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(Black Friday casualties have begun. We’ve listed a few at the bottom of this post.)
Black Friday is upon us with major retailers set to begin “special” pricing as early as 3 a.m. Eastern Time. In fact, while visiting a local WalMart on November 24 shrink wrapped pallets of goods were spread throughout the store. Normally, the palettes are wrapped in clear plastic. But, in honor of Black Friday everything was wrapped in black plastic preventing curious shoppers from supposedly knowing what was going on special sale. The irony is that WalMart put out circulars that described in detail all the items.
This year, however, online shopping on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday, are projected to increased anywhere from 9-20% over last year. There are no crowds to fight (yes, some shoppers actually get killed), if inventories are exhausted shoppers will know immediately, and you can do everything from your home — only at those early hours.
If you are one of the lucky and fortunate ones that score those big photo buys, congratulations! Do make sure it’s a good deal because a number retailers play games during times such as these, particularly after having to low ball prices due to a tough economy. Others like to advertise hot sellers noted in advertisements when none exist in a bait and switch kind of thing. So, save your receipts, don’t tear up the boxes, keep all the paperwork, and read the fine print. May the wind be at your back or your broadband be long and wide. (We already know you’re probably buying as much as you can for yourself!) In the meantime, may your Black Friday and Cyber Monday be very Black and rewarding!


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NEW YORK — Saks Fifth Avenue is advancing its omnichannel agenda by juicing up its SaksFirst loyalty program and rolling out free shipping.
It’s a response to a fast-changing industry where e-commerce continues to boom, even after a disappointing holiday season; Amazon.com, eBay, Net-a-porter and other pure plays are pushing harder and harder into the fashion world, and some retailers, such as Nordstrom and Macy’s, already have advanced omnichannel operations.
Saks does gain ground by making its shopping benefits more consistent across shopping channels, enhancing its SaksFirst program with a richer array of perks and rewards and revised rules geared to widen participation and strengthen customer bonds. Free shipping, while costly, is another big step forward for the luxury retailer.
Etro’s show, titled “The Tree of Life,” was a celebration of the house’s 50th anniversary. “My father founded the company in 1968, which was the year of counterculture and psychedelia. It’s really a show that celebrates that and the paisley design of India and its origin,” said Veronica Etro. #wwdfashion #mfw #ss18 (📷: @delphineachard)
For @msgm’s spring 2018 show, creative director @massimogiorgetti said “Words, sounds, colors. Synthesis and therapy of a collection,” were the inspirations behind the collection, showing today. Read the rest of Milan spring 2018 inspirations on WWD.com. #mfw #wwdfashion #ss18
For her first solo album in over 10 years, Fergie tapped Carine Roitfeld, Mert and Marcus, Giovanni Bianco and more to create a fashion-focused video approach for the record, Double Dutchess. "Giovanni really helped me get back in touch with my tomboy side, my hardside," said the singer. #wwdeye #wwdfashion ( : @slovekinpics)
“Volumes and Graphic Art of the Nineties are the main inspirations of the new Aquilano.Rimondi SS 2018 collection,” said cocreative directors Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi. #wwdfashion #mfw #ss18

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AIM's £5bn birthday float tally
Nearly £5bn has been raised by companies quoted on London's Alternative Investment Market, which on Monday celebrates its fifth anniversary as the first step for fledgling companies to a full listing on the main market. AIM's future is now secure as the Stock Exchange bows to pressure from the Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers to maintain and support the junior market in the plan to merge the London market with Frankfurt's Deutsche Börse.
AIM was launched with 10 companies on 19 June 1995 as a cheaper, quicker and easier way for young enterprises to raise capital, have their shares traded on a public market and gain visibility. There are now 424 member companies, although more than 570 have been admitted over the past five years, 71 of which have transferred to the main market, 22 of them to the techMARK technology market sector.
The original 10 companies spanned seven sectors, but today's AIM-ers come from 30, including health, information technology, transport, electricity, restaurants, pubs and breweries. The dominant sector is software and computer services, with 47 companies whose total market capitalisation is £2.6bn.
Average market capitalisation of an AIM company is £32.5m, the total AIM capitalisation having grown more than 150 times, from £82.2m to £14.1bn.
In 1999 the AIM index saw growth of 141%, making it the best-performing UK index of the year. This marked a spectacular recovery for AIM, which for the first three years of its life struggled to keep up with the main market and suffered a short, sharp bear market in 1998-99.
The FTSE AIM index soared fourfold from 762 in the autumn of 1998 to 2925 on 3 March this year, crashing by more than 40% to 1645 by the end of May. The exchange's volatility is due to the presence of so many young hi-tech companies, but the junior market is still about 70% up on balance on its launch level of 1000 five years ago.
Theresa Wallis, AIM's chief operating officer, said: 'AIM has seen outstanding growth since its launch five years ago, offering easier entry criteria and regulation that suits smaller, growing companies.'
Some companies, principally hi-tech, are postponing their AIM debuts, she added, but there is still a stream of firms coming to market and more than 20 hi-tech companies are due to float in the May-July quarter.
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Pot Prices Should See Decline in WA
The amount of marijuana at legal stores in Washington has been in short supply since the stores opened in July, but that is expected to change soon. The fall harvest should bring a more abundant supply to those stores. And those outlets may take more of their share away from the black market.
NORML activist and licensed marijuana producer, Kevin Oliver says there are many people who don’t want to buy pot from a licensed store at a price of 16 to 26 dollars a gram, when they can get it on the black market price of about 11 dollars a gram.
But he says in time prices for legal marijuana will drop dramatically.
Oliver: "As the fall harvests come in on a micro level, you’re going to see tons of marijuana coming in to the stores, and I don’t see the price going much higher and ultimately as a producer, Im sure the price per ounce is going to be under 100 dollars."
At the current pricing, the cost of an ounce in the store could run as high as 700 dollars per ounce.


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Video game comedy isn't easy. With so many different factors to consider, actually making a joke work can seem downright impossible at times — simply put, there's a reason why there are only a few select franchises that are remembered as "comedies."
That being said, few were surprised when South Park: The Stick of Truth ended up being absolutely hilarious. It was everything funny about the show, all wrapped up in a genius video game parody. The attention to detail was ridiculous — if the sight of a weapon's name can make players laugh, that's something special.
So, when Ubisoft announced that a follow-up was in production, gamers were naturally excited. Now, after a year of waiting, South Park: The Fractured But Whole has finally gotten a proper debut — and from what Ubisoft has shown, the game looks like more than just a simple retread of the original.
First things first: The Fractured But Whole is hysterical. It's immediately obvious that Trey Parker and Matt Stone have helped the script along: jokes are both consistently funny and delivered at a rapid-fire pace. Even the basic story concept — that the "New Kid" from the last game is suddenly un-cool after a switch in genre — is great, and it works perfectly with the South Park brand.
For those who haven't heard, The Fractured But Whole is ditching the fantasy tropes of the last game in favor of full-blown superhero antics — complete with some serious shots at both Marvel and DC. Much like the first game, players will choose a class to play as, though the available options have been greatly expanded upon ... and of course, the character creation process is hysterical.
Of course, The Fractured But Whole wouldn't be much of a game without gameplay, and it's clear that Ubisoft is intent on improving the original's somewhat simple combat. Players now move in a style similar to classic turn-based real-time strategy games, but the improvements don't stop there — pushing or pulling enemies can send them careening into both the environment and other characters, allowing for easy kills or extra attacks. It's a big improvement, especially considering that The Stick of Truth could feel downright passive at times.
As an added bonus, Ubisoft is giving out free copies of The Stick of Truth for anyone who pre-purchases The Fractured But Whole. Deals like this have been all over E3 this year — but you'd be hard-pressed to find a better one than this.
On top of all that, fans won't have to wait all that long to play the game: South Park: The Fractured But Whole is due out on Dec. 6!
For everything from Ubisoft's press conference, make sure to check out our full recap — and for everything E3 2016, make sure to check out our updated coverage hub!


