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Hey Virginia, there may or may not be a Santa Claus. But there is a $10 gift card.
To promote its holiday “Believe” campaign and boost store traffic this season, department store chain Macy’s Inc. put out an A.P.B. for anybody named Virginia, inviting them to their 800 stores throughout the country today to receive the $10 card (good through Dec. 31) provided, of course, that they prove their identity.
“It was hard growing up named Virginia—spelling it, pronouncing it,” said Virginia Koenig Crippen, an occupational therapist from Manhasset, N.Y, who got wind of the deal from a friend, who had heard about it on the radio. “Today is a special day for us.”
Just as Ms. Koenig Crippen, who often goes by the name “Gin Gin,” was returning to shop with her husband after picking up her card, she was embraced by another Virginia. “I’m Virginia too!” said Virginia Price, a 53-year-old nurse from New York.
Amid dismal retail sales numbers out from the Commerce Department Wednesday, more retailers are starting to fall. Gottschalks Inc., a 58-store West Coast department-store chain based in Fresno, Calif., announced Wednesday that it has filed a voluntary petition for reorganization relief under Chapter 11. Gottschalks was one of the chains mentioned as possibly slipping into […]
Best Buy reported its December sales Friday, closing out a busy week for retailers’ holiday reports. Here’s how Best Buy compares with other retailers. Sort the chart below by company name, category, change in total or same-store sales, and total sales. Also, see November’s chart. Company name Category Same-store sales change Overall sales change Overall […]
As the Journal previewed Wednesday night, Macy’s this morning announced the closing of 11 stores, a move that came after a rough holiday season. Macy’s also said Thursday that same-store sales for December fell 4%, amid what it called “the most challenging economic environment in memory.” Here’s the list of the store locations Macy’s is […]
Many large retailers reported their December sales numbers this week, with most of them coming out the morning of Thursday, Jan. 8. A handful of companies including Best Buy and Tiffany, reported more recently and were added to the chart after its initial publication. (Last updated Jan. 14, 2009) Sort the chart below by company […]
Goody’s Family Clothing is liquidating operations, becoming the first high-profile retailer to go under in a new year that is expected to see many more going-out-of-business announcements. The moderately-priced chain was unable to restructure terms with its creditors and is in the process of seeking bids to liquidate substantially all of its inventory and other […]
U.S. chain store sales benefited last week from shoppers taking advantage of end-of-season sales, the International Council of Shopping Centers said Tuesday. The ICSC/Goldman Sachs Retail Chain Store Sales Index rose 1.4% in the week ended Jan. 3 from the prior week. Despite the weekly increase though, sales on the year on a seasonally adjusted, […]
Online holiday spending fell 3% from a year earlier, below its earlier prediction of flat sales, according to comScore Inc. That was the first decline since the research firm began tracking e-commerce in 2001. Retailers in general are looking at their poorest December on record, according to the roughly 1% decline in sales Thomson Reuters […]
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MEXICO: American Eagle Outfitters to open first store
US clothing retailer American Eagle Outfitters is set to open its first owned and operated store in Mexico City.
The store will open on 20 February, and be based in the Perisur's shopping centre.
The retailer plans to open a series of vertically owned and operated stores in the country, with each featuring its lingerie brand Aerie either as a shop-in-shop or side-by-side form.
"Mexico presents an exciting market opportunity for AEO, where we have evidence of strong brand acceptance through the positive response to our Mexico-specific e-commerce site which we launched in fall of 2012 bringing a multi-channel experience to our customers," said CEO Robert Hanson.
"We plan to open six company owned stores this year, and to profitably scale the business over the next several years. We view Mexico as an important launch that will drive our longer-term approach to global expansion."
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Fox Wizel Ltd’s main focus going forward is to expand the number of American Eagle Outfitters outlets. This is the company’s reaction to the introduction of multinational brands during the review peri...
Teen apparel retailer American Eagle Outfitters has opened its first technology centre in San Francisco, California, to support the company's omni-channel strategy....
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Ladbrokes owner Entain reports double-digit online revenue growth for 22nd consecutive quarter, return of live sports contributing to 27% increase
- Entain’s digital revenue in the first six months of this year was 27% higher
- Store closures lower retail sales by 42% in the first half of 2021
- Operator bwin expects Euro 2020 to be its biggest sports betting event of all time
Betting firm Entain recorded its 22nd consecutive quarter of double-digit growth in digital sales following a huge increase in sports betting this year.
Net income from online games between April and the end of June at the owner of Ladbrokes jumped 23% compared to the same period last year, when the postponement of sports competitions such as Euro 2020 and the Olympics has hit the bookies trade.
Digital revenues in the first six months of 2021 also increased by 27%, with sales in Italy increasing by 76%, while they increased by almost double that percentage in Brazil.
By plane: Ladbrokes owner Entain saw online revenue increase 23% in second quarter
Entain also benefited from opening its stores for most of the second quarter, unlike last year when the first nationwide lockdown was in effect. As a result, retail revenues increased 363 percent.
However, the forced closure of all of its outlets in the first three months of this year – and the first half of April – and other restrictions have meant that the group’s total net gaming revenue from January through June finished just 11% above their levels last year.
Twenty-four stores remain closed in Italy, but the overwhelming majority of its outlets are now open, and UK trade volumes have returned to around 90% of pre-pandemic levels since easing restrictions.
The company also said its BetMGM joint venture continues to “perform,” earning around $ 350 million in gaming revenue and holding the second-largest market share for sports betting and iGaming in the United States.
Due to the impressive results, operator bwin now expects its underlying pre-tax profits for 2021 to be at the highest estimate between Â£ 850m and Â£ 900m.
Its chief executive, Jette Nygaard-Andersen, said that “the company’s diverse business model has allowed us to grow our business in all key markets while navigating the channel and product line changes as trade retail is reopening and we are annualizing last year’s tight sports calendar. “
Ahead: Due to its impressive results, Entain has raised its expected underlying pre-tax profit for the full year to between Â£ 850 million and Â£ 900million.
Entain further said today that it will double its investments and the number of employees at its three in-house game studios in Italy, UK and India in the coming year.
Later this year, it also aims to launch its first virtual reality product and give customers access to new Formula 1-themed content following a sponsorship deal that its brands PartyCasino and PartyPoker have entered into with Mclaren Racing.
For now, however, he is enjoying the England football team’s performances at the European Championships significantly and expects the tournament to be his biggest sports betting event of all time.
Ladbrokes owner Entain has said he expects the European Championships tournament to be his biggest sports betting event of all time. Above: Gareth Southgate, England football manager
Sophie Lund-Yates, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said England’s victory yesterday “will be a double cause for celebration in Entain’s office”. A final appearance is an open goal for the group and will be a boon to sports betting.
“England’s long run in the tournament may well have been a contributing factor to the news that underlying cash profits are expected to exceed consensus for the full year.”
Entain’s expansion plans took a hit this week, however, when Australian betting company Tabcorp rejected a Â£ 1.9bn takeover bid for its betting and gaming unit of FTSE 100 company. , formerly known as GVC Holdings.
Tabcorp has instead announced that it will be spinning off its lottery and Keno business. Entain said he was “disappointed” by the Melbourne-based group’s decision.
Jefferies analysts said some investors feared Entain might try to swallow a poison pill by acquiring Tabcorp. By making the company too big, it could have delayed a new offer from casino giant MGM, which approached Entain in January about a possible multibillion pound deal.
After the deal collapsed, MGM was barred under takeover rules from making another approach for six months. This period will end later in July, leaving him free to make a new offer if he wishes.
Entain shares closed 0.7% higher at 1,820.5p on Thursday.


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The search giant has found a new purpose in all our lives: Bringing together the various products and services we use to work together as easily as possible.
The Google I/O developers conference included announcements regarding Android M, Now On Tap, Android Wear, Virtual Reality through Cardboard and content captured through GoPro rigs, Offline Maps & Youtube, and free unlimited storage of photos and videos on Google Photos.
Its Wallet app failed to take off, but Google is trying again with a new system.
Google's 4-year-old mobile payments service will turn into an app for transferring small payments between friends to make room for the new Android Pay system.
Before you get too excited, it's only a proof-of-concept display. The unveiling is part of a broader announcement to showcase the company's plans for the future, which center on OLED tech.
Microsoft's Project Spartan is officially named Microsoft Edge at Build 2015 in San Francisco.
At Microsoft Build 2015 in San Francisco, Executive Vice President Terry Myerson sets a goal of 1 billion devices for Windows 10 adoption in the next two to three years.
Garmin adds dash cam functionality, advanced driver alerts, and augmented reality features to its Nuvi series of dashboard navigators to create the new NuviCam.
Vizio has announced its 2015 range of audio devices, starting at just $80. These include soundbases and soundbars with improved industrial design.
Interactive fabric that can be used to control lights, music or more: what exactly does it do, and why? I tried out Google's mysterious side project.


