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Spotify to create additional afterparty entertainment at the Media Week Awards
Spotify is to create The Spotify Hub at this year's Media Week Awards, which take place next Thursday on 25 October at Grosvenor House.
The Spotify Suite, which is being created in addition to the usual after dinner entertainment at the Media Week Awards, will take place in its own event space at the Grosvenor from 10.45pm-2am.
The first 50 guests in The Spotify Suite will be welcomed with a complimentary shot and the opportunity to win a Sonos wireless hi-fi system.
Other entertainment includes Spotify's own DJ spinning tunes from a playlist created by guests at the Media Week Awards, while one of Liverpool's most popular new bands will be playing their own DJ set later on.
The Spotify Hub will also host a silent disco before a superstar DJ takes to the decks to finish off proceedings.
After a record number of entries, this year's Media Week Awards is set to be the busiest yet, and with only a week to go there are just two tables left. To secure one of these, and for more information, click here.
This article was first published on mediaweek.co.uk
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For the earlier results were based on the pugmark count method that gave ample scope to improvise the actual count and invariably resulted in a deliberate inflation of the number of tigers. Today even if poverty and unemployment rates remain worrying and inflation doubled to 12 per cent last year on the streets of Buenos Aires glum faces and empty pockets have been replaced by broad smiles and runaway spending boosted by healthy investment and a surge in tax receipts. This is the government of economic growth the countrys new economy minister Felisa Miceli declared last week promising to maintain the sound fiscal policies of her predecessor to keep inflation in check. Concerns are expressed over inflation and the impact of rise in petroproduct prices on prices of other commodities is also acknowledged. Both its GDP forecast for this year and its outlook on inflation remain unchanged at between 7.5 and 8 per cent and between 5 and 5.5 per cent respectively. Amid prospects of strong economic growth the Reserve Bank of India RBI on Tuesday raised the shortterm interest rate by 25 basis points or 0.25 percentage point with immediate effect to contain inflation within the projected range of 5 to 5.5 per cent. The rise in demand for bank credit combined with fears of higher inflation from surging oil prices and global interest rate trends led the central bank to raise short term interest rates. The inflation rate based on wholesale prices rose by 0.16 percentage points to 4.4 per cent during the week ended January 14 from 4.24 per cent during the first week of this calendar year.

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#LONDON SHIP SHOW - The 2012 London International Ship Show, will be held on Saturday 27th October at the Royal National Hotel, Bloomsbury, London, writes Jehan Ashmore.
The show organised by the Ocean Liner Society, will have exhibitors stands in the Galleon Suite of the central city hotel. Among the exhibitors will be maritime booksellers, maritime artists, maritime model makers, traders in maritime memorabilia and ephemera postcards.
In addition there will be a Talks Programme held off the main exhibition hall. The theme for the lectures is P&O, which this year celebrates its 175th anniversary. The first speaker, Ian Gibb, will provide a personal link with the cruise era of the line. A popular Master and Commodore and a highly distinguished merchant mariner he will be known to a generation of cruise passengers.
Bringing the story up to the present, P&O's Operations and PR Departments will give an inside view of this year's spectacular 'Grand Event' from Southampton, where a seven-strong cruiseship fleet included Arcadia (2005/83,781grt) as previously reported on Afloat.ie In the report there is a photo link to the maritime spectacle. The Arcadia is the third vessel seen from the front as she sailed down Solent waters heading for her first port of call that was to be Dublin Port.
For further details about the London Ship Show (opening hours 10am-5pm), click HERE, noting admission is £5 for non- members of the society and £3 for members.


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Nokia is slowly shifting to Windows Phone and the stress here should be on slowly, according to outgoing chairman Jorma Ollila. Nokia ended 2011 with a $1.2 billion loss, selling 31% less phones than in 2010.
Ollila said it will take quite a while for Nokia to see significant improvement. The Windows Phone transition will affect the company “for a significant part of the year,” Ollila concluded even though Nokia said it can’t provide guidance for the period after Q1 2012.
Ollila also admits that Nokia Windows Phone had a slow start, but that was expected, and the company remains hopeful for going back to being a big player in smartphones again later on. Ollila was realistic and didn’t shoot for the stars, saying that Nokia has “a very good chance” to become one of the three biggest phone makers:
"Nokia will make it into the three, its completely obvious and the first signs are already there. None of the operating systems have taken off quickly. It will take time, as we have seen, and as was expected."
Ollila’s theory is that in the future there will be three major platforms - iOS, Android and Windows Phone, and each one will have its own “strong manufacturer.” Apple is obviously the iOS candidate, Samsung seems to be the suggested candidate for Android and Nokia aims to become the one for WP.
After years of ruling the mobile and smartphone space, Nokia has seen unprecedented drop in share value in the last year, after Stephen Elop decided Symbian is a “burning platform.” In the last quarter of the year, Symbian was still the company’s main source of revenue.
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Chevrolet makes a bold move and introduced the new Spark model on the U.S. market. The debut took place at LA Auto Show 2011.
Besides its economic engines, the model boasts with the title of “the only model from segment that provides a color touchscreen, seven-inch, capable of displaying smartphone-based navigation, contacts for hands-free calls and a playlist available on various media used “.
As standard, the 2013 Chevrolet Spark American edition has 10 airbags and is equipped with a 1.2-liter gasoline engine and a five-speed manual transmission.
LA Auto Show 2011 Live: 2013 Chevrolet Spark photo gallery
The multimedia system used on the U.S. 2013 Chevrolet Spark is called MyLink and has some customization with services such as Pandora and Stitcher, which offers Internet radio. In addition to MyLink, 2013 Chevrolet Spark will be offered with a five year warranty or 100,000 miles (160,000 kilometers) for the drivetrain alongside with the famous OnStar system.
Meanwhile, the European version of Chevrolet Spark is already available on many markets and has received several awards for safety and design.
2013 Chevrolet Spark press release:
“Spark is for customers who want more than a “cute ” car. It’s for those who want a car that can be customized, those who are dynamic and always in fashion and for those who want to make a value purchase. Spark’s vibrant exterior and the bright colors from the interior make a fashion statement and show that the model is affordable, reliable, manageable and efficient.” said Chris Perry, vice president of global strategy and marketing from Chevrolet.
Video 2013 Chevrolet Spark – LA Auto Show 2011 Live
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A 2-year-old in Shanghai, China, reportedly locked his mother’s iPhone for 48 years after trying to watch the children’s show “Peppa Pig.”
After leaving her toddler with the mobile device unattended momentarily, the woman picked up the phone and realized that it was inaccessible beyond the opening screen.
“iPhone is disabled, try again in 25,114,980 minutes,” a message on the advanced phone read, reported Business Insider.
Dismayed, the woman was only left two options, according to Apple support staff at a service center. She could either wait 48 years — the approximate equivalent of the 25,114,980 minutes — or reset the whole phone back to its rudimentary factory settings.
The woman chose to reset the phone. All of her data that wasn’t stored elsewhere was deleted.
She was reportedly told by Apple employees that this wasn’t the record, and that another iPhone user had his device locked for 80 years.
The Chinese report that originally covered the incident said the highly inflated time span was likely caused by a date and time error on the iPhone. Apple, along with other smartphone purveyors, install cybersecurity technology that usually locks out users (or would-be infiltrators) if they fail to put in the correct pass code or pin number 10 times.
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The Google Daydream VR platform is one of the most anticipated launches expected to happen at an October 4th event that will also bring to life the Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones.
The search engine giant is finally bringing the Daydream VR platform to life, which is basically out of the beta stage. In short, this means that all potential developers can now have access to the platform.
Coming in as an ambitious upgrade to the initial Google Cardboard, the Daydream VR platform is more like an operating system upon which other OEMs will base their VR products, just like it does with Android OS. With this move, Google is adamant that it will be able to take everything further by offering more than just VR interface development. In fact, there have already been talks of the company planning to come in with its own VR hardware in the not-so-distant future.
What the new Google Daydream VR platform comes to offer is allow users to easily port their Android apps into a VR environment. The platform will be part of Android Nougat phones, but of course, those with the OS running out of the box.
As it is, the Daydream VR platform is now ready for access by developers. This early release means that developers will have enough time to come up with high-quality VR apps and content before Google makes everything official. Google notes that the released SDK makes life a lot easier so that developers can keep their focus on coming in with immersive, interactive mobile VR apps for Daydream-ready devices.
But where are these Daydream-ready phones? According to Google, the Nexus 6P is one great place to start from when looking for a Daydream-compatible phone. However, you are warned that this could lead to an overheated Nexus 6P and in the end you will have poor CPU and GPU performance. Looking at the specs on offer, it is arguable that the likes of Samsung Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 Edge, Galaxy Note 7, HTC 10, LG G5, Sony Xperia X Performance, just to name but a few, are Daydream-compatible.
Apparently, the Google Daydream VR platform will be released including the likes of Netflix, MLB, HBO, Hulu, New York Times as well as CNN. There will also be a bunch of games from Electronic Arts as well as Ubisoft.


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Little Caesars asks fans to pick funniest ad spot
Little Caesars Pizza is asking fans to vote for their favorite Little Caesars commercial for the chance to win free lunch combos for a year, among other prizes. The new "Lunch & Laugh" sweepstakes was launched to promote the brand’s the $5 Lunch Combo, which includes four slices of Deep! Deep! Dish pizza, paired with a 20-ounce Pepsi product.
"With one of the most recognized and appealing characters in the world, Little Caesar, and our Pizza! Pizza! slogan, the Little Caesars commercials really personify the fun personality of our brand," Ed Gleich, SVP of Global Marketing, said in a news release. "We're excited to give fans an opportunity to pick their favorite ad spot, while also giving a few lucky fans a chance to win great prizes."
Fans may participate by entering the promotion once per day by visiting either littlecaesars.promo.eprize.com/laugh or the brand’s Facebook page. In addition to three grand prizes of Hot-N-Ready Lunch Combos for a year, Lunch & Laugh participants have a chance to win five first prizes of a GoPro Camera, or 50 second prizes of a $50 Little Caesars gift card. The winners will be selected on or about Sept. 2.


