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Demand is leading supply
We've written at length in The Morning Brief about the role demand is playing in the economic recovery.
Demand for workers is pushing up wages.
Demand for goods and services is pushing up prices.
Throw a dart at just about anywhere in the economy and you'll find unmet demand held back by some version of a supply bottleneck.
This environment is most often talked about in terms of inflation, wage growth, and the sustainability of these trends. Yet large corporations have now entered what Whirlpool (WHR) CEO Marc Bitzer calls an "upside down" world.
"The term I use internally is we're living in an upside down world," Bitzer told Yahoo Finance Live on Thursday, when asked about how demand is impacting Whirlpool's business.
"We all pretty much grew up in an environment [where] you had excess supply and you had to create demand. Right now, it's the opposite. You have excess demand and you have to create supply," he added.
Coming out of the last recession, the sluggish recovery was ultimately characterized by a glut of supply and a lack of demand. There were too many overeducated workers chasing too few jobs, too many homes with too few qualified buyers, and so on.
This recovery, of course, is almost the exact opposite.
And so whereas a stylized model of a company like Whirlpool (one might've previously called it a marketing firm with an appliance manufacturer tacked on), the company has now been turned on its head in a continuing race to make enough stand mixers and blenders.
Later in our conversation, Bitzer mentioned that at this time of year, the company would typically see a prospective buyer waiting to purchase a new dishwasher, until an expected Labor Day or Black Friday sale came along.
Instead, consumers are shelling out early — and often— for new appliances, knowing a product is likely backordered for months (A waiting period your dishwasher-less author knows only too well).
As for the future of this demand environment, Bitzer has outlined, both in our conversation and on the company's conference call, that the pre-pandemic environment for their business is not coming back anytime soon.
"Just think about yourself and think about your friends," Bitzer told Yahoo Finance Live. "People are spending significantly more time at home as compared to the office or other premises and it just drives appliance consumption," he explained.
"You just use the washer a lot more, you use the oven a lot more... Households have cash available in their checking accounts," Bitzer added.
"So you have disposable income, a general reorientation of the consumer to the home, which will not go away...People just spend more time [at home], they're willing to invest more in the home because they can't invest in international travel... and that's what we're seeing across the board and we don't see that going away very quickly," the CEO said.
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Sainsbury's says it won't buy Bingley Pool site
A superstore has flattened rumours that it could buy the site of Bingley Pool which is set to close under Bradford Council plans.
Campaigners were concerned that Sainsbury’s, which owns the former Bradford and Bingley headquarters in the town, could snap up the pool’s site if the local authority puts it on the market.
The declaration that Sainsbury’s has “no intention of buying the site” was welcomed as “fantastic news” by lead campaigner Jag Picknett.
Sainsbury’s announced plans in 2011 to turn the building society site into a 12,000 sq ft shopping space with two levels of underground parking, a cafe and an Explore Learning Centre.
The welcome plans were put on ice earlier this year and the building in Main Street is unused, with Sainsbury’s saying it will revisit the idea next year.
The fear was that a high offer from Sainsbury’s for the pool site could mean it was more likely to close if the Council looked to make as much money as possible from its sale.
But yesterday both Sainsbury’s and Bradford Council said they had not even discussed the idea.
Councillor Andrew Thornton, executive member for environment, sport and sustainability, said the Council was still in the very early stages of its proposals to close four outdated pools and open four new ones elsewhere.
“I think that news is fantastic,” Dr Picknett said. “It means that we can keep our heritage building and it reassures Bingley that Sainsbury’s isn’t out to destroy the centre and probably gives a bit more hope that the plans for the Sainsbury’s site may still go ahead, but not be detrimental to Myrtle Park or the pool.”
Campaigners are meeting tonight to set up a committee. The idea of establishing a charitable trust, so the community can run the pool, is likely to be on the agenda.
Dr Picknett said: “If there isn’t a deal already done, it makes the process of negotiating with the Council to set up a charitable trust more possible.”
