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Accessing this bloc market via an FTA will create a significant boost for Vietnamese export goods to them
|MERCOSUR is Việt Nam’s 13th largest trading partner with bilateral trade value rose from $2.45 billion in 2011 to $12 billion in 2022. —Photo baodautu.vn
HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is taking measures to promote the negotiations of a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), which is expected to be a driving force for Việt Nam to tap the Latin American market, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên said.
Currently, MERCOSUR members, including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, do not have free trade agreements with countries whose export structure competes directly with Việt Nam. Accessing this bloc market via an FTA will create a significant boost for Vietnamese export goods to them.
MERCOSUR is a dynamic, competitive, and developing economic region. It is the fifth-largest economic region with a total GDP of US$4.58 trillion in the world and is also one of the leading food raw material and energy production regions.
Moreover, MERCOSUR is a potential market, with nearly 300 million consumers, about 70 per cent of the South American population, for Việt Nam’s export products such as garments, footwear, handicrafts, and processed foods.
MERCOSUR is Việt Nam’s 13th largest trading partner, with bilateral trade value rising from $2.45 billion in 2011 to $12 billion in 2022. Of this, Việt Nam’s goods exports to MERCOSUR reached $3.3 billion, while imports from this region amounted to about $8.7 billion.
Trade value between MERCOSUR and Việt Nam accounts for nearly a quarter of the total trade value between MERCOSUR and ASEAN, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
However, logistics costs for goods from Việt Nam to this market are high due to the long distance, language differences, and lack of direct freight or passenger transport routes. Most importantly, the two sides have not yet established a free trade agreement (FTA).
According to the ministry, MERCOSUR countries excel in producing and exporting farm produce, animal feeds, industrial materials, and minerals. In contrast, Việt Nam’s main exports to the bloc are electronic and telecommunication devices, apparel, and footwear. Such a complementary structure of goods without direct competitiveness is a strength for Việt Nam in approaching this market.
Furthermore, the four South American nations have not signed any trade agreements with countries whose export structure directly competes with Việt Nam. As such, access to this market will significantly boost Vietnamese goods.
MERCOSUR Parliament (PARLASUR) leaders have also expressed a keen interest in Việt Nam being the gateway for MERCOSUR to enter ASEAN.
They support the early launch of the Việt Nam – MERCOSUR FTA negotiations to open markets for each other. This will facilitate goods trading activities, diversify the structure of import and export products, and promote the growth of bilateral trade value in the future.
As one of the MERCOSUR countries, Brazil is now Việt Nam’s largest trading partner in South America and vice versa, Việt Nam is Brazil’s largest trading partner in Southeast Asia. The trade turnover between the two countries in 2022 was about $6.78 billion, marking an increase of 6.6 per cent compared to 2021 and threefold over the past decade.
Speaking at the discussion between Việt Nam-Brazil businesses during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s visit to Brazil last month, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên emphasised that Brazil could become a bridge to help Việt Nam’s goods access Latin American countries’ markets as well as the MERCOSUR market.
Similarly, Việt Nam can serve as a bridge to help Brazil access the ASEAN market with over 650 million people and the even larger market of 800 million people of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Minister Diên stated that investment from multinational companies into Việt Nam is expected to increase as the country becomes a primary production centre in the global supply chain. Consequently, Việt Nam’s demand for raw materials will surge, offering Brazil opportunities to expand its supply of raw materials to Việt Nam, especially those for emerging industries.
The minister suggested that both sides intensify the exchange of business delegations to explore investment and business opportunities in the two markets, fostering trade and investment ties between the countries.
Minister Diên also urged Brazil to provide more favourable conditions for Vietnamese businesses to access the Brazilian market, especially in sectors like agriculture, footwear, wooden furniture, handicrafts, and seafood.
Brazilian business representatives praised Việt Nam’s development potential and recognised the vast cooperation possibilities in fields like agriculture, processing, manufacturing, aviation, mineral mining, technology, and renewable energy.
Regarding economic and trade relations, Việt Nam and Brazil have the potential to boost their bilateral turnover to $10 billion by 2025 and $15 billion by 2030, as noted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn.
Việt Nam hopes Brazil, a founding member and the current rotating president of MERCOSUR, will continue to support and expedite the commencement of FTA negotiations between Việt Nam and MERCOSUR, Sơn added.
According to statistics, trade between Việt Nam and the Americas, comprising 35 countries including MERCOSUR members, reached $153.9 billion last year, growing by 10.7 per cent annually.
Of this total, Việt Nam’s imports and exports were valued at over $128 billion and $25.7 billion, marking increases of 12.2 per cent and 3 per cent year-on-year, respectively. This led to a record trade surplus of more than $102.5 billion.
Trade values with major regional markets experienced stable growth: the US (11 per cent), Brazil (6.6 per cent), Canada (16.5 per cent), Mexico (7.1 per cent), Chile (9 per cent), and Argentina (8.3 per cent).
Tạ Hoàng Linh, director of the MoIT’s European-American Market Department, believes that Vietnamese goods can establish a stronger foothold in the Americas when businesses leverage existing FTAs.
The ministry’s strategy emphasises maximising the benefits of the 15 existing FTAs and advocating for the negotiation of new agreements, including one with MERCOSURr.
Furthermore, as Linh highlighted, Việt Nam has pledged to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, driving the nation to champion green production and environmental protection. This commitment will give Vietnamese exports a competitive edge in the future, especially as demand for eco-friendly products rises in European and American markets.


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Action on Sugar is urging the UK government to revise its childhood obesity strategy, alleging that leaked draft documents show plans do not go far enough.
Fresh research from years 1-4 of the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) rolling programme has investigated the association between anti-inflammatory and antioxidant dietary patterns in reducing the onset of diabetes and looked at carb-protein ratios.
A German state court has ruled an algae-sourced calcium has no place in an organic soy drink – the manufacturer has appealed the verdict.
The controversial trade deal between the EU and the US could give multinational companies increased power to challenge food laws that impact their bottom line, according to an analysis by the US-based Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).
Increasing fruit and vegetable intake to eight-a-day can make people happier, according to new research that challenges current European nutritional recommendations.
Shoppers believe foods are better quality when the packaging looks eco-friendly, and could be willing to spend more as a result, researchers say.
German ingredients supplier Beneo and Belgian sugar producer Raffinerie Tirlemontoise have invested nearly €5m in research and development (R&D) at its Belgian laboratory facility.
Industry has lamented yesterday’s European Parliament plenary vote to block four caffeine claims, which otherwise seemed set to pass into EU law books after years of delay.
Food companies may now add national dietary guidelines to their products packaging and marketing material in order to help boost healthy eating, Livsmedelverket, Sweden’s National Food Agency (NFA), has decided.
The European Commission has started the first phase of its investigation into the need for nutrient profiles, with a report expected in spring 2017. Yet with the caffeine claim fiasco ongoing, it’s never been clearer how necessary the profiles are.
When eaten as part of a Mediterranean diet full of vegetables and olive oil, pasta is associated with a small decrease in Body Mass Index (BMI) and waistline size, Italian researchers have found.
Danish probiotic supplier Chr. Hansen has reported more modest growth within EU human health and nutrition, saying its success and failure hinges on that of probiotic launches on shelf.
NGOs have urged the EU to expand regulations that curb deforestation beyond timber to encompass commodities like soy, palm oil and beef.
The European Commission has started the first phase of its investigation into the need for nutrient profiles, which it hopes will settle the issue once and for all.
Food and drink manufacturers have never faced “a more urgent challenge” to attract talent, according to the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), as it launched a new report designed to help plug the industry skills gap.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has adopted a draft opinion on the energy conversion factor for 'functional sweetener' D-tagatose, meaning its calorie count can be listed on product labels.
Five Nordic countries have asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) whether new evidence means limits for added sugar intakes could now be set.
The food industry has taken notable steps to address the issue of sustainable sourcing, compelled by a corporate and social responsibility that ensures products that are produced in a safe, supportive and environmentally responsible manner.
Food giant Nestlé has appointed Ulf Mark Schneider as its new CEO, effective from the start of next year.
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State's Brewers Concerned By SABMiller, Anheuser-Busch InBev Merger
Owners of Hartford area breweries fear the recent merger of two beer giants could pose problems at the local level.
China's Downturn Tops Business Stories Of 2015
China's economy lost some luster and its leaders their aura of invincibility. A commodities boom went bust, spreading pain from Texas oil fields to Indonesian coal mines.
Bottoms Up! Murphy, Blumenthal Urges Feds to Protect Craft Brewers from Big Beer


