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MANTI—The Intermountain Pharmacy at the Manti Family Clinic is closing its doors Aug. 23, said pharmacy manager Michael McQuivey.
Intermountain Healthcare has announced it will close 25 retail pharmacies in Utah and transfer its prescriptions and inventory to CVS Pharmacies.
The Manti pharmacy is one of the 25 that will be closing, McQuivey said, along with the North Sevier Pharmacy in Salina and many others along the Wasatch Front.
Most of the customers at Manti’s Intermountain pharmacy have already been notified and given options to transfer their prescriptions to other pharmacies in Sanpete County, or they have the option to do home delivery through Intermountain, McQuivey said.
Closing down Manti’s one and only pharmacy has been “really difficult for the community,” McQuivey said. It opened in 2006.
But there is hope on the horizon.
The Gunnison Valley Hospital will be opening up a new pharmacy in Manti inside the Main Street Family Clinic within a month or so, McQuivey said. The new pharmacy will be smaller in size, but company officials are working out the best way to serve the people there. It will be open to the public.
McQuivey has accepted a position to work at the new Gunnison Valley pharmacy and he will be helping out with the transition. There are two other employees at the Intermountain pharmacy that will be displaced by the closure; and they are considering their options, McQuivey said.
In essence, CVS has bought 25 of Intermountain’s retail pharmacies and will be transferring customer records to CVS, McQuivey said. Towns like Manti and Salina are in a unique situation because there isn’t a CVS nearby, he said. The closest CVS to Manti is at least an hour’s drive away, he said.
In these cases, customers are allowed to transfer their records and prescriptions to other nearby pharmacies, McQuivey said.
The Intermountain pharmacy building in Manti will be re-purposed, McQuivey said, but there can’t be a pharmacy at this location for at least five years.
In a news release, Intermountain stated the closures will affect Intermountain retail pharmacies located in Utah with low usage by area residents. These pharmacies are different than hospital pharmacies that serve patients receiving care in a hospital. Inpatient pharmacies are not affected. Intermountain will continue to offer medication management services and medication assistance and financial support services. Intermountain will continue to operate home delivery pharmacy, specialty pharmacy and the retail pharmacy at Primary Children’s Hospital.
Intermountain also stated that impacted employees will have the option to transition to other roles within Intermountain and be considered for positions at local CVS pharmacies.
This story was updated to remove recommendations for specific pharmacies where Intermountain customers can transfer their prescriptions to, in order to remove any implication of endorsement by the Sanpete Messenger. (08/20/2021, 12:05pm)


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The Week Ahead on Wall Street
Today, pending home sales for July are released. In June pending home sales declined 1.9% amid inventory shortages and rising home prices. Investors will be paying close attention to the reading for July to gauge the health and trajectory of the real estate market.
Tomorrow, the Consumer Confidence Index for July is published. This data point tracks how consumers are feeling about the economy and their finances. Consumer confidence remained high in July but with the Delta variant spreading, it is not clear if that remains the case.
On Wednesday, motor vehicle sales for August are due. The sales pace for vehicles slowed in July as dealers dealt with inventory shortages. The situation may have gotten worse in August with chip shortages forcing car markers to curb production and rising cases of COVID-19 slowing down the supply chain. Construction spending for July and the ISM Manufacturing Index for August are also released Wednesday.
Be on the lookout for initial and existing unemployment claims on Thursday. The unemployment rate has steadily declined even as the number of COVID-19 cases increases. Last week, initial jobless claims jumped slightly to 353,000. Investors will be paying close attention to see if this trend continues.
Finally, on Friday nonfarm payrolls for August are released along with related metrics including the unemployment rate and average hourly earnings. Nonfarm payrolls jumped by 943,00 in July despite increasing infections across the country. It marked the largest payroll jump since August of last year.
Today, be on the lookout for Zoom Video Communications (ZM) which reports quarterly earnings. The video-conferencing software provider became a lifeline during the pandemic. To remain relevant as companies return to their offices, it’s branching into new areas. Last month it acquired Five9, a cloud-based call center software company, for $14.7 billion. Investors will want to hear more about the deal and how usage is holding up as cases of COVID-19 rise again.
Tomorrow, NetEase (NTES) reports quarterly results. Earlier this month the Chinese internet technology company delayed its Hong Kong IPO of Cloud Village, its music streaming service, which was valued at $1 billion. The delay was due to the current regulatory environment in China. With the Chinese government clamping down on tech companies, investors are feeling slightly more hesitant at the moment. NetEase is expected to shed light on the impact the current regulatory environment is having on its business.
On Wednesday, Campbell Soup (CPB) hands in its report card. Late last month the soup maker overhauled its labels for the first time in 50 years. To commemorate the new design Campbell launched a non-fungible token and donated proceeds to Feeding America. Investors will want to know how the new branding is resonating with consumers and what impact COVID-19 is having on sales.
On Thursday, be on the lookout for earnings from Broadcom (AVGO), a mobile chip maker. With semiconductor shortages still persisting and COVID-19 cases rising, it’s causing more supply-chain headaches across the globe. The chip shortages have gotten so bad some car markers have had to reduce their production of new vehicles. Investors will be paying close attention to what Broadcom has to say about the demand-supply imbalance when it reports quarterly earnings.
Also Thursday, American Eagle (AEO) reports quarterly results. Leading up to the back-to-school selling season, the retailer rolled out a new campaign aimed at getting customers in stores. But with the Delta variant rapidly spreading across the country, signs are emerging consumers are beginning to spend less. With American Eagle a popular destination for teens and college-bound consumers, it will be interesting to hear what it has to say about back-to-school demand.
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Industry representatives have urged the German chancellor to discuss increased business ties with India during the meeting. Some business leaders are hoping Germany can close on a free trade deal 10 years in the making.
European firms could miss out on China's $900 billion infrastructure initiative, warns a leaked report by EU diplomats. It said the New Silk Road trade corridor has the potential to disadvantage and even divide the bloc.
EU-Israel business ties have never been stronger. And while Brussels’ support for the Palestinian Authority means the political realm is fraught with often very old complications, business prospects look very healthy.
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As a follow-up to the Food Dialogues Town Hall and subsequent conversations happening online at the USFRA Facebook page and www.FoodDialogues.com, one issue continues to be at the forefront of people's minds - biotech's role in food production.
In order to answer the questions about biotech in a deeper way, USFRA is organizing an online conversation with Pam Ronald, Professor, Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, and co-author of "Tomorrow's Table, Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food".
Rodger Wasson, an agriculture industry consultant and former CEO of agri-food industry organizations, will interview Pam using the top questions submitted by consumers via USFRA's social media channels. No questions will be taken "live". Pam will address the pre-determined questions directly, relying on her experience in the field and data she's collected from her research.
The video chat will take place on November 2, 9:30 a.m. PT/12:30 p.m. ET and be broadcast from Pam's UC Davis office. The session can be viewed live at www.FoodDialogues.com and will be available via replay on the site, as well as on the USFRA Facebook page.
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Nordic-Knot has won $40,000 in a national contest for small businesses.
Ashland Birth Center placed first in the nationwide contest, which recognizes businesses that were heavily impacted by the pandemic. The Wisconsin-based maternity health care center received a grand prize of $60,000.
More than 4,750 small businesses from across the country shared stories of how the pandemic impacted their daily operations. After the 10 finalists were selected, public voting determined the final winners.
Nordic-Knot co-owner Melissa Romano said they plan to use the funds to increase marketing, outreach and boost its production line to “better serve our community.” Results were announced yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon.
“We’ve grown this business very carefully and we were put through the runner during the pandemic,” Romano told FFXnow. She expects to announce some big, new clients in the coming weeks.
For Nordic-Knot, the pandemic meant a dramatic business shift came quickly into play. With many of its distributors closed during the peak of the pandemic, the business shifted to providing their products to customers directly.
Now, even as wholesale distribution picks up, the business plans to maintain direct services for consumers directly.
A vending cart that offers customer direct access to goodies will return to Lake Anne Plaza this summer.
Romano says they plan to continue big partnerships while providing direct access to their items.
“Lane Anne has and will always be our special place of business,” Romano said. “We are really excited for this opportunity for our business.”
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CHESTERTON – The Duneland Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the opening of the 2013 Season of Chesterton’s European Market on Saturday, May 4. From 8:00 am – 2:00 pm, Duneland community residents and tourists are welcomed to visit Third Street and Broadway in historic downtown Chesterton to experience Northwest Indiana’s premier outdoor artisan and farmers’ market.
Each weekend this season, the Market will boast more than 90 merchants, live musical performances from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, fresh food served on-site throughout the day and plenty of opportunities to enjoy gatherings with friends and family at picnic tables in nearby Thomas Centennial Park. “Last year, we had a dozen Seasonal Merchants – vendors who came to the market every weekend.
"This year, we’ve accepted 44 Seasonals, and 35 Semi-Seasonals,” says Allyson Baughman, Chamber Marketing Director and Market Manager. “We’ve also welcomed several new artists, chefs and musicians to our ranks. The interest we’ve seen this season has been phenomenal. The Chamber receives several calls each day from locals and tourists wanting to learn more about the market – especially when it’s going to open!”
New to the market this year will be downtown Chesterton merchant Chelle’s, as well as TAJ Indian Curry House and Valpo Shrimp Company – a local business that raises salt-water shrimp for local restaurants. Market favorites Bit of Swiss, Rolling Stonebaker, Espress Yourself, Good to Go by Lucrezia, Butler Winery, Ivy’s Catering, Ben’s Soft Pretzels, Lehman’s Orchard, Flagel’s Sugarhouse, Pa’s Workshop and Marilyn’s Pies also will be returning.
“The Market wouldn’t be the same without everyone’s favorite coffee, pizza, pretzel and croissant merchants,” says Baughman.
While booth space at the Market is nearly booked for the entire season, a few spaces remain in October.
“We’re always open to receiving applications, since sometimes our scheduled merchants have conflicts and can’t attend,” Baughman explains. “We especially love seeing applicants with new or unusual products – especially savory food items.” For more information about applying to or visiting Chesterton’s European Market, please call the Chamber office at (219) 926-5513, visit www.dunelandchamber.org, or email email@example.com.


