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Graphic Packaging Holding Company Receives New Coverage from Analysts at BMO Capital Markets (GPK)
Equities research analysts at BMO Capital Markets assumed coverage on shares of Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. The firm set an “outperform” rating on the stock.
Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) opened at 12.82 on Thursday. Graphic Packaging Holding Company has a 52-week low of $8.05 and a 52-week high of $12.99. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $12.20 and a 200-day moving average of $11.0. The company has a market cap of $4.192 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.71.
Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) last released its earnings data on Thursday, July 24th. The company reported $0.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.13 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.13 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts expect that Graphic Packaging Holding Company will post $0.71 EPS for the current fiscal year.
A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on GPK. Analysts at Citigroup Inc. reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Graphic Packaging Holding Company in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. They now have a $14.50 price target on the stock, up previously from $14.00. Separately, analysts at Zacks upgraded shares of Graphic Packaging Holding Company from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th. They now have a $12.90 price target on the stock. Finally, analysts at Jefferies Group raised their price target on shares of Graphic Packaging Holding Company from $13.00 to $15.00 in a research note on Friday, July 11th. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, The company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $13.58.
Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) is a provider of packaging solutions for a variety of products to food, beverage and other consumer products companies.
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By BizLED Bureau
Mar 15, 2016: Almost 30,000 LED bulbs are being distributed daily by Jharkhand Bijli Vitaran Nigam Limited (JBVNL) in association with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL). The process of LED bulbs distribution has been active for past four months.
The current conversion rate stands at one LED bulb being replaced at every 3-second span. The figures are healthy and so far 36, 71,366 LED bulbs have been distributed in urban households at 4000% subsidy.
The 9W bulbs are being given to bonafide electricity consumers at Rs 10, available at a market price of Rs 400 per piece. These bulbs have been priced at Rs 100 by Union government under its Domestic Lighting Efficiency Programme (DLEP), launched by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
JBVNL is working in consultation with the state energy department brought down the price for LED bulbs. State governments and their power distribution agencies are expected to promote the sale of LED bulbs to ensure power saving and efficient lighting.
In an exclusive offer, JBVNL gave consumers, having metered connections, an option of getting 10 bulbs after paying Rs 10 for each one of them. The balance amount (Rs 95 a bulb) will be recovered in the monthly instalment of Rs 10 billed along with monthly electricity consumption bill. One the nine instalments are being paid, consumers will pay Rs 5 as the last instalment.
The scheme is intended to encourage the economically backward classes for replacement of conventional bulbs. As a result, close to 3.7 million LED bulbs have been distributed within four months, after the scheme was rolled out in Jharkhand on November 15, 2015.
A senior executive at JBVNL praised the scheme due to immense response. “Many consumers can afford LED bulbs at Rs 100 per piece without opting for the instalment facility. But the EMI payment option pushed the idea in all sections,” he further added.
The Central government is planning to reduce domestic consumption by 50% with reduced carbon levels as well. The government is planning to take the scheme to villages of the state and LED bulbs would be distributed to consumers with unmetered connections as well.

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Delegates at next week’s Professional Conference Organisers Association (PCOA) Conference and Exhibition will be invited to experience New Zealand for CINZ MEETINGS 2018.
Tourism New Zealand and Conventions and Incentives New Zealand (CINZ) have re-signed for a fifth year a Memorandum of Understanding.
Emergent CEO Holly Ransom will be sharing her insights into motivating millennials.
A new Education Hub at CINZ Meetings highlights the importance of training and professional development to the business events sector.
Heading across the ditch for MEETINGS? Here’s a little something you can look forward to.
The Conventions and Incentives New Zealand (CINZ) Meetings event will take place in Auckland on 31 May and 1 June.
Conventions and Incentives New Zealand (CINZ) has partnered with Service IQ to deliver a diploma course.
If you didn’t make it across the ditch for Meetings NZ, read on for this year’s big announcements and attractions.
Host of New Zealand’s The X Factor, Dominic Bowden is one of the many drawcards for CINZ Meetings 2015 in June.
Australian hosted buyers will be offered the chance to join one of eight regional familiarisation programmes prior to the Meetings NZ.
Wellington’s proposed 2500-seat convention centre and 5-star Hilton hotel was given the green light overnight (Nov 5).
New Zealand’s business events economy is being given a significant boost this week with Meetings 2014 hosting over 600 PCOs from across Asia-Pacific.
For the past two years Auckland’s SKYCITY Convention Centre has hosted MEETINGS, but next year New Zealand’s largest business tourism trade exhibition will shift to Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds.
New Zealand could have three new convention centres up and running by 2019, says Conventions and Incentives New Zealand chief executive Alan Trotter at the opening of MEETINGS 2013 in Auckland yesterday.
New Zealand’s business tourism industry is holding its biggest ever trade show this week, with record numbers of buyers and exhibitors scheduled to attend MEETINGS 2013.
The international convention centre is desperately needed and long overdue, says Conventions and Incentives New Zealand
Event organisers and key decision makers wanting to attend New Zealand’s MEETINGS 2013 are being urged to apply online to secure a place in the popular hosted buyer programme.
New Zealand cannot afford any more delays to the planned New Zealand international convention centre at SkyCity in Auckland, says the group representing the country’s business tourism interests.
The movie scene style landscapes and world of experiences that await visitors to New Zealand will be showcased by New Zealand’s business tourism industry in Melbourne next month.
The business events and tourism industries have welcomed New Zealand Prime Minister John Key’s announcement that a new convention centre will be built in Christchurch in a prime central location near the Avon river.


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Big retailers are encouraging shoppers to start their holiday shopping sooner rather than later this year. While it seems like retailers prep for the holidays earlier and earlier every year, this time it’s not just a marketing ploy. Everyone from the CDC to manufacturers is pushing the “shop early” message to thwart the effects COVID-19 will likely have on the yuletide season.
BrandGraph 500, which ranks the nation’s top brands by social content volume, shows Walmart, Target, and Amazon all had sharp increases in social content.
The chart below shows the top 10 brands with the highest content count in September 2021. Target climbed 73 spots, Walmart went up 63 spots, and Amazon moved up 23 spots – and holiday shopping is likely why these brands are climbing the chart.
Retailers want consumers to shop now
As you might suspect, COVID-19 is behind the motivation to get shoppers to take action. Consumers who shop in crowded stores, especially on Black Friday or Christmas Eve, are at a higher risk of COVID exposure. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just added ‘shopping in a crowded store’ to its list of high-risk activities.
The pandemic has also damaged the world’s supply chain. In many stores, inventory is low and delivery times are sluggish.
These factors create a COVID holiday storm, and if consumers don’t want to feel its wrath, shopping early is the answer.
Walmart releases deals and hiring news
Retailers usually wait to release their coveted holiday deals until the end of October, but not this year. In September, Walmart released a complete digital guide of kid-approved holiday gifts with in-store availability and shipping times listed on every item.
In addition to the retailer’s toy list, the company is also actively recruiting 150,000 employees to help with the holiday rush this year. This is on top of an estimated 20,000 employees the company needs to manage its curbside and delivery services that became wildly popular during the pandemic.
The announcement had everyone from news outlets to stock investors buzzing.
Amazon releases deals early
Meanwhile, Amazon released Black-Friday-like deals as well. Hot items like Apple Airpods and Le Creuset baking dishes are all on sale now, about a month earlier than usual.
And the Twittersphere started talking about it. For instance, @vougemagazine put together a list of beauty products that are part of Amazon’s holiday deals.
Interestingly, BrandGraph provides detailed information about the people who share this kind of content, including the average age of Amazon’s top content creators. Research shows about 40% of creators are between the ages of 25-34 and another 20% are between the ages of 35-44.
Target announces pay hikes for holiday hours
While Target is keeping its holiday bargains under wraps, the retailer made headlines by announcing a holiday pay increase. Employees who work in stores, at service centers, or help manage the supply chain will receive a $2 an hour pay bump on certain days when things are hectic – like the weekends leading up to Christmas.
The brand hopes the pay increase aids in employee retention and maybe even encourages current staff to pick up overtime hours amid a labor shortage.
If you're a Target employee, your paycheck just got a little eggnog with a dash of nutmeg thrown in. The retailer will pay store and service employees an extra $2 an hour for working peak days of the holiday season https://t.co/4GN9ifRGGV @melissa_repko #target #retail #workers— Albert Fong (@albertfong98) October 5, 2021
Like Walmart, Target’s share of voice increased in September amid its holiday prep news. BrandGraph shows Target’s share of voice climbing above average in September and is expected to hit 40% by October.
BrandGraph 500 - Top 50 Brands by Content Volume - September 2021
- Amazon Fashion
- Walt Disney World
- Dollar Tree
- Costco Wholesale
- Star Wars
- Whole Foods
- Morphe Cosmetics
- Pottery Barn
- Benefit Cosmetics
- Mickey Mouse
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Developer BeepStreet has released a substantial update to iSequence - a music creation studio for the iPad.
New in iSequence 2.1:
iSequence is an 8-track production workstation for the iPad, offering audio recording, sampling, virtual instruments and automation.
A quick look and listen to the new Studio Electronics collab
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CFMV’s Healthy Community Partnership links neighborhood stores with local growers
Everyone deserves access to fresh, healthy foods in their own neighbourhoods, yet many have never had this.
Two local Food Access Coordinators are working tirelessly to make this a reality: Sophia Buggs for Mahoning County and Christian Bennett-Mosley for Trumbull County. For the last two years, the pair has been connecting store owners with local food distributors through the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley’s Healthy Community Partnership.
This is not an easy fix. Corner store owners are struggling to stay afloat, now more than ever because of the pandemic.


