.
MediaHQ and All Good Tales CEO Jack Murray also talks about quitting social media apps.
Ducking for cover in the midst of a media storm isn’t a communications strategy – it’s a stop-gap.
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In a statement to E-Business News, Netflix confirmed that the streaming giant is set to raise rates on most North American customers as early as today (Friday, January 14, 2022). Customers on the Basic Plan who don’t have access to HD content will pay $9.99 a month instead of $8.99. There is now only a penny between the company’s baseline service costing $10 or more. The Basic tier, on the other hand, is still $9.99 CAD in Canada.
Netflix’s streaming plans have all seen price increases of between one and two dollars.
The odd number of $15.49 a month ($16.49 CAD) for a Standard Plan, which allows two simultaneous HD streams, is up from $13.99.
Premium now costs $19.99 a month ($20.99 CAD) instead of $17.99, allowing for simultaneous Ultra HD 4K streaming on up to four screens.
These tier prices take effect immediately for new subscribers. Customers who have already signed up will receive an email notifying them of the price increases in the coming weeks. As a result of the monthly increase, your next bill should reflect this.
We shouldn’t be surprised that Netflix has made this decision. With Amazon, Apple, and Disney+ on the rise (having reached 118 million subscribers in just two years after launching, according to Statistica), it faces an increasingly competitive landscape. Netflix still has the most subscribers, with 214 million.
Keeping up with the competition necessitates new series, new movies, and new ideas for content. The sum total of all of this is in the billions. Netflix is expected to spend $17 billion on content in 2021. This year, it may spend much more than that.
Subscription fees are a major source of revenue for the company. To keep Netflix at the top of the heap, those fees are going up.
What options do Americans have when it comes to budgeting? They can downgrade from, say, Premium to Standard, or even consider the $9.99 no HD plan if they watch all of their Netflix on a tiny smartphone screen.
Alternatively, you can subscribe to Disney+ for $7.99 per month or AppleTV for $4.99 per month. It’s important to keep in mind that those streaming services don’t have The Witcher or Stanger things, or most of the Disney, Marvel, or Star Wars franchise films.


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American Airlines is alerting some of its customers to a data breach, where an “unauthorized actor” gained access to names, birthdays, mailing and email addresses, phone numbers, driver’s license and passport numbers, and “certain medical information” by compromising employee email addresses (via beeping computer). According to a template letter from the company, dated September 16, the airline discovered the breach in July and opened an investigation with a third-party cybersecurity firm.
I asked the company if they knew how long attackers had access to email accounts before the breach was discovered. In response, spokesperson Andrea Koos sent the airline’s statement, which contains some details about what happened but does not answer the question.
“American Airlines is aware of a phishing campaign that has led to unauthorized access to a limited number of team member mailboxes. A very small amount of personal customer and employee information were contained in those email accounts,” Koos said, adding that the company is “currently implementing additional technical safeguards to prevent a similar incident from happening in the future.” that she has “no evidence to suggest” that customers’ personal information has been misused.
Unfortunately, the lag between discovery and disclosure is not exactly uncommon. Samsung recently disclosed a breach nearly a month after discovering it, and earlier this year the public learned of a 2020 hack on the federal court system. While it’s understandable that investigations can take time, especially when it comes to figuring out who to tell, it does mean that bad actors have access to people’s information for a while before they even know it’s there. have to pay attention to the problems. In this particular case, American Airlines is offering individuals whose data has been affected two free years of Experian’s Identity Theft Protection Service.


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Vista Ridge Mall welcomes popular bakery café; grand opening set for June 1
Starting Sunday, kids of all ages in Lewisville will be able to relive some warm childhood memories thanks to the arrival of the mall’s new Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip. It is the seventh of 18 cafés set to open this year under a long-term master lease agreement signed in October 2013 with Rouse Properties, Inc. (NYSE: RSE), a national owner and operator of regional enclosed malls.
The bakery café will start serving its bevy of confectionary delights for mall shoppers on Sunday, June 1.
As the sixth in the country to feature Nestlé Toll House Café’s enhanced kiosk concept, the café includes comfortable seating, digital menus displayed on eight LED screens and an upgraded design that showcases the brand’s distinctive product offerings in a more efficient and attractive manner. Bar seating is available around the sides of the kiosk in addition to tables and soft seating in the adjacent area.
“I am very excited to be a part of the Nestlé Toll House Café family and eager to start serving our array of world famous Nestlé products from this beautiful kiosk,” said Zia Haque, franchise owner. “This is my first endeavor as a small business owner, and I don’t think I could have chosen a sweeter business model to follow for success. Our indulgent treats will be the perfect respite for Vista Ridge patrons.”
The Vista Ridge Mall is located at 2401 S. Stemmons Freeway. Café hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday. This marks the sixth Nestle Toll House Café in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, 20th in the state of Texas and the 128th café system-wide.
About Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip
Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip is a premiere dessert and bakery café offering customers an unrivaled experience through the use of fine ingredients, indulgent creations, distinct flavor profiles, and the rich tradition of the very best Nestlé brands. Crest Foods Inc., dba Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip, based in Richardson, Texas, is a premiere restaurant franchisor company. The company currently franchises more than 125 bakery cafés in the United States, Canada and the Middle East. The versatile concept has kiosk, in-line mall and street café locations. The first Nestlé Toll House Café opened in 2000. The company has been recognized by Entrepreneur magazine’s “Franchise 500” for the last nine consecutive years through 2014. For more information, please visit nestlecafe.com.
About Rouse Properties, Inc.
Rouse is a publicly traded real estate investment trust headquartered in New York City and founded on a legacy of innovation and creativity. Among the country’s largest publicly traded regional mall owners, the Company’s geographically diverse portfolio spans the United States from coast to coast, and includes 32 malls in 19 states encompassing over 21.5 million square feet of space. For more information, visit rouseproperties.com.


text: Revolt Intellicorp, an independent venture has announced the launch of its first electric bike in India. The company will debut its product on June 18. While a lot hasn’t been revealed to this point the company is gearing to make a strong presence in electric segment. The company has revealed that the bike will be India’s first electric AI enabled, LTE connected motorcycle which will run a 4G SIM to enable these functions. The motor will be enabled while the Battery Management System (BMS) and the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) will be an in house design. The motorcycle will be limited to a top speed of 86kph and an ARAI certified range of 156 kms. The bike will also come with a swappable battery system which will allow user to interchange the battery at designated stations and pods. More details on the bike will flourish in coming weeks.


