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Congress finally did their job last night to prevent America from defaulting. Yes, the international community had to get involved, with a host of “shame on you, America” comments and China asking the world to be de-Americanized. The debacle in Washington was certainly not the best promotional piece for democracy.
But, that is minor. Take a look at the loss in consumer confidence:
This is major! After hitting a post-recession high in June, the horrors in the Capitol has really discouraged the American people. Of course, this affects consumer spending, which is about 70% of our GDP.
And, did I mention that another of the three credit-rating agency put us on “negative credit watch,” which is the last step before a credit downgrade?
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Union Carbide Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Co., has announced plans for a multi-year spending program designed to make capital improvements in support of Dow's Solvents & Intermediates business. The modernization will improve the reliability of the Isopropanol and Oxo production facilities at the site and increase isopropanol capacity by 40 million pounds. "Our Solvents & Intermediates business is not only a significant supplier to the paints and coatings industry, it also supplies important raw materials used in the production of a variety of Dow products," says Ted Cosse, vice president for Acrylics, Solvents & Intermediates. "This investment represents a long-term commitment to our industry, our customers and Texas City."
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Soon after decades of prosperity for dairy farmers in Clinton County, the 2000s observed several of them calling it quits or selling their farms. But, in 2019, a 16-12 months-aged assisted acquire her loved ones from preparing their exit system to thriving by means of e-commerce.
“In the eighties there was like 43 dairies,” Don Bickel explained.
For a although, Bickel observed the progress of the dairy sector in Clinton County. But now, about 40 a long time later on, New Horizon Farm and Dairy is the only a person left.
“It really is just been a gradual progression of individuals getting old, nobody taking in excess of, and persons obtaining out of the small business,” he reported.
Don and his wife, Jackie, watched as dairy farms disappeared, then they observed firsthand why that was going on.
“We were being acquiring payment that equaled what my father-in-regulation was receiving in 1982,” Jackie Bickel explained. “It was not penciling out on paper anymore to make this a worthwhile organization.”
Following thing to consider, the couple considered it was finest to shut down the farm. But, the alternative to retaining it likely was closer than they thought.
“They simply call me the milk female. My instructor calls me Maggie Moo,” Maggie Mathews claimed.
At the time in 2019, Maggie was just 16-a long time-outdated. Not aged enough to focus on relatives company, but progressive plenty of to consider and help you save it.
‘We did a class undertaking wherever we experienced to generate our have enterprise and mine was a creamery,” Mathews reported. “I had figures and statistics and I confirmed it to my parents and I was like, ‘You at any time thought about this marketing your own milk and producing it our have factor?'”
And that’s how Delighted Cows Creamery was born. By 2020, they ended up prepared to start off bottling. Sadly, the universe experienced other strategies.
“Governor DeWine shut the condition down for two weeks and we went into stress method due to the fact how are we likely to get milk out to buyers if the individuals can’t leave their dwelling,” Jackie stated.
Then they uncovered a way to provide their solution to shoppers devoid of having to depend on in-man or woman exchanges.
Nick Carter, CEO and co-founder of Sector Wagon, mentioned the on the web industry is the future biggest possibility to increase.
He will come from a loved ones farm in Indiana and now runs his personal smaller farm with his spouse. His organization, Current market Wagon, is a way for farmers to provide and provide straight to the buyer. In 2020, numerous buyers clamored for ways to lessen trips to the grocery retail store, hoping to reduce the probability of contracting COVID-19.
“We place it on the vendor portal and the response was overwhelming,” Jackie claimed. “We can see and touch a lot more buyers in our 3 hour time with Marketplace Wagon than we could viewing farmer’s markets all summer extended.”
Now, the loved ones sells out of a tiny store at the farm and with the aid of Market place Wagon, provides to their on line buyers. Contrary to so many dairy farms in Clinton County, the American Desire lives on for Satisfied Cows Creamery.
“It helps make me sense seriously great that I likely saved us from acquiring that similar intestine wrenching experience,” Mathews claimed.
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Aug 19, 2010
Price Trumps Brand Loyalty
Aug 19, 2010
As retail businesses gear up for the holidays and for what they hope will be a profitable fourth quarter, a survey conducted by SHOP.COM indicates that businesses will have to do more than just woo shoppers this year with great deals -- they will have to wow them.
Mark Zuckerberg explains the power of his social media site Facebook at a conference April, 2010. Photo : Corbis
An overwhelming seventy-six percent of survey respondents claimed that their customers are still price-sensitive and are shopping for deals, while twenty-four percent of respondents say their shoppers are brand-loyal, regardless of price. The survey was distributed to merchants across the SHOP.COM marketplace, representing every major retail category from home and housewares and clothes to shoes and electronics.
"We are in a unique position to be in contact with so many top retailers spanning such a wide selection of categories -- giving us a very complete picture of shoppers' spending habits," said Mondy Beller, Senior Vice President of Marketing for SHOP.COM. "It's not surprising to us that many of our merchants, regardless of their offerings, are saying that their customers are still cautious when it comes to their pocketbooks. That is why we continue to stay laser-focused on our promise to help shoppers 'Shop Smart, Save Big' as demonstrated in our tagline with a variety of helpful tools and features."
When asked what strategies retailers are finding success with when it came to online advertising, Search Engine Marketing (31%) and email campaigns (31%) tied at the top of the list. Email performance remains at average levels for most retailers (47%) while many are actually seeing an improvement over last year (36%), and only 10% are seeing a decline in performance compared to 2009.
A majority of retailers surveyed (49%) reported that they are seeing an increase in their affiliate marketing programs compared to 2009, and about forty-four percent of merchants surveyed believe that Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies will bring in about 5-20% of their sales, while only 24% believe that they'll receive 20-50% of sales from SEO.
Christmas still reigns supreme as the most successful seasonal time for the majority of retailers (80%), while twenty-five percent find that the Back-to-School season is successful for them, followed by Mother's Day (21%), Thanksgiving (20%), and Father's Day/Graduations (15%).
Shopping is Social
Another standout trend is the proclivity for retailers to use social media. While it's no surprise that retailers rely on sites like Facebook pages and Twitter to advertise products and sales (59%), the survey revealed that they also use social media to communicate news (64%) and even address customer service needs (34%), while giving customers a forum for discussion (43%). Facebook tops the list of most retailers' primary social media tools (82%) while Twitter (67%) and blogging (54%) follow suit. Only nine percent of the retailers claim not to use social media at all.
With respect to mobile marketing, a large percentage of retailers (52%), while they may not engage in it now, have plans to. Thirteen percent currently use mobile marketing as part of their strategy and thirty-five percent do not and do not plan to in the future.
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Palos Verdes Welcomes New Businesses To Peninsula Center!
Palos Verdes homes owners are excited that more new businesses are moving into our community. The Peninsula Center is currently going through major changes and welcoming new businesses to its location. Coming soon to Peninsula Center are See’s Candy (set to open on November 1), Jersey Mike’s (set to open on November 3), Fat Tomato Pizza (set to open early November) and Yellow Vase (set to open in mid November). These new businesses will be joining Bath & Body Works (which opened February 12, 2021) and the mall is excited about the expansion of Code Nijas’. These new companies are a welcomed addition to our local shopping malls, and will hopefully encourage other large retailers to join them.
The holidays will soon be here, so please support our local businesses and Shop Local First so even more businesses will bring their goods and services to our area.
The Peninsula Center is located at 67 Peninsula Center, Rolling Hills Estates. (Corner of Silver Spur Road & Hawthorne Blvd).
To read my last article on New Businesses click here.
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IDC has cut its forecast for shipments of tablets and "two-in-one" devices combining tablet and laptop features to 233.1 million.
Tablet computers will outsell personal computers by 2015 globally in another sign of the shifting tech landscape, a survey showed on Monday.
Datawind has partnered with mobile retail chain UniverCell to market its UbiSlate tablets offering 12 months free unlimited internet browsing.
Chlorine tablets were distributed free of cost among residents of Anil Nagar, hit hard by the June 26 deluge, by the public health engineering department on Monday.
Once the backbone of India’s IT revolution, desktop PCs are set to lose the race to new-age tablets which will edge past the conventional computers this year.
Nvidia's has taken a hefty swing at portable gaming, announcing its Shield Tablet, an 8-inch powerhouse that runs on the Tegra K1 processor.
The Nvidia Shield tablet is thought to be an Android tablet running Nvidia's powerful Tegra K1 chip.
Sales of desktop PCs fell 26% in 2013-14 and are set to see a 16% dip in volumes this year. Tablets, on the other hand, are forecast to continue their rapid growth.
Government is ready for conducting more quality checks on iron folic tablets given to school children said health minister V S Sivakumar. He said that around 45 lakh students in the state are being given this tablet under the union health ministry programme.
Jubilant Life Sciences Limited, an integrated Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences Company has received the Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for Spironolactone tablets.
A state-of-the-art Aakaash tablet supporting 3G and 4G internet speed at a price of Rs 3,500 a piece will be rolled out soon as four top-notch MNCs, including Intel have joined the government initiative to reach computers to the bottom of the market, union communication Minister Kapil Sibal said at an ASSOCHAM event in New Delhi.