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Indie game crowd-funding website 8-Bit Funding returns under new management. The site has been taken over by the people behind popular indie game site DIY Gamer and Indie Game Mag. The site was launched in early 2011 as a small-scale and more tightly focused alternative to other crowd-funding websites such as Kickstarter. In early February the management team behind The Indie Game Magazine purchased the site.
"8-Bit Funding is an excellent game focused funding platform that we believe never got the attention from game fans and developers that it deserved. We look forward to resurrecting the site and creating excitement about amazing new indie games," said Mike Gnade, owner of the Indie Game Magazine. Going forward, Indie Games Magazine and DIY Gamer will put extra effort to promote the "best game campaigns" submitted to the site.
8-Bit Funding was started and founded by Geoff Gibson, founder of DIYGamer.com. The goal of the site has always been to help indie game developers around the world fund their projects, appealing directly to gamers. For more information, check out 8bitfunding.com.


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McDonald's Workers Offended By Moschino Fashion Line
Moschino, the high-brow Italian fashion line, is coming under fire for their newest line of clothing which features $1000 red and yellow dresses and $800 sweaters printed with the familiar golden arches (albeit with the McDonald’s logo curved into a heart-shaped M, presumably so as to avoid copyright infringement). But even though Moschino’s new creative director has said, according to The Daily Mail, that he was simply drawing inspiration from McDonald’s as an iconic brand, fast food workers — many of whom work for a minimum wage — have said that the luxury line mocks them.[related]
“I know the poor environment a minimum wage employee works in,” an anonymous New York-based McDonald’s worker told The Daily Mail. “For people working in the highly paid fashion world to think it is "trendy" to wear clothes inspired by the uniforms we put on every day to feed our kids makes me sad.”
Pop star Katy Perry was recently spotted wearing one of the Moschino McDonald's dresses, and clutching a matching tote. The fall/winter collection doesn’t just feature McDonald’s though, it also featured other beloved brands and companies like Cheetos, Hershey’s, Froot Loops, and SpongeBob SquarePants. Moschino declined to comment.
UPDATE: "With 35,000 restaurants in 120 countries, we like to celebrate McDonald's as part of the fabric that weaves the world together," a McDonald's representative told The Daily Meal. "Apparently Moschino agrees, as they’ve featured our iconic brand on the catwalk.”


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Ranbir Kapoor endorses the Askme brand, while journalist Vir Sanghvi, food experts Rocky and Mayur and chef Vikas Khanna are helping the search engine build a databank of video content around restaurant reviews and food culture in various parts of India. Former Bollywood actor and columnist Twinkle Khanna has been roped in for its lifestyle and accessories vertical. Also Askme has popular comedy group, All India Bakchod for the on-going web campaign #AskAIB.
Earlier this year, Askme earmarked Rs. 350 crore as its advertising budget in 2015. With marketing spends of other e-commerce giants like Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal in the range of Rs. 100 - 200 crore, Askme’s budget makes it one of the biggest advertisers among online companies. Also, recently the company announced an investment of $100 million for domestic and overseas expansion.
Akhtar who endorses brands like Ford Figo, HUL’s Pureit, Titan Xylys and Dulux Paints, among others, will appear in an integrated, digital-led, 360-degree campaign conceptualised by ad agency JWT for Askmebazaar.com. The campaign will kick off in the first week of August. According to Manav Sethi, Group CMO, Askme, the new campaign will help them own a key insight in online retail that no other e-commerce brand has owned before.
Why Akhtar? We asked Sethi. “Farhan Akhtar is an all-rounder and already an iconic figure among Indian youth. He is a multi-talented artist and that sets him apart from the rest. He brings a lot of positive energy for the brand and that energy is also a part of the new TVC. Today, there is no storytelling in ads and with Farhan we have developed a TVC which has a touching story.” AskmeBazaar launched just last year, with Ranaut featuring in a high decibel campaign, but will clock in one million orders per month soon, according to the company.
In May this year, ad agency JWT won Askme's business which was handled by Ignitee Digital, the agency that created the “Bapp of All Apps” campaign featuring Ranbir Kapoor. The ad which launched in July 2014 became the first-ever video in the history of YouTube India to get over a million views within the first 24 hours, says Sethi.


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Huawei’s newest Kirin 990 flagship chipset will embrace a model with a constructed-in 5G modem, in addition to providing a pace improve in comparison with its predecessor, the corporate introduced onstage at IFA 2019 at the moment. The 7-nm processor features a modem which Huawei says can provide a most obtain pace of 2.3Gbps, and a most add pace of 1.25Gbps, alongside eight ARM Cortex CPU cores.
In addition to saving on space, Huawei says that utilizing a single chip ought to make its telephones rather more power efficient in comparison with having each a processor and a separate modem.
The corporate introduced the brand new processor just some brief days after Samsung introduced a 5G chipset of it’s personal, the Exynos 980. In the meantime, Qualcomm isn’t anticipated to launch a mixed processor and 5G modem until next year. Chipmaker MediaTek additionally has a 7nm 5G chipset of it’s personal, which it announced back in May.
Like Samsung’s Exynos chip, the 5G version of the Kirin 990 doesn’t assist mmWave 5G. The corporate mentioned that it selected to omit the expertise as a result of it’s primarily used within the US, the place Huawei doesn’t presently promote its gadgets. As a substitute, it should focus its consideration on the sub-6GHz variant of 5G, which is extra extensively used throughout the remainder of the world.
The Kirin 990 depends extensively on Arm’s chip designs for each its CPU and GPU components. Nonetheless, Huawei’s relationship with the British chip designer was thrown into disarray earlier this year when the US imposed sanctions on the Chinese firm. Shortly after the choice, BBC News reported that ARM instructed its workers to chop ties with Huawei. It’s at the moment unclear what impression this may have on Huawei’s future in-home processors.
Huawei says that the Kirin 990 will energy the most recent entry within the firm’s Mate collection of units, which is due to be announced on September 19th.


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It's a sad week for hundreds of Chrysler dealers across the country. As the Detroit automaker's bankruptcy process unfolds, dealerships will be either closing shop in the next few days or awaiting the results of a bankruptcy hearing which may give them a chance at survival.
Still, Chrysler has already withdrawn its support for the dealers, which has meant no new inventory, no warranty protection, and no corporate sales offers for buyers. As USA Today reports, hundreds of dealerships are winding down their operations this week. The Detroit automaker has already announced that it is closing 789 dealerships, reducing its network to 2,400.
(Read our full list of the Chrysler dealerships that are closing.)
Chrysler's cuts have meant the loss of thousands of jobs and, for some, the end of a long-standing community presence. USA Today talked to one particularly prominent dealer in California:
"'I have a Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep dealership with no cars. I can't go forward with this business plan,' says Howard Sellz, who has been in the car business 44 years and runs Big Valley Dodge -- now just three acres of empty lots in the Los Angeles suburb of Van Nuys. His office is filled with decades of photos showing him with famous customers and friends such as Jay Leno, Chuck Connors, Sandy Koufax and Frank Sinatra."
Yesterday, the Supreme Court put Chrysler's pending sale to Fiat on hold temporarily, in response to a lawsuit from a group of Indiana pension funds and consumer advocacy groups. Fiat has said that it will not walk away from a deal with Chrysler.