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Briton Trevor Prideaux, 50, was born with one arm, and in the past has struggled to hold and use touchscreen smartphones with one hand.
The solution? Trevor has had a smartphone dock built into his prosthetic arm. It’s thought to be the first modification of its kind anywhere in the world.
"Now when I get a call I can either hold my arm up to my ear or put it on speaker phone,” explains Trevor. “I can also take it out if I need to. Texting is also much easier and a lot safer.”
And what kind of smartphone does Trevor have? A Nokia C7. Trevor explains: "This phone is slightly narrower than an iPhone and has both a qwerty and alphanumeric board, which is easier for me to use.”
Trevor did contact Apple to see if they’d be interested in helping to develop the modification, but – as reported in the Telegraph – “the communications giant refused to co-operate.”
Instead, Trevor turned to Nokia and technicians at the Exeter Mobility Centre. "I am hugely grateful to the people at EMC. This is a leap forward which has helped me out a lot and can also aid others."


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An AMD board partner has revealed that the company will be reneging on its plans to launch the next-generation Bulldozer chips at Computex, aiming for an August release instead.
Speaking to thinq_, the board partner explained that AMD's original plan - as all evidence suggested - was the use its scheduled press event on Wednesday to launch its next-generation Bulldozer processor architecture.
Everything seems to be in place - including AM3+ motherboards, required for official Bulldozer support, which have appeared both on stands at Computex and in the retail channel within the last twenty-four hours.
Sadly, a last-minute hiccough has left AMD with a dilemma: it can go ahead with a paper launch tomorrow, or it can cancel the whole shebang and show off something else in its place.
The hiccough, we have been told, stems from performance issues with the first-generation hardware - and with AMD positioning the Bulldozer range to take Intel's Sandy Bridge head-on in the performance market, that's a major issue.
While we're assured that the problem will be resolved in revision B2 of AMD's Bulldozer platform, but that will delay the launch until early August, we're told.
AMD's press event is still due to go ahead tomorrow - and we'll let you know what the company decides to do with it.


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Why is craft beer making a comeback?
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Craft beer is making a big comeback in Australia and it is only the beginning.
Craft beer consumption has been growing steadily since 2008, with craft beer sales up by 12 per cent between 2012 and 2017, according to Nielsen.
Craft beer has also been an incredibly popular beer in New Zealand, with beer drinkership up 12 per per cent from 2016 to 2017.
In 2016, craft beer drinkers drank an average of 7.2 litres of craft beer per capita, while New Zealand’s craft beer consumption was 4.4 litres.
“The craft beer boom in Australia is a testament to our industry’s ability to adapt to changing tastes and styles and is a good example of how we can be a part of a global beer boom,” said Dr Brian Worsley, Director of Research at Nielsen Australia.
According to Nielsen, craft beers accounted for 4.2 per cent of the total Australian beer market in 2018, up from 4.1 per cent in 2018.
Craft brewers are also growing in popularity internationally.
Craft beer sales in the United States increased by 11 per cent during the same period.
Australian craft beer brewers have become increasingly international in their business model, employing a variety of workers from around the world, according a report by Nielsen in 2017.
Craft brewers are now increasingly taking on employees from overseas.
The craft brewery boom in the US is the result of craft brewers growing international operations, which are becoming increasingly sophisticated and sophisticated in their operations, said Dr Worsleys research.
Dr Worsys research also shows that in 2017, craft breweries grew more than 80 per cent globally, while craft brewers in Australia grew only 30 per cent.
At the end of the year, craft brewers had a net revenue of $5.3 billion, while in the UK, craft brands had a total revenue of just $1.4 billion.
What are craft beers?
Craft beers are a craft beer category, which means they have a lot of ingredients that are made by small independent breweries.
They include malt, hops, yeast, water, hops powder, malt vinegar, yeast and fruit.
Most craft beer is made in the USA and China.
But craft beer also has a wide range of styles, with styles including IPA, red ale, pale ale, stout, wheat ale, porter and pilsner being available.
There are now about 1,500 craft breweries across the world.
With the craft beer market booming, craft brewing is growing in Australia, with the number of craft breweries rising to more than 100 from only one a decade ago, according the Craft Brewers Federation.
However, the Craft Beer Industry Association has warned that the craft brewing boom is not sustainable, with more breweries opening and closing.
Australia is home to more craft breweries than any other country in the world and has more than 30 craft breweries, but the industry is facing a shortage of quality ingredients.
While craft breweries have been successful in opening up more breweries in Australia over the last decade, the Australian government has not kept pace with demand and competition, which has made it difficult to get the ingredients necessary to make craft beer.
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The ax hasn’t fallen yet, but top credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service is keeping a close eye on Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Los Gatos for possible downgrades, according to a report by the Mercury News.
News of the possible downgrades comes after an August report by the rating agency predicted more municipal bankruptcies and defaults in California. Moody’s found an increasing number of cities filing for bankruptcy to address budget deficits and nullify obligations to bondholders.
The Silicon Valley cities on the list are just a few of dozens being considered for a credit downgrade among the 95 California cities rated by Moody’s. At the same time, San Francisco and Los Angeles are being considered for credit upgrades.
"California cities operate under more rigid revenue-raising constraints than cities in many other parts of the country," said Eric Hoffmann, who heads Moody's California local government ratings team, in a company statement. "Combined with steeply rising costs, these constraints mean that these cities will likely recover more slowly than their peers nationally, even if the state's economic recovery tracks the nation's."
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That said, in a Facebook post on January 29th, Vom Foss noted "While we are excited about our pending relocation, we will unfortunately be moving out of the Conejo Valley."
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Ga. businessman’s microcar sells for record $322,000
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Microcars are the smallest autos on the road, and were more popular in post-war Europe than they were in the U.S. The cars usually seat only one or two people, ride on three or four wheels, and are powered by engines as small as one cylinder, the LA times explains.
The auction over the weekend liquidated the world's largest collection of microcars, RM Auctions said. The 200 cars had belonged to Weiner, who housed them in the Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum in Madison, Ga.
In addition to the Tg 500 sale, 11 other microcars brought more than $100,000 during the two-day auction, according to RM Auctions.
In all, more than $9.1 million worth of tiny automobiles and related memorabilia were sold at the auction over the weekend, the paper said.
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Leisure-focused Chinese online travel company Tuniu said its net revenues declined more than 38% to RMB 73.4 million (USD 11.5 million) in the fourth quarter of 2021, primarily due to the negative impact brought by the outbreak and spread of COVID-19.
Full-year net revenues were RMB 426.3 million (USD 66.9 million) for 2021, down by 5.3% from 2020.
Q4 Revenues from packaged tours last year were RMB 42.8 million (USD 6.7 million), 48.6% less than from the corresponding period in 2020. Full-year revenues from packaged tours were RMB 305.3 million (USD 47.9 million) in 2021, slightly up by 1.0% from 2020, thanks to the growth in revenues from self-operated products.
Net loss was RMB 128.5 million (USD 20.2 million) in 2021, compared to a net loss of RMB 1.3 billion in 2020.
Mr. Donald Dunde Yu, Tuniu's founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said that the company's self-operated local tour operators achieved double-digit growth in transaction volumes for the full year and Tuniu continued to leverage integration and digitalization to upgrade its operations.
Tuniu did not disclose the transaction volumes of its self-operated local tour operators.
For the first quarter of 2022, the company expects to generate RMB 34.8 million to RMB 42.5 million of net revenues, which represents 45% to 55% decrease year-over-year.
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The Retail Report - what does the UK retail landscape look like in 2022?
The retail industry is (and continues to be) one of the most affected by the sudden changes brought on by the pandemic. Supply chain disruptions, shops forced to downsize – or worse – shut down permanently, post-apocalyptic empty shelves; definitely a rough patch.
Therefore, Britons have been doubling down on online shopping, making it a super fast-growing e-commerce market. We can’t say that the pandemic is over, but could we see encouraging signals? Or has the pandemic put an additional nail in the coffin for a stagnating brick-and-mortar retail trade? What remains of the pressure that the COVID-19 pandemic put on online retail? How do British consumers imagine shopping in the future?
Market research firm Appinio teamed up with e-commerce experts from Spryker to find out. In order to gain insight into the current retail landscape, 2,000 people in the UK, nationally representative according to age and gender, were asked about their shopping behaviour, habits and routines.


