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Eurecan European Venture contest crowns Liquavista as top technology company in Europe
Liquavista on Tuesday was crowned winning Technology Company at the Eurecan European Venture Contest. In the final held over 2 days in Barcelona, Liquavista was selected from around 400 other technology companies to win the top technology title and out of 750 competing companies came 2nd in the overall competition.
“This is a wonderful result” said Guy Demuynck, Liquavista’s CEO, “The recognition that this gives is further endorsement of our vision to create a new display technology that will not only revolutionise e-books and eReaders but further supports our conviction that Liquavista technology will have a profound impact on the future of consumer electronics and enhance the lives of all consumers. The very positive feedback from the jury of over 25 investors strongly confirms the believe in the proposition not just by us, but also by the European financial community “
“Taking part in the competition and ending up winning the ICT sector is really exciting for us. Having worked so hard from inception to first products at Liquavista, it was an honour not only to have presented Liquavista at these events but also to have been part of developing Liquavista’s core technology” Added Johan Feenstra, Liquavista’s CTO and founder. “This has been a real team effort. The enormous enthusiasm in Liquavista’s technology in the wider industry will now accelerate bringing our displays to the market.”
“Liquavista at each stage of the competition has competed hard in the ICT sector to cover the full criteria that we look for in winning competitors” stated William Stevens, CEO of Europe Unlimited. “Their vision of a future where we can all use displays that offer outdoor viewability as well as strongly reduced power consumption is a real benefit that we see consumers are eager to get.”
The 5th edition of the Eurecan European Venture contest took place in 10 qualifying events and covers companies across the whole of the region from ICT, Biotech and Cleantech businesses. Presenting in front of international investors and corporations, competitors are assessed on a range of criteria such as the product attractiveness to potential customers, team experience plus state of the art and technology advancement against core competition.
Focused on solving the existing constraints of the current technology in the eReader market place, Liquavista’s displays, based on the technology of electrowetting, are already demonstrating the benefits of highly dynamic displays as well as the potential of colour and video in truly mobile devices.
Liquavista are developing three technology platforms (LiquavistaBright™, LiquavistaColor™ and LiquavistaVivid™) planned for product implementation throughout 2010/2011.
The first technology platform, LiquavistaBright, will enable a smooth and fast user interface on eReader devices, thanks to the inherent video capability. Offering a unique combination of outstanding brightness and high contrast in all lighting conditions; excellent legibility and functional freedom, LiquavistaBright will combine the durable eBook with a new multimedia experience – one of the most requested benefits of existing and future consumers.
The new displays can be seen on stand 12041 at CES 2010 taking place 7th to 11th January 2010 at Las Vegas Convention Centre or you can see the latest video of our demonstrators by visiting http://www.liquavista.com/downloads/lqv_demo_09.aspx
About Liquavista – www.liquavista.com
Liquavista offers a new type of electronic screen technology that will change the way we interact with mobile phones, media players, electronic readers and other mobile devices. Liquavista’s displays create bright and colourful images that ensure excellent indoor and outdoor viewability and use dramatically less battery power. Users can engage with their favourite applications for longer before a recharge is necessary and battery sizes can be reduced allowing devices to be thinner and lighter.
The company’s ultimate vision is to build on the extraordinary optical performance and unique power efficiency of its technology to lead a green revolution in low power displays for notebook PCs, desktop monitors and televisions.
Liquavista was founded in 2006 as a spin-out from the world famous Philips Research Labs in Eindhoven. The company is backed by Amadeus Capital, GIMV and Prime Technology Ventures. It is headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
About Europe Unlimited
Europe Unlimited delivers investment forums for young, high tech companies across Europe. Together with its online community of investors and entrepreneurs at www.e-unlimited.com, Europe Unlimited has delivered investment forums this year including the Nordic Venture Forum, Benelux Venture Forum, Cleantech Invest 2009, European Investment Summit and Tech Media Invest, 2009.


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At the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, smartphone makers from Samsung to Huawei, LG and HTC tried to get consumers excited about the next generation of devices, and some, such as Asus, clearly received inspiration from Apple's iPhone X. Despite reports that sales for the high-end phone are missing the mark so far, this hasn't kept forward-thinking mobile marketers from talking about a name that wasn't in Barcelona — Apple — and how the iPhone X may be paving the way for new mobile engagements.
With Apple's AirPower wireless charger rumored to be shipping this month, one sometimes overlooked detail in the iPhone X launch was Apple's decision to support Qi, a standard that allows devices to be charged wirelessly. Marketers could harness wireless charging to create unique value in segments like quick-service restaurants (QSRs), according to Ben Phillips, global head of mobile at MediaCom in London, U.K.
"Imagine if you go into a McDonald's and all of the benches have low-frequency charging underneath. That can be the driving factor of choosing one QSR versus the other," Phillips told Mobile Marketer.
Much like consumers's need to sign into a portal to use a coffee shop or retailer's Wi-Fi, Phillips said brands might be able to similarly request information in exchange for offering them free wireless charging. Apps could also be created to push notifications to iPhone X users when their device has reached 5% battery life and suggest the nearest place to recharge, among other helpful experiences. With ad blocking and banner blindness continuing to undermine mobile ad strategies, unique engagements like these should be a focus for marketers.
More than an AR device
Released last fall, the iPhone X introduced a vertical 12-megapixel dual-camera and a feature called "portrait lighting," which suppresses lighting to the subject's face. It also gives consumers the opportunity create 4K video at 24, 30 or 60 frames per second (fps) and the option to shoot in 1080p at 60 or 30 fps.
From a marketing standpoint, Apple senior vice president of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller has suggested these features mean the iPhone X is "specially tuned" for experiences involving augmented reality (AR), from seeing how a piece of furniture might look in the home to more creative selfie videos with its Clips editing app.
"Imagine if you go into a McDonald's and all of the benches have low-frequency charging underneath. That can be the driving factor of choosing one QSR versus the other."
Global head of mobile, MediaCom
However, industry experts argue that AR might only be the low-hanging fruit as they look at some of the other potential capabilities the iPhone X can offer brands. For example, a viral short film by Apple in China shot entirely on the iPhone X underscores the phone's storytelling capabilities. The robust experiences possible on the smartphone could also prove to be a boon to anyone hoping to drive mobile conversions, as research shows that iPhone X owners spent 2x more than other mobile holiday shoppers.
Unlocking facial recognition opportunities
In time, marketers may also be able to pursue new ways to connect with consumers via technology intended to make the iPhone X more secure. Face ID uses infrared and light scans to uniquely identify a user's face as a way of logging onto a device versus a fingerprint or the traditional password. With this technology expected to soon become available on Android phones as well, marketers should start thinking now about potential opportunities.
Although brands and agencies can't currently access facial recognition data from Apple, it could be possible to create mobile apps that "read" someone's face, offering cues to how a brand can get engage with them, said Nicholas "Rez" Rezabek, creative director at brand experience and design firm Collins.
Depending on a consumer's facial expression, for instance, a brand like Coca-Cola might be able to suggest a certain soft drink flavor, he said. Other brands might use facial recognition to serve up different kinds of content using the data as an "emotional currency" of sorts.
"This is the first step in breaking down that barrier of 'what I mean to the world' and how that world is going to be manifesting itself," Rezabek said.
While there would obviously need to be ways for consumers to opt in (and out) of such experiences, Face ID could be an indication of brands' potential to focus their activity based on the emotions of their customers, added Topher Burns, Collins' head of product and marketing.
"You can see how brand safety might be given a little more rigor if you can determine the mental or emotional state of the person who's viewing content," he said. "It could help as a safeguard against content that is negative or in any way objectionable."
Talking and listening
Marketers should also pay attention to how voice-activated experiences on the iPhone X could change the way consumers search for information or perform various functions, according to Grant Owens, chief strategy officer at Critical Mass.
"How will you use a person's data that suggests their motives based on their purchase history or where they have visited on the web?" he said. "It's a question of taking all that data I put into my phone and delivering something of value."
For example, brands could start creating their own voice-activated applications that might, in a sense, "compete" or at least co-exist with Siri, a development that could also spread to Android devices if it resonates with users.
AR, wireless charging and facial recognition don't immediately signal the end of traditional mobile apps or even traditional advertising, but marketers should be thinking ahead, Owens said.
"There is still viability [for mobile ads] but every day it's a decreasing opportunity, and brands need to be looking [for] new ways to engage," he said. "With ad blockers part of the conversation now, and with banner blindness, that's a race to the bottom of what they need to do."

