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We’ll be able to help many countries grow high-quality vegetables, with systems that require little energy, resulting in a smaller carbon footprint.
Wouter Kuiper is CEO of KUBO. Located in the Dutch seaside village of Monster, KUBO is a pioneer in the development of greenhouse concepts.
Major players in the Dutch greenhouse horticulture sector are joining forces to showcase their knowledge and experience to a global audience. One of the goals is to help find solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges: food production, food safety, water scarcity, and fuel.
“It’s essential that we as a sector present a unified front,” says Wouter Kuiper, a board member of the Dutch Greenhouse Delta and CEO of KUBO, a leading greenhouse builder with a sustainable approach to covered cultivation. “Up until now the Dutch greenhouse horticulture sector has been too fragmented,” he adds.
The Netherlands has extensive experience with greenhouse farming and has developed state-of-the-art technologies and products. According to Kuiper, this should be more widely known than it currently is. “So far, we have not been able to communicate a clear message abroad,” says Kuiper. “Once we can get this message across we will be able to help many countries grow high-quality vegetables. Our systems also require little energy, which means a smaller carbon footprint”.
KUBO, located in the Dutch seaside village of Monster, is a pioneer in the development of greenhouse concepts. “We build the greenhouses, develop the technologies, do the growing, and provide the services,” explains Kuiper. “We invest continuously in innovation and guarantee maximum output with minimum input in terms of energy, raw materials, and water”.
The company recently completed an eighteen-hectare greenhouse project in the city of Xi’an in China, delivering the greenhouses and providing technology, support, and data analysis for tomato and bell pepper production. “The Chinese government has a long-term vision,” says Kuiper. “They want to learn how to grow plants themselves and are looking for the highest quality and the best results, not cheap solutions. Of course, other countries have their own greenhouse solutions, but the quality is not as high. If you want the best, you choose the Netherlands”.
According to Kuiper, when it comes to greenhouse horticulture, all countries face their own challenges, which can range from climate to geography all the way to legislation. “Luckily, the Dutch greenhouse horticulture sector has an answer to everything.” The demands placed by governments and consumers can also differ considerably. Some markets, for example, Austria and California, want carbon-neutral solutions, while others want food safety. “For China clean, safe food is important because in many parts of the country the soil and air are polluted”.
Pollution is not the only reason why greenhouses are often preferred in China. Climate change is making it hard to grow vegetables outdoors in many parts of the country because some areas have become too hot, too dry, or too wet. Kuiper goes on to explain that greenhouse yields are not affected by rainfall, insects, or disease vectors, regardless of their location. “Outdoor cultivation also requires on average thirty times more water than greenhouse cultivation”.
Kuiper believes this project in China is only the beginning. “They’re just testing the waters at this point. If it’s successful, which I believe it will be, they want to roll it out on a much larger scale”.
Now that the greenhouses have been built, KUBO is remotely monitoring the performance of Chinese project. Due to the many variables involved in greenhouse horticulture, it’s extremely important that greenhouse management is carried out by experienced growers. “Just one small mistake can lead to crop failure,” says Kuiper. “Growing is a craft that is often passed down through generations and one you can only learn well through practice”.
However, not all countries have enough experienced growers that are trained to using the latest and most sophisticated technology. KUBO is therefore regularly asked if there are any Dutch growers who want to work in the greenhouses abroad. “We always recommend finding a local solution,” says Kuiper. “We’re trying to make the technology easier to use. Right now, it’s rather complicated and the easier it is, the more people can use it”.
The KUBO CEO believes it’s high time that companies in the Dutch greenhouse sector start collaborating. He hopes that a large number of horticulture companies, relevant suppliers, and growers from the Netherlands will join the Dutch Greenhouse Delta (DGD).
“The more the better. We need to do this together: firstly, for the people in all those countries that need more and better food; secondly, for the greenhouse industry in the Netherlands; and thirdly, for our companies”.
He thinks it’s an important step that AVAG (the association of the Dutch greenhouse installation and technology sector) and LTO Glaskracht (the entrepreneurial greenhouse network, of which many growers are members) support DGD. “This emphasizes that it’s an industry-wide initiative, not just an organization for greenhouse builders”.
The foundation offers companies two types of membership: full membership, for €25,000 per year, which promises to provide transparency and insight into all incoming projects, and a so-called sponsor membership, which costs €5,000 per year, and is especially designed for companies interested in supporting the DGD while staying up-to-date on the organization’s developments.
Kuiper says the horticulture sector learned from mistakes made in the past and he is convinced that the joint effort will prove successful this time. “There is more willingness to collaborate now. The set-up is transparent and non-competitive for the members. Everyone in the greenhouse sector is talking about joining forces, so the timing is perfect. The fact that it’s taken this long has been a thorn in the industry’s side for years now”.


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Apple, Time Inc. ink iPad magazine subscription deal
Year-long dalliance consummated at last
Apple and mega-magazine publisher Time Inc. have decided to consummate their year-long digital-subscription dalliance and go, as the kids used to say, "all the way" by sealing a deal that will allow iPad users to subscribe to Time, People, Sports Illustrated, and other rags directly from their Cupertinian fondleslabs.
"For a magazine or brand like People or Time, a tablet will become an increasingly important part of the experience," Time Inc. CEO Laura Lang told The New York Times. "Our goal is to offer content where our consumers want to read it."
Last May, Apple and Time Inc. made a half-hearted deal that allowed existing subscribers to obtain digital copies of their Time Inc. magazines on iOS devices, but not to actually subscribe to them on those tablets, phones, and digital-music players.
The sticking points, it seems, were twofold: Apple demanded 30 per cent of all subscription revenues from companies offering subsciptions over iOS devices, and wasn't willing to share the precious demographic data about those subscribers with the content providers.
Lang, who became Time Inc.'s CEO last November, taking over from an interim managing troika, apparently thought it wise to re-examine her company's relationship with Apple decision. In addition, according to the NYT, Apple itself has been re-examining its terms and conditions vis-à-vis content providers.
Apple being its ever-secretive self, the exact terms and conditions of the new deal have not been released – although the NYT reports that Apple's internet software and services headman Eddy Cue told them, "We offer the same terms to everyone no matter how big or how small." What those terms are, however, is unknown.
What is known, however, is that the new digital-subscriuption deal should be mutually beneficial to both companies. Apple's Newsstand service gains both credibility and potential customers by adding the largest US magazine publisher to its content providers, and Time Inc. gains a popular and possibly highly profitable venue in which to sell subscriptions.
After all, Time Inc.'s magazines have been having a bit of a rough go in recent years. People, for example, had a circulation of 3,578,189 in 2010, according to the MPA: Association of Magazine Media, which sunk by 32 per cent to 2,433,867 in 2011.
In the same period, Time dropped from 3,313,739 to 3,257,825 and Sports Illustrated from 3,193,688 to 3,138,438 – both 1.7 per cent declines. Other Time Inc. titles are also slipping: Golf Magazine from 1,434,733 to 1,376,533, Real Simple from 2,002,945 to 1,632,306, Money from 1,924,025 to 1,861,894, Essence from 1,058,845 to 892,317, and so on. All-in-all, circulation of the top 100 US magazines dropped by 7.7 per cent from 2010 to 2011.
Now that all of Time Inc.'s mags will be available for subscription on Apple's iOS devices – and, as we learned earlier this week, there are now over 365 million of the li'l fellows in the field – perhaps Lang's change of heart will get America reading again, if only about George W. Bush's severed head on Game of Thrones. ®

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Unions Say McDonald’s Restructuring Allows Less Transparency On Taxes
BRUSSELS (Alliance News) – US fast food giant McDonald’s has reshuffled its corporate structure to make tax-avoidance practices less transparent after the EU had opened an investigation into the company’s tax schemes in 2015, a group of trade unions said Monday.
The report by a coalition of European and US trade unions is a follow-up on their 2015 investigation showing that McDonald’s had avoided EUR1 billion in corporate taxes between 2009 and 2013 from its European operations.
The European Commission launched an investigation in December 2015 focusing on tax rulings by Luxembourg that exempted McDonald’s from paying any corporate taxes on profits made from franchise royalties in Europe and Russia.
Since the launch of the EU investigation, which is still pending, McDonald’s has moved its international tax base from Luxembourg to Britain – a country that is set to leave the EU next March – and has moved the headquarters of its European franchising operations to the US, the new report found.
The restructuring, which also includes using subsidiaries in countries on the EU’s tax haven “grey list” such as the Cayman Islands, Bermuda or Hong Kong, makes McDonald’s operations “more opaque, inhibiting public scrutiny of the company’s accounts,” the report said.
“It’s clear that McDonald’s will do whatever it takes to hide its abusive tax practices from public scrutiny,” said Rocio Saenz of SEIU, a Washington-based labour union that co-authored the report.
“We urge the European Commission to vigilantly investigate McDonald’s continued tax avoidance and hold the company accountable for the damage done by its misconduct.”


