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10 June 2016
Ann Clifford / Consul General, Milan and Trade Commissioner, Italy and Turkey
Turkey has made a lot of international headlines in the past 24 months, most of them not all that positive. Geopolitical tension in the region is high, and relations inside and outside Turkey are strained.
The economy slowed following the inconclusive election result last year, and differences of opinion inside the governing Justice and Development Party has recently meant more change. With a new Prime Minister appointed in May, the view is that like-minded leadership will now push public spending to keep the economy moving.
After a decade as the star in Europe's growth charts, Turkey's upwards trajectory has definitely waned. While GDP growth is still around 3% per annum, per capita income figures have gone a little backwards and things in the private sector are particularly tight.
Russia is an important source of tourists and an important export market for Turkey, so the freeze in the relationship is having a big impact. Foreign visitor numbers are down across the board, so tourism revenues have dropped significantly and the implications are being felt widely. And as everywhere, farmers are being affected by low milk prices.
Turkish business people remain robustly pragmatic, however. Conflict and dissent is not new for this region - and trade continues. Cost cutting and improved productivity are increasingly in focus, which creates opportunities for NZ companies.
"Turkey’s is the youngest population in Europe (half are below the age of 30), and local and international businesses are putting money on the future."
This includes multinationals using Turkey as a hub in the region eg GE Healthcare, Sony, Microsoft, Intel, and Coca Cola – the latter servicing 90 countries from Istanbul. Burger King's Turkish franchise has been such a success that its owner TAB Agro now also runs the brand's 1000 outlets in China - and has aggressive growth plans.
Big ‘family’ corporates are a cornerstone of the incredibly networked business landscape in Turkey. TAB Agro is one of the Ata Group's subsidiaries, which cover finance, agri/ farming, IT and hospitality. While now listed on the Borsa Istanbul, the local stock exchange, the group's origins lie with the Ata family - one of country's most powerful. Roughly half of the country's top 500 companies are (or were) family owned, and have invested down their value chains.
Ata Group's farming business is Ata Sancak, focused on dairy, but the group has more recently turned its attention to beef also. Unable to secure enough meat for Burger King operations, they have invested in beef cattle farming and processing.
Turkey is a proud agricultural nation (President Erdogan is committed to self sufficiency, and import tariffs for everyone remain high). But while the horticultural industry is well known across Europe, the dairy and beef/sheep sector has been slower to modernise.
Still a land of many small family holdings, there is now a sizable corporate-funded intensive farming sector (more than 200 dairy farms with 500+ cows were recorded in 2013 alone). With plenty of investment capital targeting a home, this area is picked to continue to grow and to look for solutions to help drive performance.
Both Government and the private sector are committed to the transformation - and the next decade will be key.
The intensive model employed is using expensive inputs, including capital equipment - and we believe there are opportunities for New Zealand in number of areas.
If we want to be part of this transformation, we will need to work together to raise awareness of NZ expertise - Turkey is out looking for advice from the world's best farmers, but our techniques either aren't thought about (we're an end product threat, not a source of expertise) or look different (grazing vs intensive housed models).
Hosting some key influencers at the New Zealand National Agricultural Fielddays this month is part of this awareness raising – with the concentration of industry expertise, new innovation and sheer scale sure to create impact. Bringing Kiwi experts together with Turkish leaders will both increase our understanding of their challenges, and provide opportunities to identify solutions to fit current and future needs.
This story was originally published in NBR on 10 June 2016.


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This week, the representative trade group of the advertising agency world, the 4As, wrapped up its two-day conference, 4As Decisions 20/20, in Washington D.C. The conference was specifically focused on the media services side of the ad business. The media services area has seen and continues to experience foundational, operational, transformational change and fundamental business model challenges. Much of the conference was spent discussing ways to earn back client trust in the face of some well-publicized missteps in the early programmatic days, continued discussions around brand safety and transparency, diversity initiatives, the "in-housing" phenomenon, the shift towards data-driven media buys and business outcomes over awareness as currency.
A key panel, Video 20/20, brought senior buyers together with top sellers from key video broadcasters and digital-first publishers. The panel was moderated by Sean Cunningham, longtime Chief Executive Officer and President of the Video Advertising Bureau. The video business is still in the throes of moving from a broadcast-centric, "one-to-many" model to a digital-centric, "one-to-one" model, and there are significant differences on approaches between the buy and sell sides.
There is a definite gap among the groups in projecting out the timeline of tipping points in consumers changing consumption habits along with media buying practices, which led to the use of many football analogies. Lyle Schwartz, President of Investment, North America at GroupM, feels that we are at the five-yard line with challenges coming from increased consumer viewing of video across multiple devices and the industry not coming to a consensus on currency and a true combined multi-platform rating or an accurate attribution model. "We have not come together to tackle the problem," he says. "It's time to start doing, not talking."
Dave Morris, Executive Vice President, Advanced Advertising and Client Relationships at CBS, vehemently disagrees, claiming that we are in the red zone, "which is where points are made and you can set yourself apart." Morris notes one of the ironies of the Digital Revolution: Digital was once, truly, a "one-to-one" ad serving system. At present it includes elements of "one-to-many" in VOD, OTT and smart TV, resulting in significant instances of co-viewing. As of now, media companies are only compensated for a single viewer/impression in that environment. While Morris is making a valid point, the ability and method to translate co-viewing against a marketing segment (as opposed to a demo target) is still a hotly debated topic.
Schwartz bemoans the fact that, although progress has been made in fluidity (arranging media buys to give the media company flexibility to deliver across various platforms), there isn't a way to get all the data from those buys into one platform. Morris advocates for a single industry standard methodology for calculating reach/frequency and melding linear and digital data.
Jason Kanefsky, Chief Investment Officer of Havas Media, was quick to dispel that as a near impossibility in a competitive agency environment where everyone has their own goals and objectives. He spoke about flipping the model of video planning. Where currently the main investment is in TV, which still generates significant reach quickly, other digital video outlets are about incrementality to extend the reach curve. He was fascinated to see how a plan would look if it started off with digital as the foundation of reach and then added TV for incrementality.
Data remains a high topic of discussion for both sides. Schwartz commented on how data remains siloed within the agency world and hopes to see it achieve greater integration with the planners soon. Tara Walpert Levy, Vice President, Agency and Brand Solutions at Google, spoke about the challenge that YouTube faces when they have all the data but get caught in the crossfire of differing goals between TV and digital teams at the agencies.
Rick Welday, President of AT&T's data-driven media buying platform Xandr, spoke about how Xandr is not limited to owned and operated inventory but will include third-party inventory, whether it's linear, digital or mobile. Their goal is to make it easier for advertisers to buy audiences with data in a singular fashion all the way through post-campaign reporting. Walpert-Levy pointed out that no marketer is going to ever buy from just one platform, and that sellers need to "lean into" industry bodies to simplify targeting and reporting.
The one point of agreement within the panel -- one that was heard throughout the conference -- was the need for the industry on both sides to come together and recognize that "perfect is the enemy of good" and begin to take real, actionable integration steps now.
Overall the presentation was a clear snapshot that data, cross-platform, attribution and currency based on business outcomes will remain the core topics during the upcoming NewFronts/Upfronts and that buyers and sellers will still have plenty to haggle over.
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Indian startup funding is on track to hit record highs in H1 2021 and exceed 2020 levels, according to YourStory Research. Startup investments in Jan-May 2021 are at $8.76 billion, which is up 80 pct from H1 2020 levels and makes up nearly 81 pct of the total $9.94 billion raised in 2020.
India may be faced with an uncertain economic environment after being ravaged by a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that hasn’t deterred global and domestic investors from ramping up the pace and quantum of their investments into the Indian startup ecosystem.
According to January-May 2021 funding data analysed by YourStory Research, Indian startup funding is on track for a record year.
Startup investments in the first five months of this year alone (January-May 2021) have already touched a record high for this period at $8.76 billion, YourStory Research data show. That’s about 80 per cent higher than the $4.85 billion raised in the first half of last year (January-June 2020).
This also means startup investments in just the first five months of 2021 is nearing the levels seen for the full 12 months of last year. At $8.76 billion, the amount of capital infused into the startup ecosystem is almost 81 per cent of the total $9.94 billion recorded for the full year of 2020, according to YourStory Research data.
The number of startup deals was up slightly by 4 per cent to 441 in Jan-May 2021 from 424 deals in H1 2020. By comparison, the total number of deals in the whole of last year was 881.