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Today’s the day. The day you help save the internet from being ruined.
Yes, you are, and we’re ready to help you.
(Long story short: The FCC is about to make a critical decision as to whether or not internet service providers have to treat all traffic equally. If they choose wrong, then the internet where anyone can start a website for any reason at all, the internet that’s been so momentous, funny, weird, and surprising—that internet could cease to exist. Here’s your chance to preserve a beautiful thing.)
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Wearables that double as jewelry will launch at the designer’s spring runway show next week, including a gold chain-link bracelet with a silver bar and pyramid studs that’s actually a wearable notification bracelet. For More
GAP’s New Normal
Just when sister brand Banana Republic has done dousing its shoppers with cutesy pop culture references like the “start-up guy,” along comes GAP, urging people to “dress normal” in its new campaign, featuring (what?) celebrities.
supes #normcore. #celebs #theyrejustlikeus
As AdWeek says slyly, “Gap is redefining the concept of normal from that of a collective norm to an individual belief. In other words, it now believes in normal relativism.”
Look, I of all people shouldn’t take issue with this, especially after I trashed the good people at Mini for trashing normal as boring not too long ago.
Also, for another time, but I believe in December 2012, I was in fact talking about normcore.
But these ideas just seem to be playing out a little too literally, don’t they?
Brilliant Insight: Unpaid Tobacco Spokesperson
One of the more interesting differences I’ve found in researching Gen X and Gen Y on behalf of a handful of brands over the last few years is their shifting opinion of advertising and what we used to call “selling out.”
As the clever people at YPulse put it, "For Boomers and Gen Xers, the idea of “selling out” was an artistic sin. Artists and fans alike looked down on the commercialization of the music they lived by. Flash forward a few decades and to say things have changed is an understatement of extreme proportions. Millennial artists and fans not only see commercial music use as a norm; they embrace it. Musicians have moved from merely performing and licensing their songs for big brands, to using their images to create products and brands themselves.”
That generational insight sits at the heart of the latest anti-tobacco Truth campaign that aired just now during the VMAs. Cleverly driving home the idea that in a celebrity culture where adorning yourself in sponsored goods is completely acceptable, the Unpaid Tobacco Spokesperson idea is brilliant. Check out the site and spot below.
Ikea may not kill Ikeahackers fan-site after all
A good move to embrace the fandoms. As we said before, IKEA could learn from LEGO’s approach to working with the AFOL community.
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Ikeahackers — a venerable fan-site that competed with Ikea’s newly launched, empty “online community” — were previously threatened by Ikea and looked to face extinction.
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Reducing the Digital Distraction with Haptics: Featured Speaker Jack Lindsay
Haptics refers to tactile technology that recreates the sense of touch. Perhaps the most common example of haptics is your smartphone vibrating when you receive a notification. But vibrating phones are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this more natural interaction.
The skinny jean, and the denim industry overall, are dying a slow death, at least according to American retailers. Now, it seems the skinny jean’s long-talked about replacement, the so-called “soft dressing” we flagged earlier this year (you can also call it “athleisure”), is gaining real traction.
Do our Facebook posts reflect our true personalities? Incrementally, probably not. But in aggregate, the things we say on social media paint a fairly accurate portrait of our inner selves.
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Well, this is delightful.
"The strategy was simple, we can’t design another ‘me too’ product, Legend was sick of seeing the same looking things on the shelves, they wanted something that offered the market something new and unexpected. With ‘Stories worth sharing’ as our central strategy, we developed product names, brands and packaging that leveraged local BC legends and created custom illustrations to bring the stories to life on the bottles. We wanted every detail to be considered, from container selection, non-traditional colour selections and print finishings to create something that stands out from the crowd."
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Hoteliers Take Note, Robots Give Remote Tours of The Tate
Thanks in large part to Google, the days of landing on a hotel website and getting one of those clumsy 360 tours that almost crashes your browser are over. But those fancy 360 tours are often perfectly shot and beautifully coded and while they give visitors an accurate idea of the place, they don’t capture the actual experience.
Sure, you can have equally archaic and browser-crashing live cams installed but what about robots?
The Tate Modern in the UK has just launched this quirky and quite fabulous program, wherein robots will roam the galleries by night, and viewers can remote in to the tour. Check out After Dark:
It’s not too late to ditch the ad-based business model and build a better web.
As someone who left publishing because I couldn’t stand having one more conversation about how we would be chasing pageviews (Galleries: click through GOLD!), it’s heartening to know that the architects haven’t given up on a better Web.
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A new website from a couple MIT grads lets customers haggle for high-end, locally made products.
Haggling is an age-old tradition at marketplaces around the world, but price negotiations between merchants and buyers haven’t quite made their way into the world of e-commerce.
Theorem, a San Francisco-based startup headed by MIT grads Ryan Jackson and Adam Roberts, is trying to change that.
Data visualisation continues abound with news of Net-a-Porter’s new out-of-home campaign showcasing live shopper trends from around the world.
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"With so many variables, from emoticon type to the scientific method used, it’s tough to say for sure why the early studies showed no brain activity in the face-processing region while the recent one showed some face-related activity. The answer might simply be that emoticon use has increased so much even in the few years separating the research that we now process them more as faces than we did before. As Churches points out, our brains are "amazingly dynamic" in response to new environments.
"Thirty years ago, this activation of face-selective areas in the brain would not have been seen when :-) was presented," he says. "But our world has changed and so have we."


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Ryanair has been admonished by the UK advertising watchdog for the second time in as many months for a series of adverts that falsely implied rival Thomas Cook was going into administration.
The budget airline was told the adverts, which first appeared in newspapers last November, could not be shown again.
Fifteen complaints were received by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over adverts titled ‘Bye bye Thomas Cook’ that falsely claimed the tour operator was in ‘dire straits’ and had debts in excess of £1billion.
The ASA said the ‘denigratory’ campaign was banned for claiming it was ‘risky’ to book with Thomas Cook, which last year turned to banks for financial aid.
‘Ryanair – guaranteed to keep flying this Christmas,’ one advert said, while another added: ‘We’re financially secure.’
The ASA rejected a claim from Dublin-based Ryanair that it was ‘factually accurate’ Thomas Cook’s financial difficulties had led to debate whether the firm would go into administration.
Although the watchdog said the adverts were unlikely to cause ‘serious or widespread offence’ or ‘fear and distress’, the ASA ruled: ‘We considered that the header Bye bye Thomas Cook pictured alongside the newspaper headlines would lead consumers to believe that Thomas Cook was likely to go into administration and that it was risky to book with them.
‘As a result we concluded that the ads were misleading and denigratory.’
Several weeks ago Ryanair was criticised by the ASA for a ‘sexist’ campaign that ‘objectified women’.
A flight attendant complained after an advert showed a scantily-clad model in lingerie with the tagline ‘Red Hot Fares & Crew’.


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Trending ever upwards: the humble cauliflower
It used to be kale, then Brussels sprouts, then avocados. But now, in 2019, the trendiest vegetable is the humble cauliflower.
The cruciferous veggie has exploded in the last two years. Whereas it was once considered the bland version of broccoli, today cauliflower is heralded for its many uses: as a chic meal centerpiece (whole roasted head), Keto Diet staple, and even as a healthier latke ingredient.
And it’s not your imagination: It really is everywhere. Nielsen data found the ingredient across 36 different grocery store categories, in everything from dried pasta to frozen foods. Sales for packaged cauliflower products grew 71% last year.
Granted, it’s part of a booming plant-based food industry that is growing at a rapid 20%, but cauliflower has excelled far beyond its farm competitors. That’s because it’s a nutrient-dense and versatile vegetable that possesses varied texture as well as an ability to take on numerous flavours. So it’s no surprise that plenty of new food startups are centered solely around cauliflower.
Caulipower, which substitutes the vegetable for a flour crust, is now the fastest-growing pizza brand. The line is available at roughly 15,000 grocery stores, including Kroger, Walmart, and Safeway, and recently surpassed sales of 10 million pizzas.
“(With cauliflower crust pizza) I wanted to show that the concept wasn’t cauliflower as a vegetable, but revolutionising the use of vegetables as ingredients,” Caulipower founder, Gail Becker, told Forbes earlier this month.
It competes against similar pizza-centric brands, including, Cali’flour Foods, Outer Aisle Gourmet, and, well, Oprah Winfrey. The icon, who also has a stake in Weight Watchers (now rebranded as WW), recently released a line of frozen cauliflower-crust pizzas topped for her brand O, That’s Good!.
Then there are the varieties of of “cauliflower rice,” which is more or less shredded cauliflower made to resemble the popular grain. The category spans several independent brands, like Cauli Rice, but pretty much every big brand (Whole Foods, Bird’s Eye, Green Giant) rolled out their own edition of the versatile side dish.
Last year, “cauliflower rice” jumped 60% jump in US search queries, according to Google Trends. (It’s become so popular that the rice industry attempted to get cauliflower companies to stop using the word “rice”.)
Others, meanwhile, see cauliflower as an easy way to “health-ify” meals that have seen declining sales. Roughly 67% of Americans said they now prioritise healthy or socially conscious food purchases, according to a recent survey by Label Insight. That’s likely why Kraft, for example, added a quarter cup of cauliflower into its famous Mac & Cheese.
Cauliflower’s popularity is nothing new, but analysts believe it’s only the cusp of what’s to come. Cauliflower grew 8% annually from 2011 to 2016–up to $357-million in annual sales, and forecasters believe there’s far more opportunity beyond rice and crust.
The more Americans opt for low-carb, gluten-free, plant-based diets, the more the versatile vegetable will show up in new categories.
“Expect it to move past the freezer section and into the chips and cracker aisle–typically thought of as the least healthy section of the store,” predicts Well+Good in its annual trends report.
It’s already happening: Gaea sells pouches of pickled cauliflower marinated in olive oil, lemon, and sea salt; Vegan Rob’s probiotic cauliflower puffs look just like Pirate’s Booty but are made “to support digestive and immune health; while Halen Brands’ newly released brand From the Ground Up sells cauliflower powder-based pretzels, crackers, and crisps in flavors like sea salt and cheddar.
But fret not, carb-lovers. Cauliflower-based products are unlikely to replace flour, rice, or bread. As Nosh notes, it’s still a rather pricey vegetable, limited in stock. That makes it hard to mass produce, especially at a very low price point. So while super trendy, it will, at its current status, remain a rather exclusive trendy product.
Two years ago, fledgling entrepreneur Gail Becker gambled everything on her concept of a pizza with a cauliflower-based crust. It was such a big hit that she’s selling a cauliflower crust pizza every three seconds…. Forbes.com
CAULIPOWER, America’s #1 better-for-you pizza, is now officially a top ten frozen pizza brand – eating into traditional frozen pizza sales nationwide.
CAULIPOWER skipped straight from 11th to the 8th best-selling pizza brand in America in just eight weeks, propelled by its disruption in the frozen pizza industry.
With over 500 brands in the $5.4bn frozen pizza market, CAULIPOWER is the only better-for-you pizza brand in the top ten – joining the ranks of mainstream pizza brands at grocery. The brand’s leap to top ten showcases the market’s hunger for innovation in the freezer section and the desire for CAULIPOWER’s veggie-first versions of America’s favorite comfort foods…. prnewswire.com