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Health and Fashion Tips: In today’s modern lifestyle, straight hair has become a part of fashion. Be it college going young generation girls or office going, married women fashion seems incomplete without straight hair. But today we are going to make such a disclosure about this straight hair and the spray used in it. After knowing this, women or girls will definitely be a little disappointed. Actually, you will be surprised to know that hair straightening spray used on hair can cause serious diseases like cancer. It may sound strange to hear, but a recent report published in America has come to the fore.
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The US National Institute of Health (NIH) has revealed in its research that hair straightening hair spray can cause serious diseases like cancer. Research has published a report in which a data of women aged 35 to 74 has been prepared. Through this data, an attempt has been made to find out that women aged 35 to 74 have an increased risk of ovarian cancer when they use hair spray.
USA Alexandra White, head of NIH’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research, said, ‘We have prepared a data through this research, in which it has been found that women who have hair Those who use straightening sprays have an increased risk of ovarian cancer. One reason for this can also be the use of chemicals in large quantities. This research has been done on women aged 35 to 74 years. In this, 378 women were found who were more prone to ovarian cancer. Who has been using hair straightening spray for many years in a row. On the other hand, women who have not used hair spray, this cancer is at risk of ovarian cancer after 70 years.
The risk of ovarian cancer increases by 4 times in these women.
It has been found in this research that women who use more hair straightening products have a 4-fold increased risk of ovarian cancer. Those women are twice as likely to develop ovarian cancer than other women. who have not used these products. Alexandra White said, ‘Chemicals like parabens, bisphenol A, formaldehyde are found in hair spray, due to which the chances of ovarian cancer increase.’
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Ninja Spirits to open distillery in Downtown AshevilleJun 20, 2023 11:53AM ● By WNC Business
ASHEVILLE – The drinking mecca that is Asheville’s South Slope is getting an exciting new addition to its already bustling scene. Asheville Brewing Company, a longtime leader of Asheville’s beer world, today announced Ninja Spirits, an exciting new distillery project which will be adjacent to their outdoor music venue, Rabbit Rabbit.
One of the area’s first breweries, Asheville Brewing has long been a leader in what is often referred to as “Beer City USA.” The brand is now making the move into the spirits sphere with the simultaneous launch of two brand platforms: Ninja Spirits will produce a line of traditional spirits, with their wheat based Vodka releasing first. The Buckminster Cocktail Co. will offer a line of bottled and canned cocktails, with an Old Fashioned releasing first in 750 ml bottles.
For their move into the spirits sphere Ninja Spirits teamed up with one of the forefathers of the Asheville cocktail scene, Chall Gray. “We love cocktails and spirits, but we’ve never attempted to do them at a high level until now,” said Mike Rangel, President of Ninja Spirits and Asheville Brewing Co. “Chall was a perfect fit for this. He’s elevated the Asheville cocktail scene in a number of ways, and we’re excited to create some fun products together.” Gray’s award-winning bar Little Jumbo was recognized as one of the “Best Cocktail Bars in the South” by Garden & Gun magazine, among other accolades.
Future Ninja Spirits releases will include a Gin, a locally inspired liqueur, and numerous other offerings. The Buckminster line also has numerous releases in the pipeline. Later this summer the Hello Friday, a spicy combo of bourbon, ginger ale and bitters that’s been a long-time best-seller at Little Jumbo, will be available in cans at North Carolina ABC stores and at the company’s facility in downtown Asheville.
Plans are also in the works for a large tasting room and cocktail bar at the venue, with details to be revealed later this summer on that concept. Asheville residents and visitors have long had a plethora of beer options in the Western NC mountain town, but with this news and other new entrants to the market Asheville may start to forge a new reputation for its distillery choices in the years to come.
Source: Ninja Spirits


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The 8.5-inch statues will be limited to 3,000 for each member of Metallica.
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The set certainly redefines the meaning of Scott’s Tots.
All proceeds from the boots will be used to educate trade students via the Metallica Scholars Initiative.
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text: A 12-year-old illustrator has signed a deal with Nike, his agency confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. Joe Whale, who goes by the name “The Doodle Boy” on social media, will be collaborating with the global sports brand “on some special projects.” “We are so very excited to confirm that Joe is now part of the Nike Family,” his agency, Loveblood Creative, told CNN in a written statement. “It really is a unique relationship that puts Joe’s talent and love of sport together to inspire others to have fun and do what they love.” “Joe is really excited to join the Nike Family, he absolutely loves the Brand,” Joe’s father, Gregory Whale, told CNN via email. “It is a dream come true for him as he loves both Sport and creativity and partnering with Nike will give him the opportunity to embrace both.” Joe posts his illustrations to his 119,000 followers on Instagram. Last year he had his first solo show at the Soden Collection, an art gallery in his home town of Shrewsbury, central England, according to the gallery’s website. His artwork was endorsed by Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, after he drew an illustration of their royal train tour in December 2020. In a post on their official Twitter account at the time they thanked him saying, “keep up the great work!” Joe’s favorite things to illustrate are aliens, monsters and food, according to his website. He has created characters including the “Praying Turtle,” “Cool Dog” and “Backpack kid.” CNN has reached out to Nike for comment.


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It would seem that Netflix is trying to add a higher tier for its premium membership. According to an Italian blog called Tutto Android, the well-known streaming service is currently testing an Ultra tier, which allows its users to watch videos in Ultra HD on up to four devices at the same time. While having more options is generally good news for everyone, this higher tier might not be something that those who already have Premium memberships will like very much.
As you probably know, at the moment, Netflix has three tiers when it comes to paid membership: a $7.99 Basic one for a single device at a time, a $10.99 Standard for streaming on two devices at once and a Premium tier for watching the content on up to four screens at the same time. However, people are already speculating that if the company's new highest tier will also work on four devices at once, in the future, the already existing ones may get downgraded. According to the same previously mentioned Italian blog, the price of the Ultra tier will be somewhere around €16.99 which translates to about $19.99.
Just so you know, Netflix's Smita Saran has confirmed rumor about the ongoing trial, but there's no official news about when or if the Ultra tier will become a part of the streaming service's payment plans. Hopefully, it also won't be long until the work on the AV1 compression technology is completed as that format will do wonders for those who like watching the video streaming service in Ultra HD.


text: All entrepreneurs dream of building a product that can improve the world in some way. Few take on the challenge of disrupting an industry rife with regulations and unreceptive to change. But that’s exactly what the founders of Wealthfront set out to do. Fast-forward to today: Wealthfront manages over $4.6 billion dollars from nearly 100,000 users. They have raised $129 million in capital and forged a new class of “robo-advisors,” attracting much industry buzz and concern from major financial institutions. Here's a look at some of the growth tactics they used.