The fierce increase in startup funding activity has been driven largely by a surge in late-stage deals and a flurry of new unicorn additions -- a record 14 new startups valued at over $1 billion -- in just the first five months of 2021.
Of the total newly minted unicorns, a good 11 -- or ~80 per cent of them -- were added in the months of April and May alone, racking up the quantum of late-stage startup investments.
Late- and early-stage deals remain robust
With $6.29 billion in late-stage funding deals, these startups accounted for over two-thirds of the total $8.76 billion raised this year. Investors continued to bet on startups that are benefitting from and are poised to grow significantly due to the pandemic-accelerated digitisation that is happening in the country.
When compared with the $2.56 billion in late-stage investments recorded in H1 2020, this year saw a 2.5X times increase in late-stage deals in the Jan-May 2021 period and appears on track to touch new records this year.
Topping the mega funding rounds seen this year is food tech major Swiggy’s $800 million Series J funding round from Goldman Sachs, Falcon Edge, Prosus Ventures, Accel, Think Investments, Qatar Investment Authority, Amansa Capital, Carmignac, and GIC Singapore.
Early-stage startup funding deals also remained robust in the Jan-May 2021 period.
The Indian startup ecosystem saw over 328 early-stage deals, which made up more than two-thirds of the total 441 deals recorded in the first five months of 2021.
Investors continued to remain bullish in early-stage startups, with investments into early-stage deals nearly doubling to $903 million in Jan-May 2021 period from $536 million raised in the first half of 2020.
Meanwhile, growth-stage startups raked in around $1.2 billion in investments so far this year; that’s up slightly from $1.07 billion raised in the first half of last year.
A total number of growth-stage deals, however, declined 45 per cent to 39 from 72 in H1 2020.
Fintech startup funding tops; foodtech, edtech follow
Fintech saw some notable milestones this year, particularly the addition of five new unicorns from the space as investments into the sector was the highest among industries at $1.83 billion.
Funding into foodtech majors Swiggy and Zomato helped rack up a total of $1.05 billion in investments into the foodtech sector, making it a close second to fintech in the total funding raised.
Edtech startup investments accounted for $891.8 million, while ecommerce recorded $756.5 million and healthtech $680 million.
Within the fintech space, insurtech startup Digit Insurance became the first company in 2021 to enter the unicorn club, with a $18 million fundraise in January, while Bhavin Turakhia-co-founded Zeta raised venture funding for the first time, with a $250 million investment -- the largest-ever-single fundraise for a banking tech startup -- from Softbank Vision Fund 2 that catapulted it to unicorn status.
Meanwhile, Kunal Shah-founded fintech startup CRED, which rewards its nearly six million members for paying their credit card bills, raised nearly $300 million this year and became one of the few Indian startups to turn unicorn after just two and half years since it was started. With that, it became the youngest fintech startup to cross the $1 billion valuation mark and achieve unicorn status.
Shortly after CRED, investment platform Groww, which was started in 2015, became the second-youngest fintech startup to achieve unicorn status after raising $83 million in funding.
Chennai-based non-banking financial company Five Star Business Finance was one of the new unicorns added in March 2021 after a $234 million fundraising round led by existing investors Sequoia Capital India, with participation from Norwest Venture Partners, as well as new investors, led by KKR with participation from TVS Capital Funds.
Other milestones among unicorns of 2021
In addition to fintech, other sectors like healthtech and social commerce also saw new unicorn additions, with InnovAccer emerging as the first healthtech startup and Pharmeasy the first epharmacy to achieve unicorn status.
Mohalla Tech, which is the parent company of social platforms ShareChat and Moj, social commerce startup Meesho, conversational messaging platform Gupshup, and home services marketplace Urban Company were among startups in the B2C space that entered the unicorn club. Among these, ShareChat raised $502 million as part of its Series E round, one of the largest funding amounts raised so far this year.


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Canon USA today announced that there will be a livestream press event online on April 20th, 2020. As rumored before, this new product could be rumored Canon Cinema EOS C300 Mark III. Stay tuned fore more info.
As already rumored before, Canon will announce two new EOS R mirrorless system cameras in the first half of 2020. One announcement in February ahead of CP+ 2020, the other in May ahead of Photokina 2020.
According to Nokishita Camera, the Canon EOS-1D X Mark III and WFT-E9 are already added to Canon’s latest product list, this means we will see official announcement within one month. Probably at the end of January to early February.
According to CR, a silver & black color scheme 1D series DSLR camera now leaked online. This camera could be a prototype of Canon EOS-1D X Mark III flagship DSLR camera. Will Canon release silver version of Canon EOS-1D X Mark III ? Stay tuned.
The big question of upcoming Canon EOS-1D X Mark III is the resolution of the image sensor. According to latest rumors on CR, Canon EOS-1D X Mark III is rumored to have a 24MP full frame sensor, and the release date is expected at the end of January, 2020.
Canon will officially announce EOS-1D X Mark III flagship full frame DSLR camera in February, 2020. According to latest rumors on CR, the development announcement of this camera will be very soon. You can take a look at updated rumored specs below: Read More »
Canon today has officially announced the Cinema EOS C500 Mark II. C500 Mark II has a 5.9K Full Frame sensor packed into a newly developed compact and reliable Cinema EOS body, this camera provides new inspiration and great flexibility for all cinematographers.


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Junk food advertising could be banned on TV before 9pm as part of Government plans to tackle childhood obesity, it has been reported.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock is expected to announce a consultation on a new watershed for advertising junk food on television as well as whether radio stations and the internet should be subject to further restrictions, the Daily Telegraph said.
The plans were signed off by ministers last week, the paper said.
It added that ministers have warned that despite restrictions on advertising around children's TV programmes, youngsters are still being exposed to "significant amounts" of advertising for products that are high in fat, salt or sugar.
Junk food adverts during children's television programmes have been banned since 2007 but research by broadcasting regulator Ofcom has shown that children spend 64% of their TV viewing time watching shows not aimed specifically at them.
Research by the Obesity Health Alliance found that junk food companies in the UK spend £143 million a year on advertising compared to the £5 million spent annually by the Government on its healthy eating campaigns.
Cancer Research UK is among those that have been calling for advertising of unhealthy foods to be banned before the 9pm watershed.
Last year the charity said that watching one extra junk food advertisement a week beyond the average of six leads to children eating an additional 18,000 calories a year.
The study estimated the additional calories are the equivalent of around 70 Mars bars or 60 cheeseburgers - and could amount to a 5lb weight gain annually.
Obese children are about five times more likely to become obese adults with a much higher risk of health problems including cancers, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, research has suggested.
But the move has been resisted by broadcasters, who have warned that the plans for a watershed on junk food advertising risk doing permanent damage to the industry, the Daily Telegraph said.
It added that a coalition of television companies including ITV, Sky and Viacom, the owner of Channel 5, has been fighting the move to outlaw advertising for products that are high in fat, sugar or salt before 9pm.
Downing Street has been warned that big food brands are likely to transfer budgets that would have backed British television to websites and apps where there is no watershed and little control over what children see, the Daily Telegraph said.
Broadcasters fear that they are an easy target for campaigners and the Government when compared with Facebook and Google, which also carry advertising for junk food, it added.
A pre-watershed ban could be achieved through changes to existing rules that would not require new laws but because the internet is unregulated change would need new legislation, the Telegraph said.
Data from the media regulator Ofcom cited by the Telegraph said four to 15-year-olds are spending 43% less time watching broadcast television than in 2010, while obesity has continued to increase while, internet usage has increased 44% to 4.7 hours per week.


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Two new research projects have highlighted ways for companies to make big savings.
supply chain costs will be every bit as important in 2010 as it was in 2009, and two new pieces of research have highlighted just how much cash is at stake and why industry leaders are doing better than the laggards.
Consultancy Booz and Company has calculated that there is £110 billion excess working capital sloshing around in British companies – and the key to making use of it is more efficient supply chain management.
Booz looked at 202 publicly traded companies with combined annual sales of more than £1.2 trillion, and analysed three components of working capital: receivables, payables, and inventory across 31 industry sectors. It points out that the figure of £110bn is more than five times the economic stimulus of £20bn announced by the government in 2008.
It reckons that there are four levers that companies can use to improve their working capital performance:
Rebalance supply and demand requirements through sales and operations planning, supply policies and commercial levers to enable companies to move excess inventories and avoid over-building.
