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Tandy Leather Factory's May sales were up 3 percent over last year, as the company reported higher sales in all three retail segments: retail leather craft, wholesale leather craft and international leather craft.
Fort Worth-based Tandy Leather Factory posted sales of $4.4 million in May, compared to $4.2 million for the same month in 2009. Year-to-date sales at the leather retailer were up 9 percent over last year, at $23.9 million.
Jon Thompson, president and CEO, said the retail division has had monthly sales gains for 18 consecutive months; the wholesale division has gone seven months with sales gains.
Last month, Tandy Leather Factory began trading on the Nasdaq market under the ticker symbol “TLF.”


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The number of complaints about unsolicited phone calls decreased by 38 percent to 8,332 in 2012. This means that the Dutch don’t-call-me-register, the Bel-me-niet-register, works. Zsolt Szabó, chairman of the organization that developed the register, said this on Friday. RTL.nl reported that Infofilter introduced the list in 2009 to protect users against unwanted sales calls. Organizations are only allowed to call their own customers, and they are obliged to play a tape, after which customers can object.

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Cadbury World’s team of in-house chocolatiers have created an extra special carriage fit for a princess, after creating a Cadbury chocolate pram to welcome the new royal baby.
Weighing over 12kg, including 10kg of Cadbury Dairy Milk and 2kg of Cadbury white chocolate, the impressive creation features intricate hand-piped decorations including fleur-de-lys and a crown finished with gold lustre, complete with a handmade chocolate teddy bear with a pink ribbon. The pram, which took the chocolatiers two days to create, will be on display in the popular Chocolate Making zone at Cadbury World throughout May to celebrate the newest member of the royal family.
This is the second royal baby-themed chocolate model made by the chocolatiers at Cadbury World, who were also on hand to create a cot with toys to welcome the birth of Prince George in 2013. Diane Mitchell, marketing manager at Cadbury World, said: “There’s so much excitement around the birth of a new royal baby, so it’s great to be able to create something unique to celebrate! Our chocolatiers loved making the cot to welcome Prince George, so have worked really hard to create a beautiful chocolate pram for his little sister.” The creation to welcome the royal baby is just one of a series of chocolate masterpieces scheduled to be made this year, as Cadbury World celebrates its 25th anniversary.
For more information about Cadbury World, or to book tickets to come and see the chocolate pram this May, visit www.cadburyworld.co.uk.


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The Initial Public Offering (IPO) of consumer durables retail chain Electronics Mart India was fully subscribed on the first day of offer on Tuesday, and the issue closes on Friday, October 7, 2022. The market was closed on Wednesday for a public holiday.
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Equity Group is set to extend the coverage of its mobile platform Equitel beyond Kenya to all markets where the group operates.
Speaking to Paris-based special report publisher Marcopolis, Equity Group CEO Dr James Mwangi said that Equity through Finserve Africa, the group’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), is partnering with mobile network operators in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and DRC to roll out Equitel in these markets.
Equitel will ride on particular telecom operator networks in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Equitel which was launched in July 2015 currently has 2 million active subscribers. As at end of the first quarter of 2016, Equitel users transacted Kshs 62.5 billion while the value of mobile loans stood at Kshs 14.1 billion over the same period.
Equitel users through the “Eazzy Loan” product can borrow up to Kshs 3 million repayable over a 12-month period.
According to the latest industry stats from Communications Commission of Kenya (CA) covering the period from January to March 2016, the number of mobile money transfer subscriptions was recorded at 24.8 million subscriptions whereas the number of mobile money transfer active agents stood at 147,761. The volume of transactions (deposits and withdrawals) was 348.8 million, with Kshs 840.3 billion being transferred among users during the period. \
Mobile commerce recorded 190.3 million transactions that saw Kshs 312 billion used to pay for goods and services. The person-to-person transfers stood at 396.7 billion as at the end of the quarter under review. Overall, there was increased activity in the mobile money service during the period and this was attributed to the busy back-to-school season during which parents and guardians actively deposited, transferred, withdrew, paid school fees and purchased other goods and services using this platform due to its reliable and convenient nature.


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Stone Brewing plans move to larger facility
SAN MARCOS -- During the workweek, empty beer kegs tower infront of a merchandise display case and a pallet of grain bags sitsagainst the edge of the bar at the Stone Brewing Co. Nearby,forklifts zig-zag around stainless-steel fermenters, and off to theside workers clean a metal bottling machine.
As the weekend approaches, however, workers clear away all ofthe pallets and the small bar with four taps becomes a “tastingroom” for visitors who want to sample the “full-flavored beers” onFriday and Saturday afternoons.
The company, which brews six types of beers year-round and fivespeciality beers, tries to make use of all the available space inthe warehouse, but officials said they have started to look for anew location because they expect to run out of room in the nextcouple of years.
“Our No. 1 goal is to stay in San Marcos, our No. 2 goal is tostay in North County and our No. 3 goal is to stay in San DiegoCounty,” said CEO Gregory Koch. “I’m pretty confident that we’regoing to stay in North County, but it’s going to be a challenge tostay in San Marcos because there’s not much available land.”
The company, which sells its beer at 516 locations in NorthCounty, started looking for possible sites at the end of 2002 andKoch said they hope to have a location selected in the next coupleof months.
Brewery officials wouldn’t say what particular sites they werelooking into, but said they want to move their operations to a50,000-square-foot brewery in 2005 that could be expanded to about100,000 square feet. The company, with about 60 employees, expectsto outgrow the 26,500 square foot warehouse off RancherosDrive.
In the past seven years the brewery’s production has increasedfrom 2,000 barrels a year to a projected 26,000 barrels this year,and the company expects to produce 35,000 barrels next year, Kochsaid.
“All of the cities in North County, including San Marcos, havebeing strongly wooing us,” said Koch, who sported a blonde Mohawk-- an informal theme of the brewery’s seven-year anniversaryfestival last Saturday. “City council members and economicdevelopment staffers have tried to work with us so that we couldcome to their cities,” he said.
The City of San Marcos has pointed out several possible sites tothe brewery, and the two sides have been working together to find alocation, said Charlie Schaffer, the city’s developmentdirector.
“We’re encouraged by the success of their business, and we’reinterested in keeping them here,” Schaffer said. “One issue thatcould impact what sites are available is if they decide to have asmall restaurant attached to the brewery because then it couldn’tbe too close to a residential area.”
Stone officials said a restaurant was “a potential,” but that itwas not one of their top priorities in finding a new location. Twoyears ago Stone Brewing entered escrow on a 4.2-acre site onNordahl Road, but the brewery scrapped the plan after neighborscomplained to the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Controlthat the restaurant would create noise and traffic problems.
“There’s a possibility that there will be a restaurant and aviewing platform so people can still see the whole process,” saidSteve Wagner, the president and brewmaster. “But I’m just reallyexcited that we will be able to design a place, and it will bebuilt to accommodate growth and expansion.”
Wagner and Koch expect the business to continue to grow, andtheir beers have become available in 18 states across the country,including New York, Massachusetts and Texas.
Stone’s beers were sold for the first time in Colorado onMonday, and three weeks worth of beer sold in two days, accordingto Koch.
With the continued growth, Koch said the company’s sales areexpected to rise from $6 million in 2002 to about $8.5 million thisyear.
But despite the increases in their distribution area, thebrewery officials want to still concentrate on the localmarket.
“Sixty percent of our business is in Southern California,”Wagner said. “This is our home, and it’s very important to us thatwe succeed here.”
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Sony has launched two new Power Banks in India; one is of 15,000 mAh capacity, while the other is 20,000 mAh.
Sony’s Power Banks have a Lithium-ion polymer battery, and support pass-through charging, which allows the connected device as well as the charger itself to be charged at the same time. The Power Banks can retain 90 per cent of its capacity even after 1,000 charges, claims Sony.
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Like most politicians, corporate executives never do anything wrong. If anything wrong does “happen,” it’s always someone else’s fault.
That’s been the gutless ploy of Kroger supermarket honchos who recently yanked all local newsweeklies and community papers out if its stores. When a firestorm of local protests reached all the way to the mega-chain’s Ohio headquarters, executives quickly named the villain who banished the papers: The papers themselves! They failed to keep up with the digital age, said Kroger bosses, so shoppers no longer pick up the free papers.
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BOVINE EXCREMENT! While it’s true that chain-owned daily newspapers are losing readers after shriveling their coverage and jacking up their prices, more readers have turned to free local independent weeklies to fill the print-news gap. In Lansing, Michigan, for example, media audits show that Kroger shoppers alone have nearly tripled the pickup rate of Lansing’s alternative weekly since 2012.
Kroger’s nationwide edict is a case of corporate conceit at its most stupid. It was issued from Kroger headquarters with no warning and no consultation (much less negotiation) with the papers or communities. It didn’t have to be so inept and ugly – and now Kroger’s executives have gone into hiding, petulantly refusing to meet or even return phone calls to the people they’re hurting, apparently hoping the furor will just go away.
That’s truly stupid. Indeed, a group of indy papers has now launched a national campaign to call out Kroger’s executives, literally rallying us supporters of independent local news to give them our two-cents-worth. Call toll-free to 1-800-KROGERS (576-4377), then press 3 for “store experience” to speak to a manager – and demand that they restore the free press to all of their stores.