Coun Thornton said £17.5 million has been set aside to build four new pools. The plan is to have those facilities open, before any others close.
A spokesman for Sainsbury’s yesterday said: “Sainsbury’s have not been approached by Bradford Council regarding Bingley Swimming Pool, and have no intention of buying the site.”
Councillor David Heseltine (Con, Bingley) said he hoped that Sainsbury’s would have opened its Bingley store before the town’s pool is set to close.
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Mobile games giant GREE will make its Gamescom debut when the games show returns in August.
GREE will showcase its latest titles as one of many new exhibitors for the show, which will once again be held in Cologne’s Koelnmesse.
"Gamescom is significant for all types of gaming, particularly the exciting possibilities brought by mobile social gaming," said GREE founder and CEO Yoshikazu Tanaka.
"Having the opportunity to engage directly with consumers, as well as business attendees, is extremely valuable for our European teams in demonstrating the GREE offering."
More Gamescom exhibitors are expected to be announced tomorrow during an international press conference, which will be streamed at http://gamescom.stream-view.de.
Gamescom 2012 kicks off with a trade and media-only day on August 15th. It will run until August 19th.


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BREA, Calif. – Boaters will soon be able to purchase a Suzuki outboard motor through new retail financing programs offered by Household International’s Retail Services Business, the outboard manufacturer reported in a recent statement.
Beginning February 1, the installment and revolving credit financing programs will give Suzuki dealers nationwide a resource for customer retail financing through a nationwide lender.
“Now flexible new financing options and attractive interest rates will put ownership of a new Suzuki four-stroke within reach of more boaters than ever before,” said Larry Vandiver, marketing director for Suzuki Marine. “It’s ideal for loose motor sales, or for boaters wishing to re-power their older vessels with today’s efficient, quiet and powerful four-strokes.”
Customer options include a Suzuki revolving credit card account, ideal for smaller motor purchases, as well as purchases of Suzuki parts and accessories throughout the season. For boaters looking to power their vessels with high-horsepower Suzuki four-stroke motors, Suzuki dealers will be able to offer customers long-term financing plans, according to the company.
Authorized Suzuki Marine dealers who wish to take advantage of this new retail finance program through Household can call their Suzuki district sales manager or contact Suzuki Marine at 3251 E. Imperial Highway, Brea, CA 92821; (714) 996-7040.
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Rental <I>Soldiers</I> On Despite Continuing Year-Over-Year Slump29 Aug, 2002 By: Melinda Saccone
New releases breathed new life into video rentals for the week ended Aug. 25, but year-to-date spending continued in the red.
Consumer spending on combined VHS and DVD rentals registered $197.6 million for the week -- up 9.2 percent from the previous week, but down 10.7 percent from the comparable period in 2001.
Paramount Home Entertainment's We Were Soldiers debuted at No. 1 on the rental chart for the week. The Mel Gibson starrer also took top honors at the DVD sales counter, while Buena Vista Home Entertainment's Return to Never Land debuted as the top VHS seller for the week, according to VideoScan First Alert data.
We Were Soldiers earned $12.27 million in rental revenue in its first five days of release, knocking New Line Home Entertainment's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring out of its first-place rule for the first time since its debut Aug. 6.
Nine new releases debuted among the top 50 rentals for the week, and three were in the top 10. Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment's The Sweetest Thing debuted at No. 3, earning $8.5 million, while Artisan Home Entertainment's National Lampoon's Van Wilder and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's Joe Somebody tied for the No. 7 spot, both earning $5.91 million for the week.
Meanwhile, overall rental spending continues to remain below 2001 totals despite the rapid escalation of DVD. So far this year consumers have spent $5.86 billion at the rental counter, down 7.2 percent from the $6.3 billion spent in 2001.
Year-to-date spending on DVD rentals now stands at $1.88 billion, up 148.3 percent from the $756 million spent during the comparable period in 2001.