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Dell Joins Pecan Street Inc. to Expand Research in Smart Grid Technologies
ROUND ROCK, Texas --(Business Wire)--
Dell (News - Alert) today announced it has joined the industry advisory council of Pecan
Street Inc., a nonprofit energy and smart grid research and
development organization headquartered at the University of Texas at
Austin. As a member company, Dell will provide technology and IT
expertise to Pecan Street to advance its work in energy big data.
Pecan Street is currently conducting the country's most robust and
detailed consumer energy research in Austin, Texas, including consumer
electricity and gas use and solar and electric vehicle integration. In
more than 400 homes, researchers are monitoring electricity and gas use
from several circuits every 15 seconds, resulting in the world's deepest
consumer energy use data.
Such complex systems - requiring two-way communication between users,
producers and transmitters of energy - rely on high performing data
management systems to provide actionable information in real time.
Dell's decision to join Pecan Street builds on its announcement
this fall of the Dell Smart Grid Data Management Solution: a tested
architecture that bundles servers, storage, networking, and security
services with state-of-the-art software into a ready-to-deploy solution
that helps utility companies better manage their distribution networks.
Dell is committed
to putting its technology and expertise to wok where it can do the most
good for people and the planet. The company believes that smart grids
and other information-enabled networks can help utilities, businesses
and consumers use natural resources in a wiser and more informed manner
- improving both productivity and efficiency.
Working with Pecan Street through the Dell
Solution Centers, Dell is providing the nonprofit with equipment,
OptiPlex and Dell Precision workstations for the project's researchers;
PowerConnect network switches;
PowerVault direct-attached storage to enable easier research sharing;
SonicWall back-up and recovery; and,
Data center infrastructure including a Dell rack, Dell power
distribution unit (PDU), Dell uninterruptible power supply (UPS), and
Dell rack-mounted switch and console.
For more information, visit www.dell.com/smartgrid.
"Pecan Street is conducting ground-breaking research that will shape the
next generation of energy systems. Information technology and data
management will be crucial to these smarter grids, and Dell is proud to
put technology and expertise toward the goal of ensuring our energy
future is efficient and sustainable."
David Lear, executive
director of sustainability, Dell
"Dell's experience in enterprise computing and its leadership in
empowering customer solutions that integrate big data and smart grid
technologies will be a great resource for Pecan Street. Dell has long
been a supporter of Pecan Street's mission, and we are thrilled that
they have joined our consortium."
Brewster McCracken, president
and CEO, Pecan Street Inc.
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative
technology and services that give them the power to do more. Powering
the Possible is Dell's commitment to put technology and expertise to
work where it can do the most good for people and the planet. Dell is
committed to minimizing the environmental impact of its business
operations and creating new possibilities for its customers to reduce
their environmental impact as well. Learn more at www.dell.com/environment.
ABOUT PECAN STREET
Headquartered at the University of Texas at Austin, Pecan Street Inc.
carries out research trials and commercialization testing to accelerate
the innovation cycle of consumer and commercial applications that
integrate big data, distributed generation and smart grid technologies.
Pecan Street is a 501 (c) (3) organization. Learn more at www.pecanstreet.org.
Dell, OptiPlex, Dell Precision, PowerConnect, PowerVault and SonicWall
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Moschino Fall/Winter 2017 Menswear + Women’s Resort Fashion Show in Milan.
The signature playfulness was there, but Jeremy Scott, for his Moschino men’s wear debut in Milan, was in a reflective mood.
“It’s a global situation. Of course, my country’s in the toilet, but when my country’s in the toilet, the world’s in the toilet. We have to fight — for rights, for beauty, for everything we believe in because it’s being ripped away from us. That’s very much [what I wanted to convey] in the show. [On the clothes] frescoes have been covered over with black paint, arbitrarily, to hide them. That’s what I feel is going on. And trying to find any bits of beauty that you can and almost making emblems and totems of them,” said Scott, who to accessorize silhouettes loaded berets and gloves with metal military trinkets — Eighties-style — that clinked down the runway.
The designer for his set installed scaffolding in the gilded rooms of an ancient palazzo on Milan’s Corso Magenta that he rigged with tangles of colored cables and flashing tubes like some dystopian wasteland. Out stepped Scott’s warriors of a future humanity, dressed in metallic pants and gloves and suits in intergalactic prints splashed with spaceships and explosions.


