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Nov 15th - Apple has retaken the wearable sales crown with the release of the Apple Watch Series 3, with Xiaomi in second place and Fitbit trailing behind in third.
Nov 15th - A new type of malware has been found in the Google Play Store that uses multiple stages to trick users into installing an app that ultimately phishes their bank accounts.
Nov 15th - Anker has debuted a new wireless charging puck and stand for those of you who have a phone that supports wireless charging. You can pick them up at a 10% discount for a limited time.
Nov 15th - Yet another system app has been found installed on OnePlus devices that permits collecting WiFi activity, running processes, battery statistics and more.
Nov 15th - Qualcomm says the EngineerMode APK found on OnePlus devices reuses code from one of their apps, but it has been modified and no longer resembles the original app.
Nov 15th - A handful of Chromebooks have been added to the list of devices that officially support running Android apps. If you have any of these devices, you can now run Android apps on them.
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Nov 14th - OnePlus has issued a clarification on the EngineerMode APK that was left in OxygenOS and says they will remove it with a coming OTA. However, it’s been found on other handsets, too.
Nov 14th - Samsung issued the Beta 2 update for Android Oreo on the Galaxy S8, but it has been pulled since users are reporting problems will cell reception.
Nov 14th - A new rumor suggests Sprint will consider offering free Hulu to their Unlimited subscribers in the future, which rivals T-Mobile offering certain customers Netflix subscriptions with their plans.
Nov 14th - Plex for Android TV now has integration with Google Assistant, but only a handful of devices currently support Assistant on Android TV.
Nov 13th - The Lenovo Moto Tab is headed to AT&T this week for $299 with a set of mid-range specs. It’ll be available starting this Friday.
Nov 13th - Verizon and AT&T have announced a new joint partnership to lease cell towers infrastructure from a new partner to expand coverage in existing areas and reduce operating costs for the networks.
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Discounter sales rise a billion
Lidl has pledged to spend £15bn with British suppliers over the next five years and increase sales of UK sourced meat, poultry and fresh produce to at least 10% over the 12 months. The discount retailer is also looking to shore up longer-term contracts with suppliers and launch a young farmers programme to promote new talent in the industry. Lidl was the fastest growing retailer in the last quarter, according to Kantar figures, which indicate that the German discounters have grown their sales by a combined £1bn in the past year at the expense of more established retailers.
PizzaExpress safe from CVA
Suggestions that PizzaExpress could be headed for a CVA or administration have been dismissed by insiders, as the public launched a campaign on social media to save the chain. PizzaExpress has denied claims it is planning mass restaurant closures and insisted 95% of its branches are profitable.
Domino’s seeks to cut loose European business
Domino’s is looking to sell its EU arm, which encompasses around 90 shops across Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, as the division is not profitable. Analysts predict the business could sell for between £20m and £40m, despite £130m having been invested in it over the years. Here in the UK, the group reported like-for-like sales were up by 3%.
Pret’s vegan makeover
Pret has given four of its most popular sandwiches a vegan makeover, including its tuna baguette and egg mayo baguette, the BLT and the hoisin duck wrap. Nine months of development have resulted in chickpeas replacing tuna (flavoured with chopped pickled onions, capers and a hint of seaweed to mimic the texture and flavour of the fish) and tofu subbing in for egg. Shiitake mushrooms have been used to replicate bacon and chestnut mushrooms to replicate duck. Initially, the new products will only be sold in Veggie Pret shops, after the sandwich chain used an Instagram poll to find out what products customers most wanted to be turned vegan.
Waitrose brings in the vegan bacon
On the subject of vegan bacon, Waitrose has released a version made from seitan, responding to a 94% increase in searches for the product on its site.
October’s oat-based ice cream battle
Ramsay stakes restaurant on rare breed meat
Gordon Ramsay has opened a steak restaurant in Mayfair next door to his Asian outfit, Lucky Cat. The new restaurant, called Bar and Grill, takes inspiration from American grills and features an all-day menu with an emphasis on rare breed steak. Other dishes include smashed avocado with sweet potato crisps, beef Wellington and a vegetarian burger featuring Truffle Tremor cheese and truffle aioli.
Prosecco crisps seized
Prosecco-flavoured Pringles have been targeted by Italian authorities who say the use of the sparkling wine term breaches EU law, with raids across supermarkets to seize hundreds of tubes. Like champagne and Plymouth gin, prosecco has protected geographical status, which means that it can only be applied on labelling for sparkling wine produced with certain grapes in the northeast of Italy.
The Guardian examines the issue of mussels mysteriously dying in areas like the US and Spain. The molluscs are the backbone of the river ecosystem because they control silt levels and filter water.
EU farmers strike back against plant-based lifestyles
A new campaign group dubbed European Livestock Voice, which represents EU farmers, argues meat and farmed animals are wrongly blamed for the climate crisis and the debate has been one-sided. It said livestock’s contribution to delivering locally produced food, biodiversity, bioenergy and the rural economy has been overlooked, while switching to plant-based foods was not the answer as they also have their own environmental footprint. The group said the livestock sector accounts for less than 6% of the EU’s total climate emissions and suggested replacing fossil fuels with green alternatives was a better way to address climate change.
Meat eating gets reality check
A new reality TV show on Channel 4 requires meat eaters to adopt a farm animal, take it home and care for it for three weeks – then eat it if they choose not to go vegetarian. Airing in the New Year, Channel 4 said the show will confront the reality of an animal’s journey from field to plate and also examine issues like farming practices, the environmental impact of the meat industry and animal intelligence.
New Asda employment terms lead to stand-off
Hundreds of Asda staff protested outside the supermarket’s Leeds headquarters after it was reported around 12,000 workers risk losing their jobs next month unless they sign a new contract that will see them forfeit paid breaks and be forced to work bank holidays, according to union representatives.
Deliveroo investment questioned by CMA
Amazon’s estimated investment of £500m in Deliveroo is being investigated by the competition watchdog to see whether it could unfairly affect the takeaway delivery market. An initial inquiry will take place before a decision is made in December as to whether to take the matter further. The regulator expressed concerns that the two companies had ceased to be distinct, while Deliveroo said it would cooperate fully with the investigation, adding the minority investment would help create jobs, aid restaurant businesses to grow, improve choice for customers and enhance competition in the UK food delivery sector.
Currywurst a ‘national assault’
Prominent German chef Tim Raue has ignited a furore after claiming that processed food such as the German speciality currywurst, which sells 70m portions a year, is contributing to a rise in allergies in the country. He described the national dish as a horror verging on “national assault” as it barely contains any meat, urging Germans to go plant-based.
Putting CBD under the microscope
The Guardian goes on a potentially trippy experiment as they set out to try all the CBD products on the UK market, following the release of American research that found that almost 70% of products sold online under- or over-labelled their dosages.
Emerging markets fall flat for Unilever
Unilever reported 2.9% sales growth in the third quarter, failing to meet market expectations. This was blamed on a fall in ice cream sales and problems in emerging markets like China, India and Argentina. Online shopping and discounters continue to place pressures on pricing in the UK market, added the company. Meanwhile, Nestle reported 3.7% sales growth.
Plastic proposal for beer giant
Carlsberg could be ditching plastics after it developed two prototypes for paper-based beer bottles that can be pulped and recycled after use, although its ultimate aim is to create biodegradable cans and bottles. A Danish start-up called Paboco made the prototypes and is also working on designs for Coca-Cola and Absolut vodka. Carlsberg’s additional initiatives include using naturally decomposing glue rather than plastic rings and aims to halve carbon emissions from its breweries by 2022.
Clearing up the coffee cups
Both McDonald’s and Starbucks have invested millions into plastic packaging research, including through Closed Loop Partners, as the businesses seek out alternative to unrecyclable coffee cups.
Sustainability message resonating with John Lewis customers
John Lewis has released sales figures that show more of its shoppers are spending on reusable water bottles and straws. Purchases of portable cutlery alone has risen 176%.
Brexit prompts more pints, less meals
Consumers are eating less and drinking more, as Brexit-related concerns impact the pub trade, according to Marston’s. The group, which owns 1,500 pubs, noted that increased drinks spend was offset by decreased food spend, leading to lowers profits than expected.
The Telegraph profiles Mo’s Eggs, a monthly pop-up by Syrian refugee Mohammed Rahimeh. “London’s hottest brunch club” serves eggs, salads and hummus spiced with Middle Eastern flavours.
Service stations fail to keep pace with foodie Britain
Jay Rayner laments how the UK food revolution has missed the likes of public transport and motorway service stations. “There are sugar-spiked muffins, and dismal croissants so flaccid no form of culinary Viagra would ever get them up again,” he writes.
The Guardian takes a look at how the Internet has changed cooking, democratising the way recipes and new meal ideas can be delivered to people, rather than just through well-known chefs on cooking shows.