VHS rental spending registers $3.98 billion, down 28.3 percent from the $5.56 billion spent in 2001. The format still accounts for 68 percent of total year-to-date spending.


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From just-in-time to just-in-case supply chains, companies may look to re-shore or near-shore production.
Will emerging markets lose advantage? Will China’s dominance end? Will protectionism become the new normal?
These are some of the many questions cropping up, as the coronavirus upends global business operations.
The pandemic has exposed many weaknesses in the current structure of global supply chains. Advantages such as cheap labour, lower transportation costs, communications technology and reduced tariff barriers gave rise to global supply chains (GSC). They are now being blunted by disruptive technology and a changing geopolitical landscape, dominated by wealth inequality and protectionist narratives.
From just-in-time to just-in-case supply chains
A supply chain that is dependent on a single source is vulnerable to paralysis when that source gets cut off – that’s concentration risk, which COVID-19 has made the dominant focus for businesses.In response, companies may accelerate efforts to re-shore or near-shore production, with inventories shifting away from highly efficient but vulnerable (just-in-time) to more capital intensive (just-in-case) processes.
Consider car manufacturing: it takes 2,500 components to make a car, but just one component to not make a car. The impact of disruption is already visible in the UK car manufacturing, which operated on the assumption of frictionless intra-European trade, with parts sourced from four to five different markets.
The pitfalls of over-reliance on a region were evident when the Hubei province in China shut down, disrupting the supply chains of 300 of the world’s top 500 companies, who have facilities there.
The advancement of robotics and automation has enabled high-cost destinations to bring low-skilled manufacturing back onshore from low-cost offshore centres. This technology-driven ‘reshoring’ or ‘inshoring’ of manufacturing has the significant advantage of reducing the time from design to delivery. This enables wealthier demand destinations to better control their supply chains, particularly of concern now for essential products such as medical supplies.
Change is already underway – in its April 2020 annual Reshoring Index, consulting firm Kearney cited a “dramatic reversal” of US manufacturer sourcing from Asia to domestic suppliers in 2019, most likely driven by the US-China trade war.
Some US tech companies, for instance, have already started to move manufacturing out of China, while some carmakers said they were considering modifying their supply chains in the light of the US-China trade war.
Is this the end of GSCs?
GSCs are highly dependent on the success of globalisation and COVID-19 is accentuating the pre-existing ambivalence towards globalisation at a time when multilateralism is needed more than ever to coordinate the response (medical, political and economic).
In addition, the US, the chief architect of a global world order, has been engaging in global trade as a zero-sum game with Trump at the helm, dealing a huge blow to the case for globalisation.
This does not mean that globalisation has stopped, but rather that it could be reshaped. Within this, the EU is a key source of support for globalisation and the preservation of an international rules-based order based on multilateral cooperation.
In this geopolitical context, regional trade has become more prominent, particularly in Asia. With China metamorphosising from the world’s low-cost manufacturing hub to a final demand destination, more of the goods manufactured via Asia’s supply chains have remained in Asia. Developing Asia has cemented its position as a dominant regional trade hub, buoyed by demand from China, first as part of its supply chain, and increasingly to cater to its final demand.
While global trade and the structure of GSCs, in particular, has evolved since the GFC, we expect a few changes to become more evident over time.
- Greater transparency: Supply chains have become so complex in some cases that firms are unaware of their exposure to different countries or suppliers. We expect a greater focus on transparency and data-sharing on how global supply chains are structured to identify and minimise bottlenecks. In addition to traditional considerations such as cost and quality, there will be an increasing emphasis on resilience, responsiveness and reconfigurability – to determine how GSCs should be structured
- ‘Just-in-case’ inventory management: Over the last few decades, the fall in transport and communication costs, as well as the use of technology, has allowed firms to maintain very lean inventories – a ‘just-in-time’ model of inventory management. It is estimated that most manufacturing firms keep stocks worth only two weeks of demand. This is likely to change as firms face huge uncertainties not only over pandemics but also tariff wars, suggesting a more ‘just-in-case’ approach.
