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We’re thrilled to welcome Alister Green to Pangea as our Head of Solution Innovation.
Alister joins us from Glasgow based JHL Communications where he held the position of Sales Director for several years. He brings a wealth of IoT knowledge and experience to our rapidly growing team, having worked with some of the UK’s most high-profile telecommunications organisations, including holding senior positions at Vodafone for almost 7 years. A veteran of the IoT industry, his passion for innovative solutions and fresh, exciting tech will help Pangea maintain its position as the Channel’s choice for IoT.
Alister Green, Head of Solution Innovation (left) & Dan Cunliffe, MD of Pangea (right)
“Pangea partners want us to continue delivering end to end IoT solutions that solve their customer’s business problems, and Alister is undoubtedly the right person to support that objective,” said Dan Cunliffe, MD at Pangea. “He’s a great fit for our business and is already engaged with a number of new and existing partners to support the rapid acceleration of their IoT strategies. Our recruitment this year has been very deliberate, bringing high calibre and experienced individuals into our business to further support our growth and Alister fits that description perfectly.”
Alister added “I am genuinely excited about joining the Pangea team. They’ve made an incredible impact on the IoT Marketplace in the last few years with unique and groundbreaking products and solutions. With the Global IoT market forecast to reach revenues in excess of $400 billion in the next 2 years, my goal is to utilise my experience to help our partners and end clients generate real benefit and revenues from IoT solutions and connectivity. At Pangea we will not only have the opportunity to be involved with one of the most significant revolutions in the telecoms industry in the last 20 years, but to actually shape it.”
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Media stories about GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. GoDaddy earned a coverage optimism score of 0.21 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news stories about the technology company an impact score of 44.7251734789174 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the near future.
These are some of the news stories that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s analysis:
- GoDaddy Inc (GDDY) PT Raised to $60 at Piper Jaffray – StreetInsider.com (streetinsider.com)
- Many in Singapore are giving e-commerce a shot outside of… (finance.yahoo.com)
- GoDaddy and Square simplify online and offline selling for small businesses (digitalcommerce360.com)
- GoDaddy Simplifies Online and Offline Selling for Small Businesses in Partnership with Square (finance.yahoo.com)
- Overbought Signal Stock: GoDaddy Inc. (GDDY) – Voice Of Analysts (analystsbuzz.com)
Shares of GoDaddy (NYSE GDDY) traded up $0.42 on Tuesday, hitting $48.57. The stock had a trading volume of 1,846,000 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,210,250. GoDaddy has a 12-month low of $32.79 and a 12-month high of $49.36. The company has a market capitalization of $7,934.78, a PE ratio of 155.32, a PEG ratio of 8.46 and a beta of 0.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.15, a quick ratio of 0.57 and a current ratio of 0.57.
GDDY has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Barclays PLC boosted their price target on shares of GoDaddy from $45.00 to $47.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 19th. BidaskClub raised shares of GoDaddy from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, October 28th. William Blair initiated coverage on shares of GoDaddy in a report on Thursday, October 5th. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of GoDaddy in a report on Saturday, August 26th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of GoDaddy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 10th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twelve have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. GoDaddy has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $49.38.
In other news, insider Auguste Goldman sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $43.73, for a total transaction of $43,730.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 6,491 shares in the company, valued at $283,851.43. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Raymond E. Winborne, Jr. sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $43.90, for a total value of $109,750.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 15,308 shares in the company, valued at $672,021.20. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 12,267,964 shares of company stock worth $536,480,344. Company insiders own 22.68% of the company’s stock.
GoDaddy Inc is a technology provider to small businesses, Web design professionals and individuals. The Company delivers cloud-based products and personalized customer care. It operates a domain marketplace, where its customers can find the digital real estate that matches their idea. It provides Website building, hosting and security tools to help customers construct and protect online presence.
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Waitrose would be "very happy" for results on chicken which has tested positive for a food poisoning bug to be made public, once a full year of data is available.
In response to the FSA-report into the bug, a spokesperson said: "Results for individual retailers have not been disclosed as full year results will be available early next year."
They added: "We're very happy for our results to be made public when there is a full year of data available."
They also recommended that customers follow the advice from the Food Standards Agency on campylobacter.
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These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, the report includes when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the charges.
Sunday, July 27
Shoplifting: Manager of Golf Galaxy, 1931 Glacier Park Ave., reported about 3:35 p.m., 11 dozen Titleist Pro VI golf balls with total retail value of $528 stolen from shop.
Theft: A 50-year-old resident of 1300 block of McDowell Road reported sometime between July 26 and today, US Bank Visa credit and bank debit card stolen and used to make purchase at unidentified McDonald’s.
Monday, July 28
Trespassing: Thomas W. Manning, 26, hometown not provided; 7:55 a.m. on 200 block of Terrance Drive; charged with criminal trespass to residence.
Driving under the influence: Cesar A. Balbino, 33, Hanover Park; 4:35 p.m. near Jefferson Avenue and Ambassador Drive; charged with DUI.
Tuesday, July 29
Assault: Shawn R. O’Neill, 21, Plainfield; 12:01 a.m. at BP, 901 N. Washington St.; charged with assault.
Warrants: Cynthia L. Loken, 45, and Michael P. Loken, 49, both of 2500 block of Bordeaux Lane; 6:25 a.m. at home; taken into custody on arrest warrants for contempt of court in Will County.
Vandalism: Sometime before 8:30 a.m., word “slower” spray-painted on wooden garbage bin corral and fence outside unidentified business on 1500 block of Bond Street.
Vandalism: Sometime before 9:33 a.m., word “slower” spray-painted on garbage bin outside unidentified business on 1600 block of West Diehl Road.
Shoplifting: Sirkevin M. Brown, 20, hometown not provided; 1:22 p.m. at Walmart SuperCenter, 2552 W. 75th St.; charged with retail theft.
Contraband: Manager of Naperville Area Humane Society, 1620 W. Diehl Road, reported between noon and 1:35 p.m., hypodermic needle was discarded on premises.
Shoplifting: Guy E. Hansen, 54, Wheaton; 3:11 p.m. at Jewel-Osco, 127 E. Ogden Ave.; charged with retail theft.
Theft: A 59-year-old woman reported between 3:13 p.m. July 23 and 3:37 p.m. today, UPS package containing Sprint cell phone valued at $600 stolen from outside home on 500 block of Kiowa Drive.
DUI: Elizabeth Tellez, 51, hometown not provided; 5:11 p.m. near Hobson Road and Naper Boulevard; charged with DUI.
Warrant: About 7:28 p.m., unidentified man or woman taken into custody on arrest warrant on 1500 block of North Naper Boulevard.
Suspended license: Paul A. Gallegos, 40, Aurora; 8:11 p.m. near Aurora and Ogden avenues; charged with driving with a suspended license.Tags: Police Blotter