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KARACHI, AUG 10 (DNA) – Indus Motor Company (IMC), the firm that assembles and sells Toyota cars and other vehicles in Pakistan, reported that yearly profits fell 63% in fiscal year 2020 and COVID-19 is not the only reason.
Car sales in the country were already dropping when the coronavirus emerged and sent the country, just like the rest of the world, into lockdown.
Interest rates were high at 13.25% before COVID-19, which made car financing expensive for buyers, and research analysts say it has also been one of the reasons for dropping car sales in the country, a private television channel reported Monday.
But the biggest reason was significant rupee depreciation, which forced car companies to increase car prices. Increasing car prices a amid struggling economy reduced car buyers significantly.
“Reduced economic activity and high-interest rates hampered auto sales during the year as total units sold decreased by 57% to 28,378 units compared to 65,399 units in financial year 2019,” a BMA Research note said.
“Among all variants, the Toyota Corolla was the most affected as the number of units sold declined by 22,140 units compared to 56,720 units in 2019, translating into a decline of 61%,” it noted.
IMC revenues in financial year 2020 declined to Rs86 billion. The company’s revenue stood at Rs158 billion in 2019. It showed a 45% decline in annual sales.
Low sales during the year translated into a 63% decline in profits for the company. The company earned Rs13.71 billion or Rs174.49 per share in profits in 2019, which reduced to Rs5.08 billion or Rs64.66 per share in 2020.
In the fourth quarter (April, May and June 2020), the company reported Rs98 million in profits as compared to Rs3.458 billion for the same period last year, showing a decrease of 97% as the auto industry failed to record sales in April and May only to recover in June as the country started to return to normal after the COVID-19 lockdown.
The company reported gross loss (from operations) but other income kept them in the green for the quarter.
The company result was lower than industry expectations. According to JS Global Capital, the net profit during the quarter is Rs1.25 per share while it was expected that the company would report a profit of Rs6 per share.
“The result under-performed our expectations where the main deviation emanated from lower than estimated gross margins for the quarter,” the BMA Research report read. The company has announced a cash dividend of Rs7 per share, taking the total payout during the financial year 2020 to Rs30 per share.
“We have a neutral stance on the stock as we believe that the improvement in underlying fundamentals has already been incorporated in the stock price,” BMA Research said.
The policy rate or interest rate has already been reduced to 7%. Sales through car financing depend on the interest rate. IMC stock was trading at Rs1,394.50 at the Pakistan Stock Exchange after an increase of Rs22 during the day. = DNA


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E-commerce platform Jumia Kenya and Twiga Foods have signed a partnership agreement that will enable shoppers on the platform to buy fresh produce as well as processed foods distributed by the farm produce aggregator. Through the deal, shoppers can now buy pre-packed bundles which will save customers up to 50 percent compared to average supermarket prices, and consist of items like watermelon, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, bananas, maize meal and processed milk. Delivery will be free in Nairobi and its surburbs. Coming in the wake of movement restrictions imposed to slow down the spread of the global Coronavirus pandemic, the deal will help shoppers to get the goods they buy delivered to their homes on the same day. For the two firms, this will further expand their distribution capacities, with one adding fresh produce to the goods available on the online platform and the other guaranteeing delivery. The partnership will leverage Twiga’s existing infrastructure of depots in Dagoretti, Donholm, Embakasi, Thome, Ruaka, Kaloleni, Nairobi West, Syokimau, Waiyaki Way and Kilimani to ensure home deliveries across Nairobi’s suburbs.
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Atlanta’s 2020 graduates to wear caps, gowns made from plastic bottles
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At next year’s high school graduation ceremonies, Atlanta seniors will wear, not just taste, the feeling.
Atlanta Public Schools seniors in the class of 2020 will don graduation caps and gowns made out of recycled plastic bottles thanks to an innovative program by Coca-Cola.
The result may be the most uniquely Atlanta graduation gear ever.
The caps and gowns will be made out of plastic bottles collected by the Atlanta-based company. The bottles are broken down into pellets and the material is then woven into fabric made of polyester yarn.
Coca-Cola began collecting plastic bottles this week at its headquarters as part of its Earth Day activities. The goal is to gather 7,000 bottles, enough to make graduation outfits for 200 graduates.
Over the following months, the company plans to hold more collection drives in the Atlanta area until it has enough bottles to make caps and gowns for the entire APS graduation class of 2020. Roughly 2,400 students have graduated from Atlanta high schools in each of the last two years.
Superintendent Meria Carstarphen said Coca-Cola’s donation will help lower the cost of senior fees paid by students’ families.
“It’s a beautiful gesture for giving back to both their hometown schools and the environment,” she said, in a news release issued by Coca-Cola.


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App privacy protections need more than new policies
With the Supreme Court’s pending opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade, some consumers are rethinking how much of their health data they want to share with mobile apps.
Several period-tracking apps reassured users that companies would not sell or share their contact details. But several types of apps and programs, even Internet searches, generate data such as location tracking — data that could be used to implicate people seeking abortions.
Jessica Lee, partner at law firm Loeb & Loeb, helps companies develop their privacy policies. She says even robust standards can’t do much about user privacy. The following is an edited transcript of our conversation.
Kimberly Adams: As someone who writes privacy policies for businesses, have you seen any companies, especially tech companies or any of those apps, change their privacy policies in light of this news?
Adam: What can an app do, however, if presented with a warrant requiring user data?
Li: This is a difficult question. Because if law enforcement went to court and got a legal warrant to get information, a company could try to challenge that warrant. We have seen other companies do this. Apple, for example, challenged an effort to get a backdoor into its devices. But depending on company size, resources, and a company’s policies, they might not want to challenge a warrant. I think it becomes a more difficult conversation. And consumers really need to understand that there are – even in states or jurisdictions where there are broad privacy protections – there are usually exceptions for the operation of the law.
Adam: And what legal protection is there on the user’s side for this type of data?
Li: Very little. This data does not fall under HIPAA, which is a kind of federal law that protects certain health care information. And unless you’re in a state like California, where you could have [the] right in 2023you will have the right to limit how sensitive health information is used, or in Colorado or Virginia where companies will be required to seek and obtain your consent to collect your health information. But there are no laws on the books in many states that will protect this type of data in the way that I think most expect.
Adam: So how do you anticipate mobile app privacy policies changing in the coming months, if at all?
Li: Part of that will depend on how apps decide to update or change their practices. For example, Apple recently moved to require apps to have a nutrition label which contains more high-level, easy-to-digest information about what an app does. And you might see some of these apps looking to make information about their practices more accessible so that consumers can make a different decision about how they use or interact with that app.
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As Jessica pointed out, privacy policies can be tough, but they also need to be accurate.
Last year, fertility tracking app Flo Health reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission after the company claimed it did not share user information with third parties like Google and Facebook. Turns out it was.
Here is the FTC press release on the settlement, which requires Flo to obtain affirmative consent from users before sharing their data with third parties.
Flo was among several period-tracking apps that, as I mentioned up top, reached out to worried users on social media this week.
In a Twitter thread, the company said, “We have heard data privacy concerns if Roe v. Wade was canceled. We understand these concerns and want to assure you that your data is safe with Flo.
Rival period-tracking app Clue had its own thread, saying: “We fully understand this anxiety, and we want to reassure you that any health data you track in Clue about pregnancy or abortion is private and sure.”
Clue also pointed out that it is based in Berlin and that European laws give users additional privacy protections.
To finish, Recode has a piece from last year detailing how police used Facebook to gather evidence against the January 6 Capitol insurgents.
These are the same methods that proponents of abortion rights now fear to use to implicate those seeking abortions in states where it is illegal.


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2017 was considered as a successful year in controlling inflation, with the figure kept under the set target of 4 percent compared with 3.53 percent in 2016. In 2018, the Vietnamese government aims to control the consumer price index at around 4 percent. Economic experts said it’s a feasible target, however there are some risks, requiring careful and flexible price control management. The success in keeping inflation under 4 percent and achieving positive economic growth in 2017 created momentum for adjusting the State’s policies such as interest rate reduction in 2018, helping ease difficulties for businesses. According to experts there are some risks, requiring careful and flexible price control management. Nguyen Anh Duong, Head of Macro Economic Policy of Central Institute for Economic Management said: “Some factors that could affect inflation control are price adjustments of State-owned goods such as electricity price or price hikes in 2018, all these factors can cause pressure on inflation and the government as well as people”. According to Nguyen Tien Thoa, Deputy Chairman/Secretary General of Vietnam Valuation Association, there are many risks such as natural disasters and weather. If we don’t prepare well there will be price hikes, he added. The expected price increases… Read full this story
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Todd Gregory preps a chicken sandwich order as one of the new owners of the landmark Willowcreek Store and Café. He says the cafe provides a community hub. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell)
WILLOWCREEK – Outside, gray overcast skies promised and soon delivered rain, but inside the Willowcreek Store and Café Wednesday afternoon a modest crowd rested at polished tables over cheeseburgers and salads.
Between the kitchen and the long, wood bar, new owner Todd Gregory peered across the tables, chatted with employee Vanessa Evers and prepared to get behind the big grill.
“I have always wanted to operate a restaurant, and this is a known business around here,” said Gregory.
After the store and café closed briefly at the end of the summer, Gregory and his wife Susan inked . . .


