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Just months after slashing over 100 workers in Berlin, e-commerce site Fab announced Thursday that it will lay off 101 more staffers—including 84 in New York. Though the two-year-old company, which sells trendy home design products and furniture, has attracted more than $330 million in venture capital funding and generated a reported $115 million in revenue, it has stumbled recently and has yet to turn a profit.
After the round of cuts announced on Thursday, Fab will be left with 440 staffers worldwide, 224 of whom are based out of its Manhattan headquarters. The company has terminated nearly a third of its employees since July. Chief Executive Jason Goldberg announced the layoffs on his blog, Betashop, and noted that the move is part of the company's plan to reinvent itself as a traditional e-commerce retailer, from its recent identity as a flash-sale site.
"While accelerating our path to profitability, we've made the tough but correct decision to eliminate positions that are either legacies of our former flash-sales business model or are part of current processes that can be managed with innovative technology and fewer people," he wrote. Mr. Goldberg noted that the company will be hiring for its private label business and also expects to expand its custom-furniture division based out of Berlin. "Our enthusiasm for the future is infused with empathy, gratefulness, and support for those friends and colleagues who will be leaving us," he continued in his post.
When asked if there would be more layoffs, a Fab spokeswoman said "We aim for this to be the last significant impact to Fab employees as part of the process that started with the centralization of operations at our New York headquarters over this summer." She added that the company has completed its 2014 planning process.
Critics have said the company, which initially began in 2010 as a networking site for gay men called Fabulis, has overspent on marketing and reinvention strategies, and is now struggling to grow. Other flash-sale sites, such as Gilt Groupe, have also encountered difficulties.


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A year after Facebook initially launched their Portal devices, Facebook is introducing three new versions of its video calling devices–featuring one device that connects directly to your home TV set.
The TV connected device (pictured in the front of the image below) connects directly to your home TV allowing it to function as a video calling device and streaming screen.
While the device won’t give you all the features of Facebook as a social platform just yet, it will allow you to video call, watch video content with friends if connected on Facebook, and stream video through platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and of course, Facebook Watch.
The addition of Facebook Watch as a streaming service that can be watched on your own home TV encourages increased viewership for Facebook Watch as a platform. While mobile device video streaming is certainly on the rise, the home TV screen is still the fastest-growing device and centerpiece of entertainment viewing.
In addition to the new devices, Facebook is also rolling out a new device called “Story Time:”
“Story Time on Portal brings stories to life with animation, music and AR effects. Earlier this year we announced three new, award-winning children’s book series coming to Story Time: Llama Llama, Pete the Cat and Otto. These new stories are available now.”
However, as seems to always be the issue with Facebook, even with all of these new features, consumers are still hesitant to purchase Portal devices due to Facebook’s privacy concerns.
Considering Facebook’s record of selling personal data to third parties, a lot of consumers are uncertain about bringing a Facebook-controlled device into their homes.
And it appears that concern is not unwarranted. Facebook has, in fact, been taking audio recordings from Portal devices for use in their internal analysis.
“Facebook confirmed Wednesday that it was collecting audio from Portal users who make a request from the device using the command “Hey Portal.” By default, those commands were recorded and stored on Facebook servers, and some of them were transcribed by contractors working with the company to improve the software algorithms used to understand the commands.”
Although Facebook has addressed these concerns by reemphasizing all of the privacy features built into Portal. All of the Portal devices offer a cover that can block the camera and indicator lights that let you know if and when it’s recording.
But will these privacy features be enough to ease consumers’ worries? Are the benefits of the home TV connection greater than privacy concerns? Let us know what you think in the comments below!

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The Shubert Organization, Broadway’s largest ticket operator, has announced a partnership with the Boston-based startup True Tickets to power IBM blockchain technology.
The partnership between the powerhouse Broadway business and startup was announced Wednesday; the startup was one of the two companies selected to take part in this summer’s inaugural Broadway Tech Accelerator, Fast Company reports. True Tickets will be implemented into Shubert’s ticket sales businesses, which includes its ticket-selling businesses Telecharge.com and the group discounts service Broadway Inbound. True Tickets’ CEO Matt Zarracina described in a statement that the startup aims to implement its blockchain service to provide Broadway fans with more transparency. Previously, the New York-based startup Blockparty has been using the blockchain technology over the last year.
“At the end of the day, we aim to help our clients develop more meaningful relationships with their patrons,” Zarracina said in a statement. “This pilot affords us the opportunity to do exactly that in a massive multichannel marketplace.”
Earlier this year, the organization faced a data breach, which included customer email addresses, names, and credit card numbers and expiration dates. Affected customers received a letter notifying them of the breach, which noted that the company became aware of an “unusual activity related to an employee’s email account” in February. This launched an investigation, which wrapped up mid-march.
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From 16-21 October Innovation USA presented the new American Home collection at the High Point Fair. The new designs and not at least fabrics were very well received and will soon be out in the shops. Several new dealers have joined the new Innovation family, so we are looking forward to even more American homes furnished with Danish design.
See the fair pictures below or check the video here.
Clubber 03 Deluxe Chair decorates the back wall.
Like our designer Per Weiss you can use kilim rugs to add a touch of boheme and colour to your interior.
A new cosy design.
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SINGAPORE - Qoo10, the largest blogshop market in Singapore with more than 2,000 fashion sellers, held its inaugural Blogshop Heroines runway event on June 27, to showcase and celebrate the vibrancy of local blogshop fashion.
Held at the Butter Factory, 200 guests including members of the media, bloggers, corporate partners and Qoo10 users attended the show which featured five local blogshop labels (Label Dibs, Karl Rosenfield, Topazette, Glam & Mod and Flaunt CC), with special runway appearances by Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 1 alums, Kyla Tan and Rachel Erasmus.
"Fashion is Qoo10's biggest and best-selling product category. Singapore isn't usually associated with fashion but there is a thriving blogshop industry which has its fingers on the pulse of fashion trends and blossomed without much support. That's why we came up with the Blogshop Heroines show, to celebrate how far these small blogshop owners have come," said Mr Hyun Wook Cho, Country Manager of Qoo10 Singapore.
The line-up of 40 looks showcased wardrobe staples and funky getups, ranging from eye-popping motifs and colourful geometrics to elegant florals on a backdrop of pastel palettes.
"Blogshop fashion is usually perceived as monotonous, executive fashion - all lace, florals and mono-coloured creations. With this fashion show, we wanted to present a versatile mix of sartorial options that offers something for everyone."
"Quite a lot of time was spent understanding each label's essence and carefully curating the looks, to bring out the story and inspiration behind each blogshop's apparel," said Mr James Lin, Senior Public Relations Executive of Qoo10 Singapore.
As part of the Blogshop Heroines campaign, Qoo10 has created a special 'Shop the Runway Look' section on its site http://www.Qoo10.sg/Glamazon, where consumers can buy the looks straight off the runway.
From June 27 to July 11, members of the public can stand to win $100 in credit by participating in the 'Snap & Win' social media contest. All they have to do is share their #OOTD with the hashtags #BlogshopHeroines and #Glamazon on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to participate.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Aveva, the British software company targeted by its top shareholder Schneider Electric, said on Tuesday it expected revenue to grow in the second half, while increases in its cost base that squeezed first-half profit would abate.
The company reported a 2.5% drop in revenue on an organic constant-currency basis to 553.8 million pounds ($635.3 million)for the six months to end-September.
Higher costs, particularly in research and development and sales, resulted in adjusted operating profit falling 42% to 72.9 million pounds, it said.
($1 = 0.8718 pounds)
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Sydney brand design agency Saltmine Design Group has unveiled a new campaign for Frucor’s isotonic sports drink brand Maximus that looks to reward Aussie males for being a ‘Lord’.
The on-pack consumer promotion ‘Award A Lord’ encourages males to grab a limited edition Maximus bottle that best describes them or someone they know, snap a pic or video of them being a lord with the bottle, and upload it to Instagram or Facebook with the tag #awardalord for their chance to win $1 million.
Maximus has created nearly 30 different types of tongue-in-cheek lords for consumers to relate to, including ‘Dad-Bod Lord’, ‘Buff Lord’, ‘Sweaty Lord’ and ‘Dating Lord’.
Saltmine Design Group managing partner Sara Salter said: “Once again, our Saltmine team has collaborated with the wider Frucor team to bring an on-point campaign for Maximus to market. We’re excited to see the campaign roll out and for the promotion results in the next couple of months.”
MediaCom’s recent hunt for a new CEO went global, ultimately delivering the globetrotting Yaron Farizon to its North Sydney headquarters. And Farizon certainly comes with the right pedigree. Born in Kiev in the Ukraine, educated in Israel, he worked for P&G as a business director for eight years through the UK and Eastern Europe before […]
Mindshare, the media agency network that is part of WPP, is making a series of new appointments to its senior leadership and capabilities teams to support its new proposition of ‘Good Growth.’ Today the marketing and media ecosystem is dominated by geographically limitless digital platforms with billions of users. These platforms have connected people like […]
Do you have a cracking campaign idea on how to move the needle on Australia’s vaccination rollout and remove all that hesitancy around the AstraZeneca shot? Well, this is your moment. We at B&T have created the Good AZ Gold Adland Challenge in the hope of uncovering something special to help us leave lockdowns behind […]
Education charity D&AD has announced the launch of the inaugural D&AD Shift with Google program in Sydney. Running in London and New York since 2016, Shift is D&AD’s free, four-month industry-led night school which aims to uncover, support and ultimately help secure jobs for self-made creative talent without a traditional degree qualification. Supported by the […]
In the lead-up to this year’s B&T Women in Media Awards, we’re sitting down with each of our sponsors to find out why they’ve decided to throw their support behind the event, and get their thoughts on the industry’s progress towards gender equality. Here, we chat to Jess Zavecz, Teegan Gardner, Christina Bova, Kate Solomon, […]
What? No Olympics in the headline? We’re as shocked as you are, but Tuesday night saw the end of Nine’s Beauty and the Geek reboot. The grand final itself peaked at 588,000 viewers according to OzTAM’s metro data, while the winner announcement fared better with 665,000 viewers. Nine will now be gearing up for The Block, which […]
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and media agency UM have launched one of the most complex media communications assignments in Australia, the 2021 Census. The campaign is designed to support the ABS achieve a 95 per cent participation rate across the country with the roll out across every household and all people aged 18 plus, monitored and […]
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and media agency UM have launched one of the most complex media communication assignments in Australia, the 2021 Census. The campaign is designed to support the ABS achieve a 95 per cent participation rate across the country with the roll out across every household and all people aged 18 plus, monitored and followed-up by about 20,000 ABS staff. The campaign’s […]


