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The Sko-Die team is very thankful to our customers and to our suppliers for their support that we received throughout 2018. This year has seen continuing strength of our overall manufacturing sector. These conditions have translated into opportunities for us to grow our business with our valued customers and to advance new opportunities in the market.
With most of the macroeconomic indicators trending positive, signs point to a continuation of a robust manufacturing economy heading in the 2019. As of November, the Purchasing Managers Index notched the 27th straight month of expansion for the Manufacturing Sector. Employment is strong, which is no surprise to any of us that are trying to expand our work force with talented bench strength and next generation talent. General demand and orders are on the rise, so there is reason for optimism headed into 2019. But with that strength brings challenges that we all must consider as we plan for the coming year any beyond.
One such factor that came to the forefront in 2018 is the effect of tariffs imposed on imports of globally produced raw materials and goods and how that plays into the broader discussion about Free Trade. One can hardly deny that we are operating in a Global economy, regardless of whether one transacts directly with any global entities. Perhaps the most relevant discussion should be about how to define Free Trade vs Fair Trade. It seems that endless opinions exist on that topic. Perhaps in 2019, progress will be made to align the goals of Fair Trade and Free Trade towards sustainable policies to benefit the US manufacturing sector as a whole.
We have certainly seen inflationary pressure on materials result of the section 232 Tariffs. The question becomes whether the long-term goals of the implementation of these tariffs in keeping and growing manufacturing jobs here in the USA will be achieved. One consideration is whether applying those tariffs further downstream to the finished goods produced from materials covered under the Tariff is a key to the long-term success of this trade policy. Regardless of where one sides on this topic, there is no doubt that the effect of tariffs and an evolving global trade policy must be woven into the decision process in the domestic manufacturing sector in 2019 and beyond.
From a more regional perspective, 2018 marks the 26th anniversary of the original signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). One would be hard pressed to find a manufacturing business in the USA that was not affected in some way by this agreement.
Whether the promise of NAFTA materialized is a question that each company and participant in the economy must answer for themselves. What will the next iteration of that agreement bring? Only 2019 will answer that question.
At Sko-Die, we are a domestic manufacturer, proud to begin our 72nd year in business. We are a strong proponent of policies that promote a strong and sustainable domestic manufacturing sector. We are continuing our strategy of investing in our business to position ourselves to meet the growing demand that a strong manufacturing economy drives. We are thankful for the support of all our customers and supply partners in 2018 and look forward to a prosperous 2019 with you.
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With more Nigerians falling into extreme poverty and finding it difficult to access nutritious food due to exorbitant cost of staple diets in the market, there is no doubt that malnutrition is lurking in the shadows.
As the purchasing power of food items continues to decrease, thereby denying Nigerians healthy life and decent livelihoods, it is visibly clear that Africa’s top oil producer may be on the brink of losing some of its burgeoning population to a decline in human capital and reduced productivity.
More importantly, the burden of malnutrition on workforce productivity as well as increasing risk of diet-related Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus is huge and calls for urgent attention.
The prices of most foods that offer essential nutrients necessary to maintain good health have shot through the roof, threatening the realization of the second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) which aims to end hunger, improve access to food and end all forms of malnutrition among others.
BusinessDay’s survey at Oba market, Lagos Street market in Oredo Local Government Area and Oregbeni Market in Ikpoba-Okha LGA of Edo State revealed that the prices of vegetables and fruits, including Onions, tomatoes, peppers, have skyrocketed.
It was observed that a bag of onion sells between N22,000 and N25,000 as against N12,000 sold some months ago while the price of a basket of tomatoes ranges from N35,000 to N40,000 as against N25,000 sold previously. Also, the price of a bag of pepper has increased from N9,000 to N18,000.
“Most of these food items are now scarce. Nowadays, we find it difficult to feed our kids. Nigeria’s situation is bad for everyone. The northerners are supported with farm inputs whereas we, in the south cannot access things like that”, Sekina Isah, a middle-age trader lamented.
James Uwaifo, a public health nutritionist, said the high cost of food is an added burden to people with diabetes mellitus and hypertension, who may find it difficult to get the recommended nutrients to meet their dietary needs.
Uwaifo, who is a lecturer at the department of human nutrition and dietetics, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, said the present situation is “worrisome and we need to talk about it so that people will be conscious and find a way to overcome it.”
According to him, nutrition plays a vital role in the management of diabetes mellitus, and it requires a dietician to design their diet plan. The food that most of them eat falls within the ones that are now very costly in the market
“So, if the prices is depriving people from accessing it, of course it will also affect the nutrients in our meals and this will go ahead to lower the daily requirements of these nutrients and it will set up a state of poor nutrition or malnutrition. The nutrition community is concerned about the food price increase.
“Malnutrition in the sense that most of these nutrients will not be available in the recommended values, which will further lead to breakdown of tissues and lower resistance to illnesses and ultimately lead to prevalence of certain diseases. It will increase disease burden in the community.
“The relevance of these food items to Diabetes mellitus is that, they do not carry added calories, they offer to the body nutrients such as vitamins, micronutrients including calcium, phosphorus (these are nutrients important for the body to be able to synthesize enzymes, produce hormones, heal injuries). So, if they cannot produce them, digestion and energy generation will have issues and people will go down easily with illness and it will complicate Non-Communicable Disease.
He recommended that government should empower the people with information and skills to cultivate their own crops within their compound, noting that when the demand for these food items drops, the prices will also decrease.

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's consumer protection watchdog is preparing to suspend imports of "Kentucky Gentleman" bourbon, adding to a growing list of products Russia has banned since the West imposed new sanctions over Moscow's support of rebels in Ukraine.
The Rospotrebnadzor service found signs of phthalates - organic chemicals - in the bourbon, it said on Monday in a statement on its website. www.rospotrebnadzor.ru
"As of now we are talking about this distillery only," a spokesman said, referring to the U.S. Barton 1792 Distillery where Kentucky Gentleman is made.
The U.S. state of Kentucky is a leader in U.S. bourbon production.
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Glyn Hopkin has completed development of a Renault dealership in Colchester and has opened another site in St Albans.
The launch of a Renault Range Roadshow this summer is hoped to bring the brand’s cars and technology to the attention of hundreds of consumers.
Management changes at Groupe Renault UK have seen Ford executive Paul Flanagan join as its new MD and sales director Darren Payne move to Nissan GB
Automotive Management Live: Where franchised and independent dealers will find everything they need to know about operating a modern showroom and service and repair facility fit for the digital age.
When: November 7 2019
Where: Birmingham NEC
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CAPS Auto Parts & Tires annual Car Show was held in Ottawa on June 21, The popular community event is free to car owners and spectators and has been operating since 2008. The show brought together thousands of car enthusiasts for a memorable summer evening.
“We are pleased how this event continues to grow, it?s now triple in size since we first started,” said CAPS sales & marketing manager Dawn Stoeckl-Petric. “Community is -of-mind at CAPS, as the show has supported numerous local charities over the years including The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), The Heart & Stroke Foundation, local sports teams and food banks.”
Highlights includea over 300 cars on display, a traditional corn roast, an old-fashioned ice cream truck, face painting for younger participants, DJ music, photo opportunities and a scavenger hunt with prizes. Helpful parts suppliers were also on hand to represent the automotive aftermarket including April Superflo, Castrol, Dorman, Macpek, Mevotech, Permatex, Promax and Promechanix.
CAPS have been proudly serving the Ottawa region for over 20 years and have 3 locations with a combined 75,000 sq. ft. distribution centre of auto parts and tires.
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Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill by Comptroller Peter Franchot that would repeal some of the state’s regulations on craft beer breweries.
In November 2017, Franchot proposed the Reform on Tap Act of 2018, a bill to relieve regulatory burdens on craft beer production and sales.
Franchot’s bill would remove the state’s limits on how much beer breweries are allowed to sell on-site. It would also allow breweries to sell directly to retailers instead of requiring them to make franchising agreements with distribution companies.
Currently, Maryland craft breweries are allowed to sell up to 3,000 barrels of beer, or about 500,000 pints, directly to consumers each year.
‘Really Ridiculous Rules’
Nick Zaiac, a policy analyst with the Maryland Public Policy Institute, says the current regulations are chilling the state’s beer industry.
“They have a lot of really ridiculous rules out here,” Zaiac said. “Maryland is one of worst states for beer regulations, especially for micro-brewing.”
The state’s restrictions on direct-to-consumer sales keep brewers small, Zaiac says.
“The biggest thing that brewers in this state have struggled with are the artificially low caps on the total amount of beer they could sell,” Zaiac said. “Maryland brewers faced restrictions on the quantity they could produce. That really put a damper on business.”
Brewing up More Flexibility
C. Jarrett Dieterle, a governance project fellow with the R Street Institute, says more flexibility for brewing companies could give shoppers more choices.
“Giving brewers more flexibility to sell directly to the retail stores and the public certainly could lead to, and I would not be surprised if it did lead to, more diversity of choice in beer,” Dieterle said.
Tapping the Beer Economy
The Reform on Tap Act would have Maryland business owners saying “cheers,” Dieterle says.
“Getting rid of the self-distribution limits and franchise limits, and opening up taproom sales, those three things alone would be a game-changer for Maryland,” Dieterle said. “As it stands now, I think it’s really a comprehensive, legitimate reform. I think it would make Maryland one of the more ‘open for business’ states in terms of beer, in the country, actually.”


