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This year’s union budget is critical as it complements India’s path in its pursuit of economic recovery after two years of the coronavirus pandemic. Although experts and stakeholders across different sectors had a mixed bag reaction to the budget, there is no denying that there were a lot of positives for the Logistics & Transport Industry.
What are the key highlights for the Logistics & Transport industry?
Without a doubt, the union budget's underlying focus has been distributed across four key areas that include improving productivity, infrastructure, financing investments, and sustainable development. In addition to that, the budget also emphasized quite a bit on climate change action; perhaps the first-time climate change has received a substantial acknowledgment in the union budget.
Coming back to the Logistics & Transport industry, focusing on infrastructure development in the union budget greatly benefits the industry considering its reliance on public infrastructures such as roads, expressways, highways, logistics parks, and other public goods. Moreover, improving such critical infrastructure results in increased inflow of investments, thus, improving the overall market. To further understand what the union budget had in store for the industry, let’s look at some of the key announcements and relevant measures for the logistics & transport industry.
1. PM GatiShakti for improving multimodal connectivity and logistics efficiency
Launched in 2020, ‘PM GatiShakti Master Plan’ builds on the National Infrastructure Pipeline for 2019-2025, which was announced in 2019 with an aim to invest Rs 100 lakh crore on infrastructure in the country over the given period.
Objective of the GatiShakti Master Plan
The core objective of the scheme is to reduce the logistics cost in India by ensuring that the planning and implementation of projects across 16 different infrastructure-related ministries are carried out in an integrated and coordinated manner. In addition to reducing the logistics cost, it aims to increase the cargo handling time further and reduce inefficiencies in the sector.
Identifying the problem in the logistics industry & infrastructure development
The logistics and supply chain processes are very much fragmented in India. As a result, the Indian logistics sector accounts for an estimated 14.4% of the GDP, growing at a CAGR of 10.5%. It is much higher when compared to 6-8% spending of the more developed regions like the United States, China, or Europe. The spending gap is expected to widen, resulting in much higher spending and cost of doing business, which would negatively impact transporters and logistics operators, particularly small and medium-sized ones. Moreover, due to a lack of coordination between ministries at the centre and state level in planning and implementation of infrastructure projects, the cost of the projects ultimately ends up being exponentially higher than what is supposed to be.
How will the GatiShakti Master plan benefit the industry?
By integrating the planning and implementation of projects of all 16 infrastructure-related ministries under one roof, the scheme will allow them to coordinate better, tracking plans and ongoing projects in real-time through a digital platform. Moreover, it will bridge the gap between planning on macro-scale and respective micro-level implementation, reducing the cost of doing business and improving the competitiveness of Indian transporters and logistics providers.
Developments on GatiShakti Master Plan in Union Budget 2022-23
The first outlay of the GatiShakti scheme was announced in the Union Budget, receiving Rs 20,000 crores for 2022-23. The sectors in focus for 2022-23 are Roads, Railways, Airports, Ports, Mass Transport, Waterways, and Logistics Infrastructure.
- Formulation of the GatiShakti master plan for expressways will be formulated in the financial year 2022-23.
- The National Highways network is expected to be expanded by another 25,000 kilometres utilizing the allocated funds in 2022-23.
- Announcement on the all-mode operators being brought under the Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) for efficient movement of goods and reducing the cost of logistics in the country. ULIP will offer a single-window platform to provide information to all stakeholders assisting multimodal logistics operations benefiting all stakeholders.
- Announcement regarding awarding contracts for the development of multimodal logistics parks across four key locations through the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model in 2022-23.
- Announcement regarding the development of 100 GatiShakti Cargo terminals for multimodal logistics over three years.
2. Battery Swapping Policy to improve EV adoption
Our earlier piece titled Why is India’s Logistics & Transport industry bull on EV adoption explains in great detail the current EV ecosystem in India and prevailing challenges when it comes to mass-scale adoption of EVs in the commercial sector. One of the critical problems that continues to trouble the industry is the lack of charging infrastructure to support the adoption of EVs. When it comes to urban areas, they lack the space for setting up charging infrastructure at a mass scale. To counter this issue, a Battery Swapping Policy has been proposed in the Union Budget as well as Interoperability Standards for batteries are being formulated to enable the policy. In addition to that, it was also announced that the private sector would be encouraged to develop sustainable business models offering Battery or Energy As a Service to bolster EV adoption in India further. The policy is set to counter the challenge of charging infrastructure in constrained urban centres and bring innovative solutions to tackle energy problems for the EV industry. Lastly, it also offers an innovative solution to long charging times that currently discourages EV adoption at scale.
3. Push for clean energy, climate action, and low carbon economy
Several initiatives and reforms have been announced to aid India’s climate action policy and bring climate change into the more significant focus of development. Measures such as an increase in allocation of PLI scheme for manufacturing of solar modules (Rs 19,500 crores), co-firing biomass pellets in thermal plants, battery swapping policy (explained above), development of Energy Service Company (ESCO), issuing sovereign Green Bonds, are some of the key announcements related to climate action in the union budget 2022-23. Moreover, India has made strides in its pursuit of clean energy through policy and investment measures that are likely to be announced later. One such policy includes the much-awaited Green Hydrogen Policy, which is set to revolutionize the efforts to transition to a low-carbon economy. These efforts align with India’s commitments at COP26, Glasgow, towards its net-zero ambition by 2070.
The Union Budget 2022-23 has given strong signals that India is committed to a growth-led economy with a strong emphasis on infrastructure and growth. Although we are yet to see how much of these commitments will materialize into action, the willingness shown by the government, particularly with respect to reducing its emission and bolstering growth in key sectors, is a good signal and will positively reflect across industries benefiting stakeholders and improving investment inflow.
What is the Gati shakti master plan?
The National Master Plan for Multi-modal Connectivity, PM Gati Shakti, was introduced by the Prime Minister and is essentially a digital platform to bring together 16 Ministries, including the Roads and Railways, for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects.
What is PM gati shakti?
The National Master Plan for Multi-modal Connectivity, PM Gati Shakti, was unveiled by the prime minister and functions as a digital platform that brings together 16 Ministries, including the Roads and Railways, to plan and carry out infrastructure connectivity projects in a coordinated manner. In order to move people, products, and services from one mode of transportation to another, multi-modal connectivity will offer integrated and seamless connectivity. In addition to speeding up travel for people, it will enable infrastructure's last mile connectivity.


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Power supply manufacturer, XP Power has trebled the size of its plant near Shanghai, China, to meet growing demand for the company's high-efficiency, compact power supplies aimed at the industrial, healthcare, and technology markets.
XP Power completed acquisition of the original 18,000 square foot facility on January 1, 2008, following a successful joint venture that started in 2006. Growing demand for the company's 40W to 1.5kW power supplies prompted the investment in a new state-of-the-art 70,000 square foot facility.
The new plant is part of XP Power's strategy to attract more business from the largest health care and industrial customers, many of whom prefer to deal with vendors that have their own, rather than sub-contracted, manufacturing. Such companies also need to be assured that vendors are capable of rapidly ramping-up production when required. The new factory has already undergone successful audits by a number of these customers.
In addition to producing standard products, the new factory will be used for XP Power's engineered solutions. These include customisation of power supplies for particular applications or integration of products.
Anticipating further expansion in demand, XP Power has also purchased land in Vietnam in readiness for building a factory near Ho Chi Minh City.
XP Power's deputy chairman, James Peters said that the company had completed the transition from being a power supply distributor just five years ago to being a major manufacturer of both AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies. The majority of XP Power's sales now come from products that have been developed by the company based on customers' requirements. He added that as a result, XP Power is pushing the boundaries of size and efficiency in the power supply industry with every new product introduction and this is leading to increasing demand for their products.