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The product received great hype after its demonstration at CES 2011 where some analysts positioned it as a great tablet PC, considering its low price and features.
Amidst the hype, the news flashed last month on the accidental damage of product shipments which halted the FCC certification, leading to the delay of pre-orders.
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) was also involved in carrying out some tests of the product.
It now appears that the Chinese ODM (original design manufacturer) did not test for the right standards. UL had brought the issue to Notion Ink’s notice. But the manufacturer blamed it on UL saying the delays happened because of UL India.
Earlier, Notion Ink also said from its bog: “We saw FCC publishing their break down of Adam, and to be frank even we were little surprised by how they tore apart the pieces and then made it look like that’s how it is assembled.
“It is extremely unfortunate that we are in such a situation. We could not have expected the accidental damage of the touch screen shipment, and those too just days before Chinese New Year eve. Even though the damage was to a part of the shipment, we cancelled all because in such a case you cannot predict the defective and working screens manually.”
UL India had reportedly said some part of the tests were done out of their London labs.
Adam is loaded with stuff like Bluetooth, GSM, Swivel camera, Back touch pad, Wi-Fi and 3G. Its impressive feature set is backed up by a dual core tegra 2 processor, HDMI capability and Flash support. It runs on Android with its own UI – Eden.
But can Adam really take a bite out of Apple with all the muck-ups pre-launch?


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US IPO investors are continuing to show a strong appetite for biotech floats, following on from the high volume of deals the sector produced last year. Equity capital market (ecm) investors are drawn to the industry thanks to both its upside potential within the broader narrative of the ongoing growth of the US
- Microsoft will leverage AI to tackle challenges in healthcare.
- Data privacy concerns remain a big issue in the healthcare industry.
- Tech giants are likely to continue investing in healthcare in order to capture market share.
Microsoft has launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Health programme as
- Canada will develop as a key demand market for alternative protein, with three drivers of the four that we highlight on our meat reduction driver checklist apparent amongst the Canadian consumer base.
- Alternative protein player Beyond Meat has gained first mover advantage in the country, entering in 2018
- Alzheimer's disease is a highly risky area of drug development, but also one with huge commercial potential for innovative drugmakers and one in which Biogen is investing.
- Biogen is targeting both disease modification and management, as the need to safely and effectively manage Alzheimer's becomes more
- Brazil’s sparkling wine producers would be one of the beneficiaries if the US proceeds with its threat to impose a 100% tariff on French goods.
- Brazil is the US’ 17th largest volume import source for sparkling wine and its wines are gaining greater global recognition, winning gold awards in 2019.
- Johnson & Johnson is likely to continue its acquisition strategy in 2020, which will be aimed at giving it a foothold in the surgical robotics market.
- The acquisition focus is also likely to remain on leveraging advanced technologies to enhance its end-to-end surgical offerings.
- This differentiates the
- We at Fitch Solutions foresee two broad possible scenarios for US foreign policy in the event that President Donald Trump is re-elected.
- In the first scenario, Trump becomes status quo oriented, as he loses his ability and willingness to deliver further changes to the international system.
- In the second
- We forecast light vehicle sales to decline 0.7% in 2020, following an estimated contraction of 1.8% in 2019.
- The shift away from the passenger car segment by consumers and manufacturers alike shows no sign of abating, prompting a downward revision of our sales and production forecasts for the segment to
- The US biosimilar market is developing; a significant milestone of 25 approvals has now been met and the pace of approvals is accelerating.
- The anticipated change in regulations in March 2020 remains on track; through this, biosimilar insulin products will become approvable for the first time.
- The acceptance of Incyte's pemgatinib NDA in cholangiocarcinoma places the company on a path to extend its portfolio even further.
- Incyte has experienced rapid growth with partnerships and in-house products driving revenue gains.
- The company is an acquisition target, which is increasing in attraction


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Pennsylvania’s general fund coffers took a major hit because of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. But the full scope might not be evident until next year and state government must take serious steps to facilitate recovery, concludes a new analysis by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy.
“The pandemic of 2020 will leave lasting economic scars as the shutdown forced many businesses to close, resulting in the furloughing of more than a million Pennsylvania workers,” say Frank Gamrat, executive director of the Pittsburgh think tank, and Jake Haulk, its president-emeritus (in Policy Brief Vol. 20, No. 21).
Data from the state Department of Revenue shows May 2020 total general fund revenue was $2.1 billion—about 20 percent less than May 2019’s $2.6 billion. May, however, is not typically a strong revenue month; April and March are typically the strongest revenue months for the commonwealth.
“In March 2020, when the shutdown only affected the last week or so, total general fund revenues were only down 2.6 percent from last March,” Gamrat and Haulk note.
“In April 2020 that amount was $2.2 billion or 50.6 percent below that of the same month a year ago. Over the three-month stretch of March through May, general fund revenues are down about $2.87 billion over 2019’s level for the same period.”
“The damage to general fund revenues may not be as severe this year as it may be for next as income tax collections based on this year’s incomes will be much lower in the next fiscal year,” reminds Gamrat and Haulk, Ph.D. economists.
Personal income and corporate net income tax collections in 2020, based on 2019 incomes, should see a significant pickup as the extended July 15 filing deadline approaches.
“But it’s unlikely the sales and use tax revenues will return to last year’s level and much of the loss will take years to make up,” the scholars say. “The same holds true for some of the so-called ‘minor’ tax collections.”
A large share of lost sales and use tax revenue will be unrecoverable this year as it is unlikely consumers will increase spending enough beyond normal levels to make up the loss.
“Although the federal government has flooded the economy with enough stimulus money to do so and savings have piled up for many who were able to retain their paychecks,” Gamrat and Haulk say. “Many consumers may still be reluctant to venture out amid the ongoing uncertainty.”
Thus, hard decisions will have to be made with the upcoming budget (to replace an interim spending blueprint that expires in November), especially considering it remains unknown how much federal funding will be forthcoming for state and local governments.
“Now is the time for the state to look at changing the way it operates—to cut unnecessary spending and reduce personnel counts, to lower tax rates and reduce regulations to help businesses get back on their feet and encourage them to add employees to their payrolls,” Gamrat and Haulk stress.
“Getting the state’s economy back up to speed should be a top priority.”