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Microsoft has confirmed its schedule to bring its xCloud cloud gaming service to Apple’s iOS and Windows PCs, as the company said it will support iPhone, iPad and PC starting in the spring of 2021. the edge I mentioned in October Microsoft was looking to bring xCloud to iOS via a mobile web app sometime in “early 2021”, but Microsoft clarified the timing in A blog post published on Wednesday. The company says the xCloud PC version will be delivered through the Xbox app for Windows 10.
“In Spring 2021, we will take the next step in our journey to reach more players around the world by making cloud games as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on Windows computers through the Xbox app, browser, and iOS devices through the mobile web browser.” Jerret West, head of Microsoft Xbox Marketing, wrote in the blog post. “By adding over a billion devices as a gameplay path to the Xbox system, we envision a seamless experience for all types of players.”
XCloud will still bundled as part of Microsoft’s $ 15 per month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. Microsoft says it plans to launch a beta version of its cloud games with Game Pass to more markets next year, including Australia, Brazil, Japan and Mexico.
Due to restrictions imposed by Apple on iOS apps and cloud services, Microsoft was unable to support the iPhone and iPad when it launched xCloud in a beta for Android in September. The two companies have entered into a public row over whether xCloud in its current form could ever exist on the iPhone, after Apple said such a service Individual games need to be submitted for review.
Although Apple Microsoft offered some kind of compromise By allowing cloud gaming apps to run their cloud customers on iOS as long as they still provide individual titles for review, the Xbox maker said such a solution would be a “bad experience for consumers” and I decided to focus on mobile web viewing instead.
Other cloud gaming providers decided to do the same, and both Google and Nvidia announced mobile web versions of their services last month. Nvidia is Available now, With GeForce Now cloud service running on iOS in beta. Google plans to IOS version of Stadia launched Via the mobile web before the end of the year.
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Antonio Citterio and Oliver LÃ¶w designed the Metropolitan Central table lamp for Flos. It features a hand-gridded glass surround.
Offthetopofmyhead’s founder and creative director says there’s no such thing as brand design and much of what the design industry says about brand is incomprehensible, pretentious and just plain daft.
The new store — conceived by design and architectural practice Gensler — has a gaming lounge, multi-purpose Community Theatre and a McLaren sports car on the ground floor.
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While artificial pigments can be preferred by formulators for their vibrant colouring, growing customer demand for clean label is encouraging developments in the natural colours category.
As Plant Lipids UK (the British arm of Indian exporter Plant Lipids) told FoodNavigator last year, the colours industry has well and truly been impacted by demand for clean label offerings.
“The boat really sailed for colours a few years ago,” commercial director Paul Farrow said at the time. “Everyone used to use synthetic colours, now everyone has moved across to predominantly natural colours. I’d say 90% of the industry uses natural colours.”
So what are the latest trends in this already popular category? And which of these will be ‘on show’ at next week’s Fi Europe CONNECT 2020?
Fake meat…and the real thing!
Plant-based is one of the biggest trends of 2020, and unsurprisingly, this is reflected in the natural colours market.
For Dutch ingredients supplier GNT, which will be speaking at the event, in the ‘plant-based 2.0 era’, it’s ‘more important than ever’ for products to carry clean and clear labels – as well as great taste, texture, smell and colour. GNT sells its natural colours under the Exberry brand.
Lorraine Jansen, GNT’s Content Marketing Specialist, told FoodNavigator the company’s Coloring Foods range is a “perfect colouring solution because they’re made from fruit, vegetables and plants, with no chemical solvents”.
Acknowledging the formulation challenges that can exist when using Coloring Foods for these applications, Jansen said the company has placed a ‘strong focus’ on developing solutions to help manufacturers create realistic meat, fish and dairy alternatives using clean label colours.
Natural food colours are sourced from vegetables, fruits, plants, minerals, and other edible natural sources.
The Natural Food Colours Association (NATCO) defines them as “preparations obtained from foods and other edible natural source materials obtained by physical and/or chemical extraction resulting in a selective extraction of the pigments relative to the nutritive or aromatic constituents”.
US based DDW, The Color House, which will be speaking at Fi Europe CONNECT, supplies caramel colour, burnt sugar and natural colourings for the food and beverage industry. The company also has expertise in colours for plant-based applications.
While colour may be one of the last ingredients on a food or beverage label, the company suggests that both the colour choice and implementation can ‘make or break’ a plant-based product.
On the other side of the coin, Dutch-headquartered Sonac will be presenting its natural colours for meat-based products at the event.
Its QColor Pork Harimix, for example, is designed to colour the meat – and not the fat – in ham, as well as in both dried and fermented sausages. “Harmix is a stabilised haemoglobin, a natural red coloured protein which is partly responsible for the distinctive natural colour of meat,” the company explained.
“Harmix is a red coloured protein which can intensify meat proteins, but leaves fat, packaging or anything else unaffected.”
Social media drives vibrant colour demand
Another key trend coming through the natural colours space is ‘colour for impact’.
Market insights firm Mintel picked up on growing demand for bright foods, and in particular purple foods, last year. At the time, Mintel director for food and drink content, EMEA, Chris Brockman, told FoodNavigator that social media – and in particular the visual platforms Instagram, Facebook and Twitter – was a key driver in growing the purple trend.
“Purple works well with social media,” we were told. “It’s a standout colour”. Other colours to fall under the ‘colour for impact’ trend include blue, green, and other ‘rare’ pigments currently trending in the food industry.
GNT similarly told this publication there is ‘huge demand’ for ‘powerful colours’ that can make a real impact on social media.
“Coloring Foods can deliver vibrant, Instagrammable shades from across the rainbow, while maintaining clean and clear labels,” said Jansen. “As a result, it’s possible to create head turning products without compromising on their appeal to shoppers.”
Again, clean label has a role to play in the ‘colour for impact’ trend, GNT’s Content Marketing Specialist suggested.
“Consumers want to understand what they’re eating and feel a sense of reassurance when they turn to the ingredient list. Coloring Foods can inject some excitement into products’ appearance using recognizable, reassuring ingredients like carrots, radishes and spirulina.”
For the full line-up of topics, speakers and exhibitors at Fi Europe CONNECT 2020, click here.


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foodpanda, one of Malaysia’s main online food delivery site, has just launched its service in Ipoh and Malacca.
As we get busier each day with our lives, sometimes our schedule control us. Sometimes we just cannot afford the luxury of eating out and we have to call for food delivery.
Foodpanda, in case you are unfamiliar with it, is a online food delivery site which has been growing in popularity. If you want to order food online, you can just head on to their website and choose the dish you want, and get it delivered to your office or your house. The service is available around the world, and in Asia, the countries they are operational in is in India, Thailand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan.
Foodpanda is easy to use: just choose your location, order your food, and you can get it delivered to you, after which you can pay the cash on delivery. Foodpanda takes a cut from each restaurant orders.
Earlier last week, Malaysia’s Foodpanda has just announced its official launch in Ipoh and Malacca, on top of Johor, the Klang Valley, and Penang. Previously, the web portal only offered restaurants with their own delivery service, but that has changed now, and delivery service is extended to even include restaurants without delivery service.
With a soft launch last Friday, foodpanda has already received some very encouraging feedback from residents of Ipoh and Malacca. “We never thought they would be bringing food delivery to our quiet city of Ipoh” says Shawn Lim, a local Ipoh resident and new foodpanda customer. “I am pleasantly surprised and find this service very convenient – plus delivery is free!”
“We are very happy to add Ipoh and Malacca to our list of cities that we provide delivery for – this is in line with our mission of making food delivery accessible to all Malaysians,” says Claudio Abitante, MD foodpanda.my. “We see a huge untapped potential in these cities and we think customers would appreciate the choice of food they can now get delivered to them for free,” he adds.
Starting with household brands such as Chatime, Kenny Rogers Roasters, Starbucks, Taang Shifu, A&W and Sakae Sushi, residents of Ipoh and Melaka can expect to see many other great restaurants including local favourites within the next few weeks. Delivery to Ipoh and Malacca is currently free. Delivery orders are taken via their website and mobile application on iOS and Google Play.
foodpanda.my currently operates in the Klang Valley, Penang, Ipoh, Melaka and Johor.


