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Retail sales fell back in November as shops shut their doors again during the second coronavirus lockdown, according to official figures published this morning.
The Office of National Statistics said that retail sales volumes decreased by 3.8% when compared with October as many stores ceased trading following government guidance during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
In particular, clothing store sales saw a sharp fall in sale volumes when compared with the previous month, at negative 19.0%, as did fuel sales, which decreased by 16.6%.
Food stores fared better, with growth of 3.1%, while household goods stores rose 1.6% – the only sectors to show growth in monthly volume of sales.
The ONS stated: “Anecdotal evidence from retailers suggested that food sales have been boosted in November by the restrictions to the hospitality industry and a shift in consumer habits, with an increase in ‘click and collect’ users boosting sales in the sector.”
Despite the monthly fall, overall sales remain above their pre-pandemic levels.
The year-on-year growth rate in the volume of retail sales increased by 2.4%, with feedback from businesses suggesting that consumers had brought forward Christmas spending.
Compared with a year earlier, both the amount spent and quantity bought reported growth of 1.0% and 2.4% respectively. N
on-store volume sales reported the largest year-on-year growth at 42.4%, while food stores also reported a large year-on-year increase of 7.1%.
Online retailing accounted for 31.4% of total retailing compared with 28.6% in October 2020, with an overall growth of 74.7% in the value of sales when compared with November 2019.
In the three months to November, both value and volume sales increased by 3.0% when compared with the previous three months.
Consumer confidence surged in December on news about the rollout of coronavirus vaccines, according to the GFK Consumer Confidence Index.
The overall index rose to -26 in December from -33 in November, with all five measures of confidence improving.
People’s personal financial situation over the past 12 months improved to -9 from -16, while confidence in their personal financial situation over the next year moved to +3 from -5.
Views on the wider economy edged up from -65 from -67, but consumer confidence in the general economic situation over the next year jumped to -35 from -50.
This 15-point jump is the biggest movement in economic confidence since early 2011.
Joe Staton, client strategy director at GfK, said: “Many might be surprised that we are ending 2020 on a much brighter note after a roller-coaster of a year. It’s safe to say that consumers are looking for good news and they have found it in the form of the UK’s Covid-19 vaccination programme getting underway, which has lifted the mood pre-Christmas 2020.
“The 15-point leap in consumer views on the future economy stands out… The renewed expectations on personal finances looking ahead are also welcome, while the six-point uptick in the Major Purchase Index is good news for online and offline retailers. While confidence is still in negative figures, are we finally heading in the right direction?”
Wagamama owner The Restaurant Group has said the government’s coronavirus tiering system has caused “significant disruption” to its business.
Under the latest tiering announcement’s made this week, the group will have approximately 145 sites which will trade for dine-in across the UK , 142 sites which will provide delivery and takeaway services only, with the remaining 103 sites closed.
“This is significantly worse than when the initial tiering restrictions came into effect,” it stated.
The group anticipates further significant disruption on trading whilst these restrictions remain in place.
If UK tiering allocations were to remain the same as currently in place throughout the first quarter of 2021, this will have a “significant adverse impact” on the group, and indeed the wider hospitality sector.
However, it said that whilst the tiering restrictions make the outlook for the first quarter of 2021 extremely challenging, the board is “encouraged by the welcome news of the Covid-19 vaccine being rolled out in the first half of next year”.
“The board believes the group is well positioned to benefit from a sustained removal of restrictions given its previous strong trading performance following the first lockdown,” it stated. “We therefore expect a strong recovery when there is a return to more normal levels of customer activity. The timing of that will depend primarily on government restrictions being eased.”
On the markets this morning, the FTSE 100 is back up 0.6% to 6,588.4pts.
Risers include McBride, up 3.5% to 82p, DS Smith, up 2.6% to 387.6p and Pets at Home, up 2.3% to 407.2p.
Fallers include Science in Sport, down 2.9% to 33p, Marks & Spencer, down 2.1% to 136.3p and Marston’s, down 1.8% to 73p.
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The FTSE 100 dropped 0.3% yesterday to close at 6,551.1pts.
SSP Group dropped 2.8% to 317.2p as it announced the coronavirus outbreak had driven it to a £426m annual loss.
Other fallers included Ocado, down 2.7% to 2,220p, Bakkavor, down 2.5% to 77p, Kerry Group, down 2.2% to 77p, Kerry Group, down 2.2% to 117.6p, Greencore, down 2.1% to 114.6p, Sainsbury’s down 1.5% to 227.7p and WH Smith, down 1.3% to 1,545p.
The days risers included Vimto maker Nichols, up 4.4% to 1,357p, FeverTree Drinks, up 3.5% to 2,291p, Pets at Home, up 3.1% to 398p, Domino’s Pizza Group, up 2.1% to 333.4p and Science in Sport, up 1.5% to 34p.


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Production to begin in 2016.
Hyundai Motor CIS has announced plans for a new crossover, production of which will begin at the St. Petersburg facility in 2016. The said crossover, which the company hasn't named, will be available with 1.6-litre and 2-litre engines, besides the option of front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive drivetrains.
Connecting the dots, it's evident that Hyundai is talking about the Hyundai ix25, as the company's local crossover/SUV line up already includes the ix35, Santa Fe, and the Grand Santa Fe.
Currently only available in China, the ix25 measures 4,270 mm in length, 1,780 mm in width, and 1,630 mm in height. Engine options include a 1.6-litre which makes 123 hp and 150.7 Nm of torque, and a 2-litre unit that makes 158 hp and 192 Nm of torque. Both are petrol powered, and while the former is available only in front-wheel drive, the latter can be specced in all-wheel drive spec, too.
The Korean car maker is performing better than expected in the Russian market, especially with the Solaris inching closer to the number 1 spot in sales, and it recently opened the brand's first non-sale, brand experience showroom Hyundai Motorstudio in Moscow.
The ix25 crossover has been confirmed for India this year, and as per reports, the company will invest INR 1,000 crore into the project to manufacture it at the Chennai plant. It's expected to be launched during the festive season in India (September - November 2015) and at price tag of around INR 8-10 lakh, but unlike the China-spec model, also offer a diesel option.

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Italjet brought its first electric motorbike, the e01 Dragster Electric, at the EICMA 2022 event. The electric motorbike will be officially introduced by the manufacturer in mid-2023. e01 Dragster will have an electric motor capable of spitting out power up to 12 kW (16 horsepower), and has a torque of up to 360 Nm.
Dragster e01 Electric uses a 4.91 kWh battery, this battery is also claimed to be able to run up to 180 km. This battery is described as only taking 4 hours to be able to charge up to 95 percent, and it takes 5.5 hours to be able to fully charge the battery to 100 percent.
Apart from the e01, the manufacturer will also display another motorbike, the 500 GP. This motorbike is claimed to be a hyper sports vehicle by carrying a 4 stroke single cylinder engine, which will be capable of spitting out 43 horsepower at 8,000 rpm and reaching a peak torque of 43 Nm at 6,000 rpm.
“The Dragster 500 GP is a hyper sport that has a lot of power thanks to its light weight,” said a spokesperson for Italjet.
Italjet Dragster 500 GP is described as carrying a system like any other motorbike, equipped with electronic fuel injection, electric start and having 2 exhausts. Even though it has been displayed, the manufacturer has not set a selling price for these two motorbikes until the time of their release in mid-2023.


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St Albans planning expert says EU provides economic stability
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Economic stability is a key reason to stay in the EU, according to a St Albans planning expert with nearly four decades’ experience in the development sector.
David Lane, principal of DLA Town Planning, Porters Wood, said he intended voting to remain in the European Union in today’s Referendum as “it equates to economic stability” which would also benefit this district in the long term.
The chartered town planner, who has worked in the public and private sectors, explained: “The benefits are access to a large market free of tariffs, the free movement of people and goods and cross-border cooperation on matters such as extradition.”
In relation to his area of expertise, David added, “The economic stability is good for the housebuilding industry and its customers.
“If we opt out, the economic uncertainty will impact on the industry, for example the Chancellor predicting an 18 per cent decline in house prices will impact on the new-build market.”


