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Chick-fil-A, the popular fast-food chain, is set to distribute free $29 vouchers to eligible customers in New Jersey, California, Florida, Georgia, and New York as part of a class-action lawsuit settlement. The settlement, amounting to approximately $4.4 million, was reached in October 2023, with the restaurant accused of inflating menu prices for online delivery orders during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Six plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in Georgia on October 3, alleging that Chick-fil-A had hiked menu prices on delivery orders, despite advertising “free delivery” or “low-price delivery” during the specified period. The lawsuit claimed that the menu prices were surreptitiously increased by as much as 30%, leading to customers paying a significant premium for items compared to in-person purchases or pickup orders.
While Chick-fil-A did not admit guilt, it agreed to the settlement, allowing eligible customers to claim a $29 gift card or direct cash payment. To qualify, customers must have placed a delivery order between November 1, 2019, and April 30, 2021, and reside in one of the specified states. Eligible customers are urged to check their delivery history or email for confirmation and must submit a claim form by February 15 to receive compensation.
As part of the settlement agreement, Chick-fil-A has committed to adding a disclosure on its app and website, informing customers that prices for delivery items may be higher than in-store purchases.
This development follows a trend of settlements benefiting consumers, as other Americans may also be eligible for compensation from unrelated settlements. Those impacted by an Equifax data breach could receive up to $20,000, while eligible individuals may claim an $88 payment from TD Bank as part of a $15.9 million class-action settlement.
With just over three weeks remaining to submit a claim, affected Chick-fil-A customers are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity and secure their compensation.


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Black Friday conjures up images of hordes of customers pushing through shop doors to fight for bargains. But this year, many stores remained nearly empty as the holiday-shopping season kicked off. https://twitter.com/mfarris_CA/status/935188620381745153 https://twitter.com/jackgevertz/status/933978804355256321 I went to St. George’s, the big shopping mall in Harrow, and found it seemed no more busy than usual. Is Black Friday not attractive now? Mohammad Hussain, security guard of St. George’s, said: “People are getting used to Black Friday and starting to realize Black Friday is not what they think it is. I guess that’s why this year there are less people here compared to last year. Last year was slightly busier because Black Friday is a little newer then.” Trick or Treat
Sea Cadets from across the UK gathered in London to commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar on behalf of the Royal Navy. Over 300 Sea Cadets around the country had physical displays for the public in the Trafalgar Square. Student volunteers coming from different places in UK gathered here showing the outcome of their incredible commitment, skill and talent the Sea Cadets nurtures in them. According to the organiser of the Sea Cadets charity: “Most volunteers here are students being sent over to our charity by their parents to be nurtured as future Navy, they are trained every weekend and we organise them having physical training displays here in Trafalgar Square every year.” Students in different age show their training outcome on the day including parading and square exercises which
Thousands of UK cosplayers flock to London comic con, the biggest comic con event in the UK and only UK based one comic con exposition. London Comic Con was held at Excel London last week. UK cosplayers crowded 11 exhibitions, lawns and the square of Excel London. Cosplay fans dressed themselves as their favorite characters from films, games and cartoon. Fans prepared classic gestures and mimicked their favorite characters for photography. Visitors were able to see imagery figures in real when walking, eating and even on the tube. Some cosplayers grouped by small studios went into team for dancing performance and also brought professional photography groups for comic con event, while some only came to the event for personal...
Valentine's Day is a holiday we all love to hate and for the single people out there, this day is usually the dreaded D-day. For all the singles out there, Westminster world has you covered this weekend. There are a plethora of events going on in London that you can partake in without feeling smothered by couples in love everywhere on this day Nowadays, though, Valentine's Day is a chance for the singles to relish in being happily alone. Known as the Singles Awareness Day, people everywhere can find ways to celebrate this holiday by engaging in 'non-valentine' related plans and hanging out with fellow single friends. 1. Alternative V-day This is an event exclusively for the women out there looking to feel empowered in their single livelihood. Hosted at the Moth Club in Hackne

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Snakebyte has announced the first accessories for the upcoming Nintendo Switch handheld console.
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U.S. government bond prices pared earlier losses to trade briefly flat Wednesday after equities shed earlier gains.
The benchmark 10-year note's price traded unchanged for a yield of 4.27 percent, steady from 4.27 percent late Tuesday. Bond yields and prices move inversely.
The Dow Jones industrial average traded near flat, at 13,310 points.
Bonds reversed their course after a government report showed U.S. businesses inventories rose a larger-than-expected 0.4 percent in September while sales of goods rose 0.6 percent.
The biggest rise in inventories at retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers was in furniture, home furnishings, electrical supplies and appliance stores, where stockpiles rose 1.3 percent in September after a 0.3 percent rise in August, the Commerce Department said.