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“This is an unprecedented situation”: Kazan travel agencies have begun to suspend work due to coronavirus
Last hope for seasonal UAE and “May” Turkey
It is too early for tour operators to calculate losses due to the total closure of European countries for tourists in the coronavirus epidemic: the situation has apparently just begun to unfold. However, judging by the unrest in the industry, the forecasts of Rosturizm on the closure of 20% travel agencies after the pandemic are quite real. Even before the decision to restrict flights to the EU countries, Russians refused to take foreign tours, in Tatarstan they tried to return 98% of their trips to Europe, and even Asian destinations remain in question. How much the coronavirus pandemic and panic have hit the travel agencies of the republic, whether there are still safe points on the world map for spring trips and why experts advise not to try to return money for tickets and euro tours — read in the material of Realnoe Vremya.
“The demand for foreign travel in the next month and a half will tend to zero”
Tatarstan travel agencies massively started to cancel tours to European countries, which are traditionally popular with the coming of spring, about three weeks ago, when the capital's airports deployed full-fledged headquarters for testing for coronavirus and there have begun to spread the cases of COVID-19 in Russia one after another. After a series of high-profile news about attempts to forcibly isolate compatriots who had rested in Italy, the Czech Republic, Germany and France, the situation has become even more heated.
Officially, only four countries are included in the list of countries not recommended by the foreign ministry for visiting (and by Rosturizm — for selling tours): China, Iran, Italy, and South Korea. It is impossible to buy tours there from February 27. However, the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) insists on a two-week quarantine even if there are no symptoms for tourists who have returned from six more countries. The “stop list” includes France and Germany, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Norway and the United States. Many countries popular with Russians even decide to “self-isolate” and not let tourists in, so in fact, the whole Europe can be considered not too accessible and open. And this, of course, can not but hit the economy of travel agencies, everything is now “in limbo”, say industry experts.
“The tourist market is always the first to feel the cataclysms of any nature. Oil price falls, the euro and the dollar rise. Somewhere there was a tsunami, earthquake or, God forbid, some kind of terrorist attack — tourism will be affected instantly. Of course, there has never been such a scale of crisis for the tourism industry. This is an unprecedented situation because at the moment everything is going to the point that most destinations can be closed. No one knows which country will be closed tomorrow," Rustem Tarzimanov, the director of Salavat tourist services bureau, emphasizes in the interview with Realnoe Vremya.
The forecasts of tour operators are disappointing. “The demand for foreign travel in the next month and a half will tend to zero. Everything is changing too quickly," the expert states. Major travel agencies still have “light” hopes for the traditional mass destinations for the second half of spring — the UAE, where the high season has already begun, and Turkey, which seas will warm up enough by mid-May and will be ready to welcome tourists. Although experts are afraid to place bets on these areas, the situation may be too unstable.
“We don't want to be a punching bag”: sales stop and travel agents' confusion
A number of small travel agencies in Kazan have suspended the sale of tours or even decided to close for a while. “There is a panic, and at the highest level, tourism has temporarily or even permanently died," comments the head of Kazan Intur, Viktor Stepantsov.
“Since Monday, we have suspended sales in all directions. We are afraid that country after country is being closed," explains Albina Ibragimova, the director general of Aist Tour. “Our legislation is so structured that we, travel agencies, are a kind of 'cushion' between operators and tourists: tourists are asked to return the entire amount, but operators do not return all of it. We are tired of this situation and do not want to be a punching bag. Now it is a completely wait-and-see position, and I do not see any prospects yet: people come and cancel tours.
As the most “fresh” example, tour operators cite the situation in the Czech Republic: a week ago, Russian tourists idly were strolling through the streets of Prague and quietly entering the country using Schengen, but on the evening of Thursday, March 12, the country announced the suspension of visa issuance due to the threat of coronavirus, and on Friday afternoon, it finally announced the closure of borders for all foreigners, starting from Monday. According to the latest data, 117 patients with COVID-19 have been registered in the Czech Republic. It is clearly not included in the top ten or even the top twenty countries affected by the coronavirus, so it becomes impossible to predict the actions of the authorities of a particular state. Nevertheless, it is unlikely that anyone will turn the tongue to call such measures “excessive”.
“So, it means the situation requires such restrictions. Of course, the tourist market and economy will suffer greatly, but at least this may not lead to a disaster," he concludes.
Are there “absolutely safe” countries for foreign travel?
Apparently not. Despite the fact that such statements are probably the least profitable for travel agents, most of the travel company managers surveyed by Realnoe Vremya did not recommend any specific travel destinations in the next few months.
“Now nothing can be recommended because today the situation is one but tomorrow — radically different. To talk about a particular country... In the near future, I think it is the Emirates, since May, the beach holiday Turkey will begin. Probably the Maldives, because the probability of spreading the virus from island to island is minimal," suggested Ramil Miftakhov. “While these directions can be recommended, but not 100 percent, because the situation can change dramatically at any moment. And the client decides what to do himself.
If we talk about official reports, then, according to the Russian research anti-plague Institute Microb (it is subordinate to Rospotrebnadzor and prepares reports for it), the only European country that is hypothetically interesting for the spring holiday of Russians, which has not yet reached the coronavirus, is Montenegro. There are also no cases of confirmed COVID-19, as of the evening of March 13, in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and several countries in Africa. However, these destinations are not popular among our compatriots.
“We are not happy ourselves”: is it possible to get a refund for a tour?
Almost all travel companies have faced with the return of tours, and in all parts of the world — even avid travelers or those who have long planned their family vacation, often prefer to listen to the recommendations of the Russian authorities and “sit out the plague” at home. Large companies ban their employees from traveling outside of Russia. Staff business trips have been canceled, for example, at KAMAZ and Russian Railways, and the day before, on March 13, the Tatarstan authorities also announced the suspension of trips of civil servants of the republic abroad.
However, so far, no clear and transparent scheme for refunds for already paid tours has been developed for market participants, both for unsuccessful tourists and for travel agencies and tour operators. At the moment, according to the 132nd Federal law 'On tourist activities', tour operators are required to return the entire cost of the purchased tour to the client if Rosturizm “recommends” to suspend their sale to epidemiologically disadvantaged countries.
But in practice, it is not so simple. Tour operators themselves have found themselves in a difficult situation, since the money in most cases is already in the accounts of hotels, where rooms have been booked, and airlines, from which tickets have been purchased. And the latter refuse to transfer funds back at all, or the issue is being considered for weeks. Accordingly, operators can not pay with travel agencies. Often, “without blood” the problem can be solved only by rescheduling the trip, not canceling it.
“It is more or less standard story when tourists agree to postpone the trip to a later date: either for a year or six months, depending on the country. If a tourist still insists that they return the money, here, most likely, only through the court. Because even if France, for example, is recognized as a high-virus country and the law requires the money to be returned — how ready the operator is to return this money and whether it has it," explains Ramil Miftakhov. “In fact, the money is already in France, in the hotel that has been booked. And if the hotel returns them, the customer has a chance to return the money, but what if not?
At the same time, suing is also a rather controversial option strategically, experts say.
The second “nuance” of the refund scheme for paid tours is the list of countries that are “epidemiologically disadvantaged” and not recommended by Rosturizm: these include only China, Iran, Italy and South Korea so far. According to the law, neither tour operators, travel agencies, nor hoteliers and air carriers must and can return money for paid tours to other destinations.
“Every person and every company is left alone with this problem, everyone comes out as best they can. There are no cardinal decisions that would support business and people," Lilia Saveleva emphasizes. “Unverified information continues to be thrown out on the market and is presented in some terrible forms.