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The Sunday Mail
ZimTrade is seeking to refocus the country’s export concentration that is now led by South Africa and products composition where minerals and commodities are dominating, according to the trade body’s chief executive officer Allan Majuru.
The drive is in sync with the new dispensation’s focus to revamp the country’s export strategy so that it can be anchored on value added and beneficiated goods as well as manufacturing sector driven as expounded by President Mnangagwa.
Presenting a paper at an exporters’ breakfast seminar last week, Mr Majuru, said Zimbabwe used to boast of a healthy export basket as far back as 1992 before it took an “unhealthy” direction at the turn of the millennium. The present situation, he said, places Zimbabwe in a disturbing predicament where if the South African market were to get into problems, Zimbabwe will suffer substantially as 52 percent of exports are going to the southern neighbouring country.
Comparing the country’s 1992 export market concentration to that of 2018, Mr Majuru highlighted the undesirable statistic where Zimbabwe now heavily relies on South Africa whereas in the past the country’s exports were going to all parts of the world including the UK, US, Netherlands, Germany and Japan.
“We once did it and we can do it again,” Mr Majuru told the exporters.
“If you look at 1992, our export basket was diversified, 22 percent was others, South Africa was 26 percent, fast forward to 2018 — 52 percent of our exports are going to South Africa.
“So what that actually means is if South Africa sneezes, we catch a flue. So we have to diversify our export basket,” he said.
Mr Majuru lamented the product composition, which is being dominated by mineral and commodity exports, while other beneficiated goods like textiles, clothing, motor vehicle service kits, and food have taken a knock. Mr Majuru called on the private sector to invest in reviving these sectors in line with Government’s economic blue print the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP), which seeks to champion private sector-led economic revival anchored on exporting value added goods.
“If you look at the product composition, 1992, we were exporting value added goods — textiles, clothing, transportation equipment, chemicals (and) processed foods, this is 1992,” he said.
“Come 2018, we are exporting minerals and commodities, so what we are literary doing is we are exporting revenue and we are exporting jobs. So when you talk to me about investment, this is where we need to put investment, in promoting value addition and beneficiation,” said Mr Majuru.
The ZimTrade boss said Government — through the national trade development and promotion organisation, had put in place systems to help exporters seeking markets.
This also includes those that seek to export to Europe and are willing to take advantage of the thawing relations between Zimbabwe and the EU bloc as a result of Government’s engagement and re-engagement drive.
“So what are we doing at ZimTrade to facilitate growth in exports . . . I will start with market intelligence. We have a Trade Information Centre (TIC). With the assistance of the EU (Europe) and the International Trade Centre we build the Zimbabwe-European Business Information Centre.
“(Through the Zimbabwe-European Business Information Centre) you can get the names of the buyers (in Europe and Comesa), the price they are offering and the tariffs that are applicable.
“So we encourage you to use this platform. We also have small-scale businesses that are also exporting, come through, we will do for you all procedures that are involved, prices and packaging and we do it for free,” he said.
Exporters can also take advantage of Zimbabwe’s bilateral trade agreements with countries like Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and others that ensures low or no tariffs on Zimbabwean goods.
In the TSP preface, President Mnangagwa highlighted the importance of exports, especially value added goods towards the recovery of the economy.
“Focus will be on value addition and beneficiation, to realise higher value exports, and cushioning the economy from the vagaries of international commodity price fluctuations associated with over-dependence on export of raw commodities,” noted the President.
“The success of the Programme will not depend on Government efforts alone, but on a coordinated collaborative multi-stakeholder approach.”


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The team of Sber Automotive Technologies (SberAutoTech), which is part of the Sber ecosystem, announced interesting news – unmanned vehicles began to run around Moscow and carry passengers.
So far, this is not a commercial launch, but a new stage of testing. As the press service of SberAutoTech notes, as part of the pilot project, drones run between the SberAutoTech engineering center and the ZIL MCC station, but only employees can order it.
An order can be placed through an app on a smartphone or using the SberPortal smart screen.
It is noted that the cars operate in a completely autonomous mode, but as required by law, a test engineer is present in the driver’s seat. A dedicated “passenger tablet” displays readiness to travel, seat belt status, trip status, and so on.


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DETROIT (AP) — Chrysler is withdrawing its application for $3.5 billion in government loans that it planned to use to develop fuel-efficient vehicles.
A company spokesman says the loan terms from the Department of Energy were too restrictive. Chrysler Group LLC says the move won't affect its business plans or ability to develop competitive, fuel-efficient cars and trucks.
CEO Sergio Marchionne has been frustrated with the length of the loan process.
Ford Motor Co. won approval of a $5.9 billion loan in June of 2009. Nissan Motor Co. and Tesla Motors Inc. also got loans from the $25 billion program. General Motors Co. withdrew its application for $14.4 billion last year, saying it no longer needs the money.
An Energy Department spokesman says the agency is happy Chrysler can reach its goals without the loan.


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iSkoot Raises $7 Million in Series B Financing
Charles River Ventures, Khosla Ventures, ZG Ventures, and Jesselson Capital Corp fund iSkoot’s drive to become leader in mobile Skype solutions
CAMBRIDGE, MA – February 27, 2007 – iSkoot, the leading provider of mobile Internet communications solutions, today announced that it has secured $7 million in Series B financing. iSkoot has become the leader in mobile VoIP solutions, recently working in close partnership with Skype to enable The 3 Group to become the first mobile operator to bring Skype-enabled mobile phones to consumers. iSkoot software was pre-loaded onto Nokia and Sony Ericsson handsets used by The 3 Group to launch the industry’s first mobile Skype service.
The round was led by Charles River Ventures and includes previous investors Khosla Ventures, ZG Ventures, and Jesselson Capital Corp. As part of this funding round, Izhar Armony, a general partner at Charles River Ventures, will join iSkoot’s Board of Directors and lend his considerable expertise to developing and delivering new media products into high-growth markets. This financing follows a previous $6.2 million Series A round of funding, bringing funding to a total of $13.2 million in the past year. iSkoot will use the funding to expand its sales, R&D and marketing efforts, and further establish its leadership position in the emerging mobile Internet communications market.
“We believe that a mobile solution for Internet calls will become a major new way for people to communicate, and iSkoot is at the vanguard of this movement. The iSkoot management team has deep industry knowledge and a long and successful entrepreneurial track record in streaming digital media; we bought into the team’s mission to free Internet calling from the PC and make it ubiquitous,” said Izhar Armony, general partner, Charles River Ventures. “iSkoot offers mobile operators a field-tested solution and a powerful new way to communicate, by allowing them to participate in the exploding volume of Internet calls. We look forward to working with iSkoot management to bring more visionary mobile products to this very promising market.”
iSkoot Founder and CEO Jacob Guedalia said, “This investment from Charles River Ventures and our returning investors validates iSkoot’s vision and execution. We look at Skype as a company that showed the world a new way of calling. We would like iSkoot to be known as the company that brought Internet calling to all mobile phones. We will continue to work with mobile operators and handset manufacturers to bring more mobile phone models to market preloaded with iSkoot software to enable ubiquitous mobile-to-PC calling. By embedding iSkoot in their handsets, mobile operators can satisfy user demand for Skype and expand average revenue per user, a clear win-win situation.”
“Changes in traditional communications will accelerate over the next decade” said Vinod Khosla, partner, Khosla Ventures. “iSkoot’s approach addresses a huge market opportunity to leverage these advances and at the same time make communications simpler and easier for consumers.”
The iSkoot Board also includes Michael Jesselson, president of Jesselson Capital Corp and seed investor in ICQ.; and Miles Gilburne, a managing member of ZG Ventures, Co-Chair Chairman of ePals Foundation and former Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and board member at AOL/Time Warner.
In recent months, iSkoot has entered into a co-marketing and development partnership with eBay Inc.-owned Skype, and landed its first mobile carrier for its Skype-to-mobile service. iSkoot targeted its PC-to-mobile plug-in at Skype’s PC-based voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service, and the iSkoot client software was certified by Skype earlier this year. Skype, which was acquired by eBay, is the largest PC-based voice calling service, with more than 100 million subscribers. The carrier deal with The 3 Group, a U.K.-based division of Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., marks the first carrier offering of a Skype-to-mobile service. The iSkoot software will come preloaded on certain carrier phones, including Nokia and Sony Ericsson handsets. Skype allows users to make calls from a PC to other PCs or landline phones, while iSkoot’s software allows Skype calls to be received on mobile handsets. iSkoot is developing similar mobile products for other IM and social network communities.
San Francisco-based iSkoot brings leading internet services like Skype to mobile handsets around the world, delivering rich consumer experiences with minimal impact on operator networks.
iSkoot launched the first and only carrier-grade, carrier-deployed Skype-for-Mobile application in 2006, and now powers the Mobile World Congress award-winning 3 Skypephone currently sold in eight countries on three continents.
iSkoot takes advantage of the voice-optimized circuit-switched network for delivery of voice communications, in keeping with its mission to engineer elegant and operator-friendly solutions to the challenge of bringing resource-intensive internet services to mobile handsets.
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Only a few days ahead of Amazon’s (AMZN) marquee event, the Prime Day, various European workers’ unions as well as Spanish employees have called for a massive strike, alleging the poor working conditions at its warehouses. While the workers are planning to stage a walkout on Prime Day, which is scheduled for July 16, the unions have launched campaigns asking customers to boycott the company and its products till safe working environments are established.
The employees have petitioned workers at all European warehouses to join the strike, according to a report by Observer. Employees in Poland, Italy, Germany, England, and France are expected to participate in the mass boycott.
It may be noted that Prime Day is Amazon’s biggest sale day of the year, which even surpasses Black Friday sales. The event, which is known for its tantalizing offers and flash sales, had in 2017 reported sales of 34 million products.
Amazon has been in the soup for some time over “unhealthy” working conditions at its warehouses. Numerous reports have emerged of the e-commerce giant keeping a strict tab on employees’ loo breaks, increasing working hours as well as giving unattainable goals.
In a response given to Observer, an Amazon spokesperson has denied these allegations, stating “We don’t recognize these allegations as an accurate portrayal of activities in our buildings.”
Though it is unlikely that the strike will have any significant impact on Amazon’s profits, with rampant social media campaigning and the inclusion of customers into the issue, the workers may manage to create a slight dent.
Last month, the IPO market was in a full swing. IPOs of Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) and JFROG (NASDAQ: FROG) had an impressive opening day in September, the former creating a
PepsiCo Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) beat market expectations on both revenue and earnings for the third quarter of 2020. The company saw the momentum continue in its snacks business while the
With more and more people turning to virtual entertainment sources, amid the virus-related movement restrictions, video game publishers like Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) are witnessing unusually high demand. Not surprisingly,