- Shorter, regional supply chains: Firms are likely to prefer to move production back onshore to local sites. However, cost and quality considerations are likely to mean that the process is likely to be staggered with a move to more diversified sources (from any dependence on a single source) or to centres that are geographically closer to reduce the possibility of disruptions. Since 2012, the share of foreign inputs that cross-border supply chains source from their own region has risen in North America, the EU and Asia. This is likely to accelerate in the coming quarters and is also reflected in stronger intraregional FDI flows.
Will China lose dominance?
China has shares of over 50 per cent in several manufacturing supply chains so companies and governments focussing on reducing the dominance of any country in supply chains, might mean a smaller role for China. However, China’s dominance of world trade is unlikely to be challenged in the near future. In fact, China’s growing importance as a source of foreign direct investment (FDI) for other emerging markets (for example via the Belt and Road Initiative) is also likely to help maintain its position as a mega-trader.
In addition, while the shift towards regional supply chains is becoming clearer, factory relocation tends to be a multi-year project involving long planning times and heavy investment; the current macro backdrop is probably not conducive to making such commitments.
This is evident from our proprietary survey of firms in the Pearl River Delta: among two-thirds of respondents (250 manufacturers) that were considering, or planned to actively consider, moving overseas, most (56 per cent) remained in the ‘still under consideration’ phase.
While COVID-19 is catalysing the acceleration of many existing trends, there remains a strong case for the future of trade between markets – the shape of the new world trade order will emerge once the pandemic passes.
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text: TV is a major part of our lives. We gather together around our big screens to watch big shows and big events. Yet somehow, the overall experience of TV has continued to stagnate. Until now. It all starts by recognising that apps are the future of television. Netflix,1 Now TV,2 Sky News, Hopster,3 iTunes — apps are quickly becoming how we watch today. The new Apple TV is built around this vision — with a new operating system called tvOS, innovative ways to connect with your screen, and a smart use of Siri to search for something to watch. This is the new Apple TV. This is where television is headed.


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Foresight Linux can claim to be the first Linux distribution with the latest Gnome desktop: Foresight 1.4 has just been released with Gnome 2.20.more »
Linspire is offering commercial support for basic issues for its Freespire community version as of now.more »
The Pioneer Linux Explorer Server is targeted at newcomers. The commercial distribution is available free of charge for non-commercial use.more »
The first stable version of the new Protech Linux distribution, which includes various security tools, has just been released.more »
Mandriva Copernic features a reworked menu structure, a new tool for setting up and monitoring the network. The kernel packages have been renamed and now include a laptop package with power saving capabilities.more »
Bugnux includes PCLinuxOS and various test tools. The newcomer on the distribution market will run from a live CD or install on disk.more »
Shuttle, a manufacturer of mini computers is offering two models from its XPC range with Novell's Suse Linux operating system preinstalled.more »
Linuxconf Europe 2007 kicked off this Sunday in Cambridge, UK. Unix user groups from Great Britain and other parts of Europe will be hosting lectures and workshops until September 5.more »
Version 16 of the popular Linux desktop reveals new tools, edge-snapping, and performance improvements.
Symantec says Linux-Darlioz burrows in through PHP.
Dell renews its quest for the ultimate developer machine.
Innovative back door looks like normal SSH traffic.
One of CeBITs most successful forums opens the new year with a new name. The popular Open Source Forum continues in 2014 under the name Special Conference: Open Source. This year, the forum will be bigger and offer a wider range of possibilities for sponsors.
New release offers better graphics drivers and expands filesystem support.
New mail protocol will shut out the NSA and prevent snooping on metadata.
A new web application helps users visualize distributed denial-of-service attacks.
Ubuntu 13.10 takes a step toward convergence, with lots of mobility, but Mir only partly here.