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Looking back to March 11, 2011, 65 food and beverage companies and 200 buyers participated in the first Fresno Food Expo. That day, something truly special happened in our city that would serve as a catalyst for economic growth in the San Joaquin Valley the years to follow.
Now, four years later, as we approach the fifth annual Fresno Food Expo that will welcome 130 Valley-based food and beverage companies and more than 750 pre-qualified regional, national and international buyers, we reflect on the tangible impact that the Fresno Food Expo has had on our food production industry and our region.
The Expo has served as a launch pad for innovators like Deb’s Gourmet with its sweet, smoky flavored jalapenos that debuted at the 2011 Expo and is now in approximately 400 retail stores in six states and, as of September, has expanded into 40 Save Mart stores.
More than just a food show, the Expo is a liaison, creating key industry connections that has led to opportunities for businesses of all sizes as was the case with Brazilian cheese bread maker P*de*Q. In 2013, Costco approached P*de*Q after connecting at the Expo to bring their product in-store but, because of the start-up company’s facility size, they could not meet the demand. However, P*de*Q formed a co-packing relationship with our company, Wawona Frozen Foods, as a result from meeting at the Expo that enabled P*de*Q to not only meet the production demands of Costco, which now has their product in 23 warehouses in Northern California, but also led to the creation of a new joint product.
At the 2013 Expo, Bella Viva Orchards based in Denair in Stanislaus County met eight new buyers from Asia, which helped significantly increase existing exports of their naturally dried fruit there. Then last year, La Tapatia met with six distributors from China, three of which were interested in private labeling. Private labeling is a big business growth opportunity for La Tapatia, especially in the China market where their product is heavily distributed already.
Each of these recorded “wins” is not just a company win; but a bigger win for the Valley. The Fresno Food Expo has banned together an expansive industry — fresh produce, processors, manufacturers, beverage and industry service providers — to create a unified effort and a unified voice to increase awareness of what exactly we produce here in the San Joaquin Valley, its quality and diversity, and the value of that to the world.
The New Product Awards, first added in 2012, receives 40 plus new products or packaging entries annually — further demonstrating the breadth of innovative, quality products found here.
Since our first Expo, there has been a 250% growth in total number of buyers. The Expo has drawn national and international attention within the food buying industry, which is evident in the continued increase of qualified buyers across varying categories with high purchasing power who now attend each year. Since 2012, we have up to 25 international buyers attend each year through a partnership with the Centers for International Trade Development. This year’s buyers from Southeast Asia, South America and Mexico will be attending in search of grapes, peaches, plums, nectarines, kiwi, berries and citrus, in addition to garlic, nuts and other shelf-stable products.
Another key facet to the Fresno Food Expo is the public event, which is something not seen at other food shows. The public event creates a sense of pride within the community, as well as helps build a heightened awareness among the local consumer base, creating a deeper level of brand recognition, driving consumers to seek out local product on grocery store shelves and restaurant menus. We encourage the public to discover our thriving food industry and support Valley businesses at this year’s Expo on July 23 at the Fresno Convention Center New Exhibit Hall.
New, innovative businesses have emerged. New industry collaborations have been formed. New buyer connections have been made. A new, heightened awareness of our vibrant food production industry has been realized — both among industry buyers and our own community. And in turn, there is new economic growth for the San Joaquin Valley’s food production industry that continues to develop.
Don’t miss the opportunity to take part in this year’s Fresno Food Expo — it is just one part of the catalyst for change and economic growth in the San Joaquin Valley, but it is a significant part that has had a big impact on Valley businesses. If you are a San Joaquin Valley food or beverage producer interested in exhibiting at the Expo, reach out to us at email@example.com.
Bill Smittcamp is president of Wawona Frozen Foods, Fresno Food Expo Advisory Committee member and founding exhibitor.
Fresno Food Expo Public Tasting
Date: July 23
Time: 5-8 p.m.
Place: Fresno Convention and Entertainment Center.
Tickets: $42.90 online at www.fresnofoodexpo.com or, while supplies last, for $30 cash only at Cumulus Media, 1071 W. Shaw Ave. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.


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Red Lobster will no longer advertise on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show after he made controversial comments about women's pay and immigrants
- Red Lobster is no longer advertising on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show, the chain told Business Insider Monday.
- The seafood chain follows at least 19 other advertisers that have cut advertising on the show since December, including IHOP, Minted, and the jobs site Indeed.
- The Fox News host sparked backlash recently for blaming high-earning women for "men in decline." He also said that allowing immigrants from impoverished countries to come to the US would make it "poorer and dirtier."
Red Lobster is joining a wave of advertisers that have cut ties with conservative Fox News host Tucker Carlson's show.The chain confirmed to Business Insider on Monday that it is no longer advertising during "Tucker Carlson Tonight." This comes after critics pointed out that the seafood chain was one of the few brands that continued to advertise on the prime time opinion show after recent controversies. Advertisement
At least 19 brands have stopped advertising on the show since December. Carlson said in a segment that the US needed more "scientists and engineers," as the country seeks to fill automated and tech-centered jobs.
"Instead we're getting waves of people with high school educations or less. Nice people, no one doubts that, but as an economic matter this is insane. It's indefensible, so no one even tries to defend it," he said."Instead our leaders demand that you shut up and accept this. We have a moral obligation to admit the world's poor, they tell us, even if it makes our country poorer and dirtier and more divided."More recently, the provocative host sparked backlash when he argued that high-earning women are to blame for "men in decline." He premised his argument on the generalization that women consider men who earn less than them undesirable as life partners. Advertisement
"In many areas, women suddenly made more than men. Now, before you applaud that as a victory for feminism, consider some of the effects," he said. "Study after study has shown that when men make less than women, women generally don't want to marry them. Now maybe they should want to marry them, but they don't."
Carlson was slammed for the comments. Critics pointed to research that shows that when women's wages increase, men and children benefit.In mid-December, insurance company Pacific Life was the first of the most recent wave of advertisers to come out in disagreement with Carlson, saying the company would "not be advertising on Mr. Carlson's show in the coming weeks as we reevaluate our relationship with his program."Advertisement
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"Attempts were made last month to bully and terrorize Tucker and his family at their home. He is now once again being threatened via Twitter by far left activist groups with deeply political motives. While we do not advocate boycotts, these same groups never target other broadcasters and operate under a grossly hypocritical double standard given their intolerance to all opposing points of view."Advertisement
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NEWPORT — Three years ago, the board of directors of the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce decided a fall “shoulder season” festival was just what the city needed. Last weekend, it became a reality with the opening of the Newport Cider Festival at the National Guard Armory.
While the final numbers are still being totaled, Interim Chamber Executive Director Bobbi Price said about 3,500 attendees flocked to the armory to sample Pacific Northwest cider, listen to music, check out a variety of crafts and eat and drink in a family-friendly atmosphere.
Price termed the festival “a wonderful event. We’re just so thrilled by its success,” she said.
“We had good turnout both days — it was steady from the very beginning,” Price added on Monday as she helped with cleanup at the armory. “We had a line at the door ready to come in when we opened on Friday, and crowds were pleasantly steady all day. And Saturday it was nice and crowded. I wouldn’t be surprised if we outgrow our location.”
Chamber Marketing Manager Julia Ryan explained the board of directors wanted another off-season event. “We used to do Scaryoke in the fall but wanted to transition to something more open to tourists,” Ryan said. “We wanted the Cider Festival to be a successful event that draws in people from out of town as well as locals, and celebrates the harvest season in Oregon — and we wanted them to have fun.”
Price noted that the Northwest Cider Association describes cider as the fastest growing beverage in the United States, and said the Newport Chamber wanted to get in at the ground level of that growth.
“People who like cider like the Oregon coast, so it was a perfect match,” Price said, adding while she didn’t do the final count, 90 percent of the e-ticket sales — tickets purchased online in advance of the festival — were from out-of-towners. “But we saw a great number of locals come in and buy their tickets at the door. People are ready to come back next year!”
Price said comments from festivalgoers were “amazingly positive. I heard a lot of comments about how well the Kids Zone was executed — we had bubbles, sidewalk chalk, freeze painting, apple rolling. And Americana Mayhem did hula-hoops and juggling with the kids. The whole environment felt very family-friendly.”
Will there be a second annual Cider Festival? Definitely, Price said, noting it is scheduled for the first weekend of October 2020.
Most of the weekend’s vendors were from Oregon, and while hard cider was the focal point, there was something to drink for everyone, including non-alcoholic cider, kombucha, tea, wine, local beer and locally brewed coffee. In addition, Correll Cider Presses of Veneta demonstrated how to press cider and gave out non-alcoholic samples of the freshly pressed, quintessential autumn beverage. Locals also helped fill the bill for music, food trucks and crafts.
Interest was so high that four cideries sold out on Saturday prior to closing time, and Price said the chamber issued discounted tickets so attendees would make sure to get their money’s worth. The evening concluded with music from Adam Larson & Co., with attendees out on the floor to dance.
Newport’s eminently successful Seafood and Wine Festival, now coming into its 43rd year, started small at the armory as well. “We wanted to go back to the roots of Seafood and Wine, and do something more intimate with the Cider Festival,” Ryan explained.
Price, who will return to her previous position as festival manager later this month as a new director comes on board, will now be concentrating her energy on plans for the Seafood and Wine Festival.
“We’ll be placing the Seafood and Wine vendors next week,” she said. “I’ve been simultaneously working the two festivals for a while and now it will be full force Seafood and Wine.”
That event will take place Feb. 20-23.
But Newport’s newest festival already carved out a spot on the calendar for the years ahead.
“The Cider Festival had wonderful, positive energy,” Price concluded. We were thrilled that it came off so successfully.”
Editor’s note: Leslie O’Donnell is a former News-Times managing editor. She recently moved back to Lincoln County and will be a contributing writer from time to time.


