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Saudi Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal has invested in Plant Based News.
The partnership is one of many formed by the vegan Prince in pursuit of his ambition to end factory farming.
Several weeks ago, his investment company KBW Ventures was part of a cohort that pumped $17 million into high-tech cultured meat company Memphis Meats. Last week it was announced that he has joined the board of directors at startup Hampton Creek which makes a wide range of plant-based foods.
He has also injected cash into green energy.
PBN currently has a global weekly reach of around five million people, sharing vegan-interest content including articles, original videos and interviews.
According to the Prince, it is a 'beautiful platform for helping people to understand exactly what a plant-based diet is, and what that means for animals'.
He adds: "It was a good medium for myself to partner with two talented individuals.
"I truly believe we share the same passion for ending factory farming, as well as giving people alternative ways to improve their nutrition and change their eating habits."
Prince Khaled believes the site offers valuable insight into animal agriculture and farming.
He says: "Even more importantly, I thought Plant Based News offered a better way for people to understand what was happening in the traditional agricultural sectors.
"Are the meat and dairy industries struggling? Let's just report the facts to people and have them decide for themselves."
He also believes there is space to report the news often missing from mainstream media outlets.
"You won't find the New York Times or the Washington Post talking about what the US Ag-Gag law is - but you will find us talking about it, and what it means for animals and for your health as an individual."
Originally started by Klaus Mitchell in 2015 as a social media project, Robbie Lockie came on board in 2016 to help grow the audience. In February of this year, the company was registered.
Founder Klaus Mitchell says: "While it’s great that the sharing of information online is more democratic, it can be difficult to ascertain what is credible.
"We provide fact-based, balanced information. Readers and viewers can come to us to find news about the impact a plant-based diet can have on our health, animals, and the environment."
Co-founder Robbie Lockie adds: "People may want to improve their health, increase their understanding of ethics or reduce their carbon footprint, but are bombarded with conflicting messages.
"We want to disrupt this conventional narrative by thwarting the misinformation shared by the powerful animal agriculture lobby."
The company, which currently employs a number of people across the US and UK, will be using the partnership to expand its operation - increasing output and reaching a wider audience.
"We want to transcend borders, languages and cultures to reach people around the world," says Lockie.
"This is our vision."
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Azerbaijan and Lithuania have great potential for developing economic cooperation, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said during the Azerbaijani-Lithuanian business forum in Baku, Report informs.
He said that the role of Azerbaijan as one of the most important links between Europe and Asia is growing in the current conditions on the world market, which makes the country an attractive trading partner for Lithuania and creates opportunities for business development.
According to Nauseda, Lithuania may be of interest to Azerbaijan as a partner in high technology, information technology, food industry, logistics and renewable energy.
“Lithuania really has something to offer its business partners from Azerbaijan: we have seven free economic zones, one of the most developed digital infrastructures in Europe, an advanced transport and logistics sector, the port of Klaipeda, as well as a large and diversified agricultural sector.
During the business forum, representatives of the public and private sectors of Azerbaijan and Lithuania signed seven memorandums on expanding cooperation in the areas of trade, technology, digitalization, transport and logistics, innovation, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Costco (NASDAQ: COST) shareholders aren't used to disappointment. Over the past five years, the warehouse retailer's stock has outperformed the S&P 500 while paying billions in dividends. Costco's returns are nearly 230%, more than double the market's 100% increase since March 2021, including those payments.
For a retail stock among the least profitable in its peer group, such gains are impressive. No fast-growing tech company with double-digit operational profit margins here. Walmart gets more per dollar than Costco. Both inside and outside its consumer essentials specialty, sales grow faster. While its stock price is near a record, investors risk Wall Street disappointment. Here are the biggest reasons Costco might disappoint in 2024.
1. No fee hike Membership fees are the warehouse giant's greatest revenue stream, by far. Last quarter, Costco earned 65% of its net profits from $1.1 billion in subscriber fees. The rest came from Costco's goods markups.
That's why Wall Street is excited about another charge hike. Costco raises fees every five or six years, and it's been seven years since the last one. The next one may not arrive in 2024. Management claimed in a conference call that no raise plans are in place as of early March. If another year goes without this cash flow and earnings boost, investors will be disappointed.
2. Low profits Rock-bottom profitability numbers show Costco's price-leadership selling strategy. Today's gross profit margin is 12%, compared to Walmart and Target's 25%. Operating profit margin, at 3% of revenues, is also low for the warehouse giant.
Costco may face higher investor demands in 2024 and beyond. Increasing e-commerce sales are helping Walmart reach 5% profits. Recently, gold bars and gift cards have helped Costco flourish in this segment. Wall Street hopes Costco can boost its profit margin, but it's likely to keep reinvesting in its low prices.
3. Weaker renewals Most shops measure customer traffic, whereas Costco investors use renewal rates to measure shopper engagement. This rate is rising, driving the chain into record territory. Today, 93% of members renew.
They're fighting for these shoppers. Walmart reported that higher-income grocery shoppers are driving its growth in its recent earnings call. After its consumer discretionary division tanked last year, Target is trying hard to rebuild it. If rivals steal Costco customers, lowering its renewal rate, the stock could fall in 2024.
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The great buying pause ahead of Apple's iPhone 7 launch is on, according to Canaccord Genuity. That reality means that Apple will continue to see sales fall until the iPhone 7 replacement cycle gets the company back to the 230 million units sold in 2015.
T. Michael Walkley, an analyst at Canaccord Genuity, said in a research note:
Based on our survey work, we believe consumers continue to delay purchases of new iPhones ahead of the iPhone 7 launch likely in September. In fact, we believe iPhone sales in the US market will fall below 50% of total smartphone sales during the June quarter for the first time since the larger screen iPhone 6 products launched. While we anticipate a decreasing replacement rate through September as consumers delay upgrading their iPhones ahead of the anticipated iPhone 7 launch, we do anticipate recovering sales with the iPhone 7. Longer term, we believe the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s products have enabled Apple to materially increase its share and installed base of the premium tier smartphone market with Android users switching to the iPhone.
The big question is whether the iPhone 7 will entice the iPhone 6 customer base to upgrade. Walkley said that the iPhone customer base tops 500 million and replacement sales will occur at a timeline to be determined.
Walkley also noted that Apple long-term future is selling services to its installed base. As noted last week, Apple is on an innovation treadmill, but its best asset is its customer base on its platform. "Despite our stable iPhone sales expectations in the 200M to 250M range annually, we believe the growing, loyal, and sticky iPhone installed base provides Apple with long-term opportunities to drive further topline growth through additional products, services, and software sales," he said.
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KUSH is putting its money where its mouth is, and fronting some serious cash to help one measure succeed where so many have already failed.
California has the biggest potential las the egalized recreational state market, and subsequently, there is a scramble to the ballot for dozens of initiatives fighting to get on the November ticket. One new company, KUSH, is putting its money where its mouth is, and fronting some serious cash to help one measure succeed where so many have already failed.
Already, over 27 ballot initiatives have been filed for November. Not a single one has qualified. With the clock ticking, there are only 2 options left to get recreational adult use passed this year. One is the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) which is over 60 pages long and has many legalization proponents irritated. The other is the 2016 Marijuana Control Legalization Revenue Act (MCLR), which is only a single page in length, and simply worded.
With the failure in 2010 still in the hearts of California cannabis-enthusiasts, getting a measure on the ballot that will garner the solid support of the clear majority of pro-marijuana voters is a “do-or-die-trying” mission. Just as important, however, is that whatever measure catches the spotlight be worth the effort. To that end, KUSH, a Nevada corporation that is a relative newcomer to the game, is putting $1 million dollars of stock on the line to support the MCLR.
Steve Kubby, KUSH CEO, was a key contributor to the passage of Prop 215 back in 1996 and believes that the MCLR initiative is extremely easy to read and understand and is the only sensible option.” By repealing California’s terrible anti-pot laws“, says Kubby, “MCLR achieves true legalization and ensures that nobody will ever again be put in a cage for growing a plant. Best of all, while generating hundreds of millions in adult use revenues for California, the MCLR initiative removes taxes from medical cannabis so that patients can better afford their medicine.”
“Virtually everyone who actually reads the 60 pages of controversial regulations in AUMA finds a different problem with it. In contrast, everyone who reads the single page MCLR says they love it!”
KUSH has recently discovered a game-changing cryogenic extraction process, that combined with its patent pending genetics, can harness the full spectrum of cannabinoids and terpenes. It currently has a product line that includes a non-psychoactive nutraceutical from the process that helps those suffering from numerous conditions, including gout, arthritis, heart disease, and diabetes.
The MCLR is backed by dozens of attorneys, thousands of activists, and tens of thousands of Californians, but it still has a steep hill to climb in order to gain the number of signatures needed to make it to the ballot this November. Its goal is to legalize “social use” of cannabis for adults over the age of 21. The initiative is the project of the non-profit group Americans for Policy Reform (AFPR).
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Londoners 'in fear' of jobs axe
LONDONERS have become more pessimistic than the average Briton because of the jobs axe hanging over the capital, new research shows. The report from economic analyst Business Strategies reveals that sharply rising fears of unemployment in London have dented confidence.
The report's consumer sentiment index fell to 19 during the final quarter of 2001, below the previous quarter's 21 and the national average of 20. A net balance of 19% expect unemployment to rise compared with only 6% three months ago.
Melanie Lansbury, Business Strategies associate director and author of the report, said: 'People remain nervous about future job prospects. If job losses continue and there is no improvement in the labour market over the coming months, which seems likely, confidence in the economy will slide further. This will ultimately affect consumer spending growth, especially since income growth seems to be slowing.'
The Centre for Economics and Business Research recently predicted that 90,000 London jobs will go over the next two years. But paradoxically, today's report shows the proportion of Londoners who expect their household finances to improve this year has risen slightly.
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In different interviews with the press on Monday, the President of Sony Interactive Entertainment America, Shawn Layden, confirmed some of the exclusive titles coming to their E3 showcase later this week. Sony’s conference will take place June 12 at 9 pm ET.
Speaking to Glixel, TIME, and The Verge, Layden revealed that the PlayStation 4 is close to 60 million units sold in almost 4 years since its launch. Out of every five consoles sold, one of them is a PlayStation Pro, this generation’s upgraded rig.
Sony is preparing to give its all at E3, as it faces the impending threat of Microsoft and the upcoming Project Scorpio, which is expected to be revealed at the event. Rumors say the Japanese giant might even drop the price of the PS4 from $299 to $249 for the week of the conference.
God of War – TBA
SIE’s roster for E3 2017 starts with God of War as the headliner. The latest installment of the franchise is a soft reboot, and it takes the series out of the Greek mythology realm for the first time.
Based on Norse myths and legends, the setup has Kratos back as the main protagonist, although this time as a mentor to his son and companion, Atreus. The game, like many on this list, was revealed at last year’s conference, and everyone is expecting a 2017 release date.
Spider-Man – TBA
Insomniac Games, the makers of classics like Spyro the Dragon and contemporary hits like Sunset Overdrive, are coming back with a yet untitled Spider-Man game for the PS4.
Few details are known outside of what we saw last year, including that the title character will be a more experienced Spidey in an open-world setup with no relationship to other media in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy – August 22
Announced at last December’s PlayStation Experience, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is an upcoming expansion to Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End that will also be its standalone title.
Naughty Dog will feature Chloe Frazer and Nadine Ross as the central characters of the Indiana Jones-like adventure, which will take them to the depths of the Indian territory in search of an ancient coveted artifact.
Days Gone – TBA
In development for two years now by Bend Studio, Days Gone might finally launch this year by the hand of Sony Interactive Entertainment. The open-world game takes place in a world ravaged by a large-scale pandemic two years before.
Drifters and Freakers are semi-human enemies that haunt survivors in the wilderness, and players will take the role of Deacon the bounty hunter in his existential struggle for both survival and reasons to keep going.
Gran Turismo Sport – TBA
The classic racing franchise comes back to the PlayStation 4 featuring more cars, more tracks, more gameplay modes, and the only digital experience certified by the FIA (Federation International Automobile).
Gran Turismo Sport is developed by Polyphony Digital, and it is expected to hit this holiday season to offer the ultimate competitive racing experience as well as a leisurely offline campaign mode for casual drivers.
Third-party titles and Japanese publishers will also be featured
Sony won’t neglect any of its partnerships at E3, which is why Shawn Layden confirmed the audience would also be seeing some new stuff by studios like Sucker Punch, FromSoftware, and Japanese developers.
Sucker Punch, the makers of the inFamous franchise, might tease what they have been working on at E3. There is also a chance that Bloodborne 2 sees some stage time at the event from the team behind Dark Souls.
In the field of VR, the only news Layden confirmed so far was the ongoing development of an exclusive Breaking Bad experience for the PlayStation platform, but he suggested that indie activity on this segment is booming, so there is space for surprises during the keynote.
Finally, Sony is partnering up with Kojima Productions to finance the development of Death Stranding. The ephemeral and mysterious action game is the first project by the creator of Metal Gear after parting ways with Konami. It is possible we might get a closer look next week by the man himself.


