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Equities research analysts forecast that Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) will report earnings per share (EPS) of $0.80 for the current fiscal quarter, Zacks reports. Five analysts have provided estimates for Kraft Heinz’s earnings. The lowest EPS estimate is $0.70 and the highest is $0.90. Kraft Heinz posted earnings per share of $1.00 during the same quarter last year, which suggests a negative year over year growth rate of 20%. The company is scheduled to announce its next earnings report on Wednesday, July 3rd.
On average, analysts expect that Kraft Heinz will report full-year earnings of $2.81 per share for the current fiscal year, with EPS estimates ranging from $2.70 to $2.90. For the next financial year, analysts forecast that the company will report earnings of $2.92 per share, with EPS estimates ranging from $2.80 to $3.17. Zacks Investment Research’s earnings per share calculations are a mean average based on a survey of analysts that cover Kraft Heinz.
A number of research firms recently commented on KHC. Evercore ISI began coverage on shares of Kraft Heinz in a report on Tuesday, June 11th. They set an “in-line” rating and a $32.00 price target for the company. Piper Jaffray Companies upgraded shares of Kraft Heinz from an “underweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $31.00 price target for the company in a report on Friday, May 31st. Credit Suisse Group reiterated an “underperform” rating and set a $26.00 price target (down from $33.00) on shares of Kraft Heinz in a report on Thursday, May 30th. BidaskClub lowered shares of Kraft Heinz from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Thursday, May 30th. Finally, UBS Group lowered their price target on shares of Kraft Heinz from $39.00 to $35.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, May 7th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, sixteen have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. The company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $41.22.
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 31st were issued a $0.40 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 30th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.15%. Kraft Heinz’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 45.33%.
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of KHC. Meridian Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Kraft Heinz in the 1st quarter worth $27,000. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV increased its stake in shares of Kraft Heinz by 65.0% in the 1st quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 1,046 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 412 shares in the last quarter. G&S Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Kraft Heinz in the 1st quarter worth about $36,000. Executive Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Kraft Heinz in the 4th quarter worth about $40,000. Finally, Harvest Group Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Kraft Heinz in the 1st quarter worth about $41,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 58.19% of the company’s stock.
About Kraft Heinz
The Kraft Heinz Company manufactures and markets food and beverage products in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. Its products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy products, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, and other grocery products. The company offers its products under the Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Heinz, Philadelphia, Lunchables, Velveeta, Planters, Maxwell House, Capri Sun, Ore-Ida, Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Cracker Barrel, P'Tit Cheese, Tassimo, Classico, Plasmon, Pudliszki, Honig, HP, Benedicta, ABC, Master, Quero, Golden Circle, Wattie's, Glucon D, and Complan names.
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XL Insurance Bermuda (XLIB) has launched its new broad-form product contamination policy.
XLIB said that the new policy has been developed to address the evolving regulatory and food safety environment that many North American food and beverage companies face.
The new policy goes further than standard product contamination policies by offering coverage for government recalls including mandatory or forced recalls.
The features of the new product policy includes: accidental contamination; malicious contamination; product extortion; forced and/or government recall; adverse publicity; and priority 24/7 crisis management through Response XL.
XLIB chief casualty underwriter Beth Piggott said that the new policy has been launched to provide broad and contemporary cover to respond to today’s regulatory environment and the growing capacity needs of companies seeking high limits.

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Blockchain Will Reshape Industries Around The World And Eliminate Intermediaries
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Blockchain technology will redefine the business processes of many industries, cutting out the traditional middlemen and attracting a new breed of investors who will compete against venture capitalists to fund the most promising new applications, according to a research report by SharesPost.
Cryptocurrencies were the first successful implementation of blockchain technology, but industries from banking and payments to health care and real estate to video gaming and government will benefit from blockchain technology, according to the new, 33-page report by Rohit Kulkarni, Managing Director and Head of Research of SharesPost, Inc.
“Cryptocurrencies are just the beginning of a blockchain revolution that will transform virtually every industry that has traditionally relied on middlemen,” said Kulkarni. “The technology has the potential to reorder markets and industries, just as the Internet did at the turn of the 21st century. As important, the opportunities to fund blockchain applications are enormous. We’re already seeing new types of investors race ahead as traditional venture capital firms continue to allocate only marginal capital to this space.”
Since 2016, there have been more than 150 investments in U.S.-based blockchain startups by venture capital firms, crypto-focused funds, and corporate VC investment arms. The report said significant amount of capital will flow to companies that are commercializing the technology beyond cryptocurrencies.
On page 21, the report lists the firms with the most blockchain investments. Digital Currency Group is No. 1 with 44 investments, followed by Pantera and Blockchain Capital, each with 10. Draper Associates and Andressen Horowitz, two of the world’s most well-known venture firms, each have funded nine companies.
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About SharesPost, Inc.
SharesPost is an SEC-registered broker-dealer, investment advisor and an approved Alternative Trading System. SharesPost helped launch the private tech growth market in 2009 and has built one of the leading platforms for secondary transactions and Initial Coin Offerings pursuant to Reg. D. SharesPost provides the private tech asset category with a suite of trading and lending solutions to facilitate shareholder and option holder liquidity. With nearly $3 billion in secondary market transactions for more than 200 leading technology companies, SharesPost provides the trading, research and online tools to transact in the private market with confidence. For information, visit sharespost.com.
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Hot off the press - July 2017
Finalist in the Organic Chilled and Frozen Category with Clive's Saag Aloo Curry Pie, and ....
Finalist in the Organic New Products Category with Clive's Nut Roast - very proud
as well as Taste of the West GOLD winner - what a great year for Clive's.
From Taste of the West.
We are thrilled to announce that Clive’s has been awarded a GOLD by Taste of the West in their annual awards category 'Savoury Bakery'.
Sally Carson, Clive’s Managing Director said "We are delighted to receive this award from Taste of the West. This is the latest addition to our wholemeal pie range - which is thanks to our chefs Bernie and Beatus, who were working on new product development at the end of last year ....... and the new packaging which has lifted our sales to customers across all food preferences, and not exclusively vegans and vegetarians.