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Google's Android operating system powers almost 42% of the smartphones owned by U.S. consumers, according to a recent ComScore survey.
The research conducted over the last three months finds 82.2 million people in the U.S. owned a smartphone, a 10% bump compared with the previous three-month period.
Android's tally is up from 36% recorded in the February through April period. Apple held steady in second place with 27%.
The largest drop was experienced by BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion, down 4 percentage points to 21.7%. Microsoft and Nokia's Symbian platform round out the top five.
The survey also found a slight increase in the number of smartphone users who accessed Web browsers on their devices and downloaded apps.
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A NEW campaign from the Scottish Green Party is to focus on how independence could allow Scotland to "pursue bold ideas".
Green Yes is aiming to highlight how leaving the UK could help create jobs and boost emerging sectors of the economy. MSP Patrick Harvie yesterday unveiled a new paper arguing Scotland could create local banks to support lending, and a single regulator for micro-businesses in a bid to encourage entrepreneurs.
He launched Jobs-rich, Fair and Flourishing: An Economy For All during a visit to a games developer in Dundee's digital business district.
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The company is developing rapidly, continuing the positive trend of summer 2021. In the following section of this post, the company’s representatives will show how the A+ team works and applies new methods that help the company keep its positions within the national market that is still coping with the effects of the COVID-19 crisis.
It is necessary to go back to 2020, stating that A+ Construction & Remodeling was ranked one of the top 250 California-based companies that showed steady development and demonstrated an impressive organic growth boost of nearly 1000%. Hopefully, the A+ company will keep doing the same great job. And though 2020 was a tough ordeal for thousands of businesses across the nation, A+ Construction and Remodeling managed to stand the test has been marching on ever since.
Summer saw the A+ team finishing new projects, including kitchen/bathroom remodeling and house renovations. You can find out more about the company’s portfolio by visiting the A+ Construction and Remodeling official website. Hit the “Recent Projects” tab to see the list of accomplished projects, including high-tech kitchen remodeling, bathroom renovations, and more.
For instance, even now, you can see how the ongoing project is coming to life. Check out the official Facebook page to watch the real-time photo reports of current projects. One of them is the massive task of expanding the living space of a private residence.
The company continues to show great results in receiving positive feedback from clients and high rates from business rating platforms such as BBB (Better Business Bureau) and Yelp. BBB rates the A+ Construction & Remodeling 5.0, while Yelp’s rating is 4.2.
As for improving services, the A+ team has never stopped working in their clients’ interests. The main goal is to become Sacramento’s most client-friendly construction business. And that task became a real challenge when the COVID-19 pandemic started. The A+ team did its best to stay as accessible to their clients as before – prior to the CODVID-19 restrictions era.
Thanks to new methods and approaches, the A+ company’s clients received new safety, security, and convenience services. The novelties introduced by the A+ team include:
Also, such services as in-person visits and in-store shopping have been improved to better suit the requirements dictated by the COVID-19 restriction regulations.
To this very day, despite several positive changes in the overall COVID-19 situation, the A+ team is still following the social distancing policies and is abiding by other security measures – clients’ safety is out of the question.
The virtual meeting, one of the newer services, has become very popular among the company’s clients. But today, you can also use the online architect service. Contact the company’s manager to appoint a virtual meeting.
However, the COVID-19 restrictions have become less strict, and now the company’s clients once again have the opportunity to pay an offline visit to the A+ team. So if you live in Sacramento and are eager to have an offline conversation with the company’s employees, you may do it at their office. The address is 3612 Madison Ave #33 North Highlands, Sacramento, CA, 95660. Just remember that the A+ team is very serious about safety, so make sure you have your mask on. You can also appoint the offline consultation via email or using the company’s website. The in-person consultation is not charged.
As you see, A+ Construction & Remodeling stays true to their principles, giving the best service to their clients and keeping in touch with the latest tendencies that help the business grow and develop. The A+ team is not afraid of new challenges and will always stay 100% client-oriented, flexible, and competent, providing high-quality construction services, cost-effective offers with no hidden charges, using eco-friendly materials, and up-to-date tools.


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As managing director, Boh considers himself a “brand keeper”. “Leadership teams before me have turned the wheel faster and faster, and I see it as my role to ensure that it continues to turn in a sustainable way so that future generations can continue it.”
He is now focused on “working with the team to ensure that the business and the brand continue to grow and evolve, so that they remain relevant to consumers”.
In recent years, one of the main objectives of the company has been the digitization of the brand. In 2019, the company launched its ubiquitous McDonald’s app, a one-stop-shop for all of its services. On the app, users can discover personalized offers, order McDelivery, find restaurants by location, calculate the nutritional value of menu items and more.
The company has also refreshed the dining experience at its outlets to include self-service ordering kiosks and cashless payment systems. “These changes are really about being in tune with the lifestyles of our customers and how they have changed. What we’re seeing is that customers are becoming more digitally savvy, and that’s hitting all demographics,” Boh explained.
More recently, McDonald’s Singapore has expanded its retail offering with exclusive products for sale. In November 2021, he launched two Jenga sets inspired by his Big Mac and fries. With dining regulations in Singapore being limited to five, the company wanted to launch a product that would allow families to have fun together even if they dined at home.


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Stats Canada reports revenue rose for Ontario farmers by $39.5 million for 2014 farming year.
Revenues are up for Ontario farmers.
Stats Canada reports revenue rose by 39 and a half million dollars for the 2014 farming year when you compare the numbers to 2013.
Farm revenues in Ontario last year totalled 2.6 billion dollars.
That is roughly half of the gains made between 2012 and 2013.
Crop receipts were on the decline -- but the losses were offset by rising livestock receipts, led by cattle and pork prices.
Stats Can also reports a 15 per cent drop weather-related insurance claims.
As part of a massive restructuring plan, Maple Leaf Foods says it is eliminating 400 positions -- most of the job losses coming during the holiday season.
The rest of the cuts will take place in 2016.
Maple Leaf employs about 12-thousand people across Canada.
It has been streamlining operations by combining some plants, closing others, and reducing its number of distribution centres.
Don't worry about a shortage for butter affecting your holiday baking.
The Dairy Farmers of Canada says the industry is taking steps to ensure that butter and other products with a higher percentage of butter fat remain readily available in stores.
Consumer demand has increased faster than anticipated -- leading the Canadian Dairy Commission to increase the quota level.
But the Dairy Farmers says if demand continues to outstrip the supply, the commission can arrange to import butter from other countries.


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Saanich police have seized more than $100,000 worth of vaping products being sold to youth at local schools after a nearly five-month-long investigation.
On Friday (March 17), the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant alongside Saanich police’s street crime unit at a business that was allegedly selling vaping products to students under the age of 18.
Police located and seized vape kits, pens, e-cigarettes, tanks, e-liquids and disposables, as well as liquids containing up to 98 per cent THC content and some tobacco products.
According to police, an investigation that began in November 2022 revealed that the sellers had been contacting youth mostly through the social media platform Snapchat to advertise their products, before sending direct messages to confirm prices and schedule delivery times and locations.
Officers witnessed individuals selling vaping products to youth at schools across the Capital Regional District over the next several months, both during and after school hours. The same individuals were also seen selling to youth at malls and parks, accepting cash and even cards with portable point-of-sale machines.
Police also noted that the sellers used food delivery service bags, duffle bags or plastic totes to conceal their operation.
“It is clear that the items are branded and marketed in such a way to entice youth into buying them, and these individuals specifically targeted schools to sell their products,” Saanich police spokesperson Const. Markus Anastasiades said in a statement.
The federal Tobacco and Vaping Products Act prohibits the distribution of any tobacco or vaping product to a person under the age of 18. While no arrests have been made, the investigation remains ongoing, said police.
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Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., purchased the outstanding shares of its majority owned PictureVision, furthering Kodak's commitment to online photo services. Kodak sees the $90 million acquisition as an opportunity to roll out online products and services more quickly. Before the buyout, Kodak had a 51% stake in PictureVision, which provides the network infrastructure to send and store images through Kodak PhotoNet online and Kodak's "You've Got Pictures'' partnership with America Online. Willy Shih, senior VP-president of digital and applied imaging at Kodak, will be CEO of PictureVision.
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Local businesses receive big dollar funding
Eleven local businesses received funding from PrairiesCan in order to help them advance their growth. The funds are part of a bigger plan to help grow the Saskatchewan economy.
Electric bike trend taking off in Saskatoon
A local electric bike company, Biktrix, started in 2014 and has gained popularity both here at home and internationally. Rebekah Lesko reports.
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The idea for Hudsonville Ice Cream’s Pure Michigan Double Berry Pie was created by Linda Ann Stewart of Taylor and submitted online. Photo via fb.com
Hudsonville Ice Cream’s fall flavors have a taste of social media.
The ice cream maker’s Pure Michigan Double Berry Pie was the winner of its Pure Michigan Ice Cream Contest this spring.
The contest was held online and asked Michigan ice cream lovers to submit flavors reminiscent of the best the state has to offer.
Linda Ann Stewart of Taylor won the contest with her entry, which includes homegrown Michigan blueberries and strawberries and flaky pieces of piecrust, swirled in rich vanilla ice cream.
Taylor’s Pure Michigan Double Berry Pie beat out more than 7,000 flavor suggestions to appear on grocery store shelves.
This year’s other fall flavors are Pumpkin, Toasted Coconut and Pure Michigan Carmel Apple — which was last year’s winning entry out of more than 3,000 suggestions.
“The year before was kind of a learning experience,” said Caryn Beatty, a Hudsonville Ice Cream representative. “We pushed it on our Facebook page and had people submit ideas, but this really took it to another level. It was a big jump.”
A typical Hudsonville Facebook post receives an average of 4,000 views, but during the flavor contest, more than 188,000 people saw contest posts on Hudsonville’s Facebook page.
Additionally, the company saw its conversion rate rise from an average of 5 percent to 43 percent during the contest.
This year, Beatty said the company partnered with Pure Michigan, Grand Hotel, Ann Arbor, Traverse City and Grand Rapids to extend its social media reach.
“We created three posts and said, ‘Over this two-week period when we are holding the contest, could you post this out to your followers?’”
She said the result was more traffic to the Hudsonville website, where people then submitted flavors.
The company’s Facebook page also received 2,186 new fans during the two-week period.
Hudsonville’s focus on social media extends beyond the yearly flavor contest, serving as one of the best ways the company can reach out to consumers throughout the year.
“Being a smaller company, social media is really important to us, because it is an inexpensive way for us to connect directly with our consumers,” Beatty explained. “Because of the way we make and sell our products, we don’t have an opportunity to really talk to consumers as they are purchasing it.”
Hudsonville is active on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest, using each platform in the way that best reaches users.
For example, Beatty said that Pinterest and Instagram are great places to focus on how Hudsonville Ice Cream is part of celebrations and life’s special moments.
“On Pinterest . . . we’re really working into the lifestyle of the people who enjoy Hudsonville Ice Cream,” Beatty said. “We’re not really focusing exactly on our product, but memories where our product might be in the background.”
She added that Hudsonville Ice Cream has a “really strong focus on the Great Lakes and the seasonality of our product.”
“We have this great imagery around us, especially here in West Michigan: there’s the sunsets, beaches, lakes, changing seasons, so to share that on Instagram, it’s building into that lifestyle, again, of our consumer,” Beatty said.


