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New Delhi. Ola Electric CEO Bhavish Agarwal said on Twitter on Friday that for customers who have already paid Rs 20,000, the final payment window will open on the Ola app on January 21 at 6 pm. The deliveries of these Ola scooters will start next month.
The Ola CEO shared a video along with the tweet, in which hundreds of Ola S1 scooters are seen standing inside the ride-hailing aggregator-turned-EV maker’s ‘Future Factory’.
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499 Rs. I was booked
Ola Electric started pre-launch bookings for its electric scooters at 499 in July 2021. During this, the company had received 1 lakh orders in just 24 hours. The delivery of this electric scooter got delayed despite the delivery schedule being fixed. The company had announced the delivery of the e-scooter on December 16 last year after customers came under pressure for delay in delivery. The first 100 scooters were delivered to the customers in Chennai and Bangalore.
Questions were raised on the range of scooters
Ola Electric launched its S1 and S1 Pro electric scooters last year, which have been designed in line with the Etergo AppScooter. Ola electric scooters have already started shipping to the consumers and have received mixed response from them. While the features and design of the Ola scooters have received positive response from the consumers, the actual range of the scooters is claimed to be much lower than the EV range announced by the company.
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Company making 1000 scooters daily
Ola Electric’s S1 and S1 Pro electric scooters are being manufactured at the company’s plant, which is set up on 500 acres in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu. The factory will have a capacity to manufacture two million e-scooters in the initial phase and up to 10 million units in the future. Last week, the CEO of Ola had said that the factory is producing around 1000 scooters every day.
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European Bioplastics publishes its latest position paper on shopping bags, ahead of the forthcoming European Commission proposal on single use plastic bags announced today by Commissioner Janez Potočnik. The association recognises that an overall reduction in the consumption of plastic shopping bags will play an important role in increasing resource efficiency and moving Europe towards a more sustainable economy.
Therefore, European Bioplastics supports posing a levy or taxation on oil-based plastic shopping bags, or even a banning of bags under the following condition:
• Shopping bags containing at least 50 percent biobased content should generally be exempted from the ban or tax.
• In countries where organic waste is recovered and organically recycled, compostable shopping bags compliant to EN 13432 containing at least 50 percent biobased content should be exempted from the ban or tax.
“Bioplastic bags will become a symbol of a resource efficient and circular economy”, says François de Bie, Chairman of European Bioplastics.
Plastic shopping bags with a high biobased content ensure a considerably lower carbon footprint than oil-based bags and help to reduce CO2 emissions. Compostable plastic shopping bags offer a secondary use as biowaste bags. They help to increase the amount of biowaste collected and improve the quality of compost in countries where organic waste collection is in place.

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HTC Sees Negative Smartphone Sales Trend Reversing Thanks to HTC One Phones
HTC is confident the company’s new One series smartphones will rescue the company from slowing sales, propelling it to the No.5 smartphone vendor spot and beyond. “We are confident this year will be … a much better year,” HTC’s chief of European operations Florian Seiche said to Reuters. “Even with the Q1 not being the ideal fast start right out of the gate in January, which of course we would have preferred, even with that we are very confident.”
Samsung Sells 2 Million Galaxy Notes, Aiming for 10 Million This Year
According to Hankil Yoon (the same one who undermined Samsung’s performance in the tablet space), the company has sold two million Galaxy Note devices since their launch in October, and are aiming for 10 million by the end of 2012. With the launch of the Galaxy Note 10.1 and the recent expansion of the 5.3-inch handset into North America, this may not be such a difficult feat.
New Mobile Payment System Coming From Retailers
A new mobile phone payment system - to compete with Google Wallet and ISIS - is being built by a group of retailers that inclues Target and Wal-Mart. The group also includes drugstores, vending companies and fast-food restaurants. It's not clear if the system would use NFC, and if so, whether carriers and/or Google would permit the system to run on their NFC phones.
How a Mobile Game Dominated the App Store Without Any Press
Draw Something, a Pictionary-like game for iOS and Android, had 1 million downloads before it had a single search result in Google News. “There was nothing written about us,” says Dan Porter, the CEO of a company called OMGPOP that created the app. “[Reporters] weren’t interested. I tried, but I couldn’t even get their attention.”


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Microsoft is causing withdrawal requests of some of its search engine pages and index’s from Google.
With the idea of promoting Bing, Microsoft’s particularly scathing against Google. Under U.S. law against violations of copyright (Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DMCA) rights, the company LeakID asked on behalf of Microsoft to remov Google’s index of six addresses belonging to Microsoft.
An error for an alleged copyright infringement in connection with Office products such as store with Microsoft Office 2003 presentation, a description of SP1 for Office 2012. It seems that the demand for withdrawal identified by TorrentFreak is either accidentally slipped into the hundreds of millions of notifications since the beginning of the year.
Such a curiosity is not the first of its kind. In a reaction to a spokesman for Microsoft published by Forbes, the Redmond company does not call into question the effectiveness of DMCA requests.
He explained that the online form of Google requires identification for protected content that is hacked and the site address in violation. According to him, a seller has correctly identified the six URLs for Microsoft as a source of protection but was inadvertently copied and pasted in the URL field to identify the content of the offense.
In this somewhere and fortunately for Microsft case, Google has not been fooled by the obvious error and falsely incriminated pages were not removed from search results. Without verification, Google could punish Microsoft.


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There appears to be trouble at Nvidia after the firm released its financial guidance for Q4 of fiscal year 2019.
The guidance is not the exact earnings at the firm during the quarter but rather a projection ahead of the earnings call on 14th February.
The main headline of the guidance is that revenue might be lower than expected, $500 million lower in fact. On the back of that news Nvidia’s share price fell as much as 15 percent according to Fortune.
The firm cited deteriorating macroeconomic conditions – particularly in China – which “impacted consumer demand for Nvidia gaming GPUs”.
It also appears that RTX GPUs did not sell all that well.
“These products deliver a revolutionary leap in performance and innovation with real-time ray tracing and AI, but some customers may have delayed their purchase while waiting for lower price points and further demonstrations of RTX technology in actual games,” Nvidia said.
The firm also pointed to excess mid-range inventory it has from the cryptocurrency mining boom.
Simply put – RTX cards are too expensive and there are too few games that boast support for real-time ray-tracing for folks to justify forking out as much as R18 999 for an RTX 2080.
With that having been said Nvidia’s revenue from its Datacenter division is also down.
“A number of deals in the company’s forecast did not close in the last month of the quarter as customers shifted to a more cautious approach,” the firm explained.
Founder and chief executive officer at Nvidia, Jensen Huang said that the quarter had been especially tough on the firm.
“Q4 was an extraordinary, unusually turbulent, and disappointing quarter. Looking forward, we are confident in our strategies and growth drivers,” Huang said.
Nvidia was not alone in its loses on the stock market, AMD saw its price dip by eight percent.[Source – Nvidia]