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Oh yeah, buddy. It's about to get serious in here. One of the many highly anticipated AAA exclusives coming out this year has just slid down a hallway and kicked opened the door for pre-orders, allowing for any and everyone to start prepping to get in on the action.
GenGame reached out to a GameStop store manager and received confirmation that Super Smash Bros for the Wii U is currently available for pre-order. You don't have to take my word (or GenGame's word) for it, just check it out over on GameStop's official website (opens in new tab).
This marks the second big title of 2014 for the Wii U that's become available for pre-order, well ahead of release. When this originally happened with Mario Kart 8 we saw the title skyrocket to the top of Amazon's best-sellers list and then sell-out rather quickly.
The pre-order campaign for Super Smash Bros follows closely on the heels of Nintendo's announcement, just yesterday, that the game would be receiving additional playable characters in the form of Charizard and Greninja. They also unveiled additional details about the gameplay for both the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS, confirming a neat four-player dungeon-battle mode for the handheld and a new “For Glory” mode for the home console, primed and ready for tournament play.
The Nintendo Direct also confirmed that this side-scrolling 3D, burly brawler would be scheduled for release this summer on the 3DS and this winter for the Wii U.
While the news about the release of the game coming in the winter for the Wii U definitely peeved off a lot of the core gaming audience still hanging on to the tassels of the Big 'N', everyone should keep in mind that Super Smash Bros will definitely be a better game in the long run with a nice, juicy delay. Also, unlike their competitors, Nintendo games usually launch without any major bugs and without any game-breaking errors. For as much as they receive flak from EA, Nintendo surely outshines them when it comes to releasing quality software products that aren't broken out of the box.
In the meantime, you can still pre-order the game as you wait for the winter 2014 release on the Wii U, or you can pre-order Mario Kart 8 if patience isn't a virtue, and get the game when it drops on May 30th next month. Either way, there are good things ahead in the Nintendo camp and gamers definitely have a good reason to be excited.
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It seems like things may be getting a little better for Adobe, after all the recent trouble they have had with Apple, as it looks like Google will promote Adobe Flash in the latest version of their Android OS, version 2.2 also known as Froyo.
We already new that Android 2.2 would feature built in support for Adobe Flash, now it seems that when you upgrade to Android 2.2 you will be shown a list of websites that will work using Flash 10.1 on Android.
Some of the sites in the list include popular ones like the BBC, Sony Pictures and South Park, and it looks like Android 2.2 will come with Flash 10.1 pre-installed rather than it being an optional download once you have installed Android 2.2, Adobe has already listed some sites for the Nexus One and also the Motorola Droid.
Google are expected to announce the launch of Android 2.2 later this week at their I/O developer conference. Have a look and our article on Android vs iPhone to see which smartphone and mobile platform is best for you.
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Up to 100 new jobs are expected to be announced for Limerick today.
Vistakon Ireland, a subsidary of Johnson and Johnson, already employs 650 people at its plant in the city.
It produces the Acuvue range of contact lenses, one of the leading contact lens products in the world.
As well as the new jobs, the company is also set to announce an expansion of the plant. The expansion is being backed by the IDA and the Department of Enterprise.
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Sir Martin Sorrell has stepped up his attack on online advertising giants, calling on the likes of Google and Facebook to address falling confidence in the medium amid growing concerns over flawed measurement.
Speaking at the Media & Telecoms 2016 & Beyond conference in London, the WPP boss called on Google and Facebook to revamp the way online advertising is measured highlighting that traditional media is “far more stringent”. He accused Facebook, in particular, of failing to “grasp that nettle”.
With WPP placing $4bn (£2.8bn) a year of advertising with Google, Sorrell said it was unacceptable that advertisers were charged when only three seconds of an online video ad had been viewed, saying the measurement system was in need of “rapid overhaul”.
He warned: “Online (spend) is approaching 30% and procurement departments are starting to have a heavy look at spending online. There’s a really big issue in the area of measurement. Measurement of offline (traditional media) is far more stringent and the hurdle is much higher.”
Sorrell added: “It is ludicrous to attribute a view to online on the basis of a three second view with 50% of the sound being turned off.”
Addressing the “duopoly” of the Internet giants, he stressed: “They have to be prepared to share their data on a more sophisticated and integrated basis.”
Huge rise in mobile take-up fuels ad-blocking fears
Over half of all online ads are never even seen
Revealed: why ad-blocking has not hit mobile yet
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Pray for the best — prepare for the worst,” says “Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ author Robert Kiyosaki, who laid out in a tweet over.
France’s economic downturn shows signs of easing in May. Premier Inn parent Whitbread to raise £1bn in rights issue.
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In this guide, I am going to cover the top Bitcoin Cash price prediction for both the.
On August 1, 2017, Bitcoin underwent a hard fork.
Court records show the suit was launched in April 2018 by Tucker, who claimed Chase suddenly switched from processing credit card cryptocurrency payments as "purchases" to processing them as "cash.
Bitcoin Cash price prediction on Tuesday, June, 2: minimum price $216, maximum $248 and at the end of the day price 232 dollars a coin. BCH to USD.
22/01/2020 · Here too, the three panellists who thought Bitcoin would be worth less by 1 April think Bitcoin will end the year worth less than it is now. Hawkins predicts the price will drop as low as $2,000, saying, “In over a decade, Bitcoin has not made any substantial progress in becoming a payments instrument and may face stronger rivals in 2020, such as Libra, and then central bank cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin Regulation By State There is no clear understanding where bitcoin will go,â Yuriy Mazur, head of data analytics at cryptocurrency exchange. 16 Dec 2019. Five Most Crypto-Friendly American States. Some of the American states that have fair regulations in place for cryptocurrencies are: 1. Colorado. already accept or are considering accepting Bitcoin, virtual currency has. the current state
Firstly, this is NOT investment advice. I am not advising you to invest in Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies, I am inviting you to open your eyes on certain aspects of the crypto world.
Bitcoin Price News 2015 11 Nov 2015. At the moment of this article's writing, the BTC price fluctuated at $318-333. # Bitcoin · #Bitcoin Price. Related News. 12/09/2018 · Bitcoin’s price decline this year looks eerily similar to a long-term bottom seen in 2015, chart analysis reveals. 12/03/2020 · The price of bitcoin has plummeted dramatically, losing 20 per cent
06/04/2018 · Given the facts, our Litecoin price prediction is bullish, as we expect investors to soon begin ascribing true value to LTC. Charlie Lee's predicted "flappening" seems like a near possibility with.
Bitcoin Cash Price Prediction 2020, BCH Price Forecast. The smartest Short- & Long-Term Bitcoin Cash price analysis for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
Bitcoin Cash Price Prediction 2020, 2021, 2022 And 2023. In 2 weeks BCH to USD predictions on Monday, June, 8: minimum price $192, maximum $220 and at the end of the day price 206 dollars a coin. Bitcoin Cash price prediction on Tuesday, June, 9: minimum price $193, maximum $223 and at the end of the day price 208 dollars a coin. BCH to USD.
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Apple formally announced its Sept. 12 event on Tuesday for what most expect to be the unveiling of its much-awaited iPhone 5.
The news was a surprise to no one, as several media outlets had already reported that the company was preparing an event for that date.
It may, however, serve as an overhang to a slew of announcements expected between now and then as other companies ready their own devices to go against the juggernaut that is Apple’s /quotes/zigman/68270 /quotes/nls/aapl AAPL iPhone business for the fall shopping season.
Here’s a list of key events taking place this week:
Wednesday, Sept. 5: Microsoft /quotes/zigman/20493 /quotes/nls/msft MSFT and Nokia /quotes/zigman/162154 /quotes/nls/nok NOK host an event in New York at 10am ET. This is expected to feature the next line of Nokia’s Lumia smartphones built for the new Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system. The Windows platform is still a very small player against Apple and Google’s /quotes/zigman/93888 /quotes/nls/goog GOOG Android OS in the smartphone market, but some believe Microsoft may be able to capitalize on the floundering BlackBerry from Research In Motion /quotes/zigman/18534 /quotes/nls/rimm RIMM and grab some additional share. And Nokia has placed its bet exclusively on Windows Phone, so the success of the Lumia is key to the company’s efforts to save its struggling mobile business.
Wednesday, Sept 5: Speaking of Google, later that day – and in the same city – the company’s newly acquired Motorola unit will host its own event at 2 p.m. ET to unveil its latest Android devices. Motorola is a small player in the Android space next to Samsung, but the company has promised to slim down its portfolio of devices to focus on making fewer, better products, so gadget enthusiasts will be watching to see if they can deliver on that potential.
Thursday, Sept. 6: In Los Angeles, at 1:30 ET, Amazon.com /quotes/zigman/63011 /quotes/nls/amzn AMZN is hosting a media event at the large Barker Hanger in Santa Monica. Details have been sparse, but the company is widely expected to show off its next Kindle Fire tablet and maybe some updates to its Kindle e-reader line. Many rumors have pointed to Amazon building a smartphone as well, though it’s unclear if that sort of device will be included at this event.
That leaves Apple for Sept. 12 – the following week. Most analysts believe the iPhone will be the runaway best seller this holiday season. Samsung’s Galaxy SIII has already been a strong seller, and may ironically benefit from the recent patent dispute, if more customers rush to buy devices ahead of a possible injunction on U.S. sales. (A court hearing is scheduled later this month.) The others will likely pick up more of a niche market, though RIM’s weakness may create more opportunity on the corporate front.
“Though we acknowledge that expectations are already high, we believe upside is possible vs. our estimates in December and March as we believe build plans indicate a potential 50 million iPhone units per quarter,” Barclays analysts wrote in a note on Tuesday.
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Are you at risk for fraud? What are some of the more common frauds and how much could it cost you?
- In 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) collected more than 1.4 million fraud reports, and Americans said they lost money to the fraud in 25 percent of those reports. Americans reported losing $1.48 billion to fraud – an increase of 38 percent over 2017.
- The top reports in 2018 were: imposter scams, debt collection, and identity theft.
- Younger people reported losing money to fraud more often than older people. Of those people who reported fraud and their age, 43 percent of people in their 20s reported a loss to that fraud, while only 15 percent of people in their 70s did.
- When people in their 70s lost money, the amount tended to be higher: their median loss was $751, compared to $400 for people in their 20s.
- Scammers like to get money by wire transfer – for a total of $423 million in 2018. That was the most of any payment method reported, but there was a surge of payments with gift and reload cards – a 95 percent increase in dollars paid to scammers last year.
- Tax-related identity theft was down last year (by 38 percent), but credit card fraud on new accounts was up 24 percent. In fact, misusing someone’s information to open a new credit card account was reported more often than other forms of identity theft in 2018.
- The top 3 states for fraud and other reports (per 100,000 population) are Florida, Georgia and Nevada. The top 3 states for identity theft reports (also per 100,000) are Georgia, Nevada and California.
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- Ask students if they, their relatives or friends have ever been victims of fraud. If so, what was the outcome?
- Ask students to prepare a list of local, state, and federal agencies where fraud can be reported.
- Is it possible that the reason more young people reported fraud is because older persons are less likely to report?
- Are older people not reporting fraud because they are not tech savvy, or embarrassed by their inability to know they were scammed?


