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Her husband works in the real estate business in Kansas City. And business was brisk: “Ever since I opened the doors at 9:30, it’s been nonstop,” she said. Although The Farmer’s House Market has.
Even if they have time for two days here or three days here, well, now we are opening their eyes to future plans to come. information they can’t somehow find online with enough digging, that’s not.
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PhonePe, the Indian digital payments and financial services firm, has announced its foray into the stock broking industry with the launch of Share(dot)Market. This new platform falls under the subsidiary PhonePe Wealth Broking Pvt. Ltd.
Share(dot)Market aims to redefine discount broking by providing a range of services, including market intelligence, quantitative research-based WealthBaskets, a robust technology platform, and an enhanced customer experience.
The platform is accessible on both mobile and web, enabling retail investors to purchase stocks, conduct intraday trades, and invest in mutual funds and WealthBaskets.
PhonePe attributes the surge in retail investment in stock markets to recent initiatives by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), such as simplified onboarding through Aadhaar/Video KYC and faster settlement times. The company aims to take advantage of this momentum by offering a seamless, data-driven investing experience.
Ujjwal Jain, CEO of Share(dot)Market, stated, “We are delighted to launch Share(dot)Market, which aligns with our vision of driving financial inclusion at a population scale.” He also highlighted the recent increase in the percentage of savings invested in equities, anticipating that Share(dot)Market will further boost this growth.
The platform offers various investment products, including stocks (intraday and delivery), mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and WealthBaskets. These WealthBaskets are carefully curated collections of stocks and investment products focused on specific themes or sectors, providing investors with a convenient and cost-effective way to build active equity portfolios.
Sujit Modi, Chief Investment Officer of Share(dot)Market, added that the platform aims to attract new demographics into stock trading. “With our user-friendly interface, we aim to reshape the way investors and traders engage with the stock market,” he said.
Since its establishment in December 2015, PhonePe has become India’s largest payments app, boasting 480 million registered users and digitizing 36 million offline merchants. It also leads in the Bharat Bill Pay System (BBPS), processing over 45% of transactions on the platform.
Having ventured into financial services in 2017, PhonePe has introduced various mutual funds and insurance products. With the introduction of Share(dot)Market, PhonePe aims to expand its financial services portfolio while enabling millions of Indians to build wealth in a secure and informed manner.
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LOS ANGELES — Rare’s games come back as a collection called Rare Replay, releasing on Xbox One on Aug. 4.
Announced this morning at Microsoft’s E3 2015 press conference, this collection of games such as Banjo-Kazooie, Kameo, Killer Instinct, Viva Piñata, Battletoads, and Perfect Dark are part of this Xbox One exclusive. The British developer used to be a second party studio for Nintendo, but Microsoft acquired the company in 2002. This release makes use of the company’s back catalog of fan favorites.
The company also announced a new adventure game for Xbox One, titled Sea of Thieves.
Gamers and press speculated about older Rare games coming to the Xbox One when the recent indie hit Shovel Knight appeared on Xbox Live with Battletoads boss characters. Battletoads is the famous (infamous) Rare game for NES that’s gone down as one of the most difficult experiences in the industry’s history.
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Today morning, Google has declared some new features to improve its Google Maps. New features include the enhanced curbside pickup and delivery options. Apart from this, Google has announced enhancements for indoor live-view navigation.
Not only this, Google has upgraded its air quality data and driving directions as well.
Google further added that they are trying to bring out some more information related to stores. More specifically, the company has added more delivery providers, pickup and delivery windows, fees, and other features.
Google is saying that they are rolling out this on mobile search with Instacart and Albertsons Cos. stores in the US.
Google is also experimenting a new way to improve curbside pickup. In this, users can easily communicate with the store by staying in the parking area only. This experiment has been done in Poland so far.


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Great Lakes Mall opens “The Yard”
Great Lakes Mall, Mentor’s family friendly shopping destination, announced the opening of The Yard, a new community gathering place and play area featuring traditional family-friendly games like cornhole, ping-pong, oversized chess and more.
“Our goal is to create experiences beyond shopping,” said Kate Miller, marketing director of Great Lakes Mall. “Our work at Great Lakes Mall is part of our long-term focus to reinvent the retail experience for our guests. As part of this reinvention, we continue to add community gathering spaces including The Yard, The Hub and numerous family-friendly events and activities held at Great Lakes Mall.”
Guests can lounge in the area surrounded by lush turf grass and take in the sights and sounds of the center or play games like oversized Jenga or giant Connect Four. The Yard is free to the public and open during mall hours.
For more information, visit www.shopgreatlakesmall.com or call 440-255-6900.


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One of the biggest Porsche events begins to incorporate air and water-cooled cars
Luftgekühlt is known for its air-cooled cars, but what about those using water?!
Last week Luftgekühlt (Luft 9) was held on Mare Island, not too far from San Francisco, California, a former naval base that’s hosted everything from sails to nuclear-powered boats. The annual gathering of all things air-cooled Porsche is known worldwide for its excellent display of cars and the event itself. Drawing in cars and owners from all points, the event has now branched out to highlight all dimensions of the brand.
The day following Luft 9 celebrating the 60th year of the 911, introduced an event called ‘Air|Water’ which was billed as “highlighting key people and cars from Porsche’s entire model line.” The fact “Water” is in the name will immediately tell you that this event is geared toward the entire range—even the current 992. The event was created to highlight the transaxle cars, water-cooled 911s, and even the early SUVs. The whole event was envisioned and produced by the same Luftgekühlt team.
One of the founders, Patrick Long was quoted as describing the event as, “Not only the stories of prominent cars or owners but the story of normal people who’ve built their car with their parents in their garage, all the way up to some of the most celebrated and decorated championship race cars. And everything in between! We focus on different storylines and themes and highlight cars that haven’t been seen over and over again. But the beauty of Porsche as a brand is that there is so much to take in, so much history and so many amazing cars. So we continue to make it fun and interesting by focusing on the cars we want to learn about ourselves.”
The success of the Luftgekühlt ‘one brand only car event’ has certainly been noticed as an anomaly in the car community. Seeking to raise the bar further for static car shows, the addition of the late model, water-cooled cars come as a welcome to those owners who have been left out of all the air-cooled fun. Over 12,000 people and 1,000 cars were tallied attending the two-day event this year.
Look for the event next year—it’s tenth—for another display of Porsche history and some of the most exciting cars ever made.Recommend0 recommendationsPublished in Events


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In collaboration with “Clothes for Humans”, United Colors of Benetton has launched a brand new creative platform. Benetton intends to send a message that life is all about real moments and emotions, which is distant from fashion stereotype. It also aims to empower people to express their emotions and get the most out of their experiences.
Benetton’s “Clothes for Humans” marketing philosophy will act as a unifying force behind three product lines – a global campaign, a new website, and a series of in-store initiatives and materials. They have also included a ”magalog” which is a hybrid between a magazine and a catalogue set to be distributed in Benetton stores worldwide.
With clothes for Humans as their core philosophy, Benetton intends to explore the most honest and ‘human’ moments of emotion that are relevant to clothing. In their new website, UCB has introduced a new section called “Clothes for Humans” representing the new design philosophy helping customers select clothing according to their moods based on three lines – Dress Up, Dress Down and Dress to Move.
Benetton also released a video manifesto for their brand new design philosophy on their official YouTube channel. The campaign shows diverse and expressive real people — a woman eating take-away food in front of an empty open fridge, a group of girls drinking wine at an informal party and two young siblings cutting each other’s hair.
Here’s another latest advert from Samsung that breaks advertising stereotypes. Take a look.
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March marked the 12th consecutive month when Vietnam’s automobile industry saw its sales increase again in March with 9,313 vehicles sold compared to 7,314 in February.
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According to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA), the Truong Hai Auto Corporation (Thaco) accounted for 36 percent of the sold units, followed by Toyota with 29 percent.
Ford and Honda gained the third and fourth positions in March with 9 percent and 6 percent, respectively.
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During the 10-day Chuseok holiday Coupang received over 1,000 Rocket delivery orders at its peak in a span of one minute. Per hour searches made by customers exceeded 430,000.
The last record set by Coupang in gross merchandise value both weekly and monthly was in July, according to company CFO Richard Song.
In his company-wide message sent on the Oct. 13, Coupang’s Senior Vice President Rudy Darmawan mentioned how employees helped make this past Chuseok a success and that the company broke internal records.
“As a testament to Customers’ confidence in our Coupangman ability to deliver on time, they ordered a lot more compared to last year. We now have a peak day record of over a million items ordered in retail alone.
According to the company, customers shared their experiences with Coupang through various social media platforms.
“When it comes to delivery, Coupang deserves commendation,” One customer commented as many showed appreciation of the delivery being made during the holiday season when most offline stores had been closed.