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Huntingdon MP Jonathan Djanogly performed the official opening ceremony at the new Vision Express store based in Tesco in St Neots.
Charities and community groups who support people who are struggling to provide food and some basic provisions are being urged to come forward.
Visitors to Huntingdon celebrated Shrove Tuesday traditions a little early this year with a morning full of pancake fun.
Hinchingbrooke Hospital is holding its annual service of remembrance for relatives and friends to remember loved ones who have died at the hospital.
More than 200 boxes of Christmas goodies and essential items have been distributed throughout the St Neots area to help vulnerable people in the coming weeks.
A new community shop in Great Paxton has finally opened its doors after a three-year fund-raising project.
Householders in the district are being encouraged to think harder about recycling.
A man who robbed six convenience stores across Huntingdonshire at knifepoint has been jailed for 15 years.
It was a case of London calling in the 30th anniversary edition of the Riverside 10k last Sunday.
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Malicious adverts are currently running on Match.com’s UK dating website, which capture clickers and expose them to ransomware, security company Malwarebytes has warned.
Brits are barely watching TV any more, and the decline is part of a general European trend says a recent report by IHS. Why? Previous TV viewers are now using digital on-demand services.
Advertisers can now access native ads, which resemble normal emails, in the web and mobile versions of Gmail, directly through AdWords.
A report by The Internet Advertising Bureau UK and UK Online Measurement Company has revealed that the average Brit spends two hours 51 minutes per day actively using the internet at home and work (during the first six months of 2015). Internet time is split one hour 16 minutes (45 percent) on PCs/laptops, one hour nine minutes on smartphones (40 per cent) and 26 minutes on tablets (15 per cent).
Nickelodeon’s new research study, 'My Media, My Ads', sheds new light on kids’ media usage and the way in which they perceive advertising.
Discount retailer Poundland launched its first transactional site this week, following rivals such as Poundworld into ecommerce. It's an interesting move, and the big question is whether the pound shop model can work online with such low margin products.
Wikipedia’s UK editors have banned 381 ‘black hat’ accounts that were engaging in “undisclosed paid advocacy”: posting promotional articles to the user-editable online encyclopaedia without revealing that they were paid to do so.
Google has responded to the European Commission’s (EC) accusations that it is anti-competitive in its shopping search results.
This weekend, Gary Lineker launched a custom Twitter emoji to mark the Premier League transfer deadline day. How did people react? Not so kindly...
Customers are more vocal than ever about the brands they love — and hate. Should the chatter be left to the social media department, or do higher-ups have something to gain by paying closer attention?
Email is still the preferred way to receive promotions and marketing offers, says research by Adobe. A whopping 63 per cent of consumers prefer to be contacted in this way, putting it ahead of direct mail at 20 per cent, social media at six per cent, and text messaging at a mere four per cent.
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2nd March, 2015; Infrasys partners Aruba Networks and HP have announced they have entered into an agreement under which HP will acquire Aruba for $3 billion.
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18th November 2014; Nimble Storage has today announced the availability of Fibre Channel protocol support for the CS-series arrays. AlreadyÂ with over 4,000 customers worldwide for its iSCSi products, Nimble’s support for FCÂ marks a significant milestone, enabling Nimble to effectively address enterprise-wide storage requirements and quadruple the addressable market the company is now able to serve.
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29th September 2014; Reuters reports that the acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business by Infrasys partner Lenovo will be confirmed this week
In an interview, Lenovo Chief Executive Yang Yuanqing said the IBM deal opened a new “growth engine” for his company. He said he expected the x86 unit to bring in $5 billion in its first year and deliver margins higher than the 4 percent of Lenovo’s PC business.
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2nd July 2014; Aruba scores highest in 4 out of 6 use-cases in Gartner’s latest Critical Capabilities report; the Critical Capabilities report offers deeper insight into vendors’ product and service offerings by extending the Magic Quadrant analysis based on specific wired and wireless use cases.Â
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Arista has announced details of Â new modules offering more high-speed connectivity options for data center and cloud applications;Â The new modules support six and 12 ports of 100G Ethernet over CFP2 or QSFP-100 optics. They join Aristaâ€™s existing 12-port MXP line cards, which support a mix of 10/40/100G Ethernet.
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A couple of weeks ago, Bloomberg published an article called “Mark Zuckerberg Is Blowing Up Instagram to Try and Catch TikTok”. The article’s gist is that the higher-ups at Meta see short-form clips à la TikTok as the only way forward to fend off the competition. For that reason, they’ve decided to aggressively promote Reels, their new video format on Instagram:
Reels now appear in every Instagram user’s feed. Once someone clicks on a Reel, they’re suddenly in a full-screen mode where swiping up or down only gets you to more Reels. This design tweak can be jarring, like turning a corner in a quiet art gallery and finding yourself in the middle of a dance party.
At first impression, it seems counter-intuitive that Meta would leverage Instagram to make a high-stakes bet like that. Instagram is arguably the company’s crown jewel and most relevant network. On the other hand, it makes sense to go all-in on the biggest platform, not least because the same strategy has worked before: Five years ago, when then-Facebook felt threatened by Snapchat’s Stories, they shoved a copycat format into Instagram and turned it into a runaway success.
The article goes on:
Instagram became a generation’s go-to social app on the strength of its filtered, aspirational lifestyle photography. Now the company is actively killing that identity in the name of beating TikTok, and it might not even work.
There’s a persistent idea that Instagram’s filter aesthetic is what made it today, but I feel like there’s some narrative black hole at work there. The filters were never particularly good, designed mostly to mask the low quality of smartphone cameras at the time. What Instagram did well was to push for mobile photography at the time when nobody was taking it seriously, and thereby captured a whole new audience of people who had never previously thought of themselves as photographers.
Instagram became popular because of its immediacy, because it was the most low-friction way to share moments. Quickly, this had the effect that people began curating these moments to a level of perfectiont that made the stakes of posting a picture ever higher—aspirational lifestyle photography. Stories came at the perfect moment to stave off that trends, affording everyone, once more, a low-pressure way to share.
Photographers (myself included) love to complain that Instagram has lost its initial spirit as a photo-sharing app, but the truth is that the platform has long outgrown that purpose. In 2021, Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, explained that the team thinks about Instagram as a conduit for entertainment:
(…) we’re no longer (…) a square photo sharing app. The number one reason people say they use Instagram in research is to be entertained. So people are looking at us for that. (…) We’re trying to lean into that trend — into entertainment and into video.
Reels are a direct outcome of where Instagram is leaning—but the question is if that’s going to work. The app that was once simple to understand is now a hodgepodge or formats (Posts! Stories! Reels!), with loads of ads appearing between either one of them. There is no more straightforward way of even consuming it, and using Instagram feels more and more like diving into boundless rivers of entertainment—but not the good kind. Where TikTok is excelling is by showing people relevant content1, whereas the results of Instagram’s algorithm seem random at its best, like channelsurfing at its worst.
Twitter user @VeneziaFC_EN summed the change up in the best way: “Now (…) Instagram is just a roulette wheel of suggested posts that nobody asked for.”
From the article: “TikTok delivers a level of algorithmic magic that’s a step beyond, introducing people to stuff they had no idea they would be entertained by (…).”↩


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Spread of ‘China plus one’ production expected to boost investment in bloc
SINGAPORE/SYDNEY — The tit-for-tat trade dispute between the U.S. and China is generating a mix of fear and hope across Southeast Asia and Oceania, which export large volumes to the two countries.
On Wednesday, the day after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a list of about 1,300 Chinese products on which he intends to slap 25% tariffs, shares in Singapore’s Venture lost nearly 5%. The company is a major player in electronics manufacturing services, and investors are wary of the impact the Washington-Beijing row might have on its business with Chinese companies and other clients.
Such concerns may have deepened on Thursday, when Trump called for additional tariffs on $100 billion worth of Chinese goods.
There is a flip side, though. The tariff battle could enhance Southeast Asia’s appeal as an alternative destination for investment and sales.
Thanks to its relatively cheap labor, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations bloc has become a key source of parts, materials and finished products for both the U.S. and China. In value terms, each country accounts for more than 10% of ASEAN exports.
If the trade friction causes production in the world’s two largest economies to stagnate, the decline in demand would likely sting ASEAN members. Yet some experts argue that if Chinese companies look to cultivate markets besides the U.S. to avoid higher American tariffs, Southeast Asia’s geographical proximity to China will make it a prime beneficiary.
Chinese auto companies, for example, might divert exports and investment from the U.S. to Southeast Asia, boosting the flow of direct investment into the bloc.
Already, Chinese carmakers have been stepping up their drive for market share in Southeast Asia. Zhejiang Geely Holding Group’s acquisition of a nearly 50% stake in Malaysia’s Proton Holdings is a case in point.
“China plus one” strategies, under which companies disperse production among Asian countries, will also accelerate, predicted an executive at a Japanese materials manufacturer operating in Malaysia.
Over in Australia, certain industries may stand to benefit from China’s response to Trump’s policy.
Beijing has announced retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products such as wine and beef. If American products are driven out of the Chinese market, it could create openings for Australian producers.
Tony Battaglene, chief executive of the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia, warned on Thursday that no one will benefit from a trade war over the long term. But Battaglene sounded confident about the Australian wine industry’s prospects in China, noting a rise in exports to meet growing demand.
Australia’s wine exports to China totaled nearly 1 billion Australian dollars ($767 million) in 2017 and are growing at an annual pace of more than 40%, according to Battaglene.
At this point, the overall impact on Southeast Asia and Oceania is anyone’s guess. In the meantime, the U.S. and China are reportedly talking behind the scenes to avoid adverse economic consequences.