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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (HOT) Q2 2010 Earnings Call July 22, 2010 10:30 am ET Executives Frits van Paasschen - Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
With that, I'm pleased to turn the call over to Frits for his comments. Frits?Frits van Paasschen Thank you, Jay, and thanks, all, for joining us on our call today. We're happy to report that the economic recovery continued with the global GDP growth rising above 4%. This fueled lodging demand and drove our business in the second quarter. Occupancies continued to climb and rate increased for the first time since Q3 of 2008. At today's occupancy levels, we're confident that rates will sustain their rise through the year. And as each month passes, we're increasingly convinced that the great lodging depression of 2008 and 2009 is behind us. Nonetheless, we continue our scenario planning in the face of an uncertain economic picture. Our base case remains cautious about the near-term recovery, playing out somewhere between the new normal and the typical past recoveries. Longer-term, we continue to be bullish about getting more than our fair share of the huge secular growth in demand in emerging markets. So with that as a backdrop, I'd like to cover four topics today. First, a review of our second quarter results; second, an update on why Starwood is well positioned to own the upswing; and third, some background on our owned assets and our strategy for getting the most value as we move toward asset light; and fourth, a look at how we create value for our owner partners. So let me start with the first topic, some second quarter highlights. We were able to beat EBITDA expectations by $50 million and EPS by $0.10. For some time now, we've been talking about our leading global position, our strong brands and our skew towards luxury. And it was precisely these drivers that accounted for our strong top line results. Company-operated REVPAR growth was nearly 30% in Asia Pacific and Latin America. North America company-operated REVPAR was up 12%. And Europe, despite its troubling headlines, was up 10% in local currency. Only Africa and the Middle East under-performed, thanks mostly to oversupply in the Emirates. Overall, worldwide-owned REVPAR jumped 16%, and margins expanded by 400 basis points.
The big story behind our REVPAR growth is the rebound in business travel, which is 75% of our business. Revenues from global accounts and midweek occupancy are nearly back to 2008 levels. The sectors that are leading the charge are financials, consulting and tech.Group business played out well in the second quarter also, with surging booking in the quarter for the quarter. For the first time in two years, total group business on the books is in positive territory. I should also add that booking windows remain quite short, often only four to five months out. So we expect additional pickup for 2011 during this year. Overall, new leads were up 20% and rates for 2010 bookings were up 16%. The rebound in business travel bodes well for corporate rate negotiations this fall. After two years of declines, industry-wide occupancies have now reached levels where rates tend to rise. North American property saw occupancy above 71% in the quarter, with midweek levels in June for New York, Boston and Chicago over 90%. So it's not a surprise that ADRs are up roughly 5% in North America for June and July. And in London, June midweek occupancies were 98%, with Paris and Rome at 92%. Throughout 2009, we talked about our commitment to contain costs as we moved into the up-cycle. Our efforts are paying off as margins increased 400 basis points in the quarter. Around the world, our 145,000 associates did a great job of maintaining a lean structure. And at the same time, we were able to deliver record guest satisfaction scores even as hotels continue to fill. This success speaks well to our efforts at communication, branded service culture training and succession planning. We're proud to say that Starwood is a great place to work and build a career. Read the rest of this transcript for free on seekingalpha.com


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Sprouts Farmers Markets earnings preview: what Wall Street is expecting
- Sprouts Farmers Markets will release earnings for the most recent quarter on October 28.
- Analysts predict Sprouts Farmers Markets will report earnings per share of $0.359.
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Sprouts Farmers Markets will present Q3 figures on October 28.
18 analysts are estimating earnings of $0.359 per share compared to earnings of $0.220 per share in the same quarter of the previous year.
Analysts are expecting the company to report $1.62 billion, an increase of 12.82% over the prior year quarter.
For the current fiscal year analysts expect a profit per share of $2.12, whereas in the previous year $1.25 had been reported. On the revenue side analysts estimate that the company will bring in $6.53 billion in the current fiscal year.
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Apple has only recently introduced a new series of iPhone 12 models, and users are already complaining that there are certain problems with their devices.
On Twitter users are sharing videos and photos claiming that the screens of the iPhone 12 model are becoming “greenish”, which interferes with normal functioning.
It seems that the iPhone 12 has a problem with the processing of yellow color and that is why this accident occurs. There are several reported cases so far, and it is up to us to see how Apple will react to these problems.
In addition, some users have also reported problems with the iPhone 12 Mini. Reportedly, the screen does not respond when you try to unlock the phone, or turn on the flashlight.


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Tech giant Apple has recently registered several vehicle-related generic web domains, fuelling speculation that it could be planning to launch an auto business.
Apple-focused site MacRumors has reported that Apple had registered apple.car, apple.cars, and apple.auto. The three domains were registered by the company in December and are recorded on whois.domaintools.com.
It's still unclear why Apple did this but there main working theory from commentators is that they have plans to get in on the electric car market and even autonomous (self driving) vehicles.
Google, who have always been quite open about their plans for the autonomous vehicle industry have also registered domain names in the past week. Google.car and google.auto were both registered on January 7th.


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The new four-and-a-half star Sebel Auckland Manukau Hotel is for sale, still undergoing construction. The project is set for completion midway through 2018, expected to open by September.
The property is being developed with the Vodafone Events Centre in mind, as it is just a four-minute walk away.
“The Sebel Manakau hotel has specifically been formatted to work in conjunction with that venue by providing specialist accommodation and limited food and beverage options, rather than competing against the Events Centre,” said James Chan of Bayleys Auckland, who is marketing the property.
The hotel is initially set to employ 55 staff, expanding up to 75 when running at its capacity. The Sebel brand is owned by international hotel conglomerate, AccorHotels, who have 29 hotels under its management in New Zealand.


