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Datalex, the Dublin-based travel retail software company, has signed up Air Macau for its China shopping and pricing product, which is aimed at making it easy and fast to find and book seats in that market.
Air Macau is adopting the product as it looks to “achieve its digital retail ambitions, advance its ecommerce functionality and facilitate a superior shopping experience with more choice, transparency and ease of use”, according to Datalex.
Macau, a semi-autonomous region on the south coast of China, reclaimed its crown as the world’s top gambling hub from Las Vegas in the first half of this year, after China lifted its zero-Covid policies. Macau’s gross gambling revenue in the first half of this year reached nearly $10 billion (€9.3 billion), compared with Nevada’s $7.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported in August, citing official figures from the two locations.
“This is a significant milestone for Datalex. Since the onset of Covid, we have been tailoring a shopping and pricing solution with Air China to develop a product that is specific to the features of that market,” said Bryan Porter, chief revenue officer at Datalex.
The deal comes less than a week after budget carrier easyJet’s migration to Datalex’s merchandiser product went live. The UK-based airline chose Datalex in September 2022 to help drive its digital retail strategy.
Datalex, which was hit by accounting issues in 2019 and the pandemic the following year, said in September it had secured a new €5 million credit facility from a company controlled by its main shareholder, Dermot Desmond, as it continues to explore alternative fundraising options.
The company already had €10 million of high-cost loans from Mr Desmond’s Tireragh vehicle before signing up to the new facility. The loans currently carry an interest rate of 18 per cent and are due to be repaid by the end of next year.


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Why the team behind the all-new City of Sydney Street Furniture network is smashing the idea that if you ‘build it and they will come’ and seeing the world more like a start-up.
Having spent the last 10 years in the start-up sector, the lure of building the all-new City of Sydney advertising proposition was too good to pass up. How often do you get a chance to reinvent something that has enjoyed strong demand, been built on well-established conventions and dominated a high value geography? How do you even approach reinvention of an already well-utilised product? The answer has to be, like a start-up.
While it could be argued that something with a valuable, validated market isn’t a start-up, the best innovative businesses, here and across the world, use the science of start-up and design thinking to innovate and grow their businesses. Finding the right connection point between desirability, feasibility and viability is the key to success. That science has played a key role in shaping the next horizon for the City of Sydney Street Furniture network.
You could say that right now, the out of home sector is in a renaissance. After the hardship spurred by the pandemic, we’re quickly starting to see years of investment in research and development come to fruition in the form of rapid advancement in digitisation and the connection of new data sources to inventory. Digital out of home already represents 61%* of the Australian industry and it’s moving fast, opening up significant opportunity for brands and out of home media companies.
For brands, digitisation that is underpinned by smarter data and insights means better targeting, greater transparency, improved measurement and advanced models of buying, including the increasing take up of programmatic. In other words, the eco-system is exploding with opportunity.
Boom. What cleaner pathway to opportunity is there than re-building the City of Sydney Street Furniture network from the ground up; predominantly digital, data-enabled, utilising the latest technology, and driven by the principles of sustainability and equal access for all?
But what is feasible today is only one lens. What is desirable is where the gold lies.
Desirability is almost more important than what’s possible. Spending time talking to customers is something start-ups excel at because not doing so can mean the difference between success and failure. Today, it’s true of every business bringing new innovations to market. We spent many months talking to agencies and advertisers about the City of Sydney to understand what was important and desirable.
Three themes came up repeatedly
- The importance of data intelligence
- Improved impact and effectiveness while being easy-to-buy, and
- Responsibility and sustainability
We are taking full advantage of the opportunity to deliver the City of Sydney network in a way that leverages the advancement of data, fully realised through a network that will have 10 times more digital and coverage across all City of Sydney suburbs, not just the 2000 postcode.
By integrating powerful new GPS and transactional spending data sets with our DYNAMiQ audience and insights platform, we are re-powering the way the City of Sydney can be harnessed by advertisers to better target the 2.6 million people the network reaches every week.
Having the data is good. Using it to ignite campaigns and drive momentum is better.
Data is key to how we deliver on the second most important need for advertisers and agencies; increased effectiveness through better targeting, optimised weights while being easy to buy.
We are delivering a suite of packs that utilise diverse data sets to deliver right across the marketing funnel. The process of analysing and curating the City of Sydney portfolio of sites is complex and time consuming. We are building a deep, comprehensive profile of every site and doing the work to make planning and buying the network seamless for advertisers.
Broadcasts Packs deliver awareness through strong reach and frequency. Activation Packs, including consecutive formats, digital panel takeovers and full network category domination deliver impact to drive consideration. Theme Packs, like our Socially Conscious Pack, delivers greater resonance in the right context, while our Category Packs get closer to key in-market segments and purchase moments.
Advertisers will also be able to enhance their campaigns programmatically on a scale that has never been seen before in this geography, something the market has strongly advocated for.
Most importantly, we must meet the expectations of today’s marketers and agencies for responsible and sustainable practices.
With the introduction of new industry standards, the first way we contribute responsibly to the industry is to align with the outcomes the industry defines in the spirit of transparency, simplicity and measurement accuracy across the eco-system. We will deliver to the truest interpretation of the industry standards because we believe that builds trust and a stronger out of home sector, poised for growth.
We’re also conscious that transparency and accountability extends beyond our industry. Equality, inclusion and sustainability are top of mind for us, our agency partners and Australian businesses – and we have ensured that the all-new City of Sydney Street Furniture network rises to this challenge.
Designed by world-renowned architects, Grimshaw, and built on a philosophy of equal access for all, the new network complies with the Disability Discrimination Act and the Inclusiveness Standards.
The infrastructure is built with sustainable materials and smart technology, like the inclusion of ceramic frits in transparent bus shelter ceilings which allows commuters to take in beauty of Sydney’s heritage buildings and green parks while cutting out 80% of the sun’s heat. The materials are responsibly sourced, utilise low energy LED lighting and other energy saving features and most importantly have been selected for their high recyclability.
Finally, new communications panels will be installed and enabled with interactive touch screens and ergonomic designs for the visually impaired to make way finding the easiest it has ever been.
Our City of Sydney network rolls out from December this year. We are approaching it with great excitement, but we can’t expect to ‘build it and they will come’ just because it’s been there before. To be ready for the future, and successful now, we need to respond to our customers’ needs today and tomorrow. We need to be ready to adapt and evolve, just like a start-up.
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The Auto Care Association will host a live webinar on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, from 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. EDT exploring the latest automotive aftermarket data published in the newly released 2023 Auto Care Factbook report.
During the “Level Up with the 2023 Factbook” webinar, attendees will learn what’s new in the report, including expanded sections on e-commerce, EV adoption, collision metrics and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
Mike Chung, director, market intelligence, Auto Care Association, and Nathaly Branham, manager, web, Auto Care Association, will cover a wide range of topics, including:
An overview of key data points and trends;
A look at the new features in the 2023 Factbook;
A look at which pages are most important to specific job roles, and;
How to take advantage of your access to the Factbook data in TrendLens™.
This webinar is open to all auto care professionals and a recording will be provided to those unable to attend.
To learn more and register, visit the Auto Care Association’s website.