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By Philip van Doorn, MarketWatch
Tom Masi and Nuno Fernandes, managers of the AMG Trilogy Emerging Wealth Equity Fund, focus on consumer consumption in emerging markets. That has led them to varied investments such as a retro-motorcycle company, a high-alcohol liquor producer and a digital-payment firm.
The AMG Trilogy Emerging Wealth Equity Fund /zigman2/quotes/204006308/realtime TYWVX -1.23% is sub-advised by Trilogy Global Advisors, an affiliate of AMG Funds. The fund is relatively small, with assets of about $68 million. However, Masi and Fernandes run a total of $2.6 billion in client money following the same strategy.
We recently looked at the Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF /zigman2/quotes/205406984/composite EMQQ -2.35% , which contrasts itself with the largest emerging-markets index funds — the Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund /zigman2/quotes/205715973/realtime VEIEX -1.08% , the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF /zigman2/quotes/204649024/composite VWO -1.58% and the iShares Emerging Markets ETF /zigman2/quotes/201454250/composite EEM -1.78% — by not holding shares of state-controlled companies and, as its name implies, focusing on web-based businesses.
Rather than tracking a custom-designed index that focuses on internet commerce, the AMG Trilogy Emerging Wealth Equity Fund is actively managed to take advantage of a shift in emerging markets “toward consumption, as opposed to being driven by exports to developed countries,” Masi said in an interview on March 19.
In the same interview, Fernandes followed one of the themes discussed by Kevin Carter, the founder of EMQQ, spelling out what he and Masi believe is a major problem with the largest emerging-market index funds that track the broad EM indexes:
“The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is about 57% weighted between state-owned companies and family-controlled companies. These tend to be companies with poor corporate governance.”
The FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index is also heavily weighted toward state-owned and family-controlled companies, but Fernandes didn’t mention this index specifically.
This does not mean the AMG Trilogy Emerging Wealth Equity Fund excludes state- or family-controlled businesses, only that it is much more selective than the market-cap-weighted index.
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The main point of the Trilogy EM strategy, according to Masi, is its focus on consumer-driven businesses.
“You are going to have more than 3 billion people enter the middle class [in emerging markets] by 2030,” he said, while predicting that “by 2050, as much as 50% to 60% of global consumption will come from emerging markets.”
Fernandes said only about 20% of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index is weighted toward the sectors that the AMG Trilogy Emerging Wealth Equity Fund is concentrated in: consumer staples, consumer discretionary and health care.
Companies that fit the bill
Masi and Fernandes discussed companies in India, China and developed markets held by the fund that provide consumer products and services that are increasingly popular with emerging-market consumers.
Masi and Fernandes said that when it comes to economic reform, “India is about 10 years behind China,” but Masi said the Indian government’s new biometric ID system covers about 1 billion people and about 300 million new bank accounts have been opened over the past five years.
“So government payments can go to people while cutting out the local corruption levels,” he said.
Masi called HDFC Bank Ltd. /zigman2/quotes/205576242/composite HDB +0.57% “a leading franchise” benefitting from the transition to digital payments in India.


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Las Vegas -- Hillcrest Labs -- the Rockville, Md.-based firm that is trying to revolutionize the TV-remote-control market with its Freespace pointing technology, which allows a wireless device to navigate through an interactive program guide with computer-mouse-like movements -- received $25 million in new financial backing through a series-D funding round.
Hillcrest picked up a new investor in AllianceBernstein and received additional funding from existing investors venture-capital firms New Enterprise Associates, Columbia Capital and Grotech Capital Group.
Hillcrest was founded in 2001. So far, it has commercialized its Freespace technology in Logitech’s MX Air wireless computer mouse, but it is still wooing cable set-top and TV manufacturers to adopt its approach.
Founder and CEO Dan Simpkins said the company has "multiple deals with major companies" to deploy the technology in the near future. It will be exhibiting its innovative Loop TV remote, which has just two buttons and a scroll wheel, and other Freespace applications at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show here.
"We aim to bring a new ‘point-and-click’ paradigm to the television and beyond," Simpkins added. "This investment is further validation of our business and technology."
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Why it’s time to finally abandon audiences
For as long as digital advertising has been in existence, advertisers and agencies have relied on audience targeting for their campaigns. While this tried-and-true tactic has been effective for so long, its efficacy is on the wane in today’s privacy-first era. Instead of relying on pre-set expectations around audiences, advertisers today are much better off using the latest in machine learning to find their best users.
If audience tracking is out of the question, then how can advertisers and agencies reach and acquire high-quality consumers?
Why audience targeting no longer works
It’s easy to see the inherent logic in targeting based on audiences. For example, who else would a diaper brand want to target besides new parents?
The biggest problem with audience-based targeting now is that the data underpinning this strategy is becoming either unavailable or unpalatable. On the technology side of the equation, Apple’s AppTrackingTransparency framework has largely removed the Identifier for Advertisers (IDFAs) from the mobile in-app ecosystem, meaning that it is now much more difficult to directly connect one user to one device (at least in the all-important iOS ecosystem). And with Google beginning testing of its Privacy Sandbox for Android, it’s only a matter of time before a similar dynamic sets in with the other major mobile operating system.
This is already the reality in the world of browsers. Mozilla’s Firefox and Apple’s Safari browsers have already banned third-party cookies, and Google will follow suit eventually on Chrome.
Of course, an advertiser’s first-party data can be leveraged for targeting purposes, but getting enough and then making it usable at scale is no small feat. It will likely be a few more years at least before any of the most notable digital identity solutions are widely used – and then sharing data securely and privately is another matter entirely.
Plus, the legal landscape will make any one-to-one targeting less feasible. GDPR in Europe, Brazil’s LGPD and the California Consumer Privacy Act have already upended data sharing and tracking practices, and plenty more laws and regulations are bound to spring forth in the coming years.
And on top of it all, most consumers simply don’t want to be tracked online by advertisers. 2022 research from Permutive and The Harris Poll found that around three-fourths of consumers in the UK and the US have serious concerns about tracking and how data about them is tracked and used.
This then begs the question: if audience tracking is out of the question, then how can advertisers and agencies reach and acquire high-quality consumers? This is where machine learning comes in.
Why machine learning is better than audiences for digital advertising
The benefit of well-trained, high-quality machine learning models is that they enable advertisers to find their best audiences without needing personally-identifiable information about them. Machine learning is capable of ingesting a wide spectrum of behavioral and contextual data – think time of day, where the ad is being seen, how someone engages with an ad – to make smart predictions.
The machine learning-driven advertising approach also helps preserve privacy as data about users doesn’t get exposed explicitly to advertisers. Let’s go back to our earlier example. Instead of just targeting new parents, a machine learning-based digital advertising solution may find that certain other variables (such as location or device type) can be better predictors of whether someone is likely to buy a particular diaper brand, and this can be achieved without tagging and tracking individual users with certain attributes. After all, people besides new parents buy diapers, and not all new parents are looking to buy diapers (or a different brand).
The benefit of machine learning is that it can leverage data that will continue to be available and that consumers are OK sharing. In today’s privacy-first world, it’s the best path forward.
Of course, not all machine learning is the same. Just about every adtech company says it has machine learning, but only some companies have the resources and track record to back up their claim. But the ones that have invested in quality machine learning over the past few years are the ones that will succeed in the years to come – and are the ones to leverage to future-proof your digital advertising.
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London Fire Brigade believe a north London flat fire that resulted in the death of a man in Tottenham in 2021 was caused by a faulty Boxo Blend Ltd blender. was caused
Voltage problems and a lack of thermal protection meant that the products did not meet electrical equipment safety regulations
A warning has been issued about using a blender affected by the product recall after a man died in a fire started by the appliance.
London Fire Brigade believe a north London flat fire that resulted in the death of a man in Tottenham in 2021 was caused by a faulty Boxo Blend Ltd blender. was caused.
After the fatal fire, Islington Council went out of business while they investigated and safety tests found Boxo Blend’s blenders posed a fire risk.
Voltage problems and lack of thermal protection meant that the products did not meet the safety regulations for electrical equipment.
The council’s investigation found that the Islington-registered company had failed to carry out safety checks on at least 1,875 blenders, assuming they were carried out by the Chinese manufacturer.
The company then failed to fully cooperate with Trading Standards to recall the remaining mixers and the council initiated legal proceedings.
More than 650 of these blenders have been sold or given away to the public, the council’s inquiry has found (Media Wales)
More than 650 of those blenders were sold or given away to the public, the council’s investigation found. Almost 1,000 have now been confiscated by the council and about 150 were destroyed in the fire.
Islington Commercial Standards Officers estimate that up to 650 boxo blenders are still in use. Anyone who owns one of the blenders should dispose of it safely. Boxo Blend Ltd is no longer trading and has been wound up so you cannot return its products.
Bashiru Anthony Blenman, one of the men who ran the company, pleaded guilty to two counts under the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, one for having the unsafe blender for delivery and one for failing to inform the council , where the mixers were located when this was required So.
At Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on February 1, Blenman was sentenced to 12 weeks’ imprisonment with 12 months suspended sentence and 150 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay a cost contribution of £700 plus a victim’s surcharge of £128.
A confiscation order was also issued for all confiscated mixers.
Safety tests found Boxo Blend mixers pose a fire risk (Media Wales)
Cllr John Woolf, Islington Council’s Executive Member for Community Safety, said: “We are committed to keeping people safe and will take decisive action to protect the public.
“This incredibly tragic case that took place in our neighboring borough shows how important it is for all businesses, however small, to meet their legal responsibilities to ensure all the products they import are tested and comply with UK safety regulations are equivalent to.
“We remain vigilant forever and will investigate and prosecute as appropriate to help protect the public.”
John Herriman, Chief Executive of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI), said: “This case underscores the importance of product safety and is a stark reminder that dangerous products can be deadly.
“Businesses that import and sell goods in the UK have a responsibility to ensure their products comply with the law and they should be aware of the tragic consequences of swab testing, as well as the severe penalties they face for failing to meet that responsibility don’t take it seriously.”


