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Ad tech changes quickly, leaving education courses scrambling to keep up.
In an Adobe survey of 600 brands and agencies, due out Aug. 7, only 18 percent of respondents were “very satisfied” with their programmatic training. About half of the participants said they probably wouldn’t recommend the training courses they took.
Digiday asked advertisers about the shortcomings of programmatic training. They said that for those courses to be effective, they should include both buy-side and sell-side clients, be hands-on and avoid focusing on a single vendor’s products.
Train with other companies
Some small agencies handle all their training in-house, but in doing so, they risk not seeing how other buyers approach programmatic. Andrew Finnan, director of accounts at ad agency The Prosper Group, said training alongside CPG advertisers got him to think about using programmatic for long-term branding rather than just for short-term “get out the vote” drives.
Large agency holding companies can do their training in-house and still bring together buyers from different agencies with a variety of clients with a range of KPIs. They get a limited view if they don’t learn about what’s developing on the supply side, though. Liane Nadeau, vp of programmatic media at ad agency DigitasLBi, said the most useful training she’s had included reps from publishers, supply-side platforms, demand-side platforms and advertisers.
Those trainings taught her how publishers prioritize advertisers at different levels within their ad servers. So rather than assuming her clients were getting equal access as other bidders to publisher inventory, she knew to negotiate for better placement in the ad server when setting up private marketplace deals.
“If you only focus on the buy side, you are missing half of the picture,” she said.
Sometimes ad tech becomes so theoretical that it might as well be theology. In Adobe’s research, 36 percent of respondents whose training involved in-person instruction were “very satisfied” with their training — more so than those whose training was online, self-taught or on the job. Brit Sundberg, programmatic media manager at Dr Pepper Snapple Group, said programmatic training should be hands-on and relatable. His approach is to train people in person and demonstrate campaigns.
Limit the vendors
Vendors including Adobe, Google and Quantcast have increased their investments in programmatic training, and for marketers who already use these vendors, their training courses can be helpful. But outside of vendors, few programmatic training options exist for agencies that don’t do their training in-house. Vendors’ training programs are biased toward the vendor’s own products, and they usually fail to provide education on the overall industry, said Yeliza Centeio, associate media director at ad agency CTP Boston.
“Unfortunately, the trainings that I have been a part of are one-on-one with the platform’s customer service team,” she said. “They sound so automated, as if they’re speaking from a transcript, and if you ask a question that they’re not prepared for, they have to ‘get back to you.’”
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The energy price hike is also taking its toll on Tesla. The carmaker has once again increased Supercharger rates in Europe. The average rise in price across the continent was around 12 cents per kilowatt hour and even more in Germany.
At Tesla Superchargers, kWh prices vary slightly by location, so there are no absolute statements about rates in any one country. Across Europe, kWh prices are rising by an average of around 12 cents, according to observations by Electrek. The US blog states that hardly any Supercharger stations remain in Europe with prices below 0.60 euros/kWh. Charging 60 kWh would then leave you with a bill of 36 euros.
In Germany, Supercharger rates are climbing to 69 to 71 cents per kilowatt hour, according to Teslamag. The previous prices of 56 to 58 cents per kWh have been effective since May. That represents a premium of about 23 per cent. Compared to the 0.37 euros/kWh charged until August 2021, the current rates of up to 71 cents represent a price increase of almost 92 per cent.
At the same time, the price for third-party electric cars at the Supercharger rose to 80 to 82 cents, up from 70 to 71 cents previously. With a monthly subscription of 12.99 euros, third-party chargers can also reduce kWh prices to roughly the same level as Tesla vehicles.
Unlike previous price increases, Tesla sent an email to its European customers to alert them to the steep rise in charging prices. “Due to increased energy prices, we are adjusting Supercharging prices across Europe,” it reads.
Tesla is not alone on this route. At the end of last week, for example, Allego and Shell Recharge had raised their charges, which will apply from 7 October (Allego) to the end of September (Shell Recharge). Allego will charge up to 80 cents per kWh in Germany in the future.
As for Tesla, the company will eventually roll out more V4 Supercharger stations incorporating solar and energy storage, which may help stabilise prices eventually.
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A new year, a new flavor of Rice Krispies! Kellogg’s, the maker of Snap, Crackle and Pop’s favorite breakfast food, recently announced that a new version of the popular cereal – Strawberry Krispies – is slated to join regular Rice Krispies and Cocoa Krispies in January 2019.
Delish reports that the forthcoming fruit-flavored cereal will ”[deliver] on one of fans’ top flavor preferences with a simply, naturally inspired strawberry flavor.” To coordinate with the taste, this latest version of Rice Krispies will also boast a light pink hue that’s bound to brighten up your cereal bowl.
Though this marks the first new Rice Krispies cereal Kellogg’s has released in a decade, the company actually produced a version of Strawberry Krispies in the 1980s, which at least one Twitter user remembered fondly. “I could have sworn they had Strawberry Rice Krispies in the mid 2000s, too. Maybe that’s just my Mandala Effect creeping up on me again,” he wrote. “I do remember it in the early 80s. Hope it’s the same.”
However, per a Kellogg’s spokesperson, the company will use a “completely new recipe” for these fruity morsels. The new cereal will be sold in two sizes: 11.5 oz and 16.5 oz, and is expected to be priced between $3.99 and $5.69 per box.
What’s more? Rice Krispies is not the only cereal Kellogg’s is remixing in the new year. The food company also announced plans to debut two new flavors of Frosted Flakes – Banana Creme and Honey Nut.
And even though Strawberry Krispies have yet to make their formal debut, that hasn’t stopped social media users from gearing up for their arrival. While some can’t wait to give the new breakfast option a try, others are more skeptical. Take a look at a handful of reactions below:
If these were unsweetened or very lightly sweetened, I’d be interested for sure. I have a feeling this is a highly sugared Rice Krispies in which case I’d prefer the traditional cereal with slices of real strawberry and a dash of sugar.
But I LOVE strawberries, so lean IN! https://t.co/VUpphyL5F1
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One of my favorite cereals as a kid! But just the plain ones with a ton of sugar. No chance I’d try this one. OUT
— Steve Bishop (@SteveBishopV100) November 26, 2018
Not a big cereal guy, but would lean IN on this.
— Brad Howe (@bradhowe07) November 26, 2018
If a cereal bowl is involved, I’m jumping in!
— Tim Irr (@WSAZirr) November 26, 2018
Cut it out Strawberry 🍓!!!
STOP infiltrating everything!!! Strawberry milk was gross…now they are trying to wreck Rice Krispies. 🤢🤢🤢
Hey Strawberry…stick to ice cream and just being a fruit.
Curse your tiny seeds that constantly get stuck between my teeth!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/zg6x2avm67
— Joe Cobble (@Joewcob3) November 27, 2018
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Joda said this ingenious solution will further boost TAJBank’s culture of innovation.
The (NAN) reports that the NQR payment solution is a secure QR code-based payment and collection platform developed for merchants and customers to receive and make payments easily and securely.
Joda said the NQR will also create a seamless payment experience for the bank’s rapidly growing retail and business customers in their banking transactions.
“We are delighted that this payment channel is being introduced into the country’s financial system as a complement to other innovative solutions that we have deployed in recent months.
“This is proof that, as we said in our signature line of communications, TAJBank’s interest is still in our clients,” he said.
Meanwhile, the bank’s chief marketing officer and co-founder, Mr. Sherif Idi, said the deployment of the NQR payment solution would revolutionize the electronic payment experience.
Idi added that this would open up new frontiers for small, medium and large companies which were the main stakeholders of the bank.
He has secured the bank’s track record of growth and innovation and delivering quality customer service.
He said the NQR solution is open to all of the bank’s customers, merchants and individuals, across all of its branches and digital channels around the world.
TAJBank is Nigeria’s second licensed interest-free financial institution, offering innovative, customer-oriented products and services that span private banking, retail banking, commercial banking, development finance and the public sector. (NOPE)
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It's been 31 years since the first Air Jordan hit the streets, nearly 100 years since the first Keds rolled off the assembly line, and decades longer since shoemakers first affixed rubber to the soles of shoes for lawn sports. The sneaker has come to be so standard that it's taken for granted. Kids these days are unlikely to know who Michael Jordan even is, and all but the most devout sneaker heads are unaware of their preferred fetish object's relationship to the Industrial Revolution.
Enter Sneaker Culture, the exhibit opening Friday at the Brooklyn Museum. The show is, as Obsessive Sneaker Disorder podcast host Dee Wells describes it, meant to appeal to an audience ranging from "a sneaker addict who could give you every description down to the thread count stitches on the Air Jordan 11 to an older person, say, whose grandkids are into sneakers, so they can understand the history, from the plimsolls all the way forward." Wells contributed shoes from his ample collection—as did Darryl McDaniels of Run DMC, and fellow New York sneaker booster Bobbito Garcia—and the exhibit draws from the vaults of Torronto's Bata Shoe Museum, all the big manufacturers, and what co-curator Lisa Small describes the "infiltration of high-end designers into the sneaker game," companies including Prada, Gucci, and Giuseppe Zanotti.
Small explained that hip hop (as seen in Run DMC's indelible "My Adidas") elevated the shoes from sports/kids-wear to universal fashion statement. The collector market that has taken hold since—sending lines wrapping around blocks, and online resale prices for Jordan or Yeezy 2s over $2,000—and the entry of European designers into the market is really sneakers coming "full circle," Small said. In the early 20th century, "rubber was very expensive," she explained. "If you needed sneakers, because you needed to play lawn tennis or croquet, that was really saying something about A: that you had leisure time to do that and B: that you had money to afford specialized shoes."
Wells echoed that explanation.
"It's a status symbol, let's be honest," he said, adding that shoes give him the opportunity to "show off a little bit" without wearing "50,000 gold chains and Cazal glasses like I did back in the '80s."
Wells marks moments in his life by pairs of shoes, and refers to the stories behind the objects as "kickstories." He said he was first mesmerized by footwear watching his parents play tennis as a five-year-old on the island St. John, where he grew up. His mom was wearing Adidas Rod Lavers, his dad Stan Smiths. It took begging to get his mom to agree to let him wear her shoes, and he "beat them so badly in school she didn't want them back." He saved up money from odd jobs to buy a pair of Puma Clydes at 10, visiting an aunt in Queens. From there, life has been a steady march of shoe moments that have allowed him to travel widely, lecturing at colleges, interviewing industry leaders, and seeking out the next pair.
He attributes a lot of his success to the internet, which for sneakers, he said has been "a gift and a curse."
"[The internet has] allowed me to be able to connect with people all over the world," he said. At the same time, where once Wells would comb the Yellow Pages for mom and pop shops when visiting a new town and cultivate industry sources with calendars of sneaker releases, "now all that information is available two, three months, a year in advance." The technological advances have also created a superheated resale market. As Wells's friend Pete Gibaldi, better known as Premium Pete, founder of SneakerTube.tv and co-host of The Combat Jack Show podcast, describes:
"When the releases come online there's people set up like boiler room with 7-10 computers and 7-10 credit cards...They just canceled a release last week because of bots."
The two also miss pre-internet sneaker folklore. Wells said some internet native sneaker fans "only know what they've read," but don't know, for instance, why there is a window on the Jordan 2010s ("A night of drinking Grey Goose that Jordan said he wanted to have a clear window," Wells said. "So blame it on the Goose, literally.") Periodic disclosures of sweatshop conditions at sneaker factories don't make a dent in buyer behavior—"the average consumer, the true sneaker head, that's the furthest thing from their mind," Wells said—but there are limits to even his admitted obsession.
"At some point you go, 'If I can go three, four, five years without wearing the same sneaker twice...' It gets a little crazy," he said. Nowadays he said he most enjoys buying shoes as gifts for others.
The exhibit is the latest iteration of the Brooklyn Museum's tradition, forged under the leadership of retiring director Arnold Lehman beginning in the mid-1990s, of offering exhibits with a broad built-in audience. Past shows, including ones on hip-hop, graffiti, and Star Wars, prompted sniping by snooty executives at other New York museums. Small said she wasn't at the museum in those days, so she can't speak specifically to those exhibits, but she believes museums in general are beginning to view pop culture showcases differently.
"It's not about looking for a show that has mass appeal, it's about looking at a subject and investigating and presenting in a way that is scholarly and has a certain rigor," she said. "If it's popular and people are interested, that's great, too."
She noted that there would be some hypocrisy in fine-art curators poo-poohing an exhibit for being too consumerist.
"Are you going to argue that a Jeff Koons is also not a commodity?" she said. "There are people that spend millions and millions of dollars on these things."
On the sneaker head side, Gibaldi said he has been hearing from a lot of people concerned about the exhibit misrepresenting the subculture. They have nothing to worry about, he said.
"I'm so happy sneaker culture is represented in a museum," he said, "and really represented for people to learn about it...It's really like an aquarium, except full of soles."
Sneaker Culture at the Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy at Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. July 10th-Oct. 4th. Wednesday, 11 am-6 pm, Thursday, 11 am-10 pm, Friday-Sunday, 11 am-6 pm. $16 suggested donation. $10 for students and seniors. Free to people under 19.