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One CEO says it's absolutely the right decision... for Tesla
People all over the globe have reacted to a leaked email sent from Elon Musk to more than 70,000 Tesla employees – the contents of which included an order from the tech billionaire to return to the office for a minimum of 40 hours a week.
Ben Thompson, CEO of Employment Hero contends that it’s ‘absolutely the appropriate decision for Tesla’ but told HRD that Musk's demands highlight the difficulties of juggling hybrid work in a predominantly onsite, 24/7 factory-based business that iterates the design and manufacturing of a physical product.
Thompson, whose company Employment Hero has opted for a fully remote workforce, said the important thing is “what's right for Tesla, is not right for everyone".
Thompson believes that each business needs to carefully consider the nuances of remote work and how it applies to their business before planning what their workforce will look like moving forward.
“Each business has a very different set of conditions that you need to consider in relation to the appropriateness of remote work,” said Thompson, “and he [Elon Musk] has considered the conditions in Tesla and decided that it’s appropriate for everybody to be onsite.
The Tesla factory manufacturers vehicles at an incredible rate and Tesla’s people can make alterations to the design of a vehicle in real time which means it has to flow through all the way to management to sign off on. So, people in that environment need to be on the floor, observing what's happening in a real time basis.
“95% or more of the employees at Tesla are factory workers and they work 24/7,” Thompson told HRD.
Thompson said one thing leaders should be weary of is executives who have become accustomed to management by walking around and observing people’s work. They’ve earned their corner office, their carpark and all the other privileges that come with being an executive, and they are keen to get back to that way of working.
“Those people may use Elon Musk’s tweet and his decision that it was appropriate for Tesla to make an inappropriate decision for their own circumstances based on their own personal preferences rather than what is best for the business and for the employees,” warned Thompson.
Read more: Tesla’s head of HR resigns
When Elon Musk’s email was leaked, Australian rich-lister and CEO of Atlassian, Scott Farquhar tweeted that the news from Elon Musk & Tesla feels like something out of the 1950s, prompting a Twitter dialogue between the two.
News from @elonmusk & @tesla today feels like something out of the 1950s: "Everyone at Tesla is required to spend a minimum of 40 hours in the office per week". Very different approach to what we are taking at Atlassian and here's why. 🧵 (1/5)— Scott Farquhar (@scottfarkas) June 2, 2022
“I don’t think Elon Musk is an old school leader. He’s known for breaking the rules and doing things in new and better ways,” said Thompson conceding that Musk’s response to Farquhar – ‘This series of Tweets is a reminder of why a recession is a great cleansing for the economy’ – was a little bit narrow-minded.
“Again, putting all businesses in the same category, rather than recognising that some businesses should and can be entirely remote, some businesses should and can be hybrid, and some businesses should and can be onsite and each business needs to find the right balance for them and their employees.”
“We’re [Employment Hero] providing a whole suite of tools to facilitate remote work, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t certain businesses, where having everybody on the floor at the same time is a good decision,” said Thompson.
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The Hall was Market Hall’s first food concept outside London and closed shortly before Christmas after just five months of trading.
It opened as part of a 225,000 sq ft expansion of the intu centre last year, which included launches from crazy golf operator Puttshack, Hollywood Bowl, and trampoline park Flipout.
A spokesperson for intu told BigHospitality: “We know that our visitors are really enjoying the new leisure facilities and dining options at intu Lakeside, with four per cent footfall growth at the centre since the launch of the leisure extension.
“In addition to this we’ve received extremely encouraging feedback from our brand customers both within the development and the existing mall.”
They added that the decision to close The Hall was a ‘commercial one’ taken by the business’s owners.
“We’re committed to supporting and working with all of our retail and leisure customers to succeed and we’re always sorry to see a store close. We wish everyone affected all the very best.”
A spokesperson for Market Halls says the closure was partly due to its traders struggling with low footfall, and delays to the opening of other tenants in the scheme.
Market Halls has opened three London food halls since 2018 in Victoria, Fulham and the West End.