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Gazza challenges the Cassowary Coast to ‘Do It In Douglas’
BUY DOUGLAS: BUILD DOUGLAS
Local radio personality Gary ‘Gazza’ McIlroy is on a mission to get visitors to ‘Do It In Douglas’ when he heads to the Cassowary Coast this weekend to promote the Douglas region.
The popular Port Douglas-based Fab FM presenter, known for the ‘Gazza Challenge’, is taking a swag of holiday specials with him, to be won by our southern neighbours, in an effort to bring them north.
Gazza said he has been blown away by the support from local businesses who have provided many of the prizes on offer, including meal and shop vouchers, boat trips, bike hire, wildlife and crocodile adventures, tropical wine, and Indigenous Art from Mossman Gorge.
“The support from businesses in the Douglas Shire has been outstanding, especially considering that many have been doing it tough in recent months,’ he said.
“Hopefully these challenges will increase awareness with our neighbours on the Cassowary Coast, of how special a visit can be to our beautiful shire, either for the day, the weekend or longer.”
Gazza will conduct a number of challenges over the weekend in Mission Beach, Tully, Cardwell, Innisfail, and Babinda.
“Each Gazza Challenge will involve lots of water, balloons, wigs, diving flippers, a game of mini cricket, golf, plastic rifle shooting, pool toys and much more,” he said.
Douglas Shire Mayor Michael Kerr said the ‘Gazza Douglas Challenge’ was a great example of local businesses working together to add resilience to the economy.
“Through the Buy Douglas: Build Douglas campaign we have seen some really fantastic collaboration between businesses and this initiative shows that spirit is continuing,” he said.
Gazza would like to thank the following businesses for supporting the initiative:
- Port Douglas District Combined Clubs
- Jungle Road Clothing
- Cignall Mossman
- Mossman Gorge
- Mocka’s Pies
- Choo Choos at the Marina
- Lady Douglas Boat Cruise
- Shaolin Port Douglas
- Nothing Over $22 Shop
- Café Fresq
- Shannonvale Winery
- Marano’s Fuel
- Hook-A- Barra
- Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures
- Wildlife Habitat
- Bike Shop & Hire Port Douglas
“Also, thanks to Douglas Shire Council, Tourism Port Douglas Daintree, FAB FM and Newsport,” Gazza said.
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Solution: Director urges EU to revise certification scheme.
Japan Association of New Economy and major U.S. tech companies, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, have united to express concerns over proposed European Union (EU) cybersecurity labelling rules.
According to a letter sent to EU industry chief Thierry Breton, the coalition argues that these regulations could pose challenges to their market access within the EU.
The EU aims to establish an EU certification scheme (EUCS) to validate the cybersecurity of cloud services. This initiative is designed to assist governments and companies within the bloc in selecting secure vendors for their business operations. However, a contentious requirement within the proposed rules stipulates that non-EU cloud providers, such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, must form a joint venture with an EU-based company to qualify for the EU cybersecurity label.
This particular condition has triggered criticism from both certain EU member states and foreign vendors. The Japan Association of New Economy, a prominent business lobby group focused on e-business and new industry development, has joined the opposition.
Hiroshi Mikitani, the director of the Japan Association of New Economy and CEO of Japanese e-commerce and fintech firm Rakuten, expressed the organization’s concerns in a letter dated November 28. Mikitani argued that the requirement could inadvertently create a de facto market access barrier, adversely affecting both EU and Japanese companies.
“We believe that the EUCS should be revised in light of the EU-Japan Digital Partnership, the Japan-EU mutual adequacy arrangement, and the Agreement in Principle on Negotiations Concerning Provisions on the ‘Free Flow of Data’ under the Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement,” Mikitani stated in the letter.
The European Commission has not provided an immediate comment on the matter.
As the debate unfolds, it underscores the complexities and potential international implications of cybersecurity regulations on the global tech industry. The collaborative opposition from the Japan Association of New Economy and U.S. Big Tech further emphasizes the significance of finding a balance between enhancing cybersecurity measures and ensuring fair market access for businesses across borders.
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According to pretty much every Wall Street analyst and independent report, legal marijuana is the next great growth trend. Sales of legal weed have more than tripled on a global basis since 2014 to $10.9 billion, and are on pace to gallop higher by five to 18 times current levels by the end of the next decade, based on a variety of Wall Street projections.
Setting the blueprint for this growth in sales is our neighbor to the north, Canada. Even though Canada isn’t expected to come anywhere near the United States in terms of aggregate annual cannabis sales, it became the first industrialized country in the world to green-light recreational marijuana last year. Sales for adult-use cannabis commenced on Oct. 17, 2018.
Canadian weed sales in July hit a new all-time high
How has Canada fared since adult-use weed sales were launched? Let’s take a month-by-month look at licensed-store sales, as recorded by Statistics Canada (all data is reported in Canadian dollars, with U.S. dollar equivalency in parenthesis).
- October: CA$53.68 million ($40.48 million)
- November: CA$53.73 million ($40.52 million)
- December: CA$57.34 million ($43.24 million)
- January: CA$54.88 million ($41.39 million)
- February: CA$51.66 million ($38.96 million)


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- The new pumps are targeting to improve their farming methods including saving time, as well as reducing cost of irrigation through the discontinuation of generators which need fuel to operate.
Dar es Salaam. Agri Must Lead Company Ltd specialised in farming inputs has introduced solar irrigation pumps targeting at least 2,000 smallholder farmers.
The new pumps are targeting to improve their farming methods including saving time, as well as reducing cost of irrigation through the discontinuation of generators which need fuel to operate.
The Company’s head of programme and partnership, Mr Peter Mkufya, told The Citizen that the technology which was initially introduced in India has gained popularity after small holder farmers adopted its use and is now spreading to other parts of the world including Africa.
“The solar pumps were initially invented in India then later introduced to other parts of the world including East Africa, starting from Kenya and now Tanzania has started its use,” he said.
According to him, irrigation is crucial since rain-fed agriculture is affected by drought and floods that will be worsened by climate change, impacting significantly on both the national economy and smallholder farmers’ vulnerability to food insecurity. In view of this, the 80 panel watt solar irrigation pump is connected direct to the sanction pipe which waters a quarter acre farm in five minutes compared to normal watering which takes up to an hour.
He said that so far they have been able to reach farmers in Mwanza
Arusha and Dar es Salaam but target is to reach at least 2,000 farmers by the end of the year.
“We have 250m solar panels, and one can be used by farmers groups or communities, so we are sure we will reach our target,” he said.
Reports show that solar irrigation pumps are convenient especially with the ever continuous spreading drought conditions coupled with rising fuel costs, solar pumping solutions are an increasingly attractive option for rural farmers.


