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New Below Trailer Here, Now Heading to Steam And Xbox One
Posted on Thursday, April 10 @ 15:17:00 PST by Daniel Bischoff
This new trailer for Below invites you to come in from the storm, but little else happens. That doesn't make the game look any less enticing, with a haunting track from musician Jim Guthrie accompanying the transportive visuals.
Below was originally announced at Microsoft's E3 2013 press conference where Phil Spencer described it as a "creative take on roguelike gameplay" but we don't know much more about the title.
Indie-gaming fans will be happy to hear that CapyGames have also announced with this trailer that Below will be heading to Steam, in addition to Xbox One. No specific release date has been set.
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Traders in Flintshire are being offered free advice sessions aimed at helping them survive the pressures on small businesses.
During a "retail roadshow" an expert will give them practical ideas on attracting more customers, reducing costs and improving profitability.
They will also be told how they can apply for grants to help improve the appearance of their shopfronts.
The first council-run session will be held in Buckley later.
The Helping the High Street roadshow will then visit Holywell, Shotton and Mold over the next fortnight.
A Flintshire council spokesman said it was hoped the sessions would help independent retailers during a time when "reports and forecasts continued to show a decline in high street sales".
Mike Learmond, north Wales regional co-ordinator for the Federation of Small Businesses, urged traders to get involved.
"There are figures which show that about 12,000 shops across the UK closed last year," he said.
"It's reckoned that supermarkets take £7 out of every £10 spent in the High Street, so anything that can be done to support independent retailers and help them survive through these difficult times must be welcomed."
He said Denbighshire council had also organised a meeting last week to provide support for independent traders.
"Retailers have to play their part when this sort of help is being offered," he added.
"There's a big job to be done in persuading people to change their shopping habits and give more support to independent retailers - when money is spent in the local economy, most of it stays in the local economy and that's what we have to encourage."

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We are getting closer to the official launch of Google Stadia, the first game streaming service to be available. Although its immediate arrival in Portugal is not planned, it is one of the most important releases in the gaming world this year.
However, despite the great hype generated around this promising service, making it possible to play all of your favorite games anywhere and on any smartphone will only go halfway.
During a Q&A session at Reddit, one of the project's senior executives revealed some less positive details about Google Stadia.
Google Stadia will take several months to operate 100%
Contrary to what most users would expect, not all features announced for Google Stadia will be available at the time of its release.
According to executives, Google will approach Stadia as it does with so many of its products. The main objective is to continue to launch new features on a regular basis, with a constant evolution. However, this means that even features that may already be operational will not be released.
Service will not (immediately) be compatible with Android and iOS smartphones
One of Google Stadia's great "shots in the foot" is that it is not immediately compatible with Android and iOS smartphones, considerably limiting the service's reach. On its launch day (November 19), it will only be compatible with Google Pixel, Chromecast Ultra, and Chrome smartphones.
Another known limitation is support for exclusive command, which can only be used wirelessly when playing via a Chromecast. For other supported products, you will need to connect via the USB cable.
Google Stadia could have a very rough start
In addition to the lack of numerous features, Google Stadia will be limited to just a few countries and will arrive with a somewhat "unsalted" game library.
I recall that it will be released with a total of 12 games, in which only one of them will be exclusive to the service.
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Maybe it is good that it is not launched immediately in Portugal. Thus, we need not "waste" money on a service that is guaranteed to present great difficulties at this early stage.
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(CNN) – Business Insider says McDonald’s plans to add a new chicken option to its nationwide breakfast menu next year.
About half of McDonald’s locations in the U.S. already have one or two breakfast items featuring chicken, but Business Insider says it has seen leaked internal documents that indicate a new chicken dish will appear on McDonald’s breakfast menus across the country in January.
No word on what it might be.
Mcdonald’s has test-marketed several chicken items recently, both on its breakfast and regular menus.
Wendy’s plans to launch a breakfast menu early next year which will include a chicken breakfast sandwich.
Some industry watchers say the focus on chicken is a nod to the popularity of Chick-Fil-A, and also Popeye’s, which recently debuted a wildly successful new chicken sandwich.


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Why are book sales inadequate at the book fair?
It has been 52 years since the Amar Ekushey Book Fair has been taking place. During this time, Bangladesh's GDP has surpassed 460 billion dollars. Additionally, per capita income has increased by 2,687 dollars. According to a report from the Bangladesh Bank last year, the number of millionaires in the country is currently 113,554. According to the 2021 survey conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, currently, there are 4 crore middle-income people in the country, whose daily income ranges from 2 to 20 dollars. The size of the country's business-commerce-entertainment sector is increasing every year. There is growth in food shops, shopping malls, picnic spots, and tourist spots. The demand for every daily necessity is increasing rapidly, not just for books. Only the demand for books is not increasing. In its 52 years of existence, the Amar Ekushey Book Fair, held for a month each year, has never reached sales of 100 crore taka which is vital for the country's prosperity.


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HP reports Q4 profit, strong software sales
Revenue for the quarter ended Oct. 31 hit $28.3B
IDG News Service - Buoyed by a sharp improvement in its software business, Hewlett-Packard Co. reported a quarterly profit on Monday.
The company reported net earnings of $2.3 billion, or 86 cents per share, for the fourth quarter ended Oct. 31, compared with net income of $1.9 billion for the year-earlier quarter. Earnings beat estimates from Thomson Financial analysts, who projected net income of $2.184 billion and earnings per share of 82 cents. The earnings are based on a non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) basis.
HP recorded fourth-quarter net revenue of $28.3 billion for the quarter, a 15% year-over-year increase.
The company took a $30 million charge related to licensing its manufacturing, distribution and design of HP cameras so that it can concentrate on its home photo printing and online photo services.
Net revenue for fiscal 2007 was $104.3 billion, a 10% growth year over year. HP recorded operating profit of $9.6 billion.
The company's software revenue doubled year over year to $698 million, said Mark Hurd, CEO and president of HP, in a conference call following the earnings announcement. Hurd attributed the software rise partly to the acquisition of Mercury Interactive Corp., which HP bought for $4.5 billion last year.
Notebook revenue grew 49% year over year, with more people using mobile devices to access digital content, Hurd said. The world is going mobile, especially in emerging markets, he said.
China is becoming a key market for HP, Hurd said. HP's Personal Systems Group, which sells PCs and laptops, recorded a 100% growth in China, making it the group's third-largest market. HP is selling products in around 400 Chinese cities with more expansion planned, Hurd said. Overall revenue in the emerging BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) markets grew 37%, Hurd said.
Hurd said he was pleased with 78% increase in x86 blade server revenue, he said. The Enterprise Storage and Servers group reported revenue of $5.2 billion, a 10% increase over the previous year.
Despite steady growth across all segments, Hurd said there was more room to grow. "HP still has room to improve, but we like how we are positioned," he said.
The company estimated its revenue for fiscal 2008 to be $111.5 billion.
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Port Washington, NY, March 11, 2018 – The NPD Group’s home division presented its fifth annual industry performance awards during the International Home + Housewares Show, on Saturday, March 10, 2018. Awards were given to small appliance and housewares (non-electrics) brands with the largest increase in U.S. market share in 2017, compared to 2016, according to dollar sales from NPD’s Retail Tracking Service (brands with overall sales among the top 10 in the category were eligible). In recognition of the importance of e-commerce, this year’s event included six new awards presented to top online performers across the three main small appliance segments, and some of the hot housewares categories. These new awards feature U.S. e-commerce insight from NPD’s Checkout service, based on information collected from more than three million consumers through data provided by our partner Slice Intelligence.
“Competition has taken on new meaning across all of retail in recent years, and these awards recognize the brands that have adapted to effectively address today’s market demands,” said Lora Morsovillo, president of NPD’s U.S. Home practice. “Our industry is being revitalized, even revolutionized, by the innovative approaches many in our industry have employed in a very short period of time, and we’re excited for the successes on the horizon.”
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Samsung has reminded owners of its smart TVs that they should be regularly scanning for malware using its built-in virus scanning software. “Prevent malicious software attacks on your TV by scanning for viruses on your TV every few weeks,” a (now deleted) tweet from the company’s US support account read alongside a video attachment that demonstrated the laborious process.
The obvious question here is why in the world doesn’t Samsung automate this process. When so many people don’t even know how to turn off motion smoothing, what are the chances that they’re going to be mindful of security practices? It also illustrates how dumb some smart TVs can be.
It’s unclear whether the tweet has been put out in response to a recent threat. There haven’t been any recent security vulnerabilities reported for Samsung’s smart TVs, but back in 2017 WikiLeaks revealed that the CIA had developed a piece of software called “Weeping Angel” that was capable of turning Samsung’s smart TVs into a listening device. Less than a month later a security researcher found 40 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung’s smart TV operating system, Tizen. At the time, Samsung released a blog post detailing the security features of its TVs, which includes its ability to detect malicious code on both its platform and application levels.
Virus scans are another reminder of how annoying modern smart TVs can be. Sure, they have pretty much every streaming app under the sun built in, and Samsung’s models can even be used to stream games from a local PC. But they also contain microphones that can be a privacy risk, and are entrusted with credit card details for buying on-demand video content. Even when everything’s working as the manufacturer intended, they can be yet another way of putting ads in front of you, either on your home screen or even in some cases directly into your own video content.
Samsung’s little PSA about scanning for “malware viruses” (eh hem) might be a sound security practice on a Samsung smart TV, but it’s also an excellent reminder for why you might not want to buy one in the first place.
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It has been a rather busy week for Motorola, just a couple of days ago the company launched the two Droid handsets that are exclusive to Verizon in the United States. The company today announced a new handset called the Moto X Force, it’s basically the international variant of the Droid Turbo 2, same exact phone without the restriction to just one U.S. carrier.
Not only does the Moto X Force has no carrier branding it also has no bloatware, customers instead get a near vanilla Android experience because Motorola is known for keeping things clean when it comes to software.
So it’s basically the same phone with a new name that’s now coming to the United Kingdom. The biggest selling point of this smartphone is the ShatterShield technology, Motorola claims that the display on this device is shatterproof, and when CNN put those claims to the test they held up pretty well.
Moto X Force will be available via retailers and Motorola’s website by mid-November, it will have full support for Moto Maker. The handset is priced at £499 for 32GB and £534 for 64GB, it’s powered by a Snapdragon 810 processor and promises 48 hours of battery life on a single charge. The handset comes with Lollipop but it most likely will receive Marshmallow sooner its Verizon counterpart because the update won’t get caught up at the carrier.