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No doubt it's just a temporary situation, but I can't get into Gmail, and both Down Detector and Tweets say the same thing.
With the US administration changing next year, it is very likely that Google will be able to get a waiver on selling the proprietary version of its Android operating system to Chinese telecommunications vendor Huawei Technologies, something it has been unable to do ever since the Trump administration put in place sanctions on the Chinese firm.
If Apple had to remove the WeChat app from its app store due to an executive order issued by US President Donald Trump, that would mean a loss of Chinese users who make up nearly a third of iPhone users around the globe, an influential Taiwanese stock analyst has warned.
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How high are the hills?Another publicity effort from the NBN diversion team?
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On a blustery, cold February morning, with political and corporate dignitaries on hand, General Electric officially opened a new water heater assembly plant at its famous Appliance Park manufacturing complex in Louisville, KY. Just six weeks later, GE opened the doors on a second new assembly plant at Appliance Park, this one dedicated to a new line of refrigerators.
The two facilities—the first new assembly lines at Appliance Park since 1957—are the vanguard of a five-year, $1 billion investment to boost GE’s appliance division and create more than 1,300 U.S. jobs by 2014. In May 2008, GE publicly considered selling off the division. Less than four years later, GE Appliances & Lighting was featured in a Super Bowl XLVI ad, and politicians, union leaders and executives are calling the company a case study for the future of U.S. manufacturing.
In Hot Water
The impetus for building the $38 million water heater plant was GE’s new GeoSpring hybrid water heater. Lean manufacturing and a more competitive wage structure for new employees led GE to select Louisville as the production site for the new water heater, instead of China, where an earlier version of the product was made.
The energy-efficient design of the water heater was also an important factor in persuading state and federal governments to champion its production in the United States, according to Steve Downer, GE’s general manager for water products. “The GeoSpring is the most energy-efficient water heater available today,” he says.
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, and U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth were all on hand at the plant’s opening to celebrate what they characterized as a victory for U.S. manufacturing in the green sector. “In this instance, government decided [the United States wasn’t] going to be outcompeted in energy-efficient appliances,” says Yarmuth.
GE estimates that manufacturing the water heater in China would have been approximately 7 percent to 10 percent cheaper, given that country’s incentives and labor costs, and specifically credited Abramson for leading the political efforts to make up that difference in federal and state tax incentives for both GE and consumers. (Abramson was mayor of Louisville from 1985 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2010.)
The commonwealth and federal governments provided approximately $17 million in incentives for GE to build the water heater and refrigerator assembly plants and to make other improvements at Appliance Park during the next several years.
Those investments have paid off. According to a study commissioned by GE and conducted by independent consulting firm Tripp Umbach, Appliance Park directly and indirectly contributes $1.6 billion to Kentucky’s economy. That means $1 out of every $103 in the state’s economy is supported in part by Appliance Park.
In addition, the study found that GE helps support more than 12,000 jobs in Kentucky, including 5,000 GE employees. Besides Appliance Park, the conglomerate operates several other manufacturing facilities in Kentucky, including a GE Aviation engine plant, a GE Energy service center, and a GE Healthcare medical device assembly plant.
“We made a commitment early in my administration that energy-related development would be a high priority,” says Beshear. “We developed an aggressive plan to not only research and develop new kinds of energy production, but to attract businesses and projects that are similarly committed to cleaner, greener energy applications. GE’s new hybrid water heater is a perfect match for our energy commitment and our strong manufacturing core.”
From the Ground Up
Once GE committed to revitalizing the appliance division, the company decided to redesign the first generation GeoSpring from the ground up.
The redesign process benefited from the input of many constituent groups, including plumbers, installers and consumers, during usability testing at GE’s testing lab, which is also located at Appliance Park. The recently reopened lab is a sight to behold. The lab has several testing rooms where appliances can be set up for test subjects to operate in a typical end-use environment, while the design team observes their reactions behind a two-way mirror.
Compared with the earlier model, the new GeoSpring is quieter, easier to install, and $300 to $400 less expensive. It also generates more hot water (65 gallons of first hour delivery vs. 63 gallons).
More importantly, the new water heater is more energy-efficient than its previous incarnation. Water heaters are given an overall efficiency rating known as an energy factor (EF). The higher the EF, the more efficient the model. Water heaters with high EF ratings may cost more initially, but save energy and money in the long run. Whereas the old GeoSpring had an EF of 2.35, the new model has an EF of 2.4. GE estimates the new water heater will provide $325 in energy savings per year, compared with $320 with the previous model.
Much of this was accomplished with a hybrid heat pump and electric heating system. The hybrid technology was designed to absorb heat in ambient air and transfer it into the water. Since this requires much less energy than the energy used to generate radiant heat—as used in a conventional electric tank water heater—the water heater is more economical to operate.
Indeed, the new GeoSpring consumes approximately 1,830 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. That compares with 4,879 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year for a conventional 50-gallon electric water heater.
“Approximately 50 percent of U.S. households use a standard electric water heater,” says Downer. “If 25 percent chose a GeoSpring instead of a standard 50-gallon electric water heater, more than four billion pounds of CO2 emissions from the U.S. grid could be avoided annually—equivalent to the annual emissions of more than 360,000 cars on U.S. roads.”
The redesigned water heater and the assembly line represent a major shift in the company’s manufacturing and design process toward greater on-site collaboration and lean processes.
The outbuildings of the now churning factory include the IDO Center, which houses GE’s design engineers. Marc Hottenroth, industrial design leader at GE, says his team of about 30 manufacturing engineers worked closely with the product design team throughout the entire process of configuring the revitalized factory for lean production of the water heater. Design engineers and manufacturing engineers were constantly running between their facilities to be personally on hand for decisions regarding the assembly line or the water heater. “The good thing about lean is you get lean,” jokes the now fit Hottenroth.
Both Hottenroth and Lou Lenzi, GE’s director of industrial design, stress that the benefits of their collaborative efforts were well-worth the workouts. “All the problem-solving is in real time,” says Lenzi. “There are no PowerPoint [presentations] and board room [meetings to sit through]; everybody is down here or up there [at the IDO center].”
“The trick is to think like you’re 12,” says Hottenroth of the team’s conceptual, Erector-Set approach to reimagining their assembly processes. Each member came in with seven ideas, and most of those were hashed out with simple models. “We went through a lot of foam and duct tape,” he says.
Among the more interesting designs on the assembly line was the boxing system. Rather than purchasing a large, $40,000 machine to lift boxes over the finished water heaters, the system’s operators devised their own rig and built it from parts obtained at a local hardware store.
The plant conversion itself benefited from an enormous amount of recyclable steel and concrete leftover from the plant’s last configuration in the 1950s. In fact, GE has recycled nearly 11,000 tons of structural steel at Appliance Park—that’s as much weight as 24 fully loaded Boeing 747s.
New Refrigerator Line
GE invested $250 million in the refrigerator assembly line, which will support some 600 jobs at full capacity.
The impetus for that line was GE’s new refrigerator models, which have bottom freezers with French doors. The refrigerators have a host of high-tech gadgets to attract consumers. For example, the GE Profile model is equipped with a water dispensing system that uses ultrasonic and proximity sensors to automatically detect and fill a glass or pitcher. The GE Cafe model can dispense hot water as well as cold water—an industry first. And, the freezers on all models are insulated with cyclopentane foam, a material that produces significantly less greenhouse gases during manufacturing and recycling.
To focus on the new models, GE moved production of side-by-side refrigerators from Appliance Park to its assembly plant in Bloomington, IN.
As they did with the water heater line, manufacturing and design engineers collaborated to save material and labor costs at the same time they improved quality.
Following the principles of lean manufacturing, the cross-functional team found numerous ways to simplify assembly. Screws were eliminated in favor of snap-fits. The team removed 20 parts from just one subassembly, the vegetable pan. Even though the new refrigerator has more features than the previous model, the team removed 50 percent of the wiring.
According to GE, the average new model has 100 fewer parts than previous models.
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Lean was also applied to the assembly line. Kenny Farnsley, an hourly kaizen promotion officer, found a way to improve the evaporator assembly process that saved GE $1 million in investment cost. Starting with crude models, Farnsley developed a series of simple, reliable machines that produce a good quality part. Those right-sized machines saved the company 70 percent vs. standard automated equipment.
Geoffrey Henderson, a team leader, found a way to reduce shoulder injuries while boxing up the refrigerators for shipping. Instead of throwing the box over the top over the refrigerator, the operator stands on a 6-foot platform to place the box over the appliance—virtually eliminating lifting.
Simple ideas like that have yielded major benefits. The length of the assembly line was reduced by half. And, by working concurrently, rather than consecutively, the team brought the refrigerator to market in 25 percent less time than the previous model.
Today’s Appliance Park is proof that when businesses, unions and employees work together, we can deliver innovative solutions to the marketplace and demonstrate that U.S.-based manufacturing can be competitive,” says Chip Blankenship, president and CEO of GE Appliances and Lighting.