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Toyota is rolling out a mega-recall of about 6.4 million vehicles that addresses conditions that include air bags and seat rails. Inside a sharp contrast to how General Motors put off and mishandled corrections to an ignition switch in small cars over the last decade, Toyota appears to be far more responsive-perhaps motivated with the $1.2 billion penalty recently levied from the company for concealing information related to unintended acceleration risks.
The largest campaign in this series for the United states market involves 1.3 million vehicles with a potential air bag cable problem, affecting: 2009-2010 Corolla, 2008-2010 Highlander, 2009-2010 Matrix, 2006-2008 RAV4, 2009-2010 Tacoma, and 2006-2010 Yaris vehicles.
The concern requires the spiral cable assembly (also called a clock spring) that connects the driver’s air bag module in the steering wheel. Toyota has determined that the electric connections between the spiral cable along with the control module can become damaged. This could make the air bag warning light to illuminate and the air bag may malfunction.
In January, the automaker asked its dealers to report air bag performance concerns among all Toyotas, including unintended deployment. Clearly, the company was collecting data to aid its assessment. Inspite of the scale of the investigation, this recall focuses on just a small portion of the total Toyota population.
Toyota is likewise recalling 472,500 2006-2010 Yaris and 2008-2010 Scion xD cars to address the potential for the spring in the seat-lock mechanism for front seats to break. The concern is that the break could lead the seat moving freely on the seat rail in the event of an accident, thereby increasing injury risk.
The other three recalls-steering column, windshield wiper motors, and starter motors-are strictly for other markets.
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Realme Teases New Smartphone Series With Hole Punch Display, 5G Connectivity
Realme Teases New Smartphone Series With Hole-Punch Display, 5G Connectivity
Realme CMO Xu Qi Chase suggested the features of the new smartphone series through a screenshot that shows off 5G connectivity.
By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 20 July 2020 11:40 IST
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Realme has posted a teaser image that suggests a hole-punch display design on its new smartphone series
Realme’s new smartphone series is rumoured to solve early 5G issues
The new smartphone series appear to come with Oppo’s Breeno assistant
Realme may announce the global debut of its new series at IFA 2020
Realme has started teasing the arrival of a new smartphone series that will come with a hole-punch display design and offer 5G connectivity. The new development comes just days after a tipster suggested the debut of the company's new series that is claimed to solve early 5G issues. In addition to the teaser posted by the Chinese company, Realme Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Xu Qi Chase has separately posted a screenshot on Weibo to suggest some of the key features of its new smartphone series.
The teaser image posted by Realme through its Weibo account suggests that the new smartphone series will come with the hole-punch display design. It, however, doesn't provide any further details.
Nevertheless, Realme CMO Xu Qi Chase suggested the features of the new smartphone series through the screenshot posted on his Weibo account. The screenshot suggests that the first model in the new series would include the camera cutout on the top-left side of the screen. It also shows off 5G connectivity on the smartphone. Furthermore, there is Oppo's Breeno digital assistant that would be a part of the new series.
Realme's new smartphone series has been teased with 5G connectivity Photo Credit: Weibo/ Xu Qi Chase
If we look at the rumour mill, the new smartphone series is aimed to solve some of the existing 5G connectivity issues. It is likely to debut in China in the near future, though considering the historical records of Realme, the new series could debut in India and other markets as well.
Some reports indicated that the first phone in the new series could be the one that recently surfaced on China's TENAA site with a model number RMX2121. That phone appeared to have a quad rear camera setup, hole-punch display, and a gradient back finish. It was up until now rumoured as the Realme X3 Pro.
Realme is participating at IFA 2020 in September where it may unveil the new smartphone series, alongside showcasing its range of connected devices. Meanwhile, you could safely expect some new teasers and rumours emerging on the Web to suggest the key features of the upcoming offering.


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Austin woman plans food festival series
A young hospitality-trained entrepreneur is planning a series of festivals — each focused on a single type of food — beginning with the inaugural Austin Oyster Festival Nov. 9.
Megan McCrea Meigs — founder of seventy7degrees, which will produce the event — and the handful of participating vendors believe such festivals can help boost the local industries for each type of food to be featured, such as seafood or wild game.
“Nobody’s doing this with an immersion in one singular food,” Meigs said.
Meigs picked oysters to begin the series because she’s familiar with them, having grown up in Louisiana, and because of the growing number of oyster bars in Austin.
“Seafood is really near and dear to my heart,” she said. “Oysters have blue-collar roots, but you crack them open, plate them and have a first-class dining experience.”
Meigs is funding the oyster festival from personal savings and ticket sales, which are $30 each.
She plans to follow it up with a wild game festival in late winter or early spring and is brainstorming about other single ingredient-themed events for next year.
The oyster festival — which will benefit the Nature Conservancy of Texas and The Smile Never Fades breast cancer awareness campaign — is scheduled from 6 p.m. to midnight Nov. 9 at the Shoal Crossing Event Center in Northwest Austin. The program features live music by Nikki Jensen, who performed on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” and Texas blues band Mudphonic.
Sterling Affairs Catering & Event Planning will prepare the food, which includes raw oysters from Maine, Canada, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, as well as grilled oysters, fried oysters, oyster po’boys and oysters Rockefeller.
“We are hoping the oyster fest will be a long-term event and have a positive impact on the seafood industry as a whole,” said Steven Curtis, president of Austin Seafood, which is the event’s seafood vendor and a major provider of seafood to Austin restaurants.
Haddingtons tavern in Austin is one of the event’s beverage sponsors.
“Haddingtons has chosen to participate in the Austin Oyster Festival because it gives us a chance to feature our versatility when it comes to handmade craft cocktails,” said Allison Brooks, Haddingtons’ event and marketing director. “Even though this is [the festival’s] first year, we’re confident that it will be a success.”
Cathy Cochran-Lewis, president of the Austin Food & Wine Alliance, is hopeful that the single-food festival will succeed and spawn a series of similar events. Although food-themed events already abound in Austin, “I don’t think we’ll ever be fooded out,” she said.
Whether Meigs can generate enough support for her event depends on whether she engages the right people in the local culinary scene, Cochran-Lewis said.
“Getting community support is king, but I love that she’s focusing on a single ingredient. She gets huge kudos for creativity,” Cochran-Lewis said.
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He previously resisted calls to speak before the congressional committee, even as investigations into his company intensified.
Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos has agreed to testify before a US House of Representatives committee reviewing antitrust issues in the tech industry. He had resisted calls to testify, which caused the committee to threaten to subpoena Bezos if necessary.
Bezos' decision was written in a letter to the committee dated Sunday, which CNET has reviewed.
"We are committed to cooperating with your inquiry and will make the appropriate executive available to testify. This includes making Jeff Bezos available to testify at a hearing with the other CEOs this summer," wrote attorney Robert K. Kelner, of Covington & Burling, which is representing Amazon for the antitrust investigation.
Kelner added that the timing and format for the testimony would still need to be worked out. He said Amazon has produced over 225,000 pages of documents requested as part of the investigation.
Bezos' decision to testify was earlier reported Monday by The New York Times, citing the same letter, and Politico, citing a company spokesperson.
Amazon and a handful of other major tech companies are facing increased pressure from a series of investigations from the US House and Senate, the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission into their potential monopolistic practices. For Amazon, the investigations have often focused on the company's use of private label items to compete against much smaller retailers on its platform.
Calls for Bezos to testify before the US House Judiciary's Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law intensified after The Wall Street Journal in April reported that Amazon workers had repeatedly accessed the sales data of individual sellers on the e-commerce giant's site when deciding what Amazon-branded products should be launched. Amazon said it has policies against accessing individual seller data and added that it was investigating the assertions mentioned in the Journal story.
In May, Rep. David Cicilline, who is chairman of the committee, said Bezos "expressed reservations" about appearing before the committee, even after the CEOs of Google parent Alphabet, Apple and Facebook agreed to show. Cicilline threatened to subpoena Bezos, the world's richest person, if needed. Amazon about a week later said it would send one of its executives before the committee, but didn't say whether Bezos would attend.
The Journal last week reported that the European Union was preparing formal antitrust charges against Amazon, claiming the company was mistreating independent sellers on its sites. That move shows that after about a year, some of these investigations appear to be moving to the next steps.


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The U.S. International Trade Commission has granted an Apple motion to dismiss five patents HTC received from Google last year.
Administrative Judge Thomas Pender ruled Friday that the Taiwanese handset maker can't use the patents, which relate to wireless technology, because HTC lacks the rights to file a lawsuit based on the patents. The patents, which are also part of a second ITC complaint issued by HTC against Apple last September, were loaned to HTC last summer in an apparent attempt to beef up Android equipment makers without getting directly involved. HTC also filed a federal lawsuit at the same time, accusing Apple of violating those same patents.
Pender's decision, which is appealable, leaves only three of the original eight patents in HTC's second lawsuit against Apple, Foss Patents reported. Last week, Apple against HTC in the past three years, alleging that HTC is still in violation of the same patents that led to a recent .
The handset maker characterized the decision as "a win for HTC," saying it was gratified that the commission affirmed a judge's decision regarding two other patents in the case.
"We are very pleased with the determination and we respect it," an HTC spokesperson told CNET, noting that user interface technology covered by another patent would soon be completely removed from the company's phones.
CNET has also contacted Apple for comment and will update this report when we learn more.
HTC filed the lawsuit last September, citing patents that Google bought last year that originally came from Palm, Motorola, and Openwave Systems. Google transferred the patents to HTC on September 1, just days before HTC filing.
A couple of months after the filing, Google Executive Chairmanfor the company's Android partners, particularly HTC.
"We tell our partners, including the ones here in Taiwan, we will support them," Schmidt said at the time. "For example we have been supporting HTC in its dispute with Apple because we think that the Apple thing is not correct."
Florian Mueller, a consultant in intellectual property cases and publisher of the Foss Patents blog site, argues that a lack of commitment on Google's part led to this Apple victory. If Google had truly transferred the patents' substantial rights to HTC instead of placing limitations and restrictions on them, Apple's motion would have failed, Muller wrote.
Updated at 10 p.m. PT to add HTC comment.
Clarification, June 12 at 11:10 a.m. PT: This article should have noted that Mueller has done consulting work for companies including Oracle, both of which have had their own legal run-ins with Google over patents.and