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Web sites that buy original video clips often pay so little that “The Bannen Way,” a flashy crime thriller debuting online, looked destined to be made poorly — if it could be made at all.
Yet budding filmmakers Jesse Warren and Mark Gantt managed to hire 40-odd staff, including a boom operator, camera operators – yes, more than one — and even production assistants on hand to offer sunscreen and sandwiches. And the production had actors familiar to some TV and movie audiences, including Michael Ironside, Robert Forster and Vanessa Marcil.
The secret to their success? Treat the Internet run like a TV or movie release, which often loses money on its on-screen debut, but can make healthy profits when issued on DVD or Blu-ray and later sold for reruns on cable or overseas.
With that in mind, major movie studios are now getting behind such productions, giving them a lift in budgets and quality — a far cry from the shaky camerawork and dubious special effects prevalent when Web video became a new phenomenon a few years ago.
For Warren and Gantt, who wrapped up shooting in October, a snazzy trailer they produced helped snag Sony Pictures Television as a partner.
“We came up with this idea,” said Warren, 31. “There’s no limit to how many episodes there can be in a Web series. So why don’t we design it as a (feature-length movie) so we can sell it as a DVD feature at the end?”
Sony executives, it turns out, had the same idea.
The studio picked up the project in April and gave it a budget of around $1million. That’s nowhere near the $30 million-plus budgets of many Hollywood movies, but more than the producers were told they could sell it for. Web sites typically pay up to $5,000 for a short clip of original video; with 16 episodes, other Web sites might have paid around $100,000 for “The Bannen Way.”
“This money buys more lights and more production value,” said Gantt, 40.
Warren appeared to bask in the fullness of his crew: “We can afford extras rather than having our friends come in.”
Sony Pictures Television hopes the release will gain buzz and a few advertising dollars when it begins to debut in increments in January on the Sony-owned Crackle.com, a site targeted at males aged 18-34. Then, it will stop running for free online and get repackaged for sale to TV outlets, on iTunes and elsewhere.
Editing finished this month on the feature-length project. There’s no substantial difference between the whole or spliced versions – just that the Web version has episodic breaks at certain climaxes.
Although the main goal is to drive traffic to Crackle.com, which Sony Corp. acquired when it was called Grouper for nearly $60 million in 2006, made-for-Web productions are expected to make a profit by themselves.
Thus, studios scrutinize projects before approving them and committing funding — green-lighting in industry speak.
Paramount Pictures’s digital arm is also backing made-for-Web productions that can make additional money in other formats. Paramount spent $1million to $3million making a horror movie, “Circle of Ei8ht,” which began showing on MySpace in installments in October in an initial run through Dec. 8. The series had generated nearly 5million views online – which would rank it among the most-watched shows if it were on cable TV.
To help pay for production, Viacom Inc.’s Paramount lined up a key product-integration deal with PepsiCo Inc.’s Mountain Dew and sold rental and on-demand rights for one month exclusively to Blockbuster Inc.
MySpace, which is owned by News Corp., kicked in marketing support.
“I don’t think there’s been a more expensive piece of content made for the Web,” said Thomas Lesinski, president of Paramount Digital Entertainment, which has two other Web projects in the works.
He added that hiring professional talent and crew and paying for an original score will help sell “Circle of Ei8ht” when it makes it onto other platforms such as iTunes, DVD and video-on-demand.
“The stuff that we’re creating could easily play on television,” he said.
Brady Brim-DeForest, the co-founder of research and news site Tubefilter.tv, calls the renewed activity “the second coming of original programming online.”
Internet shows have also made the transition to television. After a one-episode flirtation on NBC, “quarterlife” found a home on the NBC Universal-owned Bravo network last year. Sci-fi Web series “Sanctuary” made it on Syfy, and “Secret Girlfriend” ran on Comedy Central this fall.
Yet for every Web series that is made with a modest budget and high-profile directors such as “The O.C.” creator Josh Schwartz — who made “Rockville CA” for The WB’s site — there are about 20 made independently on a shoestring, Brim-DeForest said.
“What’s so spectacular is they are all drawing an audience, finding a niche,” he said. “That’s the power of the Internet as a distribution medium. It’s very compelling.”


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Yes, 2016 isn’t yet 3 months old, but St. Louis beer geeks can already start looking ahead to 2017’s new breweries. Dustin and Kristen Chalfant and James Hellmuth announced March 17 that they plan to open Senn Bierwerks early next year.
Dustin Chalfant tells Hip Hops that he and his partners aren’t quite ready to announce the exact location, but it’s “very promising.”
Senn takes its name from Chalfant’s great-great-great-great uncle, Frank Senn Sr., a brewer in late-19th-century Louisville, Ky. Chalfant himself moved to St. Louis from Wichita, Kan., in 2011 and later that year succeeded Marc Gottfried as Morgan Street Brewery’s head brewer. He left Morgan Street in 2015 and has worked since then as a brewing-industry consultant.
Chalfant says Senn’s opening roster of beers is still in the works, but it will likely include a West Coast-style IPA, a malt-forward ale or lager and a hop-forward pilsner.
“First and foremost, we’re not tied to any styles,” Chalfant says. “We’ll make whatever we feel like making.”
What’s more, Senn will encourage experimentation. “We are getting a very nice pilot system (on which) our brewers are going to be able to brew to their hearts’ content,” Chalfant says. “If any of those beers pass our internal tasting panel, then we’ll serve those in our tasting room.”
The 20-barrel production facility will brew beer both to be sold at retail and for an on-premises tasting room. Chalfant says the current plan is not to open the tasting room until the packaged beer is available in the market.
Senn’s slogan is “Brew No Harm,” which Chalfant explains as a commitment to the community.
“Every focus we have comes down to community involvement,” Chalfant says. “All around, brewing no harm (means) having fun and taking care of those who take care of us and even those who don’t take care of us.”


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Four days after Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim were officially named the new creative directors of Oscar de la Renta — where they spent a combined 18 years cutting their teeth before its founder passed away — they announced a venue change for the spring 2017 show for their own brand, Monse. The switch was necessitated by a surge in RSVPs following that announcement, and Friday night's packed show felt like the culmination of excitement around the brand that has been building since day one. And day one was, amazingly, only a year ago.
Since its debut last September, the brand has landed major stockists like Net-a-Porter, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue, dressed everyone from Sarah Jessica Parker and Amal Clooney to Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez, and even "inspired" other designers with its signature twisted button-down shirting — most recently Kendall & Kylie — another milestone, some might argue. "I think we're injecting a little bit of that ease into people's minds and that's just a way of reacting to the times; everybody just wanted to look a little bit more relaxed," offers Garcia, diplomatically. "I actually love it when you go into Zara and they knock you off," says Kim. "I feel like I achieved something."
Speaking to Garcia and Kim Friday morning at the Tribeca studio they moved into just two months ago (they launched Monse out of Garcia's apartment and then worked out of an office that was even smaller), I got the sense that the decision to return to Oscar was an easy one, but that the decision to continue with Monse simultaneously required at least a little more thought. "When we began discussing the idea, splitting our time seemed like something we can do because it's in New York," explained Garcia. "The company and how they work is something that we're familiar with...[it's] a very different type of customer to address, so it wouldn't be complicated to split [time] between the two. I think all those factors led us to decide to do both."
Plus, one can't deny that some of the buzz around Monse has been thanks to the designers' ties to Oscar de la Renta — perhaps the decision would have gone the other way had Monse not experienced the meteoric growth that it has, and established such a strong point of view along the way. "It's a little bit more unhinged at Monse," explained Garcia, of the difference between the two brands. "I don't think we're going to be too classic or too uptown at Oscar; I think we're going to mix a little ease into it, but here, it's a little bit more, I would say, rebellious." And the fact that even more eyes are on the brand right now than usual was not lost on them — they also plan to take the collection to the Paris market for the first time this season. "This is the time for us to really tell the world what our DNA is," said Kim.
The sense of rebellion was very clear for spring 2017. Without relying too heavily on the punk/goth aesthetic that has been prevalent lately, the designers sent models down the concrete runway with septum piercings, single statement earrings, large satin chokers with big buckles, punky boots and sexy heels with big leather wrap-around ankle straps to a soundtrack that included, wonderfully, the "Stranger Things" theme song. They were the perfect accessories for Monse's signature reconstructed, shoulder-baring shirting in cotton, striped silk and even sequins. Speaking of, the designers showed some of their strongest eveningwear yet, which somehow looked as wearable as it did elegant and will almost certainly make its way onto the red carpet soon.
Garcia, who is more involved in the celebrity dressing side of the business, says the brand's red carpet success is the result of early support from top stylists like Kate Young and Cristina Ehrlich. "We've tried to stick to those who were there for us in the very beginning and keep the collection for them as much as we can, 'cause it wasn't easy to build the brand so quickly and we owe them a lot."
It's obvious why people want to support Kim and Garcia: in addition to being talented, they are kind, hard-working, genuine people who value loyalty. They've earned the right to be excited.
"It's our home," said Kim of ODLR. "Alex [Bolen], the CEO, [his wife] Eliza, and Oscar [de la Renta's widow] Annette, they're really like family to us. I don't even feel like I'm going back to work, it's like I'm going back to have fun. I think we are really defining who we are as Monse, and this collection we had a little bit more fun — I think it's my favorite so far. I might change my mind tomorrow after the reviews."
"She'll probably blame me for why it didn't work out for some reason," quipped Garcia.
"Anything goes wrong in my life, I'm like, 'Fernando!'"
"It's okay," Garcia explained. "It's a yin and a yang."
Spoiler: It worked out.
Browse Monse's spring 2017 collection in the gallery below.