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Nordstrom Inc. said it plans to close its MainPlace Mall store in Santa Ana, California after 30 years at the location.
The store’s last day will be March 17, the Seattle-based retailer said.
"We've enjoyed taking care of customers at MainPlace for 29 years, but believe our other nearby locations will better serve them longer term,” Jamie Nordstrom, president of stores for Nordstrom, said in a statement.
Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) said about 195 non-seasonal employees will be affected by the store closure. The company said it will offer them job opportunities at one of the 18 nearby Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack stores. Employees who do not transfer to another store and remain until their last scheduled shift will receive a separation plan.
The Nordstrom will have six remaining stores in Orange County, including locations at South Coast Plaza, Fashion Island, Irvine Spectrum Center, Brea Mall, Los Cerritos Center and The Shops at Mission Viejo.
The company also operates 12 Nordstrom Racks at Outlets at Orange, Metro Pointe at South Coast, Tustin Market Place, Edinger Plaza, Brea Union Plaza, Laguna Hills Mall, Marina Pacifica, Plaza 183, Lakewood Center, Laguna Niguel, Chino Spectrum Towne Center and West Covina Mall.
Earlier this month, Nordstrom announced plans to move its Nordstrom Rack store from Lakewood Center to Long Beach Exchange. The 28,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open in spring on redeveloped property owned by Burnham Ward Properties LLC, an affiliate of Burnham USA Equities Inc.
"Southern California is one of our strongest markets and we're continuing to invest in our growth there to ensure we're offering customers a broad assortment of merchandise and a great shopping environment into the future," said Nordstrom. "We're looking forward to opening new stores at Century City and La Jolla this year, and we're excited to unveil the most extensive remodel we have ever done at our South Coast Plaza store.”
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Tiger Woods Returns to Brand Endorsement
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American golfer Tiger Woods has signed an endorsement deal with Japanese pain relief brand Vantelin Kowa.
According to a tweet by CNBC’s sports business reporter Darren Rovell, the thirty-five year old, who is currently ranked at number 17 in the world, will start appearing in advertising campaigns from July.
The deal marks a return to brand endorsement for Woods, who was dropped by a number of companies, including Gillette and Accenture, after his well-documented marital infidelities in 2009.
Nagoya-based Kowa Company manufactures a range of pharmaceutical products, including pain relieving creamy gels and adhesive patches.
The Japanese company, in a press release, said: “Kowa Company Ltd. is pleased to announce the use of Tiger Woods as the image character of Antiphlogistic Analgetic Vantelin Kowa series.”
While financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed, the former world number one has a history of landing multi-million dollar endorsement deals.


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Chef Del Sroufe has been a vegan for years, but the lifestyle of owning a vegan bakery and the eating habits that come with it took its toll — at his peak, Sroufe weighed around 475 pounds. Through working with The Wellness Forum
in his native Columbus, OH, and dramatically changing his diet, Sroufe has shed more than 200 pounds while maintaining a healthier vegan diet. His new book, Better Than Vegan
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“It’s easy to fall into that trap of changing out unhealthy eating habits for unhealthy vegan habits,” Sroufe admits. “That happens all too often, and that’s what happened to me. If you eat the right diet, then it is
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Dutch startup Lightyear has found a manufacturing partner to build his solar-powered electric car, the Lightyear One. Finnish contract manufacturer Valmet Automotive signed a letter of intent with the start-up company this week, and the companies plan to start building prototypes together in early 2022, with production of nearly 1,000 vehicles in the middle of 1,000. Another mass-produced vehicle has not yet been notified.
Lightyear was founded in 2016 by an engineering firm that had competed in one of the World Solar Challenges, held every few years in the Australian outback, to promote the idea of solar-powered cars. The startup appeared Lightyear One’s first prototype in 2019. It’s a sharp-looking sedan, and Lightyear made great promises at the time, including a 725-mile (450-mile) range. Lightyear also said that the car would be very efficient and be able to produce about 12 km (7.5 miles) per hour the solar cells are embedded in the ceiling, allowing owners to visit for long periods of time without plugging it into mains power. All of this comes at a price: a limited-time Lightyear One costs about $ 165,000.
Lightyear said Monday that he tried to find the right manufacturing partner for more than a year before reaching an agreement with Valmet. The Finnish contract manufacturer has been operating since the late 1960s and has built cars for Saab, Mercedes-Benz and even Porsche. It is currently owned by a large Finnish private equity group and the Finnish government (each with a 39% stake), and is partly owned by the leading Chinese battery company CATL (which has a 22% stake).
Using solar cells to power an electric vehicle is a long task; there is only such a big difference between the amount of energy that the best cells can capture from the sun’s rays and what is needed for a two-ton metal part to move quickly. But Lightyear isn’t the only team trying to make it happen. Aptera – a California startup that collapsed as a result of the Great Recession – was recently awakened and has raised money while building prototypes of his own funky tricycle. German startup Sono Motors is also working solar powered electric car.
Lightyear has raised about $ 100 million so far, albeit roughly three quarters funding is come in 2021, so it has built up a lot of steam. In April it gathered a collaboration with Japanese tire giant Bridgestoneand in early July, it revealed long-range test results showing the company could indeed achieve its ambitious range and solar energy targets.


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A photo of a Coles supermarket from the early 1990s has sparked a tense debate about the state of self-service shopping in Australia.
The retro image was shared to the “Old Shops Australia” Facebook page and depicts the old Belmont Coles in Lake Macquarie, NSW, during a rush hour more than 30 years ago.
Lane after lane of cashier check-outs stretching across the brightly coloured shop, with staff and customers busy exchanging groceries.
However, the nostalgic photo sparked a slightly more political, rather than sentimental discussion, as commenters debated the rise of self-check-out systems.
“I really hate self-check-outs. I find them to be so badly designed in that there’s really not enough space for me to put things in an orderly manner, and I feel very rushed when I’m forced to use one,” one person commented.
“I prefer interacting with a human.”
Other page members chimed in and said they longed for a time “when customers were important”.
“It’s nothing but a sh*t show now,” a third commented.
“With the move to self serve express check-outs and now self serve trolley check-outs there are only minimal staffed check-outs.
“Even at peak times it’s terrible.”
Shoppers also took aim at the supermarket giants for phasing out staffed check-outs in favour of boosting profits and lowering labour costs.
“Big business CEOs will have customers packing shelves soon too. These self service check-outs are NOT about convenience as fools are led to believe, they are to boost their salaries and bonuses by cutting back on staff and services,” a commenter posted.
“How it still should be. Jobs!” replied another.
Yet despite arguments against the newer self-check-out system, former Coles workers in the comments said the old ways weren’t perfect.
“The register I was always on would never scan the stuff properly, the glass was so scratched you would be forever cleaning the glass, they were crap,” a former worker wrote.
“I worked at Coles in the late 1990s and not every checkout was opened then. Our manager was always trying to save money by having about 4 big check-outs open, and the lines would be about five trolleys deep each,” another said.
“Lack of open check-outs suck for the checkout operators even more so than the customers.”
“I realise that a lot of people like using self-check-outs; my daughter likes them for the convenience, and I don’t have a problem with them existing for those who want to use them,” another poster replied.
“Just don’t take away my choice to use a traditional checkout with a human cashier.”
Other commenters referenced the recent decision made by UK supermarket chain Booths to ditch self-service check-outs in a bid to improve customer service.
In November, the British retailer announced it would replace the check-outs in all but two of its 27 supermarkets, according to The Grocer.
A recent survey showed that many shoppers find self-service check-outs too troublesome to use. Many instead opt to head over to a staff-manned checkout, leading to long queues and disgruntled customers.
Booths managing director Nigel Murray told the publication the supermarket was not a “great fan of self-check-outs”.
“We pride ourselves on great customer service and you can’t do that through a robot,” he said.
Mr Murray also revealed that the technology could be “problematic” and cause customers to have to wait longer, for example, when workers need to check ID for alcohol or when weighing an item.
With the innocent Facebook post sparking considerable debate, the question remains whether Coles will remain loyal to self-service or follow the example of chains who have abandoned the system.