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When Phil Crenshaw, 92 and a 50-year Lubbock resident, got word of Blue Bell Creameries' recent product recall, he said it was difficult to return the 10 gallons of Blue Bell ice cream he had in his fridge.
It wasn't because the weight of 10 gallons of ice cream would be a hassle to haul back to United Supermakets, but returning the Blue Bell ice cream was like saying goodbye to a longtime friend.
Crenshaw has been a fan of Blue Bell ice cream since the late 1980s. He said he eats three bowls of ice cream a day and has written letters and sent photos to Blue Bell officials wanting to know one thing - what's the flavor of the day?
On Sept. 1, 1994, Crenshaw wrote one of those letters and included a photo of himself sitting in front of about 100 cartons of Blue Bell ice cream.
"I'm trying to find the flavor of the hour in this picture," Crenshaw said. "I sent this down to the president of Blue Bell and I got a letter back."
Crenshaw wrote Howard Kruse, then Blue Bell president and CEO, and told him how much he enjoyed his product.
"I am not your average everyday consumer," Crenshaw wrote in the letter. "It's more like three times a day. I can discern flavors blindfolded. My appetite knows no time nor season. Anytime is a good time for another bowl ... high noon in the summer times or midnight during a raging blizzard."
In a letter dated Sept. 7, 1994, Kruse responded and said Crenshaw is one of Blue Bell's "Cream of the Crop" supporters.
"We have received many consumer letters before, but it is safe to say that yours is one of the most enjoyable that we've ever read," Kruse wrote. "I was very impressed with the wide selection of flavors you appear to have consumed. You'd be well qualified as an official taste tester. ... We'll keep cranking out all of the ice cream we can for Lubbock, now that we know where it's all going."
Crenshaw's love for Blue Bell started about 30 years ago when he and his wife would host Texas Tech students at their home.
"My wife and I kept college students in our home for 12 to 15 years, and there was a girl named Christy Cudd," he said. "She told me, 'Phil you have got to eat some Blue Bell.' I had never heard of it. Christy introduced me to Blue Bell, and I've been a fan ever since."
For years Crenshaw has included Blue Bell ice cream in his daily diet, and in his letter to Blue Bell explains his wife's concern of the amount of ice cream he consumes.
"My wife insisted I see our family doctor," Crenshaw wrote. "So he suggested I cut down on the number of bowls ... and I have. Then my wife asked, 'What are you doing with that tub? Giving the dog a bath?' No, I'm just doing what the doc asked ... cutting back to one bowl a night."
Crenshaw is also one of the last living chaplain's assistant from World War II, according to A-J Media archives. Occasionally, he wears his WWII uniform, but said he's frequently asked how he manages to fit in it.
"It was issued to me 70 years ago, and they said, 'Phil, how can you still get in your uniform 70 years later?' " Crenshaw said. "I said it's because of my diet and strict adherence to the five basic food groups - vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, butter pecan and peanut brittle - all that I owe to Blue Bell."
About five years ago, Crenshaw decided to write another letter and send a photo of his friend Zeke to Blue Bell.
"Poor old Zeke, he died of a frozen larynx," Crenshaw said. "Did you know that? Ain't it terrible?"
Zeke - a stuffed doll with a beard - is pictured surrounded by hundreds of tubs of Blue Bell with a sign that states, "He died of a Frozen Larynx."
Paul Kruse, current Blue Bell CEO, wrote Crenshaw back sending his condolences.
"I am remorseful to learn about the recent demise of your beloved Zeke," Kruse wrote. "It seems as if he lived a very pleasing and Blue Bell filled life. ... Perhaps, if you find another friend in Zeke's situation you could offer a nice warm cup of hot cocoa or maybe a bowl of soup in between the ice cream."
Crenshaw said it's unfortunate the situation Blue Bell has found itself in, but said he thinks the company is handling it professionally.
"These things are going to happen with the big industry," he said. "As long as they have been in business they've never had this problem."
On April 20, the Texas-based dairy company recalled all of its products made from all of its facilities after Listeria monocytogenes was found in more of its ice cream. The recall comes after months of investigating the bacterium outbreak that's killed three in Kansas and infected 10 people in four states.
Despite Blue Bell's dilemma, Crenshaw said he will continue to support the company and eat its ice cream.
"I'm sure they'll make a come back," Crenshaw said. "I'll be right in line to get some ice cream."
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Two female students from Germany have started an online petition to reduce food waste in the region. Their main aim is to change German law so shops or households can donate food to food banks and let people to “dumpster-dive” the act of looking for food in huge residential or commercial dumpsters without being punished.
These two German girls were penalized €225 last week for throwing food out of a superstore dumpster in Germany. The district court of Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany found the two female students guilty of a joint “theft of waste food”.
According to the German law, the waste food which has been disposed of leftovers shops property till garbage collector take it away. So someone who throws waste food from supermarkets dumpsters are observed to be obligating theft.
Existent alteration to the German law was already planned to the Bundestag in the form of appeal 74584, which asks for dumpster plunging to be no longer penalized.
Some other laws across Europe region
In 2016, the France country approved a law which prohibits supermarkets from fetching away waste food by willing them to pair up with food waste NGO which can re-distribute that food or thrown it away.
In 2018, the United Kingdom government introduced a scheme to decrease food waste from several retailers and a number of food manufacturers. This scheme was built in coordination with different charities and business, said a government report.
In 2006, Italy government passed a law across food waste, aimed at wounding 1 million tonnes of the expected 5 million wasted per year. The main aim of this law is to make easier for food supermarkets to donate waste food to several food banks and charities.
In 2017, The Spain government founds ways to decrease food waste and increase food donations to food retailers and charities. However, a law has not been approved so far.


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The gourmet burger chain's stock is ahead of itself and priced for near-perfection in a sector that is overvalued.
After receiving several bottles of a new soda flavored to taste like Cheerwine mixed with Krispy Kreme donuts, we decided to try the ultimate mashup.
It has been more difficult to pitch the doughnut giant's business than expected.
These 'double-nets' have a host of attractive characteristics.
KKD beat forecasts, but no one's challenging a $1.35B buyout offer.
The golf company recently put up its best bottom-line in years.
The major chains are beating the S&P 500, but SHAK and others lag.
Krispy Kreme Deal Actually Signals McDonald's Is Undervalued
U.S. indices were mixed as oil prices reversed their earlier climb.
Stocks were in flux as gains in the consumer space offset a selloff in energy.
Jim Cramer says the coffee business is a growth market, which explains JAB Holdings decision to buy Krispy Kreme Donuts.
U.S. stocks opened near the flat line on Monday morning as oil prices gave up earlier gains.
Both chains are up ahead of their addition to the S&P SmallCap 600.
Chain needs a reboot (and a new name) amid the stock's 20% YTD drop.
Credit Suisse has problems, but there also doughnuts and puppies to be considered.
Shares are down some 5% on weak guidance, but still seem tasty.
Rivals' over-(golden)arching theme: Watch out for McD's.
U.S. futures are largely flat across the board, as European stocks rebound.
U.S. futures point lower as world markets react to the latest terrorist attack in Europe.
A nation of calorie-counters apparently still have a hankering for a good old-fashioned glazed donut.
For Tuesday December 8, TheStreet awaits quarterly results from AutoZone (AZO), Toll Brothers (TOL), Costco Wholesale (COST), Dave & Buster's (PLAY), and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (KKD).
As KKD prepares to report, here is why you may want to take a second look at this stock.
Lululemon (LULU) plummeted Thursday after higher quarterly sales came at the expense of lower gross margins.
U.S. stock finished in the red across the board after early gains.
Both markets rallied on government promises of tax cuts to come.


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Reports indicate that the retailer pulled back from acquisition talks with Sycamore Partners and Target, instead opting to liquidise for a better return.
As reported by Bloomberg News, the private-equity firm Sycamore Partners held advanced talks with Toys R Us earlier this year about acquiring the chain and keeping open half its 800 US locations, according to anonymous sources familiar with the matter.
Target also seriously pursued buying some of the retailer’s assets, including the parent registry and website of its Babies R Us brand, one of the sources said. But those potential deals collapsed in February when the retailer’s senior creditors decided there would be a better return by selling off assets during a liquidation of the US retail business. By mid-March, management publicly disclosed the shutdown after a Bloomberg News report that it was preparing for that option.
Lenders were reportedly convinced that they would create more value from selling the brands apart from the store estate because they were already generating millions in licensing fees from overseas divisions. For example, Toys R Us in Asia paid royalties to the US parent for the right to use its brands. That led lenders to believe they could licence its intellectual property out to additional entities, plus whoever might take over the US retail operations, which entered bankruptcy in September.
That scenario hasn’t materialised – but it still could. The company will begin auctioning off its brand names and customer data on 18th June. An approved buyer hasn’t emerged to keep any of the US Toys R Us stores open, which are expected to all close this summer after selling off merchandise.
While the talks with Sycamore didn’t lead to a deal, it does show that there was legitimate interest in maintaining operations at Toys R Us and avoiding the loss of 33,000 US jobs.
Early on, lenders backed the idea of finding a buyer, the sources said. But as it became clear how much the chain struggled during the holiday-shopping season, creditors led by Solus Alternative Asset Management turned toward liquidation, some of the sources said. The lenders wanted the company to announce its US shutdown in mid-February. But the retailer pushed back, and got another month to pursue other options, which proved fruitless.
Solus didn’t comment on its role in the bankruptcy of Toys R Us.
The involvement of Solus and other firms underscores how distressed-debt investors – little known outside the financial world – play pivotal roles in bankruptcies. Its core strategy is to buy up assets of troubled companies, and then enact a plan to increase their value.
In the case of Toys R Us, that ended up meaning liquidation.