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Why Hanley Wood’s Lead-Gen Press Release is Noteworthy
The company is moving its data solutions from the strategic to the operational.
Hanley Wood is a company worth paying attention to. In the last decade—that is, the first decade of the 21st Century, or the 2000s, or whatever it is we call that 10-year period—HW was a consistent innovator. Its innovation and organic growth was propulsive. It sold in 1999 for $260 million to VSS, and again in 2005 to JP Morgan for $650 million, both times for huge multiples.
Then the housing market collapsed in 2008 and all bets were off. The company lost a huge amount of revenue, virtually year-over-year. Its executives at the time referred to a reduction in size by as much as a half, though maybe that was apocryphal.
HW’s owners could have just broken it up and sold it off. But over the next couple of years, as the housing market stabilized, HW reacted. Even as digital disruption roiled the media industry and virtually all economic sectors, HW came up with a plan.
It was sold to a new ownership group in 2012, with the effect of significantly reducing debt. It acquired a research company called Metrostudy in 2013, a major provider of data on the housing market. It sold off its expo business in 2014, reducing its revenue by $68 million in a clear and counterintuitive bet on a new direction. It focused on digital media, and particularly on data as its new true north. In the last 12 months, Hanley Wood has really pushed this direction, and CEO Peter Goldstone has come up with a remarkably cohesive theory of the case. In a presentation last year, he outlined the company’s path. There was a new mission statement:
“Every day we create engagement with our audiences in ways that help our customers grow.”
There was supporting evidence for how technology is changing marketing. There was a commitment to internal organizational change. There was a presumed progression in the ways Hanley Wood proposed to help marketers:
· Data That Informs
· Media That Connects
· Marketing That Activates
All these things are vital, but they’re also bullet points in a slick presentation, and lots of companies can do that.
In addition, it’s important to consider the context. Centrifugal forces are driving the media industry, pulling marketing dollars away from traditional channels and creating opportunities for new types of companies to come in with better solutions. Legacy companies—of which Hanley Wood is definitely one—are both dwindling and pressured as never before. Many are adapting well. Many are not.
So this week, when Hanley Wood announced a new data product, it was worth paying attention to.
The product is called DataScale, a “data-as-a-service” offering. The point is to enable a flexible and scalable lead-gen platform that HW’s salespeople can take to market and that advertisers quickly understand. It does all kinds of things, like database cleansing and enhancement and audience targeting and segmentation. It taps directly into Hanley Wood’s enormous 2.5 billion-record database. Whether it does those things well is anyone’s guess right now.
The important thing is that HW is moving from the abstract—the strategic—to the operational, and giving its front-line people and its customers a real, tangible set of tools to help convert data into action and, ultimately, to sales.


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Autoworkers join together for rally against GM in Windsor
Ontario’s autoworkers are coming together to support the GM Oshawa plant.
Unifor is reportedly busing in the workers from across the province to rally in Windsor today near the GM HQ in Detroit. The latest protest comes after GM rejected proposals from Unifor to keep the plant open past 2019.
Ontario’s lottery for first 25 pot shops runs today
Ontarians will soon find out where the province’s first pot shops will open.
The lottery for the first 25 brick-and-mortar stores runs today, with results reportedly taking 24 hours to come out. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario was forced to extend the lottery deadline by one hour on Wednesday due to a surge in last-minute applications.
Provincial lawyer argues Ontario teachers can use resources from scrapped sex-ed curriculum
An Ontario representative is arguing teachers have the ability to shape sex-ed curriculums.
The provincial lawyer says despite being repealed, teachers are still allowed to pull resources from the 2015 document. However, Doug Ford previously threatened reprimand against any teachers who did this and set up an anonymous tip line for parents. A panel of judges will decide if the rollback violates constitutional rights.
Healthcare costs in Ontario still soaring due to bed shortage
Ontario could be spending up to half a billion each year due to a bed shortage.
A CityNews investigation found the province spent up to $1 million in one day last year for additional long-term care beds. In response, the Ford Government has said it’s providing 15,000 new long-term care spaces over the next five years, already moving forward with 6,000 now.
Second Huawei official arrested in Poland
Another Huawei executive has been arrested, this time in Poland.
Authorities say the sales director was arrested along with a Polish resident over spying allegations. The arrest comes after Huawei’s CFO was detained in Canada under accusations of breaking trade laws in the US. China has threatened retaliation against Canada for the arrest.
Bomb-defusing toy sparks criticism in Canada
Walmart Canada is pulling a bomb-defusing game from its shelves.
The game called ‘Cut the Wire’ has been widely criticized in both Canada and the US for its connection to terrorist-related incidents. CBC News reports Walmart has no plans to reorder the game once its current stock runs out. The game is still available for purchase on Amazon.


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Collected Critics – a UK based tech startup – is building what it claims will be the biggest database of reviews and product news on the internet.
By spidering and analyzing millions of web pages, tweets, and social media interactions, the site is creating an unparalleled collection of news, opinion, pictures and video. The service allows consumers to make informed choices about tech products that goes beyond the hype, and helps them instantly gain comprehensive insight into the products that they intend to purchase. The company wants to become the first stop for consumers looking for an unbiased summary of product quality and value.
Collected Critics already features thousands of consumer technology products – a number that is growing quickly by the day. Each product lists hundreds of reviews, videos, pictures and tweets from around the web – and lets consumers submit their own reviews about products that they own.
Jamie Jin, founder of Collected Critics says: “There have been big technical challenges pulling all of this data together. We have a cluster of servers running 24×7 on Amazon EC2, crawling and analyzing content from around the web to build meaningful pages that are immediately helpful to consumers. We’ve put a lot of time and effort into building matching and prioritizing algorithms that ensure that we’re getting the right reviews against the right products in the most meaningful order.”
Jin adds: “We hope that over time it won’t just be the algorithms that help us build the site. Every tweet, picture, review and video on the site has a vote button, and users can submit their own reviews, so we’re hoping that we can continuously refine and improve these pages through user interaction and crowd sourcing. But in the meantime, we’re doing all of the hard work with technology.”
By indexing and analyzing reviews, news and tweets, Collected Critics is already building a powerful mine of social media reporting data. The Collected Critics site currently features lists of trending products, and the all time top 30 products, showing at a glance what the most important products are at the current time. The company hopes to build this out over time into a comprehensive suite of trend insights.
Jin points out that they’re only at the start of a long journey: “The Collected Critics project has still got a lot to do. We have only just started indexing, and have already collected millions of data points and scraped hundreds of thousands of pages. We’re planning to build the site out horizontally over time – not just focusing on tech, but on other consumer products too. Now that we’ve proven the technology, we’re ready to take it to the next level. We hope that this can be the go-to place for all consumer reviews in the medium term.”
Collected Critics can be accessed on computers or mobile phones at:
Twitter users can follow Collected Critics at @collectcritics.
You can see those trending products here:
For an example of what Collected Critics can do, check out their iPhone 5 page here:
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Virtual World Headset News
Virtual World Explosion
This week Google searches for Second Life went up by 11%. Searches for Virtual Worlds went up by even more – 23%. With all the hype and development going on around virtual worlds at present, it looks like us Second Lifers had our money on the action all the time.
This past week has seen the London EGX Expo, the Tokyo Game Show, VR glasses at XBiz, and ‘Samsung Presents’ at the Sydney Opera House introduce the Samsung Gear VR, an Oculus Rift rival.
London EuroGamer Expo (EGX)
Last week Earls Court in central London held the European gamers event of the year. At London’s EGX gaming event, attendees get a look at upcoming changes in game development, virtual worlds and virtual reality gadgets.
Oculus Rift Virtual World Headset
Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo all had strong representation there and the Oculus Rift was being hyped by its owner Facebook because of position tracking (moving our head while wearing them moves your in world view to follow your head movement).
Oculus Rift now means that games are now being adapted for the virtual reality world. We’re all still waiting for Oculus’ release of Development Kit 2 (DK2). When it’s out we expect to see loads of people coming along to London just to try out the roller coaster with these new headsets.
Unfortunately this event will not be in London next year, as Earls Court Exhibition Centre is due for demolition. However it will take place, but at a new venue – in Birmingham.
Oculus Rift DK2 Has Stiff Competition
Samsung Virtual World Headset
Last week, Samsung Presents at Sydney Opera House also announced their Gear VR. This is their own brand of the Oculus Rift headset. It’s a sleek model and going by Samsung’s ability to market tech, looks like it may be the market winner in this space.
This headset is not just aimed at gamers, it’s also gamed at serious users. Samsung’s existing grip on the mobile market may just ensure its success, providing these headsets perform as well as Samsung’s other gadgets. Samsung also showed new phablets, wearables and a VR range.
Virtual reality: the star of Tokyo Game Show 2014
Sony Virtual World Headset
Over 400 exhibitors showed their stuff off at The Tokyo Game Show last week. Sony used this show to promote their own VR headset – Morpheus. Sony has been struggling against companies like the Korean Samsung lately so this is a much needed boost.
It’s not all bad for Sony however, their games division is doing well, with the PS4 selling 2 to one against Xbox and Wii. This is one reason they too are climbing aboard the VR bandwagon and riding the gadget trail. Let’s home for them that the visual quality of Morpheus beats the others also when in production.
A Dell Alienware / Area 51 desktop crossover was also introduced at this show too. If you’re ready for gaming it looks like Dell has you in its sights. Very attractive piece of kit here.
London Expo XBiz Adult Entertainment Conference
Just one last highly related conference to add to last week’s tech meet roundup.
Held at the Hilton London Metropole, XBiz is the ultimate event on Adult Entertainment. Ranging from videos to adult content, the conference is all about ‘Adult’. Why do I mention this conference here?
Well in a week of conferences devoted to sight and sound, how can we miss out the potential for erotica? Although it’s usually ignored or glossed over, this has to be one of the best and most highly lucritive uses for Virtual Headsets and other VR tech, such as the touch sensitive suits that are currently being prototyped. After all, we’ve all heard that phrase ‘sex sells’. Here is a great use for all those devices.
Adult Virtual World Headset
XBiz founder Alec Helmy said the OculusRift virtual reality headset, “could make previous forms of adult entertainment obsolete.”. Watch this space, even this world is changing in the wake of VR introduction.


