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Consumer sales of e-books grew by a whopping 366 per cent in 2011 as the demand for digital content on devices such as the Kindle and iPad continue to rocket.
The figures were released by The Publishers Association which also revealed overall digital sales across all sectors increased by 54 per cent.
That helping offset some of the decline in the sales of physical books, although overall revenue from sales still dropped two per cent to £3.2bn.
The huge increase in sales in the consumer market is being driven by the demand for e-book readers, specifically the Kindle, which accounted for 92 per cent of the 1.3 million e-reader devices sold in the run-up to Christmas.
This demand for e-books readers led Amazon to bring forward the shipping date for its Kindle Touch device, while the huge demand for Apple's iPad devices has no doubt also helped drive sales.
The chief executive of The Publishers Association, Richard Mollet, said the huge increase in digital sales underlined the importance of digital innovations for the sector, making the threat of piracy more relevant than ever.
"Online copyright infringement is increasingly making its presence felt for authors and publishers and we continue to call on government and stakeholders in the digital economy to work with us to do more to tackle it," he said.
The e-books market has recently been embroiled in a price-fixing clash, with the Department of Justice (DoJ) accusing Apple and five major publishers of colluding to fix the price of e-books.
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Tim Horton’s upgrades it’s cup sizes
One of Canada’s hottest coffee spots will be throwing its customers for a loop. Tim Horton’s will be changing the names of its sizes on Monday to introduce its new extra large, a 24 oz. cup. The original small will now be Tim Horton’s extra small size, a downsize that all cups will undergo.
“We tested the names of the new hot cup sizes with our guests and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Our guests also told us that they love our small eight-ounce cup, so we will continue to offer that size,” said Director of Brand Marketing for Beverages, Dave McKay in a press release from the company.
Customers who have added Tim Horton’s coffee in to their personal budgets don’t have to stress over losing extra change. Guests can expect the same amount of coffee to be sold for the same prices.
Tim Horton’s new 24 oz. cup outdoes McDonald’s 16 oz. large and Starbuck’s 20 oz. Venti cup. Although it would seem that this is a tall order of coffee, Tim’s Horton’s extra large won’t stand very tall next to Starbuck’s recent addition to their menu, the 31 oz. Trenta.
Health Canada recommends that healthy adults consume no more than 400 mg of caffeine per day. What is now Tim Horton’s large is just shy of this suggested amount.
“Too much caffeine can definitely cause some irritability in people and will increase the heart rate. It may also increase blood pressure and cholesterol,” said dietician and participant of nutritionsage.com, Claire Cronier.
It’s not just an overload of caffeine that can come from too many of these supersized beverages. Excessive amounts of coffee for some, also means a lot of calories and fat. Just one teaspoon of sugar contains approximately 16 calories, while one serving of cream holds about 60 calories. It becomes even more dangerous when choosing sweeter beverages like flavored lattes.
“Drinking coffee beverages has become a social thing, especially amoung teenagers,” said Registered Dietician Susan Osher. “You have to consider how you are using your caffeine. It’s not a healthy thing to make it a social activity. This is when it becomes problematic. People are spending lots of money and not even realizing that it’s like the same thing as having a croissant. It’s not just an innocent beverage anymore.
Looking for alternatives to coffee in order to get that caffeine fix doesn’t always result in better options. Claire Cornier says substituting caffeine pills for a cup of coffee brings no positive.
“You’re looking at a medical response versus a human response which is the pleasure drinking a coffee brings you as well as the caffeine.
Enjoying a coffee every once in a while is not to be seen as just a negative habit, it all depends on how you take it. Those who choose to add milk are getting much more than a caffeine buzz.
“By adding ½ cup of milk to your coffee you are getting the benefit of 15 per cent of your daily calcium, five per cent vitamin A over 20 per cent vitamin D, as well as other beneficial nutrients, and you only consume 2.5 grams of fat and 65 calories,” said Registered Dietician and President of Close to the Heart Professional Nutrition Services, Angela Liuzzo.

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Some time in the past. Luxury brands including LVMH and Givenchy seem to be hooked on issuing NFTs. On November 23, foreign media sources pointed out. French fashion brand Givenchy collaborated with digital artist Chito to launch the NFT series. Contains 15 different versions to promote the brand’s new spring 2022 products.
Givenchy launches NFT
The project is led by Givenchy creative director Matthew M. Williams. The launch of this NFT series also reflects the innovative ability brought by young designers as leaders.
Digital assets will be displayed on the OpenSea market and publicly auctioned. This also attracts audiences who are very different from the typical elegant and mature consumers of Givenchy in the past. Active consumers on the NFT market OpenSea may be aware of auctions. From this, Givenchy can also target affluent audiences that may not have been reached by previous marketing strategies. Promote and showcase upcoming series.
It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time Givenchy has launched an NFT virtual work. As early as June of this year, Givenchy launched the NFT virtual work for the first time. The series is created by Givenchy. So The London gallery owner Amar Singh and artists from Rewind Collective collaborated to complete the work. The work is in the form of animated portraits. It is understood that the NFT series of virtual artworks will be sold on the VeVe platform from June 21st to 26th. Limited to 1952 pieces, the proceeds will be used to support the LGBTQIA+ community.
Williams pointed out that I have always wanted to explore this exciting new field of NFT. Chito has been active in the ecosystem before. This makes us feel that it has become more natural to collaborate on this series and pushes our collective vision of Givenchy one step further.
Well-known brands make NFT
In fact, it’s not just Givenchy. Many luxury brands and even brands with strong IP seem to have become more confident in the influence of NFTs and implement them more in their marketing strategies. For example, the Italian fashion brand Dolce&Gabbana launched its NFT series on the luxury goods market UNXD in August. To “build a bridge between entity and metaphysics.” LV used in-game NFT in a limited edition online experience to celebrate its 200th anniversary. Gucci also stated that it is only a matter of time before the NFT is released. And some brands with strong IP, such as Marvel, also launched Spider-Man and Captain America NFT.
The development of NFT digital collectibles
According to statistics. The total sales of NFT digital collectibles in July exceeded $1.2 billion. Nearly half of total sales in the first two quarters of 2021. The latest data shows that the total sales on the NFT chain exceeded 15 billion U.S. dollars. NFT has huge market prospects. It has also become an important breakthrough for many enterprises to innovate and grow.
Morgan Stanley also issued a report pointed out. Therefore NFT and various social games may create huge business opportunities for the boutique industry. Many attempts by the brand in the field of NFT and social games. All help them develop new customer groups and understand this new market. The brand is in the stage of proof-of-concept for NFT and meta-universe games. The evidence shows that the current tests are successful, and the next stage is how to realize it. In the $300 billion NFT market. Various digital luxury goods and collectibles may receive a share of more than $25 billion.