Galileo board is targeted to embedded developers and educational institutions.


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First builds of LineageOS, mod of the open source Cyanogen project, are now available for download. Currently only a handful devices by Google, Motorola and Samsung are available.
What is LineageOS?
CyanogenMod was one of the most popular ROM available for Android devices for many years. It gained popularity due to it offering a streamlined and stock Android like experience to a wide number of devices.
However, its moment in the sun didn’t last long and it was killed off by Cyanogen Inc., its parent company, at the end of last year. Owing to its open source nature, a new fork of the project emerged soon after its demise — LineageOS.
Now first builds for LineageOS have started appearing in the download section of its official site.
At the time of writing, only a handful devices are listed in the download section. Most notable of them are Nexus 6p, Nexus 5x, Motorolla G4 and Samsung S3. LineageOS’s team has previously announced that they will support all the devices supported by CyanogenMod in the past. So this list is expected to grow gradually over the next few days.
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OnePlus 10 expected to be launched with a MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chipset
OnePlus10 will reportedly be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chipset.
- It will become the first flagship device from the company to launch with a Snapdragon chipset.
- The device will reportedly be launched as part of a limited release.
AdvertisementOnePlus is reportedly working on launching a new flagship smartphone, dubbed as the OnePlus 10, which will be placed below the existing OnePlus 10 Pro. This is the first time when the company has launched the base variant of a flagship series separately.
According to tipster Yogesh Brar, the OnePlus 10 is expected to be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chipset. While OnePlus has earlier used Dimensity chipsets for its devices, this will be the first time that a flagship device will be launched without a Snapdragon processor.
There is a new device powered by Dimensity 9000 being readied for a limited release, likely the OnePlus 10 that I h… https://t.co/fmSox3NjAS— Yogesh Brar (@heyitsyogesh) 1649307960000
To recall, the OnePlus Nord 2 was the first device from the company to be equipped with a MediaTek chipset.
OnePlus may be testing the waters to see if users are willing to pay a premium to purchase a device powered by a MediaTek chipset. The company willreportedly launch the OnePlus 10 in limited numbers.
OnePlus had earlier announced that the company is working on merging OxygenOS and Oppo’s ColorOS but had to back down after outrage from the fans. The popularity of the OnePlus 10 will help decide the chipset that the future OnePlus flagship phones will be powered with.
The OnePlus 10 will reportedly be launched soon. Additionally, the company is reportedly also working on a top-end variant dubbed as the ‘OnePlus 10 Ultra’.
Apart from the MediaTek chipset, other specifications of the device are not known yet. We should know more about the OnePlus 10 and the OnePlus 10 Ultra in the coming days.
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THE State Opposition has accused the Government of ditching an election promise to give car buyers more protection.
The Government announced it would bring in “lemon laws” during its 2006 election campaign.
It said the laws would give consumers the right to an exchange or refund when a car they bought had a major fault that could not be repaired within a reasonable time.
Government spokesman Michael Sinclair said last week that the law would now be considered under a national consumer legislation, coming into effect from 2011.
Mr Sinclair said the Federal and State Governments were working together on the law, which would be based on the 1974 Trade Practices Act and that Victorian car buyers already enjoyed “significant protections” from the “implied provisions” of the 1997 Fair Trading Act.
“(The current laws) require goods sold to be of merchantable quality, or fit for sale and correspond with any descriptions given to the consumer,” Mr Sinclair said.
“These laws apply to motor car sales and give consumers the legal right to recover their money if they buy a lemon.”
In September last year Consumer Affairs Minister Tony Robinson said manufacturers were required only to repair defects during the warranty period with no obligation to replace or refund a defective vehicle.
Kilsyth state Liberal MP David Hodgett asked why the Government pledged to introduce the law if the present laws gave consumers adequate protection.
“Why would John Brumby, in his first statement as Premier, confirm that the Labor Government was committed to introducing lemon laws?” Mr Hodgett said.