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Australia’s forest industries welcome new Federal Industry Minister Angus Taylor and Assistant Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction Tim Wilson who take on new portfolios in today’s ministerial reshuffle, Acting CEO of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) Victor Violante said.
“AFPA has worked closely with Angus Taylor as Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, and the addition of the Industry portfolio to his responsibilities is a natural fit as the Federal Government looks to strengthen the link between innovation and reducing Australia’s emissions,” Mr Violante said.
“As Australia’s sixth largest manufacturing sector, our modern timber and paper products manufacturers are at the forefront of contributing to Australia’s net zero emissions ambitions, and we look forward to continuing to work closely with Minister Taylor in this new capacity.
“Minister Taylor has been instrumental in opening up carbon market opportunities for Australia’s sustainable forestry plantations, and the Industry portfolio will allow us to broaden that conversation to look at how our sustainable forest product manufacturers can contribute more to Australia’s low-emissions future.
“Australia’s forest industries already provide low-emission materials for the building and construction sector, and rapidly expanding sustainable packaging industries, contributing more than $24 billion annually to the Australian economy, and employing more than 120,000 people.
“Our industries are well-placed to capitalise on the growing global demand for the next generation of wood-based products to replace plastics and other non-renewable materials and chemicals and we look forward to working with Ministers Taylor and Wilson on these opportunities,” Mr Violante concluded.


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Grupo Lala has agreed to acquire Brazilian dairy producer Vigor for BRL 5.725 billion ($1.84 billion), after the Mexican company’s board approved proposals that were made public on Tuesday.
FoodBev reported that Lala had concluded negotiations with Vigor’s owners, J&F Investimentos, and would recommend an acquisition to its board. It will now convene a conference call with investors to discuss the transaction.
Lala will take a stake of 91.99% in Vigor, and could take its holding to 99.99% with the addition of the 8% currently owned by Arla Foods. The deal also includes a stake in Brazilian dairy company Itambé, which Vigor bought into in 2013.
Grupo Lala CEO Scot Rank said: “We are pleased that Vigor will be the platform for growth of Lala in Brazil. Vigor has the scale, the innovation, and the talent needed to build a profitable, value-added dairy business.”
Analysis: ‘A deal in the making’
J&F Investimentos has had its sights set on selling Vigor for a while now. In March, speculation in the Brazilian press that PepsiCo was lining up a $1.9 billion takeover for Vigor appeared to reaffirm the commitment from the Bautista family – the owners of J&F Investimentos – to offload the business.
That was before JBS – the meat-packing giant also owned by J&F – was drawn into an extensive food corruption probe. Employees from JBS, as well as BRF, were accused of bribing health officials to overlook contaminated or rotten shipments of meat, destined for export markets outside Brazil.
For JBS’ role in the scandal, J&F Investimentos agreed to pay a record $3.2 billion fine, accelerating its desire to reorganise the business and sell its Vigor operation. JBS confirmed in June that it would sell Vigor, as well as its poultry business Moy Park, as part of a divestment plan geared towards reducing debt and strengthening its financial position.
With PepsiCo’s interest having seemingly faded, Vigor will now be passed to Grupo Lala, which has an ideal opportunity to expand its international business further; it gains a strong brand in Vigor, with consumer recognition and a diverse portfolio of products.
It comes a week after Grupo Lala’s second-quarter results showed that it was in a strong financial position: net sales were 16% higher at MXN 14.97 billion ($842.4 million) and gross profit was up 14.6% to MXN 5.79 billion ($325.7 million), driven in part by growth in Lala’s home market of Mexico.
But despite strong domestic performance, the Torreón-based company has sought to grow its business outside of Mexico in recent years. It set up a US operation after acquiring the branded business of Laguna Dairy, and its plans for a $30 million dairy production plant in Guatemala were described as an effort to “consolidate the group’s presence in the Central American region”.
The acquisition of Vigor will play into that wider strategy for international growth.
Vigor is a leading company in the Brazilian dairy market with more than 7,600 employees and 67,000 points of sale in Brazil. It operates 11 milk collection centres, 14 production plants and 31 distribution centres, Grupo Lala said, with brands including Vigor, Danubio and Faixa Azul.
Vigor also makes Serrabella cheese, Leco juices and flavoured milks, and Amelia – a range of baking products including Chantilly cream, margarine and pastries.
The business is celebrating its centenary this year.
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Reliance Jio, India’s #1 4G service provider, announced that its customers can make voice and video calls over WiFi networks at no extra cost.
The free video and voice services over WiFi network will enable Jio customers to continue making voice and video calls using a WiFi network, instead of Jio VoLTE network. Voice calls would switch-over between Wi-Fi and VoLTE. 4G customers will be able to access any Wi-Fi for Jio’s Wi-Fi calling at no additional cost.
The service is supported on 150 handset models. Reliance Jio did not reveal the name of the handset models that support Jio’s Wi-Fi calling facility.
Akash Ambani, director of Reliance Jio Infocomm, said in a statement: “With a growing base of consumers, the launch of Jio Wi-Fi Calling will enhance every Jio consumer’s voice-calling experience, which is already a benchmark for the industry with India’s-first all VoLTE network.”
VoWiFi service enables the customers, and mobile service providers to use private wireless LANs (WLANs), home WiFi networks and public WiFi hotspot to connect calls to other mobile networks.
Jio’s Wi-Fi calling will enhance customer experience in areas where there is low connectivity and cellular signal.
4G customers of Wi-Fi Calling can easily make and receive calls over a WiFi network on their existing Jio phone number even if the mobile data is not on.
Bharti Airtel launched Wi-Fi Calling services in December 2019 in six states. Airtel lost 5.23 million mobile phone customers during the September quarter of 2019. On the other hand, Jio added 24.8 million mobile phone subscribers on its 4G network.


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DUBAI - The second edition of the Dubai Future Laboratories (DED) workshop, which includes a series of workshops, was attended by government and private sector representatives and a number of academia.
According to a statement issued yesterday, three major sectors with high ambitions in Dubai's economic future will participate in this session: digital gaming industry, circular economy and non-monetary economy.
The Dubai Economic Department emphasized the continuation of its strategy to focus on raising competitiveness, preparing for the future in the vital sectors of the emirate, in addition to strengthening partnerships, harnessing efforts and future technologies to facilitate doing business and improving government services in various economic sectors.
The Dubai Future Laboratories was launched on the sidelines of the Dubai Business Community Partnership Forum, which is organized annually by the Dubai Economic Forum, in the presence of its business and council partners.
The laboratory is a partnership platform aimed at developing learning and creative thinking between the public and private sectors, and academia, to accelerate the outlook for the future economy and business in Dubai.
The launch of the second edition of the Dubai Future Laboratories workshop follows the success of the first round of forward-looking and innovative solutions in the retail sector. The current efforts are focused on following a clear vision and strategy to find common solutions, overcome obstacles and meet local and global challenges the future.
“The second series of workshops focuses on more substantive and influential aspects, such as the digital gaming industry, the circular economy and the non-monetary economy,” said Mohammed Sha'el Al Saadi, Executive Director, Corporate Strategy at Dubai Economy. Stakeholders, as well as the exchange of knowledge and trust between the government and private sectors, and the unification of visions in the development of solutions and recommendations to make Dubai at the top of competitive economies ».
He pointed out that Dubai's economy, through the Dubai Economy Future Lab, aims to identify with its private sector partners the main challenges of all kinds, work on solving them, and seize the future opportunities that contribute to the attitudes of our wise government in transforming Dubai into a future economy.