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Driving Babies Pave Road for Disabled KidsBy Associated Press via MSNBC,
Publication Date: December 20, 2007
News article features a wheeled robot to help immobile, disabled infants move and explore. In development at the University of Delaware, the robot, UD1, resembles a bumper car steered by a joystick and is equipped with infrared and sonar sensors that can avoid obstacles. The robot is being used in studies involving about a dozen typically developing infants and a smaller number who have special needs. Using a computer and wireless technology, researchers can measure the frequency and duration of joystick use by a child; the location, speed, and distance traveled by the vehicle; and the amount of time spent propelling it. The development of UD1 can add to the existing body of knowledge about mobility and the developmental needs of children which resulted in commercially available products such as the British Wizzybug which, although it lacks some of UD1’s robotic features, has a programmable joystick and parental control.
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A festival of superlatives: 60,000 participants will be on the this year Arnold Sports Festival UK expected. 5,000 competitors go in over 25 sports and disciplines and the start.
On the spacious exhibition grounds demonstrate popular brands their novelties and classics. So it counts as that biggest festival in the world for health, fitness and multisport. (Also read: ‘Arnold Classics comeback’)
The Arnold Sports Festival UK will be three days long World-class motivation and inspiration Offer. A special experience are the Competitions in various sportswhere top international athletes compete.
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Sports at the UK Festival include: Strongman, Bodybuilding, Powerlifting, CrossFit, Licensed Arnold Fitness Games, MMA, Boxing, Gymnastics, Cheerleading, Disabled Strongman, Calisthenics, Dance and many more. (Also worth reading: ‘Arnold Sports Festival 2022’)
As a special highlight, we have come up with a surprise this year, which we are particularly looking forward to.
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On April 13, the State Administration for Market Regulation, together with the Central Cyberspace Administration of China and the State Administration of Taxation, held an administrative guidance meeting for Internet platform enterprises. The meeting implemented the deployment of the Central Economic Work Conference and the Ninth Meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Commission, affirmed the positive role of the platform economy, analyzed the outstanding problems, demanded that the warning role of the Ali case be brought into full play, and clearly stated that Internet platform companies should know how to respect and obey the rules. We will comprehensively rectify the problem within a time limit and establish a new order for the platform economy.
The meeting pointed out that the overall situation of my country’s platform economy is improving. However, in the rapid development, risks and hidden dangers are gradually accumulating, and the harm cannot be ignored, and it is imperative to regulate according to the law. Forcing the implementation of “choose one of two”, abusing market dominance, implementing “pinching mergers and acquisitions”, burning money to seize the “community group buying” market, implementing “big data killing”, ignoring counterfeiting, information leakage, and tax-related illegal acts, etc. The problem must be dealt with seriously. Among them, the problem of forced implementation of “choose one from two” is particularly prominent, which is a prominent reflection of the willful and disorderly expansion of capital in the platform economy, and it is a blatant trampling and destruction of the market competition order. Forcing the implementation of “choose one from two” behaviors to limit market competition, curb innovation and development, and harm the interests of operators and consumers on the platform is extremely harmful and must be resolutely eradicated.
In response to the forced implementation of “choose one from two” and other outstanding issues, the meeting clearly stated that platform companies should grasp the right direction, enhance their sense of responsibility, adhere to the priority of national interests, adhere to laws and regulations, adhere to fulfilling social responsibilities, and achieve “five strict precautions” “and “five guarantees”: strictly prevent disorderly expansion of capital to ensure economic and social security; strictly prevent disorderly monopoly to ensure fair market competition; strictly prevent technological stifling to ensure innovation and development of the industry; strictly prevent the abuse of rules and algorithms to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of all parties; strictly prevent systemic Closed to ensure ecological openness and sharing. All platform enterprises should comprehensively investigate tax-related issues in accordance with tax laws, regulations, policies and systems, and take the initiative to conduct self-examination and self-correction.
The meeting required that all platform companies should conduct comprehensive self-inspection and self-inspection within one month, make thorough rectifications one by one, and disclose the “Commitment to Operation in Compliance with Laws” to the public to accept social supervision. The market supervision department will organize a follow-up inspection of the rectification of the platform. After the rectification period, if a platform company is found to be forcing the implementation of “choose one from two” and other illegal acts, they will be punished severely and severely in accordance with the law.
The meeting emphasized that the policy bottom line cannot be crossed, and the legal red line cannot be touched. Strengthening the normative governance of platform companies’ violations of laws and regulations does not mean that the state’s attitude to support and encourage the platform economy has changed, but it must adhere to the “two unswervingly”, respect the laws of platform economic development, and further leverage the platform economy. It plays an important role in establishing a new platform economy order featuring fair competition, innovative development, openness and sharing, safety and harmony, and promotes the realization of more dynamic platform enterprises, more convenient and high-quality online consumption, and a more prosperous and orderly platform economy.
iQIYI, Baidu, Shell Fangfang, Didi, Dangdang, Duodan, JD.com, Kuaishou, Meituan, Daily Youxian, Qihoo 360, Qunar, Sogou, Weidian, 58.com, Sina Weibo , ByteDance, Bilibili, Dingdong Shopping, Ele.me, Gome, Hema Xiansheng, Pinduoduo, Ctrip, Xiaohongshu, Reading, Suning.com, Ali, Beibei.com, Mogujie, Netease (Strictly selected), Yunji, Vipshop, Tencent and other 34 Internet platform enterprises representatives, as well as relevant persons in charge of market supervision bureaus in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Shenzhen and other places attended the meeting.


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The Office of Economic Development continues its weekly Wednesday webinar series focused on COVID-19 and business reopening with interviews featuring thought leaders and subject matter experts on topics of today. Upcoming episodes in July include:
- “Economic Disparities of COVID-19 on the Black Community” on Wednesday, July 1st at 12 noon, will feature special guest Shawn D. Rochester, CEO of Good Steward, LLC, founder PHD Enterprises and the IDEA Institute, and Southbury resident. Mr. Rochester is the author of “The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America” and a sought-after speaker who has spoken on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley, at leading universities and the United Nations about the staggering financial cost of discrimination against Black people in America and a new economic framework to help create the millions of jobs and businesses that are missing in the black community.
- “The Emotional Side of Reopening” on Wednesday, July 8th at 12 noon, will feature nationally recognized leadership consultant and best-selling author, Ron Carucci, discussing how to manage the uncertainty and anxiety of reopening your business. Mr. Carucci is co-founder and Managing Partner at Navalent, working with CEOs and executives pursuing transformational change for their organizations, leaders, and industries. The best-selling author of eight books, including the recent Amazon #1 Rising to Power, Ron is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and a two-time TEDx speaker. His work’s been featured in Fortune, CEO Magazine, Inc., Business Insider, MSNBC, Business Week, and Smart Business.
Both webinars include opportunities for Q&A and are hosted by Southbury Economic Development Director, Kevin Bielmeier. Submit questions prior to: email@example.com. Register, and see recordings of the previous webinars, at: www.southbury-ct.org/EDCwebinars.


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Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry are two of the world's biggest fashion icons, so it was no surprise that they stole the show on the front row at the Givenchy show during Paris Fashion Week on Sunday night. The pair looked effortlessly cool as they arrived at the highly-anticipated show in similar black ensembles showing off their gothic sides.
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Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry at the Givenchy AW15 show
Kim, 34, flaunted her famous figure in a sleek gown with a lace-up plunging neckline as she arrived for the glitzy evening with rapper husband Kanye West and mother Kris Jenner. Meanwhile Katy, 30, looked stunning in a dress which featured off-the-shoulder sleeves and lace detailing, completing her look with a slick of matte purple lipstick and a pair of dazzling golden statement earrings.
The stylish duo lead the stream of star-studded front rows during this season's Paris Fashion Week, which has seen the likes of Olivia Palermo, Kelly Rowland and Solange Knowles stepping out to watch the autumn/winter 2015 shows. Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson made her Paris Fashion Week debut as she arrived for the Christian Dior show, where she joined singer Lorde on the front row to see Raf Simons' latest creations.
Jared Leto, Solange Knowles, Kelly Rowland, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner at Lanvin
It's also proved an opportunity for friends to catch up, as Kanye was reunited with Paul McCartney at the Stella McCartney show, a few weeks after the pair released the single FourFiveSeconds, which they recorded with pop star Rihanna.
Meanwhile, the Lanvin show saw a star-studded front row including the likes of Jared Leto, Solange Knowles, Kelly Rowland who sat alongside Kim and Kanye for the striking catwalk show.
Kim had surprised fans earlier that day as she unveiled a dramatic new hair colour, having dyed her usually dark chocolate brown locks into an ice-blonde shade. The mother-of-one was virtually unrecognisable as she revealed her new tresses at the Balmain show, wearing her long bob slicked back for a dramatic look.