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EFX Performance Inc. Press releases
Sep 13, 2010
Houston Astro Geoff Blum has been chosen as a finalist for the Roberto Clemente award. The award is given to MLB players who show a commitment to excellence on and off the field. The winner will be announced after voting as ended Oct. 8.
Sep 07, 2010
American skateboarder Austen Seaholm won a gold medal at the 2010 World Leisure Games in ChunCheon, South Korea on Saturday. Seaholm took first in the Street Course competition at the B3 Action Sports Championship.
Aug 20, 2010
Jamie Sterling wins his first ever Big Wave World Tour (BWWT) event by taking first at the Billabong Pico Alto Invitational in Peru. The win puts him on the top of the BWWT rankings with 1690 points after two events.
Jul 16, 2010
California based EFX Performance Inc. is launching their second philanthropic wristband benefiting Save the Sea, a non-profit that advocates for better education and preservation of ocean ecosystems.
Jun 19, 2010
EFX Performance, Inc., is entering the pet product market with the launch of their new line of pet tags featuring embedded holographic technology. The line features round and paw-shaped tags that come in black, white and pink and be available online.


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The U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) recently released its annual Procurement Scorecard, demonstrating the federal government’s continued prioritization of small business contracting and subcontracting. In 2021, the government awarded $154.2 billion dollars in federal prime contracts – an increase of $8.5 billion over the prior year – with at least an additional $72 billion in small business subcontracts – a decrease of $10.8 billion from the prior year. These subcontracting figures continue the trend from prior years, which may lead to increased scrutiny of small business subcontracting plans to reverse the perceived decline. (In 2020, small business subcontracting decreased by an estimated $7.9 billion). Overall, the government yet again exceeded the service-disabled veteran-owned small business goal of 3%, and more than doubled the small disadvantaged business goal of 5%, but continued to struggle to meet the 5% women-owned small business and 3% HUBZone small business goals. The SBA released these figures in its FY 2021 Small Business Procurement Scorecard, available here.
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China will transfer technology for its indigenous high-yield rice variety to Bangladesh as part of agricultural cooperation between the two countries, media reported Monday.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said Monday that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during his just concluded visit, also talked about taking â€œnecessary stepsâ€ for setting up a rice research centre in Bangladesh, bdnews24.com reported.
Ali said Wang’s visit was â€œvery successfulâ€ as new areas of cooperation emerged, and he believed it strengthened the existing Dhaka-Beijing relations further.
He said Bangladesh would need to increase food production on its small arable land and the transfer of rice cultivating technology by China would help in this.
The Chinese foreign minister’s visit was aimed at reviewing the progress of the commitments both sides made during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Beijing visit in June.
It was also aimed at mapping out the details of joint celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries next year when Dhaka expects the Chinese president to visit the country.
The Bangladesh foreign minister said that China would have 100 young Bangladeshis visiting the country as part of the celebrations next year.
China will finance the $1.2-billion project of building a tunnel beneath the Karnafuli river.
Ali said China has endorsed Bangladesh’s vision of acting as a bridge between south Asia and southeast Asia, given its strategic geographical location.
China assured Bangladesh of helping it to become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
Both sides also agreed to work closely during next year’s multi-lateral discussions for adopting a post-2015 development agenda and during climate change talks.
They stressed on the need for quick implementation of the proposed Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar (BCIM) economic corridor.
China has proposed to initiate free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations to narrow down the trade imbalance, the Bangladesh foreign minister said.
Ali said Wang termed Bangladesh an â€œimportant neighbourâ€ and stressed on bilateral cooperation to strengthen the relations.
Five priority areas of cooperation — trade, agriculture, industry, energy and infrastructure — were identified.
China welcomed Bangladesh’s proposal of forming a joint working group on trade and industry and a bilateral investment forum.
The issue of the specialised economic trade zone that Bangladesh offered to China during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit was also discussed.
Wang reportedly said that Chinese companies were eager to relocate factories to Bangladesh.
He promised Chinese cooperation in setting up power plants and exploring oil and gas in Bangladesh.
Hasina, during her meeting with Wang Sunday, said her government was inclined to strengthen strategic ties with China and would follow the Asian giant as its development model.
â€œBangladesh will follow China as the development model. China’s development means development of Asia. The two countries can attain the goal of poverty eradication through mutual assistance,â€ Hasina’s press secretary A.K.M. Shamim Chowdhury quoted the prime minister as saying.


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Terraform Labs has raised $25 million in a new round from Galaxy Digital, Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital and others.
The stablecoin for e-commerce creator has already proven people will use its volatility free tokens in decentralized finance (DeFi), to buy synthetic stocks, and plans to attract blockchain denizens to even more use cases.
“We look forward to using the funds for building key pieces of infrastructure in the Mirror Protocol for synthetics, Anchor Protocol for savings and other killer DeFi applications to make Terra’s algorithmic stablecoins the centerpiece of the decentralized finance movement,” Terraform’s co-founder Do Kwon said in a press release.
Terraform Labs is behind a platform for minting different stablecoins for e-commerce that mimic the value of various fiat currencies. It’s also behind the Chai payments app, an e-commerce wallet that’s widely used in Asia and powered by stablecoins.
“The Terra ecosystem has brought the benefits of programmable money to commerce and will do the same for finance,” Pantera Capital’s Paul Veradittakit said in a press release.
Previous investors Hashed, Arrington XRP and Kenetic Capital also participated in what Terraform Labs is calling a “growth fundraising round.”
“Terra has already made a successful payment case for more than 2 million users in the Korean market, and is also rapidly growing in the DeFi space,” Simon Kim, CEO of Hashed, said in a press release.
Founded in 2018, with a co-founder behind one of Korea’s larger e-commerce sites, Terra launched with $32 million in backing from Binance and Polychain, among others. Each Terra stablecoin (such as TerraUSD or the one tracking the South Korean won, TerraKRW), relies on the system’s LUNA token to maintain its peg.
LUNA is the governance token for the blockchain, as the white paper explains. It is minted and burned in order to enforce the peg for any Terra stablecoin, so the governance token absorbs the volatility to defend its stablecoins’ utility.
Most entrepreneurs on Ethereum agree that DeFi Summer never would have happened had stablecoins not proved they could stay stable.
The Terra stablecoins are notable because they operate outside the Ethereum ecosystem, the platform most associated with DeFi. Terra’s blockchain is Tendermint-based, making it part of the larger Cosmos ecosystem.
Terraform says that its blockchain generates $13 million in fees annually. Its payments system, Chai, has 2 million users and sees $1.2 billion in transaction volume using its TerraKRW stablecoin, which tracks the price of the South Korean won.
Last summer, Terraform teased a DeFi savings platform called Anchor, which generates a better interest rate for savers by backing proof-of-stake networks. Originally slated for October 2020, it’s currently projected to go live in the first quarter of 2021.
“On Anchor the protocol work is done but we are doing integrations with a well known partner so we can launch together. Almost there,” Kwon told CoinDesk in a followup email.
Terraform also dropped a new synthetic equities market last month called Mirror. This enables anyone anywhere to buy tokens that follow the price of any equity in the U.S. stock market.
The new funding will be used to expand those use cases, build new DeFi projects that use its tokens and extend its interoperability to additional blockchains, Terraform said.
“We love the expanding use case of the base payments product and the incredible new demand for LUNA that products like Mirror are creating,” Michael Arrington, founder of Arrington XRP, told CoinDesk in a text message.