“Mr Brumby has done a clear backflip and in doing so has left Victorians unprotected and exposed at a time when our economic climate is at its worst.”
Campaigner says squeeze needed
CROYDON’S Helen Moss knows first hand about the dangers of buying a “lemon”.
Ms Moss has been campaigning for the introduction of lemon laws since she paid more than $71,000 for a new car in 1996, only to find it had faulty steering.
The car got fixed, but it took nearly 10 years.
“My lemon car cost me my horticultural business, my health and nearly everything I ever owned,” Ms Moss said.
“I am now on a disability pension as a direct result of the appalling behaviour of car dealers and manufacturer representatives towards me.”
Ms Moss said she was verbally abused several times during her ordeal.
“It became psychological warfare,” she said.
“These people are likely to yell, lie and abuse you because it is cheaper than to fix the problem.”
Ms Moss, well known in Maroondah’s horticultural circles, said she “thought it was all over” when the Government promised to introduce the laws at the 2006 election.
“I was really keen to get Labor elected on that promise but now I think it is appalling that they have swept it under the carpet, hoping no one notices,” she said.
“They say it now won’t come in until 2011. I feel sorry for the thousands of people who will have to be subjected to the same thing I was in.”


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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A section of downtown Fort Lauderdale turned into a foodie’s paradise, and it was all for a good cause.
The 26th Las Olas Wine and Food Festival was held between Southeast Sixth and 11th avenues, Friday night.
Guests were able to try dishes from 40 of South Florida’s finest restaurants and drinks from more than 200 wineries and breweries.
The money raised at the event will go toward the American Lung Association’s efforts to find a cure for lung cancer.
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Right now, many in the business media are reporting on prices as though they were based on well-established and open standards.Prices are updated every minute in real-time. is now getting a.In a simple way of thinking about it, Bitcoin can process about 4 transactions per second.
Now awaiting first block from Bitcoin Cash. The Price of Bitcoin has Still. news stories and the best shopping deals from Heavy delivered right to your.Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash are similar enough however that Litecoin has seen some flatness while Bitcoin Cash attracts new money looking for a boom.With so many people paying attention to Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash right now, one would almost forget Dash has reached a new all-time high as well.On August 1st the Bitcoin blockchain forked into two separate networks producing a digital currency called Bitcoin Cash.
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When a hacker targeted Amazon subsidiary Zappos.com in January, the attacker went after company servers in both Nevada and Kentucky.
But Arun Rajan, the chief technology officer at Zappos.com, says that Zappos data security personnel in Henderson, Nev., detected the cyber intruder while the attack was in progress and quickly thwarted the attack before the hacker was able to obtain more sensitive information about Zappos customers, such as their full debit and credit card numbers or social security numbers.
Those details come from recent federal court documents that offer a closer look at the hacking incident and how Zappos quickly responded and likely prevented the hacker from getting enough information to steal any Zappos customers' identity.
The hacking incident illustrates the challenges e-commerce companies face in building and maintaining trust with their customers worried that not enough is being done to protect their online personal and financial information from falling into the hands of criminals.
The hacking episode has angered Zappos shoppers. Since the January incident, Amazon and Zappos have been the target of numerous lawsuits from online shoppers who say the companies failed to protect their sensitive data from hackers who cracked Zappos.com’s computers and stole account numbers and other customer information.
In a declaration filed this week in federal court in Kentucky, Zappos CTO Rajan said that a “highly sophisticated computer hacker” attacked Zappos servers in Henderson, Nev., where Zappos is based.
The hacker also gained access to a server in Kentucky, where Zappos has a warehouse and the company stores records information on local operations such as tracking warehouse inventory. It does not store customer data or operate the Zappos.com website used by customers there.
By targeting Zappos servers in Nevada, the hacker was going after a gold mine of personal information on Zappos customers, including credit card numbers and social security numbers. In the wrong hands with criminal intent, that level of sensitive data could open up customers to being victims of identify theft and financial peril.