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Callanen sues Fossil over deal with Guess
Callanen International Inc. has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Fossil Inc. over its recent licensing agreement negotiations with Guess Inc. to produce and sell watches.
The Timex Corp. subsidiary filed the suit Wednesday in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, claiming Fossil (NASDAQ: FOSL), along with Guess (NYSE: GES), violated federal antitrust laws and state unfair competition laws and interfered with Callanen's contractual relationship with Guess.
Since 1991, Callanen has had an exclusive license to manufacture and sell Guess watches, which expires December 31, 2006. Last week , Guess announced it was in negotiations with Fossil on a license agreement expected to be final this week. Under that agreement, Richardson, Texas-based Fossil would begin making watches for Guess in January 2007.
The complaint says Fossil's deal with Guess represents a deliberate move to monopolize the market for fashion watches, of which it claims Fossil controls nearly 40 percent domestically.
"This illegal combination would wrap 60 percent of the fashion watch market around Fossil's wrist, stifling competition and hurting consumers," said Frank Sherer, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Callanen.
The lawsuit is seeking injunctive relief barring Fossil from producing and selling watches under license from Los Angeles-based Guess and to award Callanen damages, as authorized by federal antitrust laws.
Norwalk, Conn.-based Callanen International Inc. represents brands that include Versace, Versus, Nautica, Marc Ecko and Guess Inc.
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‘Taste of Mauna Lani’ to Benefit The Food Basket
Mauna Lani Resort’s sixth annual “Taste of Mauna Lani” will kick off on Monday, Sept. 7, benefiting the Hawai’i Island Food Basket.
The event will include a variety of menu items from seven restaurants from the Mauna Lani and Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows through an event partnership. Participating restaurants include Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar, Monstera Noodles & Sushi, The Blue Room Brasserie & Bar, Under the Bodhi Tree, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, CanoeHouse, and Shiono Sushi.
Three-course prix fixe dinners will be offered, ranging from $25 to $50, from Mauna Lani’s top restaurants during the September event. A portion of the sales will be donated to the Hawai’i Island Food Basket.
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PC Jeweller on Saturday reported narrowing of net loss to Rs 65.58 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2021.
The company had posted a net loss of Rs 73.55 crore for the same period of the previous fiscal year, according to a BSE filing.
Net income rose to Rs 261.74 crore in April-June 2021-22 from Rs 87.02 crore in the year-ago period.
Expenses remained higher at Rs 328.41 crore as against Rs 163.48 crore. PC Jeweller said the company's performance during the quarter was adversely impacted due to the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amid receding second wave of the pandemic, the company said its stores have commenced their normal operations but the mood of the consumers continues to be sombre as the fear of the third wave looms.
"The company however, continues to remain confident of a gradual uptick in the business, especially in the Q3," it said, adding that the company continues to work on improving the margins on its jewellery and increasing the sale of diamond jewellery.
The company said it has also managed to keep a tight control on its expenses.
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This is kaiser Karl, your host of kaiser Karl’s show, where we are going to talk about the kaiser Karl series on Disney plus, which has been a trending topic in the past few weeks. The kaiser Karl show will be providing all information related to kaiser and his adventures with the kaiser kids and their friends.
What is the release date of KaiserKarl?
The show will probably be on TV soon. But we don’t know when.
What is the plot of KaiserKarl?
This series is based on the life of Lagerfeld. It talks about his life in detail and what he did when behind the scenes.
Beginning in the summer of 1972, a drama series will show you how Karl started at Chanel. He becomes creative director, and it shows how he met Yves Saint Laurent’s partner Pierre Berge. It also shows his relationship with Jacques de Bascher.
Disney president Jan Koeppen spoke at Series Mania Lile Dialogues this week. He said, “We have an incredibly diverse and exciting European slate. Kaiser Karl is indicative of the kind of stories we want to be telling.”
Karl Lagerfeld will be on a TV show. The movie company Disney will put the show on their streaming platform.
A new dramatized series will show Karl Lagerfeld’s journey to becoming famous in fashion. He started in 1972 and then became Head of Chanel.
Who will be starring KaiserKarl?
With pre-production underway, the company does not want to share any news about who is cast for this movie. It is hard to know who will play Karl since many people could do it.
The production team for the show is Kaiser Karl’s writer RaphaëlleBacqué. She will join series writers IsaurePisani-Ferry and Jennifer Have.
HOW DID ‘KAISER KARL’ COME ABOUT?
Bacqué told his story of a fashion designer. But Disney wanted to make it true. So they made the movie “The woman who wore what she wanted.”
It is a good idea to talk about Karl’s story because he died in 2019. His legacy is in the fashion industry, and everyone can learn from his story.
In a statement, the Vice President of Programming at Disney said, “We were immediately seduced by the idea of an adaptation of Bacqué’s biography.” This is going to be the first time that Disney will work with Gaumont on a French original show.
She said, “The series is about when the fashion industry in France changed in the 70s. An icon who has changed with it.”
What is the other information related to Kaiser Karl?
Disney has made a new show. It’s about a famous fashion designer from Paris-based Lupin producers. Jan Koeppen, president of Disney EMEA, announced this during his talk at Series Mania.
The project is based on the biography of the same name by RaphaëlleBacqué, who is attached to the series alongside writers IsaurePisani-Ferry (Vampires), and Jennifer Have (Unfaithful).
This story is about Coco Chanel, who died in 1972. Karl Lagerfeld wanted to be the next leader of her company. Pierre Bergé was the other person who ran Yves Saint Laurent’s company. But Karl also had a love story with Jacques de Bascher, which will play an important role in this series.
During his speech, Koeppen said that “We are now entering the golden age of European content.” This means there will be more and more of it. Disney+ is helping us because it has given us a chance to tell our own stories that only we can tell to people all over the world.
What can we expect?
We have many movies that are from Europe. We think these movies will be exciting and interesting.
Kaiser Karl is an amazing movie. We think it will be good for people to watch this movie on Disney+.
Pauline Dauvin, the VP of programming and original productions at The Walt Disney Company in France, said: “We were immediately seduced by the idea of an adaptation of Bacqué’s biography.” It will be the first time that Disney has worked with Gaumont on a French-language show. The series shows a unique moment of transformation in the fashion industry in France; in theIn the 70s, there was a person called Karl Lagerfeld. He had lots of changes in his life.
Christophe Riandée, Vice CEO Gaumont, said: “Kaiser Karl is an icon of the century, and since the beginning, Disney has been very supportive by sharing our creative vision for the show. We are thrilled to get started.”


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A Guildford venue this week played host to the launch of the latest in mobile ticketing technology.
G Live was selected by Samsung for a show on Monday (October 28) headlined by the Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro. It was the first in a series showcasing the company’s new Smart Ticket app for mobile telephones.
The app has been designed to improve ticketing distribution and removes the need for booking fees. It can be used to purchase drinks and use the cloakroom at a venue without the need to carry cash.
There are a number of other features which allow fans to interact with the artists before the show and access exclusive content including news, images, music videos and free downloads.
Alvin Hargreaves, the venue director at G Live, said: “G Live was thrilled to work with Samsung and their partners to deliver this ground-breaking music and technology project that ultimately brought Biffy Clyro to the Guildford town centre venue on Monday night.
“G Live is a new, contemporary and state-of-the-art venue that is always keen to push boundaries and where possible adopt new, cutting edge technology into the concert going experience. Samsung recognised the synergy of this partnership early on and G Live became a key partner in an exciting and extremely exclusive limited series of bespoke concerts.”
Despite a few glitches with the technology which is, in part, dependent on the model and condition of the telephone, fans reported a good gig experience.
Mr Hargreaves said: "Whilst the concert experience in the main hall was absolutely awesome, some of the technology used by Samsung for ticketing and for the front of house bars was highly ambitious and presented some challenges on the night.
“The customer experience was not therefore completely issue free.
“However, under further limited and controlled circumstances G Live would consider using a similar system in the future. At the end of the day it was a remarkable achievement to present Biffy Clyro, one of the UK’s biggest bands, who are usually seen headlining major music festivals, in our 1,700 capacity venue.”
Promoters hope the new technology will cut out the secondary ticketing market.
Inside the venue, the app was accessed via a dedicated WiFi network and fan photos and tweets were tagged and shared with other Smart Ticket devices and screens.