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Dan Bilzerian is branching out from his full-time career of partying and blowing things up to get into the video game business. But he’s not branching out THAT far, his game is all about trying to rescue himself from swarms of hot zombie chicks that are trying to seduce him.
It’s pretty much exactly what you’d expect.
It looks pretty neat although it’s definitely not the next AAA title, but fans might get a kick out of it. Save Dan was developed by Novasoft Games and will be available on iOS and Android in just under two weeks from now, if you haven’t forgotten about it by then…
This is the type of novelty game that you should probably release a lot sooner to the announcement date, but we’re sure it’ll be getting a massive push to Dan’s millions of followers either way, so there’s a huge leg-up on most new indie IPs.
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Shared Parental Leave and Pay came into effect in December 2014 for the parents of children due or adopted from 5 April 2015. A marketing campaign comprising of PR, digital and advertising activity was conducted leading up to the scheme coming into effect, as well as significant stakeholder engagement and promotion through gov.uk.
In 2018, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Government Equalities Office ran a joint £1.5m campaign to promote the scheme and encourage take-up. Again, this was a multi-channel campaign which made use of digital website advertising, targeted social media advertising, posters in train stations and on commuter routes, and digital content shared through both Government and external partners' channels. To help parents to understand and make use of the scheme, a suite of new tools and guidance was published at the same time.
In order to maintain momentum, we ran a further marketing campaign in 2019, focussing on social media channels and promoting the scheme through trusted partners.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is currently developing an online tool to help parents plan Shared Parental Leave and Pay. This will help parents to understand their entitlements and facilitate discussions with employers, thereby encouraging more new parents to use the scheme. The tool will be available on GOV.UK early in 2021.


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Fashion designer Coral Castillo's pieces feature unique macramé, reminiscent of the mac and cheese's spiral noodles. Other fun quirks include a noodle zipper and cheetah print lining.
Plaintiffs claimed no other products contributed to the hair damage they suffered and that only Olaplex products were to blame.
Researchers took a look at these lamps popular with gel manicures after reading about a woman’s rare form of skin cancer on her finger.
L’Oréal is also rolling out a makeup tool that brings augmented reality “painting” to your eyebrows.
AJ Crimson, a self-described "beauty industry rock star" and celebrity makeup artist, has died.
OPI and Invisibobble have been big names in the beauty industry that continue to stand the test of time.
Several states have already adopted similar bills into law and a lawmaker from Orlando hopes Florida will be next.


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The bluearmor 100 guards against hackers who use Bluetooth head- set connections to eavesdrop on calls or access data stored on phones. It scrambles the wireless link using 128-bit encryption, making it the first phone headset to meet the U.S. Department of Defense’s security standards.
Product: blueArmor 100
Companies: Steel Cloud and Biometric Associates
Anti-aging drugs are being tested as a way to treat covid
Drugs that rejuvenate our immune systems and make us biologically younger could help protect us from the disease’s worst effects.
These materials were meant to revolutionize the solar industry. Why hasn’t it happened?
Perovskites are promising, but real-world conditions have held them back.
The baby formula shortage has birthed a shady online marketplace
Desperate parents just want to feed their babies. They’re having to contend with misinformation, price gouging, and scams along the way.
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Tourism businesses are being urged to sign up to a new holiday voucher scheme designed to help low-income families enjoy a discounted two-night break in Scotland.
VisitScotland is urging hotels, B&Bs and visitor attractions to sign up for the ScotSpirit holiday voucher scheme, which will also help unpaid carers and young people disadvantaged by the pandemic.
The scheme is being funded with £1.4m from the Scottish Government and applications for vouchers will open when enough businesses have signed up.
Charities including the Family Holiday Association and Shared Care Scotland will ensure the vouchers are distributed to people in the greatest need.
The project is part of the £25m tourism recovery programme announced by the First Minister in March.
Malcolm Roughead, chief executive of VisitScotland, said: “We’re encouraging as many tourism businesses as possible to be part of the ScotSpirit holiday voucher scheme.
“Not only will you generate income for your business but you will also provide long-lasting memories for people who don’t often get to experience a holiday.
“Tourism is a force for good – creating economic and social value in every corner of Scotland and enhancing the well-being of everyone who experiences it.”
Tourism Minister Ivan McKee said: “After more than a year of the pandemic, a holiday from the stresses of daily life is something we all look forward to.
“We pledged to deliver a holiday voucher scheme in the first 100 days of this Government and we are delivering.
“The £1.4 million ScotSpirit Holiday Voucher Scheme will support many families and unpaid carers who might not have been able to take a break, to take some time out and explore Scotland.”
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Renault reports highest fleet growth figures for 2010
The brand has reported a cumulative fleet car share of almost 4.8% for 2010, an increase of 2.2 points. Strong sellers included the seven-seat Grand Scenic.
And for the LCV market, Renault succeeded in driving up its cumulative share to almost 7.5%, equating to a gain of close to 2.5 points versus 2009. It also consolidated its position as Europe's best-selling van manufacturer for the 13th consecutive year, with a market share of 15.9%.
As well as attributing its success to its product, Renault said that the launch of the Renault Business brand last year had played a key role.
The Renault Business Promise is a commitment to fleet customers, designed to ensure the very best customer service, based on mobility, transparent pricing, minimal downtime, first class service and a specialist dealer network
During the year, Renault's network of one-stop business shops, known as Renault Pro+ sites grew to 24 across the country, and the manufacturer also developed Renault iCare, a pence-per-mile service, maintenance and repair system managed via telematics.
Darren Payne, Renault UK's director of fleet and commercial vehicle operations said: 'These results prove that Renault Business is once again a strong and credible contender in the fleet market, thanks to a competitive model line-up and an industry-leading after-sales experience that customers can expect due to the Renault Business Promise.
'What's more, we will strengthen our position still further in 2011 with the introduction of more fleet-appealing low CO2 models in the first half and of course, the build-up to the launch of our first electric vehicle, Kangoo Van ZE.'