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For some time, Suitable has been producing the Beam telepresence robot, which costs $15,000 and is aimed at businesses that want to cut down on business travel. But now, the technology has dropped in price by an order of magnitude, and they may now become something average people have at home.
That's the idea, at least. In an interview at CES here last week, Hassan demonstrated the Beam+ and showed how it rolls around easily, and docks itself when needing to recharge. He said the robot is essentially plug-and-play, meaning that just about anyone can get it up and running. "Just connect to wireless," Hassan said, "and you're done."
The robot sports a heavy, wide base on wheels, and a tablet screen atop a tall, narrow neck. Owners control the robot with a mobile or browser-based app, and can easily move it around wherever it is physically located. There, anyone nearby can see the person controlling it on the tablet screen, and can have a two-way video chat. Hassan said it's ideal for everything from helping seniors get through their daily life to a parent on the road playing hide and seek with the kids.
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Hillsborough County deputies are searching for two men suspected of entering an unlocked vehicle in Tampa early Saturday morning and taking a Visa debit card, among other items, and then using the card to make several purchases that day.
Deputies said the men stole the debit card and other items around 1 a.m. from a vehicle at 11219 Bloomington Dr. in Tampa.
The men went to two Family Dollar stores at 5024 E. 10th Ave. and 4002 N. 50th St. and also stopped at the Quick Stop Meat Town and Food Market at 7626 N. 56th St. where they made multiple purchases with the debit card later that morning, deputies said.
Deputies obtained video surveillance from both Family Dollar stores that showed two men initiating the transactions with the card, deputies said, and both leaving in a dark-colored pickup truck. The make and model of the truck is unknown.
Both men appear to be around 18 to 25, deputies said. One has short black dreadlocks while the other has short black hair and may have a black goatee.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office at (813) 247-8200. To be eligible for a reward, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS (8477).


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When Shenzhen Walmart employee Li Wan attended a collective bargaining training seminar in neighbouring Hong Kong in the summer of 2011, she hoped the experience would help in her fight to improve pay and working conditions at the store.
However, when Walmart discovered that she had taken sick leave to attend the seminar, it fired her and refused to pay any compensation for loss of employment. Walmart claimed her actions constituted “dishonest conduct” (不诚实行为) but as Li Wan told Southern Weekend on 18 January:
Walmart was worried that I would disseminate ‘bad’ ideas about defending our legal rights amongst the workers. That was the real reason why they fired me.
Li Wan was already well-known and well-liked by co-workers at Walmart because of her efforts to gets cooling fans installed in staff locker rooms and improve conditions for female employees. So when she was fired, her co-workers rallied around and offered to pay her legal expenses during in her lawsuit against the company for wrongful dismissal.
Some workers offered substantial sums but Li Wan would only accept a maximum of five yuan from each co-worker. She explained that by limiting the size of the donation she could: “Let even more co-workers know about this matter and really gauge the level of support I had.”
The support was more than enough to cover a year-long legal battle which culminated on 16 November 2012 when the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court ruled that Li Wan had been illegally dismissed and awarded her the compensation she was entitled to under the law.
The court ruled that the definition of “dishonest conduct” in Walmart’s Employee Handbook was too broad and had no specific criteria and that Li Wan was entitled to organise her own activities during her approved sick leave. The ruling stipulated:
Walmart terminated the employment contract with Li Wan because she went to Hong Kong for a training program during her sick leave. Such overly harsh action was an illegal termination.
However, Li Wan is not the only labour activist to be fired by Walmart in Shenzhen over the last year. In the summer of 2012, several employees organized co-workers and lobbied the store’s trade union to initiate collective bargaining with management in a bid to resolve long-standing grievances. At the end of July, one these activists, Wang Shishu, was dismissed on the grounds of “seriously violating company regulations and damaging the company’s image.” Like Li Wan, Wang Shishu is also taking legal action against Walmart and has launched a vocal campaign demanding his reinstatement.
And earlier in July, more than 40 workers at Walmart’s Shenzhen Distribution Centre had staged a protest over planned wage adjustments and the cancellation of benefits. Four worker representatives were detained by the police and subsequently dismissed by Walmart.
The firing of worker activists at Walmart’s Shenzhen stores has highlighted once again the ineffectiveness of the company’s trade union in defending workers’ rights. The notoriously anti-union, Walmart made international headlines in 2006 when it allowed the All-China Federation of Trade Unions to establish branches in its China stores. But it soon became apparent that the company trade union representatives would always tow the management line. Walmart employees interviewed by Southern Weekend noted that, after the initial election of trade union committee members, the trade union was basically taken over by the store manager, his deputy or the human resources manager.
As a result, when labour activists like Li Wan and Wang Shishu are fired by Walmart, the enterprise trade union does nothing. As He Yuancheng of the Collective Bargaining Forum (集体谈判论坛), who was involved in Li Wan’s case, pointed out in Southern Weekend:
The Labour Law stipulates that a decision to dismiss an employee must be approved by the trade union. In Li Wan’s case, the enterprise trade union not only failed to defend her, it actually caused harm.
As economics and law Professor Chen Bulei noted, such action is quite common: “At present, enterprise trade unions do not usually play a positive role, but rather provide a ‘legal cloak’ for the company’s dismissal of employees.”
Numerous attempts by workers to make enterprise trade unions more accountable and representatives have been thwarted over the years but in Shenzhen at least the municipal trade union federation has now announced its intention to hold more open and democratic trade union elections in that city, a move recently emulated by the municipal federation in nearby Guangzhou as well.
Ultimately, however, it will still be up the workers themselves to actively participate in union affairs and reclaim enterprise trade unions for the workers.
Li Wan is a pseudonym used by Southern Weekend at the request of the plaintiff.


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That is despite the fact most of the shops surveyed were signed up to a voluntary code committing them to sourcing their products locally.
The Irish Farmers Association put 120 samples of back rashers, bacon joints, and pork chops from 11 butchers around the country through DNA testing to check origin.
Pat O’Flaherty, chairman of the IFA’s national pigs and pigmeat committee, said he was disappointed with the finding that 51% of the products were from abroad.
“The level of imported product identified by the DNA testing is compounded by the fact that the country of origin was not displayed in any of the butchers’ stores audited,” said Mr O’Flaherty.
“Over 80% of the locations are part of the Certified Craft Butchers Programme, yet none carried country of origin labelling on these pork products.”
John Hickey, chief executive of the Associated Craft Butchers of Ireland, stressed the imported products did not break any law and, as most would have come from other EU countries, there were no doubts about quality.
He said while members were committed to local produce, this was not always practical as Irish pork and bacon was often too costly and it could be hard to get consistency in size, shape, and quality.
“We have to respond to market forces and what the market is saying to us is that pork coming from other European countries can offer better value to customers and at times offer a more consistent product,” Mr Hickey said.
“We want to support Irish but if we put in all-Irish product we’re not competitive.”
Mr O’Flaherty said: “We appreciate that the local butcher is under pressures. However, that is not an excuse to mislead the consumer on the origin of their meat.”
While Associated Craft Butchers of Ireland members are supposed to use country-of-origin labelling, Mr Hickey denied there was any attempt to mislead customers.
“We encourage our members, where possible, to communicate countries of origin,” he said. “We can’t force them. But they didn’t misrepresent their products.”
A fresh round of DNA testing in butchers’ shops is to start next month.
“We will continue to work with the Associated Craft Butchers of Ireland to rectify these problems,” Mr O’Flaherty said.


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Exciting and a bit nerve-wracking times in the automobile sector! Scott Kunes, our Chief of Operations, recently spoke with FOX Business to discuss some impending shifts in the industry that might affect all of us. Here's what you need to know:
Several prominent car manufacturers are in crucial negotiations with the United Auto Workers (UAW), racing against time to forge new contracts. If an agreement isn't reached soon, we might witness a substantial strike that could stir the dynamics of the automobile market considerably.
At Kunes Auto Group, we are not sitting idly by. Scott divulged that our team, which operates over 40 thriving dealerships across the Midwest, is proactively bracing for any potential disruptions. Drawing from the lessons ingrained from the pandemic-era shortages, we are augmenting our vehicle and parts inventory to ensure a seamless experience for our clientele.
Scott also highlighted the possibility of a steep decline in new car availability each week if the strike materializes. As a result, this could cause used car prices to rise sharply, breaking the usual trend of lower demand and prices during the upcoming winter season.
While the threat of a strike is significant, Scott noted that both the automakers and the UAW are holding strong positions in the current negotiations. The stakes are high, and the outcomes are uncertain, but rest assured, Kunes Auto Group remains steadfast in their commitment to serve customers efficiently.


