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Suddenly, it's no longer cool to run with the pack and be all things to all people in food retailing.
Almost overnight, traditional supermarkets appear to be changing position and experimenting with new concepts, both big and small, with new formats and names.
A few examples are:
GreenWise Market (Publix Super Markets): Positioned for health-conscious consumers, this is Publix's answer to Whole Foods Market. The format is scheduled to open later this year.
Sunflower Market (Supervalu): A low-price, natural/organic products store, it was launched earlier this year to also counter the impact of Whole Foods and Wild Oats Markets.
Publix Sabor: A Hispanic-themed store the Lakeland, Fla.-based chain opened in 2005.
Bloom (Food Lion): Designed for time-pressed shoppers who can easily grab a prepared meal or convenience items and quickly check out, the concept, launched in 2004, represents a rethinking of how consumers shop.
Sweetbay (Delhaize America): A new brand that is replacing the Kash n' Karry chain, the format, launched in 2004, highlights specialty foods sold at competitive prices. The stores feature the Harvest Market signature produce department.
Marsh's "Lifestyle" stores: The stores, which debuted in 2004, also are designed for convenience with an emphasis on perishables.
While the above retail brands are targeted to specific consumer needs, traditional supermarkets have also countered the discounters and low-price alternatives with their version of price-impact stores. Supervalu, Minneapolis, has been successful in growing its Save-A-Lot chain. A&P, Montvale, N.J., has tinkered with its limited-assortment Food Basics concept since it was introduced in the U.S. five years ago. Albertsons in 2002 introduced its low-price Super Saver concept, targeted to Hispanics.
The recent flurry of new concepts from leading grocery chains is nothing less than a survival response to the unparalleled competition from different retail sectors, including drug and convenience stores.
Richard J. George, professor, Department of Food Marketing, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, noted that supermarkets' share of stomach continues to drop.
"For too long, supermarkets have focused on the back door and made money on manufacturers' trade allowances," he said. "Now they have to focus on the front door."
John Catsimatidis, chief executive officer, Red Apple Group, which owns the 45-store Gristede's chain in New York, said average shoppers don't seem as interested in buying mainstream national brands as they used to. "Does the traditional supermarket have a place to exist in the business?" he asked.
With A&P ready to launch a new gourmet prototype with Food Emporium, and faced with stiff competition from Whole Foods and online grocer FreshDirect, Catsimatidis said he has to decide what Gristede's wants to be in two years. "Before we go forward, I think we have to become convinced which road is forward because for a traditional supermarket there seems to be no reason to live, especially when you're paying $100 a square foot on rent." He is facing what many grocers are facing: an identity crisis.
Migrating Away From the Middle
The "lifestyle" store concept being rolled out by Safeway, Pleasanton, Calif., is probably the most notable effort of a food chain to change its identity and rebrand itself.
Eric Ashworth, chief strategy officer, Anthem Worldwide, San Francisco, a branding company currently working with Safeway on its private label, said what is beginning to take place among some food retailers is a "migration from [being] retailers to marketers. Everyone is slowly catching on, but Safeway is so far ahead of the curve."
Safeway's branding direction is less about raw materials and more about prepared foods, Ashworth said. This means moving meal replacements to the front of the store. "You'll see Signature [a Safeway store brand] sandwiches, soups, sides or entrees and salads so you can get in and out real quick."
The goal is to create a proprietary experience that no one else can provide, Ashworth said. "It is destination vs. interception. It is driving past a competitive market in order to get to a Safeway."
It was in the latter part of the last century that alternative price formats such as warehouse, superwarehouses and club stores emerged to lure grocery shoppers with low-priced items sold within a bare-bones box. The French hypermarkets came next, inspiring Sam Walton to launch the first Wal-Mart Supercenter in 1988, and the rest is history.
With the rise of the alternative formats, consumer loyalty began to shift away from allegiance to a brand to value, observers said. It was during this period that supermarkets may have started to lose their identity, they noted, as low-price formats began to draw consumers and channel blurring began.
Add to all this, shoppers' lifestyles and needs are more complex and varied than ever. In comparison to other retailers, supermarkets have been slow to either recognize or satisfy consumers' needs, observers said.
St. Joseph's George puts supermarkets on the bottom rung when it comes to doing a good job branding themselves. "Look at branding of stores in a mall, or in food service. You know what chili and fries at Bennigan's means. Lowe's has targeted women with lower shelving, made stores brighter, added decoration and design aspects. Home Depot is the guy place," he explained.
"You are going to have an increasing amount of differentiation in terms of different strokes for different folks, and different ways on different days," said John Lord, professor and chairman, Food Marketing, St. Joseph's University,
Brian Sharoff, president of the Private Label Manufacturers Association, New York, said supermarkets are in transition away from their basic premise for existence - selling food and nonfood to the largest number of people in the most efficient and profitable way. That premise is being challenged, he said.
At the top of the retail food tier, Whole Foods and Trader Joe's are taking profitable dollars away from supermarkets on "self-indulgent and delicious impulse purchases," Sharoff said. At the bottom end, Wal-Mart and Costco are taking sales away from supermarkets when it comes to the necessities of life. This leaves supermarkets in the vulnerable middle ground.
Supermarkets, therefore, are being forced to ask themselves some fundamental questions about who they are and who their customers are. Such questions involve real estate, investing in profitable categories, and logistical issues. Not easy questions or decisions, Sharoff said.
"These fundamental questions supermarkets didn't have to answer over a 50-year period because television told consumers what to buy. If television said 'buy it,' retailers had to carry it," he added. "There is nothing on television anymore in terms of those signals."
Keeping BAV Score
Landor Associates, San Francisco, a strategic brand consultancy and strategic design firm, utilizes parent company Young & Rubicam's Brand Asset Valuator database, which contains 2,000 global brands and 400,000 consumer interviews on those brands. In analyzing the supermarket category, two branding drivers - differentiation and relevance - emerged over 12 years of work, said Ed Keller, client director for Landor in Chicago. He said retailers should ask: Are you different from other alternatives? How relevant is your offering to your customers?
"What the database tells us," Keller said, "as retailers like Trader Joe's, Costco, Wal-Mart and Target moved further into groceries and produce, all traditional grocery stores are clustering. Consumers don't perceive any difference between Ralphs, Vons, Safeway, Kroger or Jewel. They see Trader Joe's being innovative and different, and Costco different with its mix. Traditional grocery stores are coagulating in one undifferentiated mass because they've been outflanked."
Keller said the recent efforts among retailers to innovate with new formats is the right direction, but he wonders if enough is being done on a large scale and quick enough.
He defines branding innovators like Trader Joe's and Starbucks as retailers who have "gotten beyond trying to sell stuff to selling an image and lifestyle."
Todd Maute, vice president of marketing, Daymon Worldwide, private-label specialists in Stamford, Conn., looks at value as part of the branding proposition.
"Today's complex consumer is trading up in many categories and down in others," he said. "This has created diverse shopping patterns and less store loyalty. Therefore, retailers are trying to keep consumer dollars in certain categories with price, and in others with special products. With that you are seeing many retailers develop stronger value tiers, aggressive promotional programs and exploring different pricing models."
Retailers are also looking to differentiate with premium, super-premium, imported, specialty, natural-organics and even proprietary-developed products and programs, he added. "This effort will keep consumers coming back to stores because many of these items and most definitely the [store] brands are exclusive to the retailers, which forces the consumer to come back more often."
Maute looks at private label as a marketing tool to reinforce the brand image as much as an alternative sale. As he explained, retailer X sells 500 million units of private label a year. Each unit has the opportunity to deliver three impressions to the consumer - image on the shelf, the reason the consumer purchases it and performance of product. "Take the three impressions, multiply by units sold and you get 1.5 billion impressions. This is a huge opportunity to build an image, probably more than retailers' corporate advertising budgets. It is very important for a retailer to properly align its go-to-market strategy with its private-label strategy," Maute said.
Jim Walz, senior director of branding and business development, IGA, Chicago, said IGA private label adds significant value to IGA's brand position. "As independent retailers advertise their private label, they are reinforcing their banner and the banner reinforces the product. That is uncommon in the world of independents."
Kelly said private label is a great differentiator for food retailers and it allows them to expand their margins. He sees private-label development needing to move to perimeter categories - prepared foods, bakery, deli, meat - rather than a center store focus.
"Private label is the perfect mate for fresh, frozen and refrigerated, ready meals, single portion servings," Sharoff said. "That's exactly what the consumer wants today."
In designing private-label lines like Safeway's O Organics line, the retailer has to make the package look different within the store, Sharoff said. "The retailer has to fight for their own brand across categories, not a single category, and make the packaging look unique within the store. There is no brand leader. The retailer is the brand leader if he so chooses. The retailer has got to think storewide and not category by category," Sharoff said.
Getting the Message Across
Once retailers figure out their "reason d'Otre," they have to tell it to consumers, no easy task in today's world of splintered media.
Lord of St. Joseph's says more will be spent on nontraditional media, whether it's by Procter & Gamble or by Safeway. He noted that consumers' media habits have changed, particularly among younger people.
"Younger people don't read newspapers, and they watch TV differently, " he said. The Internet, product placement and street-level marketing are examples of nontraditional media that marketers will use to get their brand messages across.
In terms of marketing the brand, Keller said grocery retailers should think about "customer touch points." For the grocery retailer, the single biggest touch point is the store, where the retailer has the opportunity to make the strongest branding statement.
"In their first 27 years of business, Starbucks did not spend a single dollar on TV advertising," he said. "Grocery stores need to pay more attention to their store experience both inside and outside the store as a marketing media-advertising vehicle. If they get that right, the TV advertising becomes almost irrelevant. I think grocery stores undervalue their real estate from an advertising perspective."
IGA's Staying Power
The IGA Red Oval has heritage.
Rob Wallace, managing partner of New York-based brand identity strategists Wallace Church, calls such brands "icons."
"We immediately recognize their familiar identities and emotionally tie them to a comfortable no-risk, well-anticipated experience," he said.
According to consumer studies, IGA is recognized by the following brand attributes: locally owned, friendly, fresh quality, preferred place to work and has a stake in the community. The IGA Hometown Proud tag line supports the brand.
The challenge for such brands like IGA, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary, is to stay relevant with today's consumers, and continue to build upon the equity it has earned over the years for its independents, said Jim Walz, who joined IGA a year ago as senior director of branding and business development.
The red oval has been modified over the years, but Walz said the symbol is strong and serviceable. The IGA symbol is recognized globally as a place to purchase food, he noted. There are no plans to change it.
IGA members are challenged to use the resources of the brand width to stay on message and deliver on the promise, Walz said. Keeping the brand strong and relevant is best achieved through IGA's operational guidelines and recommendations, he said. IGA's operational assessment program rewards members for their retail excellence by scoring on retail performance and recognizing five-star retailers.
"When retailers become IGA members and adopt the IGA banner, they are immediately empowered by its attributes," said Walz, noting that thousands of excellent retailers have the operational know-how, great locations and passion for the business, but they lack an established identity. Through the IGA brand, combined with its business development programs and marketing support, "we see an opportunity to really grow our alliance," Walz said.