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The FBI has released a new warning that cybercriminals are using deceptive apps that pose as legitimate banking apps to defraud consumers. The alert warns that look-a-like, fake mobile banking apps are being deployed to catch people off guard during the period of social distancing. With more people using online services due to COVID-19, there has been an increased focus to try and gain access by cybercriminals.
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The Daily Wire reported that Anheuser-Busch lost $6 billion in six days after a trans ad campaign partnering with 26-year-old transgender ‘influencer’ Dylan Mulvaney, which top executives never approved.
After reaching a three-year high of $66.73 per share, Bud Light parent company Anheuser Busch Inbev lost more than $6 billion in market cap since announcing its partnership with 26-year-old transgender ‘influencer’ Dylan Mulvaney on April 2, as bar owners and distributors report a sharp decline in Bud Light sales over the past week.
The company’s market cap fell as low as $125.7 billion, down from $132.8 billion six days ago, a drop of more than five-percent.
Meanwhile competitor Molson Coors (TAP) saw $350 million added to its market cap over the last week.
Bud Light’s partnership with Mulvaney included custom cans featuring his face and pro-LGBTQ language to commemorate the biological male’s ‘being a woman’ for over a year. The ad campaign kicked off with naked Mulvaney drinking Bud Light in a bathtub.
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And while Anheuser-Busch issued a statement in support of Mulvaney, saying it “works with hundreds of influencers across our brands as one of many ways to authentically connect with audiences across various demographics,” the Daily Wire reports that company executives had no idea about the ad campaign.
MV Satish, the senior executive vice president (buildings) at Larsen & Toubro, has confirmed to Moneycontrol that L&T is building India’s first 3D-printed post office for Rs 23 lakh in Bengaluru.


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Lake Street checks confirm Apple supply chain issues impacting Himax
Lake Street analyst Jaeson Schmidt says recent channel checks indicate the "well-rumored" supply chain issues at Apple (AAPL) and pushouts at Android manufacturers could create headwinds the rest of this year for Himax Technologies and cause 2018 to be more second half weighted than originally expected. The analyst, while admitting his upgrade of Himax two weeks ago was premature, keeps a Buy rating on the shares. Himax has not lost these sockets, but rather is being impacted by timetable shifts, Schmidt tells investors in a research note. He still believes the 3D sensing market has the potential to drive significant growth for the company longer-term. The analyst lowered his 2017 earnings per share estimate for Himax to 9c from 12c and 2018 estimate to 30c from 38c.


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Unfortunately, once any type of technology gains popularity, it falls into the hands of opportunistic scammers. NFTs are no exception, and in the space of a year they have gone from an unknown concept to a pet area for increasingly savvy scammers.
In order to buy cryptocurrencies and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), you will need to set up a cryptocurrency wallet. Your crypto wallet will contain any crypto assets you own, and is also required in order to trade on NFT marketplaces like OpenSea.
Mainstream news outlets have ramped up reporting about Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), a sign that the crypto revolution is well underway. While NFTs are still in their very early days, they have the potential to have a huge impact on the world.
Move aside, WhatsApp. Discord is fast taking over as the savvy person’s communication tool of choice. Not only does Discord bring together people and communities, its servers are also essential for anyone looking to get into NFTs.
Geographic space once played a major role in defining communities, but the internet is now decoupling our conception of boundaries.
Our lives had already become much more atomised than they were a decade or two ago before the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the fragmentation of society into even smaller, siloed units. More people than ever are now working from home, opting for home-based forms of leisure and diminishing contact with the larger community.
We are living in an age of superabundance. Late Capitalist society relentlessly uncovers fresh needs, while flooding the market with a deluge of products and services. Fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) marketing techniques are harnessed by businesses and governments to keep consumers frozen in a state of perpetual consumption, discouraged from altering their habits or of making alternative choices.
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Best Buy cuts 400 jobs at Minnesota headquarters
NEW YORK Feb 26 (Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc has cut about 400 jobs at its Richfield, Minnesota, headquarters, a spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday.
The move is part of a larger restructuring at the world's largest consumer electronics chain under new Chief Executive Officer Hubert Joly, who told investors in November he aimed to cut $725 million in costs over time.
The retailer, which currently employs about 8,000 people in Minnesota, expects to save about $150 million from the headcount reduction and other cuts in selling, general and administrative costs, spokesman Matt Furman said.
The majority of these savings come from non-salary expenses.
Best Buy will report its fourth-quarter results on Thursday and shed more light on its cost cuts.
The move did not affect any of its "Blue Shirt" sales associates, the company said.
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A new entry into the online video space should capture more ad dollars. From BrightRoll, the Total Audience Guarantee (TAG) is a first in the video marketplace, giving video advertisers a pay for impression interface. Those impressions are guaranteed by BrightRoll.
"By providing an audience guarantee, we are bridging the gap between traditional television buying and online video," said BrightRoll CEO Tod Sacerdoti. "We see this as a huge step toward making it not just easy, but a no-brainer for advertisers to move campaign dollars online with confidence."
According to comScore's September numbers American consumers watched an average of 18 hours of video content per person; 180 million Americans watched online video during the month. Much of this content was viewed through Google's YouTube hub, but a growing number of viewers turned to network websites or sites like Hulu to catch full-length programming.
"As more of our clients look to allocate portions of their TV budget to online video, it's essential that we not only hit their target audience, but do so in a way that is consistent with their broadcast campaigns," said Doug Wyatt, Digital Associate Director, Maxus; the company has used BrightRoll's tool in the past. "[TAG is] definitely the kind of tool that will help to further bridge the gap between online video buying and traditional television buys, and demonstrate to advertisers that we're able to reach our precise audiences efficiently and effectively."
BrightRoll's TAG platform should help brands by ensuring a certain number of impressions for campaigns. Ads are delivered at scale according to the targets set forth by marketers. During the campaign ads are optimized according to audience segments using various targeting methods; after the campaign, those impressions can be confirmed.
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China is commonly thought to have one of the world's leanest populations, so it may be surprising to learn that an estimated one in six of its people - or 215 million individuals - are overweight, according to the WHO's definition.
The widening average girth seems to have grown hand-in-hand with the Chinese economy's steady expansion and globalisation's growing influence. In Beijing and Shanghai, McDonald's, Pizza Hut and Starbucks have become the eating places of choice for China's growing middle-class.
More sedentary lifestyles and changes to the traditional diet are among the many explanations proposed for China's newly acquired weight problem. National nutrition surveys indicate noticeable changes in the proportions and sources of dietary macronutrients over the past 20 years; energy intake from animal sources has risen from 8 per cent in 1982 to more than 25 per cent in 2002.
And the average energy intake from dietary fat among urban Chinese is approximately 35 per cent, comparable to levels observed in Western populations, and significantly higher than the upper limit of 30 per cent recommended by the WHO.
China's obesity epidemic may have some roots in the prevailing social attitudes towards body fatness. In Chinese culture, there is still a widespread belief that excess body fat represents health and prosperity. This may be a consequence of the famines and chronic malnutrition that caused millions of deaths in the past two centuries.
It may partly explain the increased prevalence of overweight and obese people among older Chinese in both rural and urban areas. By contrast, the Western “cult of thinness” may be keeping urban women more resilient to the increasing trend for obesity.
Traditional dietary and eating patterns are also changing. The Chinese are eating more oil and consuming more fat. They eat more processed food at home and eat out more often.
All over China people are walking and cycling less, while the use of cars, buses and motorcycles is growing. Recent studies examining the role of physical activity in Chinese obesity have found that, among men, those who own a motorised vehicle are twice as likely to become obese.
According to the National Statistics Bureau, within only a decade the number of households owning a motorcycle rose from just under 2 per cent in 1990 to nearly 25 per cent in 2004, and, although less dramatic, the average number of cars per 100 households has increased by nearly 700 per cent - to just over two.
Further, the failure of urban planners to consider the promotion of physical activity when building inner city environments has made it increasingly difficult to find safe places to walk or exercise in residential areas.
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As in the West, China's obesity epidemic poses a considerable public health threat, but the means to tackle the problem remain elusive.
A recent overview of randomised trials trying to prevent obesity in children and adolescents in China found that none of the mainly single-pronged strategies were effective.
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Macy’s Expanding Discount Store Concept
Recent years have not been too kind to Macy’s. Over the past several months, the chain has shuttered dozens of locations as department stores become increasingly outdated centers of commerce. However it seems that Macy’s has hit upon a model that’s helping them to correct course and is now set to expand it.
As Business Insider reports, Macy’s plans to triple the number of stores utilizing its Backstage concept. Akin to discount stores like TJ Maxx or Nordstrom Rack, Backstage offers deeply discounted items customers can snag for up to 80% off. However, unlike the aforementioned rival chains, Backstage is not a separate store but a part of existing Macy’s locations (although the concept was initially tested as a standalone store once upon a time). Currently 45 Macy’s stores include a Backstage section but that figure will increase to 145 this year.
Macy’s CEO Jeff Gennette says the expansion of the store’s Backstage section will also include some of the chain’s more prominent locations. On a call with analysts, he said, “We feel good about the model we have landed on for Backstage, and in 2018, we’re planning to expand by another 100 stores, including locations in some of our premium malls.” One big reason Macy’s feels they found a winner in Backstage is that last quarter the company saw its first positive same-store sales trend in three years with a 1.3% increase.
The introduction of Backstage isn’t the only way in which Macy’s has altered its business model to stay afloat. While the store once included a full-service shoe section, it has since switched to a self-service model that many other department stores have adopted. Macy’s CFO Karen Hoguet explained that, although customer service was once at the heart of the department store business, today’s shoppers have different priorities, saying “Lots just say, ‘Leave me alone — let me get the shoe I want and move on.'”
It’s too early to tell whether Macy’s play with Backstage will be enough to keep the chain above water for a while longer or whether it may just be rearranging deck chairs at this point. Anecdotally, salespeople at Macy’s and other chain’s have reported that customers have been making use of the “pick up in-store option” available on retailer’s websites, which is also helping to drive sales. Perhaps between these efforts and other evolutionary steps, department stores won’t be extinct as quickly as some suspect.