Optimise end-to-end supply chain structure. This involves looking again at traditional supply chain trade-offs, especially for extended global supply chains. In some cases, the cash tied up in inventory could more than fund the development of local production facilities.
Align incentive structures to reward cash management. Publicly held corporations can create liquidity by offering incentive to management to address short and long-term opportunities.
Think radically about architecture or operating philosophy – for example pull versus push, or agreements on financing with third parties. Booz has even developed an online working capital profiler, that analyses the positions of hundreds of companies across multiple sectors to enable companies to assess their standing against their peers.
There are parallels between the Booz research and work done by the Aberdeen Group on reducing the amount of inventory in the pipeline and cutting landed costs. On-time delivery at best-in-class companies was 15 percentage points higher than the laggards.Aberdeen looked at more than 200 leading global players with the aim of distinguishing the characteristics of the best versus the worst performers.
Globalisation has resulted in a dramatic increase in both the amount of inventory in the pipeline and landed costs. Factors such as competition, ongoing business transformation, increased lead times and complexity have all played a role in this.
Aberdeen’s report, “Supply chain visibility excellence: reduce pipeline inventory and landed cost”, found that complete and on-time delivery at best-in-class companies was 15 percentage points higher than the laggards. There was also a 13 percentage point greater reduction in year-over-year unit landed costs.
In particular, it found that best-in-class companies were 1.5 times more likely to treat in-transit inventory as available inventory for safety stock calculations. They were also 46 per cent more likely than all other companies to have online visibility into accrued supply chain costs. In addition, they were almost three times as likely as the laggards to use commercial business intelligence systems.
Clearly, there are big prizes available, but who will step up to the challenge?


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An exterior view of a Lowe’s home improvement store. Lowe’s Companies, Inc. reports quarterly earnings on Tuesday, May 23, 2023.
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Lowe’s on Tuesday lowered its full-year sales outlook, after customers spent less on do-it-yourself projects and caused its fiscal third-quarter sales to tumble nearly 13% year over year.
The home improvement retailer said it now anticipates sales will total about $86 billion for the fiscal year. It had previously expected a range of $87 billion to $89 billion. It projects comparable sales will drop by about 5% this fiscal year, worse than a previously anticipated a decline of between 2% and 4%. The company expects adjusted earnings per share to be about $13, lower than its previously expected range of $13.20 to $13.60.
In a news release, CEO Marvin Ellison said the company felt a “greater-than-expected pullback” by customers on discretionary projects and big-ticket purchases. Yet he said its sales to home professionals, which are accounting for a growing share of its revenue, rose in the quarter. Those pros drive about 25% of its business.
He said the company, which sells Christmas trees and decorations, will next focus on “offering value and convenience this holiday season.”
Here’s how the company did for the fiscal third quarter ended Nov. 3:
- Earnings per share: $3.06, it was not immediately clear if it was comparable to the $3.03 analysts expected, according to consensus estimates from LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv
- Revenue: $20.47 billion vs. $20.89 billion expected
Lowe’s, like its larger rival Home Depot, faces cooling demand as Americans’ huge, pandemic-fueled appetite for home improvement moderates and higher mortgage rates inject more uncertainty into the housing market.
Ellison warned on an earnings call in August that a pullback in spending on DIY projects would be “the overall theme of how we see the second half of the year.” But he stressed that long term, the home improvement market had bright prospects because of limited housing stock and older average age of homes across the U.S.
In the third quarter, Lowe’s net income was $1.77 billion, or $3.06 per share, compared with $154 million, or 25 cents per share in the year-ago period. That quarter included a $2.1 billion impairment charge as the company left the Canadian market.
Net sales fell from $23.48 billion a year earlier.
Lowe’s competitor, Home Depot, beat Wall Street’s fiscal third-quarter earnings and revenue expectations last week, even as its sales fell 3% year over year. Home Depot said customers are still fixing up their homes, but noticed for the past several quarters that more of them are taking on smaller and less pricey projects.
Home Depot Chief Financial Officer Richard McPhail also said “the worst of the inflationary environment is behind us.”
Shares of Lowe’s have risen about 3% so far this year, but have trailed the approximately 18% gains of the S&P 500. The company’s stock closed on Monday at $204.44, bringing the company’s market value to nearly $118 billion.
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Facebook has announced the breakdown of its social network, including Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.
The company however, did not immediately say what caused the service disruption or how many users were affected, in a statement today, March 19.
The problems began around 1:30 pm Eastern.
“There are a number of issues currently affecting Facebook products, including gaming streams,” the company’s Facebook Gaming Twitter account tweeted.
“Multiple teams are working on it, and we’ll update you when we can.”
Users who visited the web version of Instagram were greeted with a notice that said “5xx Server Error.”


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Eat’n Park will close five restaurants in Northeast Ohio next month, including locations in Cuyahoga Falls and Medina Township.
The closings, set for Feb. 17, will leave the Akron area without an Eat’n Park.
Eat’n Park Hospitality Group, headquartered in Homestead, Pa., said in a news release that while it is closing the five restaurants, it is expanding its new Hello Bistro “salad and burger concept” in Northeast Ohio, with a location planned for Summit Mall in Fairlawn.
Information on when this eatery will open was not immediately available.
The Cuyahoga Falls Eat’n Park is at 200 Howe Ave., near the Akron line. The Medina Township location is at 1007 N. Court St.
Affected employees can opt to transfer to another Eat’n Park Hospitality Group location or receive severance, according to the news release. No financial details were provided.
The closings will affect about 200 employees, the company’s Kevin O’Connell told the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette for an article published Wednesday.
The company revealed the closings in an news release issued Wednesday to that newspaper. Other news outlets received the release Thursday.
“Although this decision makes sense from a business perspective, it is always difficult to part with team members who share their loyalty and talents with us,” the company’s chief operating officer, Mercy Senchur, said in the release. “We are grateful to them.”
A Hello Bistro recently opened in a location adjacent to Beachwood Place Mall. Eat’n Park restaurants in Austintown, Warren, Steubenville and St. Clairsville will remain open.
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CNN — DoorDash is now offering 10-15 minute delivery in New York City from a new Dashmart, which stocks groceries, household items, and packaged restaurant products. Customers within the delivery zone will see the new option under a tab named ‘convenience’ in the app or on the DoorDash website.
Although DoorDash is offering rapid delivery in just one location to start, it is hoping to scale up in other areas. As it considers settings that are more spread out in New York City, the company will rethink what it can offer, said Christopher Payne, DoorDash president.
“In New York, the density is such [that] you can have a really tight radius around … the store and deliver in 10 to 15 minutes,” he said. “You’re not going to have that type of density if you go into the suburbs, but you could deliver rapidly,” he said. “Instead of 10 to 15 [minutes], it might be 20 to 30,” he said.
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed many Americans to buy their groceries online and with this new option, DoorDash is banking on what it sees as a long-term trend toward convenience and speed, CNN reports.
“There’s a massive long arc of consumer expectations rising,” said Payne. “Bringing goods and services to consumers in minutes, not hours or days … is going to be a trend that will last for many, many years to come.”
The company is now hiring about 60 people. Set schedules will be made for the employees who work on rapid delivery.
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Gone are the days of clunky security keypads with big, ugly buttons. A few years back, the home security industry got a collective makeover — emerging with sleek touchscreens, advanced cameras, and home automation capabilities. These days it’s practically impossible to think of security systems not including some kind of smart home component. And there’s no turning back now.
While there’s still the question of “just because we can, does it mean we should?” in relation to some home security advancements, the rate at which the industry continues to develop highlights a demand for more technology. Below are just a few expansions you can expect to see in home security tech.
1. Zero False Alarms
False alarms are a common issue with home security systems. Not only are they expensive for homeowners, they’re a waste of time for first responders. Many home security systems employ a level of automation to limit the frequency of false alarms, but they still happen. Now that deep learning AI is becoming more prevalent in our smart home devices, it’s possible false alarms will be a thing of the past. Deep Sentinel is the first home security provider to promise “zero false alarms.” Not only does the camera’s AI differentiate between humans and animals (so you’ll never have to worry about a dog tripping your alarm), it also learns suspicious behavior and acts immediately. If this suspicious behavior escalates, a team of professionals is ready to intervene and alert law enforcement if necessary, with a response time of no more than 20 seconds.
As technology advances, expect to see more home security companies utilizing deep AI learning to lessen the number of false alarms.