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Fantastic news to start off the 7 days – here are some quickly specifics from Trip.com on the reopening of Shanghai Disneyland nowadays (Monday, May possibly 11), the biggest attraction to open up in China because Covid-19 shut down the country.
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• Journey.com kicked off the
sale of Shanghai Disneyland tickets on May possibly eight. Only an hour after the kicking-off,
the system has bought out about five,000 tickets. The sale of the tickets
skyrocketed to far more than fifteen,000 by the conclude of the day, an boost of 910%
in comparison to the everyday overall performance of Jan.
• Journey.com also launched the promotion of 50 percent-day entrance ticket for Shanghai Disneyland. Buyers are able to enter Disneyland after 2pm and enjoy a 50 percent day excursion which only price tag 199RMB for every individual for entrance. In a person second, all the tickets for the very first batch has been bought out.
• On May possibly eight., the
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• Those people who born in 1990s and 2000s are the greater part of the ticket shoppers.
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The annual Enterprise Minnesota State of Manufacturing survey found a majority of manufacturers are expecting economic growth, the first time since 2010 according to the Star Tribune. From 2010 through 2016, manufacturers in the state predicted a flat economy, but 2017 is proving to be a time of optimism.
55 percent of those surveyed expected an increase in revenue this year, up 11 percentage points from last year’s survey, and 44 percent expect an increase in profits, up seven percentage points. Overall, 94 percent of manufacturers indicated confidence in the future of their company.
This optimism comes in spite of the fact that a majority of manufacturers are still struggling to find talented employees for job openings. 68 percent of respondents cited difficulty in attracting the right people.
“Everyone is really competing for workers on a community basis, not just an industry basis,” said Robert Kill, CEO of Enterprise Minnesota, according to the Star Tribune.
Kill noted that the difficulty in attracting potential employees has resulted in manufacturers working closer with technical colleges to attract graduates. This goes beyond just showing up at job fairs.
“Manufacturers realize they have to have a tighter relationship all the time,” Kill told the Star Tribune. “They can’t just show up in May and expect to get kids. They better be at the head of the line.”


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Retailers have been posting same-store sales figures for February this morning, and most are posting better-than-expected numbers — in some cases, much better than expected. We have reports from 15 companies: Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST), Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT, Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS), Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN), Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS), Stage Stores Inc. (NYSE: SSI), Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M), Gap Stores Inc. (NYSE: GPS), TJX Companies Inc. (NYSE: TJX), Limited Brands Inc. (NYSE: LTD), Ross Stores Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST), Stein Mart Inc. (NASDAQ: SMRT), Wet Seal Inc. (NASDAQ: WTSLA), The Buckle Inc. (NYSE: BKE), and Zumiez Inc. (NASDAQ: ZUMZ).
- Costco sales rose 8%, but shares are flat shortly before noon.
- Macy’s posted a same-store sales jump of 4.6%, and the company’s shares hit a 52-week high of $38.38.
- TJX’s sales rose 9% and the shares posted a new 52-week high of $37.07.
- Ross Stores’ sales jumped 9% as well, and the company’s stock put up a new 52-week high of $54.27.
- Buckle’s same-store sales rose a whopping 14.8%, and the shares posted a new 52-week high of $48.43.
- Zumiez’s sales rose 14.2% in February and the stock put up a new 52-week high of $33.84.
The biggest change came from Gap Stores. The company posted a same-store sales jump of 4%, when analysts were expecting a shortfall of -1.4%. Shares posted a new 52-week high of $26.00, more than $2/share above the previous high.
Kohl’s and Wet Seal were the only stores on this list to show sales dips, but Wet Seal’s dip was only half what had been expected. Kohl’s was expected to break even, but same-store sales fell -0.8%.


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For the mid-week ending October 28, 2015, the Dow and S&P 500 continued their rally after the FOMC on Wednesday (rebounding in the final hour of trade). In other news: U.S. GDP third-quarter is lower than expected; jobless claims rose lower than expected; and, consumer confidence shrinks in October.
After an initial plunge Wednesday in reaction to the hawkish FOMC announcement (which increased the possibility of a December rate hike), the markets rallied to a new intraday high by the close. In a nearly unanimous vote (9-1), the FOMC committee members held the benchmark rate at its current level but indicated that a December rate hike is still being considered. This hawkish statement sent the markets tumbling, giving mutual funds and money managers an opportunity to buy again on the dip. The Dow closed at its highest level since July, gaining 100 points for the day; the S&P 500 gained 24.5 points, with stocks in the Financials, Basic Materials, and Technology sectors leading the rally.
GDP is up only 1.5 percent (1.6 percent expected) after expanding 3.9 percent last quarter. Helped by domestic spending in the third quarter, final sales rose at a high of 3 percent indicating a there is an underlying momentum that could push fourth-quarter GDP higher. The Fed described the economy as expanding at a moderate pace in Wednesday’s FOMC announcement, which put a December rate hike back on the table (50 percent probability estimated). Consumer spending (3.2 percent growth this quarter) has been boosted by lower gasoline prices and firming housing and labor markets. The drag on economic growth has been a slowdown in imports and ongoing spending cuts in the energy sector.
U.S. jobless claims rose below expectations with an increase of 1,000 to 260,000 for the week, bringing the 4-week average to its lowest level since 1973. This is the 34th straight week that claims came in below the 300,000 threshold indicating a fairly healthy jobs market. And, the very low level of layoffs underscores the strength in the labor market. The 4-week average of claims fell 4,000 to 259,250. The claims report indicated that the number of people receiving benefits fell 37,000 to 2.14 million this past week ending October 17, the lowest since November 2000.
Consumer confidence retreats in October, according to the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index. The index fell to 97.6 in October (103 expected) and below September’s reading of 102.60. Consumers are less positive about the economy, especially the job market. Those stating jobs are “plentiful” dropped to 22.2 percent from 24.8 percent; those stating jobs are “hard to get” rose to 25.8 percent from 24.9 percent. However, consumers still rate the current economic environment favorably while not expecting much strengthening in the short-term.
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When Kaycie Morwood decided to sell some old clothes online before she went to college, she never imagined her unwanted contents would one day fund her entire wedding.
“I thought maybe I could make $200 before college and [have] a little spending money to go out with my friends,” the 23-year-old told The Post. “Never did I think it would ever grow to this.”
Morwood only sold $467 of items in her first year of using Poshmark, but when she started thrifting items to resell the figure increased to thousands.
After making a whopping $23,600 from selling clothes on the site — an online marketplace for new and secondhand clothing — over the past five years, spending much of the cash on her nuptials was a no-brainer.
“I could pay off all of our wedding expenses with the funds that I’d made,” the San Diego seller told The Post. “So I used all of the money to pay off the wedding.”
Admitting some items in particular — a college graduation dress — were hard to part with, it was worth it for her dream wedding.
She got married in Vista, California, in front of 120 friends and family in August 2021, with her Poshpark profits paying for the $17,000 celebration.
“I still had a little bit leftover,” she added. “Everything that I’m making now we’re putting toward rent and even fun stuff like vacations.”
Courtney Soberal, a teacher in Los Angeles, had a similar experience. The 31-year-old financed her dream wedding in Hawaii by buying clothes at local thrift stores, then selling them at a profit on Poshmark. She made around $10,000, allowing her to buy both her wedding dress and frocks for her bridal party.
“My dress was a strapless, sweetheart mermaid-style gown, it was originally $1,200 and I purchased it for $200,” the thrifty bride shared. “My bridesmaid dresses were a boutique brand and they were $70 each and the flower girl dresses were also boutique and they were both $40.”
Although Soberal turns over items without too much attachment, selling some things is more difficult than others.
“[I found it hard parting with my] daughter’s baby clothes she had outgrown,” the mom admitted. “But I was able to overcome the sentimental feelings knowing that the money from her clothes selling was going in her college fund.”
Soberal said her wedding guests were “happy and impressed” when she told them how she helped pay for her wedding.
“Most people don’t realize how much money they have sitting in their closet and clothes,” she said. “People don’t really think that this would be such a lucrative market and it really is.”


