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Apparel brands are starting to figure out what guidelines to put in place ahead of reopening retail locations across the country over the next few weeks to months.
While most of the country remains on lockdown, some states are beginning to loosen restrictions and allow for more non-essential businesses — including fashion and apparel companies — to operate again. As of this week, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee are easing stay-at-home orders, while Texas is allowing retailers to sell via curbside pick-up. Most of the country has yet to see Phase 1 of reopening retail stores, but many brands are thinking through what policies and guidelines will need to be in place before the time comes. Among considerations are providing masks for associates and shoppers, taking the temperature of anyone who wants to enter the space, and reconfiguring the store layout to make social distancing easier in-store.
“If [stores in the U.S.] don’t reopen retail with a sound strategy and we encounter another wave of infection because of that, we are going to shut down for a long time,” said Mark Burstein, president of software company NGC.
On Friday, Kendra Scott is turning on curbside pick-up for 21 of its 23 Texas-based store locations after shutting all 108 of its stores in mid-March. The brand has been working toward converting all of its retail stores into mini fulfillment centers, and Kendra Scott president Tom Nolan said, “Curbside will be paramount to our success.”
With curbside being a big focus in states like Texas, it’s likely that retailers across the country will focus their energy on similar services, like buy-online, pick-up in store (BOPIS), a service that has proven popular ahead of coronavirus among brands like Target and Nordstrom. The North Face is another brand that sees strong demand for BOPIS, but a spokesperson for the brand declined to share any specifics about its plans around the service when stores open; plans are still being finalized, with some of the brand’s stores scheduled to open in two weeks.
Lunya was in the process of opening its fourth store, in Atlanta, Georgia, when lockdown for the state hit on April 2. Plans were quickly put on hold. This week, Georgia will start to loosen its restrictions. Ashley Merrill, CEO and founder of Lunya, said she is preparing to tackle what needs to get done for that store to open. She’ll take a slow approach to opening, she said, knowing that, “In many countries where activity has resumed, there has been an increase in cases.”
Roughly 80% of the brand’s business is driven through e-commerce, but physical retail was becoming a growing part of the business. That means she is also making plans around how to safely open her Los Angeles and New York store locations in the future. Among plans are offering in-store appointments for the first time and virtual styling for those not yet ready to shop in-store.
“Our in-person experience will likely hinge on safety, providing masks, sanitizing between guests and maintaining low store occupancy,” said Merrill.
When it does come time to reopen stores, retailers will of course have to consider the health and safety of employees and customers. In a recent survey by the International Council of Shopping Centers, 77% of consumers said they’d feel comfortable going to non-essential stores within two months of them reopening.
Stephanie Cegielski, an ICSC spokesperson, said she predicts non-essential retailers will borrow from some of the safety practices Walmart and Target have put in place over the last six weeks, like installing plexiglass shields at checkout lanes, providing masks and gloves for all employees, and capping the number of people inside the store at one time based on square footage. But things won’t be the same for every retailer across the board, she said.
“It’s going to be different across the country. New York is clearly not ready to go back to normal, but parts of the country are,” said Cegielski.
Burstein said he is working with some apparel brands — although declined to name them — to create appointment-booking systems for customers that can be accessed on the brands’ websites. That way, companies can limit the number of people in their store at one time, and cut down on the number of people waiting in line outside.
“Brands could limit the number of reservations based on square footage and can rearrange fixtures so people can keep their distance. Masks are likely going to be a requirement moving forward, too. Every store should have a box of masks for customers as they walk in, maybe even with the logo of the store on it,” said Burstein.

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Cheerwine Festival’s economic impact hits record-breaking levels, Rowan County’s tourism flourishes
Thursday, May 26, 2022
SALISBURY — The Cheerwine Festival had massive success this past weekend with one of the biggest crowds to date.
According to Nick Aceves, Salisbury’s Parks and Recreation director, the festival welcomed an estimated 60,000 crowd to the celebratory event of Salisbury’s original soft drink. This is the same estimated outcome of 2019’s festival.
The total is calculated using Jacobs rule of thumb, a crowd estimation strategy used by event coordinators to keep track of the number of visitors in a single gathering.
In 1967, Herbert Jacobs determined that the number of people in a gathering can be determined by multiplying area by density. In the Cheerwine Festival’s case, a dense crowd gives one individual an area of two and a half square feet. The city of Salisbury used this method with an area containing 100 estimated individuals to determine the total event attendance of the entire festival space.
The astounding variety of Cheerwine-themed foods seemed to bring the most favor of all the annual attendees. This year’s festival welcomed returning vendors and new ones for purchasing pleasures including baked goods, barbecue and drinks.
The following vendors released their approximate numbers of sales from Saturday:
- Mean Mug, a local cafe in Downtown Salisbury, sold a total of 500 Cheerwine Frappuccinos at the truck and 300 at its storefront location.
- The Old 97 Kettlecorn Company from Spencer sold a total of 900 bags of kettlecorn, 300 being its Cheerwine flavor.
- Wowza BBQ, of Gold Hill, sold a total of 964 pounds of barbecue and 48 bottles of the signature Wowza sauce.
- Que Viva Latin Street Grill, of Winston-Salem, sold 130-140 units of Cheerwine flan, each unit being cut into 24 pieces.
- Abigail’s, a bakery in Downtown Salisbury, sold 18 dozen Cheerwine cupcakes, 38 dozen Cheerwine macarons, 14 dozen crispy rice treats and eight gallons of homemade Cheerwine ice cream.
- New Sarum Brewery sold 400 cases of Cheerwine lager, each case holding 24 cans, 124 gallons of sour, 107 gallons of hazy IPA and 93 gallons of stout.
- Hive & Co. sold out of its 30 custom-made Cheerwine Festival shirts. It also sold 56 Cheerwine jellies, 26 four ounce candles, 20 three ounce wax melts and 20 small candle tins.
- Little Widdler, of Winston-Salem, sold eight coin banks, six wall-mounted bottle openers, 24 magnets, 3 photo stands and three N.C. outline signs, all based on Cheerwine. The business sold out of the bottle-openers and outlines.
- Mambo Grill & Tapas sold out of its Cheerwine cheesecake empanadas, 270 Cuban sandwiches and 1,700 of its savory empanadas.
“We’re truly grateful for all the customers who supported the business,” Wowza BBQ co-owner Starla Daniel said. “We’re looking forward to coming back next year.”
Businesses felt called to honor the soft drink through their products.
“We’ve been pushing hard to represent Cheerwine the best we can since it does come from Salisbury,” said brewmaster and co-owner of New Sarum, Andy Maben. “I feel we did that. We were also set up for success since we had our physical brewery open along with our two tents.”
The vendors also gave praise to the festival staff who took care of their needs and helped with preparing them for the crowds.
“We were tickled, this was our first year,” said Suzy Bennett, co-owner of Little Widdler. “It was a great festival, the staff were helpful and notified us of the oncoming storm so we were able to batten down the hatches and plan accordingly to protect the merchandise.”
Eric Balseca, co-owner of Que Viva Latin Street Grill, also recognized the event organizers and staff, saying that they made sure the vendors were comfortable and taken care of through out the day.
Despite a passing afternoon storm, the event hit a record breaking economic impact of $1.85 million, a 20.9% increase from 2019’s numbers at $1.53 million. The total included sale profits from vendors, direct funding toward the festival and paid lodging through a submitted grant to the city for the music performers. Promoting the Cheerwine Festival goes through multifaceted marketing, using social media and digital advertising to play off of its own popularity and assets.
According to Rowan County Tourism Director James Meacham, this year’s Cheerwine Festival was an economic success, with 60% of the crowd Saturday including locals from inside the county while the other 35-40% of attendees came from out of town.
Overall tourism for the county has hit record levels as of May 2022, ahead of its status in 2019. Business travel has been the only low level as companies continue to use remote solutions for their practices, according to Meacham.
Despite an increase of gas prices, Meacham said there’s been no pull backs as of May 14 but the Tourism Development Authority is keeping a close eye on the effect it has on travels.
“Dining numbers may lessen with families choosing to stay home for meals,” said Meacham. “But as far as tourism, we’re staying cautiously optimistic since fall events bring in a lot of tourists to Rowan County.”
Nightly hotel rates rose from $119 to $120.44 Saturday. Meacham said 90% of commercial hotel rooms were occupied on the day of Cheerwine Festival, translating to 712 hotel rooms out of 793 in the County. Compared to 2019’s festival, the occupancy rate increased by 16.5%.