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Tigo launches 3.5G, voice SMS
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Tigo has launched Tigo Internet, based on the latest 3.5G technology, and a new voice SMS service in Tanzania.
Speaking at the launch of Tigo Internet, Titus Kafuma, Tigo Internet Commercial Manager said: “We at Tigo are committed to offering our customers the full range of wireless communication, and Tigo Internet is a stride in bringing the world closer to our customers. We are rapidly changing the way our customers experience their wireless communications as we continue to shape the future of mobile and broadband connectivity in the in the telecommunications industry.”
Tigo’s Voice SMS, described as a first of its kind in the country, allows users to send voice messages, eliminating the need for typing.
The service uses pioneering Voice SMS technology from Kirusa, a global vendor of mobile social media and value added services.
Marcelo Aleman, Managing Director at Tigo Tanzania, said: "As we expand the roll out of Kirusa Voice SMS service in coming days at very affordable tariffs, we are certain to generate an enthusiastic response. The robust platform from Kirusa has been crucial to the launch of Voice SMS at Tigo."
Tigo says it is rapidly consolidating its leading position as a multi-service provider, leading by innovation and implementing the latest technologies, a process that started last year with the launch of a robust mobile money service “Tigo Pesa”, also with the expansion of network capacity, and now the launch of the first 3.5G network in Tanzania that will provide affordable and reliable internet access.
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Google’s top trending beauty brand for 2018 is something we would have never expected
It’s that time of year when Google releases its much-anticipated Year in Search. From top trending celebrity searches (hi, Meghan Markle and Demi Lovato), to top trending weddings (no surprise that it was the royal wedding), to top trending searches for beauty brands, the U.S. results had both surprising and expected elements.
When it came to the beauty brand data, it was refreshing to see cosmetic companies that are either under-the-radar or beloved by industry vets. There weren’t many “trendy” brands that made the cut—it was all about brands that offered its shoppers something extra, whether that meant a taste of luxury, safer ingredients, or budget-friendly price points.
Apparently, skin care enthusiasts and makeup obsessives searched the most for cosmetic companies that offered cleaner alternatives. Drugstore classic brands as well as celebrity-favorites made the top 10.
Beautycounter was the top trending search for beauty brands in 2018, according to Google’s report.
If you aren’t familiar with the clean beauty brand, know that its main goal is to get “safer and effective skin care and cosmetics for everyone.” You won’t find any toxic ingredients when you use any of its products. From its bestselling Cleansing Bar ($25) to its Color Intense Lipstick ($34), everything is made with good-for-your-skin ingredients. In fact, they ban over one thousand chemicals from its lineup, according to its website.
"We've prohibited the use of more than 1,500 questionable or harmful chemicals through 'The Never List'— all while ensuring our products perform and that they're as indulgent as any other luxe shampoo, lipstick, or oil in the market."
Google’s top trending searches is an indication that clean beauty is becoming more desired by shoppers, including celebs. Camila Mendes recently told HelloGiggles that she’s a fan of Beautycounter’s Countermatch Adaptive Moisturizer Lotion ($49). It’s clear that beauty lovers are searching for safer products. Gone are the days of using harsh chemicals to get “results.”
It’s also interesting that Beautycounter came out on top, because it’s a MLM (multilevel marketing) company and not your standard Sephora fare. Even though it took the number one spot on Google’s list, other celeb-favorite brands made the cut. Charlotte Tilbury came in second, while Pat McGrath Labs made top five. Other top cosmetic companies were: Makeup Revolution (third), Thrive Causemetics (fourth), Milk Makeup (sixth), L’Oréal (seventh), Shiseido (eighth), Anastasia Beverly Hills (ninth), and Lilly Lashes (10th).
We also noticed that most of the influencer and celebrity beauty collabs didn’t rank in Google’s top 10 data (aside from Makeup Revolution, even though their influencer collab caused major uproar). For example, Patrick Starrr released several collections with MAC Cosmetics this year, and so did Chrissy Teigen, who came out with two makeup collabs with Becca Cosmetics. Another surprise? Our beloved Fenty Beauty didn’t make the list, and neither did fan favorites like Drunk Elephant, Sunday Riley, or Too Faced.
Along with Google’s beauty brand results, the platform also reported the top trending searches of beauty inquiries.
They include: “How to apply magnetic lashes,” “What is a lash lift,” “How to remove individual eyelashes,” “What hair color looks best on me,” “How to do cat-eye,” “How to take off makeup without makeup wipes,” “How to apply aloe vera,” “How to glue down eyebrows,” “How to fix cakey makeup,” and lastly, “What concealer to use?”
If you found yourself Googling any of these questions or buying products from the top 10 brands, you were not alone. We can’t wait to see what results pop up next year.


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Media coverage of a recent report by a California-based cannabis distribution company has caused rampant confusion and hindered lobbying efforts to accelerate the process for making permanent a wave of temporary grow licenses that will soon expire in the state.
The report that San Francisco-based Vessel Logistics disseminated March 18 claimed overproduction by California cultivators could pose a “systemic risk” to the industry and warned marijuana farmers that wholesale prices could potentially be subject to a dramatic fall.
According to the report, 1,142 acres of state-licensed cannabis cultivation could flood the market with up to 9 million pounds of product, far more than the 1.8 million-2.2 million pounds the wholesale market could allow.
Vessel Logistics’ report was picked up by several media outlets, including The Sacramento Bee, Benzinga, Newsweek and Lost Coast Outpost.
“It did some damage to our ability to draw attention to the fact that licenses are expiring,” said Jackie McGowan, a Sacramento-based cannabis consultant.
“That’s the crisis at the moment,” she added. “Not overproduction.”
The author of the report, Vessel Logistics President and Founder Daniel D’Acona, said the media “just took all the headlines of the worst-possible scenarios and put it up there.”
In a phone interview with Marijuana Business Daily, D’Acona emphasized he’s not claiming there will be 9 million pounds of production.
“We’re saying that if everyone is going full bore this whole time and everything entered the market legally, that’s what would happen,” D’Acona added. “Right now, we’re not in a period of oversupply.”
His prediction: In late August or early September, when the mixed-light cultivation operations in Northern California release legal product that’s been tagged through the track-and-trace system, the market will become oversaturated.
“Once you register your product in the track-and-trace system, it gets pretty hard to sell it on the black market,” D’Acona said. “Once these guys have to put it into the system, there will be an oversupply very quickly.”
When the report was released, industry consultants and lobbyists were feverishly working in the statehouse to convince lawmakers to push through Senate Bill 67, which would amend a section of the California Business and Professions Code to extend temporary business licenses until the end of 2019. The measure likely would not become law until the end of May.
Without the extension, SB 67 would provide, thousands of these temporary permits could expire before regulators can approve annual or provisional licenses. As of Friday, licenses that accounted for 406 acres of cultivation had already expired, according to McGowan.
However, the need to pass SB67 could be rendered moot if Gov. Gavin Newsom were to issue an executive order extending the life span of all temporary marijuana business permits.
Talk of such an action surfaced Friday, McGowan said, though the governor’s office wouldn’t comment.
“We are hearing reports that the administration has met with some industry representatives and legislators about issuing an executive order to bridge the licensing gap and that this announcement will happen very soon,” she wrote in an email to Marijuana Business Daily late Friday.
Oversupply could occur, just later
If all the firms with temporary licenses obtained annual or provisional permits, the state could face a glut of cannabis, but that’s not likely until 2020, McGowan said.
Lauren Fraser, the Sacramento-based executive director of the Cannabis Distribution Association, agreed, saying her members expect a glut in about six months, but she doesn’t “believe there’s an oversupply at this time.”
According to Fraser, a strong demand exists for bulk biomass – trim or underdeveloped flower – to be made into oil, as well as for retail-ready, top-quality flower.
“Certainly not an oversupply when it comes to that,” she added.
Kristin Nevedal, the Garberville-based executive director of the International Cannabis Farmers Association and board member of the California Cannabis Industry Association, said she’s also heard manufacturers are looking high and low for biomass.
“If (we are) getting contacted by companies who want to meet our farmers looking for biomass, there’s probably a lot of that going on,” she added.
Prices don’t suggest surplus
Anecdotally, McGowan provided a range of wholesale prices from retailers in the state who said indoor-grown flower is selling on average for $2,800 a pound, greenhouse-grown for $1,300 a pound and outdoor for roughly $900 a pound.
Fraser said she is seeing top-shelf flower sell for $25-$30 per eighth of an ounce on the wholesale market, with the lowest-quality flower selling for around $10-$15 an eighth. That factors to a range of $1,280-$3,840 per pound.
Josh Drayton, communications and outreach director for the California Cannabis Industry Association, said he recently spoke with a grower who was getting $3,000 a pound wholesale for flower, though he’s heard some growers are fetching as low as $1,800 a pound.
“That’s why this report is hyped up,” he added. “There is fear that we’re going to be dealing with the situation in Oregon and Washington.”
Both states have seen wholesale cannabis prices slide because of overproduction.
One reason it’s difficult to accurately assess the amount of supply in the legal market is California’s track-and-trace system hasn’t been fully implemented.
The state system, known locally as CCTT, went into effect Jan. 2, but only for businesses with annual licenses, of which there are only about 100, with hundreds more still operating on temporary permits.
“It’s really hard to know how much cannabis is viable in the legal California marketplace,” Nevedal said. “We have not been tracking cannabis at all.”
Morgan Paxhia, co-founder of San Francisco-based Poseidon Asset Management, said he’s aware of several choke points in the supply chain, including lab testing and packaging requirements, which lead him to believe the inventory of legal cannabis is constrained.
“We always say to any operator right now if you can produce and get it on store shelves, that’s not the problem,” Paxhia added. “Once you’re on the shelves, it sells. The problem is to be able to consistently get to the shelves.”
Bart Schaneman can be reached at email@example.com


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Representatives of the Indian Government and truckers have failed to make any breakthrough in talks to end a four-day transport strike.
Most trucks remain idle
The strike has crippled the country's delivery network, causing sharp increases in food prices, and is beginning to affect other areas of industry.
Nearly three million trucks and buses are off the roads across the country in protest at higher fuel costs and a proposed new tax.
The government wants the strike to be called off while talks continue, but unions have rejected the suggestion.
"We have 10 demands, but the government is unwilling to concede any of those. That's not acceptable to us," said JM Saksena, secretary general of the All India Motor transport Congress.
He told reporters in Delhi on Thursday that no new dates for fresh talks had been set.
can handle deliveries only for another two to three days
Bombay port secretary Saroj Tahiliani
The truckers are protesting at recent increases in diesel prices, and the national government's plan to impose a uniform value added tax (VAT) system.
They say VAT should not apply to them since they are not traders.
On Wednesday, Transport Minister BC Khanduri said he wanted negotiations to resume, but made clear the government could not accept all the strikers' demands.
Southern and western states have been worst hit by the strike, while the capital, Delhi, has remained relatively unaffected.
"We have no major disagreements and I think there was no need for this strike," Mr Khanduri told reporters.
A day earlier, the government lowered the price of petrol and diesel by a rupee, but the move failed to appease the strikers.
Estimates say the strike is costing the government and industry hundreds of millions of dollars a day.
If they don't stop the strike soon enough, I will soon not have any vegetables to buy
Bombay housewife Perviz Engineer
Mr Kanduri denied the strike was causing a shortage of essential commodities, but cargo is beginning to pile up at the ports.
Port officials in Bombay said on Wednesday they could handle deliveries for only another two or three days.
The country's biggest car maker, Maruti Udyog Ltd, a Suzuki subsidiary, said it might temporarily shut down production as the stoppage had hit
The cost of food and vegetables is reported to have increased by as much as 50% in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh states and in the city of Bombay (Mumbai), India's financial capital.
Trucks and buses are off the roads
Movement of coal and other goods has also been affected, hitting labourers who earn daily wages.
Perviz Engineer, a Bombay housewife, said many vegetables had already disappeared from her local market.
"The ones that are there are very highly priced. If they don't stop the strike soon enough, I will soon not have any vegetables to buy."
Business, too, has been affected as people find it difficult to ferry their goods across from one place to the other.
Authorities across India have taken steps to ensure that the disruption is minimal.
In the capital, Delhi, arrangements have been made with farmers and dairy owners to bring in milk, vegetables and fruit in small trucks that are not covered by the strike.