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Early CO2 details on new-gen Toyota Yaris
Toyota Europe has published initial CO2 data for the forthcoming Yaris, which will introduce latest-generation hybrid technology when it launches this coming autumn.
Marking the first application of the Toyota New Global Architecture modular platform programme in a compact car – with the GA-B platform to also be used for a new compact SUV – the Yaris is shorter, wider and lower than the current model and uses intelligent packaging to maximise interior space, although figures are yet to be released.
As well as introducing a bolder design and higher-quality materials, including a Yaris-first of a soft-touch instrument panel, it also heralds the first use of the new TNGA three-cylinder, fourth-generation hybrid system.
The 1.5 Hybrid Dynamic Force system is directly derived from the larger 2.0- and 2.5-litre systems that were introduced in the new Corolla, RAV4 and Camry models, and features the new 1.5 Dynamic Force three-cylinder Atkinson cycle petrol engine with variable valve-timing. The new technology achieves a 40% thermal efficiency, higher than typical diesel engines, helping secure a more than 20% improvement in Yaris’ fuel economy and CO2 emissions; estimated figures put CO2 emissions at 64g/km NEDC Correlated (compared to 84g/km on the current model) and 86g/km WLTP, with combined WLTP fuel consumption of 3.7l/100km (76.3mpg).
At the same time, power output has been increased by 15%, giving a total 116hp, and the hybrid will offer an estimated 0-62mph time of 10.5 seconds (11.8 on current model).
The system also adopts a new, more powerful lithium-ion hybrid battery that’s also 27% lighter than the nickel-metal hydride battery it replaces.
The new Yaris will also be available with 1.5 and 1.0-litre three-cylinder petrol engines in selected markets. More details of these powertrains will be released at a later date.
Specifications are yet to be confirmed but technology will include a central Toyota Touch screen, a TFT multi-information display in the instrument binnacle and a 10-inch colour head-up display, which projects key driving data and warnings such as navigation prompts and speed limits onto the windscreen within the driver’s field of view. Other features on offer include a wireless charger designed to accommodate the latest generation of smartphones, a heated steering wheel and special ambient cabin lighting.
Advanced driver assistance systems include full speed-range intelligent adaptive cruise control and lane trace assist system as found on recently launched Toyota models such as Corolla. The Yaris is also claimed to be the first car in the compact segment to introduce a centre airbag.
The new Yaris will continue to be manufactured at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing France facility – alongside the forthcoming yet-to-be-named compact SUV – with full economy, pricing and specification data expected this summer.


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Episerver, a cloud content management company expanding into digital experience, announced this morning that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire rival B2B e-commerce vendor Insite Software.
Insite will augment Episerver's existing B2C and B2B e-commerce, marketing automation and personalization platform by adding features such as a mobile app, integration with leading ERP systems, and product information management capabilities.
"What [Insite] really does well is that integration with the back office and the complex systems that B2B companies have," Insite CEO Steve Shaffer said in a call discussing the merger with reporters. He added that expanding the company's content management capabilities will be a priority. "We think we've got good, all-around CMS, but we really look forward to expanding and continuing to enhance that as we partner with Episerver."
Beyond the technical capabilities that Insite offers, it also brings customers in the manufacturing and distribution sector to Episerver's traditional strongholds of telecommunications, healthcare and financial services, said Justin Anovick, chief product officer at Episerver.
Episerver did not disclose terms of the deal, and said it's developing new product roadmaps for the combined companies in the coming months.
Web CMS companies annex DX, CX territory
Episerver, acquired by private equity firm Insight Venture Partners last September for $1.16 billion, accelerated its move from web content management into digital experience by acquiring Idio, a personalization platform, in November. The company also hired as CEO SAP's recently departed customer experience platform lead, Alex Atzberger, to lead the charge into B2B e-commerce.
The arc of Episerver's growth is similar to that of web content management company Acquia. Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners purchased a majority stake of Acquia around the same time for nearly $1 billion, and it since has purchased a marketing automation platform to add to its personalization and commerce capabilities.
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But they're not alone. Now that Episerver and Acquia are moving into digital experience, users can also choose from a wider field of cloud technology vendors such as Adobe, Microsoft, SAP, Oracle and Salesforce. While that might seem like David-and-Goliath type odds of competing, Gartner analyst Jason Daigler said that so many companies are launching B2B e-commerce operations right now from scratch that there's room for all to grow.
"A lot of industries recognize that a superior customer experience is the way to compete," Daigler said. "It's not just products, it's not just product prices -- they've got to develop something to create better online customer experiences, and it's an area of investment for a lot of companies. Companies like Episerver recognize that, and digital commerce is part of it."


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FNA- Iran announced that it has exported its prized caviar to the US after receiving the necessary license from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
“We have exported 10kg of natural caviar to the US last year after receiving license from the FDA in the years 2016 and 2017,” Managing-Director of Agricultural Services of Specialized Holding Company Abbas Rajayee said on Wednesday.
He added that Iran intends to increase exports of the precious product to other countries.
As Iran’s economy tries to rebound from years of harsh international sanctions, producers of black caviar — that salt-cured delicacy associated with the rich and famous, with a price tag to match — are also eyeing a comeback.
Once among Iran’s most famous exports, the industry nearly collapsed because of trade restrictions and an international clampdown on the capture of sturgeon from the Caspian Sea. The long, prehistoric fish, whose glittery, bead-like eggs make the choicest caviar, had been driven nearly to extinction by overfishing.
Now, dozens of Iranian producers are raising sturgeon legally on fish farms, just as the 2015 nuclear agreement Iran signed with six world powers has slowly reopened foreign markets to Iranian products.
After the United States lifted an embargo on Iranian goods in January 2016, the first shipment of Iranian caviar in nearly a decade reached the US last year: a modest 18 pounds of the prized beluga variety, some of which ended up for sale at stores frequented by Iranian expatriates in Los Angeles and other cities.
The shipment was worth about $16,000 before retail markup, or about as much as Iran’s $41 billion oil and gas industry generates in 12 seconds. Caviar alone, no matter how costly, is not going to resuscitate Iran’s economy.


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Verizon responded to a customer via Twitter that the carrier is excited by Windows Phone and is ready to carry the mobile OS when Microsoft has the devices ready. This response is a complete reversal for Verizon, which earlier this year was rather “ho-hum” towards Windows Phone. Former Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam earlier had this to say about Microsoft :
“I can’t really say which phones we’ll offer yet. We like our relationship with Microsoft. But clearly in the U.S. there are three major mobile operating systems: RIM, Google, and Apple.”
McAdam further closed the door on Microsoft by stating that Windows Phone was not “at the forefront of our mind.”
Of course, things can change and perhaps Verizon is interested in Windows Phone now that it has launched and has been received favorably as a good first effort by Microsoft. This change in heart may also be tied to the departure of McAdam, who left his CEO position with Verizon Wireless to join parent company Verizon communications as its President and COO.
It also seems more than coincidence that Verizon is showing interest in Windows Phone at the same time it is rumored to be re-launching the once-dead Microsoft Kin One and Kin Two. After the two Kin handsets were cancelled earlier this year, the duo was spotted on a leaked Verizon Wireless Q4 2010 launch guide.
Regardless of the reasons behind this change, it is encouraging to see Verizon making room in its smartphone lineup for handsets outside of Android. Verizon will be carrying the webOS-powered Palm Pre 2 soon and hopefully a sweet Windows Phone handset in early 2011 that will rival Sprint’s Windows Phone offering, the QWERTY-packing HTC 7 Pro.
The wild card in Verizon’s upcoming lineup is the iPhone which is rumored to land in Big Red in early 2011. Who knows what will happen to Verizon’s smartphone lineup if the iPhone 4 were to land on a carrier outside of AT&T in the U.S.