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MINSK, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Great Stone China-Belarus industrial park registered 13 new resident companies in 2020, the press service of Belarusian Economy Ministry said on Thursday.
In 2020, the Park registered 13 new residents with a declared investment of more than 80 million U.S. dollars. At the beginning of 2021, the total number of residents amounted to 68 companies with an investment of 1.2 billion dollars envisaged by investment projects. The average salary of employees of residents is two times higher than the average level in Belarus, the press service reported.
At the end of 2020, industrial production increased by 4.4 times, proceeds from the sale of goods rose by 3.2 times, exports of goods up by 2.3 times, investment in fixed assets up by 15 percent compared to 2019.
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WASHINGTON and THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Feb. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Silent Circle, the global private communications firm revolutionizing mobile device privacy and security for organizations and individuals alike, today announced a strategic partnership with Dutch telecommunications carrier KPN N.V. The partnership makes KPN the inaugural carrier partner for Blackphone - the world's first privacy-focused smartphone - developed through a Switzerland-based joint-venture of Silent Circle and Geeksphone and launching on Feb. 24 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. KPN will distribute Blackphone handsets to individuals and enterprises among its 44.5 million subscribers across Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands and resell Silent Circle's encrypted mobile apps and services like Silent Phone and Silent Text to give its customers a full range of privacy options for their sensitive business and personal communications.
"KPN believes and is committed to secure and reliable communications for everyone," said Jaya Baloo, KPN's Chief Information Security Officer. "Customers want to protect their sensitive and private information in the best possible way. This is a unique opportunity to offer encrypted voice, data, and video through our exclusive cooperation with Silent Circle, and KPN can once again pioneer in the global telecommunications arena."
"This unique partnership demonstrates that KPN is one of the most innovative telecoms in the world," said Silent Circle CEO and co-founder Mike Janke. "They have one of the world's strongest privacy and security commitments of any telecom, lead by their CEO Eelco Blok and their CSO Jaya Baloo. This further showcases KPN's commitment to bringing privacy and secure communications to the citizens of Europe."
KPN will help meet high European demand for Blackphone and its wireless subscribers can additionally use their existing customer accounts to purchase the Silent Circle Mobile package, which includes Silent Phone and Silent Text and gain a full range of private communications features for their iOS or Android devices. KPN users can place private voice and video calls with Silent Phone and exchange private text messages with Silent Text, including support for file transfers up to 100MB and additional "Burn Notice" auto-delete protection for documents and multimedia files. To ensure complete privacy, Silent Circle's apps and services never log user metadata and manage encryption keys exclusively on users' devices; meaning Silent Circle and its carrier partners cannot decipher the contents of users' calls and messages.
Silent Circle's partnership with KPN underscores the companies' shared commitment to protecting customers' privacy and further establishes Silent Circle's leadership in offering an unmatched, private encrypted platform meeting worldwide demand for secure alternatives to vulnerable communications mediums. Through their partnership, the companies will leverage KPN's network infrastructure to deliver a dedicated Silent Circle Out-Circle Access calling option for the European market in 2014. Out-Circle access allows a Silent Phone subscriber to place calls to traditional landlines, cell and other phone numbers. These calls "Outside the Circle" are encrypted from the Silent Phone user's handset to the edge of Silent Circle's secure private network in a given region, before they are routed to conventional phone systems. With KPN's support, European Out-Circle Access will add an additional measure of convenience for Silent Phone users requiring the ability to call conventional numbers in Europe and elsewhere.
KPN is the leading telecommunications and ICT service provider in the Netherlands, offering wireline and wireless telephony, internet and TV to consumers and end-to-end telecom and ICT services to business customers. In Germany and Belgium, KPN pursues a Challenger strategy in its wireless operations and holds number three market positions through E-Plus and BASE. KPN provides wholesale network services to third parties and operates an efficient IP-based infrastructure with global scale in international wholesale through iBasis. For more information on KPN visit: http://corporate.kpn.com
ABOUT SILENT CIRCLE
Silent Circle is a global private communications service headquartered in Washington D.C. providing a revolutionary device to device platform enabling private and secure communications via voice, video, text and file transfer on mobile devices. Silent Circle was co-founded by Mike Janke, former Navy SEAL and security specialist; Phil Zimmermann, the world famous creator of Internet encryption for voice and data and 2012 inductee into the Internet Hall of Fame; and Jon Callas, creator of Apple's whole disk encryption and co-Founder of PGP Corporation. For more on Silent Circle, go to: https://www.silentcircle.com
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So I guess we’ve officially entered a new era of lean and mean. I say this with the announcement of Ubuntu Snappy Core, “designed for lightweight cloud container hosts running Docker and for smart devices,” according to Canonical. “Snappy Ubuntu Core is the smallest Ubuntu available, designed for security and efficiency in devices or on the cloud.” This first version of Snappy Ubuntu Core features secure app containment and Docker 1.6 (1.5 in main release), is available on public clouds, ...
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In 2015, 4.9 billion connected "things" will be in use. By 2020, Gartner forecasts this amount to be 25 billion, a 410 percent increase in just five years. How will businesses handle this rapid growth of data? Hadoop will continue to improve its technology to meet business demands, by enabling businesses to access/analyze data in real time, when and where they need it. Cloudera's Chief Technologist, Eli Collins, will discuss how Big Data is keeping up with today's data demands and how in t...
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SYS-CON Media announced today that @ThingsExpo Blog launched with 7,788 original stories. @ThingsExpo Blog offers top articles, news stories, and blog posts from the world's well-known experts and guarantees better exposure for its authors than any other publication. @ThingsExpo Blog can be bookmarked. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the most profound change in personal and enterprise IT since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
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As Marc Andreessen says software is eating the world. Everything is rapidly moving toward being software-defined – from our phones and cars through our washing machines to the datacenter. However, there are larger challenges when implementing software defined on a larger scale - when building software defined infrastructure. In his session at 16th Cloud Expo, Boyan Ivanov, CEO of StorPool, will provide some practical insights on what, how and why when implementing "software-defined" in the dat...
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DevOps tasked with driving success in the cloud need a solution to efficiently leverage multiple clouds while avoiding cloud lock-in. Flexiant today announces the commercial availability of Flexiant Concerto. With Flexiant Concerto, DevOps have cloud freedom to automate the build, deployment and operations of applications consistently across multiple clouds. Concerto is available through four disruptive pricing models aimed to deliver multi-cloud at a price point everyone can afford.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Vicom Computer Services, Inc., a provider of technology and service solutions, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. They are located at booth #427. Vicom Computer Services, Inc. is a progressive leader in the technology industry for over 30 years. Headquartered in the NY Metropolitan area. Vicom provides products and services based on today’s requirements...
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While DevOps most critically and famously fosters collaboration, communication, and integration through cultural change, culture is more of an output than an input. In order to actively drive cultural evolution, organizations must make substantial organizational and process changes, and adopt new technologies, to encourage a DevOps culture. Moderated by Andi Mann, panelists will discuss how to balance these three pillars of DevOps, where to focus attention (and resources), where organizations m...
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The launch of the Vivo Y33 in India is scheduled for August 23. The smartphone’s specifications have been leaked and now its pricing information has also been leaked. The Vivo Y33s was briefly spotted on Amazon India which also had the pricing information and ecommerce availability. The Vivo Y33s may have a 6.58-inch Full HD + display and be powered by the MediaTek Helio G80 SoC. It is recommended to have a triple rear camera setup with a 50 mega-pixel main camera.
91Mobiles cited retailers to report that the Vivo Y33s could launch in India on Aug 23. Its sources claim that the phone could be launched through offline stores, but it could also be made available online. A previous leak also affected the phone’s specs.
In addition, the publication also briefly discovered the Vivo Y33s on Amazon. The listing was quickly removed, but the pricing information was leaked along with possible color options and design.
Vivo Y33s Price In India (Expected)
The price of the Vivo Y33s is estimated at Rs. 17,990 for the 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage option. The Amazon listing shows the phone may come in a Midday Dream color option and come with free EMI and exchange offers. The phone likely has a water drop style notch display with a slight chin on the bottom. The Vivo Y33s may have a side-mounted fingerprint sensor and a triple rear camera on the back.
Vivo Y33s specs (expected)
As for the specs, previous leaks suggest the Vivo Y33s may be running Funtouch OS 11.1 powered by Android 11. It will offer a 6.58-inch Full HD + (2,408 x 1,080 pixels) Halo FullView display. The phone is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio G80 SoC with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage.
Vivo Y33s can be equipped with a triple rear camera, which includes a 50-megapixel primary sensor, a 2-megapixel bokeh sensor and a 2-megapixel macro sensor. For selfies, it can get a 16-megapixel primary sensor. The Vivo Y33s can contain a 5,000 mAh battery with 18 W fast charge support. Connectivity options include 4G LTE, dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth v5, and USB OTG. It can also have a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.
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Uber to focus more on bikes and scootersComments
Uber's chief executive says the company is planning to shift its emphasis away from cars and more towards electric bikes and scooters. In an interview with the Financial Times, Dara Khosrowshahi said that the company is forecasting that city-dwellers will make more frequent and shorter journeys in the future.
The CEO admitted that the move could hurt profits in the short-term but that it is part of a long-term strategy.
Uber first added e-bikes to its app in February and acquired the bike-sharing company Jump for about $200m in April. Jump bikes are available in eight US cities, and will soon launch in Berlin.
Uber has also struck deals with Lime, an electric scooter company, and Masabi, a London-based app that provides mobile ticketing for public transport, with the aim of building what the CEO calls an "urban mobility platform".


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The Vermont Peanut Butter Company announced today that it is extremely excited to be a part of the KICKSTARTER community, by using this tool in part for the funding of the new line of the HIGH-PROTEIN nut butters. KICKSTARTER helps build a community around projects and future company goals through a unique way of becoming an actively involved community. Health and nutrition are the ingredients that make Vermont Peanut Butter Company stand out.
The Vermont Peanut Butter Company delivers a new way to think about America's number one love affair with peanut butter and almond butter! They strive to change the way people think about this staple, nutritious and fun food. Vermont Peanut Butter has gone back to the roots of healthful nut butters with a twist. The company has added HIGH-PROTEIN, healthy roasted peanuts, sea-salt, organic ingredients, and scrumptious flavors which are the Companies signature.
Chris Kaiser CEO, of The Vermont Peanut Butter Company, a lifetime athlete and health-nut and launched his Company to create a better, healthier, staple food- for kids, athletes, and families alike. As to the importance of making good healthy choices morning noon and night, Chris stated, "I simply do not know how I would start my day if it was not for peanut butter."
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Has Fall finally fallen upon us? It rained in Los Angeles – that was weird. Halloween is around the corner, which is always delightfully weird. And while it should be strange to see Christmas decorations for sale in stores in October, sadly that’s now totally not weird.
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If you do not know the feeling of sipping a fresh, cold daiquiri while wandering the streets of Old Havana, Buena Vista Social Club made the next best thing with their legendary self-titled debut album that just turned 25 this month. One spin of ‘Dos Gardenias’, and this classic Cuban musical troupe will transport you straight to the shores of Cuba.
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Belgian sparkling wine beats champagne to win top award
A Belgian sparkling wine has surprised judges by beating a range of French champagnes to win a top award at a world wine competition in Brussels.
The 2014 Cuvée Prestige from Chant d'Éole in Guévy was named this year's "revelation" at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. It is the first time in the competition's 26-year history that a champagne has not won.
"It's a very surprising result," said contest director Thomas Costenoble. "We had to double-check the numbers and make sure the tasters hadn't made a mistake."
The 15-hectare Chant d'Éole estate was created in 2011. Today it has 130,000 vines, producing 80,000 bottles of wine a year.
Vineyard owner Hubert Ewbank said: "It's an honour and a privilege for us. We put so much energy and passion into our business. Receiving this recognition is exceptional.
"This award obviously upsets the world of wine. For Belgium, it's an exceptional moment. We were seen as amateurs, a small region making wine.
"Finally we have international recognition. I think for us and other Belgian vineyards, a page has turned."
German Mulet, the vineyard's Argentinian production manager, who was hired last year after working in Bordeaux, told RTBF: "I did not even know that Belgian wine existed before I arrived for my job interview."