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The iPhone revolutionized how we live and work. Since the birth of the Apple iPhone, Digital Mom has shared the latest iPhone news, gadgets, hacks and more.
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Converting wood waste into vanilla: Innovative student research advances in global competition
February 8, 2019
Amir Kashani, a master's student in UBC’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been chosen by the Forest Products Association of Canada to participate in the international Blue Sky Young Researchers Innovation Award competition.
The competition, which takes place every two years, is open to students and researchers under 30 who are pursuing forest-based research and innovation projects. This year’s event is titled “Forest-based products and services: how disruptive technologies are revolutionizing the future.”
"It is a true honour for me to represent Canada in this competition," Kashani told Pulp & Paper Canada. "Being recognized for research activities that are also a personal passion is really gratifying."
Kashani’s research focuses on lignin, or the “glue” that binds wood fibres together and is largely treated as a waste product in the pulp and paper industry. Kashani is investigating how microorganisms can be used to transform lignin into a range of sustainable products, including food flavouring agents like capsaicin and vanillin, the most popular flavour in the food industry.
Vanillin, an organic compound which gives cured vanilla beans their distinctive taste and smell, is already being produced from lignin by chemical means. But if Kashani’s research is successful, the vanillin supplied by his living organisms could be classified and sold as a natural product, significantly increasing its commercial value. In recent years, the demand for vanillin has increased along with the price of vanilla beans, which has spiked due to reduced supply and increased demand.
The same method Kashani is developing for vanillin may also be used to produce capsaicin, a vanillin derivative that is responsible for the spiciness and pungency of chili peppers. In addition to its use as a food flavouring, the compound has applications in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and pepper sprays.
The only Canadian researcher selected to take part in the Blue Sky competition this year, Kashani will have an opportunity to present his research before a panel of industry leaders at the International Council of Forest & Paper Associations’ CEO Roundtable in Vancouver if he reaches the final round.


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Orange County health officials are currently investigating a cluster of illnesses that appear to be connected to Walt Disney World’s “Wild Africa Trek” experience, an exclusive tour where guests get up close and personal with wildlife at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
According to Dain Weister, a spokesman for the Orange County Health Department, there are “several dozens of cases” among visitors who took the tour in June and July, although the source of the illness remains a mystery.
Weister also said:
It appears to be some kind of stomach bug. It could be food-borne, it could be water-borne, it could be something that’s passed on person-to-person, it could be something that’s picked up by surface.
Currently, Disney has taken several precautionary measures including deep cleaning surfaces guests come in contact with as well as distributing hand sanitizers and emphasizing the importance of hand-washing to both guests and park employees.
The health department was alerted to the mysterious outbreak on June 11, and have interviewed hundreds of guests who took the tour. The majority of guests interviewed didn’t go to the doctor and were better in 2 to 5 days, believing it was a simple stomach bug.
While the cause of the illness remains to be found, health officials believe this isn’t a widespread illness but confined only to the Animal Kingdom tour. We’ll update you when we have further information to share.


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American consumers borrowed another $25 billion in September, according to newly released Federal Reserve data, as higher costs led to further dependence on credit cards and other loans.
Economists were anticipating monthly growth of $30 billion, according to Refinitiv consensus estimates.
The data isn’t adjusted for inflation.
Consumer borrowing in September increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.4%, according to the report. Revolving debt, which includes credit cards, grew by 8.7%.
“In normal economic times, that would be a huge jump,” Matthew Schulz, chief credit analyst for LendingTree, wrote in a tweet. “However, it is actually the second-smallest increase in the past year.”
Nonrevolving credit, which includes auto loans and student loans, increased by 5.7%.
“Generally speaking with cards, it’s getting harder to get a credit card,” Schulz said in an interview with CNN Business.
He noted a separate Fed survey released Monday on bank lending practices. According to the October 2022 senior loan officer opinion survey, standards tightened for approval of credit card loans while demand increased.
That’s likely showing up in this consumer credit data, he said.
“What we’re seeing is generally a pullback from lenders when it comes to folks with less than great credit,” he said. “When it’s harder for folks who really need to get credit, and when folks who can get it may not feel confident to want to spend as much, then you may see credit card debt growth slow down a little bit.”
Decades-high inflation has weighed heavily on Americans, outpacing wage gains and forcing consumers to rely more heavily on credit cards and savings.
In the second quarter of this year, credit card balances saw their largest year-over-year increases in more than two decades, according to separate data from the New York Federal Reserve. The third-quarter household debt and credit report is set to be released Nov. 15.
The personal savings rate, which is the percentage of disposable income allocated for saving, not spending, was 3.1% in September, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. That’s the second-lowest rate in more than 14 years.
The upcoming holiday season could add an additional wrinkle and make it even harder on people, he said.
“Any time you have credit card debt growth, it can either be a sign of confidence or a sign of struggle — it’s usually both,” he said. “But I think today, it’s probably leaning more toward people struggling than it has been in recent years.”
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THE opening of a Salvation Army charity shop in Bo’ness could lead to a huge boost in community facilities within the town.
For it is hoped that the enterprise, which opened on Monday, will raise enough cash to underpin several ventures including, crucially, a drop-in centre for foreign residents of the town.
Lieutenant TIm Lennox of Bo’ness Salvation Army said the corps had identified a definite niche for the facility because there is a significant number of Eastern European residents in the town who face particular difficulties.
He said that issues to be addressed at the drop-in centre include welfare benefits, housing, overcoming the language barrier and providing adequate clothing for immigrants.
‘‘We have identified a particular need for such a facility owing to the significant number of Eastern Europeans living in the town,’’ he said.
‘‘The drop-in centre will enable us to provide appropriate advice and information targetting that vulnerable section of the local community.’’
Although mainly staffed by volunteers, the South Street shop does have a full-time paid-for manager and a paid-for part-time assistant manager.
It will offer for sale clothing and electrical goods at reasonable prices according to Lieutenant Lennox.
He said: ‘‘Over the last year we have been aware of the need for such a facility and have acquired the premises in South Street which were officially opened on Monday of this week.
‘‘As well as providing good quality clothing and electrical goods at reasonable prices it will also bring a bit of life to a section of South Street. The building we are now occupying has been closed for two or three years.’’
Other ventures that will benefit from the cash raised by the shop are the mother and toddler group already operated by the Salvation Army in the town, the lunch club and the provision of improved youth work in a secure, sheltered and welcoming environment said Lieutenant Lennox.


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Mumbai: As excitement for another riveting season of the TATA IPL approaches, JioCinema neared the conclusion of its series of roadshows across the country, designed to bring the full spectrum of advertisers under one roof. The multi-event series, which will cover nine Indian cities by the end of February, has been showcasing the vast expanse of offerings from JioCinema for TATA IPL 2024 and rekindling conversations on the power and potential of digital on the back of impressive results that advertisers witnessed last year.
The caravan, which has travelled to the cities of Bengaluru, Kolkata, Patna, Chennai, Ahmedabad, and Hyderabad so far, has featured a number of prominent advertisers who spoke about their experience with TATA IPL on JioCinema last year. Conversations also threw light on what new advertisers coming on board can expect from this season, particularly in relation to regional reach, Connected TV expansion, and cohort targeting, thus making a case for why digital is the right medium for this spectacle and the sort of scope and scale it offers.
Here’s what a few advertisers had to say across the events so far-
“Innovative Ad formats and new offerings from JioCinema for IPL ’24 look exciting and that could help unlock an incremental audience for brands like ours. The possibility of shaper targeting on the back of innovative Ad solution even with a smaller investment/budget is a great thing that we are looking forward to this year,” Raksha Pipes lead – brand management, Ravi Kumar
“Regional feeds during IPL is a powerful tool to reach audiences is specific geographies rather than having a spill over (on other platform) this will help us plan region specific campaigns to reach audiences in the likes of Haryana, Punjab, UP and more with regional feeds on JioCinema this IPL,” said Bounce Electric AVP Rajeev Gupta
“For a brand like ours where we are very specific when it comes to who we want to reach out to & JioCinema gives us the exact type of cohorts based on languages, 4K or CTV devices to reach that affluent audience, and ensures that our budgets are allocated in the best way to maximize the campaign,” told DaMensch brand head Saumya Gupta
“Paragon is mass brand, for us the common man and the mass audience matters a lot, we are looking forward to reaching this audience via regional language feeds and unlock an incremental audience via Jio 4G feature phones cohort, other offerings from JioCinema also look promising and we are excited to partner with JioCinema to make the most out of this IPL,” said Paragon Footwear CMO Shawn Chandy
“With the advent of Connected TV the barriers of expensive advertising, and spillage during the campaigns (which happens on Linear TV) are being eliminated by JioCinema, Also JioCinema’s planner tools to look at reach frequency and other key metrics for our clients is an amazing thing which is not possible on traditional mediums,” said The Media Ant CBO Abhishek Mukherjee.
JioCinema offered the last season of IPL in 12 languages and 17 feeds for free and received a record-smashing 449 million viewership throughout the tournament, including 70 minutes of average watch time per match. This year, the IPL is- all set to attract over 650 million eyeballs on digital, which will make it another record of its own.