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Retail sales in the U.S. rose at a lower rate than expected in October amidst a surprise drop in purchases of autos, suggesting a consumer spending slowdown that could temper the expectations of a strong fourth quarter increase in economic growth. Other data released late last week showed a second consecutive monthly drop in the countrys producer prices as services fell. The Department of Commerce said that retail sales moved up by 0.1% in October after not changing in August and September.
Nevertheless, the soft inflation as well as signs of a slowing in the spending of consumers will not likely deter the U.S. Federal Reserve policy makers from increasing their benchmark overnight lending rate that has hovered around zero for the past seven years in December.
The weak economic reports will provide cause for some caution at the Fed, but are not likely to change their expected plans.
The Department of Commerce said that retail sales moved up by 0.1% in October after not changing in August and September. Economists forecasted that sales would increase by 0.3%. Read more…


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The director of operations for an Applebee’s franchisee in Kansas has been placed on leave after a leaked internal memo went viral. In the email, the executive suggests rising gas prices could allow employers to lower wages.
The email dated March 9 was posted to an r/antiwork forum on Reddit and then picked up on social media. Applebee’s franchisee Apple Central LLC executive director of operations Wayne Pankratz wrote that rising gas prices could benefit employers because it “will increase application flow and has the potential to lower our average wage.”
Pankratz wrote that most of the franchise operator’s employee base lives paycheck to paycheck.
“Any increase in gas price cuts into their disposable income,” he continued. “As inflation continues to climb and gas prices continue to go up, that means more hours employees will need to work to maintain their current level of living.”
Because workers are no longer supported by government stimulus, he argued, people will be forced back into the workforce. Competitors will be forced to cut employee hours or pay less to hit profit margins, and some businesses will not be able to hold on, driving more employees into the hiring pool.
“We all competed to hire out of the limited applicant pool and there was a wage war,” he wrote. “We all saw businesses hiring team members at $18-$20 an hour. They will no longer be able to afford to do this.”
Pankratz contends the labor market is “about to turn in our favor.”
Besides “hiring employees in at a lower wage to decrease our labor (when able),” Pankratz also urges managers to keep their pulse on employee morale, and to “be conscious” of their situation.
“Many will need to work more hours or get a second job,” he wrote. “Do things to make sure you are the employer of choice. Get schedules completed early so they can plan their other jobs around yours. Most importantly, have the culture and environment that will attract people.”
Attempts to reach Pankratz or Apple Central were unsuccessful.
Pankratz’s letter, however, took on a life of its own on social media, with some calling for a boycott.
Applebee’s parent company Dine Brands Global Inc., based in Glendale, Calif., on Friday noted that the casual-dining chain is almost entirely operated by franchisees. Among 1,579 units in the U.S., only 69 are company owned. It’s not clear how many units Apple Central operates.
Kevin Carroll, Dine Brands’ chief operations officer for Applebee’s, said in a statement, “This is the opinion of an individual, not Applebee’s. We understand that the franchisee who owns and operates the restaurants in this market has placed the individual on leave. Our team members are the lifeblood of our restaurants, and our franchisees are always looking to reward and incentivize team members, new and current, to remain within the Applebee’s family.”
Meanwhile, several restaurant chains in the recent round of earnings said they did not expect higher labor costs to go away anytime soon.
Applebee’s restaurants secured more than 58,000 applications on a single National Hiring Day event in February, the company said in a recent earnings call.
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Routers sold to New Zealand broadband customers by at least one local ISP have been shipped with a known username and password and can be accessed from the internet. The insecure setup could allow an attacker to divert traffic, lock users out of their routers and even read or send email from users' accounts.
Computerworld has been shown that routers have shipped with the administration web interface enabled on the WAN port with a known default username/password combination. Once an attacker access the administration interface, he or she could change the router configuration. By noting the ADSL network username and password, an attacker might also be able to access the user's email, which typically uses the same login details.
The D-Link 504G routers are resold by Ihug as part of its bliiink broadband package deals. As Computerworld went to press, Ihug technicians were checking the provider's DSL network to find out exactly how many customers are using the vulnerable router. Ihug marketing manager Rob Anderson says technicians are also looking at other routers and modems resold by the ISP to see if they too have a vulnerable configuration.
When notified of the vulnerability on Wednesday, Anderson said that Ihug intended to develop and deploy a fix for the vulnerability within 24 to 48 hours. Ihug will also make sure it doesn't ship any more routers configured with the remote management interface left open to the internet, he says.
D-Link's broadband business manager for Australia and New Zealand, Dean Williams, says shipping routers with the management interface open to the internet is "a big no-no, security-wise".Williams says remote access is disabled on all its routers, However, Computerworld has found that older revisions of firmware used in the D-Link 504G routers sold by Ihug does not allow customers to turn off the remote management web server. Asked about this, Williams says the B2.NZ software found on the routers isn't the current shipping firmware version, and it hasn't been used for over a year now. He advises customers with that version to upgrade to the latest B.21.AU version, available at D-Link's website.
The D-Link routers have also been resold by other providers and retailers, including Dick Smith, but it isn't yet known if they were also shipped with a vulnerable configuration.