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HRL stock outperforms so far this year
Besides McCormick (MKC) and Church & Dwight (CHD), Hormel Foods (HRL) is another company in the consumer staples industry that has outperformed the broader markets so far this year. HRL is up 24.6% YTD (year-to-date) as of November 19 and has performed better than most of its peers.
The company’s recent acquisitions, including Ceratti, Fontanini, and Columbus Craft Meats, are driving its top line growth. Meanwhile, strength in its branded portfolio, its focus on innovation, and its brand marketing investments have further supported its top line growth. Healthy sales growth and a fall in the effective tax rate are driving the company’s bottom line, which has grown at a double-digit rate in the past two quarters.
Hormel Foods’ top line is expected to continue to benefit from the improved volumes in its value-added businesses. Its recent acquisitions are also expected to contribute meaningfully to its top line growth. However, retaliatory tariffs could adversely affect pork and turkey pricing and, in turn, HRL’s organic sales growth. Higher freight costs and increased advertising investments could also continue to hurt its margins. However, its lower effective tax rate should cushion its bottom line growth.
The majority of Wall Street analysts maintain “holds” on Hormel Foods stock. Volatility owing to tariffs and the company’s higher valuation in comparison to its peers’ are keeping analysts on the sidelines. Hormel Foods stock is trading at a forward PE multiple of 25.1x, higher than the peer average.


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Eden Prairie, Minn. Supervalu said Tuesday that the discount grocer plans to double its chain size to 2,400 stores during the next five years.
"This is not an abandonment of traditional grocery; this is an acceleration of Save-A-Lot," CEO Craig Herkert told analysts during Supervalu's fiscal second-quarter earnings call.
Supervalu said its core business will remain its chain of traditional supermarkets, including Albertson's, Jewel-Osco and Farm Fresh.
On Tuesday, Supervalu reported profit decline of 42% for the quarter ended Sept. 12; total revenue fell 7.5% to $9.46 billion.
"There is no single pill we get to take to get this right," said Herkert, explaining a shore-up effort will include vendor negotiations and analyzing store categories with an eye toward reducing the number of products offered.
Supervalu said its plan to expand the Save-A-Lot store base is a push to soften the blow of future economic recessions and cater to what appears to be a long-term turn toward thriftiness by many customers. Part of the plan emphasizes putting the cheaper Save-A-Lot stores, about 75% of which are franchised to licensees, in neighborhoods where they will compete with pricier traditional grocery stores.


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On Oct. 18, Joni Kindwall-Moore, founder of Coeur d'Alene-based company Snacktivist Foods, was on tenterhooks alongside more than a dozen other Idaho food product creators at Trailhead, waiting to see who the panel of judges would choose to win the first-annual Trailmix competition. Created through a partnership with Trailhead and Albertsons as part of Boise Startup Week, Trailmix was designed to give small Idaho food companies with creative products a leg up in a cutthroat food industry dominated by giants like Kellogg's, General Mills, Danone and Mars. Turnout was impressive, both in the applicant pool, which pulled in 42 companies, and at the event itself, which stuffed Trailhead like an oversized sardine can.
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"I can't place a number on it, but the place was packed. We had standing room only, and even then it was pretty loud in the back—we had to shush people down," said Trailhead Executive Director Tiam Rastegar. While some attendees were there to support the competitors, others had come to browse the booths, taste the goods and vote for the people's choice award.
Prepping for the competition, Kindwall-Moore had taken a big risk—she'd chosen to offer the judges tastes of two unreleased products, moving up their original 2020 debut date. Rather than sticking to her established line of dry mixes for gluten-free baked goods like almond-oat muffins, multigrain pizza crust and rosemary-garlic focaccia, she passed out chocolate chip and dark chocolate brownie cookies (both vegan, gluten-free, and made with organic, sustainable and fair trade ingredients) to the judges.
"Normally when you're used to doing investor pitches you want everything to be super-duper laser focused, and with this competition I decided just to sell them on the brand and the concept of conscientious indulgence, which is really kind of our mantra at Snacktivist Foods," she said.
The risk paid off. Kindwell-Moore raked in the top prize package from the pitch competition, which included shelf space at the Broadway Albertsons, a $10,000 cash prize, $3,000 in legal services from Holland & Hart, a $4,000 marketing workshop, mentorship opportunities with "key Albertsons leaders" and more. And according to Albertsons, hers isn't the only new product to watch for. Finalists Voce Fruit Tea, BGood Bars, Kate's Real Food and Galimofre Pasta—and people's choice-winner Yaya Cheese—may also make appearances on Albertsons' shelves.
"We loved all of the products," said Albertsons spokesperson Kathy Holland. "So there's definitely some opportunity there for some of those other products to be in our stores coming soon."
Foodies can order Kindwall-Moore's cookies now at snacktivistfoods.com, or find them at the Broadway Alberstons in early February.


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Bordeaux Index: ‘2020 saw unprecedented Burgundy sales’
Fine wine merchant Bordeaux Index has reported “record-breaking” sales of Burgundy in 2020, with classified Bordeaux estates also performing “above expectations.”
The online trader released two documents on 8 February, which detailed the market’s resilient performance: Bordeaux Index’s 2020 Market Review and 2021 Outlook Report.
A key takeaway from the 2020 report is the buoyancy of activity seen across Asia, with rising demand for older vintages of the Bordeaux blue chips observed during the second half of last year.
“In 2020, we sold more Burgundy than any other year,” said Matthew O’Connell, head of investment at Bordeaux Index.
“Considering the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the overall global market’s performance was exceptional last year. Prices remained stable, with demand rising sharply for Bordeaux and Burgundy wines in the fourth quarter. Fine wine has once again proven to be a most dependable asset in a crisis,” he added.
According to O’Connell, Bordeaux Index sees the potential for a dynamic 2020 en primeur campaign if release pricing continues to strike the right balance.
The merchant also explained that tariffs imposed by the Trump administration had dampened business in the US, but that Italy’s strong performance in that market was encouraging.
“The 2019 Bordeaux campaign was very successful in Europe despite limited volumes and we hope to see a continuation of the healthy buyer interest from recent years for 2020 EP,” he said.
“En primeur tends to see less focus from China. The Chinese market is more interested in physical vintages of Bordeaux – collectors tending to buy once the wines are in bottle.”
O’Connell also conceded that he was “perplexed” by the negative coverage of investor interest in and trading volumes of Bordeaux over recent years.
“I’ve read several articles which talk up the diversification of the fine wine market and Bordeaux’s waning importance,” said Bordeaux’s Index’s head of investment.
“But our figures don’t support this: annual trading volumes are very healthy and buyer interest strong. To describe Bordeaux as less important today is simply inaccurate. Indeed I anticipate that the region will outperform expectations in 2021 and possibly beyond – neither investors nor consumers have fallen out of love with claret.”
Nevertheless, O’Connell recognised that the market had clearly variegated over the past 15 years, with heightened interest in Champagne and Italian ‘First Growths’.
Yet he feels that Champagne’s rising prominence has sometimes been “over-hyped,” with interest in the region actually longer run and steady in its progress.
“Champagne price gains have been a positive story in the market over the last past five years, but we have not seen the outsized gains that Burgundy for example has delivered,” he said.
“Its importance has sometimes been exaggerated; the category tends to show broadly linear increases in price, when lauded vintages like 2002 become less freely available, as we saw in 2020 for example. But we haven’t seen the region as a stand-out performer of late.”