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A program to urge visits to the city’s eateries before long starts under an organization between the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce and the city of Hermiston. With the subject of “Rewarding the Hermiston Community,” $50,000 in financing the city got through the American Rescue Plan Act will be utilized to give coupons to occupants to use at any eating foundation in the city. To direct the program, the chamber has made “Feasting Dollars” coupons for neighborhood partaking cafés, bought mass gift vouchers from chain eateries, and bought prepaid Visa cards for eateries that don’t fall into one or the other choice.
Feasting Dollars vouchers and eatery direct gift vouchers will be in $10 increases. Utility holders will get 20% of the Dining Dollars and café direct gift vouchers. The Hermiston Chamber will disseminate the rest of Feature Fridays, Facebook advancements, and other public exercises and occasions. Circulation of coupons and gift vouchers will start within the following fourteen days. Watch the chambers on the web and other correspondence channels for more data. The program will go through December and then some. All Direct Dining coupons will terminate Dec. 31, while chain eatery and Visa gift vouchers might have expanded lapse dates.
Lodging and Dining Services collaborated with the Kansas State Student Union to present Dining Dollars, another program intended to add adaptability to nearby inhabitants’ feast plans. The Dining Dollars expansion permits food buys at taking an interest grounds retail stores other than the eating communities. The dollars are added to K-State ID cards and charged to the client’s KSIS account.
Audrey Taggart-Kagdis, the overseer of advertising and understudy programs for the Union, said the programs redoing gives understudies greater adaptability as a discretionary expansion to the current dinner plans. “This came from understudy input from earlier years, where understudies communicated the requirement for adaptability in their feasting plan, as opposed to being restricted to the eating corridor,” Taggart-Kagdis said.
Maybe then being limited to the feasting corridors, understudies living nearby would now be able to utilize Dining Dollars to appreciate more choices across grounds, incorporating retail organizations in the Union, at Jardine Apartments and Radina’s Coffee House. Jeff Clark, aide head of retail benefits for the Union, said the program is an organization among Housing and Dining Services and Retail Services nearby, permitting impressive improvement in the adaptability of understudy supper administrations.
Off-grounds understudies, too as staff and personnel, can likewise utilize the program. Understudies are charged to their KSIS account, like nearby inhabitants. Workforce and staff pay with one or the other money, Visa or finance allowances.
Understudies, personnel, and staff who partake in the Dining Dollars program additionally get month to month advantages at taking an interest areas. For August, the part bargain is a free round of bowling, free shoe rental and a non-cocktail in the Union Bowling Center.
September’s advantage is without one Chick-fil-A supper during the month with the decision of either a chicken sandwich, zesty chicken sandwich, or 8-tally piece feast.
Chick-fil-A colleague Jasmine Morey, senior in creature science and industry, said she has effectively seen individuals utilize the new eating framework. The University will open three new eating lobbies the following fall as a feature of an emotional update of GW’s eating framework that authorities expect will assist with settling food instability nearby.
Authorities will develop new eating lobbies in District House and Thurston and Shenkman corridors by fall 2022, which will give everything you-can-eat supper access under a limitless feasting plan, as indicated by an email from Chief Financial Officer Mark Diaz and Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Cissy Petty Monday. Understudies will before long approach the most common eating offices on the Foggy Bottom Campus in years under the arrangement, following a series of semesters that understudies have spent looking for more reasonable eating alternatives.
The email, given to University people group individuals, expresses that authorities will open an “overhauled” Pelham Commons on the Mount Vernon Campus – GW’s just eating lobby during the previous five years – with another seating region and food stations this fall. Diaz said in a meeting with The Hatchet that authorities are additionally considering adding an eating lobby to Mitchell Hall.
“Feasting lobbies give the advantage of offering numerous sound and top notch food alternatives in a single area, and they are a reliable and moderate choice for understudies encountering food frailty,” the email peruses. “We accept that getting to solid, moderate food ought to never be a worry for our local area.”
The University changed to an open eating plan in 2016 after the conclusion of J Street, the Foggy Bottom Campus’ just mutual eating lobby at that point. Authorities have since stacked understudies’ GWorld cards every semester with an equilibrium dependent on their dinner plan, which can be utilized to make buys at many eating accomplices on and close to grounds.


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A live broadcast of Sunday's voting and vote counting at 91,700 polling places is supposed to be available to anyone who registers online at www.webvybory2012.ru. The $447 million project was Mr. Putin's answer to large street demonstrations in December demanding clean elections.
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The Kingdom and oil and gas industry have been slow to shore up defenses, raising red flags about the possibility of longer term fall-out in the region.Technologyread more
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Check out which companies are making headlines before the bell:
Apple—Wall Street firm Canaccord Genuity issued a report showing Apple earned 92 percent of the total profits of the top eight smartphone makers during the first quarter. Separately, Apple was upgraded to "buy" from "hold" at Societe Generale on recent share weakness and optimism about the launch of new iPhone versions in the fall.
Jarden Corp.—The consumer products maker is buying The Waddington Group, a privately held maker of disposable tablewear, for $1.35 billion.
Marathon Petroleum—Marathon's master limited partnership, MPLX, will merge with MarkWest Energy Partners in a $15.6 billion cash-and-stock deal. MarkWest unit holders will receive 1.09 common units of MPLX and $3.37 in cash for every unit they now hold.
Platform Specialty Products—Platform is buying U.K.-based chemical maker Alent for about $2.1 billion in cash. Platform Specialty said the deal would save it about $50 million annually.
Centene—The health insurer was upgraded to "outperform" from "market perform" at FBR Capital Markets, which cites the recent weakness in the shares since the company announced it was buying Health Net for $6.3 billion in cash and stock. FBR said the acquisition will give Centene some unique attributes as well as a major presence in California.
Sony—Sony priced its first new share offering in 26 years at a three percent discount to today's close, as it raises money to boost its image sensors business.
PepsiCo—Susquehanna cut its rating on the stock to "neutral" from "positive," on what it sees as the reduced possibility of a split-off or buyout bid.
Comcast—Comcast is beta testing a new streaming service that would cost $15 per month and would offer HBO and about a dozen other networks. Separately, the NBCUniversal parent's movie "Minions" topped the weekend box office by taking in $115.2 million in North American ticket sales. (Disclosure: NBCUniversal is the parent company of CNBC.)
Edwards Lifesciences—The medical device maker is buying CardiAQ Valve Technologies for up to $400 million. Privately held CardiAQ specializes in less invasive heart valve replacements.
Unilever—Unilever is searching for a new chairman, according to Sky News. Michael Treschow has served as the consumer products giant's chairman since 2007.
Starbucks—The coffee chain is spearheading a multi-company initiative to hire 100,000 young minority workers over the next three years. Other companies involved in the effort include Alaska Air, CVS Health, Microsoft, and Wal-Mart Stores.
Weight Watchers International—Weight Watchers got a positive mention in the latest Barron's, which said the stock could offer a potential 50 percent gain to risk-tolerant investors. The troubled weight loss company has seen its stock lose 84 percent of its value so far this year.
Garmin—Garmin was also mentioned positively in Barron's, on the idea that Garmin will benefit from the increasing popularity in wearable technology while offering a more attractive valuation than recently public competitor Fitbit.
Royal Caribbean—The cruise line operator's Celebrity Cruises unit has named the industry's first female captain. Kate McCue will assume the helm of the Celebrity Summit in August.
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TOKYO (AFP) - A high-powered Japanese business delegation headed to Beijing on Thursday, hoping to meet new political leaders and soothe ties ruffled by a territorial spat.
The 16-member mission from the Japan-China Economic Association, led by Toyota chairman Fujio Cho, left for their annual three-day mission originally scheduled for last September but postponed after anti-Japanese rallies swept China over an island dispute between the two countries.
A resulting consumer boycott dented demand for Japanese goods in China, a key market for the electronics and cars that are the mainstay of Japan's manufacturing sector.
The group also includes Mr Hiromasa Yonekura, who chairs Japan's biggest business lobby, Keidanren.
"We wanted to make the annual visit before the end of the (fiscal) year", which finishes this month, said a spokesman for the association. "The National People's Congress is over, and this appeared to be a good time for a visit."
The business mission was asking for meetings with senior figures in the new Chinese government, including Premier Li Keqiang, but has not yet been able to confirm if they will go ahead, she said.
Later on Thursday, they were expected to meet Vice-Commerce Minister Chen Jian and former State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan, who leads the China-Japan Friendship Association, Kyodo News agency said.
China is Japan's biggest trade partner, but the relationship has been badly damaged as the two sides spar over disputed islands in the East China Sea, which Tokyo controls as the Senkakus but Beijing claims as the Diaoyus.