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Live Nation Labs, the investing arm of music giant Live Nation, has purchased music discovery app Rexly for an undisclosed amount. The deal, which had been in the works for several months, was finalized Friday and announced Monday via both companies’ blogs.
“This isn’t really an exit—it’s a continuation of the vision,” Rexly co-founder and CEO Joel Resnicow tells me. “Our startup is basically joining another startup with goals that are just as big, if not bigger.”
Rexly launched in May 2011 at TechCrunch Disrupt—making it older than Live Nation Labs—as a music discovery and social sharing iOS app.
“Our biggest challenge was distribution,” Resnicow says. “We had very good engagement with our apps but getting in front of a large audience is a big challenge for independent app developers. We started looking for strategic distribution deals and we needed something big.”
Live Nation Labs, a group inside Live Nation Entertainment focused on “connections between passionate fans and live experiences,” has been courting Rexly for months now, according to their blog post today.
Resnicow and CTO Kyle Fleming will be the foundation of Live Nation Labs’ mobile team, with Resnicow as the Mobile Product Lead and Fleming as the Senior Mobile Developer. Rexly’s third co-founder, Brad Lautenbach, is now the VP of Creative Development and Product at Zuckerberg Media and will not be joining Live Nation Labs.
Rexly co-founders Joel Resnicow and Kyle Fleming at their headquarters.
”Beyond a ticket in your hand, everyone walks into a show with a phone,” Live Nation Labs co-founder Ethan Kaplan tells me. “And there’s a lot to do with that.”
Live Nation Labs previously only had one mobile developer, based in LNL’s main office in Los Angeles. Now, Resnicow and Fleming will be opening a San Francisco office for Live Nation Labs focused on mobile. Resnicow says they will be hiring mobile developers immediately and will invite music startups to come in and hack with them, as they hope to be a “center of the music tech community.”
“I hope to see us developing an ecosystem of really amazing experiences around ‘live,’” Kaplan explains. “We want to be a part of the experience that enables and encourages that documentation, sharing and enjoyment. It’s a very lightly tapped place.”
Resnicow says they will continue with the Rexly product, whether it continues to be branded that way or not. It will remain available as Rexly, for now.
“We want to grow as fast as possible and put out as many products as possible,” Resnicow says. “The mandate is very big.”
Kaplan said they are focused on finding good teams and products and could be making more acquisitions.

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Jan 31, 2023 - Economy & Business
PayPal to lay off 2,000 employees
PayPal CEO Dan Schulman announced on Tuesday that the company will lay off around 2,000 employees, the latest tech giant to slash jobs this year.
The big picture: This would come on top of the 68,000 tech workers who already have lost their jobs so far in 2023, according to tracking site Layoffs.fyi.
- The PayPal move will impact around 7% of its global workforce, with specific reductions to be disclosed in the "coming weeks."
- Schulman said in a message to employees that laid-off employees will receive "generous packages," but did not get more specific.
Elsewhere: Earlier Tuesday, business software firm WorkDay disclosed plans to cut 525 employees, or 3% of its headcount.
Investors cautiously cheered the news with a slight bump to PayPal's stock price, which is up in 2023 but down more than 50% over the past 12 months.
- The company is set to report quarterly earnings on Feb. 9.
The bottom line: Silicon Valley overhired coming out of the recession, without anticipating possible economic softening.
- Now it's reversing course, with a vengeance.


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A WISHAW inventor who impressed judges on television entrepreneur show, BBC’s Dragons’ Den, was pulled up by advertising watchdogs over claims made about her kitchen gadget.
Now Helen Waterston has been told to change the wording on her website for the Roastcosy – following a single complaint which she fears may have come from a competitor.
However the ruling from the Advertising Standards Authority stands after the watchdog decided certain parts of the website were misleading and exaggerated.
Helen said: “It’s not a criticism about Roastcosy. It’s about the website. ASA got one single complaint from someone who obviously was commercially threatened by Roastcosy.
“The complaint was about the whole website and was professionally written, although ASA say it was a member of the public.”
Helen came up with the unique idea in 2009 while she was making a Sunday roast for her family. She wanted to reuse tin foil while cooking meat but, after searching in shops and online, realised there was nothing available.
She began to experiment with materials until she came up with a prototype that allowed her to rest a roast without losing heat and also retain the natural juices and enhance the flavour. The £29.95 Roastcosy is a re-usable environmentally-friendly alternative to cooking with tinfoil, made from high-quality stainless steel to resemble flexible chainmail, and used both during or after cooking to protect a roast or chicken.
However, a complaint to the ASA about the Roastcoasy website challenged the following claims about the device: “no more burning”; “only perfect browning and crisping”; “reduces food shrinkage”; “retains more natural juices”; protects oven interiors from fat spit and spray”; and “stays warm allowing your roast to rest and relax without losing its heat”.
Reports backing the claims were produced but the ASA upheld complaints against five out of the six points challenged.
Helen (46), added: “It’s ludicrous. I just don’t understand how just one complaint leads to this.”
Helen – a winner of a John Logie Baird Innovation Award – continued: “I can’t afford to take legal advice. I may have been on Dragons’ Den, but I’m a one-man band trying to get something going.
“It’s no wonder the country is struggling so much when you have things like this.”
Her website claims have been banned until she can come up with the documents to prove them.
But she added: “I was going to revamp the site.”
The Coltness entrepreneur featured in Dragons’ Den last year, confidently pitching her concept to multi-millionaire business leaders Deborah Meaden, Duncan Bannatyne, Hilary Devey, Theo Paphitis and Peter Jones.
She asked the Dragons for £70,000 for a 10 per cent share in her company. And whilst her Roastcosy concept did not interest three of the five members on the panel, Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden both offered £35,000 for a 24 per cent (each) stake. Helen had been reluctant to hand over such a sizeable slice of her business but accepted their offer because of their business expertise and marketing strength..


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That’s because another New York-based, firearms-related business has made the decision to expand its operations not in the Empire State with its highly restrictive gun control laws, but in this case in Georgia with its far friendlier business and political climate.
Check-Mate Industries, based in West Babylon, N.Y., makes handgun and rifle magazines, among other firearms-related equipment as well as life-saving devices for the medical industry. The company is an original equipment manufacturer for firearms makers and the U.S. military.
The diversified company describes its offerings this way, “Check-Mate Industries’ products are 100 percent designed, developed and manufactured in the United States. Since 1972, the company has operated as a tool & die, stampings and assemblies manufacturer.”
Now, much of that production will take place in Thomasville, Georgia.
Kimber Went Before
Check-Mate is not the first New York-based firearms business that chose to expand someplace other than their home state. About a year ago, Yonkers-based Kimber Manufacturing, best known for its 1911-style pistols and classic sporting rifles, announced an expansion in Troy, Alabama, where it doubled production capacity. Remington Arms Company made the decision in 2014 to move production from its historic Ilion, N.Y. facility to a new factory in Huntsville, Ala.
A move south is not necessarily the only more gun-friendly direction for a company to travel. Citing SAFE Act passage, Kahr Arms moved its headquarters from New York to Pike County, Penn. and subsequently opened an adjacent factory.
The Check-Mate move to Georgia will bring a $16 million investment and create 230 jobs. Annual payroll for jobs ranging from administrative support to skilled machinists and tool and die makers is estimated to be $7.4 million.