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Google’s had a rough second half of the year. First there was the backlash from advertisers who found that brand advertising was being found on pornographic and extremist videos on Youtube (oops), then there was the record €4.2bn fine slapped on it by the European Commission for manipulating search results to favour its own shopping comparison site.
In the last two months, it’s got worse. There’s been revelations that Google’s Home Mini, the voice activated assistant, was recording the conversations of its users without them knowing. That’s not to mention the recent reports of Google knowing the location of its Android users even when they’ve got location services turned off, and the lawsuit that’s been filed on behalf of five million iPhone users accusing Google of collecting data unlawfully using a sneaky algorithm that tricked iPhones into giving away browser data...
When you see all of the allegations in one place, it makes it even more remarkable that Google hasn’t suffered financially. Parent Alphabet’s Q3 revenues were a neat $27.47bn, up from $22.25bn the year before. Google just seems impervious to the PR disasters that keep befalling it.
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With a big money war-chest and full of determination to disrupt Indian retail market, Reliance Retail, the subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has acquired a majority equity stake in Vitalic Health Pvt Ltd (Vitalic) and its subsidiaries, which is collectively known as Netmeds.
The deal is worth Rs 620 crores and would give Reliance Retail a controlling stake of 60 per cent in Vitalic and 100 per cent direct equity ownership of its subsidiaries, which includes – Tresara Health Private Limited, Netmeds Market Place Limited and Dadha Pharma Distribution Pvt Limited.
“The addition of Netmeds enhances Reliance Retail’s ability to provide good quality and affordable health care products and services, and also broadens its digital commerce proposition to include most daily essential needs of consumers,” said Isha Ambani, Director, RRVL in a press statement.
Netmeds as you may know was incorporated in 2015 as a subsidiary of Vitalic. Its main business has been with pharma distribution, sales, and business support services. Netmeds operated one of India’s top online pharmacy platform which offered doorstep delivery of medicines, nutritional health and wellness products.
“With the combined strength of the group’s digital, retail and tech platforms, we will strive to create more value for everyone in the ecosystem, while providing a superior Omni Channel experience to consumers,” said Pradeep Dadha, Founder & CEO, Netmeds.
With RIL buying Netmeds, the online pharma market in India is booming. Just a few days ago e-commerce giant Amazon launched its online medicines delivery – Amazon Pharmacy in India. It offers customers prescription medication, home medical supplies, supplements, ayurvedic medicines and healthcare devices, among others.


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Last week Google published its How Google Fights Piracy Report where it set out a list of ways in which Google has, over the past few years, adapted its products (such as YouTube) to help fight piracy of copyrighted content. This week the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) responded that Google’s plan is not enough:
“We absolutely agree that the promotion of high-quality, legitimate platforms where audiences can watch their favorite TV shows and movies is critical,” says a spokesperson. “What’s missing from this report, though, is an acknowledgment of Google’s responsibility as the major gatekeeper of the internet. No one is suggesting that Google alone can stop piracy, but Google can and should play a more constructive role in directing consumers to legal content.”
The MPAA’s gripe seems to be in large part based on the fact that Google’s report does less to state how Google will in the future implement measures to help rights holders enforce and protect their content against piracy via the Google products (search, YouTube, etc…) and more seems to focus on pointing out how Google’s products are for the most part used for legitimate, non-piracy purposes:
“There are more than 60 trillion addresses on the web,” it says. “Only an infinitesimal portion of those trillions infringe copyright.”
Google’s report further goes on to encourage rights holders to pursue “Better Legal Alternatives”:
The best way to fight piracy is with better, convenient, legal alternatives. On YouTube and Play, Google is committed to creating those compelling alternatives for users. Each time a music fan chooses YouTube or Play over an unauthorized source, for example, it’s a victory against piracy. And thousands of copyright owners now use Content ID on YouTube to elect to monetize user-generated content on YouTube, rather than take it down, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties from Google each year.
Ultimately, the takeaway from Google’s report will depend on the reader’s source of income.
Specifically, entrepreneurs and start-up companies tend to seek “legal alternatives” versus enforcement to leverage their intellectual property due to the obvious fact that it costs much less for an entrepreneur to innovate legal alternatives to drive their business model than to pay a legal team to go to court over potential infringement.
On the other side of the fence, large companies (like members of the MPAA) who no longer have the flexibility (or maybe even the entrepreneurial talent) for innovation will prefer to rely on enforcement as a means to maintain their positions in the marketplace. What they may lack in entrepreneurial talent, they make up in resources for litigation. So those companies, and obviously their legal staff, would not agree with Google’s “legal alternatives” approach — they would prefer Google to create mechanisms that more easily lend to IP enforcement.
My two cents: At the end of the day, I think that Google’s “legal alternatives” approach is the more sustainable path in the digital age. No amount of litigation or other enforcement actions will end piracy — the court system will always lag years behind whatever new ways “pirates” develop to exploit third party IP. That is the nature of the legal system. So Google is right in that IP owners need to adapt to the technology to monetize their IP, they will not, ultimately, be successful in using the law to force technology to adapt to them.
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Despite a strained relationship between Apple and Samsung Display, the South Korean manufacturer continues to be the leading supplier of OLED panels for iPhones. In fact, it has been going so well that it will ship a higher number than expected. Depending on the volumes in December, the total will be somewhere in the range of 40-50 million panels.
Samsung Display is shipping 90% of the OLED panels used by iPhones, including the latest 11 Pro models. LG Display is supplying 7-8 million panels for the iPhone 11 Pro Max. Here are Samsung’s numbers by month (the October and November numbers are estimates).
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Interestingly, the forecast for September was originally only 6.9 million, but due to high demand for the new iPhone 11 Pro models, Samsung Display increased the shipments by 40%.
That’s quite the opposite of what happened early this year when weak demand for the XS generation led to slashed orders and an operating loss of $478 million for Q1. In Q2 Samsung Display reported $641 million in profits (largely thanks to a $683 million reimbursement from Apple for missed sales targets).
As for the iPhone 11, it gets its LCDs from JDI, LG Display and Sharp. All 2020 iPhone models are expected to switch to OLED, save for the so-called iPhone SE 2 (which will stick to LCD).


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We finally know what Prince Harry's awkward hand gesture means
It all makes sense now.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are dominating the headlines this week with the pair announcing their engagement yesterday.
This isn't the first time Harry has been spotted doing this either, see the below picture with Melania Trump from this year's Invictus Games in Toronto.
It seemed like he was trying to keep his jacket in place or something of the sort but according to one body language expert, there's more going on.
As you may have guessed, Harry may not be at ease with the situation and could find it nervewracking to be in the public eye so much.
Traci Brown, a body language expert, spoke to Good Housekeeping and described this action as a "habit" Harry has become accustomed to.
Traci suggested that Harry may even be feeling "stress" and that tugging at clothes can sometimes indicate that the person in question is feeling out of place and/or uncomfortable.
However, Bianca Cobb, another professional well-versed in the logistics of body language said that as the 33-year-old is often pictured doing this, he probably doesn't even realise.
Bianca said that this gesture is something Harry probably does subconsciously and to be fair, we all have little mannerisms we don't even notice.


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While most of the focus this week at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference was on Microsoft's ambitions for the cloud, the greatest amount of buzz emanating from the conference in terms of technology innovation arguably belonged to Denali, the company's forthcoming instance of a 64-bit version of the Microsoft SQL Server database that can run in-memory.
One of the first places that Denali, which is now in its third release as a Community Technology Preview, will make its presence felt is in the realm of business intelligence and analytics applications that generally have major performance requirements. While companies such as SAP have led the charge in terms of citing the value of in-memory computing using new platforms such as the High Performance Analytics Appliance (HANA), it will probably fall to Microsoft to make in-memory computing mainstream in the enterprise.
One of the first application vendors to provide support for Denali is Panorama Software, which this week announced that it has plans to create a new semantic model for building business intelligence applications based on online analytical databases (OLAP) running on top of Denali.
According to Panorama Software CEO Eynav Azarya, the benefits of Denali are that executives will able to analyze terabytes of data in seconds using industry-standard x86 servers and because the entire environment is running in-memory, there is no need to waste tons of time modeling data. As a result, Azarya says we should see a major expansion of BI usage in the enterprise simply because the time and effort to create these applications will be sharply reduced.
Because of the rise of in-memory computing, major changes are afoot in terms of how applications are processed on servers. To its credit, Microsoft is at the forefront of making these changes happen, which means that by this time next year, we'll probably see in-memory computing being a lot more common inside IT organizations than most people realize today.