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Payments And The Platform Economy
The monthly Payments And The Platform Economy Playbook, a PYMNTS and Yapstone collaboration, aims to help platform payments decision-makers identify and manage the risks and rewards inherent in optimizing their operations and navigating real-time challenges.
Inside the Playbook
- An interview with Martin Chikilian, vice president of talent operations for freelancing platform Toptal, on how the marketplace fosters trust between employers and remote workers
- Notable headlines from around the space, including why Facebook is turning to blockchain technology for online marketplace payment innovations
- A case study on freelancing marketplace Fiverr and the importance of listening to different communities’ needs


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Trends show that Outdoor Technology is playing a big role in new or updated outdoor spaces. A recent study by Houzz shows that over half of homeowners spend more time outdoors after completing landscaping projects. More than 750 homeowners on Houzz shared details about their landscaping projects in an online survey.
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News comes as retailer is again forced to withdraw a cheap slime product from sale over safety fears.
A much more comprehensive report than its financial earnings statement, Amazon’s latest 10k, as it’s known to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), now contains an expanded set of liabilities from merchant activities, which for the first time includes the phrase counterfeit, pirated, or stolen goods.
As reported by TameBay, the previous Amazon 10K merchant risk statement said: “…We also may be unable to prevent sellers on our sites or through other seller sites from selling unlawful goods, selling goods in an unlawful manner, or violating the proprietary rights of others…”
However, the new Amazon 10K merchant counterfeit, pirated, or stolen goods risk statement now reads: “…We also may be unable to prevent sellers in our stores or through other stores from selling unlawful, counterfeit, pirated, or stolen goods, selling goods in an unlawful or unethical manner, violating the proprietary rights of others, or otherwise violating our policies…”
This would appear to be an open admission by Amazon that, whilst it does its utmost to prevent the sale of counterfeit, pirated, or stolen goods, it is a growing problem and one that they’ve now been obliged to highlight to the SEC.
In public Amazon has a zero tolerance to counterfeit, pirated, or stolen goods, but over half of all products sold on the site are now sold by third parties. It’s not a new issue; Tamebay reported instances in the past in which stock sent into FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) was commingled with stock from other sellers, leading to the seller being blamed for knock off products they didn’t supply.
The news comes as Amazon finds itself yet again under fire for selling children’s products deemed unsafe. Yesterday, the retailer withdrew from sale a Crazy Geezer’s Putty World purple slime, which contained a small magnet with a “high magnetic flux”, after the European Commission ruled that it did not comply with EU safety rules.
Amazon is urging parents to stop their kids from using the slime, which is manufactured in China, and to return it for a refund.


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Investment in keeping prices down hits profits but chief executive Ben Lewis ‘pleased’ at performance
River Island has become the latest retailer to warn of the crisis of confidence among younger shoppers, as it suffered a 16% fall in profits.
Profits fell at the privately owned company, controlled by the founding Lewis family, to £116.4m in the year to Christmas Day last year, with sales falling 3% to £802.2m.
Chief executive Ben Lewis told Retail Week that he was pleased with the performance given the tough trading environment, but said that rising youth unemployment and tuition fees were affecting confidence among River Island’s core customers.
He said: “It remains very tough at the moment, everyone is saying that, and conditions have worsened this year. Unemployment among 16 to 24 year olds went up by 80,000 in the last quarter, and also graduates are not getting jobs when they leave university.” Lewis’s fears correspond with Next chief executive Lord Wolfson’s comments to Retail Week last week in which he said young fashion was the most at-risk apparel category as young people were feeling the effects of student fees and debt. He expected Next’s Lipsy business to be hit.
Lewis attributed River Island’s fall in profits to the need to maintain price competitiveness in the face of rising input costs during the year, which he said were now easing. He said River Island had increased the amount of product sourced in the UK by “double digits”.
The profits were also affected by a £11m increase in payments to directors, which is thought to be an inter-company transfer rather than a straightforward dividend.
In response to the difficult conditions River Island has embarked on its first brand advertising campaign for five years, which will run across press and the web, and also changed its logo (Retail Week, August 5). “We want to communicate to our customers about the width of the offer, its versatility and its fashionability,” said Lewis.
The company has launched a new-look shopfit in Swindon and Stratford, which will be rolled out to other stores in the months ahead.
Kidswear is now available in 80 stores following a successful trial, while the relaunched Chelsea Girl brand was said to have performed well.
The company is also poised to launch an international website to 100 countries, which will go live this autumn. Lewis said the revamped UK website received 2 million visits a week while River Island had 1 million fans on Facebook.


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JD Power and LMC Automotive forecast that increased new car and truck supply will push U.S. car sales in December up just over 5% compared to December 2021.
Separately, Cox Automotive released a roughly similar forecast on Dec. 28, up about 4% from a year ago.
The availability of better new vehicles is enabling increased sales. But analysts say the increase in supply could weaken potential demand as consumers worry about the economy, rising interest rates and, with a few exceptions, low incentives for new cars and trucks. It is said that there is a possibility that it will be canceled by
The availability of new cars has improved along with the supply of computer chips used in automobile manufacturing. However, chips are still in short supply and inventories are well below pre-pandemic levels.
According to JD Power and LMC Automotive, in December 2022, retail-ready new car inventory will exceed 1 million units for the third straight month.
Fleet sales to rental companies, commercial and government agencies are also expected to increase in December. Fleet accounted for an estimated 17% of total sales in December, up from his 10% a year ago.
“But not enough vehicles have yet been produced to meet demand,” according to the forecast.
That spell continued with higher prices. Thomas King, president of data and analytics at JD Power, said average transaction prices are on pace to reach a record high of $46,382 in December, and compared to December 2021, he’s It said it was up 2.5%.
Interest rates on average new car loans are expected to hit 6.4% in December, up from about 3.9% a year ago, according to JD Power and LMC Automotive. King estimates the average monthly payment for a new car loan is $718, up 7% from a year ago.
Conversely, the average incentive per unit is expected to be just $1,187, down from $1,511 a year ago. As a percentage of suggested retail price, the average incentive is expected to be 2.5%, down from about 3.3% a year ago.


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Apple unveiled the white iPhone 4 back in June last year. Although this variant of the iPhone found terrific popularity among customers even before launch, the device never made it to the stores due to, what Apple calls, a manufacturing glitch. However, it looks like the company may have finally fixed the issues and a white iPhone 4 may soon be on its way. Just days after details about a white iPhone 4 was revealed from the back-end databases of Vodafone Germany and Best Buy in the United States, comes one more report – this time from AT&T.
The AT&T Online Account Management system now appears to include two entries that read, “iPhone 4 – 16GB White” and “iPhone 4 – 32GB White”. While the entries do not contain details about the launch date, we do expect it to happen in the next few weeks considering that Apple may want to have this new iPhone variant in the market for at least a couple of months before the next generation iPhone launches – presumably in June of this year.
Just a day after we had written about a possible launch of white iPhone 4 in the next few weeks comes a report that Best Buy could be prepping for the launch of the white iPhone 4. According to leaked screenshots of the Best Buy back-end inventory system, the white iPhone 4 is scheduled to launch on February 27, 2011. This is consistent with earlier rumors about a Spring 2011 launch and yesterday’s story about a similar listing discovered on Vodafone Germany’s inventory database.
Like with the Vodafone Germany story, the Best Buy system too contains two separate SKUs for the 16GB and 32GB variants. In addition to this, the system also contains features description consistent with what was available on the Apple website in June last year when the white iPhone 4 was first unveiled.
February 27 turns out to be a Sunday and we are not sure if Apple would want to move away from its traditional launch days of Thursday and Friday. What do you think?
Has Apple finally managed to work out the kinks that it had been facing with the white iPhone 4? Last month we wrote about an obscure footer message on Apple Store posters that hinted at a possible spring launch for the white iPhone 4. It now looks like these speculations could turn out right.
A Vodafone Germany employee has now leaked a screenshot of a back-end inventory system that contains listings for the 16GB and 32GB variants of a weiß (white) iPhone 4. No more information is available. But considering that the Verizon iPhone 4 is soon on its way, we expect a CDMA iPhone variant to make its way into other parts of the world by spring – with high chances for Apple to launch both a CDMA and a white iPhone model at the same time.
What this means is that we might also expect Apple to bring the white iPhone 4 to its primary market in the United States earlier than that. Can we expect a February launch of the white iPhone in the US? We will have to wait and watch.
The white iPhone 4 drama has dragged on for a long time. Steve Jobs unveiled it like it was the next big thing and only weeks later customers waiting for the white variant were disappointed to hear that the model was being delayed. So much delayed that reports started going around that Apple had decided to kill the project. The delay was being attributed to light leaks, rough and bent frames resulting from flawed manufacturing practice, etc.
Whatever the delay was due to, it is now becoming clear that the white iPhone 4 may not launch anytime soon. Signages that are being put up by Apple on their Stores across the United States have pointed out that the white variant will be made available in “Spring 2011“. If our speculation is true, then this could mean a month or two before iPhone 5 launches in June next year.
That will give Apple an opportunity to boost its sale numbers for the quarter; one that is normally low ahead of the next gen iPhone launch.
In the three years that the iPhone has existed, there must have been several dozen Verizon iPhone rumors. Of course, this time, the likelihood for such a phone to launch are pretty bright. We hear AT&T is no longer promoting the iPhone as aggressively as it once used to. But recently leaked pictures do not seem to be the real deal.
For starters, here is the picture of a white Verizon iPhone 4 that has been making the rounds.
There are some interesting revelations. First, you can see a modified antenna band on this new iPhone that could possibly solve the Antennagate issue. Second, you will see that there is no slot for a SIM card making it a possible CDMA iPhone (and not GSM that need SIM cards). Thirdly, you can make out the Verizon logo on top.
But what makes me doubt the genuineness of this image leak is the color. From all that we have heard until now, Apple has been having a tough time bringing the white iPhone 4 to the market. This is primarily because of issues with light leakage and glass panels that do not seem to be going along well with the white color. There are speculations that Apple could actually be doing away with a white iPhone 4 and instead be looking at one such model for the next generation model launching mid-next year. Given these circumstances, a white iPhone on Verizon looks pretty unlikely – very much because this CDMA variant could be launching very shortly. What do you think?