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Toronto's most famous park gets its own beer
High Park is the latest Toronto icon to get a local beer named after it. The company was founded last year, but the city finally got a chance to sample the beer at this weekend's Junction Night Market, where High Park Brewery's tent was one of the busiest places of the festival.
In fact, the first batch sold out before the night was done, proving, once again, just how thirsty this city has become for craft beer. Founded by four friends -- or hockey buddies, as they call themselves -- the brewery is in its infancy. The Junction Night Market was something of a coming out party, but you can expect visibility to increase over the summer.
Right now, High Park's beers have yet to hit local draught lines or, of course, LCBO shelves, but intrepid local beer drinkers should keep an eye out for this new kid on the block. The two beers on offer this weekend, an English Special Ale (5.5%) and a German Pilsner Lager (4.5%), both received good reviews from night market attendees, which bodes well for the upstart brewery.
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Designer Brands Q1 sales up on all fronts
Designer Brands announced on Thursday revenues for the first quarter surged by almost 20%, as the U.S. footwear company witnessed sales increases across all channels and brand segments.
The Columbus, Ohio-based owner of the DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, The Shoe Company and Shoe Warehouse retail chains said total revenues for the first quarter ending April 30 rose 18.1% to $830.5 million, fuelled by a comparable sales gain of 15.3%.
By retail channel, the company said U.S. retail sales gained 13.2% to $702.7 million, while its Canadian retail sales increased 38.7% to $56.3 million during the quarter. The company's brand portfolio segment rose 69.7% to $97.5 million, adding it successfully relaunched its Vince Camuto brand, which witness an 80% uptick in revenues for the three months.
Net income for the first quarter increased to $26.18 million, compared to $17.03 million in the prior-year quarter. Diluted earnings per share were $0.34, compared to diluted earnings per share of $0.22 last year.
Speaking on the results, Roger Rawlins, chief executive officer, Designer Brands, said his company saw "robust growth" in its 'Owned Brands' category in the quarter, both through direct-to-consumer and wholesale channels, adding he believes the company is "on a great trajectory to achieve our goal of doubling our 'Owned Brand' sales by 2026."
"Our strong first quarter 2022 results demonstrate the progress we are making towards our long-range plan that we outlined at our recent investor day. In addition, we are further building our relationships with our top national brands, and our new prototype warehouse reimagined store, which opened in May, brings to bear a wealth of capabilities and opportunities that will help us to strengthen these relationships and provide a more seamless omnichannel experience for our customers," said Rawlins.
"In an increasingly direct-to-consumer world, we continue to acquire opportunities to meet customers at a range of touchpoints. Most recently, this includes our partnership with Wolverine and the Hush Puppies brand, our partnership with ABG and the Reebok brand, and our purchase of the 'shoes.com' digital domain. These are just a few ways Designer Brands is reaching new customers, partnering differently with our national brand partners and leveraging new distribution channels that will enable us to deliver long-term shareholder growth," Rawlins continued.
Looking ahead, Designer Brands' full year earnings are now expected to be in the range of $1.90 to $2.00 a share, up from previous guidance in the range of $1.80 and $.90. Comparable store growth is now projected to be up mid-single digits, down from previous guidance calling for high-single digits.
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Alaska's voter initiative making marijuana legal takes effect Tuesday, placing Alaska alongside Colorado and Washington as the three U.S. states where recreational marijuana is legal. The new law means people over age 21 can consume small amounts of pot — if they can find it. It's still illegal to sell marijuana.
"You can still give people marijuana, but you can't buy it — or even barter for it," Alaska Public Media's Alexandra Gutierrez reports. "So, it's a pretty legally awkward spot. That probably won't stop people from acquiring it, though."
Originally published on Mon February 23, 2015 10:23 am
When it comes to marijuana laws, the Justice Department is now treating American Indian tribes the way it treats states that have legalized pot.
The move, announced in December, has inadvertently sparked interest in the marijuana business. While many see dollar signs, others worry about contributing to the impact substance abuse has already had on Indian Country.
Originally published on Mon February 9, 2015 3:11 pm
When voters in four U.S. states — Colorado, Washington, Alaska and Oregon — approved recreational marijuana sales, part of the appeal was the promise of a new revenue source to buoy cash-strapped cities and states.
But tensions are growing in those four states over how the tax rewards from pot sales should be divided. Local governments want to get what they say is their share of pot tax revenue.
Originally published on Tue December 2, 2014 7:04 am
It's been nearly a year since Colorado made recreational marijuana legal, and since then, pot has become a billion-dollar business in the state. And some growers have made it a mission to make it legitimate and mainstream.
"Change the face," says pot entrepreneur Brooke Gehring. "But really, not to be the stereotype of what they think is stoner culture, but to realize they are true business people that are operating these companies."
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Voters in Washington, D.C., have approved the legal use of marijuana for recreational purposes. Supporters of the D.C. marijuana measure had a 65-29.5 percent lead as of 9:09 p.m. ET, with 20,727 voting in favor.
It’s been ten months since Colorado began allowing the recreational use of marijuana. But many towns across the state still don’t allow its sale. That may change this November. More than 20 communities in the state have marijuana issues on the ballot.
"And here we have two cannabis plants that are mature and ready to be harvested," Scott Wilson says. "If you look at them you can see the purple on them and you can see the medicine on them."
Wilson owned the first medical marijuana store in Colorado’s Delta County.
Originally published on Fri August 29, 2014 2:09 pm
When Colorado legalized recreational marijuana use earlier this year, it also opened the door for food products infused with the psychoactive ingredient, THC, to anyone over the age of 21. That means bakers and food companies now have to ensure new products aren't contaminated with foodborne pathogens. And they have to make sure they're not falling into the hands of children or are too potent to eat.
Colorado made history when it opened up licensed marijuana retail shops this year. Aside from just legalizing the purchase of smoke-able marijuana, it also means pot brownies have the potential to be big business.
Food products infused with marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient, THC, are available in stores across the state.
A U.S. Department of Justice official told members of Congress yesterday that it wouldn't prosecute banks for doing business with the recreational marijuana industry. As Bente Birkeland reports, Colorado took center stage during the Senate discussion on state and federal marijuana law.
Tuesday’s U.S. Senate committee meeting, Conflicts between State and Federal Marijuana Laws, was aptly named. At issue was the conflict that now exists on the federal level with Colorado and Washington’s legalization of recreational marijuana.
The U.S. Department of Justice says it won’t stop marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington. Thursday’s announcement means Colorado’s pot shops could open as early as January.
“I’m really pretty ecstatic with this announcement. It signals a very positive shift on marijuana laws,” said Brian Vicente with Amendment 64 supporter Sensible Colorado. “This really answers the unanswered question for years, what happens if Colorado legalizes Marijuana?”
Tuesday night’s Paonia Town Council meeting drew a much larger crowd than usual, with a full house of residents gathered to voice their opinions on how the town should deal with Amendment 64, the Colorado measure that legalizes commercial marijuana activity.


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India hands over large consignment of essential medicines to Sri Lanka
New Delhi: India has handed over a large consignment of drugs and other medical supplies to Sri Lanka, which is facing a severe shortage of essential drugs amid an economic downturn.
Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay handed over the consignment on Friday.
Indian Naval Ship Ghariyal was specially deployed for ensuring expeditious delivery of the medical consignment, a gift from the people of India.
Sri Lankan Health Minister Channa Jayasumana received the consignment.
The Indian High Commission said the medical supplies are in response to the request from Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya. Shortage of essential supplies in the Teaching Hospital was noted by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar during his visit to Sri Lanka in March.
The Indian High Commission said that more medical consignments in response to specific requests by various medical entities operating in Sri Lanka are being scheduled from India.
In addition, $ 200 million has been earmarked for the supply of medical supplies under the $1 billion credit line for essential commodities like food, medicine etc.
India has been extending expeditious support to Sri Lanka in the recent past. Overall economic assistance which stands close to $3 billion in 2022 alone has been of various kinds -- $1 billion credit line for essentials; $500 million credit line for purchase of petroleum products; $400 million bilateral currency swap; and over $1 billion under the Asian Clearing Union Framework.
The $1 billion credit line is operational and 16,000 MT of rice has already reached Sri Lanka under it.
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Google has announced its first quarter revenue and income, with $14 billion revenue and $3.35 billion net income. This is yet another increase in Google’s revenue, with a 31% increase year-on-year. Google has also made nearly half a billion extra net income this year, compared to last.
This does seem to be rather uninspiring for investors, Google has been sitting on a $14 billion revenue stream per quarter since Q3 2012. However, with new markets emerging for Google in fiber networks, this may be the way to increase the stream.
Larry Page said this was a “very strong start to 2013”, he also added Google is currently working hard investing time and money into products aiming to help billions of peoples lives.
Google has a rich amount of revenue streams, but at the core is advertisements by an overwhelming majority. Google, in the coming years, could open more revenue streams by closing Android and licensing the operating system out and bringing music steaming to market.
Motorola still seem to be in the red, with the company at an operating loss of $271 million. Google has been dropping a lot of Motorola staff as the working and manufacturing system changes.
We have yet to see any real partnership between the two companies yet, the X Phone will be the first co-op. Google is still waiting for Motorola’s 18 month product cycle to finish, then they will establish a more affirmed role in the subsidiary.
Larry Page did hint the next Motorola smartphones will be almost unbreakable, saying in the call “when you drop the phone, it will not shatter”, this may affirm Motorola has been working on some new glass design for the next smartphones.
Google continues to push innovation and moonshot projects are ongoing at Google’s X Lab. We believe with Google Glass and Android, Google has a very critical and powerful role to play in mobile development over the next few years.
Currently, Google has about $50 billion, to spend on investments and acquisitions. In the next few years we expect Google to take a more active role in the development, deployment and assessment of the mobile and wearable market.