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GRAND-AM Road Racing announced that Brian Beierwaltes has been named director of brand and consumer marketing. Beierwaltes will begin his new position immediately and will be based in GRAND-AM’s Daytona Beach headquarters. He will report directly to GRAND-AM Director of Marketing David Pettit but also will leverage the resources of the NASCAR marketing department. One of Beierwaltes’ initial projects will be to help develop the brand for the new series resulting from GRAND-AM’s recent merger with the American Le Mans Series.
Beierwaltes has 10 years of marketing, strategy and advertising experience. Prior to joining GRAND-AM, he was managing director of sales and marketing, at MotiveQuest in Evanston, Ill. His experience also includes working at the advertising agencies DDB, Leo Burnett and Schafer Condon Carter.
A sports car enthusiast, Beierwaltes participates in club racing and holds class records at Road America and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
A native of Rolling Meadows, Ill., Beierwaltes earned degrees in marketing and business management from Millikin University in Decatur, Ill. He is relocating from the Chicago area to Daytona Beach with his wife Colleen and son Connor.
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Next-gen VW GTI gets a Swiss unveiling, Consumer Reports still love Japanese brands and Range Rover introduces world’s first nine-speed transmission.
New Volkswagen GTI hot hatch sports up to 230 horsepower While Canadians will have to wait until mid-2014, Europeans have been able to buy the seventh-gen VW Golf since last fall, but even they’ve had to wait for the hotter GTI versions, set to debut at next week’s Geneva auto show. VW’s ubiquitous 2.0-litre turbo four returns, but this time with 220 hp and 258 pound-feet of torque in base form and 230 hp with an optional power upgrade. Despite the uptick in power, VW is claiming fuel economy improves by 18%. By the time the GTI and its Golf mates arrive in North America in 2014, they’ll be coming from the German automaker’s Mexico plant.
Japanese brands still in favour with Consumers Reports When looking at overall brand reliability and performance, Japanese brands took seven out of the top 10 product segments for the U.S.-based Consumers Report 2013 “top pick” awards. Lexus, Subaru and Mazda were one, two and three, with Toyota, Acura, Honda and Scion taking the remaining top seven spots. The top U.S. brand was Cadillac, in 14th place, while the six lowest-ranked brands were all American: Buick, Chrysler, Ford, Lincoln, Jeep and Dodge. The consumer magazine ranks vehicles based on performance (tested at the publication’s Connecticut proving grounds) and reliability (based on feedback from its 8 million magazine subscribers who own the cars).
When eight speeds just won’t do … According to a report from Autocar, India’s Land Rover says its Range Rover Evoque will become the world’s first production vehicle to be equipped with a nine-speed automatic gearbox. Apparently, “significant improvements in fuel economy” are expected. The gearbox’s closer gear ratios are also said to improve everything from shift quality to refinement to acceleration. Despite sporting three more cogs, the so-called 9HP gearbox also weighs 7.5 kilograms less than the outgoing six-speeder it will replace in all-wheel-drive versions of the Evoque later this year.


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The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio Concept may be wild on the outside, but its what under its skin — or in it — is wilder still.
Proterra and LG Chem have jointly developed a new battery cell with higher energy density for use in heavy duty vehicles like electric buses and trucks.
Honda is late to the electric car party. Like most of its fellow Japanese car companies, it has been chasing the fuel cell chimera while Tesla was busy turning the automotive industry upside down with innovative electric cars. Now Honda is playing catch up. At the Frankfurt auto show this week, it is presenting two […]
A conversation with Christina Lampe-Onnerud revealed the innovative thinking behind the battery maker, Cadenza.
Researchers at Drexel University claim they have created a new material that will allow batteries to be recharged in seconds rather than hours. Is it pie in the sky or a real breakthrough?
The Fraunhofer Institute in Dresden, Germany is working on a new ceramic coating for electric car batteries that will allow more battery cells in the same space, making a range of 1000 kilometers possbile.
The Tesla Q1 2017 earnings call had lots to say about the Model 3, energy storage, solar power, and the Tesla delivery experience. Read all about it here.
New photos of the Fisker EMotion electric car have appeared on line. The company says the 400 mile electric car will be introduced August 17 with production scheduled to begin in 2018.
GE Renewable Energy is building a new 400 megawatt pumped hydro facility in central Montana that will provide power to cities as far away as Seattle and Portland.
Researchers in Germany have developed new technology that reduces the number of sensors needed in a lithium ion battery pack. That may lead to smaller, lighter, and less expensive batteries for electric cars.
Lux Research says it is more economical to recycle used EV lithium ion batteries than to reuse them for energy storage. JB Straubel of Tesla Motors says his company has studied the question and come to the same conclusion.
Researchers at the University of California – Riverside are experimenting with diatomaceous earth to make inexpensive, high power cathodes for lithium ion batteries.
A team of researchers at Penn State claim to have discovered the “ideal” battery storage material. It may lead to batteries that are lighter, smaller, and need less cooling. Will this discovery ever make it out of the lab?
Via CleanTechnica: We’ve got several notable updates regarding our first cleantech conference — CLEANTECH REVOLUTION TOUR → BERLIN — to share with you. First of all, we now have: → a Facebook event page (share with friends!) → an event webpage (which we’ll continuously update) → an eventbrite page for registering (again, register, and share with friends!) … and a confirmed […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica (with slight modification). As I wrote just before Christmas, CleanTechnica is planning to implement solar + electric vehicle events in cities across North America and Europe (and perhaps further at some point). In partnership with GridHub, an exciting renewable energy startup based in Berlin that I’ll write more about shortly, we’re launching the […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. We’ve finally relaunched Cleantech Talk! And there are two new co-hosts for the show — Kyle Field and Matthew Klippenstein. You can listen to this week’s episode on iTunes, on SoundCloud, or by clicking the play button in the embedded player below. You can also leave a comment at any particular […]


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After teasing its next smartwatch offering, Samsung has officially unveiled the new product. Named the Gear S2Smartwatch, the piece is available in both a “Classic” and regular style. As opposed to the Apple Watch’s rectangular screen and Samsung’s other smartwatch offerings (such as the Gear 2 Neo, Gear 2, Gear Live and more), the Gear S2 sports a round, 1.2 inch diameter face. Its display comes in 360 x 360 resolution with a dual core 1.2 GHz processor and 4 GB of internal memory.
Additionally, it boasts Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. The regular iteration sports a rubberized band in dark gray or silver, while the “Classic” iteration features a leather band and matching case.
No word regarding pricing yet, but interested parties will be able to learn more at the IFA electronics show in Berlin this Thursday, with word from Samsung soon.
To mark the release of the Apple Watch, MR PORTER takes a trip backwards through time to chart the numerous breakthroughs in timepiece evolution. From the Vikings who used their primitive watches as a source of protective power to Rolex’s release of the first waterproof watch in 1926, the article spans all major horological improvements.
There is a uniform idea present that success in timepieces (and technology in general) doesn’t stem from being the first release, but the most practical and aesthetically pleasing, citing people’s alleged hesitation in embracing fitness wearables like the Nike FuelBand and Fitbit. Apple Watch is not only attempting to revolutionize technology, but package it in a way that stylish people would be proud to wear.
Many smartwatches have a tendency to look like a tiny computer on your wrist. But Huawei‘s first shot at the wearable looks more like a classic timepiece.
The Chinese manufacturer announced its entry into the smartwatch market on Sunday at Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. The Huawei Watch is an elegant circular watch that runs on Google’s Android Wear software. The company is targeting both men and women with the product, allowing users to personalize it based on colors (silver, black and gold), a variety of band options (for example, leather and stainless steel) and 40 different watch faces.
The Huawei Watch will launch by mid-2015, likely in June.
The AMOLED display is 42 mm in diameter, which, according to the company, is the most compact design that exists. This was to make it more appealing to both genders; typically, smartwatches skew more masculine-looking because of the limited size and style options. The display is protected with a sapphire crystal covering to prevent scratching, which is a nice touch. Many existing smartwatches on the market are protected with Gorilla Glass, but traditional watches typically come with sapphire crystal glass, which has a different look.
Like other smartwatches, the Huawei Watch will let wearers receive text messages, check email, receive phone call notifications, play with apps and view their calendars directly from the touchscreen. The device is powered by a Qualcomm 1.2GHz processor and syncs up with smartphones running Android 4.3 and higher. Under the hood, the Huawei Watch includes 4GB of storage, 512 MB of RAM and Bluetooth 4.1 compatibility.
The watch can also function as a fitness tracker; its sensor can tell whether a person is running, biking or sleeping, and tracks those stats, including calories burned, distance traveled and heart rate via its built-in heart rate monitor.
Huawei added that it will be building a “health and lifestyle ecosystem” to help users stay on top of their goals and progress, with the help of partners and app platforms like Jawbone.
The circular shape and the stainless steel frame is a nod toward traditional watches and a design that most consumers already consider more appealing. As we’ve noted previously, many smartwatches — including the Apple Watch, slated to be released in April — have square or rectangular-shaped designs, because it’s difficult to fit so much technology into a smaller, curved case. But Huawei does a striking job.The arrival of the Huawei Watch doesn’t come as a huge surprise. Manufacturers with roots in the smartphone industry like Apple, Samsung, LG and Motorola have already invested big money and resources into developing a wearable, so it makes sense for Huawei to follow suit. The look of the watch isn’t a huge shocker, either; two promotional videos leaked online earlier in this weekend, which were pulled shortly after. A promotional ad for the watch was also spotted at the El Prat airport in Spain.
This isn’t Huawei’s first attempt at wearables. Last year, it launched the TalkBand 1, a fitness tracker and Bluetooth headset hybrid.
The Huawei Watch has the potential to inch out competitors also banking on the circular look, like the Moto 360. However, unlike other competitors like the Apple Watch, the Huawei Watch runs on Android Wear, which has gotten shaky reviews.
The Huawei Watch will launch in 20 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Norway, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.
Pricing and availability has not been announced yet and will vary depending on the market, the company said.
Apple has launched its second OS X 10.10.3 and iOS 8.3 beta updates for developers today. As part of the release, the promised multicultural emoji pack has been unveiled. The redesigned keyboard will allow a user to adjust the complexion of an emoji by tapping and holding on each character.
The new skin tones are based off the Fitzpatrick scale, a numerical classification schema for human skin color which was developed by a Harvard dermatologist in 1975. Along with racial diversity, Apple’s new emoji pack will also feature same-sex couples and couples without children. Furthermore, 300 additional new characters will be available once the new iOS is released to the public this spring, including an unsurprising replacement of a traditional watch by an Apple Watch.