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The CasaPiedra convention center is ready to welcome representatives from the business sector who will be participating in the APEC CEO Summit Chile 2019, which will be taking place between 14 and 16 November in Chile. PublicisLive, the company in charge of the production, graphic design and implementation of the Asia-Pacific business summit this year in Chile, is based in Geneva, Switzerland. It has been responsible for the design and logistics of numerous events organized by some of the most important and influential organizations in the world. In fact, it is the company behind the World Economic Forum that takes place every year in Davos and which is visited by some of the most prestigious figures in the world economy, as well as by opinion leaders and important authorities.
For hosting the APEC CEO Summit this year, CasaPiedra will make use of its conference hall with a capacity for 800 guests, its meeting rooms, a media center for accredited members of the press and various networking areas.
* The original article (in Spanish) can be found at: https://www.df.cl/noticias/internacional/economia/asi-se-vera-casapiedra-para-el-apec-ceo-summit-entre-el-14-y-16-de/2019-07-03/181528.html


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Lisa Snowdon, 48, was on hand to offer some fashion advice on today’s edition of This Morning, giving viewers advice on the best face masks they could get their hands on. The presenter was speaking with hosts Phillip Schofield, 59, and Holly Willoughby, 39, from her home in Essex as the ITV show continues to adhere to social distancing rules. However, the fashion expert had to be taken off in the midst of her appearance on the programme as a technical blunder meant it was hard for her co-stars to understand what she was saying.
From today, it will now be mandatory for members of the public to wear a face mask on public transport or they will be refused travel.
Although disposable ones are available, Lisa wanted to show viewers the reusable, washable face coverings which are currently on offer.
The presenter also explained how those watching at home could also make their own with spare fabric they had lying around the house.
As soon as her link was brought on air, however, it was clear the feed and signal weren’t strong enough to hold a clear picture.
With her voice broken and the image blurred, it was decided to take her off air, with Phillip explaining what was happening.
In the midst of her demonstration, Lisa’s segment was put on “pause” by her colleague, who said: “Since we’ve been doing this show in lockdown, it hasn’t happened very often at all.
“We’ve got a really poor signal here. This happens to families up and down the country all the time,” he added.
The presenter was then removed from the screen, to which Phillip explained: “We’re just going to dial Lisa back now and see if we can improve that signal.”
Low and behold, the feed returned with the picture much clearer as the fashion expert carried on with her demonstrations.
The host told his co-star: “I actually got up, got my phone from the table and I got up and took a picture of you.
“Because your beauty lights are perfectly positioned in your glasses,” he continued, before showing a picture of Lisa with what seemed to be alien eyes on her glasses.
As the fashion expert burst into hysterics, Phillip remarked: “You’ve got alien eyes,” with his colleague mimicking the X-Files theme tune.
Rounding off the segment, Lisa apologised for the signal, before the programme went to an advertisement break.
This wasn’t the only bit of chaos which happened this morning as the guest schedule had to be altered at the last minute.
The hosts were due to speak with the President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, but the politician didn’t take into account the time difference.
As a result, the presenters were thrown into disarray and had to bring some of their other segments forward much earlier than planned.
Joining chef James Martin, 47, to discuss cheese boards, the cook told Phillip and Holly he was “saving them” by speaking with them in an earlier time slot.


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CAMDEN, N.J. — The Campbell Soup Co. has become the sole investor in Habit, a San Francisco-based personalized nutrition meal delivery start-up.
The founder and chief executive officer of Habit is Neil Grimmer, who previously co-founded and led Plum Organics, a baby food brand acquired by Campbell Soup in 2013.
“I founded Habit after my own health and wellness wake-up call,” Mr. Grimmer said. “Two years ago, my doctor looked me in the eyes and told me — a former Ironman triathlete — that I was on the road to some serious health issues. I realized that for the sake of my own health and that of my family, I had to make a change.
“After undergoing a complex and costly path of DNA and blood tests to understand my body’s fundamental nutrition needs, I realized there had to be a simpler, more accessible way for others to learn what foods and nutrients their bodies crave to be the healthiest they can be.”
Launching in early 2017, Habit develops nutrition recommendations and delivers personalized meals based on an individual’s biology, metabolism and personal goals, while offering one-on-one wellness and nutrition coaching. The team includes nutrition scientists, health advisers, researchers, technologists, registered dietitians, chefs, food scientists and business leaders.
Users provide body metrics, such as height, weight and waist circumference, and complete an at-home test kit that measures more than 60 different biomarkers. The company utilizes a proprietary, patent-pending approach to synthesize the data and determine the best foods and nutrients based on the individual’s needs. A team of chefs prepares the custom meals, which are delivered straight to the user’s door.“The entire food industry is being transformed by the fusion of food, well-being and technology,” said Denise Morrison, president and c.e.o. of Campbell Soup. “Habit is well positioned in this wired for well-being space and poised to lead the personalized nutrition category. Campbell’s investment is part of our broader efforts to define the future of food, which requires fresh thinking, new models of innovation, smart external development and venture investing to create an ecosystem of innovative partners.”


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By Krysten Brenlla
Moms are always on the run. Did the kids take their lunch today? Did the kids finish their homework? Where’s that document for our tax returns? Where’s the kids’ social security cards for that school application?
You don’t have to tell us – it’s a crystal-clear image in your mind right now (we get it if you need to take a coffee break, mom!)
That’s why when Jaclyn Strauss, a wife, a mom of two kids, a dog mom, a certified public accountant, and now a first-time business owner, suffered a post-delivery hemorrhage during the birth of her second child, she knew that if she didn’t make it home alive, her husband wouldn’t stand a chance.
All their family’s important documents – their house deed, vaccinations, tax returns, social security information, school documents, and more – were scattered in different locations in their home and online that only Strauss knew about.
“As a mom, I do everything – I was the only one who knew where everything was. My husband would have been lost,” Strauss told Refresh Miami. “I wanted to give my family the chance to continue on without me, so I realized we needed a solution.”
An extensive market search showed Strauss that nothing existed in the market that could act as a digital vault to store valuable information and documentation.
That’s why Strauss founded 2ndVault with her co-founder and independent financial planner, Nicole Mayer. A B2B software as a service (SAAS) company based in Fort Lauderdale, 2ndVault provides enterprises, like banks, a digital platform to help their clients store their personal information and documentation.
“Nicole and I make the perfect Yin and Yang,” says Strauss. “We approach decisions differently because of our different professional experiences and upbringings, but ultimately, having two lenses, one that knows entrepreneurship and one that knows corporate America, serves us in ways we could have never predicted.”
On top of targeting enterprises and professional service providers, 2ndVault’s business model also targets end users in search of a secure digital vault. With an annual subscription, 2ndVault’s model allows end users to store their most critical and sensitive information quickly and easily online, on their own.
But Strauss and her team of six found that 2ndVault works best as a product for enterprises, because customers feel the most comfortable with the systems they’re already using.
“When we conducted our market research, we found that people wanted to stay where they were at – they didn’t want a new username or a new password and they didn’t want to learn a new system,” says Strauss on why 2ndVault works best as a B2B platform. “If they were already engaged with an advisor or attorney, they wanted to stay there. If they were already using platforms like Google Drive or DropBox, they wanted to keep using those platforms, so we integrated 2ndVault within them.”
2ndVault uses an open API to integrate its digital vault into white-label platforms and national enterprise products or applications that clients are already using (think, your everyday banking app) to help financial advisors, brokers, and bankers retain their clients, provide generational planning opportunities, and find solutions to their clients’ needs – like setting up a life insurance policy, for example.
“Let’s say somebody reports in the app that they don’t have life insurance. 2ndVault’s integration will alert the banker that the client answered ‘no’ to life insurance, which gives the banker the opportunity to sell their solutions to the client,” says Strauss. “The client doesn’t feel like they’re being sold because it’s a consultative-type of selling.”
2ndVault also allows its users to designate confidantes to whichever section they choose, such as their attorneys with real-estate assets or will and testament documents, or financial advisors with their taxes.
“When someone loses a loved one, the time they take to find everything and sort through physical papers and breadcrumbs to get affairs in order is endless,” continued Strauss. “People lose productivity at their jobs because they have to deal with this.”
South Florida has played a key role in 2ndVault’s growth. Strauss says that the opportunities to jump into the #MiamiTech movement, such as having their own booth at this year’s eMerge Americas and participating in NSU’s Incubate program at the Alan B. Levan Center has helped take 2ndVault to new heights.
For the future, Strauss hopes to continue leveraging all that the South Florida tech community has to offer to enhance 2ndVault’s technology while landing new enterprise clients, so that other moms and loved ones can have some peace of mind.
By the end of 2022, 2ndVault plans to launch 2ndVault 2.0, which will include an enhanced user-experience with additional features to help bring greater efficiency to people’s daily lives, like notifications when a subscription is set to expire or a reminder of a loved one’s birthday.
“The best way 2ndVault is going to grow is by reaching end-users in the masses through networking and putting ourselves out there, and we think Miami is offering more than enough opportunities to do that and more.”
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Wegmans Proposed for Middletown
It's one of the most frequently requested stores at the Jersey Shore, and a new one could be coming to Monmouth County.
Middletown, are you ready for Wegmans?
The hugely popular grocery store is part of a proposal from the controversial project known as The Shoppes at Middletown.
The massive complex would run along Rt. 35 from Kanes Lane to Kings Highway East, and would include 340,000 square feet of retail shopping and restaurants, plus a housing component.
The developer, National Realty & Development Corp., announced on their website that the retail center will be "anchored by a new Wegmans and CMX Cinema, a boutique dine-in theater as well as a unique blend of specialty retail and restaurants with outdoor cafe space." They expect it to open in 2019.
Middletown Patch notes that the project has not yet been approved by the Middletown Planning Board.
The Shoppes at Middletown also faces heavy opposition from a group called Stop Village 35 and parent company Minding Middletown LLC They cite traffic and environmental concerns as reasons the development should not be allowed. The property is currently a mostly wooded area.
As someone who lives nearby, I would LOVE to have a Wegmans so close. In fact, that's really the one thing I missed most when I moved to Red Bank! I do have to agree with the opposition though that traffic on Rt. 35 through that area is already rough, and this project doesn't seem to address the problem.
I think a lot of people my age are gravitating more towards these types of places, where you can live/work/play all in one place, so the idea of it is appealing, but I feel like this will be traffic nightmare. (Especially because it doesn't take into account the new retail space planned to take over the garden center in the island on Rt. 35 at the north end of this property.)
The next Middletown Planning Board meeting is set for Wednesday, June 7th.