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The Indian ethnic wear market, which stood at $13,100 million in 2013, is expected to grow further at a CAGR of eight percent to reach $19,600 million by 2018, reveals the published reports. Despite its continuous expansion in India and overseas, the category still remains one of the most unorganised one in India.
Something that is easily available on premium branded outlets is also offered by local craftsmen and that too at a much lower price. One of the many reasons of this huge difference in price is the involvement of middlemen. This particular idea gave birth to the online ethnic wear platform, Craftsvilla.
Manoj Gupta, Co-Founder & Managing Director,Craftsvilla.com, while unfolding the story behind the establishment of Craftsvilla, says, “Monica (Founder,Craftsvilla.com) loves handmade jewels, organic products and I love to travel. On a road trip to Kutch in 2011, where Monica bought few of the products for her, we were overwhelmed by the designs and efforts put in by artisans for designing products.
We met many artisans on the way who were selling handmade products at a very low price and realized that what is sold in the market is very expensive because of the middlemen involved giving them a raw deal- neither the customer nor the artisan benefits from it. We even met some more artisans who were contemplating leaving the profession and looked for better paying jobs.
We brainstormed with what can be done in order to provide premium benefits to producers and products to customers at a low cost. This led to a passion calledCraftsvilla.com – a marketplace to discover India. We thought of creating an online platform to showcase a variety of products, which would not have been possible through a shop,” he went on to narrate.
Journey So Far
The Mumbai-based online ethnic wear platform, which was founded in 2011, offers ethnic apparels, footwear, accessories, and beauty products along with handcrafted home decor products. Both Manoj and Monica aim to connect artisans with potential buyers via Craftsvilla.
While sharing the vision of the company, Gupta says, “In the past 5 years, we have expanded this platform to provide an opportunity to sellers from across India who make ethnic products, be it apparels, jewellery, home decor or accessories, to connect with millions of buyers from across the globe. The vision has always been to help people connect back to their roots. And over the past 5 years, we have managed to move forward and get closer to our vision.”
Ad Campaigns and TG
In 2015, the brand launched a television commercial with an aim to connect with Indian women and establish Craftsvilla as a destination for everyday ethnic wear. The brand took an innovative route by simply playing a song ‘Aaj Jaane ki Zid Na Karo’ with women in traditional Indian attire in the TVC.
In contrast to that, the brand has rolled out its latest campaign exclusively for working women. The campaign, which comprises two short films, showcases a group of working women hunting for latest ethnic wear for different occasions. While the entire group was roaming around in the market and struggling with typical Indian wear, one of them decided to standout with her latest fashionable outfit from Craftsvilla.
Commenting on the campaign and TG, Gupta says, “Our core TG is working women and home makers who love ethnic fashion and are always on a search for the latest in this category. With this campaign, we want to introduce our consumers to the new avatar of Craftsvilla.”
Gupta also shares that the demand of fashionable ethnic wear has been coming not only from working women but also from home makers and college students. The latest campaign by the brand initially focuses on TV as the primary medium with supporting media like digital, radio and outdoor. In the next leg of campaign, print will be added to the media mix, confirms Gupta.
Branded Vs Local
Of late, customers complained of bad shopping experience with Craftsvilla because of poor product quality. Commenting on the same, Gupta says, “We are a marketplace and hence various kinds of Ethnic products are uploaded by sellers. We have now managed these sellers and do proper quality check for most of these. We have also started showcasing actual product photo along with model shoots which gives accurate picture of the product before a customer buys the same.”
In the Indian fashion and lifestyle market, demand of branded stuff is increasing constantly. Craftsvilla, which offers goods primarily made by local craftsmen, when asked about its plan of partnering with any brands to offer branded stuff to its customers, says, “Craftsvilla started with the aim of providing the products which were not easily available on other portals. Hence, unbranded products were introduced.”
Along with apparels and accessories, Craftsvilla has added other segments into its offerings. The latest additions on the platform are food, home decor, beauty and lifestyle. Sharing the growth rate of the newly added segments, Gupta says that while the home decor section has picked up great, the beauty segment is still picking up.
In the near future, Craftsvilla aims to add more and more products from various segments on its platform. The brand is also planning to offer ayurvedic, spiritual and yoga products to its customers. As part of its expansion plan in ethnic food category, Craftsvilla acquired PlaceOfOrigin, an online gourmet food marketplace, in February 2016. The two-year old start-up had been working in the category with regional flavours.
[Source:- Adage India]


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In FIFA 23, EA was able to showcase the upgraded visuals of the series by including hundreds of fresh face scans of our favorite players.
Notable individuals who have had their faces scanned digitally include managers, coaches, and up-and-coming athletes from all around the globe.
Additionally, it is anticipated that additional faces will be added with each subsequent release.
On October 16, a fan posted a screenshot to Reddit showing the Manchester United star with no hair in-game.
"Was unhappy Antony didn't undergo a facial scan, but now he's looking like this?"
FIFA gamers have noticed that several FUT players now have a whole new appearance.


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The North East’s most prestigious fashion event, Northumbria University’s 2019 Catwalk Show took place yesterday at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art.
The fashion industry’s newest graduates showcased their collections for the first time… And, what a show it was!
We were lucky enough to have 30 of our models involved and we are sure you’ll agree they look amazing.
Emma Jane Goldsmith, Senior Lecturer in Fashion at Northumbria University said, “This year the Northumbria University BA Hons Fashion students presented 40 collections on the catwalk and in an exhibition at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art.”
“We continue to work closely with Tyne Tees models to ensure that the collections are shown penultimately at their best both during this final presentation and in the development and fitting process during the year. On show day the models spend the day with us, preparing behind the scenes as well as walking in three consecutive shows, they are always extremely professional and a joy to work with.”
Take a look at some images from the show:
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According to the Chinese resource ITHome, citing several independent sources, the Geely Group is going to acquire the well-known smartphone manufacturer Meizu. Both companies are in close contact. “Transaction in progress, due diligence‘ said several people familiar with the situation.
The price of the deal has not been announced, but Li Shufu, founder and chairman of Geely Holding Group, has previously said the company intends to invest 10 billion yuan (about $1.6 billion) in mobile technology. Meizu is still a prominent player in the smartphone market in China, but the company’s sales have recently fallen sharply – now they are only a tenth of the maximum shown a few years ago.


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NFT: Tom Brady welcomes The Weeknd to his Autograph NFT Marketplace
Tom Brady's Autograph NFT Marketplace just welcomed The Weeknd to the company a few days ago. It was reported that the R&B star was venturing further into the non-fungible token business and chose to join the American NFL quarterback's company to fulfill his latest endeavor.
Tom Brady announced his partnership with The Weeknd via social media using a short meme video featuring Daniel Craig. He also included Autograph's announcement that simply reads: "@TheWeeknd has joined the Autograph Board of Directors. Welcome to the family, Abel."
According to FOX Sports Radio, the 31-year-old Canadian singer is not the only notable personality that has teamed up with the NFL player's NFT firm as Autograph has already signed many other big names for multi-year NFT deals.
Just to name a few, Tiger Woods, a world-renowned golf champion; Tony Hawk, a Hall of Fame awardee for skateboarding; Noami Osaka, a tennis Grand Slam champ; Derek Jeter, a baseball Hall of Fame recipient and Wayne Gretzky, another Hall of Famer but in the field of hockey. All of them have also joined Tom Brady's Autograph's advisory board.
Aside from the big names, Autograph has also inked deals with major companies, including Lionsgate and DraftKings. Both the entertainment and sports company will create their own digital collectibles and release them through the Autograph NFT marketplace.
It was mentioned that Lionsgate is planning to use content from some of its most popular movie and TV franchises such as "Twilight," "Hunger Games," "John Wick," "Mad Men," and "Dirty Dancing." At any rate, with The Weeknd on board, Brady's NFT platform's plan to add music to the marketplace is coming to fruition.
This is also a strategic move for the musician who is aiming to expand his music even more. With Autograph, the "Blinding Lights" singer is expected to launch his newest digital music collectibles soon. Decrypt mentioned that in April, The Weeknd already unveiled some NFT collectibles through Nifty Gateway, so the upcoming ones will be his second batch of non-fungible tokens.
"As an artist, I am always compelled to push the boundaries of how to deliver art within the culture and have been intrigued with NFTs for some years," The Weeknd said in a press release. "When approached by Richard and the Autograph team to enter this emerging technology, I was eager to join them in launching a new vertical in the music space that explores what the Metaverse could be."


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The lack of a “concrete European framework” for mobile payments means “the largest and most promising global m-payment initiatives are currently launched outside Europe,” according to a European Commission document that Bloomberg News has obtained. “Regulators may seek to spur mobile-phone payments,” says Bloomberg.
- Samsung Pay offers $100 discount to new users
- Apple Pay signs deal with China UnionPay?
- Google boosts Android Pay adoption with $1m charity fund
- BNP Paribas tests NFC screen shopping
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Slow Food Chicago, Candid Wines and the Chicago Honey Coop are having two plants sales where Chicagoland gardeners will have the opportunity to purchase heirloom tomato plants. Heirloom tomatoes are plants that have been handed down from one generation to the next and are very different from what you can traditionally find in the supermarket.
The first plant sale will take place on May 27th, 2009 at the Garfield Park Conservatory, just west of The Loop, from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. Proceeds from that night will benefit the Garfield Park Conservatory & Slow Food.
The second plant sale will take place on June 5th, 2009 at Uncommon Ground on Devon and will be from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. Proceeds from this night will benefit Slow Food.
Everyone who purchases an heirloom tomato on these two days is invited to the Second Annual Tomato Fest at the Chicago Honey Coop where you’re invited to bring some of your home grown heirloom tomatoes to share with other gardeners.
Heirloom varieties for sale will include varieties like; Tappy’s Land Race Currant, Mortgage Lifter, Japanese Black Trifle, Marmande & more. Prices for the heirloom tomato plants will be $3.00 & cash only. For more information you can visit the Slow Food Chicago Tomato Fest 2009 webpage.
Update: 5/27 I attended the first heirloom tomato plant sale for Chicago Tomato Fest 2009 at the Garfield Park Conservatory. The plant sale was a success, within the first 45 minutes of the sale they were down to just 20 plants. Make sure you get there early to the next plant sale on June 5th.