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The tagline that both Lucasfilm and the U.S. Postal Service hope will entice you into signing up is "ON MARCH 28 TWO POWERFUL FORCES WILL UNITE", followed by the invitation to "BE THE FIRST ON PLANET EARTH TO KNOW WHY."
It seems pretty obvious, and not that creative, but what the heck - we're huge robot fans and we've been devoted to Star Wars since, well, "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...." May 1977 in Southern California to be more precise. So we watched the new website teaser, entered our email, and will wait to see what havoc R2D2 and 3CPO can play with the U.S. mail system.
Update: According to the BBC (leave it to the Brits to let the cat out of the bag), the USPS is going to decorate 400 official mailboxes to resemble our favorite robot pal - R2D2. All we can say is that they better have 3CPO, or better yet, Chewbacca, standing guard.


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The retail business has been a tough one in recent years, and especially in the luxury goods space, competition has been fierce. After a long period of strength, Michael Kors Holdings (CPRI 0.75%) found itself on the outside looking in at newly ascending fashion icons, and the luxury retailer had to go through some major growing pains in trying to come up with a viable strategy to recover. Kors still has a lot of work to do, but one thing has proven to be a godsend in keeping its income statement looking strong: its acquisition of Jimmy Choo.
Coming into Wednesday's fiscal first-quarter financial report, Kors investors were optimistic that the company would be able to use Jimmy Choo to get its numbers moving higher. As it turned out, Kors really needed Jimmy Choo's contributions in order to deliver the results shareholders wanted to see. That's fine for now, but Kors will have to work harder to get better results from its legacy business as well if it wants truly sustainable growth.
A nice start to fiscal 2019
Michael Kors' fiscal first-quarter results were extremely strong. Overall revenue jumped 26% to $1.20 billion, easily surpassing the 19% growth rate that most investors were looking to see from the luxury retailer. Net income soared by nearly half from year-ago levels to $186.4 million, and after accounting for some one-time items, adjusted earnings of $1.32 per share crushed the consensus forecast among those following the stock for just $0.95 per share on the bottom line.
There's no disputing the huge impact that Jimmy Choo's inclusion in Kors' results has had on the overall company. Revenue from the unit amounted to $172.7 million, accounting for 18 percentage points of the combined company's total growth. Comparable-store sales for Choo locations weighed in above what Kors had expected, with especially strong performance in its footwear category. Choo's biggest revenue contribution came from Europe, with only about 15% of segment revenue in Kors' core Americas region.
Meanwhile, Kors' namesake segments had more mixed performance. Retail revenue rose just 3%, slowing from the growth pace in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018, and comparable sales were up just 0.2% even after factoring in more than two percentage points of upward support from favorable foreign currency impacts. Regionally, Kors' retail operations saw outright declines in Europe, and the Asia region, once a powerhouse, managed top-line growth of just 11% from year-ago levels. Licensing revenue continued its descent, falling another 5%, but the wholesale unit was a strong positive for Kors, posting revenue growth approaching 20% thanks to both fundamental and timing issues.
CEO John Idol sees Kors returning to the role it once played in the industry. "Our fashion leadership remains strong," Idol said, "which drove consumers to respond favorably to both new fashion introductions and core products." The CEO also pointed to the promise of the long-term strategy that the company has followed in using both the Kors and Choo brands successfully.
What's next for Kors?
Kors thinks it can sustain its positive momentum. Idol said simply, "We remain optimistic about our business for the remainder of fiscal 2019 and beyond."
That optimism showed up in an increase in the company's guidance for the full fiscal year. Kors boosted its full-year revenue estimate by $25 million to $5.125 billion, setting a new range of between $580 million and $590 million in Jimmy Choo revenue, which is $10 million higher than previously estimated. Comps for Kors will still be flat, but new earnings of $4.90 to $5 per share represent a $0.25 per-share increase in bottom-line guidance.
Shareholders celebrated the news, and the stock climbed 6% in early morning trading following the announcement. Now that Jimmy Choo has demonstrated its ability to be a game-changer for the company, Michael Kors now has to get its namesake business also moving forward more aggressively in order to take advantage of its new opportunity for sustained growth.


text: Apple Inc., the largest of the many tech giants that rely on Chinese factories to make their gadgets, will move some production of its iPads and MacBooks to Vietnam. Key assembly partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., known also as Foxconn, has allocated $270 million in new investments to the Southeast Asian country. Those moves presage a larger and longer-term migration that may have ramifications for the iPhone maker as well as China’s role as workshop to the world. Foxconn founder Terry Gou coined the term “G2” to describe the trend of a unified supply chain splitting into at least two. Company Chairman Young Liu said in August that the likes of India, Southeast Asia and the Americas could each in the future end up with a dedicated manufacturing ecosystem of their own. The trend now looks irreversible as other countries including India and Vietnam are boosting their infrastructure and efforts to lure manufacturers through lower costs and fewer geopolitical worries.