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Governments Charges Diet Claims are False and Misleading
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Federal Trade Commission charged Tuesday that the makers of a widely advertised series of diet plans engaged in false and misleading advertising.
Television, direct mail and print ads for the so-called ″rotation″ diet programs contained false, misleading and unsubstantiated claims, said the commission.
The FTC filed charges seeking to halt the ads by six firms doing a national mail-order business in the diets.
Named in the complaint were Buckingham Productions, Inc., of Doylestown, Pa., which does business as Rotation Diet Center; and Furlong-Elliot Corp., Freedom Center Inc., Plaza Business Services, N.F. Rotation Inc., and Rotation-Freedom Diet Inc., all of Furlong, Pa.
Telephone directory information in Doylestown and Furlong had no current listings for the firms, and calls to five telephone numbers listed in their ads resulted in recordings stating that the lines had been disconnected.
In addition to the charges against the firms and their operators, the FTC reported that it had obtained a consent agreement with Dr. Barry Bricklin, a specialist in the psychology of dieting, who settled charges that he had provided false and misleading endorsements for the diet plans.
Under the agreement, Bricklin is banned from future representations that consumers can eat as much as they want and still lose weight, and he is prohibited from making claims about usual or average weight losses.
That agreeement settles charges that Bricklin endorsed the diet plan by representing that he had tested the program, while he knew or should have known that the claims were false and misleading.
Under the rotation diet programs, consumers were advised that they could eat all they wanted for four days and still lose weight if they followed a severely restricted diet for the other three days of the week, while taking the company’s vitamin supplements and wafers, the FTC reported.
The ads claimed a monthly weight loss of eight to 20 pounds for women and 12 to 25 pounds for men, the commission said.
The FTC charged that the company had no substantiation for these claims and also asserted that testimonials attributed to users of the diet were not genuine.
In addition to television, radio and direct mail, national advertising for the diet plans has appeared in such major publications as Family Circle, Woman’s Day, T.V. Guide, Redbook, Family Weekly, Playgirl, the Chicago Tribune, the National Enquirer, the New York Daily News, Newsday and other newspapers, the commission reported.


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ZTE Z982 found on GFXBench: 6" screen and 2160p video recording on a budget
Earlier this year, ZTE released the MAX XL, a 6” smartphone on a budget. That is more of a carrier phone, however, and its camera can’t shoot 2160p video. What if that could change?
A ZTE Z982 appeared on GFXBench with a similar 6” 1080p screen and Android 7.1 Nougat. It seems to use the same Snapdragon 435 chipset as well with 2GB of RAM and 32GB storage.
The camera is decidedly different, however. It packs a 16MP sensor and can indeed shoot 4K 2160p video. The selfie camera is an 8MP unit with reported video capabilities of 1,440 x 1,080px – that’s 4:3 1080p. We’re guessing this is a mistake (early software and all) and the selfie cam will be capable of the proper 16:9 1080p.
The Max XL sells for just under $200, the ZTE Z982 should be a bit pricier but not by much. Of course, that’s not something that GFXBench can detect. Also note that a while back we heard about a similar phone – the Z986, which should have the more capable Snapdragon 625 chipset (making it similar to another 6-incher, the Axon 7 Max).
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It's the ZTE Blade Z Max for MetroPCS. It's has a dual camera set up on back. 16mp and 2mp like the iPhone 7 Plus


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Security lapse the latest privacy issue for the social-media giant
Source: Jeff Horwitz and Robert McMillan
The incident disclosed by the company Thursday involved a wide swath of its users, though Facebook said no passwords were exposed externally, and it hasn’t found evidence of the information being abused.
Facebook estimated it will notify “hundreds of millions of Facebook Lite users, tens of millions of other Facebook users, and tens of thousands of Instagram users,” the company’s vice president of engineering, security and privacy Pedro Canahuati said in a blog post Thursday.
Facebook Lite is a stripped-down version of the product for use by people without access to reliable internet service.
The security lapse appears similar to others that have occurred at tech companies, including Twitter Inc., which asked 331 million users to change their passwords in May after discovering that one of its internal systems logged users’ unencrypted passwords.
Because so many people reuse their passwords, they have emerged as a major security problem for tech companies. Password databases have become a prime target for cyber thieves, and hackers will often try a user’s stolen password to break into new sites. Most companies, including Facebook, monitor the internet for publicly released databases of passwords.
“Passwords are extremely sensitive data,” said Deirdre K. Mulligan, an associate professor at University of California Berkeley, who specializes on data privacy. “If passwords are being stored in the clear, accessible by thousands of employees, one can only imagine how poorly other data is being managed,” she said.
Facebook’s data-security lapse attracted more attention than similar stumbles elsewhere given persistent criticism of how the company collects, stores and deploys its users’ data.
It also contradicts at least some of the company’s previous assurances on the matter. In a 2014 post about password security, Facebook’s then-security engineer Chris Long wrote that “no one here has your plain text password.”
Facebook identified that it did log plain-text passwords as part of a security review in January, Mr. Canahuati said.
During the review, Facebook has been looking for ways it stores some information, such as access tokens, and have fixed problems as they were discovered, he said. While Facebook will notify users whose passwords were stored insecurely “as a precaution,” there is no current plan to require users to change their passwords.


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- Best Buy’s investment in its healthcare segment is putting pressure on the business as sales fall.
- The retailer is building its healthcare business around in-home care with health-system customers.
- Best Buy Health’s president says the financial strain hasn’t changed the company’s strategy.
Even as sales slump, Best Buy is pouring more money into its healthcare business.
The electronics retailer slashed its revenue outlook for the year on May 24, as sales from its stores fell 8% over the last quarter. Despite the tightening margins, executives said the company is continuing to invest in Best Buy Health.
That strategy is putting pressure on Best Buy’s overall business, with the healthcare segment’s expenses swelling last quarter, said Matthew Bilunas, the company’s chief financial officer, during the May earnings call.
Best Buy is betting on the long-term profit potential of its healthcare segment despite the drop in store sales. The retailer has been pushing steadily into the industry since 2018, signaling its plan to settle into traditional healthcare, with its acquisition of remote-monitoring company, Current Health, in 2021.
Deborah DiSanzo, the president of Best Buy Health, told Insider the company won’t be decreasing that investment anytime soon.
“We’re staying on that plan, and Best Buy is extraordinarily supportive of the Best Buy Health business,” she said.
‘It seemed like a natural fit’
While Best Buy also sells consumer-health devices like fitness watches and blood-pressure monitors, Best Buy Health is staking its future on home healthcare.
The retailer acquired Current Health — which delivers a virtual-care platform and
devices to connect patients and providers — in November for $400 million.
In the past year, the company added 18 new hospital and health-system clients to Current Health’s business — signing on health systems like Mount Sinai and UMass Memorial Health — and bringing its client total to 40. Current Health pulled in $525 million in revenue in fiscal year 2022.
Best Buy also acquired GreatCall — now known as Lively — in 2018 for $800 million. The company announced last week that Lively’s urgent-response service for seniors will now be available on Amazon’s Alexa-enabled devices.
Best Buy Health directs most of its services toward older patients. The retailer has a team of people that helps customers pick out health devices and set up remote-monitoring technology in the home, tasks that DiSanzo said health systems have often had to handle for their patients.
DiSanzo said that Best Buy’s healthcare moves capitalize on the retailer’s strengths. Taking care of technology setup and logistics, she said, is the company’s bread and butter.
“Nurses don’t want to do that. Physicians don’t want to do that. And that’s what Best Buy does,” she said. “It seemed like a natural fit.”
Shifting the balance
Healthcare customers — including physicians, health systems, insurers, and pharmaceutical companies — only make up about 9% of Best Buy Health’s revenue. Consumers contribute the other 91%.
As the health segment digs deeper into traditional healthcare delivery, though, the company plans to shift that balance. Best Buy Health expects to increase the revenue contribution of its healthcare customers from 9% to 20% over the next five years, according to DiSanzo’s presentation to investors in March.
DiSanzo declined to share how much money Best Buy is investing in its health segment or how much Best Buy Health banked in revenue in the last quarter. Best Buy secured $11.6 billion in revenue across its segments in the same quarter.
Goldman Sachs analysts backed up Best Buy’s strategy to invest in its healthcare business in a note about the earnings on May 24. While analysts said the company faces challenges to its margins, they said Best Buy Health — among a few other initiatives — could help the retailer grow after those financial pressures ease.