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Reconnect will heighten interest in the designer’s first product launch next year.
Georges Wendell, Gravalot, Jan-Jan Van Essche and Mr. Saturday are presenting at Paris Men’s Fashion Week.
Clothes designed to be noticed, lively sportswear and sexy tailoring strike the right balance.
Funding fashion departments at HBCUs can be challenging and that can be detrimental for Black creatives interested in getting a competitive edge.
The sustainable fashion designer is continuing her mission of tackling the industry’s environmental impact with her upcoming winter collection.
The American label has been announced as G2’s exclusive fashion outfitter.
Olivier Rousteing plans to show his spring 2022 collections for women and men on the runway in September.
The collection will launch in October with a video and campaign images shot by photographer Cass Bird.
Ryan Murphy’s glamour-fueled “Halston” miniseries is reigniting interest in — and sales of —Halston brand.
From canvas to reality: the Milanese hip brand flanked its VR-enhanced platform with an IRL experience, extending the customization concept also to end consumers for the first time.
The luxury brand is celebrating its tie with the music world with the centennial collection to be unveiled at a later date.
Through the initiative Guinness will offer a series of scholarships and bursaries to MA and BA fashion students.
Solid & Striped CEO Sarah Landman chats with WWD on the brand’s dynamic growth, despite COVID-19, and expansion with the launch of its first ready-to-wear capsule.
Though the country is just catching on to celebrating Juneteenth, for many in the Black community, it holds manifold meanings.
The brand, produced and distributed under license by Sinv, is eyeing China and the U.S.


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Administrators have closed three of Peters Bakers’ retail outlets resulting in 17 redundancies, following its collapse into administration earlier this month.
Global accountancy firm KPMG closed the north-east bakery business’ Billingham and Stockton stores and Loaf branded outlet in Pity Me on 23 June. In a statement, KPMG said it had decided to cease trading at the sites "due to poor financial performance" and the three stores "historically being loss-making".
A KPMG spokesperson told British Baker: "We have not made any more store closures or further redundancies since our appointment. Unfortunately, we cannot name any interested parties we are speaking to with regards to a possible sale of the business."
Durham-based Peters Bakery, reported a £12.3m turnover for the year ending 30 April 2011.


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The Detroit rapper/producer Black Milk has plans to release a conventional album sometime this year, and we’ve already posted his pretty great single “Sunday’s Best/Monday’s Worst.” But Black Milk’s new Record Store Day full-length Synth Or Soul isn’t a conventional rap album. Instead, it focuses on the production side of things. It’s entirely instrumental, its beats fast and short and broken, and it welcomes the obvious Dilla comparisons that Black Milk was going to get anyway. Hear the album below.
Synth Or Soul is out on vinyl 4/20, Record Store Day, on Computer Ugly, and it’ll be available digitally three days later.


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According to the World Health Organization, the United States is the deadliest country in the world when it comes to ladder deaths - with more 164,000 emergency room trips and 300 deaths occurring each year. The CDC says 500,000 people fall off of a ladder every year and OSHA says workers die from the fall every week.
Enter Safety Hoist. The Pennsylvania-based company's ladder features a motorized lift that can transport 500-pound loads to tall heights.
The company's latest model is an electric version that plugs into a 110-volt outlet. And if the power randomly goes out, the hoist remains in place. Gas-powered hoists are also available.
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US stocks jumped Tuesday as investors digested a round of fresh retail earnings and economic data along with comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
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Home Depot shares helped lift the Dow Jones Industrial Average over 430 points or 1.3% after profits and sales exceeded estimates. Walmart shares fell after reporting a 25% drop in profits as inflation remains a headwind for its shoppers.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite also gained by 2% and 2.7%, respectively helped by tech and material stocks.
Powell, during an interview with the Wall Street Journal, indicated policymaker’s main goal is stomping out inflation and ongoing rate hikes are appropriate with 50 basis point increases on the table at forthcoming meetings.
Ahead of his remarks, retail sales data for April rose 0.9%, despite inflation, while industrial production rose 1.1% and manufacturing output 0.8% both better than expected, suggesting an improving economy.
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Citigroup shares rallied after Warren Buffett disclosed a new 8% stake in the bank worth nearly $3 billion.
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Twitter shares remain in focus after CEO Elon Musk set a key condition for his pending $44 billion purchase of Twitter to go through: transparency on the number of fake or spam accounts.
Musk tweeted, “20% fake/spam accounts, while 4 times what Twitter claims, could be *much* higher. My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accurate.”
He followed up by pushing a Twitter poll on whether the percentage of daily users, 95% being unique humans, were accurate.
HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR RETIRED AMERICANS EXPECTED TO SURGE NEXT YEAR
ELON MUSK SENDS POOP EMOJI TO TWITTER CEO IN RESPONSE TO THREAD ON SPAM, FAKE ACCOUNTS
Homebuilders was also in focus after the National Association of Homebuilders Sentiment Index fell for the fifth straight month.
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“The housing market is facing growing challenges,” said NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz. “Building material costs are up 19% from a year ago, in less than three months mortgage rates have surged to a 12-year high and based on current affordability conditions.”
In commodities, oil slipped by 1.5% $112.40 per barrel, while gas prices rose to $4.52 per gallon per AAA, a fresh record.
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In cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin crossed back above the $30,000 level.
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The BMW X5 and X7 won’t be getting their diesel flagships back.
Removed from the line-up in August 2019, the X5 and X7 M50d won’t be returning. Instead, the petrol M50i will remain at the top of the range.
“The M50i has permanently replaced the M50d for the Australian market,” a BMW Australia spokesperson confirmed.
Australia isn’t alone in losing its diesel flagship. Autocar reports the M50d is being removed from the BMW Europe range due to its complexity, which makes it expensive to manufacture.
Both X5 and X7 M50d models were powered by a 3.0-litre inline-six diesel engine with four turbochargers, putting out 294kW and 760Nm.
With an eight-speed automatic transmission and xDrive all-wheel drive the X5 could hit 100km/h in 5.2 seconds from standstill, while the X7 manages the same sprint in 5.4 seconds.
The petrol-powered M50i puts out 390kW and 750Nm from its 4.4-litre twin-turbo petrol V8.


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Gamechanger Audio show us their Bigsby Pedal, which uses DSP to emulate the iconic Bigsby tremolo system.
The Bigsby Pedal is an innovative new guitar pedal based on a Bigsby vibrato system.
New vocal processor offers real-time voice effects and manipulation for live performance.
Award-winning electronic duo Infected Mushroom have announced the imminent release of Manipulator, a...
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The recent, massive security breach of Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity services likely didn't make the company any friends (and certainly cost it a few customers.) But Sony is trying to make good with the 77 million registered users of its services, announcing at a press conference this weekend its worldwide "Welcome Back" program.
Under the program, Sony will give current PlayStation Network users a free month of PlayStation Plus, the enhanced version of PlayStation Network. Sony currently prices the service at $49 a year, and $17 for three months.
Sony will also make certain PlayStation entertainment content free to users, though said specific plans would vary by region.
Set for this week, Sony says that the restoration of its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services will come with significantly improved server security, lest a similar attack befall the services again. As a part of improvements, Sony will force customers to upgrade their PlayStation consoles to a new firmware version. Customers will also be obliged to change their passwords, a sensical move considering that that their current passwords are likely in the hands of eager evil-doers.
Fortunately, Sony is repeating its claim that customer credit card information wasn't stolen, but the company recommends that users monitor their credit card accounts anyway.