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Fortunately, the recent Hurricane Dorian did not damage CFR’s Miami facility or our customers’ cars and cargo. But as we all know, the people in the Bahamas suffered greatly.
A Helping Hand
In partnership with Mahindra Automotive North America, Global X Sports, and the CSX Railroad, CFR is donating all of its logistics services to ship 5 Mahindra Roxor Off-Road vehicles to the Bahamas, to be used for debris cleanup and other relief efforts.
But more help is needed.
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Jaikishin Chhaproo, Head Media & Brand PR, ITC joins OAA 2023 Jury
In OOH News By M4G Bureau - May 02, 2023
An industry veteran, Jaikishin has over 25 years of experience working in various brand segments such as FMCG, telecom, broadcast and e-commerce.
Jaikishin Chhaproo, Head - Media & Brand PR, ITC joins OAA 2022 Jury
In OOH News By M4G Bureau - June 03, 2022
An astute marcom professional with 25+ years of experience in the FMCG, Telecom, Broadcast, and E-commerce sectors in India & Middle Eastmarkets, Jaikishin is currently with ITC Ltd as Head - Media & Brand PR.
India Talks OOH Conference in Mumbai tomorrow
In OOH News By M4G Bureau - March 07, 2022
Focused sessions on OOH growth drivers, OOH marketing, programmatic DOOH, industry initiatives, and much more
ITC Media Head Jaikishin Chhaproo to speak at India Talks OOH Conference in Mumbai on March 8
In OOH News By M4G Bureau - February 10, 2022
Jaikishin will be sharing his perspectives on the theme of ‘How OOH can be a greater impact media for brands.’
‘There has to be an industry acceptable syndicated measurement system’
In Viewpoints By - September 27, 2021
Jaikishin Chhaproo, Head – Media & PR, ITC Limited (PCPBD), shares with Media4Growth the brand’s approach to OOH medium, what it would take to increase spends on this medium, and more…
‘Automation, Transparency, Accountability: Key drivers for adoption of Outernet Metrics’
In Digital OOH By M4G Bureau - May 05, 2021
The Outernet Marketing Innovation Group (OMIG), made up of regional brands that are running various types of pilot campaigns powered by Moving Walls’ automation and location media technologies, held an online session to discuss the need of a common Outernet currency


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DEFRA has posted the ‘risk categorisation’ of EU goods subject to the new sanitary or phytosanitary (SPS) controls that are being introduced from the autumn, as per the draft Border Target Operating Model (TOM) that was published in April.
The categories – ‘low’, ‘medium’ and ‘high’ – will determine the level of checks and documentation that will be required for SPS goods entering Britain from the EU and EFTA.
Affected goods include animals, animal origin products, plants and plant-based products. Plant and plant-based products from Norway and Iceland are not subject to the new categorisations.
- The categories for animals and animal origin products can be found here
- The categories for plants and plant-based products can be found here
The UK has delayed introducing a range of import controls on EU goods following Brexit due to the impact of the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the ensuing cost of living crisis.
It published a draft of its plans to bring in import controls on EU and EFTA goods in April, titled the Border Target Operating Model. This model remains subject to extensive industry consultation, but it is expected to be finalised by the autumn.
The new SPS requirements being introduced under the model will come into effect from 31 October 2023.
The Institute of Export & International Trade (IOE&IT) is currently running a survey about the draft model, which you can complete here.
With the draft TOM the UK has also committed to streamlining the format and content of the export health certificates (EHCs) that are required for medium and high risk animal or animal origin products entering Great Britain.
The new EHCs for products of animal origin and a number of animal by-products have now been published on gov.uk here. The remaining EHCs for animal by-products will be published by mid-May 2023, with new EHCs to be published for live animals and germinal products in the summer.
These new EHCs will need to be used for affected goods from 31 October 2023.
Businesses can now prepare
Anna Doherty, an IOE&IT senior trade and customs specialist, welcomed the publication of the TOM risk categorisations, saying businesses could now start to prepare for 31 October.
She told the IOE&IT Daily Update today (2 May):
“At the recent IOE&IT webinar about the draft TOM, the majority of delegates said they needed more information about these categories before they could comment on the UK’s new model for SPS checks.
“We’re glad the government has published these quickly as this will give businesses time before 31 October 2023 to start preparing for new processes – including obtaining licences or authorisations – depending on the risk category of their goods.
“We advise businesses to review the categorisations carefully and, if they are unsure about which categories their goods fall under, they should review the SPS training and consultancy support provided by the IOE&IT.”
On the IOE&IT’s webinar about the new TOM in April, 56% of the audience said they needed more information about the risk categories before saying what they thought of the government’s approach to SPS controls. Over a fifth (21%) said they felt positive about the new model, while 15% said they felt the benefits were “clearer for low risk SPS goods”.
Under the new SPS model, businesses will have to comply with different requirements depending on the risk categorisation of their goods.
For low risk goods:
- Businesses will need to notify authorities about their imported goods before they are due to arrive in Great Britain, using the Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System (IPAFFS)
- They will not be required to attain a health certificate
- Low risk consignments must be accompanied with a commercial document from the supplier
- Certain low risk animal by-products that currently need a facilitation letter will no longer need this from 31 October 2023
For medium risk goods:
- Pre-notification will need to be completed using IPAFFS before the goods arrive in Great Britain
- From 31 October 2023, a health certificate will need to be issued by the competent authority in the country where the goods originate
- An official importer declaration may be used instead in certain cases
- From 31 January 2024, these goods may be subject to physical import checks
For high risk goods:
- Pre-notification will need to be completed through IPAFFS, as above
- The consignment must have a health certificate, as above
- These goods are already subject to physical checks at the border and this will continue to be the case after 31 October 2023
Meats are ‘medium risk’
Garima Srivastava, also a senior trade and customs specialist at the IOE&IT , has said that businesses should review the categorisations carefully, noting that many meat products are categorised as medium risk and will therefore require health certificates.
Srivastava told the IOE&IT Daily Update:
“From our initial analysis of the categorisations, it should be noted that many meat products are in the medium risk category, alongside some dairy and egg products. Most, but not all, cut flowers are low risk, while, as expected, plants for planting are high risk.
“Businesses will need to review the categorisations carefully to see what checks and controls will apply for their goods. Low risk goods also need to meet certain conditions under the draft TOM, so traders need to fully assess their compliance requirements.”
Speaking on the IOE&IT webinar in April, Alexander Walford, the deputy director for border industry engagement and business readiness at the Cabinet Office, said there would be “continuous assessment” of the risk categories.
“Continuous assessment of risk will be carried out by a UK-wide animal disease policy group and plant health protection organisation that will have continuing oversight of risk categorisation and they can alter the categorisation as circumstances require,” he said.
He added that the 31 October deadline was something “businesses should start preparing for now, as we don’t intend to move this”.
Know your goods
At the webinar, IOE&IT SPS and customs experts said that it was “crucial” that businesses understood their commodities and their risk categorisations.
Laura Williams, a trade and customs specialist, said: “Understanding your commodity is crucial. If you don’t understand your commodity, then every step you take could be a wrong step.”
IOE&IT director of strategic projects and international development Kevin Shakespeare agreed, saying: “I’d stress the importance of provenance, traceability and the supply chain. Really make sure you have the provenance, as much information as possible, including ingredients is really important to help de-risk.”


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Five things to know about the new 2018 IndyCar
Josef Newgarden, the Verizon IndyCar Series champion in 2017 for Team Penske, discussed some of the features of the redesigned 2018 IndyCar, unveiled on Tuesday at the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit.
"To me, it looks more like an IndyCar should," Newgarden said. "We believe it's going to be faster, we believe it's going to be safer. It's going to provide better racing."
Here are five things to know about the new car and the impact it will have on the 2018 season.
Newgarden said there's six percent less downforce — the downward thrust created by aerodynamic characteristics of a car — than last year's IndyCar. This will put the onus back on driver skill because braking, cornering and throttle control will be tougher. Those that adapt fastest should benefit. Since most of the downforce is now generated underneath the car, it doesn't create as much of a wake of turbulent air behind it. This will allow for trailing cars to close and attempt to pass the car ahead.
There's about 8-10 inches of more crushable structure in the sidepods. Newarden said there is more "crushability" in the new aero kit.
"There's more that has to get through this sidepod now to get to the driver, so we're real happy about that," Newgarden said. "That's the biggest safety improvement we're going to get from this new aero package."
The air will be forced through the radiator at the side of the car, creating more efficiency and more crushable zone for the safety of drivers in case of side impacts.
It looks like a race car
The "Coke bottle shape" increases air flow. Aesthetically, it looks like how an open-wheel race car should, compared to what was used since 2012. “What’s an IndyCar supposed to look like?” said Jay Frye, IndyCar president of competition and operations. “When you look at (the new kit), hopefully you think of an IndyCar. Where before, if you looked at the car with the rear wheel pods, there were certain angles where it looked like it had fenders. We’re an open-wheel series. It (looked) like a sports car.”
Less in the rear
Parts that weighed 35 pounds on the car from last year are gone, including the rear wheel guards. "It's very unsettled on the entries," Newgarden said. "The rear is unsettled, pretty much all over the place. Just trying to calm that down and figure out the setups that accomodate it, that's going to be our biggest problem to start. But it's also more progressive. It's a little bit more predicable on what it does."
Out with the old
Considering Newgarden won the Series championship last year, one wonders if he'd rather keep the aero kit from 2017.
"A new car provides even more opportunity to separate yourself further," Newgarden said. "If you do a good job, you can really potentially open up the gap. I don't mind it."