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The upcoming Audi Q5-based Porsche Macan SUV has been given what we think to be the most accurate rendering so far, thanks to the intrepid crew over at German mag Autobild. Our Bavarian bros. released a pair of solid renderings not long ago which preview the latest Porsche about to roll off the line and the Range Rover Evoque needs to watch its back.The Macan, expected to debut sometime in 2013, should arrive first as a four-door model and later arrive to show rooms with a two-door version.
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Volvo has unveiled the special S60 and V60 Edition models, which add some unique touches, like special leather seats, different interior trims, colors and wheel options.
The S60 competes in one of the most hotly contested segments, the near-luxury class that contains some formidable players such as the Audi A4, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and the king of the class, BMW 3-Series. So how does the Volvo S60 compare?
A Volvo executive has revealed that Volvo will soon offer hybrid versions of its entire lineup. Thanks to the higher than expected demand for its existing hybrid models, including the new XC90 T8 plug-in hybrid, Volvo is going to make it a priority to electrify all of its models.
Almost 20 years ago Volvo launched the "Cross Country" sub-brand with the the more off-road ready version of the V70 wagon - the V70 Cross Country. Now Volvo wants to expand the sub-brand beyond the current V60 Cross Country wagon with the introduction of the S60 Cross Country sedan, but do buyers actually want it?
Following the debut of the Volvo V60 Cross Country, Volvo has now unveiled the S60 Cross Country sedan, which takes the sedan to new heights - literally.
While we wait for Volvo to officially unveil the all-new 2015 Volvo XC90 SUV on August 26, a new report claims that Volvo's entire lineup is going to be revamped by 2017.
Volvo's Chinese owner Zhejiang Geely Holding Group is set to start exporting the Chinese built long-wheelbase S60L to the United States and Russia as early as next year.
Volvo has announced the release of the 2015 Volvo S60 and V60 Polestar models, which are slated to arrive in showrooms this summer.
After teasing us with the 500-hp Polestar S60 concept, Volvo has announced that it is putting the S60 and V60 Polestar models into production.
Volvo has unveiled the first Polestar model to ever be put into production, the Volvo S60 Polestar.
Volvo has announced that the refreshed 2014 Volvo S60, V60 and XC60 can be fitted with Volvo's Active High Beam Control that makes driving in the dark safer and more comfortable.
It's been a while since Volvo has updated its lineup, but Volvo is updating most of its lineup for the 2014 model year.
Volvo has chosen next week's 2012 LA Auto Show for the global auto show debut of the Volvo S60 Polestar Concept.
While it's been reported that one lucky guy managed to get his hands on one for an insane $300k, it's now being reported that Volvo may put the Polestar S60 Concept into very limited production.
Just a few days ago Polestar unveiled a new concept version of the Volvo S60 that packed 508 horsepower and reached 0-62 mph in 3.9 seconds with a top speed over 186 mph. Production plans have not been announced, but it looks like one lucky person got their hands on the concept for $300,000.
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The firm will lead the brand’s public relations efforts across said market to drive the health benefits of SodaStream products.
Global home sparkling water-maker manufacturer, SodaStream, has gone public with the news to retain incumbent communications partner, Pollack PR (PPMG), as the company’s official health and wellness agency of record for the United States. The move follows a three-month competitive review.
The firm has been charged with leading the brand’s public relations efforts across said market to inform consumers on the benefits of its stable of products. The group’s initiative will spotlight the beverage giant’s offerings, which are designed to help consumers achieve optimum balance.
The marque will concentrate its energies on driving the importance of going with the recommended eight glasses of water daily while reducing sugar intake. Pollack PR is responsible for developing strategies aimed at bringing SodaStream’s health and wellness messages to life.
“PPMG is part of an elite global force with over 90 agencies working together in 45 markets around the globe. Disruptive PR campaigns and integrated communication strategy enables us to build strong relationship with our consumers and partners,” said Maayan Nave, Global Chief Communication & PR at SodaStream.


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Super Stella slips into the black
Last updated at 11:59 10 October 2007
The designer took home a salary of almost £1million last year and her eponymous company, which is half owned by Gucci, made a £395,000 operating profit, compared with a £1.2million loss in 2005.
However, the firm is still a long way from repaying the investment ploughed into "project Stella" by the Italian luxury goods giant. So far Gucci has spent more than £15 million on getting Stella McCartney Ltd off the ground.
The profits come after the designer showed her widely acclaimed latest collection at Paris Fashion Week last week.
The company said it had been boosted by a 50 per cent rise in sales at its flagship store in Bruton Street, Mayfair.
Best sellers includes a black wool cashmere coat, a cashmere silk hooded sweater and a washed silk organdie dress.
The designer also signed a licensing deal with sportswear firm adidas in 2005 to sell "adidas by Stella McCartney" clothes, including a tennis range and ski wear, from Spring last year.
The company said "these collections have reportedly become adidas's most successful ever product launch".
The figures do not include profits from stores in Los Angeles and New York or from "wholesale activities".
A flagship store in Japan is planned for next year with up to 10 outlets in Asia to follow over the next 18 months.
McCartney had been under pressure to start making money.
Robert Polet, president of the Gucci Group, set a deadline of this year for its smaller brands to make money. He said the profit was "a signal that the company strategy is sound".
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If demand for network computers grows HP can enter the marketplace fairly easily, but CEO Lew Platt predicts it is better off concentrating on the NetPC for now.
Speaking in Sydney last week, Platt said it was technically easy to enter the NC market. “But we’ve chosen to instead stay with the NetPC and emphasise full PC compatibility, which you don’t get with the NC, to emphasise some local processing capabilities — which you also don’t get with the NC. And to drive down the cost of that product, the NetPC, so that it really puts a lot of competitive pressure on the NC.”
Platt says HP has just introduced a product in the US which sells for under $US1000. “An NC is about $US500, but by the time you add some things to the NC, which most people do, you get up to the same price range.”
Platt says HP can change the strategy if it proves to be wrong. Platt says the important thing is to emphasise the total cost of ownership. Support costs over a lifetime of the PC totally swamp what you pay for it.”
He says HP’s alliance with Microsoft, which began in April this year, was directed at the cost of ownership.
“The whole war over whether you want thin clients, ultra thin clients, or $500 products or $900 products will disappear if we can attack the many thousand-dollar costs, typically $4000 to $8000 cost of supporting that product over its lifetime.”