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Unilever aims to ‘make sustainable living commonplace’ with responsibly produced packaged goods [Interview]8 Nov 2022
Thanks to their sheer scale, multinational corporates can have a positive impact when they adopt sustainable practices. Unilever aims to do so via regenerative agriculture, plant-based products, food waste reduction, and nutrient fortification, says Dorothy Shaver, global food sustainability director at the company.
Soup-to-soap manufacturer Unilever has set itself the target of hitting net zero emissions from all products to point of sale by 2039. It aims to achieve this through various action points, including regenerative agriculture, packaging changes, food waste reduction, meat reduction and plant-based products.
“Unilever’s ambition is to make sustainable living commonplace,” Shaver told Ingredients Network. “Therefore, [we] produce products made with ingredients that are grown and sourced sustainably and regeneratively in packages that cause less environmental harm and produce less waste.”
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“The 2019 EAT-Lancet report showed that a diet rich in plant-based foods and with less animal-sourced foods offer both health and environmental benefits,” she added.
Unilever’s nutrition and ice cream business groups are headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Unilever has a number of food brands that offer plant-based options, including Hellmann’s mayonnaise, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Magnum ice cream, and Knorr soups and seasonings, while the Vegetarian Butcher, a Dutch plant-based brand that Unilever acquired in 2018, has a full range of plant-based meat replacements.
Supporting regenerative agriculture practices
The company is working with suppliers and farmers to grow ingredients in ways that protect and regenerate the land and its resources while improving the livelihoods of farmers. It has established a roadmap to grow key ingredients in food and ice cream products following Regenerative Agriculture Principles.
Knorr, which is Unilever’s largest food brand, has set a goal of growing 80% of its key ingredients following Unilever’s Regenerative Agriculture Principles by 2026.
In Spain, for instance, the multinational has partnered with tomato farmers to use cover crops to improve soil health and reduce dependence on chemical inputs. In the US, it is working with its suppliers to grow rice in ways that will reduce its demand for water and cut methane emissions.
“This means they are grown using less water, pesticides, and fertilizers, following practices that improve soil health and biodiversity with lower climate impact,” Shaver said.
Science-backed solutions for healthy eating habits
Unilever is also making products healthier by increasing the nutrient content via fortification and using more nutritious ingredients, with the commitment to double the number of products with positive nutrition by 2025.
As a registered dietitian, this is a topic that is close to Shaver’s heart.
“Eating habits are personal and deep-rooted,” she said. “I aim to inspire people to eat a wide variety of vibrant, nutrient-packed plants for the betterment of people and the planet. I love leafy greens, beans, a mix of grains, lots of nuts and a little sweet treat. I work to help others – in my personal and professional life – to also love these foods.”
In addition to her role at Unilever, Shaver is a founding board member of the Food for Climate League. It is a Food for Climate League is a trailblazing, women-led nonprofit working to make climate-smart eating the norm.
“We create toolkits, programs, and campaigns — founded in original behavioral science research — to shift the perception of climate-smart eating and drive engagement. We do this by connecting the dots between sustainable food culture and people's unique needs, values, and cultures.”
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LONDON, United Kingdom — Billionaire Mike Ashley made a fresh bid to stave off a looming debt restructuring at Debenhams Plc that would wipe out his equity, offering to underwrite the issuance of £150 million ($196 million) in new shares.
The chief executive of Sports Direct International Plc said his support for the shareholder rights issue is conditional on him being named chief executive of the department store chain. It’s one of a number of options being considered, Ashley said in a statement Monday.
Debenhams shares, which have fallen almost 90 percent over the past 12 months, bounced back as much as 23 percent early Monday in London.
Lenders are locked in a battle with Ashley as Debenhams seeks to restructure about £720 million of debt. The struggling UK retailer is preparing a so-called prepackaged administration under which shareholders — including Sports Direct with a roughly 30 percent stake — would lose their investments. The deadline for those talks is Monday evening.
Ashley has previously offered Debenhams £150 million in an interest-free loan, which the company snubbed, preferring a new financing package from creditors. The billionaire has also said he’s considering an offer for the company’s equity that would value it at about £61 million.
The latest proposal from Ashley would be subject to Debenhams creditors agreeing to write off £148 million in debt, Sports Direct said. It said it’s also still considering a cash offer for the retailer.
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Through Nov. 8. There are plenty of reasons to love Día de los Muertos, the 3,000-year-old Mexican Day of the Dead celebration that embraces life and death in equal measures. But this year, Denver’s Mexican Cultural Center is using the metaphor of a rural Mexican town as an entry point for the traditional altars and colorful symbolic artifacts. Artists Rita Wallace and Adrian Marban bring the holiday to life by placing attendees at a fair in a prototypical Mexican plaza. Weekdays 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 5350 Leetsdale Drive, Suite 200. Free. 303-331-0172. Also check out the Cultural Center’s website for a detailed list of other Día de los Muertos events in the metro area, including at the Museo de las Americas, Denver Botanic Gardens and the Longmont Museum and Cultural Center. mccdenver.org.
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April 26: Ashiana Housing is looking to expand its operations in Pune and plans on launching township projects of over Rs 750 crores. Hiral Desai of BTVi joined us with the details.
April 26: Renowned publisher S Chand opens its Initial Public Offering, raises Rs 219 crore from anchor investors. The company hopes to raise over 700 crores from the IPO. To discuss this in detail, Navneet Saluja and Swati Khandelwal Jain of BTVi caught up with Himanshu Gupta, MD of S Chand and Company and Samir Khuranna, Chief Strategy Officer and Head M&A at S Chand and Company.
April 26: M&M Finance has posted a steady set of numbers with income up 48 per cent at Rs 1129 Cr. Swati Khandelwal Jain and Navneet saluja of BTVi discusses this further with Ramesh Iyer, Vice Chairman and MD of Mahindra & Mahindra Finance.
April 25: Pronoy Nath Banerji of BTVi caught up with Melanie Ralph of Reuters to put the spotlight on the commodity and currency markets.
April 25: Maharashtra is to implement RERA from May 1 and also release pro-consumer RERA rules going ahead. To discuss this in detail, Navneet Saluja and Swati Khandelwal Jain of BTVi spoke to Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head at JLL India.
April 25: A big dampener for road developers, who were asked to let go off toll collections, in the wake of demonetisation. BTVi has learnt that their demand for cash compensation for the loss of revenue has been denied at the highest level. Chetan Bhutani of BTVi joined us with the details.
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April 21: Mindtree has posted a stable Q4. With dollar revenue at 195.6 million dollars, the company did guide for a low double digit revenue growth in FY18. To decode the earnings in detail, Hiral Desai and Swati Khandelwal Jain of BTVi caught up with Rostow Ravanan, CEO at Mindtree.
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VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA (April 5, 2018) – 360 Blockchain Inc. (“360” or the “Company”) (CSE: CODE - FWB: C5B) is pleased to announce it has closed its previously announced acquisition of the media directory and website Pressland (http://press.land) from Chaotic Neutral LLC. Under the direction of 360’s Strategic Advisor, Jeff Koyen, Pressland will relaunch as a blockchain-powered enterprise platform dedicated to fighting fake news.
“Before ‘fake news’ was a household term, Pressland was already in the business of media transparency,” said George Tsafalas, 360’s President. “Today, thanks to the innovative power of blockchain technology — and utilizing 360’s expertise and resources — we have the unique opportunity to expand Pressland’s original mission to that of rebuilding trust in media on an enterprise level.”
Described as “Yelp for Media” when launched in 2015, Pressland at its peak offered a crowd-sourced directory of more than 20,000 media outlets and professionals. Following the relaunch in 2018, Pressland will build the world’s most comprehensive media directory — using blockchain technology to ensure accuracy, trust and transparency — and offer this data to the public, non-profits and commercial developers.
“Pressland is already a fundamentally good idea that’s been popular with media professionals,” said Jeff Koyen. “But now that blockchain technology is more accessible and market-proven, it’s an exciting time to re-envision Pressland as a global platform that sits as the cornerstone in the fight against fake news.”
Pressland’s unique technology leverages human intelligence via paid microtasking; network analysis of the macro media ecosystem; and automated data collection in the form of scripts and other programmatic tech. The result is the world’s first dynamic, comprehensive media list that reliably and accurately answers the question, “Who’s behind the news?”
Planned revenue streams include:
- SaaS products and API keys that can be licensed to Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms, giving them reliable solutions for debunking fake news and verifying news sources.
- White-label products for platforms and media companies who prefer to maintain their own branding when offering Pressland's services to their members.
- Premium memberships and services for professionals working in the media, public relations and marketing.
- Transaction fees for all payments made to Pressland's contributing workforce.
Pressland plans to issue its own transactional currency in the form of a blockchain-based cryptographic token; 360 will hold a portion of this currency in reserve. Access to Pressland’s data via web portal and mobile apps will be free for the general public.
“By providing definitive, trustworthy data intelligence, Pressland will meet a great and pressing demand from media companies and social media platforms,” added Jeff Koyen. “We see significant growth opportunities in international markets, as well.”
Terms of the acquisition of 100% of Pressland included the issue of 2 million shares of 360 at a deemed price of $0.075 and providing $250,000 in initial working capital.


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Frontier Games’ Elite: Dangerous [Review: 8/10] remains one of the biggest and deepest games to support VR, and we could well see it on another headset in the near future.
After a lot of speculation and a release on Xbox One, Frontier has finally confirmed that its sci-fi epic will be coming to PlayStation 4 in early 2017. Company founder and CEO, David Braben, confirmed as much on the PlayStation Blog, along with revealing a new trailer that you can see below. Everything released for the game so far, including the recent Horizons expansion, will be making its way to the console, and it will also support PS4 Pro and special DualShock 4 features.
But, let’s face it, you’re here to read about PlayStation VR support.
Elite already supports the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on PC, but today’s announcement makes no mention of integration with Sony’s headset. We reached out to Frontier to find out more. PR and Communications Manager Michael Gapper simply told us: “We’re looking into it but we have nothing to announce for launch.”
While it’s not the confirmation we were hoping for, it’s nice to know PS VR support hasn’t been ruled out right now. You might wonder why integration wouldn’t be included, but the simple truth is that the PS4 isn’t as powerful as the PCs that can run the Rift or Vive, and adding the strains of VR support on top of an already demanding game like Elite might prove too much for the console. We certainly hope we’re wrong, of course.
We reviewed Elite back at the launch of the Oculus Rift in March. “It’s the kind of game that makes you feel like the champion of the galaxy for landing your ship correctly and a few hours later has you blasting across the stars to track down your latest bounty,” David Jagneux wrote. “With the right cockpit and HOTAS setup, it can quickly become one of the most immersive and accurate implementations of VR to date.”


