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Poshmark released its Q2 financial results and has shown strong growth which should not be surprising from a marketplace that is a specialist in ‘second-hand style’ or as eBay would call it ‘pre-loved’.
Whilst many Americans are feeling the economic downturn right now as the cost of living and inflation continues to rise, it has left the door of opportunity wide open for those savvy sellers who are looking to open their closets and liquidate some cash.
Similarly, bargain hunters are turning more and more to sights like Poshmark for their fashion needs rather than high-end department stores when looking to save a few dollars.
Poshmark’s Q2 Key Highlights
- Net revenue was $89.1 million, a 9% increase year-over-year from $81.6 million in the second quarter of 2021.
- GMV was $483.5 million, an increase of 8% year-over-year from $449.6 million in the second quarter of 2021. Quarterly GMV has increased year-over-year for the past 18 quarters.
- Trailing 12 months Active Buyers reached a record 8.0 million, a 14% year-over-year increase from 7.0 million in the second quarter of 2021.
- User engagement on Poshmark’s marketplace increased 70% year over year to a record 57.5 billion social interactions during the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2022.
“We reported a strong quarter despite a tough consumer environment due to our focus on execution and are pleased that our results exceeded our initial expectations. We remain focused on product innovation to give sellers better ways to market and merchandise their closets and new ways for buyers to discover trends and engage with our marketplace to drive conversion,” said Manish Chandra, Founder and CEO, Poshmark.
“This continues to keep Poshmark a top destination for fashion, as demonstrated by 14% trailing-twelve-months Active Buyer growth to a record 8.0 million in the second quarter,” he added.
Poshmark’s Continued Innovation
Following the announcement of their Q2 earnings, some Wall St analysts were concerned about the lack of profitability which resulted in shares seeing an 8% drop. In the investor call, however, the CFO Rodrigo Brumana was keen to point out that the company has proved previously they can be profitable, and that they were focusing on investing in their long-term product innovation.
Right on cue the following day from the Q2 announcement, Poshmark released their August 2022 product features update.
This update features 4 new or updated functionality for the Poshmark app. Those updates are:
- Closet QR Codes
- Match Buyer’s Last Offer
- Select All Functionality
- Rotating Images on Your Phone
You can read more about Poshmark’s latest product updates here.
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After weeks of rumors and their own promo teasing, Arcade1Up confirmed this morning they're releasing the NFL Blitz Legends arcade cabinet. A remake of the original Midway Games/EA Sports title from 1997, this is a top-to-bottom recreation of the cabinet that became one of the most popular arcade sports titles of the '90s. (Second only to NBA Jam.) For the first time in the franchise's history, you can get three of the most popular titles in one cabinet as they're giving you the original NFL Blitz, along with NFL Blitz '99 and NFL Blitz 2000: Gold Edition. You can currently pre-order the cabinet at their website, with the main cabinet going for $600 and branded stools going for $80 each. We have more info on the cabinet, along with a quote from the company and a trailer below.
To bring an authentic NFL Blitz Legends experience into the homes of football fans and gamers alike, Arcade1Up partnered with the National Football League (NFL) and the Field Greats Association (FGA) to ensure that hundreds of the game's players are featured including Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins), Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers), Deion Sanders (Denver Broncos), Cris Carter (Minnesota Vikings), Jerome Bettis (Pittsburgh Steelers) and Terrell Davis (Denver Broncos).
For the first time in the Blitz franchise, players can play on a home arcade machine and compete online with Wi-Fi multiplayer and leaderboard. True to the original games, NFL Blitz Legends gets straight to the fun with easy-to-understand gameplay that highlights the best parts of the game including Hail Mary's, interceptions, sacks and huge rushing yards. Built to resemble the iconic NFL Blitz found at retro arcades, NFL Blitz Legends is a five-foot-tall arcade machine featuring NFL legends on the sides of the cabinet with retro team logos and uniforms featured in the artwork and gameplay, ensuring an authentic gaming experience. In addition to Wi-Fi multiplayer and leaderboard, the arcade machine has a 17-inch screen with a light-up marquee and 49-way joystick.
"We could not be more excited to bring NFL Blitz Legends to fans who have been waiting years for the return of this iconic game," said Scott Bachrach, CEO, Arcade1Up. "Our team spent the better part of the last two years making sure we both honored the games' past while bringing it up to today's modern standards with AAA development efforts in partnership with the NFL and FGA, and I think we've achieved that in an unbelievable feat of fun, exciting, action-packed gameplay while reengineering the original game."

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Britain and France recently became the first European countries to pass "graduated-response" antipiracy laws, joining South Korea and Taiwan as the only nations in the world to attack illegal downloading through a government-mandated system of warnings and penalties.
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Good news on GM free feed in New Zealand
2.Background: KFC bullies + Poll shows 80 % of KFC customers willing to pay more for non-GE feed
1.Information on GE free feed in New Zealand
Greens Parliamentary Research Office, New Zealand
11 Jan 2005
In a news item in the Waikato Times, chief executive Vicki Salmons stated that KFC is "committed" to continue using GE-free soy from Inghams Enterprises LTD "as long as world supply enabled it to". (See: http://
The Inghams website states in its newly changed Genetic Engineering Policy:
"Inghams is committed to continuing to source non-GM ingredients for its poultry products. We will use our best endeavours to source non-GM ingredients for poultry feeds - such raw materials must meet our quality standards, be available in substantial quantities and be economically sustainable. Our policy also includes a commitment to our customers that they would always be advised before any changes to the above." http://www.inghams.co.nz/v2/default.asp?pageID=232
Due to pressure from Greenpeace (particularly their succesful campaign against McDonalds) and the continuing effort by the GE Free movement and the public, Inghams had temporarily sourced non-GE feed for it's chickens. Inghams had a history of importing GE soy feed for it's chickens.
More recently, Greenpeace, Auckland GenetiX Action and other grassroots groups throughout the country began a campaign against KFC who had recently switched to Ingham from Tegel (who has had a commitment to a GE Free policy for it's chicken feed for some time).
A succesful grassroots Day of Action around the country saw actions in Taupo, Rotorua, Timaru, Auckland, Hamilton, Huntly, Wellington, Christchurch and Australia at KFC outlets and Inghams Head Quarters (see http://www.stop-inghams-ge.org). In Auckland, Auckland GenetiX Action (AGA) held weekly noisy and fun demonstrations at KFC outlets around Auckland aswell as occuping the KFC HQ office.
Greenpeace re-started their campaign against KFC, holding demos often everyday of the week in Auckland and had held actions throughout the country. (See http://www.greenpeace.org.nz)
More recently an anonymous underground group called the 'Finger Stick in Glue Crew' glued shut the locks of 10 KFC outlets causing thousands of dollars damage.
Inghams commitment to continuing sourcing GE Free feed is a success for activists, all New Zealanders, our environment, the rights of animals and the countries where GE Soy would have been sourced.
Constant pressure from the public works and the pressure must continue. It is only due to the efforts of people like yourselves that protect the rights of individuals, animals and the environment from the interests of profit and multi-nationals. We must continue to RECLAIM THE COMMONS!
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2.KFC bullies media + Poll shows 80 % of KFC customers willing to pay more for non-GE feed
Monday, November 15, 2004
Greenpeace increased pressure on the kiwi icon of fast food chicken today by releasing a poll showing that the majority of KFC customers would prefer to eat Non-GE fed chicken and would be prepared to pay more for it.
The poll was released after two weeks of legal threats by KFC against news website Scoop for running Greenpeace banners linking to a spoof KFC website.
The poll, commissioned by Greenpeace in support of their campaign against GE soy, was conducted by research group Colmar Brunton in early October. It showed that an overwhelming 80% of KFC customers wouldn't mind paying an extra 2 cents for chicken fed on Non-genetically engineered soy (1).
Greenpeace financial analysis shows that it only costs two cents more per chicken to use GE free soy feed (2).
KFCs supplier Inghams, who have a history of feeding their chickens on GE soy from the US, have recently imported non-GE soy from Brazil but neither company is committed to this continuing. Greenpeace opposes GE crops because of the environmental risks and is campaigning for KFC to commit to using only non-GE fed chicken.
Within days of Greenpeace launching a spoof KFC website (www.kfc.org.nz), KFC lawyers made threats against the Scoop news site (www.scoop.co.nz) for posting a Greenpeace advertising banner linking to the spoof KFC web site.
"It is telling that KFC's lawyers have written to Scoop three times but haven't contacted Greenpeace directly at all," says Abel. "Rather than get into a public debate with Greenpeace they choose to try and shut down comment. Its a classic example of a SLAPP (5)," says Abel.
The spoof site contains alternative definitions of KFC submitted by the public which KFC allege are defamatory. But Greenpeace says the spoof KFC website represents a key form of humorous public comment and honest criticism.
"KFC are spending millions on re-branding themselves as 'Kiwi For Chicken,' but when we suggest KFC means 'Kiwi For Cheapskates' and invite other kiwis to voice a point of view they try to shut us down," says Abel. "In a society that values free speech people should be able to voice those opinions," says Abel. "It is very concerning that KFC should wish to silence that critical comment and we will defend to the hilt the right of the public to freely express their views on corporations such as KFC."
The site has attracted hundreds of e-mails from the public and generated over one thousand messages to KFC. Greenpeace will continue to run its campaign across the country which includes colourful and good humoured store protests by chicken suit clad activists.
"KFC should really take heed of the poll results, listen to their customers around the country and act for the good of the environment by committing to non-GE fed chicken," says Abel.
Images available at www.kfc.org.nz
(1) Poll results: DOWNLOAD PDF
(2) Financial analysis available: DOWNLOAD PDF
(3) GE soy growing has led to more chemical use, lower yields, new weed problems and contamination of conventional crops.
(4) The Timaru Herald reported in August that KFC General Manager Rod de Vries cited "300,000-plus customers" was evidence that KFC's use of GE chicken was not creating public disquiet.
(5) Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) are a common corporate tactic for silencing criticism. The idea is that simply the threat of potentially expensive legal action is enough to shut-up public comment or protest. Very few such legal threats ever make it to court but they often do succeed in silencing people or under-resourced organisations.