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Viacom on Tuesday began warning Dish Network customers that its channels — including Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and TV Land — could disappear in a day or so if the conglomerate and the provider of satellite TV services can’t agree to new terms for carriage.
The threat of Viacom losing Dish’s roughly 13.9 million subscribers sent its stock into a tailspin Tuesday, down 8 percent in midday trading. Shares of Dish, on the other hand, were climbing 2 percent, suggesting that Wall Street anticipates the feud will be settled in favor of Dish.
Tuesday’s warning to Dish consumers came by way of a crawl visible at the bottom of the screen when watching Viacom’s channels.
Dish has a history of hardball tactics that include dropping channels — AMC and Fox News, among others — rather than paying rates they deem overly inflated, and Viacom has seized on that reputation in the statement it issued to the press on Tuesday.
“We are extremely disappointed that Dish has not engaged in a serious way to reach an agreement for Viacom’s No. 1 family of cable networks,” Viacom said.
“This is par for the course for Dish, which has deliberately derailed 10 renewal negotiations since last year by engaging in unproductive discussions and contentious public battles.”
Dish and other providers face challenges from digital streaming services like Amazon and Hulu, as do the cable channels, necessitating that both sides squeeze as much from every deal as possible to keep their businesses growing.
“In addition to depriving our fans of our networks and programming, Dish is further undermining their fundamentally disadvantaged business by driving their subscribers to switch to another provider,” Viacom said Tuesday.
Dish’s agreement with Viacom had been set to expire two months ago, though the parties agreed to an extension, which expires Wednesday night.
Dish, which reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday, also issued a statement to the press.
“We regret that Viacom has chosen to involve customers in a business negotiation when time remains to reach an agreement,” the company said. “Viacom unilaterally elected to terminate an indefinite contract extension tomorrow night despite meaningful progress on a new agreement that confronts a rapidly evolving pay-TV environment.
“Viacom is asking for hundreds of millions of dollars in increases, despite the challenging landscape that includes drastically reduced viewership of Viacom channels and wide availability of their content across multiple platforms, frustrating consumers who don’t want to pay twice for the same content.”
The Viacom-Dish squabble has been ongoing. In August, for example, Bernstein Research analyst Todd Juenger wrote: “If Dish renews, Viacom stock will go up. If Dish does not renew, Viacom stock will go down (a lot).”
Juenger’s price target on Viacom stock at that time was $51 a share with a Dish renewal or $28 without one. On Tuesday, Viacom shares were just shy of $36.
Juenger estimates that if Dish pays Viacom $3 a month for access to its channels and if less than 10 percent of Dish’s customers drop their service due to the feud, it’s a win for Dish.
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Is the law on the side of place-shifters?
By Adam TURNER
When I was a kid, I remember laughing at the warning which would scroll across the bottom of Channel 7’s AFL footy replay, reminding you that you weren’t allowed to record it using your humble VCR.
It’s only in the last few years that Australian law has actually permitted time and format-shifting, even though we’ve been recording live television and ripping CDs for years. Content providers have been dragged kicking and screaming into the new technological age which empowers consumers as well as content creators.
Content providers have a long and inglorious history of attacking the various forms of content shifting - from MPAA head Jack Valenti comparing the VCR to the Boston Strangler, to Sony’s rootkit scandal and Australia’s underhanded Freeview campaign designed to trick people into buying PVRs with the ad-skipping disabled. If it was up to the copyright police, couches would come with manacles that would automatically chain us to the chair during the ad-breaks so we couldn’t take a piss.
Now the AFL, Australia’s most influential (and arrogant) sporting code, has decided to start a legal stoush over place-shifting. It’s targeting Optus’ TV Now service, which is a cloud-based PVR thaT can stream to a smartphone. The service offers chasing playback, so you can actually watch the live AFL broadcasts on only a two-minute delay. Australians have had access to place-shifting for several years via various specialist gadgets and online services, but this is probably the most mainstream example we’ve seen to date.
Optus believes it’s protected by the fair use laws which currently let you record the AFL at home to watch later. It looks like we’ll need to court ruling to clarify. A lot is riding on the outcome.
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In the 1980s Michael Jackson pitched it as “the choice of a new generation.” In 1990 Ray Charles told people they “had the right one, baby.” Now, Pepsi wants people to “Live for Now.”
A multiyear campaign featuring that tagline, as well as various online components, ads and partnerships will roll out globally for the cola brand this year, starting on Monday in the United States.
The campaign is the biggest evidence to date of a renewed focus on marketing at PepsiCo, which has faced pressure from Wall Street to improve North American beverage sales. The company is spending an additional $500 million to $600 million this year on marketing a dozen of its brands, starting with its flagship cola.
Another facet of the campaign is the “Pepsi Pulse,” an interactive website that will feature pop-culture information, entertainment news and original content.
There will also be a version of the Pulse targeting Hispanic consumers called “Mi Pepsi.”
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INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--hhgregg (NYSE:HGG) today announced that Aaron Trahan has been appointed Chief Merchandising Officer.
Mr. Trahan has over 14 years of retail merchandising experience, including 10 years in a merchandising leadership role. Prior to joining hhgregg, Mr. Trahan served as Vice President of Merchandising at Conn’s Home Plus, where he was responsible for providing strong direction for process improvement, assortment optimization and profit maximization for their major appliance, consumer electronics and furniture and mattress categories. Prior to that, he held the roles of Senior Director and Director of Merchandising, Senior Buyer of Consumer Electronics and Buyer of Home Office and Appliance categories.
“As we shift our focus to expanding our furniture business in 2017, Aaron’s unique background and expertise will be a huge asset in helping to drive the future growth and success of hhgregg,” said Robert Riesbeck, President and CEO of hhgregg. “We are excited to add Aaron’s leadership in appliances, electronics and furniture merchandising to our executive team and look forward to the contributions he is sure to make.”
hhgregg is an appliance, electronics and furniture retailer that is committed to providing customers with a truly differentiated purchase experience through superior customer service, knowledgeable sales associates and the highest quality product selections. Founded in 1955, hhgregg is a multi-regional retailer currently with 220 stores in 19 states that also offers market-leading global and local brands at value prices nationwide via hhgregg.com.


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Hendrick's Enchanted Forest
With the abundance of pop-ups during the holiday season brands need to be conceptually inventive, adding value by offering visitors an experience. With this in mind, Scottish brand Hendrick’s gin has launched an unusual New York pop-up with a magical woodland theme. The Hendrick’s Enchanted Forest of Curiosities at Gallery 151 is hosting a series of events, activities and a Christmas bazaar of arts and crafts.
The Gallery 151 space has been transformed with wood sprites, a wishing well, cucumber trees and a tree trunk bar and stools, creating a venue for “fireside chats” and guerrilla performances. In the final week of the pop-up (December 13 to 18) Hendrick’s has teamed up with Bust Magazine to open a shop of bizarre curios for the holiday season.


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One of the reasons why many smartphone users opt for a Pixel smartphone is that they get timely Android OS and security updates. They are almost always the first to receive a major Android OS update whenever it is released. And usually the update comes like clockwork, almost as soon as a new month comes.
Unfortunately, that’s not the case for many Pixel users on T-Mobile’s network. And today, those frustrations have come to light, which many of these users have addressed Reddit and the T-Mo website to voice their concerns.
Users on these threads seem to be complaining about the Pixel 4a 5G, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and more. The issue also affects both carrier-locked and unlocked devices.
According to complaints, some users have not received a security update since two months ago. There are also some users who say they had to reset their device before getting the update to work. Obviously, this isn’t ideal and it’s not something that should happen in the first place.
Hopefully T-Mobile addresses these concerns and releases an update for these devices soon.
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Almost three quarters of British shoppers have abandoned their shopping baskets over security concerns or tedious payment processing, a new study has found.
According to new research from Visa, ‘basket anxiety’ is sweeping the nation, with 72 per cent of 1,000 Brits saying that they have deserted their prospective purchase. 76 per cent cite concerns over sharing personal information with unfamilar sites, while 59 per cent say that the rigamarole of additional payment steps has put them off their purchase.
In spite of these concerns, figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index earlier this year show that more than £130 billion was spent online in the UK over the past year. This is a figure that has been increasing year-on-year, with 66 per cent of millennials (people aged 18-34) now spend as much on websites and apps as they do on the high street.
Commenting on the findings, Visa UK and Ireland managing director Kevin Jenkins highlighted the need for alternative payment methods: “The UK leads Europe in ecommerce sales, with mobile shopping in particular experiencing rapid growth. But, with so many consumers abandoning baskets during the buying process, there is a clear need for new, easy, secure ways to pay.
"Retailers who are able to address consumer concerns in relation to the security and convenience of the payments process will avoid losing out on sales. Furthermore, they will tap into the vast opportunities offered by online retail. Visa Checkout, recently launched in the UK and Ireland, addresses online shopping needs by removing the need for consumers to fill in forms with personal and payment information every time they shop online.”
Asides from Visa’s recently launched payment method, other systems – like Apple Pay and Android Pay – also exist, and millennials are the group that are most enthused by these. Nine out of 10 say that they have made purchases using a mobile device (compared to the national average of 67 per cent), but that same group is 10 per cent more likely to ditch a purchase, with 82 per cent having done so.
Jenkins continued: “As shoppers spend even more online, in terms of frequency and value, the balance that needs to be struck between speed and security has become even finer. Younger consumers expect a quick, hassle free payment experience, wherever and however they shop.
“Visa Checkout is more convenient for customers but also keeps details safe and secure in one place. We are actively working with leading retailers to bring the benefit of this faster, quicker and secure way to pay to more online shoppers in the UK and Ireland.”


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While we haven’t been able to independently verify the above, a quick check of Rand’s site reveals that there is a “sunglasses” category in the merchandise mix and clicking on it brings up the message: “There are no products matching the selection.” In addition, one of the prominent banner photos at the campaign’s e commerce page depicts him sporting a pair of sunglasses with the name “Ray Ban” visible along the edge of the right lens (similar to the ones in the above photo). Accompanying the photo is text that reads: “Political fashion is boring. Rand fashion is cool.
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His spirit has inspired our scholarship and lives on in others, who are now giving back. Date, the scholarship has been awarded to seven UCLA Law students. Those Kirschbaum scholars have founded the Tax and Estate Planning Law Association at UCLA Law, enjoyed regular in depth mentorship luncheons, and secured jobs at leading firms, including Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld; Latham Watkins; Paul Hastings; Sidley Austin; and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati..
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That was the day . Evenings the mosquitos took over where the flys left off . So if u think u can relax wrong . We start our LOL fest in Oakland, where the Raiders were recently selected in a player poll as the least desirable team to play for in the entire NFL. They continue to play in America’s most wretched stadium (hello, dirt infield) and their owner is putting out the vibe to other cities for a possible relocation. But they still have the league’s best uniforms.