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BALTIMORE -- Shoppers are visiting supermarket delis more frequently than in the past, but when they shop the department they are more concerned about the fat content of products than they were four years ago.
Convenience, too, has become the No. 1 reason for shopping the deli. And only 31% of deli users said seating in the department is important.
These are some of the findings in a survey conducted earlier this year by the Princeton, N.J.-based Gallup Organization for the In


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Almost three years after Google released its WebM video encoding technology as a “free” and open alternative to the existing H.264 backed by Apple and others, it has admitted its position was wrong and that it would pay to license the patents WebM infringes.
As I wrote a while back in Hi! We’re Google and we’re pretty not evil, “Open” has very little to do with anything they do. What they’re really doing most of the time is trying to gain control of the web for themselves and their products.
And WebM was just that, a blatant attempt to take control over internet video streaming after Apple managed to dislodge Adobe Flash and move the world towards the H.264 standard.
If Google really cared about being so “open”, they’d open up a nontrivial part of their business that hasn’t already been commoditized, like Google Search or Gmail or Google Maps or their advertising platform.
But they don’t. That’s their software and their core platforms, with all of their proprietary concepts and ideas. To make it open would be to let just anyone use it however they wanted. I mean, people could use it to compete with them.
Google’s totally dedicated to the concept of free and open software. Just as long as it suits their purposes.
And “open” plays well, for a marketing narrative.
But it’s a marketing narrative, nonetheless.


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Polymer80 has introduced the PF940v2 Glock-compatible 80 percent pistol frame for those of you out there looking to build your own functioning firearm from the comfort of home.
An update to its popular PF940v1 frame, Polymer80’s next-gen PF940v2 boasts a slimmer grip available with an aggressive texture or blank ReadyMod style; double undercut on the trigger guard; and a stainless steel rear rail module. This model also comes with a Picatinny/STANAG rail that features an embedded blank serialization plate.
Just like the PF940v1, the PF940v2 kit comes with a finishing jig, along with drill bits and an end mill.
“We’ve been conducting PF940v2 range tests for two months now,” Mike Guttridge, Polymer80’s VP of product, said in a press release. “The aftermarket product compatibility tests have been concluded as well, and we feel confident to start the initial production.”
The PF940v2 is compatible with 3-pin components for the 9mm Glock 17, 17L and 34; .40 S&W Glock 22, 24 and 35; and the Glock 31 in .357 Sig.
The company says you can expect the PF940v2 to be brought to market sometime in the fall. No word on the MSRP, but you can pre-order it now from select dealers.
For more information, visit polymer80.com.


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The deal becomes effective in July later this year with Puma becoming the official kit supplier of the Premier League leaders.
In addition to producing the playing and training kit for all Arsenal teams, the Germany-based company has acquired wide-ranging licensing rights to develop other Arsenal branded merchandise on a global basis.
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This new commercial partnership represents the biggest deal in Puma and Arsenal's history.
Ivan Gazidis, chief executive at Arsenal, told the club's official website: "We are excited to be partnering with PUMA, a company whose football heritage and record of innovation have a strong affinity with our own.
"This represents another important step forward in Arsenal's progression on and off the pitch."
The north London team last changed manufacturer in 1994, to American-based Nike from previous suppliers Adidas.


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Peak season 2023 has begun, and SME logistics companies are looking for innovative technology to meet high demand. CartonCloud, an integrated Warehouse and Transport software, emphasizes the importance of timing when implementing digital tools to capitalize on seasonal peaks. They stress the need for accurate demand predictions and efficient systems to navigate early seasonal demand. CartonCloud's cloud-based system offers critical workflows and integrations to streamline operations and increase profits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Can Innovative Tech help SME Logistics Companies meet High demand during peak season?
A: Yes, innovative technology can help SME logistics companies meet high demand during peak season. According to an article by Global Trade Magazine titled "Can Innovative Tech help SME Logistics Companies meet High...", it discusses how innovative technology can play a crucial role in meeting the demands of peak seasons in the logistics industry.
Implementing technologies such as machine learning and automation can improve efficiency and streamline operations, enabling SME logistics companies to handle higher volumes of shipments. This can lead to better customer service and increased productivity. Furthermore, the article highlights the importance of last-mile innovations and alternative delivery methods in meeting the rising demands of the market.
Therefore, integrating innovative tech solutions can certainly help SME logistics companies meet high demand during peak seasons.