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As Ross Fubini told us in the last Braintrust, the Big Banks are not static targets. But it feels as though during the last decade, much of their innovation has come in direct response to the threat of burgeoning FinTechs. Startups like PayPal, RobinHood and SoFi have created new ways for consumers to bank and then bits of those services have been adopted by the larger institutions.
Ehab Bandar, a 20-year veteran of Silicon Valley, believes that it’s a structural issue that’s kept the Big Banks from being true innovators. He’s worked with startups as well as some of the biggest incumbents in the financial space (Wells Fargo, Citi, and Charles Schwab) and has seen the differences between them. In Bandar’s mind, there are people at the Big Banks with big ideas, but they rarely have the chance to deliver them to their customers in an organic and timely manner.
We talked with Bandar about the innovation gap between the incumbents and FinTech, and what might spark the next big thing in banking.
Unifimoney: You’ve argued that Big Banks have become too complex to innovate. Can you explain what you mean?
Ehab Bandar: Sure. If you look at a typical bank, like a Wells Fargo or a Citi Bank or a Chase, they’re going to both have legacy systems, as well as a myriad of different products. If you’re trying to create a technology solution that’s going to address all those needs, then all those various groups have to be involved in the process. It ends up creating a situation where you’re developing technology for the common denominator. It takes way longer to build and, by that time, the environment has changed. You can’t be as agile as you’d like. That’s the core issue with Big Banks: their inability to develop the right solutions at the right speed.
Unifimoney: Is part of the problem too many cooks in the kitchen?
Bandar: There are a lot of cooks in the kitchen, and the cooks that really know what to build are usually either at the front lines or too low in the hierarchy of a traditional bank. Their voices never quite carry the same weight, so you have this top-down directive to build something and very often those driving the ship don’t have an understanding of the real impact to the end user. So, you have this very stark disconnect between what the customers need and what the business thinks they need.
Unifimoney: This last decade has seen both the rise of FinTech and the response from the Big Banks. Do you view the technology and innovation within the Big Banks to be a direct result of the threat from FinTech?
Bandar: I was involved pre-launch at Mint.com when they were tackling a very narrow sliver of the problem. Years later, I was consulting with banks and their solution was a copycat and a watered-down version of what Mint was five years prior. So, especially from the consumer PFM space, I think they’re way behind. In a way, the banks have almost given up in even trying to tackle that problem. And in peer-to-peer, competing with PayPal, they’ve organized around Zelle and the adoption of this sort of copycat, high-friction-for-the-user version. They’ve just been lapped by the Venmos of the world and by the Squares of the world. So, I don’t see a lot of progress in the innovation space.
Unifimoney: In their current structure, can the Big Banks become innovative institutions or will the big innovation in the banking sector have to come from the outside?
Bandar: I think they are capable of it. What’s holding them back is not the ideation and the inspiration; it’s the ability to take a big risk and to experiment. A startup could get away with creating multiple versions of something for a small group and make those mistakes that you need to innovate. The banks often don’t have that luxury. But I am seeing instances of them taking smaller chances and doing a lot more user research. I think they have the people, but it takes the right leader to make the call and to empower them with the right resources and the right tools.
Unifimoney: If you had to guess, what will be the spark that creates an innovation that will substantially alter the way the average consumer banks?
Bandar: What we’re currently going through is introducing some interesting use cases in relation to the typical reliance on a retail branch and how banks think about their more complex transactions: in terms of small businesses and in terms of more advanced products or services. You’re going to start seeing them trying to adapt to the models where a consumer or small business owner is not asked to come into the physical branch. That’s going to completely shift their mode. They’re going to have to go beyond online banking to more of an advisory setup and I think this could be a spark. The longer we’re in a pandemic mode, the more it will push Big Banks into creating different, more technology-based relationships with customers.
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Ford to Add 7,000 U.S. Workers in Next Two Years; Expands Commitment to American Manufacturing
* Ford will add more than 7,000 new hourly and salaried jobs between this year and next in the United States
* As part of this job growth, Ford will begin recruiting engineers specializing in electrification at the 2011 North American International Auto Show on Wednesday and Thursday
DETROIT, – Ford Motor Company today announced it will add 7,000 new hourly and salaried jobs between this year and next in the United States.
This year alone, Ford is adding nearly 4,000 hourly jobs at several of its U.S. plants, including 1,800 at Louisville Assembly Plant, which is preparing to launch the next-generation Ford Escape late in the year. Ford also will add 750 salaried engineering jobs in product development and manufacturing. Next year, Ford expects to add at least 2,500 more new manufacturing positions.
“Ford is committed to American manufacturing, and we are on a path to add more than 7,000 American workers over the next two years as we continue to grow our product lineup,” said Mark Fields, Ford president of The Americas. “Working with our partners, including the UAW, Ford is finding competitive ways to engineer and build even more high-quality, fuel-efficient vehicles with technologies American consumers really want.”
Ford is recruiting salaried engineers specializing in batteries, system controls, software and energy storage to work on electric vehicles in Detroit and eight other cities including Boston; Chicago; Cincinnati; Columbus, Ohio; Milwaukee; Raleigh and Durham, N.C.; and San Jose, Calif. This recruitment launches at the 2011 North American International Auto Show during industry preview days on Jan. 12 and Jan. 13.
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Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With about 163,000 employees and about 70 plants worldwide, the company’s automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford’s products, please visit www.ford.com.
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Like Tesla, the more “successful” Netflix is the deeper the financial hole it digs itself. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
When Netflix published its third-quarter earnings last October, Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer forecasted it would spend roughly $7 billion to $8 billion on original content in 2018.
The Economist, quoting a recent Goldman Sachs equity assessment, states that Netflix could spend $12 billion to $13 billion on original content, which is more than any studio or television network spends on films or shows that are not sports related.
According to the IndieWire, Netflix will roll out 82 feature films within the year, including Noah Baumbach’s “The Meyerowitz Stories” follow-up starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, and the Sandra Bullock thriller “Bird Box,” while Warner Bros. and Disney will respectively release 23 and ten films to cinemas.
The company is even producing or procuring more than 700 new or exclusively licensed television shows, including 100 scripted dramas and comedies, dozens of documentaries and children’s shows, stand-up comedy specials and unscripted reality and talk shows.
Moreover, its ambitions of global domination are now being realized, as current productions are underway in 21 countries, including Brazil, Germany, India, and South Korea.
In the first quarter of this year, Netflix had 125 million subscribers worldwide, 57 million of them in America. In 2016, the company’s global membership grew 48 percent; last year’s gain was 42 percent. With an average subscription of $10 a month, those customers represent some $14 billion in annual revenue which the company recycles the money back into programming, marketing, and technology—along with billions it must borrow to keep the scheme going.
Goldman analysts believe Netflix could spend an annual $22.5 billion on content by 2022. That would be collectively more than all entertainment spending by all U.S. networks and cable companies.
“We believe the growing content offering and expanding distribution ecosystem will continue to drive subscriber growth above consensus expectations. Based on the pace of both, we’re raising our revenue estimates and price target,” Goldman Sachs analyst Heath Terry wrote in a note to clients Wednesday.
“We believe Netflix’s ability to spend significantly more on customer acquisition while still producing ~4pps of operating margin expansion for the full year, on our estimates, will allow the company to drive additional subscriber growth, particularly in markets where the company’s brand presence isn’t as strong as it is in the U.S.,” he said.
The market values Netflix at $176 billion (as of July 06), which is more than CBS, Comcast, Disney, Twenty-First Century Fox, and Viacom. The Economist notes that some equity analysts recognize the high market capitalization as ridiculous because the company lacks profit, coupled with an enormous $8.5 billion debt load and limited media track record.