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Two days ago, dev studio RubiqLab found themselves the subject of much scorn, thanks to the unseemly resemblance between their game SkyFar and Vlambeer’s long-ago-announced Luftrausers. They responded to their critics by saying that they’ve been working on SkyFar for a year and cited US copyright law. Now, RubiqLab is accusing Vlambeer of copying.
In a new response sent over Facebook, RubiqLab says that Luftrausers itself isn’t that original:
The Game luftrauser is cloned by ( SKYSTRIKE , JETSTRIKE & many more ) And your game also came under pixel art. Earlier games likes SkyStricks & Jetstrike also were in pixel art. SO WHAT DO YOU SAY IS THAT REALLY YOUR OWN IDEA ? We dont think so.
please publish this msg over your page.. Thankyou
As best as I’m able to figure, RubiqLab appear to be accusing Vlambeer of copying from older games like Skystrike and Jetstrike. It’s true that aerial dogfight games have been around almost as long as video games themselves. Who knows what role–if any–older games may have had as inspiration for either. But Vlambeer went out of their way to have their game look and feel a certain way, first in a browser version and then in the one being prepped for release. It would be an awfully convenient coincidence if RubiqLab had incredibly similar looking and feeling ideas at the same time.


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Kids, law officers shop, wrap together
Papa S.'s Christmas shopping is done, with gifts wrapped and under the tree; however, he's not about to reveal what's inside the packages and ruin a surprise. The 7-year-old student at Stalker Elementary School in Blackfoot, was one of 50 children who spent Saturday morning with a local law enforcement officer shopping and wrapping gifts for their family members as part of Bingham County's Santa's Helpers Program.
Santa's Helpers, sponsored by the Bingham County Sheriff's Dept. and Blackfoot Police Dept., is a program for children in need to go Christmas shopping with an officer.
Erin Hidalgo, a 911 dispatch officer for Bingham County and coordinator for the program, said, "This helps the officers build a rapport with the kids and lets them know that those of us in uniform are their friends and are here to help them."
In addition to the 50 children chosen to shop with an officer, the departments deliver Christmas gifts to 50 families in need on Christmas Eve.
Papa, whose shopping partner was Blackfoot Patrol Officer Travis Mayne, said the best part of his day was riding in the patrol car and turning on the lights and siren, "even though they didn't pull over any bad guys."
Mayne said Papa was a great kid to have as his partner for the morning and that he and all of the officers in involved had a blast being Santa's Helpers this holiday season.


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East African partner states are using protectionism measures to guard their infant industries. this is according to the Kenya association of manufacturers.
According to 2018 economic survey, though Africa accounted for 37.7 percent of total exports in 2017, the figure is down 40.6 percent from the previous year.
The reduction is specifically linked to a decline in export earnings from the East African community, which accounts for more than half of total exports to the continent.
Brenda Kerubo finds out why Kenya is exporting less and less to its neighbours.


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Eurozone problems and weak demand are hitting Logitech in the pocket with the peripherals specialist warning that its full year numbers will have to be revised downwards again.
The manufacturer has already delivered a couple of profit warnings and the latest has seen it shave off money it expects to make in both sales and operating income.
Full-year sales should now hit $2.3bn, down from the expected $2.4bn, and operating income is also going to be lower at $60m compared to $90m.
In a statement the company explained that since it had last updated the market several factors had changed and market conditions had worsened.
"Since we last provided our outlook for Fiscal Year 2012 at the end of October, several factors have changed. Most significantly, the Euro has weakened considerably during the last three months. In addition, webcams and remotes continue to be impacted more than expected by product portfolio and market weakness," said Guerrino De Luca, Logitech chairman and acting CEO.
For its Q3 Logitech reported a 5% drop in sales to $715m compared to the same quarter last year and operating income dropped by 8% to $70m.


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China Could (By One Measure) Pass U.S. As No. 1 Economy This Year
China is poised to surpass the United States this year as the world's biggest economy, says an estimate released Wednesday by the World Bank's International Comparison Program.
The U.S. has held the top position since 1872, according to the Financial Times, when it took the spot from Britain. Economists had previously estimated that China would overtake the U.S. sometime in the 2020 or later.
Here's more from The Associated Press:
"The estimate by the World Bank's International Comparison Program says that based on 2011 prices, the purchasing power of China's currency, the yuan, was much stronger than was reflected by exchange rates.
"By that measure, China's economy was 87 percent the size of the United States' in 2011, or 15 percent bigger than the previous estimate, according to a calculation by RBS economist Louis Kuijs. Faster-growing China would pass the United States in purchasing power terms this year, though it still would be about 60 percent the size of the U.S. economy at market exchange rates."
So does this mean that China will henceforth be referred to as the world's largest economy? Not so fast.
The sticking point, as it is with many economic issues, lies in methodology. The ICP study used a measure known as purchasing power parity. That's an estimate of the cost of living in a particular country. As The Wall Street Journal reports:
"PPP is useful as a way to get at hidden advantages developing nations have. For instance, it costs the Chinese government much less to pay its soldiers than it does the U.S. government to pay GIs. Tourists from rich countries intuitively reflect on PPP when they visit poor ones and buy dinner, thinking, 'Geez, my dollar goes farther here.'"
But, the Journal adds: "[T]he concept has steep limitations too. China can't buy missiles and ships and iPhones and German cars in PPP currency. They have to pay at prevailing exchange rates. That's why exchange rate valuations are seen as more important when comparing the power of nations."
Indeed. When comparing the size of gross domestic product, the U.S. economy ($16 trillion, according to 2012 World Bank estimates) is twice the size of China's. And when you look at numbers on a per capita basis, China comes in at No. 99, while the U.S. is No. 12. (Qatar is No. 1.)
China itself has rejected the World Bank finding, "expressing reservations" about the methodology. The AP reports that:
"China's government has been reluctant to acknowledge previous milestones showing its economic rise when it passed Germany as the biggest exporter, Japan as the No. 2 economy and the United States as the biggest trader.
"Its leaders have emphasized China's status as a middle-income country in resisting pressure to adopt binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions, for which their country is the biggest source."
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Britain’s Modern Slavery Statements described as “wholly inadequate”
Britain’s Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires companies with a turnover of 36 million pounds to produce annual statements outlining actions they have taken to minimise the risk of slavery in their supply chains. But only half of the 19,000 companies affected by the legislation produced statements in 2017, according to the Transparency in the Supply Chain database.
A study by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre found that whilst the majority of Britain’s largest 100 FTSE companies required to provide statements did, most of the statements were vague and lacked detail. Retailer Marks & Spencer performed best of the 100 firms included in the study.


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By Angela Harrison
Education and family reporter, BBC News
Children's Laureate Anthony Browne says some children are never read to
The Twilight series of vampire books by Stephenie Meyer has boosted the sale of children's books and sales of picture books are also up.
Children's books are looking healthy in a market which is shrinking slightly in the recession.
Annual figures from Nielson BookScan show children's book sales in 2009 were up 4.9% in volume and picture book sales were up by 13% on 2008.
Children's Laureate Anthony Browne says he is incredibly pleased and surprised.
Latest figures for the book sector as a whole from Nielson BookScan show UK book sales are down 0.5% in terms of volume and down 1.2% in terms of value.
More than 60 million children's books were sold in the UK last year (excluding text books), bringing in £293m to the book industry.
The Twilight books of modern-day vampires (various editions) by Ms Meyer take the five top slots in a list of the 100 children's best sellers for last year.
Altogether, last year the Meyer books added up to £29.3m in sales - 10% of the total children's book sales, according to Nielson BookScan, which compiles the best-seller lists for several national newspapers.
BEST-SELLING CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Top 5 - all Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series - various editions
6 - Beano Annual 2010
7 - Miles to go by Mylie Cyrus
8 - Mr Gum in the Hound of Lamonic Bibber /Sephir the Storm Monster by Andy Stanton and Adam Blade
9 - Peppa Pig official annual
10 - New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
11 - Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K Rowling
There have been many campaigns in recent years aimed at encouraging reading across the ages and particularly at getting parents to enjoy picture books with their babies and toddlers to give them a love of books at an early age.
Last year was the National Year of Reading and World Book Day, held in March, has become an annual event many schools take part in.
As part of World Book Day, £1 book vouchers are given to school children and some books are released for £1.
One of those - a "two books in one" - was the number eight best-selling children's book for last year: Mr Gum in the Hound of Lamonic Bibber/Sephir the Storm Monster by Andy Stanton and Adam Blade.
Campaigners - and publishers - are hoping that the message is getting through.
Library lending of children's titles is also up according to the Reading Agency, a charity which promotes reading.
The group's director Miranda McKearney says while library lending as a whole has fallen, there has been an increase in the numbers of children's books lent in the past "three or four years".
Libraries have been staging more events designed to draw children in, she said, such as "meet- the-author" sessions, and have been working more closely with book publishers.
She said: "There has been a big investment in really changing children's library services and maybe we are starting to see the effects of that.
"All the research shows that readers buy and borrow, that there is a relationship between buying and borrowing."
In helping to stage events which changed libraries from places which "just have books in a row", publishers were also gaining a "no-risk free-trial for published products", she said.
And with the recession, more people are "remembering libraries loan books", she said.
Children's Laureate Anthony Browne says he is "incredibly pleased and surprised" by news of rising lending rates of children's books and increased children's book sales.
The award-winning author and illustrator of children's books including Gorilla and Willy the wimp wants to encourage more children to discover and love reading.
"I am particularly pleased that picture books are doing better because there is nothing quite like them and I had felt that they had been marginalised, with parents thinking they had to move on to 'proper books'", he said.
BEST-SELLING YOUNG CHILDREN'S BOOKS
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The Tyrannosaurus Drip Song by Julia Donaldson
Stick Man by Julia Donaldson
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sandak
The Gurffalo's Child by Julia Donaldson
"They were forgetting how much children enjoy the combination of words and pictures."
He believes the best picture books "leave a tantalising gap between the pictures and the words, a gap that is filled by the reader's imagination, adding so much to the excitement of reading a book".
The Children's Laureate said he had visited schools where head teachers told him probably none of their pupils had ever had a story read to them at home.
"It was a really big thing for them to meet an author. It was quite touching and I felt a lot of wonder and enthusiasm from them - which is not always the case.
"I have visited schools where heads have boasted about the reading ages of their pupils but where there was a lack of creativity and enthusiasm."
Bringing a love of books and reading to young children is also one of the aims of a new pre-school television series called Driver Dan's Story Train, which began on the Cbeebies channel on Saturday.
In the programme an animated character - Driver Dan - has adventures with various other characters.
The train's destination is always "book corner", where real children are waiting and where he chooses "just the right book" for the occasion.
Driver Dan's Story Train always goes to story corner
After hearing the story, the children talk about it and about what happened earlier in the programme.
The programme's creator Rebecca Elgar says she hopes the programme might encourage parents to have a routine which involves enjoying a book with their children by de-mystifying the experience.
"There are people who have never had a book experience. They think its not for them, that books are just something their children will have to do in school," she said.
Research showed, she said, the importance in a child's development of their enjoying stories and talking about what they had seen and heard.
She believes the list of the top 100 books shows that when it comes to buying books for young children, people often opt for tried and tested favourites.
"People are buying books as gifts and they want to know what they are getting," she said.
High on the list are The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, The Beano and Peppa Pig annuals and Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sandak.