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The chemical industry (which encompasses companies producing petrochemicals, polymers, agrochemicals, lubricants, coatings, paints, inks, flavours, fragrances and similar) is currently experiencing the consequences of a volatile global market, including energy and feedstock cost increases, reduced profit margins and pricing pressure.
To ensure future resilience, balance their profit and comply with global sustainability initiatives, companies are already considering how to prepare for the year to come paying careful consideration to the prospected market demand and their customer’s sensitivity to price changes. Looking ahead, what is in sight for this part of the industry? How can businesses gear up for the future?
What will be upcoming trends for chemicals in 2024?
As chemical companies plan, refine, and adjust their strategies, here are some key trends to keep an eye out for in 2024.
- Delayed growth: According to BASF’s “Outlook for the Chemical Industry” report, the chemical businesses has experienced a period of delayed growth throughout 2023. While the possibility for a potential uptake seemed to be at the horizon in the beginning of 2024, this trend will most likely continue in the next year. The industry outlook and projections that will populate the upcoming reports seems to point to the second half of the new year (or even as late as 2025) for this growth to manifest. Even if signs are difficult to read at the present moment, it seems that a full year will need to pass before the market is ready for growth in this space.
- Larger focus on efficiency: As less growth is expected, and consumer spending is likely to slow down, 2024 will see companies concentrating on cost consciousness. To counterbalance this, efficiency will be key. “Chemical businesses can plan to fix their efficiencies now, while building capabilities for tomorrow, taking cost out of the supply chain, and supercharging it” says Patrick Hore, Global Vertical Head of Chemicals at Maersk. To find efficiencies that are driven by capabilities, two solutions that most likely will be chosen are: better visibility and stronger partnerships. There will be more investments in software that can consolidate data to gain predictive analytics, using cloud-based platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), etc. to refine future decisions around procurement volumes and logistics. This will boost efficiency by alerting businesses of delays and possibly minimize the domino effect across their entire supply chain. Moreover, to ensure improved speed and agility, chemical players will try to establish partnerships with integrated logistics providers that can support.
- Stronger commitment to sustainability: 2024 will see environment regulations get more stringent. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the chemical sector is still “the largest industrial energy consumer and the third largest industry subsector in terms of direct CO2 emissions”. The agency goes on addressing the issue of sustainability within the chemical industry stating that “to get on track, government and industry efforts need to address CO2 emissions from chemical production, as well those generated during the use and disposal of chemical products.” On top of accelerating their reduction of harmful waste, businesses involved in the chemical industry will need to agree to tangible initiatives to change their sustainability footprint, and doing so while building sustainable, transparent, and traceable value chains. Introduced in 2022, the new “European Commission Decisions” on the management and treatment of waste gas in the chemical sector as well as the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability will see businesses gearing up to comply with these legal norms, adopted to reduce their environmental impact, commit to being sustainable, decoupling from fossil fuel dependencies, phase out polluting products, and seriously adopt circular economy practices. Where emission reductions are in place for production, scope 3 emissions in the supply chain come into focus. Here there is a growing need for solutions to meet targets as well as avoiding carbon taxation inefficiencies.
- “Chemistry as a service”: Technically advanced, specialty chemical producers will be collaborating with their end customers (e.g., semiconductor or automotive producers) for high tech solutions that are lent to them instead of sold. This idea of “chemistry as a service” will contribute with the circularity of materials and chemicals, designing their reverse logistic to be recycled or repurposed. This will benefit businesses as they will give back molecules and raw ingredients to the chemical experts equipped with the right infrastructure and expertise to properly recycle. It will be interesting to see how this trend will affect the circularity of the chemical business as well as how it will affect the supply chain services that are required to make it flow.
- Optionality creation: To create some resiliency around the current market situation, businesses will strive to create optionality. This will be done by flexing existing supply chain models to grab all possible growth opportunities and expand market share, ready for a recovery when times are more favourable. Industry players will continue to find smarter ways to partner and get more resilient, so that they can stay in a certain market and increase (or maintain) their profitability. This may entail switching suppliers, pivoting from export to import markets, creating new collaboration models.
What will be the outlook for the chemical industry?
Given the delayed market growth, the future need for visibility, efficiency, resilience, and sustainability will be critical. 2024 will see the planning and management of supply chains move from solely being managed within logistics departments, to being part of the strategy discussed at company board levels. The economic outlook will be challenging, seeing the effects of inflation, interest rates, regulation etc. which pose a test on the chemical industry. All businesses involved in chemicals, as well as their supply-chain partners, will have the opportunity to counter these effects by designing collaborative solutions that can drive efficiency. The focus on supply-chains from the C-Suite should continue to ensure these efficiencies are leveraged, to not fall into a “game” of commoditizing supply-chains in a bid to lower costs short term, but rather super-charging them with deep capability to unlock businesses’ competitiveness. Nevertheless, creating optionality in the supply chains, and ensure resiliency under the current market situation will be a strong way to keep their supply chains, and related growth, flow.
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Early this year, Google released an update to Chrome web browser with the inclusion of Chrome OS interface within Windows 8 Metro mode. In full screen mode, the whole UX will be like Chrome OS with support for multiple windows, app launchers and more. Yesterday, they released this Chrome desktop experience for Windows 7 users. With this new feature, you can manage multiple Chrome windows and quickly get to your favorite Chrome Apps with an integrated app launcher. Even though it will please some Chrome users, this will create confusion among millions of consumers of having two different desktop environments.
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After more than two years of cost increases, Americans are finally feeling relief at the grocery store as food inflation cooled off for the first time in March and then again in April.
But those price drops will likely only go so far. That’s largely because, over the last few years, the small handful of food corporations controlling the sector have been charging premiums for their products, blaming supply chain disruptions. They’ve raked in record profits as a result, and nothing is stopping them from continuing to do so.
It’s well known that the triple threats of the pandemic, Russia’s war on Ukraine, and the effects of climate change have done a number on the supply chain. Then came avian flu, adding to the pile in 2022 and early 2023.
This series of supply chain disruptions has led to the highest food prices ever, leaving many families unable to afford their groceries. But that’s not the whole story.
Food corporations are thriving. Between 2021 and 2022, the food and beverage industry recorded more than $155 billion in profits, according to Forbes. Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, increased its gross profits last year by almost 3 percent to $46 billion. Cargill recorded a 23 percent jump in revenue last year to $165 billion—$6.68 billion of which was profit. Tyson Foods, the largest meat producer in the U.S., nearly doubled its profits in the first quarter of 2022 due to soaring meat prices.
That profit windfall is making its way to corporate food executives and their shareholders. Last year, Tyson Foods’ CEO’s salary increased by 33 percent to $12 million. Cargill doled out $1.21 billion in its fiscal year 2022 to shareholders—an all-time record.
How is the corporate food world flourishing amid a global food crisis? Can these two realities be reconciled? And what does it all mean for food prices going forward? We spoke with experts to help explain what’s going on.
The laundry list of supply chain disruptions outlined above caused shortages for some food groups which, unsurprisingly, lead to higher prices for those items. Plus, companies’ costs—for transportation, fuel, labor, raw materials, and more—have gone up. Worker wages have also gone up, though not enough to keep up with inflation. Those costs are largely being passed on to consumers, further inflating food prices.
“When food supplies are disrupted in times of crisis, people are willing to pay a premium,” said David Ortega, food economist and associate professor at Michigan State University.
And not only has supply been low, but, over the last few years, demand has been very high. According to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), consumer spending on food outpaced pre-pandemic levels, even after accounting for inflation.
“Some of this can likely be attributed to some of the excess savings that households accumulated during the pandemic,” said Ortega. A surplus of savings has increased demand from some consumers, typically younger ones, who are willing to pay premium prices for foods that are grown or raised ethically and in an environmentally sustainable manner.