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Marshalls is making some of its customers’ Pinterest boards come to life this fall with surprise packages delivered to consumers’ homes featuring gifts inspired by items they have pinned on Pinterest as part of the retailer’s Pin Pals campaign.
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Urban Outfitters is rolling out UOTV, a vertical video channel accessible through its mobile site, showcasing its dedication to reaching millennial shoppers on their most frequented platforms.
French fashion house Kenzo is reflecting on the boundaries and connections created by social media in a campaign that favors content over commerce.
Department store chain Bloomingdale’s is asking consumers to say anything with a user-generated content contest that solicits for text over photos.
U.S. footwear label Stuart Weitzman is walking consumers through its extensive selection of boots with an interactive ecommerce feature.
Apparel retailers typically bet heavily on women’s magazines to drive inspiration heading into the fall and are overlooking the opportunity on mobile, where consumers are spending six hours every week looking at fashion, according to a new survey from GPShopper.
The Talbots Inc., a retailer known for classic but fashionable womenswear, will implement a new in-store mobile product called Concierge to improve the store experience and boost sales.
Lilly Pulitzer is hopping on the bandwagon of retailers offering Instagram-exclusive merchandise to followers by hosting several flash sales on the photo-sharing application’s new Stories feature, enabling fans to purchase promotional items by entering a URL into their mobile browsers.
BOSTON – An executive from Le Tote at eTail East 2016 walked through how it leverages a data algorithm to make its rental recommendations and experience more personal on mobile and digital.
BOSTON – An executive from American Apparel at eTail East 2016 detailed how the brand is using an artificial intelligence and Internet of Things solution in which real-world displays interact with shoppers’ phones to start a purchase-enabled thread with a chatbot.


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Over the past couple years, Budweiser has made headlines for its Super Bowl commercials for one reason and one reason only:
Remember that puppy love ad from 2014?
Or the lost dog ad from 2015?
Dogs and other animals have typically been associated with the memorable Budweiser Super Bowl commercials of the past.
But Anheuser-Busch appears to have made a very different decision for Super Bowl LI, having just given us an early look at the most prominent ad it will run on Sunday, February 5.
Featured below, the commercial is a minute-long origin story about Adolphus Busch’s initial experiences in the United States after arriving from Germany in 1857.
Titled “Born the Hard Way,” the spot depicts the beer's young founder being told, “You’re not wanted here! Go back home!” after he takes a boat over and faces numerous hardships prior to settling in St. Louis and meeting co-founder Eberhard Anheuser.
It certainly appears to be the company's pointed response to Donald Trump's controversial new immigration policy.
According to Ad Age, however, the commercial was filmed long before Trump’s Executive Order was signed on Friday.
Via press release, Anheuser-Busch’s vice president Ricardo Marques says the following of the ad:
“This commercial shows the start of Budweiser’s journey, and while it is set in the 1800’s, it’s a story we believe will resonate with today’s entrepreneurial generation - those who continue strive for their dreams.”
(For those wondering, yes, there are Clydesdales.)
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Two thirds of all the growth in global advertising expenditure between 2017 and 2020 will come from paid search and social media ads, according to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts.
Over this period, total spending will increase from US$86bn to US$109bn on paid search, and from US$48bn to US$76bn on social media. Paid search will grow by US$22bn over this period, while social media will grow by US$28bn, making it the single biggest contributor to growth.
Paid search has undergone constant development in recent years. Search platforms, agencies and brands are applying ever more sophisticated artificial intelligence techniques to improve targeting, messaging and conversion. Search is becoming more integrated with commerce, both online – as brands shift budgets to e-commerce platforms – and offline, as retailers use location and store inventory data to match active shoppers directly with the products they’re searching for. All these developments are attracting higher performance budgets from brands, often new expenditure rather than being diverted from brand awareness activity. Overall we expect them to drive an average of 8% annual growth in paid search adspend between 2017 and 2020.
The next step in the evolution of search is voice search, but so far there has been little direct advertising through voice assistants. When users make a voice search on a smart speaker, they will normally only be presented with the first organic result; voice searches on smartphones may present more results, but not as many as manual searches. The rise of voice search therefore makes it more important for brands to identify the keywords they absolutely need to own, and to build content that sends them to the top of organic results. We expect the search platforms will eventually make paid search work with voice assistants, but for now brands need to concentrate on voice SEO, limiting the growth potential of paid search in the short term.
Much of the recent rapid growth in social media advertising has come as platforms have replaced static ads with more engaging video ads. So far these social video ads have acted more as complements to television ads than competitors, but the platforms are now competing with television more directly by hosting long-form content like sport, drama and comedy, and inserting mid-roll ads like those seen in television breaks. Overall we expect social media adspend to grow by an average of 16% a year to 2020, twice the rate of paid search.
The fastest-growing traditional medium is cinema, which we forecast to grow by 16% a year thanks to rapidly rising admissions in China. It is a tiny medium, though, representing just 0.8% of total adspend this year. Otherwise outdoor is the strongest performer, with 3% annual growth. Outdoor is benefiting from its wide reach and ability to create mass awareness, which allows it to complement highly targeted online advertising for premium brands. While targeted online ads move buyers along the path to purchase, premium brands still need to create widespread awareness among non-buyers – a premium brand will only remain one if everyone recognises its premium value.
Global adspend forecast remains stable
We have held our forecast for global adspend growth this year at 4.5%. Some markets have strengthened since we published our previous forecast in June (notably Canada and the UK), but these have been counterbalanced by markets that have weakened, particularly the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Our forecast for 2019 is also unchanged at 4.2% growth, while we have reduced our forecast for 2020 from 4.3% growth to 4.2%. Growth will therefore remain within the 4%-5% range it has maintained since 2011.
Economic growth has picked up this year in Canada and the UK, and demand from advertisers has been stronger than expected, so we have revised our forecast for adspend growth in Canada this year from 3.8% to 5.6%, and in the UK from 0.7% to 2.4%. These two revisions alone will add US$581m to the global ad market this year. We have also made substantial upward revisions in Vietnam (US$131m), France (US$121m), and Taiwan (US$104m). Western Europe is the most improved region, revised up from 2.3% growth in 2018 to 2.6% growth.
From a UK perspective, the market will continue to grow as key findings show:
• Economic growth has picked up this year in the UK and demand from advertisers has been stronger than expected
• The forecast for adspend growth in the UK has risen to 2.4%, up from 0.7% in the last forecast
• The UK is expected to remain the fourth country in the top ten ad markets in 2020
MENA adspend total revised up, but downturn has been worse than we thought
After conducting new research into true levels of expenditure in MENA, we have thoroughly revised our estimates of historic ad expenditure in the region. We have also added figures for Iraq, Jordan and Syria, as well as channels targeting Asian-language speakers across the region. The net effect of these changes is that our estimate of regional adspend is now higher than it was previously, but so too is our estimate of the shock the region has suffered from the drop in oil prices since 2014, political turmoil and conflict. We now consider that adspend shrank by 40% between 2014 and 2017, more than our previous estimate of 33%. But we estimate that ad expenditure across MENA totalled US$3.6bn in 2017, ahead of our previous figure of US$2.4bn. We now forecast an average annual decline of 5.5% to 2020, well below our previous forecast of 1.4% average annual decline.
“Better use of AI and integration with retail is driving continued strong growth in paid search,” said Jonathan Barnard, Zenith’s Head of Forecasting and Director of Global Intelligence. “As voice search becomes more important, though, brands will need to focus more on content and SEO to secure first-place organic results for their most important keywords.”
“Voice search is just one way in which AI is transforming the way consumers search for information and entertainment, and the way brands communicate with consumers,” said Vittorio Bonori, Zenith’s Global Brand President. “By linking media investment with commerce, and broad awareness with personalisation at scale, technology is giving brands new tools to create growth.”