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The proliferation of internet pornography is forcing yet another legacy adult magazine to rethink its business model. Penthouse will cease production of its print magazine, henceforth becoming a digital-only operation, publisher General Media Communications announced. No other details on the transition were given, although an exact end date for the print publication has yet to be determined, according to FriendFinder Networks CFO, Ezra Shashoua.
The husband-and-wife contractors and HGTV stars, Chip and Joanna Gaines, had the #1 selling book in the country last week. Their The Magnolia Story, written with Mark Dagostino, sold over 121,000 print copies in its first week on sale, according to Nielsen BookScan, which tracks about 85% of print sales.
The couple rose to prominence on the HGTV show Fixer Upper, where they rehab homes in Waco, Tex., for local buyers. (Their construction and design company is called Magnolia.) Thanks to the notoriety they have gained from the show, the couple is beating well-established authors on the charts. The Magnolia Story sold nearly twice as many copies of last week’s #2 seller, Killing the Rising Sun by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, which moved just under 46,000 copies.
The Magnolia Story also had a good start in both the e-book and audiobook formats. The e-book, with bonus content, was the #7 seller in Apple’s iBooks store last week, while the unabridged audiobook was in third place on Apple’s audio bestsellers list.
The Gaines’ book recorded its highest sales in the Dallas/Waco area, where it moved 4,675 copies, or about 4% of its total sales.
The Magnolia Story is the first book by the couple, and publisher Thomas Nelson said the book “offers their fans a detailed look at their life together.” Nelson said it has run through its first printing of 700,000 copies and has gone back for a third printing which will put the total number of books in print at over 1 million.


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Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth and the Bavarian Inn, both popular restaurants among Michiganders, have also received national accolades by ranking No. 1 and No. 2 for having served the most guests in 2013, says a new report from Restaurant Business magazine.
Zehnder’s served 960,775 guests, making the family-style eatery the busiest independently owned restaurant in the United States — with its neighbor, the Bavarian Inn, ranking No. 2, by serving 804,987 meals last year.
“We employ more than 800 people, of whom 265 are servers, who all are committed to our hospitality standards,” says Al Zehnder, chairman and CEO of Zehnder’s. “We strive to provide both great food, and service to maintain our high standard of a family dining experience.”
During an average year, Zehnder’s guests consume 900,000 pounds of chicken; 640 tons of cabbage; 180,000 pounds of mashed potatoes; 130,000 pounds of assorted vegetables; 40 tons of locally grown squash; 17,800 pounds of Michigan-roasted coffee; 26,000 gallons of ice cream; and 150,000 loaves of bread made in the Zehnder’s bakery.
In 2013, the restaurant reported annual sales of $13.5 million, with the average check totaling $14.
Rounding out the top five restaurants in meals served in 2013, are Old Ebbitt Grill (660,000) in Washington, D.C., Bob Chinn’s Crab House (547,499) in Wheeling, Ill., and Harris Ranch Inn & Restaurant (529,812) in Coalinga, Calif.
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| Privacy concerns
Uber employees reportedly used the company’s tracking system to monitor “high profile politicians, celebrities, and even personal acquaintances,” according to a declaration, obtained by The Verge, in a lawsuit against the popular ride-share company.
Ward Spangenberg, a former forensic investigator at Uber, filed the lawsuit claiming internal employees used company information to do things like help ex-boyfriends stalk their ex-girlfriends and locate celebrities.
| Privacy concerns
Uber got a lot of heat earlier this month for having users always allow location access.
Even actress Kristen Bell has hopped along an Uber ride before.
|More on the lawsuit
Spangenberg is suing the San Francisco-based ride-hailing behemoth for age discrimination (he’s 45) and whistleblower retaliation.
"I also reported that Uber’s lack of security, and allowing all employees to access this information (as opposed to a small security team) was resulting in a violation of governmental regulations regarding data protection and consumer privacy rights," he stated in the declaration. Uber fired him 11 months later, according to revealnews.org.
Celebrities are no strangers to the Uber app. Here, singer Lorde talks about one of her rides.
| Uber responds
In a statement, Uber said it maintains strict policies to protect customer data and comply with legal proceedings. It acknowledged that it had fired employees for improper access, putting the number at “fewer than 10.”
“We have hundreds of security and privacy experts working around the clock to protect our data,” Uber said in a statement.
Here is the rest of the statement obtained by The Verge:
"This includes enforcing strict policies and technical controls to limit access to user data to authorized employees solely for purposes of their job responsibilities, and all potential violations are quickly and thoroughly investigated," the company said.
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These are the tourism trends we were talking about this week.
Every week we post hundreds of stories across various sectors in travel, connecting the dots across various global trends, and in these weekend posts we highlight the stories that tackle these trends. This one looks at top tourism trends.
For all of our trends roundups, go here.
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According to South Korean media reports, Samsung's next-generation Galaxy S flagship code "Star" and "Star 2", no accident, it is Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus.
Reported that Samsung plans to advance 3 to 4 months ahead of the S9 and S9 Plus research and development work.
It is worth mentioning that this year, Samsung Galaxy S8 code is "Project Dream", so star powder love "dream 8", and Note 8 code is "Great".
Of course, according to the Samsung mobile phone in the S8 after the release of the argument, in fact, S8 R & D throughout the three years, that is, as early as 2015 to start, so we guess Galaxy S9 to today, at least the progress has been more than half, For example, the media was only recently informed.
Although we do not know the specific shape and configuration Galaxy S9, but some details no doubt, such as continue to follow the full-screen surface, rear fingerprints for optical hidden design, Exynos 9xxx processor integrated self-research GPU.
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No wonder China is demanding the release of Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzho. She was arrested Saturday in Vancouver, Canada. She is awaiting extradition to the USA.
The Globe and Mail newspaper, citing law enforcement sources, said she is suspected of trying to evade U.S. curbs on trade with Iran. Meng is also deputy chairman of the board and the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei.
Arrest in Canada
This high level arrest took place, ironically just as President Donald Trump was sitting down with China’s President Xi Jinping negotiating a truce in the ongoing trade war between the two countries at the G20 summit in Argentina last weekend.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government had no involvement in the arrest.
The arrest comes at a sensitive time for US-China relations. The nations are locked in a trade war that has seen both impose duties on billions of dollars of one another’s goods. And that has sent stock markets across the world on rollercoaster rides.
China’s state media called the arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer in Canada a “despicable rogue’s approach”, painting the move as a politically motivated effort to contain China’s rise.
“One thing that is undoubtedly true and proven is the US is trying to do whatever it canto contain Huawei’s expansion in the world simply because the company is the point man for China’s competitive technology companies,” the China Daily editorial said. — (c) 2018 Bloomberg LP
There will be a hearing today about the extradition and we will see if the US actually has a case.
It seems more than heavy handed to arrest the head of the world’s biggest tech company in a US neighboring country because they are breaking an embargo that was instituted by the USA.
What is the Problem with Huawei?
But the US and a few other Western countries have issues with China’s tech companies,citing state security, intellectual theft and bank fraud allegations – this seems to be related to Iran.
The United States has been looking since at least 2016 into whether Huawei shipped U.S.-origin products to Iran and other countries in violation of U.S. export and sanctions laws, Reuters reported in April. More recently, the probe has included whether the company used HSBC Holdings Plc to conduct illegal transactions involving Iran.
Sanctions and Money Laundering
In US Law, companies are barred from using the U.S. financial system to funnel goods and services to sanctioned entities. If the mobile phone and telecoms equipment maker conducted such transactions and then misled HSBC about their true nature, it could be guilty of bank fraud, experts say.
In 2012,HSBC paid $1.92 billion and entered a deferred prosecution agreement with the same U.S. prosecutor’s office for violating U.S. sanctions and money-laundering laws. HSBC’s U.S.-listed shares fell as much as 6 percent on Thursday after Reuters reported the bank’s link to the Huawei case. They ended down 3.6 percent.
Similar to the case of ZTE
Huawei’s expansion from its Chinese roots into the rest of the world has sparked concerns among Western governments. These mainly concers the company’s close ties to the Chinese authorities, as well as its willingness to export technologies to countries that are under sanction.
The probe of Huawei is similar to one that threatened the survival of China’s ZTE Corp,which pleaded guilty in 2017 to violating U.S. laws that restrict the sale of American-made technology to Iran. ZTE paid a $892 million penalty.
According to Reuters, in 2016, the Commerce Department made documents public that showed ZTE’s misconduct and also revealed how a second company, identified only as F7, had successfully evaded U.S. export controls.
In a 2016letter to the Commerce Department, 10 U.S. lawmakers said F7 was believed to be Huawei, citing media reports. In April 2017, lawmakers sent another letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross asking for F7 to be publicly identified and fully investigated.
Is Huawei banned in the USA?
It seems that it is unofficially banned – besides being the biggest selling smartphone in the world; none of the US carriers want to deal with the Chinese company. Wherever the U.S. government has influence, at home and abroad, Huawei market access is blocked. But there are no comprehensive bans except for government and military contracts.
My Personal Journey with Huawei
I have had a Huawei P9 for the past two years and intend on upgrading to the Huawei P20Pro. I have had Nokia, Blackberry and Samsung phones before. I love my Huawei with it Leica camera. I mostly do social media with my phone and take photos. I believe that Huawei ranks right at the top as one of the best smartphone cameras.
It costs me less than an iPhone, which I think is overpriced for its functionality. And as for the spying allegations, why would Huawei spy on you and not Apple or Samsung? I believe all smartphones can be used as spy devices.
My Take on the Arrest of Ms Meng
My take on this is that the USA has a HUGE debt to China and Donald Trump is not managing to “make deals” the way he wants to, so he is looking for something to put pressure on them.
And don’t forget Trump’s main modus operandi – distraction! The Mueller Probe is getting really interesting and inching closer and closer to Trump and his family. So what does the Administration do – “Don’t look here, look there”.
Also it is said that Huawei was dropped in the US by major carriers because they were silently threatened by the giants like Apple, Motorola to insure they would not lose business to this upstart competition Huawei presented. Equal phone quality for half the price.
U.S.diplomats have been busy abroad killing Huawei deals in Jamaica, South Korea, Australia, the Balkans, well, everywhere that U.S. influence exists.
Western Mainstream Media has been destroying Huawei’s reputation by airing reports that the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the Department of Defense, and so on, are all issuing warnings that Huawei devices are spy-gear and a threat to US national security.
The fact is that Huawei has a growing influence on global communications. The Chinese company will provide technology for 5G wireless internet across the world. It seems as if the Western world is afraid of Chinese cyber dominance.
So is this move just another of Donald Trump’s crass business moves? Is this going to slide into a trade war that will damage the whole world’s economy or is this going to become a high level threat like Trump issued to North Korea a while ago that will be resolved with a handshake and a smile?
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- IAMAI told the Supreme Court that RBI's action against private businesses in the form of a circular is illegal.
- IAMAI says RBI banned cryptocurrencies on "moral grounds" and that it is arbitrary, unfair and unconstitutional.
Earlier, there were talks about a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) circular regarding the prohibition of cryptocurrency-related services offered by banks and other financial institutions. However, the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) told the Supreme Court that the RBI did not have the authority to issue a ban.
"RBI cannot step out of its powers as set out in the Banking Regulation Act. Therefore, its action against private businesses in the form of a circular is illegal," IAMAI counsel Ashim Sood said.
He also highlighted that there was no research undertaken by the central bank before issuing the ban. Advocate Sood informed the court about definitions of 'virtual currency' and cited multiple sources to show that different types of virtual currencies exist. He stated that the circular is vague as it does not define virtual currencies.
In support of his petition, the counsel cited various judgments and cited the acts of regulations taken up by the G20 nations like the US. According to the April 6 circular last year, the institutions regulated by the RBI are banned from "providing any service in relation to virtual currencies, including those of transfer or receipt of money in accounts relating to the purchase or sale of virtual currencies."
IAMAI revealed that the RBI had banned crypto on "moral grounds" as no research was conducted to study the effect of these virtual currencies on the economy. The association also said that the blockchain technology adopted in these virtual currencies was not disputed, and therefore, a ban was "arbitrary, unfair and unconstitutional." The court has listed the case for next Tuesday for further hearing.
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Take a stroll in any of the country’s buzziest neighbourhoods, and it’s likely that premium coffee shops will outnumber any other type of establishment. No longer simply content with the classic “double-double,” Canadian coffee connoisseurs are the new wine snobs—a highly invested and knowledgeable consumer pool that wants to be not just plugged in, but ahead of the game. “With so many options out there, we realized that it was crucial for our customers to hear about industry trend from us rather than from the competition,” says Rob Wilkin, who joined Pilot Coffee Roasters (2019 Growth 500: No. 260) as partner in 2013.
In that time, what it means to “trend” has changed dramatically, due in large part to social media, home of thought leaders and industry influencers. To maintain tastemaker status in an intensely crowded coffee market, Wilkin decided to turn innovation into a literal full-time job—and it’s just one of the ways that Pilot Roasters and their peers on the 2019 Growth 500 ranking of Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies cultivate and brand their expertise in new and (yes) trendy ways.
The key focus of Pilot’s new Head of Innovation, Wilkin decided, would be—first and foremost—new and emerging products, but also he wanted them to find novel approaches to bar-flow efficiency and community engagement. “Investing in [a dedicated role] is one of those investments where it’s not always easy to see a return on, but it’s definitely worthwhile,” says Wilkin of the position, which was carved out in 2014. It was former Pilot HOI (and current Head of Cold Brew) Brett Johnson who helped the company come out ahead of one of the industry’s most significant trends of late, when a months-long exploration of brewing temperatures became the basis for Pilot’s nitro cold brew product. “That wasn’t what I set out to do,” Johnson says of the period of fruitful experimentation.
Grant McCracken is a Canadian anthropologist whose work focuses on the connection between culture and commerce. His book Chief Culture Officer: How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation makes a case for why monitoring innovation is (or at least should be) a full-time job. On Twitter or Instagram, everyone can be an influencer, says McCracken, comparing contemporary trend patterns to a torrential downpour where water is whipping around in all directions. McCracken says a Chief Culture Officer (or Head of Innovation) can help companies to ID “black swans” (unpredictable trends that disrupt the industry) and “blue oceans” (unexplored markets).
More recently, Pilot introduced cold brew in a can. “One of the big trends we’re seeing now in premium coffee is around packaging and portability,” says Johnson. “A lot of us have a great product, but how do you make it so that customers can experience it in different locations?” Any HOI role, he says, is about balancing experimentation with the practical part of staying on top of what’s hot—which, yes, may still involve going to trade shows and following the mushrooming number of industry thought leaders.
DON’T JUST SELL, TELL
These days, brands don’t just push product, they manage communities—which means it’s no good for your Instagram to look like a series of glossy magazine ads. “We want our customers to feel connected to not just what we sell, but what we do,” says Wilkin. Pilot’s feed intersperses gorgeous product shots with more dynamic images: a recent staff trip to Colombia, helpful how-to videos, and one of beans formed into the Raptors logo (because in 2019, being a basketball fan was good for business).
It’s no longer enough to just present new merchandise every season with a quick “Hi, everyone, this is what’s cool now,” adds Jenny Bird, founder and CEO of jewellery company Jenny Bird (2019 Growth 500: No. 183). “[We’re about] bringing our customers inside the nest with us—they see it’s a real company with real people. It’s in Toronto, not a black box.” It’s a counterpoint, Bird adds, to jewellery and accessory mega-brands where it’s obvious that the jewellery design is outsourced via licensing deals. “People want that connection to the maker—they want to feel the hand in the work,” says Bird.
LEVERAGE YOUR FOLLOWING
Bird will never forget that time Michelle Obama wore her Harbour Drop earrings in the pages of Elle, or when Serena Williams sported her Faye Knockers (another earring design) on the court. But while a celebrity endorsement is obvious #goals, she says her most valuable product pushers are regular women—the ones who approach her at events to snap selfies (which Bird will often repost). Using Instagram as a virtual clubhouse, Bird has built a community of #BirdGirls. “I have women tell me that they will start chatting with another woman at a party because they’re both wearing Jenny Bird.”
In addition to being brand ambassadors, a devoted community of repeat customers provides an extremely engaged focus group.
Heuristic Branding consultant Bruce Philp used to advise his clients to devote time and resources to passive social listening to help predict future trends. Now, he says, there is too much noise out there, and often the loudest voices belong to the most marginal. “The most important people to listen to,” Philp says, “are the ones you’re already doing business with.”
Brands with a smaller customer pool can still glean big lessons from their base. Just ask Matthew von Teichman, CEO of Toronto’s GreenSpace Brands (2019 Growth 500: No. 17). “We are a lot closer to our customers,” says von Teichman, who gets plenty of usable feedback at small vendor booths and industry trade shows. He points to recent product launches in the company’s turmeric and gut-health verticals, many of which came from taking that direct feedback to heart.
“We could definitely save money by contracting out that work to a third party, but it would be a missed opportunity.”
WATCH THE WORLD
For Oasis Aqualounge (2019 Growth 500: No. 411) founder Judy Kaye, trendsetting means evolving along with broader social and political climates. Ten years ago, visitors to her popular adult entertainment club were mostly part of the swingers subculture, so that’s who their programming and marketing catered to. “We’ve made so much progress in terms of sex and body positivity—it’s really affecting who is coming to our club and what kind of experiences they are looking for,” Kaye says. Recent successful additions to the Oasis curriculum include yoga classes and nude drawing events—neither of which scream “sex club,” but have proven extremely effective in bringing in a new, socially progressive cohort. “Of course we’re watching other clubs, but trends now have as much or more to do with what’s going on in the world.” Basically, forget the navel-gazing—no pun intended.