But Rajan said his IT team quickly discovered what was going on and took steps to minimize the damage.
“Zappos data security personnel in Henderson, Nevada, who work under my supervision, detected the intrusion while it was in progress and implemented successful defensive measures, including cutting off the hacker’s access to the Zappos network,” Rajan said in his written statement.
“Although I do not believe the hacker could have used the cryptographically-scrambled customer passwords in the affected database to access Zappos customer accounts, as a precautionary measure, Zappos data security personnel in Henderson, Nevada, expired all customer passwords and required customers to create new passwords that are longer and more complex.”
Rajan said the data that may have been accessed includes customer names, cryptographically-scrambled Zappos account passwords, email addresses, shipping and billing addresses, phone numbers and the credit card tail (but not full credit card number) for the payment method used to make purchases from Zappos.
As a precaution, Zappos sent an email to 24 million Zappos customers immediately after the incident. The email advised customers to create a new Zappos.com password and change any identical or similar passwords they use on other websites, and asked them to exercise caution if they receive any emails or phone calls asking for personal information.
Rajan said Zappos has not received any confirmed reports of identity theft resulting from the hacker attack.


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BRISTOL — Some local residents are making a bold statement, in honor of breast cancer victims, patients, and survivors.
Katie McDonald, for example, got inked for breast cancer awareness. Boardwalk Ink in Bristol tattooed a one-and-a-half inch pink ribbon on her shoulder at no charge. They simply asked for at least a $10 donation to the American Cancer Society.
“My grandma on my dad's side is a 2-time cancer survivor, breast cancer, so I kind of wanted to get that for her,” said McDonald.
Boardwalk Ink has been inundated with people who want a pink ribbon tattoo. They gave more than 200 free tattoos the first week.
“A lot of cancer survivors, a lot of elderly women that have been through breast cancer, lots of men honoring their mothers, their sisters, their wives,” said Patricia Yoder, of Boardwalk Ink.
“I think it's a great thing. I think it's for a good cause. I think it's awesome,” said McDonald.
Others are making a pink statement that is a little less permanent. The 6th Street Salon in Mishawaka, like many local hair salons, is putting in pink hair extensions this month.
“It's letting people know we are very concerned about people with breast cancer,” said Pam Toner, hair dresser.
The pink streak costs $10, and the money goes to breast cancer research.
“They love it, they really do, they think it's great. It makes them feel good about themselves to be able to do something that shows. Instead of just writing a check, it's showing that they've donated,” said Toner.
There are many pink products available to show support for breast cancer research and awareness. The Better Business Bureau recommends doing a little investigating before you purchase products with pink ribbons on the packaging, because that does not always mean a good breast cancer charity is benefiting.


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More and more often, inquisitive or just lucky users find not only Easter eggs hidden in the games, but also elements of the code or some game’s description before its release. The fact is that this time the victim of an "early announcement" has become the Mass Effect 3.
User with the nickname TSA_383 published info about the upcoming game addition, on the base of multiplayer. A little later, the other players released information about the DLC Reckoning, which uses existing single campaign saves. There were also references to the new weapons for all races, among which is to emphasize "The Punisher" and a rifle "Adas".
"Judgment Day is coming! Reckoning - an extension of multiplayer Mass Effect 3, which will bring to the game six brand-new story missions, aimed at co-op, as well as new game modes and maps. "


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Tru Blu has posted the official gameplay trailer for the upcoming Rugby League Live 2 video game.
Looking at the graphics and gameplay, the trailer really shows off many improvements the game has gone under compared to its predecessor that was released two years ago. It’s shaping up to be League’s answer to last year’s great Rugby Challenge game.
Sadly, there’s still no official release date announced for the game but it’s expected to be released later this year for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
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Homes are over the COVID-19 pandemic (even if the pandemic is not formally about), and it’s beginning to show forward of the peak summer time journey time.