“I think that’s what the grocery industry is really grappling with now, because they do not live in a world of true cost accounting” said Errol Schweizer, who led the national grocery program at Whole Foods for almost a decade. “They live in [a world with] a lot of externalities where the real costs of these products are paid by our future generations, but also by the environment, by communities of color—particularly farmworkers and low-income rural folks who live in heavily polluted agricultural areas.”
Right now, the price of food doesn’t reflect any of those factors. In fact, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute, corporate profits accounted for 54 percent of food price increases between 2020 and 2021. For the four decades prior, only 11 percent was attributed to corporate profits, the rest to the cost of labor.
When avian influenza recently wiped out more than 58 million birds in about a year and egg prices dramatically shot up, Cal-Maine, the largest distributor of eggs in the U.S., increased its gross profit margins five-fold. That raised questions for farmer-led advocacy group Farm Action, which penned a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in January asking the agency to investigate Cal-Maine for price gouging and collusion.
“Contrary to industry narratives, the increase in the price of eggs has not been an ‘Act of God’—it has been simple profiteering,” the letter states.
Farm Action pointed to the USDA’s analyses of egg prices throughout 2022, in which researchers consistently noted prices were “significantly higher than expected.” The fact that no other egg producer stepped in to sell their eggs for less “can be evidence that there is tacit collusion in the marketplace,” said Farm Action’s co-founder and president, Joe Maxwell.
And it’s not just the egg industry that has been accused of price gouging over the last year.
“Basically, what corporations have been able to do—and they brag about this constantly in earnings calls—is that they’ve taken these cost increases and they passed all of that onto consumers,” said Chris Becker, senior economist at Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive economic think tank. “But they’ve been able to go well beyond that and jacked up prices by so much that they’re actually having skyrocketing profit margins. On every unit they’re selling, they’re making a higher share of profits relative to what they’re paying in labor input costs.”
Researchers at Groundwork have been listening in on corporate earnings calls to hear what food company executives are telling their shareholders regarding profits. “They don’t use the word ‘profiteering,’ but they’re talking about the ways that they can get away with much higher prices than they normally would be able to,” said Becker.
The shareholder system further incentivizes these price hikes.
“Corporations are not being run to benefit everyone in society,” Becker said. “We’ve seen a shift in the last several decades towards the very shareholder-dominant organization of corporations. And so we’ve also seen real effects of that that have amplified the incentives for this profiteering.”
Plus, over the last decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has dramatically expanded corporate rights. And, it seems, corporations are taking those rights and running with them.
For example, in a recent earnings call for food giant General Mills, which owns brands including Annie’s, Betty Crocker, and Pillsbury, the company’s CFO confirmed that price increases were outstripping cost inflation. Executives at Tyson Foods recently cited “pricing initiatives” for increased profits. PepsiCo’s CFO claimed the company is “capable of taking whatever pricing we need.”
Food prices are only so elastic, however; if prices go up too high, consumers start buying less—and visiting food pantries instead. That’s already starting to happen, evidenced by long lines at food banks and retailers going over their recessionary playbooks in recent earnings reports.
But, Becker said, even when the cost of producing food goes down, it typically takes longer for prices to drop than it does for them to shoot up in the first place. “As the cost goes down, they keep the prices high to kind of extract a little bit more profit margin while they still can,” he said.
Price gouging is a difficult thing to prove, but the current makeup of our corporate food system is certainly ripe for it.
How the Hyper-Concentrated Food Sector Shapes Prices
In a competitive capitalist economy, the market dictates prices. Companies can only charge whatever consumers are willing to pay for their products. If something costs less somewhere else, they’ll likely go there to buy it. The consumer commands control of the market.
But in our current food system, companies have the power.
Right now, only four companies control more than half of the market for nearly 80 percent of grocery items, according to an investigation from the Guardian and Food and Water Watch. Food retailers are also extremely concentrated, with only four companies—Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and Ahold Delhaize—controlling 65 percent of the market. Supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons are currently planning a merger which, if it takes effect in 2024 as expected, would make them the second-largest food retailer in the U.S.
“These firms control such a large segment of the market that the basic supply and demand market dynamics cannot function,” said Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell.
This hyper-concentration dates back to the 1970s, when then Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz told farmers to “get big or get out.” In the years since, corporations have taken that advice and run with it. Mergers and acquisitions have resulted in an agricultural supply chain that is dominated—from seed to grocery store—by a small handful of companies. And now consumers are paying the price.
It also gives corporations the power to keep prices high in tandem with their rivals. Not necessarily through explicit collusion, but rather a wink and nod, tacit agreement. It’s even easier to do that during emergencies, such as a global food crisis.
“In the context where all firms are facing these cost shocks, collusion isn’t really necessary because when you know that all other firms are facing the same conditions as you, you can raise your prices,” said Evan Wasner, a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst who has recently co-authored multiple papers on the topic with economist Isabella Weber. In the latest, they wrote, “Sellers’ inflation generates a general price rise which may be transitory, but can also lead to self-sustaining inflationary spirals under certain conditions.”
Records show that many companies announce exactly how much they’ll raise prices on their public earnings calls, deeming explicit collusion unnecessary.
The Biden administration has been outspoken against a monopolistic marketplace, though little has been done in practice to crack down on corporations. But the issue has garnered some attention in Congress recently. In February, Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-California) re-introduced the Farm System Reform Act which, among other things, would target concentration in the meatpacking industry.
Putting Power Back in the Hands of Consumers
There are no laws on the books that govern corporate pricing, but there is a trio of antitrust laws against corporate conspiracy, collusion, and monopolization, including the Sherman Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act (which created the FTC), and the Clayton Act. But so far the FTC has failed to act in the corporate food sector.
Legislation introduced last year by Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-New York) proposes creating a task force to monitor price changes in food and other goods and investigate corporate profiteering. In a GOP-controlled Congress, however, it’s unlikely the legislation will get very far.
Some states are taking matters into their own hands, including New York, where the Attorney General recently proposed rules against price gouging. Changes would include prohibiting corporations with large market shares from increasing their profit margins during market disruptions.
Crackdowns on price gouging are extending beyond food, too: In California, Governor Gavin Newsom introduced a proposal in response to excessive gas prices, which would create a watchdog group and set a price-gouging penalty for the oil and gas industry.
Another approach is to implement price-gouging laws for upstream sectors—that is, goods that are used as inputs, such as fertilizer, oil, steel, and shipping materials. In general, price-gouging laws target consumer goods. Tracing price increases through the supply chain all the way back to the source could help tamp down inflation.
Experts are also predicting supply chain shocks in the future. As the effects of climate change ramp up around the world, we can expect more extreme disasters and geopolitical tension. University of Massachusetts-Amherst’s Evan Wasner argues we should prepare for that future the way we prepare for war: by keeping buffer stock reserves.
“When oil prices really skyrocketed in the beginning of 2022, the Biden administration started releasing oil onto the market and that really brought prices down pretty significantly,” he said. The same could be done for other supplies, such as grain and wheat.
Ultimately, workers and consumers need a bigger seat at the table, said Groundwork Collaborative’s Chris Becker. Several recent bills aim to do just that, including one in California that would establish a council that dictates working conditions and wages for the state’s fast-food industry, with fast-food workers sitting on the council.
“Without empowered workers and consumers, corporations exist primarily to benefit their own executives and shareholders. That’s the root of the problem,” said Becker.
“What purpose are they serving? Are they serving the interests of wealthy investors?” he asked. “Do we regulate corporations so that they care about paying their workers well, and care about not raising prices to these unsustainable levels that consumers can’t afford?