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Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix has set up a studio for mobile game development, the company said Wednesday.
Hippos Lab, launched earlier this month in Japan, will be dedicated to cranking out "high-quality" games for smartphones. The company did not reveal any of Hippos Lab's current projects, but said more information would be available soon.
Square Enix has been developing for Japanese mobile platforms for quite some time now, releasing games like Final Fantasy IV: The After Years and Chaos Rings for phones. In recent years, the company has also remade several old classics for worldwide release on iPhone, including the first two Final Fantasy games and Secret of Mana.
The most recent addition to Square Enix's mobile library, a remake of Final Fantasy III, will be released Thursday for iPhone and iPad.


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Good news for travelers! Thailand extends 'Visa on Arrival' fee waiver for Indians
Under this waiver, tourists from India and twenty other countries named in this announcement will be able to stay in Thailand for 15 days under the free Visa on Arrival terms.
In a bid to boost to Indian tourists and Thailand tourism, the government of Thailand has announced extension of the 'Visa on Arrival' fee waiver from January 31 to April 30 this year. The fee costs 2,000 Baht or Rs 4,385 for every Indian tourist to get Visa on Arrival in Thailand. The exemption was announced earlier to attract traction to make Thailand Tourism Forum 2019 aka TTF 2019 — taking place from January 23 to January 27 in Lumphini Park — a grand success. Apart from India the waiver was announced for twenty more countries too. Under this waiver, tourists from India and twenty other countries named in this announcement will be able to stay in Thailand for 15 days under the free Visa on Arrival terms.
Thai officials quoted by the Bangkok Post — a leading daily of Thailand — claimed that the VOA fee waiver would increase tourists arrival in the country by "at least 30 per cent." Twenty countries other than India that have been named in this VOA waiver are as follows: Andorra, Bhutan, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Fiji, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
The Thailand Authority of Tourism (TAT) is organising TTF 2019 to boost the tourism in Thailand. The event will be organised from January 23 to January 27. Keeping this TTF 2019 in mind the government of Thailand had earlier announced to waive VOA fee in November 2018 for two months from December 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019. In the last three ended quarters Thailand has registered huge decline in arrival of tourists from China and TAT officials are expecting to control this decline in Chinese tourist footfall in this TTF.
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New Nordic Ventures is pleased to announce our recent investment in OH MY SYNT, a startup that helps businesses to create, promote and animate their own synthetic avatars.
We are thrilled to see OH MYSY NT’s early commercial success in international markets, the company already services customers from the US, EU and LatAm. The founders have extensive experience in deployment of artificial intelligence solutions and 3D animation, and are dedicated to creating innovative solutions for their customers.
We strongly believe that such models as Stable Diffusion and GPT-3 shall create a strong tech platform for number of tech companies building valuable generative AI products for businesses. OH MY SYNT is a great example of such companies that started as a synthetic human-like avatars company and now offers its customers a complex product for AI-assisted advertising and entertainment content creation and animation.


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- Currency dealers believe that recent measures taken by SBP have helped stabilise the rupee.
- Rupee has depreciated by 13.13% since July 1, 2021.
- Traders are likely to monitor how govt brings down trade deficit in the coming months.
The Pakistani rupee on Wednesday continued its downward slide against the US dollar, dropping to an all-time low of Rs178.24 in the interbank market at the close of the trading session.
The plunge came on the back of a mammoth import bill for November and widened the current account deficit.
According to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the rupee had closed at Rs178.19 on Tuesday.
The rupee has maintained the downtrend for the past seven months. It has lost 16.82% (or Rs25.67) to date, compared to the 22-month high of Rs152.27 recorded on May 14.
With a fresh decline of 0.03%, the rupee has depreciated by 13.13% (or Rs20.7) since the start of the current fiscal year on July 1, 2021, data released by the central bank revealed.
A sharp rise in imports fuelled by global commodity prices and stronger domestic demand widened the trade deficit and resulted in the weakening of the local currency.
Currency dealers believe that recent measures taken by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), i.e., tightening of the regulations related to foreign currency buying and the frequent liquidity injections in the banking system have helped stabilise the rupee.
However, the fulfilment of the conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as prior action before the sixth review of the $6 billion worth extended fund facility due on January 12 would be watched for cues.
Traders are also likely to monitor how the government brings down the trade deficit in the coming months.
Analysts expect the trade gap to widen further in the months to come, but the government is optimistic about trade balance prospects amid healthy remittances.
“The expected developments in export and import activities imply that the trade balance may gradually improve in the coming months and settle down at significantly lower levels in the second half of the current fiscal year,” said the Monthly Economic Update and Outlook December 2021, published by the finance division two days ago.


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It's rare that you find a clip of someone trying to un-beach a whale in the same ad as a woman giving birth. However, Comcast's new campaign features these random scenarios, (among many more, which are increasingly bizarre) to communicate its new message.
Comcast, the USA's largest cable company, has launched a new series of ads aimed to highlight how easy it is to sign up to their triple play service, Xfinity. For example, getting through airport security if you are a robot can be a pretty tough task. But you know what is easy? Signing up to Xfinity.
Cable companies are renowned for having average-to-poor customer service, but Comcast promises that booking a 2-hour slot to have your cable fitted is very easy. Well, in my experience, booking is not usually the problem. It's whether or not the cable guy actually turns up.
This theme runs on throughout the ad, featuring a poor guy trying to pitch a tent in a storm and another attempting to blow up a bouncy castle with his own breath. These clips are intermingled with clips of the effortless method of signing up to Xfinity.
So next time you find yourself trying to wax Bigfoot, remember, compared to this, signing up to Xfinity is a piece of cake.


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While lovers of the seventh art have debate about which actor is the best James Bond in the history this serial, fans of sports models are more interested in cars that British secret agent drives on the big screen. For the shooting of the latest film about the secret agent James Bond – “Spectre“, Aston Martin has made ten copies of model DB10. Based on production model V8 Vantage, Aston Martin DB10, designed exclusively for the film Spectre, is powered by the 4.7-liter V8 engine.
Although the production version isn’t planned, DB10 is an introduction to the design of future Aston Martin models.
When talking about vehicles used during the filming, some of them will be offered for sale at charity auctions, such as copies with the number 10 on the chassis.
Super-sports car fan, which is on YouTube known as Shmee, has published on his channel a video of this vehicle.
In addition to the exterior, we are able to see how the interior details of Aston Martin DB10.
For the end, Shmee went for a ride in one of the modified cars that were during the filming driven by the stunt drivers. At the wheel was a rally driver Mark Higgins, who participated in the action scenes in the Spectre.