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Ford is to scale up manufacturing of electric powered vehicles to 600,000 a yr by late 2023.
Ford explained a multichannel tactic with a strong seller existence gave furnished the ideal expertise for EV homeowners of the long term.
“This is our chance to get a total new team of consumers, building their loyalty and advocacy as we mature our sector share,” claimed Marin Gjaja, Ford Product e main shopper officer.
“We’re developing the digital and bodily solutions and activities those people new customers anticipate when they purchase a product or service that to them is a new engineering invest in.
Our intention is to incorporate the benefit of electronic purchasing with Ford’s skills, scale and the bodily presence of our sellers to create the greatest possible experience for tomorrow’s EV proprietors.”
“Ford’s new electric motor vehicle line-up has produced large enthusiasm and demand, and now we are placing the industrial procedure in spot to scale quickly,” reported Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO and president of Ford Product e.
“Our Design e group has moved with velocity, concentrate and creative imagination to protected the battery capacity and raw supplies we want to deliver breakthrough EVs for tens of millions of customers.”
Ford strategies to devote around $50 billion in EVs through 2026. Ford in Europe on observe to go all-electric powered by 2035
In Europe, the Ford Cologne Niehl Plant is at the moment undergoing significant building updates to put together for the output of electric cars, starting up in 2023.
The initially electric passenger auto is predicted to roll-off the Cologne production line in 2023, with a second EV product to be crafted starting in mid-2024. Yearly volume at the new plant is predicted to arrive at 200,000 autos for every year.
Ford has included battery chemistries and secured contracts delivering 60 gigawatt several hours (GWh) of yearly battery potential to produce world wide 600,000 EV operate rate by late 2023
Lithium iron phosphate battery packs coming for Mustang Mach-Es marketed in North America up coming calendar year and F-150 Lightnings in early 2024, producing additional capacity for superior-desire solutions
Ford currently has sourced 70% of battery potential to assist 2 million+ once-a-year EV worldwide run rate by 2026


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WASHINGTON DC (AdAge.com) -- A key U.S. legislator is considering pushing back the Feb. 17 switch to all-digital broadcast TV signals. "With the date looming, moving the date back certainly warrants further discussion and may be a wise choice," said Daniel Reilly, an aide to Massachusetts Rep. Ed Markey, who heads the House Energy and Commerce Committee's telecom committee.
The comment came hours after Consumers Union asked Congress and the White House to delay the digital TV transition, citing problems with the government coupon program for DTV converter boxes and other worries.
The switch to all-digital signals is approaching fast as the incoming Obama administration rushes to put together a leadership team for the Federal Communications Commission and other key posts that would be responsible for the transition. A stumble on Feb. 17 could leave over-the-air viewers without TV, potentially cutting them off from important local information and driving them to alternative media. A loss of viewers may also zap broadcasters who are struggling to maintain ratings.
In a letter sent today, Consumers Union suggested the government's inability to issue new coupons, on top of concerns about the number of call centers and the amount of assistance to viewers, should prompt a re-examination of the switchover date. The missives went to Rep. Markey, President George W. Bush, President-elect Barack Obama and Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee.
"We believe Congress should consider delaying the transition until a plan is in place to minimize the number of consumers who will lose TV signals, particularly by fixing the flaws in the federal coupon program created to offset the cost of this transition," said the letter from Joel Kelsey and Christopher Murray, senior policy analysts for Consumers Union.
"With Feb. 17 only 40 days away, we are concerned that millions of at-risk consumers, including rural, low-income and elderly citizens across the country, could be left with blank television screens. Consumers have fewer resources than ever to buy the necessary equipment to regain access to essential news, information and emergency broadcasts. Against this backdrop, Congress should consider delaying the digital transition so the significant flaws in the converter box coupon program can be adequately addressed and sufficient local assistance put in place to help millions of consumers who are being forced to navigate this transition."
The request from the consumer group comes two days after the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced it had run out of money to issue the $40 coupons that are intended to defray the cost of digital TV converters; instead, it had to create a waiting list for issuing new coupons until old coupons expire. The coupons expire after 90 days.
In their letter, Mr. Kelsey and Mr. Murray noted the digital switchover resulted in the government making $19 billion from selling the analog spectrum that was opened up by the switch.
"Millions of consumers could now be forced to spend their own money to navigate this federally mandated transition," the letter said. "This economic climate is not the right time to ask consumers to dig deeper into their own pockets to pay for the miscalculation by the federal government."


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by Jharonne Martis.
American consumer confidence, as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos Primary Consumer Sentiment Index, sees a moderate 1.4 point drop in December, 2018. Three of four sub indices see noticeable drops while the Jobs Index reports solid growth. The Investment and Current Indices saw the largest drops of 3.2 points and 3.0 points, respectively. Despite these strong drops, the Jobs Index reports 1.3 points of growth.
“Last month showed consumers in a state of cautious optimism. They believed the future was going to improve, but didn’t quite want to plan for it,” reports Chris Jackson, Vice President at survey research firm Ipsos.”This month’s findings show that consumers have become more pessimistic. They remain confident in the job market, but it seems all the uncertainty in the political and financial spheres over the last few months has turned sour.”
Jharonne Martis, Director of Consumer Research at Refinitiv, said, “Looking forward to the first quarter of 2019, the Refinitiv Same Store Sales estimates are below the current 3.1% healthy mark. This underlines consumers feeling of uncertainty about what to expect from the economy in 2019.”
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The latest on Pastry Chefs on the move, and openings or moving of bakeries, pastry shops, ice cream shops, etc… across the country.
Jake Rothschild’s (Jake’s Ice Cream) new bakery and café JDR Delishery will open with grand opening festivities in early May. [AM]
The Cookie Studio closed its current spot Friday, only to reopen in April.[[TNTA]
Union Square Donuts has closed and will reopen in a new larger space.
Captain Jackson’s Colonial Chocolate Shop has opened.
Insomnia Cookies, cookie delivery chain has just opened their first Chicago location.
Golden Brown Delicious Cakes & Sweets hopes for a summer debut, where cakes, cupcakes, pastries and cookies will be crafted with a Mexican influence. [WPBIG]
Pastry Chef Hsing Chen has left her post at the The Peninsula Chicago to open her own patisserie this summer/fall.
Fat Cat Creamery, an ice cream company will set up shop this June.
[In Los Angeles…]
Sidecar Doughnuts & Coffee opened at 270 E. 17th Street in Costa Mesa, CA on April 12th, 2013.
Milk Jar Cookies, from husband-and-wife team Courtney Cowan and Adam Tiller, is now open. [LAIST]
MILK ice cream parlor has gotten the ball rolling to open a second spot, as has Sweet Rose Creamery.
Jin Patisserie has left its location on March 24; a new spot is in the pipeline.
Michael Schwartz has opened The Cypress Room with Roel Alcudia running the kitchen and Hedy Goldsmith dishing up desserts.
Sweetness Bakeshop & Café opens its second location this summer.
Carolina Montoya and Fernando Puga launched the showroom at Unique Designer’s Cake.
[In New Orleans…]
Chris Barbato has left Café Adelaide to open the bakery and lunch spot Rivista with his wife, baker Lisa Barbato.
[In New York City…]
Andrew Carmellini and restaurateurs Luke Ostrom and Josh Pickard debuted the much-anticipated Lafayette, with Jen Yee (Aureole) in charge of pastry.
Sarah Sutherland (Marea) joined the team at Vitae as the new pastry chef.
Sam Mason, WD-50 alum has an ice creamery, Odd Fellows Ice Cream Co., set to open this summer.
Baked is now scouting for a Manhattan bakery location.
Pastry Chef Jen Yee (Gilt) have signed on to work with Chef de Cuisine Damon Wise at the upcoming Lafayette.
Federal Donuts has lined up a spot at Citizen’s Bank Park this year.
Bluebird Bakers, a former wholesale bakery has opened a brick-and-mortar retail space.
Rick Widmayer has departed Screen Door to team up with Greg Slauson (Donut-O-Rama) on a doughnut shop/bar due to open in May.
[In San Francisco…]
Michael Rotondo (Parallel 37) has snagged former Charlie Trotter Sous Chef Mitchell Nordby and Pastry Chef Andrea Correa for his kitchen.
Bi-Rite Market has officially open in its second location.
Charles Chocolates has reopened after closing two years ago.
Emily Day, baker-owner, of Flour + Co. has opened its door.[GSSF]
Three Twins Ice Cream is set to reopen in June.
Fuji Bakery has reopened after closing in July, with a new location still in the works.
[In Washington, D.C….]
Just Cakes closed its brick-and-mortar space, and will move operations online.
Golden, Brown, and Delicious is now open with husband-and-wife team Chef Kyle Bailey and Pastry Chef Tiffany MacIsaac running things.
The chocolate pizza concept Chocolate Crust is now open in the former Washington Deli space.[EaterWire]
Fluffy Thoughts Cakes plans to open a location inside Nationals Park this May.