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Didiza grants thousands of permits for chicken, egg imports to ensure supplies for Christmas
Since last month, the agriculture department has granted 115 permits for fertilised eggs and 2 406 for poultry meat.
The agriculture, land reform and rural development says it is working with all stakeholders in the poultry industry following the outbreak of bird flu. Picture: iStock
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza has granted thousands of permits for the importation of eggs and poultry meat to ensure sufficient stocks is available for the holiday season.
The department said on Thursday that it was working with all stakeholders in the poultry industry following the outbreak of bird flu.
Spokesperson Reggie Ngcobo said the department is doing everything possible to contain the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) plaguing not only South Africa but other parts of the world as well.
“Minister Didiza has decided to allow the importation of table and fertilised eggs and poultry meat to ensure sufficient stocks is available on time for the Christmas holiday season.”
Ngcobo said since 1 September 2023, it has granted 115 permits for fertilised eggs, 48 for egg powder, 2 406 for poultry meat and 24 permits for table eggs. A permit might be for up to 10 000 tons or a shipping container.
Ngcobo said with the permits having been issued, it has resulted in a number of consignments having already arrived, while others are in transit.
“These are 34 511 metric tons of poultry meat, 1.9 million eggs and 5 840 day-old chicks on their way. About 930 000 travelled by road from OR Tambo International Airport to eSwatini,” Ngcobo said.
Earlier this month, a few retailers started rationing the quantity of eggs each consumer could buy.
“Due to the shortage caused by the avian flu, we need to prioritise the use of availablility that meet our standards of food safety and quality for Woolies products made with eggs. As a temporary measure, we therefore have to limit whole egg purchases to 1 pack of six per customer,” Woolworths said.
Pick n Pay said it was also planning to limit the amount consumers could buy to around one or two packs per customer, depending on the region, while Shoprite had no plans to do so yet.
At the time Didiza said the impact of the avian flu on egg prices won’t be “that adverse”, despite widespread shortages and the cost rising sharply over the past few months.


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A man has been arrested as part of an investigation into a series of incidents in which graffiti ‘tags’ were sprayed on business premises and trains.
The 34-year-old man was detained on Wednesday on suspicion of criminal damage but has since been released on bail to allow for further enquiries.
South Belfast local policing Inspector Carey said: “On 3rd December 2023, we received a report that three train carriages had been vandalised with silver paint at Bangor train station.
“On 7th December, seven business premises in the Arthur Street/Chichester Street area of Belfast city centre. were ‘tagged’ in a similar manner, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.
“Graffiti and other forms of criminal damage have a significant impact on business owners, retailers and the wider community. At a time when so many are facing financial pressure, it’s important that we all work together to reduce this.
“We are committed to tackling this kind of crime and want to reassure businesses and retailers that we are here to support them. We’re asking everyone to play their part. If you see something suspicious, report it to us.
"The information you provide can help us apprehend criminals and bring them before the court. If you think you can help, contact us on 101, or online at www.psni.police.uk/report. You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. In an emergency, always call 999."
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UPDATED 13/10/11: A Chislehurst cookery school run by a Michelin star chef has shut down.
Smashing Pans, at 1 Pond Path, was run by Keith Burke and sold £145 vouchers through its website.
The Smashing Pans website has now closed and in a letter to customers Mr Burke said that he was attempting to relocate in Borough Market.
Many customers were initially worried that they would not get their money back. But after contacting Mr Burke directly (see the comments section on this article), Mr Burke has sent out refund cheques.


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USA: Johnson Controls boost first quarter earnings - report
Johnson Controls on Wednesday said quarterly earnings rose as sales increased in its automotive interiors and commercial controls business, Reuters reported.
The report said the Milwaukee-based company earned fiscal first-quarter net income of $US164.5 million compared with net income of $140.4 million a year earlier.
According to Reuters, revenue rose to $6.4 billion in the quarter from $5.2 billion. Foreign currency translation added about $420 million to sales in the quarter.
Looking ahead, Johnson Controls confirmed company forecasts for double-digit earnings per share growth in fiscal 2004 and also said it expects full-year sales to increase by 13 to 15% after raising prior estimates based on the strengthening of the euro, the report added.
Reuters said the company also expects 2004 automotive operating margins to be flat to slightly lower than in 2003 and the controls group operating margin to be slightly lower.


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Beta progress will be carried over to the full release, while cross-play between Xbox One and PC will be supported when the PC version launches.
Sega says the game includes fully localised text and character voices covering three years of content, plus the latest balancing and quality-of-life updates from the Japanese service.
Plans to release the title for Xbox One in the west were revealed during the Xbox E3 2019 conference. However, shortly after the event ended the official Sega Twitter account clarified that the announcement was only relevant to North America, and that a European release was not yet confirmed.
The North American Phantasy Star Online 2 Twitter account said in January that there were no plans to lock the game to any specific regions when it launches, meaning players in different areas should be able to access it by changing their console region.
“Phantasy Star Online 2 changed the history of online action RPG’s; the sci-fi story, characters, and gameplay has resonated with gamers worldwide and now we’re excited to bring North American players this special game – for free,” Fred White, North America’s head of marketing for the game, said in a press release on Wednesday.
“Our player community is the heart and soul of the game and we couldn’t have done it without their ongoing support and passion. Now that it is officially launched on Xbox One, we look forward to kicking off a fun-filled future of events, collaborations and expansions in the years to come!”


