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The Chinese authorities have banned Tesla electric cars from entering the city of Beidaihe, Reuters reports, citing sources in the local police. A coastal city in Hebei Province will be closed for “battery-powered” foreign cars for two months from July 1 – at this time, a planned secret meeting of the party leadership will be held there. Videos with electric cars, which the police take away from temporarily forbidden places, have already begun to appear on the Network.
The source did not announce the reasons for the ban on Tesla, noting only that the decision is related to “state affairs”. The exact dates of the meeting of the leadership of the ruling party of China are traditionally not announced, but it usually takes place in the summer in Beidaihe, located near Beijing.
In early June, Tesla cars were banned from driving on some streets of Chengdu in southwest China. Then the restrictions were associated with the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the capital of Sichuan province.
Earlier, Tesla electric cars equipped with a wide range of cameras and sensors were suspected of espionage and creating a threat to national security. Last year, the authorities of the People’s Republic of China banned American electric cars from entering the territory of military bases, and officials were asked to transfer to other cars.
The head of Tesla, Elon Musk, assured us that there is no question of any espionage. According to him, if the company does not maintain the confidentiality of any information, it will soon be closed.
China is the world leader in electric car sales and an important market for Tesla. In addition, about half of the 936,000 electric vehicles that the American manufacturer delivered worldwide in 2021 were assembled at the Tesla plant in Shanghai.


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This morning, I'm recommending a bullish put write on Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ:BYND).
Creativity and technology are sparking big gains in food stocks like YUM stock. Yum! Brands is the owner of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC.
A Taco Bell vegetarian menu is coming to stores starting tomorrow and it offers customers 13 vegetarian options to choose from.
KFC Beyond Fried Chicken is coming as the chain tests out the plant-based alternative, but only at one location in Georgia.
A KFC Cheetos Sandwich may not be what customers were expecting, but it's what they are going to get at the start of July.
Free Taco Bell 2019 is here from the Yum Brands (YUM) restaurant chain and we have all you need to know about the special offer.
The fundamentals underlying the fast food industry are becoming increasingly favorable, and that's good news for these six stocks.
For those who understand that gravity always prevails, taking a small short position in Beyond Meat stock may turn out to be an excellent trade.
KFC vegan fried chicken may be a thing in the future thanks to the growing demand from customers for alternatives to meat.
There's a new Pizza Hut pan pizza that customers can try out and it makes some major changes over the old version of the menu item.
Taco Bell hotel is happening and it will have a gift shop with plenty of apparel and other items that are connected with the brand's image.
Yum! Brands earnings for the first quarter of the year have YUM stock falling lower Wednesday after reporting a revenue miss.
Four of the top 10 pizza chains in America have been acquired over the past few years, implying that pizza stocks should be on constant M&A watch.
The rally across restaurant stocks has been diverse, but it will become increasingly narrow as we get later into 2019.
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According to Xinhua News Agency, the official press agency of the People's Republic of China, the country has just printed its 80-millionth Bible.
Amity Printing Company, the country's only authorized Bible-printing company, has been producing Bibles since 1988. It is a joint venture between China's Amity Foundation and the United Bible Societies. Today, the company produces 1 million copies per month.
"The production of 80 million Bible copies can be attributed to the work of China's Christians, and, more importantly, the country's reform and opening-up policy," said Qiu Zhonghui, Chairman of the Board of Amity Printing, in a celebration ceremony in Nanjing.
According to Xinhua, the company produces 50 editions of the bible, in various languages and also in Braille. One in four Bibles in the world are printed in China today. China has 16 million Christians attending 55,000 churches or gathering venues.
According to Amity Printing's website, the company employs a Roland 204 press, a Roland 704 press, a Timson webpress and an Akiyama offset press. The company's bindery has MBO folding machines, Meccamotecnica auto gatherers and sewing, and a Kolbus-sigloch hard-bound book production line. The company holds ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 certifications.


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HUNGRY Horse pubs chain Greene King said it continued to weather the economic storm after reporting a 3% rise in half-year profits today.
The group, which brews Old Speckled Hen and Abbot Ale, said the pre-tax profits haul of £60.7 million in the 24 weeks to October 18 owed much to its swift response to the onset of the credit crunch in 2007.
As well as increasing its focus on value-for-money, Greene King boosted investment in growth categories such as food, wine and coffee and offered additional support to landlords in managed and tenanted pubs.
Chief executive Rooney Anand said: "We were a strong business going into the recession and as a result of the actions we have taken, we are well placed to continue to outperform the sector."
In the managed pubs division, which employs 15,000 people and has 776 outlets, operating profits were steady at £52.3 million as families looking for cheaper eating out options helped like-for-like sales grow by 4.6%.
The strongest performances were seen at the group’s Old English Inns and at Hungry Horse, where like-for-like food sales were up 10% due to new menu items and an increased focus on Sunday roast meals.
The company said its tenanted pubs division endured another tough trading period with operating profits down 13.7% to £35.8 million. However, Greene King noted encouraging trends which had continued into the second half of the year.
In Scotland, where the company trades as Belhaven, profits rose 9% to £14.6 million, while the company’s brewing arm lifted 5.4% to £9.2 million as it continued to outperform the rest of the real ale market.


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Report: UK To Get 395-hp Version of Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
The British have been getting their hands on higher-powered versions of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution than we have in the U.S. for a while now, and that trend is looking like it is going to continue in 2009. According to a report in Auto Express, the UK will reportedly be receiving a monster, 395-hp variant of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X.
Known as the FQ400 in Britain, Mitsubishi has apparently given the green light to the range-topping model for production after a race version (pictured above) successfully campaigned at the recent Britcar 24-hour race at Silverstone. Engine details are sketchy, but Auto Express speculates that the powerplant will require a larger turbocharger, new exhaust, and a remapping of the engine computer. Performance is expected to be phenomenal, with Auto Express estimating a 3.5-sec 0-60 time and a top speed of 170 mph. The car will also likely come with bigger brakes and unique styling cues, and is estimated to retail for at least 45,000 pounds ($78,500).
If the car is indeed produced, we'll take some, Mitsubishi...
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Nintendo are looking to make sure that players can experience Link’s multiplayer antics in The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes with a demo distribution in Japan.
Three download codes are being distributed to those with a registered Nintendo Network ID, allowing players to join forces over Online and Local Play. As with the Splatoon Global Testfire, those wishing to unite together online will only be able to do so during limited one-hour time slots.
Those will take place over the next two weekends at the following times:
- Saturday 10th October 2015: 11pm – 12am JST
- Sunday 11th October 2015: 10am – 11am JST
- Saturday 17th October 2015: 11pm – 12am JST
- Sunday 18th October 2015: 10am – 11am JST
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes will release exclusively for Nintendo 3DS in Europe and North America on October 23rd.


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Since we posted this story about the Silenced Pistol available now, Epic have revealed that a new equipment item will also be added to Fortnite Battle Royale next week. The 'Cozy Campfire', seen below, will be live on the game next week and it "slowly rejuvenates the health of all nearby players". Neat, although one rocket will sort that out.
Epic's shooter Fortnite: Battle Royale just received it's first 2018 update today, and it adds a new silenced pistol to the game. Based off what looks like the USP Match, the new stealthy gun launches alongside a limited game mode.
The weapon comes in Epic and Legendary rarity and can be found in treasure chests, supply drops, and floor loot. The new Sneaky Silencer Limited Time Mode runs from 5th-8th of January, and features both the old supressed SMG's and the new stealthy handgun.
The update should be live now, and there will be no server downtime involved. Get in there and start shooting!
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Nasdaq held a special ceremony on Thursday, to celebrate the five-year listing anniversary of Baidu Incorporation.
Baidu is the largest Chinese company listed on the New York-based stock exchange. Baidu debuted on the Nasdaq on August 5th, 2005, with an initial offering price of 27 U.S. dollars per share. Its stock price soared more than 30 times within five years.
With a market value of over 30 billion dollars, Baidu now is among the top three Internet stocks on the U.S. equity market. Despite the Chinese search engine giant reportedly planning more overseas investment, Baidu says it will always value the domestic market.
Jennifer Li, CFO of Baidu said "Our business is based in China. Most of our users are Chinese. So naturally we hope we could return profits to China's capital market, and share them with Chinese investors. That's why we have been considering joining the A share market."


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The Fresh Market, which has three stores in the Greater Philadelphia Region (Center Valley, Glen Mills, Horsham; all in PA), announced last week that it plans to add 14 to 16 new stores in fiscal 2012. It is expected the expansion will take place within their existing markets, and possibly even California, where they do not have any stores. The Fresh Market currently has 115 locations in 21 states throughout the Southeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
The company, which describes itself as a high-end specialty retailer whose stores are like old world European markets with an open air feel, opened six new stores in the fourth quarter of 2011, and two stores have already opened in 2012.
The Fresh Market recently completed its first full year as a public company. Net income for the year was $51.4 million, compared to $21.3 million in 2010 (which included IPO-related charges). Sales for 2011 were up 13% from the previous year.