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Piaget displays rare pieces at Art Dubai
Bejewelled art collaboration
Piaget launched an exclusive exhibition of rare jewellery and timepieces during Art Dubai this year. The collection, which will be displayed for the first time in the Middle East, will showcase Piaget's illustrious icons as well as unique pieces previously owned by Alain Delon, Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Kennedy and Andy Warhol.
As the pioneer that first combined the artistry of jewellery-making with the technical innovations of luxury watch-making, Piaget's past is now being put under the spotlight. In addition, the exhibition also highlights how Piaget's pursuit of excellence, through immense creativity, courage and the constant process of reimagining, influenced the luxury landscape.
"Piaget is very excited about this exclusive collaboration with Art Dubai, as the fair's celebration of creativity and constant search for innovation are very much engraved in the Maison's DNA," said Piaget CEO Philippe Léopold-Metzger. "This partnership comes as a natural continuation to Piaget's longstanding commitment in creative design and in the perpetuation of rare craftsmanship skills. This is a great opportunity for us to share the audacity of our creations and our unique savoir-faire. It is also an occasion to celebrate the strong ties that we have established with the region for decades."
The Piaget exhibition will be at Art Dubai on March 16-19, 2016. For more information, visit ArtDubai.ae.


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Former Ourhome CEO Koo Bon-sung (left) and new CEO Koo Ji-eun (Yonhap)
Ourhome, the catering unit of LG Group, put an end to a yearslong management dispute as younger siblings of the owner family united to remove the elder and only son as CEO.
Shareholders and board members of the food service operator on Friday passed the motion to dismiss CEO Koo Bon-sung from his top post in a meeting, after he became involved in a scandal and as the company‘s business took a hit.
The board named Koo Ji-eun, the youngest sibling of the four, as the new CEO. Koo was previously head of the company’s subsidiary Kalisco, which is the operator of restaurant franchise brands such as Saboten and Taco Bell.
The latest leadership upheaval was the result of a prolonged proxy battle between Koo and his three younger sisters -- Mi-hyun, Myung-jin, and Ji-eun. The three sisters hold a combined 59.6 percent stake in the company, overwhelming their elder brother’s 38.6 percent.
The ousting was made possible after 21 new members -- all in favor of the sister alliance -- joined the original 11-member board on Friday.
Back in 2015, Koo Ji-eun had to yield the management to her elder brother, as Mi-hyun voted for him at the time with her 19.3 percent stake.
Since then, Kalisco has been at loggerheads with Ourhome, even switching its key food material provider to Shinsegae Food in 2019.
The apparent clincher in the dramatic leadership change was the evicted CEO’s involvement in a “road rage” scandal last year, for which he was given a two-year suspended sentence.
The company’s struggling financial conditions also acted against the elder brother who had been at the helm since 2016.
Though the company has not yet disclosed its final business performance for 2020, it logged a net loss of 14.8 billion won ($13.3 million) as of end-June last year. Its half-year revenue came to 804 billion won, down 12.5 percent on-year.
As an affiliate of LG Group, Ourhome was founded in 1984 by Koo Ja-hak, the third son of the group’s founder Koo In-hoe. The dismissed Koo is cousin to LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo.
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The fBelinda’s mistress is bigger than Christian Nodal’s In terms of number of followers, that is why the brands have taken the singer into account to promote their articles and products in their Instagram stories, which is why, as a gift, they received a Prada brand bag that the same company I send him.
Clearly this publication that lasts only 24 hours had millions of views, taking into account that the interpreter of ‘Sapito’ has more than 14 million followers in said social network.
In addition to being a singer and actress, Beli spoke of her experience as a producer, since in the last musical success that Nodal released, she was in charge of directing the music video and her work paid off.
Belinda received a Prada brand bag
The Christmas season benefited the beautiful singer since many brands sought her to show certain things on their social networks and many brand strategies to obtain publicity from artists, it is to give gifts to the influencers and that was what Prada did.
The gift you received ‘Beli’, it was a Cleo bag with applications in metal color, which is valued at 68 thousand 46 pesos and at the moment, it is sold out in some online stores of the brand.
It also has a magnetic closure and an adjustable strap; the crystals are of different sizes and the piece shines thanks to the flashes of light.
Social networks are very aware of the Instagram of the also actress since after in AmericanPost.News let us know that Beli gave toys, clothes and chemotherapy to children with cancer, her followers expect more acts like this.
What does Belinda sing?
His genre is pop, but he has had many important changes in his record releases and although his first album focused on pop genres with a bit of pop rockp, he has dabbled in cumbia, for example.
Because of her dedication to music, Belinda has held the title of La Princepa del Pop Latino for 20 years, having hits with musical themes such as “Egoísta”.
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DJI has this week announced a brand new quadcopter, called the Phantom 4 it is a unibody drone that can automatically detect and avoid obstacles.
It is also able to shoot sharper video in all videos that the Phantom 3.
For that, you need to set aside $1,399.95, which is $150 more expensive than the previous version. Which is pretty decent considering the changes.
With a brand new camera lens for sharper quality around the edge of the captured picture, an Obstacle Sensing System that will help you steer away from trees or other obstacles.
It also uses two forward-facing optical cameras, with two sensors under the drone to scan for objects. With this it can sense up to 50 feet away and over 30 feet underneath, which it will then use to move the drone around things in its flightpath.
If the Phantom 4 can’t avoid an obstacle, it will hover on the spot and wait for the next command.
There’s also a new feature called ActiveTrack which enables the drone to follow and film any subject or object you want.
This is all controlled via the DJI mobile app.
You can pre-order the DJI Phantom 4 from both DJI’s website and from Apple’s website, and it is expected to ship by March 15th.