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NEW YORK, KOMPAS.com – A race to develop natural, zero-calorie sweeteners is bubbling up in the nation's $100 billion beverage industry. PepsiCo, looking to revive itself in the declining soda industry, is boosting its development spending for this search and to mix up new drinks.
PepsiCo Inc. said Tuesday at an investor meeting that it is putting "unprecedented resources" toward reformulating its beverages with natural, no-calorie sweeteners such as stevia, an herb grown in South America and Asia, and to find new ones.
Soft drink sales are falling as people look to cut calories and worry over other sweeteners such as high fructose corn syurp. Shopper thriftiness in the recession is also hurting sales. So coming out with new, no-calorie drinks is a way to keep people buying.
The race gets even more pressing now that there's talk of a tax on sugary beverages. PepsiCo has used a version of stevia in some of its Tropicana and SoBe Lifewater drinks, said Massimo d'Amore, CEO of PepsiCo's Americas Beverages unit, which overseas drinks in North and South America. Having employed the technology in non-carbonated beverages, now PepsiCo wants to do the same for soda.
"The next barrier we have to break is to do the same with carbonated products," d'Amore said at the second day of an investor meeting Tuesday. "The reason they're not out there yet is because there are some taste issues we are working on."
PepsiCo said it has a pipeline of zero calorie, natural sweeteners in the works, but it declined to say when they might be released, how much of its portfolio would have them or how much it's spending on research. Rival Coca-Cola Co. is likewise looking for these sweetener alternatives, said UBS analyst Kaumil Gajrawala.
"I think the scramble is on to get the taste profile, and it seems like both companies are close to it," he said.
Coca-Cola has used a version of stevia in its Odwalla juices, Vitaminwater, and some carbonated beverages such as Sprite Green, among other products. The company said in a statement Tuesday it is looking into further using stevia-based sweeteners in several of its beverage categories. It is also studying additives that could enhance the sweetening power of sugar, letting it use less.
The possibility of a tax on sugary beverages, which some health leaders and lawmakers are calling for to fight obesity, makes the search all the more important, d'Amore said. He added PepsiCo has been working on the developments since before talk of the sugar tax surfaced.
"Discussions of a sugar tax are only adding more sense of urgency to this," he said.
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Invixium is extending its reach to the Dominican Republic thanks to a new distribution agreement with Warecomm. The development continues Invixium’s recent international expansion efforts, and should generate more interest in the company’s biometric access control solutions.
The deal between Invixium and Warecomm came about through a meeting in Las Vegas. As a distributor of security technology, Warecomm believes that it will need to provide biometric options to remain competitive in the modern technology landscape. The company is attempting to meet that demand through the partnership with Invixium, and will operate as the exclusive distributor of Invixium’s products in its native country.
The Invixium portfolio includes both the IXM TITAN and the new IXM TFACE biometric terminals. Both terminals are designed for access control and timekeeping applications, and are durable enough for deployment in a wide range of industrial and outdoor settings. The TITAN verifies the identities of registered employees with facial recognition, and also offers mask and temperature detection to help organizations enforce COVID-19 safety protocols. The TFACE, meanwhile, supplements facial recognition with fingerprint biometrics.
Both the TITAN and the TFACE are compatible with Invixium’s IXM WEB and IXM Mobile software, the latter of which enables the use of digital credentials. Warecomm cited Invixium’s ability to deliver effective solutions during the pandemic as a primary factor in its decision.
“Working with Invixium was the logical next step in Warecomm’s evolution,” said Warecomm President Lucile Houellemont. “With their modern approach to access control and their culture of innovation, I know I can give my customers throughout the Dominican Republic the level of security and safety that is required at this time and in the coming years.”
“The pandemic created a new global need for touchless security solutions that keep properties safe,” added Invixium President and CEO Shiraz Kapadia. “I couldn’t be happier that Warecomm has trusted us to be their partner for the future.”
Warecomm is one of several companies that have signed a distribution agreement with Invixium in the past few years. In September, Invixium expanded to the Egyptian market through a partnership with EMS, and it has also entered into a similar arrangement with Gallagher Security.
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BUDGET 2012: Gambling industry raided with tax changes for slot machines and online gaming
Chancellor George Osborne has launched a double raid on the gambling
industry with tax changes for both fruit machines and internet betting
in the Budget.
He levied a 20 per cent Machine Games Duty on
slot machine takings, which will affect 42,000 businesses including
pubs, bingo halls, betting shops and casinos.
This is higher than the 17 per cent rate currently paid – split between an annual £2,405 charge per machine, and VAT at 20 per cent levied on the gross win.
Tax change: A 20 per cent levy on slot machine takings will affect 42,000 businesses including pubs
Fruit machine operators including Ladbrokes and William Hill will be hit with an extra £50million tax bill as a result.
There was also a change to the taxation regime for online gambling.
William Hill and Ladbrokes, which have moved their online operations to Gibraltar, will have to pay a 15 per cent tax based on the location of the player rather than the location of their business.
The firms are expected to remain offshore because they benefit from other tax breaks and also have players in different countries.
But the Chancellor said: ‘These changes will create a more level playing field and protect jobs here.’
Shares in both top bookies fell sharply on the surprise news yesterday and losses have been extended today - William Hill is off 1.35p at 241.75p and Ladbrokes is down 0.25p at 152.25p in early trading.
Paul Talboys, chief executive of the Bingo Association, described the slot machine levy as ‘extremely disappointing’ and warned it could force some smaller bingo halls out of business.
The Association of British Bookmakers said: ‘The announcement will put 2,600 betting shops and 11,000 jobs at risk.’
The British Beer and Pub Association warned the move would cost the struggling pub trade an extra £14million.
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Earlier this year, Unilever sent a strong message against working with influencers who buy followers. The company made a public commitment to actively eradicate any influencers using fake followers, bots, or other fraudulent practices from its brands’ global marketing spend. Following this announcement, many other brands followed, such as eBay, Diageo, and L’Oréal indicating that […]
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Monday’s supply & demand report by USDA projected a tight supply situation with the US production down by nearly half million stat bales, and ending stocks down by 100k bales. World ending stocks were also down to the extend of over half million bales, and a smaller crop is expected with the biggest drop in China of one million bales.
Open interest in cotton futures and options combined rose by 20% for the week ending August 13th, and both large and small specs increased their net long positions in the commodity with trade taking the short side. Cotton futures are likely to challenge the nearby resistance area around 94 cents in the coming weeks.
The friendly commodity market remained on track moving higher this week. The USDA report served as a stimulus even though there was no huge change in the numbers. However, the technical break out last week kept getting support and we will need to find some heavy producer fixations scale up in order to stomp this rally.
This should come soon but based on the close this week would not be surprised to see some more room to the upside. Equity markets are sliding lower which may apply some pressure but overall we have a lot of uncertainty hanging over the crop. However, mill demand is very quiet so we should see a correction sooner than later.
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While we are all glad to see stores, restaurants, and entertainment venues opening up again after the shutdowns of 2020, the pandemic forced many consumers into new shopping behaviors. In a recent McKinsey Report 73% of US shoppers reported adopting new behaviors during COVID like BOPIS, curbside pick-up, and contactless checkout. It simply wasn’t possible in some areas to go to stores during 2020. What did many shoppers realize? The newer ways of getting what they want are habits they plan to continue. According to a Deloitte survey shoppers are planning on increasing the amount of purchasing they do online during 2021:
- For those buying apparel, 27% will buy more items online in 2021
- For shoppers who need consumer electronics, 29% will up their e-commerce purchases in 2021
- 30% of Buyers who need health and beauty products will increase their online spending this year as well.
Shoppers aren’t the only ones changing up the retail game. Apple has just released details of its new hybrid in-store and work-from-home arrangement for their retail employees. While many jobs transitioned to remote work during the pandemic, a store associate’s position would seem to require the employee to be in store, but Apple’s “Retail Flex” program is online. The retail experiment will have in-store employees working some part of their week from home, helping to assist e-commerce browsers with product questions, customer service issues or tech support. Apple is known for hiring passionate fans of their products to staff their store, and they are bringing that same concept to live chat on their e-commerce platform.
Who knew such a thing was possible? We did. Needle has the same system, for e-commerce brands, except we were doing it long before the pandemic. Just as office jobs are transitioning to remote work, retail is pivoting many of their efforts in sales, customer service, and tech support to an online business model. It’s not impossible to have brand engagement, personal advice, and product sharing in an online chat. Needle reps do it every day, live in real time. Our chat platform blends seamlessly with your website and is staffed with passionate brand fans who already know and love your products. They’re already your customers, because we leverage social media posts to identify, train, and manage brand reps that can take your e-commerce game to the next level. By activating the network of fans your brand already has, the Needle platform can drive 20-30% more conversions through chat conversations.
Changes can be difficult to manage, especially after the past year when it was so uncertain how the economy would adapt. We think the Needle business model is going to make a real difference in growing market share, lifting sales, and turning the corner on what’s been a difficult time.


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Comcast will open a new Xfinity customer retail store in Hixson at noon Friday.
The 3,000 square-foot facility, located in the Hixson Shopping Center at 5550 Highway 153, features interactive displays and lounge-like seating areas where visitors can explore all Xfinity products, from internet, video and connected home solutions to Xfinity Mobile. The store is the second of its kind to be added in Chattanooga.
“We’re proud to bring this new retail setting and enhanced level of service to customers in Hixon and Greater Chattanooga” said Jason Gumbs, regional senior vice president at Comcast. “This latest Xfinity store opening is another milestone in our larger campaign to offer a simpler and more convenient retail experience.”
The store will be open for business Monday through Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
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Jordan Brand continues to push the envelope in their retro category by taking aim at new ways to keep their fans interested well beyond the patented remastering process that they introduced at the start of 2015. One of the major differences in the brand’s arsenal has been through collaborations whether it be with a familiar Nike partner Hiroshi Fujiwara and his fragment design imprint or with Kanye’s longtime pal Don C. Now the Jumpman is bringing upstart New York brand Public School for a premium Air Jordan 12. Unlike last year’s Air Jordan 10 duo that was restricted to friends and family and an Air Jordan 1 that went on to inspire a New York City-exclusive release at Jordan’s new Flight 12 retail spots, this collaboration will actually be available to the public.
With a retail price of $300 the Public School x Air Jordan 12 may be a major stretch for some Jumpman fans, but with a premium grey nubuck upper the pair exudes a quality and craftsmanship that mirror’s Jordan’s newfound attention to detail while expressing the fashion label’s ethos. The monochromatic shade is similar to an inline Air Jordan 9 that released earlier this year but the quality is vamped up to justify a luxurious price point that’s still less than that of the Air Jordan 1 Pinnacle. The PSNY x Air Jordan 12 will hit select retailers alongside a 7 piece collection of assorted apparel pieces and a Jordan Horizon lifestyle sneaker this Saturday at 3PM EST, December 12th. More official photos below.
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Nataniel Luzi, the CMO and co-founder of Flincap, claimed that after the removal of the ban, institutional exchanges must get ready for the Nigerian market. According to a December 22 notice to banks, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) claimed it had removed limitations on the nation’s banks involved in crypto transactions.
Nevertheless, the competition between peer-to-peer (P2P) and crypto-fiat exchanges is anticipated to increase.
Nigeria Witness High Crypto Adoption
The veto by the Central Bank of Nigeria on the nation’s banks from assisting in crypto transactions resulted in P2P merchants’ dominance. This prohibition sought to end Bitcoin and the use of crypto in Nigeria. Instead, the crypto community shifted to P2P trades or direct transfers of payments to each other.
In February 2021, a digital media resource claimed that the CBN had prohibited all regulated financial institutions from providing services to crypto exchanges.
A digital media resource got in touch with the local crypto ecosystem’s stakeholders to understand how the community and industry are welcoming the new development. Nathaniel Luz, Flincap’s CMO and co-founder, claimed that removing the veto would be a significant move for the sector.
He suggested that the development indicates the nation’s preparedness for crypto businesses to be domiciled. Further, Luz stressed that with the ban’s removal, institutional exchanges must be getting ready for the Nigerian market.
Nigeria Lifting Ban on Digital Assets
This is because their absence during the veto resulted in P2P going through the root at other crypto businesses’ expense. He also claimed that presently, it will be the survival of the fittest because P2P dealers and crypto-fiat exchanges compete for the biggest crypto peer-to-peer market globally.
Luz responded to whether registration requirements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would prevent exchanges from moving to Nigeria to do business. He claimed that despite posing a problem for startups to acquire the SEC approval, it is going to benefit the crypto industry.
Further, Luz talked about some changes in the Nigerian banking industry in 2010 concerning the recapitalization guideline. It resulted in the acquisition of banks by some investors, while others were required to merge, which resulted in an improved banking sector.
Nevertheless, according to the notice, the Central Bank of Nigeria admitted that the rising international crypto demand and adoption make it inexcusable to retain the strict limitations imposed on financial institutions two years ago.
The move towards lifting the restrictions is bound to stimulate an uptick in crypto activity within the country. The crypto-friendly context will facilitate participation of traditional financial institutions in the country’s crypto space.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Repairs are being made at a Fort Lauderdale shopping plaza after the partial collapse of an overhang ceiling.
Crews were seen boarding up a storefront at the Southland Shopping Plaza, located at 909 West State Road 84.
On Thursday, a large portion of an overhang ceiling collapsed in front of a Bealls Outlet store.
Stores at the plaza have been temporarily shut down as a safety precaution.
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The kbb industry has a duty of care to attract the next generation of kitchen and bathroom professionals, is the message from experts.
In an exclusive column for Kitchens & Bathrooms News, founder of specialist recruitment agency Foyne Jones, Peter Jones wrote: “Put frankly, the sooner the kbb industry steps up and reaches out to Generation Z the better.”
Speaking in an accompanying video, he said: “We all have a duty of care to work harder and smarter at attracting the next generation of Kbb professionals.
“That may be designers, it may be showroom managers, it may be the skilled trades who actually turn those projects and designs into reality.”
The kbb industry is already struggling with a well-publicised trade skills gap, with not enough installers to meet the high demand for kitchen and bathroom fits.
Director of award-winning installation company Liberty Fitting Service Mark Conacher expressed trades are valuable and offer a “fantastic” living.
The experts agreed the kbb industry needs to promote itself to young people through social media, to make it appealing.
Peter Jones explained why retailers should become more involved, adding: “It’s about your business utilising the power of apprenticeships…and going out of your way to train, develop and bring through our stars of the future. “
Mark Conacher agreed and said he was taking on young people using the Government’s Kickstart scheme.
He stated: “It’s a different world, now, for kids. With social media everybody wants to be an influencer.
“We need to create role models and people to look up to” and said the kbb industry, including retailers must “up their social media game and find those youngsters and show them the role models, show them about the trades and make it interesting.”