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Whatever the reason, McDonald’s is testing an “English pub” burger in select markets across the U.S., including parts of Illinois.
An photo of a newspaper advertisement for the menu item is making the rounds between bloggers online, mostly because its slang-riddled copy sounds like a line from an Austin Powers movie.[Read More]
The list was compiled by voting among readers of Zymurgy, the association’s journal. Those beer aficionados each listed their top-20 beers, tapping 1,306 beers from 433 breweries around the nation.
The poll also determined the best brewery (Dogfish Head Craft Brewery or Delaware) and the best import (Rodenbach Grand Cru of Belgium).
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Sure, we have recycling laws here. We toy with the idea of plastic-bag bans every few years. But a group of entrepreneurs in Austin are taking sustainability even more seriously and opening a zero-packaging grocery store.
In.gredients is gearing up to open later this year as the nation’s first market that requires shoppers to bring their own containers. The store will sell local produce that’s in season along with other staples available throughout the year.[Read More]
The chain known for glazed doughnuts and retro paper hats confirmed that it’s adding oatmeal, fruit juice and yogurt to its menu.
Don’t worry, sugar addicts. Krispy Kreme is also testing a doughnut milkshake on its home turf in North Carolina, meaning that might be coming to your town soon.
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Wholesale retailer Costco has filed preliminary plans to move the company’s store on Division Street farther north and take a lucrative sales tax generator outside city limits.
A preliminary site plan filed last month with the Spokane County Building and Planning Department calls for the construction of a 160,000-square-foot warehouse on 15 acres of land currently owned by Kaiser Aluminum. The proposed store would be built on a forested plot northwest of the old Kaiser smelting operation, between U.S. Highway 2 and the future North Spokane Corridor. Timber harvest has already been approved on the land.
Bob Wrigley, the county’s chief budget officer, said it’s uncertain how much in sales tax revenue the store could generate. But a large retailer would be highly desirable for the county, which had seen lagging sales tax receipts before a 6 percent increase in 2014.
“No doubt about it,” Wrigley said. “Anytime you get a Costco, or a Walmart, or a Lowe’s, any kind of big retail store, those are all pluses.”
Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart said staff had worked with Costco over the past several years to try to find a new location within city limits, but were unable to do so.
“They gave us parameters, and we really tried to find some space in the city,” Stuckart said, noting there wasn’t a lot of room within city limits, north of the river, for the acreage Costco was looking for. “Obviously that didn’t come to fruition.”
A representative of Costco’s real estate acquisition team declined to comment on the company’s plans. The store at 7619 N. Division St., which opened in October 1992, has not been listed for sale and the plans filed with the county contain no timeline for building construction. Various agencies, including Spokane Fire District 9, the Washington Department of Transportation and the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency are reviewing the preliminary plans from Costco.
The new store would be built with 819 parking stalls on a plot that was zoned for mixed-use development in 2004.
The move about 2.5 miles north up U.S. 2 would shift another location of the Issaquah-based retailer outside city limits. A former warehouse store on Third Avenue moved to Sprague Avenue, a location that was incorporated by Spokane Valley. The store on Division was originally in an unincorporated part of the county, but the city of Spokane launched a dogged annexation effort in 2006 that prompted legal threats from the county.
The city and county eventually agreed to a temporary revenue-sharing agreement to avoid a lengthy legal fight. Commissioner Todd Mielke indicated at the time of the annexation that Costco was already considering moving from its Division location.
Gavin Cooley, the city’s chief financial officer, said he couldn’t speak about sales tax receipts of individual businesses because of an agreement with the Washington Department of Revenue. The reported sales at an average Costco warehouse would put at least $1 million in annual sales tax revenue at stake.
Stuckart said if Costco moved, the loss of city sales tax revenue would be disappointing, but at least the dollars would stay local.
“As long as it’s staying in the county, that’s a good thing,” Stuckart said.
If the building plan is approved and Costco decides to move the store, it would mean more retail space for shoppers and a larger refueling area for motorists. The current warehouse store, remodeled in 2007, has about 134,000 square feet of retail space. Its gas station, which was built in 1997, is 2,400 square feet, according to Spokane County Assessor records.
The new store would expand by about 26,000 square feet, and its gas station calls for 7,500 square feet of space, according to the plans filed with the county in December.
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MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) is to pull in global revenues of over $180bn (£112bn) between 2012 and 2016, according to the latest Mobile Messaging Futures report from Portio Research. Having maintained its position as the second most successful non-voice mobile service over the years, however, 2011 saw revenue fall behind that of mobile e-mail. By 2016, mobile IM (Instant Messaging) – which generated the lowest revenue in the mobile messaging market in 2011 – will surpass MMS revenue.
“We are not forecasting decline, just decline in growth,” says John White, Portio Research’s business development manager. “MMS still generates in excess of $30bn per annum, and both traffic and revenues are expected to continue growing every year for the next five years.”
In the mobile messaging market, SMS is still king, generating 63.5 per cent of revenue, and the most traffic, in 2011 – and it’s set to continue dominating worldwide mobile messaging until 2016. According to the report, SMS usage is set to slow down, with its revenue share dropping below 50 per cent, but will continue to exist comfortably alongside OTT (Over-The-Top) messaging services.
“Predictions of the ‘death of SMS’ have been unduly presumptuous, as SMS continues to be a large part of operator’s revenues worldwide,” says Tom Veldman, senior proposition manager at mobile messaging company Acision. “The OTT messaging services market is highly fragmented, and so far we have not seen one service establish itself as a main challenger to SMS. According to our recent 2012 research on consumer messaging habits, 93 per cent of smartphone owners communicate via SMS, despite having access to IM and OTT services. Indeed, the ubiquitous nature of SMS means it offers a reach of approximately 5bn people globally across any brand, network and device type, even without 3G. Until OTT messaging services can replicate this universal reach, it is unlikely that they will make a noticeable dent to the SMS market.”
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12 Statistics On Email That Will Amaze You
Social media has been getting plenty of headlines as a growing platform for reaching people with products and services.
Yet its reach and effectiveness continue to pale in comparison with email. The quickest way to reach potential customers in a direct and personal way remains through the inbox. Even as mobile takes off, email remains the king of communications since all those people on all those devices are spending much of their time…reading their emails.
A few facts— 12 to be precise—reveal how email marketing's explosion continues unabated.
- Email kills social media. McKinsey & Co. found email is 40 times more effective in acquiring customers than Facebook or Twitter.
- More than 91 percent of Americans use email daily. That far surpasses Facebook or any other media platform, McKinsey reported.
- Email prompts higher purchases. An email is three times more likely to prompt a purchase than a social media message. On average, email-initiated purchases are 17 percent higher in value.
- Marketers prefer email. By a margin of more than 25 percent, marketers call the ROI of email "excellent" or "good," clearly trumping social media in a poll conducted by Ecoconsultancy. Studies show email continues to be the best method to acquire new leads – 88 percent cite email in one report.
- Customers act after receiving email. Harris Interactive found customers like receiving targeted emails, with 81 percent of digital shoppers reporting those messages made them more likely to make additional purchases while visiting brick-and-mortar or online stores.
- Mobile email works. Conversion rates are hard to come by, but Loyalty 360 found 36 percent of email mobile messages are opened.
- Email volume makes the numbers in the national deficit look small. Corporations globally send 354 billion messages daily.
- Spam isn't cheap. Sure, email has a downside. Corporations on average spend $3 million annually to fight spam, according to MarketingLand.com.
- Email has an astonishing return on investment. Experian reports every $1 invested email returns $44.25 altogether.
- Businesses love sharing email they like. The Ernest Agency reports 72 percent of B2B recipients are likely to share useful email.
- Email is the preferred marketing vehicle. Around 77 percent of one study's respondents say they prefer to receive marketing messaging via email.
- Email is still growing. Internationally Radicati reports email users grow 12 percent a year. That's a lot more potential customers!
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The round was led by Hetz Ventures with the participation of F-Prime Capital and Foundation Capital. The proceeds will help the team grow, consolidate operations in Mexico and launch Brazil.
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Mozper, the startup offering a debit card and application to children and parents in Latin America, announced the completion of a $ 3.55 million startup round, funded by Hetz Ventures with the participation of F-Prime Capital, Foundation Capital , is directed. Secocha Ventures, former investors Dux Capital and John Farrell.
The new round will allow Mozper to further position itself as a pioneer in youth banking in Latin America by cementing its presence in the Mexican market where it was launched three months ago. In 2021 it will expand to Brazil, enriching the product and scaling the organization.
This final round brings the company’s total funding to $ 5.1 million and comes just months after a $ 1.6 million pre-seed round was announced by DUX Capital and the Angel, among others – Investor John Farrell, including YCombinator. where Mozper was part of the generation “Summer 2020”.
“We believe that the Latin American market is a blue ocean for fintech innovations,” commented Pavel Livshiz, partner at Hetz Ventures. “We were very impressed with the ability of Gabriel, Yael and Pablo to quickly implement their vision of banking the generation Digital first early and impressive from Latin America ”.
The founders Pablo Klestorny, Yael Israelí and Gabriel Roizner started building Mozper in January 2020 and announced in a joint press conference with Visa the start in Mexico in August 2020 with a closed beta test in which 500 families and more participated Mozper quickly showed signs that it was an attractive product for the Mexican market.
After the successful beta test – more than 90% of the participating families continue to use the app – Mozper offered his app to the public on November 2nd and recorded a steady growth of 20% week after week.
Mozper is bringing traditional Sunday into the digital age in Latin America, where around 70% of the population have never had a formal financial education and don’t have the right tools to educate their children. In Brazil and Mexico alone, parents give their children more than $ 10 billion in pocket money every year.
With increasing digital adoption in the region and a shift in children’s spending habits from cash to online use, parents now need an easier way to give their children digital money while monitoring their spending. Time they instill healthy financial habits.
“We are excited to bring financial education and youth banking to the Latin American market starting in Mexico,” said Gabriel Roizner, CEO of Mozper. “By using our Visa debit cards and the app, kids get a hands-on, real-world financial education suitable for the digital age. We really believe that without education there is no financial inclusion. “