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Waste Not Want Not
by Dan Doolittle
The ongoing challenge in manufacturing is to reduce costs, innovate products and expand into new markets. Unfortunately, there are new R&D and infrastructure costs associated with innovation and expansion, so the first head of the Hydra is pretty tough to cut off without making some serious changes to increase operational and financial performance. That’s why manufacturers, worldwide, are shifting production and spreading out supply chain and other activities to lower-cost countries.
“By 2008, auto and industrial products companies will more than double their percentage of spending on components and materials in low-cost countries,” according to a recent Booz Allen Hamilton survey of purchasing executives. “Moreover, apparel companies, which currently spend 50 percent of their procurement dollars in low-cost countries, say that within four years, these countries will provide virtually all of their material and supply needs”.
Companies are increasingly turning to China because it “has the cheapest labor, a pro-business environment, a productive work force, and strong government support for keeping domestic manufacturing operations as inexpensive as possible — a direct path to easy cost cutting”. However, there is another side to the coin. Sony, for example, found that doing business in China is not always as cost-effective. It came to the conclusion that supply chain factors like product cycle time, proximity to suppliers and speed to market were more important than manufacturing costs; and moved production of high-tech camcorders and digital cameras from China back to Japan.
Producing different products in different countries results in an increasingly complex and fragmented supply chain environment, and there can also be tax implications and/or regulatory restrictions which further complicate the picture. The bottom line is, regardless of where a company locates its manufacturing operations, tight control of the supply chain is the most critical element in reducing the cost of goods sold (COGS). “Waste in the supply chain can constitute as much as 10 percent of revenue,” according to research from Manufacturing Insights”.
And here are a few more points of interest from Manufacturing Insights and Deloitte:
- Despite globalization, most supply chain optimization is done locally
- Supply chains are not fully equipped to support accelerating innovation
- Flexibility is becoming more difficult to achieve in the face of shorter product cycles, increased customer demands, the pursuits of lower-cost locations and the race to new markets
- While managing risk is a priority, current fragmented supply chain initiatives increase potential risks
- While customer service is a priority, fewer than eight percent of companies have a high level of collaboration with customers on key initiatives
“Consequently, during 2005, companies will look across traditional application categories to craft new supply chain solutions in areas such as SRM; supply chain event management/visibility; and global manufacturing execution,” says Manufacturing Insights. “Demand information will emerge as a high priority. Further, in a related trend, supply chains will become calibrated to demand information, as manufacturers shift from "plan and push" to a "sense and respond" orientation that relies on accurate demand-side data”. That’s good news for Adexa customers who already have an integrated and synchronized demand side and supply side solution-set.
Solutions that help to reduce COGS and increase Return On Assets (ROA) will ultimately impact Earnings Per Share (EPS) and will increasingly be in demand by globally fragmented manufacturers. Software solution providers that are able to articulate product benefits in terms of financial impact will have a huge edge over their competitors.
Overall, executives are starting to realize that manufacturing costs and material costs are not the only financial levers for success and that by ignoring the others they may just be trading one set of problems for another. An integrated, intelligent planning environment is required.
Dan Doolittle is Adexa’s Marketing Operations Manager. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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There will be a new face in charge of Apple’s balance sheet.
Luca Maestri, currently a corporate controller at the iPhone maker, will be Apple’s next chief financial officer. He succeeds Peter Oppenheimer, who is retiring. Read more
Here’s Apple’s play in the world of cars, and it’s called, er, CarPlay. Read more
Executives from the iPhone maker, including its head of operations, met with officials from the US Food and Drug Administration last month, public records show, to discuss “medical applications”.
What could they possibly have been discussing? Read more
Have we been taking too many tablets?
It seems markets are reaching saturation point with growth in the category slowing to 28 per cent year-on-year in the fourth quarter – down from 87 per cent a year earlier. Read more
The rollout of Apple’s iPhone by China Mobile to 300 cities this year is going to be slower than many analysts expected – contributing to its outlook disappointing on Monday and its shares falling more than 7 per cent at the open today.
But new estimates for the rollout of 4G services promise rich pickings for Apple later in 2014 and beyond. Read more
Forget the formal estimates: what Wall Street was really hoping for from Apple’s latest quarter was an acceleration in growth that would blow away the “official” forecasts.
The figures released on Monday failed to impress. At 51m, the number of iPhones sold in the quarter came in 2m short of estimates, though the 26m iPads topped most estimates. Within minutes, Apple’s shares had slipped more than 5 per cent.
Read below for our coverage of the earnings report and the company’s analyst call.
Expectations are high that Apple can go back to its old forecast-busting ways when it reports earnings for its December quarter on Monday.
“Investors think that Q1 is going to be a blow-out and the Q2 guide is quite strong,” said analysts at Berenberg in a note after meetings with shareholders last week.
While the iPhone and iPad both look set to turn in double-digit percentage growth rates, falling prices and margins could minimise revenue and earnings growth.
Here’s what to expect after the markets close in New York: Read more
The signs are that a product of unwieldy phone size and ugly monicker is winning at least some admirers. Read more
The world’s most popular smartphone range is finally available to subscribers of the world’s biggest mobile carrier. Yes, the iPhone today went on sale to China Mobile subscribers.
But it does not come cheap. It is not quite Brazil prices (R2,799, or US$1,184 for the 16GB iPhone 5s from the Apple store) but iPhone in China is more expensive than it is in the US, at Rmb 5,288 ($872) versus $649 for the iPhone 5S 16GB. Read more
A new year brings a new perspective on Apple, with Wells Fargo analysts sensing a power shift for the iPhone maker and downgrading it from “Outperform” to “Market Perform”.
The stagecoach sages are turning bearish on worries that gross margins will come under pressure later this year with the iPhone 6, which would require new, more expensive components if the historic trend of a fresh design being introduced is repeated. Read more
Apple, the world’s largest public company by market capitalisation, has a problem. The lawyer appointed to ensure it is not price-fixing e-book sales is just too expensive.
The iPhone and iPad maker complained to the New York court this week that Michael Bromwich’s $1,100 an hour fee is “excessive” and he has not justified it as either “reasonable” or customary”. Read more
Industry watchers scrutinise Apple announcements as hard as a customer might look at its high-resolution Retina displays, trying to see the individual pixels that are supposed to be indistinguishable to the human eye.
When Xiaomi, a popular Chinese smartphone maker, overtook Apple’s market share in China the second quarter, the shift prompted a double take by consumers and investors who had never heard of the small but growing brand.
The ascent was short-lived. Apple’s two new iPhones have proved popular in China, enabling the US company to shoulder past Xiaomi in the market share rankings for the three months ended in September.
But Apple and everyone else are still miles behind the clear market leader — Samsung, which now has a fifth of China’s smartphone market, up from 14 per cent in the third quarter of last year. Read more
Apple may have beaten Wall Street’s revenue and profit expectations with its latest quarterly earnings on Monday, but the market’s skittishness about the durability of its profit margins was much in evidence. Earnings guidance, on the face of it, seemed to point to steady margin erosion in the coming months. But Apple was able to silence the doubters – for this quarter, at least.
Read on for details of the earnings and our coverage of the earnings call as it happened.
Analysts are looking at Christmas lists and wondering how many Apple products will feature on them – with the iPad Air and new versions of the iPad mini, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro launched at an event in San Francisco on Tuesday. Read more


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Cardano’s EMURGO to invest US$100 million to develop DeFi-based products
EMURGO’s CEIV for Cardano in Africa
Cardano’s official commercial (financial) arm EMURGO is set to invest US$100 million in developing DeFi-based products. Smart contracts’ integration into Cardano’s blockchain plus EMURGO’s new investment vehicle shall boost decentralized services’ innovation. These startups will be using and promoting the Cardano blockchain to develop their products. The objective is to promote Cardano blockchain as “the technological platform standard in Africa for socially impactful solutions.”
Emurgo Ptd. Ltd. shall spin two wholly-owned subsidiaries (EMURGO Africa, and EMURGO Ventures) to fulfil this objective. These subsidiaries will be developed as an investment vehicle, known as the Cardano Ecosystem Investment Vehicle (CEIV).
EMURGO Africa (EA) will be totally geared towards incentivizing the creation of startups via seed funding and incubation in the African region. EMURGO Africa has announced further two partnerships. Adanian Labs (a Cardano-specific African joint accelerator program) and Adaverse (an African venture builder) are EA’s new partners. Adanian Labs will support impact-driven startups with EA in Africa, to continent-wide boost the Cardano ecosystem.
EMURGO Ventures (EV) will work towards developing markets to facilitate solutions and services building on Cardano. EV will set a capital allocation in the form of seed investments into various Cardano-specific startups and middleware solutions entities. Even those building DeFi and NFT projects, blockchain developer education tools, and other dApps will be catered. EMURGO Ventures’ debuting seed investment is for Milkomeda (a dcSpark sidechain project that would bridge Cardano and other L1 blockchain protocols, utilizing wrapped ADA (wADA) as an asset.
EMURGO provides Blockchain Solutions globally. A multinational blockchain technology company, EMURGO offers tailored end-to-end solutions for developers, startups, enterprises, and governments.


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Google announced today that Google Product Listing ads will replace Google Product Search in the UK and around the world staring on the 13th February 2013.
In the US, Google completed the transition from the free Google Product Search to the commercial for Google Product Listing ads on the 17th October. Now the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Brazil, Australia and Switzerland will all be migrated to the paid for model of advertising products on Google.
In order to give merchants time to make this transition and optimize their campaigns Google will be rolling out the new model in several steps. The first major change will take place on the 13th February 2013, when visually cleaner results for shopping queries, including some new commercial formats on Google will replace current search results. These new commercial formats will be labeled as “Sponsored” and appear in the space currently occupied by Adwords ads
The transition to the commercial model will be complete by the end of Q2 2013.
ChannelAdvisor quickly announced their expanded support for Google Shopping in EMEA, their dynamic Google Shopping feature was launched on the heels of Google’s announcement today.
ChannelAdvisor has supported Product Listing Ads since its inception and also supports Google Shopping. In light of Google’s changes, ChannelAdvisor has developed additional capabilities and features that will set a new standard for product-driven advertising. This tried and tested feature has already been helping customers in the US manage their Product Listing Ads since September of this year, following on from Google’s changes in that region.
Find out more about Google Product Listing Ads
You can find our more about Google Product Listing ads from the Google help pages. They will be managed through Google Merchant Center alongside your AdWords campaigns.
ChannelAdvisor are also running a free webinar on Tuesday, 20th of November at 4:00pm. You’ll need to register in advance to reserve a place, and you can also submit any questions you have in advance by email or on twitter @ChannelAdvisor.
Why it’s good for you to pay for what once was free!
Google say that these changes will create a better shopping experience that will benefit both shoppers and merchants. Shoppers will find products in one convenient place and quickly be able to compare features, find the best prices, read reviews, and identify great merchants — while advertisers will be given more granular control over product listings and traffic.
Why it’s good for Google
There’s no question that mobile internet usage is rising rapidly and when you’re searching on Google on a mobile you simply don’t see that list of 10 Google AdWords ads that you do on a desktop browser. Some 96% of Google’s revenues come from paid advertising and that’s a big chunk of revenue to lose on mobile.
By changing to Product Listing Ads instead of free Google Product Search, Google can start to monetise traffic from shoppers looking to purchase. If you want your products to be seen then you’re going to have to start paying for the traffic. Google Product Search has for years been the best Shopping Comparison engine out there, and it was free. It will still be worth using, but you’ll want to get smarter about managing it now that you have to pay for the service.