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Tickets for UFC 146 Available Next Week
UFC 146 tickets on sale next week, fans are invited to Tuesday press conference in Las Vegas
Good news to all UFC fans! The tickets for the long awaited event: “UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Overeem”, will start selling Friday, next week. The fans are also invited to drop by in the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, next Tuesday for the event’s press conference.
The tickets will go on sale on March 30 at 3pm and the prices will range from $75 to $800. A presale period exclusively for UFC Fight Club members will start next Wednesday, March 28, at 3 p.m ET, while UFC.com e-newsletter subscribers can buy tickets on Thursday, March 29 at 1 p.m. ET.View Article Source »


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Building on their mission to promote the benefits and many ways walnuts can play a role in the overall health of consumers in the U.S. and around the world, the California Walnut Commission (CWC) published results from their recent multimedia campaign in India. The campaign focused on educating consumers on how walnuts add valuable plant-based omega-3, protein and fiber to their diet. Here are the highlights:
- The wide-reaching awareness campaign was live from November 2020 through February 2021 and was supported by print ads placed in leading consumer and trade publications, digital ads, as well as point-of-sale displays in major retailers across India.
- The CWC engaged top influencers, including celebrity chefs, nutritionists and fitness experts, to provide inspiration and recipe ideas through their social channels.
- The CWC utilized advertising on broadcast television from mid-December through mid-January, reaching 1.2 billion consumers weekly.
This campaign highlights the value of the CWC and showcases its efforts to expand California walnuts use and consumption in India. “Despite high tariffs in this market, there is still an opportunity to build consumer demand for California Walnuts,” said Pamela Graviet, Senior Marketing Director, International, for the California Walnut Commission. “California Walnuts are a versatile ingredient, known for their high-quality, consistency and mild flavor, and the CWC is focused on building trade capacity to bring awareness to these attributes.”


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JOHOR BAHRU (December 4): Traders in the city have been warned not to take advantage of rising prices for basic necessities following the establishment of the vaccinated overland travel route (VTL-Land ) since Monday, November 29.
Mohd Hairul Anuar Bohro, branch director of the Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP), Mohd Hairul Anuar Bohro, said the department will conduct periodic monitoring and inspections to ensure it does not there would be no price increase when the land border between Malaysia and Singapore was opened.
âIn the event of a sudden surge in prices due to the opening of VTL-Land, we will take immediate and firm action in accordance with applicable law, we guarantee this to consumers.
âConsumers are urged to file a complaint directly with the KPDNHEP if there is a price increase,â he told reporters after attending the Malaysian Family Selling Program at Johor State Level in Johor. Taman Daya Econsave supermarket here on Saturday. The general manager of Econsave, Mas Imran Adam, was also present.
Mohd Hairul Anuar said this when asked about profits, following the implementation of VTL-Land and the action that would be taken against stray traders.
He said consumers should spend wisely and shop around before making a purchase.
On November 29, the VTL-Land via the Johor Causeway and Second Link was opened simultaneously with the VTL-Air crossing between Changi Airport and Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).


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The total spend on retail projects in the UAE reached USD $1084 million in 2010, whilst the demand for retail space is set to grow at a rate of 9.5% per annum in 2011 and 2012 in the GCC region (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar), according to the latest ‘GCC Construction Overview’ by Ventures Middle East published in January 2011.
dmg :: events is delighted to announce the official re-launch of the InRetail Exhibition 2011, taking place on 22 – 25 October 2011 in Dubai. The show will run alongside the INDEX Design Exhibition and will provide the retail industry with a sophisticated platform where retail professionals can view the latest solutions and systems for their retail stores.
InRetail Project Manager Michaella Black explains why the region’s only dedicated retail exhibition is the right event for clients wishing to target the retail markets in the GCC. “The GCC region is home to many of the most impressive and luxurious retail establishments in the world. Increasingly, retailers are changing their tactics to make sure that they achieve optimum business success. There is a greater need to enhance retail experiences through innovative store designs, ambient settings and technologies that all help to combat competition and build brand integrity. The retail market is one of the fastest growing industries in the GCC, and undoubtedly the figures quoted above demonstrate both the buoyancy of the retail market and the lucrative business opportunities that the region has to offer.”
For the first time in 2011, InRetail will be introducing a leading regional conference alongside the exhibition to engage the entire retail industry and allow them to capitalise on new market opportunities, meet with key personalities and explore new business opportunities.
Clifford Morris, Group Retail Operations Manager from retail giant EMKE says: “There is still a huge opportunity across the GCC for developing Hypermarkets, Supermarkets and Convenience Stores due to the changing shopping trends within the region. Consumers are changing from traditional markets to a more convenient one stop shop.
Changing lifestyles within the region mean that we are constantly looking to improve our consumer offer and to do this we are visiting trade shows and hypermarkets around the world to bring new ideas and innovations to our business. It is a huge benefit to us that InRetail is to re-launch the InRetail Exhibition in 2011, as it enables us to meet with companies and people who have a greater understanding of the GCC retail market.”
Founding Partner Mike Kent from Kinnersley Kent Design, a UK-based design agency who have worked with leading retail establishments such as Waitrose and John Lewis, said: “We find the InRetail exhibition to be the most effective of its kind in the region, and an ideal platform to raise awareness of our brand whilst meeting new design buyers and quality local suppliers from across the GCC. Having participated twice before, InRetail has helped us first to test the market, and then acted as a platform to launch our Dubai office in Jumeirah Lakes Towers.
This time we are participating to build our profile as an established retail design business, and we will showcase and share some of the great work our Middle Eastern clients have commissioned recently, from hotels to restaurants, fashion boutiques and supermarkets, to department stores.” Kent continued.


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Report Suggests Impossible Burger is America’s No-1 Late Night Delight
Impossible Burger turns out to be the most popular snack delivered late night in America, according to the ‘State of the Plate’ report by popular food delivery service- GrubHub. The meatless-mania is a round-the-clock reality, not a growing food trend anymore! Keep reading to find out.
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GrubHub Report Finds Impossible Burger as the Most Popular Late-Night Snack
In their lately released “State of the Plate” report, food delivery company GrubHub has stated the meatless burger, by Impossible Foods, is the most popular midnight-munchy that America loves to savor. The report states this year’s top trends in food in the air.
According to the report sent to media outlet INSIDER, in the first half of 2019, the vegan meat burger spiked a whopping 529% in terms of popularity. And the reigns of the vegan snack didn’t end just there, it is also number one food delivery order with popularity hiking over 326% in the Midwest, the INSIDER reports.
The Vegan on the Rise
A vegan burger securing top spots in multiple culinary-trends is an unmissable pointer to the inclination towards plant-based eating. The demand for vegan burgers has been rising, with positive feedback from vegans and nonvegans alike. The demand for Impossible Burger has been so much overwhelming that the company barely could keep up with the supply.
The chief financial officer of Impossible Foods told Business Insider “There is no question that this surge in demand has put pressure on our ability to meet it all. … We’re doing everything we can and we’re sparing no expense.”
As of vegan snacks, the orders of vegan-friendly options have also seen a 25% increase this year. Have a look below at the Top 8 “Vegan Haven” of America, ordering the most vegan foods-
- Los Angeles, California
- Brooklyn, New York
- Portland, Oregon
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Rochester, New York
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Detroit, Michigan
- San Diego, California
Impossible Burger is made of soy, potato protein along with specialized ingredient like heme, to give the burger patty the closest meat-like taste, looks, and texture. The vegan burger maker is backed by stars like Katy Perry, Serena Williams, and Jay-Z as investors. What do you think about a vegan burger topping America’s late-night food trend? Let me know your thoughts in comments.