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Over and over again over, most of the pre-launch chatter about the iPhone 5c was that this was Apple’s “budget” iPhone, meant to help Cupertino squeeze into the mid-range, and especially penetrate the emerging market in countries like China by being released at a price around $349.
So imagine China’s surprise when it turned out that the iPhone 5c wasn’t meant to be any more of a budget iPhone than the year-old iPhones Apple has sold before. In fact, in China, an iPhone 5c will cost, in dollars, more than what an iPhone 5s would cost an American unsubsididized. And the Chinese are underwhelmed, to say the least.
Vodafone has confirmed that it will roll out its new 4G LTE network in the United Kingdom this summer, ready for a launch “later this year.” The move follows the carrier’s £790 million ($1.2 billion) acquisition of a chunk of 4G spectrum back in February.
Apple just released its Q2 2013 Financial results, and even though Apple beat its own estimates, Tim Cook started the Quarterly Financial Call on the defensive.
Cook started the call by explaining how exceptional Apple’s 2012 financial results were for Apple, so it’s hard for the company to improve sales this quarter. Then Cook commented on Apple’s struggling stock price by saying he’s “very frustrated” with the stock’s declining value the last few quarters, but they’re staying focused on the future.
Hoping to appease investors, Apple announced today that it will payback $100 billion to investors by 2015. Apple has yet to release a major product in 2013, but Cook reassured investors that Apple can’t wait to release new hardware and software this Fall and throughout 2014.
Apple has today announced that it has updated its 13- and 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro to add faster processors and lower prices. The 13-inch model now starts at $1,499 with 128GB of flash storage, rising to $1,699 for a new 2.6GHz processor and 256GB of flash.
The 15-inch model now offers a faster 2.4GHz quad-core processor as standard, while the top-of-the-line model gets a new 2.7GHz quad-core processor and 16GB of memory.


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Amid discussions on layoffs and pay cuts across India Inc, the home ministry has released a fresh notification which allows startups and private companies to cut salaries of employees as they draw plans to tackle Covid-19 induced economic slowdown.
As per March circular, the government had notified companies not to cut salaries or lay off employees irrespective of their presence or absence in the workspace due to Covid-19 lockdown situation.
The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) announced that it is developing a video conferencing tool for government officials, judiciary and public to reduce India’s dependence on overseas platforms like Zoom and Google Hangouts to carry out day-to-day business operations through video conferencing.
The All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) recently wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting the government to remove foreign-funded and illegally operating online pharmacies such as 1mg, PharmEasy, NetMeds and MedLife from the Aarogya Setu Mitr portal as they alleged them of using the platform for advancing their business interests in India.
MIT Technology Review — a magazine owned by the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, — in an in-house review downgraded the Aarogya Setu app. It was given one out of five stars, previously the app was given two out of five stars. According to the review, the app lost more points on the parameters of ‘data minimisation,’ as the app collected more data than needed for it to work.
Ola Revenue Plummets As It Gets Back On Road
Bengaluru-based cab aggregator Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal said that the Covid-19 crisis has taken a toll on the business recording close to 95% revenue loss over the last two months, and the company is now looking at downsizing operations. It has laid off 1,400 employees in the mobility business, Ola Foods and Ola Financial Services.
An Ola spokesperson said, “As per the latest guidelines issued by various state government today, driver-partners operating three and four-wheelers on the platform will be available to serve mobility needs on the Ola app, with the highest levels of safety precautions in the states of Karnataka, Telangana, Delhi-NCR, Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu (except Chennai), Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Assam.”
Swiggy, Zomato Start Alcohol Home Delivery In Jharkhand, Mumbai
The government of Jharkhand became the first state to have allowed food delivery aggregators Zomato and Swiggy to start home delivery of alcoholic beverages and liquor across the state. In a press statement, Swiggy claimed that it would soon go live in other major cities like Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and others. The company said that users can place orders through the ‘Wine Shops,’ category on the updated Swiggy app.
Both Zomato and Swiggy are also in talks with multiple state governments to provide support with online processing and home delivery of alcohol. For this, both companies would leverage their existing technology, nationwide presence and logistics infrastructure. Recently, Mumbai has allowed the delivery of alcohol through ecommerce and online food delivery platforms like Swiggy and Zomato in the non-containment zones.
Ecommerce Players Cheer As Non-Essential Ecommerce Resumes
After multiple requests to the government to give nod for delivery of non-essential items, lockdown 4.0 finally allowed the same. Now, companies are looking at rebuilding the supply chain and fulfilment capacity.
Both Amazon and Flipkart welcomed the government’s move to deliver non-essentials to all places outside containment zones in lockdown 4.0 and also awaits for advisories from various states and abide by the rules, safety measures and hygiene practices.
Facebook Rides The Ecommerce Wave With The Launch Of ‘Shops,’ Partners With Samsung
Facebook is all set to launch ‘Shops’ on its social media platform and Instagram. Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the new feature will let small businesses to display and sell their products. Also, the company said that merchants can even customise the look of the shop and product display.
Instagram Shopping product lead Layla Amjadi said that the new product launched by Facebook will help businesses not only survive, but thrive during coming months and adapt to new consumer behaviour.
Meanwhile, South Korean tech giant Samsung has partnered with Facebook to train mom-and-pop stores in India with digital marketing techniques to help them grow their business digitally across social media platforms owned by Facebook.
SEBI Asks Listed Companies To Disclose Financial Impact Of Covid-19 On Business
The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has asked listed companies to evaluate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their business, performance and financials, both qualitative and quantitatively, to an extent possible and disseminate the same. In its circular, it said that many listed companies have disclosed the details under LODR Regulations, primarily intimating shutdown of operations due to the pandemic. Also, it noted that some listed companies have provided information relating to actions taken towards sanitation, hygiene and safety, however, the number of entities that have disclosed with respect to financial impact is small.
CBDT Exempts B2B Ecommerce From Mandatory UPI, RuPay Support
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has exempted all companies engaged in B2B transactions from enabling digital payments facilities such as RuPay, unified payments interface (UPI) or UPI QR code support temporarily. In its circular, it stated that the rule shall not be applicable to B2B transactions if at least 95% of all amounts received during the previous year, including the amount received for sales, turnover or gross receipts, are done by any other mode other than cash.
TikTok’s Popularity In India Suffers As Play Store Rating Plummets Over Pile Of Controversies
The short-video app TikTok has slowly started to lose its popularity in India as Google Play Store rating falls to 1.2 stars due to a mass call for a ban on the app for promoting violence, sexual content, as well as offensive reaction. The drop in ratings is being followed with reviews about TikTok promoting so-called objectionable content.
Recent troubles began with a video by Amir Siddiqui where he accused YouTubers of plagiarising TikTok content and losing out on brand endorsements. The response video created by Ajey Nagar aka CarryMinati became viral before it was taken down by YouTube after complaints about seemingly homophobic comments against Siddiqui.
This was later followed by another TikTok video posted by Faizal Siddiqui which was seen as allegedly mocking acid attacks survivors, leading to a debate over how youngsters use and consume the content on the app.
Apple And Google’s Contact Tracing API Is All Set To Boost Aarogya Setu
Tech giants, Apple and Google recently announced that they are ready with their contact tracing application programming interfaces (APIs) which will help India and other countries to track the spread of Covid-19. According to media reports, the APIs which use bluetooth for contact tracing, will be launched in a phased manner and will be made available through software updates. However, it is said that only public health authorities (PHAs) working on contact tracing applications (Aarogya Setu), will get access to the APIs. The companies said that these APIs will improve the technology of the existing contact tracing applications.
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As the United States imposes an additional round of tariffs on $16 billion worth of Chinese imports, global trade relationships are changing in ways that could eventually leave American farmers out in the cold.
Farmers for Free Trade, a bipartisan campaign fighting President Donald Trump’s tariffs, has surveyed farmers throughout the United States about the trade war’s impacts. The common refrain has been that this group is worried about the long-term consequences.
While American farmers may be able to sustain their businesses in the near term, they are scared that markets where they have worked tirelessly to build relationships are now being won over by Brazil, Canada, Argentina, or Russia – among other competitors. No aid package will bring back those markets. And even if the trade war ended tomorrow, the damage to important and lucrative relationships with buyers has been done.
Farmers, of course, aren’t the only group that will be affected by any trade war. But their plight is important to understand because they were early targets of punitive tariffs, and those impacts are now being felt in associated industries.
Trump too often oversimplifies the complexities of policy issues to the detriment of those who elected him. Today, global trade is about more than tariffs. It includes a complex, interconnected network of suppliers, regulators, inspectors, shipping routes, and value chains. It’s built on relationships, cost, and reliability. Most importantly, competition is fierce and growing. Additionally, while tariffs can be turned on and off quickly, building – or reclaiming – trade relationships can take decades. That is what’s at stake.
The turbulence and uncertainty caused by Trump’s trade war has created a geo-economic feeding frenzy. U.S. competitors from Argentina to Ukraine are aggressively working to eat into markets once dominated by American farmers.
Brazilian soy farmers have seen opportunity – and fortunes – in the pains of their American counterparts. Farmers in Brazil’s countryside are swapping crops like sugar cane for soy, hoping to cash in and put Brazilian soy on Chinese dinner tables. And this bet is already paying big dividends. Brazilian soybean exports to China rose to nearly 36 million tons in the first half of 2018, up 6 percent from a year ago, according to Reuters. In July alone, they surged 46 percent from the same month a year earlier.
In just two years, farmland used to grow soy exploded by 5 million acres in Brazil. Trump’s trade war is literally changing the global trade landscape – a trend will only be exacerbated when new tariffs go into effect on Thursday.
And Brazilian farmers aren’t the only competitors reaping the rewards.
Tensions between the United States and Mexico are pushing Mexican wheat buyers to find new sourcing. Argentine, Russian, and Ukrainian wheat growers, who are able to offer cheaper prices, are stepping in to fill the void and are selling wheat to Mexico flour millers to be used in everything from bread to tortillas. Russia surpassed the United States as the world’s leading wheat exporter in 2016 and has only distanced itself from the competition since.
Meanwhile, U.S. wheat exports globally have plummeted by 21 percent in just the first half of 2018.
The anxiety stemming from Trump’s multifront trade war is weighing down exports as well as future business opportunities. The uncertainty has forced delegations from China, India, Italy and Spain to cancel meetings with American farmers that are organized annually to place orders and develop relationships.
American farmers are a tough bunch who are willing to sacrifice and know how to overcome challenges. They have persisted through climate change, market fluctuations, floods and droughts; the last thing they need is to contend with hardship and stress because of bad policy from their own government. But they aren’t the only ones starting to suffer as the result of Trump’s misguided trade policies.
Less demand for U.S. exports means soy, wheat, corn, and other crops sit in storage rather than being loaded on train cars, trucks, and eventually ships. The decrease in volume will transform supply chains that have been built and refined to maximize efficiency between the United States and Asian buyers.
Bulk shipping managers are already repositioning fleets to take advantage of emerging trade routes and expanding opportunities. The trend serves as further evidence that the trade landscape is evolving while the United States turns inward and doubles down on a protectionist strategy. It also demonstrates for trade opponents that global competition will not wait for the United States, and abdicating America’s leadership – as the Trump administration did when it withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership – only empowers adversaries and leaves American farmers and manufacturers at a disadvantage.
The decline in exports and squeeze on farm budgets will eventually make it difficult for farmers to cover bills, mortgages, loans, and planting costs for next year’s crop. That will extend the ripple effect to financial institutions, real estate, and future crop production.
Every week that passes closes more doors to U.S. farmers and unlocks new opportunities for their competitors. It’s unclear whether what has already been lost will ever return.
Trump would be wise to abandon his failed strategy and quickly reclaim the mantel of global trade leadership before the United States finds itself on the outside looking in.
About the Author
Trevor Kincaid was the Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public Affairs in the Obama administration and is a member of the Washington International Trade Association. He previously served in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. @tkincaid
The views expressed in this article are not those of Reuters News.