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PepsiCo has officially inaugurated its manufacturing plant in Multan. Abdul Razzaq Dawood, the Advisor for Commerce, Textile, Industry, and Production, and Investment of Pakistan inaugurated the manufacturing facility.
The project is worth $63 million that will open almost 1500 direct and indirect job opportunities. The strategic location of the plant is near PepsiCo’s agricultural partners.
The potato plant will manufacture and later supply chips like Lays and Kurkure for Pakistan. These snacks can be exported as well.
The plant will not just enhance the efficiency and production capacity of PepsiCo but also provide jobs to the unemployed or underemployed members of the society.
Dawood said that Multan is the center of agriculture and there is huge potential for investment in the area. The government wishes to facilitate the investors so that they can develop their business, take part in export and contribute effectively to the Pakistani economy.
CEO PepsiCo Asia, Middle East, and North Africa Mike Spanos was also present at the occasion.
He said, “This $63 million investment in Multan is a testament to our commitment to Pakistan. PepsiCo works with 246 Pakistani farmers to purchase only locally-grown potatoes and corn for its products such as Lays and Kurkure. Pakistan has a good environment for investment with future prospects for investors. PepsiCo invested $800 million during the last five years and commits to investing another $1 billion in the next five years.”


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Nvidia have announced a new free game bundle for their RTX gaming laptops. It's only going to be around for a short period of time, but until April 15th anyone who buys a qualifying RTX laptop from a participating retailer will also bag themselves a free Steam copy of Outriders, People Can Fly and Square Enix's new upcoming third-person looter shooter. It's not just RTX 30 laptops that qualify for the bundle, either, as older RTX 20 series laptops will be eligible as well.
Outriders, in case you've forgotten, is one of a handful of games getting support for Nvidia's performance-boosting DLSS tech over the coming months, hence why it's being bundled in with RTX-powered gaming laptops. In the UK, it looks like we'll have plenty of choice over where we'll be able to buy a qualifying laptop, too, as Ebuyer, Overclockers UK, PC Specialist, Scan, Cyberpower, CCL and Box are all listed as participating retailers over on Nvidia's website.
I haven't had a chance to play Outriders just yet, but Ed and vid bud Colm have been getting stuck in with the demo recently and they've having a great old time so far, so fingers crossed the final version will live up to expectations when it launches in full on April 1st.
Outriders isn't the only DLSS game coming out over the next few weeks either. Hot off the heels of Nvidia adding a DLSS plug-in for Unreal Engine last month, CyberPunch Studios and Headup Games will be adding DLSS to their upcoming narrative-driven horror short The Fabled Woods (which is also getting full ray tracing support, too), and Nightdive Studios will be adding it to their upcoming System Shock remake as well, which is due out in the summer (although you can try its DLSS-enabled demo right now if you fancy giving it a go). Finally, Crysis Remastered is also getting proper DLSS support, too.


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After a dramatic reduction in marketing
spending by travel companies in 2020 and 2021, the money is flowing again.
Two of the biggest global brands illustrate
In their financial reports for the first
quarter of this year, Booking Holdings and Expedia Group reported spending
$1.15 billion and $1.34 billion, respectively, on marketing – compared to
figures of $461 million and $487 million, respectively, in Q1 2021.
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travel advertising may be on pace to approach
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shifts that requires marketers to employ new strategies to understand and reach
According to Phocuswright’s latest report, The
State of Digital Advertising in Travel: Time for a Rethink, two of the
biggest drivers of change are legislative action to protect consumers’ privacy
and the elimination
of third-party cookies.
At the same time, a new model for personal
data is gaining traction: self-sovereign identity, which gives consumers complete
control over how and when their share their personal information and
The challenge for travel marketers is to
understand this new landscape and how balance privacy with personalization.
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A popular payment method from Korea is coming to America: Visa is currently trialing contactless phone payments in San Francisco, CA. Phones fitted with small memory cards will become ‘electronic wallets’ that make transactions with store payment systems.
Visa, along with Apple, is also investigating applications that will ultimately allow customers to point their phone at an object and purchase it with a simple click.
A lack of technological infrastructure precludes American retailers and phone brands from rolling out contactless payments across the country anytime soon, but this does raise a host of issues. Paperless banking is one thing and the gradual disappearance of cash and checks is widely accepted.
However are cards to enjoy a short lived ascendancy? Will the contactless phone ultimately consume the debit/credit card? The ability for customers to point and purchase makes ‘on demand’ a reality in retail and has connotations of childish, impulsive, impatience.
In the wider retail world, impulsive purchases might be made in response to advertising installations or chip enabled billboards. Contactless phone payments are yet another example of the “right now” mentality that seems to permeate today’s society.


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Cellars Wine Club, a nationally acclaimed wine of the month club, recently concluded their blog series on Chinese wine by releasing a new article and infographic showing the top two Chinese wines.
Cellars Wine Club, a Washington-based wine club, released a new infographic and accompanying article to conclude a blog series on Washington wine. Seattle, WA
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Can a former Lidl CEO transform Save-A-Lot into a major player?
Save-A-Lot may yet be a player in the hard discount grocery market in the U.S. The chain announced that it has hired Kenneth McGrath, former CEO of Lidl Ireland and Lidl USA, to lead its business.
In hiring Mr. McGrath, Save-A-Lot gets a leader with 13 years of executive experience at Lidl. He served as CEO of Lidl Ireland from 2009 to 2013 and was put in charge of leading the chain’s entry into the U.S. in 2013. He left in 2015 to become a regional CEO of a wireless firm.
Matthew Ross, chairman of Save-A-Lot and managing director at Onex, praised Mr. McGrath’s experience in hard discount retailing. “He is highly capable of building a world-class organization, investing in the company’s capabilities and systems, and returning Save-A-Lot to industry-leading growth by leveraging its unique market position,” said Mr. Ross.
Mr. McGrath will replace Eric Claus, who has served as Save-A-Lot’s CEO since January 2016. Mr. Claus was brought in by Supervalu to lead the spinoff of Save-A-Lot. Supervalu eventually sold Save-A-Lot to an affiliate of Onex Corporation last December.
Mr. McGrath will inherit a company that has seen sales soften while facing the prospects of increasing competitive pressure from Aldi, Lidl and a host of regional players in the hard discount grocery business.
Aldi and Lidl are looking to replicate their U.K. success in America. The two account for nearly 11 percent of grocery sales in the U.K.
Aldi has been aggressively expanding into new markets, such as California, while making major investments in store remodels. The chain expects to reach 2,000 stores nationwide by next year.
Lidl is ahead of schedule with its U.S. rollout. The company announced plans to open 20 stores this summer in the Carolinas and Virginia. The chain, which plans to open 100 stores in East Coast states within its first year in the U.S., was not expected to begin opening locations until next year.
Save-A-Lot has more than 1,300 corporate and licensee-owned stores in the U.S.
- Save-A-Lot Announces Kenneth McGrath as CEO – Save-A-Lot/Business Wire
- Aldi History – Aldi US
- Lidl is ahead of schedule for U.S. store openings – RetailWire
- Will Aldi and Lidl replicate U.K. success in the U.S.? – RetailWire
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Can Kenneth McGrath transform Save-A-Lot into a force to be reckoned with in the U.S. hard discount grocery market? What will be his biggest challenges as he takes over at the company?