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Meta’s Twitter-like platform Threads, has debuted on China’s App Store, ranking fifth in the social networking category.
Currently, the app is trailing behind Chinese social media giants like Xiaohongshu, WeChat, QQ, and Weibo, all of which boast hundreds of millions of active users.
Threads’ entry into China has defied the ban placed on Meta platforms by the Chinese government. This implies that despite being banned in the country, several Chinese citizens are using VPNs and other censorship-circumvention tools to access it.
GreatFire (GreatFire.org) an advocacy group that helps internet users inside China bypass blocks on censored content, indicated that the domain www.threads.net has been blocked in China since the 4th of July before its launch. How threads evaded through the organization’s firewall is still uncertain.
The unexpected debut of Threads on China’s Apple App Store no doubt signifies the growing population of the app and the traction it has continued to gain across countries where it is present.
While it remains to be seen how Chinese censors will tackle Threads, past experiences with Western social apps suggests that once they gain substantial traction, they tend to attract the attention of the Chinese authorities.
As Threads app achieves one of the top 5 positions on Apple’s China App Store, trailing only after Chinese social giants, all eyes are on the app, as it has surprisingly carved out a space for itself in the competitive Chinese social media landscape.
It is only a matter of time before the Chinese government takes notice and likely demands that Apple take down Threads from China’s app store. Apple is known to regularly comply with China’s demands to remove software from the App Store, which includes News, VPNs, and Social media apps.
Meanwhile, experts disclose that Censoring Threads could be tricky because the app plans to operate on a decentralized infrastructure powered by ActivityPub, the protocol that powers another Twitter competitor Mastodon.
Notably, Threads has been listed in the US and the UK but has no foreseeable launch date in the EU yet as the company worries about the bloc’s privacy regulations.
The app is not yet running in the EU, and they might never run, as the bloc has stricter privacy rules than most other countries, and it has given Meta a few problems to cope with in recent years.
The release of Threads in the European Union was postponed amid regulatory uncertainty about how the app will use personal data. This is because of the E.U.’s Digital Markets Act, which includes provisions for sharing user data across multiple platforms.
According to the app’s data privacy disclosure, Threads can collect information about a user’s health, finance, contacts, search history, location, and other sensitive information via their digital activity.
Meta must therefore await approval from the European Commission, the E.U.’s executive arm before it can launch Threads in E.U. countries.
Sources close to Meta said that the company isn’t offering the app in the union’s member states because it’s not sure about the requirements set out by the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the EU’s new competition rules governing how large online platforms use their market power.
Cross-border payments are a vital part of the global economy, but they are often slow, costly and inefficient. Traditional payment systems rely on intermediaries, such as correspondent banks, that add fees, delays and complexity to the process. Moreover, these systems lack transparency and standardization, making it hard for customers to track their transactions and ensure compliance.
Ripple is a blockchain-based platform that aims to solve these problems by providing a fast, secure and low-cost way to send and receive money across borders. Ripple connects banks, payment providers, digital asset exchanges and corporates through its network, called RippleNet, which enables them to exchange value using a common ledger and a native digital asset, XRP.
Bank Of America (BOA), one of the largest financial institutions in the world, has recently praised Ripple for its impact on cross-border payments. In a report titled “The Future of Payments”, BOA highlighted how Ripple can help its customers improve their payment experience and reduce costs. The report stated:
“Ripple offers a solution that leverages blockchain technology to streamline cross-border payments. It allows banks to provide real-time, end-to-end visibility into the status of a payment, from the moment it is sent until it is confirmed. It also reduces the number of intermediaries involved, which lowers the cost and risk of errors.”
BOA also noted that Ripple can help its customers access new markets and offer new services, such as on-demand liquidity (ODL). ODL is a service that uses XRP as a bridge currency to eliminate the need for pre-funding accounts in foreign currencies. This frees up capital and reduces exchange rate risk. BOA stated:
“Ripple’s ODL service allows banks to support cross-border payments without holding foreign currency in nostro accounts. This reduces the amount of trapped capital and enables banks to offer more competitive pricing and faster settlement times.”
BOA is not the only financial institution that recognizes the benefits of Ripple. According to Ripple’s website, more than 300 customers across 40+ countries and six continents are using its platform to process over $10 billion in transactions per day. Some of these customers include Santander, Standard Chartered, MoneyGram, American Express and SBI Remit.
Ripple is clearly making a positive impact on the cross-border payments industry, and BOA is one of its biggest supporters. By leveraging Ripple’s technology, BOA can offer its customers a better way to send and receive money across borders, while saving time, money and resources.


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Monday, December 20, 2010
Banksy 'Jungle Book' Painting Revealed
This never-before-seen painting by British street artist Banksy was commissioned by Greenpeace in 2001 as a part of their 'Save or Delete' campaign, which aimed to bring attention to the current deforestation crisis. Featuring the famous Jungle Book crew awaiting execution, it was intended for use on posters, billboards, and postcards, but was never used due to copyright issues with Disney. The piece was recently revealed when Banksy donated it for an upcoming auction at Bonham's in January.


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A new study that compares leading Chinese manufacturing facilities with US plants finds that while low labour costs may have fuelled
’s production growth, that country’s vigilant pursuit of Western manufacturing standards and capabilities may eventually secure it industrial preeminence.
The study – The
The new Grant Thornton LLP analysis, based on research conducted by the Manufacturing Performance Institute (MPI) and IndustryWeek magazine, assessed 406 Chinese facilities with ISO 9001 certification and 681 US manufacturers.
Among other findings, the survey reveals that the best of
53% of the
65% of Chinese plants reported their primary improvement methodology to be Total Quality Management, compared to 14% of
An 73% of
Second to quality, US plants said service and support was their next priority (53%), while
And for the category of wages, China’s leading manufacturers offer wages dramatically lower than those offered by US plants -- $121 per month, excluding overtime, compared to $2,160 per month in the US.
But is sending a product design overseas for manufacture really the only cost-effective solution, or would US companies benefit from taking the time to redesign products and keep manufacturing in the
A new article from Boothroyd Dewhurst examines some of the hidden costs of outsourcing that US manufacturers may not be taking into account.
The company claims that product redesign could be a cost-effective alternative to outsourcing, and offers two case studies that quantify costs associated with manufacturing and assembling products in
Check it out here: http://www.dfma.com/truecost/index.html


text: LONDON, NEW YORK, HONG KONG and VAASA, Finland, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumi Mobile, the specialist in consumer insight mobile technology and real-time audience engagement, has agreed to acquire interactive events technology group IML from Computershare. Earlier this year, Lumi Mobile expanded into the meetings and events market with the launch of Join In, a communications app based on the company's patented, real-time Lumi Live platform. Founded in 1991 and acquired by Computershare in 2005, IML is a technology company that provides market leading and proprietary audience engagement solutions for thousands of annual meetings and events globally. It owns a number of patents covering a range of aspects of meeting technology. Richard Taylor was Chief Executive of IML for four years until 2011, when he joined Lumi Mobile. He will remain CEO of the enlarged group. Commenting on the acquisition, which will be funded by Lumi's existing shareholders, Richard Taylor said: "This is a unique opportunity to bring together two exceptional technology companies with patented processes that complement each other enormously. This acquisition underlines the versatility of Lumi's mobile solutions and creates an integrated technology business defined by global scale, market penetration and high quality client service across our key sectors of Market Research and Live Meetings and Events. The combined software development resource and capability will further enhance our offerings to our existing market research clients as well as those in the meetings industry." IML has built a global base of over 1,000 clients that comprises hundreds of blue chip companies, as well as educational, charitable and faith-based foundations. The Company's proprietary technology tools enable audience interaction through conversation, texting, voting and content sharing, in addition to delegate registration, response authentication and other functionalities. By capturing and analysing the data generated through this interaction, IML is able to deliver to its clients valuable insight captured from the audience.


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Government crackdown on international restaurant spending
Dutch restaurant association, IGDB, has announced a “tax relief” proposal aimed at eating out more often or restricting what diners can spend on their meal. If adopted, restaurants would be able to deduct their international bills from their main income tax, or allow them to pay a fixed tax rate, depending on how much euros restaurants spend with suppliers.
IGDB wants the government to prioritize quality over quantity of meals, a trend it says can create serious problems for restaurants. Prices are lower for internationally-priced meals, and up-market restaurants tend to attract greater diners. These factors make it easier for restaurants to balance their books.
IGDB says the model has proved controversial in the Netherlands, where the government has banned many sit-down restaurants that offer food for two or more people. “Tax relief can create a situation in which too many tourists and students are unwilling to pay a small hotel surcharge or big food bill in some areas and also low prices with no sweetener,” IGDB Chief Executive Veronika Cojockel says.
An IGDB spokesman told EurActiv that it’s unlikely the government will pass its legislation, which IGDB hopes will be made public on October 1. The proposal would entail restaurants signing a contract between their holding company and the Dutch Government, which would have to commit to reimburse restaurants in the country’s income tax if their sales are below a certain amount. The first payment would be made in cash, but the Dutch Government would have to cover the remaining costs.“Those expecting a large number of restaurants to suspend eating out for a period of time will be disappointed,” says IGDB spokesman Ed Van Damme. “But if there are only a small number of restaurants that want to do that, there will be arrangements to reimburse them in the first instance.”
IGDB will likely argue that this reform is the equivalent of giving consumers the right to buy home appliances from local suppliers, says Carsten Janus. In this case, local suppliers are unlikely to seek reimbursement for these types of purchases.The association doesn’t have any quarrel with local suppliers, but says the relatively low-priced meals at a different restaurant doesn’t justify a 10% VAT that’s imposed across the country. “The information on the menus also means that the consumers don’t realize that the difference can run into tens of euros per meal and can affect their purchasing power,” says Van Damme. “In markets where international restaurants are small, prices are usually lower, but if the prices differ by a few euros, and international restaurants serve lots of diners, that’s not fair.” (c) 2020 transpo


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JBS Australia will launch a new Hereford breed-specific beef brand in January, under the company’s Great Southern Farm-Assured program.
Australia was the first port of call for JBS’s new global head of food safety, Al Almanza, after he joined the world’s largest meat processor last month. Why was that?
JBS’s global operations appear to have been little affected by the dramatic events in Brazil surrounding major shareholders, the Batista family, and broader industry corruption allegations, with solid overall financial performance reported for the company’s second quarter this morning.
In the latest development in the series of dramatic events surrounding crisis-riddled global processor JBS, the Brazilian parent company has announced plans to sell its Five Rivers feedlot business in the US – the largest lotfeeding operation in the world.
JBS has cut meat processing capacity in its Brazilian operations by up to 35pc, in the latest washout from the country’s rapidly escalating meat inspection crisis.
The diversified global nature of JBS’s operations paid dividends with a set of solid results reported for the company’s full financial year. Whereas a year earlier, JBS’s Australian business was one of the star performers, the company’s US beef operations are now benefiting from greater access to slaughter cattle and lower US cattle prices.
JBS Australia will shut lamb production at its Longford, TAS plant for at least four weeks from next week as tight supplies and high prices cut red meat processor margins across Australia. It’s been a recurring theme in both beef and lamb processing operations in the recent past.
JBS Australia will begin processing its first Certified Organic cattle next month, in a move which will inevitably add competitive tension for eligible stock in the marketplace.
Sydney-based specialist portioning and value-adding business Andrews Meat Industries has unveiled a new $20 million commercial kitchen specialising in sous-vide at its facility at Lidcombe, producing up to 600,000 ready-made meals weekly.
The world’s biggest meat processor, JBS, has reported mixed trading results for the third quarter ended Sept 30, with pre-tax earnings across the company down 18pc and net income down 74pc year-on-year.