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News thrives on conflict — it always has and always will. But that tendency to emphasize the negative — or in the case of agriculture, every criticism of farmers and U.S. food production imaginable — can feed feelings that agriculture is under siege when it isn’t. And that’s not good either, since that encourages overreactions and “us-versus-them” attitudes that are already too common in America today and prevent industries from moving forward.
Here’s a reality check: A survey last year from Dairy Management Inc. talked to consumers aged 13 and over and asked them whether they agreed with a series of statements about dairy. This is what they found.
Don’t believe fringe blogs or well-funded misinformation campaigns; the public remains solidly behind dairy farmers. Nearly two-thirds agree with the statement “I trust dairy farmers,” and barely more than one-tenth disagree. Two-thirds isn’t everyone, of course — but in today’s highly divided nation, the nearly six-to-one advantage of agree versus disagree is pretty overwhelming.
Dairy is also held in high regard in trust that it provides affordable nutrition and takes consumer health seriously. Consumers agreed with those statements by margins of roughly five-to-one over those who disagreed.
It’s also important to note that, in both of those statements as well as two others covering whether consumers agree that dairy cows are treated well and whether dairy products are produced in an environmentally responsible way, public trust rose in 2021 from when consumers were asked the same question in 2020. That’s a credit to dairy farmer and industry efforts not only to keep up the good work, but to let the world know of that work through effective storytelling.
All of this is an encouraging antidote to doom and gloom. Still, it’s also important to acknowledge the areas where trust in dairy is at its weakest — animal care and environmental responsibility. The majorities that stand behind dairy are slimmer in both those areas; the “disagrees,” while small, are a larger percentage — and as we all know, they are vocal.
This only underscores the wisdom of the wide suite of efforts dairy is making both to reassure consumers of dairy’s integrity and improve the actual performance of the sector on sustainability and animal care, ranging from the National Dairy FARM Program to the Net Zero Initiative and other industry commitments.
Farmers and U.S. food producers do their work mostly outside the direct experience of largely urban and suburban consumers. That makes them easy targets for naysayers and a fertile source for “clickbait” criticisms in media outlets. But the greater truth is that most consumers trust farmers and see dairy’s benefits. That trust is growing, and dairy, working together, can build on that trust. Keep all of that in mind the next time something you see in media makes your blood boil. Cooler heads are the ones that prevail. And dairy, as farmers and (most) consumers already know, is pretty darn cool.


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Rendering courtesy of CIM Group A new Target store is coming to Los Angeles ‘Mid-City, a community south of the Miracle Mile stretch of Wilshire Boulevard that consists of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and La Brea Tar Pits. It will mark a very first for the gentrifying area, which has lacked a strong national retail existence.
The store is prepared to open as part of a roughly 87,000-square-foot, two-level shopping plaza that is being constructed by Los Angeles-based developer CIM Group on the southeast corner of La Brea Avenue and San Vicente Boulevard.
Grocery store Sprouts Farmers Market has actually likewise signed on to the project, according to CIM Group, which is still looking for additional occupants for the development.
” I think those are great renters for that location,” Gabe Kadosh, vice president at realty brokerage Colliers International, stated. “There really wasn’t a higher-quality grocer because area for a long period of time.”
Kadosh stated the brand-new shopping center need to also assist renew business activity in the area, traditionally home to automobile body and auto repair shops.
The Target Corp. is not yet providing any specifics as to exactly what type of Target shop it will be. The company has its famous huge box mega-store in addition to smaller sized store principles such as CityTarget for denser, urban places.
This will be the very first Target and the very first Sprouts Farmers Market in the community, which Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson, who represents the project’s district, says is a big offer.
” This retail center will not only develop a brand-new swell of jobs in the area, however will likewise offer a wanted convenience to everybody in District 10,” Wesson stated via email. “We are happy to bring Target and the first Sprouts Farmers Market to our part of town, so that we can provide access to more diverse retail options.”
The shopping center, which is slated to include 300 parking spaces in above-ground and underground structures, is scheduled to be finished early next year.
Kadosh likewise indicated the success of another close-by CIM Group project, Midtown Crossing, with house enhancement shop Lowe’s as the anchor tenant there.
CIM Group sold that 315,338-square-foot retail residential or commercial property in February 2015 for $186.6 million, or about $592 per square foot, to NewTower Trust Company, inning accordance with CoStar data.
See CoStar COMPS # 3236064.
A few miles north of Mid-City, the shell of an unfinished Target store still rests on Sunset Boulevard in East Hollywood.
The shop is now associated with legal procedures after area groups filed claims alleging the city violated preparing guidelines in approving the task and cannot properly consider the ecological effect of new zoning laws it produced for the website. However, Target stays committed to it.
” We value the city’s ongoing support for Target in our ongoing efforts to pursue a store in Hollywood on Sundown Boulevard, and we thank the neighborhood for its persistence as we continue to pursue resuming building,” reads a statement from Target.
There are 102 Target shops in the greater Los Angeles area, and the merchant is constantly trying to find opportunities to broaden, inning accordance with a Target spokesperson. Another brand-new Target place is slated to open this fall at 965 Town Center Dr. in La Cañada Flintridge in the San Gabriel Valley.
Where general retail is concerned, after a supply-driven bump in jobs at the start of last year, strong leasing has actually helped compress retail vacancies to 3.8 percent near the city’s historical low, according to