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Knox Produce Box delivers fresh, local food to doorsteps amid coronavirus
KNOXVILLE-Tim Hill grew up learning about the produce market from his grandparents, owners of Brown's Produce in Harriman. Now, he's bringing the family business into the 21st century.
Hill is the co-founder of Knox Produce Box, a weekly delivery service that provides fresh, local fruits, vegetables and products to doorsteps across East Tennessee.
His company is more relevant than ever amid the pandemic when many people are choosing to stay home to slow the spread of COVID-19. He and his business partner Jay Aikens thought of the concept in 2019, before he understood how much of a success it could be.
A blossoming business
Hill and Aikens have been friends since their days at Harriman High School. With Hill's background in produce sales and Aikens' in delivery, Knox Produce Box was a no-brainer.
"We had seen some nationwide companies that were doing it, but there was no local company that was delivering here in the Knoxville area," Hill said.
Misfits Market, a subscription produce delivery service, was the only major option for East Tennesseans at the time. Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is another common program that charges members an upfront lump sum for a share of produce throughout the farming season.
Hill and Aikens returned to the idea in March when COVID-19 cases started rising in the region. Knox Produce Boxes were being delivered by the first week of April.
"Within three weeks we had probably over 2,500 likes on our Facebook page and were overwhelmed by the support," Hill said.
The two-man operation had to expand quickly and outsourced deliveries to Knoxville-based Phillips Trucking. With more people to fulfill orders, Knox Produce Box was able to deliver to Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon and Roane counties. Hill is hoping to add more counties in the coming months
"People love fresh produce, and good in-season stuff isn't always available," Hill said. "We offer a unique opportunity to get it delivered right to your house."
How it works
Hill and Aiken guarantee fresh produce that their customers will actually use and that's worth what they pay. That's why they do things differently than other delivery box companies.
Customers buy individual boxes online by midnight on Monday, so they're not committed to a recurring subscription. "That way, it's up to the customer to order when they need or when they want produce," Hill said.
Hill fills boxes with more in-season produce when it's cheaper to buy, ensuring that customers get the most for their money week-to-week. He explained that other produce delivery companies charge at a rate that doesn't account for fluctuating market prices.
Every Knox Produce Box is a surprise. Hill teases what products will be in the weekly boxes on the company's Facebook page, but he never gives it all away. "A lot of people say it's like Christmas morning," Hill said. The weekly selection is based on the savings Hill receives from wholesalers, which he passes on to customers.
Hill said customers are enjoying the variety of produce, and it has some unintended benefits.
"It challenges a lot of people to go outside their comfort zone and cook new meals," Hill said. "(A customer) told me that she's lost 16 pounds because she's eating so many more vegetables now."
Customers don't have to worry about their produce being too out-of-the-box, though. Hill said that unlike other CSAs, Knox Produce Box puts everyday items in every delivery. As the year goes on, Hill plans on buying out-of-state products when home-grown produce isn't widely available.
How to order
Knox Produce Box's order and delivery processes are completely contactless. Customers can shop a wide range of products at knoxproducebox.com.
There are three box options to choose from – an "All Fruit" box for $36.99, "Large Produce Box" for $26.99 and "XL Box" for $36.99. Customers can also add local jelly, honey, pickled items and more to their cart for delivery with their box.
Deliveries to Anderson, Blount, Loudon and Roane counties are on Thursdays. Knox Produce Box delivers to Knox County residents on Fridays.
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SPORTS DIRECT EXTENDS ITS SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH CORK GAA
New Cork GAA training kits launch exclusively with Sports Direct on November 2nd Sports Direct is extending its current 5 year partnership with Cork GAA to 8 years. The partnership has proven to be one of the most successful in Irish sports sponsorship in recent years, and this extension reflects Sports Direct’s belief in the future of Cork GAA.
The deal will include the continued sponsorship of the Cork Senior hurling and football teams as well as the Minor and U20 teams. The Sports Direct name and branding will be emblazoned across the new training kit for the 2024 season, which is also being launched this week.
The eye-catching red and black jersey features lightning strikes all over and will be available across multiple age groups. As the official retail partner of Cork GAA, the new kits will launch on November 2nd next, with exclusive sales in Sports Direct’s six Cork stores.
The tagline for the new campaign is “Train. Transform. Triumph” as Cork GAA asks people if they have what it takes to train for their county.
Marc Sheehan, Chairperson Cork GAA, said; “We are very excited to be extending our partnership with Sports Direct which has had a really positive impact for Cork GAA. Having the backing of Sports Direct lets us embark on our future journey with confidence and the belief that our training programmes are helping to transform our players into triumphant stars of GAA and we hope that we can give our fans something to get excited about. We are delighted now to launch our new training kit which incorporates a very unique design for Cork GAA and one that I hope will be well-received by both players and fans. The lightning strikes represent the power of our players and the strength of our teams as they face future challenges over the next season.”
Leonard Brassel, Managing Director of Sports Direct Ireland said; “We have been extremely proud of our partnership with Cork GAA both on and off the pitch and are delighted to extend the current partnership to eight years. The seamless collaboration with Cork GAA has helped us to champion the legend in everyone and while we support both codes across six teams the supporters are equally important to us. We understand the fans’ passion and commitment to the game and county which is brought into the
unparalleled design of the latest training kit. We are equally as ambitious as Cork in the success of this partnership.”
The new Cork Kit, manufactured by O’Neills, goes on sale exclusively in Sports Direct Stores or online at https://ie.sportsdirect.com/ and oneills.com on Thursday, November 2nd, 2023. Sports Direct has six stores in Cork.