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The quest to return cotton farming to profitability in Kenya has received a vital jolt with the recent reopening of textile factories in the country.
Recently, President Uhuru Kenyatta presided over the official reopening of Rivatex with a strong pitch for cotton growing.
Besides the Eldoret-based processor, Thika Cotton Mills, Bedi Investments and Ken Knit factories have reopened.
This is the fruition of deliberate government interventions targeting the revival and growth of local industries. For instance, halving the price of electricity for textile firms, the government will cut production costs.
An immediate and long-term effect of the reopening is a surge in demand for local cotton.
Cotton was an important cash crop in at least 22 of the current 47 counties, supporting thousands of families in arid and semi-arid lands (Asal). However, the painful reforms forced on Sub-Saharan Africa by the Bretton Woods institutions under the Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) in the 1990s dealt a mortal blow to the sector.
SAPs compelled African countries to free their markets to international competition, leading to a flood of cheaper imports, including second-hand clothes (“mitumba”), at the expense of local apparel.
Textile factories struggled to find buyers for their products, which retailed at prices higher than mitumba. As a consequence, they failed to pay farmers reasonably and on time.
The mist, however, seems to be clearing. A ready market for cotton should be the perfect reward to incentivise production and commitment to the crop.
At an annual maximum production capacity of 20,000 bales, Kenya lags behind its East African neighbours — Tanzania (700,000 bales) and Uganda (200,000 bales) — in cotton production, according to the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA). Acreage under production shrank from at least 32,240 hectares of land under cotton farming in 2011 to more than halve to 13,432ha last year.
The potential lies in abundance. The AFA projects an annual capacity of 420,000 bales that could go higher with modern farming technologies.
As the President noted, Rivatex alone has the ability to consume 100,000 bales of lint, whose annual local demand is around 140,000 bales.
A bigger market exists in exports for processed cotton and finished products, especially under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), where Kenya’s supply is far below optimum levels. A pointer to local export potential is evident in the scramble for the textile industrial sheds in Athi River.
With the Made-in-Kenya campaign, the demand for local cotton can only grow bigger.
To encourage cotton farming, the government is exploring the possibility of guaranteeing a market of all locally grown crop subject to the produce meeting specified standards. It is also in talks with 24 cotton-growing county governments to provide seed and other agricultural extension services to farmers.
Rivatex is expected to directly employ more than 3000 people with the overall potential for jobs projected to rise to 10,000.
Direct and indirect benefits include vegetable oil and animal feeds with the value chain benefiting over 150,000 people. Cotton farming could also mitigate such conflicts such as cattle rustling in Asal regions.
This benefits ecosystem resonates with the ‘Big Four Agenda’, among which is manufacturing.
Mr Waita is the State House Chief of Staff and Head of Presidential Delivery Unit (PDU).