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TenX Media Group Expands 3D Tour and Real Estate Marketing to Sarasota, FL
Milwaukee Based TenX Media has expanded nationally, with their first service area outside of Wisconsin, offering 3D tour and professional real estate photography services at affordable rates to the real estate and property market in Sarasota, FL.
By: TenX Media Group
“We knew when we put the pricing packages together offering this 3D tour technology with free high quality photos and room measurements with such attractive pricing that the real estate markets would potentially want to use our services on every new listing,” said Founder and Owner Nate Strom, who has been a residential realtor for over 10 years. “But, if you would have told us this was going to take off this quickly and that we would have three service areas before the end of the year, only a few months removed from opening, we wouldn’t have believed you.”
TenX Media’s services were launched to service residential and commercial real estate agents looking for a tangible marketing edge over competing agents and brokerage firms. “When we tell agents about these packages, most of the time they are looking at it from a buyer perspective, but that is only 49% of the value here,” said TenX Media’s Marketing Director Kyle O’Boyle, the former Director of Marketing of a commercial real estate office out of Downtown Milwaukee. “Yes, buyers and agents appreciate the 3D tour tech because they can eliminate properties without actually going in person, but the ones getting the most out of our services are the agents going into potential listing meetings and literally sliding an iPad across the table with a 3D tour on it and watching that seller go from possibly hiring them to hiring them on the spot. That is why our marketing packages our taking off, and we suspect Sarasota will be no different.”
Their website says pricing packages start at only $149.99 for properties 1,500 square-feet or less, which gets that property a 3D tour to share on MLS, social media, and more, as well as free HDR photography and room measurements.
See their affordable pricing packages for residential real estate, including homes, condos, apartments, other rentals and examples of finished 3D tours at their website http://3dtourmarketplace.com.
Kyle O'Boyle, Marketing Director
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New information about two cell phones that we already told you about has appeared on the Internet – the Samsung B3410
. The former has surfaced on Samsung´s official website for Russia and it´s now clear the device is equipped with touch-sensitive screen and QWERTY keyboard that we hope provides pleasing comfort of use, especially for heavy texting. The Samsung B3410 will come with 2.6-inch, QVGA display and sport 2-megapixel camera that will allow its owners to capture both snapshots and videos. Mainstream extra features like microSD card slot, Bluetooth and FM radio are also on board, although the device lacks 3G and Wi-Fi functionality, something that can be expected given the affordable price tag of about 150 EUR.
The Samsung B3410 is an affordable handset with QWERTY keyboard
We have yet again met the Samsung M3310 before it´s even announced. This is music-oriented handset coming in a dual-slider form factor (like the Samsung F400) that we now know more of. It seems the Samsung M3310 will be an entry-level cell phone equipped with a decent set of functions and features like 2.1
-inc QVGA display, 3.2
-megapixel camera, 3.5mm jack, FM radio with RDS, microSD card slot and Bluetooth. Moreover, the rumor has it that the battery will be able to provide no less but 75 hours of continuous audio playback through a headset. Its release date and retail price are still unknown.
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A recent report by the Aite Group entitled "The Case for Mashups in Capital Markets" projected that despite the current financial climate, capital market firms will spend $35 million in mashup technology this year. According to the report, which surveyed 13 major capital market firms around the world, these companies will be willing to invest in mashups in order to address a variety of business processes:
Although many firms will face budget constraints in 2009, using mashup technology can support many top objectives in risk management, as well as myriad business processes deemed too small for a full-blown technology project. As such, Aite Group expects capital markets firms to spend US$35 million on mashup technology in 2009.
Adam Honoré, senior analyst with Aite Group and author of this report notes that:
As technology budgets decline, mashups may seem like a strange technology subject to explore in the current capital markets environment. If firms consider some of the significant challenges headed the industry's way and frame mashups in the context of how they add value to their business, the time spent exploring may be worth the effort.
The twenty-five page report also profiles four vendors that are active in the mashup space: Connotate, IBM, Serena Software and Salesforce.com.
As always, these types of reports should be taken with a grain of salt (especially given the volatile economic times we currently are in), but it reflects a theme we're seeing more frequently: that mashups have the potential to be an effective, cost-saving technology in the enterprise.


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BAYONNE, NJ - A campaign promise by Mayor Jimmy Davis to bring flavored caffeine drinks in tall, grande, vente, and trenta sizes to his city is one step closer to reality.
“For years people have asked me if is there going to be a Starbucks in Bayonne,” Mayor Jimmy Davis has said previously.
According to a statement by RD Management and JMF Properties, the designated redevelopers of the 14-acre site located on the former Military Ocean Terminal, the popular stop for many American seeking their daily dose jolt of caffeine, will join Lidl, LA Fitness, CVS Pharmacy, and Posh Nails & Beauty Lounge at the Harbor View Martketplace.
“Once complete, Harbor View Marketplace and ScenicVue will serve as a premier destination for the residents and visitors of Bayonne looking to take a break from the city,” said Richard Birdoff, principal and president of RD Management. “We, alongside JMF Properties, are thrilled to welcome such a diverse mix of national tenants and believe this live-work-play development will fulfill the community’s lifestyle needs.”
The 240,780-square-foot Harbor View is anchored by Costco Wholesale, which opened in March, 2019 and includes an 18-pump Costco Gasoline gas station. The developers and city officials joined together in October to break ground on the land that will also include 651 multifamily residential units, with rooftop terraces and walking paths.
“This is a well-connected neighborhood with a fast-growing retail and residential presence, one that will certainly be enhanced by these five new retail tenants,” said Joseph Forgione, the founder and principal of JMF Properties. “Lidl, LA Fitness, CVS Pharmacy, Starbucks, and Posh Nails & Beauty Lounge comprise an excellent retail mix that will attract new shoppers to this community, and also serve as a convenient, walking-distance amenity for future rental residents and ferry commuters. Along with our partner, RD Management, we are happy to introduce these businesses to the Bayonne market and we look forward to the continued growth of this incredible waterfront property.”
The new businesses are all expected to open in the third quarter of this year.
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WASHINGTON—Vice President Mike Pence rejected a push from Democrats to invoke the 25th Amendment to oust President Trump over his role in the Capitol riot, setting in motion a House vote Wednesday to impeach the president during his final week in office, this time with the support of some Republicans.
Mr. Pence in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) late Tuesday said invoking the amendment would set a “terrible precedent” and that Democrats’ efforts amounted to political games. He also urged lawmakers to “avoid taking actions that would further divide and inflame the passions of the moment.”
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Art of Speed 2016 (AOS 2016) will include the first ever Painthead Asia exhibition for creative artists.
Art of Speed 2016 (AOS 2016) celebrates its fifth edition this year and organisers Art of Speed Malaysia are taking things into overdrive. Announced as part of this year’s show programs is the first ever Painthead Asia exhibition.
The exhibition stands as the first of its kind in the region and stands to foster further collaborations among local and also international artistes. The exhibition is set to feature custom paintings and paintworks. The exhibition is sponsored by Japanese helmet brand Beetle Helmet.
Amongst the artists listed for the exhibition include the likes of Bacon Decoration “Jun” from Japan, Arkiv Vilmansa & Fahmi Freeflow from Indonesia, Mr. Pinman & Twocs Itthipong from Thailand, Mark SBTG & Feroze McLeod from Singapore and lastly representing from Malaysia are Adrian Nunis “Affa Project” & Ezudean Ishak “Rolling Ink”.
Notably, each and every helmet designed by the aforementioned artistes will also go on sale through a ‘Silent Auction’ event as well. Organisers also stated that 100% of the proceeds would be channelled directly to the artiste themselves.
Besides the Painthead Asia exhibition and silent auction, AOS 2016 will also feature a number of other attractions as well. Highlights include special appearances by Jason Webber from ATR Choppers USA, Jeff Leighton from The Wretched Hive USA, Steve Caballero from USA, Shige Suganuma & Wildman from MOONEYES Japan, Dino Dalle Carbonare from Speedhunters.com Japan, Hi-Technix Japan Lowrider Hopping Show from Japan, Koji Hamada from Hammer Sycle Japan, Kaichiroh Kurosu from Cherry’s Company Japan, The Nash from Burnout Magazine Japan, as well as art collective pinstripe group from Japan; Makoto, Mr. G, Jetwrench and Boo.
AOS 2016 takes place on May 28 and 29 this year in the massive air-conditioned halls of the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park, Serdang (MAEPS) just like last year. Plenty of activities are being organised to cater to all demographics including children. Notably, the winner of this year’s Best of Show in the motorcycle and automobile categories will win package trips as guests of honour at this year’s MOONEYES Yokohama Hotrod and Custom Show in December.
More information is available at the event’s official website, artofspeedmy.com.
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Nokia announced that it has been selected by Ooredoo Group to bring multiple technologies and services, including 5G, to customers in Middle East, North Africa and South-east Asia as part of a multi-country, five-year deal. The deal, which builds on Nokia’s global partnership with Ooredoo, will see Nokia expand Ooredoo’s existing network, as well as introduce new 5G services. The deployment is already underway and is expected to be completed by 2026 in all these countries.
SpaceX | December 22, 2020
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) declared on Friday it had offered the first round of its new region wide mechanical assembly licenses to communications suppliers searching for 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) range.
Licenses were handed out in the 26GHz and 28GHz bands to SpaceX Starlink, Telstra, Optus, Vocus, Nokia, NBN, Opticomm, MarchNet, Dreamtilt, Field Solutions Group, WorldVu (One Web), Inmarsat, Viasat, O3B/SES, and New Skies Satellites/SES.
TCL Electronics | October 23, 2021
TCL, one of the world's leading technology companies and best-selling consumer electronics brands, continues to bring affordable 5G solutions to all with the introduction of the TCL TAB Pro 5G, TCL's first 5G tablet in North America. A reliable entertainment and productivity tool the whole family can enjoy, the powerful TCL TAB Pro 5G keeps you connected to every aspect of your digital life, at home and on-the-go.
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John Galliano’s downward spiral continues as Dior officially drops him from his own label. Dior, who owns 91% of The John Galliano Label, says the brand is not an “immediate priority.”
“It is understood the in-house design team at John Galliano, which shares members with Dior’s, will be charged with producing collections at a house prized for bias-cut dresses, newspaper prints and retro-tinged tailoring,” reps from Dior said in a statement. “A pre-spring collection is already said to be in the works.”
After being arrested back in February for spewing a series of racial slurs in a Paris bar, things haven’t been looking so good for John. He was fired as a designer at Dior in March and after he was missing at a fashion show in Paris for The John Galliano Label, the rumour started to swirl that he might be losing his namesake label as well.
Fired twice and arrested once in less than three months? Doesn’t look like the rest of 2011 is going to be looking up for John either. He entered a rehab facility in Arizona to try and get the heat off, but his racial slurs could still land him in prison for six months.
Dior does not have any current plans to sell the label.