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- Bitterex to delist Dash over privacy concerns
- Dash developers against delisting of coin, says privacy not more than Bitcoin
Altcoin Dash is currently experiencing a time to forget in its history as American crypto exchange, Bittrex has threatened to delist the ‘privacy coin’ alongside Monero (XMR) and Zcash (ZEC).
Owing to stringent regulations in the US, Bitterex announced its delisting plan in a tweet as the coin developers kicked against this move. The crypto developers claim the altcoin is not more private than Bitcoin.
The American exchange never gave any reason for the removal. However, it can be attributed to how other exchanges are delisting coins that seek to preserve their users’ privacy. These exchanges are trying to be compliant with know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) regulations that are spreading worldwide.
Dash against Bitterex delisting action
The altcoin developers in a tweet responded to Bitterex. It highlighted the label “privacy coin,” calling it a misnomer. They claimed that the coins privacy function is not greater than that of Bitcoin.
They also said they are setting up a meeting with Bittrex’s compliance team to be reinstated. However, the delisting threats have affected the coin price as its price plunged alongside the other coins Bitterex claimed it would delist.
Previously, the altcoin has said that it was the worlds first privacy-centric crypto-currency. But now, it claims to be only the leading payments cryptocurrency.
The CEO has also undermined the coin’s privacy features in the wake of being delisted on Bitterex.
Crypto Twitter has also joined the argument that the altcoin developers released guidance on the cryptocurrency’s privacy features in August. In a post on the official Dash website, Taylor wrote that “regulators are concerned that exchanges may be unable to comply with KYC / AML regulations when transacting coins with privacy features” because DASH is “often found on lists of coins with privacy enhancements.”
Afterward, he said that the altcoin has mostly been successful in convincing exchanges and regulators that the coin is not a privacy coin.


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Comcast's involvement in the African-American community doesn't end with the company's involvement in West Philadelphia entrepreneur Candace V. Mitchell's natural hair profile and product business, Myavana.
On Wednesday Feb. 25, Comcast wrapped its celebration of Black History Month, which included special Xfinity programming like "Malcolm X" and "The Great Debaters." Comcast also expanded its "His Dream Our Stories" series which launched in 2013 honoring the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington.
Xfinity hosted a two-part live-stream online talk show at the Comcast Center (1701 JFK Blvd.) moderated by MSNBC's Touré and featuring popular blogger and business owner Luvvie Ajayi; Maker's Row founder Matthew Burnett; Eunique Jones Gibson, founder of "Because of Them We Can"; and "Power" Showrunner Courtney Kemp-Agboh, among others. In two separate panels, the innovators discussed what it means to be black and brown in the tech and entertainment industries as well as what's next for the two industries.
"No matter what [black people] do," said Ajayi, "we drive trends," and black people are utilizing tech, largely through social media, to make their voices heard. Kemp-Agboh echoed this idea while discussing the smash hit new show "Empire."
"Empire" is the first show with a primarily black cast to breach the Top 10 most-watched shows based on Nielsen ratings since 1991, Touré said, which exemplifies the opportunities for diversity in content creation.
"To some extent 'Empire' is a pair of Jordans," Kemp-Agboh said. Like with Air Jordan sneakers, the panel discussed, African Americans launched the frenzy over "Empire" and the rest of the country followed.
Comcast has not overlooked the moneymaking potential in minority communities, as evident in its Catalyst Fund, which seeks to invest in and foster opportunities for startups with diverse founding teams, and partnership with Philadelphia's Dreamit Ventures Access program.
Dreamit Ventures Access is a three-month accelerator program that aims to take startups to higher levels in a condensed amount of time, said Dreamit Access Managing Director William Crowder. Through Dreamit, Comcast works to find minority-owned startups for investments and partnerships. One company that has directly benefited from this program is Myavana. Mitchell moved her company idea from Atlanta to Philadelphia after participating in Dreamit Access and hired some local engineers to help take her business to the next level. Cloudamize, a cloud-infrastructure and planning-optimization company, started and is still based in Philly after participating in Dreamit Access.
"If you look at the demographic makeup of the country and what we will see for the next 25 years," said Crowder, "the country's only becoming more and more diverse." That means the consumer base will become more diverse and their changing wants and needs are going to be all the more important.
"To the extent that we have companies that naturally understand the consumer set, I think [more diverse companies] are going to have a competitive advantage."
With the innovative program, Comcast is directly involved in the nurturing of minority-owned startup companies whose longevity may be directly linked to the diversity of their original team.
With the next Dreamit Access accelerator program taking place in New York, applications are open until March 20 and available on the website for startups with minority teams.
"I think the startups that are diverse from the very beginning ultimately are going to be the ones that win out," Crowder said.


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For almost 30 years, Nespresso has offered a recycling program for its capsules. Now the company offers various sustainable solutions across the country to ensure its capsules are recycled, and encourages consumers and recycling programs across the country to take part.
“In 1991, when recycling still wasn’t in the mainstream, Nespresso was launching their first recycling program, so it’s in our DNA,” said Caroline Duguay, communications director with Nespresso.
In more than 300 municipalities in Quebec, including Montreal, as well as in parts of British Columbia including Vancouver, Nespresso has implemented a green bag recycling program. When Nespresso consumers are done with their capsules, they put them in a resistant green bag provided by the coffee retailer, and place them in their regular neighbourhood recycling bin. From there, the green bags are taken to Nespresso’s partner processing plant, where the coffee is mechanically separated from the capsule and turned to valuable compost for farmers, while the aluminum capsules can be recycled ad infinitum.
It’s a practical solution to a question coffee drinkers have long had about the potential waste from individually served coffee capsules.
In a perfect world, Duguay said, the green bag would be present in every community in Canada that has a recycling program, but differences in recycling rules in every municipality requires that Nespresso work out individual deals one at a time, so users can expect a gradual rollout. Nespresso is actively pursuing agreements with major Canadian cities such as Toronto and its suburbs about the system. The city’s approval is critical to expanding this program.
In the meantime, Nespresso offers two other solutions that still remedy the problem of completely recyclable capsules landing in the trash. There’s the company’s decade-old solution of the black bag, which can be returned to one of the 29 Nespresso retail stores across the country, or dropped off at one of many partner locations. Since 2018, there’s also the red bag, where Nespresso consumers can drop their capsules off at a Canada Post mailbox and Nespresso will cover the cost of having them shipped to its recycling partner.
Duguay said that in Montreal, where the green bag was introduced more than two years ago, the percentage of consumers claiming that they are using it has grown to over 90 per cent. Without the extra step of bringing capsules back to the store or putting them in the mail, it’s the easiest and most effective recycling solution, for both the company and users alike. The challenge remains bringing the green bag to more cities, which requires getting various municipal governments on board. Duguay said the main objective is to bring them to every major city in the country, while the red bag can adequately serve more rural communities where recycling or retail stores are less commonplace.
“The responsibility is on us to make this as easy as possible for the consumer,” Duguay said. “We worked in partnership with a sorting centre to make sure the green bag actually works in the public system. We tested thickness and design to make sure it resists opening during transportation so there’s no leakage or risk of soiling other recyclable materials.
“But because the green bag goes through the public system, it means we need to have one-on-one conversations with every sorting centre and every municipality. The way we see it, it’s been proven successful in over 300 municipalities in and around Montreal for over two years now in several sorting centres, so if it works there, there’s no reason why it can’t work elsewhere. This is what we are telling other major Canadian cities.”
While consumers concentrate on the sustainability of the capsules themselves, Duguay observed it’s the brewing process that can have an even larger carbon footprint.
With a single-serve machine, “it allows us to use the exact amount of water, coffee and energy. There’s no waste. If you forget to turn the machine off, it turns itself off. It uses the exact amount of energy to create a cup,” Duguay said, citing a 2015 Quantis study that compared the environmental impact of single-serve coffee to bulk coffee brewing and found even if the capsule winds up in a landfill, the single-serve coffee has less of a carbon footprint.
Reducing its carbon footprint company-wide — for example, Nespresso installed automatic lights at its Montreal office — is one of three steps in Nespresso’s Positive Cup program. In addition to 100 per cent carbon-efficient operations, Nespresso is also committed to producing 100 per cent sustainably sourced coffee and 100 per cent responsibly managed aluminum by 2020. Duguay said the company is close to reaching all three targets.
While Nespresso is working on reducing its own carbon footprint and bringing green bags to more communities behind the scenes, the company is also looking to inform consumers and municipalities that with proper care, the capsules that house their beloved coffee can have a second life.
“The coffee capsules, if not handled properly, can be a waste. But we have a solution and it works,” said Duguay. “We can even adapt to specific needs and problems, too. We’re open to finding solutions, and it’s a lot of work, but it’s a message we want to get out there.”
This story was created by Content Works, Postmedia’s commercial content division, on behalf of Nespresso.