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The years-long Amazon-Google fight has finally come to an end, which means their respective streaming services have finally become available on each other’s platforms. The anti-consumer feud was not in the best interest of either company. In April, the two companies promised consumers to bring Amazon Prime Video and YouTube on each other’s platforms. Now they have officially announced that YouTube is on Fire TVs and the Prime Video is available for streaming on Android TV and Chromecast.
The Amazon-Google fight was as silly as it appears. They had refused to offer their respective streaming services on each other’s platforms and dongles. Now that they have buried the hatchet, the YouTube app will work natively on Amazon’s Fire TV Stick (2nd gen), Fire TV Stick 4K, Fire TV Stick Basic Edition, and Fire TV Cube. It will also be available on Fire TV smart televisions from Westinghouse, Insignia, Toshiba, and Element.
You can download YouTube on these Amazon devices. More Fire TV devices will get YouTube “in the coming months.” Google has promised to bring YouTube Kids and YouTube TV apps on Fire TV later this year. YouTube supports Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, allowing you to control YouTube playback on Fire TV using voice commands.
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Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service has arrived on Android TV and Android-powered set-top boxes. If you have Android TV or streaming media player, you can download Prime Video from the Play Store. What’s more, the Prime Video has also become available on Google’s Chromecast dongles and Chromecast built-in platforms. It means you can use the Prime Video app on your Android or iOS device to stream content directly on your TV using Chromecast.
This is a welcome development for consumers, who suffered due to years of Amazon-Google fight. Missing from the deal announced Tuesday is Amazon’s Echo Show, which still doesn’t have the YouTube app. The agreement also doesn’t mention if or when Amazon Prime Video would become available on Google’s Nest Hub smart displays. Amazon doesn’t yet sell Google’s smart displays and speakers through its online store.
It took the two technology giants years to resolve the dispute. In the meantime, they both lost some customers. People who want to enjoy both YouTube and Amazon Prime Video on the same platform turned to devices like Apple TV and Roku. Amazon’s Prime Video comes bundled with Prime subscription, which has more than 100 million paying subscribers across the globe.
Google was losing customers by not supporting Prime Video on Chromecast and Android TV. And Amazon was losing customers due to the lack of YouTube on Fire TV platform. It’s good for consumers as well as the two companies that they have worked things out.
How the Amazon-Google fight began
The dispute began back in 2015 when the online retail behemoth refused to sell Google’s Chromecast on its online store because Chromecast was competing with its own Fire products. Amazon and Google are fierce competitors in voice assistants, advertising, video streaming, cloud services, and other segments.
In 2017, Google responded to Amazon’s move by pulling the YouTube app from Amazon’s Echo Show smart screens. It had also taken YouTube down from the Fire TV products. Neither company wanted the other to benefit from their own services, and it ended up depriving consumers of a great streaming experience. That’s why YouTube was missing from the Fire TV, and Prime Video from Android TV and Chromecast.
Amazon started selling Chromecast products only in December 2018, roughly a year after it promised to do so. In April this year, the two companies confirmed that they would start supporting each other’s streaming services on their respective platforms.


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While the losses are significant, the results still are positive for Uber with revenue rising and losses falling in three of four quarters in 2017, said Rohit Kulkarni, managing director of SharesPost, a research group focused on privately held companies.
The quarterly figures come less than a week after Uber settled what could have been a very expensive lawsuit brought by Waymo.
He also landed in the midst of a court battle that pitted Uber against a Google spinoff alleging that the ride-hailing service had conspired to steal its self-driving auto technology while Kalanick was running things.
The legal battle between Google's Waymo and ride-hailing company Uber aroused when Waymo put allegations of stealing their self-driving technology secrets by Uber in order to first introduce the self-driving technology developed cars in the market to the masses.
Gross revenue for the year rose 85 per cent over 2016, to $US37 billion. Despite a turbulent year for the company, it still managed to earn sales of $7.5 billion, although this was tempered by a substantial loss of $4.5 billion, an unprecedented number.
The latest financial report shows the company continues to increase its revenue while making progress on cutting its loss.
The ride-hailing firm ended 2017 with about $6 billion in cash, including $1.4 billion money set aside for potential insurance claims.
CEO Travis Kalanick was ousted in June and replaced by Khosrowshahi in August.
Waymo filed its lawsuit almost a year ago, adding to Uber's woes with allegations of a bold hi-tech heist orchestrated by its former CEO, Travis Kalanick, and a former Google engineer.
Waymo had alleged that Anthony Levandowski, one of its former employees, had taken Waymo's trade secrets after leaving the company to found his own autonomous truck company, Otto.
A source familiar with the confidential deal said Uber agreed to a financial settlement giving the Alphabet unit 0.34% of Uber shares - which would be some US$244 million based on Uber's valuation of US$72 billion. Mr Khosrowshahi detailed them on a conference call with investors Tuesday, and the company made some results public.


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Commercial Printing--Slowdown Slated for '99?
Paparozzi feels the industry is closely tied to the economy, thus it behooves commercial printers to follow consumer spending. He wonders if a proper policy decision can be implemented to arrest the international economic crises. Should the economy slow in the 2 to 21⁄2 percent range in 1999, as is predicted, Paparozzi believes print sales will register about 31⁄2 to 41⁄2 percent growth.
Ronnie Davis, chief economist for the Printing Industries of America (PIA), has gotten the impression that some print markets have become less predictable in their traditional, seasonal patterns. In the end, he believes 1998 will be remembered by commercial printers as a year where they were busy, but the heavy workload didn't necessarily build their bottom lines.
"However, due to the fact that most consumables prices have been stable or even declining, printers certainly couldn't have sustained the pressure on their prices that they've had to endure," he says.
Maurice Bushroe, vice president of sales and marketing at Cheverly, MD-based Peake Printers, saw customer understanding grow this year in terms of technology's effect on the print production process, particularly scheduling. As for 1999, he expects a sound performance from the Baltimore-Washington corridor, but the global economy is not as certain.
"If companies continue to feel a negative impact from overseas operations, they will cut down on U.S. advertising, which affects commercial printers," Bushroe says.
"When the dollar flow is strong, people invest in quality and that bodes well for us."
Ralph Strong, controller for Los Angeles-based ColorGraphics, counted 1998 as a surprisingly good year for his web offset and sheetfed company. ColorGraphics added new plants in Irvine, CA, and Seattle, along with three full-web presses. It also completed the printing of Microsoft's annual report.
Fortifying its 1998 acquisitions will be the main focus for ColorGraphics in 1999, not more deals.