2. Advanced Smart Locks
Keyless locks have come a long way in recent years. What started as simple electronic keypads with entry codes has evolved into smart systems that can be controlled remotely or via voice commands. And these locks will only become more advanced as companies continue partnering with other brands in the home automation space to create better interoperability between devices. Citing how Schlage’s Connect Smart Deadbolt interacts with Ring Alarm, Lee Odess, vice president of solutions providers business at Allegion (maker of Schlage locks) agrees that compatibility between security devices and smart devices will be a staple of the future:
“Consumers want to create a connected home that reduces the need for unnecessary accessories and is easy to manage, but doesn’t compromise security, and provides added peace of mind. As the demand grows for more integrated devices, we will continue to see an increase in security devices that connect with other smart devices.”
Vice President of Solutions Providers Business at Allegion
Along with device compatibility, smart locks are also capable of operating on several network standards. Schlage smart locks, for example, work with WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and Z-Wave. And if you want your locks to be even more efficient, many brands now pair with Amazon Key — a service that allows for your packages to be delivered to the safety of the inside of your home. Now, in-house delivery may be a bit too invasive for some, but if you’re tired of packages getting stolen off your front porch this new tech could be a good solution.
3. Technology Hiding in Plain Sight
While visible security cameras deterred most of the respondents in UNC Charlotte’s survey of incarcerated burglars, outdoor cameras are at greater risk of being destroyed by a perpetrator. That said, you should still incorporate these cameras into your home security system, and there are now multiple inconspicuous ways to do so. Security equipment disguised as common home decor is a growing trend in the industry, especially when it comes to outdoor cameras.
At CES 2019, home security company Kuna showcased its latest incognito security cameras, including a floodlight and door lamp. These camouflaged cameras blend into your home’s facade while still offering a high level of protection. Potential intruders will be none the wiser, ensuring your camera isn’t compromised and your home stays safe. Disguised security will most likely evolve as devices like cameras, hubs, and sensors become more compact and technologically advanced.
4. More DIY Options
Automation continues empowering people to take control over their home tech, so it’s no surprise that security is trending toward do-it-yourself installation and self-monitoring. DIY security — especially self-monitoring — gives you a better understanding of your system and how it works within your home.
There’s a two-part breakdown to DIY in the home security world: self-installation and self-monitoring. Many major brands now offer DIY installation, which helps you avoid professional installation fees. And newer security companies have DIY monitoring plans, another way to keep security costs low. Even better – some of these DIY monitoring plans let you have your cake and eat it, too; companies often let you opt-in to professional monitoring for days or weeks at a time – without a contract. This is helpful if you don’t want to commit to full-time professional monitoring, but would like it when you’re on vacation and can’t easily keep an eye on your system.
Since DIY security makes systems more affordable and easier to integrate into smart homes, expect to see companies continuing to offer additional ways for customers to take charge over their home’s safety.
5. Introduction of 5G and Lower Latency
5G was a huge topic of conversation at CES 2019 with companies like Qualcomm, Samsung, and Verizon touting its endless possibilities. And while the conversation mainly revolved around faster smartphones, 5G has the potential to impact how we develop smart homes. It’s low latency and expansive coverage make it a no-brainer as a wireless standard that could create better interoperability for devices that currently can’t communicate.
5G could pave the road to more efficient smart homes, but it might still be a while until we see it happen. As CNET Executive Editor Rich Brown explains in his article, brands aren’t willing to jump on board just yet: “Judging by the many ‘no comments’ I received when I asked various device makers about 5G, not everyone is ready to commit to a path ahead for the next-generation technology in the smart home.” But don’t give up hope on a 5G wireless standard just yet. Just because brands are hesitant to talk about 5G compatibility at this time doesn’t mean it won’t happen in the future.
6. Better Integration
Security companies were among the first to welcome home automation with open arms, and this relationship will only continue to grow. The truth is, if a security company wants to compete in the industry, their equipment needs to be compatible with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. This kind of integration is paramount to building out a functioning smart home.
These days it’s the expectation that new home security devices like cameras, locks, or full systems come equipped with smart home integration. Last year, Schlage announced its smart locks can pair with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, making it easier for people to control their devices. When asked about Schlage’s endeavors to become more integrated in the smart home, Odess explains, “In recent years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to transforming Schlage into a platform brand that could seamlessly integrate with other technologies to simplify and enhance the smart home experience.” And Schlage isn’t alone. Other companies like SimpliSafe and August are also making sure their security equipment is capable of connecting with smart hubs and devices to make for a better home automation experience. The continued interest in smart home tech will keep security companies on the lookout for ways to integrate their equipment with the newest smart devices.
7. Data Analyzed at the Edge
Of course one of the biggest concerns with bringing smart tech into the home is data security. Many smart devices store and analyze data in the cloud. Companies do take precautions to ensure personal information is secure, but the cloud is still prone to hacks. Just last year, Kaspersky Lab found it was possible to hack the Hanwha SmartCam through “vulnerability in the cloud server architecture.”
Because of this, edge computing has become an increasingly popular topic of conversation in the tech industry. Edge computing means data is stored locally, making it faster for devices to analyze data and adjust performance accordingly. Many also believe that because data remains within the device, it tends to be safer than when it’s sent to the cloud. Odess says edge computing has “less of an attack space,” but believes whether or not data computing is safer depends on what kind of data is being processed. He continues, “What I can say definitively, is that edge computing is great, especially when combined with cloud. So being hybrid is best.” As more companies continue to explore edge computing as a means to store data, it’s likely we’ll learn more about benefits and risks, as well as any potential cloud-edge hybrid solutions.
8. Cameras with Facial Recognition
Image: Deep Sentinel
Deep Sentinel isn’t the only security company utilizing deep learning AI. Companies like Nest and Honeywell also incorporate deep learning AI into their cameras via their facial recognition capabilities. Facial recognition works by learning the faces of friends and family who are frequent visitors to your home, then notifying you of any unfamiliar people who approach or enter your home.
This technology is still relatively new in the home security industry but it already has a lot of people divided, with some believing it’ll lead to better security while others think it’s dangerous. Late last year, Ring applied for two patents that look to push facial recognition a bit further by proactively identifying suspicious people and immediately reporting them to law enforcement. How it determines what is “suspicious” is still somewhat unclear, but it could possibly involve cross-referencing images with a “database of suspicious persons.”
Fortunately, purchasing a smart security camera doesn’t mean it automatically comes with facial recognition technology — at least not yet. August’s latest smart doorbell camera, for example, doesn’t have this capability.
The Bottom Line
Home security and smart home technology are more interlinked than ever. Nowadays, if you want a security system you’ll likely run into smart home packages that include a variety of gadgets like smart locks, smart cams, and voice assistants. With so many tech developments on the horizon, it’s definite that the line between both industries will blur. Some of that technology still needs to be proven as a realistic solution for home security concerns. Facial recognition, for example, might not be the answer. But there are also positives — advanced smart locks, fewer false alarms, 5G — that will improve how we manage our security systems and make the home security industry an exciting space for tech developments. Ultimately, it’s your call on what technology you wish to incorporate.


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Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER) has earned a consensus rating of “Buy” from the thirty-nine brokerages that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-nine have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $65.81.
Several analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Susquehanna Bancshares boosted their price target on shares of Uber Technologies from $45.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 11th. Susquehanna boosted their price target on shares of Uber Technologies from $45.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 11th. BTIG Research boosted their price target on shares of Uber Technologies from $70.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 11th. Canaccord Genuity boosted their price objective on shares of Uber Technologies from $65.00 to $75.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 11th. Finally, KeyCorp boosted their price objective on shares of Uber Technologies from $60.00 to $63.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 9th.
In other news, insider Tony West sold 6,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $57.31, for a total value of $372,515.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 189,108 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,837,779.48. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 8.66% of the company’s stock.
NYSE UBER opened at $47.42 on Monday. The company’s 50 day moving average is $55.05 and its 200-day moving average is $53.19. Uber Technologies has a 12-month low of $28.39 and a 12-month high of $64.05. The company has a quick ratio of 1.36, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69. The firm has a market cap of $88.76 billion, a P/E ratio of -11.91 and a beta of 1.60.
Uber Technologies Company Profile
Uber Technologies, Inc develops and operates proprietary technology applications in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It connects consumers with independent providers of ride services for ridesharing services and other forms of transportation services, including public transit, as well as connect riders and other consumers with restaurants, grocers, other stores, and delivery service providers for meal preparation, grocery, and other delivery services.