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Japan-based Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd has chosen Malaysia to open its second ISETAN The Japan Store in the world, after Paris, France. The major department store chain operator aims to introduce Japanese craftsmanship, culture and services to global customers including Muslims.
ISETAN The Japan Store, a collaboration between Cool Japan Fund and Isetan Mitsukoshi, is a specialty store which offers Japanese lifestyle and aesthetical products to customers.
The store, which occupies six floors of Lot 10 Shopping Mall in Bukit Bintang, offers high-quality products from more than 200 Japanese brands. Local specialty products from many parts of Japan are sold on the underground floor, featuring spaces where customers can enjoy food and beverages, including tempura, soba noodles and sake. Staff members have been trained in Japanese customer services.
“We hope that many people from across the world will visit us and discover Japanese quality and fine products, culture, history and services from Japan, along with ‘omotenashi’ hospitality,” said Hiroshi Onishi, president of Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings.
Isetan Mitsukoshi Overseas Merchandising (Policy) Division General Manager Hajime Nakagawa said the company was optimistic the store would do well in Malaysia considering the country’s growing economy and population. Besides local people, we are also targeting tourists visiting the country.
Nakagawa said the company aimed to deliver the ‘real Japan’ high-end items to its customers here given the growing interest in Japanese culture in this part of the world.


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Humane Society International, a charity devoted to animal protection, has issued statement of support, thanking Senator Randolfe Rodrigues who introduced the amendments to strengthen the current bill and pledging support to the ongoing efforts that would make the bill into law.
“We thank Senator Rodrigues for proposing these critical amendments to end cosmetic animal cruelty in our country. His amendments will encourage investments in human-relevant non-animal testing methods that are more protective of consumer safety than the obsolete animal tests they replace,” Antoniana Ottoni, HSI legislative officer for research and toxicology, says in the statement.
“We congratulate the members of the Commission of Science and Technology for voting in favor of these changes and we will now work with the members of the Environment Commission to confirm them,” adds Ottoni.
First in the region
If Brazil does pass the pending legislation to ban animal testing of cosmetic ingredients, it will be the first so-called cruelty-free cosmetic market in South America, according to the HSI. Though within that country, the state of Sao Paolo banned animal testing for cosmetics in 2014.
Nearly 40 countries globally have such bans in place, including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Norway, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Animal testing bans vary. Some are absolute and complete. Others call for phasing out testing or prohibit the in-country testing while allowing the import and sale of products developed with animal testing outside of the country.
The HSI, of course, prefers the absolute type, which is why Senator Rodrigues’ amendments got so much attention. “If adopted, the proposed changes would close major loopholes in the 2014 Chamber of Deputies bill 70/2014, building on existing state-level bans in São Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Pará and Amazonas,” explains the HSI statement.
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The last time Green Thumb Industries (GTBIF 2.43%) announced its quarterly results, they showed that revenue had soared 237% year over year. It was a different story for the cannabis company's bottom line, though, with a wider net loss than the prior-year period.
Green Thumb Industries (GTI) announced its first-quarter results after the market closed on Thursday. And again there was good news and bad news for investors. Here are the highlights of GTI's Q1 update.
By the numbers
Once again, Green Thumb Industries announced strong revenue growth. The company reported record-high Q1 revenue of $27.9 million. This reflected a 155% increase from the prior-year-period total of $10.9 million and 34% sequential growth. It also handily beat the consensus Wall Street revenue projection of $20.43 million.
How did the company's bottom line look in the first quarter? Not nearly as good.
GTI reported a net loss of $9.7 million, or $0.06 per share, on a GAAP basis, versus $3.1 million, or $0.02 per share, in the prior-year period. Analysts expected a Q1 net loss of $0.01 per share. On a brighter note, GTI's adjusted EBITDA improved from a loss of a little over $1 million in the prior-year period to positive EBITDA of $4.9 million in the first quarter of 2019.
Green Thumb Industries ended the first quarter with cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of $117.1 million. This reflected a decrease from the $146 million on hand as of March 31, 2019.
Behind the numbers
How was Green Thumb Industries able to achieve record revenue in the first quarter? The company enjoyed organic growth in its consumer products and retail businesses. This growth was fueled by the expansion of its branded product distribution, new store openings, and increased overall demand from consumers.
The company generated sales in nine states in Q1. New sources of revenue during the quarter included its sale of consumer products to third-party retailers in California, Colorado, Connecticut, and Nevada, as well as the launch of its retail operations in Florida.
While revenue looked great for GTI, the company's bottom line worsened significantly. Expenses increased 322% year over year to $26.6 million. One major culprit behind the rise in expenses was an increased headcount to help the company scale the business.
But adjusted EBITDA looked much better for one primary reason. GTI reported a decrease in the value from a variable note receivable that totaled nearly $5.3 million. The addition of this amount enabled the company to post positive EBITDA.
There were some other notable developments during and subsequent to the first quarter for GTI as well. These include the opening of four Rise retail stores in Ohio and Florida, wrapping up its acquisition of Advanced Grow Labs, and closing on its $105 million debt financing.
There's a lot for investors to look forward to with Green Thumb Industries. The company's acquisitions of For Success Holdings and Advanced Grow Labs should contribute to revenue growth. GTI also expects to close on the acquisition of Nevada-based Integral Associates in the second quarter.
Expect plenty of activity on the retail front as well. GTI plans to launch between 15 and 20 new stores this year. This will give the company a total of up to 45 retail stores, more than originally planned.
And investors will want to keep a close watch on what's happening at the federal and state level with respect to cannabis. GTI's home state of Illinois is on track to legalize recreational marijuana. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving forward with its process to establish regulations for cannabidiol products. Legislation is also in both House and Senate committees for changing federal marijuana laws.
GTI got off to a good start in 2019. The rest of the year could be even more exciting.


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Apparently the air in Bejing is so bad that athletes have taken to wearing breathing mask to keep the pollutants out of their system. The cyclists said the mask were a safety precaution and apologized for embarrassing the Chinese Government. "We deeply regret the nature of our choices. Our decision was not intended to insult BOCOG or countless others who have put forth a tremendous amount of effort to improve the air quality in Beijing." How are they improving air quality? By taking cars off the street and shutting down factories to reduce polution. In other words they are telling people they can't drive or go to work during the olympics.
Is everyone ready to admit that giving the Olympics to China was a terrible idea? They are blocking internet access to any website that the country, putting mircophones in taxi's to find out what people are saying about them and to collect intelligence, (they say it's to protect taxi drivers), and now the air is apparently so bad athletes are being forced to wear mask. Let's not forget all the protest involving Tibet leading up to the games.
I remember when it was being decided where these Olympics were to be held America begged them not to give them to China. Well they did it anyway. I bet they wish they would've listened now. Not to say were always right, but we were on this one.
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An executive from the multinational corporation Corning, Inc. testified before the House Ways and Means Committee last week and told them that corporate taxes are just too high in this country and it’s hurting American companies, including them:
American manufacturers are at a distinct disadvantage to competitors headquartered in other countries. Specifically, foreign manufacturers uniformly face a lower corporate tax rate than U.S. manufacturers, and virtually all operate under territorial systems which encourage investment both abroad and at home.
But as ThinkProgress points out, this company hasn’t actually paid any federal taxes in years:
Over a four years period from 2008 to 2011, Corning Inc. was one of 26 companies that managed to avoid paying any American income taxes, even though it earned nearly $3 billion during that time. In fact, according to Citizens For Tax Justice, the company received a $4 million refund from 2008 to 2010. ..
Ford told the committee that Corning paid an effective tax rate of 36 percent in 2011, but as CTJ notes, she is counting taxes on profits earned overseas that haven’t yet been paid and won’t be unless the company decides to bring the money back to the United States. Corning’s actual tax rate in 2011, according to CTJ’s analysis, was actually negative 0.2 percent.
Maybe we should just all pony up and give them a few billion a year to make them feel better.