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Just after Christmas, here at OSM, we reported on news of Asus and its introduction of 3 possible tablet devices making their way to the CES event starting officially tomorrow. Although at the time specifications for the tablet devices were a little sparse, that is all about to change thanks to a listing packed full of features.
With tablet PC’s playing a huge part in this year’s show, Asus 7-inch “Eee MeMo” device with capacitive display is sure to get attendees’ pulses racing. As Pocket-Lint reported, the Eee will be powered by Qualcomm snapdragon chipset and will run on the much awaited Android 3.0 Honeycomb which has been the talk of the tech world for the last few weeks. Along with this the tablet device will pack dual cameras for video calling, as Engadget reported, 1.2 megapixel for the front and 5 megapixel for the back including LED flash, MeMIC media phone extender and mini HDMI for TV hook up, 1080p playback facility and offer a stylus therefore allowing you to touch the screen with ease and the knowledge of it staying clean.
Another unique selling point to this must be as Engadget stated, the 2 apps being “Media note” allowing you, the user, to take notes with the aid of a scrapbook and the other being “Painter” allowing you to use the capacitive stylus as a drawing “pressure sensitive” tool. Updated information has confirmed the official price for this tablet as being $499 with a launch date of sometime in the month of June.
After digesting this information, you might be interested to learn that other Eee tablets to look out for at CES include, the Slate EP121 due to launch first this month, Eee Pad Transformer and the Eee Pad Slider.
What do you make of the Asus Eee MeMo Tablet device? Will you be able to hold out until its debut in June?


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OnePlus is on an overdrive when it comes to hyping its upcoming OnePlus 6 smartphone but Amazon Germany seems to have rained on their parade. Amazon accidentally published the product page (now removed) that revealed all the details about the OnePlus 6. According to the listing, the OnePlus 6 will be available in 64GB and 128GB variants and will go on sale from May 22 in OnePlus’ signature Midnight Black colours and Mirror Black that will have a glass back. The phones are priced at 519 euros and 569 euros respectively.
As we know, the new OnePlus 6 will have a Snapdragon 845 SoC along with 8GB RAM, a 6.28-inch display with notch and Full HD+ resolution support as well as waterproof exterior.
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Chet Beiler, a Lancaster County entrepreneur who previously ran for Congress, pitched an expansion of his Gap chicken coop business to a group of celebrity investors Friday night on “Shark Tank.”
Beiler, 58, of Penn Township, the latest contractor to appear on the ABC competition show on Friday night, received offers from two investors but let them slip away and returned home empty-handed.
Beiler entered the “Shark Tank” scene in black clothes, smiling, with a chicken in his arms.
“Sharks, I’m Chet Beiler from Lancaster, Pennsylvania,” he told investors Kevin O’Leary, Daymond John, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec and Mark Cuban. “My business is OverEZ Chicken Coop. And this is my buddy Chuckles.”
This made Greiner laugh.
Beiler said he developed OverEZ Chicken Coop because America is crazy about backyard chickens right now, families want more sustainable lives and self-sufficiency, and they love having fresh organic eggs every day. .
He showcased one of his company’s chicken coops with live chickens, including Chuckles, outside the coop. His presentation also included a time-lapse video demonstrating assembly of the chicken coop, and he added that his company offers them in four different sizes that can accommodate between five and 20 chickens.
“America is such a cuckoo for these co-ops that we can barely keep up with the demand,” Beiler said. “We’re chickens running around with our heads cut off. Sorry, Chuckles.”
This made several investors laugh.
“Sharks, I need a partner so I can finally stop having all my eggs in one basket,” he concluded.
After Beiler finished his presentation, he offered investors 4% of OverEZ Chicken Coops for a $1 million investment, which drew a collective “Woah” from several investors and a laugh from Herjavec.
Belier said his business is worth the investment because his intellectual property is locked, his cash register is ringing, and they’re just getting started.
“We’re well on our way to becoming the category king for backyard chickens in America, and with your help maybe,” Beiler said, pointing to Herjavec, who is from Europe, “or any other anyone interested, we will expand into Europe, where the interest in backyard chickens is even stronger than in the United States.”
HerJavec responded by saying, “Chet, you’re a crazy chicken.”
Beiler provided each investor with a golden egg with a mini-brochure inside each that provided quick company information.
Greiner was disappointed.
Beiler said OverEZ Chicken Coop this week surpassed $21 million in sales over the life of the company, prompting another collective “Woah” from several investors. Year-to-date since the show was taped, Beiler said, the company, which he wholly owns, has made $9 million in sales and $1.35 million in profit. Beiler noted that due to supply chain issues, skyrocketing lumber prices, and being unprepared for the demand for his product during the COVID-19 pandemic, the profit from the business was below expectations. He said he came to “Shark Tank” to earn more money for inventory.
Although Beiler provided his company’s data, a few of the investors said Beiler omitted important details about his product and showed a lack of clarity and consistency in some of his responses to their questions.
“My fear of doing business with you is that it will take me longer than the life of a chicken to learn the details of your business,” Herjavec said.
Both Herjavec and Greiner dropped the offer partly for these reasons.
Cuban dropped the offer, saying Beiler’s talk about business in Europe seemed to be aimed at impressing investors, but didn’t appear to be projected.
Although O’Leary said he thought Beiler’s speech was “wandering”, he made him an offer of $1 million in the form of a loan at 11.5% interest for a 4 stake. % in the business.
“It’s an offer,” O’Leary said. “At least you can peck that one.”
John also made an offer to Beiler: $1 million for a 25% stake in the company.
However, Beiler was still focused on winning Herjavec as an investor, which seemed to confuse O’Leary and John.
“Chet, I asked you not to entertain him – you’re an adult, you can do whatever you want – but you have two offers on the table, and you keep getting distracted,” said John. “I just have to say that I think that’s exactly how it’s going to be in business with you. I like you, but I’m out.”
O’Leary’s deal was still on the table, which Beiler agreed to, saying, “We have a deal.”
But Beiler quickly focused on his aspirations for the European market and brought Herjavec to invest and be part of it.
Frustrated, O’Leary withdrew his offer and encouraged Beiler to leave. Beiler tried to reiterate that he had accepted O’Leary’s offer, but by then it was too late.
“Well, it looked like I had a shark, but then it got away,” Beiler said afterwards.
Beiler purchased OverEZ Chicken Coop in 2020 as part of a growth strategy for her 33-year-old Manheim-based outdoor structures business, Amish Country Gazebos.
Already, OverEZ has expanded beyond a 70,000 square foot facility on Hostetter Road in Manheim to an additional 75,000 square foot space in Dublin, Georgia, he said. In total, he said the operation supports about 100 employees.
He expressed interest in expanding his business to include a facility in the Czech Republic to serve the European market.
The OverEZ website markets the coops, which range in price from around $1,200 to around $3,500, as being easy to ship, assemble, and move.
A former Lancaster County Republican committee chairman, Beiler ran two unsuccessful primary campaigns against U.S. Representative Lloyd Smucker. Earlier this month, Beiler said his political aspirations were on hold.
“Right now I’m focusing on business,” he said.
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DUBAI, 9 May 2013 – In promoting Visit Malaysia Year 2014, the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (Tourism Malaysia) is participating in the four-day Arabian Travel Market 2013 (ATM) held at Dubai, UAE, which concludes today. This is an event held annually to attract sellers from all over the world offering packages to Arab tourists before the summer peak season from June to September.
This year’s ATM attracted 2,500 exhibitors who were placed across eight halls at the venue. These sellers comprised of representatives from tourism organizations, airlines, travel agents, media and other travel related corporations. The 2013 ATM saw the participation of a strong Malaysian delegation comprising 120 sellers from 77 organisations representing hotels, travel agencies, tourism products owners and various state governments including Tourism Unit of the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Langkawi Development Authority (LADA) and Tourism Selangor.
Tourism Malaysia has been participating in this travel fair since 1994 and this is for the 20th time. The Malaysia Pavillion at Hall 1 of the Sheikh Saeed Arena takes up 650 square metres making it the largest Malaysia Pavilion ever. The delegation from Malaysia is led by Dato’ Haji Azizan Noordin, Deputy Director General (Planning). Also present in the group are board members of Tourism Malaysia Datuk Haji Mohd Ilyas Zainol Abidin, President of Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH), and Dato’ Haji Mohd Khalid Harun, President of Malaysian Association of Tour & Travel Agencies (MATTA). The delegation is also supported by HE Dato’ Ahmad Anwar Adnan, Malaysian Ambassador to the UAE and Dato’ Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin, Consul General of Malaysia in Dubai.
The launch of the pavilion was officiated by Dato’ Haji Azizan Noordin in the presence of dignitaries from the local industry players as well as the royal family of UAE. His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman & Chief Executive of Emirates Airline & Group paid a visit to Malaysia Pavilion. To attract more visitors to the pavilion, Tourism Malaysia also brought along the national dance troupe from Istana Budaya to perform cultural shows while a batik painter gives demonstrations of the batik making process.
The objective of this year’s participation is to launch Visit Malaysia Year 2014 packages. It is also to introduce new products that Malaysia has to offer such as Legoland, Hello Kitty, Johor Premium Outlet amongst others.
Last year, Malaysia received 370,535 from West Asia market showing an increase of 3.2%. As it is a matured market, Tourism Malaysia is now promoting new niche packages to the market such as golfing, diving, health tourism, soft adventure and cycling. Homestay packages are one of the new initiatives to get the younger Arab tourists to experience the Malaysian village lifestyle.
In launching the Visit Malaysia Year 2014 campaign, a gala dinner was held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on May 7, 2013. The event was hosted by Dato’ Haji Azizan Noordin and well attended by over 300 guests comprised of media and industry players from the local market and other markets such Sri Lanka, Bangladesh & South Africa. The highlights of the dinner were a presentation on Visit Malaysia Year packages and the cultural performance by the Istana Budaya troupe.
There was also a special media briefing presentation during the travel mart. Dato’ Haji Azizan Noordin gave an overview of the Visit Malaysia Year 2014 packages to the media and the tourism industry followed by a special presentation by Puan Noraza Yusof of Kuala Lumpur City Hall and, the launch of the new portal ‘Naturally Langkawi’ in English & Arabic languages by Tan Sri Khalid Ramli of Langkawi Development Authority (LADA). About 72 media representatives were present at the briefing.
As a follow up to the Visit Malaysia Year 2014 launch, there were other launches at the pavilion from
May 7 to 8, which include packages from the major tour operators such as Unique Choice and Al Rais Holidays, and from Malaysia Health Tourism Council (MHTC). In addition, Tourism Malaysia Dubai launched its ipad application for the tour packages and Media Hub, a local Dubai public relation agency launched Aswaq Tourist Guide Handbook 2013.
As a strategy to get more international airlines to fly to Kuala Lumpur or to increase flight frequency, Dato’ Haji Azizan Noordin also met with Chief Executive Officers of the airlines based in the West Asia region which includes Etihad, Emirates and Qatar Airways. They are very pleased with the load factor that they are carrying between Middle East and Malaysia.
Overall Tourism Malaysia’s participation was well received by the local industry players. The Malaysian industry players were happy to promote their products and packages to make Visit Malaysia Year 2014 a success. One of the feedback received was from one of the delegates, Mr. Dave Chow of MP Travels, who commented that the sales were good and that he had closed some deals till the end of the year. Meanwhile Mr. Shim Chee Hong of Lexis Hotel Port Dickson vouched that the response from the foreign buyers at the mart was very encouraging.
In expanding Tourism Malaysia’s promotional effort, Dato’ Haji Azizan Noordin will continue to lead the mission to Oman (May 11 to 12) and Kuwait (May 13 to 14). A smaller delegation of 27 members will be participating in the mission to these countries. The programmes for these two countries will include a press conference and mini travel mart with the local travel agents followed by a gala dinner.