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“Mac4Ever is reporting that Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Paris, likely for the Apple Watch launch in the upmarket Galeries Lafayette department store,” Ben Lovejoy reports for 9to5Mac. “The Apple Watch section of the store spans four balconies and is set for its grand opening at 9am tomorrow.”
Lovejoy reports, “The similar section within the Selfridges department store in London opens the same day, and with the two cities just a 45-minute flight (or 2 hour train away, it seems likely Cook will put in an appearance there too.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: As Lovejoy mentions, Cook will also likely hit some Apple Retail Stores, too.
As per the “mixed” reviews also mentioned, Apple should have given reviewers more time with the Watch. Those who couldn’t quite get it in a week, would have figure it out given a bit more time.


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NEW YORK: USA Network launched a community and public affairs campaign promoting tolerance on January 19, tying the effort to its overall tagline “Characters Welcome.”
Called “Characters Unite,” the campaign contains a Web site where consumers can sign a multimedia anti-intolerance pledge, on-air public-service announcements, and a Washington-based public affairs component.
"We wanted it to be themed to our overarching brand positioning, which is 'Characters Welcome,'" said Alexandra Shapiro, SVP of brand marketing and digital for USA Network. "It really is about the celebration of characters everywhere."
Facebook and MySpace applications and are also available on the site, and a discussion area is planned. The network also created an advisory board consisting of members of organizations including the American Association of People with Disabilities and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.
Shapiro said the network also began working with the Washington-based Podesta Group late last year to create awareness in the legislative community.
“[The network is] also trying help to change behavior, and play a role in helping to influence positive changes to legislation surrounding the issues of prejudice and intolerance," she said.
The network is also conducting broad media outreach to both general interest and trade outlets, said Shapiro, who added that the campaign will expand this year with more legislative outreach and celebrity involvement.
“This is all laying the groundwork for a much more robust initiative that we plan on unveiling in spring of 2009," she said.
USA launched the campaign on January 19 to take advantage of public sentiment for the inauguration of President Barack Obama, Shapiro said.
"The reason we launched this around Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the day before the Inauguration is we wanted to take advantage of this optimism and the yearning for unity," she said, "but remind people that they need to play a part in fostering the change we hope [President Barack Obama] will accomplish."


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Opportunities in the Indian E-Pharmacy Business Sector
E-commerce has certainly been among the most talked about buzzwords within the Indian business market for a long time now. In fact, it has to turn out to become of the most thriving industries currently present in India. But the segment is highly penetrated by both national and international players that eventually make it a competitive industry in today’s time.
While many e-commerce giants like Amazon and Flipkart are already reshaping the industry with their amazing deals, discounts, products, and services, there are still some segments untapped within the e-commerce industry. One such sector is the e-pharmacy industry which is highly untapped and carries enormous potential in the future of the healthcare industry in India.
E-pharmacies: The Recent Entrant in the Indian e-commerce Industry
E-pharmacies in India have emerged as the latest entrants in the Indian e-commerce ecosystem. The combined attention from both the government and the investors towards this industry has caused the segment to boom in the last four to five years.
In the modern time, India has more than 20 startups that are catering under the e-pharmacy segment, digging out opportunities while making the best out of this untapped region. Currently, the Indian e-pharmacy segment potential is worth over a billion dollar which is expected to dominate in the near future.
Without any doubt, the traditional Brick and Mortal retail pharmacies have always been in demand that has eventually attracted healthcare investors. According to a statistic, India currently has more than 8 lakh independent pharmacy retail stores that are catering to therapeutic demand.
These retail stores are responsible for almost 99 percent of the pharmaceutical sales that occur annually in India. This stat proves that the remaining 1 percent is covered by the e-pharmacy segment which eventually has no comparison as compared to the Brick and Mortal pharmacy segment.
The Future of E-Pharmacy Industry in India
The online pharmacy sector in India is gradually speeding up towards a lucrative and profitable future. It is believed that the e-pharmacy segment will emerge as a major segment within the Indian e-commerce industry in the upcoming 5-10 years.
Meanwhile, many entrepreneurs and investors are showing interest in investing in the e-pharmacy segment that could probably emerge as the best initiative as a brand. Due to the minimal competition and easy penetration option, one could emerge as a major brand while continuing to serve people within the e-pharmacy industry.
E-Pharmacy Industry Fuelling Factors
The rise of chronic clinical issues like diabetes, asthma, hypertension, and obesity within the Indian population in India has acted as the fuelling factors for this particular segment. Moreover, the government initiative in India that is promoting Digital India, Jan Aushadhi programs is also heavily contributing towards the booming of the e-pharmacy segment in India.
Despite being a niche segment within the Indian e-commerce industry, the e-pharmacy segment is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of over 20 percent, crossing the US$ 3 billion mark by the end of 2020.


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Victoria's Secret Plans to Bring Back Its Swimwear Line in 2019
The lingerie brand has also appointed its new CEO.
Amid controversy surrounding its diversity-lacking annual fashion show and CMO Ed Razek’s Vogue interview backlash, Victoria’s Secret is looking to reevaluate its business with a couple of new moves. As Fashionista reports, the lingerie brand has announced that it will be relaunching its swim line next year – the line was previously discontinued back in 2016.
In addition to bringing back its swimwear range by Spring 2019, Victoria’s Secret may also be “entering some other exited categories,” according to Stuart Burgdoerfer, CFO of Victoria’s Secret parent company L Brands. Through licensing agreements, the brand is expecting to carry fashion items such as eyewear and UGG merchandise in the future.
The decision to reintroduce Victoria’s Secret Swim is revealed shortly after the announcement of the brand’s new CEO. Following the departure of former CEO Jan Singer, the company has tapped John Mehas, current president of Tory Burch, to be her successor.
L Brands CEO Leslie H. Wexner speaks of Mehas’ appointment in a statement:
“John is an outstanding retail merchant and we could not be more excited for him to lead Victoria’s Secret Lingerie to a new phase of success … Our number one priority is improving performance at Victoria’s Secret Lingerie and PINK. In doing so, our new leaders are coming in with a fresh perspective and looking at everything … our marketing, brand positioning, internal talent, real estate portfolio and cost structure. Most importantly, we are focused on our merchandise assortment – it all starts with the customer saying ‘I’ll take it.’ I am confident that, under John’s leadership, Victoria’s Secret Lingerie, the world’s leading lingerie brand, will continue to be a powerhouse and will deliver products and experiences that resonate with women around the globe.”
Victoria’s Secret reportedly saw a significant decline in its sales in 2017. With competitors like Rihanna‘s body-positive Savage X Fenty and Aerie gaining popular favor, it’ll be interesting to see the new, and hopefully more inclusive ways that Victoria’s Secret will be adopting to stand out amongst other lingerie brands.
While you’re here, check out seven millennial-favorite lingerie brands that serve as alternatives to VS intimates.


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New NookColor coming in September
Our good friends at Digitimes have picked up on new orders from Barnes & Noble. They’re getting hints that Barnes & Noble are about to release a new ebook reader and that it’s supposed to be announced soon. According to their sources the NC2 is going to be another 7″ model with a number of details in common with the current NookColor.
Taiwanese suppliers will ship key components to be used in Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color 2, scheduled for release in September 2011, according to industry sources.
TPK Holding will supply touch panels used in the e-bok reader, while Inventec will be responsible for the assembly, the sources said. Pegatron is also said to have received orders for Nook Color 2. It is reported that Inventec and Pegatron would be able to supply two to three million units of Nook Color 2 by the end of 2011.
This doesn’t surprise me at all. I’ve been saying for a few weeks now that a new NookColor was coming soon. I expected it to ship in October, not September, but I had already guess it was coming. In fact, while it may be announced in September, I expect that it will ship in October.
Since we know it will likely have a 7″ screen and Wifi, what other improvements do you expect? I’d guess that it will have a faster and newer CPU, more Flash storage, and I would bet that it will be running a heavily modified version of Gingerbread (Android v2.3). This next part is less likely, but I think it could possibly have a camera on the back. That would be useful as a note taking tool, right?