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Furry publishing company Fenris Publishings started to sell books from Goal Publications, another furry publishing company.
Goal Publications will close by March 2022. For their books they have in stock now, that is it. We do not know how many there are.
No more new stock. No more direct orders from their printer. No more overseas shipping and distribution.
The publication adds, their novella authors may independently continue even after they close.
毛兽出版公司Fenris Publishings开始销售另一家毛兽出版公司Goal Publications的书籍。


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Tuesday, May 01, 2012
RMT Robotics, a Cimcorp Oy company, has announced that MakeShift Robotics, FIRST Robotics team #4039 sponsored by RMT Robotics, received the Rookie Inspiration Award at the FIRST Robotics Competition.
Wynright announced today that it has entered into a contract with Constellation Energy to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to match 10 percent of its electricity use at two facilities through March 2015.
Caster Concepts, Inc., manufacturer of heavy duty industrial casters and wheels, today announced the addition of Conveyor Concepts to its family of businesses.
Friday, April 27, 2012
CHEP, a industry leader in pallet and container pooling solutions, has joined with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and other industry members to develop and test a new qualification for managers.
The Institute of Caster and Wheel Manufacturers (ICWM) Industry Group of Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) announces the release of ANSI ICWM: 2012 The ICWM Performance Standard for Casters and Wheels.
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PMMI's Board of Directors added 17 new companies to the PMMI membership at its April 14 meeting, held in conjunction with PMMI's Executive Leadership Conference.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Developments include qualification of sit-down counterbalanced forklifts to operate with fuel cells and deployment of France’s first fleet of hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts.
Pregis Corp.’s new On Point iPad app features robust information to help packagers make correct protective packaging decisions for their specific product requirements.
Monday, April 23, 2012
A new website offering product solutions for business and industrial customers
HighJump Software, a global provider of supply chain management software, announced that it has relocated its corporate headquarters to the Normandale Lake Office Park in Bloomington, Minn.


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Factory prices renew inflation fears
THE cost of goods leaving Britain's factories rose at its sharpest annual pace in more than eight years in September, as the price of oil and other commodities continued to surge.
Economists said the figures indicated that inflationary pressures were building in the supply chain and that showed it remained possible that the Bank of England will hike interest rates once more this year.
The Office for National Statistics said that producer output prices rose by 0.3% last month after an upwardly-revised 0.4% increase in August, taking the annual rate to 3.1%, its highest since April 1996.
Short sterling interest rate futures immediately fell as analysts had predicted a 2.8% year-on-year rise.
Raw material costs, meanwhile, shot up 1.3% in September, and were up 7.4% on the year, the fastest increase since November 2000.
'The rise in pipeline inflation pressures suggests that it is too early to be certain that interest rates have peaked,' said Jonathan Loynes, chief UK economist at Capital Economics.
However, Simon Rubinsohn, chief economist at Gerrard said, 'Despite the producer prices data highlighting the increasing inflation risk, we continue to believe that the MPC will eschew the opportunity to tighten policy any further when it meets in November.'
The BoE held interest rates steady at 4.75% last week for the second month in a row and a growing number of analysts predict that borrowing costs have already peaked as five hikes since November have succeeded in slowing the economy down.
But so far there seems to be little sign of pipeline inflationary pressures cooling down, particularly as the exchange rate has weakened in recent weeks.
Oil prices rose 2.2% in September, for a 45.3% annual gain, the biggest since the run-up to the Iraq War. And they keep going up.
London Brent crude futures hit $50 a barrel for the first time ever today while the New York Mercantile Exchange contract also hit a new record high above $53.4.
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Airbus, EU warn of dire consequences if US imposes WTO tariffs
AIRBUS has warned that if the US exercises its right under WTO rules to impose US$7
AIRBUS has warned that if the US exercises its right under WTO rules to impose US$7.5 billion in retaliatory tariffs on EU goods to compensate for losses suffered from illegal state subsidies, it will not only create disruption in the aerospace industry, but in the broader global economy as well.
The World Trade Organisation approved of the imposition of the tariffs on a wide variety of goods imported from the EU, a smaller levy than had been sought by the US, reports American Shipper.
The tariffs, the largest ever imposed by the WTO, are in retaliation for illegal subsidies granted to Airbus, particularly in relation to development costs on A350 and A380 aircraft.
Reacting to the WTO ruling, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom, said the WTO-sanctioned tariffs would be 'short-sighted and counterproductive'.
'Both the EU and the US have been found at fault by the WTO dispute settlement system for continuing to provide certain unlawful subsidies to their aircraft manufacturers,' Ms Malmstrom said.
'The mutual imposition of countermeasures, however, would only inflict damage on businesses and citizens on both sides of the Atlantic, and harm global trade and the broader aviation industry at a sensitive time,' she said.
The WTO ruled in 2010 and 2011 that both aircraft manufacturers had been recipients of illegal government aid; Boeing from government contracts and tax breaks and Airbus for launch aid that has not been repaid.
Tariffs on goods imported from the EU will hit US consumers at the same time that those consumers are being affected by levies placed by the Trump Administration on goods imported from China.
America has consistently has taken a hard line, defending the effectiveness of its tariffs on Chinese products in bringing China to the negotiating table, and also in convincing Japan to open its agricultural market to US products.
The administration is unlikely to heed calls for softening its approach in implementing tariffs. It is uncertain whether tariffs on Airbus aircraft would affect firm orders already placed by US carriers and leasing companies or would be levied only on orders not yet firmed up.


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During the coronavirus emergency, European consumers are facing economic uncertainty due to the public health crisis that has triggered a dramatic decrease in national wealth, industrial production and commerce deemed non-essential. All that is having a knock-on effect on employment and salaries, even with short-term unemployment schemes being activated in most countries.
Auto industry production shutdowns have affected 1.1 million jobs and reduced production by at least 1.2 million vehicles through the end of last month, according to ACEA statistics. Auto industry revenues account for 7% of EU GDP.
Italy, the first country to be hit by the virus in Europe, suffered the worst drop at 85%, with just 28,326 new cars registered in March.
Demand collapsed also in France, by 72%, and Spain, by 69%. Germany, which avoided tough restrictions longer, recorded a less extreme drop, at 38%.
Over the first quarter as a whole, passenger car registrations were down by one quarter.
Mass-market carmakers took the biggest hits: Fiat Chrysler sales dropped by 77% while PSA group dropped 68% and Renault by 64%. Germany's Volkswagen resisted somewhat better, with a 46% hit, which nonetheless saw its market share grow by nearly 5% to 29%.
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Fraunhofer ISI has analysed the GPS coordinates of around 400,000 trucks from seven manufacturers in operation across Europe. The result is meant to help governments and infrastructure operators set priorities for the installation of charging points for electric trucks.
The aim of the study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI was to record exactly where truck drivers make their stops and which locations are most frequently used.
The study was commissioned by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). The initial results were already published in June last year. Now the data set has been analysed in even greater detail.
The study shows the exact locations of all truck stops are spread over 29 European countries. However, only ten per cent of the locations most frequently visited by HGVs in Europe (over 3,000) account for about 50 per cent (78,000) of all HGV stops. The study found the most stops in Germany: 34,521 stops per day at a total of 7,452 locations. According to Fraunhofer, 746 locations in this country would still need more charging options by 2027.
Fraunhofer lists France just after Germany for the number of stops, where the analysis found 25,615 stops per day at 5,833 locations. According to Fraunhofer, charging facilities will still be needed at 584 locations in France by 2027. Third place goes to Italy with 10,688 stops per day at 3,367 locations. By 2027, the study sees a need for charging facilities at a further 337 locations.
Against this backdrop, ACEA is calling on national governments to ensure that the ten per cent of the busiest truck stops in their countries are equipped with suitable electric chargers by 2027 at the latest. “Given that charging stations that are suited to the specific needs of trucks are almost completely missing today, the challenge ahead is huge. That is why we want to help governments and industry stakeholders to direct their investments to where they are most needed,” says Martin Lundstedt, Chairman of ACEA’s Commercial Vehicle Committee and CEO of Volvo Group, in response to the research.
In March, the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) published its position paper called Master Plan Charging Infrastructure 2.0 – Recommendations of the Automotive Industry. For heavy-duty traffic, the VDA calls for a German network for trucks – VDA President Hildegard Müller already vocalised this demand at the online conference from our German colleagues at electrive.net LIVE in January. In its master plan, the VDA went into a little more detail: the tenders should be similar to the passenger car charging network, but with at least 700 kW continuous power per charging point. In addition to megawatt charging in long-distance traffic, however, the use case of depot charging is also to be promoted for commercial vehicles. “A comprehensive and efficient charging infrastructure is and remains the key to the success of e-mobility – this applies to the passenger car sector as well as to commercial vehicles,” says Müller.
Reporting by Domenico Sciurti, Germany.
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When the local supermarket has a bank, pharmacy and florist, shoppers can run multiple errands in one place. And bank branches within supermarkets offer their own kind of one-stop shopping: Any banking service that’s available in a traditional branch can be done inside the supermarket.
People’s United Bank has had a partnership with Stop and Shop since 1995, and there are now 149 People’s United branches in Stop and Shop stores in New York and Connecticut.
“When I think about our supermarket branches versus our traditional branches, the only difference is size,” said Sara Longobardi, senior execute vice president for retail banking at People’s United, noting that typical supermarket branches are about 450 square feet, while traditional branches are five times that size, or larger. “Everything you can do in a traditional branch, you can do in the supermarket branch. We open checking accounts, take home equity applications and service our small business customers in supermarket branches.”
The one exception is supermarket branches typically do not have safe deposit boxes, she said.
Bethpage Federal Credit Union currently has three branches in King Kullen stores – and they, too, run the gamut in transaction types.
Bethpage Federal opened supermarket branches in Levittown in 2006 and Bay Shore in 2011, near its busy Bethpage and Bay Shore branches, respectively.
“We wanted to increase our service outlets in areas where we were really busy,” said Linda Armyn, senior vice president of corporate affairs for the Bethpage-based credit union. “Bethpage and Bay Shore were super-busy offices, and adding the supermarket branches nearby gave us an extra outlet to service those accounts.”
But in addition to the supermarket branches servicing existing accounts, many new accounts have been opened there.
“People come in and pay loans, take out loans, open new accounts,” Armyn said. “It’s definitely full-service.”
Bethpage Federal also opened branches in King Kullen stores in Valley Stream and Commack, markets where it did not have a presence.
“Valley Stream and Commack were opportunities to get into new areas where we were not there yet, but we had a decent amount of members,” Armyn said, noting the financial commitment was much smaller than it would be to open a traditional branch.
After King Kullen closed its Commack store in 2017, Bethpage Federal opened a traditional branch nearby.
In terms of transaction volume, “the supermarket branches are as busy as our traditional branches,” Armyn said.
Supermarket branches are also among People’s United’s busiest branches, particularly in the bank’s legacy markets in Connecticut, Longobardi said.
“The supermarket branches have been very successful, which is why we have stayed with this model,” she said. “We are able to provide added convenience to existing customers, and we have the advantage that non-bank customers are walking by, and we can showcase our products to them.”
People’s United has provided promotional offers on products like checking accounts and CDs to supermarket shoppers.
The supermarket branches “have been very good for us,” Armyn said. “They’re popular with our members, who can make one stop and get their shopping and banking done.”
Part of the added convenience stems from the extended hours of the supermarket branches.
“Our in-store branches are open seven days a week and until 7 p.m. during the week,” Longobardi said. “We find our consumer and business customers like that added convenience.”
She noted that many employees like the hours, too, because it offers more flexibility in arranging their work schedules.
Because in-store branches are smaller, there are fewer employees working at a given time.
“There are four or five people: a couple of tellers, a branch manager, member service and loan professional,” Armyn said, noting that members can make an appointment to meet with more specialized personnel as needed.
At People’s United, staffing levels vary based on foot traffic. “If it’s a slower location, there will be two or three people there at a time, but there may be seven at busier locations,” Longobardi said.
But other than numbers, supermarket branch staffers are indistinguishable from their counterparts at traditional branches.
“We train our employees the same way and rotate them into both supermarket and traditional branches,” Longobardi said. “We are very proud of the expertise our staff can deliver.”