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Here's the latest on the changes coming this month to the Downtown Disney shopping and dining district at the Disneyland Resort.
As we told you in November, Disney has announced that it will revamp the western side of Downtown Disney, which had been slated for a new hotel a few years back. When the City of Anaheim said that a tax break that Disneyland had been expecting for building the hotel was not available, Disneyland dropped the hotel plans.
But with the AMC theaters that once anchored that site gone and not returning, Disneyland needed to do something to revitalize the area. The resort has not provided details about what will be coming to the space, but it did offer some broad concepts in a press release:
"Drawing inspiration from Southern California mid-century modern architecture, the area will be a beautiful blend of vibrant color palettes, multi-cultural design elements and patterns, an open lawn for relaxation and future events, and an even broader collection of dining and shopping."
But before any of that can happen, the stuff that remains open there must close. The Sugarboo & Co. store will be the first, on January 15, followed by Earl of Sandwich, which will close January 27. The Starbucks West will close in "late January," while the Disneyland Monorail will go down on February 14.
The monorail is closing temporarily to accommodate the demolition of the now-empty movie theater building and is scheduled to reopen on March 6.
No word yet on if Earl of Sandwich will find a new home within Downtown Disney or somewhere in the Anaheim Resort area. A second Starbucks remains open next to World of Disney in Downtown Disney, in addition to the Starbucks locations inside Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.
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There Isn’t Much the Fed Can Do to Ease the Pain of a Trade War
When the top policymakers at the Federal Reserve met three weeks ago to set the course for monetary policy in the United States, they spent substantial time discussing the risks that a trade war posed to the economy, according to minutes of the meeting released Thursday.Posted — Updated
When the top policymakers at the Federal Reserve met three weeks ago to set the course for monetary policy in the United States, they spent substantial time discussing the risks that a trade war posed to the economy, according to minutes of the meeting released Thursday.
Most Fed officials at the table “noted that uncertainty and risks had intensified,” and that tariffs and other trade measures “could have negative effects on business sentiment and investment spending.” They reported that some of their business contacts “indicated that plans for capital spending had been scaled back or postponed as a result of uncertainty over trade policy.”
What they didn't discuss, at least as far as one can tell from the newly published minutes, was any strategy for the Fed to come to the rescue if trade wars began to act as a meaningful drag on the overall economy. Indeed, at that meeting, Fed officials “generally judged that, with the economy already very strong” and inflation running at about 2 percent, “it would likely be appropriate to continue gradually raising” interest rates.
There was no hint in the minutes that the Fed intended to use its power over interest rates in reaction to rising economic risks from trade wars.
That reflects a particular economic challenge as the United States imposes tariffs on major trading partners and those partners retaliate with tariffs of their own — a cycle set to escalate with $34 billion of Chinese imports to go into effect at midnight.
It's not just that a multi-front trade war could slow economic growth. It’s that it would do so in a way the Fed would not be able to easily offset. The usual economic shock absorber is particularly ill-suited to a trade-induced slump.
That's because a trade war simultaneously risks pulling growth rates down while pushing prices up. Anything the Fed seeks to do to cushion the blow on one side of that equation would tend to make things worse on the other side. So if, for example, the Fed held off on further interest rate increases to cushion a slump in investment spending, it would be doing so just as inflation was accelerating above the 2 percent the Fed aims for.
Prices for washing machines, for example, have risen in recent months amid new tariffs on washing machine imports. Tariffs on steel and aluminum have already driven up domestic prices of the materials, which could flow through in the form of higher inflation even for U.S.-made goods that use the metals.
“I think of this as a standard supply shock,” said Tim Duy, an economist at the University of Oregon. “Tariffs are going to constrict the productive capacity of the United States, which means lower growth and higher prices. The Fed operates on the demand side. They don’t have the right tools for dealing with it.”
For the Fed, the nearest parallel may be an oil price shock caused by some geopolitical event, such as those that took place in the 1970s, or a food price spike caused by a drought. What those events have in common is that they are caused not by economic fundamentals — such as when oil prices rise because the global economy is booming — but by some external shock. They are bad for growth, yet inflationary.
In those cases, monetary policy orthodoxy tends to emphasize looking past a one-time bump in inflation caused by the shock, while paying more attention to whether higher prices — whether for oil or corn or aluminum — are leading people to expect continually rising prices. A couple of years ago, with the Fed struggling to achieve the 2 percent inflation level it targets and with prices consistently rising more slowly, that might have been welcome.
Now, though, the Fed is pretty much achieving its inflation goal already, and with the unemployment rate at a very low level by historical standards, there's reason to think higher prices may be on the way soon even before the impact of tariffs. In projections released at the mid-June policy meeting, the median Fed official expected that inflation would be 2.1 percent this year and next.
That calculus could change if a trade war starts doing major damage to the financial system, such as by causing steep losses in stock and bond markets or by causing financial stress to banks. But while the stock market is down a bit in recent weeks as the war of words over trade has escalated, so far the pain from trade wars has been limited to specific companies and their workers and customers. It has not been a systemic crisis.
For the last 11 years, from the housing downturn in 2007 that turned into the global financial crisis in 2008 and a prolonged, sluggish expansion after that, the Fed’s tools were reasonably well suited to the challenges that presented themselves. The central bank became even more central than usual to every economic discussion.
But this time, the economic risks are different, and if conflict over trade practices starts to cause damage to the broader economy, we shouldn't count on the Fed to bail us out.
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Retailers are hoping the incoming Christmas trading season will bring relief from the challenging conditions sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.
Australian Retailers Association chief executive Paul Zahra said the latest monthly retail turnover figures for September should be interpreted as a sign of optimism that trading conditions are beginning to normalise ahead of the festive period.
“Every day before Christmas counts,” Mr Zahra said.
“It is the all important trading period. Christmas trading is up to two-thirds of a retailer’s (annual) profits.”
National data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows retail turnover for September slid 1.5 per cent compared to the prior month, primarily driven by falls in essential spending categories such as groceries and household goods.
The country’s retail turnover for the month rose 5.2 per cent compared to the corresponding month in 2019.
“The figures show back-to-back drops in August and September,” Mr Zahra said.
“We interpret this as an adjustment or normalisation to the trend, which if you strip out the volatility of the past few months, has been quite strong.”
Mr Zahra said the ARA was positive stage four restrictions in Melbourne would soon be eased and allow the state’s retail sector to recover from the harsh lockdowns put in place to curb Victoria’s COVID-19 outbreak.
“I don’t think the (Victorian) government could afford another false start,” he said.
“It has been a rollercoaster of expectations, delays and disappointment.”
The former chief executive of David Jones said despite the normalisation of trading after the pandemic, there would be number of retailers still feeling the negative impacts of the recession.
All states and territories, with the exception of Northern Territory, fell backwards, with Victoria the only state trading below September 2019 levels.
CommSec chief economist Craig James said volatility had continued, but spending was more resilient than first expected.
“Clearly retail spending has held up far better than most initially thought, courtesy of federal, state and territory support, stimulus payments and greater mobility outside of Victoria,” Mr James said.
Australia’s retail sector is the largest private employer in the country and is worth about $340 billion.
Mr Zahra said the scheduled tapering of JobKeeper and JobSeeker payments could impact consumption volumes, but noted accelerated tax cuts to low and middle income earners would support household discretionary spending over the Christmas period.
The onset of the coronavirus lockdown caused turnover to fall by 9.2 per cent in April due to forced retail closures across Australia. In May, retail turnover rebounded 16.9 per cent, reflecting the pent-up buying demand from consumers after the easing of restrictions.