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Goods and Service Tax rates: 83 services exempt, 13 in 5% slab
- Author: Zachary Reyes May 22, 2017,
May 22, 2017, 18:54
However, no consensus could be reached on the rate to apply on gold as well as beedi. Luxury cars will attract 28 per cent GST plus a cess of 15 per cent.
Telecoms and financial services will be taxed at a standard rate of 18 percent while transport services will be taxed at 5 percent, Jaitley said. With a tax levy of 28%, ACs and refrigerators are likely to get dearer. "Those who are opposing implementation of GST are actually against the people because consumers of the state have to give double tax".
Friday's meeting will also decide on the rate of tax for services, he said. Touted to be India's biggest tax reform since independence, GST will subsume all other indirect taxes on supply of Goods and services, right from manufacturer to consumer.
Jaitley further informed that there will be a 12 per cent service tax on non-AC restaurants and service tax in restaurants in five-star hotels will be same as that in ordinary hotels. These include a rate of zero for essential items such as grains, 5 per cent for mass consumption items like tea, commonly used products such as processed foods at 12 per cent.
GST for hotels with tariff above Rs 5,000 will be 28 per cent.
"In the existing tax regime, the cinema exhibition sector was exempted from service tax and state VAT (value added tax), and entertainment tax was the only tax imposed on cinema tickets by states and local bodies", he added.
While the rate proposed for cinema halls is lower than 40 to 55 per cent now, it may not result in a reduction in tariffs on cinema tickets as states continue to hold right to levy local charges on them. The GST will come into effect across the country from July 1 next.
On terrorists being funded from outside, Mr Jaitley said, it is aimed against Indian state, its sovereignty and people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Adding to this he said that the govt. has always encouraged environmentally friendly technologies and with the current focus on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and reducing carbon footprint one would have expected the lower taxation to continue on such vehicles in a technology agnostic manner.
Seven per cent of the items fall under the exempt list while 14 per cent have been put in the lowest tax bracket of 5 per cent. On We need some more input on the pending issues.
Reacting to the announcements, industry said it may increase taxes for some stakeholders, but hoped to get benefits through the input credit system.


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The cryptocurrency market is one that has proven to be extremely volatile. Every sudden rise is seemingly accompanied by an equally precipitous swoon in value. The good news is that the market as a whole is much more lucrative than it was just a few years ago.
Those people who got in on the ground floor are likely enjoying their profits or looking to parlay them into even more. For those who are just getting involved, there is a way forward, but it takes a little bit more care and diligence to find some value.
The best way to find that value is to understand what will move the cryptocurrency market in one way or another. In that respect, it is just like any other sector of the market, as it is susceptible to outside forces for good and bad. It is also susceptible to scammers, such as those who would promise you big investment returns with little proof to back it up. That’s why IS Scam, which pinpoints these scammers, is a valuable resource for both crypto and Forex investors alike. When you’re investing in cryptocurrency, here are some of the things that you should be watching.
- Governmental reaction
If a government of a nation makes it difficult for cryptocurrency to be utilized, that certainly will put a cramp on its value, especially if there’s a possibility that others will copy. By the same token, a government that accepts crypto and boasts of how its use has actually been a financial boon to the country and its citizens will likely drive the value of the market up.
- Banks and financial institutions
Large, existing financial institutions like banks and credit card companies represent both the biggest opportunity and the greatest hindrance to cryptocurrency adoption. If these entities can peacefully co-exist with crypto, perhaps even adopting it in some form, values across the board should rise. By contrast, banks and credit card companies putting the clampdown on the buying of crypto by its customers, as has happened recently, will have an adverse effect for sure.
- Vendors on board
Something that is generally positive for cryptocurrency value is when large, well-known companies announce that they are accepting certain digital coins as currency. Whether it’s a restaurant chain or a hotel company or even an online retailer, these businesses help to legitimize cryptocurrency in the eyes of its customers.
- Trading platforms
Something that really gave a boost to cryptocurrency values was the announcement that several trading exchanges that deal with traditional assets like stocks or bonds would also be taking orders for digital coins. Whether that progress continues or stagnates will go a long way to determining the value of cryptocurrency in all its forms.
Keep an eye out for developments in these areas to determine whether or not cryptocurrency will take a jump or a dive at any given time. And be ready to hang in there for the long haul, because it seems like this technology has long-term growth potential even as it is extremely volatile in the short term.


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Revenues for Dubai properties listed on online platform Airbnb have increased more than four times over the last two years, according to an analysis by Chestertons, as regular hotels have seen rates decline.
The firm said Airbnb revenues increased 421 per cent between August 2015 and August 2017 to reach $3.3m following a relaxation of home rental rules two years ago.
Listings were also up 161 per cent from 1,241 in August 2015 to 3,249 in August this year, according to Chestertons.
Airbnb average occupancy levels stood at 57 per cent during Dubai’s peak season, some way below those of hotels in the emirate. The same was also true in the low season months of June, July and August where occupancy averaged 40 per cent.
However, the average daily rate (ADR) remained consistent year-on-year at $153 in August 2015, $154 in the same month last year and $154 this year. In the peak first three months of the year, ADR stood at $226, $201 and $204 respectively.
Dubai Tourism signed an agreement with Airbnb in 2016 to promote responsible hosting and prevent breaches of holiday home regulation.
Prior to this, there were concerns users of the platform in Dubai were not operating legally.
“Many real estate investors are diversifying into the holiday home rental market because of the ease in regulations, combined with higher returns when compared to the traditional rental market. On average, investors can expect an additional 5 per cent return when compared to long-term leasing rental yields,” said Chestertons MENA head of advisory and research Ivana Gazivoda Vucinic.
Chestertons said its analysis showed the Airbnb offering was complementing and not competing with the Dubai hotel market.
However, hotels have not fared as well during the same two-year period.
Preliminary data from research firm STR for September 2017 showed occupancy dropping 4.7 per cent year-on-year to 76.6 per cent.
The ADR in the emirate declined 10.6 per cent to Dhs497.67 ($135.49) and revenue per available room was down 14.8 per cent to Dhs381.20 ($103.78).
STR noted supply had increased 5.6 per cent year-on-year but demand was only up 0.6 per cent, hitting hotel performance.
It said a decline in the events market compared to last year and the shorter Eid Al Adha break could also have weighed on the market


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Travis Scott’s CACTI Brand is Hiring College Ambassadors
The CACTI Hard Seltzer brand is hiring college students across the U.S.
Calling all college students, your dream of working for Travis Scott may not be too far off. Scott is no rookie when it comes to spreading brand awareness, and this time, he’s created a college ambassador program giving young adults a chance to work at his CACTI Spiked Seltzer brand.
The goal is to employ students across the country while also increasing the brand’s presence on college campuses. CACTI will pay its ambassadors $2,000 for the fall semester and give students the chance to manage CACTI’s social channels, merch drops, digital engagement, and social media campaigns.
“Update those resumes because this semester’s hottest back-to-campus job is officially accepting applications,” a statement from CACTI reads. “Travis Scott’s CACTI Agave Spiked Seltzer has announced its College Ambassador Program for the fall semester. Through this program, CACTI will pay ambassadors $2,000 plus bonus incentives, CACTI merch and more.”
The cities CACTI is looking to pull students from are New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Orlando, Chicago, Houston, and Dallas.
“Ambassadors will receive experience in both marketing and leadership, ongoing coaching and professional development, networking and the opportunity to join,” the statement said.
Interested students must be 21 or older and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. The application is open right now and available here. The last day to apply is August 26.