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Following the recent bankruptcy of retailer Toys R US, an announcement has been made by the company that it’s planning to close up to 182 of its stores across the country. There are currently 1600 stores in the global chain, 880 of which are located in the US. The decision to close its stores will be unpopular with both staff and customers, however, lawyers representing the company claim the decision is essential to keep up with competition from online retailers.
The closures are still awaiting court approval which is expected to be finalised by the end of April this year. In a statement on their website, Toys R Us CEO Dave Brandon said “The actions we are taking are necessary to give us the best chance to emerge from our bankruptcy proceedings as a more viable and competitive company.” Stores outside the US are currently unaffected by the decision, and CEO of the Canadian branch of the company reassured consumers that all of its 83 stores will remain open for the foreseeable future.
The news of these closures is a concern for both Toys R Us and the retail industry in America as a whole. This year has been particularly difficult for retailers, with a total of close to 7000 stores closing across the country. This is a new record, and figures from the Fung Global Retail and Technology thinktank show that the total number of stores, even when taking into account new openings, has fallen for the first time since 2009.
Most experts agree that the struggle retailers are facing can be put down to the shift towards online shopping. Online retailers like Amazon and eBay are continuing to flourish and see booming profits, while traditional stores are struggling to keep up. More and more retailers are shifting towards online sales, and foot traffic in stores fell by 8% last year alone. The massive and increasing competition from companies like Walmart and Target in the US are also thought to be fueling the issue.


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PATNA: With Chhath Puja underway, sale of non-vegetarian food items including chicken, mutton and fish went southward across meat markets in the city.
The wholesale chicken market at New Market near Patna Junction wore a deserted look on Wednesday that was Nahai Khai. "During the four-day festival, we know that the sales would be low. However, business is back to usual post the festivities," said Mohammad Anees, one of the shopkeepers in the area.
Meat shopowners on Boring Canal Road too said that the demand dips during the four days of Chhath with most of the people abstaining from preparing non-veg food at home. "At present undressed broiler chicken is selling at Rs 120 per kg, while dressed chicken meat is grossing Rs 180 per kg. Mutton ranges from Rs 320 to Rs 360 per kg," said Nehal Ahmad, one of the butchers at the non-vegetarian market near crossing.
In fact, with cleanliness drive underway in the city, meat shops at Kurji were open only for a few hours in the morning and evening. "On Thursday, I would open the shop for a few hours in the morning and would keep it closed on Friday, when devotees offer their prayers to the setting Sun," said Mohammad Saikat, a chicken shopowner, adding that shops would reopen on Saturday evening.
The fish market near Rajapur Pul too saw fewer footfalls on Wednesday morning. In fact, with the roads being cleaned and sanitized, not many fish mongers had set up their stalls. "The sellers have also gone home to their villages. They would be back after Chhath," said one of the retailers Sharda Devi. Sale of eggs too was limited according to a few retail vendors on Boring Canal road. In fact, people even abstaining from using garlic and onions in their preparations.
However, most of the restaurants or roadside food joints in the city are still offering non-vegetarian delicacies and many people taking to the eateries to satiate their taste buds. According to a manger of a popular roadside non-vegetarian outlet on Boring Canal road, Rahul Kumar, "Quite a few people came to our outlet during Chhath even last year with demands of kebab and egg-rolls. However, the footfalls are lighter than the usual days."


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Warehouse retailer PriceSmart posted quarterly earnings results on Jan. 7 that showed steady sales and profit growth -- along with continuing challenges from currency swings in the Colombian market. Here's how the headline numbers stacked up against the prior-year period:
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Data source: PriceSmart's financial filings.
What happened with PriceSmart this quarter?The company, which operates Costco -style warehouse clubs across Latin America and the Caribbean, managed solid profit growth even as the profitability ticked lower. Highlights of the quarter include:
- Revenue rose 9%, slowing from the prior quarter's 13% jump.
- PriceSmart counted 38 warehouse stores in operation, up from 36 a year ago.
- Membership income improved by 13% to $11.5 million, or just below the 15% pace set over the last four quarters.
- Operating margin fell slightly, dipping to 5.5% of sales from 5.9%.
- Pre-opening expenses dove to $300,000 from $3 million as PriceSmart opened just one new warehouse store in the quarter, compared to three in the prior-year period.
- December comparable-store sales were up 1.3%, an improvement over the 0.5% gain in November.
What management had to sayManagement cited currency issues as a major headwind continuing to hold back sales growth. The 1.3% comps gain for December, for example, rises to 3.6% if you exclude the data for the chain's three stores in Colombia, where sales results were hit hard by the sharp devaluation of the Colombian peso.
Swings in that currency have been a major drag on PriceSmart's operations lately, pushing sales growth, profitability, and membership income lower. But executives continue to see Colombia as a great long-term market for its warehouse clubs. "We're still optimistic about our opportunity in that country," CEO Jose Luis Laparte said in a recent conference call with investors.In the meantime, the retailer has stepped up its efforts to source more products locally so that it can lower costs in the market.
Looking forwardThe 3.6% currency-adjusted comps gain in December represents a solid improvement over the 2.2% November rise. That suggests customer traffic growth is strong even if the improvement is currently being overwhelmed by foreign exchange issues.
PriceSmart can't do much about currency swings, so it's focusing on improving its merchandising and supply chain so that it can continue to lower prices and thus improve the shopping experience for its members. Those initiatives are paying dividends, as evidenced by the 2-percentage-point uptick in PriceSmart's subscriber renewal rate -- to 86%, or just slightly below Costco's 88% global renewal rate.
The article PriceSmart Inc. Grows Despite Currency Challenges originally appeared on Fool.com.
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According to their latest financial report, EA will be releasing Titanfall 2 later this fall, roughly at the same as time as Battlefield 1.
Titanfall 2, the sequel to the first person shooter that combined epic mech suits with Call of Duty-like action, is set to release in the third fiscal quarter of 2016, according to EA CEO Andrew Wilson. Basically, this means that the game will be released between October and December of this year.
The official report also revealed some big releases that are planned for the rest of the fiscal year, which include the newest EA Sports titles and the upcoming Mass Effect Andromeda.
Very little has been revealed about Respawn Entertainment’s Titanfall 2 so far, as we are still a few weeks away from the official reveal. However, if the Battlefield 1 world premiere anything to go by, we can expect a lot more than a teaser trailer.
Titanfall 2 will be available later this fall for the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.Some of our posts include links to online retail stores. We get a small cut if you buy something through one of our links. Don't worry, it doesn't cost you anything extra.