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Sendle: Small businesses in Canada are long overdue for a parcel delivery option designed for them
Sendle, Australia’s 100% carbon neutral parcel delivery service announced its launch in Canada to bring more choice and competition to the Canadian shipping industry to help small businesses compete with big e-commerce companies. Canada is the homegrown company’s third market, following a successful US expansion last year.
Small business champion Lauren Helstab, who formerly led business development partnerships at Shopify UK, has returned to Canada to take on the role of Sendle country manager. Lauren will be responsible for leading all aspects of the company’s growth strategy in the Canadian market.
“After two-and-half hard years through the pandemic and now record-high inflation, small businesses in Canada are frustrated with how unfair Canadian shipping rates are and why the Canadian industry is not supporting them,” said Lauren Helstab, Sendle’s country manager for Canada.
“Small businesses can’t afford to have 65% of customers abandoning their shopping carts at checkout because of high shipping costs. Plus, small businesses can’t compete with big retailers without fair rates. More than ever, independent businesses need more choice in their shipping options in Canada and they deserve a solution like Sendle that is built for them and offers rates that finally make sense.”
Sendle will be Canada’s first 100% carbon-neutral, national shipping carrier and a Certified B Corporation, as the country sees greater demand for carbon neutral shipping. In a recent survey of 1,506 Canadians conducted by Leger on behalf of Sendle, two in five consumers (39%) are more likely to purchase from an online retailer that provides a “green” shipping option such as carbon neutral shipping.
“Small businesses in Canada are long overdue for a parcel delivery option designed for them – one that helps them to serve rising customer expectations in the age of eCommerce. At a time when inflation is high and costs are rising, Sendle’s entry into the Canadian market puts an end to what’s largely been a monopoly in shipping with a solution that’s more affordable, reliable, and more flexible to suit the needs of small businesses in Canada,” says James Chin Moody, CEO and co-founder of Sendle.


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Tesla death smash probe: Neither driver nor autopilot saw the truck
Report shows driver took a hands-off approach to driving
American crash investigators have thrown open their files on a fatal motorway collision between a Tesla Model S and a truck, confirming Tesla’s earlier statement that its autopilot failed to notice the truck blocking the car’s path.
The accident, which happened in May last year on US Highway 27A in Florida’s Levy County, left the 40-year-old driver, Joshua Brown, a US Navy Seal turned networking hardware company owner, dead after the collision.
Freshly unsealed US National Transportation Safety Board investigation documents reveal that Brown's last action was to set the cruise control to 74mph. That's enough above the 65mph speed limit but no so far that the cops would bust you unless ticket quotas were tight.
According to data recovered from the car, Brown's final trip lasted 37 minutes, from buckling in until the crash. During that time he had his hands on the wheel for 25 seconds and relied on the car's software the rest of the trip. The car issued six audible warning alerts that he'd spent too long with his hands off the wheel.
But then a truck slowly pulled out of a side road onto the highway, and the Tesla smashed into its trailer and passed underneath “in a cloud” of debris, according to the report. The trailer lacked side guards that would have stopped the car from going under and Brown suffered fatal head injuries.
“Well, the car didn’t stop. So I didn’t come to a complete stop. I did a quick U-turn. I didn’t know where it was going to go,” said a witness Terrence Mulligan, describing how the car came over a hill and crashed into its trailer. “I mean, my first thought was 'it’s not stopping'.”
Mulligan followed the Tesla, observing how the golf-shirted driver “flopped right over immediately” and yet the car kept on going at speed: “I knew he wasn’t in control of the car ... I thought the cruise control was stuck on.”
The Tesla eventually stopped after driving off the road, along the side of a pond and through a stand of trees, Mulligan said. The NTSB report found that the airbags did not deploy when the car hit the truck, but did when it hit the trees – although by that point Brown was probably already dead.
The Model S involved in the crash was not fitted with a data recorder. Tesla itself provided the NTSB with data from the car’s ECU, which was running version 7.1 of Tesla’s firmware. The car recorded that it was doing 74mph “up to and just after the crash.”
“The driver brake applied parameter remained in the
not applied state up to and after the collision,” noted the NTSB, revealing that Brown made no attempt to stop or slow down immediately before the collision.
One of the graphs drawn up from the Tesla’s ECU data by the NTSB
“Neither Autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky, so the brake was not applied. The high ride height of the trailer combined with its positioning across the road and the extremely rare circumstances of the impact caused the Model S to pass under the trailer, with the bottom of the trailer impacting the windshield,” said Tesla in a statement after the crash last year.
The trailer that Brown’s Tesla Model S hit, with impact damage circled (Pic: US NTSB)
Truck driver Frank Baressi, 62, of Tampa, Florida, had previously claimed Brown was watching a DVD at the time of the crash. Mulligan told investigators he could not say either way whether any film was playing in the vehicle once he reached the crash site, while NTSB investigator Jane Foster stated in her report: “No Harry Potter movie file was found on the hard drive” of Brown’s Asus laptop.
His Chromebook, however, was “too damaged for normal data recovery” – and a micro SD card found in the wreck did contain parts of the Harry Potter films’ soundtracks. It was unclear whether the card was inserted in any of the devices found in the crashed Tesla.
Brown “was a friend to Tesla and the broader EV community, a person who spent his life focused on innovation and the promise of technology and who believed strongly in Tesla’s mission. We would like to extend our deepest sympathies to his family and friends,” Elon Musk’s company said in a statement after his death.
Tesla itself faced no further action from the NTSB as a result of the crash, said the agency in January this year. ®


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Pan Handler Plus liquidates inventory after loss of construction lease | Local
Pan Handler Plus in downtown Helena is liquidating its inventory after losing the lease on the building it has been in for over 30 years.
Owner Billie Shepard said she was hesitant to announce the store’s closure as she hopes it can continue in a new location under a new owner.
“You just don’t know what could happen,” Shepard said. “But I’m pretty much ready to retire. I’d love to if that continued.”
Shepard said she has until the end of the month to clear the store’s inventory and vacate the building at 40 S. Last Chance Gulch on the Downtown Walking Mall. She said it wasn’t entirely unexpected, as talks about selling a building started last fall.
Building owner Larry Middagh could not be reached for comment.
Pan Handler Plus has been around in one form or another since the late 1970s. Shepard said the original owner, Concetta Eckel, had the business in a nearby building but moved into the current space before purchasing. the company in 1997. Shepard was a salesperson in the store before buying it from the original owner.
Shepard said she would like to see the business continue as she believes it’s a downtown Helena staple, and she will consider any options that may present themselves. The store can be reached at 406-443-1916.
“We’ve had the best, most supportive customers all of these years,” Shepard said.
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Shares of Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. rose 8.3 percent Wednesday as investors appeared to see some green shoots in the company’s second-quarter earnings report.
John D. Idol, chairman and chief executive officer, told analysts in a conference call: “Our rich suede saddlebags, mini bucket bags, and quilted bags emerged as top-selling items this past quarter. Merlot [as a color] was a hit in all departments. Watches with leather bands and new metal platings in navy and sable were met with great response, and our active footwear and backpack capitalized on the sport luxe trend.”
Idol said that Kors, like other brands, has seen the department store channel slowing, and the company will be monitoring and managing inventory to protect the brand and margins. As in the last quarter’s report, Idol touted the introduction of its largest assortment of new handbag groups — 22 — as well as new watch offerings. He noted the continued growth of men’s offerings, as for fall 2016 a “connected fashion accessories line” for the emerging tech space.
“We drove sequential improvement in comp-store sales. We continued to increase brand awareness in international markets. And we are seeing the acceptance of our newest handbag groups and watch styles,” Idol said.
The acceptance of newness in handbags and watches is perhaps one green shoot for the company. Another could be the plan to have fewer promotions. Idol said of the retail channel being more promotional than the company would like: “We’d like to have less inventory in the [department] stores, and have less of our brand appearing on sale, in particular, in that channel of distribution. So you’ll see that pullback happen…”
Idol disputed the notion that consumers aren’t buying handbags. He said the fashion trend — particularly among Millennials — is toward smaller bags, which translates into fewer bags at $350 and up, but more cross-bodies and large wallets, which have lower price points. He also noted that the saddlebags probably will “run out even before the holiday season” and the merlot options could run out before the fashion season ends. “We’re less excited about the lower transaction value, but we are on trend,” he said.
One plan to counter the consumers’ shift toward lower-priced items is price increases on some of the small leather goods, which Idol said are slightly underpriced compared with those of competitors, as well as some price increases for select cross-body styles. That, combined with fewer promotions, should give the company some margin improvement, the ceo said.
Company executives also touted the sequential improvement in comps from the first quarter to the second quarter, and said the handbag business is healthy, with watches having “an enormous impact” on comp-store declines.
Idol said North American digital flagship sales “continued to accelerate this quarter and we drove sequential improvement in our comp performance.” He said the company believes it is “well-positioned for a positive holiday period.”
Shares of Kors closed at $42.57 in Big Board trading. The company’s second-quarter results beat Wall Street analysts’ earnings per share consensus by 12 cents and bested revenue expectations, but were mixed as net income fell 6.7 percent and sales were boosted by 116 new net store openings. Comparable-store sales continued to decrease.
The company’s guidance for fiscal-year 2016 also was better than analysts’ consensus — a diluted EPS range of $4.38 to $4.42 on revenues of $4.6 billion to $4.65 billion, compared with analysts’ expectations of $4.31 in EPS on revenues of $4.65 billion. This was lower than projections in August, however, when the company posted first-quarter results. At that time, Kors forecast diluted EPS for fiscal 2016 in the $4.40 to $4.50 range, with revenues between $4.7 billion and $4.8 billion.
On Wednesday, the company provided third-quarter guidance that was lower than what analysts were expecting. Kors said it expects diluted EPS in the range of $1.44 to $1.48 on revenues of between $1.33 billion and $1.35 billion. That’s compared with analysts’ third-quarter expectations of diluted EPS of $1.53 on revenues of $1.4 billion.
For the three months ended Sept. 26, the company said net income was $193.1 million, or $1.01 in diluted EPS, compared with $207 million, or $1, a year ago. Total revenues rose 6.9 percent to $1.13 billion from $1.06 billion, which included a 7.6 percent gain in total net sales to $1.09 billion from $1.01 billion. Licensing income fell 8 percent to $43.2 million from $46.9 million. The company said retail net sales rose 7.5 percent to $532.8 million, which were driven by 116 new store openings. That increase was partially offset by an 8.5 percent decrease in comps. On a constant currency basis, retail net sales grew 14.7 percent, but comps fell 3.4 percent. Wholesale net sales rose 7.8 percent to $554 million, and grew 11.8 percent on a constant currency basis. By region, total revenues in the Americas rose 4.5 percent to $838.2 million, while European revenues rose 2.3 percent to $243.4 million. Revenue in Japan jumped 36.1 percent to $22.4 million.
Analysts were divided on their views of the company. Citi Research analyst Paul LeJuez has a “sell” rating on Kors, noting: “We continue to be concerned that the Kors brand is overdistributed, hurting the brand, and we expect comp declines to persist for some time.” But Jefferies’ Randal J. Konik has a “buy” rating, noting that the “fundamentals continue to show signs of stabilization and demand for the brand remains healthy. We see room for further improvement as product initiatives kick in, combined with easier compares.”