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Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), a maker of enterprise systems for managing inventory and assets, on Tuesday beat analyst estimates for the third quarter. But Zebra missed views with its outlook for the fourth quarter. Still, ZBRA stock rose in early trading.
The Lincolnshire, Ill.-based company earned an adjusted 87 cents a share on sales of $956 million in the September quarter. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected Zebra earnings of 81 cents a share on sales of $927 million. On a year-over-year basis, Zebra earnings dropped 79% while sales fell 31%.
For the current quarter, Zebra expects to earn an adjusted $1.60 a share on sales of $992 million. That’s based on the midpoint of its guidance. Wall Street had been looking for earnings of $1.69 a share on sales of $1.02 billion. In the year-earlier period, Zebra earned $4.75 a share on sales of $1.5 billion.
“As expected, our third-quarter results were impacted by broad-based end market softness and elongated sales cycles across our product categories, as well as distributor destocking,” Chief Executive Bill Burns said in a news release.
He added, “While we believe demand trends are leveling, we are not seeing signs of a market recovery based on customer behavior, and remain cautious in our planning for the remainder of the year and first half of 2024.”
ZBRA Stock Has Poor Composite Rating
In premarket trading on the stock market today, ZBRA stock rose 4.7% to 219.70. ZBRA stock is in a three-weeks-tight pattern with a buy point of 216.57, according to IBD MarketSmith charts.
Zebra Technologies makes rugged mobile computers, bar code scanners and printers, and RFID tracking tags that link to enterprise systems to enable real-time visibility of inventory and other assets. It offers systems for retail, e-commerce, health care, manufacturing, transportation and other industries.
Zebra ranks ninth out of 35 stocks in IBD’s Electronics-Miscellaneous Products industry group, according to IBD Stock Checkup. ZBRA stock has a poor IBD Composite Rating of 39 out of 99.
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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen Chairman Jean-Martin Folz hopes to achieve this year's targets despite recession and the war in Iraq.
"We are prepared for any circumstances," he said.
Key business indicators for the year to date - sales, market share and cost control - showed improvements through March, Folz said.
He said PSA is currently running its plants at 117 percent of installed capacity, using the Harbour Index formula of two-shift production as 100 percent.
Folz is confident that new markets will continue to develop for the PSA group.
"We will grow worldwide, particularly in China and Latin America," he said.
Folz hopes that by 2004 PSA will produce 150,000 cars per year in China. Mid-term he aims to double production in the country to 300,000 cars annually.
If the Chinese market continues to grow at a similar rate PSA will further increase its manufacturing capacity.
Business in Latin America is also good. PSA's sales and market shares have increased despite the current economic crisis. In 2002 PSA produced 50,000 cars in Brazil and raised its market share from 3.2 percent to 4.6 percent.
Today, up to 100,000 cars are being manufactured on three shifts.
If necessary, PSA will consider adding capacity in Brazil, Folz said.
PSA's sales in central Europe are also expected to rise. In all countries concerned - from Poland to Turkey - Folz's target is to reach "the average market share of western European countries." That means a share of about 10 percent.
Generally, Folz said PSA intends to "move more toward the east."
New car plants are being built in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Locations in eastern Germany have been examined but rejected by Folz.
"Those locations were unfavorable for our logistics and certain parts of the production process are too expensive over there," he said.
Meanwhile, Folz hopes to maintain PSA's edge in developing diesel particulate filters.
"We have a lead of four years," he said.
Folz says he is happy that German competitors are planning to produce filters.
"That is a fantastic message, great for the environment," he said.
Currently PSA's focus is on increasing the filters' lifetime. The next generation is already being developed. In 2003 the life span of filters will increase from 120,000km to 140,000km.


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For over 50 years, SD Works manufactures and installs some of the biggest signs and wayfinding projects in the NYC and Tri-state area.
AMR Specialized handles cargo and freight in and out of ports of entry.
After a successful string of viral videos anchored on youtube, and distributed via Instagram and Linkedin, national machinery moving company chooses Omni Channel Media Distribution to manage all content marketing.
PMM Cranes, one of New York City's premiere Construction Companies, specializing in Crane Services selects Omni Channel Media Distribution to head up photo/video projects including for Google and Freedom Tower
Omni Channel Media announces new cable show on Time Warner. Transparent Digital Television begins airing the best international shorts, entertainment, and travel content beginning March 22.
Jeff Zwerling, a founding partner of New York City antitrust law firm Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling was recently named as one of the Top 100 Litigators in the US! He also was recently featured in New York Magazine.
The Sri-State’s leading heavy machinery moving and rigging company recently filmed a spot for Manhattan Cable Television show Behind The Scenes New York!
New York City’s leading fire protection services company celebrates 50 years. The company started in the 1970s by helping people in the Bronx protect their homes at a time which the borough was literally burning down. Now, NYC’s most prestigious ballrooms and restaurants trust Master Fire Prevention with their life safety initiatives.
South Florida hot sauce company turns heads with 3 unique flavors and a risqué YouTube pre-roll.
James FC Hyde Whiskey nabs up-and-coming actor Nodar Marjanidze for a 7 second YouTube pre-roll spot. The clip features the star, who hails from the Republic Of Georgia, as a soccer star in the video which quickly gained a lot of attention on Instagram.
Long Island based Wine Importer Joseph Victori has struck social media gold with it’s commercial “The Date”. The video gained well over 3000 views in a matter of weeks and hundreds of shares on Facebook despite NOT being allowed to advertise due to the name of the particular brand featured in the commercial “Sweet Bitch”.
One of South Florida’s most iconic flea markets has taken to producing video content for its customer base. With so many events from classic car shows to fundraisers, the Big Apple decided to capture and share all the fun by launching a video channel that has already gained close to 10,000 views.


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PEOPLE from Waltham Forest who grow their own vegetables, fruit and herbs are invited to submit photos for a competition this month (September, 2015) to help encourage others to give GYO a go.
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The finalists for HJ’s 2015 British Hairdressing Business Awards have been announced and Leytonstone’s Hair Culture has been shortlisted for the Retail Salon of the Year category.
GARDENERS from Waltham Forest who want to find out about attracting butterflies to their allotments, gardens and smallholdings can find free advice on a virtual garden centre’s website this month (July, 2015).
CHILDREN from Waltham Forest are this month (April, 2015) being given a gardening challenge to help raise money for a national charity.


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The price increases are not all linked to the coronavirus: bad weather has for example impacted the citrus sector.
The prices of food products in Belgium increased by 4.04% in April compared to April 2019 and those of non-alcoholic drinks by 3.32%, announced Wednesday Statbel, whose monthly inflation figures make this time a focus on some commonly purchased products that have “caught the attention of the media recently” in the context of the current crisis. But these price increases are not necessarily linked to the coronavirus.
A month behind, that is to say compared to March 2020, the prices of food products are up by 1.68% and those of non-alcoholic drinks by 0.52%.
“Certain structural causes can be put forward to explain the general rise in food inflation. The increase cannot therefore be simply attributed to a Covid-19 effect, ”Statbel nuance. “We came from a period of low food inflation. Food inflation in 2019 was the lowest since 2014. Other countries are also experiencing higher food inflation. For example, the Netherlands posted 3.2% CPI food inflation in March and Germany 3.7% in March. In Belgium, food inflation rose to 2.4% in March. ”
The rise in food inflation in April is mainly due to high inflation of fresh vegetables and fruits (mainly citrus fruits, whose supply suffered from poor weather conditions in southern Europe, strawberries and pears, including reserves are low, unrelated to Covid-19). Inflation is also high for pork and its by-products, as this type of meat is in high demand in China.
Cleaning and maintenance products saw their prices jump 6.36% in April over a year and even 6.51% compared to March 2020. This increase is explained, in part, by the period of low inflation last year and, in part, by a lower supply of reductions. “For these products, such reductions were granted just before containment and the prohibition of reductions. Given the specific nature of these products (long shelf life), it is also possible that consumers have built up reserves, ”states Statbel.
A significant increase in prices is also noted for pet products: + 3.02% compared to April 2019 but stable compared to March 2020.
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Liquified natural gas (LNG) will replace iron ore as Australia’s principal export, and our top-five export destinations will be in Asia by 2030, according to predictions in the latest HSBC trade forecast.
The forecast predicts that industrial commodity exports will be increasingly surpassed by products more suited to underpin developing Asian consumer markets such as mineral fuels and base metals.
LNG will make up 20 per cent of Australia’s export growth by 2030 but areas such as industrial machinery used in the mining industry will also experience export growth.
However, HSBC’s commercial bank head, James Hogan said on Thursday that Australia needed to drive innovation if it were to continue to trade with Asia as it urbanised to 3020.
“With Australia’s structurally high dollar and high cost base, innovation is the only long-term comparative advantage available to our high-end manufacturers," said Mr Hogan.
“To maintain the edge, Australian businesses will need to focus on innovation."
The quarterly HSBC trade forecast, modelled by Oxford Economics, predicts rapidly increasing exports to Asia with growth to Indonesia seen at 5 per cent a year and Vietnam more than 8 per cent annually.
The signing of free-trade agreements, such as that with malaysia in 2012, would also pave the way for greater trade flows.
“The rise of Malaysia’s trade importance, along with the continuation of Australia’s trade links with China, japan, South Korea and India will see Australia’s top-five export partners being all Asian for the first time."
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Brand Junction Bundoora – home to the largest Laura Ashley store in Australia
|In an Australian first, Laura Ashley is set to launch an exciting new concept store at the Brand Junction Homewares precinct.
Based on a highly successful model rolled out across the UK, the new Laura Ashley store will be the largest of its kind in Australia – at nearly 800 sqm. It will focus predominantly on homewares, with a supporting fashion element.
The new concept store will be made up of cleverly designed ‘room sets’ that will invite customers to interact with Laura Ashley products in a home setting. The concept inspires customers to choose products from within a complete bedroom or dining room setting, from the lights on the ceiling to rugs on the floor and everything in between.
“We’re extremely excited by the potential of Brand Junction, and a store of nearly 800 square metres allows us the opportunity to showcase our complete range.” said Richard Owen, Laura Ashley’s Chief Operating Officer.
In another coup for the Homewares precinct, Garrards will also open at the Brand Junction centre. A well-known Melbourne retail name Garrards have been an icon niche retail in the Northern suburbs for over
Also on offer at the Brand Junction Homewares precinct will be popular retail names such as Sheridan, Pure Zone, Crabtree & Evelyn, The General Trader and more.
Gearing up to open later this year Brand Junction will offer brands marked at up to 70 percent off and house around 100 international and national brands with many not available in any of the other shopping centres in the area.
Eagerly awaited by local residents, Brand Junction offers this rapidly growing residential population a fresh and contemporary shopping alternative. The existing population located in a 20 minute drive time from University Hill is in excess of 600,000.
The centre will comprise of three major areas; Fashion and Accessories, Streetwear and Sportswear and Homewares. Each of these areas will feature a mix of big name retailers. The Fashion and Accessories area includes major international labels such as MNG, Guess, Pacific Brands, Bonds and accessories including Strandbags and Sintra and shoes by Novo, Midas, Mollini and Shoo Biz, Florsheim.
The Sports and Street wear precinct will be represented by names like Converse, Fila, Russell Athletic, Lorna Jane and Plunj.
“As an entirely new concept in brand outlet shopping, Brand Junction will create a retail experience never before seen by residents, students and workers in the burgeoning north-eastern growth corridor, it will delivers an innovative mix of leading brands at discount prices in a new master planned, street-based shopping environment” said Mark O’Connell, MAB Corporation’s General Manager of Retail.
Brand Junction is the latest stage of the University Hill Town Centre which already comprises a Coles supermarket, Westpac, Priceline and 20 speciality stores. The Health and Wellbeing component is soon to be finished which will include the already open Childcare Centre and Medical Centre along with a Genesis Gym and other Medical Services. To finish off the Town Centre development an Entertainment precinct will be developed including a range of restaurants and bars and potentially a cinema complex.
University Hill continues to grow at rapid rate with Brand Junction set to open, strong apartment and house and land sales and a highly successful business park with the second commercial office opening.