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Netflix feels the heat
Netflix on Tuesday predicted that its streak of losing subscribers will end soon — suggesting the broader streaming slowdown may not be as bad as investors were expecting, although headwinds still persist.
Why it matters: The proliferation of streaming services is threatening Netflix's dominance, but its performance is still seen as a bellwether for the larger entertainment industry
Driving the news: Netflix lost 1.3 million subscribers in the U.S. and Canada, a troubling sign of saturation in the world's most lucrative streaming market. But company executives said on an earnings call Tuesday they believe the slide will stop in the next quarter.
- Netflix has lost more than $200 billion in market value this year.
- “We are talking about losing one million [subscribers] instead of losing two million, so our excitement is tempered by less bad results," co-founder and co-CEO Reed Hastings said on an investor call.
What we're watching; While executives sounded optimistic about Netflix's overall strategy, it was clear that the days of extraordinary user growth are over now that the pandemic has receded.
- The company's chief financial officer said he doesn't expect to increase the amount the company spends on content — about $17 billion per year — for the next few years, despite previous annual budget increases.
What's next: In an effort to boost subscriptions, the company said it would finally introduce an ad-supported tier in early 2023, after dismissing the idea for years.
- Executives declined to say how many current subscribers it believes will switch plans.
- Netflix also discussed tests to introduce paid sharing plans to force the roughly 100 million+ households that it believes are watching Netflix through shared passwords finally pay up.
The big picture: Netflix has been able to maintain its lead as the most-watched streamer in the U.S., despite having to overhaul its content strategy to become less reliant on licensing titles from other networks.
- Overall, a majority (60%) of the content assets on Netflix's balance sheet are self-produced.
- The company cited new Nielsen figures that suggest it drew more TV viewing time than any other outlet during the 2021-22 TV season.
- Thanks to the extraordinary popularity of the fourth season of "Stranger Things," the company said it captured the highest percent of total U.S. screen time (7.7%), measured by Nielsen, in June.
The bottom line: Executives believe that as long as streaming continues to grow, Netflix's business will remain resilient.
- “It’s definitely the end of linear TV over the next 5-10 years,” Hastings said.


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‘Get the Best for Less’ targets all-important summer share
Nationwide Marketing Group kicked of a new promotional event to help its members grab additional market share during the summer.
The buying group for independent appliance, CE and home-furnishings is marketing the event to consumers as “Get the Best for Less,” meant to leverage the benefits of shopping at indie retailers. The event runs through Aug. 12 and will feature exclusive promotional offers found only at Nationwide member companies.
Nationwide said the concept for the event took root via its PriMetrix consumer and market data initiative and Nationwide’s proprietary and confidential point-of-sale aggregating tool.
Nationwide’s Derek Mattila, who directs appliance merchandising for the group, noted: “This will mark Nationwide’s largest summer event ever, and we believe the opportunity represented in this promotion is powerful for our members. We know that in the appliance industry, the business done between July 4 and Labor Day is as big as the business during those two promotional periods combined. We also realize that the traditional holiday promotional windows have become very price driven and are creating a very crowded promotional marketplace with National Ads screaming for the customer’s attention. This event gives our members an additional promotional holiday for the year, and with exclusive promotional offers.”
Nationwide said it’s also leveraging the group’s substantial marketing capabilities to help members get the message out to consumers. Explained senior marketing exec Frank Sandtner: “Nationwide has provided our members best-in-class marketing assets for digital, television and print for years, and for this event, we’re pulling out all the stops. We’re executing across multiple channels to reach today’s consumers in the most cost-effective channels, at each stage of the search and buying process. Messaging is based on our ongoing research efforts, and provided via a variety of media options that include traditional vehicles like circulars and direct mail, as well as broadcast television commercials, digital video, banner and display ads, and much more.”
Because the group’s members sometimes share markets, Nationwide said it has created two unique identities for the event: “Get the Best for Less” and “Billion Dollar Buying Power.”
Nationwide’s dealers, vendors and management team will convene Aug. 20-23 at the Venetian/Palazzo/Sands complex in Las Vegas for the group’s fall PrimeTime convention and buy show.