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Nintendo of America announced the NES Remix retail bundle during its Comic-Con stream.
Japanese Wii U gamers will be getting a physical NES Remix release featuring both volumes of titles.
During Today’s Nintendo Direct, Satoru Iwata has revealed that a second volume of NES Remix is coming in April.
NES Remix title update now allows support for the Pro Controller and other controllers.
John Zaccari goes hands-on with NES Remix and decides if it’s worth the $15 price tag.
Link in Donkey Kong? Check out Nintendo’s crazy new take on some of their most beloved classics.


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The average price of a video game last year was 24.32, Chart-Track data has revealed.
That number is a 7.2 per cent increase over 2009, where the average price was just 22.69.
Surprisingly, it was supermarkets that increased prices the most. The average price of a game at a grocer set gamers back 23.93, an 8.7 per cent rise compared to 2009.
Despite the rise, specialist, generalists and indies are still the most expensive games retailers out there. The average price of a game from these stores in 2010 was 25.31, an 8.2 per cent increase over 2009.
Online retail prices were also up last year, albeit not as much as other outlets. Games online on average were priced at 22.97, a 5.4 per cent increase over the 21.80 recorded in 2009.
The increase in prices could be down to a number of factors, including a lack of discounting on FIFA and Call of Duty, plus a fewer number of cheaper Wii and DS titles.
In terms of the number of titles released, there were just 1,626 games that debuted at UK retail in 2010, the lowest in almost six years.
It’s a sharp decline on the 1,777 titles released in 2009 and is in fact the lowest number since 2004, when there was also 1,626 games released.
The numbers reflect the traditional console cycle, with fewer games released in the last few years of a console generation as publisher priorities change.
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Etsy’s shares have rocketed nearly 10 per cent after Tesla founder Elon Musk tweeted his praise for the online marketplace.
Musk took to Twitter yesterday to post simply that “I kinda love Etsy”, explaining later that he had just purchased a hand knitted woolen Marvin the Martian helmet for his dog.
This sent Etsy’s stock jumping 8.6 per cent, hitting intraday trading records and making it the best performing company in the S&P 500 when markets opened.
I kinda love Etsy
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 26, 2021
It comes amid a week of volatile trading on the stock market, with companies like video game retailer GameStop also seeing huge unexpected gains.
While this is not the first time Musk’s tweets have had a significant affect on the stock market, it came as financial giant Jefferies separately raised its target price for Etsy from $245 to $205.
“We believe behavioral changes incited by the pandemic allow Etsy to tap a broader portion of its $1.7T addressable market, leading to higher frequency and spending,” Jefferies analyst John Colantuoni told clients.
Etsy has already emerged as one of the best performing stocks over the past year, seeing stock prices jump more than 300 per cent.


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Workers lose bonuses and perks to get a living wage
The owner of B&Q is threatening to sack staff unless they sign a new employment contract that could cost some more than £1,000 a year, as it reacts to the introduction of the national living wage today.
Kingfisher has told all employees at the DIY chain, some of whom have worked there for decades, that it will no longer pay a double time “premium” on Sundays and bank holidays. It has also cut summer and winter bonuses and other perks such as allowances for people living London and other high-cost areas across the southeast.
The retailer has made the changes to reduce the impact of legislation that raises the minimum wage to £7.20 an hour for staff aged over 25. This will rise to about


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Since its inception, bitcoin has gained market value and has become of global significance. As the world’s leading Cryptocurrency it has gained quite a large user base as the most valuable Cryptocurrency in the market. There have been a lot of controversies on the use of bitcoin for money laundering and this has added to its potential problems. The question on everyone’s mind is, how long will its success continue and what is its effect on the financial economy?
What is the effect of bitcoin in the banking sector?
Banks have declared that there is and would be a most devastating effect of banking as this would disrupt the control that the bank has over the economy. Usually, central banks run the economy and are charged with distribution and all forms of financial transactions. Imagine a scenario where there is less and less need for a bank due to a secure digital asset which can be used to purchase anything through online transactions. This is where we are headed with the abilities of bitcoin. This would greatly affect the banking system. Various organizations and service providers are already accepting bitcoin as a means of payment for services while some corporations are also giving staffs the option to be paid salaries in bitcoin.
The political impact of bitcoin
There is a buildup of controversy surrounding bitcoin as it favors individuals more than the government. There is no central control unit, no state can exert ownership, and this is due to the cryptography which gives it immunity over any form of external influence.
We are not sure what the effect of bitcoin would be to the society but it does provide a safe secure way to transact and it supports the growing technology of a cashless society.
Future effect of bitcoin
This is yet uncertain but predictions state that more companies, countries, individuals would key into the idea of Blockchain technology, which is the most secure way to transact and in imbibing this new method everyone would choose a most successful Cryptocurrency with stability and is generally accepted worldwide. We may be looking at a new global currency!


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Dust off that Nintendo Wii, it’s about to get a whole lot more useful. Netflix streaming is coming to the console very soon. So soon in fact that you can already login to your Netflix account and order the disc you’ll need to access streaming features.
With the Wii in so many homes that do not have a Roku, PS3 or other device capable of streaming to the TV, this could prove to be a boon for Netflix. Hollywood Video and Blockbuster are already closing stores left and right and are struggling to keep up with the digital evolution. Streaming to the Wii even puts them farther ahead of RedBox, the mini video stores you see anywhere from supermarkets to your neighborhood gas station.
Of course, the question remains. Will the Netflix “Watch Instantly” library get any better? The library is largely lacking in newer stuff that people actually want to watch. Though, you can find a few seasons of TV shows at times.


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(Reuters) – The number of new mortgages approved by British banks hit a six-month low in September, according to a survey that adds to signs the housing market is slowing again ahead of the October Brexit deadline.
Industry body UK Finance said banks approved 42,310 loans for home purchase in September, compared with 42,527 in August, according to seasonally-adjusted data. However, the number of approvals for remortgaging rose to the highest level since November 2017 at 32,649.
UK Finance said annual growth in consumer credit rose to a 19-month high of 4.5%, driven by personal loans and overdrafts rather than credit card lending.
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he new website has been designed to provide the “ultimate user-friendly experience” with enhanced navigation and functionality throughout, allowing customers to access detailed brand and product information.
Betsson Head of Affiliates, Allister Bajada, said that the objective of the new site was to expose the group’s multi-brand affiliate strategy in a more effective manner, while showcasing informative and usable information relating to the 18 different B2C brands available to its partners.
The site includes extensive information to help new customers understand the Betsson Group Affiliate program and tips on how to become a successful affiliate when promoting the brands. The website has been designed using the latest technology to be compatible with today's browsers and mobile devices.
Bajada also revealed that the company plans to launch a new front-end solution. “We will also be launching the new front end on February 4, ahead of the London Affiliate Conference, where we will be showcasing the new added features that our partners can start to benefit from when promoting our products. We are investing in improving our technology and will be rolling new features following the beta front end launch. We are very excited about these changes and we look forward to talking more about them at LAC,” he said.