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Four Ventura County cities will participate again in California Restaurant Month, promoted by the California Travel and Tourism Commission.
The January event began four years ago to encourage visitors as well as residents to try restaurants during a traditionally slow period in the food service industry.
Despite its emphasis on dining out, California Restaurant Month is “the perfect way to start a New Year’s resolution of healthy eating, with signature California-grown products like olive oil, wine, avocados and almonds” incorporated into the featured menus, said Caroline Beteta, president and CEO of Visit California.
Restaurant weeks in throughout the state will feature discounts, prix fixe menus, appearances by celebrity chefs or wine dinners.
There are 40 destinations this year, including first-time participants Catalina Island, Gilroy and Yosemite/Mariposa County.
Returning participants include restaurants in the cities of Ventura, Oxnard, Moorpark and Simi Valley.
“We had a lot of good feedback from our first year last year,” said David Moe, economic development and housing manager for Moorpark. “Restaurants said they had a lot of new customers but also customers they hadn’t seen in a while.”
Presented by the city and the Moorpark Chamber of Commerce, the second Moorpark Restaurant Week will feature 12 or more locations during it run from Saturday through Jan. 26.
Locations include Enegren Brewing Co.; the new Le Bon Garcon, which specializes in caramels; the gourmet grilled cheese café Custom Melt; and its pizzeria neighbor, Custom Pie.
Some sites will offer discounts while others will have set-price menus, Moe said. Details are at http://moorparkca.gov.
In progress now is Ventura Restaurant Week, which began Monday and will end Sunday. It is in its fourth year, having skipped 2013 because the staff member from the city economic development department who previously organized it moved out of state.
The food trucks Scratch and The Jolly Oyster Kitchen and the gourmet shops We Olive and Spice-Topia are among more than 30 food businesses taking part in Ventura Restaurant Week. Most are offering a 20 percent discount. But in a nod to the Ventura Restaurant Week runs of the past, Cafe Fiore, Cafe Zack, Himalaya, Paradise Pantry and 71 Palm have posted information about prix fixe menus on the event’s website.
For information and updates, visit http://www.cityofventura.net/rw.
Also in its fourth year, Oxnard International Restaurant Week will feature prix fixe, two-for-$20 or $20-per-person lunch and dinner menus at two dozen restaurants from Sunday through Jan. 26.
First-time participants include the Coastal Grill at the Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Hotel & Resort, The Waterside Restaurant and Wine Bar in Channel Islands Harbor and Settebello and Kabuki Japanese Restaurant at The Collection at RiverPark. For information, visit http://bit.ly/19bh2TR.
Organized by the Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee, the second Simi Valley Restaurant Week will take place Jan. 26-30.
The more than 30 participating restaurants include chains such as Famous Dave’s and the one-of-a-kind Junkyard Cafe, said Caroline Gibson, head of the committee. Each will offer prix fixe lunch or dinner menus for $8, $15 or $22.
The event’s website will be updated at http://bit.ly/19VWRcS.
For information about California Restaurant Month events throughout the state, visit http://www.visitcalifornia.com/Restaurant-Month.
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muvee, the pioneer and leader in home movie making software and services, today announced that the latest home movie making software muvee Reveal will now be offered online through Costco.
Beginning October 15th, Costco.com will offer muvee Reveal for US$59.99, 25% off the regular price.
"We wanted our software to be affordable and available to everyone during these difficult economic times. This partnership with Costco.com allows us to give back to our loyal users by being able to offer them our latest product at a discount. Memory-making shouldn't be sacrificed during these times," said Terence Swee, CEO, muvee.
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muvee's software and services feature patented technology that lets people create and share professional-quality instant home movies out of unedited video, photos and music. muvee develops consumer products for a range of platforms and devices including PCs, the online space (shwup), digital cameras, camera-equipped mobile phones and photo kiosks. muvee's global customers include HP, Dell, Nokia, LG, Olympus, Nikon and Creative Technology. Visit http://www.muvee.com and http://www.shwup.com for more information.


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In a recent VALORANT's Dev Diaries, developers shared a glimpse into their future plans for the upcoming episode, teasing a bunch of updates, exciting features and extra content to the game soon.
According to VALORANT's Game Director, progression in VALORANT will be revamped and updated with the release of the seventh episode. The developers mentioned that Agent Contracts will include more content, and that fans will be able to obtain accessories from previous Battlepasses, giving them a second chance at acquired cosmetics and items that once eluded them.
This update will bring a wave of excitement and nostalgia to the game, and it once again proves Riot Games' dedication and commitment to VALORANT and its fanbase.
Episode Seven will bring a dozen of updates when it launches around late June.
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Dating apps and internet web sites are growing much more popular, also among middle-agers. But could they really assist you see special someone?
You are able to do most situations online these full times: always check a bank stability, purchase shoes, go with a mattress, purchase a cab. When Roberta Caploe had been willing to start dating once more after a divorce or separation, she didn’t ask her buddies to fix her up or have the need certainly to bars that are frequent wellness groups. She subscribed to JDate, an internet dating site for Jewish singles. “All forms of folks are carrying it out, ” claims Caploe, 54, a publisher whom lives in new york. “It was—unbelievably—not a crazy experience. ”
Online dating sites has definitely lost its lonely-hearts stigma. Simply view just how people that are many times or mates are flocking to matchmaking sites and apps. Relating to a 2015 research by the Pew Research Center, 15 percent of United states grownups used online dating services (web-based platforms like Match) and/or dating apps (location-based smartphone apps like Tinder).
Participation by those 18 to 24 has nearly tripled since 2013, and boomer enrollment has doubled. In reality, individuals over 50 are among the fastest growing portions. “It’s a product for the normalcy that is growing of social media marketing apps, ” says Moira Weigel, writer of “Labor of adore: The Invention of Online Dating” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2016). “Our real-life and identities that are online more interwoven. ”
As a result of this social change, online dating services will have unprecedented reach into our everyday lives. They’re gatekeepers to a population that is massive of lovers; web they control whom we meet and exactly how. Collectively, we invest huge amounts of income on matchmaking, as well as on a regular basis and significant investment that is emotional.
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The technology of 3D printing may come into its own with production of body parts for a super-efficient three-wheeled car called the Urbee. The car's developer, Jim Kor, says 3D is the only way to achieve the intricate body shapes needed to keep the Urbee's weight down to specification and provide the needed strength. "The process has the potential to put the material exactly where you want it and not put it where you don’t want it. Conventional cars carry around a lot of extra weight," Kor said.
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Singapore Airlines has decided to consolidate its two low cost carriers, Tigerair and Scoot into one airline which will continue under the better-perceived Scoot brand.
The merger, which includes repainting Tigerair's planes in Scoot's colours and getting the necessary approvals from regulators in Singapore and other nations the airlines fly to, is expected to be completed in the second half of next year.
SIA last week announced an almost 70% dip in profits for the July to September quarter, resulting in a net profit of S$64.9 million (US$46.8 million), with industry-wide competition and a
capacity glut continuing to erode the carrier's pricing power on both the passenger and cargo fronts.
Apart from declining passenger revenues and yields, SIA Cargo also continued to struggle. Although cargo volumes increased 8.2%, cargo yield fell 15.7% due to excess capacity in the market. SIA Cargo reported a S$11 million operating loss,
S$8 million more than a year ago.
The decision to move the LCC operations to one brand comes less than six months after SIA announced in May that it had set up a new company - Budget Aviation Holdings - to own and operate both Tigerair and Scoot.
Coming together as one brand under a single operating license makes sense, Goh Choon Phong, SIA's chief executive and chairman of the new entity said. He said: "The integration (in May) has already led to commercial and operational synergies between Scoot and Tigerair that are providing growth opportunities for both airlines. "Following a review, we have determined that the logical next step is to pursue a common operating license and common brand identity to enable a more seamless travel experience for customers," Goh said.
It is not clear how the merger will affect Tigerair Taiwan, in which Tigerair Singapore owns 10%, and Tigerair Australia - a former subsidiary now fully owned by Virgin Australia Holdings.
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Greaves Cotton-owned Ampere Vehicles, which makes electric scooters, has made its entry into the ecommerce segment through a deal with grocery app BigBasket.
It has also entered into an agreement with Bengaluru-based Bounce for deploying scooters for ride-share. With tie-ups with schools, hospitals and real estate companies for its range of electric vehicles, Ampere has a growing business-to-business vertical supporting its range: “We see a huge potential here, especially for the two-wheelers,” chief operating officer Sanjeev P said.
For use cases such as last-mile delivery, the electric proposition is an appealing fit. The Ampere Zeal scooter is fitted with carriers to enable load-carrying. “Our electric proposition has a clear commercial aspect: cheaper rides per kilometre, convenient charge-and-go applications and tracking facility. We see this opportunity getting bigger in the future,” Sanjeev said.
BigBasket will begin introducing Ampere vehicles by February, hitting key cities such as Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad in a phased manner.
At 70 paise a km, including charging costs, electric vehicles are clearly cheaper than fossil fueldriven vehicles, said KB Nagaraju, BigBasket’s chief customer experience officer.
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Amazon’s new LOVEFiLM app has made its debut, with PS3 owners the first to experience the streaming media service’s new search, recommendation, and watchlist UI on their consoles. The update – which will eventually be pushed out to all LOVEFiLM Instant platforms, including Xbox 360, Wii U, and others – now allows subscribers to build out a playlist of titles for those late-night “let’s slump in front of the TV and not have to move to change what’s on” sessions; PS3 owners also get a bonus in the shape of high-definition content support.
Although watchlist functionality has been present for Netflix US on-demand subscribers for some time, the ability to create a playlist has been largely absent outside of that country. In the UK, for instance, Netflix lacks the ability to create a “My Queue” list, despite regular requests from users.
Now, though, LOVEFiLM users in the UK and Germany will be able to line up a number of shows to watch, with the list synchronized across all apps and sites that are logged into the same account. There’s also a new homepage layout, which includes a “last viewed” widget with details on what was last played, what device played it, and what viewing point was reached, making it easier to resume.
Otherwise, there’s new search functionality and an updated recommendation engine, and LOVEFiLM has tweaked the UI in general to make things easier to navigate. The new PS3 app is available now, though LOVEFiLM hasn’t said when exactly those with other internet-connected devices will get it.