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COLUMBIA — Columbia’s smoking ban has been blamed for favoring bars and restaurants with patios, business closures and now for decreasing dining tax revenues.
The smoking ban decreased dining revenue tax by an average of 5 percent, according to a preliminary report released Tuesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
The effect of the decrease in sales tax will depend on the “magnitude of what the sales tax does for the city,” said Michael Pakko, author of the report, estimating the 5 percent decrease would equal $60,000 in lost revenue for the city.
“But that’s based on this data alone,” Pakko qualified.
The ban seems to have affected bars and restaurants the most, he said.
Pakko examined monthly sales-tax revenues for bars and restaurants in Columbia from January 2001 to July 2007. He also factored in variables, such as seasonality, an overall sales drop and a harsh winter. Pakko concluded that January 2006, when the smoking ban went into effect, marked a turning point in the data, with sales tax revenues starting a rapid decline.
He found that bars with patios were the exception to the shortfall.
“You have to have a patio to survive,” said one bar owner who was quoted anonymously in the report.
Pakko didn’t think the City Council “intended to promote patio building, but that was the effect,” Pakko said.
But even if bar and restaurant owners started building patios to give customers a place to smoke, the cost of building a patio would take away from their profits.
Those findings, coupled with the negative seven-month averages during 2007, made Pakko reasonably sure that Columbia’s smoking ban should take the majority of the blame for the revenue decline.
According to Pakko’s report, at least four business owners said the smoking ban was a factor in their decision to close. One business owner reported a 40 percent drop in alcohol sales and a 20 to 30 percent drop in food sales.
Third Ward Councilman Karl Skala wasn’t surprised by the 5 percent decrease but said he would like to see where Pakko got his numbers. However, Skala said the number of restaurants who benefited from the ban should balance out those that are losing money.
“Revenue across the board for restaurants has decreased,” Skala said. “We have to make sure the cause of that is the smoking ban, not a downturn in the economy.”
Skala said he considered smoking a public health issue, not a economic or civil liberties issue.
“I agree with the mayor on this regard; there are proven problems with secondhand smoke,” Skala said. “It is the first business of the government to protect the health of the people. It is incumbent on the government to protect those who don’t smoke.”
Pakko admitted that his study was limited by time.
“These findings are of course, preliminary,” Pakko wrote in his report. “With only seven months of data since the implementation of the smoke-free ordinance, any conclusion about the impact of the smoking ban should be considered tentative. The downturn in bar and restaurant business in Columbia may be associated with some other factor that has not been considered in this analysis.”
Though Pakko has no immediate plans to continue his research, he did say that it “would be an interesting topic to follow up on.”
The Colosseum Bistro, 402 E. Broadway, and its accompanying sports bar, Stumpy Joe Pete’s, is one of those businesses closing its doors, with owners claiming the smoking ban is the main culprit behind their decision to close. About 40 employees, including servers, dishwashers and cooks, will lose their jobs.
Last December, 20 to 25 bar regulars could usually be seen hanging out, eating chicken wings, drinking beer — and smoking, said Will Burns, head bartender and manager of the Bistro. This December, most nights consist of only four or five guys or some families coming in to the restaurant for dinner.
“The majority of people that came in here were smokers,” Burns said. “People still come out to have a meal, but when people are coming to eat food and food alone, not drink for six or seven hours, that has an effect.”
Burns described the regular Bistro customer as someone a little older than the normal college student and more “set in their ways.” Many customers told Burns the ban limited their freedom.
Shiloh Bar and Grill, 227 S. Sixth St., which Burns said was one of the few restaurant bars thriving since the ban, planned to move to the space being vacated by the Bistro early next year.


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Debenhams puts administrators on standby
Debenhams, which employs 22,000 people, could be placed into administration next week, according to reports.
Shareholders have drawn up a plan to call in administrators to protect the retailer from the effect of the coronavirus crisis. KPMG is understood to be among the firms set to be appointed to look after the day-to-day running of the firm.
Sky sources report that a definitive decision hasn’t yet been made and other outcomes are possible.
Debenhams has furloughed the vast majority of its workforce and the firm being placed into administration would protect it from creditors during the coronavirus pandemic.
Sky News said the store’s online operation would continue to trade during any period in administration.
A Debenhams spokesperson said: “Like all retailers, Debenhams is making contingency plans reflecting the extraordinary current circumstances.
“Our owners and lenders remain highly supportive and whatever actions we may take will be with a view to protecting the business during the current situation.
“While our stores remain closed in line with government guidance, and the majority of our store-facing colleagues have been furloughed, our website continues to trade and we are accepting customer orders, gift cards and returns.”


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The Thai government has pledged to pick up the pace of its nationwide digital transformation plans for the local food and agriculture industry this year, with a major focus on big data, smart agriculture, e-commerce and agribusiness improvement.
Australian food and beverage industry-led manufacturing precinct Turbine is set to boost the production and exports of locally-produced beverages as part of its first phase, after receiving significant funding from both government and industry sources.
PepsiCo has developed groundbreaking tech for condensing and treating the steam evaporated from its fryers to recover more than 50% of the water used in potato chip manufacturing lines, an approach that could save 60 million litres of water a year.
The Japanese government and food firms such as Suntory and Keishindo are joining forces to combat food waste by exploring tech and upcycling opportunities, as well as focusing on seasonal-over production problems.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority India (FSSAI) has issued new, stricter standards to govern the use of recycled plastic for food packaging after facing pushback from a group of concerned scientific experts.
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Researchers who have developed a self-cleaning bioplastic inspired by the lotus leaf that is sturdy, sustainable and compostable, and ideal for fresh food packaging, are now looking for commercial partners.
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Nestle Australia has highlighted its switch to 100% renewable energy for all operations as well as its rapidly broadening plant-based product portfolio as key initiatives that will help the firm to reach its 2050 net zero emissions goal.
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Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has developed a solution to turn fish waste into protein hydrolysate, a raw material that can be used to manufacture peptone for the cultured meat sector.
A Hong Kong start-up is seeking to create eco-friendly alternative to the ‘flat top’ plastic bags used in supermarkets for fresh products and baked goods, claiming they are one of the biggest contributors to plastic waste.
Healthier noodle brand Mr Lee’s Noodles has big plans for the Asian market, but has had to redefine its packaging to take climate and humidity concerns into consideration, as well as explore a new pricing strategy to meet the needs of markets in the region.
Singapore plant-based meat and seafood manufacturer Growthwell Foods has launched its latest consumer brand HAPPIEE!, which will be produced at a newly established innovation, R&D and manufacturing centre.
Japan has urged all local food and beverage brands to ensure that processes are in place to transition to new origin of raw material rules, in order to keep operations running smoothly and avoid ‘disturbances’.
Fresh soup brand Re:Nourish has set its sights to conquering the ‘fastest-growing’ soup category in the Middle East, particularly the United Arab Emirates (UAE), by playing on the healthy and ‘grab and go’ credentials of its bottled products.
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While the digital revolution has accorded an array of conveniences on the world, it has also inflicted technological casualties.
Landline phones, picture tube TVs and computer-less cars all seem headed the way of the mastodon. Film photography is also an endangered species.
Among the preparations for a planned remodeling of its Tahlequah store, Reasor’s will soon permanently close its photo service desk, though details have not been announced. It is the last such desk among the Reasor’s locations.
Options remain in Tahlequah for those who still love film. The Walmart Supercenter at 2020 S. Muskogee Ave. has a off-site service, and Walgreens at 1905 S. Muskogee Ave. offers one-hour film and print developing.
“It is still very worthwhile for us,” said Garrett Williams, a photo specialist for Walgreens. “A lot of people still use film and want prints. The sales of our disposable cameras using 35-millimeter film have actually gone up recently.”
Mat Scrapper, also a Walgreens photo specialist, said the desk receives five to 10 rolls of film a day.
“There are people devoted to film,” he said. “Some photographers prefer it and shoot better pictures. The 35-millimeter disposables are handy if walking around with a big camera is a hassle. People take them to the lake or the river; we stock waterproof models, too. They sell like crazy.”
While Walgreens still develops film, Scrapper said much of the work involves today’s digital formats – sometimes to make prints of photos, or to convert an old medium to digital.
“We can create prints from phones and social media,” he said. “We can print posters of all different sizes. People can email photos to us from their computers or phones. We can take 35-millimeter and make it digital, and we also offer send-off services like VHS to DVD.”
Scrapper said photography had “pretty much” converted to digital when he first became interested in the hobby.
“When I started here more than two years ago, I didn’t know they developed 35-millimeter here,” he said. “But I wanted to learn new things. It wasn’t as big a transition from say a ‘red room’ to digital, but there are some little fun things. There is a lot of pushing buttons, but there are still some chemicals we need to learn about and use.”
Like many younger photography enthusiasts, Scrapper sees little problem with the dominance of digital photography.
“If you want to put a picture online, it has to be digital,” he said. “More people can see it online. But it still is about what people want. Some still like the photo albums, but some would rather have digital photo albums.”
Though visual formats may change, Scrapper said the attachment people feel to them never will.
“I love that sometimes I get to hear the stories that go with the photos,” he said. “We once had a customer who brought in about 10 rolls her husband had sent to her from Iraq. She had no idea what was on them. It was nice to see her reaction – a combination of happy and sad. Sometimes people bring 10-year-old digital photos in to us. People enjoy their photographs, however they are taken.”