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Endicott Planning Board OKs Kmart Plaza Redevelopment Project
A Vermont company's plan to establish a warehouse operation inside a former store building at the old Endicott Plaza has received approval.
The Endicott planning board has voted in favor of a special use permit sought by Green Mountain Electric Supply.
The Kmart store between Vestal and Harrison avenues has been unused since it sustained heavy flood damage in September 2011.
The electrical component supply business has proposed a $12.1 million project to turn the abandoned building into a regional distribution center.
The project is receiving millions of dollars in support from New York state taxpayers. More than $3.1 million in state funding is to be provided through Endicott's Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant which was approved in December.
The state also authorized spending $350,000 for renovations to the 95,000-square-foot structure under its Restore New York initiative.
Endicott Mayor Linda Jackson told WNBF News on Tuesday afternoon that "everything's a go" with respect to the Green Mountain Electric Supply proposal. She expressed some concern about the size of a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes plan that may be granted for the project.
The 18-acre site is located just east of the Jennie F. Snapp Middle School.
Representatives of the the Broome County Industrial Development Agency and Green Mountain Electric Supply could not be reached for comment about the tax breaks being sought for the redevelopment plan.
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Harrogate, and revolution – not two words which are normally closely associated. But quietly and assuredly, that’s exactly what’s happening; and at the heart of this transformation sits a growing digital economy.
As a proud Harrogate business, Berwins knows that our town is special, but we also recognise that this goes beyond being an attractive spa resort and key tourist destination for our region. It’s a view echoed by Harrogate Borough Council which, working with the Leeds City Region, has released the first draft of its economic growth strategy.
Recognising digital industries as an existing strength – our area already boasts some substantial technology businesses and digital agencies – the plan identifies these businesses as being ideally placed to offer well paid, rewarding and cutting-edge employment to attract and retain people in the area.
One of the key drives for this growing source of prosperity comes from Harrogate looking beyond the immediate area and being part of something bigger. In economic terms the Harrogate District – along with Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Craven, Kirklees, Selby, Wakefield and York – forms part of the Leeds City Region – the UK’s largest economy and population centre outside London, generating about 5% of England’s total economic output (£62 billion). Also boasting a population of over 3 million – and the largest workforce of 1.9 million in the north of England – it’s plain to see that being part of this wider group opens up a great many advantages to local businesses.
That Harrogate Borough Council is taking a lead on this, both through economic strategy and involvement with the burgeoning Harrogate Digital movement is key as it offers a defined framework through which local businesses can tap into the wider regional opportunities while ensuring those unique characteristics which make Harrogate such a dynamic place to do business are not lost.
Linking in with the expected adoption of the Economic Strategy and its identification as a key sector for growth, digital is set to be a key industry for the future of Harrogate. Based on the dynamism we see supporting digital businesses across the region, it’s an exciting future.
Paul Berwin is a specialist in Commercial and Digital law. He is chair of Harrogate Digital and a member of the strategic consultation group for Harrogate Borough Council’s economic plan.


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Gems, jewellery breathe easy as Budget 2013 spares it of duty hike
Gitanjali group Chairman Mehul Choksi said any hike would have increased smuggling and other such illegal activities.
Mumbai: Gems and jewellery sector on Thursday heaved a sigh of as there is duty hike in gold or jewellery in Budget 2013-14. "We thank the Finance Minister for accepting our demand by not increasing the Customs duty on gold and not levying Excise or any other duty on gold jewellery. We accept the Budget with a positive attitude," Bombay Bullion Association President Mohit Khamboj said.
Gitanjali group Chairman Mehul Choksi said the Finance Minister was very wise in not increasing any duty as any hike would have increased smuggling and other such illegal activities.
It may be recalled that RBI and a wider section with the government were calling for more disincentives to discourage people from buying gold as the yellow metal import has been a big drain on forex. This in turn has led to higher current account deficit, which rose to 5.4 per cent in the September quarter.
During this fiscal, the government has increased duty on gold imports twice to 6 per cent from the earlier 2 per cent. "At present the duties are at borderline and there is a need to relax much more. However, no hike in duties from the current level will help curb smuggling and help the government in getting direct tax, which is a positive thing," Choksi added.
Similarly, All-India Gems & Jewellery Trade Federation Chairman Bachhraj Bamalwa said the industry was very relaxed with the Budget as it has not imposed any fresh import duties. "We were expecting further restrictions and duty hikes. We are very relaxed as there is no such move. We welcome the move on reducing of duty on pre-forms of precious and semi-precious stones from 10 per cent to 2 per cent," he said.
However, Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council Chairman Vipul Shah said the budget was below his expectations as it provided only some corrective measures for the import duty for preform precious stones and was eagerly waiting for the reforms announcements by the Foreign Trade Policy, which may be supportive of the sector. "Commerce and Industries Minister Anand Sharma accepted the task group report to make the country an international trading hub for rough diamonds.
"Some of the recommendations in report include setting up of a special notified zone for imports and trading of rough diamonds, a 15 per cent duty free re-import quota for import of cut and polished diamonds and reducing the benign taxation rate from 6 per cent to 2.5 per cent, among others," he said. "The industry has commended the proactive role of the government in trying to solve the industry-specific issues and anticipates that measures to boost exports will be announced soon," he added.


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New Mexico State University researchers are working to develop innovative new products using glandless cottonseed to increase profitability of the cotton plant, going beyond the traditional uses of fabric and livestock feeds.
“When cotton is running 60, 70, maybe 80 cents a pound for the lint, and if you can add a buck a pound or $2 per pound for the seed, then we’ve significantly increased the value of cotton production,” said Tracey Carrillo, assistant director of NMSU campus farm operations. “I have a unique project working on cotton, and that project is to develop high value or added value to byproducts from cotton.”
Cotton is normally grown for the fiber for fabric, but researchers are taking the byproduct — the cottonseed, which is a significant part of the boll — and creating additional products from that.
Some of the products the university is exploring use the seed as a high protein source for human consumption and also as aquaculture feeds.
“We have a product being developed now — it’s a blue cheese-black pepper salad topping,” Carrillo said. “You can just sprinkle the cottonseed that’s been flavored on your salad, and it adds a nutty flavor to the salad, kind of like a sunflower seed.”
The research that turns the most heads when mentioned, however, is the aquaculture feed program. NMSU is growing shrimp, and will be ready to begin selling them as head-on, whole shrimp in January, through a student-operated company called New Mexico Shrimp Co.
NMSU has been working closely with Cotton Inc., a national organization that supports the cotton industry, to brainstorm different possibilities for using the glandless, or gossypol-free, cottonseed. Gossypol is a natural toxin, found in most varieties of cotton that makes all of the plant’s tissue, including the seeds, inedible by humans and most animals. It acts as a natural defense mechanism, helping to limit damage from herbivores.
One of the ideas developed with Cotton Inc. being tested now is an aquaculture feed.
“Commercial aquaculture feeds contain fishmeal, so they’re not as sustainable as a plant-based protein, because they’re basically taking fish from the ocean and making a meal out of that, and then feeding it to another fish,” Carrillo said. “We chose shrimp because they’re several times more efficient at converting that protein to an edible product.”
Carrillo and his team started out raising Pacific white shrimp, a saltwater shrimp, and have studied different techniques to grow them in large indoor swimming pools, in a zero-exchange, heterotopic aquaculture system. The system reuses water for several shrimp crops, an important consideration for exploring aquaculture production in the desert.
Proceeds from the sales of the shrimp will go back into operations and research, student salaries and to help maintain the project as it goes forward.
Other glandless cottonseed products in various phases of development and marketing related to the project include snack foods and cottonseed oils, offered from Acala Farms (www.acala-farms.com) in flavors such as toasted cumin, fried shallot, fresh cilantro, hot habañero and jalapeño lime among others. Pure, unflavored cottonseed oil also is available.
The oils have a high smoke point and contain zero trans fat and zero cholesterol, so are great for frying, searing, sautéing, or for simply being used as a salad dressing.
Sodexo, NMSU’s campus dining partner, uses cottonseed oil in some of its campus fryers. When the oils are ready to be disposed of, Leyendecker employees use a machine to turn the oil into biodiesel, which is then used in vehicles at the campus farm and in campus catering operations.
“Maybe a little further down the line, as we improve the variety, and we have higher yielding varieties of this type of cotton, I think the seed could be more valuable than the lint,” Carrillo added.