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cook annual summary: apple this remarkable
apple CEO Tim cook sent an E-mail to the company all staff today, cook praised apple developed “the most innovative products and the staff of hard effort on each product said proudly. Cook finally said in the letter, he was full of expectation for the development of the next year, including the release Apple Watch. In the letter cook stressed that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of Mac computers available, at the same time Apple released its latest iPhone, ipod, Mac hardware and mobile and desktop systems, and Apple released smart Watch Watch. Once again he mentioned that apple is committed to helping promote the development of education, said this year for the first time application Store App Store and apple’s online Store’s RED promotion to help the company donation of more than 20 million dollars to fight AIDS.
SunTrust U.S. regional Banks, credit card companies Barclaycard and united services automobile association began to support Apple Pay. Then, including the TD Bank North America, the Commerce Bank, BB& T, Black Hills FCU and nearly a dozen Banks are, little to Apple and Apple Pay an olive branch. At this point, Apple Pay nearly 90% realized about the credit card payment.
according to the BBC’s “panorama” you’re an “undercover”, according to a survey of Chinese contract manufacturer of apple pegatron’s treatment of the workers in the factory is very bad. The shot a film on the iPhone 6 production lines, fuzzy point of view, the company did not fulfill the commitment to the protection of Chinese workers. According to the survey, pegatron factory in working hours, identity card, workers’ dormitories, conference and child labor in violation of the provisions of the standard. Apple, said the company is very disagree with the conclusion made by BBC’s “panorama” program.
cook, hard this year, Apple is Pay, is the Apple of the Watch, but contract workers treatment problem remains to be improved, hunting cloud network called for improve the workers’ Pay, reduce the workload. Apple is so popular, do not sent the money again, right?
all equity suggests measures for the administration announced: platform shall not be engaged in peer-to-peer (P2P)
the securities industry association released today “all private equity suggests management method (trial) (draft)”, specify a stake in the raised platform shall not be engaged in peer-to-peer (P2P) or network of microfinance business. “Management method” regulation, raise the stakes in the investors must be for a particular object, namely the equity of the raised platform to verify conform to the conditions specified in the “management method” the real-name registration of users; Investors shall not exceed 200 people; And stake in the raised platform can only registered users with the real-name recommendation project information, equity and the raised platform and the issuer shall make public propaganda, recommendation or solicitation. “Management method” also pointed out that the equity and the raised platform mainly engaged in the service of micro, small and medium enterprises, the project is not restricted to investment and financing amount, raise fully embody own risk, platform access relatively loose, the later for the record management. “Management method” regulation, investors conditions for its “financial assets of not less than 3 million RMB or the most recent three years annual personal income is not less than 500000 yuan of personal”, on the one hand, to avoid the public investors rather than risk to bear ability does not match the investment risk, on the other hand, with the introduction of qualified investors meet the demand of micro, small and medium enterprises reasonable financing as soon as possible.
cool high-end security mobile platinum sale, cool more phone deposit back door
to released the cool new safe mobile platinum, formal sale as cool emphatically build annual flagship product, platinum, on the software and hardware configuration, network and system security has become the first domestic communications security industry benchmarking sex products, famous actress liu xiaoqing has started to use burton, become the first group of users. Foreign security research institute has published a research report, they found that there are 24 cool equipment are most back door hole. Palo alto network security companies in the United States researchers call this loophole “CoolReaper”, the loopholes in the back door can be installed under the condition of the users are not allow to unknown application, remove the user information, through the camouflage OTA software upgrade install other application, and upload device information to cool the server. Currently palo alto network security company Unit of 42 departments have found the back door exists only in cool against China and Chinese Taiwan users during development of ROM. Moreover, the company has not been prepaid carriers, such as the United States temporarily MetroPCS operators such as selling Quattro 4 g and 4 g Quattro II the two latest models.
aunt liu, oh, no, liu, really don’t want to face. Besides, you old speak really good, so hard with endorsement?
Line purchase Microsoft MixRadio music streaming service
hot news application Line announced today that it would buy Microsoft MixRadio music streaming service. The deal is expected to complete in early 2015. As part of the deal, MixRadio will continue to cooperate with Microsoft as a third party service. MixRadio was originally developed as a service to nokia, but when the nokia mobile phone business after a takeover by Microsoft, it begins to prepare for break-up. Now, the service officially out of Microsoft’s control, will you be in the near future is expected to see its iOS and Android devices.
nokia to restart talks with alcatel-lucent merger
nokia has to restart and alcatel lucent (hereinafter referred to as the “man”) merger talks. The two companies are discussing a merger. If unable to reach a merger agreement, the two sides at the same time also to consider the possibility of close cooperation. According to people familiar with the matter, is in the autumn to restart negotiations. To buy this one will strengthen nokia’s business in the United States, thereby reducing the gap between market leader Ericsson and nokia. Currently, nokia and alcatel-lucent both Chinese rival huawei’s strong challenge. For those who because of voice and data services in terms of prices and tried to cut the cost of mobile operators, huawei’s low-cost equipment is extremely attractive. Affected by the news, alcatel-lucent shares once rose 8.2% on Thursday. Journal of managers said that nokia expanding wearable technology.
huawei power, expand overseas performance is good, just, after the two means of combat, the effect will be how, hunting cloud network do not see how huawei performance.
lenovo Internet terminals and service unit name for magical works
lenovo group, senior vice President, China and emerging markets in Asia Pacific President Chen said at the annual meeting of the 12th China enterprise competitiveness, lenovo’s intelligent terminal based on Internet platform and services, a subsidiary of name for “magic works. As a new subsidiary of lenovo, magic works will be opened next year on April 1. Magic workshop to think in the Internet will promote the products, and brands. In July, lenovo has launched the platform for Internet NBD, and launched a router, intelligent air purifier, intelligent glasses three products, these three products are working with outside companies, respectively, to form New series, including NewGlass, NewAir, NewWifi.
big business group with China unionpay, strategic cooperation, build entity electricity
dashang group in today’s “new dog net, China entity retail electricity share exchange and cooperation” conference announced that big business group with new huaxin medium respectively, China unionpay, chow tai fook, such as Coca-Cola, atmu cooperation agreement, hand in hand together to build a new electricity business ecosystem health and sustainable entities. Day big business network has been officially launched on November 8, 2014, respectively, in department stores, supermarkets, organic farming, importing the four channels to build new electric business entity retail China. Based on a large group of 20 million members of the user base, dog line less than a week online, old customers arrival rate reached 70%, average daily reached more than 10% of the order conversion rate, higher than the average 2% of the traditional electricity conversion rate, unit price is three times the average electricity.
ali cat, jingdong dog, tencent penguin, big dog, looks like the electrical manufacturers to and animals are concerned, the tiger: why don’t these the names of the mighty domineering people use?
three “new express” will be given to domestic license
published by the state post office “about 14 companies such as kerry eas logistics co., LTD. To apply for publication of the express business business license audit”. The public information display, kerry eas, elegant and OCS three “joint venture” formally apply for domestic express business. Before this, with domestic express qualification of foreign Courier company UPS, FedEx, DHL three only. Three international express company license application, also means the end of September this year the state council executive meeting decided to fully open the policy formally landing package delivery market in China. Not surprisingly, publicize the final on December 23, national post office will be officially for the three “new express” domestic express business release.
China’s express delivery so hard, still have the express to enter, visible express is not usually big cake.
sound cloud know complete $fifty million B round
intelligent voice sound cloud know announced recently has received a $50 million B round of financing, the financing by huaxing capital as the sole financial advisor. Sound cloud know this round of financing is the do level of angel investment and one hundred million yuan after A round of funding again refresh the record audio industry financing. Cloud know after get investment, will further accelerate the speed of the layout of the intelligent voice market. B after a round of funding, cloud know sound will continue to increase investment in research and development, product, market and brand, the main smart home market, make smart home platform are connected by a voice.


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Turning Tables: Booth One
Booth One Replaces Chicago’s Once-Famous Pump Room
The historic Ambassador Chicago Hotel, in the city’s Gold Coast area, has a new restaurant in place of the Pump Room, which had been there nearly 80 years before it closed in July. On Nov. 16, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises—a Chicago-based group with more than 120 restaurants spread across several states—opened Booth One, named for the Pump Room’s most exclusive table.
“It was too much fun to turn down as a brand to take the Pump Room space and make it one of the truly instrumental dining rooms of Chicago,” said corporate wine director Richard Hanauer.
Along with Booth One head sommelier Seth Wilson, Hanauer manages the 300-selection wine list, which has 25 wines by the glass. The program focuses on high-acid, low-tannin wines, particularly Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, the Burgundian varieties Hanauer feels work best with the “refined” food on the menu.