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There are many companies out there that are trying to get an edge over the competition as well as the lead in their respective niches. The only way to ensure that happens is through innovative marketing techniques, and one of the most unique marketing techniques in today’s date is video marketing. There are tons of companies out there that are providing marketing services, but none of them matches the level of products and services offered by Talk Fusion, a leading video marketing firm. Talk Fusion started in the year of 2007 as a video marketing firm in the age when not many people knew or understood what video marketing was back then. However, video marketing has gone on to become one of the most effective means of marketing today with some of the leading companies using it to reach out to its consumers.
Talk Fusion is a company that provides many different kinds of video marketing products, the latest of which is the Fusion on the Go video chat app. It is a video chat app like no other in the market and has a unique set of features that can be used to provide the users with the flexibility as well as scalability in the usage. Many companies have used the Fusion on the Go app for reaching out to the clients as well as to provide engaging and impressive customer service. In today’s date, the marketing methods have to be innovative to leave a lasting impact, and it is what video marketing helps in achieving. Talk Fusion is a company that operates on the direct selling method and has its members spread in more than 140 countries promoting the use of Talk Fusion’s products and services. Learn more: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/talk-fusion-opens-new-international-office-in-india-300563702.html
The new app released by Talk Fusion has made it easier for its users to meet and interact with their associates. A lot of research and testing has gone into creating the new app, and it already has a growing number of users. The company aims to add more features to the app moving forward and is sure that its users are going to enjoy using it.


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A rental property was vandalized, and HomeAway (NAS: AWAY) shareholders are paying the price.
The stock has shed nearly 12% of its value since the ransacking story was posted Wednesday on popular blog TechCrunch. Ready for the clincher? We're not even talking about a HomeAway listing. It's HomeAway rival Airbnb that's dealing with a bruised reputation after mishandling the mother of all horror stories.
If you're not familiar with Airbnb, you're probably not an adventurous yet thrifty traveler. Airbnb allows folks to rent out rooms or entire homes to guests for short-term stays. It is entirely free to list on Airbnb, explaining why the new site has quickly accumulated tens of thousands of listings. If a booking is successful, the owner of the property will keep 97% of the proceeds to cover processing costs. Renters pay Airbnb 6% to 12% on top of the rental rates.
The model sounds quirky, but it's been a viral rock star. The company recently raised $112 million in its latest financing round, valuing the company at roughly $1.3 billion.
However, all of that is debatable after a single incident has blown up in Airbnb's face. Back in June, someone rented out an apartment for a few days while the owner was away. The owner returned to find her home gutted. Valuable belongings were swiped, personal identification was likely photocopied, and the place was completely trashed.
Horror stories of folks getting cheated on eBay (NAS: EBAY) have been around for years, but the damage is typically limited to the value of the item. An entire apartment that was rented on the cheap was virtually destroyed here.
Airbnb blew it by waiting until the media firestorm erupted in recent days before rolling out a new policy yesterday. All rentals will now carry the Airbnb Guarantee, offering up to $50,000 in protection for the theft or vandalism or personal property.
Problem solved? Not so fast. Isn't a $50,000 guarantee going to bring out the worst in fraudulent property owners? Isn't the fact that this story is getting so much play going to draw more burglars and identity thieves into the Airbnb fold? A single incident -- rare as it may have been -- may be enough to spook owners from making listings, nipping this viral wonder in the bud.
Some would argue that Airbnb's pain would be HomeAway's gain, but won't property owners be just as wary of lending out their vacation homes?
HomeAway offers insurance at a premium to both renters and owners, and this incident may actually encourage more users to pay extra for protection. It may be a nuisance for property owners who are already shelling out $295 a year to list on HomeAway, but it may also transform peace of mind into a lucrative profit center for the company.
The sharing trend is undeniable. Whether it's Zipcar (NAS: ZIP) with cars, Coinstar's (NAS: CSTR) Redbox with DVDs, or even Berkshire Hathaway's (NYS: BRK.B) (NYS: BRK.A) Netjets with private jets, there are juicy models out there that revolve around sharing ownership of an underutilized asset.
Airbnb's unfortunate incident is drawing attention to the sharing model's downside, but it's also giving potential HomeAway investors a shot to buy into a fast-growing company at a compelling price.
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Canadians are borrowing more, piling on consumer debt – credit cards, conventional bank loans, car loans and lines of credit. Numbers released this week show a number of troubling trends, from the consequences of low interest rates to why seniors are owing more.
PEOPLE ARE BORROWING MORE
Policymakers around the world are grappling with the low-for-long conundrum.
This is uncharted territory. And experts still aren't sure about the long-term consequences of interest rates that drop to record low levels, and then stay there indefinitely.
One obvious outcome is that people borrow more – a lot more.
In spite of generally tighter lending standards and badgering by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Canadians are still piling on debt, according to a quarterly report released Wednesday by credit bureau TransUnion. The average Canadian was carrying $27,131 in debt in the second quarter, up $200 from the January-to-March period.
Perhaps most shockingly, the figure excludes mortgage debt, which accounts for the lion's share of household debt in Canada. We are talking strictly credit cards, lines of credit, auto loans and conventional bank loans.
There was evidence earlier this year that Canadians' appetite for debt was waning. That apparently isn't happening. TransUnion now says it expects debt levels to continue to rise through the rest of this year, eventually reaching a new record high of nearly $28,000 by the end of this year.
And that's in spite of the fact that borrowing rates have begun to creep up in recent months.
- $27,131: Consumer debt – not including mortgage debt – held by the average Canadian, according to TransUnion
- 3.47 per cent: Increase over 2012
THERE ARE HUGE REGIONAL DISCREPANCIES
Debt levels are rising right across the country, but from vastly different bases.
The farther west you live in Canada, the more likely you are to have big debts, according to TransUnion.
British Columbians had the highest level of consumer debt in the second quarter at $38,672. Albertans were second at $36,150, and are now adding to their debts at the fastest rate in the country.
Quebeckers, on the other hand, are much less likely to borrow to fuel their spending. The average level of consumer debt in Quebec is $19,455, or slightly more than half of what British Columbians have.
- 7.7 per cent: Increase in average consumer debt in Alberta over 2012, according to TransUnion
- 1.84 per cent: Increase in Ontario
DEBTS RISE, BUT DELINQUENCIES FALL
This ought to be good news. Reports this week by TransUnion and Equifax Canada show that delinquencies rates on all types of loans are flat or declining.
That suggests that for now, at least, consumers are comfortably managing to handle interest charges on all that debt.
The key here is "for now." Interest rates have started to creep up, and that means that Canadians will have to pay more just to carry the same level of debt.
Stable house prices and a decent job market also help underpin borrowing.
The higher the rates go, the more Canadians will wind up falling behind on payments and getting into default trouble. Most lenders stress-test their loan portfolios to determine what customers will encounter trouble and at what interest levels.
So low delinquency rates are really a reflection of record low interest rates. When consumers borrow money at low rates, they're less likely to run into trouble.
Of course, the opposite is also true.
- 0.8 per cent: Increase in average credit card debt over 2012, according to TransUnion
- 2.73 per cent: Increase in average line of credit debt
- 5.52 per cent: Increase in average instalment loan debt
- 3.38 per cent: Increase in average auto loan debt
SENIORS' DEBT IS ON THE RISE
Consumers 65 and older are increasing their debt faster than any other age group in the past year.
Seniors, who typically should be drawing on savings in retirement, are instead borrowing to support lifestyles they otherwise can't afford. Some may also be borrowing to support both grown children and elderly parents.
This phenomenon is another consequence of the low-for-long phenomenon. With interest rates low, so are returns on the typical interest-bearing investments that many seniors depend on.
Many are apparently turning to debt to make up the gap.
- 6.5 per cent: Increase in average debt for consumers aged 65 and over, according to Equifax