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The new Tomb Raider reboot is on track to sell 3.4 million copies by March 2013, and Hitman: Absolution has moved 3.6 million copies, while Sleeping Dogs has sold over 1.75 million copies, but this is still far from the almost 19 million HD games that the company had forecast to sell. (These numbers apparently do not include digital download sales.)
The problems for the company don’t stop there, as Square Enix believes that its marketing efforts in North America were ineffective, with two-thirds of these sales coming from outside of North America. Sleeping Dogs, which was rescued from Activision, did not sell nearly as well as expected, and this looks to have had a significant impact on the company’s sales numbers, as well.
The sluggish North American sales certainly hurt the publisher. All three titles received decent reviews, so it was not the quality of the games that was an issue. Square Enix will have to invest in a revised marketing strategy in North America going forward, but it is unclear what steps the company will take to help build their North American sales.
Yoichi Wada CEO of Square Enix will step down from leading the company due to the financial loss experienced by the company. Yosuke Matsuda will be taking over as the new CEO of the company after approval by the shareholders in June. Square Enix expects the failure of the console business to meet its sales targets and the flat performance in the company’s arcade business to impact the company and lead to a net loss for the year.


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Three of the most desirable cars on earth at the moment are the LaFerrari, McLaren P1 and the Porsche 918 Spyder. Owning any one of them is a dream come true even for the wealthiest. But not for Paul Bailey.
Paul Bailey, a businessman from Rutland decided to buy all three of them. So one Saturday morning, Bailey walked to his McLaren P1 and drove straight to the Ferrari dealership and collected a LaFerrari, which he had eagerly been waiting for 2 years.
Bailey and his wife then drove to a Porsche outlet and collected his 918 Spyder, and in a convoy, drove off. Like just another normal day.
All three cars are limited edition models, of which only 375 units of the McLaren P1 will be built, 499 units of the LaFerrari will be ever made and all 918 units of the 918 Spyder have been sold out.
The three cars together have a combined power of 2,740 bhp, and every car is capable of accelerating from 0-60 mph in under 3 seconds and reach top speeds of more than 200 mph (321 km).
All three cars use electric motors with their petrol engines to boost performance and to return a fuel economy of up to 94 mpg.
Bailey, a multi millionaire, who sold his telephone conferencing business for £ 28 million in 2012, says these three supercars of his are "totally amazing".
As for his favourite car of the three, he says he still has to decide after he drives the cars a few times on a race track.
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Lewis Hamilton’s couture joyride
(CNN) – lewis hamilton is putting a new spin on the term “fast fashion.” In recent years, the world champion pilot of Formula One he has slowly but surely intruded into the world of couture, using the racetrack and its accompanying appearances as his own impromptu clue.
At the F1 Grand Prix in Saudi Arabia last weekend, Hamilton was seen for the first time in candy-colored fleeces, satin slippers and wool trousers hand-embroidered with pearls from the Spring-Summer 2023 collection of Dior for men. A day later, the Mercedes driver stepped out in his most avant-garde look yet: a black tunic of rick owens and cargo pants paired with chunky boots.
These outfits are the work of the stylist Eric McNealwho was previously responsible for dressing Hamilton in ferragamo tie-dye silk tracksuits Acne Studios and a worn vest of Raf Simmons so peculiar that McNeal himself said he couldn’t do it. Since 2018, the Mercedes F1 Team has been officially sponsored by Tommy Hilfigera label Hamilton wears regularly, but while McNeal says he “loves” working with the American brand, it’s clear he hasn’t shy away from experimenting with other brands and edgier pieces.
So the set of rick owens Headline-grabbing Hamilton’s is far from her first brush with fashion. A longtime disciple of logomania, Hamilton was once known for his approach to “more is more” for branded streetwear and contrasting patterns.
Over time, her style has matured, as has her relationship with the industry; today she is a regular front-row presence at fashion weeks and on notable red carpets. At the 2021 Met Gala, Hamilton hosted a full table for black talent, inviting emerging designers to attend. Theophilio, Kenneth Nicholson and Jason Rembert, among others. In 2022, she spearheaded a campaign valentine next to zendaya.
For those not connected to the motorsports scene, blink and you may have missed the rise in Hamilton’s outfit. But if the evolution of the pilot’s style has eluded you, fear not: the @lewishamilton_style Instagram account exists to keep more than 20,000 followers in the loop about Hamilton’s seemingly oversized wardrobe. After all, he has to be on the right team.


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For printed circuit board manufacturers in the DACH region, the 2018 sales trend followed on from the already very good financial year 2017. This was reported by the ZVEI trade association PCB and Electronic Systems.
Although sales in the fourth quarter were down 4.9 percent on the previous year, the full year 2018 closed with a growth of 1.4 percent. Incoming orders in the fourth quarter of 2018 were 4.8 percent below the figure for the previous year. Overall, the industry recorded a decline of 6.1 percent last year.
The past year was characterized both by a decline in bookings, which the industry recorded in the first and second quarters, and by massive corrections in the third quarter. The reasons for this were the shortage of key components and the decline in demand in the automotive industry, which amounted to more than 16 percent compared to the same quarter of the previous year. These bottlenecks are expected to continue during 2019 and will have an impact on order activity.
The trend indicator book-to-bill ratio, the quotient of incoming orders and sales, reached a value of 1.06 in the fourth quarter of 2018. The year as a whole came to a value of 0.98. The number of employees fell by 1.1 percent compared to the previous third quarter, which is not unusual at the end of the year. Compared to the previous year, the number of employees rose by 2.1 percent in the fourth quarter. The number of employees increased by 5.2 per cent in 2018 as a whole.


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UK consumers are facing significantly bigger increases in the price of some budget food items including pasta, crisps and bread, new experimental data shows, as poorer families bear the brunt of the cost of living crisis.
Highlighting the challenge for low-income households, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed prices for some low-cost groceries increased at a much faster rate than general inflation in the year to April.
The price of pasta jumped the most from a basket of 30 basic food items compiled by government statisticians, with an increase of 50% from a year earlier – more than five times the headline rate of inflation of 9% for the same period.
The figures also highlighted above-average-inflation price rises for crisps (up 17%), bread (16%), minced beef (16%) and rice (15%).
The ONS decided to compile the experimental data, tracking price changes for the lowest-cost everyday groceries sold by supermarkets online, after the anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe highlighted the risks facing the poorest households in Britain from much faster increases in the price of budget brand items.
However, the ONS said it found the inflation rate overall for the 30 everyday groceries it selected was about 6%, roughly the same as the 6.7% average inflation rate for food and non-alcoholic drinks in the past year, with the price of some budget food items including potatoes, cheese and pizza falling over the period.
Monroe, who held talks with the ONS over compiling the data, welcomed the publication of the figures, saying they backed up her own research and evidence from January. “The hikes in the value brands and basics have been much higher than average inflation stats,” she tweeted.
“As I have said for 10 years now, and as many others have pointed out before + alongside me, it’s FAR more expensive to be poor. And now the literal experts in data gathering and statistics are helpfully, methodically, forensically backing that up. This feels like huge progress.”
Analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies suggests the increase in gas and electricity bills expected this October could lead to average annual inflation rates of as high as 14% for the poorest 10th of households, compared with 8% for the richest. This is because lower-income families spend a larger share of their budgets on basics such as food and energy than richer households.
The April rate for UK inflation hit its highest rate since 1982 against a backdrop of soaring global energy prices, exacerbated by Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Bank of England has warned the measure for the annual jump in living costs could hit 10% later this year.
With the government facing heavy pressure over its handling of the cost of living crisis, Rishi Sunak announced a £15bn package of financial support targeted at lower-income households last week.
According to the latest snapshot from the ONS, the average lowest price of 13 out of 30 groceries, compiled from internet prices at seven retailers, rose at a faster rate than the official inflation measure for food and non-alcoholic drink.