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Internal Trailer for GODFALL Has Leaked Online, Featuring Snippets of Exciting Footage From PS5 Title
Mechanic: Bartosz Sobczak
Category: 3D Fighting Games
While we still know next to nothing about the recently revealed Godfall, the PlayStation 5 title — although it will also be available on PC (via the Epic Games Store) — shines in a brand-new trailer that was supposed to be seen only by the developers at Counterplay Games.
It's unclear who and why has released it to the public, but said trailer reportedly doesn't represent the current state of Godfall — as the gameplay footage was recorded in early 2019.
According to the California-based game studio — which debuted four years ago with the critically acclaimed card battler Duelyst — Godfall is a "looter-slasher" with focus on "third-person melee action," also playable solo and with one or two friends in co-op.
Considering that the long-awaited PlayStation 4 successor will hit stores between October and December, it's safe to say that Godfall will be one of the system's launch titles.
With Godfall releasing later this year, we should learn new details on the next-gen video game in the coming months. In the meantime, be sure to take a look at the game's unofficial trailer down below:
Godfall is a third-person fantasy looter-slasher focused on melee combat, coming to PlayStation 5 & Epic Games Store Holiday 2020. Developed by Counterplay Games & published by Gearbox Publishing.
Godfall is coming to PlayStation 5 and the Epic Games Store Holiday 2020.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bartosz Sobczak - Owner, Editor-in-Chief
Lawyer by day, video game reporter by night. Long-time fan of the Mass Effect, Age of Empires, Prince of Persia, BioShock — especially the second one — and Splinter Cell series (who still believes that the best is yet to come). Tries his hardest to shine a new light on the Polish game-development scene. Gameplay Mechanix is his biggest passion project to date. Often listens to old episodes of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson while writing. Privately a cat person.
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Hobbycraft Grand Store Opening in Luton
Hobbycraft, the UK’s largest arts and crafts retailer, is hosting a grand store opening event on Saturday 19th October at 9:00am, with exclusive offers and exciting activities!
On Saturday 19th October, the new store will be opened by store colleagues who will assist the Deputy Mayor, Cllr Maria Lovell for the customary ribbon cutting. The first 100 customers in store will also receive a free goody bag.
To find out more information please visit the new Hobbycraft store at Unit 1a Luton Retail Park, visit the Hobbycraft website at www.hobbycraft.co.uk or tweet Luton store @Hobbycraft_LTN
9am, no fee
Luton Retail Park, Hobbycraft, Unit 1a, Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 3JH
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Efforts to open up the euro’s payment and settlement scheme to wider access via application programming interfaces (APIs) has been put on hold, after fintechs insist on getting the first phase of open banking over the line first.
The Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) finalised a mandate in January for a new working group, which would look into allowing API access to the SEPA payment scheme. The project was intended to extend the benefits of open banking across the eurozone.
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The number of investors using the Internet to buy or sell securities nearly doubled this year to 18 percent against 10 percent last year, according to a Securities Industry Association poll released Thursday. The online industry including e-brokers like E-Trade EGRP, -0.36%, Ameritrade AMTD, +1.27% is expected to spend well in excess of $1 billion on advertising and marketing next year to draw new customer accounts. Shares of E-Trade ran up 20 percent on Thursday. Ameritrade AMTD, +1.27%, Charles Schwab SC.H, +0.00%, J.B. Oxford jboh, National Discount Broker NDB, +6.32% also surged. See full story
AskJeeves: A billion-dollar brand?
Shares of AskJeeves askj shot up 18 1/4, or 19 percent, to 116 3/4, for a gain of 50 percent for this week. The run-up has added $1 billion to AskJeeves' market cap. Internet analysts at BancBoston Robertston Stephens and Hambrecht & Quist attribute the gains to investor confidence that the AskJeeves' search technology will continue to penetrate the corporate market. BancBoston Robertson Stephens Internet analyst Michael Graham said as more corporations sell products online, the AskJeeves search technology enables the sale, "much like a salesperson in a real world store."Additionally, investors believe the opportunities for the online butler's role as a mass-marketed icon are huge. Last week, AskJeeves and Michael Ovitz' Lynx Technology Group announced a pact to essentially create an AskJeeves persona that could be licensed and merchandised. The deal should help AskJeeves build its brand beyond the Web, said Graham.
Critical Path cpth, the provider of Internet messaging solutions from selling software and or outsourcing its services, expanded its suite of offerings with its purchase of The DocSpace Co. Shares of Critical Path rocketed 13 1/2, or 26 percent, to 65. Software.com swcm gained 3 1/4, or 4.4 percent, to 77 3/4. Ullas Naik, Internet analyst at First Albany, said Critical Path is relatively cheap compared to Software.com. Critical Path, prior to Thursday's run-up, traded at a market cap to mailbox multiple of 53 times, while Software.com traded at 73 times.
Split news rocks Vignette
Vignette vign, which specializes in Internet relationship management software, saw its shares surge as high as 196 3/4, or 12 percent, before investors began to take profits. By late Thursday, shares were down 1 3/4 to 171 1/4. Late Wednesday, Vignette announced it would split its shares 2-for-1 for shareholders of record on Nov. 15. Web consultant Scient scnt fell 1 3/16 to 125 1/4. Earlier, investors sent shares flying 13 percent to 142, after the company announced a 2-for-1 stock split. Shares will be distributed on Dec. 3 for shareholders of record on Nov. 15. Scient is also benefiting from fresh evidence that advertising dollars are migrating to the Web at blistering speed to underscore the Web's promise as the new advertising frontier. Scient's rivals, USWeb/CKS uswb and Sapient sape were higher as well. See full story.
Power hitters lead stocks
Cyber shares pushed ahead for the second straight session Thursday as subsiding rate hike fears and fresh evidence that more investors are trading online fueled buying. AOL AOL, -1.75% shares also backed off from their highs, but ended the day in the plus column. AOL rose 4 7/8 to 143 7/8 as it continues to beef up its shopping destinations across its key brands. CyberShop cysp announced that it will be featured in AOL's auction and outlet areas. Shares of CyberShop gained 11/16, or 11 percent, to 7. EBay EBAY, -0.69% rose 2 15/16 to 130 after Friedman Billings Ramsey started coverage on the online auctioneer with a "buy" rating. EBay lost 3 percent Wednesday after top executives filed to sell shares. Yahoo yhoo added 1 5/8 to 182 1/4 amid news the portal giant is extending its suite of financial information as it inks a pact with StreetFusion, a privately-held company that webcasts corporate conference calls. StreetFusion expects about 450 public companies to make their conference calls available to small investors this quarter, vs. only 40 in the same period last year. See Internet Stocks
A safe bet?
Safeguard Scientific SFE, +0.09% gained 1/16 to 97 1/16 off an intraday high that broke above the 100 mark for the first time since April. Shares of the Internet holding company, with investments in12 public and 21 private Net-related firms, is holding its 3-day "Think Again" partners conference in Boston, beginning on Nov. 7. The conference is expected to generate buzz as Safeguard outlines its Internet strategy and its partner companies strike deals. "It will be a way for investors to become more familiar with Safeguard's Net strategy," said Joel Krasner, securities analyst at First Albany, who has a $100 price target on Safeguard. Despite trading above his price objective, Krasner believes there's more upside. "Safeguard has a market cap of $3.5 billion, which is equivalent to its ownership of the companies in its public portfolio," said Krasner. "An investor is thus getting the private portfolio for free.


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Mortal Kombat is the iconic fighting game series originally created by Midway. The game is known for its brutality and legendary Fatality moves. Modern Mortal Kombat is developed by NetherRealm.
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Mortal Kombat film finds its Liu Kang, Raiden, Jax and Mileena
Mortal Kombat film has found its Liu Kang, Raiden, Jax and Mileena actors according to the latest reports. Liu Kang will be played by Aquaman's Ludi Lin, Supergirl actor Mehcad Brooks is Jax while Thor Raganork's Tadanobu Asano is Raiden.
Mortal Kombat 11 update brings major nerf to Scorpion's Hell Port
NetherRealm Studios have released another patch for their brutal fighter Mortal Kombat 11. One of the most notable changes comes to Scorpion's Hell Port move, which has been nerfed and it's now a high attack instead of a mid attack move.
Mortal Kombat 11 ladder troubled by a DDoSing cheater
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The holidays can be stressful, not least of all because of the packed travel schedule. Over the next month and a half, most of us will head to train stations, airports, or hit the highway to visit with friends and loved ones more than once.
And as if that's not anxiety-inducing enough, it’s also the time of year that brands take every opportunity to sell you as much crap as possible with a false sense of urgency — starting the week of Thanksgiving and not letting up until the post-Christmas sales kick in. (Have you noticed how many so-called “Black Friday” sales are already up and running?)
But today through Sunday, Gap is flipping that script. The mega brand is trying to de-stress the airport waiting game in one of the country's busiest travel hubs, Chicago O'Hare, with a pop-up in Terminal 1 that's not actually selling anything.
Instead, the brand just wants you to hang out, charge your phone, take some photo booth pictures, and maybe walk away with some free stuff. (Around 1,000 items will be gifted per day, including hats, socks, and gloves in Gap’s “crazy stripe” style.)
Though to be honest, most US airport shop rosters would be much-improved if they included more stores like Gap. Highlights such as LAX's Fred Segal, JFK's Muji, and yes, PHL’s Gap are few and far between; more often, it's no-name gift shops and luggage brands like Tumi (who are all these people buying luggage once they’re past security in an airport?) brightened up by the occasional Benefit kiosk.
According to the brand, Gap has no plans to open up any additional airport shops in the near future. But we're hoping the unusual event — to our knowledge, no other clothing brand has held a pop-up in an airport — is a sign that retailers are starting to pay more attention to shoppers in transit.