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Editor’s Note: Common Roots Brewing in Glens Falls was extensively damaged by fire March 25, 2019. The Daily Gazette visited Common Roots for our Summer Road Trip 2018 series. For more information on the fire: Common Roots Brewing Company heavily damaged in blaze
With summer weather comes nights on the porch, hanging out with some friends and maybe knocking back a few beers. It’s also a time to take a few road trips here and there, when there isn’t snow covering the roadways, blocking you from escaping your regular surroundings.
Thankfully, there is a way to combine both of these activities.
Fortunately, for those living in the Capital Region, there is a plethora of breweries that only take an hour — or maybe just a little bit more – to get to. Soon enough, you’ll be able to consume some of the finest beverages available in the state.
Just make sure you’ve got a designated driver before you get rolling.
Here is a list of some breweries that are ideal for day trips.
They will get you out of the Capital Region and into areas like the Adirondacks or the Hudson Valley Region.
Common Roots Brewing Company
This brewery’s impressive lineup of delicious and approachable beers makes it worthy of several day trips.
With easy-drinking beers like their Last Light IPA, their Time Pale Ale, their new pilsner called Reference Method, or their single-hop session series, it’s hard not to walk away with at least a couple of 4 packs.
Christian Weber, co-owner and head brewer at the brewery with his father Bert Weber, said there are a host of reasons Common Roots is an ideal destination.
Common Roots Brewing Company on Saratoga Rd. in South Glens Falls. (Marc Schultz/Gazette Photographer)
Located in South Glens Falls, not only can you visit the brewery, but you also can visit the many nearby restaurants and even go for a hike at a nearby trail.
“It makes it part of the total experience,” Weber said.
Going to a brewery instead of going to your nearest beverage center can offer a few perks. Not only do you get the chance to learn how the beer is made, you also get to drink beers that you’ll only get by actually visiting the brewery.
Weber said that can include barrel-aged beers, special releases and ones that were produced as a result of collaborations, such as A Representation of Wild Things — an American wild ale. He also said the staff behind the bar is good at helping teach people about their different beers.
“I think coming to our tap room, not only is it extremely important for us to put out an approachable product that is consistent and delicious, and what we think is high quality,” Weber said. “I think the experience needs to be unique.”
The brewery also has some outdoor seating, so you can sit in the sun and knock back a cold one. They have a beer garden on the north side of the building, and then a 60-foot pergola with seating underneath.
“It creates an outdoor but still-kind-of-private space,” Weber said.
Tucked away in the Catskill Mountains hamlet of Phoenicia, Woodstock Brewing has been putting out accessible and approachable beers since they opened up in… well, only since January.
And even though they have only been in operation for about six months, co-owner Rick Shobin said they keep running out of beer. Which has forced them to cut back on how much beer they sell to each customer so they can spread the love.
“We want to give everyone what they want and we want to keep customers happy,” Shobin said. “It’s a high-class problem to have.”
When they built their 5,000 square foot brewery, which also has 3,000 square feet of outdoor space, Shobin said. he wanted to have a place people would come to more than just once. It doesn’t matter if the person lives in town or a few hours away, Shobin wants people to constantly make return trips.
That’s why they are constantly changing their beer lineup, never brewing the same beer twice.
“If I can change the product offering via changing beers constantly, changing food constantly and keep it moving, people always will find something new and interesting,” Shobin said. “So it doesn’t become an old establishment.”
Shobin did say they plan to re-brew some of their own favorite beers, but he said they don’t plan to have a flagship beer, one that they will brew year round.
“The idea is to continue to experiment, dial in what we’re doing, and create beers we want to present to the public in our perspective,” Shobin said. “We’re trying to find our voice and go from there.”
Woodstock has put out a wide variety of beers. That includes sessions like Between Two Points, pale wheat ales such as Prismatic Light, or double IPAs like Mega Super Pixelated.
Shobin said the brewery tries to put out balanced beers, ones that will satisfy those who love those hazy, juicy type New England IPAs, and also beers that have that hop bitterness others are looking for.
“We’re trying to balance beer the way we want it to represent ourselves,” Shobin said.
Shobin said they have chef, but they are not currently serving food. That’s something he hopes to be doing shortly.
The plan is to have tapas-style food, but also have lager offerings for bigger groups. Something where if, for example, a group of 6 people wants to eat there, they can request a seasonal food menu a week ahead of time.
“If we know the week before, we can do something special for them,” Shobin said.
There is also an outside seating area for customers. Shobin said they have 6 picnic tables, 8 Adirondack chairs and a fire pit for people to gather around. He also said they are planning to get a temporary stage set up for musical performances.
“It’s not a beer garden, but it’s something we developed over time,” Shobin said, adding his wife, Robin, designed the outside space. “But it’s a very functional and usable place.”
If you want to get lost in the Adirondacks, drink a delicious beer and listen to some live music, Paradox Brewery might be the perfect location for you.
Located at Exit 27 off the Northway near Schroon Lake, the brewery has an outdoor taproom with a tent, picnic tables, and live music and food trucks on the weekends.
Dave Merriman, vice president of sales for paradox, said during the summer months they are open from Wednesday through Sunday, pouring beers like Paradox Pilsner, Beaver Bite IPA, Beaver Overbite Imperial IPA and its other double IPA Southern Hemisphere.
There are also some draft-only releases, such as the Paradox Red Ale and the Paradox Pale Ale.
Even if you can’t make it to the brewery, Merriman said, you can also find the Pale Ale at Saratoga Performing Arts Center all summer.
Merriman said they have a lineup of approachable beers that range from 4 percent alcohol by volume to 9 percent alcohol by volume.
If you go to the brewery, you also will be able to try some beers that don’t make it out of the taproom. This includes a Gose-style beer, which Merriman said will be draft only and out before the Fourth of July.
“I think the variety is the biggest point,” Merriman said. “It’s a great offering. There’s something for everybody.”
There are also big things to come for the brewery.
They are currently in the process of building a brand-new production facility in North Hudson at Exit 29, part of major new complex under development by the state. Merriman said this will allow the brewery to expand its production by three or four times what it is currently producing.
Merriman said the plan is to be finished with construction by September, and actually start brewing beer there by December.
“[Brewers] will have to learn the system and that the beer is exactly the way they want it to be,” Merriman said.
There will be a tasting room at the new production facility, but Merriman said there will still be the tasting room in Schroon Lake.
And there are a number of reasons the current tasting room is perfect to visit this summer:
First off, you’re in the Adirondacks, you can bring your dog — on a leash of course — and it’s overall just a relaxing place to be.
“It’s so laid back,” Merriman said. “You sit at a picnic table, have a hot pretzel and enjoy a flight of beers. Just getting north of Lake George, everyone tends to feel relaxed because you don’t have the hustle and bustle.”
Ten great canned beers for the cooler
It’s the summer. That means you want to be outdoors whether it’s by the pool, at the track in Saratoga, or at a nearby beach. If you want to drink beer, you probably won’t be allowed to bring any sort of glass with you.
Thankfully, pretty much every craft brewery put their beers in cans these days. So we decided to make a list of some great canned craft beers to bring along for the day.
1.) First Drop ( Upper Pass Beer Company)- This American pale ale, brewed out of Vermont, is a refreshingly delicious beer with notes of citrus with some faint hop bitterness at the end.
2.) Smooth Beats Miami (Finback Brewery)- If you like coconut, this American IPA is for you. This is a collaboration with J. Wakefield Brewing out of Miami, and it could be your favorite summer beer to drink. Easy to drink, goes down smooth. But, again, just make sure you like coconut.
3.) American Pale Ale (Pabst Brewing Company) – Yes, we know. This is the same brewery that makes Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR), but it’s a really refreshing beer. Plus, the can art is kind of awesome.
4.) Wrench (Industrial Arts Brewing Company) – It’s a hazy New England-style IPA that has a fruity aroma and taste, and also goes down easy. It’s one you’ll find at many beverage centers in the Capital Region.
5.) But I Digress (Springdale by Jack’s Abby Brewing) – Springdale has been knocking it out of the park lately, Or should we say, Jack’s Abby is? Either way, this particular IPA should probably be in your cooler as it is a nice, refreshing, citrusy beer.


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After almost a century, Eskimo Pie ice cream will be rebranded.
"We are committed to being a part of the solution on racial equality, and recognize the term is derogatory," head of marketing for parent company Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Elizabell Marquez, told CNN in a statement.
The chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar is next in line after brands like Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's revealed that they will be dropping long-used brand names and marketing strategies that are considered racially offensive.
The changes come amid global protests against police brutality and systemic racism following the deaths of George Floyd and other African Americans at the hands of police.
According to Marquez, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream has been reviewing its business for some time.
The Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska revealed that the name "Eskimo" is commonly used in the country in reference to Inuit and Yupik people: "This name is considered derogatory in many other places because it was given by non-Inuit people and was said to mean 'eater of raw meat.'"
Linguists have stated that the name has another origin, based on a word meaning "to net snowshoes." The language center has this listed on its website, but people of Canada and Greenland prefer using other names.
In 2019, Nestle sold Dreyer's and its other US ice cream brands in a $4 billion deal to Froneri, a joint venture with a private equity firm.
Sources: America Now


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The Federation of the Hellenic Associations of Tourist & Travel Agencies (fedHATTA) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Thessaloniki Convention Bureau (TCB) aiming to promote Greece’s second largest city Thessaloniki as a conference tourism destination.
The agreement was signed between fedHATTA’s president Lysandros Tsilidis and TCB’s president Despina Amarantidou during a special event held on the sidelines of the Philoxenia international tourism exhibition, which opened on Friday.
According to the agreement, the two bodies will work together to establish a framework of cooperation for the development of conference tourism and create the necessary synergies for the promotion of Thessaloniki as a conference destination to markets abroad.
According to TCB’s president Despina Amarantidou, the intense interest of foreign buyers for Thessaloniki as a conference destination is reflected through the bureau’s increased website traffic and the large number of RFP’s (Request for Proposals) submitted.
As a business event destination of choice in Europe, Greece is currently in the 13th place on the ICCA (International Congresses and Conventions Association) rankings list. On a global ranking, Greece is in the 26th place.