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Flipboard Finds $10.5M
Flipboard came out of stealth mode with a bang today. The Palo Alto startup launched a new iPad app designed to reformat users’ social media streams, such as Facebook and Twitter updates, in the form of an interactive magazine. The company also announced that it has raised $10.5 million in Series A venture funding from a group that includes Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Index Ventures, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, The Chernin Group, Ron Conway, Alfred Lin, Peter Currie, Quincy Smith, and Ashton Kutcher. At the same time, the company said that it has acquired Ellerdale, a startup whose semantic analysis software for the Web will function as “the relevancy engine for the next release of Flipboard, enhancing the readerʼs experience by always surfacing the most important and personally interesting information from Facebook, Twitter and other social networks,” in the words of an announcement.


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Cisco CEO: Product Orders Down As Customers, Partners Focus on Implementation
The tech giant’s once record-breaking backlog has returned to normal, but Cisco execs say that the double-digit product order decline is due to customers and channel partners installing and implementing gear following three quarters of strong product delivery.
Fiscal Q1 2024 marked the strongest first quarter results in Cisco Systems’ history in terms of revenue and profitability, but at the same time, the company’s product orders declined 20 percent year over year.
Cisco Chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins said that the product shortage was largely in the rearview mirror and that the once record-breaking backlog has returned to normal levels. As a result, however, product orders dropped off following three quarters of what Robbins called “exceptionally strong” product delivery.
“Our customers are now focused on installing and implementing these unprecedented levels of products. The bottleneck that we previously saw in the supply chain has now shifted downstream to implementation by our customers and partners … As deliveries rose, the channel inventory we track at our distributors also steadily declined during this time. Simply put, customers are now taking time to onboard and deploy these heightened product deliveries,” Robbins told investors during the company’s fiscal Q1 2024 earnings call on Wednesday evening.
Robbins added that while attending Cisco’s 2023 Partner Summit last week, the company’s largest partners “consistently” brought up the issue of product order declines. He added that the declines are being seen across the large enterprise and service provider spaces, but that ordering for small business and midmarket customers isn’t slowing down.
“In certain parts of our portfolio, we actually can we can see timeframe from shipment of a product until the product begins to connect to the cloud, and what we’re seeing is a one-to-two quarter delay versus what historically you would see when these products get shipped and how long it takes for them to be activated and connected to the Meraki cloud,” he said.
The company said it expects to return to product growth in second half of its fiscal 2024 year.
Cisco in the first fiscal quarter of 2024 changed its reporting segment names for its product categories.
Cisco’s Secure, Agile Networks segment, now called “Networking,” includes the core switching and routing businesses, as well as the former Internet for the Future segment, which includes the company’s telecommunications, cloud, and optical networking products. Networking posted impressive revenues of $8.82 billion during the quarter, a 10 percent incline compared to Q1 2023’s result. This quarter, the segment was buoyed by strength in the company’s popular Catalyst and Nexus product lines, as well as strength in campus and data center networking, which offset declines in wireless, said Cisco CFO R. Scott Herren.
Cisco’s product revenues, which was led by the Networking segment, climbed 9 percent and service revenues increased by 4 percent during Q1 2024, said Herren.
Cisco’s End-To-End Security segment, now simply called “Security,” rose 4 percent quarter over quarter with revenues of $1.01 billion, which Herren attributed to strength in the company’s zero trust and threat intelligence and response offerings.
The tech giant during the quarter announced its plans to acquire unified security and observability platform developer Splunk for $28 billion, Cisco’s biggest acquisition to date. Robbins said that the deal, which is expected to close by fiscal Q3 2024, will create a data platform that will enhance customers’ digital resiliency that takes advantage of Cisco’s complementary capabilities in AI, security and observability.
“The combination of Cisco and Splunk also directly supports our strategic objectives around driving higher levels of growth, software capabilities, and [annual recurring revenue] ARR,” Robbins said.
Cisco’s Collaboration segment, which kept its name, has struggled in recent quarters but increased 3 percent year over year to $1.12 billion in revenue compared to Q1 2023, which the company attributed to declines in Meetings that was offset by growth in Calling and Contact Center.
The Observability segment, which was previously referred to as Optimize Apps Experience, grew 21 percent quarter over quarter to $190 million. Observability is an area in which Robbins told CRN earlier this month is a “big opportunity” for the channel.
For Cisco’s fiscal Q1 2024, which ended October 28, revenue climbed 16 percent to $15.20 billion compared to the same period a year ago. Cisco posted non-GAAP earnings per share of $1.11 cents, a 29 percent increase compared to a year ago and non-GAAP net income of $4.5 billion in the first fiscal quarter of the year.
Cisco’s stock plunged 10.68 percent in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the networking giant lowered its full-year sales outlook due to the slowdown in new orders.


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Cyan Worlds has signed a deal with TV show maker Legendary to develop the Myst video game into a TV series.
…Cyan is teaming with Legendary Television & Digital Media (giving them an option to make the TV series) because it believes that it is now possible to express the Myst world in a visual linear medium, said Blake Lewin, vice president of business development at Cyan.
Legendary also has a record of building amazing entertainment that reaches a larger audience, and it is possible to link the TV show to new kinds of transmedia.
“Cyan’s goal in working with Legendary is not just to create a compelling TV drama, but to develop a true transmedia product that will include a companion video game that extends the story across both media,” Lewin said. “With 70 percent of tablet owners use their device while watching TV, Cyan sees the potential to push the boundaries of interactive storytelling to a new level.”