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AN APPLE A DAY ... One month after they officially unveiled the city's new smartphone tool, PaloAlto311, city officials are pleased with the response from the community. As of June 29, the mobile app has been downloaded 440 times, according to Mayor Greg Scharff's newsletter. That's good news for the city, which was hoping to reach 500 downloads within three months of the app's release. The app, which is still being beta-tested, is loaded with civic tools, including the City Council's calendar, the library index and a feature that allows users to instantly send photos of potholes or graffiti directly to City Hall. The download data also makes one thing clear: Even with Samsung preparing to take over Varsity Theatre on University Avenue, Palo Alto remains largely an Apple town. Of the 440 downloads, 336 were done using an iPhone or iPad, while 104 used an Android-based phone.
LIBRARY 'EXPANSION' ... The construction of Mitchell Park Library and Community Center won't be completed until at least the end of the year, but bookworms in south Palo Alto have at least one consolation prize. The temporary library set up at Cubberley Community Center is once again using the Link+ service, which allows local library users to tap into a network of more than 40 libraries in California and Nevada. Residents can order books and other materials through the library catalog on the city's website and pick up these materials at the temporary Mitchell Park library in two to five days. "The Palo Alto City Library has access to a wide range of items through LINK+," Library Director Monique le Conge said in a statement. "These books can help complete personal research, satisfy academic needs, and support lifelong learning. This service is one that is popular. People know it by name and have been eager to have it resume."
HOT STUFF ... Trendy Palo Altans love to flock to the latest and greatest, and they made no exceptions during the recent heat wave. Fans of the ice cream sandwich and other frozen treats waited up to an hour in line last week outside of Cream, downtown's newest ice cream shop, located on University Avenue. "It's cheap. You can get an ice cream sandwich for about $2.50," one young woman said, explaining the allure of her goal. Those who'd already purchased their sandwiches enjoyed the cool treat in the heat. But a few others expressed exasperation. "This is ridiculous. I'm going to Fraiche," said one passerby, referring to the yogurt shop six blocks away.
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In the discussion thread: Chuck Shumer is ALL OVER.."Contaminated Chicken Processing in CHINA" coming to USA! [View all]
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10. He's not as "all over it" as you might wish to think
From press releases from Sen. Schumer's office:
n Western New York, new export markets for American dairy farmers represent opportunities for increased employment and growth in dairy manufacturing. If the USTR and USDA continue to promote better trade relations between our Trans-Pacific partners, it would mean that tens of thousands of farming families throughout the United States can continue to grow their businesses and benefit their local communities in the years ahead. O-AT-KA’s majority owner is Upstate Niagara Cooperative which includes over 390 local dairy-farm families as members. Products manufactured by O-AT-KA at their Batavia plant include nonfat dry milk powder, buttermilk powder, whey powder, canned evaporated milk, butter, fluid condensed milk, iced coffee, nutritional beverages and other various ethnic drinks.
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During a personal meeting with Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer in April, the Ambassador requested that Schumer help advocate for the Canadians to be invited to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations. In that same meeting, Schumer secured a commitment from the Ambassador that if Canada joined Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, the Canadian government would launch formal talks to terminate Canada’s restrictive wine taxation policies. Elimination of Canada’s anticompetitive wine tax practices would provide a massive boost to winery and tourism businesses in Niagara and across western New York and the Rochester-Finger Lakes region.
A coalition of over thirty senators from both sides of the aisle have already signed onto Schumer’s letter to the USDA and USTR urging these agencies to pursue a positive outcome for America’s dairy sector in TPP negotiations. Specifically, Schumer noted that the USDA and USTR should address trade concerns with both Canada and New Zealand in dairy-related TPP discussions. Without open access to Canada and absent significant policy reform by New Zealand, the TPP promise of growth in export demand for U.S. dairy will likely not materialize. Additionally, the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) chapter within TPP must address safe U.S. food products being confronted with arbitrary and unscientific barriers in foreign markets. Specifically, Schumer pointed out that safe U.S. food products are too often burdened with unscientific barriers in foreign markets. Schumer wants this obstacle to global dairy competitiveness to be a top priority for USTR during TPP talks in order for science-based domestic standards for health and safety regulations are adopted worldwide.
In Upstate New York, new export markets for American dairy farmers represent opportunities for increased employment and growth in dairy manufacturing. If the USTR and USDA continue to promote better trade relations between our Trans-Pacific partners, it would mean that tens of thousands of farming families throughout the United States can continue to grow their businesses and benefit their local communities in the years ahead.
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Now, anybody here think that he's going to vote against TPP when it makes its way to the Senate floor?
Yeah, I didn't think so either.
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WARREN, MICH. (March 17, 9:30 a.m. EST) — It wasn't China that bothered Geoff O'Brien and his growing toolmaking and injection molding group, PME Cos.; it was competition from Canada.
And it was not the low cost of Chinese molds that worried David Loehr and his smaller tool shop, Precision Mold & Engineering Inc.; it was sustaining a 49-year-old family business.
Yet, to counter such heavily weighing threats, the companies have turned to China. They have started Global Tooling Solutions, a separate company that blends Western engineering and management skills with bargain-basement mold building using a cluster of more than 35 Chinese shops stretching from Shanghai to Shenzhen.
That concept, called blended tooling, is one PME would like to share with other U.S.-based mold builders interested in joining the Global Tooling Systems network, O'Brien said. Especially in the automotive market, blended tooling is an emerging means of preserving business in North America while customers continue to look to China to reduce mold costs, he said.
O'Brien's tool shop, PME-owned Proper Mold & Engineering Inc. of Warren, used to fight the idea of going to China, he said. Like others, O'Brien did not want to give up projects to Asia, and he did not see China as a threat to his business.
But now, with more automotive jobs shifting to China and tooling price pressures escalating, he has changed his mind. Warren-based PME wants to become a leader in the movement to turn automotive tooling more global and allow national walls to come tumbling down.
In April 2002, PME — with help from Precision — created GTS. Since October, the companies have shipped 20-30 molds a month to China, O'Brien said.
PME, with $36 million in 2002 sales, is one of the larger tooling companies in the Detroit area, on a sprawling campus northeast of the city. He wants to be proactive.
“I don't really see the need for our business to keep bad-mouthing China,” said O'Brien, interviewed Feb. 28 at his office. “The quality of the work will only keep going up there. We decided to suggest [China] to our customers before they suggested to us that we'd better look there.”
PME's approach garners as much dissent as it does agreement. Moving work to Asia has become a bipolar issue among toolmakers, who seem to be split equally between those who think they need to share work offshore and those who would fight it with every muscle.
“I'm not ready to go full bore into Asia,” said Peter Mozer, president of PME competitor Delta Tooling Co. of Auburn Hills, Mich. “The challenge as Americans is that we're exporting the demise of our trade. In the long term, you can't have all your tools built in the Far East and expect to continue to maintain them here.”
But the realities are pressing. Another large mold maker, Triangle Tool Corp. of Milwaukee, has seen an upswing in Asian jobs, said President Roy Luther. Typically, prices are 35-50 percent lower than what can be built here, he said.
Luther wonders whether the industry here will go downhill — whether Triangle's 240 workers still will have jobs. But he is not ready yet to partner with an Asian firm. That would be tantamount to giving up, he said.
“What incentive does my customer have for me to partner with an Asian company?” he asked. “A customer can go to Asia and get a mold built on its own. If my price is 5 percent higher, even by partnering, what reason is there to give the job to me?”
Meanwhile, in the Chicago area, toolmaker ranks have been sliced by a lack of business since 2002. The Chicago chapter of the Roselle, Ill.-based American Mold Builders Association responded by launching a letter-writing campaign to get Congress to look at the trade imbalance in manufacturing, said Bill Cermak, chairman of the chapter's Save American Manufacturing Committee and a tool engineer for Pro Mold & Die Inc. of Roselle.
To date the effort has generated about 900 letters, many of them expressing outrage at work moving to China, Cermak said.
“We're trying to get Congress to admit that there is a problem,” he said. “We are transferring all our technology to China and teaching them how to run manufacturing. It will come back to bite everyone in the butt one of these days.”
That gale of protest has its opposite view, said Loehr of Precision Mold, started by his grandfather in 1954. The Warren company has weathered the same hard times as others. But the company decided that the world has changed, that the only way to grow business is to make China work for it and not against it, he said.
Precision Mold joined with PME and Supply Windows Inc., a Dublin, Calif.-based provider of engineering tooling support and networking in China, to run GTS. All three have ownership stakes in the venture, right now focused on automotive tooling.
The mold shops continue to manage projects, sending work to Asia when economically viable, while keeping most design and engineering functions in the United States.
Supply Windows, started last year by former executives of GE Plastics, LNP Engineering Plastics Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., has 11 engineers working in China and more than 60 tooling shops in its database.
“I think that toolmakers who survive will have to market globally,” said Tom Connors, Supply Windows' operations director and former global procurement manager for electronics maker H-P. “H-P and Dell [Computer Corp.] are pushing toward a computer market in China, and so are automakers, and they are all seeking the lowest worldwide costs.
“The winners are going to be the guys looking at this not as a threat but as an opportunity.”
Supply Windows is working with other North American mold shops in China and has a customer base that includes Sun Microsystems and several large consumer-products producers. The company monitors jobs in Asia and offers design and engineering tools over a private intranet site.
Global Tooling uses that same concept. PME engineers have built a sophisticated Web site that allows customers to send a mold package out for bid to a pre-qualified Chinese tool shop. GTS helps narrow the choices and works through the management and project details.
The Web site sets timelines and schedules, offers status reports, communicates engineering changes, e-mails files and photos, and offers a chat room to discuss issues.
Hot-runner systems can be a difficult commodity in a still-developing China. System supplier Plastic Engineering and Technical Services Inc. of Auburn Hills, Mich., is working with the company to ship manifolds to China, said PETS President Pat Tuman.
And Chinese mold makers are notorious for using softer, less-durable grades of steel, some of which toolmakers complain can be cut like butter. So Chicago-based mold-steel supplier A. Finkl & Sons Co. has joined with GTS to ship heartier, P20-grade steel to China.
GTS does not want any surprises in the finished molds, said A. Finkl sales Vice President Tim Nealt. Nealt said O'Brien is a risk-taker and said GTS' success is an educated gamble.
“There's some inherent danger in exposing a low-cost competitor to your customers,” Nealt said. “But there has got to be a way for the Detroit-based mold makers to protect themselves from the downside or minimize the risks. [O'Brien] is stick-handling through that maze, but it's not for everybody.”
The venture expects to save customers at least 10-15 percent on most jobs, O'Brien said. That is below the 35 percent cost reductions from some Chinese mold makers. But for those projects, the hidden costs, longer shipping times and cultural barriers can eat up the extra savings in a hurry, he said.
“We monitor everything in the life cycle of the mold and warranty our work,” O'Brien said. “That's a big difference.”
By offering the 10-15 percent savings, Proper Mold officials can compete better with their neighbors in Canada, where exchange-rate differences sometimes lower prices, O'Brien said. In the automotive market, Canada, especially the Windsor, Ontario, area, is a major player.
O'Brien is recruiting noncompetitive tool shops to join GTS. Elite Mold, a maker of small automotive tools in Sterling Heights, Mich., is ironing out the details to join the new network, said President Bob Mandeville. After much internal debate, Mandeville decided that the comfort level of working with another reputable shop outweighed the risks.
“Only about 1 percent of automotive work is going to China,” Mandeville said. “But this is really about beating the snot out of Canada. If it's managed properly, this is very doable.”
Canadian shops are not sitting on the sidelines for blended tooling. Reko International Group Inc. of Oldcastle, Ontario, for instance, is starting to send some of its work to China, South Korea and other Asian nations, said Chief Operating Officer Gordon Young.
The company is partnering with Toronto-based Global Precision Molds Inc., owned by three tool shops in China and one in South Korea. Global Precision provides program management, sales and engineering for those companies, said Vice President Jim Prokopetz. The company has exported 300 molds from China since it was founded three years ago, Prokopetz said.
Reko has other reasons to venture into blended tooling in China. “Fighting it and setting up a false economy here doesn't help anybody,” Young said. “The sooner we get China up to speed and the quicker the cost structure is set up, the more the prices there go up. And the less competitive they will be.”
Another Canadian company, M2M International Ltd. of Wallaceburg, Ontario, has partnered with Tokyo-based tool builder Ikegami Mold Corp. since the late 1980s. Now those companies are looking at partnering on projects for both the U.S. and Asian markets, said M2M President Richard Myers.
Already, some M2M tools have been run at Ikegami shops in China and at other Asian tool shops working with M2M, he said.
“China offers a window of opportunity that we need to take advantage of,” Myers said. “But I'd be concerned about working through a broker there. You have to pay attention yourself or you could get hurt.”
Getting hurt is what concerns many U.S. companies. Going to China can produce its share of headaches too, said Jeff Mengel, who heads the plastics consulting group at Plante & Moran LLP. It is not an easy decision to make, nor one that always produces profit for everyone, he said.
“I don't know if it's going to be a necessity, unless it is in your customer's mind,” said Mengel, based in Auburn Hills, Mich. “But the bigger question is the tool industry's future. It is going through a substantial metamorphosis and trying to reinvent itself. There have to be changes made.”
Longtime toolmaker PME has gone through many of those changes already. The company has expanded its molding operations after opening a plant in South Carolina. It has built a large prototyping and product-development building in Warren.
Now it is looking at further expansion in Asia. The company hopes to set up a design and engineering company by midyear in either China or India, O'Brien said. The global campaign continues. O'Brien likens it to a baseball pennant race.
“All of it is geared for low cost,” O'Brien said. “We're not trying to hit home runs, just lots of singles. Those win games too.”