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In a report released Monday, IDC said Samsung slipped to second spot with a 12.9% share of the market in the three months ended December 2014, slumping from 22.2% in the previous quarter and 17.9% a year earlier. iBall, a lesser known player, garnered a 15.6% share in the just-ended quarter, up from 10.6% in July-September and 4.5% a year ago.
iBall tripled its share, backed by low-cost products targeted at first-time consumers.
The company is expanding its retail presence as well as geographical reach, the research agency said.
IDC’s findings have created additional ripples for Samsung, which was bumped off the No. 1 spot in the smartphone segment by Micromax in the fourth quarter, as per UK-based research firm Canalys.
“Samsung continues to be a clear leader in the Indian tablet market,” a company spokesperson said Monday, refuting IDC’s findings. “The company drives the tablet market in India and we foresee our sales to continue to grow robustly in 2015,” the spokesperson added, without sharing details of its leadership claims in the tablet market.
According to GfK, which measures over-the-counter retail sales across 50,000 Indian cities — as opposed to shipments tracked by IDC — Samsung owned 40% of the tablet market by volume in Q4, followed by Apple and Micromax at 12% and 10.5%, respectively.
In comparison, iBall had an 8% share of the tablet market. Value-wise, Samsung owned roughly half the market, followed by Apple, which cornered a quarter of the tablet market during the period.
“Globally and in India, the tablet market has been stagnant or shrinking. According to our findings, overall and Samsung numbers have shrunk but iBall overtaking Samsung, in terms of actual consumer sales, needs to be still verified,” said Jayanth Kolla, co-founder of research firm Convergence Catalyst.
IDC said the tablet market posted a sequential growth of 3.6% to 0.96 million units in the fourth quarter, where Datawind was No. 3 with a 9.6% share, followed by Lenovo and HP with 9.4% and 8.7%, respectively.
“The market saw a correction post the introduction of BIS regulations in July 2013,” said Tanvi Mann, market analyst, client devices, at IDC India.
“Unbranded tablets were wiped off from the market, thereby contracting the bubble of growth witnessed in H1 2013 and hence resulting in year-on-year decline in growth,” she added.
According to the US-based research firm, seven-inch tablets under $150 on the Android operating system will continue to be popular and consumers would prefer 3G tablets over WiFi, which has seen a steep decline over the past quarters. The 3G-enabled tablet segment accounted for about 60% of the total shipments in the fourth quarter.
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W ostatni weekend sierpnia (26 i 27 sierpnia) odbędą się XXIV Krajowe Dni Ziemniaka pod hasłem „Ziemniak dziś i jutro”. Jest to szczególna edycja tego wydarzenia.
From January till July this year, an extra 12.9 million 10kg bags were sold on South African fresh produce markets than were sold at the same time last year; up 24%. As a result, market prices are 37% lower during the same period.
Poland is set for a large potato production this season; with large volumes good quality and low prices.
Alberta’s potato industry is worth more than $1 billion but is threatened by a tiny bacterium. This year, however, a Lethbridge scientist reports, it hasn’t shown up.
The acreage devoted to potato cultivation in France this campaign has been 5.1% greater than that of 2016, reaching 131,640 hectares.
A Perthshire potato merchant who carried out a £161,000 tax evasion is facing a legal challenge by prosecutors to reclaim the money.
Secondo quanto dichiarato dal sindaco della città di Titel (Voivodina, Serbia), Dragan Bozic.
Bulgaria’s potato production will be smaller this year due to the lack of appropriate weather conditions, as reported by Ventsislav Kaimakanov, chairman of the National Association of Potato Producers (NAC), in an interview to Focus News.