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A third of people in the West Midlands receive unwanted Christmas presents, according to research from Triodos Bank.
The study found 32% get at least one, with 7% saying at least two, and 3% of people said they get three or more.
The average cost of these unwanted gifts per person is £220, with 13% of those who said they were given an unwanted gift saying the value of it was more than £750!
Many of the oldest Christmas traditions are falling by the wayside in the West Midlands according to a survey.
The Salvation Army says nearly half of people in the region will not eat a turkey for Christmas dinner.
The survey also found:
- 60% of residents in Coventry say they will not go to mass or church services over the festive period.
- One in five people in Birmingham and the West Midlands feel Nativity Plays are falling out of fashion
- 27% of people in Coventry believe sending Christmas cards is a disappearing tradition
- More than a third of people believe Christmas is becoming too commercial
The Salvation Army says people in the region are spending most of their time shopping and wrapping presents as it provides the most Christmas wellbeing (according to 52% of people in Birmingham).
Shoppers across the Midlands are expected to purchase thousands of bargains today as high street retailers slash their prices in the run up to Christmas.
Today is dubbed 'Black Friday' which marks the first day of what is expected to be one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year.
Visa Europe predicts that £360,000 will be spent every minute.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen pledges to fix The Magical Journey Christmas experience he designed, which shut down after a string of complaints.Read the full story ›
A Christmas experience created by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has been temporarily closed after hundreds of complaints from visitors.
Unhappy families who paid £22.50 per ticket took to social media to complain about The Magical Journey attraction, at the Belfry golf club, in Wishaw, Warwickshire.
Some claimed the experience was "far from magical", expressing their disappointment at the waiting time to see Santa and the toys handed out to children.
Following the complaints organisers have temporarily closed the attraction until Wednesday “for improvements” and offered refunds to people who have already visited and those who were due to go along on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
“Based on customer feedback we have taken the decision to take three full days closure today (23/11/14), tomorrow (24/11/14) and Tuesday (25/11/14) in order that we can implement changes and improvements to the experience.
Our customers are our priority for safety and a magical experience and we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
It is important that we deliver the high quality experience you are expecting and hope to reopen with improvements and changes having been made.
We have also had difficulty with torrential rain on site affecting the lighting and sound, we have people working to repair this damage.
All customers affected by these closures have been emailed and will be offered either a refund or a new date, based on their preference."
The Broadmarsh and the Victoria shopping centres in Nottingham have experienced a high footfall of customers during the winter sales period, according to Adam Tamsett, from the Broadmarsh Centre.
The centres have seen four million people through the doors during the sales, with the most popular items being electronic goods and onesies.
ITV News Central rounds up how our region's shopping centres have fared over the Christmas period.Read the full story ›
Hundreds of thousands of bargain hunters have swarmed into shopping centres across the region today as the annual post-Christmas sales got into swing.
At Highcross Shopping Centre in Leicester, bosses reported one of their most successful Christmas seasons on record, with 80,000 shoppers predicted to descend on the centre to bag a bargain.
That is up four per cent on last year.
Centre general manager Jo Tallack said they were on track for a 2.5 per cent sales growth for Boxing Day alone, as shoppers had been queuing since before 5am to be among the first to raid the racks.
Meanwhile in Birmingham, the Bullring was braced for an estimated 200,000 eager shoppers - with almost 2,000 already lining up outside the doors from half past midnight for the popular Next sale.
A further 150,000 people are expected to hit day two of the sales tomorrow.
In Nottingham, more than 100,000 shoppers were expected to hit both the Victoria Centre and the Broadmarsh Centre on the hunt for cut-price clothing.
The Next sale was a major focal point again, with around 3,000 people queuing from 1am ahead of the 6am opening time.
Hoards of shoppers queued from the early hours to race through the doors of Leicester's Highcross Shopping Centre to bag a Boxing Day bargain.
As the sales began, hundreds of people armed themselves with plastic bags, trollies and buggies and raced through the doors when they opened at 6am.
One mother piled her baby's buggy so high with cut-price clothing from Next that her child could only just be seen through the mound.
And others appeared to simply grab as much as they could, walking off with armfuls and clear bin bags full of discount items.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has asked people to remember those less fortunate than themselves this Christmas.
In an interview with ITV News he says the message he wants to give is to 'care for the poor' and that he would like people to reach out to those who may be alone over the holidays.


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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the restriction of foreign exchange for the importation of 41 items helped Nigeria to beat the recession.
This came from the CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele in Abuja on Wednesday during a workshop on monetary policy implementation amidst global economic protectionism.
In 2015, the apex bank had placed the restriction on accessing forex in the official forex market for the importation of some goods and services like rice, paste, toothpicks et al.
According to Emefiele, the move and other policies of the federal government had helped in boosting the country’s foreign reserve which is at $42.46bn.
He said the move was meant to increase local production of the items, boost job creation and reduce the country’s overdependence on foreign goods.
“In today’s world, countries have used trade protection repeatedly as a policy to resolve negative perceptions and shocks in their respective countries,” the CBN boss added.
“In other words, should Nigeria, with insatiable taste for foreign goods to the detriment of the domestic economic realities, throw its borders open to indiscriminate importation of goods and services?
“This was the prevailing condition in Nigeria before the introduction of restriction of official foreign exchange for the importation of 41 items.
“The implementation of the (restriction of forex for the importation) 41 items, in addition to the other complementary macroeconomic policies, no doubt, was effective in lifting the Nigerian economy out of recession.”


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We are so pleased to announce that iconic fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg, and Member of the Swarovski Executive Board, Nadja Swarovski will be joining the charity this April 2018 as International Lifetime Patrons!
As the first international patrons in the charity’s 27-year history, this news confirms our growing international reach and the crucial role that the annual event plays in launching graduates’ careers; offering a global stage for students to receive exposure to job opportunities within the world's most admired fashion houses and retail brands. Nadja Swarovski and Diane Von Furstenberg join as a Lifetime Patrons, alongside Christopher Bailey MBE, Victoria Beckham OBE, Vivienne Westwood DBE RDI and Nick Knight OBE, appointed in 2016 on the charity's 25th anniversary.
As Chairperson of the Swarovski Foundation and a Member of the Swarovski Executive Board, Nadja Swarovski is passionate about innovation and committed to nurturing talent and supporting fashion education. Since joining the company in 1995, Nadja Swarovski has reconnected the brand with its fashion heritage while remaining true to her great-great-grandfather’s vision of doing business in a responsible way by leading and expanding the company's sustainability initiatives.
“It is a great honour to join Graduate Fashion Week as a Lifetime Patron. Swarovski has a long history of support for fashion education, and we are looking forward to expanding our partnership with Graduate Fashion Week in 2018 with a renewed focus on the power of emerging talent. We are also delighted to further champion conscious design by introducing the new Swarovski sustainable accessories COMPETITION.”
Nadja Swarovski, Member of the Swarovski Executive Board
“We are delighted that Swarovski is returning as a sponsor OF GRADUATE FASHION WEEK and extremely privileged to have Nadja join the Charity as a new Lifetime Patron. Swarovski is renowned around the world for its support of graduates and emerging talent, and it is fantastic to be working together on what will be the largest ever International show featuring 48 of the best institutes from across the globe,”
Martyn Roberts, Managing & Creative Director at Graduate Fashion Week
As part of her role, Diane Von Furstenberg will join the event on Wednesday 6th June to head up the judging panel on the events most prestigious award with a prize fund of £10,000; The Christopher Bailey Gold Award, named as such due to Christopher being the very first winner of the award in 1991.
“I am thrilled to join Graduate Fashion Week as a Lifetime Patron and hope to continue to expand the reach of this important event and the tremendous talent it represents. The Gold Award has always been so highly regarded in the industry. It is a true beacon of talent, so I am excited to attend the event and to play a part in who will carry the torch this year"
Diane Von Furstenberg
Since launching her brand in 1972, Diane Von Furstenberg has become one of the industry’s most celebrated designers. Becoming an overnight sensation following the creation of her signature wrap dress in 1974, Diane Von Furstenberg is now the head of a global luxury fashion brand celebrated for its commitment to empowering women and its bold approach to print and colour.
“It is a true privilege to have Diane join the charity as a Lifetime Patron. She brings with her years of talent and experience, and is one of the most inspiring individuals in the international fashion scene. She proves that with hard work, vision and dedication, anyone can get to where they want to within the industry. A true inspiration to the charities graduates, her presence on the Gold Award will be greatly beneficial to all,”
Martyn Roberts, Managing Director of Graduate Fashion Week
Thousands of the most gifted students from around the world take part in Graduate Fashion Week each year. It has become an unmissable industry event attended by 30,000 guests including many of the most powerful figures in the industry, all wanting to see the emerging new design talent and fashion of the future.
We look forward to welcoming our new international Lifetime Patrons to Graduate Fashion Week 2018, from 3rd- 6th June at Truman Brewery in Shoreditch, London.