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On the back of the weekend’s European Football Championship Finals draw, a new EuroPundit 2016 app provides an alternative to expensive official UEFA sponsorship packages by putting brands at the heart of fan competition.
Saturday’s European Championship draw in Paris has kick started the debate among football fans around the world about what’s going to happen at next summer’s finals in France.
Rather than fight over official UEFA Euro 16 promotional deals, brands can now take a different approach by sponsoring an app that makes it easy for fans to pit their knowledge against their friends, challenge each other’s predictions, swap banter, make fun wagers between themselves and win prizes, via the EuroPundit app.
“EuroPundit provides a wonderful opportunity for brands to take part in Euro 2016 and get closer to the people whose opinions about the tournament count just as much as professional pundits – the fans!” said Sporting Mouth chairman and former ad agency boss, John Owrid, whose company clashed with FIFA in the run up to the 2014 World Cup for offering alternative innovative sponsorship opportunities.
“It’s patently absurd that you can copyright the words World Cup, which we used in our app, but that’s what FIFA has been able to do,” explained Owrid, who believes official tournament sponsorship opportunities lack creativity and cut through.
“Our aim is to help brands to engage with fans on their terms during major tournaments, tapping into the customs and nuances of fan culture in a way that is often by-passed by traditional sports marketing initiatives. You’d expect the collective marketing output for the Euros and the World Cup to dazzle with diversity. Instead, you get a month of marketing similarity that even the Christmas season would struggle to beat. We want to change that for Euro 2016, which will stoke up British fan rivalry to fever pitch with three home nations and Ireland being involved for the first time – and now with England and Wales fighting it out in the same group!”
EuroPundit 2016 is a multi-platform mobile app that encourages fans to do battle with each other by predicting the outcomes of Euro 2016 matches, make social wagers with one another and win prizes for being the top pundit. The EuroPundit App will be released in the run up to the European Championships which kicks off in France on 10 June next year,


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MEB platform could be adopted by several manufacturers?
According to German paper Tagesspiegel, Volkswagen admits that the company is in talks with other manufacturers over opening its all-electric MEB platform.
We already know about Ford, which entered in an alliance with VW and is considering joint EV projects. The question is who else could be interested in MEB as the article mentions plural. Maybe FCA or some Japanese/Chinese manufacturers?
Michael Jost, Head of Strategy at Volkswagen, said that the MEB platform could become "a standard not only for the VW Group."
First though we need to see VW actually selling MEB in volume. Then, we'll see how it progresses after that. For now, we still wait on VW's first major entries into the battery-electric segments.
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Nokia shares fell as much as 4% on Thursday as the telecom equipment maker reported worse-than-forecast profit, guided its sales outlook lower, and said customers are beginning to delay spending. Nokia
said its first-quarter profit fell 32% to €289 million ($317 million) while sales rose 10% to €5.86 billion.
Its operating profit of €479 million came in below expectations of €543 million, though sales were a touch ahead of estimates. Its profit was dragged lower by its technologies division, which houses its patents, as well as €30 million in losses from its venture fund. Its sales outlook was lowered to range of €24.6 billion to €26.2 billion, from a previous range of €24.9 billion to €26.5 billion, which it says was the result of changes in the value of the euro. “We are starting to see some signs of the economic environment impacting customer spending. Given the ongoing need to invest in 5G and fiber, we see this primarily as a question of timing; nevertheless we will maintain our cost discipline to ensure we can successfully navigate this,” said CEO Pekka Lundmark in a statement. Rival Ericsson
on Tuesday had said that customers in early 5G markets have slowed their deployment pace.
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According to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), October vehicle sales in Thailand decreased 8.8% year over year (YoY) to 58,963 units from the same period in 2022. Sales in January-October 2023 reached 645,833 units, slid 7.5% from the same period in 2022 . According to the FTI, the strictness in auto loan approval process of financial institutions remains a key reason. Moreover, household debt remains high, and Thailand’s slowing economy is also caused by the delay in the implementation of Thailand's national budget for the 2024 fiscal year, which would also impact government investment.
According to data compiled by Toyota Motor Thailand (TMT), by maker sales in October, Toyota was down 18.0% to 20,852 units. Isuzu was down 22.2% to 10,962 units and Honda was up 23.6% to 7,306 units. BYD is on the 4th position with 3,840 units and MG sales were up 43.2% to 2,700 units. Among other Chinese brands, Great Wall Motor (GWM) was ranked 8th with 1,115 units, up 10.3%, while Neta on the 9th with 1,058 units.
By body type, passenger cars were up 13.7% year over year to 22,130 units. Commercial vehicle sales were down 18.4% to 36,833 units. Pickup truck (including PPV) sales included in the commercial vehicle sales were down 35.1% to 22,998 units.
The Toyota Hilux was the best-selling model (registration base) in October with 7,693 units, followed by Isuzu D-Max with 7,177 units, Toyota Yaris ATIV with 5,227 units, Honda City with 2,666 units and BYD Dolphin with 2,413 units.
The FTI announced that new vehicle production in October was 158,734 units, down 7.0% YoY. Vehicle production for domestic sales and exports contributed 40.6% and 59.4% respectively. In January-October 2023, vehicle production increased 0.6% to 1,544,705 units.
Vehicle exports in October 2023 were 105,726 units, up 12.2% YoY. In October, exports to Australia, the Middle East, Europe, North America, Central America, and South America improved. The vehicle export value in October was THB 72.5 billion, up 17.3% year over year. Vehicle exports in the first 10 months of 2023 reached 927,625 units, up 15.9% YoY.
On October 24, the FTI also announced that its projection on local car production in 2023 has, once again, been revised downward from 1.9 million units to 1.85 million units.


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I am only somewhat embarrassed to admit that I have a desk drawer full of mobile gadgets that I probably don’t use as much as I should, including BOTH an Amazon Kindle (an older one) and a first generation Apple iPad. It is rare that I carry both of those devices on a trip, but I still do carry one or the other, depending on whether or not I have to do any writing work while I am on the road.
I bring this up because I just read some new data released by research firm ChangeWave Research ( a division of The 451 Group) that suggests the new Amazon Kindle Fire is already much more of a threat to the iPad in just a month of existence than the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which has been on the market for a year.
The report is based on surveys of 3,043 consumers during early November. It shows the Amazon Kindle Fire represents a serious competitive threat to the iPad, at least in North America, where the poll was conducted. Approximately two-thirds of those surveyed expressed an interest in buying the iPad, while about 22 percent said they were interested in a Kindle Fire. No other tablet garnered more than 1 percent of the responses, according to the report.
The data is just another demonstration that Amazon is far, far more than a really efficient online retailer.
Whether it was by accident or design, the company is now at the center of the hottest technology segment since the original personal computers prompted businesses to rethink the way their employees did work. With its vast knowledge of consumer behavior, Amazon represents a far more credible threat to Apple than many of the technology vendors that got their start on the business-to-business side of the world.
Yes, you’re right. No IT service provider will get rich selling either tablets or e-readers, but there are rich managed services opportunities in the field of mobile device management. The Apple iPad, as an example, is a serious factor in healthcare IT environments as doctors and other clinical professionals seek ways to increase patient satisfaction. I expect the Kindle Fire will soon begin becoming a factor, especially when you consider all the text books and medical journals that the healthcare industries consults and reads.
Amazon is very relevant for another reason, of course: It is a serious contender in the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) portion of the cloud computing marketplace.
There are few companies in the channel that could hope to compete with Amazon’s ability to scale; although, on the flip side, Amazon will find it tough to contend with the channel’s ability to offer cloud infrastructure specifically customized for certain verticals along with the personalized service and support that many SMBs need. Of course, Amazon might also be a very relevant infrastructure partner for some aspects of the IT solution provider channel.
The emergence of the Amazon Kindle Fire is another reminder that Amazon is far more than just another e-commerce company. This is a technology company to be reckoned with in both mobility and cloud infrastructure, and IT solution providers are advised to keep close tabs on its plans.