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When we received an email Tuesday morning with the subject line, “Dr Pepper launches petition to become the Official Soft Drink of Texas,” our first reaction was, “Wait — it’s not? Texas must not have an official soft drink.”
According to Netstate.com, a website that lists all sorts of info about all 50 states, we’re right: Texas (along with a lot of other states) does not have a state drink. There are other surprises on the list, such as the state drink of Kentucky is not bourbon or even a mint julep but ... milk. In fact, if you look at the list, you’ll see that milk gets around quite a bit.
But back to Texas and Dr Pepper and its petition, which is available at www.change.org. As of 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, 98 people had signed the petition, and it was growing pretty quickly. Dr Pepper is also pushing the social-media hashtag #DrPepperLovesTX as part of the petition drive.
According to the Texas State Historical Association, which has a really long entry about the soft-drink industry on its website, Dr Pepper’s Texas roots date back to 1885, when Charles Aderton, a Waco pharmacist, originated Dr Pepper Phos-Ferrates (a year before Coca-Cola was invented in Atlanta ... Georgia, not Texas). The drink is a combination of 23 flavors. According to the press release, it’s the oldest major soft drink in the United States.
The entry continues: “In 1885 Wade B. Morrison, who owned the Old Corner Drug Store in Waco, arranged with Robert Sherman Lazenby, owner of a small bottling plant, to mix and ship Dr Pepper Phos-Ferrates syrup to area drugstores. In 1891 a feed-store operator in Dublin, Texas, began bottling soda waters, including Dr Pepper.”
By 1929, the state had ten Dr Pepper plants, the entry says. “Dr Pepper started franchising in 1925 and offered the drink to Coca-Cola bottlers, who declined to accept,” it goes on. (Turns out that Dr Pepper has its own biography, which was a source for the TSHA item.) The company is currently based in Plano.
Dr Pepper is celebrating its Texas heritage with a Texas-inspired bottle collection that includes 15 labels with artwork depicting Texas landmarks and landscapes. Some are kind of whimsical (the desert scene with the armadillo, snake and prickly pear), some are pretty (bluebonnets), some just use words (“I’m fixin’ to drink this Dr Pepper) and some pay tribute to cities (the Fort Worth Stockyards, the Dallas skyline), The 20-ounce bottles are available in the Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston and Waco areas.
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IG Group stock price raised, “ForexSQ.com” experts say the IG Markets stock price raised as the broker H1 profit up because of financial spread betting activities.
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IG Group Holdings Plc warned on Tuesday of long-term uncertainty from a regulatory clampdown on spread betting, but said there would be no material impact this year as it posted a profit rise for the first half.
Britain’s financial watchdog in December joined other European regulators in to protect individuals in the fast-growing 3.5 billion pound industry, where it said most retail investors lose money.
The industry is regulated by European Union rules which have no caps on leverage. That means investors can take out bets that are far larger than their initial outlay, offering greater potential returns but also running the risk of huge losses.
IG Index broker, which provides online stockbroking and trading services to retail investors, said it now offers clients “Limited Risk” accounts. These guarantee they can lose no more than their deposit, it said.
The British company also said it had withdrawn its Sprints binary product for new clients. Sprints, which allows customers to bet on the direction in which the market will move, accounts for 15 million pounds of IG’s annual revenue.
The company reported a 7 percent rise in pretax profit to 105.2 million pounds for the six months ended Nov. 30, driven by higher trading activity amid market volatility leading up to Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and the U.S. presidential election.
IG group, which was founded in 1974 as the world’s first spread-betting firm, also said net trading revenue rose 14 percent to 244.9 million pounds.
Revenue in the UK and Ireland, its largest market, where it has a 40 percent share of the financial spread betting market, rose 9 percent to 120 million pounds, while Europe saw a rise of 17 percent, it added in a statement.
IG group, which has over 152,600 active clients worldwide, said new client numbers rose 59 percent from a year earlier, while revenue per client fell 6 percent in the year, with the UK proving a weak spot. The company’s main competitors are CMC Markets and Plus500.


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Leafreport's Independent Testing of CBD Beverages Finds Labeling Discrepancies
54% of products contained less CBD than advertised
Aug 20, 2020, 12:16 ET
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CBD watchdog Leafreport recently conducted independent laboratory testing on 22 CBD-infused beverages in its further effort to educate consumers on the discrepancies in product quality and labeling. The results of the testing, conducted by Canalysis Laboratories, found significant inaccuracies in the amount of CBD in each product.
Among the report's key findings:
- 54% of the products (12 products) contained less CBD than advertised
- Two products contained no CBD at all
- 81% of beverages (18 products) had CBD levels that were more than 10% higher or lower than what the label claimed
- 64% of beverages (14 products) had CBD levels that were more than 40% higher or lower than what the label claimed
- Only 18% of tested drinks (4 products) had CBD levels within 10% of the claimed amount, which is equivalent to an excellent (A) rating
- Unlike our first report, we didn't see a positive association between a company's overall reputation and their test results. That means that leading CBD brands were not more likely to score well on our tests than lesser-known companies.
"This is in line with our expectations because CBD beverages are difficult to formulate and contain relatively small amounts of CBD, which means that variations of even a few milligrams can have a big effect," said Lital Shafir, head of product at Leafreport.
Leafreport highlighted inaccuracies in CBD tinctures in another study, which showed that some CBD oil brands still sell products that contain much less or more CBD than advertised. According to cannabis industry experts, +/- 10% is a reasonable amount of variance for cannabis products, which means that a high-quality CBD product is expected to have CBD levels that are within 90–110% of what's stated on the label.
Leafreport is working to bring transparency to the CBD industry and educate consumers as indicated in their previous report on CBD prices.
"The CBD industry is completely unregulated and there have been many cases of companies selling products that contain little to no CBD. That's why third-party testing is important for brands in this industry," added Shafir.
Leafreport's full study can be found here: https://www.leafreport.com/education/leafreports-independent-testing-of-cbd-beverages-finds-labeling-discrepancies-54-of-products-contained-less-cbd-than-advertised-6938
Leafreport is a science-based, peer-reviewed website designed to help consumers navigate the confusing landscape of CBD products. The company's mission is to introduce transparency into the CBD industry through its patient-focused, educational content and medical reviews. The company medical review team consists of physicians, chemists, nutritionists, pharmacists, chemists and naturopaths.
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Having locked in a supply deal with US retail giant Walmart earlier this year, Nutritional Growth Solutions continues to establish its Healthy Heights range internationally, expanding into Poland with a three-year exclusive distribution deal with stalwart Pharmabest.
Targeting total sales of 135,000 units over the next three years, Pharmabest will support NGS with targeted offline and inline distribution opportunities in the region, placing a focus on medical outreach.
Positioning itself as the crossroads between medicine and nutrition, NGS has slowly been growing the international identity of its Healthy Heights range, currently being sold in the USA, Italy and Asia Pacific.
Based on over 20 years of research into nutrition and child health, NGS products have been clinically proven to support growth development, showing children improved their height and weight by up to 34 per cent, with no increase in BMI.
And Healthy Heights products seem to be resonating with customers, with its Grow Daily 3+ Pediatric Shake Mix Powder Pouches holding an average rating of 4.8 stars based on 115 reviews on the official Walmart website.
The company said it is excited to establish the healthy heights brand in Poland.
“We are pleased to have entered the Distribution Agreement with Pharmabest, as Poland has long been identified as a target market for Healthy Heights,” chief executive and managing director Liron Fendell said.
“Our Healthy Heights range is scientifically formulated by pediatric doctors at the renowned Schneider Children’s medical centre to fill the nutritional gaps in children’s diets to ensure they have the best possible chance to grow their maximal height, a value proposition I believe will resonate with parents in Poland given the growing need for nutritional children’s products.”
NGSs Australian Stock Exchange-listed share price is trading at 6c (1:38 pm UTC+ 8 hours).


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While many of the native Windows 10 apps already have support for Dark Theme and Windows 10 Mobile has a system-wide Dark Theme support, for some reason Microsoft didn’t enable it for Desktop version of Windows 10. This is another thing that with a small registry edit (Check our tutorial) you can enable it on your Windows 10 running PC.
Now a new rumor suggests that Windows 10 Redstone 1 aka Anniversary update may bring system-wide Dark Theme to Windows 10 desktop version. While not a must-have feature it may find lots of fans considering Dark Theme also helps in saving battery on certain displays.
It seems Microsoft employees already had this feature on their PCs in-built in the version of Windows they were running at Build. The feature may be enabled with help of a “Toggle” in upcoming builds.


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If the collapse of Harris Scarfe last week is a worry for retailers heading into Christmas, it’s also a shock for the retail landlords who house the chain’s 66 stores.
According to Morgan Stanley, Harris Scarfe has 10 stores in Scentre’s portfolio, five in Stockland malls, four in Vicinity’s properties and two in GPT’s shopping centres.
There’s unlikely to be a good outcome for the landlords, whatever happens to Harris Scarfe. If a buyer can’t be found, the space will be handed back to the landlords.
If a buyer does emerge, they will quickly push for big rent reductions. Either way, the landlords lose.
The Harris Scarfe news follows a rough couple of months for the retail real estate investment trusts.
Last week, Scentre, which owns the iconic Westfield malls, bought a half stake in one of Perth’s largest malls for $570 million. On stripping out the value of management, development and brand rights, UBS estimated the sale represented a 15 per cent drop in the value of the property over 12 months.
That deal came a month after Lendlease sold a half stake in Adelaide’s Westfield Marion mall (Scentre owns the other 50 per cent) at a discount of more than 9 per cent.
These are big falls, particularly in an environment where falling interest rates have pushed up valuations on industrial and commercial property.
But the struggles of even the biggest retailers – perhaps best demonstrated by the fact David Jones, Myer, Big W and Kmart have handed back a combined 600,000 square metres to landlords as they look to downsize – were always going to tell eventually.
And yet for all that, at least one prominent fund manager is prepared to go where many investors fear to tread.
Dion Hershan, managing director and head of Australian equities at Yarra Capital Management, has long been wary of the headwinds lashing retail landlords.
But what’s changed is the price of these stocks.
“We’re completely and utterly aware of the operational risks in these businesses,” Hershan says. “What we’d call out is the higher quality shopping centre owners like Scentre will fare better.
“You are buying companies like that 15 per cent below its net tangible assets with a 6 per cent yield and a buyback in place.”
The kicker for Yarra Capital Management is that the fall in global interest rates has transformed what a company like Scentre pays for debt now, compared to the long-term average.
With parcels of its debt maturing every four years or so, chief executive Peter Allen will have the chance to crystallise some big savings.
“As that debt refinances, and everything else holds constant, that provides about a 15 per cent buffer to the cash flow,” Hershan explains.
“You can actually absorb a fair few vacancies and you can actually absorb a fair few redevelopments with a buffer that large.
“So what’s changed versus three years ago is the price of the assets, the cost of debt, and I think we are further into the transformation of some of these assets.”
The key for Hershan is what he calls the “quality skew”. Top retailers will have to be in A-grade malls, but they will be much choosier about second- and third-tier shopping centres in the future.
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Globe recently launched a video, which details the reasons why it does not take a superhero to save the world. The video does not just promote Globe’s brand and its LEED certified building (currently being built) but it also attracts more people to like Globe and makes its current subscribers love Globe even more.
Watch the video below:
[youtube width=”640″ height=”360″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsJEX3zgS0g[/youtube]
We’d like to know your thoughts about this video if you’ve been using Globe’s services as a postpaid or prepaid subscriber.
Giancarlo Viterbo is a Filipino Technology Journalist, blogger and Editor of gadgetpilipinas.net, He is also a Geek, Dad and a Husband. He knows a lot about washing the dishes, doing some errands and following instructions from his boss on his day job. Follow him on twitter: @gianviterbo and @gadgetpilipinas.