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Womenswear a drag on Baird
PROFITS at struggling clothing group William Baird plunged from £12.8m to £4.7m last year, hit by a poor fourth-quarter performance from its Windsmoor, Planet and Precis Petit womenswear brands.
After hefty one-off items, including further costs relating to the acrimonious loss of its long-standing contract with Marks & Spencer, the group was £11.8m in the red, from the previous period's £19m loss.
The figures cover the 13 months to 2 February, reflecting a change in the group's financial year-end. Turnover fell from £392.3m to £237.3m. A second interim dividend of 1p a share, makes 3p in total, down from 5.25p.
The shares slid 2p to 50p but the results may rekindle takeover hopes - venture capital group Alchemy has a near-30% stake and made unsuccessful approaches a year ago.
Chairman Sir David Cooksey, who had warned of poor trading last November, today said the fourth-quarter trading had fallen 'significantly behind original expectations'.
The disposals of Van Gils menswear, Baird Corporatewear and two of three Sri Lankan factories and the licensing of the Dannimac rainwear business have simplified the group's portfolio, Cooksey said. 'Now that the reshaping of the group is nearly complete, management can focus on re-establishing growth in the profitability of the womenswear division and the recovery in the active sportswear and casualwear division.'
Exceptional items totalled £16.5m, about half the previous year's costs, and included provisions against health claims relating to the group's former engineering business, where the insurer is now insolvent.
There were additional M&S costs of £4.3m, most for more property writedowns, together with some £500,000 of M&S' legal costs. Baird said the costs have now been paid in full. Loss of the M&S business forced Baird to close 16 factories and axe 4,500 workers. It later lost a lengthy battle for compensation from M&S.
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Headlines about Packaging Corp Of America (NYSE:PKG) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Packaging Corp Of America earned a media sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media headlines about the industrial products company an impact score of 46.8931796710585 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next few days.
These are some of the news stories that may have effected Accern’s analysis:
- Zacks Investment Research Downgrades Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) to Sell (americanbankingnews.com)
- Packaging Corp. of America – Value Analysis (NYSE:PKG) : December 18, 2017 (finance.yahoo.com)
- $1.62 Billion in Sales Expected for Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) This Quarter (americanbankingnews.com)
- Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” by Analysts (americanbankingnews.com)
- As Intuit (INTU) Stock Price Rose, Holder Reilly Herbert Faulkner Iii Trimmed Holding by $1.04 Million … – Hill Country Times (hillcountrytimes.com)
A number of brokerages recently issued reports on PKG. Stephens began coverage on Packaging Corp Of America in a report on Tuesday, October 24th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $130.00 target price on the stock. Zacks Investment Research cut Packaging Corp Of America from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday. Barclays increased their target price on Packaging Corp Of America from $108.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, October 30th. KeyCorp reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Packaging Corp Of America in a report on Sunday, October 29th. Finally, Deutsche Bank restated a “hold” rating and set a $120.00 price objective (up from $94.00) on shares of Packaging Corp Of America in a research note on Monday, October 9th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company. The stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $117.36.
Packaging Corp Of America (NYSE:PKG) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October 25th. The industrial products company reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.69 by ($0.01). Packaging Corp Of America had a net margin of 8.18% and a return on equity of 29.38%. The business had revenue of $1.64 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.64 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.30 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.5% compared to the same quarter last year. equities research analysts forecast that Packaging Corp Of America will post 5.99 earnings per share for the current year.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 12th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 26th will be given a dividend of $0.63 per share. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.12%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 22nd. Packaging Corp Of America’s dividend payout ratio is presently 46.67%.
In other news, SVP Charles J. Carter sold 6,150 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $117.04, for a total transaction of $719,796.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 24,265 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,839,975.60. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Thomas W.H. Walton sold 6,027 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.15, for a total value of $700,036.05. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 32,690 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,796,943.50. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 67,177 shares of company stock valued at $1,427,532. Insiders own 1.20% of the company’s stock.
About Packaging Corp Of America
Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is a producer of containerboard products and uncoated freesheet. The Company operates through three segments: Packaging, Paper, and Corporate and Other. The Packaging segment produces a range of corrugated packaging products. The Paper segment manufactures and sells a range of papers, including communication-based papers and pressure sensitive papers.
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NEW DELHI: Breaking of a rank insider from a party to form a nuisance value is a common practice in the world of Indian politics. However, this time it is the Indian industry which is in the thick of things. CII's biggest money spinner Auto Expo, the biennial exposition featuring the glamour world of Indian automobile industry will face competition from next year.
Mr Piyush Behl, who was earlier heading the international wing of India Inc's lobby club as also its trade affairs committee and had recently been appointed as CII's representative to China, has quit and is planning to organise his own version of the biggest Auto show of Asia from next year in association with China Automotive Association.
Christened Auto Asia the show is being organised by India Entrepreneurs Forum, which is supported by the external affairs ministry and the ministry of commerce and industry. The first edition will take place in Gurgaon just a few weeks after CII-SIAM-ACMA's Auto Expo in Delhi next month.
The organisers are planning to sell the show with low price of stall installation with more business focus and is also targeting those auto companies who have been staying out of Auto Expo for the last few years apart from all other global biggies.
According to Mr Behl, the executive director and CEO of India China Alliance Centre who is also handling the affairs of IEF, said: "Our experience shows Auto Expo has become overpriced with high rentals of Pragati Maidan. Secondly, one major complaint of companies has been that the business angle has lost focus at the Expo which we will address very strongly."