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The battle of which fruit will be added to chill life sim RPG Stardew Valley has been decided. On Tuesday, solo developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone posted a poll asking players what sort of fruit tree they’d like to see in the game, and by a narrow margin, the banana plant won out over the mango, though Barone’s cheeky little ellipsis at the end of his tweet seems to suggest that the runner-up fruit will make it in as well.
Of course, there’s no timetable for when this new fruit will be added to the game, nor when the next update will be. As readers will recall, “done when it’s done” is Barone’s usual update cadence, with the most recent updates arriving in November 2019 and August 2018 respectively. Still, there’s something for Stardew Valley farmers to look forward to.
Thanks for voting… Banana is the winner! Looks like mango is the runner up… pic.twitter.com/eQqiZ4Gf6Z
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By Christopher Burbach
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Lacking English, short on capital and missing such home-country staples as dried radishes, members of one of the newest refugee groups in the United States pooled their money to open a small grocery store in Omaha that caters to their needs.
More than 60 refugee families from the Asian kingdom of Bhutan invested money to start Druk Groceries, 822 N. 40th St. in midtown Omaha. They formed a limited cooperative association, an unusual type of business arrangement in Nebraska, but one that also is being considered by a handful of small towns who are losing their grocery stores.
At the Bhutanese grocery store, in a former office building one block from St. Cecilia Cathedral, managers aim primarily to serve the 900 to 1,000 people in the local Bhutanese refugee community with foodstuffs they're used to from back home. The shelves are stacked with bulk rice; hard, dried, canned and pickled chili peppers; dal (lentils and other legumes); curry powder and dried tamarind; free spinach and big boxes of Cheerios. The store also carries such traditional American staples as milk, eggs and baking soda, and hopes to attract a broader clientele from within the store's midtown Omaha neighborhood.
It's unclear to what degree that will happen. The store may seem as foreign to the majority population as Omaha must feel to people from Bhutan.
But neighbors who have noticed the store say they're glad it's in the area, where there had been a corner grocery store for decades until the last one closed 10 years ago.
For the refugees who started it, the new enterprise is about comfort and convenience right now, and, more important, long-term self-sufficiency and economic growth, according to Kumar Gurung, chairman of the association.
On a recent morning, Gurung slid folding chairs into a corner of the store — between a rack of English-language greeting cards and a homemade walk-in vegetable cooler chilled by an air conditioner — to talk about his people and their business.
They hail from Bhutan, a small constitutional monarchy high in the Himalayas between China and India. Bhutan promotes itself as being focused on personal fulfillment by measuring its “Gross National Happiness.” But the smiles do not extend to all.
In the late 1980s, with Bhutan's elite worried about a growing ethnic Nepali population, the Bhutanese government began harrassing, displacing and then forcibly expelling ethnic Nepalis.
“They claimed that we went to Bhutan from Nepal,” Gurung said.
Many of the evicted people, he said, came from families who had lived in Bhutan for generations.
Eventually, more than 100,000 people, about one-sixth of Bhutan's population, were forced to leave their homes. They landed in seven refugee camps in nearby Nepal.
For 15 to 20 years, they lived in bamboo huts with thatched roofs and see-through walls, Gurung said. They had education through 10th grade. A very few, such as Gurung, were allowed to seek higher education in India, where he obtained a law degree and was able to return to Nepal and teach in college. In Nepal, many Bhutanese have able to work as laborers on the sly, Gurung said. But the Nepalese government doesn't accept them.
Evicted by Bhutan, unwanted in Nepal, they are a stateless people.
“We had many hardships,” Gurung said.
Among those: a subsistence diet of boiled rice and salt, sometimes sugar, rarely meat or fresh fruits, and sometimes vegetables, though they were often rotten by the time they reached the camps.
The United States began resettling the refugees to America in 2006. The first arrived in Omaha in 2008. More have been coming each year. Hundreds more are expected in the next couple of years.
Though employment has been harder to come by for refugees in Omaha in recent years, the Bhutanese have been finding jobs in such places as Tyson and ConAgra meatpacking plants, First Data Resources and hotels.
Many live in midtown, Benson and Dundee. Bhutanese people, especially women, are noticeable in their brightly colored traditional clothing from their home country.
In 2009, they formed the Bhutanese Community Association to help the people adapt to American life and retain their identity and culture. It offers English, driving and other education.
Asked about their culture, Gurung said Bhutanese refugees have in common their native language, culture and food (with a strong affinity for chili peppers).
“The only thing we don't have in common is religion,” he said.
There are four basic groups: Buddhist, Hindu, Christian and Kirat. The last is the religion of the indigenous Himilayan Kirati people.
“But we have a kind of religious tolerance,” Gurung said. “We love each other. We worship with each other. Whichever religious group is celebrating something, we all celebrate it.”
That community spirit also is behind the grocery store, Gurung said. Leaders launched the idea last year as they pondered ways for the growing Bhutanese population to not only survive in America, but to own businesses and generate their own employment, Gurung said.
Without English, people were having a hard time shopping at supermarkets or the other several ethnic groceries that have popped up in the city.
“We were in need of a business in our community,” Gurung said. “But nobody had money. We weren't qualified for loans. We had no credit.”
They consulted lawyers and others and decided to create a limited cooperative association, in which members are investors. They vote democratically on major business decisions, and share in any profits based on how much they buy at the store.
Families invested savings from their jobs, from a couple hundred dollars to a few thousand each.
Gurung navigated state and city regulations. They acquired a business adviser (and a fan) in businessman Nicholas Bonham-Carter when they found a home for the store, in a building he owns.
“The building was divided up into offices, and I was disinclined to renovate it into a grocery store,” Bonham-Carter said. “But they were very persuasive. I could see really how important this was and so I agreed, and we split the cost of removing the partitions.”
The group bought shelving and inventory from a store that was closing (thus the English-language greeting cards). Community members did much of the remodeling work.
The store opened about two months ago. It hit the ground walking. At one time, Druk was down to its last $200. But it's doing better now, after leaders stressed to members how important it is to shop there, and as the supply of most-desired products has become more reliable.
That they have come this far, and are working together, impresses Lacey Studnicka, who works with refugees for Lutheran Family Services, the major local resettler of the Bhutanese. But it doesn't surprise her.
“They're so entreprenuerial,” she said. “They really have a strong sense of community. They're very loyal to each other, very eager for ESL (English) classes, and really taking a very active role in becoming self-sufficient.”


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The India-based fantasy sports platform has announced that its valuation has surpassed $1 billion, following a new investment. Dream 11 is a fantasy sports service that hosts cricket, NBA, soccer and other sports content on its online platform. Its new valuation came after a secondary sale that involved the transfer of a small amount of stock.
According to Dream 11, Steadview Capital (Hong Kong based asset management firm) purchased an undisclosed amount of shares from existing investors Kalaari Capital (Indian tech-focused VC), Think Investments and Multiples Equity. Steadview is well-known as an early backer of the Indian Uber’s competitor, Ola. “We at Steadview believe that Dream11 is poised to become the leading sports company in India catering to everything a sports fan needs. We think very highly of the visionary founders and are excited to partner with the team in this journey. The company’s phenomenal growth track-record, dominant leadership in daily fantasy gaming and strong engagement metrics is a testament to the consumer love for the platform,” said Ravi Mehta, Steadview Capital’s managing director.
As India’s Economic Times reports, the deal is worth around $60 million, valuing Dream11 at $1 -1.5 billion. Based on those figures, Dream11 has jumped from its previous $500 million valuation that the company reported last September.


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The startup hopes bicycle-phobic people will like its lightweight three-wheeler, whose battery gives it a 30-mile range before pedaling.
The goofball marketing campaign has returned for the fourth year in a row, and promises to infiltrate your holiday season even more. Question: Does it do much for creator OfficeMax?
After months of anticipation, singing robot T-Pain has finally unleashed his secret weapon: an iPhone application that gives users the power to make their crappy singing voice sound...just as crappy. But digitized!
Warner Bros has announced a new remake for classic arcade game Gauntlet, coming in winter for PC via Steam and the Steam Machine.
Researchers use chili and chocolate to determine how your virtual avatar may affect behavior after a game is over.
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Trivago, the hotel search platform majority held by online travel firm Expedia, filed with the U.S. regulators on Monday for an initial public offering of up to $400 million.
Trivago said it planned to offer American depositary shares (ADSs), representing Class A shares of its affiliate, travel B.V.
A portion of the ADSs will be issued and sold by the company and a portion by certain shareholders, the company said. The selling shareholders include Trivago’s founders.
In 2012, Expedia paid $531 million for a 62% stake in Trivago.
Expedia, which is not selling any ADSs, and its affiliates will hold Class B shares after the IPO, the company said.
Expedia Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi told investors in July that management and Trivago’s founding team had agreed to an IPO to value Trivago as a standalone company.
Monday’s filing did not reveal how many shares the company planned to sell or their expected price.
Trivago plans to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “TRVG.”
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New LSE research suggests endorsement from neighbours is one of the best sales tools for new solar arrays, even among farms and businesses
No one wants to be accused of being the nosy parker behind the twitching net curtain, but the British obsession with knowing what the neighbours are up to seems to be a time-honoured pursuit for many across...
Thriving agricultural communities are critical for the long-term for these companies. Plus, three tips for managing programs that combine the 'head' with the 'heart'
Many consumer-facing companies with recognizable brands are taking action, but companies lower down in the supply chain are not, a new study finds
Environment Secretary Michael Gove says government is exploring possibility of a full ban, just weeks after similar noises from Scottish government
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14 of This Week's Best Deals, From the Pixel 3 to iPad Pro Razer Has life become a little meh lately? There's also a 4-Day Best Buy Sale going on if you want to check it out.
Nota bene : WIRED favorite REI is also having a clearance sale through January 21, so if you are planning a trip this winter, now is a good time to stock up on ski socks, helmets, and more.
Michael Short/Bloomberg/Getty Images Oracle allegedly paid some female employees more than $13,000 less per year, on average, than male employees in similar roles, according an analysis of Oracle’s own pay data revealed Friday as part of a gender bias lawsuit against the company.
German and other European automakers warned on Dec. 17 that EU plans to slash carbon dioxide emissions from new cars and vans by 2030 are "totally unrealistic" without a network to recharge electric cars and more effort to retrain workers.
None of the codes and links posted below Gutierrez’s Lashify video include a disclosure beyond the phrase “AFFILIATE SHIZ!” Nubounsom did not respond to a request for comment.$50,000 for a YouTube VideoPayments for influencers are rising so fast that some advertisers feel priced out of the market.
Woodward just adds some wonderful color, explaining that Priebus took to calling Trump’s bedroom, where many of the tweets originated, “the devil’s workshop” and called the president’s favorite time for tweeting “the witching hour.” (The prediction that Twitter could get us into a war was reportedly made by an unnamed national security official.)About the AuthorJeffrey Lewis is a scholar at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey and the author of The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States.It is unsettling, the idea that the president could spark a nuclear war with the same carelessness that he picks fights with D-list celebrities.
Drivers in Europe have paid €150bn more on fuel than they would have if their vehicles had performed as well on-the-road as in official laboratory-based tests, according to a new report. Transport & Environment said the gaming could mean carmakers have to deliver just half the emissions reductions intended.
If Germany Can't Quit Coal, Can Anyone Else?Germany's switch from black to brown (lignite) coal is making it tougher to meet carbon reduction goals.Dusan Bartolovic/Getty ImagesSometime next month, underground miners will dig Germany’s last ton of black coal, load it onto a conveyor belt, and whisk it a mile to the surface of the Ibbenbüren mining facility.