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Looking for a job? Shake Shack and other Sky Harbor restaurants are hiring
If you or someone you know is looking for a new job, save the date for Tuesday, Dec. 18.
HMSHost, one of the companies that manages restaurants at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, will hold a job fair that day to fill 100 positions at the airport. That includes 50 positions at the new Shake Shack scheduled to open in Terminal 3.
Those interested in applying should attend the job fair between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Aloft Hotel, 4450 Washington St., Phoenix.
The full-time, hourly positions come with benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance; vacation and sick pay; a 401K; meal allowance; free uniform; and free transit/parking pass. Wages start at $11 an hour.
HMSHost's locations at Sky Harbor include Starbucks, La Grande Orange, Barrio Café, Cowboy Ciao and Blanco Tacos & Tequila. In addition to Shake Shack jobs, the company is looking to fill positions including Starbucks baristas, production/line cooks, bakers, cashiers and warehouse clerks.
See a list of all the jobs at HMSHost.com/careers.
Along with Shake Shack, HMSHost will operate two other new restaurants in Terminal 3. Parlor, a popular central Phoenix pizzeria, and Mustache Pretzels are schedule to open in the renovated terminal.
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SITTINGBOURNE, England -- British bulk vending franchisor Tubz Brands has secured international vending rights with King Ltd., the app-maker behind the world-famous Candy Crush games. The companies are launching the first Candy Crush figurines, together with candy, in a unique "twin tub" that vends through Tubz's bulk vending tower.
Each twin tub contains candy and, in a separate section, a Candy Crush novelty, such as a character key ring. Simon Smith, Tubz's sales director, said he presented the twin tub concept to King in May 2016 and sold the Candy Crush maker on the concept. The two companies drew up a licensing agreement, and have been working to develop a range of products over the past year.
"We're always trying to innovate and move things on, and there is no product like the twin tub. You can't normally put food and a novelty in one pot, but with our new design the two compartments are kept separate so it allows us to do just that," Smith said. "The thing that drew us to Candy Crush is the similarity between the game and our machines. In the game, you collect candies and our machines work in the same way, so it's a marriage made in heaven."
The Candy Crush twin tub will be available in the UK and Europe toward the end of 2017. Tubz and King plan to expand its distribution into Australia in the near future. In the UK, the launch has been postponed because of the introduction of the new £1 coin. The companies said they are waiting until the old coin is no longer in circulation, so that there will be no need to adapt new machines. (The older "round pound" will not circulate after Oct. 15.)
King released Candy Crush Saga, a free-to-play puzzle videogame on April 12, 2012. By the end of the 2013, the game had been downloaded over 500 million times.
Tubz said it will use the twin tub for other products beyond Candy Crush. The company has previously collaborated with Haribo and Nestlé, among other brands.
Tubz Brands has master franchises in Europe, Australia and Canada. Its head office is Sittingbourne (Kent), England, and it maintains additional offices in the Netherlands and China.


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We've previously discussed SanDisk's ULLtra DIMM technology on several occasions. Developed by Diablo Technologies, this approach allows for a large SSD cache to run via a RAM slot rather than a conventional SATA drive. The reason for taking this approach is that it can drastically improve access latencies and speed data transfers, key factors for the lucrative high frequency trading (HFT) market. Now, however, a federal judge has blocked Diablo Technologies and SanDisk from shipping hardware based on a lawsuit filed by Netlist, a US company that manufacturers and designs its own high-performance memory subsystems.
According to Netlist's complaint, it entered into a license agreement with Diablo Technologies, only to see the IP it turned over to the company for joint product development instead used to create Diablo Technologies' own line of SSDs. While technology enthusiasts tend to take a dim view of legal disputes over technologies, it's important to note that Netlist isn't a patent troll -- it has created its own high-speed memory architectures and DIMM designs prior to this dispute with Diablo Technologies.In theory, the new architecture offered substantially improved performance over typical PCIe hardware.
The judge agreed with the injunction because he found "the evidence indicates that Netlist is likely to prevail by showing that Netlist Technology... was used by Diablo to develop" its controllers. "By misusing the technology that Diablo had been given in confidence under the Supply Agreement [with Netlist], Diablo gained an advantage it would not have otherwise had."
SanDisk had asked the court for permission to at least sell off its current stock in Diablo's hardware, but the judge has denied that request. Diablo Technologies' own lawsuit against Netlist, alleging breach of contract and arguing that its previous agreement with that entity gave it the right to develop SanDisk's ULLtraDIMM product family, has also been thrown out(Opens in a new window). The entire case is now set to move to trial by early March of this year.
Other analysts have pointed out that a relatively modest settlement of $25-50M would double the market cap of Netlist and give the company substantial additional funds, but it's not known if any such agreement is in the works. Analyst opinion is that, having prevailed with the injunction, Netlist is highly likely to prevail on the case as well. Sometimes the alleged fraud is open-and-shut, and the strength of the judge's decision(Opens in a new window) implies that Diablo Technologies truly walked off with technology that simply wasn't theirs to use.
This ruling will impact shipments of ULLtraDIMMs to multiple server companies, including IBM, Lenovo, and Huawei. It could also hit SanDisk's earnings; UltraDIMM was a substantial part of the company's roadmap for 2015 and a major component of its overall strategy.Now Read: SanDisk's UltraDIMM benchmarked and its a monster... in some tasks


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The auto maker also will boost production of the Dodge Magnum R/T wagon, which has been an equal success.
During an interview at the auto show here, Chrysler’s head of marketing, Joe Eberhardt, says dealer orders for the 300 and Magnum continue to pile up.
The auto maker is receiving “three to four times” more sold orders for the vehicles than the company has seen in prior launches of other popular models. “The numbers that are coming in are significantly above our production plan,” Eberhardt says.
The success of the Magnum has been a pleasant surprise because so many inside the company worried consumers wouldn’t warm up to the new-generation wagon concept.
Eberhardt says the auto maker definitely underestimated demand, especially the Hemi-powered R/T model. “We have definitely seen an imbalance in Magnum inventories,” he says. “There’s literally no Hemis to be had.”
The Magnum particularly has caught on in one of the most trendy and influential markets, the western U.S. coastal states, including California.
“I think we have a six days’ supply of R/Ts on the West Coast,” Eberhardt says.
Chrysler now is looking at ways to boost output of the R/T model and send more units westward. For now, the company is focusing Magnum advertising on the V-6-powered SXT line.
Meanwhile, executives are studying ways to increase Hemi output, which currently is being produced at a rate of 480,000 units annually.
Chrysler Group CEO Dieter Zetsche tells Ward’s the auto maker has twice boosted Hemi production and will look at ways to raise output again, via throughput improvements or by adding new equipment. However, he declines to discuss the timing of another bump.


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Remember BlackBerry? They made those phones with the full keyboard and only corporate executives thought they were worth the time. Well they’re back with something a little different this time; they want to help protect the software in your smart car from hackers and other online jerks.
At the North American International Automotive Show in Detroit, BlackBerry CEO John Chen announced ‘Jarvis’, a cloud-based code scanning solution that hunts down vulnerabilities in a car systems software. Even better news is they’ve already started trialing it with some of the biggest car makers in the world, including Jaguar Land Rover.
“Connected and autonomous vehicles require some of the most complex software ever developed, creating a significant challenge for automakers who must ensure the code complies with industry and manufacturer-specific standards while simultaneously battle-hardening a very large and tempting attack surface for cybercriminals,” he said.
Here’s what Jaguar Land Rover CEO Dr. Ralf Speth has to say about it:
“BlackBerry Jarvis addresses the software cybersecurity needs of the automotive industry. In our independent study, Jarvis delivered excellent efficiencies in time-to-market, significantly reducing the time to security assess code from thirty days to seven minutes.”
Thirty days down to seven minutes.
Looking at that time-saving, it’s a bit of a no brainer. And with more and more things becoming connected to each other, making sure any cracks are filled before hitting market makes sense.