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Battery Ventures and DFJ Gotham Lead Recent Financing, STELLAService to Amplify Customer Service Ratings Platform and Expand Marketing Efforts with New Website
New York, NY (March 21, 2011) – STELLAService, the first independent customer service ratings provider for online retailers, today announced that it has raised $2 million in early stage funding, led by institutional investors Battery Ventures and DFJ Gotham Ventures. RRE Ventures, Consigliere Brand Capital, Doug Lebda, Mark Wachen and other angel investors also participated.
STELLAService objectively measures, rates and highlights the service quality of online businesses. The company was founded in 2009 with the dual goal of helping online shoppers make more informed buying decisions, while also helping Internet retailers grow their businesses through insightful customer service data and marketing services. Many of the world’s leading ecommerce sites, including Diapers.com, Zappos.com, and 1-800-Flowers.com, now showcase the STELLAService SEAL on their sites.
“Until now online shoppers have lacked a reliable ally for sorting through thousands of websites and uncovering retailers that offer great customer service,” said co-founder and CEO Jordy Leiser. “With this funding, STELLAService can play a critical role in building transparency for online shoppers and shine light on those online stores that truly employ best practices when it comes to the overall customer experience.”
STELLAService will use the proceeds to leverage its rigorous evaluation system to rate several thousand online retailers. The company will also significantly expand and enhance its website with new tools and features aimed at making it an indispensible, trusted resource for online shoppers.
“STELLAService is bringing unparalleled transparency to ecommerce customer service,” said Satya Patel, Partner, Battery Ventures. “Prices and product selection are moving towards parity in ecommerce, so customer service is the basis on which the leading ecommerce sites will differentiate themselves over the long term. STELLAService is already working with some of the top ecommerce companies. With this financing, we look forward to working with the company to provide consumers with much deeper and broader customer service data across all ecommerce sites.”
“We are very excited about working with the talented team at STELLAService to address this important need in the huge and rapidly growing ecommerce market,” added Ross Goldstein, Co-Founder and Managing Director at DFJ Gotham Ventures. “The company has quickly penetrated the market with its innovative solution, and we look forward to it further expanding its product offering and market presence with this financing.”
Dedicated to helping consumers make more informed online shopping decisions, STELLAService is the first and only independent provider of customer service ratings for online retailers. Using its proprietary, rigorous evaluation system, STELLAService rates thousands of retailers each year across a broad array of criteria, including usability and online tools, shipping and returns and customer support. To maintain its independence and objectivity, STELLAService pays for all products it purchases and relies on its staff of trained, full-time customer experience analysts to test the companies it evaluates. Based in New York City, the company also publishes reports and other research to help companies worldwide improve their service operations. For more information, visit www.STELLAService.com. Follow us on Twitter at @STELLAService.
About Battery Ventures
Since 1983, Battery has been investing in technology and innovation worldwide. The firm partners with entrepreneurs and management teams across technology sectors, geographies and stages of a company’s life, from start-up and expansion financing, to growth equity and buyouts. Battery has supported many breakthrough software and digital media companies, including: Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), Infoseek (acquired by Disney), Internet Brands and Omniture (acquired by Adobe). Current companies in Battery’s portfolio include: Angie’s List, Bazaarvoice, BlueKai, Freewheel, Glassdoor.com, Gogobot, Groupon, and Skullcandy. Battery’s investments range from as little as a few hundred thousand dollars in seed and early stage financing, to $50 million or more for late stage/expansion deals. From offices in Boston, Silicon Valley and Israel, Battery manages $4B in committed capital, including its current fund of $750M. For more information, visit www.battery.com. Follow us on Twitter at @BatteryVentures.
About DFJ Gotham Ventures
DFJ Gotham Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City focused primarily on early-stage information technology companies on the East Coast. DFJ Gotham Ventures partners with extraordinary teams of entrepreneurs to build strong and successful businesses that make a huge impact in their industries. DFJ Gotham Ventures takes pride in being an active partner, leveraging its experience, knowledge and relationships to provide substantial value to its portfolio companies. DFJ Gotham Ventures is proud to have backed such category leaders as Massive (acquired by MSFT), XOsoft (acquired by CA), Q-Link (acquired by Adobe), Drop.io (acquired by Facebook) and Mimeo.com, among many others. For more information, please visit www.dfjgotham.com.


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Petrol retailers have hiked prices at the pump as wholesale oil costs have fallen, RAC claims
- Wholesale fuel prices have dropped by 4p a litre since October 25
- However, pump prices for petrol and diesel have increased in the same period
- The RAC has called for retailers to shave 3p off forecourt prices
Petrol retailers have been paying less for oil over the last few weeks but are not passing on the savings to motorists, a report claimed today.
In fact, prices at the pump have gone up despite falling costs for petrol companies, warned the RAC. The motoring group, which monitors average fuel prices across the country, said retailers should knock 3p a litre off the current price of petrol and diesel.
Wholesale prices have been on the decline over the last two and a half weeks, said the RAC. On the back of falling oil prices and the recovering pound wholesale fuel costs have dropped by 4p per litre since October 25.
Pass the savings on: The RAC has urged retailers to cut 3p from the price of petrol and diesels after it was revealed that wholesale fuel costs had dropped by 4p a litre in the last fortnight
To add salt to the wounds, prices at forecourts have been marginally increased by retailers during the same period.
Currently, the average price of a litre of petrol stands at 116.76p, while petrol is 118.64p.
However, the RAC said savings felt by retailers should be passed on to the nation's motorists and prices should drop to 114p and 116p respectively.
With Christmas fast approaching and a raft of fuel offers on the horizon, the motoring foundation said the competitive nature of supermarkets could have seen petrol dropping as low as 110p per litre - and 112.5p a litre for diesel - if retailers had collectively passed on savings to consumers.
But the RAC said there is good reason for UK drivers to feel optimistic that fuel costs could be on the decline too, which would come after a period of sustained price rises recently.
RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: 'Fears are looming that OPEC’s planned production cut, due to be agreed at the end of November, won’t come to fruition and consequently won’t stem the over-production of oil that has kept prices low.
'The effect of that has been a short, sharp fall in the oil price, down from more than $50 a fortnight ago to around $43 now.
'This, combined with a rallying pound following last week’s High Court case on Brexit and the result of the US election, is causing wholesale prices to fall – which should be good news for motorists.'
Fuel prices are expected to drop in the coming weeks. That's due to the steadying pound on the back of last week's High Court case on Brexit and the US election result
Williams added that he was 'very surprised' retailers hadn't already reduced their forecourt prices, especially as they've had a good record of passing on wholesale savings to the pump over the last 12 months.
'This current unwillingness to cut will not help their cause in getting motorists to believe that forecourt prices don’t go up like a rocket when wholesale prices rise and fall like a feather when they’re coming down,' he said.
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'A petrol and diesel cut by retailers now will send the right message to consumers that they can still benefit when wholesale fuel prices fall as they have done in recent days.'
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Alcohol consumption is climbing at a faster rate on Vancouver Island than in other regions in B.C., according to the Centre for Addictions Research of B.C. at UVic.
Centre director Tim Stockwell suggests the Island’s higher rate, measured between 2002 and 2009, was fuelled by strong economic conditions prior to the recession, and by the growth of private liquor stores.
The amount of alcohol consumed is heavily influenced by price and physical availability, he said.
“As a community, we need to make decisions how we regulate this product because it is not like other products. It is not like milk and orange juice.”
The centre carries out research and education on substance abuse, harm reduction and addiction. It was founded because of provincial concerns about health and social problems resulting from alcohol, drugs and tobacco in B.C. Alcohol has been linked to a wide range of medical issues.
The centre released a January study saying that alcohol-related deaths and alcohol consumption seem to be rising in B.C. as the number of private liquor stores have increased. From 2003 and 2008, the number of government liquor stores slid to 199 from 222, while private store numbers rose to 977 from 727.
The number of alcoholrelated deaths grew to 2,011 in 2008, from 1,937 in 2003. More than 20,000 hospital admissions in B.C. in 2009 were alcohol-related, according to data from the centre.
“I think local municipalities need to take a long, hard look at policies around the number of liquor outlets they have and where they are placed.”
The Island’s per capita consumption, for people 15 years old and up, climbed by 23 per cent between 2002 and 2009. In 2009, the per capita amount of alcohol consumed was 10.7 litres, up from 8.68 litres in 2002. One litre of alcohol is equal to 58 standard drinks, the centre said. That puts the Island rate at 620.9 drinks for the year.
“There are a lot of people drinking much lower [amounts],” while others consume far more, Stockwell said Saturday.
Within our population, 10 per cent of the people are responsible for drinking 50 per cent of the alcohol, he said. B.C.’s Interior region followed with an increase of 17.7 per cent, the Fraser Valley rose by 11.45 per cent, Vancouver-Coastal area by 9.84 per cent and Northern B.C. by 9.8 per cent.
The centre collects data from the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch, Statistics Canada, U-Brew and U-Vin sales and its own analysis of alcohol content in products. Consumption could also reflect, in part, drinking by tourists, Stockwell said.
While consumption climbed in all regions of B.C., numbers also showed a drop in consumption between 2008 and 2009. Data from 2010 are being analyzed now, Stockwell said.
Dr. John Copen, Vancouver Island Health Authority’s chief for psychiatry for the South Island, has not seen the centre’s study but said when it comes to alcohol, “I think there’s a problem, pretty much North American-wide.”
“Alcohol has major impacts on almost every body system … When any intoxication occurs if you have a mental health issue, oftentimes your reasons for not acting go down and you become impulsive, it increases the risk of suicide, of homicide, pretty much anything violent.”
He pointed to the U.S. National Institute of Drug Abuse (www.nida.nih.gov /infofacts/lessons.html), which lists lessons from research, including the importance of parental support and involvement, and early intervention for those at risk.
Randy Wilson, co-owner of Liquor Plus stores on Vancouver Island, questions Stockwell’s conclusions, saying data being compared are too narrow, and more factors need to be included.
He takes issue with Stockwell’s thoughts on the impact of price and availability. Washington State and California are among jurisdictions with similar rates of alcohol-related accident deaths but prices in those states are far lower – B.C. has a higher tax level – and alcohol is sold in a wider variety of outlets.
Also, sales to restaurants, for example, do not necessarily reflect consumption because wine may be part of inventory and not sold, Wilson said.
Higher alcohol consumption in B.C. and on the Island could have been connected to a booming economy, Wilson said, noting that many workers came to this province to work on development projects.
“I like liquor laws being tight. We do sell a controlled substance.” But only a small percentage of the population has addition issues, Wilson said. “We don’t want to tar the 97 per cent of the people who drink responsibly.” firstname.lastname@example.org
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BrandDirect Acquires Credit Technology From QuickCredit
Through the agreement, BrandDirect will be able to offer its members a credit monitoring option that gives basic credit reports, credit counseling, as well as privacy and credit card protection.
BrandDirect's implementation of the systems, which will begin in the first quarter of 2000, marks a departure from its usual business to business transfers of credit information. The company hadn't offered these services to its customers in the past.
The membership-based site looks to gain more Internet viewers to its reported 2.1 million members with the new technology. The companies did not release the financial terms of the agreement.