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While McDonald’s is waiting to jump into plant-based meat substitutes, Burger King is reaping the rewards for taking the plunge.
On April 1, the Restaurant Brands International chain announced it was testing a vegetarian friendly version of its Whopper, made with the plant-based Impossible Burger, which is known for “bleeding” just like a real burger patty. Before the month ended, Burger King said it would launch the product nationwide this year. It has since brought the Impossible Whopper to three more cities.. . . more


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Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1409, a bill authored by state Sen. Scott Wilk, into law Monday morning, which updates California’s current law to allow farmers in the state to produce non-intoxicating hemp for commercial and industrial uses.
“This is a big win for our local farmers, and it’s going to revolutionize agriculture,” Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, said Monday.
Industrial hemp uses less water than other crops and needs little to no pesticides and is used in over 25,000 different products, he said.
“Just last night, I got a text from a local farmer who is converting his fields to local hemp,” he said. “I heard from a battery manufacturer (who uses hemp fiber in battery production) who secured a 15,000-square-foot building, thanks to the bill.”
Industrial hemp is an agricultural crop that is grown and processed throughout the world for thousands of consumer and food products, including alternatives to fossil fuel and wood products, according to a news release.
SB 1409 brings California’s hemp laws up-to-date by allowing the pilot program to proceed as intended and by updating the definition of industrial hemp to reflect the difference between it and cannabis. The federal government also has initiated similar efforts to update industrial hemp laws by removing the product from the federal controlled substances list.
The legislation in Congress, if successful, will complement Wilk’s legislation.
“We had been working this really hard with the department and administration on this,” he said. “This will be a boon for California’s economy and local farmers.”


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Have you ever wanted people to put reflectors on their Bluetooth headsets so that you could more easily tell the gadgeteers from the crazies? Amosu Luxury Ltd, a UK-based company specializing in luxury cell phones, has created a headset that seems designed to trick people into doing just that. The lure is that this is also the most expensive Bluetooth headset in the world.
Amosu’s Diamond MotoPure H12 is based on Motorola’s standard H12 headset. The expensive headset filters out background noise using by using two microphones, features three interchangeable ear cushions for maximum comfort and even the standard edition is made of premium materials. The front of the Diamond H12 is made of your choice of 18 karat white or yellow gold and set with 184 diamonds (3.47 ct. total). You even have the choice to opt for white, pink or black diamonds.
Only 100 of the world’s most expensive Bluetooth headsets will be made. They cost around $12,000 and potential owners must wait around three weeks for delivery.
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Aerospace components group Amaero (ASX: 3DA) has struck a deal with Boeing that will see the Australian company build evaluation parts from its Melbourne factory to supply the world's largest commercial and military aircraft producer.
The additive manufacturing company, a former start-up that was established in 2013 through the Monash Centre for Additive Manufacturing and listed on the ASX in December last year, specialises in the 3D printing for the defence, aerospace and automotive sectors.
While it has announced the purchase order from Boeing, it has not disclosed the value of the order or from which of its divisions it was received.
Amaero is Australia's largest metal 3D printing company and now supplies 3D printing services, machines and metal powders to some of the world's largest manufacturers in these sectors.
The company produces large format complex components in metal with laser-based additive manufacturing processes, also known as 3D printing.
Amaero has manufacturing bases in Melbourne, Adelaide and Los Angeles. It will also be producing parts from its El Segundo, California, facility to fulfill the current Boeing order.
Amaero CEO Barrie Finnin says the Boeing order "confirms and strengthens Amaero's long-term strategic direction".
"The purpose of Boeing's global supply chain program is to provide access to companies like Amaero to identify opportunities to support global programs within Boeing," he says.
"We have worked closely with Boeing's global supply chain people to unearth a multitude of opportunities within several Boeing programs for Amaero to supply prototypes and production.
"We look forward to working on the evaluation parts in our facilities in Melbourne and El Segundo and continuing to build our relationship."
Boeing produces commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defence systems, launch systems, advanced information and communication systems, and performance-based logistics and training.
In August, the company announced it had received a purchase order from emerging Gold Coast-based rocket developer Gilmour Space to manufacture two rocket engine components.
Amaero chairman David Hanna told shareholders at the AGM last month that the company has signed contracts with leading tier one companies across diverse industries as additive manufacturing delivers cost, time and quality efficiencies.
"Despite the unavoidable disruption, which has impacted on our ability to engage as directly and actively with our clients as wanted to, the Amaero team has worked diligently over the past months to continue to advance these agreements," Hanna said.
Amaero is working on expanding its operations globally with plans for a titanium powder manufacturing facility in Australia and a 3D printing centre in the Middle East.
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Web Exclusive | December 2016
Fashion sector likely to do better in 2017
Global fashion industry is expected to do better than last year says a recent survey ‘The State of Fashion 2017’ by McKinsey and The Business of Fashion. According to the survey, in 2017 revenue in the fashion industry will grow on an average 2.5-3.5 per cent at a slightly faster pace than 2-2.5 per cent in 2016. The figure is however, still far from the historical annual growth rate of 5.5 per cent in the industry from 2005 to 2015. In the decade, the industry’s growth rate exceeded by several percentage points that of world GDP.
Year 2016 was a particularly difficult for the global fashion industry and more so for the medium-high and high-end segments of the market: luxury brands and medium-sized fashion companies posted a lower growth rate (0.5-1 per cent lower) than the overall average.The figure is in line with the data elaborated by Bain & Company for Altagamma Foundation.
According to Worldwide Market Monitor, in 2016 sales of personal luxury goods fell by 1 per cent to € 249 billion, but a 3 per cent increase at constant rates is expected in 2017.


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“Webby” honours revealed by worldwide Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, honoured dozens of websites an internet-based providers in classes including amusement, studies, humour and news, inside the on the web exact carbon copy of the Oscars. PIC | COURTESY
What you ought to know:
- Netflix has also been a person into the Webbys — Chelsea Peretti got cited for better comedic results on her Netflix unique and Ellie Kemper and Tituss Burgess got Webbys for greatest celebrity and star, correspondingly, for functions into the Netflix show “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”
- Tinder, the web dating app with more than 50 million monthly consumers — recognized for allowing users to “swipe” in either movement to exhibit when they like or hate a prospective day — have the “breakout of the year” Webby, that will be introduced at a May 18 service.
- The honours incorporated those decided by a board of evaluator plus “people’s sound” Webby prizes centered on voting from some 500,000 Web fans around the globe.
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The web based matchmaking software Tinder ended up being this present year’s “breakout” Internet service while bad-boy reports website Vice Media had gotten numerous honours in “Webby” awards announced Monday.
The honours, introduced from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, honoured lots of web pages and online services in categories such as activities, knowledge, humour and news, when you look at the on the web equivalent of the Oscars.
The recently revealed HBO run provider won the Webby to discover the best streaming media web site, while competing Hulu advantage won the “people’s sound” award in that group and another for best video mobile application.
Netflix has also been a player when you look at the Webbys — Chelsea Peretti was actually mentioned for ideal comedic show on her behalf Netflix unique and Ellie Kemper and Tituss Burgess got Webbys for top actress and actor, respectively, for parts inside the Netflix series “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”
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Tinder, the internet matchmaking app with well over 50 million monthly customers — recognized for enabling people to “swipe” either in course showing if they fancy or dislike a prospective date — have the “breakout of the season” Webby, that will be presented at a May 18 ceremony.
The honours included those decided by a board of judges plus “people’s vocals” Webby honors predicated on voting from some 500,000 Web followers around the world.
Vice mass media, which has a popular next among 18- to 34-year-olds and just last year secured $500 million in financial support from buyers, grabbed 10 Webbys including for ideal authorship, trend and charm, as well as for web documentaries.
New York Times grabbed four Webbys, such as a “people’s voice” honor for best development internet site, ideal can you be anonymous on tinder social blog and greatest travel and adventure videos.
The brand new Yorker claimed the Webby for most useful publishing on a site and greatest magazine website, while BuzzFeed obtained for best development app.
Vanity Fair’s movie phase on Edward Snowden, titled “Patriot or Traitor?,” acquired the Webby for best single event for on line movies and video.
TED, a company which produces video seminars on invention, inspiration and creative imagination, got 11 Webbys, generally inside knowledge group.
Forever success Webby went along to Wired journal co-founders Jane Metcalfe and Louis Rossetto due to their character in “shaping what sort of industry considers the consequences of development on traditions, the worldwide economic climate and civic life.”
French social media marketing musician Jerome Jarre, noted for making use of Vine and Snapchat private and creative term, was given an unique accomplishment award.
Another special achievement nod decided to go to the designers from the ALS Ice container test, which brought up awareness and more than $200 million to greatly help combat Lou Gehrig’s condition.
The section of judges incorporated everyone tvs number Conan O’Brien, Tumblr president David Karp, mass media business person Arianna Huffington, YouTube celebrity and videos singer Freddie Wong, net pioneer Vint Cerf and Harvard professor Susan Crawford.
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A centre dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT) technology, founded by private and state money, has opened in Angers, a city which is 300km from Paris, the FT reports.
IoT technology enables objects to communicate with other objects and is tipped to become the next ‘big thing’ over the next few years, with analysts predicting that by 2020, between 26bn and 50bn IoT units will be connected to the internet.
According to the FT, the Cité de l'objet connecté was opened last month by President Francois Hollande, in a bid to support France as a leader in IoT and to convert innovative ideas quickly into smart, connected devices made in France.
Around 60 IoT companies are expected to move into the centre for a few months in order to grow and develop under the guidance of in-house help ranging from entrepreneurship, engineering and manufacturing.
The FT reports that over the past few years, France has become the second to the US in the IoT field according to figures derived from weekly French technology product launches. At the International Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas this year, over 100 of the 350 non-US companies were French companies showcasing IoT products.
In comparison to other countries developing IoT technology, only South Korea, Finland and Israel are producing similar levels, leaving the UK, China, Japan and the rest of the EU outside of this range, and according to the FT, although the US outsources production to Asia, a large majority of their smart products are made in France.
In the last few weeks French companies have launched a variety of IoT products including, Triby, a kitchen-based family communications centre developed by Invoxia, a company that specialises in office conferencing products and Netamo’s Welcome, a home security camera that recognises faces.
Not to be outdone in the fintech sector, France has also recently created the France Fintech Association which is a committee full of executives from companies such as Kantox and Ledger, and has the backing of the government and financial regulators. The region is also already seeing growth as a Bitcoin digital currency market, with digital currency exchanges allowed to act as banks and supermarkets accepting bitcoin for online shopping.
France could be one to watch in the technology space, and according to the FT, has built its pole position in IoT because of a combination of state encouragement of scientific progress and the fact that since the 2008 crisis engineering graduates have been less able to join big companies and have therefore been more inclined to found start-ups.