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We’ll grudgingly give this to Innovative Paycheck Solutions and FakePayStubOnline.com.
As the song goes, “A house is not a home.” And as alleged in an FTC lawsuit against the operators of rental listing websites, sometimes an apartment isn’t an apartment.
The FTC just announced a Made in USA hat trick: two proposed settlements and a final order arising from allegedly deceptive claims by a New York hockey puck seller, a California-based backpack business, and an online mattress company. The message for marketers? Given the importance of country-of-origin representations to many consumers, companies can expect the FTC to call offsides on misleading Made in USA claims.
Court orders against 13 related corporate and individual defendants involved in a Georgia-based debt collection operation bring to mind the 1980s chart-topping group from Australia, Crowded House. That’s because now that Advanced Mediation Group’s enterprise has been shuttered, the FTC’s “house” of individuals and corporations banned for life from the debt collection industry just got a little more crowded.
Where do people go when considering careers in the military? Online, of course. Based on the search terms they selected, they often found themselves on sites like army.com, armyenlist.com, and similar URLs for other branches of the service. But according to an FTC complaint against Sun Key Publishing, Fanmail.com, and related defendants, what was going on behind the scenes of those sites will surprise you.
When an emergency strikes, your business’s most vulnerable asset may not be in the stockroom or warehouse. It could be the data that has been central to your success. September is National Preparedness Month. The FTC has six steps you can take to help protect your company’s information from the unpredictable.


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US Senator Marco Rubio is drafting a law, the Equity Act, to kick out Chinese companies from US stock markets, unless they comply with the oversight by the Public Company Oversight Board (PCOB) of their information. Beida accounting professor Paul Gillis believes this act might be passed, and although it is not the hottest issue in the ongoing trade war between China and the US, companies will have three years to move, for example to Hong Kong, he writes in the Chinaaccountingblog.
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China’s new foreign investment law will go in to practice on January 1, 2020, replacing three older laws. China veteran and lawyer Mark Schaub looks at the law in details, and sees improvements, he writes at the China Law Insight.
China promised to open up its financial industry under the pressure of the ongoing trade war. But the industry was not right away impressed: they had heard this song often enough. Financial analyst Sara Hsu looks at how China is keeping its promises this time and says the country is still underdelivering, she writes in China Focus.
Devaluating the Yuan and dumping US treasuries regular pop up as ‘nuclear options’ China has in its trade war with the US. Financial and political analyst Victor Shih explains why that might be a wrong idea. “These options are not credible, because they conflict with other important policy objectives of China,” he writes at the China File.
Wall Street is going to be the next casualty in the trade war after it moved from tariffs to tech, says Beijing-based analyst Andy Mok in the New York Times. Corporate…
Major industries like travel, retail, automotive, telecom and others see their traditional business models changing very fast. At Shanghai-based SOSV managing director William Bao Bean helps startups to make money in new ways, based on data, and capture fast emerging markets, he tells at the Phocuswright Europe conference in Amsterdam last week. Companies should not cling to melting margins, but identify where money can be made, he argues.
Sequoia, Tencent and IDG are the top investors in Chinese unicorns, says last weeks Hurun report on 202 unicorns, start-ups valued at more than US$1 billion, in China as of the first quarter of 2019. Shanghai’s new tech board would be an attractive listing option for Chinese unicorns, said Rupert Hoogewerf, founder and chief researcher of Hurun at the South China Morning Post.
After decades of promises for China’s economic and financial opening up, foreign companies have been careful before they start cheering. But veteran economist Arthur Kroeber, author of China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know®, optimistic about the latest changes, he tells in an interview for the China Daily.
Financial analyst Sara Hsu adds up the costs the trade war has cost US companies in their business with China. While moving to other countries proved to be hard, direct costs of importing goods from China to the US have risen, and shares have dropped, she tells on het vlog China Rising.
US-president Donald Trump gave the financial market a hit this week by announcing a sudden increase of tariffs on Chinese goods, but veteran economist Arthur Kroeber still believes a trade deal could be done next month, he tells Bloomberg.


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Roseburg Forest Products has ended the use of okoumé veneer in its wood siding line in the wake of a federal investigation into the illegal importation of the hardwood from suppliers Cornerstone Forest Products and Evergreen Hardwoods.
The International Wood Products Association (IWPA) and the American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) will a host a series of Wood Trade Compliance Training and Due Diligence Tools courses.
A national survey of architects and designers found limited knowledge of endangered and threatened woods, protected forests and a willingness to use species prohibited under Lacey Act rules.
While it is understood the Lacey Act regulates imports and exports of endangered hardwoods and softwoods, aspects of the law govern engineered panel as well, explains the USDA at its Lacey Act website. Here are three FAQs.
New liabilities under the Lacey Act for using endangered woods will be detailed by Kip Howlett, president of the Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association presentation at the upcoming Columbia Forest Products PureBond Fabricator Conference at Cabinets & Closets 2017, April 12 in Chicago.
The International Wood Products Association (IWPA) has announced a new panel discussion at its World of Wood annual convention entitled "Lacey Compliance: Strategies and Solutions."
Grace Jeffers, a design expert and wood products research specialist, details endangered and non-legal wood species, including Lacey Act protections, in Global Forestry 101, an address at NeoCon 2016 in Chicago. The commercial furniture and design show runs June 13-15.
International Wood Products Association launched a training program to help wood trade professionals establish standard operating procedures to comply with Lacey Act rules governing protected wood species.
After a widely publicized ordeal, Lumber Liquidators was sentenced for its Lacey Act violations and environmental crimes Monday. The company will pay more than $13 million in fines and restitution. Lumber Liquidators pleaded guilty to both felony and misdemeanor charges back in October 2015.


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Why is a 2011 class action against Visa and Mastercard affecting us in October 2022?
When a customer pays with a credit card, Visa and MasterCard take a percentage fee, along with the card-issuing bank and the company that processes the payment. That percentage varies depending on what kind of card is used. Basic cards charge a smaller percentage, while premium credit cards that offer points and other rewards cost merchants a much higher fee.
The class action was a national class action but filed in BC Supreme Court and alleged that Visa, Mastercard, and the major banks were price fixing to the tune of billions of dollars. The claim alleges that Visa and MasterCard rules force merchants to accept every Visa or MasterCard credit card, even if those cards carry high fees for the merchant. The claim also alleges that these rules prevent merchants from charging more for payments with premium cards.
This class action settled for $188 million in 2017.
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Montreal, Bank of Nova Scotia, and Toronto-Dominion Bank will pay $120 million.
- Mastercard International Inc. will pay $19.5 million.
- Visa Canada Corp. will pay $19.5 million.
- Féderation des caisses Desjardins du Québec will pay $9.9 million.
- Bank of America Corp. will pay $7.75 million.
- National Bank of Canada Inc. will pay $6 million.
- Capital One Bank (Canada Branch) will pay $4.25 million.
- Citigroup Inc. will pay $1.63 million.
Merchant class members will be eligible to claim a share of the $131 million net settlement fund, the money remaining after costs such as attorneys’ fees and other expenses are paid. The agreement also included revising Visa and Mastercard’s no-surcharge rule and allowing merchants to impose checkout fees on credit card transactions including consumer protections, such as a maximum surcharge limit and requirements for merchants to disclose their surcharging practices. Mastercard has set a maximum cap of 2.4 percent for surcharges that merchants can charge.
These revised rules will come into effect 18 months after court approval of the settlement – in BC that is October 1, 2022.
What is it that Telus is trying to accomplish?
Telus, a Vancouver-based Company, was one of the merchants affected by the Visa and Mastercard rules preventing them from charging the fee back to the customer. Now that we are at 18 months, Telus wants to pass the fee percentage they have to pay to Mastercard and Visa to the consumer – all of us.
They need approval by the CRTC (Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunication Commission) to charge consumers 1.5% which they say will cover the processing cost. They need permission to add the fee for people who pay by credit card to their terms of service for customers.
What will this mean for businesses in Kamloops and the area?
The focus on credit card fees has climbed during the pandemic, as more people use credit cards for purchases online, and even for small, in-store buys like a drink and a snack that would previously have been made with cash. Few smaller retailers, however, are expected to add the charge.
It’s too much of a risk for merchants to lose business in competitive markets, but that’s likely less of a concern for some bigger companies. There is likely to be some take-up and interest in surcharging for companies that don’t have competition, and obviously, the telecom industry would certainly be in that category. In Kamloops, we are already hearing from several businesses that are implementing the surcharge – many people will just opt to transfer or pay by cheque or cash.
If a business wants to implement this surcharge, is there anything they need to do from a legal standpoint?
Businesses that want to add a fee for credit cards have to display signage that they have a surcharge, as well as have the fee explicitly shown on the receipt. If it is a contract-based business transaction where credit card payments are contemplated, the surcharge has to be set out in the contract, and so existing contracts will not be able to be changed without both parties agreeing to revise that.
Every business is waiting for the government to come through on its promise to impose restrictions on the surcharges, such as not allowing fees on the sales tax portion of invoices or capping the fees that credit card companies can charge as they do in the EU where it is capped at .3%.