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Konica Minolta launches first-ever Business Innovation Centre in Singapore
By Digital News Asia February 11, 2014
- The first of five BICs the company intends to establish around the world
- BICs to facilitate and accelerate its ICT services business, says Konica Minolta
KONICA Minolta Inc has launched its new Asia Pacific Business Innovation Centre (BIC) in Singapore, one of five BICs the company said it plans to establish around the world to facilitate and accelerate the growth of its information and communications technology (ICT) services business.
The BIC would initiate, support and manage new business and technology development, as well as incubate new ICT service businesses for Konica Minolta, the company said in a statement.
The BIC will also manage the entire lifecycle of service development and incubation activities, from ideation, proof-of-concepts and pilot programmes, to business development and actual business deployment activities, Konica Minolta said.
Using the open service innovation concept, the BIC in Singapore will work with customers and collaboration partners ranging from solution providers, startups, research institutions and crowdsourcing channels, to develop and incubate new services for the Asia Pacific region.
The centre is currently in close discussions with Singapore's Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), a member of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) family, on collaboration opportunities.
These activities will complement Konica Minolta's research and development (R&D) in the creation of new service businesses, the company said.
Konica Minolta currently has R&D centres in Japan and the United States, focusing on imaging, optics, materials and nano-fabrication to add to its existing fields of business technologies, healthcare, measuring instruments and industrial materials.
“The decision to locate the Asia Pacific BIC in Singapore underscores Konica Minolta's confidence in Singapore as an attractive hub for Asia Pacific regional innovation activities,” said Yuji Ichimura, general manager of the ICT Service Business Operations at Konica Minolta Inc.
“Singapore's central location in one of the world's most dynamic, high-growth regions, [and this] combined with its vibrant innovation community, strong infrastructure and support network, make it an ideal choice to locate our Asia Pacific innovation centre,” he added.
Terence Gan, director of electronics at the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), said, “We are glad that Konica Minolta has chosen Singapore to locate its Asia Pacific BIC, the company's first in the world.
“This is a good example of how global companies like Konica Minolta find value in our ICT capabilities to co-innovate and develop cloud-based solutions that can be scaled and exported globally. Through collaborations with our local research institutions and solution providers, we are confident that Konica Minolta will benefit from the multidisciplinary R&D capabilities Singapore has to offer,” he added.
In the initial phase, the Asia Pacific BIC will focus on the development of cloud-based service offerings such as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Business Process-as-a-Service (BPaaS) to add to Konica Minolta's Intelligent Office service offering.
“The centre will also be working closely with customers to develop industry-specific cloud-based solutions,” said Rachel Goh, director of the Asia Pacific BIC in Singapore.
“By providing the services through the Konica Minolta cloud infrastructure, Konica Minolta will deliver the economies of scale, savings and agility to customers,” she added.
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Analysts say the partial U.S.-China trade deal doesn't touch on thorny issues plaguing both sides, and warn talks could break down again.World Economyread more
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Newly built homes are more expensive than they've ever been before. They are also more expensive when compared to similar existing homes than they've ever been before. And that is why sales are suffering, dropping an unexpected 9.4 percent in July compared to June, according to the U.S. Census.
They are simply out of reach for too many potential buyers.
You don't have to do a lot of math to see it. The median sale price of a newly built home in July jumped more than 6 percent compared to July 2016, to $313,700. That marks the highest July price ever. Last December, the median price hit the highest of any month on record.
In addition, the price premium for newly built homes compared to comparable existing homes has more than doubled since 2011, according to John Burns Real Estate Consulting.
"Long term, the new home median price has been mostly 10 percent to 20 percent above the existing home median since 1990. Since 2011, however, new home prices have been at a 35 percent to 40 percent premium over resale prices," John Burns wrote in a recent note to clients. "While the exact percentages aren't perfect due to 'apples and oranges' comparisons, our consultants have been confirming for years that new home sales have been slowed by larger than usual new home premiums."
The supply of existing homes for sale is still extremely low, but the supply of newly built homes moved higher in July to 5.8 months of inventory.
"The scars of the housing bust are still fresh in the minds of many homebuilders, so it is not surprising that many are taking a cautious approach to ramping up production," noted Aaron Terrazas, a senior economist at Zillow, in reaction to the July report.
Homebuilders are feeling slightly better about their business lately, but they continue to complain about the costs of land, labor, materials and regulation. They claim that is why they cannot build cheaper homes. Unfortunately, the lower end of the market is where most of the demand is and where supply is weakest.
"There is still no pickup in sales for homes priced below $300,000, and this is where most of the first time households would be shopping in," wrote Peter Boockvar, chief market analyst at The Lindsey Group in a note following the Census release on new home sales. "I repeat that the housing industry needs a moderation in home price gains in order to better compete with renting where rents increases are now moderating."
While the monthly sales read is volatile, the annualized read of 571,000 units marked a seven-month low, and sales remain well below the 25-year average of 727,000 annually.
Even luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers saw a significant drop in the average price of homes delivered, which it said was "due to a change in mix which was expected," in its quarterly earnings report.
CEO Doug Yearley told CNBC that the company was not selling as many "very expensive" condos in New York City and was replacing those offerings with lower-priced million-dollar homes in New Jersey. He also noted Toll had entered the Boise, Idaho, market with lower-priced homes but was seeing strong growth in higher-priced California.


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In a landmark move to promote representation and inclusivity, Electronic Arts (EA) announced the addition of trans-inclusive customization options to The Sims 4, its popular life simulation game. The update features medical wearables, such as hearing aids and glucose monitors, as well as top surgery scars and chest binders for male-presenting bodies, and shapewear options for all body types.
EA has been working on trans-inclusive character customization options for several years, and this update represents a significant step in that direction. The new assets, which include a range of clothing items with various color options, are purely visual and don’t affect gameplay. The company has a long-standing commitment to promoting LGBTQ+ representation in the game, having added sexuality and voice options, and custom pronouns, in response to user demands.
Fans of the game have welcomed the new options with excitement, with many expressing their gratitude at finally being able to represent themselves in the virtual world. Some are calling for further representation, including mobility aids and additional medical wearables.
EA’s commitment to trans-inclusive customization options in The Sims 4 demonstrates the company’s dedication to promoting diversity and inclusion in the gaming community. With the recent addition of the new options, players can finally feel truly represented in the virtual world.


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Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are expecting!
The news comes just a few weeks after it was reported the two are now engaged.
E! News reports:
Kunis is pregnant with the couple’s first child, a source confirms exclusively to E! News.
The Ted star was even recently spotted attending a prenatal yoga class in Hollywood.
Ironically, Kunis is the new face of Jim Beam bourbon—but of course she still makes for a stunning face. She just won’t be sampling the brand’s wares for a while.
She was photographed at the end of last month wearing a massive diamond ring while out shopping with her mom at the Grove shopping center in L.A., and a source confirmed to us that Kutcher had indeed popped the question.
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According to one of the largest crypto exchanges in Latin America, the number of people using cryptocurrency in Colombia is growing.
The Bitso trading platform brags that it has raised the number of its individual retail customers “by ten times” over the same time period the previous year, as reported by Criptonoticias.
The first six months of 2022 saw the establishment of Bitso’s local operations in Colombia.
The company was established in Mexico in 2014, but it has since spread its operations to a number of other states in Latin America.
The business said that it had already “diversified its” range of “products and services” in Colombia and that it is now offering solutions for “companies and institutions in the country.”
The incorporation of sports club fan tokens onto Bitso’s platform was cited as one of the company’s “highlights” from its first year of operations in Colombia, according to Bitso.
In addition to this, the company stated that it had “committed to promoting cryptocurrency regulation law in Colombia” and was “participating in regulatory discussions” with the relevant authorities at the time.
Emilio Pardo, who serves as the Country Manager for Bitso in Colombia, stated:
“The surge [in] adoption of crypto assets among Colombians is a clear indicator of the potential that the country has in terms of these assets going mainstream. This exemplifies the potential that the nation possesses in a clear and convincing way. “[Crypto] could provide a workable alternative to conventional approaches to the goal of achieving financial inclusion.”
The company said it has “more than 7 million users,” the vast majority of whom are likely located in LATAM countries.
Colombia’s inflation rate has been relatively unchanged during the past few years, particularly when contrasted with those of neighbouring LATAM countries like Argentina.
As a result of inflation, the number of Argentinians who are interested in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and USDT has skyrocketed.
However, it appears that the number of children being adopted in Colombia is also on the rise.
A cryptocurrency prepaid card was made available in the country by Binance at the beginning of this year.
In addition, the government of the country revealed some preliminary ideas for the regulation of the cryptocurrency sector last year.
According to the information provided by the media source, it was “estimated” that “up to 92.1% of Colombians” have access to a crypto-related “formal financial service.”
The Colombian Tax and Customs National Authority floated the idea of introducing a “digital currency” into circulation as a potential solution to the problem of tax evasion in the previous calendar year.
Tax administrators estimate that tax cheats are responsible for the annual loss of revenue equivalent to around 8% of the gross domestic product of the nation.
The country has also made efforts to retroactively impose taxes on activities tied to cryptocurrency trading.
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The fact now is that nobody really knows what the Nintendo NX is all about. Rumor suggest that it is going to be a console and handheld hybrid while others think that the NX is a handheld device that can be connected to bigger displays. The bigger question is whether or not it will be able to match the PS4 and Xbox One in terms of performance.
Well, it has just been announced that the popular Dragon Quest XI will be released on the new Nintendo NX console. We know that the game will also be released on the PS4 which suggests that the new Nintendo NX could be as powerful as the PS4.
The PS4 version of the game looked amazing and that gives us hope that Nintendo will finally have a powerful console to offer. More details will be reveal next year when Nintendo officially unveils the device.