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Banned Books Week trivia contest button in the Bulletin this week
The University of St. Thomas libraries will join thousands of bookstores and libraries nationwide in celebrating the freedom to read as part of Banned Books Week. Since its inception in 1982, Banned Books Week has promoted the idea that, while not every book is intended for every reader, each person has the right to decide what to read, listen to or view.
For more information, visit the St. Thomas libraries Banned Books Week Web page and participate in the trivia contest every day this week for a chance to win a gift certificate to the UST Bookstore.
Bulletin Today will provide a Banned Books Week button on its homepage for you to participate in the contest each day.


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Droves of New York City’s street food vendors have left the streets as New Yorkers increasingly stay at home with unprecedented restrictions on public life amid the novel coronavirus crisis. Though several vendors still remain in the outer boroughs, the ones in Manhattan have largely decamped due to a massive drop in foot traffic this past week.
Mohamed Attia — the head of the Street Food Vendor Project, a nonprofit that counts 2,300 vendors among its members, a majority of who are immigrants and people of color — tells Eater only a few hundred members are still out selling food as parts of the city have transformed into a virtual ghost town. And unlike restaurants, the stopgap of delivery or takeout isn’t an option for most, vendors say.
As New Yorkers start anticipating a shelter-in-place policy similar to one currently in place in the Bay Area, despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo denying the possibility, street food vendors say their business will only be impacted further, and many don’t think it’s financially feasible to keep trying to stay open.
“I made 20 bucks all day on Monday and that really doesn’t cover anything,” says Ahmed Ebrahim, who runs a hot dog cart at West 49th Street and Sixth Avenue. Ebrahim has not worked again since Monday. He says he noticed a dip in sales at the beginning of last week, and that business had basically come to a standstill over the weekend and this week.
“There is nothing out there for food vendors,” he added. “Restaurants can do delivery and takeout, but we don’t really have that option.”
For other vendors, supplies are starting to get scarce. As New Yorkers continue to stockpile at grocery stores, street food vendors are also beginning to feel the pinch. Thiru Kumar, who runs the popular New York Dosas cart in Washington Square Park, told Eater last week that he was having trouble getting rice and dal, ingredients that go into making dosas.
By Tuesday, he decided to close. “NYU students are all gone, and they are some of my best customers,” he says.
Some, though, say that stopping completely doesn’t feel like a viable option. MD Naeem Khandaker, who runs the Bangladeshi street food cart Tong, has closed his Jamaica, Queens location but will continue to operate in Jackson Heights — saying that it’s his duty to pay his sole employee for as long as he can, he says.
Business has fallen precipitously in the last 10 days: Tong usually gets 200 to 300 customers a day, but in recent days that number has dropped to about 50. But as long as the food cart gets at least a few customers, he wants to remain open. “How will he survive without this job?” he says of his employee. “This just isn’t fair.”
On Thursday, Los Angeles became the first major city nationwide to issue a ban on street food vendors amid the COVID-19 crisis, but a spokesperson for de Blasio tells Eater that there are no plans for a similar ban in NYC right now. The New York City Council echoed that sentiment, with a spokesperson telling Eater that “the council has no plans to limit street vendors.”
While street food carts don’t have to contend with high overheads in terms of rent or paying several staff members the way restaurants do, many vendors live paycheck to paycheck and expressed concerns to Eater that they won’t be able to make rent on their homes in the coming months. It’s one of the top concerns for vendors in this time of uncertainty, Attia tells Eater.
His nonprofit is calling on city officials to take a series of actions to protect vendors: The state tax department should waive any late fees for vendors filing later than the March 20th deadline, the group asks, and the city’s health department should waive outstanding tickets that have been issued since January this year, since many vendors don’t know when they’ll be able to go back to work.
Though there are reportedly more than 10,000 street food vendors in the city, so far conversations of COVID-19’s impact on the dining world have largely focused on restaurants and bars. The city is now offering interest-free loans to small businesses due to the ongoing crisis, but Attia says most vendors won’t have the ability to pay these loans off later on.
Still, some vendors are hopeful that city officials addressed their concerns.
“I was born in this city and I’ve worked here my whole life,” says Ebrahim. “I hope the city will take care of us.”
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The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors (GLVAR) reported this week that despite a shrinking housing supply, local home prices and sales continued to rise in May 2017.
GLVAR reported that the median price of existing single-family homes sold during May through its Multiple Listing Service (MLS) increased to $250,000. That was up 0.4 percent from April and up 9.1 percent from May 2016. Meanwhile, the median price of local condos and townhomes sold in May was $137,950, up 6.1 percent from April and up 16.9 percent from May 2016.
At the current sales pace, GLVAR President David J. Tina said Southern Nevada now has less than a two-month supply of existing homes available for sale. A six-month supply is considered to be a balanced market.
"We're dealing with a housing shortage, and our housing supply has been getting tighter every month," said Tina. "This is creating challenges for potential buyers and for our members. Homes are selling faster each month too, so buyers need to be aggressive and move quickly when they find a home they like. At the same time, it's encouraging to see that we're still able to sell more homes each month and that home prices are increasing, but at a more gradual pace."
By the end of May, GLVAR reported 4,972 single-family homes listed for sale without any sort of offer. That's down 34.8 percent from one year ago. For condos and townhomes, the 630 properties listed without offers in May represented a 71.8 percent drop from one year ago.
Like prices, local home sales have also been increasing. The total number of existing local homes, condos and townhomes sold in May was 4,297, up from 3,349 in May 2016. Compared to one year ago, sales were up 29.9 percent for homes and up 21.7 percent for condos and townhomes.
According to GLVAR, total sales to date in 2017 are 17,963, which include all homes, condos, townhomes and other residential properties sold through GLVAR's MLS. These sales continue to outpace 2016, when 41,720 total properties were sold in Southern Nevada. That was more than the 38,577 properties sold during 2015. It was also more total sales than in 2014, but fewer than each year from 2009 through 2013.
GLVAR said 26.9 percent of all local properties sold in May were purchased with cash, down from 28.2 percent in May 2016. That's well short of the February 2013 peak of 59.5 percent, indicating that cash buyers and investors are still more active in Southern Nevada than in most markets, but that their influence has been waning.
For several years, GLVAR has been reporting fewer distressed sales and more traditional home sales, where lenders are not controlling the transaction. That trend continued in May, when 3.1 percent of all local sales were short sales - which occur when lenders allow borrowers to sell a home for less than what they owe on the mortgage. That compares to 4.5 percent of all sales in May 2016. Another 3.7 percent of all May sales were bank-owned, down from 6.1 percent one year ago.
These GLVAR statistics include activity through the end of May 2017. GLVAR distributes statistics each month based on data collected through its MLS, which does not necessarily account for newly constructed homes sold by local builders or homes for sale by owners.
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The total value of local real estate transactions tracked through the MLS during May was more than $1 billion for homes and more than $114 million for condos, high-rise condos and townhomes. Compared to one year ago, total sales volumes in May were up 40.2 percent for homes, and up 20.5 percent for condos and townhomes.
Homes and condos continued to sell faster than last year at this time. In May, 81.6 percent of all existing local homes and 87.3 percent of all existing local condos and townhomes sold within 60 days. That compares to one year ago, when 71.2 percent of all existing local homes and 67.7 percent of all existing local condos and townhomes sold within 60 days.