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Spencer’s forays into grocery e-tail in NCR and Kolkata
The company is revamping its supermarket stores that will now focus on smaller packs that consumers buy for their weekly or daily needs.
Spencer’s Retail MD Mohit Kampani quits
The industry buzz is that Kampani decided to move on as he was not able to perform independently and ...
Marks & Spencer will continue to expand in India
M&S also plans to grow its online reach across the country via fashion platforms Myntra and ...
Amazon testing cashier-free retail store
Customers at the concept store in Amazon's hometown of Seattle, Washington, can fill their shopping carts and walk out - with the costs automatically tallied up and billed to their accounts with the US online giant.
Future Retail's standalone Q2 net profit at Rs 73 crore
Net sales during the period under review were at Rs 4,129.85 crore as against Rs 359.86 crore during the corresponding quarter last fiscal.
HSBC investment bank vice-chairman, Spencer Lake to leave
His departure follows the arrival in May of Matthew Westerman from Sachs as co-head of banking, which saw HSBC reorganise its capital markets business.
Aditya Birla Retail posts 21% sales growth, losses pile up
Aditya Birla Retail expects to be profitable by 2017 despite high debt burden.
Retailers asked to accept old Rs 500 note for recharges: COAI
Operators have provided strict guidelines to their distributors and retailers for accepting and processing Rs 500 demonetised notes, said Rajan Mathews.
Veggie wholesale rates crash, retail prices only dip in cities
An analysis of arrivals and prices data from 29 big cities from major states and Delhi shows that for a range of common vegetables, arrivals in mandis have actually gone up since November 8 when 500 and 1,000-rupee notes were rendered invalid.
Hypermarket chain Spencer’s Retail acquires ecommerce startup MeraGrocer to foray into online sales
Goenka said MeraGrocer will not offer any massive discounting and its deals will be similar to those available in local Spencer’s stores.
Demonetisation: Retailers at popular shopping hubs still accepting old currency
The lack of supply of new notes coupled with the desire of buyers to hold on to their kitty of new notes resulted in retailers' sales falling by 60-80%.
HDFC Bank ties up with retail body to offer cash at 50 stores
Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association is a trade body representing shop owners in Mumbai with over two lakh store owners.
Sheela Foam IPO subscribed 6% on Day 2 on some retail demand
The public offer received bids for 3,23,440 shares as against 52,50,001 shares offered by the company, according to the data available with stock exchanges till 05.00 pm.
RBI relaxes withdrawal norms, nudges retailers to deposit cash
The decision is aimed at discouraging hoarding of valid currency notes and increasing its circulation to mitigate cash crunch following the demonetisation of old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes.
Spencer's Retail acquires 100% stake in meragrocer.com
Goenka said the cost of acquisition for meragrocer.com is much lower than what it would have been to set up a greenfield operation for e-commerce.


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With increasing focus on cloud computing driven by digital transformation, there is a need for local skills to drive the growth of the service, Andrew Cruise, Managing Director of South Africa's Routed says.
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In its quest to deepen financial inclusion, FirstBank is channelling its resources to reach those at the bottom of the pyramid through its agency banking. The tie-one bank has over 31,000 agents spread across Nigeria with 9,000 assigned to provide financial services to the highly excluded Northern region. According to Adesola Adeduntan, the MD/CEO, First […]
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The developers of Fall Guys started a charity auction this week that will reward the highest bidder with a skin in the popular Battle Royale game. The bid is currently already at $ 130,003 and comes from the esports organization G2 Esports. Recently, companies such as KFC, Walmart or Konami have published initial suggestions for a skin.
Two weeks after the release of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, the game continues to be one of the most popular titles out there right now. Not only is Fall Guys still one of the top 10 most played titles Steam – on too Twitch the Battle Royale game is followed by hundreds of thousands of viewers. Now the makers of Mediatonic want to use the hype surrounding Fall Guys for a good cause.
The studio announced the "Battle of the Brands" on Twitter. In the next two weeks, companies from all over the world will have the chance to bid for their own skin in the game. All income from this auction will go to Special Effect donated in the UK. The organization supports players with physical disabilities and wants to make video games easier for those affected.
Within just one day, several companies and content creators from the industry submitted their first bids for the skin. This includes the development team from Warframe and server provider BiscetHosting. However, the esports organization of G2 Esports is currently in the lead with a bid of $ 130,003.
The hype surrounding Fall Guys has already attracted a lot of attention from several companies in the past few days. Brands like Kentucky Fried Chicken, Konami, Walmart and CD Projekt Red have expressed interest. Whether we will soon see a bid for a skin in Fall Guys from these companies will soon become apparent.
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On-Chain Data Suggests Crypto Exchange Traders May Not Be So Keen On NFTs – NFTgators
- Cryptocurrency exchange-based NFT industries are uploading exceptionally reduced quantities.
- They can not appear to reproduce their success in crypto trading in the NFTs room.
- Coinbase NFT has actually balanced an everyday deal quantity of regarding 1 ETH over the previous 5 days.
Cryptocurrency exchange systems are battling to duplicate their success in crypto trading solutions in their NFT industries. Coinbase’s non-fungible token (NFT) market has actually onboarded simply over 15,000 individuals as well as concerning 4,280 ETH in all-time purchase quantity.
An NFT is a blockchain-based electronic data standing for evidence of possession of an electronic collectible, art work, digital product, songs track or video. NFTs turned into one of one of the most interesting sections of the crypto sector throughout the pandemic with musicians and also stars signing up with the campaign looking for different streams of earnings.
Since after that, leading crypto exchange systems, consisting of Coinbase, Binance, FTX, Crypto.com as well as ByBit have all released their very own NFT industries to increase their offerings.
However, just a few of these systems have actually made on-chain information associated with NFT purchases offered to leading analytics systems.
According to a control panel prepared by CryptusChrist on Dune Analytics, Coinbase NFT has actually balanced regarding 1 ETH in deal quantity over the previous 5 days. Because its launch in March 2022, the system has actually collected an overall quantity of around 4,280 ETH ~$ 6.8 million.
The system currently watercrafts concerning 15,300 NFT investors, a considerably handful contrasted to the crypto exchange system’s 108 million signed up customers.
In November in 2015, Coinbase disclosed that it has actually obtained greater than 2.5 million e-mails looking for to sign up for its upcoming NFT market. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong took place to recommend that the business’s brand-new NFT market might be larger than its cryptocurrency service.
However, evaluating by the numbers assembled by CryptusCrust on Dune Analytics, it


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Kin Founder Belittles the Blockchain
What made the statement highly pessimistic is the fact that Livingston raised over $100 million via an Initial Coin Offering for his company in 2017. However, the CEO explained his ideology as the conference proceeded, providing respite to attendees:
“Unless you’re trying to build one of the most-used cryptocurrencies in the world, it’s very low odds that blockchain is going to create value for you.”
The entrepreneur provided insight into his experience with Kin, Kik’s native digital token, and said that the technology wasn’t “very convincing” in terms of widespread practical usage – adding that bitcoin and a few other cryptocurrencies were seemingly the only real use-case.
Livingston said he’s not convinced that there are a whole lot of practical applications for blockchain technology other than Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
He added that the “genius” of having digital currencies is their scarcity, which allows for a worldwide ecosystem of participants that exchange a limited number of tokens – regardless of trust.
However, while the trustless system is great for controlling transactions between strangers, this very factor makes the blockchain “not so great” for other applications…


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The Subaru Outback is an old-school wagon that has not changed much in functionality. But this year it will bring some majorly upgraded looks to the table.
The 2014 New York International Auto Show is an excellent venue to wear a suit and tie, and Subaru has dressed up the new Outback accordingly. Subaru claims that its flagship model “blends Car-like handling and SUV capability.” The 2015 model should not be much different mechanically than last year’s, but the new aesthetic touches are a necessary improvement.
The new Outback will be loosely based off of Subaru’s latest Legacy model, with upgraded off-road capabilities. The headlights and grill shapes are nearly identical, as well as the hood and side mirrors. Hopefully the updated Outback will be a hit, as it is a vital product for Subaru.
I don’t know what the Northwest would be like if Subaru Outbacks and Crosstreks weren’t around. After all, those with sporty lifestyles and eco-friendly aspirations need something in which to get to the slopes. The new looks might just be too mainstream for some Northwest Subaru fans to handle, as they might be far better suited to more adventurous, gung-ho grandparents.
- 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLC coupe gets a tech upgrade, keeps quirky styling
- Dodge gets patriotic with Stars & Stripes Editions of Challenger and Charger