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Trade War relief and the Stock Market goes higher - feels like Groundhog’s Day
Another jump this week in the market, driven by recent expectations that the trade war between the US and China might be easing. President Trump stated that he would be willing to delay the March 1st deadline for new tariffs on $200 Billion of Chinese goods, if progress is made in trade talks this week. However, it is also known that there are no planned meetings between President Trump and China’s President Jinping before the March deadline.
In addition, the Commerce Department is scheduled to release a report on February 17th, that is expected to recommend tariffs on European autos. This could create additional uncertainty in the markets, as it will drive trade negotiations out in the future. It is reasonable to assume that those negotiations would not occur until after a trade deal with China is reached.
The stock market doesn’t like uncertainty, and it certainly is tired of the constant churn in rumors and speculation regarding the state of these negotiations. The market responds well and hits new highs when there seems to be a resolution, and reacts poorly to news that the two sides are far apart. It’s not unlike the movie Groundhog’s Day, where Bill Murray’s character gets to relive the same day, over and over, repeating the same steps and reliving the same outcome again and again.


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With the New Year upon us, there are many issues to watch for in the auto industry. From the popularity of the ride-sharing service Uber to the uphill battle climate regulators face for getting customers’ attention, there is so much to keep our eyes on in 2015.
The auto industry is facing competition from ride-sharing services such as Uber, which recently got additional funding. While previously many American families had owned two cars, that number is falling, with many people opting to use Uber or carpooling alternatives. Will demand for cars diminish even more this year?
As well, keep your eye on the oil prices. Oil is cheap worldwide, which is great for customers who want to fill up their cars without a big price tag, but that leaves climate regulators struggling to get buyers’ attention. Alternatives to petroleum-based transportation are expensive, and it’s not easy to sell it to people who enjoy the currently low rates for gasoline. Of course, oil prices could rise next week, so we will continue to watch this auto industry issue.
As for Detroit, the automotive hub of the world, experts continue to ponder whether it will be able to sync with high-tech Silicon Valley. As vehicle designs incorporate information technology more and more, that working relationship is going to become more intense over the course of the New Year. We will be watching to see if it is a harmonious union, especially when Google brings its self-driving car to market.
As well, the auto industry will be playing catch up this year to China’s big push to become the world’s largest vehicle market. That means that new car models being produced in America will strive to meet China’s consumer preferences, with the US market being second in consideration. While it initially appears that the preferences between cars buyers in the US and China are similar, differences may begin to show up in 2015.
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Countries are implementing new frameworks to ban diesel and petrol cars in the coming 10 to 15 years to reduce CO2 emissions, with tougher CO2 frameworks likely to extend to most countries.
To reduce CO2 emissions, demand for Electric Vehicles (EVs) – as well as for the batteries, semiconductors, and raw materials used to develop them – will increase.
Further increasing demand, customers are signaling a willingness to switch to EVs: in a recent survey, 41 percent said they will consider an EV as their next vehicle.
As a result, we expect increased competition and industrial espionage in related sectors.
Additionally, the increased importance of EVs and batteries can lead to geopolitical tensions, as reliance on China, the world’s largest producer of raw materials used in batteries, will likely grow.
Update: On August 20, Toyota announced that they are to slash worldwide vehicle production by 40% in September due to the global microchip shortage.
Electric Vehicles to usher in a new, climate-neutral Europe
Brussels is the latest city to announce that it will ban diesel cars from 2030 and petrol vehicles from 2035. The announcement aligns with the EU’s efforts to reduce CO2 emissions and create a climate-neutral Europe by 2050.
To reach this goal, the EU proposed a new green deal package on 14 July that will require the phaseout of petrol and diesel engines by 2035 and 40 percent of the EU’s energy to come from renewable sources by 2030.
Other countries are also implementing similar frameworks. For example, petrol and diesel-powered cars and vans will no longer be sold in the UK from 2030, Norway from 2025, and in parts of the US (California) and Canada from 2035. Similarly, the US Energy Department said on 14 June that it would provide EUR 168 million (USD 200 million) in funding to support EV and battery-related research.
More countries, including the largest global consumer markets, are either implementing or considering frameworks to reduce CO2 emissions. As the trend of tougher CO2 standards is growing, we have analyzed their implications over the medium term so your organization can prepare for likely changes.
What does this mean for the Semiconductor Industry?
Increased Semiconductor Demand: Semiconductors are necessary for batteries, power trains, and are key for EV firmware and autonomous driving. As the demand for EVs is likely to grow following CO2 policies, and since planned EV investments increased by 41 percent in 2020 to EUR 278 billion (USD 330 billion), the industry is likely to demand more semiconductors.
Given this prospected increase in demand, the shortage in semiconductor supply could further worsen.
Increased Funding for Semiconductor Research and Investment: Green policies are pushing the need to further develop EVs, including more batteries with improved efficiency, which will require a major breakthrough in semiconductor technology.
As such, countries will increasingly invest in these technologies to develop the latest chips that can drive the growing green industry.
How will EVs impact the geopolitical landscape?
Growing competition between nations: New frameworks and R&D investments to reduce CO2 emissions are likely to increase competition between nations to develop compliant technologies. Competition is expected in strategic industries, such as semiconductors, and industries developing technologies or providing raw materials for cleaner energy.
High competition in developing sectors such as EV and clean energy can lead to restrictions against foreign takeover in critical industries, potentially restricting globalized supply chains and further leading to supply shortages.
Increased espionage: Countries will try to secure their energy supply and become industry leaders in green technology and of related technology and materials.
However, increased competition in industries powering the green transition will likely lead to industrial espionage as countries race to develop the latest chips and technologies. As key threat actors are influenced by economic development policies, the energy sector will continue to be a target for espionage.
Additionally, the governments developing policies and restricting fossil fuels could also become an important target for espionage campaigns. Any nation seeking to understand coming regulations, restrictions, and new investment in technologies driving the industry will be tempted to target those that have already done the legwork.
For instance, last year, Norway’s Police Security Service (PST) released a report warning about cyberespionage campaigns targeting Norway’s petroleum industry to gain information on oil and gas technology as well as on oil production regulations. Russia and China were cited as particular threats. The report also claims that renewable energy could become a focus in future espionage campaigns.
Nations will try to secure their EV supply chain: Given the growing importance of batteries, countries will seek to secure the supply of lithium-ion batteries, and the raw materials they are made of, such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and graphite.
Nevertheless, for now, China controls most of the world’s mining and processing of minerals used in batteries, which could result in nations relying increasingly on China for the development of batteries used in EVs.
Clean Energy: A new Strategic Frontier
As tougher CO2 frameworks will likely extend to most countries in the coming 10 to 15 years, batteries and EVs will likely become a strategic issue. Most nations will have to find alternatives for fossil fuels, and these green policies are already fostering investment and R&D on EV and clean energy such as hydrogen.
QuoIntelligence expects continued competition among world powers in key areas for the development of EV and other emerging technology that is likely to result in industrial espionage as well. These areas include batteries, semiconductors, and raw materials.
Additionally, despite countries trying to secure their batteries’ supply chain, China controls most of the world’s mining and processing of raw materials used in batteries. This could result in nations becoming increasingly dependent on China for batteries and EV technology.