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Campus Activewear Marks 250 Stores Nationwide; Embracing a Legacy of Fashion Excellence and Customer-First Approach
– The brand has expanded from 35 to over 250 stores nationwide since 2017, marking significant growth in a short span
– To celebrate this milestone, the brand opened its 250th store in Season Mall, Pune, reaffirming its commitment to providing top-quality Activewear footwear
– Campus Activewear extends gratitude to valued customers with special offers: shop for ₹4999+ for a complimentary wireless earphone or ₹3499+ for a free backpack
New Delhi: Campus Activewear, one of India’s largest sports and athleisure footwear brand announces a milestone in its journey towards expansion and growth by achieving the landmark of 250 stores across India. To celebrate this achievement, the company opened its new store in Season Mall, Pune as a testament to its commitment to providing high-quality, fashionable, and affordable shoes to customers.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Nikhil Aggarwal, CEO of Campus Activewear Ltd. said, “At Campus Activewear, we have evolved in line with our customers transforming us into a brand that truly understands the changing fashion needs. Therefore, we are not only one of the largest footwear brands in India, we are also the trendiest and the fittest, with a consistent pace of new shoe drops and store openings. As we celebrate our 250th store, we embrace the spirit of movement, encouraging everyone to join us in revolutionising style, confidence, and self-expression. With an ingenious research and design philosophy, we enable the youth to feel confident with their individuality.”
Since its inception in 2005, the brand has continuously incorporated the latest designs in its product portfolio that resonate with customers’ evolving preferences through innovation, strategic partnerships, and exclusive collaborations. The retail journey of Campus began in 2017 with 35 exclusive brand outlets by 2020, has swiftly expanded its footprint, now boasting over 250 stores across the country. Complemented by a robust online presence, Campus has firmly established its footprint across platforms. This growth echoes the brand’s commitment to providing high-quality sports and athleisure wear to a diverse customer base with its pan-India network, ensuring accessibility.
“Our journey is fuelled by unstoppable energy, propelling us to push ourselves and remain committed to delivering fashion excellence. Putting our customers at the forefront, we extend gratitude for the trust and loyalty they have shown us throughout this journey.” added Mr. Aggarwal.
Campus Activewear has always been at the forefront of fashion innovation and comfort, continuously driving the narrative ahead. Over the years, Campus has evolved its fashion offerings with a commitment to excellence and embracing a customer-first foundation. With an agile, fashion-forward, and segmented approach, Campus boasts an array of trendy designs, in captivating colours, and attractive pricing options for everyone and every occasion. With keen eye for leading global fashion trends, the brand has adopted an Omni-channel sales approach to add significant value to the customer’s journey while serving the latent demand in the market.
To mark this special occasion, Campus Activewear is delighted to present exclusive offers across its stores pan India: shop for ₹4999 to enjoy a free wireless earphone or ₹3499+ to receive a complimentary backpack, extending gratitude to its valued customers. It’s Campus Activewear’s way of giving back to the customers who have been an integral part of their journey.
– Website Link: www.campusactivewear.com/
As Campus Activewear looks forward to the future, the brand focuses on augmenting customers’ style quotient, winning every occasion, and inspiring a generation to make their mark by delivering exceptional products to its ever-growing market base. With 250 stores and counting, Campus Activewear is more accessible than ever before, and there are no signs of slowing down. Campus Activewear aims to emerge as the most preferred athleisure brand in India, and bets big on design and product innovation every single time to provide fashion for consumers’ feet.


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Nintendo has announced that the upcoming Super Smash Bros Ultimate will incorporate an all-new adventure mode called ‘World of Light’.
The mode, which is detailed in the trailer above, details reality being broken down and then reassembled in some kind of dark alternative world, with what looks like the return of Smash favourite antagonist Master Hand.
One of the biggest disappointments with the last instalment of the Smash series, Super Smash Bros for Wii U, was the lack of a story mode. Well, Nintendo and developer Bandai Namco have listened to the fans’ requests and developed an entire story in the Ultimate universe.
Super Smash Bros Ultimate will be released worldwide on December 7th.
Legendary game worlds and fighters collide in the ultimate showdown—a new entry in the Super Smash Bros. series for the Nintendo Switch system! New fighters, like Inkling from the Splatoon series and Ridley from the Metroid series, make their Super Smash Bros. series debut alongside every Super Smash Bros. fighter in the series…EVER! Faster combat, new items, new attacks, new defensive options, and more will keep the battle raging whether you’re at home or on the go.


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Alibaba exec fired for helping girlfriend secure job, accepting gifts
The Alibaba Team Holdings Ltd. headquarters stand illuminated at evening in advance of the once-a-year November 11 Singles’ Day on the net searching event in Hangzhou, China, on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019.
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Alibaba has fired the head of its speedy-increasing livestreaming company for allegedly participating in nepotism and accepting gifts, according to an interior memo acquired by CNBC.
Zhao Yang led Taobao Live, the livestreaming product of Alibaba-owned e-commerce website Taobao. The memo says he allegedly aided a third-social gathering livestreaming organization safe a deal with Taobao Live.
The memo also alleges that Zhao arranged for his girlfriend to do the job at that very same livestreaming company, and that she was paid for the occupation.
Zhao attended an exterior enterprise convention the place he acknowledged funds, according to the memo. He also recognized meals, lodging and presents from other live broadcasting organizations, the memo states.
An Alibaba spokesperson declined to remark on the explanation for Zhao’s departure when contacted by CNBC. Caixin World initially claimed the existence of the memo on Tuesday.
CNBC was unsuccessful in tries to get in touch with Zhao. However earlier reports indicated that Zhao has a social media account on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like service, a subsequent look for by CNBC turned up no active accounts underneath that name.
The memo did not say when Zhao was fired or how an interior investigation was done.
Livestreaming drives a smaller but rising part of e-commerce revenues in China and is noticed as a incredibly hot new pattern. Frequently, world wide web influencers or high-profile people will start off a livestream which talks about a item. Then viewers can purchase the item from inside the online video.
For Alibaba, Taobao Dwell is its principal livestreaming solution, a single that it is pushing incredibly closely. In the fiscal 12 months ended March, gross items quantity (GMV) generated from livestreaming grew around 100% from previous yr, Alibaba stated in its earnings release at the time without having providing a benefit. GMV relates to the the worth of products and solutions marketed across Alibaba’s platforms.
Zhao’s scenario marks one more large-profile person who has fallen foul of Alibaba’s inside rules.
In April, Jiang Fan, who oversaw the Taobao and Tmall organizations, was demoted, in accordance to Reuters. Alibaba took the action subsequent an investigation into improper behavior in relation to speculation all around his alleged romance with a Chinese social media influencer, Reuters noted.