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2017 the year of Smart Heating Controls Lymington
Last year highlighted the huge impact consumer awareness can have on the demand for heating controls. Through connected technology made a lot of noise in the media, it’s still only a relatively small proportion of current home owners who currently want internet connectivity to be at the heart of their appliances.
There’s no denying that connected controls achieve great results and are the way technology is going although there is still some catching up to do. With 6.5 million homes in the UK still without an efficient thermostat, it’s clear we need to focus on making energy efficient and intelligent functionality accessible for every homeowner.
We at Barry Frampton Ltd can offer a variety of Smart Heating Controls Lymington, whether it’s an entry-level smart control, an all singing all dancing, multi-zone control, or a programmable thermostat, we have the necessary skills and expertise. We offer advice and can fit the specific control that the homeowner requires.
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Electric motorcycle racing is growing at an incredible rate. The technology is getting better and these bikes are getting closer and closer to achieving the same speed and excitement of their bigger petrol brothers. And with more speed come more fans. And with more fans, come more races. The TTXGP is proud to announce that the ePower series will be joining the Australian FX Superbike Championship in 2011.
Bombardier Recreation Products, BRP, is currently working on developing a new hybrid engine for the Can-Am Spyder. It is the only hybrid roadster development program in the world, so it isn't too surprising to see the program get some big funding.
Zero Motorcycles have made their way across the ocean and into Australia. Zero has just released the Zero S and the DS electric motorcycles in Australia, which makes Zero the first company to sell a street legal electric bike down under.
“The arrival of our Zero S and DS in Australia allows motorcyclists to experience and purchase a street legal electric motorcycle for the first time” said John Lloyd, VP of Worldwide Sales for Zero Motorcycles. “Off-road enthusiasts have been enjoying the Zero X and MX over the last year. We’re excited to be growing our product offerings in Australia and look forward to continuing to expand our presence throughout the region.”
Zero Motorcycles, the current market leader in electric motorcycles, has been awarded its second large-scale grant from California in order to produce an advanced new electric powertrain. Actually, the number is $2,018,000 and it comes from a series of awards and matching gifts given by state and local agencies. These originating organizations include the California Energy Commission, the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD), the City of Santa Cruz and others.
Vancouver, British Columbia - September 16, 2010 - Zongshen PEM Power Systems Inc. ("ZPP" or the "Company") (TSX:ZPP), today announced that it has launched its new "Toronto" line of electric motorcycles at the inaugural Zongshen PEM International Electric Motorcycle Business Alliance Conference held in the conference centre at the Chongqing headquarters of the Zongshen Industrial Group.
The Toronto line was designed to compete on performance and price with 110 cc to 120 cc gas motorcycles in China. Prior to the launch of the Toronto line the Company produced a line of smaller electric bicycles and scooters widely sold in China, which have lower top speed, range and power.
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BAT's 57.4% share of digital advertising.
Recently, Baidu, Tencent and Ali have announced their financial results.
TraditionalBATThe landscape is changing.
When Tencent and Ali's market value broke through one after another3000Billions of dollars,
Baidu's market capitalization is still stuck600more than a billion dollars,
BATThe three-legged stand-up becameATThe two males compete for supremacy.
Quarterly earnings and analyst meetings,
Reflecting the subtle evolution of the Internet's ecological landscape,
The ups and downs of sovereignty,
For the entire technology industry on the next quarter of the trend,
A detailed look was made.
So, in the first quarter of this year,
BATWhat is the financial situation of the three companies?
How has the strategic layout changed?
Specific to the advertising business, and what are the points of concern?
BATDigital ads already accounted for57.4%What does it depend on to grow again?
Tencent: Revenue495.52billions of yuanYear-on-year growth55%
The glory of the king has contributed greatly
Online games contribute to Tencent's revenue. Tencent's online gaming revenue was in the first quarter, according to the results228.11billions of dollars, growth34%。 This growth has come mainly from smartphone games such as King's Glory, Dragon's Valley, and so onPCClient games Such as League of Heroes, Dungeons and Warriors.
Industry insiders predict that the game of "Glory of the Kings" may generate revenue every month20Billion.~30RMB 100 million.
Tencent's social network revenue grew in the first quarter of this year56%to RMB122.97This increase is mainly reflected in the growth in sales of digital content services and virtual props, including digital music, video and literary services.
In the online advertising business, revenue increased year-on-year47%To.68.88media advertising revenue, including advertising spaces for news, video and music, increased20%To.25.09billions of yuan. Social and other advertising revenue, including revenue generated by social platforms, app stores, browsers, and ad networks, grew67%to RMB43.79Billions, mainly driven by the growth in advertising revenue from WeChat Friends Circle, WeChat Public Accounts, Tencent's App Store and mobile browsers.
Ma Huateng, Tencent's chairman and chief executive, said: 'We have achieved significant growth in a number of entertainment services, driven by the Lunar New Year holiday, including Tencent videos that offer popular original content, and newer products such as CaraOKApp for allKSong, photo editing app every dayPPictured and mobile games such as Glory of the King.
Over the past two years, Tencent has defined its development strategy, doing only two things, connectors and the content industry. At present, both strategies are steadily advancing, digging deep moths to expand competitive advantage.
Ali: Revenue385.79billions of yuanYear-on-year growth60%
The core e-commerce business continued to grow at a high rate
Alibaba's first-quarter revenue was385.79billion yuan, an increase over a year earlier60%。 Net profit98.52billion yuan, an increase year-on-year85%。 user aspect, as of3At the end of the month, Alibaba's China retail platform was the annual active buyer4.54billion, up from the same period last year3100million, the increase7.3%The monthly active users of the mobile side are5.07billions, more2016Growth at the end of the year1400Million.
Alibaba Group's core e-commerce business revenue in the first quarter315.70billion yuan, year-on-year growth47%。 Revenue from the core domestic retail business258.15billion yuan, year-on-year growth41%。 This was mainly due to the continued growth of the advertising business, which achieved revenue in the quarter173.4billion, growth46%。 Ali improves paid clicks and conversion rates through the optimization of the recommendation algorithm.
Alibaba Cloud first quarter revenue21.63billion yuan, year-on-year growth103%。 Deadline2017Years.3At the end of the month, Alibaba Cloud cloud computing paid users reached87.4Million.
The digital media and entertainment business reported first-quarter revenue39.27100 million yuan, year-on-year growth234%to achieve synergies with core e-commerce businesses. While revenue is growing fast, losses in the fast-growing business are also widening rapidly, with losses in the first quarter high25.86Billion.
Ali Innovation Projects and other business revenue increased year-on-year88%, da9.19billion yuan; full-year revenue29.97billion, year-on-year growth65%。
Zhang Yong, chief executive of Alibaba Group, said: Alibaba Group has had another successful quarter and fiscal year, showing that we are on the platform5the ability of hundreds of millions of consumers to successfully interact and generate cash. The core e-commerce division continues to grow significantly and has strong cash flow on a large scale, allowing us to actively invest in cloud computing, digital media and entertainment to drive digital transformation and high-quality consumption in China's economy.
Strategically, Ali is firmly pushing for the "five new": new retail, new manufacturing, new finance, new technologies, new energy sources. Especially new retail, over the past year or so, Alibaba has invested in the layout of Yintai, Suning, Sanjiang shopping, etc.2017At the beginning of the year, we reached a strategic partnership with Bailian, the largest all-industry retail giant in China, with the aim of reconstructing the new retail economy.
Baidu: Revenue169billions of yuanYear-on-year growth6.8%
Artificial intelligence and content ecology are the new engines of revenue revenue
Baidu.2017First-quarter results show revenue was169RMB 100 million (approximately24.5billion dollars), up from the same period last year6.8%operating profit20Billions of yuan (about2.91billions of dollars).
In the core business, BaiduQ1Network marketing revenue147.38billion yuan, as a percentage87.25%, compared with the same period last year, has shown a warming trend.
Advertising business, driven by a twin engine of traditional search advertising and information streaming. In terms of search, Baidu uses richer content to improve search results, such as currently exceeding25%The search results for are video content. As of this month, mobile Baidu information stream daily live users have reached8300Million.
Chairman and chairman of BaiduCEORobin Li said to enter2017Baidu went from "mobile first" to "mobile first"AIFirst" strategic evolution continues to be a strong push for us inAIInput in the field is a long-term behavior,AIIt has also played a powerful role on our existing platform. With.AIIn the mainstream industry is becoming more and more important, with Baidu technology advantages we are very confident that we can better participate in and promote ChinaAIIndustry growth and transformation.
Baidu's intention has been obvious, in the original market unchanged, focus on artificial intelligence and content ecology, artificial intelligence is looking to the future, need long-term and long-lasting investment, need a steady stream of capital and human input to flower results;feedStreams and 100 companies as the core, with a focus on hand hundreds, to expand new revenue and growth points.
BATalready accounts for the digital advertising market57.4%Share.
What are the drivers of further growth?
Recently, Liu Min, Director of the Advertising Department of the General Administration of Industry and Commerce, revealed in his speech that2016Internet advertising2200BillionBATaccounted for57.4%。
Judging from the first quarter results,BATAdvertising business is still growing at a high rate, especially Tencent and Ali, the big score beat the industry average growth rate, become an important part of the Group's revenue.BATAlready occupies more than half of China's digital advertising market, then, how to further expand market share,BAThave been clear direction.
Tencent's advertising system has ushered in a new round of adjustment
Tencent's position in the Internet advertising market is rising rapidly.2013Tencent's online advertising business is only 10 years old50.34billions of volume, as a percentage of total revenue8%。 It's here2016The two figures soared to the point of year269.70Billions and millions18%。
The growth of advertising revenue has made advertising strategy one of the focus of Tencent Group's strategic adjustment. ReportedlyOMG(Network Media Business Group) its performance advertising business (Zhihui push), will be assuredCDG(Enterprise development business group) under the broad point of communication.
OMGWith Tencent News Client, Daily Express and Tencent.com and other products, this media-biased business group mainly sells brand display ads;CDGIts social and performance advertising division owns WeChat,QQsocial products, such as the ads they sell are classified as performance ads.
Data show that performance advertising and brand advertising business, in2015The year was created for Tencent87Billions of dollars and88billions of yuan in revenue. A year later, the effect ad was taken down157.65Billions of revenue, for the first time beyond brand advertising and the latter opened up45The gap of 100 million yuan.
Sources pointed out that Tencent may eventually aggregate a large advertising platform, brand advertising and performance advertising "Chuhe Hanjie" clearly, can avoid the team on the customer resources and advertising space of unnecessary competition and internal consumption.
Ali Dad expands the future of brand advertising space
Alibaba's Zhang Yong told the earnings conference that there are now many big brands on Ali's retail platform, not only selling products, but also branding, consumer management and marketing activities, all of which are increasing their investment in Ali's platform. Previously they were assigned to the Ali platform business mainly by traditional e-commerce teams, but now we find that they are increasingly joining the digital marketing team.
"Especially as we are actively developing our digital media and entertainment platform business, we have a very strong relationship with the digital marketing industry and the company is confident that these brands will gradually invest more of their advertising budgets in Ali's data-based cross-platform solutions."
From the advertiser's mass, brand advertising is obviously better than e-commerce advertising. E-commerce platform in the enterprise's brand promotion weight, is also increasing. To.2017Years.3Month, the world's most valuable brand in Forbes100Strong, nearly 80% of consumer brands have been stationed in Tmall to carry out sales. Tmall Super Brand Day, One Night, Taobao Live, Fans Lie down, Double Eleven and other products, have attracted the attention of the head brand owner.
Baidu vigorously develops the content ecological platform
Baidu is looking for new growth points beyond search advertising, expanding into new businesses and revenue models. Although the current advertising revenue is still the majority of search advertising contribution, but in the long run, Baidu's future is driven by two engines, one is Baidu content ecological platform, this line is based on mobile phone Baidu+feedStream information+Hundreds of numbers+Alliance.+The knowledge system is constituted.
For now,feedStreaming has been proven to be a proven pattern, and today's headlines are from2014Year-to-date, advertising revenue has tripled and increased fourfold, and annual advertising revenue has reached 10 billion volumes.
A person close to Baidu's information flow team pointed out that although the second half of last year began to make efforts to stream information, but this year Baidu will be the target of information flow advertising rated80Billions, it is expected that information flow ads in the online within a year is expected to contribute to Baidu10%about advertising sales revenue.
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Judging from the financial results,BATThe increase in division is already evident. Tencent and Ali's market capitalisations have broken through3000The billion-dollar mark is more than four times that of Baidu. If Baidu's momentum continues, Tencent's net profit will soon catch up with Baidu's revenue.
On a huge scale, Ali has maintained high growth, benefiting from a new retail strategy to re-establish China's business model and the "economic effect" that has taken shape. Tencent relies heavily on the rapid growth of social networks and social games. At present, Baidu's biggest problem, or to find a new profit growth point, to restore growth.
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World Tourism Day is celebrated annually on 27 September and its related activities are aimed at raising awareness among the international and local community about the importance of tourism and its social, environmental and economic values.
The Department of Economic, Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, together with the Central University of Technology, will host the Tourism Month Public Lecture under the theme Tourism for Inclusive Growth.
The lecture seeks to promote transparent and open dialogues between government and its stakeholders to achieve stability and support the tourism sector to get back to its days of glory while operating under the new normal.
The expert panel members will be unpacking the theme and also discuss and deliberate on the impact of Covid-19 in the Free State tourism sector.
The Deputy Minister for Department of Tourism, Fish Mahlalela, will be joined by representatives from the tourism industry, product owners, academics, policy makers and practitioners in order to enhance strategies, planning, programmes and policy decision-making within the tourism sector.
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Thanks to a horde of ravenous worms, TerraCycle is turning garbage into dollars.Tom Szaky is convinced that he's found a miracle substance that will both make him millions and save the world: worm poop. Yes, it may sound laughable, but don't be too hasty to judge. Szaky, a scruffy 25-year-old Princeton dropout who founded TerraCycle, a small company based in Trenton, New Jersey, that makes organic plant food by using worm excrement (known as castings) as the key ingredient, can weave a pretty compelling case.
See, to Szaky, there are some fundamental, perhaps even fatal, flaws in the way our capitalist system currently functions. Most companies, he says, are concerned only with profits and are more than willing to pollute the environment and create mountains of waste for others to clean up if doing so means boosting the bottom line. Szaky believes that companies that go against that paradigm - in other words, those that are socially responsible - usually have to raise their prices and lower their profits. "That's why, in general, organic foods, fair-trade foods, eco-friendly products cost more," he says.
Not only do those products cost more, Szaky says, most people just aren't willing to pay a premium for them simply because they're green - which is why TerraCycle's worm-poop-fueled plant food is no more expensive than similar nonorganic products. What Szaky sees as necessary for the future, and what he believes TerraCycle is an example of, is a new model for doing business: eco-capitalism. Forget recycling and trying to reduce Americans' consumption, he says. Instead, get rid of the idea of garbage and waste altogether. Do that on a worldwide basis, and pollution goes away, the environment is healed, and people can still buy and consume what they please. "Waste is a man-made concept. In nature, waste doesn't exist," he says. "The only reason waste is waste is because we haven't figured out what to do with the material once we use it the first time. If you can find uses for waste, you can eliminate the idea of waste."