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Today, we’re proud to announce the launch of a new, fully responsive site for EyelashesHQ. The design brief was to design and build a fast, clean and modern design. Something we feel we’ve achieved. To see the site yourself visit … Continue reading
Another month, another new website launch.
This time for Caring Kindergartens, providers of outstanding childcare.
Their old site was a fixed width website so the full Lissori responsive overhaul treatment was needed. Both Lissori and Caring Kindergartens are very pleased with the final result.
We’re proud to announce the launch of a new site for RoadKing Truckstops.
The brief was to produce a site that caters for the multi device world we now live in. Lissori produced a design that’s optimised for mobiles and tablets but also looks great on traditional desktop devices.
Lissori is pleased to announce the launch of a new, fully responsive website for CricketLab.
The site was designed and built around two core goals, to highlight the video courses and also draw attention to the websites blog content.
We’re very pround to announce the launch of a brand new, fully responsive website for Carverbrook. We were given a very clear brief. To produce a website that’s clean and elegant and also satisfies the technical requirements of an increasingly mobile … Continue reading
We’re very proud to announce the launch of a brand new, fully responsive website for girlswithattitude.co.uk. In this case, choosing a fully responsive site was a bit of a no brainer, 70%+ of all traffic landing on GWA is via … Continue reading
Designing and developing websites to work on multiple devices is an essential part of web design that can no longer be over- looked, especially when you consider that 2013 was the year that mobile-connected devices exceeded the world’s population. Web … Continue reading
We’re proud to announce the launch of a new, revamped website for Soinvogue.com. It is our belief that modern websites need to embrace the multi-screen, multi-platform, constantly connected world we now live in and provide a consistent experience regardless of the … Continue reading
Mobile technology has become an increasingly important part of our lives over the last five years or so. We’re now constantly connected, living in a multi-screen, multi-platform world that’s still evolving.
..But even in 2014, I still find that the majority of business owners I speak to don’t realise just how quickly this shift to mobile devices is occurring and more worryingly, most have failed to react at all. Continue reading


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An eastern Indiana city could sell a large long-empty factory to a company for $1 as part of a deal for it to hire more than 300 workers.
The factory, mostly vacant since auto parts maker Visteon closed in 2007, was where Carbon Motors had planned to build high-tech police cars with 1,500 workers until its plans fell apart last year.
Connersville officials haven't named the new company, but Indianapolis attorney Rick Hall told the Palladium-Item that a Minnesota-based cabinet maker would spend $12 million on improvements and equipment at the factory.
Connersville's city council and redevelopment commission approved resolutions Monday night giving the company three months to decide whether to finalize the agreement.
Mayor Leonard Urban told the Connersville News-Examiner the company would have at least 309 workers at the factory in five years to buy it for $1.


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With International Women’s Day around the corner, we’ve rounded up some of the most notable Australian female entrepreneurs that spoke to Dynamic Business in 2019.
We’re taking IWD as an opportunity to showcase some of the brilliant women that have seen exceptional success in the Australian small business landscape, taking on leadership roles across a variety of industries.
International Women’s Day is built on the foundation that “an equal world is an enabled world.” The ideal world envisioned in the #IWD2020 campaign #EachforEqual is one in which all women enjoy equality, and one where their voices are heard far and wide.
Although women’s rights and feminist movements are gaining traction regionally and globally, there is still a long way to go. The Global Gender Gap Report 2020 found that there are still substantial differences between men and women in areas of health, education, work and politics.
Economic participation, in particular, has seen women struggle to receive wages, employment and workforce representation equal to their male counterparts.
Australia as a nation ranked 8th in the world for proportion of women-owned and -led businesses in the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs.
The Australian Government is also jumping on board the bid to empower women in the workplace, with the Boosting Female Founders (BFF) initiative set to launch in 2020. This initiative will provide $18 million in funding and support for women-owned and -led businesses.
In terms of female entrepreneurship, access to capital remains one of the most significant barriers for women. Despite the female gender representing almost half of the workforce in Australia, women still only make up a little over 30 per cent of all entrepreneurs in Australia – a disappointing percentage.
However, there has been a growing number of women entering leadership roles in recent years. Sydney and Melbourne ranked 12th and 13th in Dell’s Women Entrepreneur Cities Index, which measures a city’s ability to attract and support high potential women entrepreneurs.
Here are our top 5 Australian female entrepreneurs of 2019. We will continue to champion Australian female entrepreneurs and this is just one small handful of all the successful women we speak to regularly.
We hope they inspire you as much as they inspired us!
Nicole Lamond, Co-Founder & CEO at Eloments
Just 6 months after launching her vitamin tea company, Eloments Tea, Nicole Lamond managed to score a deal with Aussie supermarket giant Woolworths. Her innovative product was quickly met with consumer and retailer uptake around the world. Nicole raised equity capital in just 8 days after attracting investors from Organic X Labs, who shared her Fair Trade vision and helped her secure rapid growth for her product. Nicole attributes her success to market investment strategy and says that the quality of distribution partners in a business are paramount. As a female entrepreneur, she believes it is important to have good advisors on board and to never undervalue the contribution to your company as a woman.
Adala Bolto, Founder & CEO at Zadi Training
Adala Bolto, founder of women’s boutique gym chain Zadi, managed to build a fitness empire despite critics not believing in her vision. Coming from a personal training background, Adala launched Zadi in 2017 and maintained a positive attitude in a highly competitive industry. She attributes the success of Zadi to the best technology, scientists and trainers, and her vision of a “sexier, edgier and science based” fitness experience.
For Adala, it’s all about securing the right partners who share your vision, surrounding yourself with the right people, and getting the money to develop programs that resonate with a niche customer base. She highly recommends building good relationships with critics and listening to their assessments with an open mind. She stresses the importance of having the confidence to move forward – even when others don’t support your idea. Adala plans to expand Zadi to 50 locations in a matter of just 2 years and is open to foreign investors who are looking to collaborate.
Anneke van den Broek, Owner & CEO at Rufus & Coco
In 2008, animal-lover Anneke van den Broek founded Rufus & Coco, a successful pet care business which has since been launched in 9 countries. With a mission to support pet owners, animal charities and not-for-profits, Anneke now runs Australia’s most awarded pet care brand, having turned her passion project into the largest privately-owned pet business in Australia. Initially partnering with major Australian supermarkets, Anneke attributes her incredible success to building and maintaining relationships with market leaders, expanding into new markets, and putting innovation and customer relations first. In her interview with Dynamic Business, she explained she would “never bring a product to market if it isn’t offering a new or better solution to pet owners’ problems”. Anneke has won numerous awards, including the 2016 NSW Telstra Business award, and has been listed as one of Australia’s 50 most influential women entrepreneurs by Rare Birds.
Anna Wright, CEO at BindiMaps
Anna Wright developed mobile app BindiMaps with the desire to answer a nagging question on her mind – “how does a person who is blind know where the Braille sign is?” In developing her app, Anna set out to assist people with vision impairment for the reason that they are often overlooked and excluded from regular daily activities. The app’s Bluetooth and mapping technology has revolutionised the way visually impaired people access otherwise complex indoor spaces, such as shopping centres and airports. In her interview with Dynamic Business, Anna told us that business owners should never be afraid to ask for help when they need it, or to seek out capital. With a nomination for Australian of the Year, an Angel investment of $1 million as well as a partnership with Guide Dogs Australia, Anna is in the process of negotiating the launch of BindiMaps across the country with major national businesses.
Olivia Molesworth, Director at Bromleigh Capital
At only 23 years old, Olivia Molesworth is the youngest Australian female entrepreneur to build a fintech empire. In 2018, she founded her business, Bromleigh Capital, with the mission to make capital more accessible to Australian eCommerce startups. She has since developed a powerful vision for small business funding to become affordable, ethical and sustainable.