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Representatives from Hotel chain, Energy and Transport companies are confident that tourism in the Balearic Islands will recover in 2022.
They made their predictions at a ‘Dialogues on the Future of the Circular Economy’ forum at the Palacio de Congresos in Palma on Tuesday, which was coordinated by Hosteltur.
The forum was Industry, Tourism & Trade Minister, Reyes Maroto's idea, who listened attentively as Meliá CEO, Gabriel Escarrer, Sampol CEO, Carmen Sampol, Piñero CEO, Encarna Piñero and Jumbo Tours/Alpitour Group CEO, Ginés Martínez and Iberostar Group Head of Sustainability, Gloria Fluxá, voiced their concerns.
The delegates called for a reduction in the Tourist Tax, that the Government pay more attention to tourist industry problems and be proactive in negotiating the Next Generation funds from the EU for the tourist industry. Business owners fear that competing destinations will adopt a more aggressive strategy towards Brussels in order to obtain funds quickly and use them to boost tourism.
The circular economy was also heavily analysed at the meeting.
“The progress made in terms of sustainability will be key in the coming years to build loyalty to tourism demand,” said Minister Maroto.
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But the top spot was occupied by an unexpected commuter sedan.
J.D. Power has just revealed the results of its 2021 US Automotive Performance, Execution, and Layout (APEAL) Study. Whereas the J.D. Power Initial Quality Study (IQS) hones in on quality, the APEAL Study is a gauge of the emotional attachment and excitement level that customers express towards their vehicle of choice. With the study now in its 26th year, Porsche once again topped the rankings for premium brands with a score of 882, while Dodge led the way for mass-market brands with an identical rating. In last year's study, Dodge tied with Ram while Porsche outperformed other rival brands in the premium sector.
The APEAL Study requires owners to assess their vehicles based on 37 attributes including how they feel when they get behind the wheel. Over 110,000 owners were surveyed this year. Interestingly, the appeal of mass-market brands is narrowing the gap on premium brands, with a 19-point difference this year as opposed to 23 points a year ago. After Porsche, the leading premium brands are Genesis, Land Rover, Lincoln, and BMW. However, Tesla is unofficially the number one premium brand with a score of 893, but the EV automaker could not be ranked as it does not meet certain ranking criteria. Specifically, Tesla doesn't allow J.D. Power to survey its vehicles' owners in the 15 required states. In the IQS study results revealed earlier this year, Tesla paradoxically put in a particularly poor showing.
After Dodge, the top mass-market brands were Ram, Nissan, GMC, Ford, and Kia. Looking at specific models, General Motors, BMW, the Hyundai Motor Group, and Nissan all had multiple category winners. Examples were the BMW 4 Series, BMW X6, Chevrolet Blazer, Kia K5, and Nissan Maxima. The Ford Bronco Sport and Mustang Mach-E both put in strong showings for the Blue Oval, while the winning large light-duty pickup was the Ram 1500. The strong-selling Chevy Corvette was the top-ranked premium sporty car. The top overall model in this year's study was the unassuming Nissan Maxima, which was also the highest-scoring model in the IQS study, the first time a mass-market model has ever achieved the feat.
At the other end of the spectrum, brands like Acura, Infiniti, Jeep, Buick, Mitsubishi, and Chrysler all ranked well below the average in the respective premium and mass-market categories.
Still, there has been an overall improvement in the appeal of new vehicles. "One of the biggest factors driving the industry's improvement this year is the introduction of several highly appealing new models," said director of global automotive at J.D. Power, David Amodeo. He was referring to big recent launches like the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Chevrolet Tahoe, and Genesis G80.


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When will PS5 be in stock at GAME, Currys, Argos, John Lewis and Amazon?
THE PlayStation 5 sold out within minutes after it went on sale in the UK this morning, leaving gamers who missed out to wonder when they’ll next get the chance to buy one.
Retailers like Game and Amazon and expected to restock soon, so anxious fans have good reason to hope they’ll bag one in time for Christmas.
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The PlayStation 5 is the latest and greatest console from Japanese tech titan Sony[/caption]
PS5 sold out – what happened?
Sony released two new consoles – the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – worldwide on November 19.
Stocks at multiple UK retailers ran dry shortly after orders opened during the morning on launch day.
Boasting 8K graphics and a powerful processor that almost eliminates loading times, it’s no surprise the consoles flew from the shelves.
Some stores also opened up sales of the consoles on Thursday afternoon, but those also went in a flash as word spread across social media.
When will UK stores restock?
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It’s not entirely clear when retailers plan to restock, but we can expect most of them to do so before Christmas.
Some stores, such as Smyths Toys, have published vague timings as to when they expect to open up sales again.
Others have maintained radio silence to avoid a mad rush when stock returns.
Below are links and some dates for PS5 restocks in the UK.
Due to high demand and the coronavirus restrictions, most retailers are only selling the consoles through their websites.
- Amazon – sold out, no restock date given
- Studio – sold out, no restock date given
- Argos – sold out, no restock date given
- GAME – sold out, no restock date given
- Currys PC World – sold out, no restock date given
- Smyths Toys – sold out, new stock available “December 2020”
- John Lewis – sold out, no restock date given
- Very – £449 sold out, stock “coming soon”
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The PS5 is Sony’s latest and greatest gaming console.
It’s the successor to the PS4 and PS4 Pro, and is available in two distinct versions.
Those are the pricey PS5 proper with all the bells and whistles, and the digital edition, which is cheaper but with no disc tray.
Both consoles are out November 2020 with an impressive roster of launch games.
Like Sony, Microsoft has opted to launch two machines: A full-works console with a higher price tag and a cheaper one without a disc tray.
When is the PS5 out and how much does it cost?
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The PS5 release date landed on November 12, but not everywhere.
That only stood for the US, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea.
In the UK, gamers weren’t able to get it until November 19.
The PS5 proper costs £449.99/$499.99, while the digital edition comes in at $399/£359.
So how does that compare to the PS5’s biggest rival, the Xbox Series X?
Microsoft’s pair of next-gen consoles came out a little earlier, landing on November 10.
The cheaper disc-free Xbox Series S costs £249/$299, while the Xbox Series X comes in at £449/$499.
All prices were correct at the time of writing, but may have since changed. Always do your own research before making any purchase.
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It's no secret that PC sales have been, well, bad for awhile now. Sales of Apple's Mac computers, however, have held fairly well up for the most part.
That may be shifting.
In the third quarter, Mac sales dropped 11 percent to 1.9 million from the period a year earlier, according to an IDC report. What's more, Apple was the only company among the top five U.S. vendors to post a decline in shipments.
"The PC market in general has been in six quarters of consecutive decline, and it's getting cannibalized by tablet sales," BGC Financial's Colin Gillis told CNBC on Thursday.
"You go back and the peak actually happened in September of 2011. PC sales as a total are down 17 percent since then, and if you add up the numbers, it correlates with tablet sales. Tablets are cheaper, tablets are easier and the PC may wind up becoming more of a relegated, niche product."