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The Gap has gone from showcasing celebrities to models to dancers and back again. Now for the first time, the retailer is using everyday Americans for its summer advertising campaign.
Developed with creative agency Untitled Worldwide (UWW), the campaign features 20 individuals from across the country with different backgrounds and beliefs.
"Ultimately, we chose a cast whom are all wildly different from each other--from the conservative cowboy to the Native American activist to the Sudanese refugee--all with different stories, of various ages and interests," says MT Carney, founder, CEO, UWW (and former Disney Marketing President and Naked Communications partner).
"Each person had their own quirks, passions, hopes, fears, challenges to overcome, but they all shared a common desire to leave their mark and do good in the world, in ways both big and small,” said Carney. “We felt like these individuals truly deserved to have a voice, and we were incredibly honored to provide them a platform."
The creative was shot in six cities and various environments. The individuals selected for the campaign wear classic Gap apparel and accessories. In today's fractured
America, the campaign takes a strong stance for inclusivity of lifestyle and attitude.
Coincidentally, there were a couple people who were wearing Gap jeans or a Gap shirt when they were first approached by the campaign team. "But that was not a filter for us," Carney says. "Overall we had an incredible response. It can be intimidating and even slightly suspect when someone approaches you on the street or in a cafe and starts speaking to you about being in a campaign for a big retailer. There were several people who thought it was a joke or a hoax."
The media buy runs across digital, social and in-store throughout the summer.
In addition, some of the selected players will be tasked with showing off their cities or providing glimpses of certain of their traditional summer activities via a social media lens.
UWW started working with The Gap in March of 2016, overseeing the launch of various campaigns such as Fall's #DoYou and Spring's "I am Gap."


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In the midst of the bustle that ensued after Grab announced its acquisition of Uber’s Southeast Asian operations, Singapore carpooling app RYDE joins in the tussle for riders, revealing today that it will be launching RydeX, a new private-hire car service.
RYDE told Channel NewsAsia that it has already started accepting driver sign-ups on the app, and that it currently has a combined fleet of more than 55,000 drivers – including private cars and taxis – that serve 300,000 riders a day.
Said founder and CEO of RYDE, Terence Zou, “Over the past two years, we have been growing our base of both users and drivers, and RydeX will provide Singaporeans an effective alternative to booking a private-hire car.”
In a press release, it also mentioned that the driver’s commission rate will be lowered to 10%, and the “savings will be passed on to riders in the form of lower fares and to drivers in the form of higher earnings”.
The last time that RYDE appeared on our radar was when it announced its partnership with ComfortDelGro, which allowed riders to book taxis via the app.


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Mission Waco has started yet another project to revitalize North Waco.
On Monday, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for The Colcord Center, located right across the street from the Jubilee Food Market and the Jubilee Theatre.
The plan is to take the old, neglected liquor store and transform it into an economic center that will house three different retail shops.
Mission Waco President Jimmy Dorrell said it's exciting to rebuild the area he's called home for decades.
"My wife and I and kids have been here for 41 years in this neighborhood and we've watched God bring it back," Dorrell said. "This is what life is about. It's very meaningful and fun to be part of this."
Dorrell said the people of North Waco will have a say in what businesses come in. So far, they've suggested everything from a laundromat and an insurance agency to a hair salon.
Dorrell added that it should take about three or four months for the first shop to open. The plans for the other two stores are being drawn up now. The entire space should be up and running in a year.
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Jim Farley says both lithium and nickel are really the key constraining commodities in the lithium-ion batteries the company uses.
Before having a look at what Jim Farley said. Let us first have an idea about who Jim Farley is.
Jim Farley – CEO of Ford.
James Duncan Farley Jr., an American businessman who was born on June 10, 1962, serves as the CEO of Ford and a director of Harley-Davidson. His grandpa, who started working at Henry Ford’s River Rouge Plant in 1918, served as an inspiration for his career in the auto industry.
Farley served as group vice president and general manager of Lexus before joining Ford in November 2007 and was in charge of all sales, marketing, and customer service initiatives for Toyota’s luxury auto brand. Farley held the position of president, New Business, Technology, and Strategy, from May 2019 to February 2020. He held the positions of Executive Vice President and President of Global Markets from June 2017 until May 2019. He served as the CEO and Chairman of Ford Europe from 2015 until 2017.
Ford declared on August 4th, 2020 that Farley would take over as CEO of Ford on October 1st, 2020, replacing Jim Hackett. Hackett’s retirement and appointment as a special advisor were also announced at the same time. In an effort to reinvigorate the motorbike manufacturer and get it ready for an electric future, Harley-Davidson CEO Jochen Zeitz nominated Farley to join the board of directors in July 2021.
James Farley, CEO of Ford Motor Company, thinks battery supply chains may prevent businesses from switching to all-electric operations.
Farley discussed the difficulties in locating sufficient battery materials and processing them to manufacture batteries for an increased production of electric vehicles in an interview with Yahoo Finance Live from Ford’s new BlueOval City manufacturing facility.
“First of all, batteries are the constraint here, it won’t be the manufacturing site behind me. In the lithium-ion batteries that we use, both lithium and nickel are really the key constraining commodities. We normally get those from all over the world – South America, Africa, Indonesia, Southeast Asia. We want to localize that in North America, not just the mining but the processing of the materials.”
The executive drew attention to the fact that the majority of raw metals mined in the US are exported to China for processing, a situation that the US is actively attempting to reverse through grants implemented under the Inflation Reduction Act and other investments.
“The major adjustment will be moving all of that processing and mining capacity onshore to the US. Like with semiconductors, it will be a massive undertaking “Farley remarked.
A mineral is first taken from the soil and processed to remove impurities before being sent to companies that make EV batteries. Before raw materials arrive at a battery manufacturing, they may have travelled up to 50,000 miles.
With more than 70% of the world’s EV battery production capacity located within its borders, China leads the market, but its strength stems mostly from its capacity for refining. A vital mineral needed in lithium-ion batteries, graphite, is also produced in huge quantities in this nation.
The demand for the valuable minerals needed in batteries will rise along with the popularity of electric automobiles and trucks. The world’s supply chains for mining and processing minerals will therefore be put to the test.
Lithium, cobalt, manganese, nickel, and graphite are the five minerals that the US has identified as “essential” to the EV transition and whose supply chains are under jeopardy. Concerns concerning the supply of minerals have previously been expressed by lawmakers and mining industry executives.
For instance, lithium is a crucial component of lithium-ion batteries, which Ford employs and which are the most widely utilised in the EV sector. An electric car battery typically uses 8 to 10 kg of lithium.
There would be “a significant push to get the material,” according to Keith Phillips, CEO of Piedmont Lithium, who previously told Yahoo Finance that there won’t be enough of it in the globe by 2035 to support that much output.
Between 2020 and 2030, the demand for lithium-ion batteries is anticipated to more than double. In order to meet benchmark net-zero goals, 300 million electric vehicles are projected to be on the road by 2030.
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Mando Footloose is the conjunction between the car, which continues to lose market share worldwide, and the bike, slowly spreading over urban centers. It is not a coincidence that, after Audi recently presented its electric bike concept, Mando Corporation and Meister Inc, both of which are automotive suppliers in South KoreaKorean, cooperated to produce this masterpiece. To design and develop a new kind of electric bike “featuring automotive know-how”, they brought on board award winning British designer Mark Sanders and Dutch e-bike expert Han Goes. Presented at the recent Eurobike in Germany, the most important exhibition dedicated to the bicycle, Footloose is the first chainless folding electric bike in the world. By combining a throttle drive with pedal-assisted technology, cyclists are able to power the bike up to 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) with the motor alone or pedal for more range.
By directly transforming electricity via an alternator connected to the crank, power is generated directly from the user. Footloose can be folded in less than 10 seconds pressing two levers, rolled on its wheels to easy transport and weighs just over 21 kgs, as Sanders himself explains in the Mando Footloose catalog. Just like an automobile, the bike has a electronic control unit with sensors, and an artificial intelligence system, which manages the automatic transmission according to the profile of the road traveled, ensuring the ascent of slopes up to 21%. The parameters are displayed on the detachable HMI Display (Human Machine Interface) placed on the handle bar that supplies the rider with important information such as riding mode, distance covered, speed, battery status and amount of electricity produced. Footloose will be available for sale in Korea very soon and should be on the European market next year.