text: On April 14 1927, Volvo’s first mass-produced car rolled off the production line at the Lundby factory in Gothenburg, Sweden. Now, 85 years later, the same model rolled out of factory gates in 2012. In 1927, sales manager Hilmer Johansson drove the automaker's ÖV4 model through the Lundby factory gates. The name is derived from ÖV - Öppen Vagn or Open Vehicle with the figure four denoting the number of cylinders. In celebration of the vehicle's history the same model was driven out of the factory 85 years later with Stefan Jacoby, president and CEO of Volvo, and Olof Persson, president and CEO of the Volvo Group, behind the wheel.STICKING TO ITS ROOTSJacoby said: "It's a fantastic car, but it's easy to see how much has changed over the last 85 years." During its first year of production, Volvo sold a very modest 300 models. Persson said: "Our roots are still very important to us. Around 30 000 of the Volvo Group's 12 0000 employees work in Sweden, but 95% of our products are sold outside the country." In celebration of Volvo’s birthday, the automaker's museum in Gothenburg will hold an open exhibition and a parade to the city centre with both new and vintage vehicles.


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Japanese instant messaging giant Line has launched a taxi service in Tokyo that lets users of its app summon a cab provided by Nihon Kotsu, the largest taxi limousine rental company in the country, and pay for it using Line Pay. Line Pay was unveiled in October 2014 as a mobile payment solution for in-store, online and bill-splitting and was launched in December.
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As consumers have become accustomed to this type of automation, smart shelves have slowly re-emerged as a potential opportunity for growth — and this time, cloud-based data can help maximize the experience. One of the key innovators in this space is Amazon, which, in 2018, launched a store concept called Amazon Go, where people can purchase products simply by picking them up from a shelf. They can even leave without making a payment transaction, as customers will be directly charged after walking through the exit. The initiative, which currently has 29 locations nationwide, leverages the company’s supply chain strengths, as well as the cloud-based capabilities of Amazon Web Services.
What Are the Benefits of Smart Shelves for Retailers?
It’s not just Amazon that is showing interest in smart shelves; other retailers are getting in on the concept as part of a broader growth in interest around smart supermarkets. Smart supermarkets integrate elements such as smart shopping carts to automatically track purchases and even promote products to customers in a more targeted fashion. Microsoft, for example, is teaming with Kroger on an initiative to make the grocer’s shelves smarter.
These developments could not only help the supply chain but could also potentially reshape the retail experience if integrated with frictionless shopping concepts that allow people to buy products without having to go through a checkout process. A 2020 white paper from IDC, sponsored by Dell Technologies and Intel, recommends integrating frictionless shopping concepts with computer vision and artificial intelligence to do this most effectively.
Smart shelves can also help limit the amount of manual labor required to update price tags, another approach used by Microsoft and Kroger. The system, based on a Microsoft Azure cloud solution, uses low-power LCD screens that can display pricing information and targeted promotions.
Smart shelves are not limited to grocery stores and retail outlets. Organizations are increasingly using the technology to track stock levels in warehouses, offering a more reliable way to track the supply chain that minimizes lost and excess inventory.
How Do Smart Shelves Use IoT Technology?
Internet of Things (IoT) technology is a significant part of smart shelf implementation. Such shelves rely on various kinds of connected devices including smart scales, which can detect if an object is removed from a specific place and identify when an object needs to be replaced. In some more recent use cases, grocers have tried adding cameras to shelves in an effort to personalize the experience for shoppers.
How Can Retailers Use RFID to Track Inventory?
One of the more traditional elements of smart shelf technology is radio-frequency identification (RFID), a tracking tool that can show where an item is in the supply chain process.
While the technology is not new and has at times been used as an evolution of the barcode, the technology’s individualized nature makes it a good fit for smart shelf implementations across the supply chain.
Fast-fashion retailers have taken advantage of RFID to cut down on the amount of inventory needed in stock, allowing retailers to improve their vertical integration and only produce the products that are likely to sell.


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Latvian-based Food Union releases major European ice cream series
Latvian-headquartered ice cream and dairy producer, Food Union, continues to invest in developing innovative products that connect consumers across key markets, as it unveils a series of 17 new products across its brands.
The company has become a market leader in the Baltics, with strong market positions in Norway, Romania, Russia and Belarus with continued investment in its ranges and production facilities.
As winter approaches, the company continues to build value across seasons and develops comforting, exciting and nostalgic flavours for consumers to enjoy. Customers in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Belarus can now enjoy the unique combinations and flavours that Food Union’s innovation centre has developed over the course of several months.
“For us at Food Union, ice cream season is all year round. Building the bridge between seasons ensures increased relevance in people’s lives. We enjoy delighting our consumers with new products that not only compliment their summer experience, but also offer a form of sensory comfort and escape in the winter,” says Normunds Staņēvičs, CEO of Food Union, Europe.
“And in times of uncertainty, people value what is familiar and trusted. Therefore, the flavours this autumn and winter season are inspired by all-time classics, childhood memories, and customer’s favourite desserts, in family friendly and environmentally friendly packaging,” added Staņēvičs.
Food Union’s exciting latest ice cream products offer rich, comforting flavours in a variety of sizes and formats that customers can share, and includes its well established Latvian brand Pols, known for products that evoke childhood nostalgia, is now offering two new products rich in flavour.
One is a classic vanilla ice cream with condensed milk, and the other is a cotton candy ice cream with marshmallows for those who enjoy more playful flavours and are still young at heart. Both ice creams are now available in 500 ml tubs. Food Union’s team innovated these new flavours to reflect both traditional flavours and modern flavours, bringing customers comfort and nostalgia when they need it the most.
The new range also includes new varieties from Karlsons, one of Latvia’s best-selling ice cream brands, which has added two new products in large family-sized formats, designed for home-made scooping. Both new products capture its classic flavours in a tricoloured ice cream: one with vanilla-chocolate-blackcurrant flavours in a white-brown-purple ice cream, and the other with vanilla-chocolate-strawberry flavours in a white-brown-pink ice cream. Both ice creams are now available in 850 ml recyclable and biodegradable cardboard packaging.
Meanwhile, in Lithuania, Pols has two new ice cream products with all-time classic ingredients: chocolate, nuts and coffee. Both ice creams are designed to be dessert favourites for families and friends to share. Pols now offers coffee-flavoured ice cream with a bittersweet coffee filling, and a hazelnut- and chocolate-flavoured ice cream with a sweet and savoury hazelnut and chocolate filling. Both ice creams are available in large one litre environmentally friendly, biodegradable packaging.
Among the company’s other releases are products from Premia (main image), with new flavour combinations and ice creams featuring less sugar. New flavours like orange ice cream with almond paste and cowberry jam, as well as Premia’s collaboration with Olde Hansa Restaurant featuring pieces of baked spiced almonds, while in Belarus, Ingman, an ice cream producer, has transitioned its single-serve ice cream brand Belij Polus to a family-friendly format with its most beloved and popular flavours.


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DavidsTea is reopening stores in Chinook Centre and Market Mall on Friday.
The Calgary mall locations are among 18 in Canada that will reopen to the public following the Quebec-headquartered specialty tea company’s “difficult decision” to close 166 of its retail locations in Canada, and all 42 of its U.S. shops. A West Edmonton Mall store will also reopen.
“We absolutely loved being in our stores to share our love of tea with the community we created, together. But, how customers shop has continued to evolve and we want and need to adapt with you,” the company stated in an update on its website.
“The new retail landscape has forced us to re-evaluate how we can bring tea to our fans most efficiently.”
In lieu of an in-store experience for its customers whose local store has shuttered, DavidsTea has launched a virtual Tea Guides program in the effort to “adapt” to the “growing online community.”
The online chat platform allows customers access to an employee between the hours of 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. MDT to provide “tailored recommendations, of-the-moment trends, curated blends” and more, according to the website.
Founded in 2008 by Montreal-based cousins David and Herschel Segal, the company’s first store opened in Toronto that same year.
Only one store in British Columbia, at Pacific Centre in downtown Vancouver, will reopen. Seven of the 18 announced store reopenings will be in Quebec.