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Cisco Systems (CSCO) is losing share in networking equipment, according to a report today from UBS’s Steve Milunovich, who cites incursions from China’s employee-owned Huawei and Arista Networks (ANET).
Citing Q2 data from market research firm Dell’Oro, Milunovich notes Huawei in particular is making inroads against Cisco in network switching and routing.
A common theme across most sectors is Huawei gaining share. Huawei appears to have momentum in routing, data center switching, and optical. Most of its share gains appear to be in China, Russia and Africa, regions where Cisco and Juniper have not been strong. However, Huawei has recently signaled increased R&D on Internet infrastructure; we will be watching for its impact in Europe. We believe Juniper could be more vulnerable than Cisco given a limited product portfolio. Arista continues inroads in data center switching Arista continued to gain share in data center switching against Cisco.
Susequehanna Financial chip analyst Christopher Rolland, who most recently was with FBR & Co., late yesterday started coverage of multiple semi names, giving his highest rating, a “Positive” designation, to Broadcom (AVGO), Intel (INTC), Cavium (CAVM), Microsemi (MSCC), Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM), On Semiconductor (ON), and Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC).
Rolland breaks up his coverage into two categories of chips, “compute,” including Intel and Cavium and AMD and Nvidia, and “broad-based semiconductors.”
Shares of data center REIT Equinix (EQIX) are down $9.78, or almost 3%, at $356.95, after the company’s chief financial officer, Keith Taylor, spoke at a Goldman Sachs conference this morning and raised concerns about the company’s financial outlook.
According to a transcript compiled by newswire service TheFlyontheWall, Taylor told the audience “our most recent guidance was that topline would grow at 13.8% or greater. EBITDA would grow at 16.8% or greater. That’s year over year… AFFO will grow at north of 30%, so overall, very delighted with where we are from a performance perspective
The point of concern appears to have been when Taylor used words such as “disciplined.”
Cowen & Co.’s Colby Synesael this afternoon reiterates an Outperform rating on the shares, and a $409 price target, writing that Taylor doesn’t sound negative to him, and that investors should look at the glass as half-full:
After listening to the presentation ourselves, we disagree with this assertion and believe that much of Mr. Taylor’s comments such as the use of the words “disciplined” and “thoughtful” on several occasions were meant to help support the view that building/growing an interconnect oriented solution and targeting cloud/enterprise customers is not easy and that as a result Equinix has built a long-lasting moat around its business. And that while the company could be growing faster, by taking this “disciplined” and “thoughtful” approach, it has resulted in the guidance they have, whereas if they wanted to they could actually be growing faster. Importantly we do not believe the company was talking down numbers or indicating that the environment has materially changed in any direction.
Nomura’s Romit Shah this morning reiterates a Buy rating on shares of chip maker Broadcom (AVGO), but cuts his price target to $180 from $200, writing that after digging into the company’s recent fiscal Q3 report, the results were not as strong as would seem at first blush.
Broadcom on September 1st reported Q3 results that topped analysts’ expectations, and forecast this quarter’s revenue higher, but said its revenue from set-top boxes had come in below expectations. That prompted a sell-off in the shares the next day.
“We don’t disagree that expectations were high going into earnings,” he writes, “but after digging deeper into FQ3 results, we believe earnings were not as strong as investors perceive.”
Shares of Alphabet (GOOGL) are down $4.44, or half a percent, at $803.56, after Apigee (APIC), the San Jose, California-based software developer, announced this morning it is being bought by Google for $17.40 per share, or $625 million.
Paige shares rose $1.11, or almost 7%, to $17.45.
Alphabet’s Google division’s leader for its cloud computing efforts, Diane Greene, spoke of the importance of Apigee’s technology of “application programming interfaces,” used by programmers building software and cloud applications:
Shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) are up a penny at $22.11, recovering from last night’s after-hours losses, after the company reported fiscal Q3 revenue that missed expectations, and projected earnings in line with consensus, and said it would sell some software businesses to Micro Focus (MCRO).
CEO Meg Whitman told me in an interview following the report that the sale to Micro Focus will further refine the company’s structure, allowing it to better pursue a strategy of being a leading vendor of compute, storage and networking and analytics.
And yet, most of the Street is today not interested in the strategy, but rather a huge pile of cash from all the deals the company’s been doing.
On the negative side, Wells Fargo’s Maynard Um, who cut his rating to Market Perform from Outperform, and cut his “valuation range” on the stock to $21 to $23 from $23 to $25, sees no “catalysts” for the stock, despite what’s going to be a huge pile of cash:
Shares of fiber-optic component maker Applied OptoElectronics (AAOI) are up $3.44, or 20%, at $20.85, in late trading, after the company this afternoon said its revenue for Q3, ending this month, is looking like it will come in higher than originally expected, thanks to sales of parts to the data center market.
Revenue is now expected in a range of $63 million to $65 million, up from a previous projection for $56 million to $59 million.
Gross profit margin is still expected in a range of 30.5% to 32%, and EPS, excluding some costs, is now seen at 26 cents to 29 cents, up from the previous forecast of 16 cents to 21 cents.
Said CEO Dr. Thompson Lin, “Customer demand for our market-leading datacenter products has accelerated in the quarter and has outpaced our prior expectations.”
Some shares of fellow fiber names are rising, acceding Finisar (FNSR), up 36 cents, or 1.6%, at $23; Inphi (IPHI), up 55 cents, or 1.3%, at $42.28; and Acacia Communications (ACIA), up 89 cents, or 0.7%, at $124.33.
Shares of chip technology provider Ceva (CEVA) are up 13 cents, or 0.4%, at $31.98, after Intel (INTC) this morning said it would acquire competitor privately held Movidius, which specializes in things such as “computer vision.”
Intel’s Josh Wlden, senior VP for the company’s “New Technology Group,” details in the press release how the Movidius technology will be used in Intel’s “RealSense” technology, which can do such things as allow you to manipulate a user interface by moving your hand in front of a camera:
We see massive potential for Movidius to accelerate our initiatives in new and emerging technologies. The ability to track, navigate, map and recognize both scenes and objects using Movidius’ low-power and high-performance SoCs opens opportunities in areas where heat, battery life and form factors are key. Specifically, we will look to deploy the technology across our efforts in augmented, virtual and merged reality (AR/VR/MR), drones, robotics, digital security cameras and beyond. Movidius’ market-leading family of computer vision SoCs complements Intel’s RealSense™ offerings in addition to our broader IP and product roadmap.
Movidius CEO Remi El-Ouazzane also had some commentary on the significance of the deal.
Shares of Intel (INTC) are higher by 26 cents, or 0.8%, at $36.34, after Evercore ISI’s C.J. Muse raised his rating on the shares to Buy from Hold, and raised his price target to $45 from $38, writing that the company’s server-chip business is in better shape than people believe, despite threats from machine learning workloads moving to other chips.
As a result, “Despite consensus EPS for Intel moving 5% higher in CY16 YTD, shares have massively underperformed the broader Semi Industry – +7 vs. SOX +22%.”
Part of this is “stabilization” of the parts sold into enterprise; part of it is the networking chip opportunity that people fail to appreciate:
Shares of Broadcom (AVGO) continue to trade lower despite a better-than-expected fiscal Q2 report and outlook this afternoon, as the company’s conference call with analysts gets underway, the shares now down $3.69, or 2%, at $173.40.
Why the drop? One theory, propounded by Drexel Hamilton‘s Cody Acree, is that investors don’t like the softness in the “wired” part of the business, which includes the company’s “Tomahawk,” and “Jericho” switch and router chips, respectively.
Acree, who has a Buy on the stock, and a $192 price target, is not overly concerned:
Broadcom’s shares are off 1-2% after-hours, likely on the flat Wired results, which were generally expected to increase a couple percent sequentially to about $2.1 billion, versus the $2.06 billion just reported. In our opinion, and given the softness we’ve heard from other companies in the communications infrastructure market, we’re not disappointed by Broadcom’s flat results, but rather encouraged that the company has optical and Ethernet diversity that can offset the weakness we’ve seen in PON and wireless infrastructure activity. We’re also encouraged by what we heard last night from Semtech, which is getting indications from customers of improved PON and base station demand, which is expected to begin toward the end of the October quarter. If Semtech sees this uptick, we see no reason Broadcom wouldn’t also participate.