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Thrift store giving on rise
By NICK SABOStaff WriterMILLERSBURG -- As retail stores enter the post-Christmas shopping season by reducing inventory through sales, area thrift stores are seeing increases in donations of cast-off clothing, electronics and other goods replaced by new gifts found under the Christmas tree.Thrift stores in Wayne and Holmes counties are reporting anywhere from a slight to high increase in inventory during the post-Christmas season, boosted by household goods and clothing owners have discarded for a new gift."We had a man come in with a piano today that he said a family wanted to donate after they got a new one," Helen Glick, co-manager of Save & Serve, Millersburg, said. "November to December tend to be our best months for donations, and then it slows. That's what we'd expect. But if this week is any indication, it won't slow down like last year."Save & Serve, a nonprofit thrift store that donates its proceeds to the Mennonite Central Committee, typically sees donations drop after Christmas, Glick said. Donations do not pick up again until March or April when a few nice days can see thousands of items donated to thrift stores for spring cleaning.The same is true for Goodwill of Wayne and Holmes Counties' five thrift stores, said Vice President of Donated Goods Steve Young. Young said Goodwill actually receives more donations leading up to Christmas, than falling off through the end of winter."Donations tend to come in steady up to Christmas, with some people asking if the item donated will be on the shelf in time for Christmas," Young said. "They're giving it up but they think it might be a nice gift for someone else."After Christmas donations are strong enough to get the MCC Connections thrift store in Kidron through the slower months, assistant manager Marlene Reinhardt said."Clothes are the majority of donations, but we see a lot of electronics, old TVs, VCRs where the owner has received a better brand as a gift," Reinhardt said. "It kind of starts after Christmas. In January, we're still getting donations."Christmas items themselves make for strong sales the year through. Both Goodwill and the MCC affiliated thrift stores have held "Christmas in July" type sales to reduce inventory of seasonal items. It is Goodwill's policy to put acceptable items on the floor as they come in; Save & Serve stockpiles for Christmas, but donations this year required the thrift store to rent extra storage space. A summer Christmas sale reduced the inventory significantly while leaving plenty for Christmas, Glick said.After Christmas sales usually get the remainder of the holiday items out the door.Persons coming in with donations for tax write offs make up a negligible contribution to year end donations. Persons who wish to make a donation and write it off for tax purposes are required to fill out a receipt provided by the store.Reporter Nick Sabo can be reached at (330) 674-1811 or e-mail email@example.com.


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GTECH has announced that following final completion, ended few days ago, of the purchase of International Game Technology (igt) the company will rebrand and call itself IGT.
“The combination of GTECH and igt brings together two highly complementary legacy businesses to form the true blue chip company in global gaming. Marco Sala, chief executive officer at GTECH, said
“The new name and branding reflect this positioning. In addition, our two companies have similar core values; in fact, our respective names are derived from the same origin.
“Our new logo, marrying the IGT name and the iconic GTECH globe, draws upon the substantial brand equity of our two companies.”
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(Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer | 18 April 2016)
Retail tycoon Lucio Co-led conglomerate Cosco Capital Inc. grew its net profit last year by 12 percent to a record P4.49 billion, mostly driven by the strong performance of the flagship grocery business under Puregold Price Club.
“With continued economic growth and strong consumer sentiments, we believe that we can achieve another record year of profits in 2016,” Cosco president Leonardo Dayao said.
Cosco’s consolidated revenues last year rose by 18 percent to P116.75 billion.
Puregold, the second-largest grocery retailer in the Philippines, and upscale chain S&R Membership Shopping contributed 83 percent of the total revenues, followed by earnings from Liquigaz, the second-biggest LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) player in the country, and Office Warehouse at 11 percent. The rest came from the liquor distribution and real estate leasing business units.
Puregold’s group-wide net sales increased by 14.7 percent to P97.17 billion last year, attributed to strong consumer demand from its 255 Puregold stores and 10 S&R stores and 16 S&R fast-food stores.
Including minority interest, Cosco’s consolidated net income for 2015 amounted to P6.99 billion, up by 12 percent compared to the previous year.
Net income after taking out minority interest from the retail business unit contributed 57 percent of the profits, followed by real estate leasing at 23 percent, liquor distribution at 15 percent and specialty retail at 10 percent. “All our operating business units have achieved record profits in 2015,” Dayao said.
The net income from the retail business unit increased last year by 11 percent while that from real estate leasing unit rose by 7 percent. The liquor distribution business unit grew by 9 percent.


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The New York City-based designer Tory Burch is the latest to take on the luxury wearables market with a fun collaboration with the fitness tracking firm Fitbit.
Announced earlier this year, Tory Burch has revealed the final fruits of her collaboration with Fitbit on a new designer approach to wearable fitness trackers.
The three models, which can be ordered via toryburch.com and fitbit.com/us/toryburch, are designed to accomodate the Fitbit Flex, which is sold separately from the luxury accessories. The line-up includes silicone printed bracelets in a choice of blue or pink, a brass fret pendant necklace and a brass hinged bracelet.
The Flex tracks your steps taken, distance traveled, calories burned, active minutes and sleep. It can be used with both iOS and Android devices and syncs wirelessly via Bluetooth 4.0.
It’s the latest attempt to unite fashion and function in a rapidly growing wearable technology market. Apple is reportedly readying its long-rumoured iWatch (which has seen the company hire former Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts and former Yves Saint Laurent boss Paul Deneve), while Barneys recently announced that it would be teaming up with Opening Ceremony, Intel and the Council of Fashion Designers of America on a new smart bracelet out later this year. — AFP Relaxnews
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- If federal regulators get their way, you may soon be warned before you receive another unexpectedly high bill from your cell phone company.
The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday it is seeking public comment on proposed regulations that would require wireless phone companies to notify customers of any charges that exceed their monthly plans.
Customers would therefore be alerted before being charged additional fees for extra data usage, roaming or text messaging, the FCC said in a statement.
The FCC said it has received hundreds of complaints from customers who received surprisingly high phone bills. The new rule would aim to help wireless users avoid "bill shock."
"We are hearing from consumers about unpleasant surprises on their bills," Joel Gurin, chief of the FCC's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, said in a statement. "There can be many causes of bill shock, including unclear or misunderstood advertising, unanticipated roaming or data charges, and other problems. All can lead to charges that people don't expect to get."
The FCC has therefore decided to begin gathering information from the public about whether or not alerting customers about these unanticipated charges would be beneficial.
The plan would be similar to a rule in the European Union that requires cell phone companies to notify customers via text message if they are running up extra charges.
The CTIA, a wireless industry association, released a statement after the FCC's announcement saying that carriers already keeps customers well informed when they reach their monthly cell phone usage limits.
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A short schedule this weekend as I'm taking it easy, but a not-so-subtle reminder that if you're hitting the stores today to get those low price holiday deals, remember the folks working today and the lengths that the largest retailer in the world will go to in order to keep those employees in check.
In the autumn of 2012, when Walmart first heard about the possibility of a strike on Black Friday, executives mobilized with the efficiency that had built a retail empire. Walmart has a system for almost everything: When there’s an emergency or a big event, it creates a Delta team. The one formed that September included representatives from global security, labor relations, and media relations. For Walmart, the stakes were enormous. The billions in sales typical of a Walmart Black Friday were threatened. The company’s public image, especially in big cities where its power and size were controversial, could be harmed. But more than all that: Any attempt to organize its 1 million hourly workers at its more than 4,000 stores in the U.S. was an existential danger. Operating free of unions was as essential to Walmart’s business as its rock-bottom prices.
OUR Walmart, a group of employees backed and funded by a union, was asking for more full-time jobs with higher wages and predictable schedules. Officially they called themselves the Organization United for Respect at Walmart. Walmart publicly dismissed OUR Walmart as the insignificant creation of the United Food and Commercial Workers International (UFCW) union. “This is just another union publicity stunt, and the numbers they are talking about are grossly exaggerated,” David Tovar, a spokesman, said on CBS Evening News that November.
Internally, however, Walmart considered the group enough of a threat that it hired an intelligence-gathering service from Lockheed Martin, contacted the FBI, staffed up its labor hotline, ranked stores by labor activity, and kept eyes on employees (and activists) prominent in the group. During that time, about 100 workers were actively involved in recruiting for OUR Walmart, but employees (or associates, as they’re called at Walmart) across the company were watched; the briefest conversations were reported to the “home office,” as Walmart calls its headquarters in Bentonville, Ark.
The details of Walmart’s efforts during the first year it confronted OUR Walmart are described in more than 1,000 pages of e-mails, reports, playbooks, charts, and graphs, as well as testimony from its head of labor relations at the time. The documents were produced in discovery ahead of a National Labor Relations Board hearing into OUR Walmart’s allegations of retaliation against employees who joined protests in June 2013. The testimony was given in January 2015, during the hearing. OUR Walmart, which split from the UFCW in September, provided the documents to Bloomberg Businessweek after the judge concluded the case in mid-October. A decision may come in early 2016.
If you want to know why I've long stopped shopping at Wal-Mart, this is but one reason why. The power it has over the American economy and the American worker is enormous. It employs 2.2 million people worldwide, more than the entire population of New Mexico, or the combined population of New Hampshire and Vermont.
They crush unions. They crush the people in them. They crush wages and lives.
And OUR Walmart was just another enemy to be crushed.
Enjoy those Black Friday deals, kids. The people paying the price to bring them to you are the least able to afford it.