The importance of Risk Intelligence to understand changing regulation and mitigate espionage threats
The latest policies and R&D investment in the green industry, together with governments increasingly considering climate change as a security threat, will highly likely impact the geopolitical landscape in the medium and long term. That, in turn, will likely impact the cyber threat landscape as well, for example, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups backed by nation states targeting key industries.
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii has hired the state’s former tourism liaison as its regional director of public relations.
Marsha Wienert, who was former Gov. Linda Lingle’s direct connection to the visitor industry, will focus on Starwood’s Sheraton, Westin, Luxury Collection and St. Regis brands in Hawaii. She replaces Candice Kraughto, who was Starwood’s regional director for four years.
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Moolala Inc. founder Joshua Chodniewicz has launched a technology incubator geared toward converting ideas into full-fledged businesses.
The incubator, called Mach 10 Ventures, plans to invest in business plans and partner with local entrepreneurs with investments ranging from $10,000 to several million dollars. The strategy is to create differentiators in businesses and markets with limited amounts of capital to preserve equity in the businesses, Chodniewicz said.
“Generally, we’re focused on tech, that’s where our expertise is,” he said. “We’re taking ideas and building them to proof of concepts.”
Mach 10 employs about 18 workers.
Chodniewicz declined to disclose the names of the five portfolio companies. He did, however, confirm that AdBucket Inc. and Moolala — both of which he has ties to — are portfolio companies. AdBucket is the developer of a platform designed to simplify how billboard advertising is bought, according to its website. Moolala is an Austin-based online daily deals company that launched two years ago.
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There’s also the Austin Entrepreneur Network, Tech Ranch Austin, the Capital Factory, Bootstrap Austin and Texas Ventures — all providing a range of services for local startups. In October, Austin-based Emergent Technologies Inc. launched a life sciences business incubator for entrepreneurs and startups.
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Typhoon International has confirmed that it will be continuing its sponsorship of the 29er UK Class Association in 2023.
This will be the third consecutive year that the leading watersports clothing and equipment manufacturer has supported the class as Official Technical Clothing Class Sponsor.
“We’re delighted to be able to support the sailors of 29er Class for another year,” says Amy Grealish, marketing manager at Typhoon. “We produce an extensive range of clothing and equipment for dinghy sailors and we are very proud of our long-term partnership with the 29er association.”
“It’s a wonderful opportunity for us to give back to the sailing and watersports community.”
As part of Typhoon’s sponsorship in 2023, it will be providing prizes at the major events in the 29er Class Association calendar.
Phil Lightbody, 29er UK Class chairman, comments: “The fleet is delighted to be continuing its relationship with Typhoon, the sailors love the Typhoon product range and would like to thank Typhoon for its generous and ongoing support.”
Started in 1998, the 29er class is one of the most highly competitive youth classes in the world with 40 plus teams competing in national and international events. The powerful dinghy is a stepping-stone in pre-Olympic training for young athletes with medal potential.
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The white spirits category is merely an arbitrary pooling together of subsectors sharing some commonalities and more than a few major differences on the basis of the drinks’ primary colours. Euromonitor International’s latest global report ‘White Spirits: Grey Prospects and Golden Opportunities’ offers insights on this most ubiquitous of major alcoholic drinks segments. Senior analyst Spiros Malandrakis provides a brief glimpse of some of the key findings.
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Western Europe's 2013 malting barley harvest will be good news for brewers with prices expected to fall to 6% below last year's, an analyst has predicted.
China has officially recorded the geographical origin (AOC) of Champagne.
Rémy Cointreau has lined up a EUR30m (US$38.7m) investment to increase the production capacity for its Cognac brand, Rémy Martin.
It is shaping up to be one of the drinks industry's biggest events of the year. This week, Suntory got approval to list its food and soft drinks unit on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, paving the way for the group to raise as much as US$4.7bn.
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Coolpad's Legacy 5G phone will be the first 5G device in the US that we've heard of for under $400. That's an achievement in itself. Listen to Coolpad CEO Steve Cistulli, though, and it's just the tip of a wedge to get his company into developing a wider range of 5G devices.
The Coolpad Legacy 5G phone will run on Android 10 and have 48MP and 8MP main cameras, a 16MP front-facing camera, a 4,000mAh battery, a standard headphone jack, and a 6.53-inch, 1080p HDR screen. It will be available before the end of June "on the open market for under $400," Coolpad said at CES.
Coolpad has made affordable smartphones for a while now. Its Legacy line has been successful at prepaid carriers Metro and Boost, according to Wave7 Research. Under Cistulli, it's been trying to pivot into providing a range of family-friendly technology products, initially its Dyno smartwatch and a family internet-management app. From his perspective, that's the real purpose of the Legacy 5G: to give his engineers expertise in working with 5G so they can develop new product ideas.
"We're shifting our internal business model to services, connected things through IoT and other platforms. We're getting the knowledge of how to work with 5G, and we can then put it into our other connected devices," he said.
The Legacy 5G will run on exclusively low- and mid-band, "sub-6" 5G systems. Primarily, that means Sprint and T-Mobile, and especially a merged Sprint/T-Mobile network.
With the merger, T-Mobile/Sprint/Metro/Boost would be able to offer a mid-band 5G network for this phone that could have speeds in the 300-500Mbps range. Without the merger, a sub-6-only phone on Metro would work exclusively on T-Mobile's nationwide low-band network, which has speeds that aren't much faster than 4G.
At under $400, the Legacy will be able to put a big "5G" logo on something affordable in those prepaid stores (although it hasn't been announced by those carriers, and Cistulli didn't say outright that it would.) Cistulli says that whatever speed it comes at, the 5G label will be a strong selling point.
"By the middle of the year, it seems like the chief selling point when you walk into a shop, first and foremost, is going to be: how many Gs?" he said. "So to be able to put the 5G moniker on a box, I believe that's going to be very, very good."
Lots of Little Cars on the 5G Highway
The phone is fine and good. Along with TCL's promised sub-$500 5G phone and other phones Sprint's Ryan Sullivan hinted at when I talked to him last month, it'll bring the price of entry to 5G down sharply, although it won't include the fast millimeter-wave 5G. What really excites Cistulli, though, is 5G's ability to support much higher numbers of devices with easier activation pathways. Building the Legacy 5G gives Coolpad the competency to build other 5G devices, Cistulli said.
"The infrastructure internally to support the development, testing, and certification of 5G is something that most of the public will never hear about, but it's critical for OEMs to have that experience," he said.
He compared 5G to a "superhighway" with many more lanes than 4G, so many more devices could join it without crowding things up.
"If I want to create a connected 5G pill case, then that's one more car on that superhighway. If I want to put a 5G camera, two 5G cameras in the home, and still have them go through the cloud into your application, that's two more cars on that lane."
So the future of Coolpad may be more in its just-announced Dyno 2 smartwatch (shown above) than in its phones. Kids' smartwatches have struggled in the US market for more than a decade. On the surface, they look like a great way to keep kids connected and safe without giving them smartphones. But carriers have had significant organizational trouble figuring out how to sell, activate, and support the product category, leaving the devices little-marketed and often confused.
The previous Dyno got by on glowing reviews, but as it was only sold directly from Coolpad with service from an obscure virtual carrier, it didn't make much of a mark in the carrier-dominated US market. On the other hand, Sprint's Safe & Found Tracker, which is made by Coolpad, has been a success, according to the company.
"Certain carriers are getting [how to sell IoT service plans], and one of those carriers is Sprint, which is allowing them to sell so many of our trackers. Other carriers do not have the same back-end provisioning and are not having the same success because of it. We are educating and now giving them options," Cistulli said.
The new Dyno 2 will have an "upgraded chipset and new application platform" and will be available in April 2020 for $190, the company said.