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American multinational E-commerce giant eBay has upscaled its policy to facilitate the sales of non-fungible tokens, on Tuesday 11th, while speaking with reuters.com revealed how the company was to allow the sale of non-fungible tokens.
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These are digital collectibles like trading cards, images or video clips on its platform, making them the first e-commerce company to tap into the recent attraction around NFTs.
NFTs are virtual assets that exist on a blockchain ledger, in recent times they have exploded in popularity, as art enthusiasts spend enormous sums of money trying to acquire these artworks and other items available online pegged in form of NFTs, ranging from a tweet to a clip of an award winning video.
The intriguing part of NFTs is with some selling out for millions of dollars, unlike fungible cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, NFTs are based on the idea of scarcity, like regular arts but this time, its digital representing breeds a unique notion.
These could range from something like Kurt Cobain’s last photoshoot to historic moments from NBA games. While anyone can view the NFTs for free, the buyer has the status of being the official owner – a kind of digital bragging rights.
The consumer-to-consumer company declared that in the short term, an NFT inventory will be provided to sellers who meet eBay’s standards, adding that users can expect to see programs, policies and tools in future that will let them buy and sell NFTs across a broader range of categories.
“In the coming months, eBay will add new capabilities that bring blockchain-driven collectibles to our platform,” said Jordan Sweetnam, senior vice president and general manager for eBay’s North America market.
The announcement comes after eBay said last week it was open to the possibility of adopting cryptocurrency as a form of payment in the future and was looking at ways to get NFTs on its platform.


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LG Electronics announced this week that it will begin the rollout of its 2020 TV set line-up. The new series is spearheaded by fourteen new OLED models including the art inspired GX Gallery series, 8K ZX models and more 4K UHD TVs.
The company will initially roll out its 2020 TV line-up this month in South Korea and the US, which will be followed shortly after in Europe and other areas. Three new GX Gallery sets feature a minimalist design made possible by LG’s OLED technology, enabling best in class picture quality in an ultra-thin form factor. The 65-inch GX Gallery model measures just 20mm thick and can be mounted flush to a wall.
LG’s new OLED ZX Real 8K series offers four times the resolution of 4K and 16 times of Full HD. LG 8K TVs meet and in some cases exceed industry standards for 8K Ultra HD specifications set out by the Consumer Technology Association, which means they are the first 8K models qualified to sport the CTA 8K Ultra HD logo.
In addition to the ZX Real 8K series, LG will also launch an all-new range of new 4K OLED Ultra HD TVs in 2020, with CX and BX models available in 77, 65 and 55-inch variants. Consumers will also be able to choose from new sizes in the CX models with a 48-inch CX OLED due to become available later this year. LG is planning on adding seven Real 8K TVs to its NanoCell LCD TV lineup too, with 77, 65 and 55-inch version all carrying the CTA 8K UHD logo.
As well as their superior picture quality, another key feature of LG’s 2020 OLED TVs will be improved gaming capabilities. In an attempt to lure gamers to its 2020 TV series, twelve of its new OLED models will be officially Nvidia G-Sync compatible, to provide perfectly rendered graphics with low latency, tear-free gaming via connected Nvidia G-Sync capable devices.
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Taiwan Applies to Join Regional Trade Pact
On September 22, the Executive Yuan announced that Taiwan had formally applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Taiwan submitted its application documents to New Zealand, which acts as the depositary for the trade bloc and whose government circulated the application among the other member states.
Cumulatively, CPTPP’s 11 members account for more than 13% of global GDP, and represent a population of nearly 500 million, or 7% of the world’s total. Members also constitute over 24% of Taiwan’s total trade. Currently led by Japan, the CPTPP was formed after the U.S. under then-president Trump withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). China applied to join the trade bloc on September 16, a move that has drawn significant attention and perhaps pushed Taiwan to quickly submit its own application.
National Development Council Minister Kung Ming-hsin said he expects that Taiwan’s annual GDP growth will increase by over 2% if Taiwan is accepted into the CPTPP, and contract by 0.56% if it is not. He added that if the island’s bid to join is successful, several sectors would be negatively affected, with agriculture, automotive, and auto parts being the hardest hit. However, if Taiwan is rejected, Kung said that the petroleum, plastic, steel, rubber, chemical, construction materials, and service industries could face stiffer trade barriers.
Central Bank Maintains Interest Rates and Tightens Property Market
On September 23, Taiwan’s Central Bank (CBC) announced that it will maintain key interest rates for a sixth consecutive quarter. The discount rate will be kept at 1.125%, the lowest in Taiwan’s history. Additionally, the bank raised its forecast of Taiwan’s economic growth rate this year to 5.75% and estimated that next year’s growth rate will be 3.45%. The bank based its forecasts on Taiwan’s better-than-expected economic performance in 2021 and effective management of the pandemic.
The CBC also increased credit controls for the housing market, prohibiting grace periods for individual purchasers of second homes in Taiwan’s six special municipalities (Taipei, New Taipei City, Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung), as well as Hsinchu City and County. In addition, the bank lowered the mortgage ceiling for land purchases and industrial parks. The latest controls mark the third time since December last year that the CBC has sought to rein in property speculation. Explaining the adjustments, the bank referenced the Joint Credit Information Center’s findings that 82.6% of second homeowners in Taiwan are concentrated in the aforementioned municipalities.
Foodpanda Slapped with NT$2 million Fine from FTC
The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) announced on September 17 its plans to fine online food delivery platform Foodpanda Taiwan Co. NT$2 million. FTC Vice Chairperson Andy Chen stated that Foodpanda denied partner restaurants the ability to price dine-in and take-out options differently and to reject pick-up orders. Chen stated that these restrictions violate the Fair Trade Act. In addition to the fine, the FTC ordered Foodpanda to end such practices immediately.
The market for food delivery services in Taiwan is currently dominated by FoodPanda and UberEats. The FTC pointed out that if the number of restaurants signing exclusive partnerships or deals with food delivery platforms continues to increase, further concerns over violations of fair trade laws and regulations could arise.
Foodpanda stated that it has not yet received relevant documents from the FTC regarding the fine, and thus does not have a complete understanding of the commission’s decision. The company added that it will determine whether to file an administrative appeal after it is able to review the FTC’s findings.