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Thursday, 4 March, 2021
Yesterday, (3 March), the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, delivered his Budget to Parliament.
The Chancellor confirmed extensions to the furlough scheme and support for the self-employed until the end of September, and business grants, loans and VAT cuts – bringing the total fiscal support to over £407 billion.
The Budget confirmed support for businesses through business rates reliefs, VAT reductions for tourism and hospitality, a VAT deferral scheme, a new loan guarantee scheme supporting businesses’ access to loans and overdrafts, Restart Grants and an additional £425 million of discretionary business grant funding for councils to distribute.
For businesses in Surrey Heath all current ARG schemes are now closed and grants are being processed. All businesses that have already received Local Restrictions Support Grants will be paid the final payment for the period to 31 March 2021 on Friday 5 March 2021.
If businesses think they may be entitled to Local Restrictions Grants see our website for details and how to apply. https://www.surreyheath.gov.uk/.../covid-19-business-grants
The Government announced that there will be Re-Start grants available to business during April 2021, we will send out another communication once the qualifying conditions have been announced.


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13 May 2019, 11:30
Wines from eight regions presented at festival in Tbilisi
On May 11, Tbilisi hosted a festival of new wines, at which small wineries presented their products. The festival was attended by wine experts and importers from 13 countries.
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that in the Mtatsminda Park, winemakers exhibited their wines and treats. The interest in the festival was so great that the Tbilisi Mayoralty hired additional buses for bringing people to the park.
The main goal of the festival is to popularize Georgian wines in the world and raise the level of the wine-making knowledge in the country, Levan Mekhuzla, the head of the National Wine Agency, has stated.
According to Irakli Kezhkishvili, a member of a family winery, his facility makes wine according to the traditional Georgian technology of Kvevri.
Since the start of 2019, Georgia has exported 26 million bottles of wine to 38 countries of the world, says the website of the National Wine Agency.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on May 13, 2019 at 02:10 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
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Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba.com Ltd. will launch its first major marketing effort in the U.S. on Monday, as it searches for growth amid the global recession.
The $30 million campaign aims to introduce U.S. entrepreneurs to Alibaba.com's English-language site, which offers materials to make everything from wedding dresses to gadgets, as well as resources to help sell the products to other businesses.
The push is Alibaba.com's latest effort to build its position outside China, where it runs one of the largest business-focused Web sites and is a well-known Internet brand.
Alibaba.com's English-language international site, in place since its founding a decade ago, already brings in the majority of the company's revenue. But the company, in which Yahoo Inc. YHOO -2.56 % is a significant shareholder, has been slow to grow in the U.S. As of March, only 1.3 million of Alibaba.com's 8.6 million users were U.S.-registered, according to the company. Alibaba.cn, the company's Chinese site, had 32 million registered users.
Kelly Sang, general manager of Alibaba.com Americas, acknowledges the site has yet to establish a solid brand in the U.S., where entrepreneurs gravitate towards eBay Inc. EBAY 1.41 % despite its different business model. While eBay targets consumers looking to buy or sell a specific product, Alibaba.com matches suppliers with wholesalers, an approach modeled after trade shows, which are pervasive in China. Rather than brokering transactions, Alibaba.com charges suppliers for listing items and for extra promotion, leaving them to seal the transaction off the site.
The company booked revenue of 3 billion yuan, or $439.2 million, in 2008. Profits, however, are tightening amid the recession.
The new, multimonth ad campaign, a version of which will appear in Europe and the Middle East, will target small business owners with success stories of entrepreneurs who made it big by sourcing materials through Alibaba.com, including one who started an oven mitt business. Ads carrying the slogan "Find it. Make it. Sell it." will run in print magazines like Fast Company and on Web sites like CNN Money, Ms. Sang said. The company also has bought television spots for the campaign on CNBC and on the ABC television show Shark Tank, which premieres Sunday, she said.
In addition to the ad campaign, Alibaba.com is reaching out to U.S. users with training videos, contests and events, and business development deals. Earlier this year, the company struck a promotional partnership with FedEx Corp. FDX -0.19 % , offering FedEx customers help using the site in exchange for FedEx giving Alibaba.com users a discount. To support the push, the company has built up Alibaba.com's U.S. staff to 17 from five employees last year. It plans further expansion for its Santa Clara, Calif., office in 2010.
The new U.S. ad campaign was designed with Traction, an ad agency in San Francisco.
Alibaba Group, which also owns a Chinese online payment service and online retail site Taobao, spun out its flagship Alibaba.com business to the public in 2007.
—Loretta Chao contributed to this article.
Write to Jessica E. Vascellaro at email@example.com