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Brussels (Brussels Morning) Germany has replaced the US as the second largest electric car market after China, according to a report from the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research in Baden-Württemberg (ZSW).
China remains the dominant market for electric and hybrid vehicles, with 1.25 million new registrations reported in 2020 – more than a third of the world’s 3.18 million. However, the Chinese market growth is slowing down, up only 3% last year, while the rest of the world is catching up fast.
According to ZSW, the electric and hybrid vehicle market in the rest of the world grew 38% during 2020. Growth was driven primarily by European consumers, with Germany in the lead with a 264% market jump last year, a figure of almost 395,000 new electric and hybrid cars.
Europe as a whole – including the EU, Britain, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland – saw a 134% growth, recording more new electric and hybrid car sales than China, with 1.37 million new registrations.
“The electric car market is showing promising development in many countries, especially in the European Union”, ZSW executive Frithjof Staiss told dpa, attributing the high growth rates to higher subsidies.
Off the mark
Despite the market growth in Germany, which was spurred on by lower value-added tax and subsidies of up to 9,000 euro per car, it is not yet up to speed to reach its goal of putting 7-to-10 million electric cars on the road by 2030. To achieve that would require adding an average of around one million new electric cars each year, Staiss claims.
Among producers, Tesla remains the market leader with some 500,000 new registrations in 2020, but the German Volkswagen Group is catching up fast and was responsible for 422,000 new registrations last year. Chinese carmaker SAIC is in third place, followed by the German BMW Group and the Chinese BYD.


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Blockchain Will Replace Existing Technology JPMorgan CIO
August 28, 2018 3:30 pm
According to the reports, Lori Beer, CIO, JPMorgan, was part of a press conference held in Buenos Aires. While speaking at the conference, she stated that blockchain technology would replace the existing technology. Lori Beer stated that JPMorgan is witnessing a greater and broader use of blockchain.
She said that JPMorgan is also using blockchain for sampling the process and for storing customer information related to KYC. She included that blockchain technology will prevent money laundering. Lori also explained how blockchain technology is useful for banks.
She further stated that her company is currently exploring multiple paths. JPMorgan has invented a blockchain with an open code based on Ethereum. According to Beer, the actual blockchain technology has not yet resolved issues with privacy and scalability. JPMorgan is connected to Hyperledger and Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. She revealed that her company is not only looking forward to cost reduction but also for opportunities for developing new products.
The CIO was asked about JPMorgan’s opinion on investing in cryptocurrencies. She stated that the bank supports the regulations and has experts who evaluate the current status of digital currencies. She declined to respond while asked about institutional interest regarding Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).


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Balaji Telefilms, in an announcement, the company has said that Punyashlok Bhakta, CEO of its New Media business and Anurag Gupta, CEO of its Education business have transferred to the “Purchasing Company”, once again, not disclosing to the stock exchanges who has bought their Education and Mobile business. Bhakta was appointed the CEO Balaji New Media, joining from Hungama.com, in April last year.
Remember that on 29th December, 2011, the Company has entered into binding business transfer agreements, to sell its Mobile and Education division for Rs 8.37 crore, but retained the Internet division within the company. For the year ending March 31st 2011, it had reported a loss of Rs 8.35 crore on net sales of Rs 2.62 crore.
The education business is called the Institute of Creative Excellence, for training in “Acting, Cinematography, Direction, Editing, Production, Scriptwriting and Sound”. Balaji’s mobile division included made for mobile audio and video content (devotional, humor, mythology, Jokes), a made-for-mobile show called Kriminal Kaun, a devotion focused iPhone Application on Lord Ganesha, with stories and devotional songs, and was being distributed across telecom operators, and with VAS companies like Spice*, OnMobile Global and IMI Mobile.
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If you are planning to travel to Grenobles, France, you may be one of the first people to hire one of 70 Toyota electric vehicles parked around the city. You may be wondering why so many electric cars, right? Well, Grenobles is the first city where Toyota launched its car-sharing service outside Japan.
If everything goes ok, the car-sharing scheme, Toyota plans to expand to other cities after a three-year trial. According to the Japanese company, 35 three-wheel Toyota i-Road and 25 four-wheel Toyota Auto Body COMS will be available in this program.
The car-sharing scheme is seen as an extension of public transportation and for city residents, a vehicle can be rented for 5 euros per hour or for 17 euros for four hours.
“Grenobles draws its strength from its capacity to accompany emerging initiatives and turn them into successes for everyone’s benefit. By proposing a new clean mobility solution that complements bicycling and public transport, the trial ‘Cité lib by Ha:mo’ is in direct line with this tradition, “ said Jacques Wiart, Deputy Mayor in charge of Mobility and Urban Transport at the City of Grenobles. [source: Toyota]


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PARIS — The Prêt-à-Porter and Who’s Next trade fairs ushered in the spring-summer season with a focus on ethnic chic and dressed-down classics.
The shows, held Sept. 4 to 7 at the Porte de Versailles convention center here, attracted 57,733 buyers combined, with attendance up 5 percent compared with a year ago. International buyers represented 37 percent of attendees, a gain of 13.2 percent on 2008, with the remaining 63 percent French retailers.
Buyer numbers from the U.S., however, decreased 9.7 percent because of the recession, organizers said. Retailers at the show expressed caution.
“Everyone is trying to save, given the recession,” said Deirdre McDonnell, owner of Dublin boutique Kohl. “It’s especially challenging in these times to think that in six months you’ll have to have made the right choices.”
Maureen O’Brien, buying director at U.K. department store Joy, said, “We still have much of our budget left, but I have yet to find something to die for. Perhaps we ran too fast on the street trend — there is still too much black, too many studs and too much gothic. We’ve done that look and it should be dead and buried by spring. We’re developing items in season with suppliers for our stores.”
Paris retailer Clémence Nissant of beachwear boutique A la Plage was critical of the offerings.
“Buyers are just like the shoppers we’re seeing in-store. They need to be seduced, but the shows haven’t made much of an effort to do that,” she said. “More buyers visit showrooms beforehand and don’t bother coming to the shows at all. It’s clear that budgets have been slashed, and brands aren’t set up like they were in the past.”
Meanwhile, the ethnic trend was alive and well, with brands such as Manouche, Flamenco Madrid and Odd Molly showing flamboyant collections with detailing including beads, sequins and fabric manipulation. French brand Antik Batik’s handmade leather sequins proved a hit with international buyers.
Vintage or “reclaimed” items also made an impression. Israeli designer Shiri Abramson generated attention with her namesake brand’s recycled vintage pieces at Prêt-à-Porter. She showed tailored, limited edition dresses made of vintage synthetic fabrics and studded with Swarowski crystals.
Best known for its recycled fur pieces, Canadian brand Harricana par Maniouche participated in its first spring/summer show this year. International sales director Marie-Pierre Lafortune said the bestsellers were the “eco-luxe wedding dresses” made of recycled tulle and georgette and sewn with ultrasound technology.
Laurence Doligé launched her new signatures brand at the show after problems with investors forced her to shutter her Madame à Paris line. Doligé’s new concept caters to the Parisian woman who wants classics with a humorous touch.
“Retailers are looking for personality,” she said. “Everything looks alike these days, so they are hunting for something that really stands out.”
The challenging economic climate did not put a dent in vendors’ hopes for brisk business at the show, although they were tight-lipped about sales projections.
“We’re still fully booked and haven’t lost any customers,” said U.K.-based Orla Kiely marketing and sales manager Nicky Smith. “If anything, our calendar is the same if not better than in previous years.”
The company is expanding its lifestyle concept, and Smith confirmed the bedding and houseware lines were boosting the brand’s overall business. Orla Kiely is scouting a location to open a boutique in New York City.
Designer Christian Audigier’s Ed Hardy brand was omnipresent at the show, with a “VIP lounge” in a giant tent outside the venue, as well as branded tour buses to take customers to and from the show, and rickshaws to shuttle clients from one show to the next.
@chanel and @pharrell dropped what’s being dubbed as the world’s most exclusive sneakers yesterday. The Adidas Originals NMD Hu, which Williams designed in collaboration with Chanel and @adidasoriginals, has a waiting list of over 120K people who pre-registered online at chanelatcolette.fr –– and only 500 pairs are on sale. The singer predicted the resale value of the shoes could reach $40K. Read the full interview on WWD.com. Link in bio. #wwdfashion (📷: Dominique Maître)
@imanshumpert is diving deeper into his creative endeavors and relaunching his clothing line, Post 90s, and is helping to raise money for the hurricane victims in St. Maarten with a jersey he’s designed with his brother. The Cleveland Cavaliers player talked to WWD about kneeling during the national anthem, working with fashion brands and how he wants to be more than an @nba player. Read the interview on WWD.com #wwdfashion (📷: George Chinese)
Not only does #TheProfit return to CNBC tonight, but @marcuslemonis has launched @shopmarcus, a new shopping and lifestyle retail experience in Aspen and Chicago, with more locations to come. The retail stores offer in-store stylists and a variety of contemporary womenswear selections.
“It’s life, I’m going to face it,” @mingxi11 sighed. “I fell, but you know, I think the most important thing is that I get back up. I had the love, the help from my sister — the girl next to me Gizele [Oliveira] — she’s so nice. When I went backstage everybody was trying to comfort me like ‘Oh Ming, it’s OK.’ I’m really, really touched. I think it’s them who gave me the courage to go back on stage for the finale,” Xi told WWD of her fall at the @victoriassecret fashion show. (📷: David Fisher) #wwdfashion #vsfashionshow #victoriassecret
@louisvuitton tapped @therealpeterlindbergh for its latest city-centric photo book, which is part of a series called Fashion Eye. The primarily black and white book captures the spirit of Berlin in 57 images shot between 1989 and 2019. “Berlin is an inspiration for me, more than a city. I mean @millajovovich is simply Berlin!” said Lindbergh. #wwdfashion
“You know, I think audiences expect a certain performance so I have to deliver to them what they’re expecting to a certain degree. But I’m also a different actor and a different person, I have my own spin on the character,” says @noahegalvin of his takeover of the leading role in “Dear Evan Hansen” following the departure of @bensplatt, who originated the role. Read WWD’s interview with the 23-year-old actor on WWD.com #wwdeye (📷: @jilliansollazzo)
For pre-fall 2018, @etro created richly-colored wonderland, using tapestries, textiles and wallpapers from the Eastern world at large. The line featured floral and graphic prints and jacquard motifs, like this two-piece look featured here. #wwdfashion (📷: Giovanna Pavesi)
@kith is moving into children’s. The men’s and women’s streetwear brand has launched Kidset, a Kith kids line located in New York at 64 Bleecker Street. The line includes mini versions of staple Kith pieces like the Astor bomber jacket and the Kith box logo sweatshirts, along with a wall that can display up to 120 pairs of shoes from @adidas, @newbalance, @timberland and more. #wwdfashion
“I just wanted to create this fully rounded character, but I do think what excited me most was just the opportunity to give a group of people representation that I feel needs it. I like to do characters in projects that stand for something and Karolina definitely does, so that was really exciting to me,” @ginnygardner says of her new role in @hulu’s “The Runaways.” Gardner plays Karolina Dean, a queer superhero, which is a rarity for @marvel. Read more about Gardner’s character on WWD.com #wwdeye (📷: @dandoperalski)