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Pakistan receives export orders of face masks from Europe
Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood has said that Pakistani exporters have received large orders of face masks from United States, #Canada and Europe.
In a series of tweets, he congratulated the exporters and termed their achievement a major breakthrough in the country’s export sector.
“I have received information that some exporters have obtained large orders for face masks from US, Canada and Europe. This is a major breakthrough and I congratulate them for this achievement,” he tweeted.
He further emphasised the need for Pakistani exporters to diversify into new segments in order to meet the changing global needs.
“It is part of our strategy to diversify into new segments and this has been achieved by the exporters through their own efforts. I’m sharing this information with others to encourage them to seek more orders from different parts of the world,” he stated


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USA & JAPAN: Textile Task Force On Mission To USA
Task Force for the Japanese Textile Industry Trade arrived in the USA today for a week long visit to explore the current situation in the international textile trade, Woolmark.com reported last week.The task force, comprising members from Consumer Goods Industries Bureau (CGIB) of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and Federation of the Textile Industries in Japan, was established in April this year.The rapid expansion of imports, particularly from China, is causing the Japanese textile industry problems, the Task Force will claim. Knitwear companies say that they are especially affected by the high penetration of imports, which has reached 95 per cent, and warned the government that the industry would be completely destroyed if imports continue to expand at such rates in the future. The task force, which sent a mission to China in June, commissioned Kurt Salmon and Associates in July to study the US textile industry and trade policy.The mission, led by CGIB's textile section manager Noriaki Kobayashi, hopes to look at factors behind the increase in competitiveness of the US textile industry, US trade policies and the problems facing the Japanese domestic industry.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Here's a reality check: 60 percent of moms think that coming up with dinner ideas is more difficult than getting their children to go to bed on time1. Moreover, 61 percent of moms frequently resort to takeout or go out to eat because they don't have the ingredients on-hand to make dinner. But, there's good news. For parents striving for weeknight cooking success, the solution is right in your pantry: canned foods.
It's no secret that canned foods are convenient, but cans are also an excellent source of recipe inspiration. In fact, 73 percent of moms agree that canned foods help them get homemade meals on the table more often. Importantly, canned foods also help serve up nutritious meals. The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans continue to emphasize that all forms – including canned varieties – are important in getting more fruits and vegetables in your family's diet, which is critical because only 24 percent of adults are meeting recommendations for fruits and only 13 percent for vegetables.2
"As a mom, I know firsthand that mealtime can be the most stressful time of the day," said registered dietitian Rebecca Scritchfield. "But as a nutritionist, I know that there are a myriad of nutritional benefits to canned foods. The canning process locks in foods' nutrition, so the meals I make with canned foods help support a healthy eating routine for me and my family."
February is National Canned Food Month, so here are a few more reasons to keep a well-stocked pantry, or Cantry®:
- Ninety-five percent (95%) of moms are more likely to make home cooked meals if their pantry is well-stocked.1
- Sixty-six percent (66%) of moms feel stressed if they have to make an extra trip to the grocery store to buy dinner ingredients they don't have at home.1
- Nearly half (49%) of moms are most likely to run out of fresh food in their refrigerator on Thursday or earlier.1
- Adults and children who frequently eat canned foods (six or more times in two weeks) are more likely to meet or exceed their recommended daily allowance for 17 essential nutrients compared to those who eat canned foods less frequently – one-to-two times over the same period. 3
"Put down that takeout menu!" said Sherrie Rosenblatt, vice president, marketing and communications for the Can Manufacturers Institute. "Canned fruits and vegetables are picked and packed at their peak of ripeness, sealing in their nutrition, freshness and flavor. Having a wide variety of canned foods on hand – including protein-packed tuna, chicken and beans – helps guarantee that delicious nutrient-rich meals are just a can, or two, away."
1 Statistics from a new survey conducted by Wakefield Research for Cans Get You Cooking.
2 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Adults Meeting Fruit and Vegetable Intake Recommendations – United States, 2013. Washington, DC. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6426a1.htm
3 The NPD Group's Food Impact Profile, Analyzing the Healthfulness of Canned Food Users' Diets, Can Manufacturers Institute, January 2014.
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The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) is the national trade association of the metal and composite can manufacturing industry and its suppliers in the United States. The can industry accounts for the annual domestic production of approximately 124 billion food, beverage and other metal cans; which employs more than 28,000 people with plants in 33 states, Puerto Rico and American Samoa; and generates about $17.8 billion in direct economic activity. Our members are committed to providing safe, nutritious and refreshing canned food and beverages to consumers.
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TechCrunch Hewlett-Packard To Kill Windows 7 Tablet Project Posted on April 29, 2010 an article entitled.
This Windows 7 based Tablet PC or Slate, which was held in January 2010 CES, Microsoft’s Steve Balmer was introduced by the object.
And the day before, on April 28 webOS have a Palm, HP has announced that it has acquired 1.2 billion dollars.
HP to Acquire Palm for $1.2 Billion
webOS, the slate for these things remains to be seen or PC. When loaded with the HP webOS, Windows 7 rather than using it will be a good thing.
Already, HP will provide a PC with software for touch screen, but then after a few years and have been successful iPad or iPhone as it is difficult to say. API and is equipped with sensors, however, the premise that the mouse over the Windows 7 UI use, OS problems and limitations and constraints the most, iPad of products and will be more than difficult.
However, its technology and webOS, then the constraints will be able to break himself.
Of course, aside webOS for smartphones, Slate (tablet) and webOS time for the development of intriguing facts are endless, iPad new form factor products such as just begun, including Microsoft’s Windows system, How will they still do not know how they turned.
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The wait for a fresh new BlackBerry (BBRY) smartphone to launch in the United States has been absolutely grueling for diehard fans, but it’s finally over. Beginning Friday, BlackBerry’s first next-generation BlackBerry 10 smartphone is available from AT&T (T) online and in stores for $199.99 with a new two-year agreement. BGR reviewed the BlackBerry Z10 in January and called it a huge improvement over the stale BlackBerry 7 OS in many ways, but BlackBerry still has a long way to go to catch up with market leaders. Following Friday’s launch at AT&T, the BlackBerry Z10 will be available from T-Mobile beginning March 27th and from Verizon (VZ) starting March 28th.
[More from BGR: It’s time for HTC to start fighting dirty]
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A BBC investigation into copyright violation has found that the UK computer games industry is losing billions of pounds each year through software piracy.
The total value of the UK black economy is estimated to be as high as £100bn per year, including fake designer clothes, CDs and computer games. Experts claim that it is easy to run off hundreds of copies of a computer game each week using cheap and easily available equipment, and that this is costing the computer game industry up to £3bn per year.
According to Roger Bennett, director general of the European Leisure Software Publishing Association (Elspa), ten copies of a game are pirated for each one sold legitimately. He insists that the concept of copyright must be defended if it is to survive.
"We can only address this problem in one way and that is to enforce the copyright law in this country and catch and prosecute illegal traders and manufacturers," he told the BBC.
Video game developers are coming up with increasingly sophisticated methods to prevent their creations being copied. For example, Codemasters has come up with a special antipiracy code that causes an illegally copied version of a game to "degrade" over time.
The code will be integrated into a PlayStation game. If a duplicate of the game is made then the code will be triggered in the copied version, and over time the game will be come unplayable -- either through running slower and slower, or by causing a player to constantly lose.
Codemaster hopes that this will discourage piracy, because users won't be able to trust an illegal copy.
The BBC investigation, Black Market Britain, will be broadcast on BBC Radio Four at 7pm this evening.
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by Mo Mozuch via Newsweek Call of Duty fans are a dedicated lot, perennially making Activision’s FPS release among a bestseller. This year, Treyarch Studios is tasked with delivering the latest franchise entry — Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 . The long and storied history of the Black Ops series will be celebrated as part of a new battle […]
Call of Duty fans are a dedicated lot, perennially making Activision’s FPS release among a bestseller. This year, Treyarch Studios is tasked with delivering the latest franchise entry — Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 . The long and storied history of the Black Ops series will be celebrated as part of a new battle royale mode (shocker) titled Blackout. But Game Director Dan Bunting wants fans and skeptics to know this isn’t just another Fortnite or PUBG clone.
“You’re playing a Call of Duty game, which is inherently going to be different. The gunplay, the way the weapons feel and movement feels is one of the best in the industry for the first-person shooter experience. It’s gonna feel like Call of Duty, which is good,” he told Newsweek . “We’ve always said there’s sort of a secret sauce for how our gameplay feels in multiplayer – the movement, the gunplay, all that stuff – we didn’t want to sacrifice any of that.”
The mode will feature characters, vehicles and weapons from across all the Black Ops games, so diehard fans can get pumped for familiar faces while casual players get a crash course in who’s who. Treyarch hasn’t confirmed a player count yet, but is testing out some truly mammoth maps to push their dev tools to the absolute limit.
“We have invested a huge amount of our development energy into those tools. They can basically paint terrain down in massive, massive spaces. We had a test map of 12 miles by 12 miles as the biggest space we were able to build and run,” Bunting said.
Don’t expect the in-game version to give you 144 square miles ( Fortnite is about one square mile, according to some calculations ), especially with Treyarch’s commitment to maintaining a respectable frame rate. Bunting explained that development on Blackout included beefing up some backend tech, too.
“We are always committed to 60 FPS for multiplayer experiences,” he said. “On top of that, when you have large spaces, you also have to have better streaming technology. So we also invested in our streaming technology to make sure that experience runs at 60 FPS.”
At its core, Blackout mode is just one of several multiplayer experiences in Black Ops 4 (alongside traditional multiplayer and a Zombies mode) meant to emphasize what Bunting sees as a dominant trend in gaming that favors multiplayer experiences over single-player ones. And multiplayer experiences require ongoing support. Treyarch continued work on Black Ops 3 for years after development, but didn’t do much to call attention to the regular updates born from constantly monitoring player behavior and data analysis. But the way fans engaged with BO3 over several years informed how BO4 was designed.
“We have always been a studio that has paid attention to the community and updated our game a on a regular basis, more so than the standard in the industry, I’m sure. A lot of that we didn’t really advertise,” he said. “ Black Ops 3 wasn’t built from the beginning to be that game, that’s just how we evolved it over time. With this game we are building it that way from the beginning.”
Ultimately, Treyarch hopes to give fans a reason to squad up and play over and over again. The team has designed Black Ops 4 to be a title that sees frequent updates and a steady injection of new content. Bunting understands it needs to be open-ended in order to stay fresh and exciting.
“An experience like this has to be sandboxy and has to allow lots of room for those impromptu, ad hoc moments you can never get again. Each game is a different story,” he said. “We wanted to make a game that as going to deliver on that promise of letting players play with their friends in more ways than ever before.”
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Ideal Industries, Sycamore, Ill., is pretty proud of its multi-bit screwdrivers, and on Dec. 14, 2011, viewers of the DIY Network television program Cool Tools got a look at why.
The Cool Tools crew visited Ideal's Sycamore manufacturing facility in August to film the segment featured on the “Job Site” episode DCTL-910H. The crew captured the manufacturing process for the screwdrivers from the delivery of domestic raw steel to cutting and stamping bits and cellulose acetate handles to final packaging for retail. Special Cool Tools stamped screwdriver handles were made to demonstrate how personalized logos can be stamped onto IDEAL handles.
“It was great to work with the Cool Tools team,” said Rachel Douglas, associate product manager for Ideal Industries. “We have been fans of the show from its first episode in 2007 and we are proud to be featured as an American manufacturing company.”
In case you missed it, the Ideal segment is expected to run several times throughout 2012.