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Report: 1 Million iPad 2's Sold During Launch Weekend
March 14, 2011 2:16 PM
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Sells ten times faster than the original iPad
, Apple's iPad 2 sold one million units in its launch weekend, surpassing the milestone almost 10 times as fast as its predecessor.
The iPad 2
went on sale last Friday at Apple, Verizon, and AT&T stores, as well as Target, Wal-Mart, and Best Buy. Large crowds
across the United States, with more than 500 people queued up at Apple's flagship San Francisco store and roughly another 800 at its Manhattan location. The crowds even attracted gawkers.
"Our field checks over the weekend indicate that the iPad 2 sold out at every Apple and non-Apple store we contacted," Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White wrote in a research note. "In fact, all the stores had worked through iPad 2 inventory by Saturday afternoon, and there were no new iPad 2 deliveries on Sunday."
that the iPad 2 could potentially have sold one million units in its first weekend, a feat that took 28 days for the original when it hit the market last year. Wedbush Securities analyst Scott Sutherland echoed White's prediction.
With the launch, Apple appears to have secured its number one spot in the tablet market for the time being,
cooling the momentum
that tablets from other manufacturers
such as Motorola
and Samsung were beginning to gain.
Apple is expected to retain 61 percent of
the lucrative tablet market
for 2011, according J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moscowitz. According to Moscowitz, other companies will have trouble attracting customers the way Apple has.
The iPad 2 is set to launch worldwide on March 25.
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Yes. It needs to get to the phones as well. I hope it has gestures.
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AP Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre Jimmy Iovine, cofounder of Beats by Dre and founder of Interscope Records, delivered the keynote speech at the University of Southern California?s Global Conversation on Wednesday. There, he told the story of how he convinced Dr. Dre to start the headphone company. As excitement around CDs was starting to wane ? and Apple?s iPod was surging in popularity ? Iovine said ...Earn A Bachelor?s From The Jimmy Iovine & Dr. Dre Academy
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Oregon’s licensed hemp producers are applauding a pending law that will give them exclusive rights to extract CBD from hemp flower using common hydrocarbon methods – a national first.
The measure, awaiting the signature of Gov. Kate Brown, also gives Oregonians the right to grow hemp at home.
Other marijuana states that authorize home cannabis production either limit that right to marijuana strains of cannabis or don’t specifically authorize hemp production outside a pilot project licensed by a state department of agriculture.
Oregon’s bill is the first to give private citizens the right to grow up to four hemp plants without a license.
The bill has passed the House and Senate and is expected to be signed into law this month. The measure also:
- Directs Oregon State University to start work on certified hempseed.
- Classifies hempseed as an agricultural seed.
But one of the main backers of Oregon’s new bill, Portland hemp attorney Courtney Moran, says CBD advocates wanted to make sure that home cannabis growing rights extend to all, not just marijuana growers.
The bill replaces the word “marijuana” with “plants in the genus Cannabis within the plant family Cannabaceae” and keeps criminal penalties for people who grow too many plants.
“We are going to be the first state where instead of four marijuana plants, you can have four cannabis plants,” Moran said. “It’s a large step forward.”
The change may seem like a minor bit of clerical bookkeeping, but it could have a noticeable impact on the nascent CBD industry.
Many states that allow home marijuana cultivation ban the unlicensed use of butane, propane or other hydrocarbons to extract THC from the plant – a prohibition many states adopted after a spate of home explosions caused by unsafe, amateur hash production.
Oregon will be the first state to extend that home-extraction ban to hemp plants, though there have been no recorded accidents connected to CBD extraction in any state.
Moran called the ban a necessary addition to the language allowing home hemp growing.
Oregon had 170 licensed hemp processors last year, each of whom paid $1,300 for the right to extract CBD from flower.
Some of the licensed processors are cheering the new ban on home CBD production using butane or other flammable agents.
Wesley Ray, a hemp grower and processor in Bend, Oregon, told Hemp Industry Daily that he’s heard anecdotal reports about “jankety kind of extractions” for homemade CBD.
He believes that it’s just a matter of time until an accident happens unless more states expand their laws about making cannabis extracts.
“Leave it to the people who know what they’re doing,” Ray said. “It’s the better way to protect the state.”
He dismissed concerns that the change amounts to protectionism for the licensed hemp processors, pointing out that marijuana processing fees begin at $4,750.
“It’s still a hell of a lot less (expensive) to get into this industry than in the marijuana industry,” Ray said.


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Sony PlayStation 4 is absolutely doing well in terms of sales. Just two weeks after its release in Canada and the US and just three days after its release in other markets, the game console has already reached a total of 2 million sales. Without a doubt, the PlayStation 4 is absolutely a huge success for Sony’s PlayStation Network.
The 5 Million Target
The company has set its goal of achieving their ambitious goal of 5 million sales in March 2014. However, it seems like the company will be able to achieve this target without sweat as the Sony PlayStation 4 has already reached 2 million sales within just a very short period of time. However, the company still does not relax after this big hit. They are doing everything they can in order to meet, or even beat, their deadline target. In order to guarantee this, the company will need a killer holiday season.
Guy Longworth: Interview
An interview with Guy Longworth, Sony’s PlayStation Network’s Senior Vice President for Brand Marketing, was conducted to talk about the release and the sales of PlayStation 4. The answers given by Guy Longworth seem to be very optimistic regarding the sales of their recently released game console. When asked about the impact of the economy’s slow recovery from the recession to their sales, the brand marketing’s SVP said that the slow recovery from recession is not affecting the sales of their Sony PlayStation 4 since a big chunk of the entire mankind population is making money. He also emphasized that their sales have been very promising since the first day of their release.
He also said that the company is investing more in digital marketing as it is more effective in promoting the product and achieving more sales. Guy Longworth also revealed how the company is spending a lot in advertising through Facebook, YouTube, Google and IGN, which is one of the most prominent gaming sites today. This action signifies that the Sony Company is very focused on the core gamer.
The Target Market of Sony PlayStation 4
When asked about their target market, Guy Longworth said that they are not identifying their target market based on the age bracket. He emphasized how their target market no longer depends on the age bracket or geographical demographic these days. This can be proven by the fact that the Sony PlayStation has fans that are 13 years old and even 45 years old. The interview also revealed the reason as to why the company chose to remake the “Perfect Day” spot through a gamer-generated content this December 2013. Longworth said that the decision came from their observation of how gamers are fond of sharing their achievements. Without a doubt, Sony’s PlayStation Network is absolutely focused on the game experience it offers to the users.


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Buying from an auto salvage yard is now becoming more common because consumers cannot find older components in car parts stores
Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) March 18, 2015
Maricopa County, AZ is now one of the areas where consumers can now research motor vehicle components that are sold in used condition on the web. The GetYourPart.com company is now including junk yards in Phoenix, AZ to its car parts research system on the web at http://getyourpart.com/junkyards-in-phoenix-az.
Residents who currently live in Arizona or who prefer to order direct from statewide dealers will now have the chance to research what yards are available and what price levels are charged at the GetYourPart.com website. All components listed are in used or aftermarket condition unless otherwise noted.
"Buying from an auto salvage yard is now becoming more common because consumers cannot find older components in car parts stores," said one Get Your Parts source.
The Phoenix market is one that has grown in the automotive industry since the late 1990s. From population growth to more second hand distributors, more people have greater access to research local parts dealers. One added benefit of the search system provided on the web this year is the warranties that are offered at no charge.
"Mechanics, body shop parts buyers or the general public will automatically receive a warranty plan with the purchase of a used foreign or domestic component," said the source.
As more dealers join the GetYourPart.com company network, consumers will be able to locate nearly any type of component from any vehicle production year. More salvage and wrecking yards are scheduled to be added for 2015 and announcement will be made once new partners are contracted.
The GetYourPart.com company offers one of the easiest to use research platforms for the average American who buys vehicle components on the web. The company has a digital inventory tool that searches its partners nationally. The GetYourPart.com company supports inventory quotations and direct purchases through its portal to provide a faster method of sale to consumers.