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Inviting outspoken pro-democracy singer Denise Ho to perform at its concert opened Lancôme up to criticism and online pressure from consumers in mainland China. Cancelling Ho’s appearance in response led to a backlash from Hong Kong. From start to finish, Lancôme’s handling of the whole ‘kow-tow controversy’ has damaged its brand.
YouGov data shows signs of slow recovery for Lancôme in Hong Kong after reaching a low point in the city’s consumer sentiment on 21 June. However, in mainland China, the buzz score remained stable across the same time period, tracked for the purpose of this article. Purchase consideration for Lancôme among females in China was also unsurprisingly higher than in Hong Kong—an increase of 6 percentage points two days after the saga, but has now gone back to the same level as it was at the end of May.
There have been several missteps on the part of the brand, starting with why Denise Ho was invited in the first place if 23 percent of Lancôme’s global business comes from China. That demonstrates a lack of local knowledge of current affairs.
Lancôme’s overreaction to online commentary and the Global Times article escalated the situation and turned a gossipy topic into a crisis. If Lancôme had waited for a couple of days, the noise would have possibly died down in China. Lancôme’s actions have upset both Hong Kong and China consumers. To consumers in China, the action isn’t enough; to consumers in Hong Kong, it surrendered to pressure.
The question is: are those who can afford Lancôme in China likely to be so sensitive about a Hong Kong singer taking part in a concert in that city to stop buying its products? Hong Kong consumers are more likely to boycott brands for political reasons, and some on Facebook are calling for a boycott of all L’Oréal products. Others have dug deeper into alleged animal testing that Lancôme conducts, so much more negative comments about the brand have emerged.
These do more real harm to the brand than allowing a singer to perform in an one-off event.
Hyun Jee Oh
Department of Communication Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
I wondered why Lancôme had invited Denise Ho to the mini-concert. As a cosmetics brand, it wouldn’t want to be involved in any political issues. If it wanted to leverage Cantopop, it could have chosen a celebrity with a neutral reputation. This shows Lancôme is ignorant about local sensitivities, and gave too much ammunition for Chinese media to attack the brand. Abruptly cancelling the concert without notifying the celebrity herself was another mistake, as it looks like pandering to the Chinese market.
Perhaps the brand was happy that it detected the backlash and felt it was ‘proactive’ in tackling it, but this is the wrong way of being proactive. It should have spoken to Ho about the potential issues, then issue an ambiguous statement about ‘safety issues’.
Lancôme also “forced” staff to take annual leave when the brand closed stores due the protest. This is invasion of their own will. Managing internal audiences is the first step in crisis communications.
Lancôme is now trapped: any other action will signal another change in position. If it had made it clear at the start that the brand is politically-neutral, things might be better today. It’s too late now. It needs to go on with its business, but cease any promotional events, as that would exacerbate the situation.


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Herbert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen, couldn’t make it clearer.
“Climate change will be the biggest challenge facing mankind in the coming decades,” he declared at the Munich Motor Show in September, as a graph of rising emissions flashed on the big screen behind him.
However, when global automotive leaders gathered at the COP26 summit in Glasgow and pledged to stop selling polluting cars anywhere in the world by 2040, Volkswagen was absent.
It is not alone. Toyota, Stellattis, and Hyundai are among the main manufacturers that avoided the Glasgow deal, which promised automakers to sell zero-emissions new cars in the largest market by 2035 and only in the largest market by 2040.
In the end, only six companies-Ford, General Motors, Daimler, BYD, Volvo Cars and Jaguar Land Rover-signed contracts, a far cry from the expected parade of auto giants.
“What a failure… what an embarrassment. I have almost nothing to say,” Thomas Ingenlath, owner of Volvo’s electric brand Polestar, said of the group that refused to sign.
Disagreements between signatories and non-signatories highlight tensions within the industry. Some auto executives believe that clear goals are essential to help the industry transform, and worry that groups that refuse to sign have proved to be green hypocrites.
The boss of Volvo Cars, Hakan Samuelsson, is the only CEO of a leading automaker to take the stage at the inauguration of the promise. He supports clear, formal goals and says they need to stop The development of internal combustion engines.
“Whether it is 2032 or 2035 or at any time, no one wants to develop a product with an end date,” he told the Financial Times.
The Climate Action Group’s condemnation of non-signatory countries has also weakened.
Helen Clarkson from the non-profit organization Climate Group said that the industry’s resistance is “on the wrong side of history”.
But for adherents, binding emission targets beyond their control expose them to promises that may not be fulfilled.
Although some people said privately that they might reach the COP26 goal, they warned that if the declared goal is to be achieved, infrastructure such as charging stations must be in place.
They also emphasized that the government and industry have made major commitments to reduce emissions.
For example, Volkswagen has pledged to spend 35 billion euros on the transition to electric vehicles, and European and Chinese emission regulations are forcing manufacturers to switch from internal combustion engine models.
“We have the same goal, but have a great reputation behind it [signing] It,” said Ralf Pfitzner, Volkswagen’s head of sustainability.
He said that after the 2015 diesel scandal to “rebuild trust”, Volkswagen was found to have deceived consumers and regulators on pollution levels, which meant that the company believed it could not achieve its goals.
“If we can’t sign something convincingly today, then we shouldn’t do it. But in the final analysis, we are implementing, we are pushing electric cars to the streets.”
Despite tremendous pressure from British officials, British investment groups including Toyota, Nissan, Stellatis, BMW and Honda have not been put on the agenda.
Even the proposal of British officials to prohibit non-signatory representatives from entering the “blue zone”-the security review area of COP26, to receive world leaders and journalists failed to win their support.
According to two people who witnessed the negotiations, late concessions, such as providing an opt-out for certain markets or reaching an agreement that would make 90% of vehicles zero-emissions, are of no avail.
However, large automakers are not the only notable absentees from the COP26 manifesto.
China, the world’s largest auto market, and the United States and Germany, the second largest auto market, refused to sign a pledge to eliminate emissions from new cars by 2040.
However, several large cities and regions around the world have supported agreements with climate scientists and automakers, pointing out their key role in switching to electric vehicles.
In the United States, California, New York, and Washington, as well as Dallas, Charleston, Atlanta, and Seattle signed the agreement.
John Rockstrom, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, said: “A country with a truly powerful country [or regional] The level of governance will play a very important role in promoting social critical points. “
Daimler President Ola Kallenius, who attended the summit, added that the government and city’s commitment to green transformation is the key, and expressed confidence that automakers will deliver on product development.
“product [manufacturing electric cars] It’s the thing I don’t worry about the least,” he told the Financial Times.
However, even among the supporters of the transaction, there is consensus that the government needs to do more to simplify the transition to electricity through charging stations and the necessary infrastructure to support the zero-emission industry.
Cynthia Williams, Ford’s sustainability boss, was asked what was needed on the stage of the Glasgow gathering and replied: “Infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure.”