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GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Looking to finish your Christmas shopping—or start it—at Crossgates Mall? Well, either way, you’re in luck. According to a Monday morning press release, the shopping center will extend its hours starting on Black Friday, November 25, to “make this holiday season magical and memorable for everyone.”
Crossgates will join several industry leaders by closing on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24. But early Friday, the center will ring in the holiday season with extended hours from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
“There’s something magical about the in-store holiday shopping experience,” said Jen Smith, Marketing Director at Crossgates. “From spending quality time with friends and family in a fun, festive environment to finding the perfect gift for everyone on your list – and bringing it home the same day – it’s a tradition and experience that online shopping simply cannot touch. We’re excited to celebrate the holiday season and can’t wait to share everything we have in store for a safe and memorable shopping experience.”
And if that wasn’t enough holiday excitement, Santa Claus is coming to town on Black Friday too. His temporary home will be located on the lower level near Apex Entertainment.
Guests can check the individual hours of stores by visiting Crossgates’ website. The shopping center is located at 1 Crossgates Mall Road, in Albany.


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As Walmart Inc announced its acquisition of Flipkart for a whopping $16 billion dollars, financial pundits have attributed the success of this mammoth deal to one man – Kalyan Krishnamurthy.
Who Is Kalyan Krishnamurthy?
After completing his MBAs from the Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines as well as from the University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, Krishnamurthy led the finance supply chain at Procter and Gamble (P&G). He then moved to e-Bay where he spent seven years heading their Asia finance operations division.
In 2011, he joined Tiger Global as the finance director before joining Flipkart as their interim chief financial officer in 2013. Four years later, Krishnamurthy became the chief executive officer of Flipkart.
Changing Flipkart’s Game
In January 2017, when Krishnamurthy took on new responsibilities as the CEO, the homegrown start-up was already facing headwinds. The company’s valuation was on a steady decline and fundraising became a herculean task. To add to it, Amazon was bolstering its way into the Indian retail e-commerce space.
Krishnamurthy, a former hedge-fund manager took matters into his hands. Not one to shy away from taking the aggressive approach, he fired senior managers and set bold and audacious sales targets while boosting spending on promotions. He left no stone unturned in his bid to turn around Flipkart’s fortunes, starting with dominating the Indian festival season shopping.
The man is credited with what is called the “80-20 rule” – he streamlined digital traffic, and focused on the 20 percent of categories that raked in 80 percent of Flipkart’s revenue.
Krishnamurthy worked on the idea of changing the way the world looked at Flipkart – from Amazon’s poor cousin to the homegrown aggregator that understands the pulse of 1.3 billion people!
The deal between Walmart and Flipkart is a testimony that his strategy worked for the company, making it an attractive investment roughly valued at $21 billion.
The Road Ahead
Since Walmart buying the stake in Flipkart is the one of the biggest deals ever by a foreign buyer, there is a lot of anxiety over the road ahead for Flipkart.
According to BloombergQuint, following the deal, Kalyan Krishnamurthy will continue to remain CEO of Flipkart, while Sachin Bansal, co-founder of the company has moved out. ETtech also reported that Binny Bansal, who co-founded the company along with Sachin Bansal, will take over as executive chairman while retaining his role as group CEO.
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon announced that the investment would help pave the way for India in providing good quality goods at competitive prices, while also creating job opportunities for farmers, suppliers and women entrepreneurs.
According to Money Control, Krishnamurthy addressed the concerns of sellers and customers alike, in an email announcing the buyout.
"Flipkart will continue to be a marketplace where sellers from around the country can connect with customers. We will keep making deep investments in technology, innovation, supply chain and business processes to grow the e-commerce market even more in coming years, with the aim to increase the number of people shopping online, and the average spends. Further, Flipkart and Walmart will maintain distinct brands and operating structures post this investment," Krishnamurthy wrote to sellers in a mail.
As Walmart’s entry into the Indian online retail space sets the stage for many more high profile acquisitions and business war against the US retailer’s major rival Amazon, one can only hope that India stands to get the lion’s share of benefits from it.
(With inputs from BloombergQuint)
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The average price of used vehicles is finally starting to fall
For the first time in 18 months, the auto sales site AutoHebdo reports a very slight drop in the price of used vehicles.
Prices used vehicles are showing signs of a decline after two years of marked increases, caused in particular by the scarcity of new vehicles.
August data from the auto sales site AutoHebdo show, for the first time in 18 months, a very slight drop in the price of used and second-hand vehicles. x27;an increase in inventories.
Of course, the price drop is minimal, i.e. 0.4% between June and July, but it is part of a movement that began more early, according to Benoit Béland, director of brand marketing at AutoHebdo.
It seems to be a trend because, when you look at the last three months, there has been a slowdown in the rise and there, we have a stabilization. We agree that a drop of 0.4% is rather neutral.
But it's a trend because if we Links it to the inventory of used vehicles, again for almost all models, we see that it is stabilizing, he explains.
Although the figures for the month of August have not yet been compiled, the drop in the average price of used vehicles and the increase in inventory have been maintained and even strengthened from week to week last month, says Mr. Béland. According to him, this tends to confirm that the downward trend is well established.
It must be said that the increases of the last few months have been brutal. Across Canada, the average price of a used vehicle was $37,928, up 32% from last year. In Quebec, the increase is even worse over the last 12 months, reaching 39.2%, but for an average price that is still below the Canadian average, at $35,186.
Most of these increases are attributable to the drop in new vehicle inventories during the pandemic. Breaks in supply chains, particularly on the microchip side, have caused supply to plummet, prompting consumers to turn to used vehicles. However, here too the pressure is easing with production tending towards full capacity.
Benoit Béland warns, however, that it will take longer to ease the pressure on the price of new vehicles.
The problem is that he there were a lot of pre-orders. There was no inventory, but people were buying anyway and were willing to wait. It's going to be a few months before all this demand is exhausted.
The average price of a new vehicle has also increased by just under 20% between July 2021 and July 2022, to reach $55,469 Canada-wide and $51,122 in Quebec.
Mr. Béland's explanation of the reasons for the increase in the price of new vehicles is very revealing of market practices.
“Prices have gone up because manufacturers have been discounting almost nothing, as they historically did to clear inventory, as what little stock was available was selling out. »
— Benoit Béland, Director of Brand Marketing at AutoHebdo
In other words, it's not so much the cost of the car that has increased, although there is some increase year over year, but discounts have been taken away. AutoHebdo data reflects this phenomenon because it is compiled from the price displayed by the dealer.
The dealer posts the lowest price they can offer to beat the competitor. These are prices that include discounts, explains Mr. Béland.
And as on the used vehicle side, we see that the inventory of new vehicles, which has been in constant decline since the first quarter of 2021, is stabilizing although it has not yet started to rise. , except for trucks. This means that once pre-orders are filled and the resumption of production allows new vehicle inventories to increase, we can expect dealers to start selling again. offer discounts to sell new inventory.
However, Mr. Béland warns, prices will not return to pre-pandemic levels.
“Once prices rise, it is extremely rare in any area for them to return to normal. »
— Benoit Béland, Brand Marketing Director at AutoHebdo
Also, at the moment, we all see as consumers that there is a labor shortage everywhere in the world, that there is high inflation because of the price of oil and other commodities and that affects production costs, adds Mr. Béland.
In the case of used cars, whose intrinsic value has not increased, but whose prices have exploded according to demand, will we not see a return to prices before the pandemic? No, he replies, because the majority of used vehicle sales are made by dealers, the share of sales by individuals being marginal. And dealerships have operating costs, vehicle reordering costs, employee costs and all these costs are increasing.
Every time AutoHebdo publishes its data, we notice that the average price in Quebec, for both used and new vehicles, is well below the Canadian average and lower than all other Canadian provinces. , except the Atlantic provinces.
It's always been like that and it's related to the type of vehicle that one buys and that is available. We are less fond, in Quebec, of luxury vehicles and large trucks, if we compare for example to British Columbia or Alberta, which have very high sales of the famous pick-ups< /em> [vans], explains Benoit Béland.
We, in Quebec, have smaller cars and less luxury. Yes, we are as much SUVs as the rest of Canada, but for the rest, our tastes and our type of vehicle consumption are different. We buy fewer BMWs, Volvos and, above all, the famous pick-ups which, he points out, have a very significant impact on the average price in a province given their much higher cost.