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Disney has announced the dates for Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in 2010 as: May 21 – 23, May 28 – 30, June 4 – 6, June 11 – 13.
Prior to today’s announcement, many fans thought Disney might change their usual May/June dates for the annual Star Wars-themed event to surround Star Wars Celebration V, which will be taking place in Orlando in August 2010 and is sure to draw tens of thousands of Star Wars fans from around the world.
Disney is also saying that fans can look forward to “a lot of surprises” during 2010’s Star Wars Weekends. This will be the final Star Wars Weekends to feature the popular Star Tours attraction in its 20-year-old state before it closes in Oct. 2010 to become Star Tours II.
Here are a couple of videos from 2009’s Star Wars Weekends:
Hyperspace Hoopla – Dancing with the Star Wars Stars
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Dell has bought analytics firm StatSoft as part of an effort to boost its Big Data range.
The deal will see Dell gain access to new solutions for data mining, predictive analytics, and data visualisation.
StatSoft will provide platform agnostic information management tools to help businesses manage, integrate and analyse data from on-premises servers or from the cloud.
The company's software can be deployed on premises, in the cloud, or as software-as-a-service. Its products are already used in 60 countries, including by universities, research institutions, corporations and manufacturing facilities.
The value of analytics is set to grow in the near future. More than 30 per cent of analytics projects will deliver insights based on structured and unstructured data by 2015, according to Gartner.
Big family for Big Data
The acquisition adds to Dell's existing portfolio of information management solutions, including Toad, Spotlight on SQL Server Enterprise, Shareplex, Boomi, Toad Business Intelligence Suite, and Kitenga Analytics.
"We're excited to join the Dell family and add our technology and expertise to Dell's rapidly growing set of information management capabilities. StatSoft's advanced analytics software has a long track record of proven success across a wide variety of predictive analytics and data mining applications including agile manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, risk management, fraud detection, and research," said Dr. Paul Lewicki, founder and CEO of StatSoft.
The financial terms of the transaction were not revealed.
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At Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 in Las Vegas (January 5-8), the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA), a Canadian trade organization, will officially debut Project Arrow: an electric vehicle (EV) featuring a chassis made with additive manufacturing (AM). According to a comment to the green tech website CleanTechnica from Xaba, a Toronto-based advanced manufacturing technology company that designed the printer used for the chassis, Project Arrow is “the first car to be made from all-Canadian intellectual property [IP]”.
In fact, the APMA says that only one of the parts was even made outside of Canada, a screen produced by Beijing’s Lenovo, the world’s largest PC vendor, in a partnership with Ontario Tech University. For its part, Xaba worked with Italian machine manufacturer Breton SpA to develop the Xaba Intelligent Machine, an AI-controlled polymer platform used to 3D print the chassis for Project Arrow.
The APMA only began working on the electric SUV in the summer of 2020, when it kicked off Project Arrow with a design competition. Over 500 companies originally expressed interest in participating, and almost 60 of those companies are now part of the team behind the car. Among all the other “firsts” it represents, APMA is also billing Project Arrow as the first car with “complete supply chain transparency”.
In that sense, the SUV’s design lends itself perfectly to end-to-end decentralized manufacturing, as is presumably the point. Thus, a buildup of AM infrastructure would allow the Arrow to be manufactured on the ground by any supplier possessing the necessary hardware and a license to the IP.
That is an especially important consideration in a country like Canada, which is developing a strict mandate requiring that by 2026, 20 percent of vehicles sold nationwide must be electric, with a goal of 100 percent by 2035. These sales mandates already exist in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Quebec.
Additionally, facilitation of decentralized manufacturing for EVs, in particular, is an equally important consideration for all of Canada’s largest trade partners and military allies, especially the US and the EU. This conveys the importance of Project Arrow not just for the purposes of cooperation, but for competition, as well. Towards the end of 2022, policymakers from Canada and the EU expressed serious concerns about the Inflation Reduction Act, specifically regarding the threat the bill poses to the electrification efforts of the Canadian and European economies.
Project Arrow, then, can be taken as a deliberately clear message that Canada has entered the EV fray. The Canadian 3D printing sector is behind the sectors in other similar economies, but Project Arrow is exactly the type of organizing principle that could catalyze the growth of 3D printing in Canada to new heights.
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Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) has decided to offer its customers a 'carrot' to reward those who choose to switch onto a green energy tariff, uSwitch.com has claimed.
According to skeleton plans from the SSE which it will flesh out later, customers will be offered energy bill credits to the tune of up to £100 for the first year they sign up to a green deal.
While critics warn that green energy tariffs unjustly penalise customers who cannot afford to be environmentally sound in their buying behaviour, the incentive from SSE aims to offset this.
But customers will still "need to understand that there may be a cost attached", urged uSwitch.com's energy product manager, Geoff Slaughter.
SSE green customers will be asked to make the "initial investment" of choosing a green home improvement feature such as a £250 low energy appliance or a £200 loft insulation project, he noted.
Meanwhile, uSwitch.com's latest price comparison on standard non-green tariffs from the six major providers shows that SSE's domestic Standard Online NSC product lags behind competitor British Gas' Click Energy 2 deal, as the second most competitive product on the market.
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Is Long Island City now populated enough to attract national chain stores? You betcha, at least according to neighborhood blog liQcity, which reports that Dunkin' Donuts is coming to the main drag of Vernon Boulevard, at 49th Avenue. The news comes after a couple of failed attempts by Dunkin' Donuts to brew something up in LIC, including at new condo building Ten63. Writes liQcity: "Oh Hunters Point, did we think our independent streak would last forever? Retail rents on Vernon are remarkably high, and finally there is enough critical mass at the waterfront for corporate chains to take notice, so probably there are more on the way." Bad news for local joints like Sweetleaf and Breadbox Cafe? Or will LIC consumers stay true to their mom-and-pop roots?
· Dunkin Donuts landing a spaceship on Long Island City’s Vernon Blvd [liQcity]


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Facebook flirts with new notification bar idea
Facebook is keen to experiment with new Android features for its app, and its latest effort comes in the form of a persistent notification bar in the Android notification tray. This isn’t the first time that Facebook has hinted at including a persistent notification icon, the company previously tested out a more plain looking version last year.
This latest experimental option has only been made available to a limited number of users, and only began testing as of the start of this week. As you can see in the image below, the persistent bar offers up familiar notifications for friend’s requests, new messages, and general notifications for the app.
For the narcissists out there, the notification also features a persistent profile picture, staring back at you each time you check for updates. The little “i” icon contains options for the notification, including the choice to return to the more traditional notification system.
There’s no indication that this change is destined for a build fit for every consumer, but perhaps it’s an indication of the type of change that Facebook has planned for the future.


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Quite recently, Pagani carmaker has launched a teaser video with a new high-performance Huayra edition on its YouTube account, the exclusive model being a custom built for Refined Marques.
As expected, there are no explicit details with the upcoming Huayra special edition and what we could depict from it is the car`s roof scoop, clearly indicating that the model will be indeed a high-performance edition.
Apart the roof scoop, the video also hints at a lot of carbon fiber body components and standout aero features, which also emphasize an extremely powerful model.
The company`s latest hardcore edition is the BC, which packs a 6.0-liter bi-turbo V12 engine, with 588 kW, the same one that might be used on the upcoming Huayra, but with a much higher output.
The next Pagani Huayra high-performance edition will be exclusively built for Refined Marques, an extravagant car dealer which is specialized in delivering exquisite models like Ferrari, Lamborghini or Bugatti, to its rich customers.
We are looking forward to receiving fresh news too, but until then, let`s take a closer look at the short teaser video with the upcoming Huayra high-performance edition!