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The one thing most people know about Twitter is that you can't ramble on: A 140-character limit keeps tweets short and the conversation fast-paced.
But now there are several media outlets reporting that Twitter may let users babble on a bit longer. "It's unclear what the product will look like, but sources say it would enable Twitter users to publish long-form content to the service," re/code reported on Tuesday.
The details are pretty murky and Twitter isn't commenting. But one plausible scenario, as described by Will Oremus over at Slate, may be a feature that allows users to publish full articles or notes to Twitter that would show up like the traditional brief tweets in your feed, but that you could click on to expand out and see the full thing without leaving the service.
If that's the case, Twitter may be embracing what I like to think of as the "slow content movement." Just as restaurants that emphasize locally grown, quality food rather than speed embody the slow food movement, there has been a quiet shift toward artisanal content in recent years. This move to longer form media embraces the concept that a sophisticated idea may take more words than social networks like Twitter allow - emphasizing detailed personal narratives and reported features.
Both established publishers and newer journalism start-ups are investing in creating meatier long-form stories to feed this latent appetite. Sites such as Vox and Buzzfeed put out lengthy features that dig deeply into topics along with quick posts that explain the news. And magazines are placing similar bets -- think Ta-Nehisi Coates's epic essay "The Case for Reparations" for The Atlantic last year, or the entire Bloomberg Businessweek special print and digital edition dedicated to a single 38,000 word Paul Ford piece explaining computer code this summer.
And there's plenty of evidence that the tech industry has recognized that consumers want more nuance and context in their online experience. The rise of Tumblr and its eventual purchase by Yahoo showed that there was room for services that provided a return to a more traditional style of blogging, albeit with social aspects built into the platform. And Medium, a blog-publishing platform from Twitter co-founder Ev Williams just raised $57 million in a round of funding that reportedly valued the company at $400 million.
Facebook, too, seems to want in on the action. Last week, the social network updated its Notes feature to a sleeker format that seems to encourage users to produce more substantive posts. And Facebook's Instant Articles approach to news also plays into the trend: It suggests the social network no longer wants to be a place where people merely link to -- they want the want to host the whole, in-depth package. Apple News, too, seems designed for a similar strategy.
There's an obvious potential business upside for tech companies aiming to build more traditional publishing tools into their services: It gives them more control over the way their users access content and a potential advertising revenue opportunity.
But if Twitter does give users more flexibility with the length of the content they can post, it could help it reach a wider audience. The service's character constraints led users to develop their own set of abbreviated lingo and norms that can be hard for new users to grasp.
The company would have to find a way to handle such a change without turning off loyal users who are attached to the way Twitter works. But there are plenty of signs that Twitter users themselves are ready for it: Users already find ways to evade character constraints by tweeting pictures of long blocks of text or stitching together extended thoughts using a so-called "tweetstorm" of separate posts.


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Winston Sih shares this season’s top gift ideas for all of your techie friends and family!
Apple’s latest offerings, iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 go on sale in Canada Friday, and we were on hand to cover the launch-day excitement.
Tech expert Winston Sih shows us tech products that will help get everyone back to school, including hard drives and security software.
I share the best gadgets for back to school season.
Winston Sih goes shopping with designer Shai DeLuca-Tamasi to decorate his new loft in downtown Toronto.
As aired on Cityline, Thursday, March 10, 2016, on City.
Details at: http://www.winstonsih.com
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Last night, Bulleit unveiled limited edition 3D Printed Sneakers – a creative collaboration between the brand, nationally recognized Dallas-based street artist Kyle Steed and cutting-edge industrial design firm Tangible Creative.- as part of the Bulleit 3D Printed Frontier Experience.
Held at the historic Ervay Theater in Dallas, TX, last night’s Bulleit 3D Printed Frontier Experience blended fashion, art, mixology, technology and design – featuring the jaw-dropping Bulleit 3D Printed Bar, some of the world’s first 3D printed cocktails, live mural art painting from Kyle Steed, and of course, the custom 3D Printed Sneakers.
This marked the fourth installment of the traveling experience, which has made previous stops in Oakland (at the city’s historic Sixteenth Street Station), Austin (ahead of the SXSW festival) and New York City (as part of Tribeca Film Festival).
Bulleit is also giving art fans and sneakerheads the opportunity to purchase the limited-edition 3D printed sneakers, beginning today (10/25) at 10:00am EST/ 9:00am CT exclusively via top online sneaker retail site SneakerPolitics.com.
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Retailers get new tools from leading customer experience platform vendors to better compete with online-only rivals.
- January 10, 2020
Elastic Path's headless approach to e-commerce takes a step in the SaaS direction as it acquires Moltin, which specializes in microservices to enable online sales.
- December 16, 2019
Episerver's latest purchase expands its DX platform. It follows a trend of web CMS companies moving into territory dominated by Oracle, Salesforce, Adobe, Microsoft and SAP.
- October 23, 2019
Rent the Runway CEO Jennifer Hyman shares the company's CX strategy, describes its customer data collection and use, and addresses recent IT upgrade challenges.
- October 22, 2019
Adobe continues to support Magento Open Source but adds Azure support and AI tools only to the commercial version of the vendor's e-commerce platform.
- October 10, 2019
Salesforce extends Customer 360 capabilities with a bundle of APIs to help users manage and track e-commerce orders and provide more detail to the customer as orders are picked, packed and shipped.
- August 22, 2019
SAP SaaS tool integrates AI, APIs for pushing updated product content to e-commerce sites. It also gives sales, marketing and service teams using C/4HANA access to the content.
- June 19, 2019
Big-box retailer Target's checkout outage showed how e-commerce systems can fill in when POS systems fail. They're not quite ready to supplant POS -- but they're getting there.
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Adobe moves forward with an SAP Qualtrics plugin to measure voice of the customer on Experience Platform and strengthens Magento customers' Amazon presence with new features.
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Fast fashion giant Primark posts profit hike
PUBLISHED: 10:14 24 April 2019 | UPDATED: 11:26 24 April 2019
High Street retailer Primark, which has stores across East Anglia, has announced a surge in half-year profits as shoppers continue to indulge in fast fashion.
The firm – which is owned by parent company Associated British Foods which also owns British Sugar – has reported a whopping 25% leap in operating profit to £426 million in the six months to March 2.
Sales also jumped 4% to £3.6 billion.
The budget brand is currently redeveloping its flagship Haymarket store in Norwich and also has stores in Ipswich, Colchester and King's Lynn.
The firm – which has no online offering – said its share of the clothing, footwear and accessories market in the UK increased substantially in the period, bucking the trend of wider high street malaise.
But ABF's sugar unit saw profits take a knock as the result of “significantly lower” prices which affected the industry.
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Lower startup costs -- sixty of these homebased companies can be started for less than $50,000 -- are just part of the reason for these businesses' popularity.
With a wealth of experience in corporate management, these Goddard School franchisees knew the right franchisor was key to success.
With apps, wearable tech and the ability to micromanage franchisees across the country, tech is giving fitness chains new ways to flex their business muscle.
These 57 newbies all started franchising in the past five years.
In the ongoing battle to prove which fast-food chain 'gets' millennials the most, KFC is now selling corsages for prom
Find out how to tell your story to attract more customers to your franchise or small business.
In a serious sign of customer loyalty, Akash Lal became the owner of his local go-to PostNet location to save it from shuttering its doors.
Don Robinson has been an independent restaurant owner -- twice -- but has come to the realization that being a franchisee plays to his strengths.
With Hooters locations from South Africa to Portland, Ore., Michael Pruitt knows how to make a brand go global.
With a new chicken dish that can be topped like a pizza, Domino's joins the ranks of restaurants that are winging it with chicken.
A new report shows that the three restaurants business travelers expense the most are Starbucks, McDonald's and Panera Bread. Here's why.
Bet you can't guess where workers are swiping their fancy corporate credit cards the most.
Melanie Kittrell knows that people love popcorn. So, she's working to find new ways to sell it to eager customers.
The socially conservative chicken chain is expanding into urban locations in 2014, including New York City.
More than 20 franchisees have accused Papa Murphy's of failing to release necessary information in franchise disclosure documents.
Bojangles' is known for having some of the most dedicated customers in the industry. Kristal Beaver would know -- she was one prior to becoming a franchisee.
The bankrupt sandwich chain has reached a settlement with 12 defunct franchisees who were suing the company for about $40 million.
Chad Hierholzer gained experience as a health-care screening services client before becoming a Star Wellness franchisee himself.
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Consider your personality and approach to business matters to determine if you're ready to start your own company or purchase a franchise.
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Members of the North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA) overwhelmingly support to remain in the EU. The results of a recent survey have indicated that 92% believe the best result for the North East Automotive sector would be to remain in the UK and 91% believe that exiting the EU would have a negative impact on Foreign Direct Investment.
Paul Butler, CEO of the NEAA stated “it is no surprise that our members have been so supportive of remaining in the EU. Our sector operates on a global scale, nearly 80% of all vehicles produced in the UK are exported and the EU accounting for 57.5% of those exports. Our supply chains are also global and whilst we are increasing the level of UK content in our vehicles the fact is we still currently import 58% of our components.”
Mr Butler continues “the UK automotive sector has been enjoying a significant renaissance period with £15bn being invested into the UK since 2012; and in 2018 we are set to produce over 2million vehicles – a record production level for the UK. As we look to increase the level of UK content in our vehicles we do need to attract more foreign direct investment, however our members have indicated that exiting the EU would be a significant threat to these investments”.
The importance of the regions automotive sector cannot be underestimated. There are 240 automotive companies based in the North East and they account for:
- 1/3rd of all cars produced in the UK
- 26% of all EV production across Europe
- £10.5bn of GDP for the NE
- 30,000 direct employees and impacting a further 141,000 jobs across the UK
- 46 regional investments totalling more than £1.6bn in past 5 years
Mike Matthews, MBE, Managing Director and European Operations Officer at the Stockton-based car parts manufacturer Nifco UK and Vice Chair of the NEAA stated “it is vital that freedom to trade remained as unencumbered as possible to ensure the survival, and growth, of the UK’s exporting businesses. We have a level playing field with our European competitors as part of the EU – we can sell products across borders easily and we can win overseas business.”