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US regulators have launched a preliminary investigation into reported steering problems on the Toyota Corolla.
AFP - US safety officials have opened an investigation into complaints of steering problems in Toyota's Corolla, the world's best-selling car, a government source said Wednesday.
"We're opening an investigation into the 2009 and 2010 Toyota Corolla for steering issues," a Transportation Department official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Up to 500,000 vehicles could be affected, as long as the investigation is not widened abroad or beyond the 2009 and 2010 models, according to the official.
The Japanese giant said earlier that it was considering recalling the Corolla models over the steering problems.
The 2009-2010 Corolla is among the models involved in Toyota's earlier recalls of millions of vehicles worldwide to fix problems with unintended acceleration.
Toyota also announced it would fit all new models with a system to cut engine power when the driver steps on the accelerator and brake pedals at the same time, to prevent runaway car crashes blamed for dozens of deaths.
If there is a defect in the Corolla that affects safety, "we will start recalls," Toyota executive vice president Shinichi Sasaki told reporters. "We are in the process of investigating."
An AFP examination of complaints lodged with US safety officials found that 110 Corolla drivers reported steering problems in 2009 and 53 so far this year.
The total number of complaints lodged by Corolla owners reached 266 in 2009 and 115 so far this year.
US authorities said this month they were reviewing dozens of complaints about the Corolla -- the world's most popular car ever, with total global sales of more than 30 million since the first version was launched in the 1960s.
There have been reports of the vehicle unexpectedly veering off course at speeds above 40 miles (64 kilometers) per hour.
In an effort to restore confidence in its brand, Toyota said its president Akio Toyoda would head a task force to improve quality control and enable the group to respond more quickly to reports of defects.
But the Toyota family scion, under fire for his handling of the safety problems, signaled he would miss a grilling by US lawmakers next week on the mass recalls, sending one of his top North America executives instead.
"I am sure they are well equipped to respond well to the questions," he told a news conference, his third this month on the safety issues that have tarnished the company's once-glowing reputation.
US authorities on Tuesday demanded that the world's largest carmaker hand over documents to prove it did not drag its feet in recalling the vehicles once it learnt about defects that can lead to unintended acceleration.
Investigators will probe how and when the manufacturer discovered the problems in the recalled Toyota and Lexus vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said.
President Barack Obama's Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has vowed "to hold Toyota's feet to the fire" to make sure its cars are safe, but Toyoda denied his company had ever covered up safety defects.
"We have not withheld information and we shall not do so in the future," said Toyoda, the grandson of the company's founder.
The Japanese giant, which in 2008 dethroned General Motors as the world's biggest automaker, has pledged to fix more than eight million vehicles worldwide, more than its entire 2009 global sales, due to the safety problems.
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A logistics center will be built in Kars under the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project.
Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways Javid Gurbanov told reporters that once completed the BTK will allow entrepreneurs send one million tons of cargo per year. “The volume of cargo transportation on this route will increase in the future.” “BTK railway project will ensure the development of the region,” said Gurbanov.
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CEO of trading firm Genesis, Michael Moro, stated that according to his views the decentralized finance (defi) space is still too risky for institutions to step in. Moro explained that there have been some important mistakes made by high-profile defi protocols that are putting customers’ funds at risk. This is why the space is being still dominated by retail investors, that have more lax risk management policies.
Defi Errors Scare Away Institutions
Michael Moro, CEO of Genesis, one of the biggest cryptocurrency trading firms in the space, stated his opinion about why defi has failed to entice institutions to invest in these protocols. According to his view, the space is still too risky and this is evidenced by some recent mistakes high-profile entities have made. In an interview with Insider, Moro stated:
Errors and mistakes that you’ve seen certainly make institutions shy from doing anything in size, in any particular platform.
Hedge funds and proprietary trading firms would be very interested in using some of these protocols for their benefit, but these institutions are not willing to suffer from big mistakes that could cost them millions of dollars. Moro stressed that retail investors were at risk, stating:
The unfortunate part is that, for now, because it’s consumers, it’s retail guys that are punting around on defi today, it’ll be they to lose their money.
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text: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is on a major shopping spree. The company’s planned purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard, with a price tag of nearly $70 billion, is Microsoft’s biggest and boldest acquisition. But it’s hardly the only notable deal in the Nadella era. Microsoft\n \n (MSFT) scooped up advertising tech business Xandr from CNN owner AT&T\n \n (T) late last year for a reported $1 billion. The company also shelled out nearly $20 billion for cloud software firm Nuance earlier in 2021. That’s on top of numerous other billion dollar deals Microsoft has made since Nadella took the helm in 2014, including the acquisitions of Minecraft developer Mojang, Bethesda games studio owner ZeniMax Media, open source coding site GitHub and business social media network LinkedIn. The LinkedIn deal was previously Microsoft’s largest, with a value of $26.2 billion. Now there are reports Microsoft is looking to buy Mandiant, the cybersecurity software firm formerly known as FireEye that is currently valued at about $4.5 billion. Mandiant CEO Kevin Mandia said on the company’s earnings conference call with analysts last week that it won’t comment on rumors or speculation. Microsoft had no comment either. It should come as no surprise that Microsoft might be looking to use some of the massive amount of cash it has on its balance sheet to close some deals. Microsoft has about $130 billion, and would still have around $60 billion left over after the Activision deal closes…assuming it is approved by regulators. The cybersecurity business is a major area of focus for Nadella. Last year, Microsoft bought several security startups, including CloudKnox Security, RiskIQ and CyberX. Security is a lucrative business for Microsoft since it generates a large chunk of recurring annual subscription revenue. It also helps Microsoft attract more corporate customers for its other numerous, cloud-based subscription software offerings. So even if a Mandiant deal doesn’t happen, Microsoft will likely set its sights elsewhere in the same space. “Cybercrime is the number one threat facing every business today,” Nadella said during Microsoft’s most recent earnings call with analysts last month. He added that cybersecurity revenue for Microsoft topped $15 billion over the past 12 months, a 45% jump from the previous year. Microsoft chief financial officer Amy Hood also noted on a conference call with analysts following the Activision deal announcement that the company is looking for more deals in high-growth markets where Microsoft can “uniquely add value to the users or the community.” She didn’t name any industries that the company might be targeting. Microsoft isn’t the only tech company on the hunt for deals. With interest rates likely headed higher over the next few months, other cash-rich tech firms may be propelled into action. Two others already have. Intel\n \n (INTC) announced Tuesday that it was buying Tower Semiconductor\n \n (TSEM) for $5.4 billion in cash. IBM\n \n (IBM) said Tuesday it was purchasing Neudesic, a cloud services consulting firm. Terms were not disclosed. And there are reports that Cisco Systems\n \n (CSCO) has made a $20 billion offer for Big Data firm Splunk\n \n (SPLK).


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Leading organisations from across the Welsh food industry have made public pledges to radically change the way that they produce, manufacture, supply and serve their meals to include more vegetables, with the aim to make it quicker and easier for hundreds of thousands of adults and children to consume a healthier diet.
Research shows that eating too little veg contributes to 20,000 premature deaths in the UK every year and that we should all be eating at least an extra portion every day. Data released by think tank The Food Foundation this summer showed that UK consumers are buying two-thirds less veg than the amount recommended by health experts.
Led in Wales by Food Cardiff, the Peas Please initiative is urging all organisations involved in the production, supply and consumption of meals to back the campaign to put more vegetables on our plates and improve the health and wellbeing of the nation.
Companies that made Veg Pledges at the Summit in Cardiff Bay, who are leading the way to dramatically improve and increase our vegetable consumption included: Castell Howell, S.A.Brains and Co, Puffin Produce, Lantra, Riverside Real Food, the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens and Penylan Pantry, the Soil Association, WRAP Cymru and Charlton House, caterers to the National Assembly for Wales.
Made by organisations who produce, supply and serve meals to hundreds of thousands of adults and children across Wales, the Veg Pledges will make a direct impact to increase our vegetable consumption on a scale never seen before.
Influential pledges were also made by Cardiff City Council, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff University and Cardiff Metropolitan University. During Plenary that day, the First Minister Carwyn Jones AM welcomed the Veg Summit and what Peas Please is aiming to achieve to improve the health of the nation. The Summit was sponsored by Jenny Rathbone AM, who leads the Cross Party Group on Food.
The event was attended over 80 multi-disciplinary representatives from the private, public and third sector, including the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport, Vaughan Gething AM, the Minister for Social Services and Public Health, Rebecca Evans AM, Cllr Huw Thomas, Leader of Cardiff Council and Dr Sharon Hopkins, Director of Public Health with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
Katie Palmer, who leads Food Cardiff, said, “We are delighted that a number of Wales’ leading foodservice companies, universities, growers, food manufacturers and local food retailers have embraced the Peas Please initiative and we hope in doing so they will inspire others to make their own pledges. This is just the start of the journey to increase the production and consumption of Veg in Wales and we urge any organisation wanting to get involved to get in touch”.
This week, a simultaneous event organised by The Food Foundation in London saw pledges from Lidl, Co-op, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Greggs, Mars Food, Nestle, Sodexo, Baxter Storey Interserve and Simply Fresh. These pledges will amount to millions more portions of vegetables being added to meals in the UK with potential to give a welcome spur to British horticulture at a time when the sector faces considerable uncertainty. Meanwhile, in Scotland, the Scottish Government have pledged a new Fruit, Veg & Potato Industry Leadership Group which will develop an action plan for Scottish horticulture.


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Cooking made sense. Crosswords were easy.
But how did The New York Times decide on parenting, announced Tuesday as its third standalone product?
An editorial and product team looked at 15 or 20 areas through the fall. It settled on one, which was accepted by senior leadership in January, and the team began hiring in February, said Alex MacCallum, head of new product and ventures, in an interview.
The idea is for the first five members of the parenting team (who are all parents, by the way) to come up with a product by the beginning of the year. They will be looking at what parents want and how they want information delivered.
The parenting product may have a mini-feature somehow linked to the main New York Times (Mini-Crosswords, for example, are online, and there's a recipe in the Morning Briefing), but that's not the main focus, MacCallum said.
Here's the focus: What is so necessary that people will turn repeatedly to this source, find it indispensable, and pay for it? Cooking and Crosswords are strong components of the NYT's 2.8 million digital subscriptions. They work both as entry products — less than half the monthly cost of the main NYT monthly subscription — or as parts that make the main package seem worth it. MacCallum noted a jump in higher-level subscriptions when Cooking and Crosswords were added to the package. In the first three months of 2018, 40,000 of the 139,000 new digital subscriptions came from the Cooking and Crossword products.
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MacCallum acknowledged that a big lure of parenting was the average age of parents — less than the average subscriber. Once in the NYT's fold, those parenting subscribers may upgrade to the full product.
“Parenting is a space that involves many areas that The Times covers so well — from science to relationships to education," MacCallum said. "From our early research, parents are looking for trust and authority, qualities The Times can provide."
A challenge, MacCallum said, is providing relevant information to parents at various stages of parenting.
The five parenting leaders will bring news judgment, tech-savvy and product and design expertise, she said. They are: editor Jessica Grose of the Lenny Letter; product lead Youngna Park from Tinybop; design lead Barbara deWilde, the New Products and Ventures executive creative director; tech lead David Yee, who previously ran the CMS team at Vox; and Vhanya Mackechnie, of New Products, who will lead project management efforts.