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Menzgold Ghana Limited has been asked to suspend its gold trading operations with the public by the Ghana Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).
According to the Ghana Securities Exchange Commission, Menzgold has been dealing in the purchase and deposit of gold collectibles from the public and issuing contracts with guaranteed returns with clients, without a valid license from the Commission.
This, the SEC says, is in contravention of “section 109 of Act 929 with consequences under section 2016 (I) of the same Act.”
The company has however been cleared to continue its “other businesses of assaying, purchasing gold from small-scale miners and export of gold.”
The SEC said in its statement, dated September 7, that it has been investigating Menzgold since 2017 but paid a working visit to the company on August 23, 2018 where they met with the Commercial Manager, Nana Yaw Offei and an adviser to the company’s CEO, Derek Akubia.
SEC stated that despite being licensed to only purchase and export gold from licensed sellers, Menzgold also sells and purchases gold collectibles from the general public through its agent, Brew Marketing.
The Commission has since requested for “detailed information” on the activities of the company which the lawyers of Menzgold have agreed to provide within 14 days
The SEC, however, believes that this notwithstanding, the company’s activities constitute an illegality and are “a threat to unsuspecting and uninformed investors.”
The statement from the SEC added that failure by Menzgold to comply with the directive “will lead to the SEC employing other relevant measures under the law to enforce compliance.”
The Commission also called on the Minerals Commission which licensed the operations of the gold trading company to “call Menzgold to order and direct it to conduct its business in accordance with the license issued to it by MINCOM”


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Brian Haynes and Yonas Marcos have were recently appointed to the National ATM Council board of directors. Haynes is senior vice president of PAI and Marcos is CEO and president of Star Financial Services.
“Brian and Yonas are two of today’s most admired and dynamic U.S. independent ATM industry leaders, and it is with considerable pride and satisfaction that we welcome these two top tier ATM professionals to the NAC board,” said NAC Board Chair George Sarantopoulos, CEO of Access One. “Their knowledge gained over years of very successful experience in the retail ATM and payments sectors will be invaluable as NAC continues tackling the vital challenges and opportunities now impacting America’s ATM entrepreneurs.”
The appointments fill the remaining unexpired board terms of former NAC directors Tim Baxter and Jim Everton. Learn more at www.natmc.org.


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Eighty-six percent of Internet users have taken steps to cover up or remove their online browsing habits, according to a new report from Pew Research called “Anonymity, Privacy, and Security Online.”
The report analyzed consumer Internet behavior and found that 55 percent of Internet users said that they had taken steps to avoid observation by companies, people or the government. Even so, 59 percent of Internet users don’t think that it’s possible to be truly anonymous online.
The report also discovered that 21 percent of Internet users have had an email or social networking profile compromised. In addition, 13 percent of Internet users have had relationship troubles with friends and family based on something that a user posted online.
The report also revealed that 12 percent of Internet users have been stalked online and 11 percent have had important personal information such as their social security number or credit card number stolen from someone online. (Via PC World).


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Currently, there is £23.4 billion worth of late invoices owed to businesses across the UK, and with so many firms already dealing with financial difficulties, late payments will only add to a company’s worries.
The PPC reforms will see the time-frame for payment (from those firms that have signed the Code) halve to just 30 days.
Tania Bowers, Legal Counsel and Head of Public Policy at APSCo, said, “Small businesses are facing a difficult time at the moment and any measures to support these organisations is welcome news. Many have already faced challenges accessing payments from business interruption insurance polices with insurers turning down claims. While the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of small companies on this issue, it is just one of many financial pressures facing company owners in these difficult times.”
“For smaller organisations, late payments and difficulties accessing funds owed through insurance schemes could be the difference between surviving these difficult times and making some very difficult staffing and cost-cutting decisions. Now more than ever, the UK’s small businesses need support from not only the government, but also the businesses they act as crucial suppliers to.”
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If you own an iPhone 7 or Galaxy S8, you may want to check for updates. This week, Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) hosted its annual Pwn2Own contest in Tokyo as researchers from around the world gathered to show exploits on the iPhone 7, Samsung S8, and Huawei Mate 9 Pro.
This year’s event yielded 32 different vulnerabilities and awarded $515,000 in payments to researchers.
Qihoo 360 Security exposed a vulnerability where hackers could use Wi-Fi to execute code on an iPhone 7. They also were able to exploit Safari through a bug in the browser and one in system services.
Tencent Keen Security Lab exposed a troubling Wi-Fi exploit where hackers could use a series of bugs to gain execution and escalate privilege on the iPhone 7 to install a rogue app. The app remained on the device even after a restart.
Fluorescence (Richard Zhu) exploited a bug in the iPhone 7’s Safari browser with an out-of-bounds bug to escape the browser’s sandbox and execute code on the phone.
MWR Labs exposed a serious vulnerability on the Samsung Galaxy S8. The researchers used 11 vulnerabilities across six different applications to execute code and pull data from the device. This magnitude of bugs allowed the researchers to continue exploiting the phone even after a reboot.
Qihoo 360 Security used the Samsung internet browser on the Galaxy S8 to run code and then leveraged a privilege escalation in a Samsung application that persisted through a device reboot.
MWR Labs used a series of five bugs in different Huawei applications to escape the Google Chrome browser sandbox and remove data from a Huawei Mate 9 Pro.
Tencent Keen Security used a Huawei Mate 9 Pro to showcase the most devastating vulnerability during the contest. The researchers were able to execute a baseband attack on the device and execute code on the broadband processor. They were then able to modify the device’s International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI), something that could cause huge disruptions if it was done in the wild. This was the first broadband exploit ever submitted to ZDI.
Each year ZDI holds the Pwn2Own contest not only to show device exploits but to give vendors an opportunity to fix them. Exploits are provided to vendors, which are able to ask researchers directly any questions they may have. ZDI then gives the vendor 90 days to correct the issue. If the vendor is unable or does not fix the issue or provide a reasonable statement as to why the vulnerability is not fixed, ZDI publishes an advisory with additional details about the exploits in an effort to protect the public.
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Further details have been released about the planned roll out of La Sala, the Spanish-based restaurant and bar brand led by James Horler.
Sala Group Holdings is now looking for up to six locations across the country to open in the next two years, according to specialist property advisors Colliers International.
It is seeking sites of over 6,000 sq ft, in affluent areas around Essex, Surrey and Hertfordshire, such as Loughton, Epping, Richmond, Guildford and St Albans.
Ross Kirton, director of licensed and leisure at Colliers International, said: "Optimum locations and scale are of upmost importance for this project and we will be seeking large high profile roadside locations with good car parking, perhaps even allowing for a valet parking. We will also consider leasehold projects requiring use class reclassification."
The restaurant and late-night brand is already established in southern Spain holiday spots Marbella and nearby Puerto Banus, including the sites La Sala, Sala Beach, El Rincon de la Sala and Aqwa Mist.
It is run by James Horler, chairman of the 3Sixty Restaurants group that also manages Red Hot World Buffet, Charterhouse Leisure, Ping Pong and Patisserie Valerie. Horler also played a significant role in the expansion of Spanish tapas brand La Tasca, which he sold in 2007 for £134m.
Speaking about the plans, Horler said: "La Sala offers a very lively atmosphere which has already proven extremely popular in Spain and many of our customers visiting from the UK feel there is nothing like it back home, so it is part the evolution of the brand to roll it out here. Both town centre and ‘destination' suburban locations are being considered."