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Leaded 4star petrol
Did you know that genuine leaded fuel has an average octane rating (ron)
That means you can advance the timing and raise the compression ratio or
turbo boost higher with leaded petrol than is possible with unleaded or
LRP, without detonation. That equals more power from your engine. If you
are involved in racing where seconds count, that could be the edge you are
problems with Leaded Petrol supply.
Fears of a break in supply of leaded fuel have been eliminated.
Thanks to a deal between Bayford and Petrochem Carless, Leaded petrol will
continue to be produced for at least the next three years.
Bayford Thrust have recently won two awards for leaded petrol, they are
winners of The Classic Car Magazine award for the "Best Product"
The Penrite Award for "Contribution to the Classic Car Industry"
If you run a classic or high performance car, now is the time to throw
away that can of additive, and fill up with award winning genuine Leaded
FOUR STAR SUPPLY TO CONTINUE UNINTERRUPTED!
Thrust today announced that it has resolved the issues surrounding the
supply of Leaded Four Star nationwide.
Following a new deal that has been signed with PetroChem Carless
the product will continue to be manufactured for the next three years
following the re-awarding of the supply licence by the DETR to Bayford
Turner, the Leaded Four Star manager, explained, “Futura, who previously
refined the fuel felt that due to a lack of volume purchased by some
classic car users, the Foot and Mouth outbreak and some mainstream
motorists gambling with LRP, they would not meet their estimates.”
He went on to add, “They are a mass market producer and this is a
speciality product. When they
gave us notice of their intent we worked exceptionally hard behind the
scenes and have put together a new supply deal.”
Carless is a smaller, forward thinking company who refine for niche
markets which suits leaded four star fuel.
They have agreed to refine the fuel for the next three years which
means that as of 2 July 2001 there will be no supply problems around the
addition to the above, the price of leaded four star will fall back as the
cost of production in raw product terms drops.
Another exciting development is that the company are now supplying
the product in drums for racing purposes and has recently delivered a
batch to Goodwood in preparation for the Festival of Speed.
went on “The worrying issue has been that the amount of voices which
protested at the removal of the product from the market place do not seem
to be supporting the local suppliers and purchasing the fuel.
We call on all classic car drivers and clubs to support the sites
stocking leaded four star. It must be remembered that this is the only product made to a
British standard, it is what your car was made to run on and avoids the
lottery of LRP and additives.”
four star is here to stay so please support it!
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Police arrested a man who is accused of burglarizing several Oklahoma City businesses and selling stolen items online.
According to police, on February 17 and 18, two Ulta stores, located at 2340 W. Memorial and 6417 S.W. 3rd were broken into. The suspect, later identified as 28-year-old Adrian Harmon, reportedly used a BB pistol to break the glass doors. Police say Harmon stole more than 50 bottles of perfume.
On February 20, police say Harmon broke into Toys R Us, located at 2121 N.W. 138th Street, Ulta Cosmetics at 2340 W. Memorial Rd, and Target, located at 8315 N. Rockwell Ave.
Harmon allegedly stole more bottles of cologne and many electronic items including speakers, headsets, surround sound systems, and robotic vacuum cleaners.
The same day, police say a Bed Bath and Beyond store was also broken into and more vacuums were stolen. The same method was used to break into all these businesses.
According to police, Harmon was selling the exact same items on eBay and Craigslist. On Thursday, March 20, officers served a search warrant for Harmon's home, and recovered items stolen from Ulta, Toys R Us, Bed Bath and Beyond. They also found a BB gun believed to have been used during the burglaries.
Harmon admitted to burglarizing seven businesses in Oklahoma City, and several stores in Midwest City, Moore, Norman, Edmond, and Stillwater. He also admitted to officers that he had been selling the stolen items on eBay and mailing them to out of state addresses.
Harmon was arrested at his home on several charges, including violation of computer crimes act, receiving/concealing stolen property, and second degree burglaries.


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Posts tagged with "MCM Birmingham Memorabilia"
Before the doors opened over the weekend at MCM Birmingham Comic Con, our editor went around various parts of the hall and using the Google Camera app took several 360 photos of parts of the event.
Also known as Google Photo Spheres, the images allow you to capture and upload a 360 panorama of a location or object. Our editor went managed to capture just a few of the areas of the event. Click the images below:
November’s MCM Birmingham Comic Con is almost upon us, taking place at The NEC in Halls 6 and 7.
MCM Buzz has the floorplan for the event, so attendees can see what’s in store. You can plan your weekend in advance and see where the likes of the MCM Theatre, the Comic Village and the Signing Areas are. Plus you can locate anime from Manga Entertainment, figurines and plush toys from Tokyotoys and video games from GAME. You can even see where the...


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Swedish Algae Factory secures funding for commercialisation
Swedish Algae Factory has secured SEK 3.5 million (≈ EUR 360 000) in a new investment round and a SEK 1.7 million (≈ EUR 180 000) Swedish Energy Agency grant.
Swedish Algae Factory, a Swedish start-up company that is developing a novel algae cultivation and wastewater treatment system, has revealed that it has secured around SEK 3.5 million (≈ EUR 360 000) in a new investment round.
Chalmers Ventures, the start-up venture arm of Chalmers University of Technology and ALMI Invest, a Swedish venture capital, and business development agency have committed SEK 1.5 million (≈ EUR 155 000) each with the balance provided by KIC InnoEnergy, a Netherlands-based EU-supported seed capital company.
In addition, Swedish Algae Factory has been awarded a SEK 1.7 million (≈ EUR 180 000) grant from the Swedish Energy Agency.
The money will be used primarily for field tests on commercial solar panels we will do together with our first customers, consisting of solar panel distributors and electricity companies. It will also go towards running our existing smaller breeding plant, and the planning for building our larger, commercial plant, said Sofie Allert, CEO of the Swedish Algae Factory in a statement.
Novel solar, biomass and wastewater treatment concept
Founded in 2014, Swedish Algae Factory has its origins in Professor and co-founder Angela Wulff’s research at Chalmers on diatoms, unicellular algae with siliceous cell walls that also have a unique ability to capture light. When the nanoporous silicon material is placed on a solar photovoltaic (PV) cell, the efficiency of the PV cell increases by around 4 percent thus reducing the kWh cost of solar power.
The company has developed an energy-efficient algae production and harvesting process whereby wastewater treatment is combined with a production of algal biomass and the nanoporous solar efficiency-enhancing silica material. The biomass can be used to produce bio-oil and organic fertilizers.
Now the company faces the challenge of getting a final product to customers and accelerating production volume.
The company is still in a very early phase but the idea is exciting, and the commercial value of such a great improvement of solar panels is amazing. We have supported the Swedish Algae Factory early, and now we are committing a commercial verification of technology, said Tobias Elmquist, Investment Manager at Chalmers Ventures.