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Milberg Files Zillow Lawsuit Alleging Privacy Invasion
by Brian Eckert
Online homebuying marketplace Zillow is accused of deploying a tracking code that records the online actions of website visitors without their consent, in violation of Illinois law, according to a class action lawsuit filed by Milberg in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
If you are a resident of Illinois and visited Zillow’s website, you may automatically be eligible to join this lawsuit and receive an equitable portion of any resulting settlement or verdict. You do not have to hire an attorney or pay out-of-pocket legal fees. Milberg is representing all class members on a contingency basis.
How Session Replay Works
Session replay is an analytics tool that reproduces a user’s interactions on a website or mobile app, including their clicks, keystrokes, mouse movements, and page scrolls. It then creates a video-like recording of these actions showing what the user did while on the webpage or app.
Zillow’s use of session replay code is the electronic equivalent of ‘looking over the shoulder’ of each visitor to the Zillow website for the entire duration of their website interaction.
The information obtained from session replay enables marketers and developers to gain valuable insights into the user experience. However, session replay can also reveal users’ sensitive personal information, such as their medical conditions, credit card numbers, and Social Security numbers. In addition, personal data captured by session replay may expose users to data breaches, identity theft, and online scams.
Session replay code is developed by third party vendors and sold to companies that deploy the code on their website and/or app. Tech blogger Eric Ravenscraft says that when session replay is deployed, “Users aren’t just sharing data with the site they’re on…but also with an analytics service that may be watching over their shoulder.”
Lawsuit: Zillow Deploys Session Replay Code on Website
Milberg’s lawsuit accuses Zillow of embedding session replay codes on its website, without the knowledge and consent of website users. The lawsuit says that one of the codes deployed by Zillow is named Clarity, owned and operated by Microsoft.
As detailed in the lawsuit, when an online user visits the Zillow website, their website actions are captured by the session replay code and sent to a session replay provider such as Microsoft. For example, if a user visits Zillow.com and views a particular real estate listing, or enters a piece of personal information, the code captures this data.
Within milliseconds of a website user taking an action on the Zillow website, a packet of response data is sent to a session replay provider like Microsoft. Zillow uses logs of these actions to improve the user experience on its website and provide targeted real estate advertising. But the individuals browsing Zillow.com have no idea that their information is being intercepted and recorded.
Allegations and Proposed Class
Zillow is accused of violating the Illinois Eavesdropping Act and the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Their conduct “constitutes an invasion of the privacy rights of website users” and is “the electronic equivalent of ‘looking over the shoulder’ of each visitor to the Zillow website for the entire duration of their website interaction,” states Milberg’s complaint.
“Unbeknownst to the millions of individuals perusing Zillow’s real estate listings, Zillow knowingly directs Session Replay Providers to embed various Session Replay Codes on its website to track and analyze website user interactions with www.zillow.com. Because the Session Replay Providers are unknown eavesdroppers to visitors to www.zillow.com, they are not parties to website visitors’ Website Communications with Zillow.”
The lead plaintiffs in the Zillow lawsuit are Illinois residents who visited Zillow.com and fell victim to Zillow’s unlawful digital eavesdropping scheme. They seek to establish the following class:
All natural persons in the State of Illinois whose Website Communications were captured through the use of Session Replay Code embedded in www.zillow.com.
Milberg is dedicated to protecting online privacy rights, which are a growing concern to most Americans. Our class action attorneys file data breach, cybersecurity, and biometric data lawsuits that seek to change data security practices and safeguard consumers’ personal data.
If you believe that your privacy rights were infringed, contact Milberg to discuss your legal options.


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To see the "Electric Avenue" at the North American International Auto Show today, you'd think that America was serious about electric cars.
But a new report says the U.S. is way behind Europe and Asia when it comes to automakers implementing electric transportation technologies, from plug-in hybrids to electric-car-like features in the name of saving gas, particularly start-stop capability that shuts off a car's engine when stopped, such as at stoplights.
At the show here in Detroit, Mitisubishi is showing off its MiEV electric and Nissan displays the all-electric Leaf. They are only part of dozens of electric-car projects at the Detroit auto show. It's easy to see why: Almost half of all vehicle nameplates sold around the world – some 20 million units – will will offer some form of electrified propulsion technology by 2020, reports automotive forecasting firm CSM Worldwide.
One million vehicles will be sold in the U.S. with electrified propulsion systems and most of them will be mild or full hybrids. Few domestic or foreign makers are inclined so far to offer start-stop technology on non-hybrids, which raises the cost of the car, but does not raise its official mpg rating under the U.S. rating system. A million is a far smaller number than the rest of the world:
By contrast, Europe will have about 15 million units electrified by 2020, CSM says, with stop-start systems accounting for the vast majority of the volume. This number reflects the relatively green status of the European fleet today, given the popularity of small cars and high-efficiency gas and diesel engines.
Electrified vehicles will account for about 3 million units in Japan and South Korea, with full and mild hybrids comprising two-thirds of the volume and stop-start systems accounting for most of the balance. Traffic congestion in Japan and its leadership in battery technology help explain the popularity of hybrids there.
"Government policies around the world are aligning to promote sustainable mobility and curtail carbon emissions," said Eric Fedewa, vice president of global powertrain forecasts. "The targets that have been set can't be met without an exponential increase in the use of electricity to power vehicles."
The most popular electric technologies will include stop-start systems, which shut off engines at stoplights; full hybrids, which can run on any combination of engine or battery power; mild hybrids, which use a battery to assist a conventional engine; and full-electric vehicles.
Chris Woodyard is an auto writer for USA TODAY who covers all aspects of motoring. He revels in the exhaust note of a Maserati and the sharp creases of a Cadillac CTS. Chris strives to live a Porsche life on a Scion budget. More about Chris