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Bravo tops survey of gay-friendly companies
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC Universal's Bravo emerged as the most "gay-friendly" company, according to a survey from Prime Access and PlanetOut.
Four of the five top-ranked brands were from the media and technology sectors. Following Bravo were Apple, Showtime and
Fifty-two percent of gay consumers polled recognized Bravo, which has aired many series featuring gay personalities, including "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" and "Working Out," as gay-friendly. Bravo also was perceived as highly gay-friendly among straight consumers (28 percent).
Among gay consumers, Apple finished second with a 39 percent score, followed by Showtime (35 percent) and HBO (34 percent). The list was rounded about by nonmedia companies including Absolut, Levi's and American Express.
None of the companies perceived as least gay-friendly was in the media and technology sector. Top finishers on that list included BP, Gilette, Cadillac and Kraft.
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Grocery shoppers scouring the dairy case have more choices than ever, from full-fat cow’s milk to plant-based alternatives made from oats, nuts and soybeans. The array can seem confusing, but a new report indicates consumers know what they’re looking for when choosing between the different offerings.
The Food and Drug Administration put out a request last year for public comments on whether consumers want to see plant-based alternatives labeled using dairy terms. In other words, should soymilk and almond milk be called something else besides “milk”?
Seventy-six percent of 7,061 of the public comment writers said they want plant-based milk companies to continue using “milk” and other traditional dairy terms to describe plant-based versions of those items.
That’s according to an analysis of the responses by Linkage Research and Consulting, commissioned by the Plant Based Foods Association. The information tracks with research done for the association two years ago, which informed the group as it created a guideline for voluntary standards for labeling plant-based dairy products.
That earlier data revealed that 40% of households buy both dairy and plant-based milks, 78% of those who drink only cow’s milk use the word “milk” to describe plant-based versions and more than half of consumers surveyed preferred the descriptors “dairy-free” or “non-dairy” compared to terms like “milk alternative” or “milk substitute.”
The voluntary standards that grew out of that research suggests companies name their products by using the plant-based ingredient plus the word “milk,” so “almond milk,” “soy milk,” etc. The guidelines also suggest labeling that includes the phrase “plant-based milk,” as well as “dairy free” or “non-dairy.”
Member companies and others in the plant-based dairy industry have been adopting those standards in their labeling since the guidelines were released, said PBFA Executive Director Michele Simon.
And some in the plant-based community would take the labeling issue a step further.
“We think that all milk should be accurately labeled. Cow’s milk should be called cow’s milk. That’s accurate and descriptive labeling,” Farm Sanctuary co-founder Gene Baur said recently.
The analysis of the comments to the FDA showed just 13.5% called for restricting the use of dairy terms for plant-based alternatives, and 51% of those comments came from commenters who identified themselves as dairy farmers.
Their industry is struggling. Traditional dairy is continuing to shrink as sales of plant-based alternatives grow. More than 2,700 U.S. dairies closed last year, according to data from the U.S. Agriculture Department. More telling, the industry lost more than $1.1 billion in revenue last year, as falling demand drove down prices and overall sales.
Meanwhile, sales of plant-based milk grew 9% last year, according to Nielsen data. In the five years between 2012 and 2017, plant-based milk sales grew 61%, according to Mintel.
For the second time since 2016, lawmakers have proposed a federal bill that would bar plant-based companies from using dairy-related words on their packaging. The bill, dubbed the Dairy PRIDE Act, is ostensibly aimed at clearing up consumer confusion.
But the data show most consumers aren’t confused, and some opponents of the Dairy PRIDE Act and similar statewide proposals see the measures as misguided attempts to shore up an industry in decline.
Plant-based alternatives have used terms like “milk” and “cheese” for decades, setting a precedent that didn’t face serious challenges when the products were niche items and the dairy industry was still growing. But those trends have shifted, and the shift spurred the industry to put pressure on the FDA to require plant-based companies to change what they call their products.
The Dairy PRIDE Act is the result of those frustrated efforts, Simon said.
“I think the FDA has a challenge on its hands,” she said. “There’s political pressure being brought to bear, which is why they’ve gone as far as they have. But they know the First Amendment doesn’t support banning words or requiring unnecessary words. They’ve allowed the marketplace to flourish for decades with this terminology and it would be hard to flip that switch back now.”
Simon said she believes the issue will ultimately be resolved using a commonsense approach that follows the First Amendment and is in line with consumers’ preferences.
“In the short term, we’re going to have to keep fighting these sorts of battles. In the long term, consumers are on our side, the law is on our side and that’s why I’m confident we’ll win.”
And others in the industry agree, including Miyoko’s Kitchen founder and PBFA board member Miyoko Schinner, who shared her thoughts on the issue in an interview last year.
“We think the time has come for people to shift their thinking about dairy, their thinking about dairy coming from animals. In the future it will come from two sources, animal and plant. I think plant dairy will overtake animal dairy at some point. It will become the norm in the next two decades, that’s my prediction.”


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The only way appears to be up for soft drinks in Scottish c-stores at the moment, with trends aligning to create fertile soil for sales growth.
TAKING action to improve sustainability is more essential than ever, both for the environment and for bottom lines.
HIGHLAND Spring Group has expanded its large format range with the launch of a new 5L Fridge Pack.
Highland Spring Group reckons convenience retailers can untap bottled water category sales
The pandemic may have flipped some category trends on their head, but demand for bottled water continues to be a key component in any c-store soft drinks offer.
In Perthshire, sustainability is already a key focus for Highland Spring Group, and the bottled water manufacturer has taken major steps to reduce its impact on the natural world
Bottled water category trends were flipped on their head last year, as morning commutes and other journeys were drastically reduced by lockdown restrictions
Highland Spring has put sustainability front and centre of its latest marketing campaign
HIGHLAND Spring Group has started testing new shrink wrap packaging made from 100% recycled materials
Changing landscape brings opportunity
Bottled water has a lot to offer retailers
For the first time, people in Edinburgh will now be able to recycle coffee cups, plastic bottles and cans on the street.
Whatever the ailment, it’s likely that among everything else a GP may prescribe, drinking plenty of water will form part of the cure.
Plastic has been a part of consumers’ lives since the 1950s and while this versatile material has provided plenty of benefits to society, the last six decades of poor waste management have been disastrous for the environment.
Highland Spring has announced its biggest ever investment in sparkling water. The Perthshire-based producer plans to invest £1m in sparkling water, including a new ‘Remarkabubble’ campaign.
Bottled water has continued to grow but retailers could do more
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TOYS! The coolest toys of 2008 have been revealed at the 105th American International Toy Fair this past week.
It’s very exciting because of some of the secret clues that have been revealed in the collectibles for these upcoming films. Firstly, check out the cool Hellboy and Iron Man toys above prepped for release.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will probably be one of the biggest films of 2008. The range of Indy Lego was revealed at the Toy Fair, with Shia LaBeouf, Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett all immortalised in tiny, bendable versions. However, this particular Lego(man?) had people scratching their own crystal skulls:
An alien skeleton? So does this mean the rumours that were floating around last year about Indy squaring off against aliens are true? Either way, the film and its toys look terrific. Have a gander at the teaser trailer a few blog posts down.
The Joker figurine from the new Batman flick, The Dark Knight, is set to become the major collectible of 2008. There were doubts about releasing the toy since the death of Heath Ledger, but a release date for the toys has been set in May, a month before the film debuts around the world.
This blurry image of the Two-Face figurine is the first hint as to how Aaron Eckhart will look as the horribly scarred politician Harvey Dent. Christopher Nolan has revealed that The Dark Knight will focus on the origin of Two-Face, as he goes from an ally of Bruce Wayne to the enemy of Batman.
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Specialty bulbs and point-of-purchase signs are giving new life to the lighting category, retailers told SN.
In an effort to ease shopper confusion over the vast array of choices in the lighting category, manufacturers have created new sets that organize products under headings like "Household," "Specialty" and "Decorative."
While home product superstores like Home Depot carry a wider and deeper selection, supermarkets can compete on the basis of convenience for customers who don't want to make a special trip just to buy a light bulb. Meanwhile, these new items have higher margins than the ubiquitous four-packs, which retailers continue to stock for promotions and to satisfy customer needs.
"We're definitely up on lighting," said Bill Dunkle, category manager, general merchandise, Valu Merchandisers Co., Kansas City, Mo., during a recent conference of the General Merchandise Distributors Council, Colorado Springs, Colo. "There's more consumer spending out there, and we're trying to upgrade them from the basic bulbs," he said.
Manufacturers are providing more information for shoppers, said Bryon Roberts, vice president, general merchandise, Bashas', Chandler, Ariz. "The lighting companies are making great strides in creating packages that enable the consumer to readily understand the use of the product," he said.
"There are a lot of unique products out there, and people seemed confused about what to do with them. Now they are doing a much better job of communicating to the customer how to use a product," Roberts said.
The new fixtures emphasize how the bulb is to be used through a color-coordinated system that identifies such segments as outdoor, household and decorative, noted David Lowe, former director of HBC/GM, K-VA-T Food Stores, Abingdon, Va., who recently became senior buyer, GM, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Avenel, N.J. "It is signed well, and that helps the customer to find their bulbs. Hopefully, that will result in more sales because it is obviously an impulse purchase," he said.
The average home has 10 different types of light bulbs, Lowe noted, and by taking out miscellaneous electrical items like fuses from the set, focusing on bulbs, and improving the presentation, the result was double-digit growth. "Review the category and listen to what the customers are telling you by what is selling," he said.
Customers are looking for value, and that doesn't mean the lowest price -- particularly in the lighting category where many have learned that spending for quality pays off in the long run, said Charles Yahn, vice president, merchandising, Associated Wholesalers Inc., York Pa.
Meanwhile, retailers and wholesalers are looking to move beyond the low-margin business of bulk packs of light bulbs. "I think the whole industry is trying to figure out how to get out of the giveaway," he said.
"The only way we can do that is to change to decorative bulbs and convince the consumer that there's a reason to pay more for an upscale bulb," Yahn said. In the new sets of AWI's retailer customers, the wholesaler is keeping the "giveaway" bulb, but giving more space to the higher-end products, he said.
Lighting is a "focus category" for Save Mart Supermarkets, Modesto, Calif., said Steve Urgo, GM buyer/category manager. "As we look across our department and all of the segments in it, we think it is a category we can promote and offer value to our consumer. That's good for our business, and so we are focusing on it, promoting to a higher level," he said.
Rosauers Supermarkets, Spokane, Wash., recently reset the decorative and basic light bulb aisles of its stores using a Sylvania program, said Gordon Thompson, GM and HABA buyer/merchandiser. "We're looking for better margins, improved product placement on the shelves, and to expand our selection a little bit," he said.
Compact fluorescent bulbs are hot, Thompson added. "Probably the biggest push I've seen is on the long-lasting light bulbs -- the twist bulbs. We've seen that expand into private label and, as a result, the price is coming down," he said.
There's "good opportunity" in the compact fluorescents, particularly in multi-packs, noted Lanny Hoffmeyer, corporate director, wholesale general merchandise, Supervalu, Eden Prairie, Minn. In some areas of the country, local energy providers are encouraging the use of these products with attractive tie-ins, he said.
The large home centers like Home Depot and Lowe's are the biggest competition in this category, "and it will be difficult for us to get a slice, but I think there's some convenience business the supermarket industry is going to get. If we have them in stock at a price that doesn't scare people away, there's some value there," Hoffmeyer said.
As an industry, supermarkets are doing a better job in managing the lighting category, he said. "That means we're getting the right products on our shelves now. I think for too long, we stuck with the same assortment and didn't adjust. From what I can see on the retailer shelves that we're going to, the assortments that they're carrying are reflecting some of those new trends in category segments, such as compacts, spotlights, etc.," Hoffmeyer said.
Compact fluorescents are also starting to catch on with the customers of Carter's Food Centers, Charlotte, Mich. "We're trying to stay on top of that," said Rex Harcourt, president. "It's tough for us to compete on the four-pack light bulbs because the discounters sell them so cheaply. We're looking for new, innovative ways to keep up with technology."
Because of television shows focusing on interior decoration, customers are looking for the latest upgrades in lighting products, Harcourt said. "It's going to be more of a fashion category than it has been. It's not the old standby, four-pack light bulb anymore. Consumer demand is changing," he said.
Competition for the basic consumable items like four-packs and three-way bulbs is tough, confirmed Larry Ishii, general manager, GM/HBC, Unified Western Grocers, Commerce, Calif. Trends in new home construction are resulting in more types of bulbs in the typical household, and supermarkets can capitalize on that, he said.
"If retailers have the space for those types of items, then they can realize increased opportunity for retail sales while improving the category mix. We in food are feeling very heavy pressure in the commodity part of the business -- four-packs can be 30% to 40% of our total light bulb category. There are other opportunities in the category and a wide variety of product that is available," Ishii said.
"We need to learn to put together the right promotions and take advantage of that opportunity," he said.
"You've got to have selection in the store. You can't just have a four-foot section on light bulbs," said Al Jones, senior vice president, procurement and merchandising, Imperial Distributors, Auburn, Mass. "The business is going more and more to the specialty kinds of bulbs -- floods, spots, decor bulbs -- and you need to have a selection in the store to keep the customer there," he said.
"The consumer who is in your store shopping for food will look at that section because they need a bulb or two, and if you don't have what they need, you lost them. They're not going to look there again, and they're just going to move on to a competitor in a different class of trade. So you've got to look at expanding your lighting sets. Some supermarkets are going to 16- or 20-foot sets so they can accommodate that," he said.
Light bulbs in the dollar section are well placed, Jones said. "I think people understand the trade-off. They don't expect them to last as long. That's a good value for some people. They need a bulb now, they're going to buy it for 99 cents, and if it lasts three weeks less, if it lasts a year instead of 13 months, it's not a big deal. Besides, who remembers how long light bulbs last, anyway?" he asked.
With the competition from home centers, grocers need to have the right selection to succeed in the lighting category, said Jeff Manning, managing partner, F&M Merchant Group, Lewisville, Texas. "Supermarkets have a chance if they treat it right, carry the variety, and have the right pricing, but I don't see them wanting to do that," he said.
Home centers and mass merchants drive the category, confirmed Bill Mansfield, vice president, GM and HBC, Pueblo International, San Juan, Puerto Rico. For supermarkets, there are two proven approaches for keeping the business: putting in new items and keeping up a good pricing strategy. Retailers who do that "have been able to maintain their business," Mansfield said.
Increasingly, new light bulbs are "romancing" the look of homes, while the economy is forcing more people to save money. "There's a large segment of the population that is willing to spend more money on the new light bulb technologies to save money down the road," Mansfield said.