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The biggest startup in the US to raise $500 million in seed funding
The biggest VC firm in the world is raising $500M from investors.
TechCrunch reports that the startup, called Fetch, will use $200M in Series B funding to raise capital and expand its user base.
The fund, founded by Fetch co-founder and CEO Jefrey Vukovic, was previously backed by angel investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Andreessen, Sequoia Capital, Sequera Ventures, SV Angel and more.
Vukovic says the money will be used to scale Fetch’s user base and expand the company’s product offerings to include mobile commerce and smart contracts.
The firm is currently building a database that stores data on how users are interacting with Fetch apps, and will eventually enable Fetch to build smart contracts on top of the platform.
The company’s main goal is to enable users to buy, sell, trade and sell things with their Fetch smart contracts, Vukov says.
Fetch is not the first venture capital firm to take an interest in student entrepreneurship.
In April, Y Combinator launched the Student Venture Capital Program, and in May, it was reported that Kleiner Perkins raised $1B in seed money.
In July, Founders Fund and Andreessen also raised $2B in Series A funding.
While these VCs are usually backed by large technology companies, Vakovic says Fetch is unique because it is a non-profit organization.
This means Fetch won’t have to take any corporate or corporate stock, he says.
Vakovic adds that Fetch will focus on building its userbase, and on getting users to participate in its product.
Fetch aims to use its data to provide users with “a rich, contextual, contextual user experience,” he says, adding that Fep will also allow users to create and customize their own custom Fetch contracts.
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A proposed class action lawsuit filed last week contends those ‘compare at’ prices are bogus, tantamount to deceptive advertising.
Suffolk County police said the women stole more than $2,000 worth of clothing, handbags and outerwear from the store and then fled.
Police want to catch a man who they said stole more than a dozen handbags from a Long Island store earlier this month.
The NYPD has asked the public for help in identifying and tracking down a suspect in a grand larceny that took place in Brooklyn.
A man wearing dark clothes and a ski mask walked into the TJ Maxx store on Route 73, went directly to the jewelry counter, and immediately smashed a rock through the glass case, police said.
Cornell Poyser worked at the TJ Maxx in Oceanside, Long Island. Prosecutors said Poyser was caught on video loading his minivan full of clothes, luggage, shoes, perfume and other goods.
Daffy’s Inc., which sells national fashion brands at up to 80 percent off, is going out of business, a victim of a fiercely competitive landscape that has already claimed rivals Syms and Filene’s Basement as casualties.
If you think you have to trek to the suburbs for big bargains, think again – you can find deep discounts right in the Big Apple. Century 21, Loehmann’s, Daffy’s, TJ Maxx – savings is now the name of the fashion game in New York City.


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The Cincinnati region is a beer town, and its reputation for making good beer is growing.
Cincinnati’s budding beer tourism industry, an ever-expanding slate of neighborhood breweries, and the reach of the region’s largest craft brewers are making waves in the national beer scene.
A History of Brewing
Beer has a strong presence in the Cincinnati’s history, thanks to the strong German influence in the city. But in the last five years, as the craft beer market has boomed nationally, beer has become a vital part of Cincinnati’s present and future, too. Instead of people talking about how their great-uncle or grandfather once bottled beers in Over-The-Rhine, breweries like Rhinegeist are hiring dozens of people, and it seems like a new brewery pops up nearly every month.
More than three dozen craft brewing companies are operating across Greater Cincinnati.
Beer tourism businesses, such as Craft Beer Connection, and American Legacy Tours are booked solid. The Brewing Heritage Trail, celebrating the past and present of Cincinnati brewing, is attracting grant dollars and national attention. Cincinnati beers are winning national awards, and breweries like Rhinegeist and MadTree are tapping into new markets.
Local Breweries Making Big Moves
It’s a big change from even 2014 when Bryant Goulding and Bob Bonder founded Rhinegeist. Goulding came from the California craft beer scene, which already was booming, and friends and colleagues wondered why he’d leave it to resurrect a brewery in Cincinnati.
“Now, when I go to (brewing) conferences, Cincinnati is a thing,” Goulding said. “People are name-dropping Rhinegeist and MadTree and others. They know great beer is made here.”
Rhinegeist already is distributing in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Massachusetts, and most recently Pittsburgh. In the last year, Rhinegeist has expanded its payroll from 50 to more than 200 employees.
Meanwhile, MadTree, which opened six months before Rhinegeist, opened a new, much larger brewing facility and taproom in Oakley. The expansion will allow the company to send beer into Northeast Ohio.
And the new taproom — well, at the February grand opening, MadTree actually ran out of beer. Their customers drained every last keg — 385, which is more than 47,000 pints.
A Thirsty Town
“Cincinnati is a very thirsty town that has quickly embraced all the great breweries in town,” said MadTree co-founder Mike Stuart. “We knew we would have a lot of people at the grand opening, but we were pretty blown away by the response.”
Expansions from the likes of MadTree, Rhinegeist and Taft’s Ale House hint at the potential for Cincinnati’s beer scene to gain broader national appeal, according to Ben Keene, who runs Beer Advocate, a website dedicated to craft beer. Taft’s Ale House was one of the site’s new breweries to watch last year, and Fifty West Brewing Co. picked up a bronze medal at last year’s Great American Beer Festival.
With more than 5,000 breweries around the country vying for attention, tap handles, and shelf space, Keene said it is difficult for any one beer company or one city to stand out.
“Time will tell,” Keene said. “(T)here does seem to be a great deal of energy in Cincinnati. Since many of the beer establishments are so new, I can honestly say that further growth is likely — if not certain.”
At least within the region, the growth is evident. Older breweries like Listermann Brewing Co. are expanding and renovating their taprooms, and the draft lists at local bars and restaurants get longer and longer as more Cincinnati’s neighborhoods get their own brewery.
MadTree wasn’t even the only brewing company to run out of beer in February. Eager customers in College Hill also drank Brink Brewing dry at its grand opening.
Interesting beer, new flavors, served as fresh as possible
Interesting beer, new flavors, served as fresh as possible — these are the things that most craft brewers are passionate about. And for many of Greater Cincinnati’s brewing companies, that means the goal is not to expand into as many markets as possible. Instead, places like Darkness Brewing in Bellevue, Ky., are looking to be really great neighborhood breweries.
“The bulk of our customers are from our own little community,” said Darkness founder Ron Sanders. “We try to be a fun environment. We’re going after more than just beer.”
Darkness regularly has art classes and live music in its taproom, and food trucks outside so people can grab a bite to eat with their beer. Sanders said the goal is to be a gathering place for the community, and it’s a strategy other breweries, including Listermann and Braxton Brewing Co., also are using.
Larger brewers sending beer out into new markets and big events such as the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game draw attention to Cincinnati’s craft brewing scene. Great American Ballpark routinely is listed as one of the best in the country for craft beer.
But it’s the variety of breweries — large and small — across Greater Cincinnati that keep the region’s beer scene growing.
“I’d use the words vibrant and fantastic,” Goulding said. “We compete on quality and innovation. It’s not cutthroat. We all drink each other’s beer and appreciate the work.”
To browse the region’s more than 35 breweries and plan your Cincinnati Beer Trip, visit: http://cincinnatiusa.com/bars-and-nightlife/breweries
Or discover our list of the top breweries in Cincinnati.
Published August 3, 2017
Hillary Copsey is a writer and editor enjoying all the exhibits, music, libraries and restaurants Cincinnati has to offer. Follow @HillaryCopsey on Twitter and Instagram.


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The digital version of Minecraft has sold 500,000 copies on PlayStation Network in Japan, Sony have announced. The game is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita.
The Vita version by itself has sold 200,000 copies in Japan, and to give it more exposure, Sony plan on releasing the Vita version of Minecraft at retail.
Minecraft isn’t the first example of a Western-developed “sandbox” game that has done well in Japan recently either. Terraria was published in Japan by Spike Chunsoft, and sold 300,000 units between its PlayStation 3 and Vita versions.