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As per its latest report, App Annie says that smartphone owners are using and spending more times in apps than ever before. An average smartphone user uses around 30 apps per month, with around 9 apps being used on a daily basis.
In China, the number was even higher at 11 and that was despite WeChat replicating the functionality of other apps. Smartphone users in Brazil, India, and China used the most number of apps which was followed by users in US, Japan, and the UK.
Interestingly, the data suggests that iPhone owners use more apps per day than Android users. This can be attributed to more quality apps being available on iOS or the OS lacking functionality that is baked into Android. The data collected shows that on average, a smartphone user used between one-third to one-half of the apps installed on their phones.
An average smartphone user in the US spent over 2 hours 15 mins in apps per day, though smartphone users in South Korea, Brazil, Mexico led the way with an average use of around 3 hours per day. Interestingly, mobile games were more popular in Japan and South Korea, with a smartphone user spending over an hour per day playing games in these two countries. Other countries like France, US, and Germany were much lower at around 30 mins.
The most popular category of apps turned out to be Utilities and Tools on iPhone and Android, respectively, thanks to pre-installed apps like Safari and Google. Apart from this, social networking apps like Facebook and others were the most popular among smartphone users. Android users preferred over 30 percent more games than iPhone users, though their overall app use was lower than them. In terms of revenue earned, games on iOS still led the way despite lower usage by iPhone users.
How many apps do you use on your iPhone on a daily basis? And how many apps do you have installed on it?[Via AppAnnie]


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Home / The Professional / NIBA chief calls out cyber crooks who impersonated him
14 September 2020
National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) CEO Dallas Booth has urged members to take digital threats more seriously after cyber criminals used his name to send hundreds of emails asking for “urgent help” from business contacts.
Mr Booth says the fake email came from an unknown address, using a process where his name was inserted as the sender. The aim was to try to start a conversation with recipients.
“I am not sure what the ultimate intention was – infiltration of computer systems or fraud or some other crazy outcome,” Mr Booth said.
“The key message is this: there appears to be an increasing number of fraudulent users of names and email addresses, and attempts to hack into computer systems for illegal and destructive purposes.
“Serious damage has been done in the insurance industry in recent times, and so far as I can see the risks have never been higher.”
He says now is the time for NIBA members to review the safety of their business IT systems. Staff should also be trained to spot and deal with fraudulent emails.
Members should also look into investing in a good cyber insurance program if they have not already done so, Mr Booth says.
Law firm Clyde and Co has praised Mr Booth’s decision to share the incident with NIBA members.
“All too often businesses are shamed into thinking that they are the only organisation impacted by a particular cyber risk or scam,” Partner John Moran, who heads the firm’s cyber incident response practice, told insuranceNEWS.com.au.
“Open and frank conversation among businesses about their experiences and how they can be more resilient to cyber risk is the only way that we raise the bar for all.”
He says email impersonation and social engineering “are here to stay”.


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A Saint John-based company known for its own form of sweet liquid gold received a bit of extra support from the provincial and federal governments.
Crosby’s Molasses Company Ltd. received an $800,000 investment through Opportunities New Brunswick and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA). ONB has invested $250,000, while ACOA will contribute $550,000.
“Crosby’s is a leading family-owned and operated food company in Saint John that has contributed to the regional economy for many years and is a great source of pride for this city,” said Saint John-Rothesay MP Wayne Long, speaking on behalf of ACOA Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor.
“I am pleased to see our government’s support for this company as it improves operations, secures markets, and in doing so, strengthens the economy both locally and internationally.”
According to a news release by the province announcing the investment, the money will go towards helping Crosby’s purchase specialized equipment and hire a supply chain manager.
Officials say this will allow the company, which has headquarters on the east side of Saint John, N.B., to increase its contract manufacturing business, increase production capacity by 15 per cent and expand its Canadian customer base.
“We are proud to be supporting Crosby’s increased production through automation to meet demand and increase provincial exports in partnership with ACOA,” said Arlene Dunn, the minister responsible for Opportunities New Brunswick.
“Productivity improvements are a key driver to helping New Brunswick businesses grow, succeed and continue contributing to our province’s economic success.”
Crosby’s has imported molasses from around the world to the east coast since 1879 and supplies to businesses across Canada and even going into the United States, providing its products to retailers as far south as New England.
The province says food and beverage processing is the second-largest industry in Canada.
“Crosby Molasses enjoys a longstanding relationship with ACOA and the province of New Brunswick,” said James Crosby, president of Crosby’s Molasses Company Ltd, in a statement.
“We truly appreciate their financial support on this automation project. The installation of the robotic cartoner and palletizer will allow us to increase our production, in an already 24/7 operation, meeting the expanding needs of our customers.”


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Dubai imposes a tariff on single-use plastic. How Dubai decrease Plastic Usage. Is Dubai supporting sustainability goals to fight climate change?
Dubai has taken a progressive move towards sustainability that will see a 25fils tariff on single-use plastic shopping bags from July followed by a complete ban within two years in Dubai. 25 fils mean 0.25 AED or 0.07 USD according to the daily exchange rates today. 100 fils equal to 1 AED. Fils mean cents from the UAE perspective.
UAE introduce free bus rides for empty plastic bottles to regulate the recycling process. Click here to read.
All major retailers promised to ensure the fullest cooperation to succeed in two years plan. This tariff will apply to not just groceries but also to restaurants and even e-commerce.
We extracted this statement from Gulf News. They have talked with various retailers in Dubai to get their opinion about this.
Naresh Kumar Bhawnani, founder and chairman of West Zone Group, said the upcoming tariff will go a long way in saving the environment. “It will help reduce plastic consumption by 25 per cent. However, there is another side to this: Going by the demographics of the population that lives in the UAE, many people are bachelors. They will [initially] not be able to manage with a [reusable] carry bag… But I think it is all about a mindset change and after a while, we will see everyone coming in with their own carry bags.”Gulf News
Yesterday, we reported the huge upcoming disaster which was created by Oceanic Plastic pollution.
Read that article: Click here.
Source: Gulf News


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Google Hungary’s Grow with Google and Coca‑Cola Hungary’s #YouthEmpowered programme have joined forces to support young jobseekers through a free training session organised on the 13th July. The companies’ joint webinar will cover topics such as safe online presence and remote work –presented by Google’s experts, while the trainer of #YouthEmpowered will help participants to learn about the basic skills needed for job searching and starting a new job. The aim of the training sessions is to offer guidance to participants on how to build a strong online presence, how to prevail in the digital world after the pandemic and how to find the most suitable positions with the help of these.
The Coca‑Cola Company will pause paid and organic posts on all social media platforms globally for at least 30 days, effective July 1, Chairman and CEO James Quincey announced on Friday. Coca‑Cola HBC joined the initiative as partners, so life stops in the bottling company’s social media platforms in July.
Experts of the PET Cup let PET bottles equipped with GPS into the river, with the help of the Upper Tisza Diving and Lifeguard Organization. The four bottles thrown into the flooding Tisza at Vásárosnamény are helping the PET Cup’s waste monitoring program. During the tracking research, the bottles receive GPS signals and transmit radio signals. The devices developed within the Zero Waste Tisza project can help to track the waste’s path that floats on the river for up to two years. The electronically marked bottles – Táltos (Dasher), Villám (Vixen), Táncos (Dancer) and Pompás (Prancer) – got their names in an internet naming campaign.
During the recovery period, Coca‑Cola is helping one of the industries that were hit the hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, the HoReCa sector. Most restaurants had been closed in recent months and therefore had no revenue. Starting from the 1st of July, Coca‑Cola Hungary will support this sector with a large-scale campaign. They have made and will display personalized advertisements – posters, online advertisements, and in-restaurant promotional materials – for more than 430 customers in Budapest and across the country. Most restaurants in this difficult situation cannot afford to spend on these, while they are in a huge need for publicity.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the – proportion of young people between 15-34 in Hungary, who are not in education, employment or training - the so-called NEET – was around 15%. While employment has continuously grown during the last couple of years, a question emerged: who belongs to NEET youth today in Hungary, and how can they be supported, especially now, after the pandemic? Coca‑Cola Hungary’s #YouthEmpowered programme has helped over 9.000 young jobseekers over the last few years and has organised over 80 in-person trainings all-around the country, with the absolutely essential contribution of a team of 20 professional trainers. The programme’s target groups were recently analysed through a research conducted by Kantar-Hoffmann.
Due the relief of pandemic restrictions in June Coca‑Cola volunteers returned to their regular job after giving a full-time support for a month for Hungarian Red Cross. In addition, Coca‑Cola Hungary provided product donations, along with other financial and marketing support worth nearly 165 million forints during the COVID-19 outbreak.
A premium pálinka can only be made from fruit selected with great care and expertise, and with the help of highly skilled distillers. András Márton, Rézangyal’s blend master shows us in a short film, how the different flavor and aroma characteristics complement each other in a perfect way through blending.
During the restriction period, the consumption basically stopped at about three-quarters of Coca‑Cola partners selling immediate consumption products. Coca‑Cola felt obliged to support one of the most economically affected sectors: HoReCa. To reconnect consumers with their favorite restaurants after the forced break, the company’s nationwide initiative will ensure that participating restaurants can welcome back guests with free Coca‑Cola drinks on June 19th, 2020. More than 100,000 bottles of Coca‑Cola, worth 50 million HUF, are waiting chilled and ready, in almost 350 locations across the country!
„My mother has taught me that you always have to wait for the perfect moment in life. Well, this is the moment!” – says Gianni Annoni with her wife, Zita Debreczeni in this heartwarming video, which shows us how life is slowly returning to the terraces and gardens of HoReCa outlets. Restaurants, cafés, and hotels had to close for a long time due to the pandemic, and the tourists went home. Locals are still cautious about the situation and find it hard to return to their old habits and favorite places.
The 28-market strong Coca‑Cola HBC unveils a new range of Costa Coffee products to enjoy at-home, at-work, and on-the-go. Hungary is among the first European countries to launch the Costa brand, since The Coca‑Cola Company acquired it last year.