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Are we finally moving beyond just voice calls?
Fallon calls for EU states to increase spending on defence and cyber security
Revenues also surged from $5.8bn to $8.8bn
EU roaming may not apply to the UK for long as a result of Brexit
Unclubbable Apple to join Google in 'Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society'
Back to the 1960s? Theresa May's industrial strategy to focus on 'the white heat of technology'
Slap on wrist for BT-owned EE over customer overcharging
Roll-out expected to take 14 months and will connect 3,000 businesses
Fifteen million nuisance calls a week will be stopped, claims BT
Prepare your unified comms networks, because the time is now, apparently
In the first of a series exploring what 2017 holds for unified communications, Peter Gothard turns the spotlight on collaboration, and consults industry experts
Don't underestimate the risk of "algorithims and data" replacing a brain and a pair of hands, says NetScout
Visibility more important than ever, argues monitoring firm
NetScout cuts service complaint response time from two days to one hour at large Scandinavian cloud provider
"Enabled IT to identify all issues rapidly"
Wants to provide 'gold standard' of broadband to millions
Skype for Web update arrives as WhatsApp rolls out video calling to all
Helps "provide visibility into the key services that shape the patient's experience"
Apple iPhone 7 Plus smartphones with Intel modems sold in the UK struggle with less than perfect signals
There may be a good reason why your shiny new iPhone struggles with poor reception
Networking technology will require fibre-to-the-premises that BT stubbornly rejects
OptiView XG is a dedicated tablet device for automated network and application analysis and monitoring
Purchase of Redcentric adds another 137km to firm's fibre network
Firms don't want to invest in hardware only to find it's out of date two years later, says HPE Aruba exec
Whereas two thirds believe they need to embrace digital, according to latest HPE research
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NEW YORK -- Get ready for another fragrance from Calvin Klein.Once again, he's looking to break the rules.According to industry reports, Klein and his fragrance licensee, Unilever's Calvin Klein Cosmetics, are attempting to develop a single scent that will appeal to men as well as women and can be marketed to both sexes.Names reportedly under consideration include variations on the word "One," such as "One by Calvin Klein."However, the project appears to be in the early stages, and like all fragrance concepts, there is no guarantee what direction it will ultimately take. If the fragrance can be successfully developed, it could hit the market as early as this fall. Sources speculated that the fragrance may be aimed at a younger consumer.Klein executives could not be reached for comment Friday.There have been few instances of companies marketing major, commercial fragrances to both men and women in widespread distribution. Last April, Bulgari launched Eau Parfumee as a unisex product. But the Bulgari scent is limited in distribution, restricted to the company's 33 boutiques worldwide, and the fragrance is only an eau de toilette splash, much like 4711, a light German scent that's been on the market for over 100 years.In contrast to those more generic products, Klein is attempting to develop a full fragrance line, with mainstream department store distribution."They're always breaking ground," said one industry executive, of Klein and his fragrance business.Annette Green, president of the Fragrance Foundation, noted that this new concept is a logical step for a company that has broken with tradition before.It was Klein, working with his fragrance licensee, then headed by Robin Burns, who pioneered "master branding" -- separate men's and women's fragrances with the same name and a common advertising campaign. Master branding has now become common practice in the industry.In the process, the cosmetics company became one of the leading forces in the global fragrance industry, with a wholesale volume of more than $400 million.Klein's Obsession, a 1985 women's fragrance, was followed by Obsession for Men in 1986; Eternity in 1988 was echoed in 1989 by Eternity for Men, and the Escape for Men of 1993 came after Escape, a 1991 entry.Referring to the new fragrance, Green said, "I can't ever remember this being done before. I think this would be a good time for it. I think it could go."The prevalence of master brands on the market -- such as the Eternity scents and Ralph Lauren Safari versus Safari for Men -- have blurred the gender separations, Green suggested, noting, "The consumer is not that savvy to see big differences between fragrances for men and women."She pointed out that during the last few years, women have increasingly worn men's fragrances, such as the 1990 masculine scent, Lagerfeld Photo. And there have been earlier examples of women adopting scents originally aimed at men, such as Christian Dior's Eau Sauvage in 1966 and Guerlain's Habit Rouge in 1965.Klein can avoid sexual hangups, Green speculated, by shunning masculine and feminine labels and keeping the positioning vague. "It should be marketed in a hugely mysterious way...that sense of oneness that can only be realized as a culmination of the sexual act. Who is the man and who is the woman is not really key."If I know Calvin, he probably will meld masculine and feminine notes together and speak to men and women with an olfactory equality," Green said.The use of "one" in the name has been done before. One Man Show by Jacques Bogart was introduced in 1982; Georgette Mosbacher came out with One Perfect Rose in 1990 and La Parfumerie Inc. introduced One Unlimited Perfume in 1991.
"In order for Shudu to wear garments, she needs to be able to put them on, just like you would in the real world. You have to digitize the outfits," said Cameron-James Wilson on dressing 3-D model @shudu.gram for her WWD photoshoot with @itsclo3d. #wwdfashion (📸: @cjw.photo)
“Shudu is a digital supermodel, a very glamour and amazing woman. But she’s 3-D,” says Cameron-James Wilson, a fashion photographer and the creature of @shudu.gram. Here, Shudu wears @cushnieetochs for her debut fashion editorial. #wwdfashion (📷: @cjw.photo)
“It is the fierce female performances that came before me that made be able to clearly identify for myself what it was that I wanted to do, what kind of artist I wanted to be, what kind of films I wanted to make,” said @brielarson at the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards. See more pictures from the event on WWD.com. #wwdeye (📷: Matt Baron)
“On a personal level, it’s my vision to create a really different idea with their look to be at the epitome of women’s fashion in South Korea – to create a new milestone,” said stylist @chochowon on dressing K-pop’s most fashionable girl group, @blackpinkofficial. WWD’s @mistywhitesidell sat down with Won ahead of the group’s new album release, “Square Up,” which is out today. Read the full interview on WWD.com. #wwdfashion #blackpink_squareup #blackpink
For @ralphlauren, 2018 is a reason to celebrate: It marks the brand’s 50th year in business. Last year’s chauffeured show in Bedford, NY featuring his vintage car collection may have seemed like the big celebration to show-goers, but they were wrong. The official celebration will be held on September 7 during #NYFW. Get all the details on WWD.com. #wwdfashion (📷: @giovanni_giannoni_photo)


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Technology platforms that support digital advertising always have been an intrinsic part of delivering marketing communications and creative innovation. However, it’s only now that these technology vendors have really burgeoned into a prominent part of the festival in their own right, hence the addition of the two-day event, Cannes Lions Innovation – focused on data, technology, and of course creativity.
In today’s digital arena and with an increasing shift in focus towards advertising technology and data, has the rise of new developments in digital advertising technology dampened the creative celebration that has made Cannes such a noteworthy event, and how does technology fit into the key festival tradition?
Today (1 July) big data product company Digital Contact published its latest Digital Contact Talkability Tracker, looking at the most talked about UK supermarkets online via millions of pieces of online data.
Measured over a five-day period, between 24-28 June, the report found Tesco topped the conversation list of supermarket’s online presence. However, it wasn’t all good news for the supermarket giant, as 15% of tweets received by Tesco were negative and 73% higher than average. Digital Contact attributed this to the incident caused by their placing of bacon-flavoured Pringles in the Ramadan offer.
The arrival of the OpenRTB 2.3 standard ushers in a major change in the digital advertising space, opening up programmatic trading for native ads for the very first time. It also heralds a new dawn where programmatic is taken seriously as a creative advertising force.
The real difference between programmatic trading of display/video and native advertising is the addition of metadata. Unlike video and digital banners, which constitute a single ad unit file, native adverts generally include multiple elements: typically a headline, thumbnail image, description, brand name and logo. OpenRTB 2.3 means these additional pieces of information can be added programmatically for the first time.
Over the years, the challenges for independent digital specialist agencies have been widely varied, from losing revenue such as the Google kicker, to being undercut by big network agencies on fees in order to keep everything under one roof.
So with the advent of huge programmatic ad technologies capable of managing display ad spend algorithmically, layering in all kinds of data to ensure that only your target market get to see your ads; the role of a digital specialist as a guide to help you navigate the myriad of online marketing options looked to have further eroded.
The idea of trainers changing colour at the touch of a button sounds like an idea straight from your favourite sci-fi movie. But +rehabstudio, a creative technology company based in Shoreditch, believe that this kind of ‘sneaker hack’ is the not-so-distant future of smart tech materials.
The Shift Sneaker revolves around the concept that instead of buying one pair of trainers, why not have access to millions? Malleable flexi-screens have the ability to glow and display animated designs, while thermochromatic fabrics use micro reactions to change colour according to temperature. The look and function of the trainers can be controlled through a mobile app, with different packs available for running, cycling and selfie enthusiasts.
For the 62nd year, the advertising community descended on the French Riviera for seven days of creativity and innovation at Cannes Lions last week. In recent years, the ‘mobile consumer’ has been a hot topic, but in 2015, the industry noted a fresh concept – the ‘new consumer.’
According to Fetch, it’s no longer about the device, but rather the individual. The point here is that brands need to listen to today’s consumers and get to know them in order to really connect; it’s time to look beyond the numbers and devices and meet the person.
The debate around how much the Festival had changed this year rumbled through the Cannes Lions Innovation Festival. The line of ad tech sponsored yachts became known as AdTech Row, but this reflected very different views as it was a disparaging term for some, but for others it was a term of recognition about the impact technology is having on advertising.
Like it or not, there was no denying the technology revolution had an impact at Cannes. You knew there was change in the air when car insurance firm Geico’s ‘Unskippable: Family’ pre-roll video won a Grand Prix. It was a brilliant demonstration of how creatives are adapting their skills and thinking as fast as the media channels are evolving – with great creative ideas being made even better through the use of technology.
When you have a brand as big as Boots, Pampers, Lego or Red Bull, it can be tempting to ride the wave of your brand equity and loyal audience. But despite their heritage, they know how important it is not to rest on your laurels and continuously aim for new ways of keeping your brand fresh.
Below we highlight how these four brands have added an audience-focussed edge to their marketing through specially targeted content.
Poor old Bob Gaskins. I am sure the torture of sitting through 100-plus pages of incoherent and impenetrable charts and graphs was not at the forefront of his mind when he invented PowerPoint in 1987. But over the last 28 years that is the monster he brought into the world, like a naïve Victor Frankenstein armed with clipart and half a dozen random mismatched fonts.
Data analytics presentations are simultaneously overwhelming and underwhelming at the same time. Too much information; not enough insight. For many the adage, boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror, accurately describes the experience of going through the latest data analysis findings.
As if social media wasn’t bad enough, the commute home can be a minefield of walking spoilers. If we had a pound for every time a total stranger ruined Game of Thrones then we’d definitely give that small fortune to Doppler Labs’ latest Kick Starter campaign.
Here Active Listening is the latest addition in the developing trend of wearable technology. ‘Here’ includes two wireless ear buds and an app, turning your mobile into a remote control so you can adjust anything from the EQ of a live concert to the frequencies of jet engines. This ‘hearable‘ system provides a customisable real-life sound experience, filtering out the everyday noise you don’t want and enhancing the sounds you do.