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ALBANY — With the fight against breast cancer continuing, a few department store customers recently took part in an effort to help eliminate the disease.
Dillard’s at the Albany Mall participated in a campaign last week to help fight breast cancer, which by all accounts proved successful.
The store held a “Fit for the Cure” event on Tuesday. On that day, women were invited to come to be fitted for a Wacoal bra by one the company’s specialists. For every woman who participated, Wacoal donated $2 to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation.
Dillard’s has been partnering with the company for 12 years, and these events are generally conducted twice a year.
“Women need education and to be willing to find out about cancer,” said Amanda Smith, assistant store manager at the Albany Dillard’s. “(Fit for the Cure) can make a woman feel good and make her look great.
“It is educational all around.”
In the fall, officials said the Dillard’s store chain raised $1 million for the cause. For its most recent efforts, the Albany store hoped to contribute $500.
Within a few minutes into the event, officials at the Albany store said there were 35 appointments set for the day. By that time, $208 had been accounted for.
When all was said and done, $1,053 was donated to the effort through the money that came into the Albany store Tuesday.
This year, Wacoal pledged to make a minimum donation of $250,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. To date, Wacoal has donated more than $2.7 million to the organization, the company’s website states.
The National Cancer Institute’s website estimates new cases of breast cancer in 226,870 women and 2,190 men this year. At the same time, it also predicts breast cancer deaths for 39,510 women and 410 men.


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SEAT challenges creatives to design accessories for new Mii car to win one
Wednesday February 26, 2014 at 4:46pm
SEAT has partnered with Talenthouse, the online global creative network for artists, to offer emerging creatives the chance to design exclusive accessories that will go in to production in every SEAT Mii by Mango, the brand’s new limited edition city car developed in collaboration with celebrated fashion house Mango. The winning designer will have their accessory go into production in every SEAT Mii by Mango and will also win one of the cars for themselves. Five additional designers will be awarded a Mango wardrobe valued at €500. SEAT’s partnership with Talenthouse is aimed at attracting high quality new creative talent and positioning the car credibly to its target audience of fashion-conscious young women. Talenthouse’s global platform ensures that thousands of conversations will take place across social networks and give those entering their designs an opportunity to have their work seen by a global audience. The SEAT Mii by Mango is a city car inspired by the theme 'an urban car for the city girl': fashionable on the inside and stylish on the outside. Aspiring designers will be encouraged to use this theme and create accessories with an original, chic design. The car featured prominently at this month's 080 Barcelona Fashion event (which aims to turn Barcelona into a benchmark for creativity, fashion and design) with SEAT inviting fashion bloggers and lifestyle press to the reveal before they showed it to the traditional motor industry, in a move to establish their credentials with key fashion influencers and emerging design talent. Entries can be submitted at http://www.talenthouse.com/design-for-seat-mii-and-mango#details to review the guidelines and submit your accessory designs.


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The Sun has revealed it is to start charging for access to its website from 1 August with the launch of Sun+.
From August, News International has a three-year deal meaning The Sun, Times and Sunday Times can show clips online from all top flight football fixtures.
The Sun's online paywall will cover all existing content on The Sun website.
Mike Darcey, chief executive of News International, said: "Sun+ is a fantastic new package which provides readers with exclusive access to an ever increasing bundle of products, services and offers at an unbeatable price.
“This move ensures we will be offering a compelling paid-for package across all our titles, delivering great value for news that is worth paying for.
“With the addition of the Premier League clips, we will be able to build on The Times’ credentials as Sports Newspaper of the Year, The Sun’s reputation as the paper for football and The Sunday Times’ renowned in-depth analysis and comment.”
News International acquired the rights to Premier League football highlights on websites and mobile in January and is reported to have paid more than £30m.
According to News International, the paywall cover access to web, phone and tablet devices and will include "exclusive perks such as great value offers and promotions".
The move means that as of August 1, looking at UK national press websites: The Sun, Times and Sunday Times will all be behind full online paywalls and the Telegraph titles and Financial Times will be behind metered paywalls (offering limited free access). The remaining national press titles are all currently free-to-air online. The two biggest national press websites – Mail Online and Guardian.co.uk – do not appear to have any plans to start charging for website access.


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Dairy boom or bust
by Enrico Villamaino
The current worldwide pandemic and its consequent economic shutdown are having dire effects on the dairy industry.
Unlike many other agricultural products, milk is perishable and cannot be stored for later sale and consumption. Some local dairy farmers have found the changes they’ve had to make devastating.
Cook Farm has been operating in Hadley, MA, since 1908. According to Gordy Cook, “We’re gonna have to look at trying to cut back production, which is really tough because it’s not like the cows won’t still need milking.” Gordy said the current situation has been particularly hard for his dairy. Many of the restaurants, cruise ships and schools who buy Cook Farm milk are shut down and orders have halted. “We have to dump our excess milk. It’s like the oil business… We’re worried this might have a two-year, rather than two-month, effect on us.”
Chuck Worden, owner of Wormont Dairy in Oneida, NY, is distressed by their loss of revenues. “Right now we’re looking at being three dollars under our break-even point per hundredweight of milk for the next three months,” he said. “I’m looking at every cost to trim whatever I can to see if we can’t break even and ride this thing out.” He said Wormont only employs family members and will not have to lay-off anyone at this point.
Other dairy farms are holding steady, but are uncertain of how long it will last. Kendra Lamb’s family owns and operates Lakeshore Dairy in Niagara, NY. “We sell our milk through Upstate Farms, a cooperative of about 300 family farms,” Kendra explained. “As of now, they haven’t reduced any of our orders, so it’s pretty much been business as usual for our 4,000 cows and 100 employees.” Kendra is concerned that Lakeshore is now selling milk at six dollars less per hundredweight than before the shutdown. Lakeshore is encouraging its employees to make use of their sick time to reduce the risk of infection at the dairy.
However, not everyone is experiencing a slump during this crisis. Stoltzfus Dairy in Vernon Center, NY, is actually enjoying an uptick in business. “We’ve just gone from our slowest time of year to our busiest!” Vern Stoltzfus, who has over 75 wholesale accounts, mostly to smaller retail locations throughout New York State, said. Vern thinks people’s fears about contracting COVID-19 keep them from shopping at larger supermarkets and channel them toward the smaller shops that he supplies.
“Every time [New York Governor Andrew] Cuomo says something on TV, it sets off a new round of panic buying,” he said. “Our bottled milk orders have doubled.” Vern added that his dairy has gone from operating at 75% capacity to 110%. “I’m actually looking forward to things easing up a bit. We’ve only got 15 employees, and we can’t go all summer like this.”
For more information visit www.cookfarm.com, www.facebook.com/WormontDairy, www.lambfarmsinc.net and www.stoltzfusdairy.com.
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