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A food science professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, finds there is no convincing evidence to suggest that the consumption of raw milk provides any health benefits related to improved nutrition, lactose intolerance or better digestion.
“At this point, we cannot say with certainty how Listeria was introduced to our facilities and so we have taken this unprecedented step,” says the CEO.
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Blue Bell Ice Cream is voluntarily recalling all of its products currently on the market made at all of its facilities including ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet and frozen snacks because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.


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Today (5 May) is the May Day bank holiday here in the UK, so there will be no updates on just-food until tomorrow. In the meantime, here's a selection of our best coverage from last week.
On Friday, we published our latest management briefing, which focused on the challenges and opportunities facing food manufacturers operating in the Middle East.
Featuring interviews with leading executives from companies including Nestle, Mondelez International and Arla Foods, as well as analysis from the likes of Euromonitor and Mintel, the briefing is a must-read for companies either looking to enter the region or keen to build on their existing businesses there.
Last week's coverage of key emerging markets also took in Indonesia's growing dairy sector. Drinking milk consumption in Indonesia lags neighbouring countries in Asia. However, demographic drivers and growing consumer awareness around the functional benefits of dairy mean demand in the market is expected to grow rapidly.
And, on our sustainability-focused pages, we ran an interview with Andy Challinor, Professor of Climate Impacts at the University of Leeds and a lead author in the UN's latest report on climate change, who discussed how industry and academe can work together on the issue.
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway increased its holdings in Apple and Chevron last quarter.
The investor’s company also increased its stakes in Activision Blizzard, Paramount and Ally Financial.
Buffett’s company divested Verizon and Royalty Pharma from its stock portfolio.
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The well-known group of investors acquired around 3.9 million Apple shares during this period, increasing their stake in the iPhone manufacturer to around 895 million shares. Berkshire ranks Apple among its largest holdings by far; The position was valued at $122 billion at the end of June and made up about 41 percent of the $300 billion portfolio.
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Buffett’s company also bought about 2.3 million shares of Chevron last quarter, increasing its position to 161 million shares. The company more than quadrupled its stake in the oil and gas giant in the first quarter of this year. The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused the value of his shares to rise sharply. Because as a result of the war of aggression, the global energy supply was interrupted and fuel prices skyrocketed.
The group also increased its stake in Activision Blizzard, Paramount and Ally Financial to 6 percent, 14 percent and 234 percent, respectively. At the same time, shares in Kroger and General Motors fell 10 percent and 15 percent, respectively.
After building that stake less than a year ago, Berkshire sold out of its remaining stake in Verizon and also exited Royalty Pharma.
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PacketVideo has filed a patent infringement complaint against music streaming service Spotify.
The complaint was made in U.S. Southern District of California and addresses include the Luxembourg and UK divisions of Spotify.
The complaint alleges that Spotify's tech illegally infringes on a patent for ""Device for the Distribution of Music in Digital Form."
In its complaint PacketVideo alleged that it had contacted Spotify regarding the patent earlier this year in May. The company went on to claim that Spotify, despite being made aware of the infringement, made no attempt to contact PacketVideo, or rectify the problem.
For Spotify's "willful" infringement on PocketVideo's patent, the company is seeking triple damages against Spotify. The company has requested that the court block Spotify until it pays PocketVideo royalties to use the patented tech.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Authorities in Shanghai will roll back many conditions for businesses to resume work from Wednesday, a city official said on Sunday, easing a citywide lockdown that began there. about two months, and will also introduce policies to support its struggling economy.
China’s commercial hub of Shanghai reported a sharp decline in its economy last month as COVID-19 outbreaks led to strict restrictions and lockdowns, affecting manufacturing, retail sales and its real estate sector.
Now, the city government will revise guidelines for epidemic prevention and return-to-work control, roll back “unreasonable restrictions” on business resumption of work and production, and scrap its “whitelist” system. “Vice Mayor Wu Qing told a press briefing, referring to how he had previously prioritized certain companies in resuming work and released lists of names.
Businesses will also no longer need to apply to return to work from June 1, he said, without detailing what other restrictions have been removed.
City officials also announced an action plan – made up of 50 policy measures – to stimulate the economy, aimed at helping businesses and promoting consumption. These include accelerating the issuance and use of local government bonds, asking banks to renew loans to small and medium-sized enterprises and setting up a green channel for the approval of real estate projects. .
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The city will also cut some passenger car purchase taxes to boost automobile consumption and increase the license plate quota for passenger cars by 40,000 this year. Shanghai had issued 135,000 such license plates in 2021.
A subsidy of 10,000 yuan will also be given to people wishing to switch to an electric vehicle.
Additionally, authorities will seek to help businesses affected by the lockdown by allowing them to delay insurance and rent payments, as well as offering subsidies on their utility bills. E-commerce platforms and large retail companies will be supported by voucher discounts, especially for the culture, tourism and fitness industries.
All of these measures, combined with others that were rolled out in late March, are expected to reduce more than 300 billion yuan of financial burden due to the pandemic for market participants for the full year, Hua said. Yuan, deputy general secretary. of the Shanghai municipal government.
“In short, we will do our best to help all kinds of businesses…and work together to restore and revitalize Shanghai’s economy,” Wu said.
“Although the pandemic has had a great impact on Shanghai’s economy and society… The long-term positive trend of Shanghai’s economy has not changed.”
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This year’s Black Friday event has kicked off with offers available sites including Lakeland, AO, Curry’s and Harts of Stur. The official date for Black Friday is November 29.
Lakeland began its Black Friday offers from the start of November (including EasiYo, Nespresso Magjimix, Remoska, KitchenAid and SodaStream). AO’s ‘Biggest Ever Black Friday’ has already launched with a page of its ‘hottest deals’ including SDAs from Melitta, Bosch and De’Longhi. Harts of Stur’searly Black Friday offers include products from Jura, KitchenAid, Stellar and Circulon.
Curry’s is also promoting a range of early deals (including KitchenAid and Dyson), promising that consumers will be refunded any difference should prices drop further on Black Friday. While encouraging early sales, the electrical retailer has also provided consumers with a ‘survival guide’ for Black Friday itself, with tips on when to avoid the online rush and ‘excuses’ such as telling your boss: “I’m just doing some research on consumer behaviour.”
However, a new survey says consumers plan to spend 12% less that last year: an average of £288 over Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The figures are from a survey of 1,700 UK consumers by management consultancy Oliver Wyman.
The survey also reveals that most shoppers (71%) will be spending on planned purchases, and less than a third (29%) will be willing buy spontaneously.
The vast majority (89%) of UK consumers are planning to shop online over Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Only a small minority (11%) plan to exclusively shop in stores.
Duncan Brewer, retail and consumer goods partner, Oliver Wyman says that consumers are: “likely to be suffering from promotional fatigue due to continuous discounts and offers.” He elaborates: “Over recent months, many retailers have increased their promotional programmes to maximise revenues and hold on to ever less loyal customers. In particular, shoppers are choosing to shop with online-only businesses where they can easily access price and product comparisons.”
Duncan continues: “Secondly, there has been a decrease in consumer confidence due to factors such as Brexit. In fact, 30% of people surveyed said they have been stockpiling before the Brexit deadline, in an attempt to beat the potential price increases, regardless of discounts they might be offered over Black Friday and Cyber Monday.”
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Reuters Market Eye - Bank of America-Merrill Lynch upgrades Tata Motors(TAMO.NS) to 'buy' from 'neutral' and raises its target price to 360 rupees from 285 rupees.
BofA-Merrill cites expectations Tata's key unit Jaguar Land Rover would meet full-year sales expectations of 363,000 units and sustain momentum.
At home, the investment bank says Tata's truck/bus unit is closer to a trough, while light commercial vehicles are "growing ahead of peers" and the utility vehicles segment is benefitting from a structural uptrend.
The domestic cars unit may not recover, Boa-Merrill adds, but says lowered expectations have been built into forecasts.
Shares in Tata Motors were last up 0.6 percent at 318.5 rupees.
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UK manufacturers can create a global edge by backing up their products with high quality support services, according to Work Foundation author Andrew Sissons. The trend, known as manu-services, was the subject of his ‘More than making things’ report, which he launched in March.
Manufacturing is essential for rebalancing the economy and closing the strategic trade gap but the UK is slipping back at the high-tech end. From 2007 to 2010, UK high-tech manufacturing lost a third of its workforce, declining twice as fast as its low-tech counterpart.
Speaking at the Northern Ireland Economic Conference, he explained that manu-services was an entirely new business model, not just an add-on.
Around 42 per cent of manufacturing workers make things but the majority are employed in other processes e.g. design, marketing and after-sales care. Manu-services involves integrating all those operations effectively.
It’s already happening. Complex services are needed to ensure that Boeing’s products (from outsourced plants around the world) match up to specifications. Apple produces the iPhone and then provides after-sales support.
Manu-services often result in manufacturers leasing goods to customers (rather than selling them) and adopting the risk on their products (which they may be able to manage more efficiently). While manufacturers could also lock customers into longer term contracts, the customer could play a greater role in designing the product “and you might not even know when you sign the contract what the final product is going to look like.” Lasting relationships with customers would be developed.
The manufacturing workforce fell from 6.6 million in 1979 to just under 2.5 million in 2010. Services tend to be more labour-intensive and integrating them with manufacturing could help to rebuild employment.
Data suggest that manu-services firms currently struggle and are more likely to go bankrupt. Smaller companies are better at manu-services but less able to get into the market, given the risks involved.
Government policy can support manu-services by creating “world class” networks of businesses, universities, banks and research institutions to develop this work, and by tackling specific barriers to growth. A publicly-backed insurance fund for manu-services could mitigate the risk for smaller companies.
The Work Foundation estimates that manu-services already represent 15-20 per cent of manufacturing turnover and therefore generate around 2 per cent of UK GDP, roughly the same as all lawyers and accountants.
High-tech manufacturing is becoming increasingly competitive, with countries like China catching up, and he sees manu-services as “a new opportunity for Britain to set itself apart”. The processes involved are complex and therefore harder for other countries to copy.
“Given the darkened economic climate, it makes efforts like this as important as ever,” he said. “Really the only way to get out of this sort of situation for Northern Ireland is to focus very heavily on exports. Those exports are going to come particularly from new types of manufacturing.”
Rather than “beating the drum” for manufacturing per se, he urged political leaders to look at the “nuance” behind the changes in the sector and understand its complexity.