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New skyrocketing inventory cost out of GameStop, BlackBerry and other organizations producing “YOLO” paydays for the majority of members of Reddit’s Wallstreetbets forum also are earning an excellent windfall to possess corporate insiders.
As eStop have been attempting to sell stock, cashing within the a total of more than $22 billion in inventory. Recently, obtained plus obtained a major raise on the sagging cumulative away from inexperienced dealers on the social networking that have relentlessly bid up the companies’ offers and also at least the who features stated it their purpose so you can divert profits away from Wall surface Road to help you Fundamental Road.
There’s no allegation out-of inappropriate insider trade regarding one of the investments. And you may numerous positives advised CBS MoneyWatch it get a hold of zero evidence one of corporate insiders and you will executives just who has just ended up selling GameStop and you can BlackBerry offers do one thing completely wrong.
Nonetheless, one accustomed the fresh new inventory conversion informed CBS MoneyWatch that GameStop has within the recent weeks relocated to restriction professionals and you may insiders regarding attempting to sell extra offers.
Executives and you may insiders were leaving at the same time Wallstreetbets members was indeed driving their participants to help you snap within the stock. Robinhood, a famous trading app one of Wallstreetbets traders, recently temporarily barred investors regarding to get far more shares out-of GameStop. The latest ban is partially elevated towards the Monday .
Managers have a tendency to change inventory due to pre-lay agreements to prevent any looks they may features traded with the insider recommendations, that is unlawful. But notes into the positions for the current filings the latest professionals submitted to the U.S. Ties and you may Exchange Commission do not believe that the new previous inventory transformation at the one another BlackBerry and you will GameStop happened through such thus-named 10b5-1 plans. That suggests nothing of the investments had been scheduled ahead.
“Pay for chance”
Possibly more critical, stock options and other express grants are supposed to fall into line professionals with other buyers – in a nutshell, business leaders are meant to be distributed because of their abilities when you look at the building practical enterprises with the long-term. Yet cashing when you look at the on www.paydayloanssolution.org/installment-loans-la/ what of a lot see while the reckless speculation passionate by the social networking highlights difficulties with how elderly executives is actually compensated, advantages advised CBS MoneyWatch.
“It is pay for fortune,” said Benjamin Golez, user teacher of financing at the College off Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Organization.
About three BlackBerry managers the other day cashed aside almost $step 1.eight billion worth of the company’s stock. Among the executives, BlackBerry Head Financial Officer Steve Rai, marketed all of his offers throughout the organization, even in the event he has unvested selection that’ll turn into shares in the tomorrow.
BlackBerry shares had been trading at about $5.50 earlier became the latest fodder away from discussion on Wallstreetbets forum. At this rate, the 3 executives’ offers would have been worthy of from the $700,one hundred thousand. Nevertheless the resulting frenzy determined by Wallstreetbets extra $1 million on mutual value of its offers.
The fresh Wallstreetbets insurgents could trigger a whole lot larger windfall to have BlackBerry Chief executive officer John Chen. Less than their compensation plan to have signing up for the application company into the 2018, Chen could receive a single-go out cash extra out-of $90 billion in the event that BlackBerry’s shares change a lot more than $30 to own ten days in a row whenever through to the avoid out-of 2026.
Into the Wednesday, offers out of BlackBerry, which has forgotten more $800 million in last five stated quarters, arrived near to one to miracle $29 number, striking $twenty five, even though they have as the retreated so you can around $14.
BlackBerry failed to address a request comment on the latest government inventory conversion. But a good BlackBerry representative told this new Wall structure Roadway Record your professionals got ended up selling their offers while in the a windows where trading was in fact allowed.
$20 billion wealthier
The lending company membership out-of four administrators from stressed retailer GameStop has actually and additionally gained throughout the Reddit raiders. GameStop has lost almost $1.6 mil over the past three-years. Their transformation has just slumped because of the 30%, and is also undergoing closure step one,100000, or just around 20%, of all their places. But really shares of your business has leaped from about $17 at the beginning of the season to help you $315 towards the Friday.
Since the beginning of the season, four people in GameStop’s board out of directors enjoys pocketed $20 mil of promoting business inventory. One of many vendors is Kurt Wolf, a fund director and you can former administrator representative who joined GameStop’s panel a year ago. Hestia Capital, Wolf’s resource finance, unloaded more than a couple of-thirds of the stake within the GameStop within the January, grossing Wolf along with his members simply more $17 billion.
GameStop failed to get back wants touch upon its manager inventory conversion process. Wolf, by way of a representative, declined to help you remark. A processing towards the SEC notes one Wolf purchased in purchase to help you diversify his financing holdings.
Thomas Gorman, someone on lawyer Dorsey & Whitney and you can an expert during the bonds laws just who invested 7 decades during the Ties and you will Replace Commission, told you if the the guy have been advising brand new forums of businesses whoever shares was indeed bid up because of the Wallstreetbets buyers, he would let them know to inquire of professionals in order to abstain from selling given that inventory looks artificially increased.
However, Gorman together with underlined you to professionals who do sell inventory are not cracking one regulations. Business chat rooms don’t have any capability to prevent executives out-of selling into the a rapid inventory work on given the earnings commonly associated with inside advice.
The issue is one to inventory compensation are suppose to help you align professionals on broader luck of business. Regarding GameStop and BlackBerry, new executives and insiders be seemingly taking advantage of this new hectic speculation regarding companies’ stock – no actual change in the business.
“Boards may use its bully pulpit and you can say to the managers that it’s not a sensible time and energy to become cashing away their offers,” Gorman told you. “But that does not mean those people managers, who’re sitting on all of this inventory, are going to pay attention.”