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Key Developments: Albemarle Corp (ALB)
14 Mar 2014
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Albemarle Corp:Announced a quarterly dividend of $0.275 per share, an increase of 15 percent over the previous quarterly dividend of $0.24.Payable April 1 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 14. Full Article
Albemarle Corp:Expects FY 2014 revenue growth of the order of 7pct to 8pct to around $2.8 billion.FY 2014 revenue of $2.7 billion - Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Full Article
Albemarle Corp gives Q4 2013 earnings outlook below analysts' estimates; updates on FY 2013 EPS outlook to a range below analysts' estimates; gives Q4 2013 charge outlook
Albemarle Corp:Sees Q4 2013 earnings in the range of $83 mln to $88 mln in net income, or $1.02 to $1.07 per diluted share (EPS), excluding special items, resulting in FY 2013 earnings of $4.00 to $4.05 per diluted share (EPS).Says it expects to incur a pre-tax special charge of between $30 mln and $35 mln during the Q4 2013.Says the charge in connection with a restructuring of its workforce from three global business units to two and consistent with its previously announced intent to redeploy greater resources to R&D, business development and sales to spur growth.Q4 2013 EPS of $1.14, net income of $95 mln -Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.FY 2013 EPS of $4.12 -Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Full Article
Albemarle Corp Expands Electronic Materials Catalyst Portfolio By Acquiring Cambridge Chemical Company, Ltd.
Albemarle Corp announced that it has expanded its presence in the electronic materials market with the acquisition of Cambridge Chemical Company, Ltd. The acquisition of Cambridge Chemical was completed on October 1, 2013. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Full Article
Albemarle Corp announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share. The dividend is payable January 2, 2014, to shareholders of record at the close of business as of December 13, 2013. Full Article
Albemarle Corp announced that for fiscal 2013, it is projecting EPS to decline in the range of 10% to 15% from fiscal 2012, including the impact of the Company's share repurchase program. The Company reported EPS of $4.85 in fiscal 2012. According to I/B/E/S Estimates, analysts are expecting the Company to report EPS of $4.60 for fiscal 2013. Full Article
Albemarle Corp announced that it has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share. The dividend is payable October 1, 2013, to shareholders of record at the close of business as of September 13, 2013. Full Article
Albemarle Corp and Senze Meilu Company, of Shanxi, China, announced that the two companies have signed definitive agreements to establish a joint venture company in Lvliang, Shanxi. Upon final approval from the relevant government authorities in China, the venture, Albemarle Senze Chemicals (Shanxi) Company, Ltd., will build and operate a new 50,000 MT facility to manufacture MARTINAL fine precipitated alumina trihydrate (ATH) flame retardants based on Albemarle's proprietary technology principally used in wire and cable applications. Full Article
Albemarle Corp announced that it has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share. The dividend is payable July 1, 2013, to shareholders of record at the close of business as of June 14, 2013. Full Article
Albemarle Corp announced that for fiscal 2013, The weaker yen and the Company's current assumptions regarding the average US dollar to yen exchange rate for 2013 created a headwind of approximately $17 million-$20 million. That change alone modifies the Company's annual earnings growth expectation to a range of negative 4% to up 3%. The Company reported revenue of $4.85 in fiscal 2012. According to I/B/E/S Estimates, analysts are expecting the Company to report EPS of $4.73 for fiscal 2013. Full Article
LONDON, Nov 27 - British pawnbroker Albemarle & Bond warned on Wednesday it expected to make a loss at the earnings level in the first five months of the year, and that market forecasts needed to come down to reflect this.


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The Panasonic Lumix DC-GH5 was announced at CES by Panasonic on 4 January 2017. Five years ago. Panasonic will have a CES live event on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 10:00 AM PT. So it's either tomorrow or the CP+ show in late february. Confirmed specs in the image.But everyone agrees that it will all come down to whether the new camera use the Phase Detect autofocus method.
At Las Vegas's CES Panasonic displayed an upcoming GH-4K. (Actually it was just a GH3 with a 4K sticker). Nobody knows if the new model will have the same GH3 body or not... Rumors sites write that it will be launched officially on 7th February. So just this friday Anyway these are the rumored specs until now: High speed 16Mp sensor 2.36Mp OLED EVF peaking 4K 200Mbps mode 1080p120 422 recording Panasonic announced also a new SD card expressely made to cope with 4K: A second round of rumors add few more specs: There is an attachable XLR adapter H264 codec all intra that give 422 color all intra in 100 mbps. it will be switch-able from 4K and 1080P with various frame rates (can shoot 120fps at 1080P for example) Last but not the least: price less than 2000USD Someone suggested that the new camera will use the new LSI developed from Pana with its codec AVC-ULTRA: http://pro-av.panasonic.net/en/sales_o/p2/AVC-ULTRA_obverview_rev1.0.pdf Will see in few days what's true on this little monster. Via http://www.43rumors.com/?s=GH4k


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South Korea's leading carmakers Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. dominated the Israeli car market in 2016, beating Toyota Motor Corp. and other Japanese rivals, industry data showed Sunday.
Hyundai, South Korea's top automaker and flagship of Hyundai Motor Group, sold 39,086 units in Israel last year, becoming the top seller there for the first time in three years, according to the data by Israel's auto industry association.
Hyundai's smaller affiliate Kia came in second with sales of 38,069 vehicles. In 2015, Kia was the best-selling brand in the Middle Eastern country, trailed by Hyundai.
Hyundai took up 13.6 percent of the Israeli car market last year, with Kia's share standing at 13.3 percent.
Toyota came next with shipments of 30,040 units, followed by Skoda with 19,511 and Mitsubishi with 17,988.
Israel has emerged as one of the three biggest auto markets in the Middle East. The market expanded 12.5 percent on-year in 2016, compared with a 6.2 percent gain in 2015 and a 12.8 percent hike in 2014.
Kia's Sportage SUV became the best-selling model among foreign cars in Israel last year with shipments of 14,072 units, up 29 percent from the previous year.
Industry watchers attributed Hyundai and Kia's strong sales to their efforts to attract Israeli motorists favoring small cars, as well as Israel's tax breaks for hybrid cars.
"Hyundai's Sonata hybrid has been dominating the Israeli market for mid-size sedans," a Hyundai Motor Group official said. "Hyundai and Kia have also taken the initiative in the hybrid market by debuting such models as the Niro and the Ioniq."