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Smashburger’s “New Jersey Burger” is topped with applewood smoked bacon, blue cheese crumbles, grilled onions, haystack onions, lettuce, tomato and mayo, served on an onion bun. From May 1-3, this signature burger will be renamed the “Boston Burger,” and $1 from the sale of every burger sold at the chain’s 13 N.J. locations will be donated to One Fund Boston. Created by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, One Fund Boston is dedicated to raising money for those most affected by the tragic events that unfolded during The Boston Marathon. In North Jersey, Smashburger stores are located in Hackensack, Paramus, Ramsey Clifton and Montclair/Glen Ridge.
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The pandemic has forced brands to confront their own shortcomings, according to Marius Bartsch, head of customer engagement at Digitas UK.
“We’ve seen this magnifying glass held over brands and customers have become much more discerning and demanding,” added Digitas UK’s head of strategy, Charlene Charity at Campaign’s recent breakfast briefing: The Future of Customer Engagement.
“Consumers have been bruised,” said Mark Evans, managing director of marketing and digital at Direct Line Group.
Digitas’ survey, conducted with research agency The Nursery, revealed that 68% of UK customers believe that brands they buy from do not understand or anticipate their needs. 50% of customers are satisfied with the day-to-day relationship with their selected brands but only 35% feel rewarded from that relationship. “Customers’ relationship with brands tends to degrade when they're having to resolve issues or access rewards and benefits,” explained Bartsch.
“Customer engagement is a huge opportunity for brands but if 68% of customers are still telling us we're not getting this right, where are those points of disconnection?” asked Bartsch.
Kindness is key
“The research clearly highlights a lack of empathy,” said Bartsch, citing the “gold rush” towards first-party data in a cookie-less future as part of the problem. “Customers feel that relationships are transactional and that brands are seeing it as an opportunity to grow business rather than grow relationships.” Charity added: “It boils down to kindness.”
That kindness stretches into other areas: environmental concerns and the way brands treat their people. “Sustainability is becoming more and more of an issue,” said Charity. “We work with Eon, the energy company, and their insights show that having a sustainable energy provider has become a basic expectation for customers.”
The traction gained by the open letter from Brewdog employees has shown that kindness begins at home, or at least in the workplace.
But be authentic
Evans warned against getting “too giddy” because “customers are still pretty rational and functional in their thinking”. In other words, in these uncertain times, people want clarity.
Gareth Hussey, director of consumer at O2, continued: “We've always recognised what I call the ‘relevance premium’. Our tracking data says that consumers want relevant experiences and relevant communications.” Hussey cited a personal example of a retail brand who bombard him with unrealistic discounts. “Endless discounts can erode that brand heritage they spent so much time building up,” agreed Charity. “We're all consumers and we can see through things,” added Sharon Hegarty, marketing director for Samsung Electronics.
“Customers want brands that are relevant to their lives,” Hegarty continued. “We've seen a huge increase of customers using our health products and services, for example.”
Tool up for digital
“Our observation,” said Bartsch, “is that few brands tell a consistent story at each touch point, which is how you end up with a category experience rather than a brand experience. And therein lies a huge opportunity: many brands have insufficient digital tools to create those personalised journeys and personalised experiences. A properly supported digital infrastructure isn’t optional any more, it’s a must.”
Evans added: “Customers have become much more digitally sophisticated, maybe by necessity, so the complexity of what they’re prepared to do online has increased greatly.”
How to listen and learn
Charity sees an “overlooked trend” in the rise of online communities particularly across the entertainment, gaming and women’s health sectors. “These communities give everyone an equal platform to communicate their views and sometimes those are voices not often listened to. It’s hard to get into but it’s a great way to listen and learn.”
“We’ve adapted to ensure that we’re using the right channels to communicate with our customers, not just through email and push notifications but also increasing our social channels,” said Hegarty.
“We’ve worked more closely than ever with the customer services team,” she added. “How many times do you go to the call centre? I’d really recommend you do – listen to what your customers are saying. Lots of test, measure and learn.”
Don’t mention the C-word
Direct Line Group, explained Evans, have moved towards an agile operating model with squads and pods that all have customer experience at their heart. “Direct Line is a fixer brand,” he said, “and that needs to show up in everything we do, every piece of communication and every customer experience. It’s also what we ask of our employees: to be a fixer.”
“We don't even use the term CRM any more,” said Digitas' Charity. “It just needs to be the way you do business – so you’re always focused on the customer.”
Hegarty said: “Customers don't care which department you're from or who's communicating to them, customers just expect me to know who they are, and to provide a connected omni-channel experience no matter which touch point that you’re talking to them through.”


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Karen Elson wears a Taller Marmo dress from Fall/Winter 2020 collection as she graces the August 16th, 2020 issue of The Sunday Times Style photographed by Matthew Followill.
For the cover story named ‘’There Were No Selfies Then, Just An Enjoyment of Youth’’, stylist Verity Parker dresses the British top model and singer/songwriter in ensembles from brands like Fendi, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Jenny Packham, Miu Miu and Chanel.
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GE Power India on Sunday said it will close down operations at its Maneja (Vadodara) manufacturing plant in Gujarat from tomorrow.
The company said 95 per cent of workmen at the facility have opted for the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS), which was initiated on August 21 and closed on August 25.
"Around 95 per cent of workmen at the above factory have opted for the aforesaid scheme," GE Power India said in a regulatory filing.
The company said it would continue as a key contributor to the domestic hydro market and reaffirmed its commitment to the customers in the hydropower industry.
"The company will leverage its robust supply chain capabilities from within GE Group and in collaboration with suppliers to serve its customers," GE Power India said.