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Shooter has become for them an analogue of the social network.
According to a study by the National Research Group (NRG), which studies the entertainment market, Fotnite forces people to abandon traditional social networks. For example, 53% of children aged 10-12 years regularly play the “royal battle” from Epic Games, while less than 40% of them are active Facebook users.
Moreover, they launch Fortnite more often than any other application – even YouTube, Netflix and Twitch. According to a study, when a person starts playing a shooter from Epic Games, he starts spending 21% of his free time in it – more than on any other media.
Analysts are sure that Fortnite has become a full-fledged social platform, as it gives people room for self-expression and gathers around them people who are not interested in competitive games. Another confirmation of this is the DJ Marshmello concert, which took place in Fortnite on February 2 and was watched by more than 10 million players.
Epic Games itself also looks towards social networks. So, the company acquired thedevelopers of video chat Houseparty. The latter have said before that many Fortnite players use their application during the game.
In two years since launch, Epic Games shooter has gathered around a user base of 250 million active players. 82% of them are under 35 years old. Fortnite’s annual revenue is 2.4 billion dollars.


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A podcast user can mark episodes as subscriber-only and publish them on Spotify and other podcast listening platforms, the company revealed in a statement.
Spotify is the most popular paid audio and music streaming service in the world and the company has stated that it won't charge commission from podcast creators` subscriber revenue for a period of next two years. However, the company plans to charge a fee amounting to 5% from 2023 onwards.
Apple's app store charges a fee from developers for every purchase made on the Apple platform. Two years back Spotify had filed a complaint with European Union regulators stating that the fees charged by Apple charges for taking payments through the store had made it unfairly difficult for rivals to compete for music subscribers.
Apple has been competing with Spotify for music streaming and the company launched a similar subscription-baked platform for podcasts.
Spotify has chosen 12 independent podcasters who will be publishing subscriber-only bonus content as part of their existing feeds. Spotify has revealed that it plans to extend the programme to other creators as well in the coming months.
National Public Radio (NPR) has begun publishing five ad-free shows 4 May onwards for paid subscribers.
Spotify has been enhancing its podcast arm by investing over half a billion dollars in purchasing podcast networks Gimlet and Anchor, as well as podcast ad company Megaphone. This new subscription tool has been developed by leveraging Anchor`s platform.
The Swedish audio streaming company is currently testing a system that will enable content creators on other platforms with an existing subscriber base to offer paid content through Spotify.


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With so many retailers filing bankruptcy, closing stores and reporting flat to shrinking sales, it’s been hard for shopping center owners to keep breathing life into their properties.
“A shopping center is about the people,” says retail property investor Allen Ginsborg. “It’s not the bricks and mortar.”
Amid a protracted economic slump, Ginsborg does not have a rosy outlook for the commercial retail real estate space. Yet his company, Woodland Hills, Calif.-based NewMark Merrill Cos., has maintained 95% occupancy through the worst of it.
Ginsborg’s secrets to keeping things bustling in a bust don’t sound like secrets at all, but he says it’s surprising how many retail center owners don’t attend to these basics.
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The world’s biggest memory chip and smartphone maker said it couldn’t rule out the possibility that demand growth may be curbed amid lingering tensions on US-China trade and looming fears of the economic impact of the new coronavirus outbreak in China and beyond.
Samsung should be doing well, it has Apple and Huawei keen on buying its chips and displays, but its fourth-quarter operating profit slumped to $6.13 billion on weaker chip demand, down 34 percent from the same period a year earlier.
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The October-December quarter marks the end of a year marred by bloated stockpiles of chips that squeezed prices and the US-China trade war that roiled global supply chains and prospects for consumer demand. For the year, Samsung posted an operating profit of $23.4 billion its lowest since 2015.
Samsung said it expected January-March earnings to fall from the preceding quarter, reflecting low seasonal demand for chips and displays.
Speaking during a conference call, a Samsung chip executive flagged uncertainties in chip demand.
Senior vice president at Samsung’s semiconductor business unit Han Jin-man said: “The macroeconomic and geopolitical concerns are showing signs of easing recently, but we can’t rule out the possibility that the situation would deteriorate."
Intel and TSMC have offered positive outlooks, fuelling hopes of a rebound in chip prices after a slide that started in late 2018.