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The expected course of 2022 technology trends will send service providers over the well-trodden paths of cloud computing and onward to the uncharted metaverse.
Partner executives shared their technology forecasts, outlining several key developments they and their customers will likely pursue in the months ahead.
Heres' the rundown: Cloud will manifest itself as an operating model and industry-specific IT play, as well as a core technology, opening a range of deployment options for service providers. Data analytics and AI will let consultants address clients' supply chain issues, while also helping them explore creative business ventures. The metaverse, meanwhile, could prove a ripe sector for partners equipped with advisory and integration skills.
Read on for the details:
- Cloud computing breaks through boundaries
Cloud has become a mainstay of the partner business over the past decade. Important as it is, cloud's scope will become broader still in 2022. Cloud no longer equates to solely the public cloud or IaaS, said Karthik Narain, lead at Accenture Cloud First, the professional services company's cloud arm.
"The meaning of cloud is changing from a very singular definition of one technology or one destination," Narain said. "Cloud is going to become more of an operating system or operating model. We will see in 2022, and beyond, where customers will have a cloud-based architecture across their landscape."
That cloud vision, built on a foundation of configurable, consumable and automatically manageable infrastructure, will extend from the public cloud to the edge -- and cover everything in between, Narain noted.
As cloud goes broader, it will also go deeper. COVID-19 accelerated cloud migration as organizations looked for ways to quickly digitalize their operations. That shift to cloud-centric business models, however, needs to continue, according to Ganeshan Venkateshwaran, president at Trianz, a digital transformation consulting firm based in Santa Clara, Calif.
"Barely pushing some trial workloads to assess the cloud's efficacy won't do," he said. "What is required is a strategic approach to use the cloud as a catalyst for business model innovation and growth, and not just a cost or operational efficiency play."
Cloud use is becoming less about trimming expenses and more about linking to business objectives. Narain, citing Accenture research, said organizations that aggressively adopted cloud during the pandemic grew revenue five times faster than companies less committed to digital technology.
The task for service providers next year: convince the cloud laggards to pursue the bigger cloud picture.
"Technology leaders must let go of any narrow view of cloud economics," Venkateshwaran said. Opportunities for consultants include migrating clients' infrastructure to the cloud and rolling out cloud-native applications, he added.
- Industry clouds build momentum
Cloud has been billed as a critical component of digital transformation. But the technology must meet industry-specific needs to make fundamental business change happen, according to service providers.
"We'll need more vertically targeted solutions in the marketplace to really bring cloud to the next level," said Nicholas Merizzi, principal in Deloitte Consulting's Cloud Strategy offering. "What's exciting about industry cloud is it is geared toward business transformation."
A growing number of businesses will start examining industry clouds in the next 18 to 24 months, sparking a $640 billion market by 2026, according to a Deloitte technology trends report.
Industry clouds will emerge at the industry sector and subsector levels, as opposed to becoming a broad-based, industry-wide endeavor, he added. Instead of a banking cloud, customers will adopt clouds specific to retail banking, capital markets or wealth management, he noted.
Hyperscalers, SaaS vendors, 5G companies and content delivery networks will provide the building blocks for industry clouds, Merizzi said. While those companies set the foundation for industry clouds, customers can focus on the specific applications and processes that set them apart. They can layer on their competitive differentiation instead of worrying about the lower levels of the technology stack, he noted.
"Time to market is critical and resources are sparse," Merizzi said. "What these industry clouds enable is a faster time to market."
- Private IaaS model offers cloud alternative
Pay-as-you-go pricing became a more widely available option for in-house technology deployments in 2021 and could make an even bigger splash over the next 12 months.
A number of IT vendors now offer cloud-like consumption models, setting the stage for broader customer adoption. Cisco Plus, Dell Apex, HPE GreenLake, NetApp Keystone and Pure as-a-Service are among the competing products. The Cisco and Dell offerings emerged in 2021, spanning storage, compute and networking as a service.
Kent Christensen, cloud and data center practice director at Insight's Cloud and Data Center Transformation organization, said the as-a-service approach is poised to accelerate in 2022. Insight, based in Tempe, Ariz., provides services such as billing consolidation and tech support around vendors' consumption-based offerings.
"It's a huge market," he said. "Customers have lots of questions."
Half of those customers, he said, may eventually adopt private IaaS as an alternative to public cloud or as a bridge to eventual public cloud adoption. The potential cost savings makes the as-a-service model hard to ignore, he said. To wit, Insight has found some customers can run workloads on pay-as-you-go hardware, housed in their own data centers, for half the cost of using the public cloud.
Ganeshan VenkateshwaranPresident, Trianz
That cost savings is particularly notable for workloads such as everyday VMs, virtual desktop infrastructure and SQL databases, Christensen said. Those workloads are stable with regard to compute and storage demand and don't require the elastic resources the public cloud provides.
"Standard workloads are showing, over and over, that we can do this better on equipment that runs in your cloud," he said.
But for Accenture's Narain, the expansion of the as-a-service concept reinforces the benefits of cloud as an operating model.
"Regardless if it's a public cloud or your own data center converted to private cloud, all of these places would want to consume technology by taking advantage of how the cloud works," he said.
Quantum evolution, use case assessment to continue
Expectations for quantum computing have dropped somewhat as hardware and software makers soldier on with incremental, rather than revolutionary, progress.
Advances continue, however, despite the technology dropping off the mainstream radar, Thoughtworks' Mason said. IBM in late 2021, for instance, launched a 127-qubit processor, clearing the 100-qubit hurdle in its battle for dominance with China's Jiuzhang 2.0 quantum computer.
While research and development continue, customers will assess the technology's business potential.
"There is a group of clients who have been pioneering exploration of quantum computing for the past few years, and they are likely to continue their research efforts investigating increasingly advanced use cases," said Scott Buchholz, managing director at Deloitte Consulting.
Industries active in that regard will include financial services, pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturers, and government.
- AI, analytics see rising demand
The continuing disruption of COVID-19 will heighten the need for AI, machine learning and data analytics in 2022.
Supply chains, in particular, will likely remain unsettled, as labor, raw material and component shortages persist. Service providers predict customers will tap data science to get a better handle on items prone to scarcity.
"There is an unprecedented demand for supply chain solutions powered by analytics," said Shashikiran PB, vice president of supply chain and manufacturing at Tredence Inc., an AI consultancy and data analytics company with headquarters in San Jose, Calif.
Consumer packaged goods companies, for instance, can use data analytics to calculate a stockout possibility score (SPS) for particular items, helping them predict future stock shortages. SPS considers a range of variables, including whether an item is locally sourced, single sourced or multiple sourced, days of supply available, suppliers' predicted performance, real-time shipment tracking data and weather conditions, Shashikiran said.
Supply chain "control towers" will also rank among the 2022 technology trends, he added. A supply chain control tower is a system that uses analytical tools, applications and dashboards to improve supply chain visibility.
While analytics could help organizations modify supply chains, the process, itself, may be in for an overhaul. A complex, unpredictable environment calls for a more comprehensive approach to analytics.
"Siloed data analytics initiatives must give way to a democratized, integrated set of data services," Venkateshwaran said. Those services should provide a single point of access across all data, spanning on-premises and multi-cloud environments, he noted.
The current climate of uncertainty could also shake up machine learning (ML) algorithms. Mike Mason, global head of technology at Thoughtworks, a digital consultancy in Chicago, cited online ML as a development to watch in 2022. A lot of ML work to date has involved training algorithms on historical data to predict future results. But algorithms that depend on historical data can't respond to radical change, Mason said.
Systems that use online ML, however, gain insight on the fly as they continuously encounter new data. For example, a system for setting hotel room rates could use online machine learning to determine which price points result in sales and adjust itself accordingly. Feedback from each transaction hones the algorithm as it is "rewarded" for setting a price that attracts buyers.
But analytics and AI won't solely focus on the vagaries of supply chains and pricing. Customers will also use AI and ML creatively to create products, uncovering novel combinations of ingredients for products from baked goods to whiskey, Mason said. As for the latter, Thoughtworks recently worked with Swedish distiller Mackmyra to develop a beverage. "We used an AI system to help sift through the millions of possibilities for how to blend whiskey," Mason said.
- Customers explore the metaverse
The metaverse or, more accurately, metaverses, will likely pique enterprise interest in 2022. The concept pulls together 3D modeling, extended reality (XR), cryptography and blockchain, among other technologies. The result is a virtual world where digital alter egos -- called avatars or metahumans -- work, amuse themselves and shop.
Just how fast the technology catches on is anybody's guess. "Timelines are a slightly unknown factor at the moment," acknowledged Mark Curtis, head of innovation and thought leadership at Accenture Interactive.
That said, COVID-19 has served as a catalyst for metaverse exploration, Curtis noted. Indeed, organizations may find the metaverse a natural progression to already-commonplace virtual meetings. Metaverse applications include workplace collaboration, with Mesh for Microsoft Teams scheduled to debut in 2022. That offering will let customized avatars huddle up.
Other applications include entertainment, e-commerce and building design. Companies in various phases of building metaverse platforms include Disney, Meta (formerly Facebook), Microsoft, Niantic (publisher of Pokemon Go) and GPU vendor Nvidia.
For service providers, the newfangled metaverse offers two traditional business opportunities: advisory services and systems integration. The former involves cutting through the hype and applying the emerging technology in a business context, Thoughtwork's Mason said.
A key thrust will be helping clients reinvent their business processes for a virtual world. Marketing could prove an active area in that regard.
"As [metaverse] matures, the effects on marketing are going to be huge," Curtis said. "Clients are already asking: 'What does my brand do in the metaverse and what can it do differently?'"
Even relatively basic things such as corporate logos will need to be revisited. Logos are currently designed as 2D assets, noted Dan Guenther, lead for XR at Accenture. But in the metaverse, logos will be viewed from a multitude of angles, he added.
As for integration, customers may need help tying together 3D design, XR and its constituent virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) components, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). That latter use blockchain to represent a unique piece of digital content. In the metaverse, NFTs will let metahumans purchase, own and trade items, Curtis said.
"Product is very important here," he added, noting customers' ability to develop new business models in the metaverse. "NFTs have a huge role to play."