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LONDON (ICIS)--Although separated waste collection systems in the UK would increase quality, it would also raise costs significantly, according to an executive at waste treatment firm Suez on Friday.
Stuart Hayward-Higham, technical development director at the UK company, added that the cost is particularly raised in urban areas because of the additional time taken to lift bins on to disposal trucks.
“The commodity prices need to be able to fund that difference,” said Hayward-Higham (pictured) during a presentation at plastics conference IdentiPlast in London.
Hayward-Higham’s comments followed those from Kate Geraghty, director, sustainability and advocacy for Europea, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Dow Packaging and Speciality Plastics in an early presentation.
“If we can’t find value added applications, the recycling market won’t move forward,” Geraghty had said.
Part of the problem, according to Hayward-Higham, is the material lost due to wastage in the mechanical recycling process.
“If 90% of the people do 90% of the right thing 90% of the time, that gives you just 73% of the post-consumer material collected and around 59% once you’ve gone through all of your wastage in the chain,” Hayward-Higham said.
In several key plastic mechanical recycling streams such as recycled polyethylene terephthalate (R-PET), recycled polyethylene (R-PE), and recycled polypropylene (R-PP), wastage rates have been increasing in recent years.
This is in part linked to the banning of plastic waste imports in to China.
Previously, lower quality material was exported to China for use in textile applications, but China is no longer accepting waste bales and this material is being absorbed back into European post-consumer tonnes, increasing contamination, and by extension contamination rates.
Along with this, increased demand for R-PE has meant that some post-consumer PE bale collectors are including increased volumes of white material in their colourless bales.
White material is difficult for downstream producers to separate and leads to colouration, making higher percentages of material unusable for clear and food-grade applications, where demand is strongest because of sustainability commitments from the packaging sector.
There are technical barriers that prevent the recycling of post-consumer material back in to food-grade material.
European legislation for food-grade contact approval stipulates that recycled input waste must be sourced from at least 98% former food contact packaging for recycling back into food-grade pellets.
The challenges of sorting processes makes this cost prohibitive for many recycled markets.
For recycled polyethylene (R-PE), for example, only the UK is able to produce food-grade material, and even then only for high density polyethylene (HDPE).
The UK is able to produce food-grade volumes because of its natural post-consumer bale material which is sourced from used plastic milk bottles.
Across most of the rest of Europe, milk bottles are made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
This gives the UK a readily available separated stream of post-consumer material from food-contact applications, which is not possible in other European countries.
With no comparative pre-separated post-consumer collection stream in mainland Europe, it is not possible to meet the 98% target.
“There’s a clear need to have the correct regulatory environment. That we can have food-grade contact material. That chemical recycling is seen as complimentary to mechanical recycling,” Geraghty said.
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Jailbreaking your iOS device may be officially permitted under the DMCA, but that presumes there's a jailbreak out there to run. Happily, anyone with an iOS 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 4.0, 4.0.1 or iPad 3.2.1 device now has a super-straightforward way to jailbreak, thanks to comex's new JailBreakMe site.
The iOS hacker behind the Spirit jailbreak for iPad and iPhone has followed up with a build of Adobe's Flash that works on the iPad. Ported from the recent Android release and dubbed "Frash", it runs in a compatibility layer and permits "most Flash programs" - such as streaming videos and games - to play natively in the iPad's Safari browser.
That was quick. Only hours on sale, and already Apple's iPad has had its first Jailbreak. The handiwork of key members from the iPhone Dev Team, the hack paves the way for bringing Cydia onto the iPad, the unofficial app distribution system that allows for installing titles that Apple won't approve for the App Store.
Go where no PMP has gone before with the Vision W’s 4.3” 262K color 480 x 272 LCD Screen. Hardware Zone proclaims it to be the best video display they’ve seen. I know we already wrote about the Zen Vision W (Widescreen), but it’s always good to recap for those not up to speed. Creative will release the Zen Vision W overseas beginning of September 2006, featuring a 16:9 wide aspect ratio screen. The ZVN will support DVD quality resolution at 720x480 when outputting to your TV. The estimated retail price for the 30GB version is $400, while the 60GB version will cost slightly higher at $500. The release date for the US market is still unknown.
Enjoy the video, and click through for the official Creative ZEN Vision W press release.


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Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), the Seafood Development Agency, were proud to support another successful Galway Oyster & Seafood Festival this year from the 23rd – 25th September. Profiling BIM’s successful ‘Taste the Atlantic – a Seafood Journey’; the agency hosted an informative oyster showcase to inform visitors of the provenance of our world renowned oysters including the history, cultivation techniques and the distinctive tastes from different bays along the West Coast. Different species of oysters were shucked and visitors were invited to taste the oysters to discover the unique ‘meroir’ between native and Irish rock oysters. Assisted by Kelly’s Oysters, BIM even managed to convince new visitors to the festival to taste oysters for the first time!
Pictured at the BIM Taste the Atlantic showcase at the Galway Oyster Festival are: Ian Mannix, BIM; Michael O’Meara, Oscar’s Seafood Bistro and Richard Donnelly, BIM
Tara McCarthy, BIM’s Chief Executive stressed the importance of Ireland’s oyster and aquaculture sector; ‘BIM is responsible for developing Ireland’s Aquaculture Industry and the renowned Galway Oyster Festival, which attracts more than 3,000 people ,is the perfect fit and opportunity to build a greater appreciation for our shellfish and fish farmers and in particular our exceptional oysters. Worth over €38 million at first point of sale, Irish Oysters are sought after worldwide and famous for their quality. The sector is part of an overall aquaculture industry worth €149 million. BIM’s ‘Taste the Atlantic – a Seafood Journey’ trail on the Wild Atlantic Way, is designed to educate and excite both Irish and International visitors about this valuable industry and the provenance of our seafood. In partnership with Failte Ireland, we are continuing to develop the trail and the results are already proving extremely positive with some of our seafood producers reporting a 30% increase in domestic sales’
Michael O’Meara, chef and owner of Oscar’s Seafood Bistro in Galway and celebrated author of the award winning ‘Sea Gastronomy’ – a veritable bible of seafood part funded by BIM’s Fisheries Local Action Group programme, provided the finale to BIM’s ‘Taste the Atlantic’ showcase. Michael demonstrated a number of delicious oyster dishes including oysters with a Bloody Mary gazpacho and a mussel and oyster soup.
Also exhibiting at the festival were Taste the Atlantic producers Cindy and Sinead O’Brien of Mungo Murphy’s. Attracting a captive audience for their cookery demonstration, the mother and daughter team cooked abalone soup using their own locally grown abalone (a highly prized shellfish with a beautiful iridescent shell) and delicious seaweed biscuits using locally grown seaweed.
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INDIANAPOLIS (May 19, 2020) Gen Con, the largest and longest-running tabletop gaming convention in North America, announced today that their upcoming 2020 convention in Indianapolis has been canceled due to health and safety concerns related to COVID-19. The decision was made after extensive consideration and in consultation with Indianapolis government officials and public health authorities. Gen Con will return to the Indiana Convention Center August 5-8, 2021.
“Gen Con is the highlight of our year, and we know that it means as much to our attendees, exhibitors, event organizers, and local partners as it does to us,” said Gen Con president David Hoppe. “But after carefully monitoring the situation and having ongoing conversations with experts and local government officials, it became clear that the only responsible option was to cancel the convention for this year.”
Attendees who have purchased badges for Gen Con 2020 will be contacted by email with details about rolling their badges forward to 2021 or receiving a refund, and current hotel reservations made through the Gen Con housing block will be canceled automatically and free of charge.
“We know this was a very difficult decision for Gen Con to make, but we understand and support their decision,” said Leonard Hoops, president and CEO of Visit Indy. “They’re great partners and we’re mutually committed for the long term. For me and so many others in our community, Gen Con 2021 can’t come soon enough.”
Pop-Up Gen Con, a companion program organizing in-store retail activations at participating game stores during the convention in Indianapolis, has also been canceled for 2020.
In place of the in-person event, originally scheduled to be held July 30 – August 2, the convention’s organizers today announced plans for Gen Con Online, a free-to-attend virtual convention experience featuring livestreaming content, remote gaming, and other online programming. Additional details about Gen Con Online will be announced in the coming weeks via the company’s website and email newsletter.
About Gen Con
Gen Con is the largest and longest-running annual event devoted to tabletop gaming culture in North America. The convention, which began in 1968 in Lake Geneva, WI, attracts 70,000 attendees and over 520 exhibiting companies each year. During the convention, attendees choose from more than 20,000 ticketed events representing a wide array of board games, card games, roleplaying games, seminars, entertainment events, and more. Gen Con takes place each August in the Indiana Convention Center, Lucas Oil Stadium, and surrounding downtown hotel spaces in Indianapolis, IN.


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According to a recent report, the next-generation Mercedes A-Class could be offered in the United States.
While nothing has been announced, several Mercedes officials hinted at the possibility when talking to The Detroit Bureau. There's no word on when the model could arrive but it will likely be built at Daimler and Renault-Nissan's Mexican manufacturing joint venture called COMPAS (Cooperation Manufacturing Plant Aguascalientes).
The companies have been tight-lipped about specifics but they have already confirmed the plant will build the next-generation of compact models from Mercedes and Infiniti. The Infiniti variants are slated to begin rolling off the line in 2017, while the first Mercedes models will roll out a year later.