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The most strategic procurement departments in the world already know: You can only be as agile as your contract processes.
- Agility emerged as the ‘antidote' to 2020's massive supply chain disruptions, and continues to be a top priority for sourcing leaders
- Digitally supported supplier evaluation, risk management, onboarding and collaboration is key to developing the strategic sourcing relationships companies need to achieve agility
- Digital transformation of the supply chain should begin with contracts, the ultimate output and foundation of every supplier relationship
For supply chain leaders, these past 18 months have proven that agility is paramount.
"Agility does trump forecasting," Marc Engel, chief supply chain officer at Unilever, declared last July at a "Transform Europe" virtual conference sponsored by Reuters. "At the end of the day, every dollar we spend on agility has probably got a 10x return on every dollar spent on forecasting or scenario planning."
In its 2021 CPO Survey, Deloitte reports that this focus on agility continues as the economy begins to move past the current crisis.
"It turns out that agility is indeed a sort of antidote that helps inoculate firms against complexity and risk so that they deliver healthy performance results even in the toughest of times," Deloitte writes.
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This is being borne out right now in the auto industry.
As detailed by Bloomberg, carmakers are grappling with two challenges that it will fall on procurement to address: low production due to a shortage in computer chips and high prices due to increases in raw material costs.
This situation perfectly illustrates why CPOs are now expected to deliver strategic advantage to their organization beyond cost savings.
"Looking beyond the pandemic, the recent growth in complexity, risk, and need for external innovation is increasingly opening the door for procurement to be seen as a true strategic partner," Deloitte reports. "CPOs have expanded their value propositions beyond just cost reduction and supply assurance to an orchestration of broader value … These increasingly fast, iterative, and cross-functional projects are using technology and analytics to target efficiency gains while also improving organizational/talent models."
Supplier Relationships in the Always-On Age
The question, then, is: Where should procurement look to find those efficiency gains, and what technology can help them get there?
The answer lies in the relationships companies can foster with their suppliers. Deloitte notes the glaring technology gap that exists around supplier collaboration. Considering how critical digital communication and collaboration have become in day-to-day business (think Teams and Slack), it's notable to learn from the CPO survey that less than half (48%) of companies today utilize a supplier relationship management (SRM) tool for supplier collaboration.
This is despite the fact that "enhanced supplier information-sharing was the top supply risk mitigation strategy (75%)."
Contracts: The Hidden Wrench (and Value Lever) in the System
When exploring digital solutions to improve supplier collaboration, procurement organizations should think holistically about what aspects of their sourcing workflow create the most risk, delays, and friction—i.e., aspects that impede effective and value-additive collaboration.
For many organizations, unfortunately, contracting fits the bill.
Tim Cummins, president of World Commerce & Contracting, put it this way in 2019: "There is little question that most people would like their trading relationships to be agile. Quick and easy to identify the right supplier or customer; quick and easy to reach agreement on the terms; quick and easy to undertake delivery; quick and easy to make changes or secure improvements. But as [WCC's] 2019 Benchmarking Study shows, ‘quick and easy' is not a description that can often be applied to the overall contracting process."
Contracting is emerging as a critical process for car manufacturers as they attempt to shore up their chip supply. From the Financial Times:
"Carmakers have started contracting directly with foundries. Motor groups ‘will have more direct dealings with the contract chipmakers,' said a person who is advising a European carmaker on rejigging its chip supply chain. ‘That means they have to invest in in-house expertise and it also means dedicated buying agreements.'"
Clearly, the automakers who can execute these contracts and buying agreements fastest while still managing for supplier risk will be in the best position to navigate the supply pinch.
Faster, Safer Sourcing at Daimler
Because contracts are the foundation of every supplier relationship, innovative companies have realized the importance of leveraging advanced digital contract technology to carry out broader supplier efforts.
Ulrich Ochmann, a product manager at Daimler, explained why his company took this innovative approach: "We wanted sourcing and contracting to go hand in hand, because in procurement you start with sourcing, but immediately you also start your first contracts. When this is joined in one powerful tool, you have everything transparent."
For Ochmann and Daimler, the outcome has been faster supplier collaboration that simultaneously delivers better risk management.
"From sourcing to contracting we have gained speed. But it has also made us safer. It has made us faster, stronger, and more efficient."
In other words, more agile—the vital strategic advantage that up-to-the-minute digital contract technology can bring to your organization's procurement process to help it not only weather unforeseen disruptor events, but also continue to remain out in front into the future.
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The Autumn Furniture Show will take place on the 1st and 2nd October at NAEC, Stoneleigh Park, near Kenilworth, set in Warwickshire countryside – and promises to offer valuable sourcing opportunities at this critical time of year.
Previously the venue for The Royal Show, the NAEC complex now offers three large purpose-built exhibition halls, and the Autumn Furniture Show will utilise two of these, covering a total of 7000 sqm.
With the much-valued support of its exhibitors, the show is now in its sixth year, and attracts a wide range of manufacturers, offering a variety of products including dining, upholstery, beds, bedroom furniture, home accessories and software systems.
The location is easily accessible via major road (satnav code CV8 2LG) and rail links – Birmingham Airport is just 20 minutes away by car, while the nearest railway station, Warwick Parkway, is just 6.5 miles from Stoneleigh.
Ample free car parking will be available adjacent to the halls, and visitors will also receive a complimentary catalogue and a lunch.
The event will be open from 9am-5pm on the Tuesday, and 9am-4.30pm on the Wednesday. All trade buyers from the furniture sector are welcome – interested parties can register to visit on the show’s website, where they will also find links to a selection of nearby hotels.