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Smartphones to Account for Majority of Cellphone Shipments by 2015
El Segundo, Calif., August 24, 2011—Driven by booming sales of low-end models, shipments of smartphone will rise to account for more than half of the worldwide cellphone market in 2015, according to a new IHS iSuppli Mobile Handset Market Tracker report from information and analysis provider IHS (NYSE: IHS).
Global smartphone unit shipments will soar to 1.03 billion units in 2015, more than double the 478 million in 2011. This will cause smartphones’ share of global cellphone shipments to increase to 54.4 percent in 2015, up from 32.5 percent in 2011, as presented in the figure below. This rise to dominance is all the more remarkable considering that smartphones accounted for only 15.8 percent of the total cellphone market in 2009.
Within the smartphone market, the fastest-growing category will be low-end models, defined as devices with limited features and lower memory densities relative to higher-end products. Shipments of low-end smartphones are expected to rise at a compound annual growth rate of 115.4 percent during the period from 2010 through 2015, compared to just 16.4 percent for mid-range to high-end smart phones.
“With their affordable prices, low-end smart phones are attractive to first-time users and to consumers in emerging economies where subscriber levels are rising at the fastest rates of all regions of the world, such as China, India, South Asia and Africa,” said Francis Sideco, senior principal analyst, wireless communications for IHS. “Low-end smart phones often are sold with inexpensive tiered data plans that target consumers who do not yet need full-featured services. This further reduces these phones’ total cost of ownership, making them attractive to vast numbers of entry-level consumers.”
Samsung gets smart
The rapid expansion of low-end sales already is impacting the market share of various players in the smartphone space.
Nearly lost amid news of Apple Inc.’s rise to leadership in global smartphone shipments in the second quarter was the performance of Samsung, which posted the strongest growth of all companies in the market with a 600 percent sequential increase in shipments. Samsung’s industry-leading performance was driven by its line of low-end smart phones that appeal to consumers in China and Latin America.
Cellphone sellers like Samsung are now able to offer lower-priced smartphones because of the availability of inexpensive single-chip 3G baseband solutions and license-free open operating systems.
Apps driving growth
In addition to low-end models, the rise of the smartphone segment is being amplified by the growth of mobile apps development.
“Success in the mobile phone industry is no longer purely a function of hardware capabilities,” Sideco said. “Growth for all players is being determined by a number of other important factors, such as software capabilities, the sleekness and intuitiveness of the user interface and the availability of a variety of applications.”
Key drivers of success will be strong support from the developer community, and how well smartphone original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can make their hardware and software work together to create the best user experience.
To learn more about this topic, see the new IHS iSuppli report, entitled: “Low-End Smartphones Boost Market Growth.”
About IHS (www.ihs.com)
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is the leading source of information and insight in critical areas that shape today’s business landscape, including energy and power; design and supply chain; defense, risk and security; environmental, health and safety (EHS) and sustainability; country and industry forecasting; and commodities, pricing and cost. Businesses and governments in more than 165 countries around the globe rely on the comprehensive content, expert independent analysis and flexible delivery methods of IHS to make high-impact decisions and develop strategies with speed and confidence. IHS has been in business since 1959 and became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in 2005. Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, USA, IHS employs more than 5,100 people in more than 30 countries around the world.


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Axe hangs over 15,000 estate agents
Estate agents are famously one of Britain's least popular groups, but it would be a particularly heartless homebuyer who took satisfaction from forecasts that as many as 15,000 of them will lose their jobs this year.
The grim prediction is in a report from the Centre for Economic & Business Research due to be released on Monday.
The survey is also expected to predict more than 25,000 job losses in the legal, engineering and architecture professions.
The forecast coincides with news from accountancy group KPMG that it plans to cut 200 jobs. Half will be culled from the corporate finance team and the rest from sales and marketing.
Meanwhile, evidence is growing of a serious squeeze on removal businesses, which are facing the double blow of fewer house removals and rising fuel prices.
Martin Rose, a consultant with the National Guild of Removers and Storers, said: 'Domestic removals have virtually collapsed.'
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Finally, Google killed Google+.
It was prompted by a March 2018 data breach of 500,000 Google+ users that has been just revealed. Even worse, say reports, there was a coverup.
But the story isn’t so much about the data breach—these are becoming all too common—nor even about the failure of Google+, now shutting down for good. Rather, comment some readers about The Wall Street Journal’s breaking story, “It’s that Google’s execs knowingly avoided disclosing an issue because they knew it’d invite government scrutiny and bad PR.”
As Mike Isaac, New York Times tech reporter tweets, “Dark Comedy. Google Plus PR spent five years trying to dissuade writing about the network’s abysmal usage numbers. Now that it leaked everyone’s data, Google can’t get enough of telling people how no one used it.”
What happened? “Google discovered a software bug that gave third-party developers access to the private profile data of users of its Google+ social network,” reported CNBC. “In response, Google will shut down the consumer functionality of the service over the next ten months.”
How to delete a Google+ account:
- Click on your profile picture in the upper right-hand corner of the screen in Gmail to find your Google+ Profile.
- Click to reach the Google+ platform.
- Click “Settings.” Scroll all the way to the bottom. Under the “Account” section, find a link that says “Delete your Google+ profile” and click.
- Google will confirm that by deleting your Plus profile, you’re also deleting your account on Google+ including all “+1s” equivalent of a and any posts you’ve created on the platform.
- At the bottom of the page, check the box next to “Required” to acknowledge that deleting your profile can’t be undone, then click “Delete.” You should be see a confirmation screen and survey as the last step.


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Maha Hospitals reused catheters, charged patients 77 percent of MRP: Maharastra FDA
Mumbai: Recent reports given by the Maharashtra FDA point out that 8 private hospitals in Maharashtra have indulged in an unethical practice by reusing 1,306 catheters in more than 1,000 patients. These hospitals are reported to have charged them as much as 77% of the retail price. While the Maha FDA has shown strong objection to the practice, there are no legal provisions to stop the offence.
The report also states that private hospitals in Mulund, Vashi and Andheri were also selling catheters to patients for almost 200% to 300% its cost, using the same products for fresh patients and charged them three-fourth of the retail price, earning very high margins.
RPY Rao, from Society for Awareness of Civil Rights, told HT “Hospitals need to face legal action for looting patients. We demand that all the 4,500 medical devices used in surgical procedures be notified as drugs, added to National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) and allow NPPA to cap the prices under Drug price Control Order (DPCO – 2013) in Drugs and Cosmetic Act 1940.” In fact Rao is the person who brought this irregularity into the notice of FDA officials and asked the MCI and Department of Consumer Affairs to introduce an act or amend existing laws to stop such exploitation of patients.
The report has been forwarded to the licensing department of BMC after it was found that a distributor of guiding and balloon catheters has a storage centre in Kandivli which functions without a license.
Hindustan Times reports that the MRP of a balloon catheter is between Rs 20,000 and Rs 28,000 and a guiding catheter costs anywhere between Rs 5,000 to Rs10,500.
Reusing the device is not illegal if they are sterilised but charging patients more than three-fourth of the cost of a new device is unethical while the cost of sterilising a device for reuse is around 10-20 paise, said Health officials
“A number of medical devices are cleaned up and sterilised using ethylene oxide two to five times before being reused. However, since the liquid is inexpensive, the cost of sterilisation is negligible,” said a doctor.
FDA officials told Hindustan Times “There are some products that cost Rs 6,000 to the hospital. The MRP of the product, which is what the first patient pays, is Rs 26,000 and when the product is reused the hospital charges Rs20,000 to second patient on.”
The hospitals defended their action one of the hospitals named in the report said in a statement “We are charging the prescribed label price. We unwaveringly continue to abide by the statutory guidelines laid down by the governing and regulatory bodies. Our commitment to provide world class patient care is complemented by best equipments for our patients without compromising on the quality of care.”
Read also: FDA surprise checks, Action on Hospitals for reusing catheters, baloons