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Journalism is witnessing the rise of a new business model. Some journalists who launched their own newsletters in recent years have found that they can generate significant revenues through subscriptions.
“Revolutionary change to the business model”
Many of them, working through the newsletter platform Substack, are reporting incomes on par with what they earned in their day jobs. China expert Bill Bishop and the liberal political writer Judd Legum are among the most successful journalists on the platform.
They are earning well into six figures annually through the newsletters they send to their subscribers, reports NYTimes’ Media Columnist, Ben Smith. Journalist Luke O’Neil, who has written for Esquire and The Guardian among other top publications, told Digiday’s Steven Perlberg, that he is expecting to gross more than $100,000 annually for his newsletter Hell World.
I just need a few thousand people, and it’s a good model. The one where you really need everyone is the ad model where you’ve got to constantly fight for more and more clicks. Because you start every day out basically at zero.Judd Legum, Journalist and Author of the newsletter, Popular Information
“The audience connecting directly with you and paying directly is a revolutionary change to the business model,” says Substack CEO, Chris Best.
Substack was founded by developers Chris Best and Jairaj Sethi, and journalist Hamish McKenzie in 2017. McKenzie told The Washington Post’s Jacob Bogage that they were, “put off by the social media algorithms that controlled news distribution, they wanted a platform that would allow each client to build a “mini media empire” around their mailing lists.”
Here’s how Substack works: Writers can launch a free or a paid subscription newsletter on the platform. It takes care of the technology, freeing them to focus on the writing. Substack does not charge for newsletter creation, it makes money by taking a 10% cut of the subscription revenue.
“We’re coming in with an opportunity-focused mindset,” McKenzie told Perlberg. “During the first 20-30 years of the internet, in terms of information distribution and media, the innovation has mostly come around an ad-supported model. There’s a whole 20-30 years of innovation to come that more fully innovates around a subscription model.”
I’m wary of selling false hope to journalists who have been burned many times over by grand promises from technology companies. It is true that this new model won’t immediately work for everyone. But there are early signs that we are witnessing the emergence of a new media economy.Hamish McKenzie, Co-founder, Substack
“The top writers on Substack are making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year,” McKenzie wrote in a blog post. “And there’s a rapidly growing middle class, with writers and podcasters netting incomes that range from pocket money to high five figures. There are now well over 100,000 paying subscribers to Substack publications.”
“A hunger out there”
Initially this trend was mainly noted among journalists, but the launch of The Dispatch, a conservative politics and news site, last October, represents the entry of the “first real news organization” on Substack, comments NiemanLab’s Hanaa’ Tameez. It serves as an umbrella brand for six different email newsletters, and three podcasts published on Substack’s platform.
The startup had added nearly 10,000 paying subscribers (on top of 60,000 non-paying) and was reportedly approaching $1.4M in revenue in March.
“That direct reliance on readers — The Dispatch doesn’t have ads or rent out its mailing lists to scam PACs or snake-oil salesmen — makes it stand out among political media,” adds Tameez.
Substack CEO Chris Best told TechCrunch’s Anthony Ha that The Dispatch’s success so far shows that there’s “a hunger out there.”
He added, “Are readers willing to pay for something that helps them make sense of the world and adds value to their lives? I think the answer is unequivocally yes.”
Editor and CEO Stephen Hayes said, “We’re not trying to monetize eyeballs. What Substack was doing fit pretty much exactly with what we wanted to build — a company with an editorial-first philosophy.”
“Managers hoping to capture all the upside of newsletters without the risks, have begun testing out ways to give their reporters newsletters that they control,” writes Max Willens, Platforms Reporter, Digiday.
“McKenzie said Substack is having conversations with numerous media companies about how they can use his company’s product to build newsletters for their reporters or organizations; in late May, for example, four Wall Street Journal staffers debuted a collaborative newsletter on Substack, called Elevate with clear WSJ branding.”
Some other full-fledged news organizations built on Substack include, Asia Sentinel, Let’s Go Warriors and Write for California.
“One of the most important tools available to publishers”
Going beyond Substack, the industry is witnessing a resurgence in newsletters. This year’s Reuters Institute Digital News Report notes a sharp increase in the production of email newsletters in recent years, both by ‘legacy’ print and newer digital media publishers. It adds that they are popular with avid news consumers (access news frequently throughout the day), as well as those who check news updates at set times daily.
Email helps build habit and loyalty, the report states, and is often a “critical weapon in reducing churn.”
It (email) does remain one of the most important tools available to publishers for building habit and attracting the type of customers that can help with monetisation (subscription or advertising).Reuters Institute Digital News Report, 2020
Mailchimp, which also offers non-editorial newsletter hosting, reported a 45% increase in new publisher accounts in 2019, according to Bogage. He adds that sign-ups are roughly 11% higher compared to 2019 up this year and “account registrations have soared during the pandemic: They spiked 49% in March, compared with the year-ago period, and 68% in February.”
“The shift toward newsletters is part of a broader change,” wrote Mike Isaac for NYTimes.
“The newsletter is not a new phenomenon,” he added. “But there is a growing interest among those who are disenchanted with social media in what the writer Craig Mod has called “the world’s oldest networked publishing platform.” For us, the inbox is becoming a more attractive medium than the news feed.”
“A social media platform that publishers themselves can truly own”
Some newsletter success stories include The Skimm, a daily newsletter started by two former NBC producers, which has grown from “dozens of readers to millions.” Publishers like Axios, Vox, BuzzFeed, CNN — “have latched on to the trend as they seek a deeper bond with readers,” commented Isaac.
Newsletters today are in many ways the newspapers of yesterday; the inbox is the new doorstep. In recent years we’ve seen a huge explosion of newsletters in the news industry, and the intimacy in particular of written-through newsletters, with dedicated authors and sometimes niche audiences, has definitely pushed The New Yorker’s newsletters into new territory too.Jessie Li, Newsletter Editor, The New Yorker
“Newsletters are like a social media platform that publishers themselves can truly own as a consistent source of readership and engagement—and encouraging responses can be a way to show readers that you care about them and listen to their feedback,” adds Li.
Another inspiring example of newsletter success is Morning Brew, a daily newsletter designed for young business professionals. The publisher relies on ads for revenue, and according to Digiday’s Kayleigh Barber, it grew it’s online audience, as well as profits ($3M in 2018 to $13M in 2019), with the help of a single email newsletter. The number of daily newsletter subscribers increased by more than 1M during the same period.
Morning Brew had 1.8M subscribers in February 2020 and crossed the 2M mark in April. While the daily newsletter makes up for lion’s share of the overall revenue (89%), the publisher is adding more offerings as it transitions into a full-fledged media company. These include the newsletters Retail Brew (100k subscribers), Emerging Tech Brew (160k), and The Turnout (60k), plus a podcast, Business Casual (nearly 3M downloads in seven months).
In the long run, the founders intend to move away from advertising and sponsorship. Alex Lieberman, CEO, Morning Brief, told Colin Morrison from Flashes and Flames that they are examining ways of “charging our consumers directly to own a relationship with them.”
“Public ambassadors for brands shaping the news agenda every day”
“With publishers increasingly wary of platforms, email traffic has been an increasingly important route to content,” says Nic Newman, Senior Research Associate at Oxford University’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. “But with a greater focus on paid models, they are also one of the most effective ways of identifying and converting new digital subscribers.”
“Neither email newsletters nor podcasts are going to be the savior of journalism, but they do offer ways in which publishers can build direct connections and ongoing relationships with digital audiences,” he adds.
“While a website home page can often be overwhelming and clinical, the hosts and anchors of these products can help guide people through an increasingly complex world, showcasing the full range of talent in a newsroom in the process. Editorial curators are no longer junior staffers but increasingly important public ambassadors for brands shaping the news agenda every day.”
What’s old is new again. After obsessing over reaching massive audiences to make a living off minuscule online ad rates (which sometimes only pay pennies per thousand readers), individual writers and publications are returning to newsletters to make money directly from their audiences. And it doesn’t hurt that newsletters go directly to people’s inboxes, freeing them from social media’s algorithmic whims.Alex Kantrowitz, BuzzFeed News Reporter


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Comment: Maidment has overseen several enhancements to Forbes.com—including adding stand alone vertical sites for the automotive and luxury travel markets and a mobile edition.
While many b-to-b media companies are just starting to consider the wisdom of online video, Paul Maidment, editor of Forbes.com, has been a big believer for years. He oversaw the launch of the Forbes.com Video Network in 2002 and, in the past year, expanded it to feature more than 60 original video pieces a week.
"The Web was meant for video," said Maidment, who joined Forbes in 2001 in the dual position of editor of Forbes.com and executive editor of corporate sibling Forbes. "We're already seeing video take off, in terms of increased traffic and increasing demand among advertisers."
Maidment has also raised Forbes.com's visibility by introducing vertical, standalone Web sites for the automotive and luxury travel markets, with others expected to follow.
In October, the Forbes.com Career Center debuted.
"Journalism alone isn't enough. You have to add other elements to the destination and make it as useful as possible," Maidment said. "It's important to constantly innovate and renovate. If something works, build it, and if it doesn't, kill it."
The formula has paid off. At the 53rd annual Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards in March, Forbes.com captured the award for best Web site with more than 500,000 unique monthly visitors.
"What we do everyday is not provide a magazine, Web site or mobile edition," Maidment said. "We produce Forbes journalism and get it to our audiences however they need it delivered."