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Outdoor financials: Analyst says Deckers has healthy backlog, reiterates 'buy' rating, plus Jarden, Amer Sports
An analyst said Deckers has a healthy backlog and reiterated his 'buy' rating, Jarden confirmed its 2009 revenue guidance, and Amer Sports updated a share repurchase program.
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Analyst says Deckers has healthy backlog, reiterates ‘buy’ rating
While some analysts have been down on Deckers Outdoor’s inventory levels, a Lazard Capital Markets analyst told clients that the company’s backlog is healthy and shows there is “life” in the company. Deckers is parent of Ugg, Teva and Simple.
In it annual report, Deckers reported its order backlog from wholesale customers and distributors as of Dec. 31, 2008, totaled about $240 million, up 41 percent from a year ago, when it was $170 million.
Lazard Capital Markets analyst Todd Slater wrote in a client note that Deckers’ backlog of orders is healthy. “(Deckers’ annual report) release shows strong evidence of life,” he wrote.
Based on the company’s expectation of 6 percent to 8 percent revenue growth in 2009 and Slater’s assumption that about 85 percent of revenue is wholesale, “this implies the company already has approximately 40 percent of its annual wholesale revenues in the bag,” Slater wrote. “Few other companies have anywhere near this level of visibility, in our experience.”
With the company’s stock trading at less than half the price it was a year ago, Slater said the company “offers one of the most compelling risk/reward propositions in the footwear and apparel universe.” He reiterated his “buy” rating on the stock and $85 price target.
Jarden confirms 2009 revenue guidance
During a meeting with analysts and investors at the New York Stock Exchange, Jarden Corp. (NYSE: JAH) reaffirmed its 2009 revenue guidance, saying it still expects revenue of $5 billion and free cash flow in excess of $250 million.
“We believe that our relatively strong performance in the current recessionary environment should translate into meaningful organic growth as the economy recovers. We will also maintain our disciplined approach to our capital structure, which continues to provide us with sufficient liquidity to fund new product development, and operating capital needs,” said Martin Franklin, Jarden’s chairman and CEO, in a statement released from the event.
Jarden’s portfolio includes various outdoor brands, such as K2, Marmot, ExOfficio and Coleman.
Amer Sports updates share repurchase program
Amer Sports Corp. said it has decided to cancel its proposal regarding the authorization to repurchase the company’s own shares. It also changed its proposal regarding the authorization of the board of directors to decide on issuance of shares.
It also transferred 340,900 of its own shares to its fully owned subsidiary, Amer Sports International Oy, to be used for the group’s key personnel’s share-based incentive plan. The transfer date of the shares was March 3. As a result of the transfer, Amer Sports Corp. does not hold any own shares.
Amer Sports is parent of Salomon, Arc’Teryx, Bonfire, Atomic and Suunto.
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The Food and Drug Administration is investigating bagged peaches as a likely source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 68 people across nine states, 14 of whom were hospitalized.
The peaches were packaged by Wawona Packing Company and sold in two-pound, clear plastic bags starting June 1. Aldi, the retailer where many of the people who were sickened reported buying the peaches, recalled all Wawona-brand bagged peaches on Wednesday.
Aldi told the Food and Drug Administration that Wawona was the sole supplier of the bagged peaches. The products were shipped to stores in 16 states, including Minnesota, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Iowa and Kentucky. The F.D.A. is investigating to determine the source of contamination and how widely the peaches were distributed.
“The challenge with salmonella is salmonella can really enter or contaminate food almost anywhere in the whole chain,” said Martin Wiedmann, a professor of food safety at Cornell University. “It could start from a field or an orchard, where salmonella could be introduced. It could be in a facility where the product is packaged. It could be from a human who carries salmonella.”
Customers who have the peaches at home, even if they are frozen, should not eat them and should toss them out immediately, the F.D.A. said. They should also throw away any items that were made with the peaches. Health officials also recommend cleaning and sanitizing the area where the fruit was kept, because it may have come into contact with and contaminated surfaces or containers.
This is important because, according to Dr. Wiedmann, salmonella is incredibly resilient.
“Salmonella is very good at surviving in the environment,” he said, “so there are examples where salmonella lived in an environment, a built environment — a processing plant or a building — for years.”
People who are infected with salmonella can develop diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps, as well as more serious symptoms, according to health officials. The illness, called salmonellosis, can last four to seven days, the C.D.C. said.
The latest warning was issued amid a bigger outbreak linked to onions grown in California. Hundreds have been sickened and 85 were hospitalized across 43 states. The F.D.A. has identified red onions from Thomson International, a produce supplier in Bakersfield, Calif., as the likely source of the outbreak. This month, the company recalled red, yellow, white and sweet onions shipped since May 1.
Out of an abundance of caution, Dr. Wiedmann recommends that consumers throw out these products, even if they have already eaten some with no consequence. People who consume contaminated food may not always get sick but they run the risk of becoming carriers and infecting other people, he said.


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Dreaming of your brand joining the QSR 50? These three milestones will help get you there.
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It is one thing to train employees on best food safety practices, but entirely another to make them care deeply about food safety.
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Dunkin’ Donuts, America’s all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods, announced the signin
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Microsoft is to drop the Metro design name from its new Windows 8 operating system on desktop and mobile after holding talks with "an important European partner", according to a report.
The US technology giant has used the Metro name in both its Windows 8 desktop OS and new Windows Phone software, as a way to refer to the touchscreen 'tiled' interface.
However, The Verge reports that a leaked internal memo sent to Microsoft employees confirmed that it would "discontinue the use" of the Metro name.
The memo indicated that Microsoft had decided to drop the term from all of its products - including Windows Phone 8 and Office 2013 - after holding "discussions with an important European partner".
This suggests that there was a trademark challenge from the unnamed company.
According to the document, the Windows team is now "working on a replacement term" and plans to "land on that by the end of this week".
Until then, Microsoft employees have been advised that what was previously referred to as the "Metro style user interface", should now be called the "Windows 8 style UI".
An official announcement from Microsoft is expected later in the month.
This comes as Microsoft releases the complete version of Windows 8 to manufacturers, ahead of the consumer launch on October 26.
The company has high hopes that its new operating system will stimulate the global PC market, and enable it to claw back ground from rivals Apple and Google in the market for touchscreen computing devices.
However, the new OS was recently branded a "catastrophe" by games maker Valve over concerns that the move to a Windows App Store format will harm "the openness of the platform".