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DataSift has announced it has secured $42 million in Series C financing led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Scale Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures, IA Ventures, Northgate Capital, Daher Capital and Cendana Capital.
The funding will accelerate the company’s growth driven by its customer base of technology companies, enterprises and agencies.
Building on this momentum, DataSift said it will use the financing to increase investment in its social data platform, continue expanding its market reach, invest in additional sales and marketing resources, further develop the social data ecosystem and expand into new data types, including internal enterprise data. The company has now raised more than $70 million to date.
"Social is generating billions of conversations every day and that data is fundamentally transforming the way companies communicate and make strategic decisions, " said Rob Bailey, CEO of DataSift. "Social has now moved from mainstream to mission critical for enterprises and we are excited to power the applications in the social ecosystem and accelerate social data adoption."
In conjunction with the funding, DataSift announced the appointment of Insight Venture Partners co-founder and managing director Jeff Horing to the DataSift board of directors. Under his leadership, Insight has become a premier venture capital and private equity firm focused on growth investments in software and internet businesses; the firm has raised $7.6 billion since inception and made more than 190 investments worldwide including social media industry playersTwitter, Tumblr, Buddy Media and HootSuite.
"DataSift fits with our mission of investing in visionary companies driving change and innovation", said Jeff Horing, co-founder and managing director of Insight Venture Partners. "DataSift’s technology enables real insight into customers, trends and products and we look forward to supporting management as they pioneer new ways of using social media and unstructured data to inform business decisions."
"Our vision has always been about bringing together social data and business data to bring real understanding", noted Nick Halstead, founder and CTO of DataSift. "We are thrilled to be partnered with Jeff Horing and the Insight team to accelerate this process."


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FinTech is one of the most groundbreaking and promising areas for innovation and investments. In 2015, corporate investments in FinTech amounted nearly $7.6 billion and this figure is expected to grow throughout 2016, according to Nate Matherson of Business.Com. So let’s consider a few main FinTech trends that promise to gather a lot of attention this year.
Mobile & Digital Banking Increase
Advances in computer technology require new innovative solutions. Millennial generation is gradually moving away from using banks in the traditional sense and is quickly adapting to mobile banking that guarantees time saving, ease of use, 24/7 availability and low fees. This trend will continue to evolve in 2016 as the number of customers and market players is growing every day.
Institutional Adoption of the Blockchain
The emergence of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency divided concerned people into two camps. Proponents emphasize on the revolutionary potential and innovation of the system of electronic cash. Opponents believe Bitcoin is a fraudulent system that is nothing else but the bubble in its essence. They also argue that cryptocurrency can’t compete with the banks and governments, and it’s hard to disagree. Confirmation adverse party of the system was dropping currency prices from $1,100 in 2013 to $200 in 2015. But it’s also hard to disagree with supporters of Bitcoin when it comes to innovative technologies that drive Bitcoin evolution – the blockchain, in particular.
So how does the blockchain work? Decentralized computer network analyzes and adds each transaction to the growing chain of data records that are protected from falsification. This method of data processing and storage is more reliable and much cheaper because it enables banks to make transactions without an intermediary. Thanks to the blockchain, banks will be able to save about $ 20 billion per year by 2022.
Adoption of Mobile & Contactless Payments
The number of consumers choosing to pay with their mobile phones is increasingly growing. The results of GPShopper research showed that more than 60 percent of buyers have shopping apps installed on their smartphones. But not only online purchase applications are on great demand. There’s a long anticipated possibility of payment for goods and services directly from the place of receipt using a mobile phone. Such apps as Apple Pay, Android Pay, Google Wallet are already giving us such an opportunity and in 2016 this will only trend upward.
The Rise of Robo-Advisors
Robo-advisors became innovative solutions in the digital world and have fully automated management of the investment portfolio without human intervention in financial planning. Betterment and Wealthfront robo-advisors move to the fore on the US market.


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The Los Angeles Autoshow is a time-honored tradition in Southern California, where auto-makers from all over the world exhibit new models and features. The show began in 1907 with 99 vehicles on display at Morley’s Skating Rink. Except for a brief hiatus in the 1940s, it’s happened every year since. This year, an estimated 900,000 arrived to check out the scene.
But as amongst all the coverage of new designs and functionality, it’s easy to forget that there is a larger narrative for marketers at every auto show. Besides all the floor models (and human models), there’s a tremendous amount that marketers can take away about the upcoming year in auto sales. Last year, it was all about touting green technology, and while that has not disappeared, there are a some new themes for marketers this year.
Fun Functionality – Automakers are eager to talk about novel functionality in their cars. Some of the ideas stick, some of them don’t, but the marketing message is clear: fun is in. The Ford Edge features Ford’s parking-assist technology. Auto-makers are dealing with a decrease in car ownership among teens, so injecting life with fun technology is sure to be an ongoing trend. Dashboards are also getting upgraded with seamless smartphone integration and digital radio options like TuneIn that can stream terrestrial signals from all around the nation.
Auto-makers are also doing more with less when it comes to engines. Porche’s Macan gets 400 horsepower out of a 3.6 liter engine, the Jaguar F-Type Coupe can go 0-60 with a V8, and Mini-Cooper is packing a punch with their turbocharged 3 and 4 cylinder models.
Efficiency with a dash of excess – When it comes to buying cars that make an eco-statement, consumers no longer have choose between Hummer and Prius. More and more auto-makers are providing options that are economical while still offering a sense of luxury. Take the new Chevy Colorado, which boasts a stylishly re-designed cabin. It comes with either 4 or 6 cylinders, and finds a great balance between power and fuel efficiency.
As the New York Daily News notes: “The midsize and compact pick-up market had been nearly abandoned but, with a fresh offering like this one, truck buyers will have an excellent reason to downsize.”
More Segmented Markets – Technology is enabling marketers to target certain demographics more efficiently than ever before, and that means that market diversification will only continue to increase. It’s getting harder to speak to the “American car buyer” in the general sense. Automakers like Kia are taking note and mixing affordable options with ultra-luxury options. Kia’s new K900 will have it’s advertising debut during the Super Bowl and starts at $50,000
Speaking with Autonews, Kia’s executive VP said.
The market is getting more and more fragmented, technology is going to play an even more pivotal role in the future which gives us an opportunity to enter a space that traditionally we wouldn’t have had the opportunity to,” said Tom Loveless, Kia’s executive vice president of U.S. sales.
He was not worried about their new K900, with a $50,000 price tag, stating certain markets were willing to pay top dollar for new brands. And according to some recent market research, digital is key to driving up perception premium perception on products.
Less Expensive Debuts – More segmented markets means a growth in less expensive debuts to accompany their more expensive counterparts.
The Fiat 500 “1957 edition” takes all the base specs of the affordable Fiat 500 line and gives it a retro flare. VW also unveiled their “e-Golf,” an affordable all electric vehicle. Another affordable model that stood out was the new Subaru WRX with a 2.0 liter engine.
It’s certainly an exciting time to be in the auto business. Technology is changing everything .. and not just by the prospect of self-driving cars. Innovations in mobile and digital technology — mobile parking-assist, digital radio, more seamless GPS — is revolutionizing what we are seeing on the roads. And just as importantly for marketers, revolutionizing ways to communicate to consumers.