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CITROËN IS CELEBRATING ITS CENTENARY WITH AN INTERNATIONAL ACTIVATIONS PACKAGE THROUGHOUT 2019
Even though 2019 has only just started, Citroën has already spent many months preparing behind the scenes for its centenary. To come up with the festivities for this exceptional anniversary, the brand began with a simple question: how would its founder, André Citroën, have celebrated his brand’s 100 years himself? For this visionary, it is certain that doing things like everyone else would have been out of the question. Proud of this DNA, Citroën has created a bold activations package combining international events and activities that will take place throughout 2019.
01 - 100 YEARS OF A BRAND ‘INSPIRED BY YOU’
Celebrating Citroën’s centenary means celebrating 100 years of a truly people minded brand, a brand which has always been inspired by people and their ways of life. It means highlighting 100 years of a worldwide inspirational brand for all generations, through truly unifying and people-focused events:
RETROMOBILE 2019 (from 6 to 10 February, Paris Expo Porte de Versailles)
For this show, a must for lovers of motor vehicle history, Citroën is putting an exceptional display together with a special centenary stand of 1,200m2 accommodating 30 iconic models around three hubs:
- 10 production vehicles: Type A 10HP, C3 5HP, Traction Avant, Type H, 2CV, DS 21 Pallas, Méhari, CX 25 Prestige, C6, New C5 Aircross SUV
- 10 concept cars: C10, GS Camargue, Karin, Activa 1, Xanae, Osmose, C-Métisse, GTbyCitroën, Tubik, CXPERIENCE
- 10 rallying vehicles: Scarabée d’Or, Rosalie, DS 21 from the 1969 Rally of Morocco, SM from the 1971 Rally of Morocco, 2CV Africa Raid, ZX Rally Raid, Xsara Kit Car, C4 WRC,
C-Elysée WTCC, C3 WRC
A special centenary collector’s catalogue telling the story of these 30 models will be published for this occasion.
CITROËN ‘ORIGINS’ RENT&SMILE (in April, in Paris)
Launched in Europe at the end of 2016, Citroën Rent&Smile, the short-term rental service that allows you to rent a Citroën, is also getting in tune with the centenary. In addition to the models from the current range, historic Citroën’s will also be on offer to rent. This new initiative will be accessible to customers in Paris throughout the month of April. The vehicle will be selected and reserved online via the website (https://fr-rentandsmile.citroen.com), just as easily as for a current model. A unique opportunity for everyone to experience driving a classic Citroën.
‘FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER’ (from May, on social media channels):
Because the history of a 100 year-old brand is not written without the unfailing support of its most loyal ambassadors, Citroën will be showcasing them through original digital films on social media channels: ‘From One Generation to Another’. The principle? Families, businesses or dealerships from across the world that have been loyal to Citroën for generations will illustrate by video their unique relationship with the brand. Relayed on social media channels, these films will highlight the passion generated by Citroën across the world.
‘STREET BURST DAY’ (mid-June, in a secret location):
With the first Citroën in history (the Type A) having been launched in Paris in June 1919, the brand has chosen this month to organise an unprecedented anniversary event: ‘Street Burst Day’. A phonetic nod to the word ‘Birthday’, the initiative will be a world first as the brand cordons off a street during the night to park 100 Citroën’s there, representing 100 years of the brand. Models from collectors and Citroën’s Conservatoire will be displayed, along with concept cars, guaranteeing a surprise for passers-by, who will be able to enjoy this exceptional open exhibition. For those who are unable to attend in person, the event will be relayed on social media channels.
‘CITROËN STORIES’ (from July, on social media channels):
A journalist will set off on an international road trip in New C5 Aircross SUV, to meet those who are ‘Citroënistes’ at heart and owners of iconic models. It will give them the chance to share their own history with the brand and to tell the unique story of their Citroën. Each of the seven countries visited will provide the opportunity for a video interview to be relayed on social media channels.
‘LE RASSEMBLEMENT DU SIÈCLE’ (from 19 to 21 July, in la Ferté-Vidame - Eure-et-Loir):
Amicale Citroën & DS France will partner with l’Aventure Peugeot Citroën DS, for the key culmination of the centenary festivities. ‘Le Rassemblement du Siècle’ is a gathering of collectors that will take over the legendary test drive site of la Ferté-Vidame - the historic secret site of the brand where, in particular, the 2CV was developed. This international gathering promises to be historic in more ways than one with over 11,000 collectors coming together, almost 5,000 cars on display and up to 50,000 people expected at the site over the three days. An active supporter of the event, Citroën is getting involved in the plans, in particular through a special exhibition. More information can be found at https://citroencc.com
02 -100 YEARS OF A VISIONARY BRAND
Celebrating Citroën’s centenary also means celebrating 100 years of a brand which has constantly looked to the future of the motor industry, by offering innovative solutions in line with the needs of each era. This 100th anniversary will also be the brand’s opportunity to show its future vision by unveiling two brand new concepts:
- CONCEPT #1 (February)
Due to be unveiled in February 2019 and on display for its World Premiere at Geneva Motor Show in March, this first concept will demonstrate Citroën’s vision in terms of urban mobility
- CONCEPT #2 (May)
Due to be unveiled in Paris for its World Premiere in May 2019, this concept will embody Citroën’s take on ultra-comfort
03 - 100 YEARS OF AN ICONIC BRAND
Finally, celebrating Citroën’s centenary means more than celebrating just the brand. It means showcasing a people’s icon, a symbol of boldness, creativity and the French way of life throughout the world, through its legendary cars, its unique communication and its sporting exploits.
These many elements that have shaped Citroën’s individual identity for 100 years will be magnified on the occasion of its centenary.
A NEW VERSION OF ITS BRAND CAMPAIGN
After a first episode launched in 2018, Citroën’s brand campaign is given a new version for its centenary. It shows a hitchhiker travelling through different eras in four new and original clips. Characters are featured who are inseparable from the history of Citroën: the publicist Jacques Séguéla on board a DS and Sébastien Loeb in his Xsara WRC. The long version of this new international film can be found at https://youtu.be/PSfN7d6eI3k.
AN ‘ORIGINS’ COLLECTOR’S EDITION (from January)
The ‘Origins’ Collector’s Edition is a range spanning special edition developed especially for the brand’s centenary and rolled out internationally. Available in the UK on Citroën C1, C3, C3 Aircross Compact SUV and New C4 Cactus, the ‘Origins’ Collector’s Edition stands out in particular through the specific treatment of colours and materials, with bronze coloured inserts, echoing the ‘Origins since 1919’ badge which adorns the bodywork. In the UK, the ‘Origins’ Collector’s Edition of C3 and New C4 Cactus Hatchback will be open for orders in January 2019 and will be launched in March 2019.
The ‘Origins’ Collector’s Edition of C1 and C3 Aircross Compact SUV will open for orders in March 2019 and will be launched in June 2019. Further information to follow in a dedicated press release.
THE ‘CITROËN ORIGINS’ VIRTUAL MUSEUM IN THE COLOURS OF THE CENTENARY (from January)
Launched in 2016, the Citroën Origins site (www.citroenorigins.com) is regularly updated. Now rolled out in over 40 countries and in 23 languages, in 2019 the brand’s virtual museum will welcome five new models to discover in 3D and in sound, taking its collection to 79 vehicles. Spruced up in the colours of the centenary from January, the site will be a key meeting point to stay informed about the calendar of festivities. In addition, it will house original pop-up exhibitions and will relay the main events planned by the brand for the centenary in photos and videos.
NEW CITROËN PRODUCTS AND TOYS DESIGNED FOR THE CENTENARY (from January)
‘Mummy, Daddy, Citroën’: these are the first three words that André Citroën wanted children to say when he launched a range of Citroën toys in the 1920s. An unprecedented initiative at the time, with one objective, to make the name of his brand heard in households from the youngest of ages.
With reference to this spirit, for its centenary Citroën is launching a new range of products, which play on the brands graphic codes from the 1920s: enamelled mugs, card and memory games, and even a Citroën edition of the famous MONOPOLY. In addition, miniatures of old models never before offered for sale will be launched, as well as various collectors’ kits combining past and present cars. Find all the Citroën Lifestyle products on the online store here: https://lifestyle.citroen.com
A COMMERCIAL DEALER NETWORK IN THE COLOURS OF THE 100 YEARS (from January)
Across the world, the Citroën commercial dealer network will also sport the colours of the centenary, with layouts specially created for the occasion, both on the inside and outside of showrooms. Signage, flags, banners, totems and stickers will take up the theme of the Citroën ‘Origins since 1919’ logo and its bronze coloured outline. In this same spirit, an original ‘100 YEARS’ 3D sculpture has also been developed. The ambience created in the showrooms through these different elements will perfectly show off the ‘Origins’ Collector’s Edition models. The new features will stand alongside exhibitions of historic vehicles from the brand throughout the year.
CITROËN RACING IS CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF SPORTING ADVENTURE (from January)
From the very first crossing of the Sahara organised by André Citroën to the World Rally Championship, Citroën has endlessly showed its taste for adventure and for going one step further. Therefore, Citroën Racing will showcase the brand’s centenary via different initiatives: a new C3 WRC design in the colours of the centenary unveiled on 12 January at the Autosport International show in Birmingham, a mini-film retracing Citroën’s history in the competition unveiled at the Rétromobile show (February) and a brand new season of the digital series ‘Little Big Racing’ in a ‘vintage’ version relayed on social media channels.
A COLLECTOR’S BOOK ‘100 YEARS OF CITROËN ADVERTISING’ BY JACQUES SÉGUÉLA (April)
If Citroën has stood out for 100 years with its savoir-faire, the brand has also been renowned in terms of its communications (‘faire-savoir’). While André Citroën’s competitors were doing ‘product advertising’, he was already well and truly generating ‘publicity’. Some notable activations include: illuminating the Eiffel Tower, treks in half-tracks, road signs and Citroën toys. Any means were permissible to consolidate the reputation of his brand. This culture of bold communication would from then on remain anchored in the brand’s DNA. Publicist Jacques Séguéla, the father of Citroën’s event-driven films in the 1980s (the ‘wild chevrons’, Visa GTi on the Clémenceau aircraft carrier, AX on the Great Wall of China) revisits the stories in a collector’s book for the centenary. Published in France in April, this richly illustrated and beautiful book will also be available in English and Chinese.
‘THE WORLD INSPIRED BY CITROËN’ (summer 2019)
The centenary will also be the chance for Citroën to give free rein to famous international photographers to magnify the brand in 100 new photos. Taken in global capitals (Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, New York, Buenos Aires, Tunis, Tokyo), these original art photographs will illustrate Citroën’s aura across the world, by making the link between past, present and future. Relayed on Instagram and Facebook, the 100 photos will also be the subject of a free exhibition at la Monnaie de Paris (the Paris Mint, in the sixth district) in July and August 2019. In addition, they will be fully recreated in a special XXL edition of the famous magazine IDEAT.
In addition to these main events, Citroën will be celebrating its centenary through many other surprises throughout the year: specific commercial activities within its dealer network (aftersales, new and used vehicles), exclusive partnership actions, and more.
For more information, please visit: www.citroen.co.uk
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The Citroën brand:
Citroën is an international automotive brand with a full range of cars and light commercial vehicles at the heart of the mainstream market. Founded in 1919, Citroën has made its mark through its bold and creative approach to automotive design. These values are harnessed in the pursuit of well-being, with fresh solutions to the changing demands of customers in each era. Today, Citroën is reinventing itself with models such as C3 and the C3 Aircross compact SUV that place an emphasis on design, comfort and intelligent technology, bringing a breath of fresh air to the automotive landscape. As a people-minded brand, Citroën is proud to offer products that take inspiration directly from its customers, the spirit of which is highlighted in its brand signature ‘Inspired By You’. The brand also offers a unique customer experience with its city store concept ‘La Maison Citroën’ and its online opinion site ‘Citroën Advisor’. With 10,000 customer contact points in almost 80 countries worldwide, Citroën sold more than 1.1 million vehicles in 2016. Citroën has also amassed eight Manufacturers’ titles in the FIA World Rally Championship and three consecutive Manufacturers’ titles in the World Touring Car Championship in 2014, 2015 and 2016.