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McDonald's switches Easterbrook out of global brand role
McDonald's has U-turned on its decision to appoint former UK chief executive Steve Easterbrook to the job of global chief branding officer.
Steve Easterbrook: will head up McDonald's European operations
Instead, he will now head up the fast-food chain's European operations.
In May, McDonald's appointed Easterbrook, its top executive in the UK and Northern Europe, to the new role of global chief brand officer, in a management shift.
As part of the changes, Jill McDonald, chief marketing officer for Northern Europe, was announced as Easterbrook's replacement.
However, Easterbrook will now move to the role of president of McDonald’s Europe, replacing Dennis Hennequin who is leaving the business.
Easterbrook will oversee the operations of more than 6,800 McDonald's outlets in 39 European countries, and will support McDonald's president and chief operating officer Don Thompson.
It means that McDonald's is still in the hunt for a global chief branding officer, a position it is expected to fill within the next few weeks.
The move to appoint Easterbrook to the European role is thought to have been prompted by Hennequin’s departure.
Jim Skinner, McDonald's chief executive, said: "The strong performance of McDonald's Europe is a key component to our overall success and Steve's track record shows that he'll do an excellent job leading the business."
This article was first published on marketingmagazine.co.uk
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First came the internet, now the world’s smallest computer, little larger than a speck of dust, is poised to usher in another revolution.
Designed at Michigan University for monitoring glaucoma from within a human eye, the computer measures just over one cubic millimetre and generates enough power from a tiny solar cell to report back wirelessly for years.
High-tech companies such as Google, IBM and Hewlett-Packard are now planning to crisscross the globe with a trillion-strong network of such ultra-miniaturised computers, to be installed underground, in household appliances, inside clothes and even on food.
Called “smart dust”, they can track or monitor almost any physical object, making it impossible to lose anything or buy food past its sell-by date. Supporters claim smart dust can also…


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Most beef cattle receive antibiotics in their feed to prevent liver abscesses while eating a high-energy diet. There's growing pressure on feedlots to stop this — and some have. But it's costly.
Working with cattle is dangerous, sometimes even fatal. Are robotic cattle drivers the answer for worker safety?
By tagging cattle and updating their data about their free-range, grass-fed quality of life using blockchain, some ranchers are hoping to solve paper tracking pitfalls and sell their beef for more.
Researchers say better management of cattle grazing can make beef carbon-neutral over the long term.
Researcher Tim Reinbott says he’s eager to see how drought-stressed corn and soybean plants react to the change in light and temperature brought by the eclipse.
The animal “at no time presented a risk to the food supply, or to human health in the United States,” according to the USDA.
Wildfires can be started by neglected campfires or cigarette butts. They can ignite from prescribed burns run amok or launch from lightning strikes.
Ranchers worry that a move to delay federal rules that would make it easier for them lodge complaints about unfair treatment may spell the end of the new rules.
The largest of the fires spread from the Oklahoma Panhandle into southwest Kansas, and has consumed more than 800,000 acres of prime grassland.
When Keystone XL was last up for approval, Jeanne Crumly and a group of other local landowners sued to block TransCanada from seizing land by eminent domain.
What's the single most important thing that the world's farmers could do to reduce global warming? Give cattle faster-growing, more nutritious pasture.
In the past, farmers could buy feed containing antibiotics at a local feed store without consulting a vet. Now, they need to obtain a Veterinary Feed Directive.
JBS is a giant in the meatpacking industry, churning out beef, pork, chicken, lamb and leather in factories across the country and around the world.
When a big food company builds a factory, it doesn’t just bring in new industry. Farmers change what they grow, expand their herds and buy new land.
Free trade agreements open the door to get more American beef, soybeans and rice into other countries at more competitive prices.
Federal agencies are changing some of the rules for how antibiotics are used on farms, which is raising questions about when antibiotics are really necessary.
Global agriculture behemoth Cargill has announced plans to reduce the use of key antibiotics on farms in Texas, Kansas and Colorado.
Nicolette Hahn-Niman wants ranchers to change their practices to meet consumer demand. Radishes and kale on the plate. And, the GMO debate in Colorado.
Like nearly everything in agriculture, the increase in milk production doesn’t come without a few trade-offs.
The people pushing insect cuisine make compelling arguments. They say insects are high in protein and calcium, and they’re easier on the environment.


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Greaves Cotton, primarily known for its gensets, is set to acquire a majority stake in Ampere Vehicles, an Indian electric two-wheeler startup. Ampere started operations in 2008 in Coimbatore. Currently, its portfolio includes the Ampere V48 and Reo electric scooter, Angel electric cycle, along with three-wheelers, go-karts and mobility and material moving solutions. They also sell automotive batteries.
With funding from Greaves, Ampere will now have the financial backing to further innovate new battery technology and improve quality, performance and range of its bike. Greaves’ extensive dealer network should also help the company to increase its distribution footprint.
Ampere Vehicles currently has two manufacturing facilities in Coimbatore that together have a production capacity of 60,000 vehicles. The company is present in seven states including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
A manufacturing giant showing interest in relatively small electric technology companies and startups is not new in the Indian two-wheeled autoverse. Hero MotoCorp has already invested around Rs 205 crore in electric two-wheeler startup Ather Energy. In fact, TVS too has a 15 per cent stake in electric two-wheelers startup Ultraviolette. The buck doesn't stop there. TVS is also working on a Jupiter-sized electric scooter and also had the Creon electric scooter concept at this year's Auto Expo, while Bajaj too is set to launch electric two-wheelers by 2020. And more recently, a Mahindra Mojo electric bike was spied testing. The Indian electric two-wheeler space is set to grow substantially in the coming years with the government also urging Indian automakers to get into the electric segment.
Greaves Cotton to acquire majority stake in electric vehicle company Ampere
Strengthens its strategic commitment to the last mile mobility segment with innovative, state-of-the-art solutions
29th Aug, 2018: Greaves Cotton, one of India’s leading diversified engineering companies, today announced that they have entered into definitive agreements pursuant to which Greaves Cotton will acquire a majority stake in EV company Ampere Vehicles Pvt. Ltd, subject to customary closing conditions. This acquisition will accelerate the development of clean energy technology solutions for mobility needs of passengers and small businesses.
Ampere is one of the leading brands in the last mile mobility electric vehicles segment. It has strong in-house capabilities in designing, developing, manufacturing & marketing electric vehicles with a wide range of applications. Greaves currently provides transportation to almost 10 million people daily through its powertrain solutions. In addition, Greaves reaches 5 million customers (of aftermarket spare parts) per month through its network of 5000+ retail outlets. The newly launched Greaves Care network services nearly 7000+ vehicles per month, with plans to substantially ramp-up in the coming years. Greaves will be able to leverage its distribution, aftermarket and service strengths to help Ampere grow more rapidly.
Greaves aims to create enhanced value for its shareholders by investing in advanced clean energy technologies through partnerships in India and worldwide. This acquisition in the electric mobility segment underscores the strategic intent of Greaves.
Mr. Nagesh Basavanhalli, MD & CEO, Greaves Cotton Limited, said, “Greaves has been a trusted brand since 1859, and is well known for the reliability of its products, a strong value proposition based on low total cost of ownership and widespread pan India reach. With this strategic acquisition, we will be able to address a wider range of customer segments with clean energy mobility solutions. Greaves and Ampere will be a synergistic combination of our excellence in frugal engineering & manufacturing with a new age electric mobility solutions company.”
About Greaves Cotton Ltd:
Greaves Cotton Limited, a Rs.1800 crore, multi-product, multi-locational company is one of the leading engineering companies in India with core competencies in fuel agnostic powertrain solutions and services, farm equipment and Gensets. The Company sustains its leadership through six manufacturing units which produce world class products backed by comprehensive aftermarket support through its 5000+ retail outlets across India. Greaves also manufactures approximately 400,000 engines annually at its plants in Pune, Aurangabad and Ranipet. Greaves provides the most affordable mobility solutions to the majority of population in India, moving more than 1 crore passengers and 5 lakh tonnes of cargo every day.