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Vince has hired Patrik Ervell as its new men's wear designer.Starting in October, Ervell will serve as vice president of men’s design at Vince, overseeing product design for men’s ready-to-wear and men’s accessories collections. He will report to senior vice president and creative director Caroline Belhumeur.“With over 10 years’ experience at the helm of his own successful label, Patrik has undoubtedly had a profound impact on the men’s wear community,” said Belhumeur. She said Ervell has "a unique perspective and vision.""I do think there is a shared sensibility," Ervell told WWD, discussing the Vince aesthetic and his own. "I've always thought of what I do as a kind of modern California aesthetic and I think Vince also embodies that approach. Vince of course has a much greater reach and it's exciting for me to work at that scale." He also said that he will "stay true to the Vince brand ethos of modern, luxurious design" and that he admired the company for its "quality and clean, modern aesthetic.”Asked what happens to his own business, which is small, with a web site and about a dozen retail accounts, Ervell replied, "My namesake business continues in a project format which, for the time being, will not involve runway shows or seasonal wholesale collections."A Vince spokesman said Ervell takes a new position at the company where men's wear "has always operated under the leadership of our creative or artistic director, but Caroline recognizes the opportunity in men’s wear and felt it would be beneficial to bring on a head designer of Patrik’s caliber."Ervell will relocate to Los Angeles to work from the Vince design studio there. His first Vince men’s wear collection will debut in January for the fall 2018 season.The California native and son of Swedish immigrants is known for modern American sportswear, being minimal, elegant and utilitarian, and for being inspired by hiking and the great outdoors and such brands as Patagonia and The North Face. He's known for using unusual fabrics such as gold foil, vintage parachute cloth, handmade rubber raincoats and high-performance textiles.Early in his career Ervell worked as a stylist, took courses at The New School’s Parsons School of Design and started his fashion career by creating screen-printed T-shirts, eventually launching his own collection and selling to Opening Ceremony, his first retail account.
@zacposen's go-to holiday gift? Cookies! "I'll usually bake cookies and send them as a gift," said the designer, who recently released his cookbook "Cooking With Zac: Recipes from Rustic to Refined." Get the recipe for his Brown Butter-Chocolate Chip Cookies via link in bio 🍪🍪🍪 #wwdeye #cookingwithzac
For @monsemaison’s pre-fall 2018 collection, Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim honed in on the brand’s many signatures — men’s wear, which was tweaked and feminized through deconstruction, proportion play and lots of bare shoulders. See the rest of the photos on WWD.com #wwdfashion (📷: George Chinese)
On Friday night, @yohjiyamamotoofficial received the Design for Asia Lifetime Achievement Award in Hong Kong. The 75-year-old designer has been celebrated for many years and is best known for his dark and avant-garde tailoring. “In my long career, in design, architecture, [I’ve been to] so many parties, this is the very first time that I have such a warm feeling, I really appreciate this,” Yamamoto said. #wwdfashion (📷: @dominiquemaitre)
Discovery is collaborating with British pop artist @philipcolbert on a new line of clothing and accessories called Discovery Shark. The collection, which will launch next summer for Shark Week’s 30th anniversary, features a whimsical line of women’s and men’s bomber jackets, sweatshirts, bags and more. #wwdfashion
“I’m always a big champion of a female rapper, and I’m glad to see a new voice that feels unique and authentic that’s coming up, and I think we’re going to see more great things from her,” said @itsjeremyscott about @iamcardib, who performed at @moschino’s Art Basel Miami Beach party last night. #wwdeye (📷: @lexieblacklock)
@janellemonae’s “What’s Your Frequency?” room in @refinery29's #29Rooms made its debut this week at the opening of the Los Angeles art exhibit. “It’s about the ongoing conversation around mass surveillance, the weaponization of technology and cultural uniformity. My space was created so that we can come together and talk about the complexities of our humanity,” said Monáe. #wwdeye (📷: @bucknerphoto)
@pantone announced their Color of the Year 2018: Ultra Violet. Nearly 20 months after the musician Prince’s death, fashion is having a purple moment. Varying shades of purple appeared on spring or fall runways, from @christopherkane to @calvinklein. @gucci’s Alessandro Michele bathed his fall runway in ultra violet-colored light at one point. Pantone 18-3838 is meant to “push the boundaries of what inspires us to look upward and outward to the future.” #wwdnews #wwdfashion (📷: @kukukuba)


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Toys "R" Us expands international deliveries for online orders
* Online service delivers to 68 countries.
Toys "R" Us can now ship Furbys and other toys to 68 countries, because of a partnership with international express air delivery company i-parcel.
Previously, online customers of the Wayne-based toy seller could get items delivered only within the United States. Toys "R" Us did not ship internationally because of the headaches involved. Now, customers seeking international deliveries will be directed to an i-parcel Web page when placing their order.
The Burlington, Mass.-based company with facilities in Elizabeth specializes in international shipping for e-commerce websites. Toys "R" Us will be using i-parcel for orders placed through its Toysrus.com and Babiesrus.com websites. Customers at Toys "R" Us stores in this country also will be able to use the service to ship purchases internationally.
The deal with i-parcel gives Toys "R" Us a business partner with expertise in delivering goods to consumers overseas, with international tracking, and in handling international duty and tax fees.
International shipping will not be available for food items, liquids and lithium batteries not already installed in devices.
The new service "allows us to expand the global reach of Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us brands to countries where we do not already operate stores, including Brazil, Mexico and more," said Milton Pappas, vice president of e-commerce customer experience for Toys "R" Us.
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Non-Essential Spending Habits Assessed
27 July 2020 - 16:47 by Graham Miller
Payment card operator Barclaycard has published new data looking at the kinds of products which people in the UK purchased during the national lockdown that ran for much of the spring and early summer.
On average the outlay on items considered to be non-essential was £771 for each consumer in the country, equating to a total of over £40.6 billion for the country as a whole.
It is worth mentioning that many of the products which are considered as non-essential in this report are related to entertainment, with everything from books and videogames to streaming service subscriptions included in the figures.
This reflects the fact that everyone was required to remain indoors and thus had to find ways to stave off boredom for months on end, turning to a variety of purchases to achieve this, many of which were made via safe shopping online.
There was an interesting gender divide revealed in the report, with the average male consumer spending almost twice as much as their female counterparts: £1014 compared with £572.
Londoners were also on average the most likely to splash out more than their regional equivalents, with the typical spend for people living in the capital pegged at £2812. Meanwhile, people who have children living at home had a similarly steep average spend of £2070, according to Yahoo Finance.
Respondents to the study were questioned about how they felt about their non-essential purchases made during lockdown, with just six per cent saying that they regretted their decisions.
The vast majority of people said that they were satisfied with their shopping habits, while almost a third said that their lives had been markedly improved thanks to being able to buy non-essential items online. Part of the reason for this is that many of these purchases also helped to facilitate the hobbies adopted to pass the time during lockdown.


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Check out the announcement of the new Fenix UC40 rechargeable flashlight – Fenix’s first USB rechargeable flashlight!
Trying to find a new flashlight? We’ve pulled from our over 15 years of experience in the industry to come up with simple steps that will help you choose the right light.
Get the details on the just announced TerraLUX TDR-2 500 lumen rechargeable flashlight.
The just announced Pelican 2380 is Pelican’s first adjustable focus LED flashlight. Click to read the full post.
Take a closer look at the new 500 lumen SureFire EB2 Backup flashlight.