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Volvo’s new boss, Jim Rowan, is convinced the automaker’s old system isn’t good enough. In the future, the brand would also like to appeal to “Generation Z” and they have very different expectations of a car.
Current drivers can still be inspired with a Spotify app in the car, but this will be a prerequisite and crucial in the future. Who buys a smartphone if there isn’t one. As you can see from Huawei: Almost nobody.
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Jim Rowan is now thinking a lot about this, because the “digital natives” will buy new cars in the future and they have different requirements. In the meantime, Volvo is completely based on Android Automotive in order to be able to offer this.
I agree with this statement 100 percent. I don’t care if there’s 50 HP more or less now and how the material on the door feels. Sure, that’s not unimportant, but the key thing for me now is how digital a car is.
It’s not worth it for a manufacturer like Volvo to develop it completely yourself, hence the close partnership with Google. And even that still has a lot of room for improvement, as I’ve found, but that’s exactly what you want to tackle.
The downside is that Volvo is now dependent on Google. The advantage, however, is that Volvo was completely left behind when it came to the infotainment system before electric cars and is now at the forefront. Hardly any other OS offers such an app selection.


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Wayne Huizenga, the former owner of Blockbuster Entertainment and three Florida sports teams, has died at the age of 80.
The college dropout made his fortune in waste disposal, founding Waste Management, now a publicly traded company worth more than $35bn (£24bn).
Mr Huizenga later expanded into car dealerships, hotels and video, turning Blockbuster into a major brand.
He sold Blockbuster to Viacom in 1994 in a deal then-valued at $8.4bn.
"I'd rather build a company than manage one," he told The Wall Street Journal that year.
Today I lost both my mentor and my best friend, H. Wayne Huizenga. Alice and I will miss the sparkle in his eye we came to love. pic.twitter.com/nM3TYBz50u— Mike Jackson (@CEOMikeJackson) March 23, 2018
Mr Huizenga was born into the garbage business, with a grandfather who founded Huizenga & Sons, a Chicago garbage-hauling company in 1894.
He created Waste Management from a single garbage route in South Florida that he purchased in 1962, transforming it into a global giant through mergers and acquisitions.
He stepped down from the company in 1984, but continued to spot opportunities to build empires in fragmented industries, investing in laundries and bottled water companies.
He invested in Blockbuster in 1987, turning it from a company with less than 20 locations to more than 1,600 less than five years later.
After selling Blockbuster in 1994, Mr Huizenga turned to car dealerships with AutoNation and hotels through Extended Stay America.
He also used his wealth to purchase the Florida Marlins and Panthers as well as the Miami Dolphins sports teams.
Known for a relentless work appetite, Mr Huizenga told reporters that he rarely went to the movies and did not own a video cassette recorder (VCR) when he invested in Blockbuster.
"We get in early, go home late, travel after hours, have meetings on the plane," Blockbuster's chief marketing officer told the New York Times in 1991.
"Wayne sets the pace and everybody needs to move at that pace."


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Group aims to reopen Barnard General Store
Local haunt closed in May after 180 years
A community group is raising money to buy the property that housed the Barnard General Store. The store closed in May after 180 years of service.
The Barnard Community Trust wants the store to reopen. It needs $500,000 to buy the property, and it will take more money than that for licensing and other costs.
Without the store, many of the sleepy town’s 900 residents feel cut off.
Beginning June 30, the group has offered a three-hour coffee service allowing people to hear about their fundraising efforts and to offer an opportunity for people to catch up.
The coffee and pastries are offered from 7 to 10 a.m. every morning.
The store is gone, but its shell remains. Inside, community members talk about their day-to-day lives and how they’re working to bring the store back.
They’ve raised $20,000 so far.
Like many Barnard residents, the general store is the town’s social hub, resident and group member Dana Bargezi said.
“Did you hear what happened at so and so,” she said, providing examples of some of the discussion. “Or, business is good? Your house is for sale? Anything happening? That kind of conversation.”
“I’d stop here every day for a paper and coffee,” said the group's president Rick Carbin. “And then on the way home, I'd stop off to pick up milk or bread or whatever, something for dinner. I’d always do that.”
With 180 years behind it and its future unclear, people are coming back. The conversation -- whether about what’s happening in town or how much money has been raised -- continues to spew.
“This is the center of Barnard,” Carbin said. “It's not just a general store; it's a community center.”
“This is the heart of the community,” said Tom Platner. “This is where you find out what’s going on.”
And, of course, if the group has its way, it’s where residents around Barnard will be able to buy their staples once again.
For more information, visit the group’s website at friendsofbgs.com.