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Free advice and information about computers and disability
This webinar will explain some of the causes of RSI and look at how better use of computers can help avoid RSI.
Please Note: This webinar was originally scheduled for 26 February. All previous sign ups will still be valid.
AbilityNet recently accredited Barclays' latest version of its Mobile Banking App - the first time our accessibility accreditation has been given to an app. The app was re-launched in late 2014 to provide full banking services to millions of Barclays customers via their smartphones and tablets. This webinar will explain the process behind the development of the app, which has been completely redesigned, with accessibility built in at every stage.
Computers, laptops, tablets and mobiles are evolving at an incredible pace, and no more so than when it comes to using your voice to interact with your computer.


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“I always carry my iPhone, keys, credit card and some gloss,” says Nicole Colovos, the co-designer for Helmut Lang. She and her husband, Michael, are gearing up for the first collection of bags to hit the stores since they took over the label in 2006. “We developed all new hardware and looked at bones and bird claws for inspiration and used hints of military finishes,” Michael says. Available this month, the bags come in tough washed creta leather and smooth napa and have a whole lot of zippers. Styles range from duffels and messengers to clutches and pouchettes — just the right complement to their edgy-yet-polished motorcycle-jacket-and-skinny-leather-pants aesthetic. The Syn, a spiraling half-clutch/half-shoulder bag made from Perch skin, blends Michael’s past as a commercial fisherman (straps have fisherman knots and braids) and Nicole’s penchant for utilitarian dressing. “We wanted to create something sculptural, in an interesting fabrication, yet keep it functional,” Nicole says. We couldn’t ask for more. Except maybe a shoe collection. Hint, hint.
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Single-use plastic plates, cutlery and polystyrene cups are set to be banned in the UK amid plans for a new “war on plastic waste”, ministers have announced.
It is the latest step in attempts by the government to tackle plastic pollution after pledging to prevent all avoidable plastic waste by the end of 2042.
A consultation on the proposed ban will begin in the autumn, the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs announced overnight.
A full list of single-use items under review, will be revealed in the coming weeks.
Each person uses an average of 18 single-use plastic plates and 37 single-use plastic items of cutlery per year in England.
Such items, which do not degrade, can be a serious environmental hazard, killing hundreds of thousands of birds and animals every year.
Environment Secretary George Eustice said: “We’ve all seen the damage that plastic does to our environment. It is right that we put in place measures that will tackle the plastic carelessly strewn across our parks and green spaces and washed up on beaches.
“We have made progress to turn the tide on plastic, banning the supply of plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds, while our carrier bag charge has cut sales by 95 per cent in the main supermarkets.
“Now we are looking to go a step further as we build back greener. These plans will help us stamp out the unnecessary use of plastics that wreak havoc with our natural environment.”
The government has already banned the use of microbeads in products like shower gels, reduced the number of plastic bags in use, and limited the supply of single-use plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds.
Jo Morley, head of campaigns at City to Sea, said: “We welcome the news that the government are taking steps to tackle some of the most polluting single-use items. This is a much-needed move, that we as campaigners have been calling for, along with thousands of our supporters and members of the public.
“We need now to take a leading role in banning unnecessary single-use plastics to see real benefits for the nation’s and the world’s wildlife.”


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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The RV Industry Association, along with other associations and businesses, testified recently at the International Trade Commission (ITC) final injury hearing in opposition to the Department of Commerce’s self-initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigation on common aluminum alloy sheet from China. The opponents made the case that the draconian preliminary antidumping duties (167 percent) and countervailing duties (up to 113 percent) unfairly penalize downstream businesses that utilize aluminum sheet and add to the problems being caused by the Section 232 and Section 301 tariffs.
Businesses, including those relying primarily on domestic sourcing, have been hit with skyrocketing aluminum prices. Testimony from the RV Industry Association and others showed that these American businesses have been hit with increased aluminum costs of between 25 and 45 percent.
To give clear examples of the situations faced by the RV and marine industries, the RV Industry Association and the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) arranged to have an Airstream Sport travel trailer and a 20-foot Bennington pontoon boat on an aluminum boat trailer parked in front of the ITC building throughout the hearing. Four of the five commissioners came out during the day and walked through the travel trailer. This travel trailer display was made possible by Airstream and the Airstream of Virginia dealership.
Final post-hearing briefs are due in late November and a final vote by the ITC is expected in early December. A final announcement will be made about two weeks following the vote.
SOURCE: RVIA News & Insights


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Prohibition states pot fans have also embraced a greater variety of packaged Brass knuckles Cartridges for sale online commodity, especially a wider range of cannabis concentrates available in pre-filled disposable cartridges. Some of the leading companies in the legal industry have made considerable improvements in extraction techniques, Dankvapes Cartridges for sale online which have enhanced concentrates quality and vaporize the preferred method of ongoing consumption. Even states where marijuana is still illegal, because of their relative lack of scent and similarity to nicotine-containing cartridges, Sleeping pills for sale online in the USA cartridge concentrates are common. Branded cartridges from key industry leaders such as King Pen, Brass Knuckles and Heavy Hitters are particularly appreciated for the assumption of the high quality concentrate free of contaminants such as pesticides, cutting agents and heavy metals. But what about fraudulent cartridges?
According to a new article from Zach Harris Brass knuckles Cartridges for sale online, the journalist for Merry Jane, what’s inside the black market steam cartridge really doesn’t work. Although States such as Colorado have stringent labeling and inspection standards that ensure that customers receive quality products from legitimate businesses, no such black market restrictions exist. Even cartridges with the logos of the biggest companies in the industry cannot be confident. Because in Shenzhen, China, there is a thriving wholesale market for hollow plastic tubes, where many legal pot businesses manufacture their products.
According to Harris, falsified wholesalers filled Dankvapes Cartridges for sale online Facebook with photos and videos of countless mountains of discarded bottles and boxes, which replicates King Pen, Brass Knuckles and Heavy Hitters branding. A Black market manufacturer that sells bottles might load them with anything they want— pesticide-ridden distillates, heavy-cut fats, fake hemp and a few — and customers would have no way to say, even if they could, and little redress.
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When it comes to earning EV racing notoriety, Toyota is upping its stakes. Specifically, they're putting aside their hybrid 3400cc V8 and supercapacitor energy storage system in favor a car dubbed TMG EV P002, which they plan to take to Pikes Peak on July 8th.
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb for readers not familiar with the event is the ultimate stamina challenge. It takes place in Colorado every year. And, every year, automakers from all over the world enter the models they think have more oomph than their competitors.
Enthusiasts will be happy to know the new P002 borrows the original powertrain from the TMG EV P001, which earned a very respectable time at Nurburgring Nordshleife, last year. The main difference is that, this time around, it's fitted to a Radical Sportscars' chassis.
How powerful is the new Toyota-powered race car ?
Let's just say that backed by a top power of 350 kW and max speed of 150 mph, it won't disappoint.
That said; Toyota remains very humble about their EV racing developments. Specifically, they say, "Electric powertrain technology in motorsport is still in its development phase but through projects like this one, TMG is laying the foundations for the future of high-performance and motorsport cars."1
Interested in seeing the TMG EV P002 sportscar's Pikes Peak time?
Be sure to stay tuned. DCH Toyota of Oxnard is dedicated to keeping you informed. And remember, you can always leave a comment if there's something in particular you're interested in learning more about (i.e. auto financing or new Toyota features. As long as it's Toyota related, we're happy to cover it.
Source: 1 http://www.gizmag.com/toyota-electric-powertain-pikes-peak/22870/


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Final Note - Most Recent
Nov 26, 2012
Carney was most recently the governor of the Bank of Canada.
Nov 23, 2012
A study says rather than lining up for those doorbusting deals today, you could do just as well by shopping at other times of the year.
Nov 22, 2012
Apparently turkeys can be made to gobble on cue.
Nov 21, 2012
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for the Greeks.
Nov 20, 2012
Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke says he believes that worries about the fiscal cliff are already affecting the economy.
Nov 19, 2012
Hostess will hold talks with its bakery workers union to try to avoid the company being shut down. Bad news for people who may have bid thousands of dollars on Twinkies.
Nov 15, 2012
Check it out at @IDFspokesperson.
Nov 14, 2012
The CEO of Molson Coors says the strike in the National Hockey League has affected sales up north.
Nov 13, 2012
The Euromonitor International tracks the percentage change in the number of dogs in a given country in the past five years and correlates that to the rate of economic development.