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World Travel Market Africa (WTM Africa) and the International Luxury Travel Market Africa (ILTM Africa) will adopt a hybrid format for the travel and tourism trade shows in 2022, allowing exhibitors to connect with buyers both at a live event and a two-day virtual event.
The hybrid format ensures that buyers and exhibitors can benefit from 22% more meeting time-slots than were previously available to them.
WTM Africa and ILTM Africa will be held live and in-person from April 11 to 13. As Africa’s only inbound and outbound travel and tourism trade show, the event will once again bring together exhibitors and buyers from across the globe to connect, exchange ideas, share news and discuss innovation within the travel and tourism sector.
The three-day live event in the host city of Cape Town is open to all travel trade professionals.
Recognising that some buyers might not be able to attend the live event, the event organisers have introduced a hybrid format for the show. The hybrid event will take place on April 4 and 5 and will only be open to exhibitors who are also attending the physical event one week later.
During the virtual event, exhibitors will be able to connect with buyers from around the world who are not able to attend the live event because of border closures, COVID regulations or simply a lingering unease to travel. One-on-one meetings as well as virtual speed networking sessions will be available on the same platform that was successfully used for ATW Virtual 2021.
The virtual event is exclusive to exhibitors and buyers only.
“Our focus has always been to ensure the best return on investment for our clients. Africa Travel Week 2022 will enable education and content sharing as well as networking, providing the opportunity to meet and discuss business, leading to contracts being signed whilst expanding connections,” said Megan Oberholzer, Portfolio Director: Travel, Tourism and Creative Industries at Reed Exhibitions.


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Those wonderful viral marketers at Durex — who were responsible for this ad that implied Barack Obama has a bigger penis than Mitt Romney — sprinkled some photoshop magic to one particular photo of Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan that’s been making the rounds.
In the original – somewhat lampooned because China’s First Lady is using an iPhone – Xi Jinping definitely does not have a condom in his breast pocket. Eric Jou, the Kotaku correspondent in Beijing who recently joined Twitter, captured the above screenshot before censors nuked it off Sina Weibo.
On the one hand, we’re playing right into the (probably cruddy, gummed) hands of Durex’s marketing department by reposting this. On the other, we do hate censorship, so… here it is. Shanghaiist has it too.
By the way, censors don’t want you searching for “Peng Liyuan iPhone,” either. Goddamn censors.


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FTSE 100 boosted by travel firm Tui
(Close): The London market shrugged off early losses to close higher, helped by gains in bottling firm Coca-Cola HBC and travel firm Tui.
The benchmark FTSE 100 index closed up 48.29 points, or 0.7%, to 6,914.71.
Tui shares rose 2.8% to 1041p as it reaffirmed profit forecasts despite a difficult year for the travel industry.
It said third-quarter revenues fell 5.7% due to falling bookings to North Africa and Turkey, and the impact of terror attacks in Europe.
However, the company said there had been "no apparent slowdown" in UK bookings following the Brexit vote.
Tui said underlying earnings grew 1% in the quarter, and it still expected underlying profits for the full year to grow by at least 10%.
The top riser on the FTSE 100 was the bottling firm Coca-Cola HBC after it reported better than expected results. Profit rose 4.8% to €229.6m (£197m) in the first half of the year and it forecast stronger sales growth for the year ahead.
Shares closed up 7% to 1681p.
In the FTSE 250, furniture chain DFS rose 15% after it said full-year revenues rose 7% and added it expected "a record performance for the full year with results towards the upper end of market expectations".
But shares in Card Factory fell 6.7% after its latest trading update. The retailer said the retail environment in the first half of the year had been "challenging", but said it was "confident" of meeting analysts' expectations for full-year profits.


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RIM says it did not give the Indian government access to BES corporate email
India is one of the few areas in the world where BlackBerry is still expanding its sales. RIM plans on aggressively expanding in the region despite this continuous battle with the government over encrypted emails. The Canadian based manufacturer has repeatedly told the Indian government that it does not have the encryption keys which remain in the hands of its corporate customers. Last January, RIM gave the Indian government access to its BlackBerry Messenger service and other consumer functions as the Indian government feared for its safety, worrying that encrypted messages could help its enemies plan an attack. At the time, RIM vowed that it would not allow monitoring of corporate email. David Patterson, head of RIM's government relations, said he is sure that the Indian government realizes how important encryption is to attracting foreign business and that the country wouldn't make requests that could damage foreign investment in the country.
The story, posted on the Economic Times of India website, cites telecom department officials and certain documents that have been reviewed, in saying that RIM had provided a solution to the Indian government to allow them to monitor business email. source: Reuters


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However, Ireland compares favourably with the rest of Europe, with the shadow economy depriving taxpayers of an estimated €2.1 trillion in lost revenue across the region, according to a new report commissioned and published by Visa Europe.
Ireland has the sixth lowest rate of shadow activity in Europe, it found.
Conor Langford, vice president Ireland at Visa Europe, said: “The report reveals the scale of the shadow economy in Ireland which is fuelled by cash and set to be worth €20bn this year.
“While we are currently ranked sixth lowest in terms of shadow activities in Europe, there is still much work to be done.
“We welcome the recent launch of Ireland’s national payments plan and other such market initiatives that drive collaborative, concentrated efforts around electronic payments that will have a tremendous impact on the shadow economy in Ireland and could quickly reduce it by €2bn,” he said.
In the years leading up to 2009, the size of the black economy had been on the decrease as Governments had stepped up efforts to tackle illegal practices.
However, the economic collapse over the past few years has once again seen the scale of shadow practices increase as employees turned to cash payments to offset squeezed incomes.
There is a sizeable divergence between the size of the black economy in northern and southern European countries. This ranges from 8%-10% of GDP in Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and the UK, to nearly 30% of GDP in Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania and Estonia.
The report, ‘The Shadow Economy in Europe, 2013: Using electronic payment systems to combat the shadow economy’ shows Ireland has the sixth lowest level of shadow economy activity in Europe in relation to GDP.
The report also confirms the shadow economy has reduced since 2012, when it was estimated to be worth €20.7bn. This, as well as the country’s relatively low level of shadow activities in comparison to other European countries, is mainly attributed to widespread card usage and acceptance of electronic payments.


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Side Delights® monthly, in-store promotions attract shoppers with seasonal tie-ins for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Baseball.
San Francisco, CA (August 23, 2017) – Fresh Solutions Network announces its fall promotions designed for shoppers who cook and entertain during this busy food-centric season. The monthly themed merchandisers and coordinating point-of-purchase signs will attract shoppers and increase retail potato sales.
Thanksgiving’s reputation as a food driven holiday precedes itself, and according to NPD, the potato is the most commonly served item at Thanksgiving meals in the US. Additionally, sixty-nine percent of Americans plan to celebrate Halloween, while one-third of Americans plan to throw or attend a Halloween party.*
“Shoppers are always looking for recipes for seasonal occasions, especially during the fall with Halloween and Thanksgiving kicking off the holidays,” said Kathleen Triou, President and CEO of Fresh Solutions Network.
The 2017 program features the following monthly promotions:
- September – “Dinner in 23 Minutes. Seriously!” Back to school recipe promotion
- October – “So Good Its Scary” Halloween promotion
- November – “Mash It Like You Mean It” Thanksgiving promotion
In addition, Side Delights® has added a Baseball/World Series promotion to capture the continuing trend of entertaining around sporting events at games and at home. Nielsen reported that the World Series was the 4th most watched television show in 2016 with over 40 million viewers, providing another reason for shoppers to search for new and creative recipes.
“This year, in addition to the traditional holidays, we are excited to launch our baseball season and World Series promotion – a great option for cities with teams in the play-offs, or any place where people get together to celebrate and watch the games,” added Triou. “Side Delights® seasonal programming increases sales for America’s #1 favorite vegetable all year long.”
*National Retail Federation Top 2016 Halloween Trend Report


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He called those reports "rumors."
Hong's statement conflicts with what Samsung's mobile president JK Shin told a bunch of press in Hong Kong. Shin said the Galaxy Nexus was designed to avoid conflicts rival patents.
It's likely that Hong and Shin meant to describe the design process for all Samsung devices. Production for the Galaxy Nexus began months and months ago, before all the recent patent mess with Apple. It makes sense that Samsung always has patents in mind when designing all its stuff, not just the Galaxy Nexus.