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10 Jan 2022 — An Arla Meals-backed examine has found that 66% of consumers in the Uk, Denmark, Sweden and Germany do not see nourishment as portion of sustainable weight loss plans. Furthermore, 50 % (49%) of the 8,000 individuals surveyed sense baffled about how to eat sustainably and 52% point out that they would like far more info.
The findings propose that far more client instruction is necessary to promote sustainable diet programs though relieving micronutrient deficiencies in “nutrition blind” buyers.
Public overall health nutritionists like Judy Buttriss, who was formerly director typical of the British Nutrition Basis from 2007 to 2021, warns that consumers’ weighty consideration on carbon footprint, biodiversity, packaging and animal welfare could have “unintended repercussions on our wellness.”
“It’s wonderful that we keep on to grow our awareness of how food items production and our meal plans have an impact on the climate and mother nature. Having said that, this investigate demonstrates that lots of people today tend to overlook the other determinants of sustainable weight loss plans, primarily nourishment.”
Practically two-thirds of individuals say they attempt to make sustainable food stuff choices each time they can. Having said that, only 34% say that they affiliate nourishment with sustainable diet plans, reveals the survey.
“We want to provide diet back again into the conversation about sustainable meal plans,” Buttriss adds.
Hidden starvation persists
The Meals and Agriculture Corporation of the UN (FAO) defines a sustainable eating plan as one that considers equally the environmental effects and the nutritional value of the diet.
While more than 50 % of the European populace is obese and every single sixth person is obese in accordance to the Earth Wellbeing Organization (WHO), about 20% of the two billion folks globally struggling from “hidden hunger” are Europeans.
Concealed hunger refers to reduced intakes of vitamins and minerals and exists in equally developing and made nations around the world, frequently viewed in mix with obesity.
“People at chance of micronutrient deficiency might not comprehend it. If your food plan is poor, you can even now get your vitality from the macronutrients this kind of as carbohydrate and fats,” explains Lea Brader, nutrition scientist at Arla Foodstuff.
“However, you never automatically get adequate quantities of micronutrients this sort of as iron, zinc, calcium, iodine, vitamin A, B natural vitamins and vitamin C. This is why micronutrient deficiency is called ‘hidden hunger’.”
In the British isles, the Nationwide Diet plan and Diet Study has documented a basic decline in consumption of some vitamins and minerals more than the period of time from 2008 to 2017, specifically in adolescents.
For instance, the study reveals that close to each fifth teenage lady and about every single seventh teenage boy in the Uk has a very low consumption of calcium, vitamin B2 and iodine.
The British isles govt carries on to get action to battle the burden of childhood weight problems.
Searching to federal food items tips
Lea Brader advises: “With tons of data in the general public area that may perhaps or might not be scientifically validated, it can undoubtedly be hard to come to a decision on what to try to eat to keep healthy and stay sustainably. A excellent put to begin is to adhere to your national nutritional tips.”
Formal nutritional pointers encourage meal plans that are nutritious, obtainable, reasonably priced and culturally satisfactory. Much more and far more nations have begun to also incorporate thing to consider of the local climate affect of the foods as properly as food stuff waste problems.
Lea concludes: “It’s quite optimistic when 69% of people in the survey say that they realize what the formal recommendations for a wholesome and balanced diet plan are in their state.
“Basically, we ought to consist of significantly additional greens, fruit, legumes and total grains and enhance it with dairy, eggs, fish and lesser quantities of meat. If anyone determined to are living by these rules, we would be properly on our way to taking in sustainably as a nation.”
Nonetheless, almost 90% of European buyers about the age of 15 are failing to take in adequate amounts of fruit and greens, according to a report last 7 days by Eurostat, the European Commission’s (EC) statistical workplace.
Even more findings
The Arla Meals-backed study was conducted by YouGov. Other insights disclosed that the majority associate environmentally helpful (58%) and domestically manufactured (52%) to be attributes of sustainable meal plans.
The survey success come as Innova Sector Insights reveals that consumer attention toward the planet has overtaken particular wellness priorities.
Before this thirty day period, Unilever termed for superior plant-primarily based diet plan public wellness strategies as fascination in sustainability raises.
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HTC Announces Sensation XL with Beats Audio, Record Earnings
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HTC's Sensation XL ships with urBeats headphones
When HTC announced a
deal with Beats Electronics
, we knew it wouldn't be long before branded smartphones would start hitting the market. First up was the
with its 1.5GHz processor.
Now we have the Sensation XL which was just announced today. The Sensation XL obviously has Beats Audio integration along with a massive 4.7" display (
says that the screen resolution is still 800x480). The smartphone is 9.9mm thick, features an aluminum body, 16GB of internal storage, 8MP rear camera (f/2.2, 28mm, dual-LED flash) 1600 mAh battery, and packs in a 1.5GHz single-core processor (Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon). The Sensation XL is running Android 2.3 with
HTC Sense 3.5
The Sensation XL will also ship with a pair of urBeats headphones.
“With Beats Audio, the HTC Sensation XL continues HTC’s commitment of delivering the best audio possible on your phone whether you’re listening to music, watching a movie or playing a game,” said HTC CEO Peter Chou. “This is an amazing example of why our partnership with Beats makes so much sense for customers today and into the future.”
In other HTC news, the company announced that third quarter revenue jumped 79 percent to $4.4 billion USD while net income rose 68 percent to $612 million USD.
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Armonk, N.Y. -- IBM said Tuesday that its Watson unit has invested in Fluid, a digital commerce firm, to develop personalized shopping applications using IBM’s cognitive computing tools.
IBM and Fluid are collaborating on the Fluid Expert Shopper (XPS) made with IBM Watson, an app that lets consumers ask it highly specific questions, as they would a sales associate in a store, and receive personalized advice. In partnership with The North Face and other brands, Fluid XPS will take advantage of Watson’s ability to answer consumer questions and learn from their responses, engage in real-time conversations and then tailor suggestions for products.
Watson will understand the context of its users’ questions, and continuously learn about their needs based on the information they share. When complete, Fluid XPS will draw on data, including the brand’s product information, user reviews and online expert publications through IBM Watson, to provide consumers with informed recommendations according to their needs and desires. Consumers will be able to interact with Watson on desktops, tablets and smartphones for the first time.
Drawing from $100 million that IBM has earmarked for direct investments to fuel a new class of cognitive apps, the IBM Watson Group is making an investment in Fluid to help deliver this app. As a Watson Ecosystem partner, Fluid is creating its cognitive technology in the Watson Developer Cloud, which provides a toolkit and sandbox for building cognitive apps, as well as access to Watson's Application Programming Interface (API).
“By tapping into IBM Watson’s cognitive intelligence, Fluid is infusing the personalized, interactive feel of an in-store conversation into every digital shopping interaction,” said Mike Rhodin, senior VP, IBM Watson Group. “This is what positive market disruption looks like, and it’s a key example of how a new era of cognitive applications will revolutionize how decisions are made by consumers and businesses alike.”


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SLIDESHOW: Kids across Lancashire dress up for World Book Day
Parents across Lancashire have been busy dressing their children up for World Book Day.
The Lancashire Post was inundated with hundreds of snaps as school children from across the county celebrated literature by becoming their favourite characters for the day.
Costumes ranged from Harry Potter and Pinnochio to Robin Hood and Where’s Wally.
This year marks World Book Day’s 20th anniversary and the celebration of reading is expected to be marked in more than 100 countries all over the world.
As part of the event, millions of children will be given book vouchers which can be exchanged for one of ten books or used to the value of £1 against the purchase any book at participating bookshops.


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Capitalising on the buzz for the 2015 Mustang, Ford Australia has established a dedicated website that enables dealerships to take pre-orders for the muscle car's big arrival.
Despite the fact that Australian pricing is yet to be set, Ford claims to have received 1,200 pre-orders and 600 deposits from those eager to secure their next set of wheels – and perhaps perfect their Steve McQueen impersonation.
The site is designed to help dealerships identify serious buyers, while enabling Ford Australia to forecast demand. It also enables customers to specify preferences, choosing their transmission and engine type, whether they want a coupe or convertible body, and their new pride and joy's colour.
A horse of a different colour
Ford claims it established the site after receiving 15,000 "expressions of interest" from Australian drivers keen to learn more about the latest incarnation of the iconic pony car.
The new Mustang will be the first to roll out of the factory with right-hand-drive construction – Mustangs previously spotted on Australian roads would have had to go through a pricey conversion process.
As previously reported, the Australia Ford Mustang will match the power of its US counterpart despite an apparent difference in their specs on paper.
- If the Mustang seems a little aggressive, perhaps the 2015 Ford Focus will be more your speed.


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iPhone 14 might be launched on the identical value because the iPhone 13 when it made its debut final 12 months, in response to a weblog submit by a person on Naver. The choice was reportedly taken by “high executives at Apple” regardless of inflation and provide chain constraints. In response to a latest report, the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max — that are mentioned to be powered by final 12 months’s A15 Bionic SoC as an alternative of the A16 Bionic SoC — may have a efficiency increase over the earlier technology due to the brand new mobile modem and new inside design.
Apple iPhone 14 value (rumoured)
pricing is tipped to start out at $799 (roughly Rs. 63,200), in response to a weblog by person “yeux1122″ on Naver (in Korean), first noticed by . It’s price noting that the was on the identical value in September final 12 months.
In response to the weblog submit, which cites an unspecified main US monetary establishment, the choice was taken by “high executives” at Apple regardless of ongoing inflation and provide chain points. The rationale behind the choice is alleged to be the stagnation within the international smartphone market and a decline in demand. The worth of the fundamental mannequin is alleged to be mounted regardless of the components that would probably elevate them. Apple is but to formally announce any particulars of the purported iPhone 14 sequence, together with pricing.
iPhone 14 andare tipped to supply some total efficiency enhancements because the smartphones characteristic new mobile modem and a brand new inside design, in response to a latest .
Each the non-Professional fashions are reportedly going to be powered by final 12 months’s A15 Bionic SoC, though, theand shall be powered by the A16 Bionic SoC.
Apple can be to be dealing with points with the standard of the rear digicam lenses of the iPhone 14, as per a. The tech large reportedly sourced the digicam lenses from a provider referred to as Genius. The report added that these lenses suffered from “coating-crack high quality points”. The corporate is alleged to have already transferred the order to a different agency, whereas the provider makes an attempt to resolve the problems.