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Japan's reigning supercar is about to get a whole lot faster, if that's somehow possible, and we know how much it'll cost you to get the latest model. For starters, the 2014 Nissan GT-R will set you back $100,590 while the Black Edition trim goes for a cool $110,300, and the top-of-the-line Track Edition model goes for an even steeper $116,710. All pricing includes a $1,000 destination and handling fee.
We're also hearing that a Nissan GT-R Nismo model has entered the early developmental stages. Not much is known just yet, but rumor has it that the Nismo variant of Godzilla will be "the fastest GT-R ever." Talk about setting the bar high, as the current GT-R pushes out 545 horsepower from a 3.8-liter twin-turbo V-6 engine and is already among the fastest cars in the world, cost no object. Nevertheless, Nissan executive vice president Andy Palmer has confirmed that the GT-R Nismo model--short for Nissan Motorsports--will have more power than the current car.
"There will be an extra kick," said Palmer to Autocar. "This will be the ultimate GT-R to come out of the factory."
What we do know so far is that Palmer has driven this alleged GT-R Nismo in Japan. We also know that this new model has already received a lot of input from Nissan's Nismo racing team, which currently runs GT-Rs in the Super GT racing series and the Nurburgring 24 Hours. With Nismo's input, expect to see some exterior styling tweaks, but all in the name of more downforce. Palmer said that Nissan is shooting for the latest GT-R to snag the title for fastest lap for a production car at the Nurburgring (which is currently held by the wouldn't-be-legal-in-the-U.S. Radical SR8 LM with a blistering time of 6:48). As it stands now, the GT-R sits in twelfth place on this list with a time of 7:24:22, set back in 2011.
As for the GT-R, you can actually own now, it still features the same stout 3.8-liter twin-turbo V-6 with the same power numbers. For the 2014 model year though, Nissan has introduced the GT-R Track Package, which, when tested by sister publication Motor Trend recently, can go from 0-60 mph in a blazing 2.7 seconds. What sets the GT-R Track Edition apart from other models are features like a specially tuned suspension (Bilstein Damptronic gas pressure shock absorbers and higher spring rates), brake cooling guides, a front spoiler that features carbon fiber air ducts, and deleted rear seats. If this all sounds good and you have the extra coin to act on it, you better head down to your local Nissan dealership now because only 150 Track Edition models are headed to our shores.
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Though we’ve known for some time the point-and-click adventure game, Deponia, would be making the jump to console, Daedalic Entertainment has finally announced a release date. Deponia, the first game in a series of four, will be available on PS4, starting November 15th.
Originally released in 2012, Deponia follows Rufus, the uncouth and grumpy resident of a middle-of-nowhere town on Deponia, the game’s namesake. The planet is essentially a giant dump, simply known as a junk planet. As the developer states in a press release, “Rufus feels destined for greater things and dreams of a life on the spaceship Elysium, the floating city high above the planet’s surface. When the beautiful Goal suddenly falls from these privileged spheres into a neighboring trash heap, Rufus sees his chance.”
The developer explains the game will even feature entirely reworked controls, making Rufus directly controllable, a departure from the point-and-click original.
The game sports colorful characters in a unique world, held together comfortably by a protagonist with the sassy, dry sense of humor of a King’s Quest game. It’s an interesting take on the genre, with uniform color palettes, and memorable characters that weave together a great story.
Deponia is already out on PC, Mac, and iPad, and Daedalic says the Xbox One version, along with the rest of the games in the series for PS4, will be available within the next year.


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A once-ignored hemp derivative has become the latest product to challenge federal and state cannabis restrictions. Delta-8-THC is slightly chemically different from Delta-9-THC, the primary psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, which is explicitly outlawed at the federal level under the 2018 Farm Bill. Although Delta 8 is psychoactive it is not currently illegal since it is a product of hemp, which many are interpreting as a loophole around state and federal cannabis restrictions. Recreational use of Delta 8 is growing quickly and, although legal challenges are pending, it may be the first of many similar derivatives to come.
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This little guy applauds the EU ban.
It’s been a long time coming, but it has finally happened- The European Union has banned the import and sale of all animal-tested cosmetics! From the Opposing Views article:
After over 20 years of effort and delays, animals will no longer be used to test makeup, skin care products and other products in the European Union. The European Coalition to End Animal Experiments has succeeded in banning the use of animals in cosmetics testing in all member countries of the EU. We all celebrate with them!
As of March 11, 2013, the EU will ban the import and sale of animal-tested cosmetic products (including ingredients) for all member states. From this date forward, anyone selling new cosmetic products and ingredients in the European Union will not be allowed to test them on animals anywhere in the world, the Nydailynews.com reports.
Under the new rules, all personal care products, from high-end to drugstore brands, not only cannot be tested on animals, but neither can any of a given products’ ingredients, according to mnn.com. All toiletries and beauty products, from skin cream to toothpaste, will be affected.
Cosmetics will still be tested for safety by the companies that produce them, but using agreed-upon methods that do not involve animals.
Chief Executive of Cruelty Free International Michelle Thew said: “This is truly an historic event and the culmination of over 20 years of campaigning. Now we will apply our determination and vision on a global stage to ensure that the rest of the world follows this lead.”
This victory was largely due to the support of the new European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy Tonio Borg. The ECEAU states, “The former European Commissioner in charge of the EU’s cosmetics regulations had been considering recommendations to delay or weaken the ban, allowing the cosmetics industry to continue testing cosmetic products and ingredients on animals until they could find alternative methods, but it went through, thanks to Borg’s urging.”
The ban has been planned since 2009, but animal-testing campaigners feared a delay to the decision. EU Commissioner Tonio Borg wrote an open letter informing them that the ban is due to go ahead as proposed, and stating that he was “not planning to propose a postponement or derogation to the ban.”
The European Coalition to End Animal Experiments announced that its next goal is to end the use of animals in scientific experiments, stating that 12 million animals a year are used in Europe for this purpose, according to mnn.com.
OTHER AREAS OF THE WORLD
On January 1, 2013, Israel banned the import, sale, and marketing of animal-tested cosmetics, toiletries, and household cleaners. In 2007, the Israeli government had banned the use of animals to test personal-care and household products within the country. In the new law, which came into effect January 1, 2013, lawmakers have blocked products that have been tested on animals in other countries from even crossing Israel’s border,
At the urging of Maneka Gandhi and Indian activists, India is currently revising its method of safety testing for cosmetics and it is hoped all animal testing will be banned. Indian Drug Control General Dr. Singh recently stated, “If animal testing of cosmetics isn’t mandatory by either the US FDA or the EU, it seems unnecessary for India to have them at all.”
Ms. Gandhi explained that India would lose tremendous revenue if the European countries are unable to purchase cosmetics from India because of its failure to comply with the new EU anti-cruelty laws, which prohibit subjecting innocent animals to unnecessary pain and suffering to test products.
One of the world’s largest markets, China still demands animal testing as a safety precaution, according to mnn.com. PETA states that Chinese companies are required by law to pay for testing before some cosmetics can be marketed to the public. PETA is working in Beijing, training scientists to test cosmetics with alternative methods.
This is such a huge leap forward in animal welfare and I can only hope that other countries follow suit.
Don’t go running out to buy that favorite European brand you abandoned years ago just yet. Despite laws against testing in the EU, some companies will still sell their products in countries like China, which require animal testing. And since the testing is conducted in China it falls outside the jurisdiction of the EU law. And to make matters worse the company has to pay for their own animal testing. That’s why companies like Avon, May Kay and Estee Lauder fell out of favor with PETA last year. Late last year Urban Decay, a popular cruelty-free company with many vegan cosmetic options, experienced first-hand the disappointment from consumers when they announced they were going to sell in China. After the backlash they quickly backed off from that decision and said they would not sell in China until the mandatory animal testing policies were outlawed. Hopefully countries like China will take a page from India and realize that they could suffer a huge blow in revenue if they fail to comply with the new laws and can’t sell in any EU country. Thankfully they are amenable to learning about alternatives to animal-testing. If you are in doubt as to whether a brand is or isn’t tested on animals, refer to Leaping Bunny.org. You can trust them to list only companies that do not test products on animals in any country.
I wonder how this will affect US companies. Johnson and Johnson, Unilever, and SC Johnson are some of the biggest companies that still conduct animal testing and I can only imagine that they will take a huge financial hit if they can no longer sell in Europe. I hope this will be the catalyst that causes them to reconsider their stance on animal testing.