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AMERICAN CONTINUUM is a USA-operated and managed investment fund, which through its AMCON subsidiary is 100% invested into the USA Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Market. AMERICAN CONTINUUM LLC, (“AMCON”) is a US domiciled Private REIT, established for the express purpose of acquiring outstanding retail property opportunities in pre-determined geographical locations (Secondary and Tertiary Markets), within the US CRE market.The investment mandate is focused on smaller, lower risk, grocery anchored neighbourhood centers with Internet resistant tenants coupled with selective national chain outlets with well developed omnichannel retail strategies.
AmCon has strong and established strategic relationships with execution and investment partners in Texas, Ohio, Georgia and Florida, offering tried and tested investment strategies into the dynamic USA Commercial Real Estate (CRE) market. AmCon has acquired the option rights to a top performing portfolio of grocery-anchored Neighborhood Shopping Centers, which will form the core of the new USA focused AmCon Fund. The Portfolio has successfully weathered the Covid-19 storm and is currently trading above pre-COVID19 levels with rent recoveries back to 99%. AmCon has aligned itself with full service, US-based General Partners possessing reputational excellence in the market, who will contribute pro-rata equity into every acquisition and will conduct all local property management duties under contract to AmCon.
CIL2 REIT LLC (CIL2) is a US Private REIT, and is the holding company for the US Portfolio Investment of South African listed REIT, Emira Property Fund Limited. Continuum approached Emira in 2016 and proposed its investment strategy of investing in grocery-anchored retail property in the US, which Emira and Continuum jointly executed from July 2017 until July 2019, when Emira acquired Continuum’s shares in CIL2. CIL2 targets Grocery Anchored Power Centers, dominant in their sub-markets and located in Secondary and Tertiary Regions in the Central and South-eastern areas of the USA.
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LOS ANGELES -- Fandango, the nation's leading moviegoer destination and top mobile movie ticketing provider, is teaming up with top game app publisher Rovio and Twentieth Century Fox to provide U.S. show time info and ticketing capabilities for Fox's hit motion picture RIO from within the popular game, Angry Birds RIO.
RIO, already the world's top-grossing film of the week with an international box office take of approximately $55 million, opens in the U.S. tomorrow on Friday, April 15.
Starting today, Angry Birds apps for smartphones and tablets will link to Fandango's optimized mobile site, where fans can buy tickets for the movie, RIO, currently one of Fandango's top daily ticket-sellers.
Angry Birds RIO combines appearances from the Angry Birds with RIO's fine-feathered animated stars, and has ranked as the season's most downloaded app on iOs, Mac and Android.
The avidly-played aviary app, which has seen more than 10 million downloads in its first 10 days of release, was developed by Rovio in conjunction with Twentieth Century Fox.
"There's always been a huge crossover between film fans and the gamer audience," says Rick Butler, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of Fandango. "We're thrilled to work with Fox and Rovio to exclusively provide another convenient way for fans to get tickets to one of the season's most highly-anticipated movies."
"As we gear up for the U.S. theatrical release of RIO this Friday, we're excited to work with Fandango and Rovio to give fans an easy and fun way to purchase tickets to this incredible film," says Peter Levinsohn, President of New Media and Digital Distribution for Fox Filmed Entertainment.
"We are pleased by the runaway success of Angry Birds RIO, as we continue to increase our footprint in Hollywood," says Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio. "We're happy to work with Fox and Fandango to make it easy for the fans to be able to see the excitement of the movie RIO up on the big screen."
Moviegoers purchasing a RIO movie ticket on Fandango via the Angry Birds RIO app will be entered into a sweepstakes, launching today and offering the chance to win one of five iPad 2s.


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Local clothing store victim of smash and grab
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The Albany Police Department responded to a burglary around 3 p.m. Thursday on Haley Street at Jenny's Fashions.
Victims stated they were contacted by neighboring businesses regarding damage to property.
When police arrived victims identified a broken window and door. The suspects, which are currently unknown took clothes and officials aren't yet sure the value of those clothes.
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When it comes to nonprofits, is working together really better? For two of our country’s largest nonprofits, the answer is yes. Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America just announced a new collaborative partnership with the Girl Scouts of the USA to help young women create lasting and meaningful relationships.
Rob’s guests today are Artis Stevens, the first black CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters, and Judith Batty, who has served as interim CEO of the Girl Scouts and was also the first black CEO of the Girl Scouts. Both organizations have a long history of over 100 years ago and recently partnered to expand their reach and learn and grow together.
This is Part 1 of Rob’s interview with them.
Judith and Artis dive into the why behind their collaboration and the focus on shared values and commitment to young people. They discuss the logistics of implementing programs, building to scale, and creating sustainable outcomes.They break down three delivery models they’re currently piloting, the impact of this collaboration on each organization’s culture, and how they are trying to empower their staff, volunteers, and young people to find their voice and to be change agents in their communities. Finally, Artis and Judith review the origins of their respective organizations and why their work is just as relevant today as when they first started.
Links to Resources:
Girl Scouts of the USA –https://www.girlscouts.org/
Judith Batty – https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-batty
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America – https://www.bbbs.org/
Artis Stevens – https://www.linkedin.com/in/artis-stevens-b386195/


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HSLayers developer team has been working heavily on hardending latest version of HSlayers.During october was made a lot of changes in latest version of HSLayers:
- Better integration of TreeLayer in LayerSwitcher
- A lot of bug fixes.
HSLayers has new mailing list. Registration can be done here https://lists.hslayers.org/mailman/listinfo/hslayers
New version of HSLayers was released. Biggest change is tri-state layerswitcher, Changelog can be found here
HSLayers 3.3.1 released New minor release see http://redmine.ccss.cz/projects/hslayers/wiki/Documentation33ChangeLog
The project location is changed to http://redmine.ccss.cz/projects/gemetclient.
The old location is now redirected to new one.
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It’s not new news. IoT devices are vulnerable to attack.
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