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This could allay some doubts as to whether Amazon has the stomach to keep competing in the tablet wars vs Apple’s iPad and a growing fleet of products powered by Google’s Android operating system. The e-retailer says today that …
UPDATE, 11:10 AM: It’s official — there’s a new Kindle. It’s called Kindle Paper White, costs $119 and will ship October 1. At 9.1 millimeters and 7.5 ounces, it is very slender. “Thinner than a magazine, lighter than a paperback,” Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said as he announced the product in Santa Monica this morning. A higher-priced $179 Kindle Paper White has free 3G wireless. Both also have a bright light so you can read in the dark and it has eight weeks of battery life. It also has a timer that tracks individuals’ reading speed and can then tell them how long it will take them to finish a chapter or a book. A total of 180,000 books available on the Paper White are exclusive to Amazon, Bezos said.
The CEO today also unveiled the new Kindle Fire HD. The new 8.9-inch tablet is designed to be almost glare free, comes with dual speakers and advanced WiFi. With a few implied digs at the cost and limitations of Apple’s iPad, Bezos said the 32 GB and 4G wireless tablet will retail for $499 and ships November 20. “Is it a little bit more expensive? Yes. Is it worth it? Absolutely,” he told the crowd.
Amazon shares touched an all-time high today of $252.27. With an hour to go before the market close, the shares are up around 1.8% — in line with the overall market. (The S&P 500 is higher than it’s been since May 2008.)
LOS GATOS, Calif., Nov. 15, 2011 – Coinciding with the first shipments of the Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet™, Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) today unveiled a new interface for Android-powered tablets that makes browsing and instantly watching unlimited TV shows and movies streaming from Netflix better than ever.
The redesigned Netflix experience is much more immersive and provides more focus on the growing Netflix catalog by displaying twice as many titles than the previous interface. In addition, through optimization for touch-enabled tablets, Netflix members can swipe through multiple rows of titles with larger artwork. As a result, it is now much easier to discover and instantly watch movies and TV shows on Android tablets.
Amazon stoked the hype around its new Kindle Fire tablet by shipping it a day ahead of schedule, the company announced today. That’s a smart move: In addition to the extra PR and customer goodwill it generates, the decision gives the online retailer one more day to sell videos, music, and books that will “offset the weaker margins (or even losses)” it may see this quarter by selling the tablet below cost, Caris & Co analyst Scott Tilghman says. Research firm iSuppli estimates that Amazon spends about $210 to make each Kindle Fire that it sells for $199. No wonder the promotion machine is in high gear: Hulu Plus — which is available on the iPad and Barnes & Noble’s new Nook Tablet — today joined the parade of content companies crowing about their Kindle Fire apps. A Hulu Plus subscription costs $7.99 a month, and can be used on any device that accommodates it. Hulu’s “never-ending mission is to bring you the world’s premium content when, where and how you want,” senior product manager Lonn Lee says in a blog post.
Amazon startled investors last night with its report of a huge 3Q profit miss. The stock is off about 11.5% this morning from yesterday’s close of $227.15 before the announcement. But analysts are taking the disclosure in stride, saying that Amazon’s just going through some growing pains while CEO Jeff Bezos awaits a huge inflow of cash from sales of the company’s new Kindle Fire tablet. RBC Capital Markets analyst Ross Sandler maintained his “outperform” recommendation on the stock, although he trimmed the target price to $240 from $265. “We view these quarterly pullbacks as good opportunities to add to (investment) positions, and see the upcoming Kindle Fire product launch as the next catalyst that should allow for revenue upside in 2012,” he says. Credit Suisse’s Spencer Wang also trimmed his target, to $200 from $210, yet maintained his “neutral” position on Amazon. He considers it a “core holding in the sector” but urges investors to wait for ”a more attractive entry point.”
SEATTLE — Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced an expansion of a licensing agreement with PBS Distribution that will allow Amazon Prime members to instantly stream, at no additional cost, current and archived PBS programming. This will bring the total number of Prime instant videos to 12,000 by the end of this year, more than doubling the Prime instant video title count since its launch. Amazon Prime members can enjoy this selection on over 300 different devices, including the recently announced Kindle Fire—the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, magazines, apps, books, games, and more. Kindle Fire customers enjoy a free month of Amazon Prime right out of the box.
A few surprises this morning in Amazon’s release of its Kindle Fire tablet. The bad news: It’s Wi-Fi only, which means you can’t download content when you’re away from a hot spot. Other tablets, including Apple’s iPad, can handle wireless 3G connections. But Amazon says it will offer free cloud storage for content bought from Amazon. The company also will deploy its Whispersync technology for movies and TV shows: If you’re watching a video on your Kindle and are interrupted in the middle, you can pick up where you left off later on another device including the TV set. The Kindle Fire will have a 7-inch screen and cost $199 beginning Nov. 15 when it goes on sale. The company also announced new, low-priced versions of the Kindle e-reader. Here’s the release:
SEATTLE, Sep 28, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — (NASDAQ: AMZN)–Millions of people are already reading on Kindles and Kindle is the bestselling e-reader in the world for four years running. Today, Amazon is excited to introduce an all-new Kindle family: three all-new Kindle e-readers that are smaller, lighter, and more affordable than ever before, and Kindle Fire – a new class of Kindle that brings the same ease-of-use and deep integration of content that helped Kindle re-invent reading – to movies, TV shows, music, magazines, apps, books, games, and more.
“We’ve now reached the magical two-digit price point for Kindle – twice: the new Kindle and Kindle Touch are only $79 and $99. Kindle Touch 3G is the new top of the line e-reader with free 3G – no monthly fees or annual contracts – and is only $149,” said Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Founder and CEO. “Kindle Fire brings together all of the things we’ve been working on at Amazon for over 15 years into a single, fully-integrated service for customers. With Kindle Fire, you have instant access to all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, the convenience of Amazon Whispersync, our revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser, the speed and power of a state-of-the-art dual-core processor, a vibrant touch display with 16 million colors in high resolution, and a light 14.6 ounce design that’s easy to hold with one hand – all for only $199. We’re offering premium products, and we’re doing it at non-premium prices.”


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Wester promoted to CEO of Paradox
Former executive VP takes leading role at PC specialist
PC specialist Paradox has promoted Frederick Wester to CEO of the company effective immediately.
Wester joined the company in 2003 and has held the positions of director of publishing and executive vice president.
"Leading Paradox has been a goal of mine since day one here," said Wester on his appointment.
"We have an outstanding internal team in place and have developed partnerships that will help elevate Paradox to the next level. I look forward to leading that charge."


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Hershey. Harley-Davidson. Nike. Cheerios. Crest. Leggo. Stratocaster. All great brand names – single words that invoke a consistent image, one that’s generally favorable and reflects, if not dominance, than at least a major presence in a market. ...
Ryan ChavisScott Zabielski of Los Angeles was announced as the grand prize winner for the 2015 "Crash the Super Bowl" contest from Doritos brand. read more
Naming a brand drug is a lot harder than it used to be.
Brand Finance expects the biggest brands from a slimmed-down P&G to rise in coming years, but L’Oreal Paris topped the brand valuator’s Cosmetics 50 list in 2015, making L’Oreal a three-year winner. Avon dropped furthest in terms of estimat...
If biosimilar sponsor doesn’t want brand name, nonproprietary name should have suffix, Sandoz says in update to its citizen petition.
NEW YORK, Feb 5 (IFR) - Merck & Co's US$8bn jumbo bond is just the tip of the iceberg of debt supply from the healthcare sector in the months ahead with brand names like Novartis and Pfizer set to compete for investor cash.
Ryan ChavisA Valentine's Day infographic from Mobee reveals which brands took the top spot of store shelves, the best displays and which names won over the hearts — and dollars — of customers leading up to the big day. read more
WHO has called on scientists, national authorities and the media to follow best practices for disease names to minimise unnecessary negative effects... The post WHO issues best practice advice for disease names appeared first on European Pharmaceutic...
ROCKVILLE, Md., June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- TissueGene, Inc. today reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted the proposed brand name Invossa for TissueGene-C, the Company's proprietary product in development for treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee. FDA's acceptance of the proprietary brand name is subject to the Agency's final determination prior to any approva...
A novel imaging approach to periocular basal cell carcinoma: in vivo optical coherence tomography and histological correlates Eye advance online publication, June 19 2015. doi:10.1038/eye.2015.97 Authors: L Pelosini, H B Smith, J B Schofie...
(Georgia Institute of Technology) The study challenged younger and older people to look at faces at names while either listening to non-lyrical music or nothing at all. The college-aged participants had no problems -- the music didn't affect their pe...
Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Willie Nelson and other celebrity names to appear on the shelves of Marijuana Stores. Their wares include special strains of cannabis, joint rollers, vape pens and even a debit-like payment card for use in some pot shops.
(American Marketing Association) It is a popular belief among marketers that online searches for brand names are good indicators of which products consumers plan to buy. But a new study in the Journal of Marketing suggests that searches for specific ...
BASF plans to "significantly increase" production capacities for bismuth vanadate pigments at Besigheim, Germany, near Stuttgart, from 2017. The German chemical giant markets the yellow pigments with a special greenish color tone used to formulate pa...
The expanded oxo capacity at Swedish chemical producer Perstorp's Stenungsund plant is now operating at full run, the company said. The plant, touted as the single largest investment in Perstorp's history, will significantly boost its output of valer...