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The founding father of the WallStreetBets Reddit board that helped spark the meme-stock phenomenon now could be pitching a product that lets folks make investments similar to a sure member of Congress.
You may name it the “If you cannot beat ’em, be part of ’em” fund. Known as the “Insider Portfolio,” the product mimics the inventory trades of Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul.
When publicly out there knowledge discloses a inventory commerce made by the couple, the fund will make the identical commerce — giving on a regular basis folks a chance to “share the wealth,” Jaime Rogozinski says.
The Pelosi have made roughly $30 million from bets on the Large Tech corporations Pelosi is liable for regulating, in line with a earlier evaluation by The Publish.
Rogozinski’s providing, which is not precisely within the mainstream of Wall Avenue with its itemizing on an obscure trade known as MERJ based mostly within the Seychelles, is actually buyer-beware.
The product focuses on solely inventory holdings and does not embrace any of the Pelosi investments that depend on extra advanced monetary devices, like name choices. It can observe the trades based mostly on publicly out there knowledge compiled by one other firm, Uncommon Whales.
Nancy and Paul Pelosi have made massive bets on tech shares even because the Speaker of the Home is meant to manage massive tech corporations.JUSTIN TALLIS
The Ban on Congressional Traction Inventory Possession Act has gained in DC.Drew Angerer/Getty Pictures
The Insider Portfolio will commerce initially for $1 a share and will probably be out there just for traders who use the WallStreetBets app, which is not related to the Reddit discussion board of the identical identify.
“There isn’t any doubt that Capitol Hill is residence to a few of the most interesting investing minds of our technology,” Rogozinski informed The Publish, along with his tongue on cheek. “Now, not solely People however the complete international group can look to our nationwide management for unparalleled investing recommendation.”
Some Congressional observers mentioned the fund may elevate visibility in relation to the difficulty of officers earning profits from insider info.
Jaime Rogozinski, who based r/wallstreetbets, says he desires to “share the wealth round” by making Congressional inventory knowledge accessible to everybody.
“If being in Congress is a full-time job, and elevating cash to remain in Congress and transfer up the ranks is a troublesome second job, it appears unlikely members of Congress may outperform Wall Streeters traders working 100 hours per week with out counting on insider info,” Jeff Hauser, founder and director of the Revolving Door Venture, who appears at cash in politics informed The Publish.
Members of Congress and their inventory trades are underneath rising scrutiny. A number of payments that will ban inventory buying and selling to numerous levels are into account.
One invoice that has gained reputation on each side of the aisle, the Ban on Congressional Inventory Possession Act from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) would not simply ban members of Congress and their spouses from buying and selling shares and require them to place their belongings in a blind belief — like one other fashionable Democratic proposal. It additionally would require them to unload all their particular person inventory holdings altogether, sources aware of the invoice informed The Publish.
The flurry of payments have been launched after Pelosi defended guidelines that enable members of Congress to personal particular person shares, batting down issues about lawmakers utilizing insider info to juice their portfolios.
In December, the liberal congresswoman from San Francisco mentioned lawmakers ought to be capable of personal shares as a result of the US is a “free-market financial system.”


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To kick off this term’s weekly news round up, Alex Roberts gives us the top 5 stories from this week, including Google dumping Google Glass and shoes getting smarter.
1. Google stops selling google glasses
Google has officially stopped selling Google Glasses to the general public, despite the tech giant insisting they will make a comeback in the near future. Officially Google have pulled the product, along with its “explorer” software development program, in order to spend more time developing future versions of the product. However, many pundits have taken this as a sign that the ‘smart glass’ is essentially dead in its current form. The news has angered many investors who sank large sums into the current Google Glasses’ development, and now feel that they will not see a return on their investment.
2. Beagle Rover rediscovered on Mars
The ESA’s Beagle 2 Mars Rover, which was assumed lost after touching down on Mars in 2003, has been found eleven years later. Images taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have shown the abandoned rover still intact on the planet’s surface. It was previously believed that the Beagle would be near impossible to find, given that it was only two metres across and its location was unknown, but its discovery has given another boost to the Mars exploration missions. Beagle was last heard from shortly after it reached the planet’s surface on Christmas 2003 and its ultimate fate was a matter of speculation until now.
3. Smart shoe power generator device developed
Developers in Germany have developed a device that can generate power through your shoe. The device uses electromagnetic coils to transform energy from the swing of the foot and the impact of the heel striking the ground to generate power. The developers say it can be used to power mobile devices, but there are also plans to use the energy to power various sensors to track motion and how far you have travelled, as well as potentially creating a self-tying shoe for the elderly.
4. Hotline Miami 2 banned in Australia over controversial simulated rape scene
*Warning – this trailer contains extreme violence*
The sequel to the ultra-violent Hotline Miami has been officially banned from sale in Australia, due to a particular scene that appears to depict a female character being assaulted and then raped by the protagonist. The developers of Hotline Miami, Dennaton Games, responded to the ban by pointing out that the scene was wholly optional and did not depict assault as it was meant to be a film scene. However, while they also pointed out discrepancies between what the board described and what takes place in the scene, they stated they would not challenge the decision. This is not the first time Australia has taken issue with instances of game violence; late last year GTA V was banned from numerous stores for its depiction of violence against sex workers and, until recently, many games rated 18 in other countries were banned outright.
5. Creative Assembly hints at a possible Total War: Warhammer release
Fans of Warhammer and Creative Assembly’s Total War series may be getting a very, very early Christmas present, after a leading developer hinted that a Total War: Warhammer game may be in development. The news first sprang up on a message board where a fan of the series posted screenshots from an unreleased “art of total war” book, in which CA’s creative Director Mike Simpson discussed how the previously PC and historic based franchise was moving into the mobile setting through Total War: Arena, and the fantasy setting through Total War: Warhammer. The news has been a long time coming, as Creative Assembly purchased the rights to make a Warhammer game back in 2012; while fans may be hopeful, CA has yet to make any official announcement on the matter. It is unlikely the game will be officially released for some time.
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If texting is your game, you'll find a speedy keyboard in the Pantech Verse; however, the phone will disappoint those looking for faster data options.
Square brings on Demetrios J. Marantis, formerly the country's top trade negotiator, to work on government policy.
The long-rumored Google tablet does exist, and it's going to launch by the end of the month, according to a new report.
The employees also allegedly received $1.1 million from kickbacks and phony expense reports, say reports from The Wall Street Journal and The Taipei Times.
With its low-end specs and mediocre camera, the Envoy II isn't worth buying -- especially since the Samsung Chrono 2 comes in at a cheaper contract price.
Comparing the Trans-Pacific Partnership to SOPA, critics say the 12-nation treaty currently being secretly negotiated could limit Internet freedoms.
If you’re an existing 4G LTE U.S. Cellular customer, the ZTE Imperial is an excellent and cheap phone -- but new subscribers should explore all options and promotions.
Consumers who trade in a working iPad 2 or third-generation iPad will get a $200 gift card.
USTR issues "Notorious Markets List" today and accuses numerous well-known sites, such as The Pirate Bay, of piracy.
Although U.S. Cellular's ZTE Director is inexpensive under contract, the carrier offers better handsets at the same low price.


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Apple is preparing to release its regular, annual update for the iPhone operating system, coming with a series of improvements to FaceTime, notifications, photo gallery, maps, and many others. With it, the overall performance of the live casino games you may plan to play will offer a faster, smoother experience, and any traditional game that you’ll play will be more responsive and entertaining once the update is deployed.
Of the many features expected to be deployed with the iOS 15 update, it was SharePlay that was perhaps the most highly anticipated. Now, in turn, it seems that Apple decided to delay its rollout for the time being.
FaceTime is Apple’s home-grown video calling service that goes way beyond simple video calls. It was introduced with iOS 4 in 2010, then rolled out on desktop computers with Mac OS X 10.6.6, ensuring video calling between Apple computers and iPhones.
The version of FaceTime set to be released with iOS 15 introduces a series of brand new features, including sharing an Apple Music queue with other participants in a call, screen sharing (a feature other similar apps have rolled out ages ago, by the way), accessing group messaging right from a video call, call scheduling, and perhaps most importantly, the possibility to create FaceTime links that can be accessed from a browser – this means that PC and Android users will also be able to join a call. On top of all this, the new version of FaceTime will even allow its users to watch TV and videos together while never leaving the call.
All this is collectively called “SharePlay” and, according to the Cupertino giant, it is created to allow iOS and Mac OS X users to “do more while in a call”. But it was delayed.
Apple recently announced that the most exciting new feature set to be rolled out with the upcoming iOS 15 will be delayed – it will not ship with the operating system this fall. And it won’t be delayed on phones only – it has been pushed back on every device in the Apple ecosystem. The Cupertino giant has sent out an announcement to developers that the feature pack will not be rolled out this fall, and that it has been removed from all beta versions for now. Apple gave no information about the reasons why the new version of FaceTime was delayed, but specialists consider it likely that one of the many components of SharePlay – that relies on a series of functions to work in unison – had some development delays along the way.
The delay of Apple’s SharePlay has prompted speculation about other features of iOS 15 being delayed as well. Among them, Universal Control – a feature that allows iPads and Macs to be controlled with the same mouse, among others – has not even shown up in beta versions of the operating system for the time being.
This is not the first time Apple delays the rollout of a new feature for a later version of its operating system. Last year, the Cupertino giant pushed back the release of its advertising privacy package to this spring.