Amit Daryanani with RBC Capital, who rates the stock a “Top Pick,” with a $185 price target, thinks after taking an initial look at the numbers that selling to Cisco Systems (CSCO), for example, should still be a good business going forward:
Key Points: 1) Core FBAR revenues: With a ramp of next-generation iPhones and an increase in content to $8-$9/iPhone, AVGO’s Wireless business should see strong q/q growth in October; 2) Wired Infrastructure: Strength at CSCO in core switching (data center switches cited as strength) and STB (ARRS strong earnings) should allow stable to improving underlying trends in Wired; 3) capital allocation: Details on how AVGO thinks about M&A and the $5B+ in estimated combined free cash flows after the close of the acquisition and achievement of 2.0x net debt/EBITDA; 4) BRCM integration: BRCM integration and how Oct-qtr guidance could materialize given 3 quarters of cost synergies in the model.
Update: On the call, acting CFO Tom Krause pointed to weakness in sales of chips into the set-top-box market as the culprit, not routing and switching, stating,
In the third quarter, wired revenue came in at $2.07 billion and the wired segment represented 54% of total revenues. Revenue for this segment was flat sequentially as the strong demand we had seen for wired products in the prior quarter continued to sustain into the third quarter. This was slightly weaker than we had expected due to lower than expected set top box product shipments because of supply constraints; however the reduction in set top box revenue was offset by growth in our Asics, particularly in ethernet reaching and fiber optic shipments into the Fiber-to-the Home applications. We also benefited from strong demand for Fiber-to-the Home product in our broadband excess business, switching and routing ASSPs, sustained as data center Operators continued to upgrade the infrastructure.
Chip analyst John Pitzer of Credit Suisse asked CEO Hock Tan about the trends in the stuff going into data center, and Tan confirmed that area remains a strong one:
Okay, well, with regard to data center spending, yes we do see strength and we in fact we saw the strength as early as Q2 our fiscal Q2 not calendar but our fiscal Q2 and that strength has continued into this current into Q3 and even as we sit here right now.
Tech Trader Daily is a blog on technology investing written by Barron’s veteran Tiernan Ray. The blog provides news, analysis and original reporting on events important to investors in software, hardware, the Internet, telecommunications and related fields. Comments and tips can be sent to: email@example.com.


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MOBITEX – Furniture and Interior Design Fair 2018
MOBITEX the International Fair for Furniture and Interior Design was held on April 25 – April 28, 2018.
The Cluster of Czech Furniture Manufacturers, the cooperative was one of the exhibitors at the trade fair and you could visit it at the BVV premises in Hall F / 065. These members of KČN exhibited and presented their product portfolio at the stand: DRUPOL, výrobní družstvo; DŘEVODÍLO ROUSÍNOVA, v.d.; Dřevotvar družstvo; JITONA a.s. ; KNK CZ výrobně spotřební družstvo.
In addition to the KČN stand, the trade fair also hosted the Carpentry Championship of the Czech Republic, which was announced by the Cluster of Czech Furniture Manufacturers, cooperative. The competition was held on April 25, 2018 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On April 27, 2018 the KČN seminar was held from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at lecture pier at Pavillon F, Výstaviště 1, 647 00 Brno.
Cluster of Czech Furniture Manufacturers, the cooperative participated in the 6th year of KČN Prize Award for extraordinary furniture design (CZK 10,000 + intership at a cluster member company) in the student section of the Grand Prix MOBITEX.
Exhibit that has been awarded: One elbow by authors Tereza Němcová and Kamila Vyoralová, Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Forest and Wood Technology, Department of Furniture, Design and Habitat.


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Dufry expands in APAC with Perth Airport store
today Jul 25, 2018
Swiss duty-free retailer Dufry continues to expand its retail reach in Asia-Pacific with an opening at Perth Airport.
Located in the International airport's Terminal 1, the 2,300-square-metre store will be segmented into 1,200 square metres for departures and 1,100 square metres for the arrivals area.
Several categories will be represented such as perfumes and cosmetics, wine and spirits, tobacco, confectionery, electronics, and watches and fashion accessories, with "a strong emphasis on digital development," Dufry said in a press release.
The retailer said it will partner with Perth Airport to enhance the digital channel experience for passengers through the roll out of RED by Dufry, Reserve and Collect and Instore Digital tools, part of its overall digital retail strategy.
"We are set to develop a retail experience with a high level of technological innovation, a bespoke sense of place, and a strong focus on digital engagement," said Andrea Belardini, Dufry’s divisional CEO for Eastern Europe, Asia, Middle East and Australia.
Dufry recently opened its 'New Generation Store' in Melbourne and its commitment to the Hong Kong High Speed Railway contract, the firm continues to hone in on the international traveller, and sees Perth as the next portal of influence in the region, particularly in servicing the broader Asian market.
"We have appreciated since the outset the close cooperation with Perth Airport management in setting a common agenda and establishing ways of working to ensure the delivery of a consumer centric approach," added Belardini.
Perth Airport has undergone a major transformation over the past seven years with a $1 billion redevelopment program, and is now planning another $2.5 billion of development including an upgrade of the T1 International terminal, "to meet predicted strong passenger growth," said the airport's CEO, Kevin Brown.
"Dufry’s holistic duty-free concept will further enhance the passenger experience and grow the duty-free category," he added.
The retail contract of Dufry's Perth Airport store runs for seven years.
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Capitalism is a great system as it makes consumers the ultimate decision makers of company actions (unless the government gets involved of course). If you’re outraged by the actions of a private company you can let them know but taking your money elsewhere. It’s really a case of rational self-interest as companies who fail to meet the demands of consumers can only find themselves in a state of insolvency. GoDaddy recently came out in support of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the current piece of legislation being worked on to censor the Internet:
Website hosting company GoDaddy has officially voiced its support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) Bill in 2012, which is designed to thwart movie and music piracy on the Internet by empowering copyright holders to effectively shut down websites or online services found with infringing material. If passed, the U.S. government could blacklist any website it deems in violation of copyright, which could range from a few posts in a Web forum to a few links sent in an e-mail.
As you can guess many of GoDaddy’s customers were pissed. In response to GoDaddy’s support of SOPA many customers transfered their domains and hosted websites to other providers. Seeing this loss of money GoDaddy finally yielded and listened to their customers:
Go Daddy is no longer supporting SOPA, the “Stop Online Piracy Act” currently working its way through U.S. Congress.
“Fighting online piracy is of the utmost importance, which is why Go Daddy has been working to help craft revisions to this legislation – but we can clearly do better,” Warren Adelman, Go Daddy’s newly appointed CEO, said. “It’s very important that all Internet stakeholders work together on this. Getting it right is worth the wait. Go Daddy will support it when and if the Internet community supports it.”
This is the beauty of capitalism, the decisions of companies can be changed without the need for violence. Instead consumers can voice their concern and take their business elsewhere. Unlike the state companies can’t initiate violence in order to force their customers to continue paying.


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ST. LOUIS, MO -- (Marketwire) -- 01/17/11 -- Cymtec Systems, a leading provider of products that help companies optimize network performance and fulfill the rigorous audit and compliance standards imposed on organizations, today announced a new distribution partnership with Transition Systems, a leading distributor of networking products in the Asia Pacific region. Coupled with this agreement, Cymtec has opened an office in Singapore to manage sales and provide support services.
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enVista, a leading enterprise and supply chain consulting services firm
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Market Publishers Ltd informs that new US markets research reports
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announced today it has received $10 million in growth capital from new
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Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, will supply gas turbines
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The Accounting and Finance Employee Confidence Index, a measure of overall confidence among U.S. accounting and finance workers, edged up 2.2 points to 56.1 in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a recent survey commissioned by The Mergis Group®, the professional placement division of SFN Group, Inc. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive®, indicates that an increased population of the workforce believes it is likely they will make a job change in the next 12 months.
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ORBIT/FR, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ORFR), a Microwave Vision Company and a leading producer of automated microwave test and measurement systems for the aerospace, defense, communications, automotive and satellite industries, closed out the 2010 calendar year with several significant orders totaling approximately $3.3 million.
All recent significant orders came from the aerospace & defense industry; with the majority from aviation customers worldwide, as well as some from the U.S. military and government contractors.
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Ziehm Imaging, Inc.