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MG Motor India today announced retail sales of 3,808 units in September 2022, registering a growth of 17.5% over the corresponding month last year. This also marks a 11% rise in sales volumes for Q3 2022 over Q2 2022. The waiting period continues to be 3-6 months across models impacted by supply chain constraints. The company, however, remains focused, as always, on creating and delivering meaningful customer experiences.
The Advanced Gloster, which was launched last month, has received an encouraging response. The all-new ZS EV has also performed well, and its retail numbers are highest in this year so far, underscoring MG Motor’s commitment and focus on growing the Indian EV market. The carmaker’s other brands – Hector and Astor continue to do well in the face of healthy customer demand. However, the semiconductor availability issue persists, limiting MG to supply only the Astor MT model for the time being. The company is hopeful about commencing deliveries of the Astor automatic variants soon, and is grateful for the patience and support of its customers.
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President of the CCI of the Rostov region Nikolay Prisyazhnyuk welcomed the participants and spoke about the format of the event: "You can learn about the state of legal protection of intellectual property, on the conditions and possibilities of attracting investment resources. We plan to hold five such seminars." He wished the participants every success in finding optimal solutions for business development. Details of how innovative companies will be able to expand the list of its partners, said the General Director of Fund of development of innovative entrepreneurship Pavel Rybin: "In June 2012. Chamber of Commerce and industry of the Russian Federation established the Foundation for the development of innovative entrepreneurship. His task is to establish a lively information exchange between customers innovative solutions and those who are ready to offer them. To this end, developed a system of Open Research&Developmentцентров on the basis of the territorial chambers of Commerce and industry, technology parks, business incubators, Universities and research institutes". According to him, the outdoor research (R&D) centre is a communication platform. Its capabilities allow not only to find ready-made solutions that meet the needs of the customer, but also create new ones, integrating into them the best practices of foreign science and technology base.
"For the customer – it saves time and financial resources for innovative enterprises to be able to find new markets," said Pavel Rybin. He said currently the world is witnessing a paradigm shift of scientific and technological development of the business towards the model of "open innovation". As a result of growing demand for innovative products of foreign developers. Thus, the share of outsourcing in the companies Airbus and Boeing have increased by 50%. And when you create the "Boeing 787" the share of the external developments already made 70%. The world's largest corporations are increasingly using the results of external research and development, developing co-operation with small and medium-sized innovative enterprises.
The system of Open R&D centers– this is just an attempt to keep up with the times. This perfect network of chambers of Commerce and industry of the Russian Federation. At its base is created 15 public research and development (R&D) centres, including one math and industry of Rostov region. By the end of 2013, there should be twice more. With the aim of systematizing the work of Open R&D centers there was a need for the development of an electronic platform.
"For help, we turned to Rostov the company "Simple Business", which it was proposed to create a platform for our system" -says the General Director of Fund of development of innovative entrepreneurship of the CCI of the Russian Federation Pavel Rybin. It was an Association of virtual office with the possibilities of social networking".
Currently, virtual office, distributed through the offices of the Fund of development of innovative entrepreneurship, the system of the CCI. It can get free of manufacturing and research organizations, for which he will be the key to enter the system. The don all advice and assistance on the acquisition of a virtual office, and registration on an electronic platform carries out Trading-industrial chamber of the Rostov region.
Until the end of 2013 it is planned to connect to the system not less than 1 500 manufacturing and research companies.That will allow for the monitoring of innovative activity of the enterprises of the region and form the basis of the information received effective support mechanisms. The platform will provide small and medium-sized innovative enterprises in the region access to technological queries of big business, which will significantly enhance the capabilities of companies. According to experts, the principle of a social network, which is the basis of an electronic platform of Open R&D centers will create new tools to implement the most high-tech innovative solutions.
It is significant that the seminar ended with a presentation of the don innovation projects. In the opinion of the adviser for investments and innovations CCI of the Rostov region Valery Koroleva, Foundation for development of innovative entrepreneurship can provide real assistance in finding interested investors and empowerment companies to the dynamic development of their high-tech entrepreneurship.


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Austin, Texas – July 29, 2015 – Today, Square Root®, announced Volkswagen of America as a new client.
Volkswagen plans to implement Square Root’s CoEFFICIENT® platform in an effort to enable more consultative, data-driven visits between its field team and independent dealerships.
CoEFFICIENT is Square Root’s store relationship management tool that connects and aligns employees at all levels of the business to help them make sense of data, encourage collaboration, and improve store performance. The Software as a Service (SaaS) platform offers a comprehensive solution for retail channels that allows companies to better pinpoint opportunities at each store, collaborate on plans to achieve objectives, and sustain performance improvements.
“We launched CoEFFICIENT in 2009 to help companies streamline and ultimately improve store performance, and we have continued to add customer-inspired applications to meet their needs,” said Chris Taylor, CEO of Square Root. “We’re excited to work with Volkswagen to help better understand and act on data to improve performance throughout their independent retail channels.”
CoEFFICIENT has a growing roster of automotive and retail enterprises that rely on Square Root to power data-driven decision making and improve performance.
About Square Root:
Square Root, an Austin-based Software as a Service (SaaS) company, creates technology solutions that power data-driven decision making for leading automotive and retail enterprises. Built for companies with distributed retail networks, Square Root’s store relationship management platform, CoEFFICIENT, delivers actionable data insights to align organizations, increase transparency, encourage collaboration, and improve store performance. Founded in 2006, Square Root has been bootstrapped to success, and serves as a trusted partner to many of the most well-known and complex enterprises in the world.


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Xerox Corp on Thursday threatened to take its $33.5 billion buyout bid for HP Inc hostile, if the personal computer maker did not agree to a “friendly” discussion and open its books before November 25.
HP on Sunday rejected Xerox's offer of $22 per share, saying it undervalued the company, and that it was open to exploring its own bid for the US printer maker.
“We are confused by this reasoning in that your own financial adviser, Goldman Sachs & Co, set a $14 price target with a 'sell' rating for HP's stock after you announced your restructuring plan,” Xerox wrote in its letter to HP.
The median price target on HP stock by 15 analysts is $20. HP did not respond to Reuters' request for comment.
“Unless you and we agree on mutual confirmatory due diligence to support a friendly combination by November 25, Xerox will take its compelling case to create superior value for our respective shareholders directly to your shareholders,” the company said in the letter. HP said on Sunday that, under Xerox's proposed terms, the combined company would be saddled with “outsised debt”.
However, HP left the door open for a deal that would involve it becoming the acquirer of Xerox, and said it can evaluate the merits by accessing diligence information on Xerox. Xerox on Thursday said it has accepted HP's request for due diligence, but that HP had refused to open its books to Xerox. “Any friendly process for a combination of this type requires mutual diligence - your proposal for one-way diligence is an unnecessary delay tactic,” Xerox wrote.
Many analysts have said there is merit in the companies combining to better cope with a stagnating printing market, but some cited challenges to integration, given their different offerings and pricing models.
“Xerox's move could force HP to propose a higher acquisition price that would benefit HP shareholders, or potentially turn the tables and have HP look to acquire Xerox,” Morningstar analyst Mark Cash said.
Activist investor Carl Icahn, who took over Xerox's board last year with fellow businessman Darwin Deason, told the Wall Street Journal last week that he was not set on a particular structure for a deal with HP, as long as a combination is achieved. Icahn has a 4% stake in HP.
Xerox made the offer to HP, a company more than three times its size, on Nov. 5, after it resolved a dispute with its joint venture partner Fujifilm Holdings Corp that represented billions of dollars in potential liabilities.
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THE man in charge of Mini’s new car launches up to 2021 has hinted we’ll see hot WRC inspired cars as early as 2012.
And the Mini product manager said the firm would be ‘foolish’ not to build the Rocketman concept – currently dubbed the mini Mini by fans.
Although Lee Connolly, Mini UK product and planning manager, couldn’t reveal all of the car manufacturer’s plans, he did enough to convince us there are some exciting models on the way.
At the launch of the new Mini Coupe in Austria, he told us: ‘Hopefully the Rocketman is being evaluated and rubberstamped as we speak. It is a complete concept at the moment, but I love it.
‘There is definitely still space for a model below the hatch. We can see that already with Fiat 500 and they are priced below £10,000. There’s certainly room for us with a city car below the hatch. That would mean smaller engines, smaller body; a city car, but with all the attributes of Mini.’
Connolly revealed he had researched the Rocketman and this had revealed it could become a volume seller for the brand. Although he doesn’t think it will overtake the popular hatch, it would certainly make sense.
However, the car manufacturer doesn’t currently have a platform to build the mini Mini on – that would require a big investment. But with a recent £500m chunk of cash set aside to update Oxford, it’s likely the maker is gearing up to produce the city car.
‘We don’t have a platform to build that car on, and to build it bespoke would cost a lot of money – it would be a whole new project for us,’ explained Connolly. ‘Initially the concept was built to gauge customer and media opinion, but the barometer of positivity towards it has been very high. It has been received very well, but there’s a lot of work to be done.
‘Research says in the next 10-15 years the small car sector will become a trend and, in some cases, a necessity. The predictions point towards the small car sector exploding so we’d be foolish not to look at the Rocketman seriously.’
Closer to hitting dealer showrooms are some WRC-inspired performance models, but would they be hotter than the current John Cooper Works cars?
‘Yes, potentially,’ said Connolly. ‘I hope there are rally-inspired versions. You only have to look at what Subaru and Prodrive did with their road cars to see what is possible.
‘The appetite is there – so it’s a case of fingers crossed. We’ve got some activity next year that will fit this area.’
When asked whether they WRC editions would be restricted to the Countryman – the car on which the rally machine is based – Connolly wouldn’t be drawn, telling us we’d have to “wait and see”.
With 26 years experience at BMW and four of those at Mini, he knows what he can, and cruicially, cannot tell the press. The fact he said as muchas he did reveals a lot in itself… we’ve certainly got our fingers crossed both get the nod!