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2020 Toyota Supra
Horsepower @ RPM:335
Torque @ RPM:365
0-60 time:4.1 sec.
Top Speed:155 mph (Est.)
The legend returns after more than two decades!
The fifth generation of the iconic sports car, the 2020 Toyota Supra, marked the brand’s return to the U.S. market after 21 years (and in Japan after 17). Unveiled at the 2019 Detroit Auto Show, the Supra Mk. 5 goes on sale for the 2020 model with a high-performance six-cylinder engine and Toyota’s latest technology. Unlike its predecessor, the fifth-gen Supra wasn’t developed in-house by Toyota. The coupe is the result of a long collaboration with BMW, from which Toyota borrowed the chassis, engines, and transmission. Together with its motorsport division, Gazoo Racing, Toyota designed the exterior, the cabin, and retuned the suspension system. The new Supra is also the first vehicle developed by Gazoo Racing to go global. These cars were previously restricted to the Japanese market.
Latest Toyota Supra news and reviews:
The HGK Supra Eurofighter Is A Prime Example of What Drift Cars Are Meant To Be
Latvia-based HGK has a long repertoire of drift car projects, most of which BMWs (think E92s and E46s). Every now and then, however, HGK likes to switch it up and massage Japanese sports car as well. Case in point: this rad looking Supra.
PS: It has a 2JZ engine.
This Toyota Supra Stunt Video is A Different Level of Awesome
The auto and aviation worlds have, in the past, intersected in various ways. From shared technologies to special edition Mustangs to races between supercars and fighter jets, the relationship between these two spaces is real. It’s so real that an automaker like Toyota can take a page from or two from the Red Arrows and perform a ground show that highlights the Supra’s handling and agility and we’re all for it.
This Self-Driving Toyota Supra Drift Car Aims For a Safer Future
We’re all familiar with Toyota’s TRD (Toyota Racing Development). Other than looking to squeeze the best performance out of its cars for off-road or track use, the Japanese carmaker is also running TRI.
TRI stands for Toyota Research Institute, a division founded in 2016 which allows the Japanese brand to channel its efforts on making cars a safer place. Within TRI, Toyota is developing the Guardian, an automated safety system that learns how to spot a dangerous situation and react in due time. Right now, this advanced form of AI is learning how to drift a Supra.
2021 Toyota Supra 2.0
We all know an love - well, not all - the A90 Supra and its 3-liter inline-six mill which, yes, comes from BMW, the co-developer of the Supra-Z4 project.
One year after the Supra’s unveil, Toyota decided to come up with a lighter, cheaper, and presumably equally fun version that’s animated by a four-cylinder mill. Turbocharging is still on the table, as well as a lighter platform for even nippier on-road behavior, despite the natural drop in power. Here’s all you need to know about the 2021 Toyota GR Supra 2.0.
You’ve Never Seen The 2021 Toyota Supra Look This Good - Video
There are cars that are meant to be driven properly and there are cars that most often than not, act like very expensive enhancers for the driver’s ego. Just like its predecessor, the A90 Toyota Supra falls in the first category.
Nevermind BMW’s involvement in the project and those arguing the new Supra isn’t as charming as the model it replaces and not a Toyota anymore. Come sunset, the new Supra looks best with a thick layer of mud on its hips and a couple hundred more miles added to the odometer.
The Toyota GR Supra Can Hold Its Own Against The Porsche 718 Cayman GT4
The Toyota Supra returned in early 2019 after a 17-year absence. But unlike its predecessor, the fifth-gen Supra is no longer a pure JDM car. Now it shares most underpinnings with the BMW Z4. This is a bit upsetting for purists, but is it really an issue? This drag race between the GR Supra and the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 says it’s not, as the German-powered Japanese coupe is actually a bit quicker than the track-prepped Cayman.
You Have To See This Ridiculous Looking Toyota Supra Concept Rendering
There isn’t a shortage of means to customize your Toyota Supra. The variety of widebody kits and performance tune-ups can please even the most demanding customer but it’s most often than not a rad design study that fully captures our attention.
Now, while 911s turned into off-road trailblazers are quite a common sight these days, safari-style Supras are still to be invented. This design study might make a good starting point, actually.
You MUST See This Video of the Fastest 2020 Toyota Supra In The Universe
When the new A90 Supra finally hit the shelves, some frowned and some jumped for joy. Those who frowned backed up their naysaying with the argument that the MK V Supra is nothing else than a rebadged BMW Z4, while of those who stood up and applauded, a good chunk was relishing the opportunity to see mad tuning projects based on Toyota’s revived sports car.
2021 Toyota Supra GR 500 by Manhart
The 2021 Toyota Supra’s stock BMW-sourced, 382-horsepower 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-six engine is a noticeable improvement from the 335-horsepower unit that first came out, but if would-be Supra owners really want to channel their inner Brian O’Connell, 382 ponies isn’t going to cut it.
For that, help from the aftermarket world is needed, and it just so happens that Manhart Racing is ready with open warms. The German tuner already presented a 450-horsepower upgrade for the Japanese sports coupé earlier this year, but it seems that the rambunctiousness isn’t over.
A Top Secret Supra Mk. 4 Isn’t The Sort Of Car You Expect To See On The Nordschleife
Kazuhiko ’Smokey’ Nagata is one of the most infamous car tuners to come out of Japan which is quite a bold statement when you consider that, well, the entire tuning scene of the late ’90s and early-to-mid-’00s that even took the US by storm, in part thanks to the Fast & Furious franchise, can trace at least some of its roots back to Japan.
But, then again, ’Smokey’ Nagata is the man behind Top Secret, the Japanese tuning shop that, among many others, gave us the world-renowned V-8-engined Skyline GT-R and the twin-turbo, V-12 Supra. This Supra looks identical to that one but there’s no V-12 under the hood. Still, it makes for quite a unique ride.
Just like the Supra, the GR Yaris Might Be More Powerful Than Toyota Says
Remember earlier this year when it was revealed that the Toyota Supra actually produced more power than Toyota advertised? Well, it looks like it isn’t the only Toyota that’s more powerful than we thought.
A recent dyno test conducted on the GR Yaris revealed that Toyota’s firecracker of a hot hatch comes with a 1.6-liter turbocharged three-cylinder engine that produced more than Toyota’s claimed output of 268 horsepower and 272 pound-feet of torque. A video of the GR Yaris getting tested on a dyno shows just how much more power the turbocharged three-cylinder can crank out, and without dumping any spoilers, it’s a lot of extra power that we didn’t think the GR Yaris had at its disposal.
Generation Gap: Is the 1994 Supra Better Than the New 2021 Supra?
The iconic Toyota Supra returned in 2019 after a 17-year-long absence. The new Supra was received with a lot of enthusiasm, but some criticized Toyota’s decision to go with a BMW engine instead of a Japanese-made one. Supra fans inevitably began to compare the fourth- and fifth-generation cars, but we’ve never seen a proper head-to-head review of the two. Until the folks over at Throttle House got their hands on a 2021 and 1994 Supra.
2020 Toyota Ornamental Conifer GR Supra
The 2020 Toyota Ornamental Conifer GR Supra is a customized version of the Japanese coupe designed for the 2020 SEMA Show. Now converted to the SEMA360 Showcase online presentation due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event will debut four special-edition Toyota models, including this GR Supra. Essentially an art car, the Ornamental Conifer GR Supra was designed by British artist Nicolai Sclater.
Someone Is Cramming An LMP1 V-10 Into a 2020 Toyota Supra A90
Formula D ace Ryan Tuerck is one of those people with a vision that seem to have erased the word impossible from their dictionaries. His main drift car is a 1,000 horsepower Toyota Corolla Hatch that’s been carrying him to constant top-10 finishes in Formula D competition, but Tuerck’s first big shocker was another car, the Ferrari-engined Toyota GT86 he unveiled at SEMA four years ago. This latest project that involves an A90 Toyota Supra and a Le Mans V-10 engine will top that one. His words, not ours.
There’s No Way The Toyota Supra Can Beat The Lexus LC500 In a Drag Race, Right?
On paper, the Lexus LC500 and the Toyota Supra are two entirely different performance cars. One is a stylish and luxurious two-door grand tourer while the other is an outright performance-bred sports car that also serves as Toyota’s flagship performance car.
We’ve seen some odd pairings engage in drag races in the past — most recently, there was one between a Hennessy-tuned Chevrolet Corvette C8 and a Rolls-Royce Wraith — and this one follows along that path. Does the turbocharged Toyota have what it takes to beat the naturally aspirated V-8-powered Lexus? YouTube channel Throttle House tried to find out, and the results, well, will surprise you.
This Toyota Supra Mule Could Be Spitting the Tune of The BMW M3’s S58 Inline-Six
Toyota revived the Supra in 2019 after a 17-year hiatus and opted to use two BMW-sourced engines. The Supra is available with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder with up to 255 horsepower and a 3.0-liter inline-six rated at up to 382 horsepower, both shared with a big variety of BMW models, including the 3 and 4 Series, the X5, and the Z4.
The top 382-horsepower engine, shared with M-badged Bimmers, was recently added for the 2021 model year, but word has it that Toyota wants an even more powerful mill. The folks over at Statesidesupercar released a video showing a Supra being driven hard on the Nurburgring, suggesting that this mule might feature the beefed-up inline-six engine from the newly launched BMW M3 and M4.
The Four-Cylinder 2021 Toyota Supra Is As good As Expected
Back in January, we told you that thefour-cylinder Toyota Supra was coming for 2021, and it’s definitely the car you want. While the four-cylinder Supra will offer significantly less power – 255 horsepower vs. 382 horsepower – it will have better weight distribution (50-50), less weight (about 170 pounds less), and will have a more affordable price. In short, it’s good on its own or a perfect base for those that start to wrench and modify the second a new sports car is delivered. We haven’t had the chance to get our hands on a new four-cylinder Supra, but our friends over at Car & Driver did. As it turns out, we were definitely right – the 2020 Toyota Supra is as impressive as expected and maybe even better than expected.
Skip the 2021 Toyota Supra Because A Manual Transmission Might Be Available in 2022
By the time February 2020 came around, we learned that the 2021 Toyota Supra would end up being better than the 2020, giving some buyers the shaft. Shortly after that news came about, Toyota tried to justify this move and explained how it was looking to improve the Supra year after year. Whether or not current owners feel shafted or not, the 2021 Supra is better, but there’s still one big thing it’s lacking – a manual transmission. That singular problem, however, may be solved in the very near future if a new report from Japan’s Mag X turns out to be legitimate.
A BMW M3-Powered Toyota Supra GRMN Is in the Works, But There’s a Catch
With the 2020 Toyota Supra being based so heavily on the BMW Z4, you can imagine that it had a very strong offering of aftermarket options by the time it launched. After all, just about anything that will mechanically improve the Z4 will improve the Supra too, right? Well, imagine for a moment, if you will, an A90 Toyota Supra with the S58 engine that’s found in the X3 and X4 M and the upcoming next-gen M3 and M4. That would make the Toyota Supra one powerful beast and force to be reckoned with. The best part? A new report straight out of Japan says it’s going to happen. That special Supra will be known as the Supra GRMN, and it’s going to be outlandishly rare.
The Toyota RAV4 Prime Is Somehow Quicker Than the 2021 Toyota Supra 2.0
In the 20-plus years that it’s been around, the Toyota RAV4 has evolved from a humble crossover that was looking to break into a small but fledgling segment to one of the most popular models in what is the most popular segment in the industry today.
When was the last time you heard a RAV4 beat a full-blown sports car like the Supra in a sprint-to-60-mph time? What’s that? Never? Well, consider this the first of what looks to be repeat performances from the suddenly performance-oriented Toyota RAV4.
Liberty Walk Has Created the Craziest Wide Body Kit for the 2020 A90 Toyota Supra
We’ve seen Liberty Walk churn out wide body kits for Lamborghinis, Mustangs, Porsches, and BMWs, so we know what sort of awesomeness can come out of its workshops. Speaking of BMWs, the tuner’s latest work adds a racy flavour to the 2020 Toyota Supra but from where we’re sitting, it looks a tad over the top.
Check Out This Hand-Built 2JZ Toyota Supra Laying Down 2,033 Horsepower on the Dyno
Part of what made the previous generation Supra a cult car was the 2JZ engine’s versatility when it came to tuning. And that sort of reputation doesn’t simply wash away, not even when there’s a new Supra running around the block. And this video is perhaps the best testament of the A80 Supra’s legendary status.
We Really Want This Lego Fast and Furious Supra, So Please Help Make It Happen
Next year, the first installment of the Fast & Furious saga will celebrate its 20th birthday and you can begin the celebrations right now by helping to bring a Lego version of Brian O’Conner’s 1994 Toyota Supra Mk. IV into production. Better yet, you don’t have just 10 seconds to act, there are still over 400 days left for this product idea to make it to the desks of Lego’s decision-makers and, with a bit of luck, become a licensed set.
The 2021 Toyota Supra Is Actually Good For Nearly 450 Horsepower
Just a few weeks ago, Toyota announced that the 2021 Toyota Supra would be even more powerful (and faster) than the 2020 Supra. Then a week or so later, it did its best to justify sticking it to the folks that bought a 2020 model. Now, however, we’re finding out that the 2021 Supra (the inline-six model, of course) really puts down 388 horsepower at the wheels – 11 ponies more than Toyota’s newly advertised 377 horsepower figure. So, what does this really mean? Well, the true power of the 2021 Toyota Supra could be approaching the 450 horsepower mark at the crank, and that’s a huge bump in power.
Toyota Feels Justified in Making the 2021 Supra Much Better Than the 2020 Model
Not even a year after the 2020 Toyota Supra went on sale, Toyota made a surprise announcement that the 2021 model would be impressively better. So much better, in fact, that it six-cylinder model sees a 0.2-second improvement in 60-mph sprints, all thanks to a power increase of 47 horsepower and three pound-feet of torque. A cheaper, four-cylinder model will also go on sale with an impressive price tag and great performance as well. This was great news for those who waited to buy Toyota’s BMW-based halo car, but it kind of sticks it to people who jumped into dealers right away. Now, Toyota is trying to provide justification for its actions, and you’ll either agree completely or throw your phone.
Tuned Toyota Supra Vs BMW M4: Which One Wins the Drag Race?
Look what Carwow has for us today; a BMW M4 and a BMW Supra. Sorry, Toyota Supra. The Supra was revived last year but it has received polarizing opinions. On paper, the M4 is a more powerful car, so these folks use a tuned version of the Toyota Supra that makes almost the same horses as the M4, but a lot more torque. Going purely by specs, the Supra should be winning, but does the M4 have what it takes to beat the Japanese-German wunderkind?
2020 Toyota GR Supra RZ Horizon Blue Edition
The A90-generation Toyota Supra is now more than a year old, which means its time to expect some updates to roll out for the sports coupe. To its credit, Toyota is wasting little time getting that ball rolling with the arrival of the special edition Supra Horizon Blue Edition. Based specifically on the RZ trim of the sports coupe — it’s a JDM model — the GR Supra RZ Horizon Blue Edition arrives with a steady diet of new and exclusive features, none more obvious than the splashy Horizon Blue paint finish. The Toyota GR Supra RZ Horizon Edition is limited to just 100 units, all of which are earmarked for the Japanese market.
2020 Toyota Supra GR450 by Manhart Performance
In the short time that it’s been around, the Toyota Supra has become an aftermarket darling. Tuners have taken to building programs for the A90 Supra with as much fervor as the nameplate commands. Even companies known for building kits for other automakers have turned their attention to the Supra.
Count Manhart Performance on that list. The German house that’s best known for tuning BMW models has prepared a comprehensive program for the Supra that includes an engine upgrade program, suspension tweaks, new wheels, and a host of aesthetic modifications to the exterior and interior. The result is a raunchy Japanese sports car that now lives up to the revered Supra nameplate.
Papadakis Racing’s 1000-HP Toyota Supra Is Coming Up Nicely
The name Papadakis Racing popped up on many tuning aficionados’ radars when the team signalled its intentions of boosting the 3.0-liter BMW-sourced straight-six engine of the new 2020 Supra to in excess of 1,000 horsepower.
Not an easy task, to say the least, but with the right expertise and lots of work, bumping up the new Supra’s power output to a level that would make its predecessor proud is actually attainable.
Europeans Get the Shaft on the 2021 Toyota Supra
While news outlets everywhere are praising the 2021 Toyota Supra for its updated powertrain and improved performance, Europeans are stuck looking in from the sidelines. Due to the ever-increasing and near-impossible to hit emissions regulations, Toyota is being forced to withhold all the updates that just made the 2021 Supra that much better here in the States. What can we say, Euro 6 emissions regulations are a real bitch when it comes to getting cool, fast cars.
2021 Toyota Supra A91 Edition
Toyota made some major changes to the 2021 Toyota Supra, the most important of which come in the form of updated power output for the six-cylinder model and the introduction of the four-cylinder Supra to the U.S. market. However, there was another gem hidden in Toyota’s announcement, and that is the Supra A91 Special Edition. It doesn’t come with any extra power over the standard model, but it is based on the six-cylinder model, so it does have the extra power.
The 2021 Toyota Supra is Impressively Better Than the 2020 – More Power, Better Engineering
The 2020 Toyota Supra was praised up and down when it was launched, and yet, it always felt like it deserved better. After all, the BMW Z4 it was based on was more powerful and faster. Well, Toyota has remedied all of that for 2021 by injecting the Supra with more power, better technology, improved driving dynamics, and there’s now a four-cylinder model available. The downside? Well, if you bought a 2020 Toyota Supra, Toyota kind of stuck it to you without the thought of lube.
Supras Collide as Supercar Blondie Pits The 2020 A90 Supra Against Its A80 Older Brother
For as long as the new Toyota Supra A90 is around, it will always be compared to its predecessors, most notably the Supra Mk4 A80 that was discontinued back in 2002. It’s a weight the current Supra will have to carry for a long time, in part due to the iconic status the Supra A80 in recent years.
Is it fair to compare both cars against each other? Probably not, but that comes with the territory of being a legacy nameplate. So, what do you do when you have a Toyota Supra A90 and a Toyota Supra A80 in the same place, at the same time? Outside of doing the obvious comparison test between the two cars, the only thing you can do is race them. Against each other.
YouTube personality Supercar Blondie recently got the chance to do just that in Dubai, and while we won’t spoil the results here in this space, we can at least say that the race wasn’t so much of an actual race, but more a celebration of just having two Supras from different eras lined up next to each other.