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Pittsburgh Mercy Health System has become healthcares latest fashion victim, putting its stylishly clad foot in its mouth when it banned all shoes with open toes or holes from patient-care areas at the hospital.
Somehow, that edict backfired into a perceived ban on Crocs, the spongy, clog-type shoes that have taken that bastion of fashionhospital clinical areasby storm.
Like individualized scrubs, Crocs have become quite the fashion statement in hospitals. Perhaps it is because all Crocs brand shoes feature Crocs proprietary closed-cell resin, Croslite, which represents a substantial innovation in footwear, according to the Niwot, Colo.-based companys marketing literature. The Croslite material enables us to produce soft, comfortable, lightweight, superior-gripping, nonmarking and odor-resistant shoes. Perfect for stylish hospital workers, no?
Well, no. Mercy was just trying to follow Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines when it recently decreed that healthcare workers should wear shoes that protect them from blood or body fluid splatters as well as needle sticks, says Kristen Bell, Mercys vice president of human resources. We just decided not to allow any shoes with any openings in them. That ruled out the most popular style of Crocs, which are generously ventilated with pencil-sized holes. Bell says the ban blew out of proportion when a local newspaper ran a story with the headline, Mercy Hospital goes on a Crocs hunt.
I didnt even know what a Croc was before Christmas last year, Bell says. I think it was a slow news day in Pittsburgh.
Fortunately, Crocs is on top of this issue and is working with the hospital to dispel any confusion, says Tia Mattson, a Crocs spokeswoman. Among its more than 50 styles, the company has developed one specifically for nurses and medical staff, she says.


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Ofcom | Adults Media Use and Attitudes Report
Adults use and concerns online
UK adults’ concerns about the internet have dropped steadily since 2005, falling from seven in ten (70 per cent) users to half (50 per cent) by 2011, with confidence online at high levels (84 per cent)
The average user now says they are online for over 15 hours each week, an increase of five hours since 2005. The internet is increasingly part of people’s everyday lives wherever they are, and eight in ten adults (79%) now go online on any device in any location – up by 20 percentage points compared to 2005.
Social networking is continuing to grow in popularity and three fifths of adult internet users (59 per cent) say they now have a profile on a social networking site. However, the increase has slowed, with a rise of five percentage points since 2010, compared to increases of ten percentage points in 2010 and 22 percentage points in 2009. (…)


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It’s the question that is keeping online retailers awake at night: Is there a single, cost-effective form or marketing that can help attract traffic and build sales even as the whole global economy is contracting?
The answer? Tap into social media. If this sounds like the feel-good mantra of social media pundits, think again. In just the last year online retailers like Best Buy and Wal-mart have tapped into the expertise of their salesforce to offer a more personalised and interactive guide to product recommendations.
Other companies like H&M, Reebok and Victoria’s Secret have dabbled with Facebook groups and applications while Blendtec created viral buzz around its blender range thanks to some truly outlandish YouTube videos. Then there’s footwear retailer Zappos, whose CEO Tony Hsieh has achieved Stephen Fry-like Twitter-status with some 132,000 followers.
As these brands are showing, smart companies realise they still need to promote their products and services to customers — they just need a more cost-effective and accountable way of doing it.
This new way of thinking is not just to impress the CFO. The truth is traditional and previously-proven forms of marketing are no longer as effective as they once were. In 2009, companies are demanding more concrete benchmarks for the success of advertising and marketing campaigns as they are confronted by evidence that once passive consumers are tuning out TV adverts and ignoring fancy banner ads and microsites.
Where companies once dictated marketplace conversations, in a social media world they are now just one part of a vibrant and vocal community. As Coca-Cola’s VP of marketing Carol Kruse succinctly put it: “Our customers control our brands”.
A decade after the birth of Blogger, five years since the arrival of Facebook and three years after YouTube took the world by storm, the social media culture of commenting, tagging, poking, tweeting and creating mashups has become second nature for tens of millions of people around the world.
Major brands, at first slow to understand the power of this customer revolution, and then overly defensive once they began to appreciate its potency have embraced the give-and-take of social media conversation to the extent that over 350 top brands are now actively “engaging” with their customers online. Increasingly these companies are beginning to break down the walls preventing effective customer relationships that were built up (by them) through decades of “we know best” advertising, PR and marketing.
But while the rush is on to build a social media status, most companies and brands are still wary of how to navigate the social media world even as they grasp the opportunity and savings it offers them. Simply put, they want to know how they can achieve more from their marketing budgets when they have less money to spend even as they adapt and cater to the new consumer demands of today’s “marketplace”?
We believe the answer lies in a very simple (and natural process). Brands must start by listening and understanding what customers really care about. Then, and only then, brands can begin conversing effectively with customers about the products and services they offer. Get that right and soon both companies and customers are listening to and learning from each other. And that provides a measurable metric of how this meeting of mutual interests is raising the profile of the brand. Best of all this can be achieved at a fraction of the price of a £1 million scatter-shot TV ad or even a highly targeted yet-intrusive direct market campaign.
Engaging, compelling and measurable online marketing is what social media conversation offers. But first, just like T-Mobile, you’ll have to learn to do the dance.
• Social Media Influence 09, a sister event to Internet Retailing 09, takes place at the Cavendish Conference Centre, London on Tuesday, March 3rd. Speakers include Kevin Ayres from LinkedIn, Kris Hoet from Microsoft, Ruth Speakman from Sony, Benjamin Faes from YouTube and Internet Retailing’s very own Ian Jindal. You can also keep up to date with the latest developments in the social media space on the Social Media Influence website.


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The countdown to this summer's World Cup is well and truly underway and Australia have become the latest side to unveil their new strip.
Spain, Germany and Argentina showed off theirs last week as the world's top international sides gear up for the tournament in Brazil.
And the Socceroos have today become the latest to do so as they showed off their new yellow Nike shirts, accompanied by green shorts and white socks.
International legends joined coach Ange Postecoglou at the launch, with the kit inspired by the jersey worn in 1974, when the country reached its first World Cup finals.
The Australia boss said: "The Socceroos will take on the world in Brazil, determined to represent every Australian by showing the same spirit that binds the fabric of our country.
"The 1974 team were trailblazers for our country and the 2014 Socceroos will wear a strip that will help inspire our players to represent the values of Australia."
The new kit complies with FIFA regulations, although the same cannot be said for England's strip.
Each nation must now use one 'predominately dark and one predominately light strip' - meaning the Three Lions will have to don an all-white kit during the tournament.
See all the kits to be released so far in the gallery below, with more countries to be added in the coming weeks.


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- London’s High Court has ordered Binance to assist determine and freeze accounts concerned in an alleged $2.6 million hack.
- An organization referred to as Fetch.ai filed the request.
London’s High Court has ordered Binance, the world’s largest crypto alternate, to determine and freeze the accounts of hackers concerned in an alleged $2.6 million heist on its platform.
The order follows a request from a crypto firm referred to as Fetch.ai, which says its Binance accounts had been compromised again in June. According to a transcript of the High Court proceedings, Fetch.ai alleges that the hackers made off with a number of cryptocurrencies: Tether, Binance Coin, Bitcoin, and FET, Fetch.ai’s personal token.
The transcript is dated July 15 however was unsealed this week.
A spokesperson for Fetch.ai instructed Decrypt that the tracing work is already underway and that the corporate has been “working closely with Binance.” Binance confirmed its involvement in a statement to Reuters.
Binance is a centralized alternate, which suggests it holds the non-public keys to its accounts and has the facility to freeze or halt trades. Privacy purists have a tendency to favor decentralized exchanges and unhosted wallets, which let merchants maintain their very own keys.
In 2019, the High Court decided that Bitcoin may very well be legally thought-about “property,” paving the way in which for requests like Fetch.ai’s. Even nonetheless, it’s comparatively uncommon for British courts to mandate this type of deliberate tracing.
And although Binance might freeze sure accounts, Fetch.ai could have to show it’s truly been the sufferer of a fraud scheme earlier than it could actually ask the courtroom for its a refund.
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September 13, 2013
If you’re going to put that much effort into it, you’d better hope the answer will be yes.
Alongside deals for Milwaukee restaurants and mani-pedis was a controversial coupon for a Jeffrey Dahmer tour.
There are all kinds of ways to find a bargain. Coupons. Groupons. Ebay. Craigslist. And when finances are tight, it pays to get creative.
Who needs the Tonys when you’ve got the Webbys?
Here’s how you can help out without going AFK.
The fallout from last weekend’s commercials was just too much for the first-time Super Bowl advertiser.
The world’s greatest sporting event has cemented its place in pop-culture history by netting the most amount of Americans to ever watch a TV show. And not even Christina Aguilera’s flub or Groupon’s offensive ad could do anything …
Subject areas future Super Bowl advertisers might want to avoid: Tibet.
There are two kinds of Super Bowl viewers: Those who tune in for the game, and those who patiently wait through all the punts and blitzes for the halftime show. And of course the Super Bowl ads. Well, group number two, NewsFeed …
Nothing says romance like discounts. And nothing says marital bliss like a $1 price tag.
Today in tech: Google eats Groupon. Or thinks about it. The price tag? Billions. Unless, of course, Groupon offers some sort of a discount… (via Techland)