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For the first time, the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes has gone into partnership with a private company to support a sustainability initiative aimed at combating the effects of climate change.
The BioCarbon Fund, along with bank’s International Finance Corporation has entered into a joint investment of $US6 million with coffee capsule company Nespresso to support reforestation of coffee farms in Ethiopia to improve the farms’ resistance to climate change.
As part of the scheme, farmers will also be trained in agricultural best practices to help improve their productivity and the quality of their harvests.
The move is a landmark example of how the public and private sectors can combine forces to achieve a “greener” industry, says John Roome, the bank’s senior director for climate change.
“This first-of-its-kind collaboration is based on shared goals of ensuring higher productivity for famers, and making the coffee industry in Ethiopia more resilient to climate change.”
Creating shared value
This is one of many in Nespresso’s arsenal of initiatives aimed at creating shared value: the company wants consumers to benefit from quality coffee, but at the same time it wants to preserve the environment for future generations too.
Nespresso’s Daniel Weston, who heads the company’s Creating Shared Value division, is the first to admit that by looking after its coffee supply chain, the company is first and foremost looking after itself. After all, what coffee company is worth its beans without reliable access to consistently good coffee?
However, Weston also says there’s more to it than the self-interest of generating profits: “If you step back and ask the really big question of what is business for, then if it’s having a negative impact at any point, its licence to operate really comes into question.”
Environmentally responsible packaging
Nespresso – the company that created capsule coffee – realised early on in its 30-year history how important it was to deal responsibly with the additional element that capsule coffee had added into the coffee equation: the aluminium packaging, and started recycling in 1991.
Even though the company uses a surprisingly small amount of aluminium (there are 13-14g of aluminium in a soda can compared to just 1g in a coffee capsule), Weston says) it is striving to improve the sourcing and recycling of the aluminium it uses.
Nespresso executives know that a company can only do so much to encourage consumers to recycle, so Nespresso continues to bolster efforts to make recycling as easy as possible, and to ensure consumers are aware of their options.
“We want 100% of our customers to have an easy recycling solution available to them,” Weston says.
Nespresso co-founded the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) in 2012 along with the International Union Conservation of Nature and other leading suppliers, packagers and users of aluminium to drive the responsible production of aluminium.
“By 2020, we aim to source 100% of aluminium we use compliant with the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) standard, the first global standard for aluminium sustainability,” Weston says.
Sustainable supply chain
In addition to packaging, Nespresso has also been looking at its coffee supply chain.
“For us, each of our coffees should always have the same taste and the same aromas for the consumer, and the taste of the coffee depends very much on the plant and also on the terroir – the soil, climate, amount of sunshine” Weston says. “The approach we have taken is to buy consistently from the same areas and the same farmers.”
The challenge? As the business hit its stride and began to grow rapidly at the end of the 1990s, Nespresso faced a continuity hurdle: unless it could get more of the coffee its customers knew and loved, company growth would be constrained.
The aims of the AAA Program are threefold, Weston explains: “The first aim is self-interested. We want to help the famers to produce more very high quality coffee, that’s why we couldn’t take an off-the-shelf sustainability certification.
“The second aim is environmental and social sustainability.” The program sets rigorous environmental and social standards that are based on those of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN). They include water management, protection of biodiversity and farm workers’ rights.
“Thirdly, we want to enhance farmer welfare and productivity,” Weston says. The program helps farmers improve their productivity by implementing cost-reduction initiatives such as infrastructure and training programs.
Launched in 2003, the program has resulted in improved social, environmental and economic performance for coffee farmers. Independent Colombian consulting and research firm, CRECE, created a sustainability index specifically to measure the impact of the AAA Program in coffee-producing regions.
The company determined that AAA farms had 41 per cent better economic, 22.6% better social, and 52% better environmental conditions than non-AAA farms. It also found that net income levels were 46% higher for AAA farmers than non-AAA farmers.
Tensie Whelan, former CEO of the Rainforest Alliance, says: “The Nespresso AAA Program is one of the most rigorous and comprehensive programs in the coffee industry.”
Looking out for farmers
Under the AAA Program Nespresso, with the Colombian Ministry of Labour and Fairtrade International, has also launched a retirement savings plan to continue to care for farmers as they get older.
Harriet Lamb, the former CEO of Fairtrade International, says: “Coffee farmers work very hard their whole lives, yet they don’t have the means to support themselves when they reach old age. This is why Fairtrade International and Nespresso are collaborating with the farmers in Colombia on an innovative retirement plan. We hope that this will also help the younger generation see coffee farming as a viable career, preserving this essential part of the Colombian economy and heritage.”
Caring about its carbon footprint
Using a Life Cycle Assessment, Nespresso determined that contrary to widespread perception, the biggest environmental impact is not the packaging, but the coffee growing phase, closely followed by the point of consumption, ie the use of coffee machines and the washing of the cup. Packaging came in third.
“At point of consumption, we looked at the things we can most easily influence, such as the use of the machine, and ensuring fast heat-up times, and that the machines go into standby mode,” Weston says.The introduction of automatic standby and switch-off modes was a major contributor to Nespresso’s ability to reduce the carbon footprint of a cup of coffee by 20% between 2009 and 2012.
The Positive Cup
Building on this strong history of sustainability awareness, in 2014 Nespresso launched The Positive Cup, an initiative based on the idea that a cup of coffee can have a positive impact on the environment and society.
As part of this, Nespresso aims to reach several targets by 2020, including 100% sustainably sourced coffee, 100% sustainably managed aluminium, and 100% carbon efficient operations.
“Improving our sustainability is something that Nespresso has been doing for a very long time,” Weston says. “And we continue to challenge ourselves to do better.”
Sustainability think tank
To ensure the company doesn’t lose sight of the end goals related to sustainable operation, in 2013 it set up its own board of experts, the Nespresso Sustainability Advisory Board (NSAB).
The board’s job is to recommend new ways that Nespresso can enhance its sustainability strategy.
“Implementing shared value takes time and resources,” says Nespresso CEO Jean-Marc Duvoisin. “You have to commit to it every day in your business. You have to be patient, you have to be humble, you have to continuously adjust and improve. And you cannot do it alone.”
Learn more about Nespresso’s capsule recycling options here


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The rumors of an Amazon warehouse in Northwest Arkansas are confirmed to be true. The e-commerce giant is setting up shop in Lowell, a couple blocks east of J.B. Hunt.
- Shipping: The location at 315B S. Lincoln St. will be a 100k sq/ft warehouse on a 24.7 acre property and is likely to be a “last mile” delivery center. The property will accommodate and provide parking for hundreds of delivery vehicles only 12 miles from Walmart’s HQ.
- Expanse: Amazon is spreading its facilities throughout the country so as to provide the quickest deliveries to its customers. This facility will be Amazon’s first in Arkansas outside the Little Rock area, meaning that another big company has deemed NWA worth investing in.
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A closer look at the Target data breach and how it will affect second quarter earnings.
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00:06 the costs related to a massive data breach and the repayment
00:09 of debt. The Minneapolis based retailer also stated expects sales to
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00:16 spend cautiously and focus on values target now expects to earn
00:20 around seventy cents per share for the quarter. Down from the
00:23 85 cents to one dollar per share it previously forecast the
00:27 company has been reeling from today announced in December that had
00:29 personal millions of customers credit and debit card records target which
00:33 is facing a number of other internal issues. Last week names
00:36 PepsiCo executive Brian Cornell as a CEO.


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BJYM to train 15 lakh youths in using BHIM App
Lucknow, April 10: Volunteers of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) have decided to train 15 lakh youngsters in using the Bhim App in order to further Prime Minister Narendra Modi's digital initiative. An announcement in this regard was made by national general secretary of BJYM Saurabh Chaudhry.
"The training programme has started on April 8 and will continue till April 14 (the birth anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar). During this week, BJYM will train about 15 lakh youths about BHIM App," he said.
"This is the initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to increase digital payment and this App will speed up money transaction digitally. We have set a target to educate 15 lakh people about BHIM App, which is easy to download and easy to operate," Chaudhry said.
BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) is a Mobile App developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), based on the Unified Payment Interface (UPI). It was launched by Prime Minister Modi, at a Digi Dhan mela at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi on December 30, 2016.
It has been named after Bhim Rao Ambedkar and is intended to facilitate e-payments directly through banks and as part of the 2016 Indian banknote demonetization and drive towards cashless transactions.
This UPI app supports all Indian banks, which use that platform, and is built over the Immediate Payment Service infrastructure which allows the user to instantly transfer money between the bank accounts of any two parties. It can be used on all mobile devices.
"The BHIM App supports Aadhaar-based payments, where transactions will be possible with just a fingerprint impression," the BJYM leader said. UP BJYM office-bearer Rahul Mishra said BJYM workers have already started awareness drive in Lucknow and adjoining areas about the the benefits of the BHIM App, and it will facilitate cashless transactions.


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Chargemaster, a UK-based supplier and operator of electric vehicle charging points, has acquired GB Electrical, a specialist national contractor that has expanded into the installation of charging points across the country over the past two year
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UK-based MSS Electrical has welcomed Hassan Ramady, a well-respected GCC business consultant, as an advisor to its board.
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Panasonic is showcasing a range of electrical construction solutions at the ongoing Middle East Electricity 2014 in Dubai.
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TNT SAB Express in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's leading distribution companies, has signed an agreement with Alfanar Electrical Systems for its express services.
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The Culin’Or range of cookware and electrical kitchen appliances are now available through major retail outlets in the UAE.
The Culin’Or brand encompasses a collection of home food processing items and eco-friendly non-stick cookware produ
The exhibition centre for Light+Building 2010, which will display the world's new products for lighting, electrical engineering and home and building automation, is already almost fully booked.
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