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/ by Mary Lorenz
Last year when the world seemed to come to a pause, so did many companies’ press outreach strategies. While this might have felt like the right move to make at the time – perhaps due to changed priorities, reduced resources or simply not knowing what to say or how to say it – silence is not a sustainable business strategy. (After all, if you’re not going to tell your story, who is?)
Despite the uncertainty still ahead, there is (and always will be) a need for brands to communicate key messages to the right audiences, the right way, and at the right time. And press releases remain one of the most effective ways to communicate with key stakeholders, build trust and grow brand loyalty.
Results from our special State of the Press Release report prove this. An analysis of more than 100,000 press releases distributed across PR Newswire between June 2019 and June 2020, the State of the Press Release report underscores the importance of press releases, even – and especially – in a changed media landscape. Yet as with everything else, the press release has evolved from what it once was. Consider these findings:
You can find more advice and insight from our new guide, The Ultimate Toolkit for Getting Your Press Release Noticed. This comprehensive ‘how-to’ handbook has everything you need – including data-backed recommendations and an expert-led webinar – to create an effective, results-oriented press release in 2021 and beyond.
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Eating sugary foods increases the risk of dying from heart disease.
According to the study, Those whose intake is 10-25 per cent added sugar has 30 pct increased risk of cardiovascular death.
The scientists calculated “added sugar” — that is, all sugar not found naturally in fruits and fruit juices, but instead in sugar-sweetened beverages, dairy desserts, candy, cakes and other foods – as a percentage of total calorie intake.
Those whose diet was more than 25 per cent added sugar almost tripled their risk.
Contributed By Sonia Narula


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It’s time for the Xbox Summer Sale 2022! This year’s selection has kicked off with a list of over 500 discounted games, many of which are major AAA titles (including plenty of recent releases), so there’s loads to choose from.
Below, we’ve included just some of the major highlights from this year’s Xbox Summer Sale. If you want to see the full list, you can check the link below, where Major Nelson has posted a complete roundup of all deals on the Xbox website.
- Deals: All Backwards Compatible Games In The Xbox Summer Sale 2022 (Pure Xbox)
- Lots Of Games Reduced By 80-90% In The Xbox Summer Sale 2022 (Pure Xbox)
The Xbox Summer Sale 2022 is expected to last until Sunday, July 31st. Enjoy!
Are you picking anything up in the Xbox Summer Sale 2022? Let us know down in the comments below.


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Asda supermarkets to help smokers quit
A major supermarket chain has teamed up with the Scottish government to help smokers kick the habit.
Health teams will visit in-store pharmacies at seven Asda supermarkets across Scotland to advise shoppers who want to quit.
Customers will be able to take lung age and carbon monoxide tests and pick up "quit calendars" to help their attempt.
Asda said the money saved on breaking a 20-a-day habit could feed a family of four for a week.
Public Health Minister Michael Matheson said: "Quitting smoking is one of the best things someone can do to improve their health and for those who are considering quitting, the new year is a perfect time to do so.
"By quitting you can reduce the risk of a heart attack or coronary heart disease and as our new campaign shows, it can also bring big savings when household budgets are tight.
"We know that people are more likely to succeed if they get support - and there is a huge range of support available in Scotland, from face-to-face or online to nicotine replacement therapy and group sessions."
Asda spokeswoman Polly Jones said: "Asda is pleased to be working with the Scottish government to help people find the support they need to give up smoking.
"Quitting smoking is good for your health and good for your pocket, and we hope that offering advice and information services in-store will make it easy for our customers and colleagues to access the help they need to quit smoking for good."
Last year, another supermarket chain - Sainsbury's - stopped selling tobacco products at 10 of its shops.
The move was in response to the Scottish government's health levy, which adds a supplementary charge on business rates paid by large stores selling cigarettes and alcohol.


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Fashion designers have never had more freedom when deciding how to format their collection presentations.
The traditional fashion week format — a runway show at a main fashion week venue — is still the most common. Designers who hold a runway presentation at a sponsored venue, like the Skylight Clarkson Square, are often doing so out of necessity. These venues front the cost of set builds, lighting, production and backstage management, and for brands with tighter budgets, it’s the best way to avoid shelling out thousands of dollars. A typical fashion show is an investment of $10,000 and up for a brand.
“We’re venue agnostic,” said Mark Beckham, the business director of fashion weeks for the Council of Fashion Designers of America, which owns the official fashion calendar. “Designers have to figure out what’s in their budget, the look and feel of a show, and how to tailor it.”
How Yeti is marketing like a DTC brand on social media and in the outdoors
Known for being a brand of indestructible coolers, cups and increasingly lifestyle apparel, Yeti has been evolving from a wholesale company to one that markets more like a direct-to-consumer company as it experiments on platforms like TikTok, Pinterest and its own media properties.
How Zola is boosting its OOH spending in New York for ‘engagement season’
OOH ads for the startup, best known for offering wedding registries, will not only be in the Rockefeller Center subway station (where they are hoping to capture the attention of couples going to visit the Christmas tree) but also with subway digital ads, billboards near Bryant Park as well as downtown in Soho and with wild postings throughout the city.
Inside the tensions countering advertisers’ latest quest for programmatic transparency
Brands such as P&G and Unilever have cooled on auditors' proposals in a study led by the ANA.
SponsoredHow Comscore is simplifying pre- and post-campaign measurement for advertisers
Produced in partnership with Marketecture The following article provides highlights from an interview between Greg Dale, Comscore’s general manager of digital, and Mike Shields, co-founder of Marketecture. Register for free to watch more of the discussion and learn how advanced advertising measurement is providing advertisers access to the deep data they need across all platforms. […]
Acxiom’s CEO on why everything’s an ad network now, and what that means
Chad Engelgau talks about how Acxiom will harness retail media networks and the metaverse -- as well as the need for marketers to connect internal data to be more effective.
Is the future of metaverse advertising cross-platform activations?
Some marketers believe this type of cross-platform activation is the future of metaverse advertising — but not everyone is convinced quite yet.


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The website for Google Music Beta has gone live. According to the website, you’ll be able to listen to any music you upload to the anticipated cloud service offline, and it tracks what you’ve listened to recently to make it automatically available offline. You will also be able to easily select which songs/artists/playlists that you want to make available offline.
The website takes on Apple’s lack of will to create a cloud music server by promising support for iTunes libraries on the cloud. There will be folder sync, allowing for automatic upload when music is placed in synced folders. Ironically, the video on the website features an OS X UI for uploading music from your computer.
Google Music was announced at last year’s Google I/O and many users have been patiently awaiting further announcement about the service. After Amazon launched a similar service recently, Google had to step up its game, and release something, even if it doesn’t come with a fully functional Music. This will have to wait on agreements with studios and labels, and will take much longer than just getting the app up and running.
Update: According to the keynote announcement at Google I/O, the service allows for 20,000 songs per account, and it will be free as long as it is in beta. That's a pretty huge qualifier, and marks one of the only times Google would charge for a service that isn't enterprise business oriented. An actual price wasn't announced, but the implication is rather obvious.


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In March, an unexpected supply chain disruption occurred, affecting the global supply chain for six days. The Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container ships, became lodged in the Suez Canal, obstructing the entire passageway.
At least 420 vessels had to either take long detours around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope or postpone their transit. Either of these options cost the companies hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Suez Canal carries over 10% of global trade, which includes 7% of the global oil supply, and as a result there were massive losses of around $9 billion in global trade per day. This disruption exposed many gaps in the global trading system and geopolitical forecasting, but it most certainly underscored dangerous and expensive weaknesses in supply chain management.
From Just-in-Time to Too Much Time
When a crisis of this sort happens, cracks appear, and companies rush to fix them. But responding to a disruption might be more than challenging; it could be impossible. As we unpack the crisis, look at what goods were on the ship and why. The Associated Press reported that the pandemic led to a rise in just-in-time shipping to help suppliers avoid shortages and delays. In effect, ships became warehouses themselves or on-demand suppliers.
Capt. John Konrad, founder and CEO of the shipping news website gcaptain.com, commented: “We’ve gone to this fragile, just-in-time shipping that we saw absolutely break down… We used to have big, fat warehouses in all the countries where the factories pulled supplies… Now these floating ships are the warehouse.”
That’s just one example of a critical weakness that plagues supply chain management: fragmented data. Because companies stored significant inventory on these ships, they had to frantically sort through their data to determine which shipments and orders were most affected by the blockage. Once they knew which inbound inventory would be delayed, they had to analyze the supply chain to map out the impact by hand. Having quantified the impact, they then had to find alternatives to sourcing these goods, either internally or from new suppliers. This all had to happen as fast as possible, to prevent delays that can lead to significant financial losses.
A Connected Supply Chain
According to Deloitte, manufacturing is among the lowest-ranked industry sectors for digital maturity. Universally, there has been a lack of vision and purpose behind organizing and managing supply chain data, which becomes an enormous problem when unprecedented disruptions happen. Fortunately, there’s a move to embrace digital technologies to create connected supply chains that can enable a constant flow of information with real-time insights, analytics, and automation to simplify workflows.
A connected supply chain helps suppliers and manufacturers weather a significant disruption, such as the Suez Canal blockage, and mediate impact before damage takes its toll in the following ways:
Instead of spending weeks on end on fact-finding and research, suppliers and manufacturers can quickly activate solutions with full knowledge of how their decisions will impact their businesses and customers. Now, they can effectively limit financial losses and minimize unexpected shocks. When disruptions inevitably happen, companies will have the information to immediately react and return to their real jobs — getting products out to customers.
Amir Taichman is founding chief executive officer of UnitySCM, provider of a supply chain data cloud.
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The vehcle goes under the hammer at the Silverstone Auctions event at the Dallas Burston Polo Club in the UK in September as one of only 158 right-hand-drive Daytonas ever made.
Elton purchased this particular car in 1973, and he held on to it until 1975 as one of its very first Ferraris. Since then, there have been several owners.
“Sir Elton John famously has a long affinity with Ferrari, having owned several range-topping V12 models that included a 365 BB, Testarossa and 512 TR over the years,” Arwel Richards, Silverstone Auctions car specialist, said in a statement.
“It is believed this Daytona was his first Ferrari, buying it at the age of 26 in 1973 and keeping it until 1975, parked alongside his 1974 Ferrari 365 Berlinetta Boxer.”