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Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk thinks that “only a fool” would ignore any other form of alternative investment opportunities as real interest rates trending negative. On February 19, the Tesla CEO responded to some comments that were made by Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to Bloomberg.
Zhao expressed his surprise at the Tesla executive’s ‘gung-ho’ pronouncements about Dogecoin. The hypothetical Dogecoin (DOGE) CEO has asserted that “only a fool” would not look for alternative investments to fiat currency considering the current interest rates on Twitter currently.
In the interview, Zhao implied that Tesla’s recent decision to invest up to 7.7% of its treasury into bitcoin indicates that Musk supports the crypto deeply. On Twitter, Musk stated:
“Tesla’s action is not directly reflective of my opinion. Having some Bitcoin, which is simply a less dumb form of liquidity than cash, is adventurous enough for an S&P500 company.”
In response to the insinuation from Musk that he considers DOGE better than BTC, Blockstream CSO Samson Mow mentioned:
“You’re just sad you didn’t buy sooner.”
Nevertheless, Musk also claimed that it would be quite foolish not to seek out alternative investments while “fiat currency has negative real interest”:
“When fiat currency has negative real interest, only a fool wouldn’t look elsewhere. Bitcoin is almost as bs as fiat money. The keyword is ‘almost.’”
Elon Musk’s Twitter account is believed to be the main catalyst for DOGE’s massive recovery from the r/Wallstreetbets-led pump and dump that affected the meme-coin at the end of January. The richest man in the world described DOGE as “the people’s crypto.”


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Recently, LG Electronics officially announced that it is closing the smartphone business to focus on other tech fields in the industry. Now, a piece of new information coming from South Korea, which suggests Samsung Electronics is collaborating with LG Display to get OLED panels.
According to the news, a committee led by senior members of Samsung Electronics and LG Display has recently met and agreed to supply OLEDs. Moreover, the report suggests that only working-level consultations are left to finalize the details.
However, the supply scale is predicted to be 1 million units in the second half of this year and 4 million units next year. It is worth mentioning that this year, LG Display’s production capacity is expected to be 8 million units, which is quite huge.
If this information becomes true, then it will be the first time when two rivals, Samsung and LG are partnering for OLED screens. Though, the recent surge in LCD prices is the background of Samsung Electronics reaching out to LG Display.
It was said that, as Chinese companies holding the lead in the production of LCD panels are raising prices one after another, LCD-free has become an important task in securing profitability. Besides, Samsung Display had to cooperate with LG as the yield of QD OLEDs that the former is preparing for production was also a problem.
“The meeting between the executives of the two companies in the past was led by the government, but this time it is meaningful in that it is a voluntary meeting. It will be a win-win deal for both Samsung and LG,” said an industry insider.
“The official position is that it is not true because it has not been confirmed. However, with regard to securing parts, it is the basic policy to review competitors without restricting them,” said Samsung Electronics.
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Samsung leads Q3 smartphone market, Huawei’s entry haunts Apple
Samsung ranked first in market share in the global smartphone market in Q3, 2023. TrendForce report says that Samsung led the global Q3 smartphone market, recording a market share of 19.5%.
Overall production in the third quarter increased by 11.5% compared to the previous quarter to 60.1 million units. During the same period, Apple’s production increased by 17.9% to 49.5 million, thanks to iPhone 15.
Third place was taken by Xiaomi (13.9%), followed by Oppo (12.6%) and Transion (8.6%). 6th place is Vivo (8%). Meanwhile, global smartphone production reached 308 million units, a 13% increase compared to the previous quarter and a 6.4% increase from the previous year.
Huawei’s re-entry into the flagship smartphone market targeting Apple has had a significant impact in China. Huawei is aiming to expand its high-end flagship series, focusing on the Chinese domestic market next year, so Apple “We plan to attack directly”.
Underdog phone brand jumped 50%, Samsung and Apple lost ground
In Q3 2023, Samsung and Apple’s market share slightly declined, while an underdog Chinese phone brand appeared on the top 5 chart. In a recent development, Canalys published market research data for the third quarter, revealing Tanssion as the fifth best-seller globally.
According to the info, Samsung and Apple lead total sales with 20% and 17% market share, yet both have fallen from their 22% and 18% levels in 2022. However, Tanssion, the maker of Tecno, Itel, and Infinix phones, climbed from 6% global market share last year to 9% in 2023, a 50% jump.
Apart from this, Xiaomi matched last year’s share only by “recovering” from a terrible first half of 2023. At the same time, OPPO has fallen steadily over the past two years, while fellow BBK brand vivo lost the top-5 slot it’s owned for years.
Overall, the global smartphone market underwent a slight drop of 1% in Q3 2023. Bolstered by regional recoveries and new product upgrade demand, the smartphone market recorded a double-digit sequential growth in Q3, ahead of the sales seasons.
Samsung enjoyed 2023’s last victory over Apple?
Recently, research agency Counterpoint Research published their latest analysis. The report reveals that Samsung continued its leadership in the third quarter of 2023, while Apple remained in the second spot. However, both OEMs faced a decline of 1 percent year over year.
According to CR, slower consumer demand is the main factor in the dwindling sales. The market did see a slight 2 percent growth in Q3 compared to Q2, likely driven by last month’s iPhone 15 series launch. Samsung secured 20 percent market share, while Apple grabbed 16 percent sales.
The Galaxy A-series was the key driver for the South Korean smartphone maker. Apple came in second with 16 percent of the market while Xiaomi rounded out the top three with its 12 percent share. Oppo (10 percent) and vivo (8 percent) were the remaining brands in the top five charts.
The newly released iPhone 15 series will help Apple score a lead over Samsung in the fourth quarter of the year. The results will arrive by early next year, and it’s expected that the US phone maker could surpass Samsung. Major camera upgrades and USB-C helped Apple register strong sales.


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DANA POINT, CA: Brands need a deeper appreciation of the social and political context shaping consumers' lives in order to protect and progress their businesses at a "disorienting" time, a leading executive from American Greetings has argued.
Alex Ho, Executive Director/Marketing at American Greetings Corp., LLC, discussed this subject at the Association of National Advertisers' (ANA) 2017 Brand Masters Conference.
"Something is happening today that is unlike any other time in recent history," he said. (For more, read Warc's exclusive report: American Greetings brings analog emotion to digital marketing.)
"Consumers have a voice, and they are using that voice to stand up [with] protests, marches and coordinated efforts on social media."
The divisiveness on show across America, Ho told the ANA assembly, "is affecting not just politics, but businesses and brands".
American Greetings has found that a majority of Americans "think we, as a whole, are less civil" than in the past – a symptom of wider splits in the social fabric.
"It's fair to say we are at a moment in time where, once again, the times are a changin'. That's the backdrop of this consumer, and we need to be sensitive to that," Ho said.
"We need to protect our brands in the environment that we face today ... The world is a little bit disorienting right now. And if you think that doesn't affect business – that it's a political-only issue – you might not have been reading the news."
An example: the #DeleteUber campaign, where an estimated 200,000 users removed the taxi app from their phones after it turned off "surge pricing" at JFK airport in New York when taxi drivers went on strike to protest President Trump's travel ban.
If that number represents a tiny fraction of Uber's total user base, it also hit brand perceptions, as well as threatening new business and customer retention.
"The point is, something happened … And it's going to happen again," Ho said. "Three weeks ago, it was Uber. Tomorrow, could it be you? Are you ready?" he added.
“Are you ready for what will happen in today's consumer-empowered world, in which we no longer push our messages out to consumers? In marketing today, whether we like it or not, we are compelled to have a conversation."
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Three generations of the Middaugh family have teamed up to form Middaugh's Collision & Auto Repair, in Huntington.
Patriarch and owner Dick Middaugh says the family has extensive experience and a great reputation in the auto industry locally.
"We used to own an auto shop on Ind.-114," he states. "My son Rick starting working with me when he was about 14 years old after school."
Grandson Nick Middaugh recently completed a four-year enlistment with the United States Marines and joined the family business, Middaugh adds.
"Altogether, we have about 60 years of experience in the auto industry," he says.
He adds that the shop, which opened for business on Thursday, Jan. 31, specializes in complete body work and paint and general repairs and maintenance.
"We also do total restoration work on almost anything vintage," Middaugh states. "We do cars, gas pumps, bicycles, whatever."
Although the shop has only three employees, Rick Middaugh says there are plans in the future to expand.
"We want to offer good, old fashioned personal service at a fair price," he adds. "We are old school here."
Hours of operation for the shop are Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, from 8 a.m. to noon.
Dick Middaugh notes that not many auto repair shops are open on Saturday, and that he hopes to offer this option to people who are unable to come on weekdays.
"We just look forward to serving the community of Huntington with good service," he adds.
Middaugh's Collision & Auto Repair is located at 755 S. Briant St., Huntington.
For more information, or to contact the Middaughs at the shop, call 200-1034.