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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Although its Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market locations will be small, Tesco is apparently thinking big.
Sir Terry Leahy, the company's chief executive officer, told analysts that Tesco's planned U.S. banner, Fresh & Easy, has the potential to eventually rival Tesco's 1,900-store presence in the United Kingdom, the Financial Times of London reported last week.
He also said the reason Tesco is establishing a U.S. base is that “the U.S. is clearly an enormous part of the world's spending power. The U.S. economy is seven to 10 times bigger than the U.K., so it is one of the markets that can contain a business the size of Tesco in the U.K.”
In comments on the company's corporate website, Leahy said Tesco is excited about its plans for the U.S. “We intend that we'll grow as rapidly as we can, and if we're right and the thing is as successful as we expect it to be, then we have the potential to develop, in Tesco terms, a very substantial business in the United States.”
Leahy's comments about the potential size of Tesco's U.S. presence were made in response to analyst's question and are not necessarily the company's formal goals, a Tesco spokesman told SN.
The company has not indicated when it will open its first U.S. store, though it has said previously it will not happen until construction is completed on an 820,400-square-foot distribution center in Riverside, Calif., that is scheduled to open sometime during the third quarter. The Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets will be about 10,000 square feet and are expected to focus on fresh, convenience and private-label prepared foods.
During a conference call with analysts last week to discuss financial results for the year, Leahy implied the company may open several stores at once across its four-city target area — Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix and Las Vegas — when he said it will open “a significant number of stores at launch,” adding, “We have made good progress in obtaining quality real estate for those openings.”
Tesco has also reportedly scouted sites in Sacramento, Calif., and Colorado for future expansion.
For the year ending Feb. 24, Tesco sales were up 10.9% to $77.1 billion (U.S.) and profits rose 20.5% to $38.1 million. Sales in the United Kingdom increased 9% — with same-store sales, excluding fuel, up 5.6% — and international sales were up 17.9%.
Tesco said it will begin formal reporting of U.S. performance “separately within our international operations from opening.”
The company said the cost of recruiting and training store associates in the U.S., combined with other prelaunch costs and initial losses, will result in a planned increase in estimated start-up costs to around $130.4 million in 2007. “Thereafter, we expect initial trading losses to diminish and the business to move into profitability during its third financial year of operation.
“Our intent remains to commit some 250 million pounds [$501.5 million] of capital per annum to the U.S. going forward, although given the phasing of our investment and the higher leasehold element of the early stores, capital invested last year was lower, at 89 million pounds [$178.5 million].”
Leahy said Tesco is following the same pattern of format development in the U.S. it followed in opening Express stores in Central Europe, Thailand, Japan and South Korea.
“These formats have certain principles in common — what they offer is local, designed by local teams for local customers,” he pointed out.
Commenting on legal challenges Tesco faces in California, where an environmental group is seeking to block construction of its warehouse, Leahy said, “I think it's part of doing business in the U.S. that you get these various legal challenges and claims, particularly in California. [But] we have got experienced people, and we are dealing with them very well.
“I don't think they will go away [because] from speaking to most big firms that operate in that part of the world, it's part and parcel of doing business.”
Tesco officials said recruitment and training of staff for its U.S. stores will begin soon. To recruit employees, the company is using the website it launched two weeks ago — www.freshandeasy.com — as well as a newsletter, in English and Spanish versions, that is being sent to potential customers in some of the areas where the company plans to open stores.
On the page headed, “A Great Place to Work,” the newsletter says Tesco is looking for people “who can work well in a team and understand that it's important to offer the friendliest shopping experience along with the freshest foods.”
The website and mailer also describe the Fresh & Easy format, saying: “Smaller than the usual supermarket, our 10,000-square-foot shops will be easily accessible and offer everything from everyday staples to gourmet items. Lots of fresh and delicious food choices, including pre-prepared and organic foods, will make healthy eating convenient and affordable.
“In particular, our own Fresh & Easy line of products will have no added trans fat and no artificial colors or flavors.”


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Honda Motor Co. plans to invest $33
million in expanding its operations in India, Reuters reported yesterday. The money will fund an increase in plant
production to 50,000 units a year, up from 30,000, increasing production of the City ZX and the Civic. The company
expects capacity to double by 2010.
Honda isn't the first automaker to up its investment in Asia's third-largest economy. BMW has set up shop in the country, while Citroen is seriously considering entering that market by the middle of 2006.
Thanks to Matt for the tip.


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Mayawati slams FDI reforms, diesel hike
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Saturday slammed the recent diesel price hike and FDI reforms announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government, calling them “anti-people”.
“The recent decision to increase the price of diesel and capping of cooking gas supply will severely affect the country’s poor section and the middle class. The cost of living will increase after the diesel price hike,” Mayawati said during a press conference.
Mayawati further said that whenever the Central government take anti-people decisions, her party has not tolerated it and raised voice against it. She said that a huge rally will be held on October 9 after which a decision will be taken whether or not BSP will continue with its outside support to the government.
The reaction came after government’s announcement of diesel price hike, capping of supply of subsidised LPG cylinders and 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail - which opens up India`s estimated USD 450 billion retail market to foreign supermarkets like Wal-Mart, Carrefour and Tesco.
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We’re so glad to be back in the flow of work after the holidays, waking up early on Monday morning to change the way the world moves, and getting to work with the best colleagues and customers in the process.
Here at TripActions, we started the new year by taking a look at 10 travel startups whose growth we’re especially excited to watch, a moment to reflect on The Point Guy’s perspective on loyalty that he shared at TRAVERSE 19, and dove into the details of carbon offsetting for business flights.
In the broader industry, stakeholders continued to reflect on the past decade and then look forward to what’s on the horizon for 2020.
You can check out all of our weekly news roundups here.
Now, here’s the top news of the week:
Skift is defining the trends that will transform travel in the coming year and decade. We’ve seen the inklings of these movements in the past and are particularly excited for some of these innovations to fully realize their potential for business travelers. For example, the evolution of travel payments will finally meet 2020 standards and a superior experience for corporate travel, aided by technology, will be the norm. Some of our team will be at the Skift Megatrends event in San Francisco this coming Thursday, January 16.
Who Bought Whom in 2019 [Business Travel News]
There were dozens of unexpected (and some expected) acquisitions throughout the last year. We’ve seen legacy players recognize that technology and a smooth customer experience is integral to building loyalty and respond by taking out their checkbooks. We believe that the real leaders, however, are those who continue to build a new product from the ground up and reimagine what’s possible. This is a great overview of acquisitions in lodging, air transportation, corporate travel management, events, payments, and distribution.
Survey Reveals 5-Year High for Corporate Travel Budgets [Travel Daily News]
European corporate travel buyers polled by Business Travel Show are expecting to have larger budgets in 2020 than the previous five years. The buyers forecast managing more trips with higher spending. TripActions will be at the Business Travel Show next month in London.
This one woman’s perspective points to something that we’re excited to see more of in 2020: Women in leadership. Here at TripActions, women are a formidable part of our leadership and diversity is a core value of what drives how we work and how we build our product.


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Cryptocurrency security standards: New technologies bring exciting possibilities. Yet, one must always remember that it can also be a double-edged sword: one presents opportunities for success, and the other ultimately can bring threats and risks.
The world of cryptocurrency continues to expand. Its ongoing presence in an emerging market can be heavily felt. The world’s major players are taking action and getting a piece of that cryptocurrency pie – Tesla and Microstrategy both hold Bitcoin in their balance sheet. In an article, Time reported that experts still predict that Bitcoin can hit $100,000 USD.
Cryptocurrency has been offering a glimpse to the future, yet behind its premise lies a lot of vulnerabilities and threats. It’s not a secret how cryptocurrency and cryptocurrency assets are an attractive target for hackers – this is why cryptocurrency remains a polarizing subject today.
Cryptocurrency scams are abundant. The Federal Trade Commission reported that more than $1 billion USD was lost due to crypto scams in the last 15 months.
Continuing to Set the Highest Cryptocurrency Security Standards
Teleperformance constantly protects financial assets – digitally and physically –through our award-winning and best-in-class security framework that safeguards trust and prevents fraudulent activity in an increasingly digital world.
As we enter the new phase of digital economies and virtual markets, Teleperformance is ready to adapt to the changing needs of today’s virtual spaces and crypto markets. In our LinkedIn Live webinar on LinkedIn, our Global Chief Information Security Officer Jeff Schilling touched on Teleperformance taking the lead in the metaverse. “Teleperformance is really leaning forward in customer experience especially in the metaverse, turning our two-dimensional digital experience into a three-dimensional experience,” Schilling stated. “I see a lot of opportunities for NFTs to help us manage identities. That’s one of the things we’re looking at, and we’re building some studies as we lean forward into the metaverse with our clients.”
Joining Jeff in the webinar was Crowdstrike’s Adam Meyers, Senior Vice President of Intelligence. Crowdstrike is a leader in cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data. The two had a very insightful discussion about the challenges and security threats to cryptocurrency. When asked to share tips on how crypto users can protect their personal wealth, Meyers advised: “First, for the individual… make sure that the actual hardware you’re using is patched and has the appropriate security tools deployed to it. Next-gen antivirus and other technologies really help protect those systems. Second, when using crypto exchange, make sure that you’re looking at how they are managing and protecting things. Some of the more popular ones in the US will use an FDIC-backed accounts for storing fiat currency.”
Don’t miss out on industry-leading insights from the best in the business! Learn more about the trends, challenges, and threats emerging in the crypto landscape today. Watch our LinkedIn Live webinar by clicking here!
Teleperformance establishes the cryptocurrency security standards due to the inherent attractiveness of crypto and crypto assets as targets for hackers. Find out more about our blockchain customer services today.