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Underpromise and overdeliver appears to have worked this week for Netflix. Its share price is up 11% since July 19, when its second-quarter earnings report was released. Revenue growth slowed way down, but the company lost just 970,000 subscribers in the quarter, versus expectations for a drop of 2 million.
Is that what counts for good news now at Netflix?
As far back as 2019 and up until the first quarter of 2021, the streaming giant regularly logged year-over-year revenue growth between 24% and 30%. But in the last two quarters, revenue growth has plummeted to single digits, with the second quarter yielding just 8.6% growth and Netflix forecasting roughly 5% growth for its third quarter in 2022.
This fall from grace is all happening while Netflix continues to enjoy success related to its original programming. “Our biggest hits have all come out in the last 12 months,” Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s co-CEO, said on an earnings call with investors and analysts.
Squid Game and Stranger Things vs the competition
Despite titles like Squid Game, Stranger Things, and Bridgerton powering the company’s popularity with subscribers, increasing competition from the likes of Disney+, Apple TV+, and Amazon Prime Video has exposed some of Netflix’s weaknesses.
In the new landscape of premium streaming TV, merely offering on-demand content isn’t enough anymore. Disney has its theme parks, in-theater movie franchise business, toys, and myriad brand licensing deals; Apple has its hardware and software tie-ins; and Amazon is not only the leading e-commerce store, it’s also the cloud services provider of some of the biggest companies on Earth, including Netflix.
So while the streaming business is being crowded by tech giants with the ability to add ancillary value to its customers and stock holders, Netflix’s relative lack of diverse business operations has gradually transformed its profile from early tech innovator into a one-note business with an uncertain future.
A Microsoft and Netflix partnership makes sense beyond their new ad deal
Theme parks and computer platforms take many years to develop, so Netflix is unlikely to be able to quickly match the diversified revenue sources of its rivals. However, one quick path to such diversity could be accomplished through a major partnership, or, more likely, the acquisition of Netflix by a larger tech player.
That’s why the announcement of a deal with Microsoft to handle Netflix’s upcoming ad-supported offering has stoked speculation that the collaboration is a precursor to an acquisition. Microsoft could offer everything Netflix needs to survive against its challengers: a robust cloud architecture in Azure, and a widely used desktop and mobile software platform in Windows.
“One of the reasons that we’re partnering with Microsoft, [is that] there’s a bunch of fundamentals. They’ve got a technical capacity, which is complementary to ours, a go-to-market capacity, which we need to leverage,” Greg Peters, Netflix’s chief operating officer, said during the earnings call. “We saw a high degree of strategic alignment in their interest in innovating in the space and really working with us over the next several years.”
Additionally, Microsoft’s long-term interest in gaming entertainment dovetails perfectly with Netflix’s own gaming initiatives. And with Microsoft near to completing its deal to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, moving into the Microsoft family would give Netflix a rapid entryway into the metaverse.
Who else is big enough to buy Netflix?
The recent correction in tech stocks helped bring a play for Netflix into the realm of possibility.
“You go back a year ago with [Netflix’s] valuation, no one would ever think they’re going to be acquired just because it cost so much,” says Jon Christian, founder of tech consulting firm OnPrem. “They’re still not cheap, the valuation would be huge. So it would have to be a giant that would even entertain [acquiring Netflix].”
Meanwhile, he notes, “Microsoft is out there on the sideline. They haven’t done anything [major in streaming TV]. So when you look at acquisition targets, that’s interesting.”
Assuming a major Hollywood studio doesn’t step in as a suitor, the other tech giant that has the cash, cloud platform, and tech to boost Netflix’s fortunes is Google. But its recent pullback from original content on its YouTube platform indicates that it may be more interested in remaining focused on user-generated content and the data it produces.
The acquisition of Netflix seems more like a when than an if
Marketing historians will note a peculiar branding connection Microsoft and Netflix share. Microsoft’s old slogan, “Be What’s Next” (since abandoned), sounds a lot like Netflix’s catchphrase, “See What’s Next.” So, at least in marketing terms, a pairing of the two brands seems almost meant to be.
Netflix’s leadership is, for now, maintaining the company’s profile as an independent.
“We’ve done other stuff with Microsoft. We continue to do work with them on sort of go-to-market partnerships,” Peters said on the earnings call. “We’ll look for those opportunities as they exist with Microsoft, and with other companies as well.”
Meanwhile, investors seem to be pinning their hopes on Netflix’s plan to mirror Disney+ and roll out an advertiser-supported, lower cost tier, which will arrive in early 2023 and could restore some of the company’s previous growth.
Recent Nielsen data showed that Netflix still commands the most viewing time versus its streaming competitors at 1.33 trillion minutes from Sept. 20, 2021, to May 8, 2022. Netflix is predicting that it will add about 1 million new subscribers in its third quarter, but that’s far below the over 8 million subscribers (pdf) it added in the last quarter of 2019, just before the pandemic hit.
If Netflix’s sluggish subscriber and revenue growth continue, as the headwinds of rising competition increase, the company may have no choice but to seek shelter under the arm of a company that can help it truly compete in the new streaming landscape.


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“It’s a very solid company with very solid growth prospects, but it also has elements of turnaround and elements of transformation,” said Richard Zannino, a managing director at CCMP Capital who was named chairman of Infogroup’s newly constituted board of directors.
CCMP Capital, which closed its latest fund at $3.4 billion in 2007, announced the completion of its deal on July 1. The firm paid $668 million, or $8 per share, which amounted to 7x trailing 12-month EBITDA, Zannino said. CCMP Capital put up $353 million of equity, covering 53 percent of the price, and used a $315 million term loan for the rest.
In addition to Zannino, a former chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Co. who joined the firm a year ago, CCMP Capital also installed Clare Hart as Infogroup’s president and chief executive officer. Hart had been one of Zannino’s key lieutenants at Dow Jones and had been president and chief executive officer of Factiva, the online news archive, when it was a joint venture of Dow Jones and Reuters, publisher of Buyouts.
CCMP Capital also brought in Dow Jones veterans to serve as chief financial officer and head of human resources, as well as some newcomers for other key strategy positions.
Zannino joked that when he sat down with Hart to discuss a 100-day plan for Infogroup, which is based in Omaha, Neb., they came up with 400 days of work. “The thesis was that we could take a chronically undermanaged business, which was a collection of 20 or 25 disparate, disconnected business units, and combine them into three or four cohesive business units,” he said.
Founded in 1972 by entrepreneur Vinod Gupta to provide a directory of sales leads to mobile home manufacturers, Infogroup ultimately built a database containing information from the nation’s 4,400 Yellow Pages directories. After it went public in 1992, it began growing by acquisition. Today, Infogroup’s custom databases contain 200 million consumer names and details on 16 million businesses. It conducts campaigns via direct mail, telesales, and e-mail for a client roster that includes Hewlett Packard Co., American Express Co., Coca-Cola Co. and FedEx Corp., Zannino said.
Gupta allowed Infogroup’s acquisitions to operate largely independently, never integrating them into a cohesive sales organization. And when Gupta left the company in 2008, after the Securities and Exchange Commission accused him of improperly billing the company for millions of dollars of personal expenses, the business languished. The board hired Evercore Partners as an independent financial adviser in December 2008 and announced Infogroup’s deal with CCMP Capital in March.
“In a way it’s tailor made for private equity ownership,” Zannino said. “As a private company, the company has the flexibility to focus on what they want to achieve two years out rather than what’s going to happen next quarter.”
CCMP Capital, the former merchant banking arm of JPMorgan Chase, plans to professionalize Infogroup’s business, improving its strategic planning and budgeting, step up cross-selling efforts and expand its capabilities in developing markets such as social media, paid search, and mobile media, he said. “We can stop competing against one another, which they were doing under the old regime.”
“We’ve got a couple of solid years of pulling hard on the oars,” said Kevin O’Brien, a managing director at CCMP Capital. “A deal like this would be much more difficult to undertake without somebody like Rich as a core part of the team.”