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[THE INVESTOR] South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical said on Jan.4 it will launch its dual-action drug for hyperlipidemia, Rosuzet, across global markets in partnership with US pharmaceutical giant Merck Sharp & Dohme.
The two have newly entered a licensing partnership under which MSD will take charge of selling Hanmi’s Rosuzet across 23 countries, excluding Korea. Hanmi said it could not specify the given countries due to contract stipulations.
Rosuzet is a dual-action drug combining two active ingredients -- ezetimibe and rosuvastatin. It treats hyperlipidemia, a chronic illness caused by an overabundance of lipids, such as fats, cholesterol and triglycerides, in the blood.
Under the partnership, Hanmi will take charge of developing and producing Rosuzet while MSD will carry out the drug’s marketing and sales in the 23 countries.
It is the second time for Hanmi and MSD to co-promote a product developed by the Korean drug company. In 2009, the two signed a partnership for the global launch of Hanmi’s hypertension treatment Amosartan, also known as Cozaar XQ, which combines amlodipine with losartan.
“Under the partnership, Hanmi will be able to successfully launch Rosuzet in global markets by utilizing MSD’s global sales and marketing networks,” said Hanmi Pharmaceutical CEO Lee Kwan-sun.
“We plan to continue engaging in additional talks over expanding our partnership to include more countries,” Lee said.
Having kicked off 2017 with a new partnership announcement, Hanmi Pharmaceutical apologized for its mishaps in 2016, including delaying key disclosures on sensitive licensing deals that caused the company’s share price to plunge and prompted a legal investigation.
“We deeply apologize for our shortcomings in 2016 and pledge to emerge as a more trustworthy pharmaceutical company this year,” Hanmi said in a recent statement.
In September last year, the Korean drugmaker was heavily criticized for belatedly making a disclosure that Boehringer Ingelheim had terminated its license partnership with Hanmi over a new lung cancer treatment.
Hanmi’s share price also took a steep fall in December when it announced the reduction of a licensing partnership it had entered with Sanofi over a set of new long-acting diabetes treatments.
Hanmi said it is determined to regain public trust and make efforts to ensure that the remainder of the drugs it has licensed out global pharmaceutical companies can reach commercialization.
By Sohn Ji-young/The Korea Herald (firstname.lastname@example.org)


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FinTech is a rapidly evolving space. As a tech industry segment, the financial sector is unlike many others. Regulations are developing at a constant rate and the face of personal and professional finance is changing as we know it.
According to Citigroup, approximately $19 billion was invested into the fintech sector from 2015-16, compared to a bare investment of $1.8 billion in 2011. In light of the industry excitement, we have put together 3 recent trends in FinTech to keep you ahead of the curve.
Remittance, previously overlooked by economist and FinTech entrepreneurs alike, are beginning to become key focus points for startups. What is a remittance? In Economist Dilip Rath’s own words, “When migrants send home part of their earnings in the form of either cash or goods to support their families, these transfers are known as workers’ or migrant remittances.”
According to Fast Company remittance totaled $429 billion in 2015, a total three times that of government foreign aid worldwide. Remittances also represent the largest source of foreign income for some developing countries.
In the current economic climate, sending money overseas is expensive. But transaction fees are slowly dropping –2.5% over the last ten years, from current estimates, to an average of 7.45% globally. Here is where FinTech enters the picture.
Startups such as Circle, Abra, Transferwise, WorldRemit, and others are beginning to address this market, as the current tech infrastructure can greatly reduce the cost of money transfer thanks to advances in blockchain, wide breadth of internet access, and mobile phones.
Since the inception of FinTech in the 1950’s with credit cards, there has been a strong relationship between Banks. According to Forbes, “What is striking about the last 65 years of development in [financial] technologies is that while they became mainstream and widely used by banks and their customers, the banking sector was not threatened.” However, the recent accelerated growth of technology has shifted the relationship between FinTech and banking.
According to Forbes, in 2015 many new payment financial technologies, including, “mobile wallets, payment apps, robo-advisors for wealth and retirement planning, equity crowdfunding platforms for access to private and alternative investment opportunities and online lending platforms” did not enhance banking series, but in fact replaced them.
This competitive theme has subsided somewhat in the last few years, though—demonstrating that trends come full circle. Recently, Mark Buitenhek, head of transaction service at Dutch bank ING, said “many FinTechs simply want to sell their idea to a bank and many participate in bank-sponsored incubator or accelerator scheme such as Barclays Rise program. Only a minority of FinTechs possess the scale, customer base and financial expertise needed to compete directly with banks.”
Regardless of the outcome, FinTech and banking will continue to be interrelated, integrated and competitive. Just one of the many reasons FinTech is so exciting.
A newly published GAO Study breaks down the visible trends in the FinTech industry, including: Marketing lending, mobile payments, digital wealth platforms, and distrusted ledger technology. Additionally, the Report details which regulators address according industry segments and how those segments are regulated.
According to the National Law Journal, “The GAO last released a report on fintech in 2011, but legislators last year asked for updated guidance, since the industry was largely made up of peer-to-peer lending in 2011 and has since expanded greatly.” And according to the report, the expansions focus essentially on data security, a well-known hot button issue around all tech industries. Read the report here.
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Fiat Chrysler Automotive ( FCA) has appointed a new dealer for its Jeep range of vehicles in Goa. The new dealer MV Rao who also has an Audi dealership in store has been signed as the new dealer partners for Jeep in Goa.
The earlier dealer Quadros auto-mark has shut down for reasons best known to the company. The new Jeep showroom is located right next to the Audi dealership in Caranzalem Panjim and follows top standards in its layout and ambience.
The new showroom can display around 3-4 cars at a time and will cater to the market from all over Goa. MV Rao is also in the process of setting up a workshop at Verna Industrial Estate especially for Jeep vehicles that will be operational soon.
Jeep’s model range in the Indian market includes the Grand Cherokee, Wrangler unlimited, Grand Cherokee SRT and the highly popular Compass. The model range will soon be joined by the much awaited Compass Trailhawk and the Renegade as well.
With the recent news about Fiat withdrawing operations from the Indian market to be able to focus only on the Jeep brand we hope this new dealership marks the right step taken on a positive note.