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In 2008, the same year Apple launched its iPhone App Store, the mobile app market brought in $349 million in revenue. By the end of 2011, it will be an estimated $7.68 billion, according to Research2Guidance. And Apple, which last week started selling the iPhone 4S, will take in almost $3 billion of that. Even in 2007, when the first iPhone was released, the consensus was that it would revolutionize the mobile phone industry. But at the time, few imagined that it would spawn a multibillion-dollar ecosystem of related markets, like mobile apps—a market that has been further fueled by the popularity of Apple’s iPad.
From Angry Birds to Instagram, mobile apps are now as common in our lives as television—so much so that an estimated 24 billion mobile apps will be downloaded in 2011. That's a little more than three apps for every person on Earth. Ralf-Gordon Jahns, managing director of Research2Guidance, says Apple's entrance into the app market is largely responsible for this growth, pointing out that before Steve Jobs & Co. came along, mobile content was mostly made up of ringtones and wallpaper themes.
The role of developers also changed dramatically. Alan Warms, founder and CEO of Appolicious, a social recommendations web site for mobile apps, says that prior to the app store's creation, a developer had to fight fiercely to get a carrier or manufacturer to put them on a phone. “Then Apple said anybody can submit their app, and this encouraged a new class of developer to try and build one,” he says. “As a result, tons of successful companies have been created.”
Not that all app creators have seen it this way. Apple takes a 30 percent commission for each sale on its app store, which some think is too much. Still, the app store has paid out more than $2.5 billion to developers so far. It's also helped turned dozens of them—like Angry Birds creator Rovio—into massive success stories. The Finnish company’s hit game has been downloaded more than 350 million times, reportedly generating some $70 million in revenue and spurring talk of an IPO that could value the business at more than $1 billion.
As it stands, there are more than 425,000 iPhone apps that users can choose from, but that hasn’t scared off competitors. The Android OS, which has more than 300,000 apps on its Android Market, has managed to even the playing field, at least when it comes to downloads. Research firm Ovum recently reported that Android app downloads are set to surpass Apple downloads for the first time later this year. But that won't necessarily lead to the same revenue Apple rakes in. This is partly because Android apps face a level of piracy (and malware) not seen with Apple, and partly because Apple customers have grown more accustomed to paying for their content and downloads. The fact that a developer's app may not always work across the Android OS family also remains an issue.
Warms thinks Android is certainly a viable competitor, but that the iPhone still has an advantage because of the lock it holds on its hardware and app market. “There's just no other company like them, who is as big as they are, with these kinds of growth prospects in front of them,” he says.
Some are already betting the latest version of the iPhone will only serve to widen Apple's mobile app advantage. If consumers flock to the new Apple model—which posted 1 million preorders, a record for Apple—the impact on the iPhone's mobile app market share would be huge. By 2015, Research2Guidance estimates the mobile market will be worth $22.8 billion, and every recent forecast suggests Apple's device will be leading the way in market share.


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Realme has started the Android 9 Pie rollout of ColorOS 6 stable update for the Realme 2 Pro again after it was stopped due to bootloader issues last month. The new update brings Android 9 Pie to the last year’s Realme 2 Pro smartphone alongside a slew of new features to the device.
The new update is 2.17 GB in size and it includes Android security patch for May 2019. It brings new navigation gesture to the device, adds notification icons in the status bar, and brings app drawer to the ColorOS launcher.
The Realme 2 Pro update also adds riding mode and live wallpaper to the device along with Realme Game Centre and Realme App Market. The update also brings the Chroma Boost Mode in the camera app.
The update is rolling out gradually to the users but there is also an option to manually install it. Realme CEO Madhav Sheth announced on Twitter that the Realme 2 Pro Android 9 Pie update is rolling out and it can be downloaded manually. He also posted a link to the update.
— Madhav 5G (@MadhavSheth1) June 21, 2019
Realme 2 Pro was launched in India in September last year running Android 8.1 Oreo out-of-the-box with company’s ColorOS 5.2 on top. The phone features 6.3-inch IPS LCD display with 2340×1080 pixels resolution, Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor paired with up to 8GB of RAM and up to 128GB of internal storage.
Realme 2 Pro sports a dual rear camera setup of 16MP+2MP and the front camera on the phone is a 16MP selfie shooter. The phone is backed by a 3,500mAh battery.


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- Premier Investments posted record Black Friday sales over the week.
- Chairman Solomon Lew says the first stage of the demerger review found significant future growth options for each business.
- Premier Retail is guiding $200 million of EBIT for the first half of 2024.
Billionaire chairman Solomon Lew says his Premier Investments – the retailer behind brands including Peter Alexander and Smiggle – had record Black Friday trading and its demerger investigations are still underway.
Mr Lew told shareholders at Premier’s annual meeting in Melbourne on Friday that an early-stage review into a spin-off of some of its brands confirmed “significant” growth available to each of its businesses.
The first half of Premier’s new financial year started against the backdrop of a challenging discretionary retail environment, with consumers facing increased cost-of-living pressures from higher interest rates and inflation.
But the chairman said Premier Retail, which also owns Just Jeans, achieved a record sales result in last week’s Black Friday promotion. Mr Lew said sales were stronger than he expected, without providing any numbers.
“We have prepared an excellent offering. A lot of what we call engineered product for these [sale] times, that gives the consumer excellent value, and we can still maintain a very good margin. As I said, there is 44 per cent of the [sales] season still to come,” he told media after the AGM.
Mr Lew added that “families are doing it tough” and he hoped the RBA would keep rates on hold in December, which would help with revenue generation through the Boxing Day, January and back-to-school sales.
He also suggested the federal government should provide tax cuts for the working class and reduce excise tax on fuel to alleviate cost-of-living pressures.
Premier Retail’s first-half 2024 earnings before interest and tax for the 26-weeks to January 27 will be around $200 million, equating to a decline of 10 per cent on the prior period. This topped analysts’ consensus estimate of $180 million.
It has been 15 years since Premier bought The Just Group, when annual sales were $800 million and EBIT was $92 million. Sales have more than doubled and EBIT almost quadrupled, making it one of the largest retailers in the country.
Now, Mr Lew is considering a break-up of the group, which has more than 1100 bricks-and-mortar and e-commerce stores in six countries.
UBS is advising the $4 billion company on a complex split into four separate ASX-listed companies. The surprise move was flagged in August in tandem with the departure of former CEO Richard Murray.
“We haven’t said categorically that we are demerging,” Mr Lew said. “We have completed the first phase of the evaluation, and we think that the opportunity is a good one, but there’s still a lot more work to be done.”
Peter Alexander was worth up to $1.59 billion in its own right, Goldman Sachs’ Lisa Deng told clients. E&P analyst Phil Kimber estimated the sleepwear chain was valued at $1.4 billion.
Mr Lew said Smiggle was trialling the US market with a partnership with Macy’s department store, and another department store in Canada. “We’re obviously very interested in expanding that market,” he said.
He confirmed he was not searching for a new CEO given the review. John Bryce, Premier Retail’s long-standing chief financial officer, is acting as interim CEO.
United Capital Partners said Premier’s earnings durability was greater than expected and the value of the balance sheet plus brands was materially greater.
E&P’s Mr Kimber said it was a positive update overall but was cautious with key trading periods ahead. He added that Premier’s share price did not fully reflect the growth businesses in category-killers Smiggle and Peter Alexander.
Premier’s stock rose 81¢, or 3.32 per cent, to $25.23 on Friday.
Premier’s 25.79 per cent stake in Myer was valued at $137.7 million at the end of the 2023 financial year. It has since lifted its holding to 28.8 per cent. Premier’s 25.6 per cent investment in Breville had a market value of $829.3 million at the end of FY23.
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Yodel has thanked its new control centre and leadership team for a successful peak period, which saw its TrustPilot score increase despite higher parcel volumes and adverse weather. The carrier saw parcel volumes grow 11% year-on-year in the four weeks before Christmas eve. In the week before Christmas, it’s volumes were up 28% on 2016. Yodel CEO Mike Cooper assembled a new operational leadership team of retail industry veterans in 2017, the expertise of which he said “has helped to […]
Jonathan Smith is to leave Yodel at the end of the year after leading the company through the integration of HDNL and the domestic B2B and B2C parts of DHL Express (UK), Motortransport.co.uk can reveal. A successor to Smith will be sought, but in the interim he will work alongside executive chairman Dick Stead. A spokesman for Yodel said: “Yodel has been transformed over the last 18 months and is now in a sound position with strength across senior management. […]
Yodel has said it is on target to turn a profit for the first time since it started trading in 2010, following the departure of its chief executive Neil Lloyd.
Just before he left the business in January, Yodel’s then CEO Mike Cooper told MT about his four-point plan to turn Yodel around from years of losses to profitability. Redesigning its transport network and harnessing its data more effectively are some of the things achieved in his time at the business.