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CCA is delighted to announce the winners of our awards programme 2022!
Career Ready, a social inclusion and mobility charity whose vision is that every young person progresses to a positive post-school destination and is able to prosper in the world of work.
Ventrica, the fast-growth multilingual customer management outsourcer for blue-chip brands, is pleased to announce the appointment of Iain Banks as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Rising fuel costs, energy price increases, food costs soaring, inflation, increased interest rates.... the list of goes on. The result? The volume of vulnerability is growing fast. The CCA Coffee Club meets every other Friday bringing together senior exec
Grand Opening to welcome community leaders, clients and company brand ambassadors
Webhelp are pleased to announce the appointment of Helen Murray to the new role of Chief Client Officer for the UK Region.
The business process outsourcing (BPO) market continues to grow apace.
It's been predicted that up to 75% of all customer service calls will be made out of loneliness by 2026. What can organisations do to ensure they're combatting this challenge in a sincere and effective manner?
The GoContact project at Generali Portugal won the prize for Excellence for Best Technological Innovation Project.
A message from our CEO ahead of the CCA Leaders' Summit on 1st Dec 2021
During the pandemic, Sonos scaled its connected shopping and white-glove customer service to bring joyful sound experiences to millions of people's homes
A couple's first meal together is special. So when a customer was disappointed that a lasagne didn't live up to the romance of the moment, the customer services team at the Co-op pulled out all the stops
It's the dawn of a new era. Here are the key contact center trends driving change across organizations.
Managing frontline teams is challenging. Help them stay engaged and empower them to deliver great customer experiences with Stella Connect.
We recently had the privilege of speaking with Shona Goodlad, Head of Customer Service at Sky Business, about driving service innovation. Sky Business is the B2B division of entertainment outlet Sky TV, focusing on partnerships with hotels, pubs, retail s


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Because there's nothing Adele can't do (and also probably because she's magic), the 27-year-old Brit has now inspired Internet users of 2015 to forgo searching illegal downloads of her record-breaking LP, 25, in favor of simply Googling its lyrics.
According to a new study from Musixmatch, the difference in searches for "adele 25 lyrics" was double the amount of searches for "adele 25 torrent" and even "adele 25 youtube" on the date of the album's release. Impressive, no? Take a look below:
While the RIAA reports that album sales have dropped 47% (from $14.6 billion to $7.7 billion) since the birth of file sharing sites like Napster and Limewire in 1999, the fact that fans are more interested in the "Hello" singer's heart-wrenching lyrics rather than stealing her songs speaks volumes—and further confirms what we've come to find out this year: This is Adele's world now and we're just living in it.
Follow Marie Claire on Instagram for the latest celeb news, pretty pics, funny stuff, and an insider POV.


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Social media use has risen in the past year as more people have stayed at home due to the pandemic.
One eMarketer report estimates that adults will spend 1 hour and 35 minutes a day on social media this year. Despite this, the report expects Pinterest’s user growth to decline from 7.8% last year to 3.1% this year. Similarly, Snapchat user growth will drop from 4% to 2.6% this year.
Using the TipRanks Stock Comparison: let’s compare two social media companies, Pinterest and Snap, and see what Wall Street analysts think about these stocks.
Last week, Pinterest posted great second-quarter results. The social media company reported revenue of $613.21 million, a huge jump of 125% from the same quarter last year, beating consensus estimates of $561.88 million. Revenues from the US market and international operations were up approximately 107% and 224%, respectively.
In addition, adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $0.25, compared to a loss of $0.07 per share in the year-ago quarter. It surpassed the Street’s estimate of $0.13 per share.
After the Q2 results, analyst from Wells Fargo Brian Fitzgerald reiterated a buy recommendation, but lowered its price target from $102 to $85 (up 44.3%) for the stock, citing “MAU environment and focus on maker dynamics.”
In the third quarter, PINS expects revenues to grow year over year in the “low-40% range”.
On July 27, the company’s Monthly Active Users (MAUs) in the United States are down 7%, while global MAUs are up 5% year-over-year. Second quarter average revenue per user (ARPU) was $1.32, up 89% year-over-year, respectively.
The company added that the “evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and related constraints remains unknown, and we are not advising on MAUs for the third quarter of 2021, given our lack of understanding of certain key drivers of engagement.” (To see Pinterest stock chart on TipRanks)
Analyst Fitzgerald explained that the company’s engagement trends remain a concern. Global MAUs were still 6% below street consensus, and “the summer through July growth rate of 5% makes it clear that PINS is struggling to add new users as pandemic restrictions ease.”
The analyst added that the company’s management stated that the lack of user engagement in the second quarter was “mainly due to a decline in MAU who use Pinterest on the web, and these users are typically less engaged/generate less revenue than users.” of mobile apps.”
But Fitzgerald mentioned some key positives in the second quarter. Ad revenue was a key driver of revenue growth, driven by strong demand for video or awareness ads. This strong demand was driven by Automated Bidding for Awareness (AutoBid), launched in the second quarter to allow advertisers to focus on simply generating ad impressions.
According to the analyst, nearly 75% of the company’s revenue comes through AutoBid. Other key positives in the second quarter were resilient store engagement and the recently launched Idea Pins, with the number of Idea Pins created daily growing seven times a year.
Idea Pins enables business users to connect with their audience through video content.
As for the rest of the street, the consensus is that PINS is a moderate buy, based on 7 purchases and 10 held. The average Pinterest price target of $72.13 implies an upside potential of about 22.5% from current levels.
Snap calls itself a “camera company” with Snapchat as its flagship. Snapchat is a camera app that allows users to communicate visually with family and friends through images and short videos.
In the second quarter, Snap reported revenue of $982 million, up 116% year-over-year, surpassing Street’s estimates of $845 million. Non-GAAP diluted earnings came in at $0.10 per share, compared to a loss of $0.09 per share in the year-ago quarter. Analysts expected a loss of $0.01 per share.
Also, the company’s daily active users (DAUs) increased 23% year-over-year to 293 million in the second quarter.
In the third quarter, revenue is expected to grow 58% to 60% year-over-year to between $1,070 million and $1,085 million. Adjusted EBITDA is expected to be between $100 million and $120 million. (To see Snap stock chart on TipRanks)
After the Q2 results, analyst from Wells Fargo Brian Fitzgerald raised its price target from $91 to $95 and reiterated a buy recommendation for the stock. The analyst pointed out that user and revenue growth were the highest in the past four years. Fitzgerald added that “iOS 14.5 impact was less than expected due to the delayed rollout and slow user adoption, while opt-in rates for app tracking transparency are higher than industry standards.”
Here the analyst refers to Apple’s (AAPL) Identifier For Advertisers (IDFA) which went into effect this year with the launch of Apple’s iOS 14.5. This development will prevent app developers from tracking a user’s IDFA if a user opts out of sharing privacy information while downloading an app from AAPL’s app store.
Fitzgerald remained convinced that while the ultimate impact of iOS 14.5 has yet to be seen, “SNAP will continue to run on its five major platforms (Stories, Camera, Spotlight, Map and Communications) with consequent strong engagement trends amid innovation, improvement and adoption on multiple fronts (new ad formats, AR tools, optimization, original content, gaming) with a wide runway for monetization.”
According to the analyst, the main positives for SNAP in the second quarter continued to be the addition of new content and strong ad revenue, helped by the delayed impact of iOS 14.5 changes.
The analyst further pointed out that SNAP continues to add new features such as Spotlight on the web, personalization tools and new content monetization capabilities for creators.
Fitzgerald stated that “Spotlight contributed ~$76 million to cost of revenue (QQ decline) [quarter-on-quarter decline] as the product evolves.”
As for the rest of the street, the consensus is that SNAP is a mediocre buy, based on buy 18, hold 7, and sell 1. The average Snap price target of $87.23 implies an upside potential of about 17.2% to the current level.
While analysts are cautiously optimistic about both PINS and SNAP, based on the upside potential over the next 12 months, PINS appears to be a better buy.
Disclaimer: The information in this document is for informational purposes only. Nothing in this section should be construed as a solicitation to buy or sell securities.


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Chinese electric car startup Nio is planning to introduce a new model before the end of 2019. The new model, marking the company’s third vehicle, will be another electric SUV called the ‘ES3.’
President Trump will be meeting senior trade advisers during a meeting at the White House.
In a move which will enable Chinese battery manufacturer CATL to expand its raw material supply, a joint venture for cathode materials is being set up by the company with its subsidiary Brunp Recyc
According to a report by the South China Morning Post, the Chinese government is aiming for an ambitious target of getting 1 million fuel cell vehicles (FCEVs) on the roads by the year 2030.
According to Chinese media reports, the country’s renowned real estate group Evergrande is cooperating with two German companies to advance its ambitious electric vehicle (EV) plans.
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Netflix jokes it's cancelling Good Omens, while Amazon 'kills' Stranger Things
Both streaming services get the last laugh on Twitter in response to a petition asking Netflix to remove the Amazon Prime show Good Omens.
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"Ok, we promise not to make anymore," Netflix tweeted Thursday afternoon.
tweeted at Netflix a few hours later and said it would cancel Stranger Things if the rival streaming service took Good Omens down.
The petition, which has since corrected the error, says the show mocks religion for depicting "God as a tyrant and the Devil as being good." The Christian group behind the campaign found issues with other aspects of the show as well, like God being voiced by a woman, the portrayal of the Antichrist as a normal kid, the four riders of the apocalypse as a biker gang and more.