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- Grechen Huebner launched Kodable in 2013. This year was the first time she had any marketing budget.
- She grew her audience to 20 million users by leveraging social media, webinars, and partnerships.
- She also mastered the art of writing a product-announcement email to increase engagement.
When Grechen Huebner launched her education company Kodable in 2013, she had no marketing budget — and virtually no other budget to speak of. But just six years later, Kodable has more than 20 million users.
After having raised only $1 million in funding in two halves in 2014 and 2015, she reported that 2019 marked the second year in a row that Kodable has been growing solely on its own revenue.
"We came out of the gate with a product that there was a pressing need for, and we built a product that can be used at home, before tailoring it further to be suitable for classroom use," Huebner said. "Only recently — the second half of 2019 — have we had any marketing budget to speak of."
The 29-year-old cofounder told Business Insider how she built such a large audience without spending a dime.
How Kodable got its start
After graduating from the University of Louisville in summer 2012, Huebner spent a lot of time learning all she could about lean startup principles, as she was beginning to develop the concept for Kodable with her cofounder Jon Mattingly.
"I wanted to understand what makes a brand and product take off," she said. "I remember reading everything I could online, attending dozens of local seminars, and talking to as many of our potential customers as possible." The two also participated in Y Combinator's "Imagine K12" class in 2013, which provided training from industry leaders and startup founders on how to run a successful education startup.
Huebner freelanced and Mattingly worked a full-time job while they began to develop Kodable, but both left their jobs to become full-time business owners after launching the company in December 2012.
Today, Mattingly serves as CEO, while Huebner takes on a larger marketing role as chief product officer for the company — their mission being to ensure every child, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status, learns to code.
Sending cold emails and building a social-media presence
During the first year, the cofounders focused on research and testing to ensure teachers were happy with Kodable. Once they had achieved this, they were ready to start marketing, with Huebner leading the charge.
"It turns out that people were looking for a way to teach kids programming," she said. "Our research and effort had paid off. We found something that people around the globe wanted and were actively looking for in the App Store. We were growing just because people were searching for a tool to 'teach kids to code.'"
To boost the company's small but respectable user numbers — about 1,500 monthly in 2013 — the chief product officer began cold emailing reporters and pitching the product to anyone who covered tech and education.
"I learned how to craft a pitch from reading about it online, and then I manually searched for reporters' contact information on their websites and social-media accounts," Huebner said. "We were able to get some coverage and get a spike in downloads."
Huebner simultaneously focused on growing a community around teaching kids to code. She created the brand hashtag #KidsCanCode, began posting content to Kodable's social channels, and started a Twitter chat.
"I wanted a place for people to talk about teaching kids programming and to share ideas," Huebner said. "Each week, we had a specific theme, like 'Coding and Problem-solving,' that people would show up to discuss."
Huebner said she also participated in other education-focused Twitter chats for about three hours every night for two years.
"This was a great way to 'get out of the building' and talk to our users, but also to promote Kodable and our #KidsCanCode brand," she said. Huebner took pains to keep her conversation "as far away from pitchy as possible," rarely talking about Kodable and keeping the focus relevant to the chat topic.
"I introduced myself as 'Grechen, founder of Kodable programming curriculum,' and people began to look for me in chats. They respected that I clearly cared about what they had to say," she said.
After a couple years into this grassroots marketing effort, the results were positive.
"We had a well-established brand that people trusted for reliable information, and a great product that was built from cultivating knowledge around our community's needs," she said.
Leveraging contests, webinars, and partnerships
Huebner explained that running seasonal events and holding giveaways was an inexpensive way to engage users, create a positive brand interaction, and keep people talking about Kodable.
In 2018, Kodable released a new feature for kids to design their own levels. To generate awareness and demonstrate to teachers how useful Kodable could be for design thinking and creative problem-solving, Huebner held a "Maze Maker Contest."
"Teachers were able to opt into the contest and submit student mazes for a month," Huebner said. By the end of the month, over 30,000 mazes had been submitted. The company selected the top 20 mazes and let kids vote on the top five. Over 50,000 votes were cast to select the winners.
Later in 2018, Huebner created the Kodable for Everyone program, through which schools with limited budgets or in underserved communities could apply to win a free Kodable license.
"This was an opportunity for us to give back and create some awareness around the benefits Kodable can have in a school community," she said. Over 200 schools applied, and Kodable chose 20 outstanding schools to receive the license.
Webinars were another cost-effective way that Huebner increased value for the company's users and created a sense of community. Each year, Kodable holds a free back-to-school webinar for anyone who is new to Kodable or returning for another year.
"The webinars allow our community of educators to engage with us, ask questions, and meet one another virtually," Huebner said. After the event, the video stays public on the company's YouTube channel, and they also share the archived video via email and social media.
Finally, Huebner stressed the value of startups building relationships with others in their market. One way that Kodable did this early on was by participating in a Code.org event called the "Hour of Code," which promotes computer science in schools and is supported by big names like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Google.
"We were blown away by the number of students who suddenly started playing Kodable for the 'Hour of Code' that week," Huebner said. "Since then, Code.org ... now recommend[s] Kodable as a follow-up curriculum to their own content and continue[s] to be one of our strongest partnerships."
Mastering the art of the product-announcement email
One tactic that Huebner highlighted as particularly useful was product-announcement emails.
"Product announcements are a simple way to keep users engaged and excited about your product," Huebner said. "Every time we send an announcement about a new feature, we see a spike in active users."
Huebner shared the example below of the typical product-announcement email that Kodable sends to their users. This particular email had an open rate of 30%.To replicate this success, Huebner said to "keep your subject short ... usually five to seven words." She also recommended including the words "update" or "new" to catch your reader's attention and being careful about how often you use exclamation points "because they can get your emails sent to the spam folder."
"You shouldn't rely on the recipient to read the entire email to understand what the new feature is about," Huebner added. "I like to use the billboard rule for most of my emails: Communicate your message in four seconds or less."
She said that a call to action is always necessary.
"I can't tell you how many times I've reviewed emails without a call to action, or with a call to action that doesn't correlate to our current marketing goals," Huebner said. In the pictured example, Huebner's goal was for users to start playing and use the new feature, so she provided a link directly to the game.
Balancing a low budget today
Though Huebner emphasized that the company has grown primarily through word of mouth to this day, this is the first year that Kodable does finally have a marketing budget, of about $4,000 a month.
"Primarily we're focusing on maintaining brand awareness we built over the past six years," she said. To that end, Huebner has been attending small industry-specific conferences and purchasing swag to give away to devoted users. She has also started using ads to boost Kodable's search ranking in the App Store.
Even with some funds available, Huebner said that they still generate free buzz by motivating users to talk about Kodable by providing quality feature updates and inviting users to participate in fun contests.
That said, when it comes to finally having a marketing budget to play with, "We're still experimenting with where and how to best spend it," she said.


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YouTube application is officially gaining picture-in-picture (PiP) support for iOS the functionality was already present in Android devices.
The feature enables that users non-premium and premium to close the YouTube app and continue to watch their video in a small pop-up window, reported by news agency.
In a statement to MacRumors, YouTube said that PiP is currently rolling out to all premium subscribers on iOS and that a larger rollout to all US iOS users will take place soon.
The PiP support, on an operating system level, was first introduced on iPads with the iOS 9 update. iOS devices received the update much later with iOS 14. Some iPad users can still use the PiP while using YouTube on the Safari browser. In most cases, this feature was only introduced to premium subscribers. YouTube PiP has been a constant back and forth utility.
At least in the United States iOS users, with or without a YouTube Premium subscription feature will be available, despite some speculation that YouTube may have limited PiP support for only paying subscribers, the report said.
Some users have found creative workarounds utilising Shortcuts to turn off built-in parameters on the YouTube site that disables PiP.


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Local merchants and shoppers can look forward to another day without sales tax this fall.
Petersburg’s borough assembly last night voted to have a day without borough sales tax on October 5th. That was a request of the Chamber of Commerce’s retail committee.
Assembly member Sue Flint supported the tax free day. “We are ahead of our budget with sales tax revenues and October is a month where it’s pretty much residents living in Petersburg, or shopping in Petersburg and I think it’d be a better time to have it than it was in May when we’re full of visitors,” Flint said.
October 5th is also two days after Permanent Fund Dividend checks are sent out by the state, giving local residents some money to spend.
The assembly can choose whether or not to designate up to two sales tax-free days a year under an ordinance ratified by Petersburg voters in 2011. Assembly members did not vote on offering a similar tax free day last spring over concerns with impacts to the borough’s budget. The issue did make it to a vote last night and it passed, 6-1 with assembly member John Hoag voting against it.