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Many mobile phones from Samsung, Google and Vivo, among others, and cars that use Samsung modems can be taken over by hackers. This is reported by Google researchers, who state that the hackers only need to know the telephone number of a device. The popular Samsung Galaxy S22, among others, is vulnerable.
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Eighteen vulnerabilities were found in the so-called Exynos modems at the end of last year and the beginning of this year that were unknown until then. Four of those issues allow hackers to access the phones. Google researchers expect that hackers can quickly find a way to exploit the vulnerabilities.
Google itself has already fixed the vulnerabilities with a recent security update for its Pixel phones. But Samsung, which had also equipped other popular devices such as the Galaxy A53 and A33 with the affected modems, will have to come up with a software update itself, just like the Chinese Vivo, which has marketed various devices with those modems.
Users of the affected devices can make calls themselves via WiFi and switch off Voice-over-LTE. Those steps also defuse the vulnerabilities, but users lose functionality.
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Donald Trump has said Apple should make more products in the U.S. But how much would Apple’s most popular product, the iPhone, cost if it were made here? MIT Technology Review has looked into the numbers under two scenarios:
The first scenario sees the iPhone only being assembled in the U.S., and not its parts being made here. MIT cites Syracuse University professor Jason Dedrick’s estimates that this would add $30-40 to the cost of an iPhone, but not due to labor costs, rather the increased cost of shipping the components from Asia to the U.S.
The second scenario sees the iPhone’s parts being made and assembled in the U.S. MIT looks at several different sources for their figures, but they come up with the sum of an iPhone costing at least $100 more if as many of the components as possible could be made and assembled in the US.


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The latest mobile industry analysis from ABI Research show that that Android is still dominating quarterly shipment figures. Its report for Q1 2014 shows Android (including the Android Open Source Project) accounting for 80% of all smartphone shipments.
Of almost 300 million smartphones shipped worldwide in Q1, 187 million were Android-branded (up 24% year-on-year) and a further 53.7 million used the AOSP.
Apple iOS grew by 17% year-on-year to 43.7 million devices, while Windows Phone grew 119% to over 13 million.
Nick Spencer, senior practice director for mobile devices at ABI Research, said “Interestingly, basic mobile phones lost 5% market share and Android picked up almost all of these users, suggesting Android is set to gain almost all of the billions of mobile subscribers still upgrading to smartphones. Certainly, Android looks set to completely dominate the high growth developing markets and increase its market share still further. Microsoft Windows Phone is currently the only viable third ecosystem. BlackBerry has faded on all fronts (BlackBerry 10 and OS) and while Firefox remains a potential low-cost challenger, it has yet to make any significant impact.”
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iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Started in China
Chinese retailer made an announcement that iPhone 5 pre-orders started, despite the fact that until now there’s not that much info about the device release. The Chinese company could not provide any details about the upcoming release of the device, but this is the first time that someone has already started taking pre-orders for the iPhone 5. Most likely, Tim Cook will present a new smartphone from Apple about the end of September, and the market will see it until early October.
Trying to beat the competition, the Chinese firm has made a banner, which shows something like a close-up of Apple iPod Touch which was released last year and next to it smaller one – one of the most famous mock-ups of the iPhone 5 with a large screen from edge to edge and a diagonal of 4 inches plus more streamlined body shape.
As expected, the next iPhone model will work on the iOS 6, presented at an Apple WWDC 2012 developer conference. Representatives of Apple are still very evasive in answering questions about the new phone. At the same time, several articles have suggested that the novelty will present the same pattern as the iPhone 4S model in the past year: a presentation will occur late September and then, less than two weeks later, the iPhone 5 will go into stores around the the world.
There are also suggestions (though unconfirmed) that in the third quarter of this year we may see not only the iPhone 5 smartphone, but Apple iPad mini tablet with a screen diagonal of 7.85 inches as well, and the first TV from Apple – Apple iTV (there are many rumors about it for a long time).
In addition, it is said, the new phone will become thinner, and to achieve this, Apple has replaced the classic docking connector with 30 pins to a new, slim one, which is just 19 pins.
Many sites are actively discussing the 4 inches screen diagonal, which must continue to replace the standard display of 3.5 inches. It is also expected that the new iPhone will be equipped with architecture of a quad-core processor, the same that Galaxy S3 is equipped with, and a camera with better optics.
We’d like to hear your opinions on the subject. Do you think Apple really allowed some Chinese retailers to start iPhone 5 pre-orders yielding that exclusive right or that’s one more (not very smart) marketing trick to draw attention of potential iPhone buyers hungry for any device order news? Let’s discuss it in the comment section under the article.Tags: ipad mini, iPhone 5, iPhone 5 Release


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COMPANY NEWS; Carter Hawley Is Said to Plan Consolidation
By ISADORE BARMASH
Published: April 20, 1991
Carter Hawley Hale Stores Inc., the West Coast's largest retailer, is expected to announce next week the consolidation of two of its California department store chains, retail executives said yesterday.
They said combining the 22-store Emporium chain, in San Francisco, and the 12 stores of the Weinstocks' chain, based in Sacramento, will eliminate virtually all of Weinstocks' headquarters staff of 400.
The executives said Carter Hawley, which has been operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from creditors since February, would make the move to cut expenses.
The consolidation would give the combined stores a single administrative, merchandising and support staff. But the two store groups will continue to bear their separate names because of long-established identity in their respective markets, the executives said.
A Carter Hawley spokesman, Bill Dombroski, said that the company had a policy of not commenting on speculative reports. However, a number of Weinstocks' executives were said to have been getting in touch with other retailers about relocating.
The practice of merging store divisions in adjacent markets has become prevalent recently, as multi-division retailers have sought to eliminate redundant costs and employees. R. H. Macy & Company, Federated Stores Inc. and the May Department Stores Company are among those that have consolidated.
For Carter Hawley, the consolidation is part of a reorganization plan that must be accepted by creditors. Approval by the bankruptcy court is expected soon, at which point Carter Hawley will announce the change, the retail executives said.
The consolidation will leave Carter Hawley with two separate divisions: Broadway-Southern California, with 43 stores in California, and Broadway-Southwest, which has 11 department stores in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.


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Amazon is one step closer to becoming a major investor in Deliveroo, a UK-based food delivery company that operates in multiple markets including France, Spain, Australia and the United Arab Emirates. After months of deliberation, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has "provisionally" cleared Amazon's involvement in a funding round worth $575 million. The watchdog was originally concerned that the deal would discourage Amazon from re-entering the UK market (the company shuttered its Amazon Restaurants service in 2018) and reduce customer choice. It also feared that the cash injection would make it difficult for newcomers to compete with Deliveroo or Amazon's grocery services.
So what changed?
The CMA launched a second, more through investigation into the deal last December. Since then, the coronavirus pandemic has swept across the globe and made it impossible for many cafes and restaurants to operate. That, in turn, has affected companies like Deliveroo, which needs local businesses to drive customer orders and, by extension, revenue. Today, the CMA revealed that the UK lockdown has caused "a significant decline in revenues" that Deliveroo is unable to offset with grocery services.
"As a result, Deliveroo recently informed the CMA that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its business meant that it would fail financially and exit the market without the Amazon investment," the CMA said in a statement today. The watchdog has re-assessed the deal, therefore, and concluded that Deliveroo will go under without outside funding. Alternative investment is "possible," the organization said, but unlikely given how many companies are struggling financially at the moment.
"The CMA currently considers that the imminent exit of Deliveroo would be worse for competition than allowing the Amazon investment to proceed and has therefore provisionally found that the deal should be cleared," it added. The CMA's sudden about-turn is unexpected but somewhat understandable. Deliveroo isn't immune to the coronavirus outbreak and at least some of its self-employed couriers will have stopped working in order to apply for the government's furloughed payment scheme.
A spokesperson for Deliveroo said the company was “delighted” by the CMA’s decision. “The unprecedented health crisis we all face has disrupted businesses across the country,” the spokesperson added. “This investment will help us to overcome immediate and long-term challenges, allow us to continue to improve our service for customers, enable us to develop new innovations and offer people even greater choice.”
The CMA will now consult on its "provisional findings" and make a final decision before June 11th.
Update 4/17/20 11:21AM ET: Added comment from Deliveroo.