Can the Toyota Supra Beat the BMW M2 Competition On the Track?
When Toyota launched the 2020 GR Supra, many fans of the nameplate received the news with a dose of skepticism. Unlike the previous generations, the new Supra shares a lot of internal bits and bobs, engine included, with another car - namely the BMW Z4. Some say it’s not a Toyota anymore, but a rebadged BMW. We just think they’re entitled to their opinion.
MotorTrend went further with the comparison and pitted a 2020 Supra against a 2019 M2 Competition. They both have straight-six engines made by BMW, they’re both RWD, and they’re very similar when it comes to 0-60 acceleration.
Hurry Up and Get This Free Toyota Supra Poster and Desktop Wallpapers!
The 2020 Toyota Supra is pretty awesome, even if it is powered by a BMW heart, and now you can represent the new Supra on your wall with a free poster sent directly from Toyota. They are, naturally in limited supply, but this is the best way to relive your childhood a little more and hand a cool car poster on your wall. To claim your poster, head over to Toyota’s Supra site, but hurry up as there’s no telling when the promotion will end. On top of this there are some free wallpapers and even some free ringtones. We’ve added the wallpapers to this article a little further down the page.
The Four-Cylinder Toyota Supra is Coming, and It’s Definitely The One You Want!
As of the time of this writing, Europe and North America has only been graced with the 3.0-liter Toyota Supra. You know, the one that is rated at 335 horsepower and 365 pound-feet of torque, but was found to produce considerably more in not just one dyno run but two different dyno runs. Now, Toyota has announced that the four-cylinder Supra is coming to Europe (we’re sure it’ll come to North America soon, too) and, the truth is that it comes with a number of quirks that makes it a much better choice over the six-cylinder model. Now, let me tell you why.
This Mustang Bullitt vs Supra Race Proves That Power Isn’t Everything on a Drag Strip
On paper, a 480-horsepower Ford Mustang Bullitt should have no problem beating a 335-horsepower Toyota Supra in a drag race. But the tricky thing about predicting drag race results on paper is that they’re not worth the trees that were cut down to produce said paper. In other words, they don’t mean anything.
Car Magazine SA sought to answer the Mustang Bullitt versus Supra question by doing it the proper way: a drag race between the American muscle car and the Japanese sports car. If you’re looking at the protagonists of this race and you’re convinced that the Mustang Bullitt will have no problem laying waste to the Supra, then you might want to watch this video in all its entirety.
Genuine Toyota Parts Are Coming Back for the A70 and A80 Toyota Supra!
The 1986-1993 A70-gen Toyota Supra might not be as famous as the 1993-2002 A80 Toyota Supra – you can probably thank the Fast and Furious franchise for that – but both were awesome cars and sporty in their own right. So much so, in fact, that they both have their own cult following. Parts, however, are becoming harder and harder to come by, but Toyota finally has an answer: The GR Heritage Parts Project. So, what genuine Toyota Parts can you get for your old-school Supra?
2020 Toyota Supra by AC Schnitzer
The all-new Toyota Supra A90 is an aftermarket tuner’s dream, and it hasn’t taken long for the world’s best tuners to build programs for the returning sports car icon. As you know, AC Schnitzer typically specializes in building aftermarket kits for BMW models but, since the Toyota Supra is a BMW at heart, AC Schnitzer is able to show it some love. AC Schnitzer’s program for the sports car is as all-encompassing as it gets. There’s a full line of upgrades to the Supra’s exterior, interior, engine, and a lot of mechanical parts in between. AC Schnitzer hasn’t rolled out the full price list for this new program, but you can bet it won’t be cheap.
New Rendering Envisions a Real-Life Need For Speed Toyota Supra
The 2019 SEMA Auto Show hosted no less than five different Toyota Supra concepts. None of them, though, can compete with the audacity of this custom rendering of a tricked-out Toyota Supra created by Ambielec Design.
Inspired by the Need For Speed: Heat video game that was launched earlier this month, this Supra rendering wears what is arguably the wildest wide-body kit we’ve seen on the returning Japanese sports coupe. It’s modified to an extent that the only two possible reactions to this rendering are to either love it or hate it. We’re still not sure where we are on that scale.
Watch a Toyota Supra, Dodge Demon, and a BMW E30 Go Head to Head in the Desert
You don’t get to see a Dodge Demon every day. Then again, you don’t get to see it as it stretches its muscles during some good ol’ drag racing in the company of a Toyota Supra, a BMW E30, and Savage Garage’s Ford Raptor. Oh, and this is no prep drag-race, by the way, as the whole scenario unfolds in the desert, between bursting clouds of sand.
Now that we have your attention, get ready to be amazed by the Supra, which proves extremely apt at putting down the power and generating enough grip to shoot ahead of its rivals, literally leaving them behind, choking on its dust.
2020 Toyota GR Supra Heritage Edition
The Toyota Supra has arrived at the 2019 SEMA Auto Show, and in true form, we’re not just talking about one Supra at SEMA. Nope. There are multiple Supras in attendance at SEMA, each wearing a different alter-ego. One of these models is called the Supra Heritage Edition. It’s the most subtle of the Supras in SEMA, but it’s also the one that we identify with the most. Part of the Supra Heritage Edition’s appeal is its connection to the aftermarket tuning world. Toyota created it as an homage to the tuning scene, something that past versions of the Supra were all very familiar with. Granted, the Supra Heritage Edition doesn’t boast any of the over-the-top madness that past custom Supras could claim, but as a celebration of the relationship between the nameplate and the aftermarket tuning scene, the Supra Heritage Edition is as good as it gets.
2020 Toyota Supra lineup for SEMA 2019
Toyota’s usual lineup for the SEMA Show is centered mostly around SUVs and trucks, but the 2019 edition brings the fifth-generation Supra into the spotlight. The Japanese carmaker took the 2019 SEMA Show by storm with a handful of modified Supras, either built by aftermarket tuners or developed by Toyota itself to preview upcoming parts and accessories. Here’s the four most interesting coupes you’ll find on the show floor.
If You’re Thinking of Leasing a 2020 Toyota Supra, You Might Want to Consider the 2020 BMW Z4 Instead
My wife will be the first to tell you that I suck at math, but after reviewing Cars Direct’s findings of lease cost for the 2020 Toyota Supra and 2020 BMW Z4, even I can tell you things don’t add up properly – and that’s saying a lot. In short, the more expensive BMW Z4 is cheaper to lease than the Toyota Supra, even when you go for the Z4 M40i and compare it to the entry-level Toyota Supra. Yikes!
Someone Seriously Crammed a Toyota Supra 1JZ into a Freaking Ford Taurus
This is a 2001 Ford Taurus RWD. There’s nothing special about it, at least if you look at it from all angles. But this particular rear-wheel drive Taurus has a little secret hidden underneath all that underwhelming white body panels. Believe it or not, but this 2001 Ford Taurus with the missing headlamps and the mismatched wheels is actually powered by a 2.5-liter 1JZ-GTE VVTi inline-six-cylinder engine. It’s the same engine Toyota used on the first-generation Supra all the way to the third-generation model. Suffice to say, this 2001 Ford Taurus is the living embodiment of a car that isn’t what it seems at first glance. Just as you scoff at its blandness, it leaves you in the dust with your jaws dropped on the floor.
Here’s How You Get 1,000 Horsepower Out of a 2020 Toyota Supra’s B58 BMW Engine
With testing from Car & Driver and Motor Trend,, we know for a fact that the BMW-sourced B58 inline-six that powers the 2020 Toyota Supra is even more powerful than advertised. But how powerful can it get? Is it tunable to 600 horsepower? Maybe 700 or 800 horsepower? What about 1,000 horsepower? Well, that four-digit figure is exactly what Papadakis Racing is trying to accomplish. That figure isn’t that unheard of for the Supra. Maybe not the 2020 A90-gen Supra, but the third-gen Supra was tuned to the moon and back, and four-digit horsepower numbers were – in a sense – relatively easy to attain if you know your stuff. The real question is whether or not the BMW B58 inline-six can handle a similar power output and, if so, how much of the engine has to be changed? Luckily, we have an entertaining video that shows the entire build process of an alleged 1,000-horsepower B58 build, right from the block on up.
Since We Can’t Get Enough of Toyota-BMW Races, Here’s Another One Featuring The Toyota Supra Taking on The BMW M2 Competition
Since the Toyota Supra is powered by a BMW-sourced engine, it will always have to grapple with the perception that it has BMW DNA running through it. That perception often leads to questions about the Supra and how it could compete against real BMWs. We know that it can beat its sister-from-another-mother, the Z4 Roadster. But what happens if you pit the Supra against a Bimmer like, say, the M2 Competition? Sure, we’ve seen this race before, too. The M2 Competition has the edge over the Supra, but the results haven’t been as lopsided as you might think despite the significant difference in power and performance between the two models. Car Magazine SA sought to find an answer to that question. Can the Toyota Supra beat the BMW M2 Competition? Sometimes, it takes more than a few runs to find an answer, and past races notwithstanding, we get a clear look this time if the Japanese sports car with the German DNA can beat the purebred German beast in a drag race. The results, as you can imagine, are interesting.
How Fast Can Shmee Go On The Autobahn in His 2020 Toyota Supra?
The 2020 Toyota Supra’s performance is undisputed. The U.S. Spec model pumps out a claimed 335 Horsepower and 365 pound-feet of torque from a BMW-sourced 3.0-liter, inline-six. It’s also said to hit 60 mph in as little as 4.1 seconds and tops out at a very German-like 155 mph. The fact that it’s a performer is largely undisputed, but how well it performs does full under some positive scrutiny. Remember, it wasn’t that long ago that Car & Driver tested the Supra and found it to deliver some 339 horsepower and 427 pound-feet of torque at the wheels, 4 ponies and 62 pound-feet more than its official rating. When you do some math, that also points out that the Supra could make as much as 420 horsepower and 530 pound-feet at the crank – that’s some serious power. Two weeks later Motor Trend did a similar test and, while it didn’t put out numbers so high, it still hit 332 horsepower and 387 pound-feet at the wheels, figures that are still higher than Toyota’s published numbers.
The results are a mixed bag of confusion, but it’s easy to conclude that Toyota sandbagged on the performance figures a bit. Now, we get a real-world look at just how well the A90 Supra performs. Well, kind of a real-world look, if you live in Germany, and hit the Autobahn, anyway. YouTube sensation Shmee, also known as Tim Burton in the analog world, took his new Toyota Supra to the Autobahn for a real performance test. He, of course, honored the run-in and break-in period, so it was time to see just what the Supra could do. Unfortunately, Shmee didn’t take the time for some 0-60 mph testing, as this was a Top Speed test, but as it turns out, the Supra can break its rated 155 mph top speed without breaking a sweat.
With a VMAX installed, Burton hit the Autobahn, and, before you know it, he manages to hit 263 kph or about 163 mph according to the car’s digital speedometer. Of course, we know those aren’t 100-percent accurate, and the real top speed – according to his GPS-enabled VMAX – was 259 kph or 161 mph, 6 mph more than the Supra’s supposed top speed. Of course, keep in mind, the car still had more pull – this is where the electronic speedometer kicked in.
The really interesting thing is that this is, essentially, a base Toyota Supra if you exclude the four-banger model available over in the grand land of Japan. Toyota has made it clear that the Supra will be updated on a yearly basis, and more powerful and faster models are likely to trickle into our lives in the near future. How far can the Supra really go before Toyota maxes out on the performance available from that BMW inline-six? Only time will tell. For now, Spend some time with Shmee as he conquers the Autobahn in a 2020 Toyota Supra.
Ford Mustang GT vs. Toyota Supra vs. BMW Z4 - Who Wins?
Carmakers like to pound their chests with Nurburgring lap times when it comes to how fast their cars are, while automotive journos tend to take those cars and measure them against each other in perhaps the most telling form of competition: the good ‘ol drag race.
Naturally, such a staged drag race isn’t always about gas-guzzling muscle cars or heavily-modded vehicles that put out in excess of 1,000 horsepower. We’ve seen econoboxes taking forever to complete the quarter-mile all in the name of fun, so when someone pits the Ford Mustang GT Fastback against the new Toyota Supra and BMW Z4, all we can do is watch and enjoy.
Someone Is Preparing a Widebody Toyota Supra For SEMA and We Can’t Get Enough of It
The new Toyota Supra has been one of the most hyped-up new cars to hit the market in recent years, for various reasons. One of them has to do with its legacy and the huge popularity of the 2JZ-powered fourth-generation Supra and the entire cult that surrounded the Japanese sports car.
Another reason is the partnership between Toyota and BMW, whose fruits are the said 2020 Supra and its cousin, the new BMW Z4. The third argument, which also happens to be strongly related to the first, comes from the Supra’s suitability for tuning jobs. Engine boosts, unique body parts, neon lights, huge wings, you name it. There isn’t a single thing that hasn’t been tried on a Supra.
So, whenever someone like Evasive Motorsports announces a widebody Toyota Supra based on the new model that’s also coming to SEMA 2019, our interest naturally piques. Read on.
10 Surprising Vehicles with More Power than the 2020 Toyota Supra
It seems fair to say that many people were underwhelmed by the Toyota Supra. People knocked Toyota for the Supra’s looks. Some were upset about its high pricing. And a lot of other people didn’t think too kindly to the engine choices that Toyota prepared for its returning sports car. A base version that produces less than 200 horsepower? Really? The range-topping version of the Supra does have 355 horsepower and 365 pound-feet of torque at its disposal, but even that came from a BMW-sourced engine. Truth be told, the Supra’s 355-horsepower output isn’t that bad. But it also could’ve been higher, especially when you consider that so many other models from different segments can carry that much power without having to be a sports car, specifically one that has to carry the legacy of one of Toyota’s most iconic nameplates. If you’re wondering how many vehicles have more power than the 2020 Supra, we compiled a list made up of 10 of them. And, if for nothing else, this list may surprise you.
Someone Spotted the 2020 Toyota Supra at a Fast and Furious 9 Filming Location, But There’s Something Even Better There Too
The production of Fast 9 has begun, and it looks like we’re about to see a handful of new characters in the fold. While most of the cast — sans Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham — will return for the ninth installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, two new additions to the movie are making headlines in the automotive world. No, it’s not John Cena, who, by the way, is in the movie. It’s not even Michael Rooker, who was recently announced as the newest member of the Fast family. The headline grabbers are a pair of cars, specifically a 2020 Toyota Supra Mk5 and a heavily modified, blacked-out Dodge Charger. If the additions of these two beauties aren’t enough to get you excited for Fast 9, then the thought of seeing them in action should get those juices flowing.
The BMW-Sourced Engine in the 2020 Toyota Supra Might Have More in Common with the 2JZ Than You Think
When Toyota unveiled the fifth-generation Supra most complaints were centered around the fact that it has a BMW engine. Purists consider that a BMW-powered Toyota can’t be a true Supra and that’s not necessarily related to how much power it delivers. BMW’s turbo six-cylinder engine is powerful enough for the Supra at 335 horsepower. The issue, according to the gearhead community, is that it can’t match the iconic 2JZ unit in the previous Supra. Well, at least an engine expert claims that the BMW-sourced engine could be better than the 2JZ in terms of aftermarket tuning.
We Want in on the Toyota Supra Game of Horse Power!
What happens when you invite two professional drift racers and tell them that they’re competing in a friendly game of H-O-R-S-E? It’s the makings of a fun and competitive duel, but since Toyota was the one that did the inviting, this game of horse came with an added twist: a pair of brand-new 2020 Toyota GR Supras. The objective of the game, according to fellow pro drift racer and part-time game master, Ryan Tuerck, is to perform a series of stunts with the Supra. Whoever doesn’t complete any of these stunts gets a letter added to them. The first one to spell H-O-R-S-E loses. Simple enough, right? It should be, at least for Ken Gushi and Frederic Aasbo, the two pro drifters who competed head-to-head for the honor of becoming the first-ever Toyota Supra Game of Horse Power Champion.
10 Exciting Cars That Will Cost You As Much as the 2020 Toyota Supra
The fifth generation Supra A90 is no longer aspiring to be a Porsche 911 slayer, but, given its price, you can pit it against some pretty brisk, fun-to-drive cars. Toyota designed the latest Supra to be fun to drive, its proving ground being the Nurburgring. Company CEO Akio Toyoda was heavily involved in the development process of the A90. He said that he gauged the experience of driving the new Supra, which is more compact than ever before, in comparison to the old model he used to drive around the ’Green Hell’ to learn the track.
The production version hasn’t been put to the test yet, but journalists were allowed to take turns driving some development prototypes around the Jarama track last year. Car & Driver wrote that "there is a smoothness to the Supra that we haven’t felt in a BMW in years," and we know that it will joyfully slide, but what other cars you can look for if you’ve only got Supra money in your pocket? Well, We’ve decided to explore the diverse range of models that you could go for with that "Supra" money you’re hanging on to.
Fast Meets Faster: Yamaha R1 and Nissan GT-R Challenge a 1700-Horsepower Mk4 Toyota Supra
The fourth-generation Toyota Supra (Mk4) is arguably the most popular Supra of all time. It’s certainly the unquestioned favorite of the aftermarket auto scene, a lot of which made a lot of money back in the day thanks to how highly customizable the sports car was in its heyday. These days, it’s not uncommon to spot a Supra packing some serious heat. A 1,000-horsepower Supra Mk4? There are a lot of those in the world today. Look hard enough and you might even spot a Supra with an engine setup that produces 1,700 horsepower like the one in this video taking on a Nissan GT-R and a Yamaha R1 in an old-fashioned, albeit illegal, drag race. Don’t let the performance capabilities of Godzilla and the R1 fool you into thinking that these drag races are competitive. They’re not. The Supra takes it easy on both performance machines at first, but once the hammer drops, the GT-R and R1 are left eating its dust. All in a day’s work for this heavily modified Toyota Supra Mk4.
Engineering Explained Cracks the Toyota Supra’s Engineering Wide Open
We know very well that the new Toyota Supra and the BMW Z4 are mechanically very similar under their quite different bodies. Aside from the design, probably the single biggest difference between them is the fact that one is only available as a fixed top coupé, while the other can only be had as a soft top roadster. But exactly how much the two cars are alike still seems to be up for debate, which is why Engineering Explained made this in-depth video, in order to help those who are still pondering whether or not to buy the new Supra.