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angry tapir writes: "Dell has ceased production of Inspiron Mini netbooks; in effect ending its pursuit of the receding netbook market, at least for consumer sales. When Dell ran through its stock of the netbooks several months ago, it declined to manufacture more units."
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The environment squandered about 931 million metric tons of meals in 2019 — an common of 121 kilograms per person. That’s about 17 per cent of all food that was accessible to shoppers that yr, a new United Nations report estimates.
“Throwing away foodstuff de facto usually means throwing absent the means that went into its production,” mentioned Martina Otto, who prospects the U.N. Atmosphere Program’s operate on towns, all through a news meeting. “If food stuff waste ends up in landfills, it does not feed men and women, but it does feed climate modify.”
Some 690 million people are impacted by hunger every 12 months, and over 3 billion people today just cannot find the money for a healthful diet plan. Meanwhile, dropped and wasted foods accounts for 8 to 10 percent of international greenhouse gas emissions. Cutting down meals waste could simplicity each of those challenges, in accordance to the Foods Waste Index Report 2021 published March 4 by the U.N. Environment Application and WRAP, an environmental charity dependent in the United Kingdom.
Scientists analyzed food waste information from 54 nations around the world. Most waste — 61 percent — arrived from homes. Foods services these as dining establishments accounted for 26 % of world wide foods squander when retail stores this kind of as supermarkets contributed just 13 p.c. Surprisingly, food items waste was a substantial problem for approximately all nations around the world regardless of their profits level, the workforce discovered. “We imagined squander was predominantly a issue in abundant nations,” Otto explained.
Whilst the report is the most thorough investigation of international food items squander to date, quite a few awareness gaps stay. The 54 nations around the world account for just 75 per cent of the world’s population, and only 23 international locations presented squander estimates for their foods company or retail sectors. The researchers accounted for these gaps by extrapolating values for the relaxation of the entire world from international locations that did monitor these information. The report does not differentiate involving possibly edible squandered foods and inedible squander these kinds of as eggshells or bones.
Otto endorses that nations start out addressing food stuff waste by integrating reduction into their local climate approaches and COVID-19 recovery designs. “Food squander has been mainly forgotten in countrywide climate tactics,” Otto mentioned. “We know what to do, and we can consider motion swiftly — collectively and individually.”


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Amazon launch set to disrupt Christmas retail in Australia
International e-commerce giant Amazon officially launched in Australia yesterday, heralding what could be the beginning of a Christmas price war as well as a major shake-up of the Australian retail sector and labor market.
The vast geographical area and dispersed population of Australia has posed a challenge for online retailers thus far, and only 12% of Australian non-food retail spending is currently done online. Amazon is hoping to entice customers and grow the e-commerce market with aggressively low prices and features such as one day delivery and free delivery from their new distribution warehouse in Melbourne.
In a statement before the launch, country manager Rocco Braeuniger stated that Amazon would eventually create “thousands” of jobs in Australia. However, Amazon workers in the UK have reported low wages, dirty facilities, and suffering from exhaustion as a result of long shifts with no breaks. Additionally, as a result of Amazon’s heavy investment in automation, warehouse tasks are increasingly fulfilled by robots, and drones are being developed to carry out deliveries.
Therefore, growth in Amazon’s market share in Australia could have a negative impact on the number and quality of low- and middle-skill retail and logistics jobs.
Richard B. Freeman writes in his IZA World of Labor article that “[a]s companies substitute machines and computers for human activity, workers need to own part of the capital stock that substitutes for them to benefit from these new 'robot' technologies.”
Michael Gibbs suggests that “[p]olicymakers should encourage technology that complements employees’ work, and should foster education and training that help workers adapt to change.”
Find more IZA World of Labor articles about the future of work.
For specific labor market questions, contact a Topic Spokesperson.


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The pre-registration for the upcoming open-world MMORPG Tower of Fantasy is already available, giving fans of games that use an anime art style for their characters another title they can explore.
Tower of Fantasy’s release date is still not determined, though developer Hotta Studio and publisher Level Infinite have already mentioned the game will be released sometime in Q2 2023. A handful of trailers and images have also already been released, showing fans what they can expect. This includes the open world environment, various missions, and characters players can play.
The eight characters revealed so far for Tower of Fantasy are Meryl, Shiro, Samir, King, Crow, Zero, Cocoritter, and Nemesis. Each of them have their own characteristics, weapons, and design. Players can interact with these characters when they explore the sci-fi open world of Aida.
Will Tower of Fantasy come to consoles?
At the moment, Tower of Fantasy has only been confirmed for mobile and PC. Plans for a console release remain to be seen.
A mobile release will first take place on the Google Play and iOS store, and the PC launch on Epic Games will follow. A crossplay feature will also be incorporated into the game, allowing mobile and PC players to play together.
For those who want to pre-register for Tower of Fantasy for either its mobile or PC ports, you can visit the game’s official website to know more.


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By Graeme Kennedy
Friday 10th March 2000
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MOUNTAIN HIGH: The A-Line Hotel, Queenstown, is one of the group's gems
FOCUSED: Brendan Taylor sees growth in 3-4-star hotel sector
The Christchurch-based company started modestly 20 years ago. Wealthy Americans Earl Hagaman and Ralph Brown operated six tourist-oriented hotels until Mr Brown died in 1995.
The chain now has 800 rooms in 13 properties under its brand as a result of management contracts and marketing agreements. A fourteenth property is scheduled to open at Punakaiki Rocks in October.
Managing director Brendan Taylor said Scenic Circle was installing a $500,000 central reservation system and planned further expansion in the Auckland and North Island regional markets.
Mr Taylor said the company was in discussion with several Auckland groups which could lead to Scenic Circle hotels in the city within four to six months.
"And we are identifying other areas where we feel we need to be, like Rotorua," he said.
"We see ourselves as good supporters of the smaller developing centres such as Napier and Tauranga and we will be seeking strategic alliances and management contracts.
"We will double in size within two years - we are looking at 26 or 28 properties throughout the country, working with independent hotel owners."
Engineer-adventurer Ralph Brown moved to New Zealand in the mid-1970s seeking investments and a new lifestyle. Mr Hagaman, who made a fortune from oil investments and is featured in The National Business Review Rich List, came to holiday with his old friend and decided to stay.
Together, they began buying hotels including Dunedin's Southern Cross, the Glacier country Hotel at Fox, the Lakeland at Queenstown and Graham's Motel and the Westland Motor Inn which have since been amalgamated as the Franz Josef Glacier Hotel.
They floated Scenic Circle in 1987 but, caught by the crash and subsequent market downturn, bought the shares back to re-privatise the company.
Mr Brown, a keen outdoors man who had shared adventures with mountaineer Graeme Dingle, died from a heart attack while fishing in the remote Canadian wilderness a week after he won the world jet-boat championships in Canada.
Mr Hagaman bought his friend's shareholding - including a parcel placed in trust for the National Geographic Society - and now owns the Southern Cross, the merged Franz Josef hotels, Glacier Country, the Cotswold in Christchurch and the A-Line in Queenstown which Scenic Circle formerly operated under contract.
Now a New Zealand citizen, Mr Hagaman also owns 42% of Dunedin's casino in the Southern Cross, which is being expanded with the addition of another 30 rooms.
"Earl's philosophy is that he has enough of his own wealth invested in the industry here to show he's serious about it," Mr Taylor said.
"We are now concentrating on management and marketing contracts, charging a fee to operate hotels for owners and investors under our brand and backed by our sales and marketing, group purchasing power and operational expertise,"
"We have the base, the infrastructure, the support and the grunt to support independent hotels and our new central reservation system can only benefit the operation.
"The overseas chains are moving in but we see ourselves as New Zealanders.
"We live here and owners and investors can talk directly to us because we put our faces behind the company - overseas organisations can't do that.
"Being New Zealand-owned and based, we are aware of what is needed to make a profit here while a lot of overseas chains underestimate the New Zealand environment.
"Our company is very hands-on without a big, expensive infrastructure so we are able to make the most out of our profits."
Mr Taylor said Scenic Circle had been consistently profitable with a 15% gain last year while most competitors had been "going backward" due to over-building in major tourist areas including Christchurch, Queenstown, Rotorua and Auckland - especially for the America's Cup.
Wellington, he said, was about two years away from being over-built (when hotel operators in an over-capacity market are forced to drop rates and buy business).
Mr Taylor said most profitability and growth in the New Zealand hotel business was in the 3 to 3.5-star sector where Scenic Circle was firmly positioned.
About 60% of revenues came from the inbound tourist market, 30% to 35% from corporate travellers and the rest from domestic leisure activity, he said.
The corporate market was growing as businesses focused on their own profitability and turned more toward the three- and four-star product like Scenic Circle's rather than the five stars, he said.
The company has expanded its corporate sales division with representatives in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Mr Taylor joined Scenic Circle eight years ago as Franz Josef manager, rose to group operations manager and, on Mr Brown's death, to managing director. He had previously been operations manager for the Tower hotel chain and manager of Fiji's Treasure Island resort.
All Scenic Circle properties, he said, were different in style - from Wellington's Abel Tasman, the Fino Casementi all-suite hotel and Pacific Park in Christchurch to The Marlborough in Blenheim, Hamilton's Alcamo, the Wanaka Hotel and the Gold Ridge in Queenstown.
Managers were chosen to match their personalities with hotels - a Franz Josef manager would not come from an Auckland corporate background, he said.
"The variety encourages individuality and allows managers to make the most of their strengths," Mr Taylor said.
"There's nothing worse than staying at the same hotel chain where every hotel is the same and we find our customers enjoy the variety.
"We want Scenic Circle to be a 3.5-star product that meets the standards of the areas we are in and the needs and expectations of customers while maintaining our individuality."
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By Thomas Garcia
Complaints of non-delivery and loss of money filed against a Tucumcari playground equipment company have been referred to the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office.
The 130 complaints were originally filed with the Better Business Bureau against Dome Climber, which is owned and operated by Rodney Ward of Tucumcari.
“The complaints were referred to the attorney general’s office because of the high number… and lack of response from the company,” said Gena Coldwell, BBB media relations director.
A spokesman for Attorney General Gary King confirmed Tuesday that an investigation is being conducted.
Phil Sisneros, King’s director of communication, said the Consumer Protection Division is reviewing the complaints.
Consumers claim they paid for the products Ward failed to deliver, in some cases for months. The 130 complaints range from $100 to $500 alleged losses to the consumer.
In each case, customers said they paid in advance for a geodesic dome but didn’t receive delivery.
A geodesic dome is piece of playground equipment shaped like half a sphere, constructed of many triangles or other shapes of differnet sizes.
Ward said Monday that he has had a few setbacks. He said he is still producing the domes and plans to continue selling them.
“Those issues have been resolved,” said Ward. “I had a good summer and sold many domes. But this winter I was unable to keep up with the demand.”
Ward said he had to cancel and refund close to 100 orders that were placed for Christmas.
“It has been a hassle and I am sorry for that,” Ward said. “I am now working with a different strategy.”
Ward said he is building the domes in surplus and will once again be selling them cash on delivery only.
“I want to build a huge surplus of the domes to prevent any further delays or complications,” Ward said.
A toy company located in Albuquerque claims Ward’s actions created hardships for their geodesic dome business.
“He has directly damaged and affected the reputation and profits of Zia Toys,” said Wendell L. Jones, president of Zia Toys Inc.
Zia Toys, has been manufacturing geodesic domes since 2007.
Ward is a former Zia Toys employee and a co-inventor of the hub used in the construction of the domes, said Jones.
“The domes look similar in appearance, but we are not associated with Dome Climbers,” Jones said. “We have received numerous calls in the past year asking if our business was related to Ward’s in any way.”
Jones said one customer, who ordered a dome through Ward’s company, had not received it and was wary of placing an order with Zia Toys.
“She was afraid of losing her money,” Jones said. “She went over every aspect of the purchase, construction, delivery and payment with great detail.”
Jones said he directs people who call to the BBB Web site to compare the two companies.
Currently Zia Toys has an “A” rating while Dome Climbers has an “F” rating. An “F” rating from the BBB means the organization strongly questions the company’s reliability for reasons such as failing to respond to complaints.
Ward continues to build the domes in a section of a former elementary school at South College Street and East Aber Avenue.
“I am going to do this right,” Ward said.