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Apple won’t be suing HTC over the One A9’s blatant iPhone 6S-like design
HTC this week announced the One A9, and the design turned out to be a blatant copy of the iPhone 6/6S. HTC claims that it was actually Apple who copied the Taiwanese manufacturer, but Cupertino won’t be serving papers to HTC anytime soon either way.
Apple was quick to start the litigation process with Samsung over every little minuscule patent, but not HTC. And that’s because in 2012, HTC and Apple reached a deal where the Taiwanese company would pay Apple $6-$8 per Android device the manufacturer ships in return for the patent battles to stop.
The terms of the deal remain confidential to this day. The agreement was for 10 years, and we’re only three years into it so far. HTC China’s President Ray Yam said this in 2012:
“The settlement with Apple will start to pay off next year, and the fourth quarter of this year is still going at a set pace. The biggest benefit to us is that we can put more energy into innovation, which is more important than anything else for a technology company.”
In other words, we won’t be seeing any litigation over the One A9, unless HTC breaks some confidential term of the deal. And in the meantime, HTC continues to “innovate” with blatant copycat devices.
What’re your thoughts on the One A9?
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Better communication along the supply chain, more efficient pallet loading, easier-to-lift shipping boxes, eye-catching consumer packages, more product information from farther down the line and more full-time, frontline help.
Those are some of the things retailers and others said could give total produce sales a hefty push, but at least one retailer placed the responsibility for selling more produce squarely at the feet of the retailer.
“I feel strongly that at this point the primary job of selling more produce belongs to the retailer. I can say that because I'm a retailer myself,” said Tony Mirack, produce merchandiser at three-unit, upscale independent McCaffrey's, Langhorne, Pa.
He said the retail store, in general, is the weakest link these days.
“The whole produce industry has made excellent strides in a whole lot of areas,” Mirack added. “Communication gaps have been closing up all along the way. With global marketing, there's wonderful produce available 52 weeks of the year. And growers are starting to grow products that have flavor. We even have a sub-acid peach now. No acid, it's all sugar.”
Mirack said that over the past 15 years, he has seen problems that used to crop up along the supply chain disappear.
“The growers, shippers, wholesalers all have improved things. In fact, we have what we need to do a good job. Now it's us. The retailers are where the rubber meets the road.”
Others in the industry agree.
“Remember that a very important part of the supply chain lies right in the store,” said Jack Allen, professor emeritus, food marketing, at Michigan State University.
Allen, who has worked with retailers, growers and others in the industry for years, told SN he believes the retailer has to take most of the responsibility.
Growers and shippers are increasingly disseminating more product information, Allen emphasized. “They're telling the product's story and where it came from. Now it's the retailer's responsibility to convey that information to the consumer.”
Frequent huddles, one-on-one exchanges and taste-testing can help stir up excitement in the produce department, said consultant and former retailer Harold Lloyd, president, Harold Lloyd Presents, Virginia Beach, Va.
“The good stores do it well. I believe you can get store managers and department managers together and create excitement that will drive sales,” Lloyd said.
Lloyd also contends that growers and shippers and others in the supply line have listened over the years and have made many changes that make the retail associate's work easier. At least, less physically challenging.
“For instance, there's one-step merchandising, from pallet to display for some items, and master packs are smaller.”
Apples are shipped now in 28-pound boxes instead of 40-pound boxes. And cantaloupes are shipped in boxes half the weight of those shipped 12 years ago, Lloyd said.
Long range, Lloyd envisions a produce certification program that would entice more young people to make a career in the category. “Standardized learning and testing would work,” he said. “Maybe three levels — product knowledge, people skills and sales building.”
Other retailers, though they give credit to improvements along the supply chain, told SN there are gaps in communication that still bother them.
One produce director at an East Coast chain told SN he thinks his vendors could do a better job of informing him about what's new on the market.
“The worst thing for me is to walk into a competitor's produce department and see something I didn't know existed,” he said. “Just last week, I saw a nicely packaged snack pack in a Kroger that I should have known about. I want to be first with things.”
Out in Arizona, Leticia Saldivar, farm market manager at a Tucson unit of AJ's, an 11-unit division of Bashas', based in Chandler, said she looks for “cute factor” packaging, because it always works to sell more product.
“An example is little apples, they're called Lady Apples,” Saldivar said.
They themselves are cute, at a size no bigger than a quarter or half dollar, but bagged in one-pound bags, they become even more salable, according to Saldivar.
“In bulk, I'll sell a case a week at this store, but in those little bags, I'll sell 10 times as many.”
While she's always looking for innovative packaging, particularly that will attract the attention of kids — and their Moms — Saldivar said growers and packers for the most part are doing a good job of times as many.”
While she's always looking for innovative packaging, particularly that will attract the attention of kids — and their Moms — Saldivar said growers and packers for the most part are doing a good job of master packaging to protect the product.
Then, the consumer package is crucial to a product's success, Saldivar said.
“Packaging and labeling can make or break you.”
She described an unusual product her customers like: a Fuji or Gala apple that's been soaked in a bath of Concord grape juice. They're packed protectively in a four-pocket clamshell, and the supplier has provided information.
“It's part of my job to learn about my product and share that knowledge with my customers,” Saldivar said.
Some suppliers offer tons of information and others don't, retailers told SN.
“PomWonderful, for instance, does a good job — even shows you how to get the seeds out of a pomegranate,” said Chris Hummer, produce manager at Day's Market, Heber City, Utah.
But often, a new variety is shipped without the requisite info to share with customers, Hummer and his colleague Frank Zupo told SN.
“But it's not up to the broker or grower to sell it for us. We need the information, but our interaction with customers is what sells the item,” Hummer said.
One problem at Day's seems to be bred of poor communication or lack of understanding at the warehouse.
Hummer and Zupo said they sometimes lose product to shrink because of the way it was loaded onto the pallet. Potatoes stacked on top of mushrooms, for instance.
Suppliers, too, Hummer said, don't adequately protect cauliflower, leaving the top of the box open. But all in all, Hummer and Zupo, like other retailers SN talked to, said the picture up and down the supply chain has changed immensely for the better over the past 10 or 12 years.


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Holyoake by Price has announced it will be opening a new factory in Sydney 2023 with the goal of delivering innovative, world-class products specifically for the Australian market.
One produce that will be manufactured in the new facility is the Ultrasuite, a customisable operating room air-distribution and lighting solution.
“High-output LED lighting combined with precision equalised laminar airflow eliminates the traditional ‘light ring’ and opens valuable ceiling space for surgical equipment while optimising contaminate removal from the surgical zone,” says the company.
Holyoake by Price says it is committed to providing a new level of service and support for its Australian customers, with its experienced team of engineers and technicians on hand to offer expert advice, support and training to ensure customers get the most out of their critical environment solutions.
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RadioShack CEO Julian Day retiring
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RadioShack has struggled with competition from online retailers like Amazon.com and bigger electronics players like Best Buy. It brought on former investment banker Day — known for pulling Kmart out of bankruptcy — as chairman and CEO in 2006 to help turn around results.
Since then the company has shifted its focus to smartphones and wireless plans and mobile phone kiosks with some success. But Monday it said “disappointing performance” from its T-Mobile business and a shift in sales toward lower margin handsets hurt results in the fourth quarter. Smartphones such as the iPhone, which RadioShack recently began carrying, have a lower margin than other products.
The company also had higher expenses as it invested in rolling out mobile kiosks in Target stores.
His duties as CEO and chairman will be split up. Jim Gooch, 43, the current chief financial officer, will become president and CEO. Gooch was named president effective immediately as part of the company’s succession plan, and will assume the CEO post upon Day’s retirement.
Daniel R. Feehan will become non-executive chairman of the board. He has been a director since 2003 and is currently president and CEO of Cash America International Inc.
RadioShack, based in Fort Worth, Texas, said it expects fourth-quarter earnings of 50 cents to 54 cents per share, far below the 67 cents per share analysts are expecting and below the 60 cents per share RadioShack earned a year ago.
Fourth-quarter revenue is expected to rise 4 percent to $1.37 billion from $1.32 billion last year, matching analyst expectations.
Revenue in stores open at least one year rose 1 percent. The measure is important because it excludes stores that open and close during the year.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Alan Rifkin said that while RadioShack has seen “material growth” in its wireless business, comparisons are getting more difficult. In addition, the company said earlier this month in a regulatory filing that its agreement to run 417 Sam’s Club kiosks will end in March.
The company’s Target kiosks “will likely take time to gain traction and it will likely be hard for the initiative to truly over-compensate for the loss of the more-established Sam’s business, at least in the near-term,” he said.
Mr. Rifkin reiterated his “Underperform” rating on the stock
RadioShack expects to report final results for the quarter during the week of Feb. 21.
RadioShack was the target of takeover speculation last year but nothing materialized. Instead, the company has bought back nearly $400 million in shares since August.
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Amazon may be planning to launch a new, larger version of their popular Kindle Fire tablet later this year. The new 10.1-inch Kindle Fire would launch alongside the second generation 7-inch Kindle Fire sometime in the second half of the year.
According to DigiTimes, the launch of a 10.1-inch Kindle Fire signals a shift in Amazon’s focus for the device. Amazon has previously focused the entire Kindle line – including the Kindle Fire – on the e-reader market that Amazon effectively created with the original Kindle. A new 10.1-inch Kindle Fire could mean that Amazon is more aggressively targeting the tablet market, perhaps in a desire to more directly compete with Apple’s new iPad.
DigiTimes also reports that while maintaining its orders of touch screen panels from various manufacturers, Amazon has been reducing the number of e-ink screens (i.e., for the other Kindle models) it orders from E Ink Holdings. The Kindle Fire, which was released late last fall, made a strong showing over the 2011 holiday season, selling nearly 4 million units.
What do you think? Would you like to see a 10.1-inch Kindle Fire? Let us know what you think in the comments.