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Walt Disney Parks released new artwork for the 14-acre "Star Wars" area at Disneyland on Monday.
"Nestled between towering spires of rock, this thriving port contains a seemingly familiar architecture of markets, landing zones and buildings," Disney wrote online.
The drawing also revealed new details about the area, including the Millennium Falcon behind a cargo bay, where park guests will be able to "pilot the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy."
Previous renditions of the additions showed a closeup of the Corellian YT-1300 light freighter, a marketplace and a "Battle Escape" ride — the name is expected to change before the park opens.
"With the arrival of the First Order to the planet, visitors will find themselves in the middle of a tense battle between stormtroopers and Resistance fighters," Disney wrote.


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Indeed dug into the data
When thinking about critical skills and attributes that you’re looking for in potential new hires, many employers forget to think about the host of opportunities that come by hiring a veteran of the U.S. armed forces. As 2016 comes to a close, with the recent observance of Veteran’s Day, how veterans have fared in the labor market provides an interesting picture of how their often untapped skills can be of benefit.
Labor market stats
Composing 7.6 percent of the U.S. population according to the U.S. Census Bureau, veterans have a lower unemployment rate overall than their non-veteran peers. October unemployment rates have been lower for veterans since 2009. The recession, which caused spikes in unemployment rates for all segments of the population, caused an unemployment hike to 9.9 percent in January 2011 for veterans, which has since decreased to 4.9 percent. However, segments of the veteran population have seen variations in levels of employment rates for those seeking to join the workforce.
With overall veteran unemployment at 9.9 percent in January 2011, unemployment rates for Gulf War II veterans (those serving since September 2001) stood at 15.2 percent.
While younger workers can typically face higher levels of unemployment than their older, more skilled competitors, this outstripped the non-veteran rate, which was at 9.3 percent for this segment of the population. This has since improved. The unemployment rate for this segment of the veteran workforce is markedly lower than their non-veteran peers.
Although veterans are less likely than their non-veteran peers to have a bachelor’s degree, they outstrip them in average earnings. Veterans earn a higher median income by over $11,000 annually ($38,334 for veterans, as opposed to $27,248 for non-veterans).
Where vets have landed
Veterans typically seek employment in fields that match their military operational specialty (MOS), or which utilize the skills they were taught and used in their time in the service. Many veterans continue their service for the federal government in other capacities. Over 27 percent of the federal workforce in 2011 was composed of former service members.
As the employment needs of the civilian job market and the military do differ, several of these types of fields are predicted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in their employment forecast to shrink over the next several years.
High-growth labor markets, such as healthcare, have a unique opportunity to transition their supports to hire veterans. For example, in 2011, President Obama called upon Community Health Centers to make an investment of hiring 8,000 veterans over the next three years. He additionally tasked the Health Resources and Services Administration to identify career paths for veterans and expand opportunities for veterans to become physician assistants.
As was the case with overall unemployment rates, job selection varies by the era of service and the sex of the veteran. Older veterans with dates of service from 1976-2000 were more likely to be employed in roles that were primarily computer-based or mathematical in orientation than their non-veteran peers. More recent veterans tend to find roles that more closely matched their military experiences. For veteran women, many selected healthcare roles, and exceed the rates of employment of their non-veteran peers in computer-based and mathematical roles.
Despite having lower unemployment rates, veterans still find many obstacles in their employment paths. The Center for Talent Innovation’s survey in Indeed asked whether employees felt supported by their supervisor. Nearly 20 percent of civilian men and 15 percent of civilian women in white-collar jobs felt their supervisor was an advocate and champion for their cause. Only 2 percent of veterans in similar roles felt the same.
Beyond feeling supported by their supervisors, an astounding majority of veterans identified that their skill sets weren’t being fully utilized. 67 percent said they had three or more skills that their current employer was not asking them to use in their roles.
Resources for employers
Speaking to Business Insider, Jon Davis, a retired Marine sergeant and current hiring manager identified reasons employers should hire military veterans. “When given a proper framework and adequate training veterans can amaze you at how hard they can work and what they can get done,” said Davis. “Few cultures have been engineered like the one military veterans have been a part of and even fewer … focuses entirely on mission achievement, cooperation, and personal development. The fact is that there is no culture in the world that shapes people in the way the military does,” Davis notes.
When seeking to hire veterans, the U.S. government provides resources to the veteran for their transition. They provide financial assistance for higher education, along with enhanced re-employment services for post-9/11 veterans through the Veteran Gold Card, allowing them six months of personalized case management and additional supports at their community work center. The Department of Defense’s Military Credentialing and Licensing Task Force was created to identify opportunities for veterans to earn civilian occupational credentials and licenses without the need for additional training.
Additionally, through Joining Forces, an initiative that serves the U.S. veteran through education, wellness, and employment services, multiple employers have stated their goal of hiring more than 100,000 veterans and their spouses over the next several years.
For the employer, the Returning Heroes Tax Credit, enacted in 2011, provides businesses that hire unemployed veterans with a credit of up to $5,600 per veteran. The Wounded Warriors Tax Credit offers businesses that hire veterans with service-connected disabilities a credit of up to $9,600 per veteran.
The most important thing employers can remember when identifying opportunities for veterans to serve in civilian capacities is that these individuals have been placed into high levels of responsibility, many from a young age, and are typically mission-oriented. While their transition may require support, as is necessary for onboarding any new employee, the outcomes may pay more immediate benefits.
Hobby Lobby increases minimum wage, but how much is just to save face?
(BUSINESS NEWS) Are their efforts to raise their minimum wage to $17/hour sincere, or more about saving face after bungling pandemic concerns?
The arts-and-crafts chain Hobby Lobby announced this week that they will be raising their minimum full-time wage to $17/hour starting October 1st. This decision makes them the latest big retailer to raise wages during the pandemic (Target raised their minimum wage to $15/hour about three months ago, and Walmart and Amazon have temporarily raised wages). The current minimum wage for Hobby Lobby employees is $15/hour, which was implemented in 2014.
While a $17 minimum wage is a big statement for the company (even a $15 minimum wage cannot be agreed upon on the federal level) – and it is no doubt a coveted wage for the majority of the working class – it’s difficult to not see this move as an attempt to regain public support of the company.
When the pandemic first began, Hobby Lobby – with more than 900 stores and 43,000 employees nationwide – refused to close their stores despite being deemed a nonessential business (subsequently, a Dallas judge accused the company of endangering public health).
In April, Hobby Lobby furloughed almost all store employees and the majority of corporate and distribution employees without notice. They also ended emergency leave pay and suspended the use of company-provided paid time off benefits for employees during the furloughs – a decision that was widely criticized by the public, although the company claims the reason for this was so that employees would be able to take full advantage of government handouts during their furlough.
However, the furloughs are not Hobby Lobby’s first moment under fire. The Oklahoma-based Christian company won a 2014 Supreme Court case – the same year they initially raised their minimum wage – that granted them the right to deny their female employees insurance coverage for contraceptives.
Also, Hobby Lobby settled a federal complaint in 2017 that accused them of purchasing upwards of 5,000 looted ancient Iraqi artifacts, smuggled through the United Arab Emirates and Israel – which is simultaneously strange, exploitative, and highly controversial.
Why does this all matter? While raising their minimum wage to $17 should be regarded as a step in the right direction regarding the overall treatment of employees (and, hopefully, $17 becomes the new standard), Hobby Lobby is not without reason to seek favorable public opinion, especially during a pandemic. Yes, we should be quick to condone the action of increasing minimum wage, but perhaps be a little skeptical when deeming a company “good” or “bad”.
RIP office culture: How work from home is destroying the economy
(BUSINESS NEWS) It’s not just your empty office left behind: Work from home is drastically changing cities’ economies in more ways than you think.
It’s been almost six months since the U.S. went into lockdown due to COVID-19 and the CDC’s subsequent safety guidelines were issued – it’s safe to say that it is not business as usual. Everyone from restaurant waitstaff to start-up executives have been affected by the shift to work-from-home. Even as restrictions slowly begin to lift, it seems as though the office workspace – regarded as the vital venue for the U.S. economy – will never truly be the same.