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Published at Wednesday, April 10th, 2019 - 09:04:09 AM. Home Decoration. By Amett Krause.
Wallpaper made its debut centuries ago as a less costly alternative to tapestries used by affluent homeowners for decorating. In stark contrast, wallpaper today represents a luxury decorating tool. While the medium continues to cycle in and out of style, the pendulum has now swung in favor of wallpaper as more homeowners are eager for hues and patterns beyond the white, beige, and gray neutrals that have recently dominated interior palettes, says Chicago-based designer Tom Segal, principal of Kaufman Segal Design. But these arent the dainty floral or striped patterns of the past. Manufacturers such as Brooklyn, N.Y.–based Flavor Paper have introduced modern, sometimes funky patterns that include Andy Warhol floral prints and nature motifs. “[Wallpaper] lets my client start and end the day in a joyful way,” says interior designer Phillip Thomas. One of the reasons for the uptick in interest, he says, is because so many artisans now design papers that resemble exquisite works of art. “It gives homeowners an opportunity to create interest in certain rooms and differentiate spaces.”
When helping one client who enjoys cooking and entertaining, landscape architect Jack Carman of Design for Generations in Medford, N.J., transformed the small patio outside her cottage by staining the white concrete tan to cut the glare, then adding a grill, table with umbrella for shade, chairs, planting beds, and low-voltage lights to illuminate a path for safety. Wildlife-friendly. The right plants will attract hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, moths, flies, beetles, and other pollinators that give back to a garden of any size, says Missy Henriksen, vice president of public affairs at the National Association of Landscape Professionals. “Choose plants that flower at different times of the year, which will vary by region,” she says. Many online guides offer information, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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The U.S. financial services industry is the middle of a technology revolution, and if you’re like most Americans, you’re adjusting to dipping instead of swiping. It’s the new world of credit cards – magnetic stripes are giving way to chips...
The Internet of Things (IoT) is here and the next generation of wireless networks will be a key enabler for IoT.
Concerns about GM fish interacting with wild populations are mitigated by land-based production’s risk management procedure.
After almost 30 years, ECPA is long overdue for a “systems update.”
Being an inventor means holding tight to one’s curiosity about life.
The Madoff failure was a data failure.
The public discourse around recycled rubber infill has been fraught with misconceptions.
EMV helps when the card is physically present, but not otherwise.
Consumers are shelling out $231 per year to the cable companies to rent that box.
The U.S. government has taken some nontraditional steps to enhance its countering violent extremism (CVE) strategy.


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I Made Over N130m In December Alone – Davido Shares Screenshot
With the internet going wild over Instagram and Snapchat user, Hush Puppi’s recent revelation of spending over N11million at Lagos nightclub, Quilox, singer, Davido, has shut him up with proof that he made more in December alone.
Davido, took to snapchat to share proof he made over N130million in December alone. He further advised slammed Hushpuppi for such extravagant spending saying he should instead purchased a house with such amount instead of spending it at a night club.
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How Can the Manufacturing World Recover from Mass Commodity Shortages?
A year ago as the pandemic ravaged the world and cities locked down one by one, consumers were the ones panic-buying. Today, it’s companies doing the hoarding and it’s pushing supply chains to the brink. Bloomberg’s Enda Curran reports.
Host: And what is really driving this massive supply crunch?
Curran: Well, good morning, Heidi. What’s going on right now around the world is that consumers are [sweeping] up goods in the big, rich economies at breakneck pace of demand. And the manufacturers are struggling to keep up with demand under struggling to get the kind of material they need to make their goods. So you name it, there’s a shortage of it. There’s a shortage of key commodities. Copper and iron ore prices are through the roof. There’s a shortage of semiconductors. There are logistics issues. There have been weather events. We even had the Suez Canal block at one point a few months ago. And what these manufacturers are saying is that there is a confluence and pressures on their supply line now that really is turning up. They’re turning their production model upside down and leaving them with big order books that they cannot meet, scrambling to get the input and commodity materials that they need to make their goods and facing rising costs. So it’s something of really a perfect storm for the global manufacturing sector trying to meet this demand as the world slowly holder’s way out of the COVID crisis.
Host: Talk about supply chain disruptions really pushing prices higher, accelerating inflation. What does this mean for the world economy?
“The breath of disruption this time is like nothing they’ve seen before.”
Curran: Well, this is the big debate. I mean, on paper, you’ve got commodity prices going through the roof. Bloomberg commodity index up, but its high since 2011. You know, we spoke to a lot of manufacturers recently, and they all say that the prices for everything from screws to plastic resin is going up through the roof. So on paper, you would say if these factories are facing higher costs, then they’re going to pass it along to consumers. But that’s where it becomes a little bit uncertain because economists are wondering how much pricing power these factories do have to pass on cost to the consumers and whether or not, in fact, this really is only a temporary blip given all of the supply disruption we’re seeing linked to COVID pandemic, that these kind of disruption will eventually wash through the system.
But I have to say, one thing I pick up from speaking with manufacturers is that they make the point. The breath of disruption this time is like nothing they’ve seen before. It’s not just high price for one particular commodity or not just high prices for the cost of oil, for example. It’s across the board. They’re paying through the roof for these input materials. They can’t even source input materials. So in that kind of environment, I think, you know, it would be it would be foolhardy to completely rule out any kind of inflationary spillover effect.
Host: So to that end, what do you see as it taking for the situation to improve?
Curran: Well, this is the big question, Heidi. I mean, it goes back to this whole point about are we viewing something that’s transitory? I mean, this is the line that comes out in terms of the global inflation debate. What we’re seeing is kind of temporary supply disruption. But again, when you speak to these manufacturers, they’re not seeing much by way of a circuit breaker. I mean, they’re trying to buy as much of the input material as they can right now to ensure that they have inventory to make the goods that are under order books, you know, six, nine months from now. So they’re not seeing any kind of a circuit breaker to take the shipping container issue. For example, that shortage has been running for months. Prices went through the roof. The narrative at the time was once we get past Chinese New year, that kind of blockage will ease and those prices will come down. But that hasn’t really played out like that. Likewise, the semiconductor story, I don’t think anybody seeing, you know, a near-term turnaround in that story any time soon. South Korea now talking about investing $450 billion US over a decade to ramp up that kind of chip production.
So I think, of course, some of this is transitory. Of course, it reflects what’s going on due to the pandemic disruption. But as I say, when you speak to these factory managers on the ground who are facing these procurement orders and trying to buy this material, they’re not hopeful for any kind of near-term circuit breaker and they’re not seeing any change in conditions anytime soon.
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NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro will enter Ghaziabad for the first time tomorrow when commercial operations on the Anand Vihar-Vaishali section will begin, bringing smiles to thousands of people in the satellite city and other areas. Decks for opening of the line were cleared today when Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) R K Kardam gave his mandatory safety approval. "The certificate has been received and the corridor will begin commercial operations tomorrow morning," a DMRC ...
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Announcing the Vogue Business Talent Competition winner and runners-up
Vogue Business is thrilled to announce the winner and runners-up of the Vogue Business Talent Competition 2020:
Winner: Maliha Shoaib
Runners-up: Jodhi Aghimien and Abigail Howe
Entries were shortlisted by the Vogue Business team and subsequently judged by an expert judging panel, featuring:
Sarah Shannon, Vogue Business editorial director
Harris Reed, fashion designer
Phoebe English, fashion designer
Bianca Saunders, fashion designer
Sinéad Burke, activist and academic
Steve Salter, editor LN-CC
Brandice Daniel, founder of Harlem’s Fashion Row
Susanna Kempe, CEO of The Laidlaw Foundation (former CEO of WGSN)
Yashica Olden, Condé Nast global chief diversity and inclusion officer
The winner, Maliha Shoaib, will complete a one-month paid internship at Vogue Business. Plus, the winning entry will be reworked with editorial director Sarah Shannon and published on the Vogue Business site. The winner and the two runners-up, Jodhi Aghimien and Abigail Howe, will each be mentored by a Vogue Business editor for one year.
The Vogue Business team thanks everyone who entered for their time and hard work. The calibre of entries was very high and the whole team is looking forward to future editions of the competition as we take learnings from this first edition.