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Metropark to close all 69 of its stores, including 18 in California
Los Angeles apparel chain Metropark USA Inc. has filed for bankruptcy and is shutting all 69 stores, including 18 in California.
On Thursday, the company began offering 20% to 40% off all merchandise, including items from True Religion, Diesel, Rock & Republic and BCBG. The stores are also selling high-end DJ equipment, flat-screen televisions, apparel racks, shelving and lighting, according to two firms that were hired to run the going-out-of-business sales.
Metropark, a specialty retailer that caters to the 25- to 35-year-old market, is known for offering a shopping experience that is part store, part club. Despite a rapid expansion, the company has struggled to become popular among young adult shoppers and sales fell sharply during the economic downturn.
This week, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Metropark operates stores in 21 states. Its California locations include stores in Los Cerritos Center, Glendale Galleria, Westfield Santa Anita and Irvine Spectrum Center.
In a statement, Metropark Chief Executive Cynthia Harriss said the chain’s customers had “shown us great loyalty over the years.”
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Plus, we’ve got your round-up of where you can go to still support our local Michigan farmers and get the season’s homegrown goods.
WEST MICHIGAN — With restaurants closed and labor shortages during planting season, Michigan farms have taken a serious hit from the pandemic novel coronavirus. But Michigan farmers are adapting to survive.
In Michigan, they are turning towards unique ways to stay rooted in the community, like virtual farmers markets.
We’ve got your look at how Michigan farmers are coping and where you can go to get the season’s best produce.
A Struggling Industry Hit Harder
Farms had already been struggling. The trade wars between the U.S. and China had devastated the agricultural sector, CNBC reports. And climate change’s disruption of norma growing weather wasn’t helping either. On top of that, some types of fruit were seeing plagues sweeping across their crops. And then there was another plague: the coronavirus.
Talking to Slate, one farmer said: “We’re in a save-our-farm-from-collapsing mode.”
And it isn’t even just the reduced demand today worrying Michigan farmers. What happens if restaurants those farms supply close for good as a result of the pandemic?
“I’m worried about the businesses that we are in business with, that we are supplying … this is going to be quite difficult for some of them to even survive,” said Carlson of Carlson Farm in Kalamazoo to the Detroit News. “Just like you worry about a family member, we have to realize that these businesses and individuals aren’t disposable in this world that we’ve grown to know. Whatever it takes, we have to be ready to help rebuild Southwest Michigan.”
So, farms have been getting creative in addressing the problems posed by the coronavirus hitting a fragile agricultural economy. One farm in Oxford, for instance, is hosting Zoom meetings with a baby goat. It costs $40.
But not all farms are able to have livestreams of baby animals as supplemental business models. Others have turned to the internet to aid their businesses in more conventional ways.
A New Idea Taking Root in Michigan: Facebook Farmers’ Markets
The REKO Market (pronounced RA-ko, from the Swedish “rejäl konsumtion” meaning fair consumption) is an alliance of thirteen small-scale sustainable farms in West Michigan, based primarily around Ada and Holland, that takes orders through Facebook groups and delivers to specified pick-up locations weekly.
REKO is a modern, socially-distanced farmer’s market. And the concept wasn’t even born from the coronavirus.
Heather Anderson, farm manager at Green Wagon Farms in Ada, said she and colleagues were introduced to the concept by Swedish farmer Richard Perkins at the Northern Michigan Farm Conference in 2019. Hence the Swedish-derived name Reko.
“There are so many great things about REKO for the consumer,” she told the Grand Rapids Business Journal. “But for us, the presale market is efficient, eliminates wasted product we might have at the end of a slow day at the farmers market, and requires virtually no setup or tear down,”
It also is easily adapted to serving a farmers’ market’s audience in a pandemic. REKO will be offering no-contact pickup for orders placed in its Ada and Holland Facebook groups for the foreseeable future.
But REKO isn’t only a pandemic response, it intends to be a year-round offering.
Farms participating at REKO’s launch include Green Wagon, Eighth Day, Melody Bee, Crane Dance, Golden Hour, Woodbridge Dairy, Shady Side, St. Steve’s Mud Lake and Visser.
But Michigan farms aren’t the only participants. Love’s Ice Cream, Wormies Vermicompost, Saunders Family Bakery and Field and Fire Bakery are also part of REKO.
An up-to-date list of participants can be found here.
Not every participating business participates every week, but availability is posted in the Facebook groups weekly.
The first two REKO Markets are 3-3:30 p.m. Thursday at The Community Church at 7239 Thornapple River Drive SE in Ada, and noon to 1 p.m. in Holland at the Holland Town Center, 12330 James St..
REKO could serve as a model for farmers’ markets across the state to weather the coronavirus storm.
When Technology Stops: Sustaining Support to Michigan Farmers
There are of course other options. Not all farmers operate through farmers’ markets, or are close enough to population centers to make the REKO model work. Some don’t even have internet access.
Though the Christian Science Monitor reports that small co-ops are helping lay the groundwork for a rural internet infrastructure, that can’t help farmers today take part in REKO-like projects. Other means of support are needed.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans to help farmers by buying $20 million in tart cherries, reports the Traverse City Record-Eagle. Those cherries will help feed the needy, facilitating two levels of emergency coronavirus aid.
“It’s a good thing for the industry,” Cherry Ke CFO Nels Veliquette said of the purchase, which is part of the federal government’s effort to support business during the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s a good thing for people who need shelf-stable product.”
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) also announced that agriculture businesses can now apply for Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans. These loans are available to Michigan farms with fewer than 500 employees which have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
“This is the first time agricultural producers are eligible for the programs, and it couldn’t come at a more critical moment for Michigan’s food and agriculture industry,” said MDARD Director Gary McDowell in a statement. “Across the country, we are seeing fractures in the food supply chain, and we need every resource available to help weather this storm.”
These federal programs can help Michigan farmers unable to participate in a REKO-style farmers’ market.
Michigan Markets Open for Business
In addition to REKO, there are a number of other places people can go to support Michigan farms. Here’s a roundup of some of Michigan’s most dynamic markets and how you can make the most of them this season:
Oakland County Farmers Market
2350 Pontiac Lake Rd, Waterford Township
It will be open 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Notes: Food sampling is no longer an option. Shoppers are required to wear masks inside the market and strongly encouraged on site. Shoppers and vendors inside the building will be limited to less than 50 at one time
More information: https://www.facebook.com/pg/OaklCountyFarmersMarket
Birmingham Farmers Market
Public Parking Lot 6 at 660 North Old Woodward.
It will be open 9 a.m. to noon Sundays
Notes: The market will act as a drive-thru. Change will not be provided and items will be placed directly into trunks of vehicles.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/BIRMINGHAMFARMERSMARKET/
Blocks Stand and Greenhouse
29160 Eureka Rd, Romulus.
It will be open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and to 6 p.m. Sunday, with the first hour reserved for seniors on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Notes: Follow the marked direction arrows. Keep at least 6 feet distance between you and others. In accordance with the CDC and State of Michigan, please remember to wear a face covering to keep everyone safe.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/Blocks-Stand-Greenhouse-Romulus-MI-118448804852942/
Grand Haven Farmers Market
301 N Harbor Drive, Grand Haven
It will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays in May and Wednesdays and Saturdays from June 3 to Oct. 31.
Notes: Customers will need to wear masks, maintain social distancing, not sample or touch products, and should not linger.
More information: facebook.com/GrandHavenFarmersMarket/
Fulton Street Farmers Market
1145 Fulton St. E, Grand Rapids
It’s open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays starting May 2 through October.
Notes: The market can accommodate 66 customers at a time and customers should line up at the Fulton Street entrance and exit near Fountain Street.
More information: fultonstreetmarket.org
Holland Farmers Market:
150 West 8th St, Holland
It’s expected to reopen May 13, then open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Notes: The market has compiled a list on how to buy directly from vendors until the market reopens, which you can find here.
More information: hollandfarmersmarket.com
Kalamazoo Farmers Market
1204 Bank Street, Kalamazoo
The market will available for picking up orders only from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays in May. The tentative opening day from the market is June 6.
Notes: In May, people must directly order from vendors through the phone or online.
More information: pfcmarkets.com
Muskegon Farmers Market
242 West Western Ave., Muskegon
The outdoor market will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from May 2 through Nov. 30.
Notes: Aisle-ways will be divided and monitored. Vendors must wear masks and gloves and shoppers are highly encouraged to wear masks.
More information: muskegonfarmersmarket.com
Rockford Farmers Market
27 S Squires St. Square, Rockford
It’s open 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday from May 2 to Oct. 31.
Notes: Only 50 shoppers will be allowed at a time and they must wear masks and retain proper social distance.
More information: facebook.com/Rockford-MI-Farmers-Market-106213964406655/
Spring Lake Farm & Garden Market
225 E. Exchange St., Spring Lake
It will be open on 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays from June 4 to Oct. 8.
Notes: The market is slated to open June 4 in the parking lot of Harvest Bible Church.
More information: www.facebook.com/SLFarmGardenMarket/