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PULLMAN, Wash. — Canned and non-perishable food items will be collected at the Pullman and Moscow Safeway stores Jan. 19 during the sixth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Food Drive.
The food drive, “A Day On, Not a Day Off,” will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Food items collected will benefit food banks in both communities. It is the largest single-day food drive in the area, organizers said.
Chris Nash, manager of the Pullman Safeway, is gearing up for the event. “We look forward to this particular food drive each year; it does well for the community.”
“Safeway is always generous and accommodating to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration,” said chair of the committee Herb Delaney. “Its involvement always helps make this such a great event.”
The number of donations from year to year has steadily increased, Delaney said. “The food drive comes at a good time because the local food banks normally experience a high volume of clients during the holidays, and the food and other items are low at the beginning of the year. This food drive really helps get things going for the new year, and hopefully, more people are being served because of it.”
For more information on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Food Drive, contact Delaney at (509) 335-5711.


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French officials are being accused of downplaying a rash of arson incidents after nearly 1,000 cars across the country were set on fire on New Year’s Eve. Despite police arrests of 454 people, with 301 taken into custody, officials say the holiday “went off without any major incident.”
The French Interior Ministry said that 945 cars were either “totally destroyed” or “slightly affected” by the vandalism, a 17 percent increase from last year. However, the ministry claimed that these incidents have tapered off because they released the number of cars set on fire instead of the number of cars destroyed by fire.
The mass burning of cars has been something of year-end custom in France since the 1990s, with people competing to see who can set the most vehicles ablaze. During social unrest in 2005, disaffected French youths set fire to nearly 9,000 vehicles.
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The Welsh Men's Sheds Association says that 'there's a lot out there for women' with any specific needs, because they are often proactive in establishing groups or support agencies for themselves. They hope their club will act in a similar way for men.
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ITV Wales can reveal thousands of patients have waited over an hour for an ambulance since the 'amber' category was introduced last year
Cardiff Bay could soon be home to a retail and leisure development made entirely from hundreds of shipping containers.
The Welsh Ambulance service has created an app for its staff and patients with additional communication needs.


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The pop icon will now perform at the venue on February 4-6, 8-9 and 11.
This is following huge demand in the fan club presales and the number of fans who signed up to Ticketmaster's Verified sale.
It'll be in support of her upcoming 14th studio album 'Madame X', due for release on June 14.
This weekend saw the singer perform Like A Prayer and new song Future at the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel in a politically charged set.
Fans can expect to hear new material alongside classic hits in her first shows in the UK since 2015.
Tickets go on general sale this Friday and you can find out all you need to know below.
How to get tickets
Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday May 24 via ticketmaster.co.uk/Madonna .
Fans were required to sign up to Ticketmaster's Verified Fan by Thursday May 16.
It's unknown yet whether remaining tickets will be released to the public once the Verified Fans sale is over.
Is there a presale?
Yes, tickets for these newly added dates are available in a number of presales:
Fan club presale
ICON is Madonna's official fan club. Lifetime Legacy members of ICON may purchase presale tickets from now until Tuesday May 21 at 4pm.
To sign up and to access it go to ticketmaster.co.uk/Madonna .
Citi card presale
Citi is the official presale credit card of the Madame X Tour.
Citi credit and debit cardholders can take advantage of a special Citi Presale powered by Verified Fan opportunity for tour dates in the United Kingdom.
Citi cardholders can register now until Thursday May 16 at 4pm to unlock access to tickets and use their Citi card to complete the ticket purchase if verified.
The Citi Presale begins Wednesday May 22 at 9am and will continue through until 4pm on Thursday May 23.
To register for the Citi Presale powered by Verified Fan visit Citibank.co.uk.
How much are tickets?
Tickets for the London Palladium shows are priced at the following:
What's the seating plan?
Here's the standard seating plan for the London Palladium. This should give fans an idea of what ticket type they're after when tickets go on sale over the next week.


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Maersk Line, the Maersk Group's key business unit, finished 2013 with a USD 1.5 billion profit, compared to a profit last year of USD 461 million.
Maersk Line has been expected to deliver a solid result - a result anticipated to finish significantly above 2012 - as the carrier already after the 3rd quarter 2013 presented profits approx. USD one billion higher than in the same period 2012, and expectations in the fall were that 2013 as a whole would finish "significantly better than 2012."
Maersk Line expects a 2014 result in line with 2013:
"Maersk Line aims to improve its competitiveness although unit cost reductions will be less than in 2013. Global demand for seaborne container transportation is expected to increase by 4-5% and Maersk Line aims to grow with the market. Excess capacity is likely to depress freight rates."
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And as ShippingWatch reported recently, Søren Skou did not pull any punches when he recently hosted the carrier's Top 100 senior executives at the company's headquarters in Copenhagen for Maersk Line's annual Global Leader Conference.
Søren Skou: These are Maersk Line's biggest challenges
In a video recording distributed online to Maersk Line world wide and to all the participants as well, Søren Skou said, among other things, that:
"When the result will be published February 27., there will be something to celebrate. We will do so and I encourage you to do the same because there is really something to celebrate."
But the carrier - and the world - will have to wait a few more weeks for the most crucial piece of news: Namely whether Maersk Line secures approval for the most extensive cooperation in container shipping to date, an operational collaboration - P3 - with the carrier's two largest competitors, MSC and CMA CGM. Norwegian analyst RS Platou Markets estimates that a P3 approval contribute around USD two billion in cost reductions.
Maersk Line makes USD 554 million in 3Q
Søren Skou: Time to celebrate Maersk Line´s 2013 result
Maersk receives permanent license in Myanmar
FMC Chairman: Industry seeks consolidation
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The iPhone 8 launch has seen Apple return to growth in China after six consecutive quarters of declining sales in the world’s most populous country. The report comes from Canalys, which says that iPhone sales grew by a dramatic 40% year-on-year.
The company says that Q3 sales, which include the iPhone 8, hits 11 million, up from 8M in the same quarter last year. However, warns the firm, that growth could be short-lived despite excitement about the iPhone X …
Research analyst Mo Jia says that both price and supply constraints mean that the iPhone X isn’t going to help Apple much in Q4.
Excitement for the launch of the iPhone X is building in China. While the iPhone X launches this week, its pricing structure and supply are inhibiting. The iPhone X will enjoy a healthy grey market status, but its popularity is unlikely to help Apple in the short term.
While Apple’s growth was impressive, most competing brands also saw significant growth, leaving Apple in fifth place behind Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi. Apple is the only non-Chinese brand in the top five.
Canalys says that the iPhone 8 has sold better in China than last year’s iPhone 7, despite competing with the iPhone X. This contrasts with the USA, where CIRP reported that the iPhone 8 was not selling as well as either the iPhone 7 or iPhone 6, and was in fact selling in smaller numbers than an ‘S’ model.
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Buying and selling wines can provide a big payday for collectors, but experts say it isn’t for the faint of heart or budget.
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Thomas Matthews, executive editor of Wine Spectator magazine, warns the investment can be risky.The ideal wine investor “has to be someone who can afford to the loose their money. The wine can spoil if it’s not kept in a good environment and people tend to drink it because it tastes so good. Prices are not back by anything else, other than enthusiasm.”
Matthews says investing in wine has steadily increased in popularity after wine auctions were legalized in the U.S. in 1994 with Hong Kong, America and London becoming the main markets.
In 2012, the total wine auction market was $389 million, compared to $478 million in 2011. This was the first decline since the recession in 2009, but Matthews called the drop “more of a market correction.”
“This has been for volatile as the Chinese [investors] come in and out,” Matthews says. “But if China’s economy continues to grow, and wine is a status symbol, it can comeback. If not, there is potential for another downturn.”
In the fourth quarter of 2012, Matthews says almost 13,000 lots, or batches, of wine were sold in the U.S. for $40 million.
“That has to represent several thousand active wine investors,” he says.
Jeff Stevenson, CEO of VinoPro, works with wine investors firsthand, doing $12 million annually a year in sales with private collectors. And the right bottle can mean big payoffs, he says.
At a recent Napa Valley Auction on June 3, 2013, brought in $16.9 million and some of the highest- fetching wines included four magnums of Harlan Estate that sold for $800,000 and a 12-liter bottle of Screaming Eagle that sold for $500,000.
“It’s not someone that goes to Safeway to buy wine and hopes it appreciates in the future,” Stevenson says. “They often buy for themselves and will spend $100 or $200 for wine. They know if they invest in that bottle, it will be better in five or 10 years. It’s anyone who buys wine and holds it so it gets better with age.”
He adds that many wine collectors are all about status. Just like investing in painting and art, purchasing wine all depends on the “eye of the beholder.”
“It’s the well-to-do who want to impress their guests with that liquid in the bottle,” he says. “They want to talk about what they paid for it and how it might be sold today. In five or 10 years, it may go for double.”
How to Get in on the Wine Investment Game
For those considering getting in on the wine investment game, Matthews says to taste broadly and only invest in wine you’d want to drink.
He also suggests buying in full case lots because those are easiest to sell.
“Also make sure your storage conditions are impeccable,” he says. “And know the provenance, or chain of ownership, of the wine you invest in. Does it come from a wine-producing estate or a collector whose reputation is well- known? Are you able to track the storage conditions from the time the wine was made. There have been a number of lawsuits circulating at auctions over this—if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.”
Stevenson echoed Matthews’ emphasis on provenance and said if you can’t guarantee the provenance or authenticity of the wine, there is simply no point in buying.
“Buy from someone you trust and that is engrained in the business,” he says. “Don’t pay too much either. Look at the market and do your research. Don’t just buy something you are passionate about.”