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Need two, The latest game from an outspoken and controversial developer Joseph Fares, Hit by trademark claims Take two.
Because large companies with countless developers are currently not unpopular enough among gamers (look at you, Activision Blizzard), it was discovered that Take-Two had obtained a copyright claim before the game was launched earlier this year.
It Takes Two is the latest game from developer Hazelight — the most famous is Brothers: A Story of Two Sons and a Way Out — because of its name, it aroused the outrage of Take-Two’s notorious legal team. Therefore, Hazelight had to give up the trademark of its name (thanks to Eurogamer). In terms of its value, Take-Two is very central in its copyright strike. It is also known for making claims against property with “rock star”, “social club”, “mafia” or “civilized” in its name. Grace. According to Richard Hoeg, a video game industry lawyer in the virtual legality podcast, Take Two has posed 25 challenges in the past three months.
In a statement to Eurogamer last week, a Hazelight spokesperson stated that the studio “cannot comment on the ongoing dispute,” but the team “hopes it can be resolved.”
“Need Two People” scored very high at the time of its release and received high scores from many media. We also got an admirable 5/5. Our Tom Orry called it “the most exciting video game I have ever played.” One of the pleasant surprises”.
Before that, Fares said that if you are bored with “needing two people” before the launch, he will give you $1,000.
Of course, Fares is no stranger to making bold, bold statements. Going back to the 2017 Game Awards, he said “Fuck the Oscar” and then explained that he was not taking cocaine as some people thought.


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PUBG Corporation, the company behind the battle royale hit PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) today announced that it's spinning up a brand new game development studio named Striking Distance. The studio's first project will be set in the PUBG universe, but it won't be another battle royale game. Instead, strangely enough it will be an "original narrative experience."
PUBG Corp. has managed to get Glen Schofield as the CEO for Striking Distance, who will be building a AAA "world class development team" to create this new project. Schofield's previous tenure was at Sledgehammer Games, the maker of Call of Duty Advanced Warfare and WWII. He was also the mind behind Dead Space, the hit EA horror title.
“As a creative, the freedom to explore the PUBG universe has me excited about the possibilities, which I view as beyond the battle royale genre,” said Schofield. “Today represents a special moment for me and I’m so thankful to be taking this journey with the team at PUBG Corporation.”
As the studio is still in the process of hiring talent for this new project, it will be some time before we get to see what this "original narrative experience" will look like.
This is also not the first time PUBG Corp. has taken steps to expand the battle royale game's universe. Earlier this year, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds creator Brenden Greene stepped away from the game's studio, moving to a new research and development division under PUBG Corp.


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If your technology product doesn’t seem to most users like a magic trick, you’re not trying hard enough: It’s an industry adage that explains a lot of successful tech products. But another selling point for new technologies is pent-up demand for a capability that people can’t believe didn’t exist already.
The latter describes mobile devices that provide nutritional information about the food we eat without requiring the user to enter most of it. No one has yet publicly solved the problem of tracking calories and nutrients as we put them into our bodies. But a small number of companies are beginning to introduce handheld scanners that can detect the ingredients and calories in food on our plates by miniaturizing the technology that food scientists and companies have long used.


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The Australian Financial Review (AFR) carried a story on the impact of a potential US-China trade war on the Australian trade.
“Australian industry group GrainGrowers says retaliatory tariffs by China against US exports could create an opportunity for its members to boost sales.
China was Australia's biggest market for barley with exports up to $1 billion a year and also the biggest market for sorghum with exports worth about $300 million a year.
"Well over 90 percent of our sorghum already goes to China. There is room for growth in that market but a limiting factor will be how much we can increase production".
National Farmers Federation said it was fundamentally opposed to tariffs barriers ... but would react to market opportunities.”


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Get an early look at Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 gameplay with the livestream, live from Gamescom! The broadcast will begin at 1pm EST.
Activision and Treyarch have been regularly releasing new information regarding Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 since the game was announced earlier this year. We learned the game will take place within a futuristic setting, similar to Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, as well as learning more information regarding its multiplayer and fan-favorite Zombies Mode.
With the PlayStation 4 beta starting on August 19, Call of Duty fans are waiting to hear what else Activision has to announce for the upcoming shooter. We’re certainly excited for the next Black Ops and we’ll be reporting what Activision has to announce, so stay tuned!


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There was an iPhone app called "Jam," developed by one of the companies vying for attention.
You'll see everything from pro camera products to solar charging devices and $2,000 tele-presence robot that uses an iPad, giving you eyes and ears anywhere in the world.
There are apps for the aspiring animator, including one featured on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The apps and the accessories that are the stars of the show, but for decades, it was Apple's own innovations that took center stage at Macworld.
Two decades ago, Apple used Macworld to launch the Newton, its biggest failure ever. However, many years later, the company introduced its biggest success, the iPhone.
Professor and analyst Paul Saffo remembers when Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs used to unveil life-changing products in charismatic keynotes. "If you look at the history of Apple, when Steve's at Apple, it does great, when Steve leaves it gets into trouble," Saffo said. "Steve comes back, it does great. Steve just left the house."
For now, the big innovators might just be the little guys.


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NEWS ANALYSIS: Can offering internships benefit your marketing department?
Should B2B brands be making more effort to nurture the next generation of marketing talent?
The number of 16-21 year-olds without a job hit one million this year, but despite being down on their luck, young people represent a significant untapped resource for companies, and marketing departments in particular. Internships and apprenticeships are not only valuable experience for job seekers, but those seeking applicants can also reap the rewards. Demonstrating this point is technology company Infosys, who has recently announced it is to develop an apprenticeship scheme for its marketing and HR departments with the National Apprenticeship Scheme (NAS). Similarly, managed services provider Ricoh has also been getting behind its intern programme lately, by promoting blog posts from its current marketing intern.


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SOURCE: BC Salmon Farmers AssociationSUMMARY:
How heart healthy are British Columbians? The results of the province-wide survey show that although 80 per cent of B.C. residents feel they have a heart healthy diet, only 11 per cent of respondents report having more than 5 servings of fresh or frozen salmon in the past month – lower than Canada’s Food Guide recommendation of 2 per week (avg. 8 per month) for oily fish. This is quite alarming since someone in Canada has a heart attack every 7 minutes – totalling 70,000 heart attacks each year!DESCRIPTION:
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C., February 13, 2015 /3BL Media/ – A province-wide opinion poll conducted by the Mustel Group, on behalf of the BC Salmon Farmers Association, reveals that while 80 per cent of British Columbians feel they have at least some understanding of the term ‘heart healthy,’ less than 15 per cent are eating the recommended weekly amount of two 75g servings of oily fish (Canada’s Food Guide).
According to The Heart and Stroke Foundation, heart disease and strokes represent two of the three leading causes of death, with 9 out of 10 Canadians, having at least one risk factor. Someone in Canada has a heart attack every 7 minutes – totalling 70,000 heart attacks each year! The recommendation to minimize your risk – eat a healthy, balanced diet of fibre-rich carbohydrates, proteins and healthy fats, such as oily fish, avocados, flaxseed, nuts and seeds.
“A steady commitment to choosing the right food at least 80 per cent of time and getting the recommended levels of Omega-3 fatty acids is critical for heart disease prevention,” says Registered Dietitian Patricia Chuey. “That doesn’t mean a permanent, unsatisfying diet. About 20-35 per cent of total daily calories should come from quality fat sources. Healthy eating should be good – nourishing, delicious and simple – and here in B.C., we are extremely fortunate to have some of the best fresh salmon in the world. Whether choosing wild-caught or B.C. farm-raised salmon, it is important to know that all salmon is a valuable source of Omega-3 fats and a lean source of protein that can help reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s and certain autoimmune diseases.”
In fact, the Mustel Group poll shows that salmon is B.C.’s favourite seafood, although just 34 per cent of those who choose salmon are doing so because of it’s health properties. Freshness and cost are the two key determinants when purchasing food.
Key research findings include:
- 81 per cent have at least a “somewhat good understanding” of what a heart healthy diet is, with 42 per cent of females indicating they have a “very good understanding.”
- 73 per cent of respondents consider themselves to have a heart healthy diet at home.
- While 93 per cent of British Columbians eat seafood, only 63 per cent eat fish high in Omega-3 fatty acids at least once per week, with just over half of respondents under 35 getting at least one serving per week.
- Only 11 per cent of respondents report having more than 5 servings of fresh or frozen salmon in the past month – lower than Canada’s Food Guide recommendation of 2 per week (avg. 8 per month) for oily fish.
- 41 per cent of respondents list salmon as their favourite seafood choice.
A recent study published by the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance found that if all Canadians ate fish at the Canada Food Guide recommended levels, approximately 5,800 deaths could be avoided every year.
About the BC Salmon Farmers Association:
Farm-raised salmon is B.C.’s highest-valued agricultural export with almost $300-million in value exported each year, contributing over $800-million annually to the provincial economy. The BCSFA represents the province’s vibrant salmon farming industry through its members – salmon farm companies and the businesses that proudly provide services and supplies to B.C.’s salmon farmers.
For more information visit BCSalmonFarmers.caContact Info:
BC Salmon Farmers Association
+1 (604) 202-4417
KEYWORDS: Health, Business & Trade, BC Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA), Eating Right, Omega-3, Salmon, heart healthy, superfood, Poll