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Club Champion – Tacoma
As more retailers forego brick and mortar stores to focus on e-commerce, Club Champion has flipped the script to become one of the fastest-growing companies in the the golf industry. The custom club-fitting business has opened more than 30 stores within the past year, expanding from just eight locations in 2014, and expects to have in the neighborhood of 80 locations by the end of the year.
Just over two years from now, Club Champion plans to have around 150 total locations.
So, what’s the secret to Club Champion’s success? As a builder of clubs utilizing various components, Club Champion doesn’t carry a significant inventory and is able to limit overhead more than traditional retailers. Additionally, because their equipment is fitted to each consumer, they don’t compete with web-based retailers on price. Last year, the company’s overall revenue growth was up almost 60 percent, with each store conducting between 500 and 1,500 tour-quality fittings and converting 78 percent of those into club sales.
“What we do is help put people in the best equipment set-up to play better golf,” says Club Champion CEO Joe Lee. “If we spend all the time in the (fitting) bays, with the best equipment and widest variety of components on the planet, with top-notch technology, and an ability to custom assemble the clubs to the precise tolerances that were prescribed by our fitter, and we still can’t convince an avid golfer why it’s the right thing to do, we haven’t done our job very well.”
“The proof is in the data and most avid golfers get it,” Lee adds. “And if you’re an avid, you’ll invest to get better.”


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Tango Gameworks founder Shinji Mikami is leaving the company in the “coming months,” news confirmed in an email sent out to employees.
The new email was obtained by our friends at TrueAchievements and has Bethesda Softworks senior vice president of development Todd Vaughn addressing employees on the matter.
“I am writing today to let you know that studio head Shinji Mikami has decided to leave Tango Gameworks in the coming months,” Vaughn said. “Mikami-san has been a creative leader and supportive mentor to young developers at Tango for 12 years through his work on the Evil Within franchise, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and of course, Hi-Fi Rush.”
Tango Gameworks was founded back in 2010 by Mikami and the studio was acquired a year later by ZeniMax, the parent company of Bethesda, who later got acquired by Microsoft.
The developer is known for their debut title The Evil Within and its sequel The Evil Within 2, after which they released Ghostwire: Tokyo and most recently the very excellent HI-FI RUSH.
Vaughn said HI-FI RUSH is “one of the most successful launches for Bethesda and Xbox in recent years,” and said that the title has “generated significant positive momentum for the business and Tango.”
Mikami is known for his over three decades of game development, mostly with his start at Capcom as the original creator of Resident Evil and other titles like God Hand, Dino Crisis, and others.
“We wish Mikami-san well in the future and are excited by what lies ahead for the talented developers at Tango,” Bethesda said in a statement confirming Mikami’s departure.
Tango Gameworks will keep working on supporting Ghostwire: Tokyo and HI-FI RUSH while Bethesda works with Tango Gameworks leadership on what their next work will be.


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It's been an incredibly exciting year for the motoring industry. We here at GRR have driven so many brilliant cars over the past 12 months, and everything we’ve always loved is still right here, it’s just arguably better than it’s ever been. To evidence our point, we’ve pulled together nine cars that we consider to be among the very best of 2023, and we’re going to celebrate their brilliance right here at Goodwood.
It’s risky business returning to the supercar game after 15 years and tasking said supercar with nothing less than being the foundation of a soft reboot and a brand rebirth. The car is the MC20, the brand is Maserati and the job, by all accounts, is well and truly done. Coming out of nowhere, they’ve only gone and given us one of the best supercars of recent years and now, with the Cielo, you can pop the top too.


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The message from Skittles to its customers is watermelon sugar delicious! After an incident involving Harry Styles during a performance, the candy company accepted responsibility for reminding consumers that the main purpose of the candies is to be enjoyed, not to be thrown at people.
The Los Angeles Times has a full-page advertisement that states, “Protect the rainbow. Taste the colors of the rainbow. However, refrain from tossing the rainbow. This comes after a fan earlier this week hurled Skittles in the direction of Harry Styles’ face during a concert. A similar photograph and the following tweet were posted by the candy company on Saturday: PSA: Protect your eyes from Skittles (by eating them, not hurling them).” To pay respect to Styles’ “Watermelon Sugar” sunglasses, the advertisement includes a sizable pair of protective eyewear in the form of a heart.
While playing “Kiwi” at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, Harry Styles was pelted with Skittles. The singer has been hit hard by a number of objects, including chicken nuggets and an unknown object, while on his Love On Tour.
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“If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon."
-Kathrine Switzer, first woman to run the Boston Marathon
Marathon season is in full swing and runners across the country are either gearing up for or winding down from the intense 26.2 mile race.
While running appears on the surface to be a sport with a low environmental impact (no greener form of transportation than your own two feet!), the true cost of running might surprise you.
When you factor in the clothing, shoes, electronics, food, and other gear required for long distance runners, runners’ carbon footprint adds up quickly. According to a study featured in Runner’s World, one pair of running shoes generates 30 pounds of CO2 emissions, while the average runner’s annual carbon output is 5,449 pounds.
Runners have taken note and now look to alternatives for their running gear, buying from brands like Atayne, a company that makes running gear out of 100% recycled polyester.
Eco Sneakers is another organization helping to reduce the carbon footprint of runners everywhere. They collect and recycle gently used sneakers, providing shoes for the homeless and responsibly recycling those shoes that are no longer usable.
But, what about the greening of the races?
A simple Google search for “marathons going green” will bring up pages upon pages of marathon sites highlighting their focus on green initiatives. Like other major sporting events, the running world is paying attention to their environmental impact and taking positive steps to create more eco-friendly events.
The Council for Responsible Sport (CRS) was founded in 2007 to help facilitate responsible sporting events around the globe. Their third party certification program has honored over 100 events for their socially and environmentally responsible efforts, and is something athletes are paying more attention to.
According to their website, events certify for two key reasons, including:
- 1. To gauge their current impacts and lay course for how they intend to improve over time
- Making a strong commitment to a holistic program of responsibility across the board and using a third-party certification from the CRS to verify those efforts publicly
Here at Relan, we’ve been lucky enough to help many prominent marathons with their greening initiatives, most recently with three gold certified events: the Eversource Hartford Marathon, the Waddell & Reed Kansas City Marathon, and the Marine Corps Marathon.
Here’s a look at a few steps these marathons are taking to green their events:
Eversource Hartford Marathon
The 2015 Eversource Hartford Marathon took place last weekend, with the first place male finishing in 2:15:58 and the first place female finishing in 2:41:41!
We worked with the marathon team to create 1,500 bags made from the repurposed Hartford Marathon finish line that were given to runners who signed up for the race as part of a charity. Our collaboration eliminated the tossing of the finish line, provided a unique gift to those participating in the event, and helped the marathon team expand on their greening efforts.
The Eversource Hartford Marathon earned Gold Certification from the CRS in 2008, then again in 2014.
Waddell & Reed Kansas City Marathon
People across the country are gearing up for this year’s Waddell & Reed Kansas City Marathon, which takes place this Saturday, October 17.
We’ve been lucky enough to work with the Kansas City Sports Commission since 2013 and this year, they turned their old banners and billboards into wine totes and signature tote bags to gift to their event sponsors. You can learn more about our partnership over at the KC Sport blog. They are also featured on our sports testimonials page!
The Waddell & Reed Kansas City Marathon has been CRS Gold Certified since 2014.
Marine Corps Marathon
The 40th annual Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) takes place on Sunday, October 25 in Washington D.C. We have had a blast working with the MCM team to make products out of their finish line and very vibrant banners. Together, we created mesh gear bags, backpacks, tote bags, wine totes, and luggage tags.
The best part? Rather than reserving these products for event sponsors, all participants and fans are able to purchase the products. You can do this in two ways:
- Visit www.ownthemcmfinish.com to purchase online
- Stop by the Relan booth #407 at the Marine Corps Marathon Health & Fitness Expo on October 23-24 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Say hello and purchase products on site!
The MCM was CRS Silver Certified from 2009-2013 and received a Gold Certification in 2014.
You can keep tabs on all of the CRS-certified events happening across the country by following the #responsiblesport hashtag on Instagram or visiting their website.
What green marathon did you run or cheer on this year? Tell us in the comments!