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A huge new 'food warehouse' is going to be opening at Edinburgh's Straiton Retail Park on 4 June, and it's already causing quite a stir, with over one thousand people signed up on Facebook to attend their opening extravaganza.
The Food Warehouse - a new venture by Iceland - has 50 outlets across the UK so far, and will soon be adding Edinburgh to that list.
The discount superstore has been a big hit in other towns, largely thanks to massive savings to be had thanks to its business model of offering wholesale goods at bargain prices - including two beef quarter pounders for 69p.
The Food Warehouse combines the convenience of bulk buying with great value fresh, frozen and ambient food deals across more than 3,000 product lines.
Some of the other deals include a 5kg pack of chicken breast fillets for £19.75, a 24- piece barbecue selection park for £5 and a 24-pack of Diet Coke or Coke Zero for £6.49 which comes to less than 30p a can.
Inside there are multiple rows of freezers and shelves packed with an array of goods, including a full vegan range of sausages, burgers, pizzas and chocolate desserts.
As part of their opening celebrations, The Food Warehouse at Straiton will be giving away absolutely whopping prizes, including a Morphy Richards kitchen makeover and vouchers to spend in store. It's definitely worth a visit.
For more info, check out the event listing on Facebook here.
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We have talked about cloud washing some moments ago, and the topic of cloud washing made hot again, this time by Red Hat, warning us the danger of cloud open-washing. What is it and why it’s important for your business, especially if you are keen to adopt the cloud?
What is cloud open-washing?
As reported by CIO, Scott Crenshaw, head of Red Hat’s Cloud Business Unit, raises the case of cloud open-washing at a round table conference in London, saying that some cloud vendors say that they are open for the sake of marketing.
Which companies are doing cloud washing? According to Red Hat, one of the leading open source software companies, VMware and Microsoft are said to be two of some cloud vendors that are skewing the definition of open cloud by claiming that their cloud products are open when they are actually closed.
Crenshaw explained that VMware’s technical architecture is actually reflecting its business model; and that’s not open at all; that’s lock-in. However, VMware insists that it offers open-source solutions, and actually adding using the word “open” in consortiums it joined. Crenshaw also claimed that Microsoft is luring customers into lock-in, by persuading them to use all of Microsoft solutions.
The misleading claims will lead customers into cloud vendor lock-in, limiting innovations, as well as access to more public clouds choices.
How about Red Hat? The company, that have just become the first open source software company generating one billion dollars in annual revenue, remains at the forefront in open hybrid clouds. The clouds allow customers to build their own resources at their own pace, enabling them to replace any parts of the cloud with solutions from other vendors. The open hybrid clouds model is made possible by Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation (RHEV) and OpenShift platform-as-a-service (PaaS) products.


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The Denpasoft Autumn Sale Has Begun
Danpasoft’s Autumn Sale is now in full swing, offering a large amount of adult media at reduced prices from November 25th to December 1st.
Denpasoft Halloween Sale 2020 Has Begun
Denpasoft has joined the Halloween sales period with its own spooky offerings for 2020's Halloween season.
Denpasoft Summer Sale Has Begun
Denpasoft takes part in the summer festivities with their own summer sale, discounting most of their library.
FAKKU Holds Summer Games Sale
With summer in full swing, it's time to stay indoors and pick up a few games in Fakku’s Summer Games Sale.
Denpasoft's Lunar New Year Sale Has Begun
It’s the Year of the Rat, and it’s time to swipe up some savings with Denpasoft's Lunar New Year Sale.
Denpasoft Winter Sale Has Begun
Denpasoft has begun their holiday sale with discounts of up to 80% on a number of their titles.
Denpasoft Holds a Week-Long Sale of Western Visual Novels
Visual novel publisher and localizing firm Denpasoft has organized a sale featuring natively English visual novels.
Denpasoft's Summer Sale Brings Bountiful Discounts
Before busting out your swimsuits, you can bust out your wallets in Denpasoft’s Summer Sale.
Sekai Project Announcements at Sakura-Con 2019
Publisher Sekai Project has announced upcoming visual novels at this year’s Sakura-Con. Catgirls, ninjas, and point and click adventures are all underway.
Denpasoft is Holding a Yuri Sale
Denpasoft is celebrating the release of the yuri visual novel, Heart of the Woods, with a week-long, yuri-themed sale.


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Flying Fruitcakes: Truly unique event coming to Layton's Chance
Have a couple of fruitcakes laying around from the holidays?
Jennifer Layton, general manager of Layton’s Chance Vineyard & Winery in Vienna, knows just how you could “deploy” them Jan. 27.
“Our guests will be able to toss, smash, drop and kick them in all kinds of competitive events at the first-ever Layton’s Chance Flying Fruitcake Fun event,” she explained. “We’re providing for the legal, safe and fun way to dispose of a gift that everyone seems to get but few seem to actually eat, while collecting items that will help our community.”
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Entry to the event is free with a donation of canned or boxed food, baby supplies or household cleaning items in an effort created to help replenish the Maryland Food Bank Eastern Shore after the holidays. Representative from the Maryland Food Bank will be on hand with information and some free “goodies” for attendees.
And for those who don’t have a fruitcake or two sitting at home, the winery will sell them at a very low cost, with all proceeds going to the Maryland Food Bank as well.
The event, which will run from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, will include indoor and outdoor (weather permitting) fruitcake-inspired activities. Dance and sing along to music by local band Double Nickels and celebrate the winter in Layton’s Chance style. Food is welcome, but no other alcohol is permitted on premises.
Layton’s Chance is located at 4225 New Bridge Road in Vienna. For more information, visit www.laytonschance.com for additional information, directions and details.
If you go
What: Layton’s Chance Flying Fruitcake Fun
When: Jan. 27, 1-4 p.m.
Where: Layton's Chance Vineyard & Winery, Vienna
Cost: Entry to the event is free with a donation of canned or boxed food, baby supplies or household cleaning items in an effort created to help replenish the Maryland Food Bank


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WASHINGTON – American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman and American Wood Council (AWC) President and CEO Robert Glowinski issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s memorandum directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review its polices for implementing the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) program. The memo, signed by President Donald Trump today, promotes timely, efficient and successful implementation of air quality standards and permits.
Donna Harman, President and CEO of AF&PA
“Paper and wood products companies represent one of the largest U.S. manufacturing sectors and have invested billions of dollars on environmental stewardship with significant air quality improvements. As our industry employs innovative and sustainable business practices to further that achievement, it should not be put at a competitive disadvantage due to delays and uncertainty in implementing air quality standards or permits. We applaud this initiative for EPA to use modern permitting tools, such as probabilistic approaches to ensure permit decisions reflect real world conditions, as well as sensible offset policies for rural areas so beneficial projects can proceed. Doing so will support our industry’s contribution to economic growth and create American manufacturing jobs.”
Robert Glowinski, President and CEO of AWC
“Increasing background levels of criteria pollutants from external sources are a growing challenge to complying with recently lowered NAAQS. Throughout the nation, the gap between background concentrations and NAAQS is shrinking, even as U.S. air quality improves. In rural areas in which our industry operates, current background levels, which include international sources and forest fire emissions, by themselves approach the threshold, leaving little recourse or opportunity for wood product mills. That can force companies to cancel job-creating expansion or improvement projects. International transport of ozone and particulate emissions from Asia is a significant component of these background pollutant concentrations, and EPA should utilize the flexibility afforded by statute to minimize impacts on mills as it implements NAAQS. We are pleased that this initiative will expedite the timely processing of permits and state implementation plans so projects are not unnecessarily delayed.”
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The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) serves to advance a sustainable U.S. pulp, paper, packaging, tissue and wood products manufacturing industry through fact-based public policy and marketplace advocacy. AF&PA member companies make products essential for everyday life from renewable and recyclable resources and are committed to continuous improvement through the industry’s sustainability initiative - Better Practices, Better Planet 2020.The forest products industry accounts for approximately 4 percent of the total U.S. manufacturing GDP, manufactures over $200 billion in products annually, and employs approximately 900,000 men and women. The industry meets a payroll of approximately $50 billion annually and is among the top 10 manufacturing sector employers in 45 states. Visit AF&PA online at afandpa.org or follow us on Twitter @ForestandPaper.
The American Wood Council (AWC) is the voice of North American wood products manufacturing, an industry that provides approximately 400,000 men and women in the United States with family-wage jobs. AWC represents 86 percent of the structural wood products industry, and members make products that are essential to everyday life from a renewable resource that absorbs and sequesters carbon. Staff experts develop state-of-the-art engineering data, technology, and standards for wood products to assure their safe and efficient design, as well as provide information on wood design, green building, and environmental regulations. AWC also advocates for balanced government policies that affect wood products. www.awc.org | @woodcouncil