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New report finds customer satisfaction is increased when a tablet is employed in the sales process.
In their latest Automotive Analyst Note, J.D. Power explains how the integration of tablet technology into the sales process has a “dramatic” effect on a consumer’s perception of fairness and honesty. The conclusion is based on a data from the 2016 Canadian Sales Satisfaction Index.
J.D. Power explains that tablet technology can be an effective “transparency-building tool.” Salespeople who used a tablet as part of the sales process were rated higher for honesty and fairness of price paid.
However, J.D. Power warns that “salespeople who simply punch numbers into a tablet while sitting across the desk from their customer in the traditional (confrontational) negotiation stance will miss the point—as well as—the benefit. Instead, salespeople should consider the tablet as an opportunity to engage customers and share the screen with them throughout the build and price process.”


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CenturyTel taking large bites
The once-tiny company paid $11.6 billion for Embarq two years ago.
By Greg Griffin
April 23, 2010
Qwest is the larger company in the deal with CenturyTel announced Thursday. Qwest has 40 percent more phone-line customers and more than twice the annual revenues.
But those familiar with CenturyTel and its management weren't surprised that the Monroe, La.-based company was the buyer in the transaction.
Qwest acquisition is the latest in a string of deals CenturyTel
has made to grow from a small regional player in the early 1990s
to the third-largest local-phone company in the country. Its
roots are even more humble: In 1930, the company, then known as
the Oak Ridge Telephone Co., had 75 customers and operated from
its owners' family room in
"CenturyTel did not grow from a tiny little rural exchange to the size it was before the Qwest deal without a considerable degree of savvy in the business," said Robert Eisenstadt, an economics professor at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. "These people are very good at what they do, and so far they've done quite well."
Christopher King, a
CenturyTel began an acquisition binge in the early 1990s,
when Glen F. Post III became chief executive. A company veteran
who went to college in
When Post took over, the company had about 325,000 phone-line customers. In 1997, CenturyTel bought Pacific Telecom, adding 650,000 customers. By 2002, CenturyTel had grown, mostly through acquisitions, to 2.5 million phone-line customers.
In 2008, Post made a bold move, agreeing to pay $11.6 billion in a stock- and-debt transaction for Embarq, the former land-line business of Sprint. The deal more than doubled the size of CenturyTel, which began operating under the name CenturyLink. It was the first time CenturyTel had made a major move into urban markets.
Through the Embarq merger, CenturyTel gained two high-profile board members: former Missouri Rep. Richard Gephardt and William A. Owens, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Post was not available for an interview Thursday.
There had been speculation in recent months that CenturyTel might buy Qwest, but the timing surprised some analysts who expected the company to wait until the integration of Embarq was further along.
Standard & Poor's said Thursday that it may cut CenturyTel's credit rating, reflecting Qwest's heavier debt load. Qwest's debt-to-capital ratio is 109 percent, compared with CenturyTel's 45 percent.
Qwest took on massive debt to buy U S West in 2000 and then almost went bankrupt. The company's leaders have spent the past eight years shoring up Qwest's finances and trying to sell the company.
Despite its successes, CenturyTel still faces the challenge of succeeding long term in the shrinking phone-line business. Neither company has a strong wireless operation. Observers said Post, 56, is certainly already considering his options.
"He's probably already planning the next move," Cofer said. "He thinks ahead of the game."
Greg Griffin: 303-954-1241 or firstname.lastname@example.org


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CARNIVAL Corporation is rerouting its Red Sea transits until November for 12 ships across seven brands, due to the United States-Iran proxy war in the region.
The vast majority of the impact will take place in the second quarter, with Carnival saying it has not seen any impact on booking trends due to the Red Sea crisis.
Carnival joins other cruise companies, including MSC Group and Royal Caribbean Group, which have cancelled a number of their own Red Sea voyages.
The diversion is expected to have an adjusted earnings per share impact of USD$0.07 to USD0.08 for the full year, and it is not expected to disrupt Carnival’s early and robust start to wave season, which has thus far exceeded expectations.
Carnival is maintaining its best booked position on record, with reservations since November hitting an all-time high, while the first half of the year almost sold out.
This is expected to continue throughout the year, Carnival added, even though pricing and occupancy are considerably higher than last year’s levels.
Carnival also confirmed the redemption of the outstanding USD$571 million second-priority senior secured notes, due 2027, eliminating all of the outstanding second lien debt.
This redemption is consistent with Carnival’s December guidance, with the company using its cash flow strength to reduce interest.


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Day-cruise lines have cleared the decks for a fresh voyage in South Florida after a patch of rough financial weather.
Two of the three companies that provide cruises to nowhere and one-day trips to the Bahamas from South Florida ports have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the past year.
The third line suffered a fire that crippled its main ship.
SeaEscape, the oldest of the day lines, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March. It was liquidated to pay back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, but new owners bought the name and assets and are trying to revive the brand with a new ship.
Former Broward County convention bureau head C. Dean Hofmeister is at the helm of SeaEscape, which is controlled by the Schilling Group and is partly owned by Land-Sea-Air Reservations of Fort Lauderdale.
In August, with its charter on its only ship, Scandinavian Dawn, set to expire, SeaEscape obtained Ukraina, which had been used fleetingly in Miami by SeaEscape competitor Discovery Cruises.
Discovery had its own problems. A fire in May aboard Discovery I forced the ship to be sent to the Bahamas to be sold. The company brought Discovery Sun from Miami to Port Everglades as a replacement.
With its Miami ship in Fort Lauderdale, Discovery chartered Scandinavian Dawn to make Miami cruises.
In West Palm Beach, Viking Princess is still doing day cruises although its owner, Palm Beach Cruise Line, has been in Chapter 11 for a year. Recently, Wasatch Group of Boynton Beach said it will take ownership of Viking Princess from Palm Beach Cruise Line. Court approval is expected next month.
Why would anyone want to get into this business? Because the Bahamas remain a popular destination, said Gene Paige, president of Air-Land-Sea Reservations. And direct flights to the Bahamas don't have the same cache as arriving by boat.
"It's been marketed both ways," Paige said. "People want to go back home and say, `We took a cruise to the Bahamas.'''


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The rebrand will begin in New Jersey in the next few weeks. New Jersey sports bettors should expect a PointsBet New Jersey app with a new look, newer and better features, and promotions.
Fanatics says the rebrand will allow New Jersey sports bettors better access to its sports merchandise, collectibles, and other souvenirs and fan gear. Fanatics plans to invest heavily in marketing and promotions in New Jersey and hopes it will attract new business to the PointsBet, a Fantatics Experience app and website.
In addition to the New Jersey offerings, Fanatics is making serious moves throughout the US. The company recently opened two retail sportsbooks in New Jersey and plans to expand into the retail sports betting marketplace.
“We are excited about what we are building at Fanatics Betting and Gaming and this acquisition accelerates our plans,” said Fanatics CEO Matt King. “We have a 10-year plan that focuses on the customer and not market share.”
What New Jersey Sports Bettors Can Expect
Here are some of the amenities New Jersey sports bettors can expect from the PointsBet, a Fanatics Experience app and website.
- A new PointsBet app with a refreshed look and feel
- Additional features and promotions like odds boost and additional in-game and micro-betting options
- Better offerings of Fanatics’ sports merchandise and collectibles, such as trading cards, will be available through the app and website
- Increased marketing and promotions in New Jersey
What Does PointsBet, a Fanatics Experience, Mean to New Jersey Bettors
King claims that the company will “acquire customers efficiently, allowing us to return savings to customers by investing in the customer experience at Fanatics Sportsbook and PointsBet, a Fanatics Experience.”
Still, he failed to elaborate on how the company plans to acquire customers efficiently. With the NFL season opening up this Thursday, New Jersey gamblers should be looking for special promotions and bonuses from Fantatics and PointsBet, a Fantatics experience.
PointsBet failed to capture the New Jersey betting markets, lagging far behind industry giants FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM, and Caesars sportsbooks.
This trend continued throughout the US, and it will be interesting to see how the Fanatics business model differs from the largely unsuccessful PointsBet strategy and how King and Fantatics plan on competing with the Garden States’ leading betting companies.
PointsBet had a reputation for limiting winning sports bettors. This reporter hasn’t heard any of these issues from the Fanatics Sportsbooks already operating in Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Tennessee.
Hopefully, Fanatics will address this issue and post betting limits that won’t be changed based on the New Jersey sports bettors betting success.


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The North Carolina Education Lottery just breaks me up. I am always checking to see what North American lotteries have launched a new TV ad. Lets face it: we’re all using streaming devices during this year-long pandemic so it is WAY EASY to miss a funny TV ad. Well I short circuited that problem by routinely cruising lotteries’ YouTube channels to see if a new TV ad is running. You definitely want to watch the NCEL’s “Mr. First Tuesday – Remix” TV ad if you need a chuckle at their end of a dreary work day.
“Mr. First Tuesday is working on some new songs to remind you that new scratch-offs are available from the NC Education Lottery every First Tuesday.”
Well Mr. First Tuesday, you have reminded me to take time to LAUGH.
“At the NCEL, we launch our scratch-off on the first Tuesday of every month. Players are very much aware of this and look forward to trying our newest games and having a chance to win their new prizes,” explained Frank Suarez, Deputy Executive Director, Brand Management & Communications, NCEL.