Though economists have been focusing largely on small businesses and start-ups, we are only just beginning to understand the impact that not going back into the white-collar office will have on the economy.
The industries that support white-collar office culture in major cities have become increasingly emaciated. The coffee shops, food trucks, and food delivery companies that catered to the white-collar workforce before, during, and after their workday, are no longer in high demand (Starbucks reported a loss of $2 billion this year, which they attribute to Zoomification). Airlines have also been affected as business travel typically accounts for 60%-70% of all air travel.
Also included are high-end hotels, which accommodate the traveling business class. Pharmacies, florists, and gyms located in business districts have become ghost towns. Office supplies companies, such as Xerox, have suffered. Workwear brands such as J. Crew and Brooks Brothers have filed for bankruptcy, as there is no longer a need to dress for the office.
In Manhattan – arguably the country’s most notorious white-collar business mecca – at least 1,200 restaurants have been permanently lost. It is also is predicted that the one-third of all small businesses will close.
Additionally, the borough is facing twice as many apartment vacancies as this time last year, due to the flight of workers no longer tied to midtown offices. Workers have realized their freedom to seek more affordable and spacious residence outside the city. As companies decentralize from cities and rent prices drop, it isn’t all bad news. There is promise that particular urban white-collar neighborhoods will start to become accessible to the working class once again.
Some companies, like Pinterest and REI, are reporting that their shift to work from home is in fact permanent. The long-term effects of deserted office buildings are yet to make themselves evident. What we do know is that the decline of the white-collar office will force us to reimagine the great American cities – with so much lost due to the coronavirus, what can now be gained?
2020 Black Friday shopping may break the mold
(BUSINESS NEWS) Home Depot states their new plan for deals and discounts over two months, in place of a 1-day Black Friday event.
Humans change and adapt – that’s just in our nature. Retail stores have struggled to maintain their sales goals for years as more and more people move to ordering online. Online prices still seem to be within customer expectations and often come with free shipping. Additionally, people that may have preferred to shop in an actual brick-and-mortar store have changed their shopping habits dramatically in 2020; it’s hard to social distance and be safe in crowded stores or in small aisles. Black Friday may be next to change.
Amazon and other big box store’s online ordering platforms have simplified getting what you need delivered right to your front door. According to Statista, “Amazon was responsible for 45% of US e-commerce spending in 2019 – a figure which is expected to rise to 47% in 2020.”
Retailers count on the holiday season, specifically Black Friday deals (the day after Thanksgiving), to bring in up to 20% of their annual revenue. It’s hard to just remove that option completely. But considering the times of social distancing, wearing masks in public, and especially avoiding large crowds, the tradition of Black Friday will need to look different this year.
It will also be interesting to see what supply chain disruptions from early 2020 will have the most effect this shopping season. We saw predictions in March that said the United States would see the biggest disruptions in about six months. Black Friday falls right on that timeline.
Home Depot has announced their plans to go ahead and give the deals over a two month span, starting in early November through December (both online and in stores with the possibility of adding some special deals around the actual Black Friday date) to help encourage a more steady stream of shoppers versus so many packing in on the same day.
The home improvement chain has actually seen a great sales year. This is likely due to people working from home and being interested in doing more home projects (and possibly having a bit more time to do them as well). As of May 2020, “The Home Depot®, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, today reported sales of $28.3 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2020, a 7.1 percent increase from the first quarter of fiscal 2019. Comparable sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 were positive 6.4 percent, and comparable sales in the U.S. were positive 7.5 percent.”
Home Depot, along with many other retailers like Walmart, Target, and Best Buy have confirmed that they will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, which may not be new for all of them but has always signaled the kickoff of the holiday shopping season.
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An ad does not fight for attention from just other ads. It has to stand out from the clutter of news and various forms of entertainment and ‘distractions’ which demand our attention. So when an ad does get noticed it is commendable. But effective ads go beyond just being noticed and be relevant. In doing so they meet a business objective of the brand – be it creating awareness, building affinity, changing perceptions or affecting a behaviour. Here’s a round up of recent ads and views on some developments in the industry:
Amul topical: not every news warrants a topical
A rare mis-step from the agency which has a great track record of creating wonderful topicals for decades. Amul topicals have been around for decades now, starting off as billboards placed strategically in key outdoor sites in a city. A premium location was almost permanently taken on rent and the Amul girl would feature in a quip about the topical news of the day, usually with a heavy dose of word play. Such billboards used to be changed once a fortnight as those were not the days of scrolling through a timeline for breaking news every few seconds. The remarkable aspect is that the agency, da Cunha Associates, has the freedom to choose a topic and execute the creatives without seeking an approval from the client. In other words, the client ‘discovers’ the brand hoarding along with the general public. In today’s world such creatives appear on social media and change as often as required – usually once a week. The brand plays a subtle role in the creatives and when appreciated by the public and amplified by mainstream media it adds to the aura around the brand.
Many brands have attempted to replicate this strategy of creatives anchored around the news of the day. Most of these are one-off activities or one among many. But the space of the ‘topical’ is owned by Amul. The rise of social media and a 24×7 news cycle has given rise to ‘moment marketing‘ – a phenomenon made popular by a single tweet of Oreo during the Super Bowl in 2013. Essentially it is either hijacking or riding piggyback on a news which has caught public attention. There is also an obsession to be ‘always on‘ among brands which then leads to a mindset of ‘finding some reason or occasion to create a social media post’. A majority of such posts have a tenuous link to the advertised brand and the ‘link’ seems like a force fit.
Amul has managed to buckle the trends churning out creatives which have an instant connect to the context, the brand and manage to bring smile. But then every situation or news event does not warrant a topical. The effects of the ongoing war in Ukraine are horrific with loss of lives and suffering to many, including women & children. It is a serious issue and hence the usual word play or pun seems out of place and trivialising war.
BT: ‘acts, not ads’
During the COVID-19 pandemic we saw several brands put out communication expressing support towards those suffering or making a plea to follow safety norms such as maintaining social distancing or wearing a mask in public.
Some might call such communication as tokenism – but if there is a brand fit (relevance, credibility, authority) even such ads can be effective. But going beyond mere ‘messages’, doing something on the ground especially on the product or service front is truly commendable. BT’s latest with regard to the war in Ukraine is one such act.
Aviation Gin: miracle on ice
Ryan Reynolds is an advertising genius. His (and his team’s) ability and consistency to craft the right communication strategy, create entertaining ads with a strong product message is commendable. Here’s the latest for Aviation Gin, linked to ‘Miracle on Ice’ an ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Watch the ad to see the brand connect and enjoy the humour. I love it when brands don’t take themselves too seriously to convey a product message – I think it makes them more endearing to consumers.
Agency: Maximum Effort
La Vosgienne: naturally flavoured
Remember the classic ad for John West – where a man fights a bear to get the best salmon? It was a wonderful demonstration of ‘going to great lengths’ to get the very best ingredients – works very well for food brands. Think of this campaign for La Vosgienne confectionary as the opposite of that intensity. Laced with humour it portrays the perils of ‘the great outdoors’ and that they are best enjoyed at home through a candy.
Mini: execution is everything
In ads where the computer graphics make all the difference in terms of grabbing attention and riveting the viewer, the traditional storyboards are not of much use. A new for MINI Editions has so much eye-popping stuff packed in every gorgeously crafted frame that you can’t take your eyes of =f the screen,=.
HP Presence: crushed idea
As a viewer, you can guess the denouement within the first few seconds of the ad. Yet, it is watchable film for HP Presence – conference room solutions.
GMC Hummer EV: CrabWalk
The foot thumbing and head-nodding ‘Get Ur Freak On’ by Blah Missy Elliot is a great fit as a jingle for Hummer’s new EV which can drive diagonally. I guess the script wrote itself out with a variant name like ‘Crabwalk’.
Agency: Leo Burnett
Which one was your favourite? Do share your views.