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SAN DIEGO I-Bus Inc. has introduced a RAID enclosure, the Model RR4, which rack-mounts eight disk drives in a 4U-height form factor. Shock-mounting is provided for the drives and the enclosure also includes a 400-W ac power supply, four front-removable 49.4-CFM fans, front-removable filters and locking drive doors. Options include up to four power supplies and brackets for horizontal drive mounting. Pricing starts at $660.
David Patterson, known for his pioneering research that led to RAID, clusters and more, is part of a team at UC Berkeley that recently made its RISC-V processor architecture an open source hardware offering. We talk with Patterson and one of his colleagues behind the effort about the opportunities they see, what new kinds of designs they hope to enable and what it means for today’s commercial processor giants such as Intel, ARM and Imagination Technologies.


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Samsung has AFP reports. That's not bad going at all, considering the phone only launched in May.and sold 10 million Galaxy S3 smart phones,
The company originally forecast it would reach the milestone by the end of July, and it's beat that by over a week. Break out the bunting, Samsung. This calls for a celebration.
JK Shin, head of Samsung's mobile communication division, told Yonhap news agency: "It appears that it [in accumulated sales] has exceeded 10 million units." He then breathed on his fingernails and rubbed them on his lapel.
This is just the beginning though for the S3. Samsung new iPhone is expected to touch down around then., hitting 19 million sales by the autumn. High hopes indeed, especially considering a
It's not an impossible target to reach though. The Galaxy Note has already hit 7 million. We're also expecting a , which would no doubt give sales a shot in the arm.and combined have sold a phenomenal 50 million units, and the
The S3 is the phone of the year so far. It features a 4.8-inch screen, and it can detect eye movements to know when you're looking at it, so the screen stays on until you avert your gaze.
Do you think the S3 will reach 19 million sales in the face of a new iPhone? Would you buy a 64GB S3? And what will the next iPhone have to do to wrestle back its smart phone crown from Samsung? Let me know in the comments, or on our Facebook page.


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A Middlesbrough IT firm is creating jobs after signing a “unique” deal with Checkatrade.
Dad-of-three Stephen Robinson set up web design agency from home in Sedgefield in 2012.
Now the fast-growing firm needs to fill a number of sales positions at its Middlesbrough office, eventually leading to more back office and additional back office and service provision roles.
Checkatrade is the UK’s largest online review and contractor booking site.
The deal signed with Espresso Web is the first alliance of its kind for the online firm, and will see both firms increase their tailor-made products to a combined consumer database of almost 30,000 tradespeople.
Espresso Web sales director Stephen Robinson said: “Setting up this partnership with Checkatrade is huge for Espresso Web, it means we can expand our team further and recruit Teesside’s finest.
“We are looking to employ some 20 new members of staff, helping to take us to the next level.
“Partnering with such a trusted force is a great confidence boost for us and shows we are well on our way to becoming a similar trusted force.”
Award-winning Espresso Web already employs 32 staff in its head office at Brighouse Business Village, on Middlesbrough’s Riverside Park, and offers search engine optimisation services, web design, e-commerce website development and social media marketing.
Its deal with Checkatrade will give tens of thousands of tradesmen nationwide the opportunity to benefit from tailormade, discounted digital marketing packages bespoke to Espresso Web.
Espresso Web will also launch a new late-night business model, extending its hours of business to run from 8am until 8pm three days a week to cater for its growing number of trade clients who need after-hours services.
Anthony Way, head of partnerships of Selsey-based Checkatrade, said: “We vet every potential partner and only work with those who will represent the Checkatrade brand and the values in which it operates; something both Espresso Web and Bizify have demonstrated.”
To find out more about working with the company, visit this website .


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On the back of showing you England’s home and away kit earlier this month we now have a close-up look at the leaked red away shirt. The away kit will be first worn for the 2014 World Cup qualifying match against San Marino on the 22nd of March.
As seen on the leaked away shirt in the previous away kit article, this new away shirt features a polo neck with gold trim including a gold FA Crest and 150th anniversary logo below and the shirt features a shiny appearance with the signature Nike ‘swoosh’ icon in white.
The new Nike home shirt will be first worn in the 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Montenegro this month after the away shirt will be unveiled in the earlier game against San Marino. The new Nike England home shirt design above is produced from earlier leaks online.
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Tourism Ireland targets Russian tourists on trade mission
Tourism Ireland, together with two Irish tour operators, travelled to Moscow this week to take part in a travel trade mission, in a bid to grow Ireland’s share of this emerging tourism market.
The three-day trade mission – organised by VisitBritain – included meetings and networking with some of the top travel agents and tour operators from the main cities and regions of Russia, as well as other Russian-speaking CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries like Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. It offered an excellent opportunity to showcase Ireland to the influential Russian buyers and encourage them to introduce the island of Ireland to their programmes for 2014, or to extend the programmes in which Ireland already features.
Tourism Ireland research has shown that the Russian market has limited understanding of what the island of Ireland has to offer as a holiday destination; so, one of the main objectives of the trade mission was to continue to build awareness in Russia of the many things to see and do on a holiday here.
Tourism Ireland believes the Russian market could play an important part in helping to grow overseas tourism to the island of Ireland in the coming years; the organisation has representation in Russia for the first time ever in 2014. Jim Paul, Tourism Ireland’s head of developing markets, said: “Outbound travel from Russia is growing fast, with almost 36 million visits outside of Russia taken each year. The majority of our overseas visitors come from the core tourism markets of Great Britain, North America and Mainland Europe and, while this will continue, it is important that we expand our focus beyond these markets and look to the longer-term opportunities presented by Russia and the other BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries. Trade missions like this help foster relations with key travel trade, who can help us achieve our goal of generating growth from this market of potential.
“Research shows that some of the main motivators for Russians when choosing a holiday include ‘natural scenic beauty’ and ‘history and culture’; these are two areas for which the island of Ireland is renowned. Tourism Ireland will focus on highlighting tourism experiences like the Wild Atlantic Way – showcasing the spectacular scenery and unique culture of the west coast – to prospective Russian visitors in 2014. We believe this exciting new tourism experience will have tremendous appeal in the Russian market.”
Notes To Editors
- Tourism Ireland is the organisation responsible for promoting the island of Ireland overseas as a leading holiday destination.
- Tourism is the island of Ireland’s largest indigenous industry; responsible for in excess of 4% of GNP in the Republic of Ireland and employing approximately 200,000 people.
- By the end of 2014, we will have welcomed an estimated 8.6 million overseas visitors to the island of Ireland, delivering revenue of about €4.26 billion. Overseas tourism business accounts for 59% of all tourism revenue.
- Tourism Ireland’s international website is www.ireland.com, available in ten different language versions for over 30 individual markets around the world.


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Monika Ribar, CEO of global logistics company Panalpina for the past seven years, will step down at the end of May 2013, to be replaced by Peter Ulber, a freight forwarding specialist and former Kuehne + Nagel official.
In a statement released today, Panalpina said the change in leadership was “planned and prepared” by the board of directors and Ribar as part of the company’s ongoing succession process.
Ribar, who has been a member of the Swiss forwarding company’s management for almost 23 years, will hand over her responsibilities to Ulber on June 1.
She will focus on her non-executive managerial functions in other companies where she also serves on the boards of directors, said Rudolf Hug, chairman of the Panalpina group.
Ulber, 53, who studied at the International School of Logistics in Hamburg, Germany, held various management positions from 1985 to 2011 at Kuehne + Nagel in Europe, North America, and South America. From 2008 onwards, he was responsible for both sea freight and airfreight at Kuehne + Nagel as well as for the global sales organization. At the end of 2011, he went into business himself as cofounder and partner of the Charleston Enterprise Group.


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Company makes formal announcement about operations in Ireland.
Demand Media announced today that it is opening its international headquarters for the company’s domain services business in Dublin, Ireland.
Demand Media is serving as the backend registry provider for its own top level domains (applied for under United TLD Holdco Ltd.) as well as Donuts’. United TLD has applied for 26 top level domains and Donuts has applied for 307. Of course, many of these domains are in contention sets.
In its applications for new TLDs, the company noted that Demand Media Europe Limited, based in Ireland, would be its backend registry provider.
The company has hired David Ryan, formerly a senior director with Electronic Arts, as General Manager for the Dublin operation. It plans to hire 20-40 people within the next year.


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About 13 million subscribers will be added in 2019 alone, with a similar number of additions expected in 2020.
SVOD homes will pay for an average of 1.71 SVOD subscriptions by 2024 – up from 1.42 in 2018. About 43.4% of TV households will have at least one SVOD subscription by 2024; up from 26.3% in 2018. Penetration will reach nearly two-thirds of TV households in Norway, but will be under 30% in Italy.
Gross SVOD subscriptions will represent 74.2% of Western European TV households by 2024, double from 37.3% at end-2018. Germany, Italy, France and Spain will all be below the regional average by 2024. Five countries will be above 100% of TV households.
Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV Research, said: “Disney+ will make a strong and immediate impact, given its extensive brand recognition and impressive content line-up. We forecast 19.18 million paying subscribers by 2024 – fast approaching Amazon Prime Video.”