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Grandstream has released new generation of DECT cordless IP phones. These new high-end DECT solutions offer a long-range mobility solution with extraordinary sound quality that is ideal for any business, warehouse, retail store, or residential environment. New generation has the DP752 as a base station and DP730 and DP722 as IP handsets ...
Sangoma Technologies, a trusted leader in delivering Unified Communications solutions, has announced that it was selected as the Tech Stock of the Year for TSXV companies by Cantech.
2018 was a very important year for Sangoma with different achievement and acquisitions. So they could make big changes in this company history...
Sangoma has released the new member of IP-PBX products, FreePBX/PBXact 1200. FreePBX 1200 and PBXact 1200 are different in number of users and concurrent calls in comparison to FreePBX 1000 and PBXact 1000. This model supports up to 1200 users and can handle up to 350 concurrent calls.
Recently, Akuvox’s has released Vfone, a softphone designed specifically for intercom by drawing on Akuvox’s 14+ years’ experience in SIP. This softphone is new version of VBell softphone with new design. Akuvox also added push notification capability to this version so you won’t miss any call. Vfone is free to download on both App Store and Google Play.
Speed Advance Elect. Invites You to Intersec 2019, Dubai, UAE
We are excited to announce that our partner Akuvox, as a leading innovator of smart intercom and IP phone will be your host in intersec 2019 exhibition in Dubai.
Akuvox also has released the newest indoor monitor C317 in last days of 2018 that you can get to know more about it in exhibition.


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Update: Remedy has now confirmed that Control won’t be coming to Xbox Game Pass, despite Xbox boss Phil Spencer’s comments.?
“The information about Control coming to Xbox Game Pass as reported on a recent Mixer stream is incorrect, a tweet from Remedy reads. “We have no news or announcements regarding Xbox Game Pass at this time.”
Original Story: Control?is coming to?Xbox Game Pass, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has revealed during a Mixer stream. While the game hasn’t been officially revealed for the subscription service, Spencer is certainly the authority on all things Xbox, so it seems that Remedy’s action game will be launching on the platform in the near future.
Spencer made the comment during an Extra Life stream on Mixer, joining 343 Industries’ Justin Robey and producer Ethan Rothamel in a stream of?Halo: Reach. During the stream, Spencer described how he was excited for?Control?to launch on Xbox Game Pass so that more people would get to play it.
“I thought?Control was really good,” Spencer said during the stream. “It didn’t reach enough people, so I’m glad to see it’s coming to Game Pass so hopefully more people will play it, because it’s a game that should be played from our friends at Remedy.”
The clip can be viewed below:
— Nibel (@Nibellion) December 5, 2019
Xbox recently revealed the games that would be launching on Game Pass from December 5–12, with the likes of?Overcooked 2,?Pathologic 2, and?My Friend Pedro?all being added to the monthly subscription service.


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Zenprise MobileManager 7.0 Embraces App, Content Security
After the industry gets its arms around the challenges of bring-your-own-device (BYOD), what’s the next stage for mobile device management? MDM and mobile security vendor Zenprise believes it has the answer to that question, and that answer is what has driven the strategy behind Zenprise MobileManager 7.0, the most recent version of the company’s solution, announced today.
“Mobile will move into lines of business,” Ahmed Datoo, chief marketing officer, told MSPmentor. “I’m starting to hear use cases from customers about how to change the customer experience — how to outfit stores with kiosks, how to login and see inventory online, arming bank tellers with these smart devices so that someone can walk outside the counter and engage people in line.”
That move towards line of business has led Zenprise to move towards support for more than just devices. The company is evolving its MDM to include security and support for data and apps, too. MobileManager 7.0 includes features that support mobile lines of business as well as secure content and collaboration. In addition, the company says, the most recent version of the solution simplifies both the administrator and user experience.
New features include geo-fencing which lets companies track devices with GPS and take action if the device is removed from a specified location. For instance, if a device that is used in a hospital is removed from that facility a device can be locked down and corporate-owned data can be wiped from the device.
Zenprise MobileManager 7.0 also now integrates with Samsung SAFE devices, letting companies turn tablets and smartphones into kiosks or “purpose-built” mobile terminals, allowing for all but a few business applications to be locked down. Some Zenprise customers, such as hotels, have already started using mobile devices this way to help checking in guests and providing them with concierge-desk type information such as local restaurants and attractions, according to Zenprise.
Other new features of Zenprise MobileManager 7.0 include the following:
- Support for Android devices through secure content and collaboration integration with Microsoft SharePoint and Office365 (Zenprise first expanded support to Android earlier this year)
- A new mobile data loss protection solution for iOS devices such as iPhone and iPad that lets users annotate documents in the secure mobile content container provided by Zenprise
- Simplified administrator and end-user experiences via configurable dashboards with one-click actions on devices for administrators for functions such as track, notify, and enroll. Users get simplified enrollment that combines a high level of security with a streamlined user experience
Zenprise says the new features in MobileManager 7.0 are building blocks for its vision of future MDM which will encompass making apps business-ready and keeping content secure on mobile devices.


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Following SEGA’s San Diego Comic-Con announcement that Special Stages will be a feature in Sonic Mania, today the team revealed that Bonus Stages (“Blue Spheres”) and Time Attack have also been included in the game.
Watch the Sonic Mania New Trailer:
In “Blue Spheres”, players navigate Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles through a series of blue spheres to clear the stage. But be careful! Once touched, the blue spheres will turn red. Touching a red sphere instantly ends the Bonus Stage. Silver Medallions are awarded to players who complete the Bonus Stage, while collecting all the blue spheres and rings awards players with a perfect score and a Gold Medallion.
Time Attack was also revealed to be a new mode in Sonic Mania. Prove you’re the best of the best in Time Attack, which lets players compete for fastest speed in the world by recording their time in the game’s online leaderboard.
In Special Stages, players chase down enemy UFOs to secure various Chaos Emeralds. Collecting blue spheres along the way will give their character an added boost of speed to their meter. Once the meter fills up, the Mach level increases. Just watch out and don’t speed off the stage!
Sonic Mania is developed by SEGA of America in collaboration with Christian Whitehead, PagodaWest Games, and Headcannon. It will be available August 15 for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC.


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Equinix has appointed Sandile Dube as its new managing director in South Africa.
Dube will be responsible for working with local and multinational companies to establish Equinix's new JN1 International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Johannesburg.
The IBX data center is currently set to launch in mid-2024 and marks Equinix's entrance into the South African market.
Dube is joining Equinix from Hewlett Packard Enterprises (HPE) where he was was managing director of South Africa.
Dube said of his new position: "Equinix is committed to accelerating a digital Africa and expanding the global footprint to connect Europe and the world to the African continent. I’m proud to have joined such a significant global business as its managing director of South Africa. South Africa is an amazing country with a remarkable opportunity to accelerate its digital ambitions creating global investment and international trade."
Equinix began moving into Africa in 2021 with its acquisition of MainOne for $320m (at the time). With the acquisition, Equinix gained four data centers in Nigeria, Ghana, and Cote d'Ivoire.
In December 2022, Equinix announced that it was developing a data center in Johannesburg. JN1 will have 4MW of capacity across 20,000 sq ft of data center space in its first phase, expanding to 20MW at full build-out.