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2008 is shaping up to be an extremely eventful year for Onstream Media. On Tuesday, the company released a cover-all press statement that included a listing-status report, modifications to a recent acquisition agreement, and details surrounding recent product upgrades.
On October 1st, a letter was received from NASDAQ stating that Onstream’s common stock is subject to de-listing as a result of the company’s failure to hold a required annual shareholder meeting by the end of its fiscal year (September 30th). A hearing has been set for November 20, 2008 with the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel to address the issue. On an added note, in order to maintain NASDAQ Capital Market listing eligibility, Onstream common stock must close at $1.00 per share bid or more for at least ten consecutive business days before December 30th.
Playing into the reason why Onstream pushed back its annual shareholder conference were changes made to a definitive September 15th merger agreement with Narrowstep, Inc. According to the amended agreement, the total number of Onstream common shares to be initially issued is to be reduced from 9,100,000 to 8,100,000. This, and other small changes, warranted a re-assessment of the estimated purchase price; previously $11.8 million, now figured to be $5.1 million.
In addition to these developments, this quarter will mark the launch of Onstream’s upgraded DMSP (Digital Media Services Platform) Streaming Publisher. The software provides media companies and other content developers with cutting-edge publishing resources. Changes made to the previous system include advanced online video advertising capabilities; an integral aspect of operation in a market that is estimated to be worth over $3 billion by the year 2012.
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More than 150 prototypes of Jaguar E-Pace were built during a grueling 25-month test program which took place across four continents.
The tests were performed at Nürburgring circuit and high-speed Nardò test track to the deserts of the Middle East.
Also, the car tested in -40 °C temperature of the Arctic Circle and the high altitudes and rivers of China’s most remote provinces.
“Our team of world-class engineers and dynamics specialists have meticulously tuned and developed a true Jaguar. Months of intense testing on roads and tracks around the world have delivered a compact performance SUV that is true to Jaguar’s performance DNA.” – Graham Wilkins, Chief Product Engineer, Jaguar E-PACE
Facts and figures from E-PACE’s test program:
- Coldest temperature: -40°C
- Hottest temperature: +48°C
- More than 400 laps of the Nürburgring
- 5,000 feet above sea level during altitude testing
- In excess of 120,000 hours of testing in total involving more than 500 engineers
Jaguar’s new compact performance SUV will face its final test in a world premiere that will be aired on Facebook and YouTube on Thursday, July 13, 2017.
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Those who know what their blind spots are can find opportunities in economic downturn
Savvy business owners are reflecting on the risks and opportunities afforded by the global economic downturn.
“We see opportunities coming at us that we never would have dreamed of six months ago,” Jim Pattison Group owner Jim Pattison told Business in Vancouver in late December. “I’m talking about companies, values, lots of things.”
Pattison wouldn’t reveal what transactions he might execute for B.C.’s largest private company, which is estimated to generate $6.4 billion in annual revenue.
But Pattison believes business owners should not beat themselves up for failing to predict or prepare for the current downturn. He said in his 47 years in business, he has never seen a downturn come so quickly.
Pattison said entrepreneurs should focus on costs and other things they can control in their business.
Helping business owners determine what they can control is a growth industry.
Ferax Consulting Corp. CEO Stephanie Sharp started offering seminars on the topic in November.
She said corporate blind spots could include the risk that:
– previously solid corporate assets could drastically decline in value;
– Asian suppliers won’t get the credit needed to ship materials; and
– corporate lawyers and accountants haven’t sufficiently communicated to protect the company’s assets.
“There are different financial shockwaves coming through the system. We’ve already had a mortgage crisis, a credit crisis, etcetera. There’s more fallout to come,” said Sharp, who has been a lead negotiator on global financial transactions worth more than $10 billion.
“If you have strategies in place that can be triggered so you can respond very quickly to a different environment, you’re in a much better situation than if you just charge ahead hoping that things are going to get better.”
Despite a hectic schedule, Saje Natural Wellness co-CEO Janie Moore attended one of Sharp’s seminars at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Moore’s skin care retailer opened 10 kiosk locations across Canada in time for the Christmas rush. Saje also has five corporate and four franchised stores.
Moore left Sharp’s seminar convinced that, even though she had just increased Saje’s inventory 40%, she needed to raise it more.
That way, she will be protected if suppliers of her products’ ingredients run into financial problems.
“We’ve always had a lower inventory,” Moore said. “[But] we want to have more of a buffer.”
Provident Security CEO Michael Jagger has also instituted strategies to ensure optimal inventory control.
Most of Jagger’s “millions” in revenue come from providing security guard services, but he also sells burglar alarms, cameras and other security products.
He recently re-evaluated all inventory and found that he had too many of some products. He has since recalculated how much of each he needs and implemented a system to identify when to order more.
Instead of going to seminars to reflect on how to spot looming trouble, Jagger decided to split the cost of hiring a consultant with two friends who he knew from the Entrepreneurs Organization.
Jagger teamed up with Nurse Next Door co-founder Ken Sim and Garibaldi Glass co-owner Chris Mobius to hire lean manufacturing expert Jo Suria.
Lean manufacturing abides by the philosophy that spending resources on goals other than creating value for the end customer is wasteful and worth eliminating.
It’s sometimes called Toyotaism, because Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor Corp. has made it an operating mantra.
Metro Vancouver companies such as Delta fireplace manufacturer FPI Fireplace Products International have long used lean manufacturing consultants to ensure optimal productivity.
Said Jagger: “We’re working to engage our team members to understand the philosophy behind this stuff.”Published January 6, 2009 · Business In Vancouver · Written by Glen Korstrom


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Insomniac Games, the development studio behind some of Sony's biggest hits, is going multiplatform with their next game.
Insomniac Games has been a mainstay in Sony's stable for a long time and has churned out some awesome games for them. They are the studio behind the best selling Ratchet &Clank, Spyro, and Resistance franchises. Unfortunately for Sony, but fortunately for everybody else, they have decided to take their next game to multiple platforms. Working with EAPartners, Insomniac's next hit will be released on Xbox 360 as well as PlayStation 3. No details are known about the game but we do know it is based in a brand new world. This looks to be the route that elite development studios are going with their IP and it makes a lot of sense for them. Major Nelson tweeted that he would like to personally deliver an Xbox 360 dev kit to the team to celebrate the news.To say they must be excited about getting the game on their platform is a huge understatement.
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Few people have worn or even seen Google Glass, but early reviews have made businesses and government officials weary.
Already, Google Glass has already been banned by a Seattle dive bar and in some Las Vegas casinos. West Virginia legislators are trying to make it illegal to wear Glass while driving, The New York Times reports.
Google Glass is still in a prototype phase and only a few thousand people have gotten their hands on the unfinished product. It's currently a set of frames with a screen that appears above the right eye's line of vision and connects to the Internet. With voice commands and motions, Glass can take photos or video, search the internet, conduct a Google Hangout or send messages. It's like seeing Apple's Siri before your eyes.
Google's slow rollout is brilliant from a marketing standpoint; it has created a lot of demand. But the scarcity is also creating paranoia, causing many to fear the unknown.
The New York Times interviewed multiple lawyers and businesses who are uneasy about the mysterious device.
“This is just the beginning,” one Los Angeles lawyer told NYT. “Google Glass is going to cause quite a brawl.”
"We are all now going to be both the paparazzi and the paparazzi’s target," said another.
The main concern is invasion of privacy. Bypassers wearing Glass are capable of taking photos and videos discretely, and sharing them from the device.
"Google Glass will test the right to privacy versus the First Amendment,” another lawyer said.
For those who have tried Google Glass, the concerns seem exaggerated. You can already take photos and videos discretely on mobile devices. Personal assistants, like Glass or Siri, are used more for directions and looking up information than stalking.
Tech guru Robert Scoble, who tried Glass for two weeks, said he was surprised most of the "privacy concerns [he[ had didn't show up" and he was "shocked how few negative reactions [he] got" while wearing Glass. He believes the public's fear of Glass will go away once the devices are in their hands.
"Asocial people will be able to find a way to do asocial things with this technology, but on average people like to maintain the social contract,” Thad Starner, a technical advisor to the Glass team, told NYT. After years of using glass-like products he concludes, " I can’t think of a single instance where something bad has happened."
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Developers 343 Industries and Creative Assembly have denounced a newest DLC for their game Halo Wars 2.
Titled Awakening Nightmare, this enlargement will embody an wholly new campaign, dual new multiplayer leaders, dual new multiplayer maps, and a code new commune mode.
The code new debate missions will see we personification as a Banished as they quarrel opposite a Flood. Blur Studios will be formulating all new cinematic for these missions.
The new commune mode, called Terminus Firefight, will see we and dual other players fighting opposite an everlasting slew of aggressive enemies, that embody UNSC, Banished, and a Flood. Players will be means to emanate barricades, spike floors, and some-more to urge themselves opposite these forces.
Details for a dual new multiplayer leaders, as good as a dual multiplayer maps, has not been revealed, however a developers did contend that a maps will be accessible to everyone, regardless of either or not they purchased Awakening Nightmare.
Finally, if you’re during E3, and would like to take a initial demeanour during a expansion, 343 and Creative Assembly suggested that Terminus Firefight will be accessible to play on a uncover floor.
The developers also expelled a trailer, as good as some design to accompany a announcement, that we can of march perspective during a finish of this article.
While an accurate recover date for a enlargement was not given, a developers suggested that enlargement would be accessible someday this fall, and that it will cost $19.99. Awakening Nightmare will not be a partial of a game’s deteriorate pass, however it was suggested that a debate missions and multiplayer leaders that were betrothed in a deteriorate pass are still to come, and that they will be suggested soon.
Back in April, the latest DLC for Halo Wars 2, titled Colony, was behind given of a game-breaking bug. It has given been released.
Halo Wars 2 was creatively expelled on Feb 21st, 2017, and was expelled on Xbox One and Windows PC.