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Like trying to figure out which mercenaries the Yankees will hire for the pennant race each year, speculating on PalmOne’s next move has become somewhat of a national pastime (to some, at least) since the company split from the Palm OS division last year. Even PalmOne execs themselves aren’t immune: Earlier this year, a Palm exec raised more than a few eyebrows when he popped off that the Palm OS was “not viewed internally as a religion”. Whether it was just posturing, or a hint at discussions happening behind the scenes, the comment suggested that Palm hardware would not always necessarily be wed to the Palm OS.
Now we learn that PalmOne will license Microsoft’s ActiveSync for future devices. Is a Windows Mobile-based Treo or Tungsten far behind? It’s unlikely. While the deal is a good one for both Palm and Microsoft – PalmOne gets the most popular enterprise-class email product and Microsoft gets more devices accessing Exchange data – it’s probably not a pre-cursor to a more involved love affair. If anything, it’s a response to RIMs continued dominance of all things email-related, and their recent shot at the Treo. With the release of RIM’s slick-and extremely affordable–7100t, make no mistake that PalmOne is feeling the heat.
But don’t be fooled, PalmOne is surely exploring other options. The Treo’s current, older Palm OS, certainly doesn’t feel like it was designed with a phone in mind. Spend five minutes with a Series 60 device and the shortcomings of the Palm OS for mobile phones becomes glaringly apparent. While Cobalt should address many of its predecessor’s shortcomings-no multi-tasking, etc-it’s been far too long coming. In the meantime, Symbian has been constantly tweaking its smartphone OS. A Palm-Symbian alliance would make sense, especially if PalmOne is serious on focusing on smartphones in the future.
Off the cuff, unscripted comments from maverick execs aside, the alliance between the Palm hardware and software folks already seemed uncertain. Where was PalmOne recently when PalmSource rolled out its new Cobalt operating system? They were barely involved in the announcement at all. Instead, the PalmSource focus was on new, white label phones. That’s a big departure from years past. It seems that after months of treading water, the two are finally starting to go their separate ways, which was the point of the whole split to begin with. Bottom line? Something’s up. It’s just not clear what. While we won’t see a platform switch in time for Christmas, don’t be surprised if by this time next year you’re hearing about a Symbian-based PalmOne phone…
Guest post by Matt Maier, Business 2.0’s fearless gizmo correspondent and my fellow traveler into the wireless wonderland. Matt uses six phones at a time, talks on none, takes video clips on two and when he is slowing down he double fists fizzy and fancy caffeine drinks. And oh by the way, send him a note and remind him how well the Dodgers are doing. Let him smile for a week or so more!
5 thoughts on “Microsoft, Symbian in Palm’s future?”
And what if Dell licenses Cobalt for its Axim line?
This is a major victory for palmOne, especially in its competition with BlackBerry (excellent article in B2.0 BTW).
Dell has never ruled out a Palm OS device, though they’re always coy about it. It seems unlikely that they would go with Palm though, their PocketPC devices have been solid and they offer better Wi-Fi support, something PalmSource has been slow to incorporate.
I doubt it. Having spoken to a lot of people at Nokia, I know that Nokia percieves that one of the key barriers to PDA-like functionality on Symbian is the extreme difficulty of developing applications for Symbian….
Since a key strength of the Palm platform is the ability to quickly develop new apps (and thus fostering a larger amount of 3rd party apps), it’s doubtfull that Palm would be so stupid as to adopt Symbian. Symbian may be more geared to cell phones today, but that does not make it better for what cell phone will be in 18 months, neven mind the stability issues with some Symbian versions….
More likely, Nokia and Palm will collaborate to make mobile connectivity a more real reality, esp. with PDA’s.


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We’re in interesting times, there’s no doubt about that. The COVID crisis is receding, the economic reopening is proceeding apace – but there are inflationary worries. Many experts are concerned that further cost-of-living increases will result as consumer demand outstrips supply.
On the other hand, the Federal Reserve believes it can curb an outbreak of inflation should it occur without throwing the recovery off track.
Looking at economic conditions, Raymond James strategist Scott Brown noted, “As the economy continues to improve, a lot of bottle neck pressures will start to fade. I don’t think there is any reason for the Fed to panic.”
In the meantime, we can start scouring the markets for stocks that are primed to bring solid returns. Brown’s colleagues at Raymond James have picked out two – and we’ve used the TipRanks platform to look up their details. These are Strong Buy stocks, which the stock analysts at Raymond James see room for over 50% growth this year.
Pure Storage (PSTG)
The first Raymond James pick we’re looking at is Pure Storage, a company in the memory chip industry. Pure Storage makes solid-state flash drives and offers memory-storage-as-a-service fit for a wide range of uses: desktop virtualization, cloud computing, high performance computing, server and database use. The company boasts over 8,000 customers globally, and last year saw total revenues of $1.68 billion.
The company typically sees its best revenues of the year in Q4, with a dip into Q1. This year was no exception. The first quarter revenue of $412.7 million was down from the $502.7 million reported in Q4. Year-over-year, however, PSTG’s Q1 top line was up by $45.6 million, or over 12%. The company typically runs at an EPS loss; in Q1, the 30 cent loss reported was less severe than the 34 cent EPS loss reported in the year-ago quarter.
The solid quarterly results were driven by a rise in subscription revenues, which gained 35% yoy to reach $162.8 million.
Last fall, Pure Storage acquired Portworx, the Kubernetes data services platform, in a deal worth $370 million in cash. This past May, Pure Storage announced the release of Portworx Enterprise 2.8, a new storage product with integrations across the range of Pure Storage’s product and service portfolio. The announcement marks the full integration of the new acquisition.
Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold notes several positives in the outlook for Pure, saying, “Pure generates cash, which should separate it from the crowd. We remain optimistic that the lower priced FlashArray//C, FlashBlade and Portworx enable Pure to gain share and maintain at least mid-teens sales growth.”
The analyst added, “Pure generates cash, which makes it stand-out within the growth crowd. Pure generated nearly $100M of FCF in CY20, and we forecast nearly $200M over the next two years. The balance sheet is healthy with $1.25B of cash and net cash near $500M.”
In line with his comments, Leopold rates PSTG shares a Strong Buy, and his $31 price target implies a one-year upside of ~62%. (To watch Leopold’s track record, click here)
Overall, it’s clear that Wall Street agree with Leopold on PSTG. The stock’s Strong Buy consensus rating is based on 8 recent reviews that break down 6 to 2 in favor of Buy versus Hold. The shares are priced at $19.08 and have an average price target of $27.50, giving an upside potential of 44% for the next 12 months. (See PSTG stock analysis on TipRanks)
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG)
If you like gardening, then you’ve probably used this next company’s products. Scotts is a multinational corporation, based in Ohio, that has specialized in lawn, garden, and pest control products for the consumer market. The company’s brands include Scotts, Miracle-Gro, Ortho, and Roundup, and products range form bird and grass seed, to topsoil and sod, to fertilizers and weed killers. In fiscal 2020, the company saw more than $4 billion in annual revenue.
For the most recent quarter, the fiscal second, Scotts reported $1.83 billion at the top line. This was up 32% year-over-year, and bodes well for the company’s full-year results as the second and third fiscal quarters – coming in the spring and summer months – are typically the company’s strongest. Earnings for fiscal Q2 reached $5.43 per share, up 21% from the $4.47 reported one year ago.
The solid quarterly results were supported by a 23% gain in the US consumer segment, which rose to $1.37 billion. That result was in line with the generally upbeat economy of recent months, as consumer spending has been rebounding while the corona crisis recedes. Hawthorne Gardening, the company’s cannabis subsidiary business, also saw strong growth, and management is guiding toward 40% to 45% sales increase in that segment for the full year.
With this in mind, Raymond james’ Joseph Altobello views SMG’s current valuation as offering an attractive entry point for investors.
“While we still have much of the season – and very tough compares – in front of us, valuation remains very attractive on a sum-of-the-parts basis,” the 5-star analyst noted.
Giving the stock a Strong Buy rating, Altobello says, “[Our rating] is based on our view that the stock offers continued compelling value. This reflects the significant increase in lawn and garden participation last year that appears sustainable and should drive further gains in U.S. Consumer, as well as continued rapid growth for Hawthorne amid a favorable backdrop for cannabis regulation in the U.S.”
The analyst backs his positive stance with a $305 price target, implying room for 56% share appreciation over the coming year. (To watch Altobello’s track record, click here)
Overall, this stock has only three recent reviews on record, – but all three are positive, making the Strong Buy consensus rating unanimous. Shares are priced at $195.5 and the $301.67 average price target suggests a 54% upside potential in 2021. (See SMG stock analysis on TipRanks)
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the featured analysts. The content is intended to be used for informational purposes only. It is very important to do your own analysis before making any investment.


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MotorStorm RC Carnival DLC revealed
Sony has revealed the first bundle of downloadable content due to be released for MotorStorm RC.
The Carnival expansion pack adds a whole new location in the form of an after-hours visit to a fun park. This features 24 all-new events across six brand new tracks for MotorStorm RC fans on PS3 and PS Vita to compete across.
For those that own both a PS3 and a PS Vita the Carnival DLC carries on MotorStorm RC's Cross Play functionality allowing these players to pay once to use the DLC on both the Vita and the PS3. It also adds more Trophies to be won across both platorms and shared when Trophies are synced to SEN.
The Carnival DLC arrives on the PlayStation Store this week for PS Vita and PS3.
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