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With the potentially fatal Tide Pod Challenge resurfacing and going viral at the end of 2017, many have started to question whether humanity is doomed.
The dangerous social media trend, in which teens film themselves eating Tide Pod laundry detergent capsules, has led to health officials warning against participating in the craze after a spike in ingestion cases.
A number of the alarming clips have been uploaded to YouTube, prompting warnings from US officials and poison control centres not to ingest detergent. Now, YouTube is removing Tide Pod Challenge videos because they encourage 'dangerous activities'.
The pods contain ethanol and hydrogen peroxide and are extremely toxic, often leading to diarrhoea and vomiting if any detergent is ingested.
Tide pods are colourful laundry detergent capsules sold in the United States that resemble those sold in Britain by companies including Persil and Aerial
In a Twitter post last week, Tide warned that its detergent pods should be used for doing laundry and 'nothing else'. A video accompanying the statement included American Football star Rob 'Gronk' Gronkowski, who plays for the New England Patriots
Eating Tide Pods was first discussed on KnowYourMeme.com in 2013 and YouTube removed a video of the first known instance of a teenager completing the Tide Pod Challenge in June 2014.
The Onion followed up with an op-ed entitled 'So Help Me God, I'm Going To Eat One Of Those Multicolored Detergent Pods' that satirically mocked the trend a year later.
Alongside this, College Humor's 'Don't Eat the Laundry Pods' video posted in March 2017 was viewed more than three million times and the Internet phenomenon has spread to become a popular meme.
What is the Tide Pod Challenge?
In 2012, Procter & Gamble released Tide Pod laundry detergent packs and soon after, reports revealed an increase in calls to poison control centres because thousands of children were consuming the product because of their sweet-like appearance.
In response to this, Tide were forced to release a safety video with tips on how to store the detergent pods and keep them away from children.
After The Onion article, YouTubers began to eat Tide Pods and upload videos which led to the hazardous trend growing and spurred College Humor to parody the challenge in a video that was viewed more than three million times.
In turn, this spurred Twitter users to discuss eating Tide Pods with some tweets on the subject becoming memes gaining over 7,000 retweets and 25,000 likes.
At the peak of the Tide Pod Challenge's virality, a GIF of Oprah Winfrey eating on stage was tweeted out and became a meme joking that she epitomised the feeling of eating a detergent pack. The tweet got over 8,000 retweets and 25,000 likes.
Instagram user greenpantsu also posted a drawing of 'Tide Pod Chan', an anthropomorphic anime representation of Tide Pods. The image received 5,000 likes in three days.
The first YouTube video that saw someone eat, or pretend to eat Tide Pods, was posted on January 7 2018 by TheAaronSwan669 and soon after, more and more videos started to appear online.
Some YouTubers have said that their Tide Pod Challenge videos have been removed and


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Canadian Brewing Awards celebrate country’s best beers
Montreal, Que. – This year’s Canadian Brewing Awards (CBA) drew beer entries from more than 96 breweries across the country to compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in 37 categories. In total more than 550 beers were entered in the competition.
Judging for the event took place in Toronto over three days by 37 Beer Judge Certification Program certified beer judges in blind tasting sessions. Of all the entries, À la Fût’s Co-Hop V was named Beer of the Year, while Surrey, B.C.’s Central City Brewing Company was declared Brewery of the Year.
For the first time in the award’s 10-year history, the celebration included a two-day industry Canadian Brewers Conference in Montreal, featuring guest speakers and professional development seminars. According to Rob Engman, president of TAPS the Beer Magazine and owners of the CBAs, the event will continue to expand and move to different Canadian cities. Next year’s awards are already scheduled to take place in B.C.
The gold medal winners by category are listed below. For a full list of winners visit www.canadianbrewingawards.com


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BBK-owned consumer technology brand Realme has expanded its C smartphone series with the launch of a new device in a budget smartphone — called Realme C15 — in Indonesia. The key highlight of the smartphone is its 6000mAh battery because of which it is said to deliver a standby time of 57 days.
Realme C15 price
The smartphone has been launched in three storage variants. The base variant packs 3GB RAM and 64GB storage and costs IDR 1,999,000 (roughly Rs 10,300). The second variant packs 4GB RAM and 64GB storage and can be purchased at IDR 2,199,000 (roughly Rs. 11,300), and lastly, the 4GB RAM and 128GB variant is priced at IDR 2,499,000 (roughly Rs 12,800). The handset comes in two colour options — Marine Blue and Seagull Silver.
Realme C15 specs
Running on Realme UI-based on Android 10 out of the box, the Realme C15 smartphone offers a 6.5-inch HD+ display with 1600x720p resolution, a water drop notch and 88.7% screen-to-body ratio.
The Realme C15 smartphone comes powered by octa-core MediaTek Helio G35 processor. On the storage front, the device offers up to 4GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. For those who want more, they can install a microSD card, even though the maximum capacity is not specified.
For imaging duties, the Realme C15 has a quad-camera setup on the back. The primary camera is a 13MP sensor (f/2.2 aperture). This is accompanied with an 8MP ultra-wide angle sensor (f/2.25 aperture) with 119-degree field of view, a 2MP B&W lens (f/2.4 aperture) and a 2MP retro lens (f/2.4 aperture). The rear camera setup offers modes such as chroma boost, beauty, filter, HDR Mode, panoramic view, portrait, timelapse, slo-mo, super nightScape, expert mode and others. On the front, users get an 8MP sensor with f/2.0 aperture and AI beauty and AI HDR.
Backed by a 6000mAh battery, the Realme C15 comes with 18W quick charge support. The device is said to deliver 46 hours of calling time, 28 hours of viewing on YouTube, 27 hours of Google Maps.


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The effects of the scary clown craze sweeping the globe is being felt by costume hire businesses in Australia.
While fancy dress stores are generally experiencing brisk trade in the lead-up to Halloween, the impact of the clown phenomenon has meant some have stopped hiring clown masks
One outlet in Queensland has ceased hiring scary clown masks out of “respect” for the law and the risk they may be confiscated by police.
“It has impacted our business. We won’t be hiring any clowns masks or costumes because of respect for the police and the chance they may get confiscated and we won’t get them back,” said Isra Mercury, manager at Janina’s Fancy Dress Hire at Bracken Ridge, in Queensland.
“For us it’s a matter of respect for the police. They have plenty to do without chasing these idiots (clowns). And some of the police are good customers of ours.
“I’m sure around Halloween the police are called out to important incidents and we don’t want to be partly responsible for diverting them.”
He estimated the self-imposed ban had cost the business about $600.
“It is a significant amount for a small business. We obviously will miss it, but these idiots running around in clown masks are responsible.”
Police forces across the country have declared they will not tolerate any anti-social behaviour by people dressed as clowns with Victorian Police confirming the penalty for possessing an article of disguise is up to two years' imprisonment.
Meanwhile, in Melbourne one costume hire store has lost some of its business from school students who hire clown masks for end of year celebrations.
Tamie Jones, manager at Heidelberg Fancy Dress in the city’s north, said they had felt the effect.
“Some schools have banned clown masks and costumes from the end of year Year 12 dress up parades. I think they are worried about students who wear them getting into trouble on the way to school.”
“We just had an order from a Year 12 party for clown masks cancelled. But then a group of teenage boys walked in and asked to buy them. So it’s a mixed experience, I think.”
However, nationally the scary clown phenomenon has not dented demand for Halloween costumes from children and adults.
Lesley Billingham, co-owner Jet Star Fancy Dress, in Caringbah, Sydney, said the annual celebration of ghouls and ghosts on October 31 remains very popular.
“Halloween keeps getting bigger and bigger. It is still a very busy time for us.”
“All the kids are keen to dress up and go trick and treating. The clowns don’t seem to have scared them off.”
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Halloween ‘dagger’ sparks anti-knife protest
A CUT-PRICE store has been asked to take a plastic “bleeding dagger” off the shelves following concerns from anti-knife campaigners.
The 12-inch plastic toy, which has red fluid moving around its blade, is on sale in the Halloween section at the 99p Stores shop in The Mall Ilford.
Ilford police said there was no legislation concerning such toys, but Redbridge trading standards said: “We can only remove the item if trading standards contraventions are found.
“We will be speaking to the seller to ask for voluntary removal of this item.”
Store manager Dalmar Elmi denied receiving any complaints, but our straw poll of shoppers in Ilford Town Centre drew an overwhelming response against the sale of the toy.
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Redbridge Neighbourhood Watch Association chairman Wilson Chowdhry said the sale of the dagger was irresponsible, in poor taste and desensitised children to violence.
Mr Chowdhry said: “This is really unhelpful in the continuing battle against knife crime in the borough and the 99p shop seems to be countering all of our efforts.”
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Earlier this month, the Brixton branch of 99p Stores took the same product off the shelves following concerns from residents and the backing of Dulwich and West Norwood MP Tessa Jowell.
Danny O’Brien, founder of Anti Knife UK, said the sale of the toy could be upsetting for victims of knife crime.
“It’s extremely insensitive to the families blighted by knife crime and it will bring back unhappy memories,” he said.
“They are very realistic looking, can you imagine if an old age pensioner opens the door and discovers one of these pointing at them? It will scare the life out of them.”
Despite efforts from the Recorder, a spokesman for the 99p Stores was unable to provide a comment.