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U.S. Rejects Indian Shrimp at WTO
December 26, 2018
Original article published by The Hindu Business Line | December 25, 2018
By Amiti Sen
India has raised concerns over the increase in rejection of shrimp shipments from the country by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) owing to its “stringent’’ testing requirements and has asked Washington to address the problem.
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“India is one of the largest exporters of shrimps to the US. The US FDA testing requirements and other recent measures are placing a considerable burden on our exporters,” the submission made by India said.
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Gaining a sales referral leaves you with that warm fuzzy feeling inside (well it does for me anyway) and with good reason too. Sales referrals are easier to close as they are requesting information from you, have taken advice from someone they trust and are in a frame of mind to buy.
So it begs the question, how can you increase these gold coated, sales-ready referrals?1. Pick up the damn phone
The famous saying “If you don’t ask you don’t get” is very true when talking about referrals
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The European Union is urging Netflix and other streaming platforms to stop showing video in high definition to prevent the internet from breaking because of the coronavirus pandemic.
With so many countries on lockdowns to fight the spread of the virus, hundreds of millions working from home and even more children out of school, EU officials are concerned about the strain on internet bandwidth.
European Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted Wednesday evening that he had spoken with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. Breton called on viewers and companies to “#SwitchtoStandard definition when HD is not necessary” to secure internet access for all.
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Here’s our Marketing 101 lesson for today: Branding is everything. You can have the greatest product in the world or provide a very crucial service, but if you don’t name your venture properly, you’re putting yourself at a great disadvantage.
This was a lesson that The University of North Carolina’s N.C. Children’s Specialty Clinic should have taken to heart before they renamed the facility the “Krispy Kreme Challenge Children’s Specialty Clinic.” Apparently “The Fatty McGee Center to Fight Obesity” was already taken.
Now, the irony in naming a healthcare facility after something that’s decidedly unhealthy is pretty apparent. But the clinic has responded that its not naming itself after the Krispy Kreme Corporation, but the “Krispy Kreme Challenge.” Oh. Um. Thanks for clearing that one up.
What is the Krispy Kreme Challenge, you ask? Well, as you can witness in the video above, it is an annual fundraising event for the clinic during which participants scarf down 12 Krispy Kreme doughnuts in the midst of a five-mile run, aiming to do so in an hour or less.
Now if this sounds sort of like hosting a cigarette-smoking contest for raising lung cancer awareness, that’s fair. But the clinic has pointed out that the annual event is incredibly successful—this year’s raised $200,000—and that the doughnut consumption portion is optional.
And let’s not forget about all the good that this facility does. Seriously, is there anything more noble than helping sick children?
So maybe the folks at the Krispy Kreme Challenge Specialty Clinic actually deserve a little credit. We’re clearly now much more aware of them and their mission than we were before. And if some eye-catching rebranding helps give sick kids a much better fighting shot, then maybe they are marketing geniuses after all.


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Sliced tweeted the following graphic today that shows a steady decline in Slice’s estimates Apple Watch online sales since the device launched.
Besides slowing sales, Apple may be faced with an even bigger issue: customers already growing exhausted of the Apple Watch.
Consumer interest in the Apple Watch may have dwindled significantly since the wearable was launched in April, claims new market research data. Unfortunately, it’s not quite “ticking” with its user base, as sales have plunged a whopping 90% since the watch’s opening week. As for the luxurious Apple Watch Edition, which is made out of 18-karat gold and costs at least $10,000, Slice Intelligence says that fewer than 2,000 units have been sold in the U.S. – not exactly an impressive number.
The Apple Watch got off to a hot start when it went on sale in April, but since then, things have not been so great.
The bulk of sales are also coming from the entry level Apple Watch Sport, which starts at $350.
The Apple Watch is likely to provide a nice incremental boost to Apple’s sales and earnings in the June quarter.
The Apple Watch is the first completely new category of product from Apple since the death of the company’s visionary co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs in October 2011.
Its early days yet on the Apple Watch, but investors may have reason to be cautious. Last month, Business Insider writer Jay Yarow wrote an article titled “I Bought an Apple Watch Immediately, but After a Month I’m Done”.
Apple has remained quiet when it comes to sales numbers for the Apple Watch.
Apple’s third-quarter results are due out on July 21 at 2 PM PST.
The data may not be ideal, but it backs up what some Wall Street analysts have previously said about the Apple Watch.


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Google has been, in many ways, one of the most vibrant, innovative and dynamic tech companies of our time. And in the opinion of many experts, the search giant is the technology company of the future, and it’s easy to see why. Of late, Google has been doing almost everything. It seems they have an open innovation policy for their employees. The company seems to be researching projects in all spheres and industries, including health and medicine. Google also bought a string of robotics companies in the last few years, clearly signaling the company’s keen interest in robotics.More recently, Google is planning to offer much more than the typical smartphone connectivity. Apparently, the company has an upcoming in-car infotainment system. Going by the name ‘Android Auto’, this new connectivity will form the basis for a later to be released version of the Android OS engineered specifically for cars. Ideally, this new OS will allow automobile users to access the internet without necessarily using their smartphones.To make this project a reality, Google has partnered with various automakers to institute Android Auto in new car models. Android users and auto buffs will see the first of these models sometimes next month, at the Consumer Electronics Show event in Las Vegas. In the first installment (Android Auto), you’ll need your smartphone to connect to a compatible auto. But the new OS, currently dubbed Android M, will allow convenient connectivity to Google Maps, streaming music and a host of other apps on an independent basis.Currently, the projection is that Android M will come as a major step-up from Android Auto sometimes later in 2015 or 2016. This means that as soon as next month, Android Auto will be in competition with Apple’s popular CarPlay, which achieves similar functionality by expanding the iPhone touchscreen. But in the long run, Google could dominate the market with this new service, especially considered its more popular mapping technology.
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Sterling Backus, a physicist and adjunct professor at Colorado State University has a bit of a hobby with his son. From a story at drive.com, they were playing Forza Horizon 3 when they came up with the idea to not only get a Lamborghini but to actually BUILD a Lamborghini using a 3D printer!
Drive.com reported that they are using a QIDI Xpro system ($650) to print the majority of the parts for car that in its original form would cost $335-thousand dollars. It's not a car sized printer, so they are printing piece by piece and "butt-gluing" it together with an ultra-strong adhesive. Not every part on the car is printed. The engine came from a 2003 Corvette and the drive train from a Porsche 911, but the windshield wiper arms are genuine Lamborghini parts.So far, this project has cost Backus $20-thousand dollars.
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