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Over the past few decades, bilateral trade between Burma/Myanmar and the EU has been far below that of other ASEAN countries, due to both restrictions from the EU side and the withdrawal of Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) status for Myanmar exports. However, since the government committed itself to reform in 2011, the new Government has undertaken a number of steps to reform its economy and increase investment by foreign firms.
The EU was one of the first to support these changes, suspending sanctions in April 2012 and lifting them in April 2013. A new framework for bilateral relations was established by the Council Conclusions of 22 April 2013, the Council Decision of April 22 2013 and the Comprehensive Framework of 22 July 2013.
Following recognition from the Conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) of Burma/Myanmar's progress towards eradication of forced labour in June 2012, EU preferential market access for Myanmar products was re-established on 19 July 2013, with retroactive application from 13 June 2012. As a least developed country, Burma/Myanmar benefits from the Everything But Arms (EBA) initiative under the GSP, allowing companies to enjoy duty-free and quota-free exports to the EU market for all products except arms and ammunition. An increasing number of Myanmar exporters have been taking advantage of this scheme, boosting the local economy at a crucial time.
In March 2014, the EU and Burma/Myanmar launched negotiations for a bilateral Investment Protection Agreement, to help provide security for European investors and increase the level of European FDI into Burma/Myanmar, to the benefit of all. The EU recognises the vital contribution the private sector has to make to the country's development and would welcome European companies exploring trade and investment opportunities in Burma/Myanmar, whilst upholding highest standards of integrity and corporate social responsibility. The EU is committed to working with the authorities, the private sector and the people to create the best possible regulatory environment for business operators. The EU also welcomes the willingness of the government to address environmental risks, in particular those related to deforestation and the loss of biodiversity.
You can view the latest trade statistics between the EU and Burma/Myanmar at the European Commission's Trade Website.


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The NPA and NFU have welcomed a decision to extend two derogations for organic pig and poultry for a further 12 months, following successful lobbying in Brussels.
Due to tight supplies of organic proteins, the extension allows farmers to continue feeding their pig and poultry up to 5% non-organic proteins.
The derogation also allows poultry farmers to buy in pullets of up to 18 weeks old, where organically-reared pullets are not available, provided they have been managed under the organic feed and veterinary standard.
NPA chief executive Zoe Davies said: “This is a great result for organic pig producers and one that will ensure organic production can continue for the time being.
“However, we will need to seek a more comprehensive and longer-term agreement shortly to avoid this situation reoccurring in 12 months’ time.”
NFU Deputy President Minette Batters said: “It is incredibly important for the organic pig and poultry industry that these derogations were extended, to provide certainty to producers.
“The NFU, along with industry, called for these derogations to be extended and it is fantastic news that the European Commission has listened to our concerns.
“A failure to extend would not only have meant severe consequences to the organic sector, such as being unable to source the right nutrition, but could have also resulted in major welfare concerns.
“While the extension does provide short-term certainty for producers, the long-term future of the industry is still up in the air.”


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How many electric bikes are sold in the US 2019?
E-bikes are predicted to grow from 3.7 million bikes sold in 2019 to 17 million in 2030. The e-bike market in 2020 is already up by 23% year on year, and on the current trajectory, there will be 10 million e-bikes sold per year as early as 2024.
How many electric bikes are sold each year?
The year 2013 is considered to be the inflection point in the US, with 185,000 electric bicycles sold in the US, according to INSG. The number of sold e-bikes in the USA continued to rise, reaching 263,000 units sold in 2017. The following year, in 2018, those numbers surpassed 400,000.
What is the estimated sales of electric bikes in the USA for 2020?
While estimates vary, industry experts put the number of e-bikes Americans brought home in 2020 somewhere around half a million. (In comparison, they bought 231,000 all-electric cars in that time period, according to the Pew Research Center — a rate of about two to one.)
Why is there a shortage of e-bikes?
THE BIG PROBLEM: BATTERIES SHORTAGES
The most difficult part of an electric bike in 2021 is that a large amount of demand for the battery is overload than the capable of producing. Especially Tesla requires the huge needs of the battery. It brings about Panasonic and Samsung to delay the production time in 2021.
What is the profit margin on electric bikes?
The gross margins for your eBikes business are typically around 36%, which can make it more challenging to incur new expenses and maintain profitability.
Which company sells the most electric bikes?
Rad Power Bikes, the largest e-bike company in the US, also went on a hiring spree to ensure the company was prepared to service its vastly growing customer base.
Who is the target market for e-bikes?
The major drivers for this market are increasing health conscious consumers, high traffic congestion, environmental concerns, and increasing government initiatives to promote cycling in order to reduce carbon emissions.
How much is the electric bike market worth?
Cross referencing with the BA data, it is believed by the association that the UK e-bike market is now worth £280 million in sales and 12% market share.
How many bikes are sold in the US each year?
Overall, industry sales of bicycles seem to be stable at around 15 to 20 million bicycle units annually, plus parts, accessories and service, which historically is a very healthy number for the industry.


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Just before Christmas, Tom Sheehan forwarded this article from the New York Times about the new popularity of e-books. I didn't get a chance to publish it then, so here it is. -Editor Could book lovers finally be willing to switch from paper to pixels?
For a decade, consumers mostly ignored electronic book devices, which were often hard to use and offered few popular items to read. But this year, in part because of the popularity of Amazon.comís wireless Kindle device, the e-book has started to take hold.
The $359 Kindle, which is slim, white and about the size of a trade paperback, was introduced a year ago. Although Amazon will not disclose sales figures, the Kindle has at least lived up to its name by creating broad interest in electronic books. Now it is out of stock and unavailable until February. Analysts credit Oprah Winfrey, who praised the Kindle on her show in October, and blame Amazon for poor holiday planning.
The shortage is providing an opening for Sony, which embarked on an intense publicity campaign for its Reader device during the gift-buying season. The stepped-up competition may represent a coming of age for the entire idea of reading longer texts on a portable digital device.
ďThe perception is that e-books have been around for 10 years and havenít done anything,Ē said Steve Haber, president of Sonyís digital reading division. ďBut itís happening now. This is really starting to take off.Ē
Sonyís efforts have been overshadowed by Amazonís. But this month it began a promotional blitz in airports, train stations and bookstores, with the ambitious goal of personally demonstrating the Reader to two million people by the end of the year.
The companyís latest model, the Reader 700, is a $400 device with a reading light and a touch screen that allows users to annotate what they are reading. Mr. Haber said Sonyís sales had tripled this holiday season over last, in part because the device is now available in the Target, Borders and Samís Club chains. He said Sony had sold more than 300,000 devices since the debut of the original Reader in 2006.
To read the complete article, see: Turning Page, E-Books Start to Take Hold (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/24/technology/24kindle.html?
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In March 2018, Magento Commerce commissioned Forrester Consulting to Eval the state of B2B eCommerce. Forrester conducted an online survey in the US, the UK, Germany, China, and Australia with 302 decision makers responsible for eCommerce efforts to Eval the current state of B2B sellers — their level of eCommerce maturity, challenges they face, and how they can advance to the next level.
- B2B companies increasingly turn to eCommerce and self-service efforts to drive their larger strategic goals.
- B2B leaders specifically look for reliable, flexible, and complete technology solutions, but often struggle to maximize the value of these investments.
3. Advancing B2B organizational and leadership maturity correlates to more effective adoption of eCommerce technologies — leading to better business outcomes.