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Chinese engineer allegedly stole secrets from Apple's self-driving car project
A new case of corporate espionage has surfaced in the US, and the FBI has accused a Chinese national of stealing trade secrets from Apple. It has been alleged that Chinese engineer Jizhong Chen attempted to take confidential material from Apple's secret self-driving car project out of the country. Chen was arrested last week. Here are the details.
Chen first came under suspicion earlier this month when a colleague reported seeing the engineer taking photos of Apple's secret self-driving car project with a wide-angle lens. Subsequently, Apple launched an investigation, which found more than 2,000 confidential files on Chen's personal computer. The investigation also found that Chen had taken photos of confidential information displayed on his work computer screen.
The Chinese engineer had almost gotten away with it too, but was arrested last week as he was about to board a flight to China. However, he was later released after surrendering his passport and posting $100,000 in bail. Reportedly, after his arrest, Chen admitted to the FBI that he had also backed up his Apple work computer to a personal hard drive.
Notably, this is the second such case involving Apple's self-driving car project. In July last year, another Chinese engineer, Xiaolang Zhang, was arrested and charged with stealing trade secrets from Apple's self-driving car project. Zhang came under Apple's scanner and was caught when he said he was leaving to work for Xiaopeng Motors, a Chinese electric vehicle start-up. However, Zhang pleaded not guilty.
The current case also comes at a time when tensions between the US and China are increasing. Just days back, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei and its CFO Meng Wanzhou was charged with multiple financial crimes in the US, including the theft of trade secrets from T Mobile, bank fraud, and obstruction of justice. Huawei, however, has denied all charges.