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Apple will pay parents £20m over in-app purchases
Tim Walker is The Independent’s Los Angeles correspondent, covering entertainment and other concerns from the West Coast of the US. He was previously a features writer and the editor of the paper’s diary column. His first novel, Completion, is being published in January 2014.
Wednesday 15 January 2014
Apple is to refund at least $32.5m (£20m) to customers whose children made in-app purchases without their permission, using the parents' iPhones or iPads. The technology firm reached a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), following an FTC complaint that found many of Apple's child-friendly apps offered virtual goods and other chargeable items within the apps, costing anything from 99c to $99.99.
One consumer complained that her daughter had racked up charges of $2,600 while playing the game Tap Pet Hotel, while others reported up to $500 of purchases made by their children in the apps Dragon Story and Tiny Zoo Friends. Apple had already begun to refund the in-app purchases to affected consumers before the FTC settlement. Last year the company emailed 28 million of its customers to solicit their complaints; it received 37,000 claims, which it refunded.
In an internal memo to employees, published by the blog 9to5mac.com, Apple's CEO Tim Cook said the issue arose because children were able to make in-app purchases unhindered if their parents had entered their iTunes passwords within the previous 15 minutes. Cook wrote, “The 15-minute window had been there since the launch of the App Store in 2008 and was aimed at making the App Store easy to use, but some younger customers discovered that it also allowed them to make in-app purchases without a parent's approval.”
Cook also said that the parental controls in Apple's iOS operating system remained strong, and that, “From the very beginning, protecting children has been a top priority for the App Store team and everyone at Apple.”
The FTC has demanded that Apple further inform its customers about the 15-minute window, and alter its App Store billing system to ensure that users are aware when they are about to be charged for an in-app purchase. FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez said, “This settlement is a victory for consumers harmed by Apple's unfair billing, and a signal to the business community: whether you're doing business in the mobile arena or the mall down the street, fundamental consumer protections apply. You cannot charge consumers for purchases they did not authorize.”
The settlement will not affect Apple customers in the UK. FTC spokesman Jay Mayfield said, “The consumers covered by our settlement with Apple are defined as individuals and entities with a billing address in the United States.”
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Could MySpace be going the way of Xanga and Friendster?
Twitter has surpassed MySpace to become the third most popular social networking site. Twitter reportedly saw unique visitors rise by 76 percent to roughly 96 million last year, while MySpace fell by 17 percent to 95 million.
Meanwhile, the number two social networking site, Microsoft’s Windows Live Profile, had 140 million unique visitors. Facebook, the granddaddy of all social networks, boasted 598 million. “Any comparisons between MySpace and other Internet services are irrelevant as MySpace’s mix of offerings is uniquely different and specifically focused on audiences under the age of 35,” said MySpace spokeswoman Rosabel Tao in a statement.
Disney announced a new social media campaign that would allow visitors of the theme park to post videos and pictures that could potentially be used in televised commercials for the historical destination . Also, beginning in January, Disney will project images of vacationers on Orlando’s Cinderella Castle and Anaheim’s façade of “it’s a small world.”
Disney’s “Let the Memories Begin” campaign launched this week. Admirers of Disney can upload pictures and videos via DisneyParks.com, or through the Facebook pages for Walt Disney World and Disneyland. Note: Photos and Videos chosen will be moderated before they’re aired.
Visitors of the Orlando and Anaheim locations fear not: Park photographers will be taking candid shots to project onto the castle or façade. However, vacationers will be given permission on whether or not their image can be used.
“Let the Memories Begin” is an effort to boost user-generated media. Disney’s latest campaign is the result of a new Y partnership of 3,600 families. Nearly half of the families posted pictures from vacation on a social media site.
With the help of the campaign, Disney hopes to increase interest and park attendance.
A company’s brand is its identity and establishing a marketing directive is one of the early steps a company should take as it places the building blocks for its foundation. It is vital for a business to define who they are and what they do for their consumers.
Once a brand is established, companies enjoy the piece of mind in knowing that consumers know who they are and associate them with their market. However, managing a brand does not stop there. It takes ongoing engagement and a presence as a business that consumers can rely on.
Social Media has added a dynamic to marketing that cannot be overlooked when managing brand identity. What makes social media truly “social” is the ability to share. Consumers are no longer talking to their friends or a handful of people, they are potentially sharing information with millions of other web users, every single day. They have followers, and their followers have followers. The average reach of each of these individuals is more than 20,000. This means that companies cannot just broadcast a message in social media when something newsworthy happens. They must have a social media presence 24 hours a day…..7 days a week. The internet has transformed the way companies need to market their businesses. It’s very simple: The evolution of search engines and social media is such that there will never be silence associated with any brand.
The goal of all marketing is to influence potential customers to make a purchase….the same applies to social media….so what is conveyed through your customer interaction absolutely matters. You want to create a positive “buzz” around your brand so that when you are posting your updates, your customers are relaying your message to their friends, and their friends are sending it to their friends, influencing a positive buying experience. Consider the Axe Body Spray promotional video which garnered more hits than President Obama’s victory speech, or the fact that huge corporations such as Ford and Apple are now directing viewers to their Facebook pages rather than their respective web sites through their television ads. Consumers now identify personally with their favorite brands enough to follow their news feeds on Facebook and Twitter and to view and share their YouTube videos. Thus, the most engaged brand will draw consumers and their friends into their conversations and make them almost addictive.
With 500 million (and growing) unique users globally, Facebook is the number one social networking site when it comes to activity and subscriptions. Facebook provides a wide variety of channels to communicate with users and customers. So how does this work for you? Facebook allows every brand, as well as individuals, to create fan pages for their companies. Large brands have already created their official pages on Facebook that have a wide, immediate fan following around the globe. The fan page has the ability to convey first hand information about a brand and to receive immediate feedback from your customers. LinkedIn and Twitter also have great reach, so it is essential to also communicate on these mediums to complete a “full scale” social media presence.
Recent Media surveys have cumulatively displayed that 75 percent of the top US companies have a social media strategy and plan increase their marketing budget in the coming year, solely based on that strategy. There are however many challenges involved in managing a brand on the social web. One such challenge is managing customer relationships. Consumers like to feel the personal connection to a brand that they have connected with, and companies that actively engage are bound to receive better results. The drawback is this takes time, but in the end is well worth the effort as it will evolve into a solid customer base. Companies cannot be everywhere, nor do they have the resources or manpower to harness all of the activity in the social media circle.
DocuSource Visual Communications has launched Social Media Management Services to help business owners advertise effectively on these platforms. For a fraction of what it costs to advertise a business in traditional media, a business can now reach a highly targeted audience that is interested in their message and brand…on a continual basis. At DocuSource, we can draw people to your company while increasing engagement and brand recognition by creating and maintaining your business profiles on social media sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn and FaceBook Fan Pages . We will assist you in generating fan and followers, sending out updates on a consistent basis and building your positive presence in the world of social media networks. We are here to help you grow your business by creating a strategic marketing program that helps you attract new customers in a constantly evolving world.
Now we can not only see who is following us and who we follow more clearly, but we can do on the site what the applications built for Twitter used to do for us: see media in line with tweets. Tweets now carry a “payload” of video, photos, or music, allowing Twitter to function effectively as a media company.
Why is this important?
1)Media companies are looking for place to put content where viewers will see it and they can take advantage of advertising dollars. Online media has pretty much disrupted the old advertising models, and everyone is trying to figure out ways to pay for content. On the one extreme, we have Demand Media, which pays writers $15 a blog post and monetizes its sites with ads. On the other, you have Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal, which has always charged dearly for online subscriptions. The services formerly known as “mainstream media” are somewhere in this mix. And although today only 3% of people get their news from Twitter, that’s growing every day.
2)Facebook, considered the company Twitter has to beat, already has these features. Facebook is the place everyone posts photos and videos, because it wasn’t intuitive to place them on Twitter until yesterday. You had to use a Twitter “client,” a service built on Twitter’s Application Programming Interface (API), to do that. All Twitter clients have something disadvantageous about them compared to the main site. (Even if it’s only that many people don’t know how to find a good one or how to tell them apart.)
3)All the companies that build Twitter applications got another harsh life lesson last night: Twitter eats its young. When the API was released, people rushed to build on it, and the clients got better and better. Fortunately, the best of them, Seesmic, Tweetdeck, and Hootsuite have long ago evolved into social media dashboards that allow you to do much more than just check Twitter. But if you didn’t know or care what a “platform” is or does, after last night you do. Building on someone else’s platform is like renting a house, and when the owner wants to sell or gets foreclosed or wants to rip it down and build a shopping mall, you’re out.
4)Ev and Biz didn’t think people were spending enough time on Twitter. This is called “engagement,” and it’s the new buzz word for social media (see Brian Solis’ book Engage for more about this. Twitter wants you to engage: spend more minutes and talk to more people on Twitter. Video and pictures will help this, they feel.
5)For the user, my favorite person, and the only one that matters, new Twitter means a funner user experience–more to see and do. Twitter’s always been like a river –you check it every so often, dip your toe in, read something and write something and then move on. Facebook is more like a swamp into which you fall for hours every day, finding your old high school buddied and playing Farmville. Twitter isn’t trying to copy Facebook, but I think it is trying to emulate Facebook’s “stickiness: by converting itself into a site for news–all the news that’s fit to float in the river.
Source: fast Company
Want to capture the attention of YouTube Ceo Chad Hurley and get a job offer via Twitter? Just do what Stanford University student Feross Aboukhadijeh did. Come up with a great idea and share it with your Twitter friends.
The launch of Google Instant started the wheels turning in Aboukhadijeh’s head and it didn’t take him long to write the code for YouTube Instant. Aboukhadijeh, who is known on Twitter as FreeTheFeross!, announced it with a tweet. Word spread quickly and YouTube Instant caught the attention of Chad Hurley who tweeted Aboukhadijeh asking if he’d like a job. Aboukhadijeh already has a job. He’s a Facebook intern.
Try out YouTube Instant yourself if you have time to kill. Just type a word in the search box and videos will begin to play. Be warned though that the site needs a little work. Once the video begins, the only way to stop it is to close the page. But despite the need for the tweaking, it’s easy to see that this young man is going to go far.
According to a June 2010 survey by King Fish Media, HubSpot and Junta42, a remarkable 72 percent of the polled American business leaders said that they now had a social media marketing strategy.
eMarketer reports that the companies surveyed 457 U.S. marketers and managers — 52 percent of respondents were in the publishing, media, advertising and marketing industries.
Those findings are among the highest percentage from surveys that polled whether U.S. marketers had a social strategy. In May 2010, Digital Brand Expressions found that 52 percent of marketers had no plan — similar to the 50 percent of poll participants in an April 2010 study by R2integrated.
King Fish and its partners found that 75 percent of the companies with a social strategy said they planned to increase their marketing budget investment in the coming year.
A February 2010 survey by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business found that survey respondents were devoting 5.6 percent of their marketing budget to social media — up from 3.5 percent six months prior.
Furthermore, marketers expected the allocation to increase to 9.9 percent in the next 12 months and 17.7 percent within five years.
Companies in the King Fish survey were divided on where the budget for social initiatives would come from, however.
While 35 percent thought that funds would be allocated to a specific custom project, 33 percent said their company would increase marketing expenditures to focus more on social media.