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Vietnamese users like variety in content on Youtube
The Hanoitimes - Vietnamese people’s watch time for financial content, fashion, pilates videos, music and online gaming competitions on Youtube has increased recently.
Time spent on watching YouTube with a large variety of contents of Vietnamese people has increased in the past period, according to the latest report of Google.
|Vietnamese people’s watch time for financial content, fashion, pilates videos, music and online gaming competitions on Youtube have increased in the past time. Photo: thanhnien|
Vietnam currently has more than 350 YouTube channels having more than one million subscribers, showing the good job of the community of content creators in the country, according to Google.
The following five content groups have impressive growth over the same period in 2019: videos containing finance-related content (more than double); pilates videos (more than double); videos featuring folk music (more than triple); fashion show videos (more than 4 times); multiplayer online battle Arena (MOBA) videos (more than 4 times)
Besides, the trend of watching YouTube on Smart TV of Vietnamese people has also increased rapidly reflected in the growing market share of Smart TVs.
Notably, about 45.6% of internet users in Vietnam own a smart TV and 28.2% of them access the internet via smart TV, according to eMarketer, a market research company.
As tips for delivering personalized experiences for audiences, YouTube recommended marketers should tap into the growing digital population, reach out to every category of consumer, feed the growing appetite for different video categories and continue to stay engaged.
“Vietnam is the first country in Southeast Asia to have ‘TV in Reach Planner’ by YouTube, updated with the latest trends and we’ve seen impressive success stories, like the story of Suntory Pepsico Vietnam Beverage,” Nguyen Quynh Tram, Google country director for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, said.
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Kuya Kim Atienza renews contract for Sante' Barley
Photo L-R: Eric Maranan; Chief Finacial Officer -Sante International, Joel Marcelo; Chief Executive Officer - Sante International, Kim Atienza - Sante Barley Brand Ambassador; Paul Caluag - Chief Distribution Officer
Popular Kuya Kim Atienza brand ambassador of Santé, a provider of premier organic health and wellness products and services renews its partnership during a contract signing at Santé Headquarters, Eton Cyberpod Corinthian in Quezon City.
Sante' which promotes living a healthy lifestyle is perfect for the sports enthusiast like Kuya Kim that performs heavy activity every day. It gives all the necessary vitamins and minerals that the body needs to sustain muscle growth and development. It boost also the immune system that fights harmful bacteria inside our body.
Kuya Kim embodies what the brand is all about said by Joey Marcelo CEO of Sante'
“As a health and fitness enthusiast, I am keen about the importance of optimal health and proper nutrition. That is why I’m honored to represent a brand that I believe in and, is true to its commitment of helping people lead a better life,” said Atienza.
Atienza also said that he started taking Santé Barley products eight years ago and knows about barley grass’ powerful properties and proven health benefits.
“I fell sick a couple of times in the past since I was immunocompromised. Now, as I lead a healthy lifestyle, it is important for me that my immune system is strengthened—something that Santé Barley has helped me with,” added Atienza.
“As a health and wellness company, we go to great lengths to ensure the quality of our products and, one of the many ways we do this is through organic farming. As a BioGro-certified producer, we do not use of chemicals and pesticides, which is not only good for health but also, the environment,” said Marcelo.
“Aside from making his mark in the entertainment industry, Kuya Kim also embodies what healthy living is all about, which, we at Santé are passionate about. We are extremely pleased to forge stronger ties with him as he renews his contract with us. As our brand ambassador, we hope that he will be the extension of our company by serving as a channel in helping people lead comfortable and healthy lives,” said Marcelo.
During the conference, Mr. Joey Marcelo revealed an important announcement that their products are certified organic by BioGro, the largest and best-known certifier for organic produce and products in New Zealand.
Being a certified-BioGro producer means that Santé carries the BioGro logo on their products, ensuring its customers that the organic produce they buy is genuine. It also guarantees that a product is made without animal testing, genetic modification, and the routine use of synthetic pesticides—a true mark of a genuine organic product.
Founded in 2007, Santé has since launched a roster of brands like Santé Barley. As one of the fastest growing distribution and direct selling companies in the Philippines, Santé has provided products designed to improve the quality of life of Filipinos and other people around the world.
Founded in 2007, Santé promotes, produces and distributes premier natural health and wellness products; as well as services, designed to help people live better lives. With Santé Barley as its flagship brand, Santé has dominated the local market with its certified organic barley grass – grown and harvested in New Zealand. (More recently, Santé has become the Philippines’ first company to be certified organic by BioGro). With the proven health benefits of Santé Barley, Santé has developed a comprehensive selection of everyday barley-based products. Today, Santé has expanded its offerings to include a fitness and rehabilitation center with its Santé Fitness Lab; and an array of natural products that are true to the company's thrust in promoting a healthy lifestyle. Headquartered in the Philippines, Santé has offices worldwide such as New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, UAE, Qatar, Nigeria, and Cyprus.
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Nio (NYSE: NIO) shares have been on a tear recently, soaring move than 50% in the last three weeks. One reason for that is investor excitement over new models the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker has launched. The Wall Street Journal highlighted XPeng's plans to launch two new models next year in an article published yesterday.
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Google Should Run The Android App Store More Like Apple's, Says MLB.com CEO (GOOG, AAPL)
Published 4:00 am, Thursday, March 10, 2011
The biggest problem, he says: Google needs to do a better job curating its app store. (Perhaps even the way Apple forces publishers to get their apps approved before they're available for purchase.)
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Besides the risk of malware, there's also an issue where phony apps get put up for sale in the market using the same name as MLB's official app -- "At Bat" -- and people inadvertently buy them and then wonder why they don't work.
Google is swift in its response, Bowman says, and takes the impostor apps down quickly. But that wouldn't be a problem if Google put apps through an approval process in the first place.
(This is one area in particular where Google seems to pride itself for being "open." But open, perhaps, isn't better in this situation.)
There's also a bigger piracy problem on Android, Bowman says -- probably twice as bad as on Apple's iOS, he estimates. People hack the MLB app, which costs $15, and then distribute it for free in back channels. This is much easier to do on Android than for the iPhone, as you have to hack your iPhone to side-load pirated apps, and most people don't bother to do that. Most Android phones can easily install pirated apps.
Perhaps a big-picture problem is that Google -- a company that generates almost all of its revenue from advertising -- is biased toward free, ad-supported apps, and doesn't care as much about selling premium content, like MLB's pricey app. Since most Android apps are free, there's less need for a curtain, Bowman hypothesizes.
Meanwhile, Android owners seem less interested in paying for apps than iPhone owners -- perhaps in some part because of the way Google runs its store. Bowman estimates app sales 5-to-1 in favor of Apple over Google, despite the fact that there are more Android subscribers in the U.S. than iPhone subscribers.
(Though, to be fair, Apple has the iPod touch and iPad tablet, which Google doesn't. But we've heard similar stories from other premium publishers, where iOS sales still outnumber Android sales 10-to-1.)
Bottom line: Bowman wants Google to work a little harder to make the Android Market a better place for premium, paid apps.
"I think some sort of curation process would make a lot more content publishers put content that's valuable on the device," he says.