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CRN to examine supplement science
Supplements for disease management and ensuring the integrity of
ingredients will be the focus of the forthcoming scientific
symposium organized by the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN).
EAS publishes guide to EU nutritional market
A European consultancy group has published a new report designed to
help manufacturers of nutritional products successfully enter the
European Union market.
How consumers see functional foods
The new wave of functional foods need to be based on ingredients
already well-established in consumers' minds as inherently healthy,
according to the Hartman Group.
EFSA gears up for health claims avalanche
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is preparing
to "significantly" boost resources to deal with what
may be thousands of health claims passed to it for evaluation.
Report pinpoints functional food niche with most potential
Foods and drinks developed to address the specific health needs of
consumers are expected to exceed category growth in the US
functional food segment, according to a new report.
Soy isoflavones linked to easier breathing
Four weeks of supplementation with genistein, an isoflavone from
soy, may suppress the inflammatory process and ease breathing and
explain previous reports linking the isoflavone to reduced asthma
severity, suggests a new pilot study.
Dietary fibre linked to better lung function
Increased intake of dietary fibre, from both cereal and fruit
sources, could boost lung health, and may reduce the risk of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), suggests a new study.
Honey beats medicine at curing coughs
New research from the US suggests that naturally occurring honey
may ease coughs and respiratory illnesses in children more
effectively than over the counter medicines.
BLIS raises funds for global probiotic roll-out
New Zealand oral probiotics developer BLIS Technologies is to issue
new shares to fund an expansion of its business into new
international markets and to boost development efforts.
Probiotics have a role in paediatrics, say experts
Experts at a Nestle-sponsored symposium on probiotics and
children's health have urged paediatricians to pay attention to
emerging research on so-called good bacteria, although more
research is needed on the mechanisms behind...
Low zinc levels may raise pneumonia risk in the elderly
Low blood levels of zinc may be linked to an increased risk of
pneumonia amongst the elderly, suggesting the benefits of
supplements for this at risk population, says new research.
100 apples a day keeps URTI away
A flavonoid found in fruit, such as apples and berries, could help
reduce illnesses in people who have carried out extensive exercise.
Fish and 'fruity vegetables' may reduce asthma and allergies
A diet rich in vegetables, such as tomatoes and aubergines, and
fish can help cut asthma and allergy incidence in children, a study
Fishy, fruity diet may cut asthma risk - study
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reduce the risk of respiratory conditions like asthma, chronic
bronchitic symptoms, and wheeze says a new study.
Apple juice, bananas may lower childhood asthma
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childhood asthma, says new research from England that adds to an
ever-growing body of science linking easy breathing to apples.
Mediterranean diet linked to low lung disease risk
Consuming a Mediterranean-style diet, rich in fruit, vegetables and
fish, may reduce the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) by 50 per cent, says new research from Harvard.
Apples, fish during pregnancy may reduce kids asthma
Eating apples and fish during pregnancy may reduce the risk of
asthma and allergic diseases in children, suggests a new study from
Med diet helps kids breathe easier - study
Getting children to consume a Mediterranean-style diet may reduce
their risk of asthma by up to 80 per cent, suggests new research.
Nestle to investigate BLIS probiotic for respiratory health
Nestle Nutrition has signed an agreement with BLIS Technologies to
investigate the use of probiotics to combat upper respiratory tract
infections in infants, for which there is said to be no effective
prevention at present.
Fish and whole grains linked to asthma protection
An increased consumption of whole grains and fish could reduce the
risk of developing asthma by about 50 per cent, suggests a new
study from The Netherlands.
Beverages lead functional product uses for Pycnogenol
Beverages represent one of the most interesting categories for
Pycnogenol outside of supplements, as formulators are seeking to
add value to established product lines and deliver healthy
ingredients in convenient formats.
Vitamin E during pregnancy could cut asthma in kids
Mothers with low vitamin E intake during pregnancy are more likely
to have asthmatic kids at age five, suggests a new study from
Magnesium supplements could help asthmatics, says study
Child asthmatics taking oral magnesium supplements decreased the
severity of the asthma and used less medication, reports a
randomized clinical trial from Brazil.
Nicotine water not a supplement, says FDA
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criticism the agency is negligent and does...
Flaxseed could boost lung health, animal study
A dietary supplement of flaxseed, a rich source of lignans and
omega-3 fatty acids, could prove useful to reduce lung inflammation
and oxidative stress, if results from a mice study can be expanded
More fruit could mean less asthma in adults
People with an antioxidant-rich diet could reduce their risk of
developing asthma in adulthood, say Cambridge researchers - adding
to a growing body of science on the subject.
Beta-carotene could slow down lung aging
Increased intake of beta-carotene, found naturally in carrots,
broccoli and tomatoes, might reduce the loss of lung function due
to aging, says new research from France.
Fruit and veg may cut adult asthma risk
A diet rich in vegetables such as tomatoes, carrots and leafy
vegetables, could cut the risk of adult asthma by about 20 per
cent, says new research.
Vitamin C helps smokers maintain vitamin E levels
A daily supplement of vitamin C can help preserve vitamin E levels
in smokers, a group at risk of low vitamin E levels due to higher
oxidative stress, by 45 per cent.
Yasoo to develop nutritional formula for CF
Yasoo Health, Inc. is to develop and commercialize a novel
nutritional formulation for sufferers of cystic fibrosis after
receiving almost $1 million from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Sambucol fights bird flu virus in lab
Sambucol, a standardized extract of black elderberry, has been
found to fight the avian flu virus H5N1, revealed British
researchers last week.
Tomato juice prevents emphysema in animal models
Drinking tomato juice completely prevented emphysema in mice
exposed to tobacco smoke, report researchers from Japan.
More support for benefits of fish oil for asthmatics
A new report claims omega-3 fatty acid supplements can protect
against exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in asthma
sufferers, adding to previous studies linking fish oil to lung
Omega-3 fatty acids can improve COPD symptoms
A diet rich in omega-3 and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs)
could improve lung function for COPD sufferers, reports a study
More vitamin D linked to better lung health
High levels of vitamin D may help our lungs stay healthy, according
toresearchers from New Zealand.
Ginseng extract prevents colds, reduces symptoms, finds new study
Taking ginseng supplements through the winter appears to help the
immune system fight off colds, report Canadian researchers today.
Herbal alternative for asthma shows promise
An oral combination of three Chinese herbs could be as effective as
conventional medicines at alleviating asthma symptoms but without
such severe side effects, report Chinese and American researchers.
NCCAM grant supports African plant research
An international collaboration to research the safety and efficacy
of South African medicinal plants has attracted a $4.4 million,
four-year grant from NCCAM, and could result in plant-based
therapies for diseases rampant in Africa,...
Probiotic multivitamin reduces cold symptoms, duration
Taking probiotic supplements or foods could shorten the duration of
colds and reduce the severity of symptoms, shows new research from
Higher copper intake linked to reduced lung strength
Dietary copper may have a negative impact on lung health, say UK
researchers, who also confirmed the positive role of vitamin C and
High dose vitamin C reduced colds in Japanese study
Taking a high-dose vitamin C supplement everyday reduced the number
of colds experienced by people in a Japanese trial, although intake
of the vitamin appeared to have no impact on the severity or
Fruit, fibre may protect against childhood exposure to smoking
Eating fruit and soy fibre appears to protect adults exposed to
second-hand smoke as children from some of the long-lasting damage
to their respiratory systems, shows a new study.
Zinc could cut child deaths in developing world
Infants in developing countries are particularly vulnerable to
illnesses such as pneumonia and diarrhea, but researchers have
found that taking a zinc supplement each week could significantly
lower their risk of dying from these diseases.
Vitamin C deficiency common in people with severe asthma
Increasing vitamin C intake could help people with severe asthma,
report researchers today, who call for further investigation of the
vitamin's role in protecting against the disease, writes
Echinacea - cold cure or hot air?
Echinacea's reputation for chasing off the common cold has made it
one of the most widely used herbal products on the market, but a
study published today casts doubt on its efficacy. Jess
Halliday discusses the merits and shortfalls...
Can probiotics stop babies from developing asthma?
Welsh researchers will study whether probiotic supplements given to
babies can stop them from developing hay fever or asthma,
reports Dominique Patton.
Resveratrol could prevent 'flu epidemics
Resveratrol, a plant polyphenol found in red grapes, could be a
useful tool to combat the spread of 'flu, say Italian researchers.
Pycnogenol may help children manage asthma
Children with mild to moderate asthma who took supplements of the
pine bark extract Pycnogenol saw improved lung function and a
significant decrease in asthma symptoms, report researchers.
Vitamin C role in asthma prevention gains no support from new study
Mothers that consumed high levels of dietary vitamin C during late
pregnancy were more than twice as likely to report wheezing in
their children two years on, shows a new study.
Chocolate ingredient counters coughs
Health benefits of chocolate continue to grow with UK researchers
isolating an ingredient present in this popular foodstuff that
could help stop persistent coughs.


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Atlantic City To Get a Mainstream Grocery Store
Meetings between AC officials and a company called Uplift Solutions took place this week to start moving forward on plans to bring a well-known grocery store to the city.
At the present, Atlantic City has only one grocery store, the Save-A-Lot on Atlantic Avenue. NJ.com reports that Uplift Solutions, a company that brings quality grocery stores to areas that struggle attracting that kind of business, plans on visiting various regions of the city in an effort to collect as much feedback as possible from residents about what they'd like to see happen with the plans.
When questions were asked about the fate of the employees of Save-A-Lot if it were to go out of business, Atif Bostic, the Executive Director of Uplift Solutions, said that he'd be happy to give them employment at the new store, however it will be an adjustment since the store will operate in a completely different manner than what they're used to.
The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has given approval for Uplift Solutions to erect the site on the corners Indiana and Ohio Avenues and will maintain ownership of the building upon completion.
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Thomas Edison and the Smartgrid
…the SmartGridCity project Xcel Energy has set up in Boulder, Colorado…. 10,000 Boulder residents will be able to monitor and control their power usage through the web or their mobile devices, potentially cutting their costs by 10 percent.
…. Smartgrid projects will enable local, or distributed, generation of electricity, as consumers can tie their home solar panels into the grid or allow their charing hybrid cars to act as scattered storage units. This kind of micro-targeted power generation was in fact what Thomas Edison envisioned 100 years ago.
Heather Rogers explained in an NYT column two summers ago:
“With a windmill coupled to a small electric generator,” a rural inhabitant “could bottle up enough current to give him light at night.”
The Constitution article discussed plans to let people recharge their batteries at plug-in sites along trolley lines; the batteries could also be refreshed courtesy of the home windmill.


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Capture an image of a certain location on the desktop.
Apple's tablet lineup has expanded from six configurations to more than 50 in four years. Has the product lineup become too complex?
Police in Marion County say two people were hurt after a Maverick flying car crashed and caught fire.
Satirist Stephen Colbert complains that a Google search has his height wrong. So, try searching "How tall is Stephen Colbert" now.
Apple is counting on the $249 iPad Mini to draw you into its stores. But it's hoping you end up buying a $499 iPad Air instead.
The update, which became available for download Monday, adds support for Apple Pay, brings back the camera roll and launches the iCloud photo library.
An appeals court decides that in Florida, private companies that operate red-light cameras have no right to send out tickets.
Apple's Beats reaches for profundity as it shows LeBron James losing weight and gaining soul in a new campaign.
A man lifts his cell phone in front of his face to take the perfect shot. And then, a YouTube-worthy calamity.
Hungarian research suggests that those born in the summer are moodier adults than those born in the winter.


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Hoax or not it sure got everyone talking about IHOP! The company has admitted they NEVER intended to turn their back on pancakes and they are not changing their name to IHOP! It was all a marketing stunt. You can read more about it HERE. So now that we are back to pancakes, the company is celebrating it's 60th anniversary with an awesome special on July 17th! Breakfast anyone?
We’re giving away 60¢ short stacks on July 17 from 7a-7p for IHOP’s 60th birthday. That’s right, IHOP! We’d never turn our back on pancakes (except for that time we faked it to promote our new burgers) pic.twitter.com/KsbkMJhKuf— IHOP (@IHOP) July 9, 2018


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Blog: M&S unveils new magazine style website
Katie Smith | 19 February 2014
The website promises to be "brighter, bolder, better"
Retailer Marks & Spencer has unveiled its new magazine style website, promising to be "brighter, bolder, better" with a raft of new ideas and inspiration for its customers.
The company, which is working to make online an important part of its business, has introduced outfit suggestions for different occasions, with larger product images, as well as more video content and detailed information on each item.
M&S will be hoping the new design freshens up its clothing business, which suffered yet another decline in sales in the third quarter.
Like-for-like general merchandise sales - which include clothing and footwear - fell 2.1% during the 13 weeks to 28 December, while total general merchandise sales slipped 1.1%.
Analysts have questioned how successful M&S' general merchandise strategy is, noting the pace of change for clothing needs to go "further and faster".
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