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new, larger facility in Orlando, Florida. The move will be completed by
January 30, 2011. The completion of the new Ziehm Imaging Americas Corporate
Headquarters along with the 2010 completion of the new Ziehm Imaging Parts
Distribution Center, also in Orlando, marks the end of the transition of
Ziehm Imaging's Americas operations to Orlando, Florida from Riverside,
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WANdisco, the makers of Enterprise Subversion with the most active core developers from the project on staff, today announced that it had completed the acquisition of SVNForum.org - the world's largest Subversion user community with over 20,000 active members. At the same time the company has given the site a new lease of life with a distinctive new look and new features that make it easier to use.
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“The actual problem here is prices.
They’re not going up nearly as much as they were in, say, the middle of last year, but they’re by and large not declining en masse, either. And in most cases, they won’t get back to where they were in the Before Times.
“Inflation in the US is falling relatively quickly compared to all of our other peer countries, and we have the strongest growth out of the recession,” said Felicia Wong, president and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute, a progressive think tank. “But people don’t just want falling inflation numbers, they actually want deflation.”
Deflation probably isn’t in the cards (and the rub is we don’t want it to be). Higher prices might just be the sort of thing we’ve all got to get used to. The truth is we’re never going back to how things were in 2019 — we won’t be returning to the office at the same levels, we’ll never hear “corona” and only think of beer, and that night on the town is going to cost us more than it did before.”
“Basically, if I get a raise at work, I think it’s because I’m awesome. That may be partly true, but that’s not all that’s going on — it’s also that the labor market is tight and wages broadly are going up. My current employer doesn’t want to lose me, and my future employer would have to pay me a little more to lure me away.
While many people see their employment situations (good or bad) as something they’ve earned, they see inflation as something that’s happening to them and that it’s the government’s fault. “The reality is inflation takes away and it gives back. It takes away, prices go up, and it gives back, wages catch up,” said Justin Wolfers, an economist at the University of Michigan. “But you code what it takes away as inflation’s fault but what it gives back as your own genius.””
“The rate of inflation really is slowing (and, if all goes well, will continue to do so), and the disorienting nature of what’s happened in the economy over the past few years will likely fade. Post-pandemic prices will eventually feel normal, and post-pandemic wages should make those prices more feasible — or at least not significantly less feasible than they were before. Sooner or later, sticker shock will feel a little less shocking.”
“The series of subsidies and tariffs that the federal government uses to artificially inflate sugar prices in the United States cost consumers between $2.5 billion and $3.5 billion every year, according to a timely Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today. Those protectionist policies aren’t the cause of the recent spike in sugar or candy prices, of course, but prices would absolutely be lower without them.”
“Those higher prices get baked—quite literally—into the cost of everything from Milky Ways to Sour Patch Kids. And, as the GAO also points out, this is a classic case of concentrated benefits for a special interest that results in huge, but very diffused, costs for everyone else: “Because the program guarantees relatively high prices for domestic sugar, sugar farmers benefit significantly, and sugar farms are substantially more profitable per acre than other U.S. farms.””
“unless you pin down the details, basic income is too vague to mean anything politically concrete. Like the Rorschach inkblot, you can interpret and design UBI in an endless variety of ways. A program that provides $250 per month is a different ballgame than one providing $1,200 per month. The same goes for one that replaces all other welfare, like food aid (sometimes referred to as a “pure UBI,” which would actually leave the most disadvantaged worse off, and is a bad idea), compared with one that complements existing programs.
Ultimately, the effects of any income guarantee hinge on the details. How much does it pay? Who gets it? How’s it financed? How does it relate to the rest of the welfare state? But most of the real proposals that have made their way through the policy world share a noteworthy trait: When the dust settles, they just wouldn’t be that radical, in either direction.
Generally, most people at the bottom of the income ladder would be better off, those in the middle would break even as they pay about as much in higher taxes as they’d receive from the basic income, and those at the top would be a little worse off. Society would neither ascend into utopian communism nor collapse into bleak idleness. There would just be less poverty and higher taxes.”
“Biden’s administration sold off more than 40 percent of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve last year to help limit rising fuel prices after Russia invaded Ukraine, leaving the stockpile at its lowest levels since the early 1980s. That’s fueling Republican accusations that Biden has left the U.S. vulnerable to a disruption of global oil supplies — at a time when Hamas’ terrorist attacks in Israel are stoking fears of a wider regional war disrupting fuel shipments from the Middle East.”
the reserve still holds 351 million barrels — equivalent to nearly 56 days of total U.S. oil imports last year — though well below the peak of 727 million barrels it held during the Obama administration. That’s on top of 424 million barrels that private companies were storing in the U.S. as of early October.
The administration has defended its handling of the reserve, saying it still holds ample crude to protect the nation’s strategic needs and offer a cushion against price shocks. “I am not worried about the reserve levels at all,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told a House committee in September, adding: “It is the largest strategic reserve in the world.”
And the U.S. is no longer the energy beggar it was in 1973, when the Yom Kippur War prompted an Arab oil embargo against the United States that sent prices spiraling and left Americans waiting in hours-long lines at gas pumps. Back then, U.S. oil production was dropping while its thirst for the fuel was rising — prompting Congress to pass a law in 1975 to create the reserve.”
” the United States is the world’s biggest oil producer, which exports more crude and petroleum products than it imports. Its output is at record highs and is climbing, even as demand has flattened.
Over the years, some conservatives have even called for abolishing the reserve, complaining — as the Heritage Foundation did eight years ago — that “Presidents have used the SPR as a political tool.”
Still, the reserves’ diminished volumes limit Biden’s options to respond to a future shock to the oil markets, including those that could result from a widening of the war in the Middle East.”
“B 1228 applies to fast-food chains with at least 60 locations nationwide — except for those that make and sell their own bread. The bill’s landmark change is a minimum wage hike to $20 per hour, almost $5 higher than the Golden State’s minimum wage of $15.50.
It would also see the establishment of a Fast Food Council to set wages and make recommendations for working conditions. The council has the power to increase the new minimum wage each year through 2029 up to 3.5% or the average change in the Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners, whichever is lower.
One key part of the bill has been removed since its proposal. Previously, AB 1228 would have made fast-food corporations jointly liable if franchisees committed labor violations, which the NOA believes could have led to “frivolous lawsuits against franchisees” that would then force the larger corporate head offices to exert more control over local operations.”
“Much of the lawsuit centers around how Amazon essentially forces third-party sellers who use its Marketplace platform — which accounts for about 60 percent of Amazon’s sales — to purchase additional services from Amazon. Amazon’s critics say the company has gotten greedier over the years, resulting in sellers having to cut their profit margins or raise prices to consumers to account for Amazon’s ever-increasing charges and fees. The FTC says that many sellers pay nearly 50 percent of their revenue to Amazon when all of the fees are combined, and those costs can be passed on to the consumer.
One way it does this, the suit says, is through search ads, which allow sellers to have their products placed prominently in customer searches, above products that organically earned a top spot. The lawsuit alleges that Amazon has increased the number of ads in search results over the years, making sellers feel that the only way potential customers will see their products at all is if they pay Amazon for ads. This makes the shopping experience worse for consumers who have to wade through them to find organic results.
“These ads have been enormously lucrative for Amazon, but shoppers face less relevant results and are steered toward more expensive products, while sellers face an additional set of fees,” Khan said.
The lawsuit also addresses Amazon’s “buy box.” When several sellers offer the same product, Amazon picks which one gets the sale when a customer clicks to make a purchase — whether “add to cart” or “buy now.” That’s the buy box. Everyone else is relegated to an “other sellers” section, which is farther down the page. Most customers don’t bother or even know to check it, which makes that buy box placement crucial for sellers.
But Amazon has certain conditions that make it more likely that the seller will get that buy box — or, if they don’t comply with them, make it impossible to get it at all. Those conditions often mean giving Amazon more money.
Qualifying for Prime is one of them, but sellers pretty much have to use Amazon’s “Fulfilled by Amazon” logistics and shipping service in order to be eligible for it. Amazon has technically allowed sellers to use other fulfillment services, but it’s exceedingly difficult for any third-party fulfillment service to meet Amazon’s requirements, and Amazon closed off enrollment to the Seller Fulfilled Prime option years ago.
A few months ago, however, Amazon announced it would re-open enrollment “later this year.” Notably, it has also changed some of these practices in the European Union recently as part of a settlement to end an antitrust case there, including adding a second buy box and allowing seller-fulfilled Prime.”