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The first footage of Zyngas new free-to-play Star Wars game has appeared during an Apple event and it isnt very encouraging.
It''s a free-to-lay 4x4 arena combat game from Zynga, coming 2022 Update Zynga''s Star Wars: Hunters is coming to Android in 2022, and there''s a new trailer During a recent Nintendo Direct, Zynga has revealed that it''s working on a free-to-play Star Wars game for the Nintendo Switch as well as mobile platforms like Android and iOS. The game is called Star Wars: Hunters, and it''s coming to mobile this year. It''s described as a competitive arena combat game that should offer real-time cross-play squad battles, though Zynga hasn''t actually shown off any gameplay despite releasing a teaser trailer. Read More The new Star Wars: Hunters trailer pits Mandalorian against Sith was written by the awesome team at Android Police .
Zynga (ZNGA) closed the most recent trading day at $8.05, moving -1.71% from the previous trading session.
HIPO stock's tumultuous listing saw investors head for the exits before it even took off.
During the iPhone 13 launch, Apple showed off the gaming power of the phone in a sizzle reel of top games which included the first look at Star Wars: Hunters, an upcoming free-to-play game for the Nintendo Switch and smartphones (iOS and Android) coming in 2022. The game is developed by Zynga (yes, that
If company-specific stumbles, and/or a market correction, send SKLZ stock down to single digits?
Investors came into Friday knowing that the week had been a bad one for the stock market, but they'd hoped that Wall Street would find a way to claw back some of the losses on Friday. Although the clothing will offer features that make working out more comfortable for all of Peloton's members, the company's intent isn't simply to provide apparel solely for the duration of an exercise routine.
The broader market is coming off a 4-day losing streak, as investors get more jittery about COVID-19's economic impact.
Sam Weinstein, Cardozo Law School Professor, joined Yahoo Finance Live to break down the ruling out of the Apple vs. Epic Games lawsuit.
What happened Shares of mobile gamer Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) surged 8% higher through 3 p.m. EDT Friday in the wake of a landmark legal decision against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). As Bloomberg reported today, the U.


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Italian fashion designer Carla Fendi dies at 79
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Italian luxury fashion designer Carla Fendi died late on Monday at the age of 79 after a long illness, her family announced on Tuesday.
Fendi played a key role along with her four sisters in developing and expanding her parents' small leather workshop, transforming the business into a global luxury fashion brand.
The fashion legend had a strong bond with long-standing creative director Karl Lagerfeld, who helped design clothes, furs, and accessories.
The company later expanded into ready-to-wear, shoes, perfume, household goods and children's wear, and in her later years, Fendi became a well-known patron of the arts and Italian craftsmanship.
Fendi had a lifelong commitment to her native city's culture and heritage and the foundation she set up with her husband Candido funded the restoration of Rome's famous Trevi Fountain.
A lover of art and music, Fendi was chief patron of the Two Worlds arts festival in the Umbrian city of Spoleto.
"This is a sad day for Italian culture - we will feel the loss of a cultured an sensitive woman," said Italy's culture minister Dario Francheschini.
"Farewell Carla Fendi, great Roman citizen who with her creativity and business talent brought Italian fashion to the whole world," tweeted Rome's grassroots mayor Virginia Raggi.
Fendi's casket coffin will lie in state at Rome's town hall on Wednesday and her funeral will be held Thursday in the capital at the Basilica di Santa Maria in Montesanto, known as 'The Church of the Artists'.


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Expert Roundup: The Rise of First-Party Data
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Data privacy is perhaps the most prominent topic in the world of marketing, media, and commerce. There’s a combination of handwringing and opportunistic disruption as the door slams shut on the unfettered user tracking, targeting, and AdTech norms of the smartphone era. To see what this field of players is currently doing and thinking, Street Fight rounded up industry experts’ voices, including Digilant CEO, Raquel Rosenthal:
With consumer data privacy regulations on the rise, advertisers must rethink both data collection and audience targeting strategies. They can collect consumer data in many ways, but a common thread is the demand for transparency on what data is being collected, who is collecting it, and how it will be used. Apple’s pending iOS 15 update is a good example of how companies are making it easier for consumers to access this information. Today, advertisers are rushing toward the gold standard for consumer data – first-party data – as part of the sales transaction process, and perhaps more important, when capturing data from mid-to high-interest audiences. First-party data collection is consent-driven and inherently more transparent than other collection methods, and advertisers who can act on collected data will have a leg up against competitors and the fast-changing industry.
Beyond first-party data, it’s important for advertisers to get educated on (or reminded of) all of the other data that’s available to them, including contextual or content-based data, device-based data, and search-based data. It’s easy to get caught up in what we lose with new regulations and the depreciation of third-party cookies, but there is still ample data at our disposal that can fuel smart strategies that have longevity.
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Apple Inc on Tuesday introduced a new Apple Watch Series 6 that monitors blood oxygen and starts at $399, kicking off a fall product lineup for a holiday shopping season that will be unlike any other due to Covid-19.
Apple is also introducing a low-cost Apple Watch SE starting at $279 that does not monitor blood oxygen saturation.
Apple was expected to update several products including iPads and headphones at an event on Tuesday broadcast from its Cupertino, California, headquarters. Its biggest seller – the iPhone – is expected to be announced next month after executives have said its launch will be delayed by several weeks because of pandemic-related disruptions.
Apple shares have soared this year even as the virus has crippled economies around the world, thanks in large part to booming sales of work-from-home items.
How the new products sell during the holiday shopping season in many markets will largely define how well Apple performs for its entire fiscal year, which started this month.
Apple said the Series 6 watch’s new ability to monitor blood oxygen using infrared light should be used for fitness and wellness purposes. Doctors in India and other countries have used pulse oximeters to remotely check on Covid-19 patients and ensure their oxygen saturation level does not fall too low.
Low oxygen levels are usually not the sole indicator of having Covid-19, the association said.
The previous version of the Apple Watch can already take measurements similar to electrocardiogram.
Apple rival Fitbit Inc introduced a way to measure changes in blood oxygen earlier this year.


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Everyone has seen videos of people (presumably normal, functioning members of society) inciting desperate mosh pits at Target or performing at Starbucks with limited-edition Stanley 1913 cups.
On social media, Stanley collectors show off shelves of their rainbow-hued stainless steel treasures or rave about silicone stickers and embellishments to personalize their favorite mugs. Even those lucky enough to avoid the commotion have probably seen enough giant hydration totems in the wild to capture the cultural moment ahead.
The Stanley 1913 brand has been around for more than a century, but in recent years the company has expanded its signature line of humble green everyday glasses to a limitless variety of colors, designs and collaborations that are so popular they almost incite violence.
It’s no secret that good marketing (mostly aimed at women, via social media) has been behind the cups’ recent surge in popularity. However, the question that is more difficult to answer is why people go so crazy over something as simple as a basic container, an item that works as well, more or less, as any old thermos in the back of the cabinet .
Humans have been putting their drinks in cup-like objects for all of recorded history. Why do some of us pay $45 to $55 each or push aside other buyers for the same privilege?
I take, therefore I am
Charles Lindsey, associate professor of marketing at the University at Buffalo School of Management, says it’s human nature to want something new.
“We’re looking for novel experiences, and while that could mean a trip to a place we’ve never been, it could also mean collecting different mugs,” he says. “From a consumer behavior standpoint, we’re always bringing variety and new things into our lives.”
Consumers are often savvy enough that simply adding a new color or design isn’t enough to set off the “gotta have it” alarm bells. That insatiable need for FOMO, Lindsey says, often comes from clever marketing.
“The fear of missing out is a particularly powerful psychological tool,” he says, “and we see it affecting everything from financial markets to, yes, drinks.”
When considering a brand refresh in 2020, Stanley global president Terence Reilly specifically targeted women as a potential new consumer base. Then, with a new color palette and designs, the company relied on trusted social media influencers to spread the word.
That network of trust and recommendation, says Lindsey, generates expectation. “People see people whose tastes they trust try something new, and that item becomes a symbol of social status and being ‘in the know.'”
The strategy worked. Stanley’s 40-ounce Quencher mug gained wide popularity for its variety of candy-like colors and its ability to keep drinks hot and cold for long periods of time.
Once the cups took off on social media, Stanley Annual Sales It reportedly jumped from $75 million to $750 million in 2023 alone. CNN has contacted Stanley for comment.
Yes, it’s just a cup. But for many people it represents something bigger.
But why cups, specifically? Ironically, Stanley’s fad might be less notable if it weren’t the latest in a long line of mug-related trends. Brands like Yeti, Nalgene, Hydroflask, and Starbucks have inspired a cult following, and the occasional public disturbances – for their glasses.
“It’s just a cup, but if you think about it, money is just paper,” says Lindsey. “It’s just a cup, but it represents something symbolic. It represents something aspirational. It represents being part of a group, an affiliation or a lifestyle.”
Lindsey also cites the endowment effecta psychology term used in marketing to describe an item that someone owns that becomes more valuable to that person over time.
“As you use something and get used to it, it becomes more valuable to you,” says Lindsey. “In this case you get used to the cups, the colors, and it becomes habitual.”
And what’s more common than a trusty glass of water, clutched during a morning walk or nestled in the car cupholder during an errand?
That the cups are so simple, so necessary, may be the key to why they are also the object of so many consumer fantasies. Ordinary meets aspirational as social media posts add a shiny new Stanley mug to a lifestyle marked by Clean, responsible and well hydrated order..
The usual becomes even more powerful when it merges with the novel in the form of novelties, hard-to-find colors and that always powerful fear of missing out.
If you look at that equation, it’s never just a cup. Is he cup. It’s a favorite mug, a new mug, a go-to mug, the mug everyone is jealous of, the mug that will solve all of life’s problems and bring us closer to our ideal self.
Whether it’s a Stanley brand mug or the Holy Grail itself is beside the point. It has whatever meaning we believe and pay $45 for.


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