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Electronic Arts’ stock (NYSE: EA) misplaced greater than 18% – dropping from $107 originally of the yr to $87 in late March – then jumped 38% to round $120 now. Meaning it’s now up 12% from the degrees the place it began the yr. This marks a barely higher efficiency in comparison with the broader markets, with the S&P 500 up 10% year-to-date. Why? Digital Arts has truly benefited within the present disaster because the demand for gaming is seeing traction, provided that extra persons are confined to their houses, eschewing extra public types of leisure. Moreover, whereas the Covid-19 outbreak and related lockdowns resulted in an unsure outlook for the broader markets, the multi-billion-dollar Fed stimulus adopted by hopes of availability of vaccine as early as late 2020 has helped the markets stage a robust restoration.
However is that this all there may be to the story?
Not fairly. Regardless of the current positive factors, Trefis estimates Electronic Arts Valuation at about $147 per share, roughly 22% above the present market value based mostly on two key alternatives.
The first alternative we see is to Electronic Arts Revenue progress over the approaching years. Digital Arts Revenues have seen a 8% progress from round $5.1 billion in fiscal 2018 to $5.5 billion in fiscal 2020 and we count on it to extend 15% to $6.4 billion in fiscal 2022, primarily led by continued progress in its e-sports enterprise, primarily FIFA franchise (the corporate’s fiscal ends in March). E-Sports activities has been an enormous success for Digital Arts. As an illustration, FIFA Final Staff has allowed the corporate to earn from matchmaking providers, which refers to connecting gamers collectively for on-line play classes. The corporate has launched related Final Staff providers for different sports activities video games comparable to Madden NFL and NHL. Furthermore, EA is reaping income from digital content material associated to different titles, as nicely. For instance, the corporate has launched growth packs in digital content material for its FPS (first individual shooter) franchises comparable to Battlefield. As such, the corporate is seeing large progress in its live-offerings, which is a recurring income stream.
Moreover, 2020 marks the launch of latest technology consoles from Microsoft and Sony, and the brand new consoles gross sales are anticipated to be excessive over the approaching years. The truth is, Xbox offered over 1.2 million items of its new console on the day of its launch, marking its greatest launch ever. The newer consoles although have backward compatibility, which permits customers to play sure video games already owned by the consumer, it is going to additionally lead to an elevated software program demand, boding nicely for gaming firms comparable to Digital Arts. Console gaming accounted for 68% of the corporate’s whole gross sales in fiscal 2020. The corporate has already announced the video games one can play on the brand new consoles.
The second key alternative stems from Digital Arts valuation a number of in comparison with its friends. The inventory now trades at 22x its projected fiscal 2021 adjusted earnings per share of about $5.49. Compared, to earn near $5 per yr from a financial institution, you’d need to deposit about $500 in a financial savings account right now (assuming 1% rate of interest), so about 100x desired earnings. At Digital Arts present share value of roughly $120, we’re speaking a couple of P/E a number of of round 22x based mostly on anticipated 2021 adjusted earnings of $5.49, and we expect a determine nearer to 27x can be applicable.
The 22x determine compares with determine of 25x for Digital Arts seen in 2019 in addition to in 2017. A few of the different gaming firms, comparable to Take Two Interactive
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Tax filing services such as H&R Block, TaxAct, TaxSlayer and Ramsey Solutions SmartTax have been quietly transmitting sensitive financial information to Facebook, The Markup reported. The data was sent through a widely used code called Meta Pixel. Information released included full name, email address and often detailed information including income, filing status, refund amounts and dependents’ college scholarship amounts. Facebook uses this information to power its advertising algorithms
Millions of US taxpayers information has been shared. TaxAct said it has about 3 million “consumer and professional” users. TaxAct wasn’t the only tax filing service using the Meta Pixel. Tax preparation giant H&R Block, which offers an online option attracts millions of customers per year. TaxSlayer sent personal information to Facebook as part of the social media company’s “advanced matching” system. TaxSlayer said it completed 10 million US Federal and state tax returns last year. Ramsey Solutions version of TaxSlayer’s service provided even more personal data from a tax return summary page, including information on income and refund amounts.
“We take the privacy of our customers’ data very seriously,” Nicole Coburn, a spokesperson for TaxAct, said in an email. “TaxAct, at all times, endeavors to comply with all IRS regulations.” Angela Davied, a spokesperson for H&R Block, said the company “regularly evaluate[s] our practices as part of our ongoing commitment to privacy, and will review the information.”
Megan McConnell, a spokesperson for Ramsey Solutions, said in an email that the company “implemented the Meta Pixel to deliver a more personalized customer experience.”
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In an effort to tap the potential in online sales, Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society (Co-optex) plans to tie-up with a couple of e-commerce portals for sale of its products.
Its managing director T.N. Venkatesh told The Hindu here on Saturday that talks are on with Flipkart and Snapdeal. Co-optex launched sale of products online – through its website – in December last year and already there are three to four orders a day. These come from customers in different cities and towns in the northern States too.
It is hopeful of signing agreement with at least one e-commerce portal soon. Initially about 100 products, including sarees, bed sheets and apparels, will be available through the portal.
It has organised a three-day exhibition-cum-sale at The Residency here from Saturday, which was inaugurated by the District Collector Archana Patnaik. A similar expo is going on in Madurai and in Chennai it will be held from April 30. Usually, special sale are held at the Co-optex outlets. The idea of organising an event in a different venue is to attract more customers and to create awareness of Co-optex products.
The expo called “Cool Comforts” has sarees from 10 major weaving centres in the State – Madurai, Negamam, Karaikudi, Salem, Dindigul, etc., and includes organic sarees. The price of the products range from Rs. 650 to Rs. 4,000 each. All the products are cotton and hand woven and the designs have been developed at the Co-optex design studio.
Sales during summer (April – June) last year was Rs. 32 crore and it is expected to be Rs. 40 crore this year.


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Campervan conversion specialist Wellhouse Leisure has notched up record-breaking sales.
The Shepley-based company sold 30 vehicles during February when it saw its monthly turnover figure top £1m for the first time.
Wellhouse has also recruited more staff for its factory in Huddersfield to cope with demand
Managing director David Elliott said the sales boost followed successful exhibitions in Glasgow and Birmingham and the launch of the Wellhouse Ford Terrier, the first UK conversion based on the new Ford Transit/Tourneo Custom – recently named Campervan of the Year 2014 in The Motorhome Awards.
Mr Elliott said: “The demand for campervans seems stronger than ever in 2014 and the great value our award-winning Ford and Hyundai campervans offer is proving particularly popular.
“This is a great sign for the leisure industry and the UK economy, but best of all, it means our factory in Huddersfield will be keeping extra busy and we’ve had to recruit extra staff to meet the demand.”
This success follows two Gold awards for Wellhouse Leisure in the Owner Satisfaction Awards 2014 run by Practical Motorhome magazine.
These awards are the only ones to be voted for by owners who have bought these vehicles,
They were awarded to Wellhouse Leisure as a manufacturer of new motorhomes and as a supplying dealer of pre-owned motorhomes.
The company said it was set to announce further new models this year.
They will include the Ford Terrier L, a compact campervan based on the new Ford Tourneo Connect and the launch of its first Volkswagen T5 conversion under its new Volksleisure brand,
The accolade came just weeks after the Wellhouse Ford Terrier – named in honour of Huddersfield Town – made its first public appearance at the Motorhome and Caravan show at the NEC, Birmingham in October.
Wellhouse started in 2003 by importing compact people carriers from Japan and turning them into camper vans and began with just three staff
During 2010, Wellhouse Leisure approached Hyundai Motors with a view to building camper vans with the motor manufacturer.
That progressed to Wellhouse designing and building vehicles on Hyundai chassis from scratch – with the vehicles making a debut at the NEC Motor Show in Birmingham and winning three major industry awards.
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