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Isadora Lima Carvalho - Brazil
Isadora Lima Carvalho started her career in the magazine Quatro Rodas, one of the main publications in Brazil. Few later, she assumed the position of content coordinator of Webmotors, one of the largest online car classified stores in Brazil. She stayed there for two years and learned a lot about videos because she also ran the YouTube channel.
In July 2020 she was invited to return to Quatro Rodas as a reporter and content coordinator for the YouTube channel. She took on the challenge and remain firm and strong in the team. From then, the channel went from 130,000 subscribers to more than 400,000 in just over two years and there are more than two million views per month of our videos.
In the meantime, Lima Carvalho had the honour of receiving the journalism award from SAE Brasil, Society of Automotive Engineers, twice consecutively for his content on the modernisation of classic cars and for his evaluation of the Tesla Model 3.»
«It is an honour to be part of the jury for WOMEN’S WORLD CAR OF THE YEAR. This is a unique and necessary award so that society can value the role of the female automotive press and also women as consumers of automotive information», says Isadora.
The magazine Quatro Rodas completes 63 years of existence and is the oldest and most traditional publication in the automotive sector in Brazil. It knew how to modernize itself with the new means of communication with the popularization of social networks. It currently has the largest automotive profile in Latin America on Instagram with more than 1 million followers and is very present on YouTube with two videos a week and more than two million views a month.
In addition, it has an official website that has an audience of 5 million pageviews per month and also has a monthly press edition.