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Viffy, the industry’s first premium creator content platform that bridges creator influence and retailer loyalty, announced its official app launch today. Dedicated to empowering a more universal premium content experience, while simultaneously facilitating the funding for more content creator paid subscriptions, Viffy offers the most comprehensive and seamless web and mobile solution for consumers and creators alike, that are searching for reliable and efficient methods to affordably deliver more content to more people. Viffy allows consumers to try, explore, and discover new content channels with zero financial risk, while introducing an unmatched level of accessibility and user-friendliness, by seamlessly leveraging customer loyalty programs for everyday purchases at dozens of national retailers including Asics, ColourPop, and Fanatics.
“Viffy solves problems for retailers, consumers, content creators, and credit card companies,” said Sam Winslow, Chief Executive Officer of Viffy. “We believe this platform will revolutionize the influencer marketing industry by giving retailers and credit card networks access to the power of influencer marketing.” The influencer marketing industry has grown from $500M in 2015 to over $16B today, with no existing solution to enable retailers or credit card networks to leverage creator content. Viffy changes this by providing unprecedented utilization of existing customer loyalty reward platforms, unlocking an enormous driver of activity to the already-mature industry of brand loyalty through major affiliate marketing and card link-based loyalty platforms. “We are excited to be at the forefront of this new era of marketing and look forward to providing retailers and credit card networks with a new way to reach their customers,” said Winslow.
With Viffy, content creators can diversify their income and monetize their premium or supplemental content, as the traditional paywall model that currently dominates the creator space is highly prohibitive. Viffy empowers content creators to capture untapped value from their most avid followers, while delivering an affordable pathway to attract new subscribers. “We are thrilled to revolutionize how creators monetize premium content, by eliminating the paywall, while also unlocking value for the stakeholders who drive income to creators, brick-and-mortar retailers and credit card networks who are happy to pay affiliate fees for loyalty and sales,” said Winslow. An end-to-end premium creator content and subscriber community management solution, Viffy believes how consumers discover, navigate, and subscribe to creator content is directly tied to the brick-and-mortar merchants and brands they already support in their daily lives.


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Amcor Rigid Packaging has unveiled a two-step light-weighting technology set to remove over 50% of the material and weight in the finish of PET bottles – a development thought to produce attractive packaging, lower manufacturing costs, and reduce carbon emissions.
Originally developed for the spirits industry, the company claims that its new Quantum technology allows for the utilisation of 100% recycled material and produces fully recyclable packaging applicable to healthcare, home and personal care, and food and dairy applications, amongst others.
Reportedly, it utilises PET due to its ‘infinite’ recyclability and low carbon footprint, with a previous life cycle analysis conducted by Amcor asserting that the production of PET bottles results in 70% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than other packaging materials.
“Our customers and consumers alike are looking for ways to support the circular economy and eliminate waste, and our engineers have developed a new technology that meets their needs and advances more sustainable packaging,” said Terry Patcheak, vice president of R&D, Sustainability and Project Management at ARP. “We’re helping our customers support source reduction, reduce material use and reduce weight, which means a lighter and more sustainable package.”
Previously, an LCA conducted on Avantium’s plant-based PEF in 250ml and 500ml bottles by the Nova Institute suggested that the material’s mechanical properties enable light-weighting that would reduce pressure on abiotic resources by 47%.
Stephane Triquet, vice president of strategic marketing at Selig, also told us that the light-weighting of glass packaging for non-sparkling wines has grown in popularity, with retailers seeking to reduce the reported 50% of carbon emissions caused by a glass bottle during the production of wine.


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Microsoft and Gateway
Microsoft has settled with Gateway. Microsoft is required to give Gateway 150 million dollars for the next four years, in return Gateway will release any claims against the company. How do you think this will help Gateways image? Even though Microsoft has stated that they have no favoritism with Gateway, because of this litigation will consumers find a greater demand with Gateway? Gateway stated that they look forward to greater collaboration s with Microsoft in the future. How do you feel this will affect the demand for Gateway computers in the future, as compared to their lag in the past?
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Dec 7, 2023
Lululemon Athletica Inc on Thursday forecast fourth-quarter revenue and profit below expectations, signaling a bleak holiday season as customers turn thrifty and cut back spending on premium apparel and accessories.
Shares of the Vancouver, Canada-based company, dropped nearly 4% in extended trading.
Lululemon had enjoyed buoyant demand for its athleisure and comfortable clothing in the last several quarters but with costs of living trending higher, some of its customers have started trimming down spending on premium clothing.
Lululemon’s holiday forecast mirrors sentiments from other U.S. retailers such as Kohl’s, which has hinted at a choppy start to the holiday season.
The company expects fourth-quarter net revenue between $3.14 billion and $3.17 billion, and profit between $4.85 and $4.93 per share, both below analysts’ estimates, according to LSEG data.
Even though Thanksgiving weekend sales showed optimism among customers, some consumers have either largely cut back on spending or are waiting to shop closer to Christmas.
A recent report from the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis showed that consumer demand was slowing as Americans grapple with higher borrowing costs, resumption of student loan repayments and depleted excess savings among low-income households due to inflation.
However, Lululemon’s third-quarter gross margins were up 110 basis points to 57%, helped by easing costs of production and lower freight expenses.
The company also beat third-quarter results and raised annual profit as well as revenue forecasts.
Lululemon now expects full-year 2023 profit between $12.34 and $12.42 per share, compared with its prior forecast of $12.02 to $12.17.
It forecast net revenue between $9.55 billion and $9.59 billion, above $9.51 billion to $9.57 billion it had estimated earlier.
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Google has translated its terms into “easier” language
Google edited its terms of service yesterday, claiming that “the changes reflect an evolving regulatory environment”. It seems the tech giant is feeling the pressure after numerous legal battles and intense global scrutiny.
Google claims that it hasn’t hidden any big changes in the update, but instead has spelled things out for people in simpler words. In fact, the biggest change is actually that Google Chrome, Google Chrome OS and Google Drive are now all covered in the terms.
In addition, the company now promises to flag any big changes that will affect user experience going forward. Buried at the bottom of the FAQ section is a quick explainer, saying that if you’re in the UK your data controller will be switched to the US-based company Google LLC after we leave the EU.
Related: UK Google users could be about to lose GDPR data protection
Google has been thrust under the spotlight recently through a string of legal cases related to data-harvesting. Both Australian and UK organisations brought lawsuits against the company for data grabs where consumers didn’t feel they had given full consent.
Related: How to download all the data Google has collected about you
Unfortunately, it’s a very, very long legal document, so it’s unlikely that anyone booting up Chrome for the first time is going to take their time perusing it. In fact, thanks to the latest update, the company has managed to squeeze in an extra 1,000 words.
The new set of terms will come into effect on March 31, 2020. You can read up on them here (if you’ve got five hours to spare…).


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Today I am Back With Yet Another Interesting Tech Thread. In this thread I am going to tell you about Google I/O 2019
What is Google I/O?
It’s an annual developer conference where Google announces new hardware, software, and various updates for its existing apps and services.
When and where is Google I/O?
The event kicks off Tuesday, May 7, and ends Thursday, May 9. It will take place at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.
How to watch Google I/O?
As every year, Google will live stream its keynote. We’ll embed the video as soon as it becomes available.
Are tickets still available?
Google uses a raffle system and selects attendees at random among those who have registered on the company’s website. The lucky winners still have to pay for tickets, which cost $1,150 (general admission), $750 (community), and $375 (academic).
Registration for the event has closed and Google has already notified raffle winners via email, so tickets aren’t available anymore. Those who didn’t get tickets or who cannot travel to Mountain View may be able to attend local I/O Extended events. Be sure to check the listings.
What to expect at Google I/O 2019?
There’s no official word on what Google will announce at its I/O conference, though the company has already posted the event hub along with a basic schedule.
The initial betas have given us a good peek already at Q. Android Q will: support different accent colors; smooth over sharing tools; adjust notification clearing; ease Wi-Fi sharing via QR codes; add a secret desktop mode; add a native screen recorder; change volume settings functions; tweak microphone features; and much more.
Surely Google will provide more information about its gaming service, called Stadia. The company announced the cloud-based platform at the GDC gaming conference in March.
Google’s Stadia will go head-to-head with Apple Arcade once both services get off the ground. There you have it! These are some of the most interesting rumors and possible announcements for the upcoming Google I/O conference. We’ll update this post as soon as we hear more to keep you up to speed with all the latest.
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