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In a pledge to protect children from the harm caused by unhealthy foods, Labour made a promise today (15 January) that if elected, it will work with the Food Standards Agency (FDA) to restrict the levels of fat, salt and sugar in food directly marketed to children, also eyeing the possibility of a 9pm watershed on the advertising of unhealthy products.
The party will also look to improve food labelling by working with the EU to introduce a traffic-light scheme on packaged food, and will also take action against high-strength, low-cost alcohol, which it believes fuels binge drinking.
Unclear definitions of targeting children
While the use of cartoons is one way of directly targeting youngsters, it is unclear what other types of advertising would be included in the limitations.
Current advertising codes place limitations on the content and scheduling of TV ads which are high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS), restricting them from being played around programmes that are directed at children or have a high level of viewers up to 16 years of age.
Existing rules also state that ads must not condone or encourage poor nutritional habits in children, encourage excessive consumption of food and drink, or give a misleading impression of the nutritional benefit of products.
However, the new Labour food policy did not highlight exactly who would be impacted. Questions remain over what would qualify as direct marketing towards children, what would qualify as HFSS food as well as what factors would result in the party bringing in a watershed ban.
Matt Wilson, communications and marketing manager for the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), told Marketing Week: “We need to know more details about how this process would work, for example how they intend to differentiate advertising targeted to children vs. advertising that isn’t.”
Watershed ban would change the rules of the industry
As far as a 9PM watershed, Ian Twinn, director of public affairs for advertising trade body ISBA, says it is unclear which brands would be affected. He ads that the suggestion in the Financial Times that Coca-Cola, which draws constant concerns about sugar consumption, wouldn’t be touched by the new restrictions calls into question what the policy is truly about.
“They haven’t really hashed out how the policies would work and have an impact on children’s weight and fitness,” he says.
He also believes the change would be bad news for viewers of British television.
“It would result in cheaper media, fewer advertisers wanting to advertise and worse programming content,” he says. “Banning ads won’t achieve Labour’s objectives. Kids can still watch these ads elsewhere.”
Wilson says a watershed would require a change to the rules of advertising and would require further discussion.
“In terms of what Labour’s announcement this morning will mean for advertisers and/or the ASA, we’re happy to have open and constructive discussions with them about our role and food advertising rules around children, and to establish what their concerns are.
“These are big, significant proposals that could impact the advertising industry,” he says. “The devil will be in the detail.”
Advertising bodies call for evidence-based policies
The policy is part of an effort to ensure the long-term affordability and sustainability of the NHS, as the party claims that unless action is taken to halt the rise in obesity and diabetes, the cost of diabetes to the NHS will hit £17bn each year by 2035, up from £10bn.
Tam Fry, a spokesman for the NOF, last week told Marketing Week: “The food industry is not doing enough. We have so much food with ingredients that are leading to obesity and other diseases and time is running out.”
He also said that the levels of sugar in food are needlessly high and causing huge damage.
While Twinn acknowledges the importance of promoting healthy lifestyles, he says the policy isn’t clear.
“There are good proposals in the paper to support giving people, in particular younger persons, more information on a healthier lifestyle and the goal to get 50% of the UK psychically active by 2025, but specific policy proposals like the absolute limit of the per cent of fat, sugar and salt in the make-up of foods that are advertised to children is vague and almost certainly full of holes,” Twinn says.
He challenges the idea of using advertising techniques as a tool of determining which products are affected, and adds that massive state intervention on what the public is allowed to see needs to be evidence-based. However, he says there is no solid evidence to show that ads have an effect on what children consume over time.
“I have no doubt whatsoever that Andy Burnham and Luciana Berger are well motivated to do something about the issue, but it’s disappointing,” Twinn says. “It feels like a tick-list of people they need to please. It really is a missed opportunity.”
Barbara Gallani, director of regulation, science and health for the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), agrees the policy should be about behavioural programmes rather than state intervention.
“Educating families on what an appropriate portion size looks like, as well as frequency of consumption, is key rather than the introduction of unworkable limits on certain nutrients which would jeopardise the quality of some of the world-renowned foods that are made in the UK.
Conservatives defend stance on public health
Polling suggests that while the chance of another coalition government involving the Labour party is high, the party also has as much chance of leading a majority government as the Conservative party, who defends the work it has done to tackle obesity.
The Tories have all but ruled out anything similar to the Labour policy.
A Conservative spokesperson said: “Real progress has been made on public health under this Government – obesity rates in adults and children have fallen since 2010, alcohol-related harm is down, and smoking rates are at their lowest ever levels.
“Labour are naïve to think that just banning particular types of food will support people to make informed choices. The public deserve better.”


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The Alien-like machine will land on Earth later this year.
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and while that statement may be true, the Inferno is far from being what we would call a beautiful car. We find the Inferno’s body overly busy and it gives us the impression of a kit car designed by a kid after spending countless hours customizing cars in Need for Speed. While to some it may seem like nothing more than vaporware at this stage, the Inferno is apparently a real thing and will enter production before the end of the year, according to the company’s marketing director, Manuel Llaguno.
Although developed in Mexico, the supercar is actually going to be built in Italy and the first eleven cars will be a ‘First Edition’. Eight of those have already been pre-sold at an estimated €1.9 million (about $2.14M). More expensive than a Lamborghini Centenario Coupe, the Inferno will be motivated by a biturbo V8 engine coming from a ‘very important manufacturer.’ The mill is said to deliver a whopping 1,400 horsepower (1,044 kilowatts) and 1,125 pound-feet (1,523 Newton meters) of torque, enough to enable the car hit 60 mph (96 kph) from a standstill in less than 2.7 seconds before maxing out at more than 245 mph (394 kph).
It’s going to tip the scales at less than 1,200 kilograms (2,645 pounds) thanks to its ‘metal foam’ body providing a protection comparable to B4 armored cars. The body’s construction will make use of a zinc-aluminum-silver alloy which will be able to stretch up to 100 times its size to absorb impacts, without losing any of its properties. Inferno says the car’s body parts will be durable enough to withstand the impact of a collision, thus allowing owners to simply reuse them after the accident.
While it all sounds very impressive, we will reserve our final judgment for the first actual production car. Until then, it's up to you folks to decide whether the people behind the Inferno project deserve the benefit of the doubt. Who knows, maybe we're in for a big surprise, although we wouldn't hold our breath for it.


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Sorry, skate shops, but you just weren’t serving the needs of 22-year-old Richard Sitnik. So he opened his own store. It’s called Grindhouse, and it is now open at 6312 E. Taft Road in Cicero.
An easy way to find it: Grindhouse is in the huge Hiawatha Fasteners warehouse. And it’s all about the gear. And the clothing.
“I have worked hard choosing the companies to bring in, and looking through catalogs, to bring in the best those companies have to offer,” said Sitnik. “My clothing has been collaborated to fit the interests of skaters, shredders and fighters — a nice array for anyone’s extreme needs.”
Sitnik was raised in these parts, so he knows all about the skate park at Onondaga Lake and everywhere else skaters go. He split from Central New York for a while to try his hand at acting but moved back to the area in March.
The idea for a shop started to grow on him. “It’s something I always wanted to do,” Sitnik said. “I used to work for Zumiez, back in the day.”
Finding work in the economy of mid-2009 proved futile, so Sitnik created his own job by creating his business from scratch and opening the store. Things have been going OK, Sitnik said, but he said he needs to get the word out, at the skate park and, when winter comes, on area snowboarding slopes, maybe visit some ski clubs.
Sitnik right now has tons of clothing, decks and more for skateboards, and he’s looking at bringing in snowboards from up-and-coming companies and specialists not found in the chain shops. On the clothing side, there are board shorts and shorts for mixed-martial-artists.
“A lot of the clothing is West Coast, which isn’t really big around here,” Sitnik said. “It brings something different for people to come and buy.”
Product lines include goods from Skin, SRH, Fearless and SO CAL. Von Zipper shades and goggles are also stocked. Grenade Gloves are on their way. “My main focus is bringing in high-quality products at an affordable price that haven’t been touched in this area,” Sitnik said.
• Carousel Center mall is on tap to get a seasonal store from ... Toys “R” Us. Yes, the retailer is rolling this out to dozens of malls across the country, with the accent on “seasonal,” as in holiday shopping season. CC is a no-brainer, since only the northern suburbs of Syracuse still have a TRU. More on this to come.
• Michael Ringer’s St. Lawrence Gallery returns to the Carousel Center in October.
• E-mail: Lost in Liverpool writes, “Bob, I always look forward to reading your column. I enjoy trying and supporting the new businesses that you write about. Though not all live up to the hype, I always wish everyone well and want them to succeed. I am writing about the What in the World store you told us about last month. This place was everything you said and more. It was a much needed change to a very dull retail landscape in CNY. I had not been to Great Northern Mall for over two years before you wrote about them, for obvious reasons. Not only was the store fun and reasonable, the people who worked there were awesome. I have been there at least once a week since they opened for gifts or just to see what new things they brought in. I went yesterday only to find them closed with a sign in the window about looking to relocate. Can you tell me anything about where I can find them?”
The last I heard from them was a “thank you” for the write-up and the enormous response in traffic it generated. I didn’t realize they departed so soon. I will look into this. Thanks!
• E-mail: Tom writes, “Bob, Urban says no plans for a Syracuse store. You said it’s coming. What’s the deal?”
The deal is a deal for Urban Outfitters to come to Armory Square hasn’t been struck, but my sources say they are close. So, yes, the official word from UO is they have no plans for a Syracuse store because there is no lease signed at this point. That’s the way these things go. See: Aldi and DeWitt. Aldi on Friday said it’s looking at the area, but what they’re saying is a new store across from Wegmans hinges on zoning approvals.
• One more thing: Check out the new look of the Store Front blog. You can also follow Store Front now on Facebook.
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