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Motorola was recently rumored to be working on the successor of its Motorola Edge+, and it was tipped to be codenamed Nio. But it was revealed that Nio was a G-series device with high-end specifications, including a flagship chipset. Later, a new Motorola device appeared online with the moniker ‘Motorola Edge S’. It was recently teased to officially launch in China. Now, it is tipped that the Motorola Nio/Edge S might indeed be a Moto G-series device for the rest of the world.
According to a report from Gizmochina, Motorola Edge S could debut as Moto G100 outside China. It cites ‘reliable tipsters’ as the source. Further, in an image shared by reliable tipster Evan Blass, the Moto G100 can be seen docked in an HMDI cradle. It seems to allow the device to offer users with desktop PC experience like Samsung DeX. It could debut as Multi-Screen Collaboration feature.
The Motorola Edge S / Moto G100 is tipped to feature an FHD+ (1080 x 2520 pixels) display with a dual punch-hole cutout and a 105Hz refresh rate. It will be powered by the Snapdragon 870 SoC. It is said to be paired with 8GB of RAM and will run Android 11.
According to the leaked images, it will come equipped with dual punch-hole cutouts to house the selfie shooters. This is not something new though, as we’ve seen this implementation on a few smartphones having two selfie cameras. The main camera uses the 16MP OV16A1Q sensor and is assisted by an 8MP secondary camera that uses Samsung’s S5K4H7 sensor. Other leaked details include a triple rear camera setup that consists of a 64MP main camera, a 16MP wide-angle shooter, and a 2MP depth sensor.
In previously leaked images, the device is seen sporting a dual punch-hole screen at the front. On the rear lies a Moto G 5G Plus-like quad-camera setup. Plus, there’s a “64MP camera” and “Audio Zoom” branding below the camera module.