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Food processing sector has immense potential to uplift Assam economy. It can bring an economic revolution in the state. This was more or less of what the speakers said participating at a PHD Chamber sponsored meeting in Guwahati on Thursday.
Industry commissioner Ravi Kapoor said, "Assam is a goldmine for food processing sector. Now we should start a mass movement of food processing in Assam. "
In his speech as a Chief Guest in the Conference on Make in India and FDI in Retail: Opening Bright Avenues for Food Processing Sector, he said no other industries are necessary to boost the economy if the state extensively sets up food processing industries. According to him, the Government has decided to establish 500 Primary Processing Plant for farmers to initiate food processing movement in the state apart from five food parks in the pipeline to support the primary processing plants.
During the conference, the welcome address presented by Gautam Sarma,Co-Chairman, PHD Chamber, NER Guwahati. In his theme address, Mowsam Hazarika who is an assistant director with horticulture and food processing department, said," Assam is in the midst of two important bio diversity hotspots i.e. the Eastern Himalayas and the Indo-Myanmar. The State is endowed with favorable agro climatic conditions that offer wide range of options for farming as well as investment for marketing in horticulture sector.”
He said the contributing factors include Suitable agro climatic condition with abundant natural resources for cultivation of diversified horticultural crops in all the seasons. Proximity to emerging markets in India as well as in South East Asian countries, he said is another crucial side to be noticed.
Hazarika said, “Guwahati being the gateway of the North East may be a hunting ground for those who consider the State as an ideal strategic location for investment in marketing sector including value addition covering of horticultural crops and produces."
"The important fruit crops in the state are banana, pineapple, citrus, jackfruit, guava and litchi. Coconut, areca nut and betel vine are predominant plantation crops. Potato, sweet potato, tapioca, colocasia and yams cucurbits, peas, beans and okra are cultivated in commercial scale. Ginger and turmeric occupy prime position among the spices,” he said.
According to him, "Assam has a rich diversity in fruit crops. In citrus, there are as many as 17 species, 53 varieties and 7 hybrids. Wild and semi wild species of mango and temperate fruits particularly of the Rosaceae family occur in the state. In addition, quite a good number of traditional fruit crops like leteku (Baccaurea sapida), poniol (Flacourtia gangomos), nagatenga (Rhus semialata), thereju (Prunus jenkinsii), kordoi (Averrhoa carambola), mirika tenga (Parameria polyneura), amora (Spondias mangifera), outenga (Dillenia indica), silikha (Terminalia chebula), bhomora (Terminalia belerica) etc. are found in the state."
Hazarika also said that, "the Annual Production scenario of Horticulture Crops in Assam is quite satisfactory. According to the official data, Assam produces 20.73 LMT Fruits, out of which 11.63LMT Marketable Surplus. Similarly, we have produces 14.45 LMT of Kharif Vegetable, out of which 8.00 LMT Marketable Surplus. Likewise, Production of Rabi Vegetable is 35.34 LMT – Marketable Surplus: 14.00 LMT. Spices: 3.27 LMT- Marketable Surplus 1.75 LMT.
However, despite these distinct advantages, Assam’s horticulture sector has not grown at par with the rest of the country, and the State’s horticulture potential has not been fully tapped, mainly due to lack of market led production practices, poor commercial understanding of farmers, insufficient infrastructure at the farm level, poor transportation system, inadequate road network, lack of post harvest infrastructure like dedicated markets, pack houses, cold storages, sorting grading lines, processing industries etc. Due to the lack of adequate postharvest infrastructure in the State, not only are post harvest losses high, but dependency of farmers on intermediaries for marketing is very high."
He said commented that, "with significant initiatives taken by the Government of India to promote horticulture development in the North-East region , appropriate strategies like adoption of market driven production system, enhancement of productivity, appropriate post-harvest handling through proper packaging, loading/unloading of commodities and promotion of pack house concept including collection centre in the production clusters, cold storage, processing and value addition, creation of adequate transportation infrastructure and organised marketing system are necessary additions to current interventions to provide remunerative prices to farmers."
Several dignitaries and entrepreneurs from NERAMAC, IIE, NEDFi; PHD Chamber participated in the conference which highlighted the investment opportunities to help in identifying the major political of food processing sectors in the State.