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California’s minimum wage is $15.50/hr., but a new bill could score some fast-food employees up to $22/hr.
The Fast Food Accountability and Standards (FAST) Recovery Act has passed both the state Assembly and Senate, but Gov. Gavin Newsom has until Sept. 30 to sign it, per The New York Times.
What would it do?
- Create a 10-person fast-food council with employee and restaurant reps, plus state officials.
- The council would set industry-wide standards, including wages, working hours, and conditions.
- Only fast-food chains with at least 100 US locations would be affected.
Proponents hope the council would give fast-food employees — who often deal with wage theft, harassment, and safety issues — a voice.
But it’s controversial
Several business groups and restaurant owners, including the California Chamber of Commerce and both the National and California Restaurant Association, are against it. They argue:
- It’d raise food prices as much as 20%.
- It might deter franchisees from operating in California.
Groups representing Black, Asian, and LGBTQ+ businesses also worry it could harm minority groups who rely on franchises as a path to entrepreneurship.
Interestingly, if approved, the council would be similar to sectoral bargaining, where workers and employers negotiate across an industry. It’s common in Europe, but not the US.
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The countdown has begun for the World Car of the Year Awards, with the jury releasing a list of the ten finalists January 30.
Germany has by far the most automakers represented in the shortlist, with Audi, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Porsche and Volkswagen all making an appearance. The US and Japan tie for next place, with two entries courtesy of General Motors - the Chevrolet Cruze and Opel/Vauxhall Insignia (Buick Regal), alongside Japan's Mazda3 and Toyota Prius. South Korea also makes the list with the Kia Soul.
The jurors' next step is to re-evaluate the "top ten" cars, narrowing the list down to three in preparation for a final round of voting in February. They will rate each vehicle in terms of overall merit, value, safety, environmental responsibility, emotional appeal, and significance. The top three finalists will be announced at the Geneva International Motor Show on March 2.
The 2010 World Car of the Year and the 2010 World Performance Car are major prizes in the automotive calendar, handed out by a jury of 59 automotive journalists from around the world. The awards will be presented on April 1 at the 2010 New York International Auto Show.
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Jobs at a Blackpool shoe store are under threat following the collapse of its parent company.
Barratts Priceless, which has a Barratts unit in the Houndshill centre, along with 190 other stores in the UK, has gone into administration.
Around 4,000 jobs are under threat nationwide, including half a dozen in Blackpool.
Michael Ziff, chairman of Barratts Priceless parent company Stylo, is said to be doing all he could to save the company.
A company spokesman said: “We are staying open certainly over Christmas into January. It’s a difficult situation for everyone at the moment.”
Administrator Deloitte said stores will continue to trade while it seeks a buyer for all or parts of the business.
Deloitte restructuring partner Daniel Butters said: “Barratts and Priceless Shoes have faced a downturn in trading as a result of the difficult economic conditions.
“This has been exacerbated by the unseasonably mild weather in recent weeks which resulted in fewer sales across new winter lines.”
It is the second time the business has been put into administration as Mr Ziff, bought 160 shops from Deloitte after the chains were put into administration in 2009.
At the time, Deloitte closed 220 stores but Mr Ziff was able to safeguard around 3,000 jobs. Houndshill manager John Holt said he was aware of the situation and that the store would remain open for “the foreseeable future.”


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Japanese Internet company Livedoor continued its push into the global search and contextual advertising space with the purchase of Innovation Interactive, parent to 360i and SearchIgnite.
Livedoor entered the space in February, when it acquired ValueClick Japan for $24 million. Livedoor is a Tokyo-based Internet and technology firm that operates a variety of businesses, including free ISP livedoor, an Internet advertising unit called “cyberclick” and an email marketing operation.
“Innovation’s domain knowledge, roster of large and small customers, and their technology across all spectrums of online media make them the most suitable partner for us to establish and expand our U.S. presence,” said Noriaki Okubo, executive VP of Livedoor.
Innovation Interactive has 125 employees in New York, Atlanta and San Francisco. Livedoor intends to retain all employees and management, including CEO Will Margiloff.
“Innovation Interactive shares Livedoor’s commitment to the Internet and performance marketing. We have been successful growing our business profitably to date, and joining Livedoor gives us an even greater opportunity to scale through organic growth, new product development and acquisitions,” Margiloff said.
Innovation’s clients include large SEM customers like Office Depot and Forbes, as well as thousands of small business customers using its self-service online marketing tools. Its SearchIgnite search management software helps sophisticated marketers and advertising agencies like Digitas manage their own SEM campaigns.
On Thursday, Twitter reported its earnings for Q4 2016, and the results have raised questions about the company's long-term future.
From its $1.5 billion air cargo hub to its growing network of contract last-mile delivery drivers, Amazon is increasingly looking like a logistics company; but shipping and logistics giant FedEx isn't sitting idly by.
Havas Group's Meaningful Brands report delivers sobering news for brands: consumers wouldn't care if 74% of the brands they use disappeared off the face of the earth.
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The Agenda fashion trade show that was to take place late June will be cancelled this year.
This trade show takes place twice a year in Long Beach, once in January as a b2b show and once in June as a b2c show. The lack of participating clothing brands was what made the Agenda festival cancel the June show.
Agenda also cancelled the January show earlier this year, to hopefully make the b2c show in the summer a big hit. Unfortunately, plans fell through.
The Agenda Show has been ongoing since 2003, just starting as a small trade show with 30 brands, expanding up to over 1,000 brands, along with live music, and takes place three times a year in two different cities.
Long Beach Agenda was a hit in the previous years, as it ranged from just being an apparel trade show to a modern day hip-hop festival. Popular artists such as Lil Yachty, Denzel Curry, and Tyler, The Creator have performed.
The Agenda Show in Las Vegas is still taking place this year August 12-14 as a b2b trade show during Las Vegas Market Week. More than 10,000 buyers will be attending, making this one of the biggest events for Market Week.
Apparel brands big and small can register as a buyer for these events. More information can be found on their website at www.agendashow.com.
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Kelloggs recall 7.03 million products due to salmonella
33,000 cases of cookies as well as 7 million cases of peanut butter sandwich crackers have been recalled by Kelloggs as it warns of the products possibly being tainted by salmonella poisoning.
The peanut butter paste Kelloggs use which has sparked fears is produced by Peanut Corp. of America, who are already under investigation by the US centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
U.S. health officials said yesterday that peanut butter tainted with salmonella sickened 453 people and may have caused five deaths. The outbreak has spread to 43 states and Canada since mid-September.
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Grand feat! Maruti Suzuki WagonR completes 2 decades, achieves 24 lakh sales milestone
Maruti Suzuki WagonR has completed two decades since its launch in 1999, and achieved a milestone of 24 lakh in sales.
Maruti Suzuki WagonR has completed two decades since its launch in 1999, and achieved a milestone of 24 lakh in sales. Noteworthy, Maruti Suzuki WagonR has been a repeat buy for over 25 per cent of its customers.
"Consistently featured amongst India’s 10 top selling cars in the last 20 years, WagonR has successfully created benchmarks in the journey. Liked for its bold design, high seating, enhanced space and high utility," Maruti Suzuki said in a statement.
Commenting on the feat achieved by Maruti Suzuki WagonR, Shashank Srivastava, Executive Director (Marketing & Sales), Maruti Suzuki India Limited said, “We are delighted as we celebrate incredible and successful journey of two decades of WagonR. Creating a strong legacy of performance and utility, WagonR has kept pace with the changing times, in line with the needs and aspirations of customers."
"With one out of four customers of WagonR coming back for a repurchase, it reflects the strong brand appeal and customer affinity for the brand. We have not witnessed such customer loyalty for any of our other models. We thank our customers for their trust towards Wagon R, to make it a huge success.”
Shashank Srivastava further adds, "With the new 1.2 litre engine, WagonR has been made more powerful, spacious and stylish, appealing to newer and younger customers. Further, its acceptability is evident with the New WagonR crossing the sales milestone of 1 lakh within 7 months of its launch.”
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SurgiQuest sued Lexion last year, alleging infringement of patent no. 9,095,372B2, covering a “system and method for improved gas recirculation in surgical trocars with pneumatic sealing,” by Lexion’s line of Insuflow Synergy Port devices.
Lexion asked the U.S. Patent Trial & Appeals Board for an inter partes review of the patent, arguing that the first 11 claims are unpatentable for obviousness.
The PTAB agreed, ruling June 29 that a person of ordinary skill in the art would have found the claims to be obvious.
Utica, N.Y.-based Conmed paid $265 million for SurgiQuest back in January 2016, inheriting its various beefs with Lexion. In April 2017, SurgiQuest lost a $12.2 million false advertising case against its rival when a jury in the U.S. District Court for Delaware found it liable for $2.2 million in compensatory damages and an additional $10 million in punitive damages for false advertising in marketing literature for its AirSeal system.
At DeviceTalks Boston, Tyler Shultz will give attendees an inside look at Theranos and how he was able to sound the alarm after he realized the company was falling apart. Shultz will take attendees behind the story that everyone is talking about: the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her diagnostic company, Theranos.
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