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- The best approach to reducing incidences of foodborne illnesses in U.S. produce is prevention.
- Good Agricultural Practices (GAPS) are being adopted by the industry to reduce potential for contaminants infecting produce and causing illness for consumers and workers.
- From 1998 through 2008, 72 outbreaks involving contaminated produce were reported; crops involved included lettuce, tomatoes, green onions and cantaloupes.
Fecal matter from humans, deer, sheep, goats, and insects may carry E. coli.
Salmonella also comes from fecal matter. “We have more than 2,000 types of Salmonella,” Masabni said, “and again very few affect people.”
Salmonella may be found in fecal matter from people, rodents, fowl, insects and snakes.
Shigella is a bacteria “more common in restaurants than in produce. It causes the third most common foodborne illness.”
“Listeria occurs in the soil, not fecal matter,” Masabni said. It can be deadly. “Mortality rate with Listeria is about 20 percent compared to 4 percent with Salmonella. It doesn’t multiply rapidly in the soil but can stay in pond water for 60 days or more.”
Raw manure is often a culprit in contaminating produce. “Pathogens have been found to survive in raw manure for one year, so it’s best not to use manure on produce. Keep fresh manure away from produce.”
Feedlots surrounded by crop land could also be cause for concern. Manure could move by wind or heavy rain into the nearby produce fields.
Masabni said properly composted manure reduces potential for contamination. In a publication on organic production he addresses using manure in vegetables.


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According to some reports, the California-based Cupertino tech giant’s long-rumored iPad mini redesign changes have newly got a new impetus after leaks came in about a couple of the impending modifications to the Apple’s flourishing tablet in its sixth generation. As per the reports, the company is surveying customers in China about the iPad mini screen size and what they consider iPadOS.
Although the Apple iPad mini is a pretty successful device, Apple has announced a review to its users in China, which even inquires about the size of the screen on the iPad mini 4, as per a Chinese news portal IT Home report.
The company had also conducted several customer surveys last year. For example, it inquired users about the in-box charger previously the iPhone 12 was released.
In addition, some of the questions asked on the survey comprise questions about the display and ask about the size, either it is too tiny, huge or merely the correct size. As per the previous rumors, the iPad could roll out with a more short screen size of 8.5 to 9-inches compared to the present 10.2 -inch screen on the existing iPad models.
The iPad mini 4 is one generation behind the existing 5th generation iPad mini. However, Apple is inquiring about the previous, despite the fact that the screen on both devices has the same size. As per the report, Apple has further asked users whether they are utilizing the power brick and cable, a stylus, or a keyboard, along with their current non-Apple hardware like Windows tablets and computers, smartphones, and wearables.
According to a report issued by 9to5Mac, the impending iPad mini six could have a USB-C port and ship with Apple’s rumored A15 chipset that is anticipated to come later this year. If the rumors are suggesting right, then Apple’s impending iPad mini six could unite the ranks of the newest iPad Air and the robust iPad Pro that further roll out with USB-C connectivity rather than Apple’s proprietary Lightning port.