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March 25, 2007
Consumers often pay a premium for organic food.
The University of California is designating 10 acres at the UC Kearney Research and Extension Center near Parlier for organic research. The three-year transition period needed to meet organic standards began this winter.
“We are committed to serving the research needs of all segments of agriculture,” said Fred Swanson, director of the Kearney REC. “Organic agriculture is an area of increasing interest and economic value to California agriculture, and we are there to provide science-based information to help growers make important production decisions.”
Organic agriculture is essentially the production of crops without using synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. In 2002, the USDA created the National Organic Program, which governs all aspects of organic production, processing, delivery and sale. Farmers who wish to use the term “organic” must follow regulations that meet the federal organic standards, and the farm must be certified by a designated agency, such as California Certified Organic Farmers. Among the standards are the usage of environmentally friendly farming techniques defined by the program and the prohibition of genetically modified plants.
California organic farmers have enjoyed steady sales growth in recent years, according to Karen Klonsky, UC Cooperative Extension agricultural economist at UC Davis. In 2005, organic farmers took in $530 million, an increase of nearly 200 percent since 1998.
An economic driver of organic production is the price premium often paid by consumers for organic food. The premium is especially attractive to small-scale farmers who need a lucrative market niche to compete with the state’s larger farms.
The opportunity for small farmers to transition to organic agriculture prompted UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor Richard Molinar to request that land at Kearney be designated for organic research. Molinar has maintained a one-acre plot at the research center for specialty crop field trials since 1996, and three years ago he and his research assistant Michael Yang began using organic production methods to study capers, jujube trees, lemongrass, mini watermelons, cherry tomatoes, medicinal herbs and other unusual crops. Later this year they will register the original one-acre plot as organic. (Because the crops are not sold, it doesn’t require certification as organic.)
For the organic farmer, long-term planning, patience and access to practical, science-based data are important for success.
“In organic production, your objective is to build up more productive and healthy soil,” Molinar said. “Some people believe organic matter and the diversity of microorganisms in soil maintained organically result in healthier plants that can more effectively fight diseases, fend off insects and out-compete weeds.”
Undertaking the organic transition on the one-acre research plot helped Molinar to see that researchers needed ready access to organically maintained land to study organic production.
“To accurately compare specific organic and conventional practices, you need to first have the ground that organic growers would use,” Molinar said. “Then we can say with validity that yes, it does work or no it doesn’t.”
Molinar requested the designation of land for organic registration from the Kearney Research Advisory Committee, a group of scientists, farmers and administrators who make decisions about how Kearney’s 261 acres of cultivated land is used. After a thorough survey to gauge the level of interest in organic research, the board approved Molinar’s request.
“Organic production is going mainstream,” said UC Davis pomologist Louise Ferguson, the chair of the Research Advisory Committee. “We see the value in giving people choices of what they buy and helping growers decide whether it makes economic sense to transition to organic production.”
The Research Advisory Committee will entertain proposals from UC farm advisors, specialists and campus-based scientists who wish to conduct research on the organic farmland at Kearney. Ferguson said the committee believes the organic research at the center might also benefit the state’s conventional growers.
“The information that is generated will also be available to those who choose not to be totally organic, but may wish to implement the research results into their production practices” she said.
Designation of the new 10-acre organic research plot at Kearney is part of an ongoing effort by the university to develop science-based information on sustainable agricultural practices and make it available to the state’s farmers and ranchers. Programs in UC with a focus on agricultural sustainability and organic farming include the statewide Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, the newly established Agricultural Sustainability Institute and the Long-Term Research on Agricultural Systems Project at UC Davis, and the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz. In addition, county-based UC Cooperative Extension farm advisors with the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources conduct field trials and extend research results on organic and sustainable practices to growers throughout the state.
The chair of UC’s Organic Farming Workgroup, Mendocino and Lake counties farm advisor Glenn McGourty, said he was enthused to see the university dedicate more land resources to alternative farming systems.
“We have a tremendous investment in conventional innovations, such as biotechnology, which potentially will have a great payoff,” McGourty said. “But we shouldn’t overlook the little things either. We need to be involved in organic agriculture.”
Links to UC sustainable and organic agriculture research programs:
- Agricultural Sustainability Institute: https://asi.ucdavis.edu/
- Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems: https://casfs.ucsc.edu/
- Long-Term Research on Agricultural Systems Project: https://asi.ucdavis.edu/programs/rr
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program: https://sarep.ucdavis.edu/


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“It doesn’t matter what you could be promoting, your corporation in China ought to be huge, if the Chinese language who can buy your items would solely achieve this.”
By no means did an “if solely” clause carry extra weight. Within the 85 years since Carl Crow, a Shanghai-based American promoting government, wrote these phrases in his guide Four Hundred Million Customers, China’s inhabitants has grown by 1bn individuals. Their mixed spending energy is now second solely to that of People.
But the gulf between promise and actuality in China’s fabled market haunts overseas companies as a lot at present as when Crow was attempting to market American lipstick and French brandy to the rising center class of the Thirties. A number of political and regulatory points — exacerbated by Xi Jinping’s strict Covid insurance policies and his stance over Russia’s warfare in Ukraine — are conspiring to eviscerate the desires of many multinationals.
The result’s that direct funding into China by overseas corporations is falling off a cliff. Joerg Wuttke, president of the EU Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, says the unpredictability is prompting the European enterprise neighborhood to place investments into China “on maintain”. “A lot of our members are actually taking a wait-and-see strategy to investments in China,” he provides, citing an attitudes survey this month of the chamber’s 1,800 members. “Twenty-three per cent of our members are actually contemplating shifting present or deliberate investments out of China, the best stage on report. And 77 per cent report that China’s attractiveness as a future funding vacation spot has decreased.”
Pessimism has contaminated the US enterprise neighborhood, too. Michael Hart, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, warns that the journey hassles encountered by overseas executives looking for to go to their Chinese language operations — together with flight cancellations, visa problems and prolonged quarantines on arrival — will result in a “large decline” in funding “two, three, 4 years from now”.
The despair and anguish of expat households locked down of their residences for weeks in Shanghai and elsewhere is persuading many to bolt for the departure gates as quickly as they will. A survey by the German Chamber of Commerce discovered that just about 30 per cent of overseas workers had plans to depart China.
“Did you see the video of the man in Shanghai shouting ‘I need to die’?” requested one British trainer based mostly within the metropolis, who declined to be additional recognized. “Nicely, that has executed the rounds right here as nicely. Lots of people are affected by psychological well being points. It’s actually onerous to be cooped up at dwelling for weeks, particularly with younger youngsters.”
All of this may occasionally portend a elementary shift in how the worldwide financial system works. For many years China has been one of many hottest locations for western multinationals looking for to offshore manufacturing operations or ramp up gross sales on the earth’s greatest rising market.
In 2020 it handed a milestone, overtaking the US because the world’s main vacation spot for brand new overseas direct funding, according to UN data. Now a reversal appears to be underway. A tally of greenfield overseas funding initiatives — which incorporates new factories and different plans introduced by overseas corporations — confirmed the bottom quarterly total within the first quarter of this yr since data started in 2003, in response to fDi Markets, an FT database.
Knowledge collected by Rhodium Group, a consultancy, reveals an identical pattern. The headline FDI quantity for EU corporations was boosted by one long-planned company acquisition, however the worth of recent greenfield initiatives slipped to its lowest stage in years. “The bloom is coming off the rose,” stated Mark Witzke, an analyst at Rhodium, who notes that China’s official FDI figures are inflated by elements resembling counting multinationals’ earnings in China as investments.
To make certain, some multinationals nonetheless do good enterprise in China, however more and more tales of sudden ruptures seize the headlines. Boeing’s greatest buyer in China announced the removing this month of greater than 100 of the US producer’s 737 MAX jets from its deliberate purchases.
US sportswear group Nike and Swedish trend retailer H&M have been amongst manufacturers focused by Chinese language consumer boycotts final yr after they made feedback about compelled labour in Xinjiang, the place Chinese language authorities run internment camps for Uyghurs and different minority peoples. Friction deriving from the US-China commerce warfare has swelled the variety of multinationals shifting manufacturing capability out of China to Vietnam, Malaysia and different international locations in south-east Asia, Latin America and japanese Europe.
Added to this are issues over China’s loyalty to Russia because it inflicts slaughter upon Ukraine, prompting fears that Beijing too will in the future develop into the west’s army adversary. Wuttke says companies in China are being compelled to “severely contemplate the right way to mitigate the dangers of any potential deterioration of EU-China relations”.
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Big international brands dwarf our own but ties to home are invaluable
THE news that Coca-Cola and Apple are the world's two biggest brands is not surprising.
One thing that was of note for us though was the lack of any Irish brand on Checkout magazine's Top 100 Brands list. There are plenty of strong brands coming out of Ireland, but none it seems are worth $3.7bn, the minimum price of entry to the list. So what are the most valuable Irish brands? Or what should be the most valuable Irish brands?
The magazine puts Avonmore as the top indigenous brand -- but let's step away from the supermarket shelf. Does Ireland have any big, branded businesses, such as the IBMs and BMWs of this world? No.
As a country we have become a magnet for established businesses but -- Guinness and Ryanair apart -- there are few big Irish companies recognised by the general public. Most Irish people have never heard of CRH and DCC, although they are enormous companies.
Maybe this isn't a bad thing. Google and the rest bring jobs and that's all that matters. Valuable as these companies are, though, their relationship with Ireland is mostly transactional.
Indigenous companies are more likely to stay when times are tough. See Kerry's recent affirmation that it will not leave the Irish Stock Exchange. When push comes to shove, the ties to home always matter. We need to be mindful of that the next time we laugh at the apparent lack of successful Irish companies abroad.