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Worry about stagflation, a flashback to ’70s, begins to grow
WASHINGTON Stagflation. It was the dreaded “S word” of the 1970s.
For Americans of a certain age, it conjures memories of painfully long lines at gas stations, shuttered factories and President Gerald Ford’s much-ridiculed “Whip Inflation Now” buttons.
Stagflation: When high inflation is combined with a weak labor market, it creates a toxic mixture that punishes the consumer and confuses economists.
For decades, economists believed that such a dangerous concoction was impossible. They had long believed that inflation would only rise when there was strong economic activity and low unemployment.
But a sad confluence has economists reaching back to disco and the grim high-inflation, low-unemployment economy nearly a century ago. Stagflation is not something that anyone sees. It is a long-term threat that cannot be ignored.
Last Thursday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke out to reporters.
“The global economic outlook is uncertain and challenging. Higher food and energy prices are causing stagflationary consequences, namely depressing output, spending, and increasing inflation around the world .”
On Wednesday, the government reported that the economy contracted at 1.5% annually between January and March. The economy contracted at 1.5% annually between January and March, according to the government. This was due to two factors that don’t reflect its underlying strength: a growing trade gap due to Americans’ appetite for foreign products and a slower pace in the restocking business inventories following a large holiday season buildup.
For now, economists agree that the U.S. economic has enough strength to avoid a recession. But the problems are mounting. Consumer prices are rising at an unprecedented rate due to supply chain disruptions and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The Federal Reserve and other central bankers are struggling to catch up with raging inflation by aggressively increasing interest rates. They want to slow down growth enough to contain inflation without causing a recession.
It is a difficult task. Shrunken stock prices reflect the widespread fear that the Fed will fail to realize the task and will clog the economy without delivering an inflation-busting blow.
Former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke stated that although inflation is still too high, it is slowly falling. In the next year or so, there should be a period where growth is low, unemployment has risen a little and inflation is high. “
And then Bernanke summed up his thoughts: “You could call that stagflation.”
WHAT IS STAGFLATION? There is no official definition or statistical threshold.
Mark Zandi is chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. He says that stagflation occurs when the unemployment rate reaches 5% and the consumer prices have risen 5% or more over a year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate now stands at 3.6%.
In Europe, where unemployment is more common, Zandi’s threshold for stagflation is 9% unemployment and 4.4% year-over-year inflation.
Until about 50 years ago, economists viewed stagflation as a near-impossibility. They settled on a concept called the Phillips Curve, named after its creator, A.W.H. “Bill” Phillips (1914-1975) of New Zealand. This theory argued that unemployment and inflation move in opposite directions.
This sounds like common sense. When the economy is weak, many people are out of work and prices drop, businesses have a hard time raising prices. Inflation should be kept low. Also, unemployment should not rise if the economy is hot enough to allow businesses to pass large price increases to their customers.
However, this is not always the case. A supply shock, such as a rise in the price of raw materials, can cause inflation and leave consumers with less money to fuel the economy.
Which is exactly what happened in the 1970s.
Saudi Arabia and other oil-producing countries imposed an oil embargo on the United States and other countries that supported Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Oil prices rose and remained high. Many people found it more difficult to afford living expenses. The economy crashed.
Enter stagflation. Each year from 1974 through 1982, inflation and unemployment in the United States both topped 5%. The combination of the two figures, which came to be called the “misery index,” peaked at a most miserable 20.6 in 1980.
Stagflation, and especially chronically high inflation, became a defining feature of the 1970s. Political figures struggled in vain to attack the problem. President Richard Nixon tried unsuccessfully to control wages and prices. The Ford administration issued buttons titled “Whip Inflation Now”. The reaction was mostly ridicule.
HAS Stagflation ARRIVED ?
No. The stagflation glass has only half the contents.
There’s “flation” for sure: Consumer prices shot up 8.3% in April from a year earlier, just below a 41-year high set the previous month.
Consumer price are on the rise largely because of the unexpected recovery from the devastating pandemic recession. Unexpected increases in customer orders have caused chaos at factories, ports, and freight yards. This has led to delays, shortages, and higher prices.
Critics also blame President Joe Biden for his $1.9 trillion stimulus plan in March 2021, which overheated an already hot economy. The Ukraine war exacerbated the situation by causing disruption in trade in energy and food, and driving up prices.
But the “stag” has yet to arrive. Even though the government reported on Thursday that the country’s economic output fell from January through March of this year, the nation’s employment market has continued to thrive.
Every month for the past year, employers have added a robust 400,000-plus jobs. At 3.6%, the unemployment rate is just a notch above 50-year lows. This week, the Fed reported that Americans are in solid financial health: Nearly eight in 10 adults said last fall that they were “doing okay or living comfortably” — the highest proportion since the Fed started asking the question in 2013.
But, the risks are increasing. There are also concerns about possible stagflation. Jerome Powell, Fed Chair, acknowledged this month that the central banking might not be able achieve a soft landing or avoid a recession. According to Powell, “Marketplace” reported that he is concerned about “factors we don’t control” such as the Ukraine war, slowdown in China, and the lingering pandemic.
At the same time, inflation has been eroding Americans’ purchasing power: Prices have risen faster than hourly pay for 13 straight months. The nation’s savings rate has dropped below pre-pandemic levels, after it soared in 2020, , and , as Americans banked for government relief checks.
Europe is more vulnerable to stagflation. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, energy prices have risen dramatically. Unemployment in the 27 EU countries is already 6.2%.
WHY WAS STAGFLATION REMOVED FOR SO LONG?! For four decades, the United States has virtually eliminated inflation. In the early 1980s, Fed Chair Paul Volcker had jacked up interest rates so high to fight inflation — 30-year mortgage rates approached a dizzying 19% in 1981 — that he caused back-to-back recessions in 1980 and 1981-82. But Volcker succeeded in his goal. He was able to eradicate high inflation from the economy. It stayed away.
“The Fed has worked hard since the stagflation of the late 1970s and early 1980s,” Zandi said, “to keep inflation and inflation expectations closer to its target,” which is now around 2%. Other factors, such as the rise in low-cost manufacturing from China and other developing nations, helped to keep prices down for consumers and businesses.
The United States has endured periods of high unemployment — it reached 10% after the 2007-2009 Great Recession and 14.7% after COVID-19 erupted of 2020. But inflation was still low until last year. The nation has not faced an inflationary year since 1990.
AP Writer Fatima Hussein in Washington contributed to this report.
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HUNDREDS of jobs will be created under plans by Dave Whelan'sDW Sports Fitness
chain to increase its number of combined health clubs and stores to over 70 by next year.
The business operates from just over 50 sites bought fromJJB Sports
earlier this year.
Winston Higham, chief executive of DW Sports Fitness, said up to 120 jobs would be generated by expansion at the group's headquarters and depot in Pemberton, Wigan, as well as at its new venues.
Mr Whelan bought JJB's 52 clubs in March for around £80m, in a deal which helped ensure the embattled retailer's survival.


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While details are still sketchy, Gigabyte has announced plans to introduce three new Windows Mobile phones next week at Mobile World Congress, one of which is expected to be the GSmart S1200. The Taiwan-based company didn't offer much with regards to device specifications, but Engadget Mobile is reporting that the S1200 will be running Windows Mobile 6.1, be .43 inches thin, and have a 528MHz Qualcomm 7200A processor running the show. Gigabyte isn't new to the mobile phone business, offering a wide range of Windows Mobile phones outside the United States.
Gigabyte also made reference to a new business offering, only saying that it'll be "something very different to what they have before." One has to wonder if the "something different" includes bringing the company's Windows Mobile phones to the U.S. market.


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Despite NSW and ACT newsagents fears that that Tatts lotteries will move into Coles and Woolworths supermarkets from 2018, Victorian lottery retailers see a more immediate threat from Tatts Group planning to sell lottery tickets at convenience stores.
This follows a 12 months trial of lottery tickets through six Coles Express outlets in Victoria.
The Lottery Retailers Association (LRA) of Victoria has around 550 retail members in the state, most of which also retail magazines and newspapers. According to the CEO of the LRA Gary Carter, a Tatts Group report said that the Coles Express trial was a huge success, however Tatts would not give out the results.
“Tatts said that they believed that a good proportion of lottery sales were occurring outside of newsagent’s sales but they would not divulge the figures,” Mr Carter said. “Coles Express do not have to pay for a $25,000-$30,000 compulsory fitout and get preferential treatment. But we’re not hearing that Tatts is coming into supermarkets.”
Mr Carter said that the previous 7-Eleven trial had failed and that it only used the quick pick lotteries.
A Memorandum of Understanding between the NSW Government and Tatts Group signed late January raised concerns among the Newsagents Association of NSW & ACT (NANA) that Tatts lotteries will move into Coles and Woolworths.
“There are no problems with independent petrol stations taking on lotteries but we have an issue with Coles and Woolworths being given lotteries for their supermarkets and smaller stores,” CEO of NANA Andrew Packham said.
NSW newsagents fear losing their business goodwill to Coles and Woolworths, while over 50% of foot traffic and 20-25% of profit can come from Tatts lottery sales.