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Coronavirus: Martin Lewis offers travel insurance advice
Though coronavirus is sweeping the globe, with over 100,000 confirmed cases of the illness worldwide, it seems many Britons still won’t be turned off their annual holiday. New data has revealed that 81 percent of Britons will still go ahead with new holiday bookings, regardless of the ongoing COVID-19 publicity.
A survey of 1,000 Britons, carried out by travel marketing and communications firm, Finn Partner, says that a further 68 percent will happily book their holiday if they could change it at no extra cost and avoid losing money.
This is a trend a number of airlines have already jumped on, with British Airways and Virgin Atlantic announcing they will be wiping cancellation fees for those who don’t want to travel, or who want to rearrange their departure dates.
Though many airlines have cancelled flights due to FCO recommendations or lack of demand, there are journeys still going ahead.
However, with confirmed cases of coronavirus now in 81 countries worldwide, travellers may be fearful of embarking on their planned holiday.
Coronavirus: Britons are pushing ahead with holiday plans
In many instances, those who choose not to travel for this reason would usually lose out on the cost of their flight.
However, BA and Virgin Atlantic have offered a comprise for passengers who don’t want to travel to areas where an FCO advisory is not in place.
Many hotels are also working on a case-by-case basis to allow travellers to amend their holiday plans.
Finn Partner says this flexibility is the key to maintaining travel in the current landscape.
The survey found that 44 percent of Britons said they would be happy to book a holiday if there is a great deal to be had, despite what the headlines say.
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Furthermore, only 17 percent said they would not move forward with booking a holiday until they know more about the developing situation, and only 13 percent said they won’t book at all.
The data also revealed that the older generation is resolute when it comes to booking holidays. It found that 70 percent of those over 60 are continuing to book holidays, along with 68 percent of 45 – 59-year-olds and 61 percent of 30 – 44-year-olds.
Interestingly, it is the younger generation aged between 16 and 29 who are more hesitant to book.
Debbie Flynn, managing partner, Finn Partners Travel commented:
“Whilst undoubtedly the situation is hitting the industry hard, our research tells us that Brits are unlikely to give up their holidays if the price is right.
“We know from the data that flexible bookings are absolutely critical to retaining consumer confidence. A key area of concern is losing money, whether that’s a ticket for an attraction, a flight or a package.”
At the moment the government is not suggesting travellers make any changes to their usual behaviour, including holidaying abroad.
Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said: “At the moment we are certainly not recommending any change to behaviours in relation to that and if it grows in the UK it doesn't really make sense to say you are more at risk somewhere else than you are here.”
Travel experts have shared their advice for Britons who are feeling wary of whether to book.
It turns out there is a simple solution to protect your finances, should a sudden surge in the virus cause chaos to holiday plans.
Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has pushed the need for purchasing travel insurance as soon as you book.
This will protect travellers who find themselves faced with cancelled flights, hotels or holiday excursions as part of an FCO travel advisory.
Lewis explained: “Almost all travel insurance policies, including the cheap no-frills policies… if you are travelling somewhere that the Foreign Office has said it advises against ‘all travel’ or ‘all but essential travel’ then the travel insurance company will pay out if there is a Foreign Office advisory in place.
“As there is for China, parts of South Korea and, from today, there now is for northern Italy.”
However, Lewis went on to warn Britons that they could still be caught out, even if they have travel insurance.
“The bigger question is - your flight is cancelled, your hotel is cancelled, it’s not in a Foreign Office warning area but it’s been cancelled due to coronavirus - are you covered?” he said.
“In that case, the majority of policies don’t cover you, those the travel disruption cover may.”
It’s worth looking very carefully at what your policy covers and what it doesn’t.


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If you believed that Google Glass is going to have its way without competition, think again. Takahito Iguchi, who is a Tokyo-based entrepreneur, has already come up with a wearable computing device he has named Telepathy One. The gadget with its built-in camera and micro-projection screen coupled with a trendy wraparound design seems like a much cheaper alternative to Google Glass.
The entrepreneur and his team have already demonstrated 2 prototypes of their gadget in New York. Unlike Google Glass, it is not actually a pair of glasses. It has a tiny screen that you need to align in front of your eyes. The ear buds attached to the frame act as audio inputs and hold the gadget. According to Iguchi, the main intention of the device is to record and share videos.
Unfortunately, the 2 demos revealed that the gadget does not yet support audio or the camera functionality. The 1st prototype showed Manga Camera, which would be Telepathy’s first app. The app turns photos to animated comic characters, which can be streamed to the gadget’s display screen with the aid of Bluetooth.
The 2nd prototype was used to demonstrate Telepathy’s ability to display text messages on the screen. There are, however, no other applications at this time. The company has said that it is looking to make further improvements in this gadget that is still in its “baby stage.” Iguchi is meeting several developers to look for other ways to enhance use of the headset.
The Launch and Price of Telepathy
The gadget has just been launched in January and is slated to have a full release by the end of the year. There is no solid information about the gadget’s actual price. Takahito Iguchi though has made it clear that whatever the gadget turns out to be finally, it would definitely be priced lower than Google Glass.
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Ever since Hennessey Performance pulled the covers off the Venom F5, the talk surrounding the car has been about hitting the 300-mile-per-hour mark. That’s because company founder John Hennessey has made it known the car’s benchmark is 300 mph. While production will start on the Venom F5 in late 2019, the tuner is building one car first. This is the one Hennessey plans to use for a top-speed run sometime next year
“That’s our big, hairy, audacious goal. When we accomplish one goal, we look for the next mountain to climb, and so the real big mountain for us was to design, develop, and build our own bespoke car,” Hennessey told Automobile. “We’ve been doing this for 27, 28 years. We’re known for going fast, and I was like, “Okay. We beat Bugatti back in 2014 with the Venom GT. What’s the next big number? What’s the next big goal to go for?”
The Venom F5 will have a bespoke biturbocharged 8.0-liter V8 engine producing 1,600 horsepower and 1,300 pound-feet of torque. Hennessey claims a weight under 3,000 pounds and a drag coefficient of 0.33. The hypercar sports a carbon-fiber tub, traction control, and an adjustable suspension. Something that’s missing that’s now pretty common on hypercar cars – active aerodynamics. The F5 has no such technology. However, Hennessey noted the engine could receive two addition turbos to help achieve its 300-mph goal.
During the interview with Automobile, Hennessey wouldn’t give the name of the American designer behind the Venom F5. Hennessey told the magazine, “You would know his name. There’s a car within your eyesight right now that he’s designed. He’s done work with the other major brands. He wants to remain anonymous, but he’s one of the best in the world.”
Whenever Hennessey does take its Venom F5 on its top-speed run, you can bet it’ll probably be somewhere in Texas where the company is headquartered.