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By 2014, smartphones will be 50% of all handsets shipped. By 2020, 4.2 Billion people will be using smartphones. Smartphone traffic in 2016 will be 50 times greater than it was in 2011.
Tablets Create Traffic Too
- Mobile connected tablets will generate almost as much traffic in 2016 as the entire global mobile network in 2012.
- Tablets generate 3.4x more traffic than smartphones and by 2016 there will be over 350 Million deployed tablets.
- About 60% watch video with their smartphones and tablets. This is expected to get to 70% by 2016.
- About 20%-25% access the web.
There will be 8.6x more mobile data traffic in 2016 compared to 2012 – an astounding 71% CAGR. This could be the reasons behind the carriers offering usage-based pricing. The massive amount of data is going to effect data traffic.
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"Just Do It."
That thought can easily pop up when it comes to breaking down gender barriers in the advertising industry. And it happens to be especially fitting for independent digital agency The Program, which is helping tear down those walls with an all-female brand team leading its global Nike account.
The team is currently working on an initiative around Nike Air VaporMax Explorer Pack, which features an "Explorer Light" and "Explorer Dark" pair of shoes. One of the social content posts from The Program that launched this week includes a video on Foot Locker's Instagram featuring the double sneaker pack.
The agency, which has 27 staffers and is based in Portland, Ore., has been working with Nike since 2009 on everything from developing global content strategies and cross-category seasonal content to creating microsites and social media content for new products. And in the last year, the brand team has been comprised of six women.
Coe Lottis, founder and VP-strategy for the shop, referred to Nike as The Program's oldest relationship and an "anchor account," said he doesn't know how the team became all women. "It just happened –it was very organic," he said. "We try to find the most talented and smartest people who make the most sense [for each brand] and now we have this team at the helm of our largest relationship."D
Design Manager Kim Ponto, has been at the agency since 2013, said while the agency didn't intend for the team to be all women, the account team "would love to inspire more women-led teams" at other agencies.
"Although we've been lucky enough to be based in a very progressive city, as well as work with incredibly progressive brand partners, we definitely recognize the struggle with gender bias in this industry. It's still out there for sure," said Ponto.
She added that her Nike team wants to encourage other shops and women in the industry "to be confident enough to break down those barriers so they can focus more energy on creating kick-ass creative work, and less on the struggle towards equality."
Recently, Lottis said he walked into one of the Nike team's meetings and they told him that "no boys were allowed," but they were joking, of course. Ponto said the women would be fine with a man coming onboard, noting that the agency is a tight-knit group and they ask men in the office for information if they want insights on a male-targeted product.
At the end of the day, Lottis said the team's passion and craft shine through so much that no one ever thinks about the fact that it's made up of all women.
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UK retailers shipped more ecommerce parcels to customers in Europe than ever before during 2020. But some are now questioning whether selling to European Union (EU) member states is still worthwhile now that new barriers have been introduced to the way that ecommerce retailers sell across borders.
The latest IMRG/Global-e Cross Border Index, published earlier this week, suggests that cross-border ecommerce sales grew by 57% in 2020, compared to the previous year, for the 270 retailers that trade on the Global-e cross-border platform. Across the peak trading period, which this year marked not only the run-up to Christmas but also the final months of the UK’s membership of the EU Single Market, sales were 42% up on the same time last year. That’s part of a wider trend that has seen UK ecommerce sales grow by 46% in 2020, according to ONS figures out today, although overall retail sales – across all channels – fell by 1.9%, in volume.
The two trends go hand-in-hand, says Global-e Europe chief executive Neil Kuschel, who suggests that as shoppers buy more online, they are buying more goods from overseas sellers.
But the year of growing international trade ended in the new EU/UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement that does introduce new barriers to trade, despite its zero tariff, zero quota headline.
Retailers are finding that for the first time they must deal with the VAT rules of the different EU markets, as well as issues from customs codes, rules of origin and in the case of those selling animal-based products, extra phytosanitary checks.
That means, at a practical level, that the cost of European trade is rising. Asos anticipates £15m in extra costs in its current financial year as it pays tariffs to meet the country of origin rules that now affect British retailers when they sell goods into Europe that originated outside the UK. Superdry anticipates extra costs and administration. Despite having ensured that its inventory management and stock intake processes were up to speed before December 31, the fashion retailer says its Brexit internal working group will still need some time to get to grips with the full implications.
“Superdry is a global business with corporate and operational capability both in the UK and mainland Europe, which means that we are well-equipped to deal with the challenges of Brexit as we can service EU customers from within the EU and to as a UK-only organisation,” it said in its half-year results statement, published this week. “However, though this diversified distribution centre network has allowed us to mitigate many of the potential costs, there are now additional considerations and frictional costs of relocating inventory once it has been received into the business.”
End customers, both in the UK and the EU, are reporting surprise customs charges after buying from websites they may not even have realised were now on the other side of the new trading arrangements, while retailers are finding doing business overseas is now adding time and cost to their trade. This is proving a challenge for ecommerce traders of all sizes.
Some have taken the decision to stop delivering abroad at all. Leading UK retailer John Lewis ended its international delivery business before Christmas, saying that its strategy was now to focus on the UK market, though it did not mention Brexit specifically. Department store Debenhams, currently in the process of winding its business, has turned off its Republic of Ireland website because the added complexity, while fashion retailer Jigsaw says it is no longer shipping to the EU. In the other direction, a number of specialist European retailers have also said they will no longer ship to the UK. For others, this is a temporary measure. Upmarket grocer Fortnum & Mason is among the retailers that has suspended deliveries to the EU while it puts new processes in place.
Others, however, say they have seen no disruption to their businesses following the deal. Next, which already used bonded warehouses to delay tariff payment until goods are ready to be sold, has said that having prepared for the changes it is not now seeing any problems. “We have not experienced any disruption as a result of Brexit and all our new systems required for Brexit have been implemented and are now operational,” it said in a Christmas trading statement published in earlier this month. “We do not anticipate that Brexit will have a material impact on our ability to import and export stock in the year ahead.”
Neil Kuschel of Global-e argues that to miss out on European sales is to miss an opportunity. Changes to EU rules have made sales more complicated, with new VAT (on goods costing from €22) and customs tariffs (on goods costing from €150) now required, customs clearance fees of between £2.50 and £16, and increased carrier charges. But, he says, the potential remains huge. “More people are now buying online than before, and British goods are still highly desirable around the world – they have a reputation for quality, for trust, and people around the world believe that if they order from a British brand, they are going to get what they ordered,” he says.
He says that the British brands that have prepared and internationalised the challenges of the Brexit paperwork and customs are not seeing any change either in the flow or the sale of goods. “What these brands have done,” he says, “is take the complexities of VAT, carrier and clearance fees and they’ve incorporated into the product price, sending as delivery duty paid, so the consumer anywhere in Europe sees the same experience. They’re paying a bit more in the product price but that apart it’s the same experience.”
And, says Kuschel, selling into Europe is not now particularly more complicated than selling elsewhere in the world, such as the US or Canada. “The brands that are doing it right are keeping their customer happy, gaining the sale, and I think gaining sales from disgruntled customers when their competitors aren’t doing it properly,” he says. “Some brands will retain loyal customers and others will lose them.”
At the bottom line, retailers and brands must now choose whether to keep selling to Europe or not, given the extra complexities and costs that are now in place. Ultimately the choice is a strategic one – and for each retailer will reflect whether the revenues available from selling to Europe outweigh the costs and complexity of doing so.


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IMPF, the Independent Music Publishers International Forum, today launches a report showing the value of the global independent music publishing copyright business. The indie business model is at the core of music publishing and this report assembles, for the first time, the global market revenue and percentage share of the independent music publishing sector. It looks at where the industry revenue was at internationally in 2019 and 2018, a view which is critically important given the impact of the Covid pandemic of 2020 (and 2021). While the growth in streaming subscriptions is clear, rethinking the way streaming licences are granted is imperative. Additionally, the report shows the thriving independent music publishing sector and its potential for increased market share. Attached you will find the Press Release and the Report.
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Apple chain of retail stores are turning Japanese (and yes, we really think so). Apple has announced today that the long awaited Tokyo Apple Store in the high-end Ginza shopping district will be opened at the end of the month. This marks the first Apple Store outside the US, and the company says that it will be the 73rd retail unit in Appleis fleet of brick and mortar stores. From Apple:
Appleis first retail store in Japan will open in Tokyois Ginza shopping district on Sunday, November 30 at 10:00 a.m. This will be Appleis 73rd retail store, and the first outside the US. The Apple Store Ginza will feature five floors where customers can shop for and learn about the latest Apple products and solutions as well as visit the popular Genius Bar to ask the Mac "Genius" questions and receive service. The Apple Store Ginza will host more than 400 customer events each month including a Studio Series of hands-on training classes.
"We opened our first retail store just over two years ago and have since hosted more than 23 million visitors," said Ron Johnson, Apple senior vice president of Retail. "We are thrilled to be bringing the best personal computer buying experience to Japan when we open our first Apple retail store in Tokyo on November 30."
The hands-on Apple store experience provides visitors access to the latest Mac computer systems including the PowerBook G4, iMac and eMac running innovative digital lifestyle applications like iPhoto, iDVD , iTunes and iMovie, as well as Mac OS X version 10.3 "Panther," Appleis next generation operating system. At the Apple store, knowledgeable sales people are available to help customers learn about the new ultra-portable iPods and iChat AV and iSight digital video cameras for video conferencing with friends and family.
You can find more information on the new Ginza Apple Store, including a full schedule of events and classes, at Appleis retail Web site.


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WhatsApp is the latest Facebook-owned app to emulate Snapchat, courtesy of its camera update.
The popular messaging service now lets Android users personalize images and videos with text, doodles, and emojis. The update allows you to customize both new and old media, whether it be photos and clips stored on your phone or those taken from the camera while in WhatsApp.
Now, when you select an existing image or take a new one, you’ll see a number of new icons across the top of the screen, all of which allow you to edit the photo — the same goes for videos. Aside from the aforementioned features, you can also change the font and color of the captions.
In an effort to further emphasize the WhatsApp camera, the messaging app now also supports your Android phone’s front-facing flash. This, according to the company, will allow you to “take the perfect selfie” in low light and at night.
A number of new touch gesture features have also been added as part of the update, including the ability to zoom when recording videos by sliding your finger up and down the screen, and double-tap to switch between front and rear cameras. WhatsApp says all the new tools will be available for iPhone soon.
Photo and video customization tools are now the norm on most multimedia apps. Since Snapchat popularized the feature in the United States, users have come to expect it elsewhere. Consequently, the likes of Facebook, Instagram, and Tumblr have added personalization tools to their flagship or spinoff apps. Therefore, it was always strange to see WhatsApp (an app that boasts a significantly larger global audience than its competitors) lagging behind. Whereas it may not be able to entice Snapchat advocates in the U.S. to take to its camera, it will be hoping its users abroad (in regions where Snapchat’s penetration is limited) will share more original visual content as a result of the update.
After years spent unsuccessfully trying to copy Snapchat via similar stand-alone apps, Facebook is now resorting to borrowing its younger rival’s popular features for its biggest platforms. Before WhatsApp, there was Instagram’s plagiarism of Snapchat Stories, and most recently it was revealed that Facebook is testing a stories-style feature for its Messenger app in Poland. The latter (combined with the WhatsApp update) seems like a regional play to steal Snapchat’s thunder in countries where it hasn’t yet built an audience. If successful, the move could turn out to be a major obstacle toward Snapchat’s growth beyond the U.S.
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