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Inventories at U.S. wholesalers increased 1% in December, led by growing stockpiles of autos and drugs, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
Sales at wholesalers also increased 1% in the month, led by durable goods and petroleum.
Despite the biggest increase in inventories in a year, the inventory-to-sales ratio remained at a very tight 1.15 in December, up from a record low 1.14 in October. The typical wholesaler had 35 days of sales on hand. Read the full release.
Tight inventories should lead to higher production later as wholesalers try to keep up with rising demand by increasing orders to producers, economists say.
Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected wholesale inventories to increase 0.5%. Inventories increased a revised 0.5% in November, up from 0.4% previously. See Economic Calendar.
Sales are up 8.3% in the past 12 months. Inventories increased 6.7% year-over-year.
The figures are seasonally adjusted but are not adjusted for price changes.
The bigger-than-expected increase in nonauto inventories implies an upward revision to the initial 1.1% estimate for fourth-quarter gross domestic product growth, said Michelle Girard, an economist for RBS Greenwich Capital. She now expects GDP to be revised to 1.5%.
Financial markets rarely react to the wholesale trade data. They are chiefly of interest to economists, who use the inventories data to fill in gaps in their estimates of gross domestic product growth.
Wholesalers are the middlemen between manufacturers and retailers, serving as a shock absorber for the business sector. Trends in the sector typically reflect conditions in the rest of the economy and are not considered leading indicators.
Sales of durable goods increased 1.3% in December, including a 1.8% increase in autos. Sales of all sorts of durables were strong, except electrical equipment.
Inventories of durable goods rose 0.6%. Auto inventories increased 1.2%.
The inventory-to-sales ratio for durables fell to 1.46 from 1.47 in November.
Sales of nondurable goods increased 0.7% in December, including a 4.4% increase in petroleum, likely the result of higher wholesale prices. Sales of paper and apparel were also strong.
Inventories of nondurable goods increased 1.6%, despite a 1.5% decline in petroleum inventories. Stockpiles of drugs increased 3.9%. It was the largest increase in nondurable inventories since April 2001.
The inventory-to-sales ratio for nondurables rose to 0.85, from the record low of 0.84 in November
In a separate report, the Labor Department said the four-week average of new jobless claims fell to a nearly six-year low of 276,500, a sign that the labor market could be strengthening. See full story.


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#StartinLatvia wins first deal in nanotechnology, finds 100,000 users for a mobile app and more.
String lights project Moodberries launches Kickstarter campaign
Following an unsuccessful Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, the LED string lights project Moodberries has launched a new crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Thus far, USD 4,700 has been contributed by 60 supporters, while the target is USD 26,000.
The product is available in two versions – standard, controlled with a button, and a Bluetooth version that is controlled via a mobile app.
The Draugiem GroupcompanyGreyNut, run by KristiānsLīcis, is the developer of Moodberries string lights.
Startup Overly honored as Pride of Latvian Business
During the annual Business Pride Awards (Biznesa Lepnums 2016) ceremony on July 6, the main prize in the microenterprise category went to the computer programming company Overly. The company won the ‘Key to Success’ prize, made by artist Aivars Kerliņš, as well as the opportunity to place advertisements worth EUR 1,000 in the iBizness magazine.
Latvian mobile app Qfer has attracted 100,000 users
Qfer, a mobile app developed in Latvia, has attracted 100,000 users. Its upgraded version will be now launched on larger markets (the company is already developing an app for Lithuania).
At least 60,000 people use Qfer each month to find out information about special offers from cafes, restaurants and other services providers. The app can be used in devices running on Android and iOS. Users can order meals from food services providers like Čili Pica, Hesburger, Ghetto Burger, Turkebab, Can Can Pica, Wok to Walk and almost 150 other cafe and restaurant chains.
Latvian nanotech startup wins first deal
Latvian nanotech science startup company Nano RAY-T has sold its first chemical vapor deposition reactor to a French university. In the past three months, Nano RAY-T assembled and automated the reactor, which will be used to educate students and researchers about growing aligned carbon nanotubes.
Potential practical applications are wide, ranging from advanced x-ray scanners to fireproof professional uniforms.The first official sale has provided cash flow and market validation for Nano RAY-T products.
New startup aims to cut property management bureaucracy
A new startup promoting the real estate management platform Rention in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia hopes that the new solution will reduce home management bureaucracy. Professionals from different industries have contributed to the development of the Rention platform. Investors in the project are the English/Russian fund Shvest Limited and businessman Rolands Feldmanis.
The Rention project came about as experts were tackling various real estate problems in several European countries. A test version of Rention is available for users at www.rention.com.


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HTC, one of the world’s leading smartphone manufacturers have recently announced a round of redundancies but have stated that this will not affect the manufacture of the HTC Exodus- the world’s first native blockchain phone.
The Taiwan-based tech giant announced that they would be letting go around 1500 employees, a total of around 25% of its global workforce. This move to streamline and consolidate its operations is reportedly not going to have any impact on the development or release date of the new Exodus handset.
A company spokesperson stated:
“Today’s reduction in manufacturing workforce announced by HTC is a decisive step in the realignment of resources across the organization and will allow more flexible operations management. The Company will offer full assistance to those employees affected by the plan, which will be completed by the end of September. HTC continues to review its operations to ensure production resources align with key strategic initiatives so that the Company can more effectively compete in its target markets while maintaining its innovative edge.”
The first smartphone to provide blockchain support
The firm announced the development of the HTC Exodus earlier this year which will see it become the first smartphone to provide native support for blockchain applications. The development of the phone is being led by the Chief Decentralised Officer, Phil Chen who is otherwise known for the creation of the HTC virtual reality headset, Vive.
The Exodus has been specially designed to support decentralised applications as well as featuring a cryptocurrency wallet that is both native to the device and universal in terms of the coins it will accept.
At one point in time, HTC was responsible for producing one in 10 mobile devices that were sold around the world. Unfortunately, the company soon lost ground to Apple and Samsung and this decline has become even more drastic over the last 18 months. In April 2018 the firm noted a decrease in revenue of 55.5%.
The recent round of redundancies comes after last years $1.1 billion deal with Alphabet which saw it move 2000 of its engineers and team members to Google.
The crypto startup, Sirin Labs has also announced its intention to launch a blockchain-powered smartphone. Called the “Finney” after the early Bitcoin user Hal Finney, the device is priced at $1000 and is reportedly ready to ship a little later this year.


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How will Hummingbird change SEO, if at all?
Over the past few weeks, following the announcement of the launch of Google´s new algorithm, many people have claimed that SEO is dead. However, according to an article I came across on Entrepreneur, this claim should be completely dismissed.
All factors that SEO marketers have considered paramount for ranking still matter, the article states. These include creating compelling content and legitimate back links, as well as carefully selected and placed keywords. In fact, the only thing that is altered is the way Google interprets search queries.
The Hummingbird algorithm, as we all know by now, is better at placing words within context and deciphering user´s intent for searching. This means that Google not only wants to return results that contain words featured in the query, but will also guess why the user needs this information and what they plan to do with it. This was just a step forward from the Conversational Search that Google launched two years ago.
Overall, it seems that Hummingbird has been designed to make users happy, and rightly so. After all, Google may be vastly dominant in the world of search but it has to maintain its position as leader.
So what can websites do to take advantage of Hummingbird? Be creative and original. The more pages with original content there are, the higher the chance that content published there will answer search engine queries. The new algorithm also gives SEO specialists the opportunity to introduce more long-tail keywords. It is also important to cover a wide range of topics and include different types of content, including videos and infographics.
In essence, Hummingbird opens more doors than it closes. Webmasters just need to be inventive to make it work for them, the website concludes. Coming up with original content regularly, however, can be a challenge. If you need a helping hand, M2 Bespoke are content generation experts; we produce tailored, quality-written online content for a variety of sectors. Contact us today and see how we can help.
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OOCL fires back at Bed Bath & Beyond over FMC claim
The argument between bankrupt Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), and shipping line OOCL, has become ...
Orient Overseas International Ltd (OOIL), parent of Orient Overseas Container Lines (OOCL), said today it had ordered ten 16,000 teu ships.
The Cosco unit said in a Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing the newbuilding order, for $1.58bn in total, would be equally split between affiliated shipbuilders Dalian Cosco KHI Ship Engineering (DACKS) and Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS).
Both are joint-ventures between the Cosco group and Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
The newbuildings are expected to be delivered between Q4 24 and Q4 25 and OOIL aid 60% of the cost would be financed by bank loans.
The order follows one from Cosco Shipping Lines at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) in July, when the unit price of $158m indicated a hike in newbuilding prices.
OOIL said the new orders were in line with the group’s 14th five-year plan, which would, among other things, increase its fleet capacity and consolidate its market position.
The two shipyards involved are also building a dozen 23,000 teu ships OOIL ordered in 2020 for delivery in 2022-2023.
OOIL said: “The group would also benefit from the optimisation of its fleet structure and the reduction of its reliance on the vessel charter market. The vessels will be equipped with energy-saving and emission-reduction technologies, which will generate cost advantages as well as help in environmental protection.”
Liner operators and tonnage providers have been rushing to build new ships amid an unprecedented spike in freight rates caused by Covid-19-related supply chain disruptions, pushing the orderbook-to-fleet ratio to over 22%.
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