In a new American Specific study, 74% of respondents stated they are ready to e book a vacation for this year even if they could possibly have to terminate or modify it later. Approximately 74% of people surveyed said they plan to invest far more on domestic journey this year compared to 2021 though 64% reported they intend to go abroad for a vacation.
“I think what we have is a situation of two yrs of people today not being in a position to vacation the way they required to vacation,” Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel explained on Yahoo Finance Live recently. “At the same time, they crafted up their cost savings. At the identical time, it’s not quick to get a whole lot of items you would like since of offer chains. So let us say you want to purchase a new automobile. Well, it is not so easy obtaining new cars and trucks occasionally ideal now. So they say, ‘Let’s go and travel.'”
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky also hyped up the summer season travel growth on Thursday right after it was discovered that the organization ramped up using the services of: “More persons are going to journey this summertime than we believe we’ve ever seen,” Chesky said on Yahoo Finance Stay (online video higher than).
With that in thoughts, below are 3 travel firms gaining noticeable momentum as the summertime travel time rolls all over:
Arguably, the true story of Disney’s most new quarter was not new additions to the Disney+ streaming services, but alternatively the building momentum behind the firm’s topic parks.
Disney’s parks segment defeat analyst estimates for product sales and gains in the initially quarter. Sales at the parks small business a lot more than doubled to $6.65 billion and running income for the phase clocked in at $1.75 billion, compared to a $406 million loss a 12 months in the past.
For people on Wall Street making recession calls, here’s a enjoyment actuality talked about by Disney executives on the earnings call: For every capita paying at parks surged 40% in contrast to a similar interval in 2019, led by ticket gross sales, foodstuff, and products.
That progress is pretty very likely to strengthen as the summer season kicks into substantial gear.
The world’s most significant cruise line operator now has all of its ships back again in the drinking water and is whisking vacationers away to several destinations (apart from Russia).
Carnival CEO Arnold Donald told Yahoo Finance Stay that pricing for cruises has been potent, suggesting customer need has been brisk.
“Frequently talking, pricing is stronger than what it was, say, back even in the 2019 pre-COVID time period,” Donald stated. “But you are not heading to see the exact amount of price will increase that you have found in some other sectors of the overall economy and some other sectors of journey and leisure. But pricing is at this place sturdy, and we be expecting it to continue to be.”
The long-time CEO, who is shifting to a vice-chairman position in August after steering Carnival for the earlier 9 years, extra that onboard expending has been up, way too.
“We have wonderful occupancy,” Donald reported. “Persons are having a wonderful time. Carnival is accomplishing really, quite well.”
3. 6 Flags
Not to be outdone by larger theme park operators in the initially quarter, 6 Flags also showed a balanced restoration in its business enterprise prior to the summertime months.
Park attendance in the 1st quarter surged 25% from a calendar year ago to 1.7 million men and women. Throughout the exact same period, total guest investing for each capita rose 34% to $75.46.
“The maximize in in-park paying for each capita was driven by a strong client expending backdrop and also by a higher combine of one-day site visitors, who have a tendency to invest much more in our parks on regular than our seasoned go holders and users,” Six Flags CFO Sandeep Reddy mentioned.
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MADISON, Wis. (7/6/15)--CUNA announced the promotion of Amy Nigrelli to chief marketing and technology officer, where she will lead CUNA’s marketing and information technology operations.
The move will bolster two key CUNA areas: member-facing messaging and systems, CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle noted.
“Amy brings experience and talent to this leadership role that will continue to strengthen our marketing plan and brand strategy. She is well-suited to leverage our value proposition, messaging and voice to elevate CUNA’s image and brand,” Nussle said in announcing Nigrelli’s promotion.
Nigrelli has been with CUNA since 2011, most recently as vice president of marketing communications. Before joining CUNA, she was director of marketing, business and project management for a global law firm based in Chicago.


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Yusuke Tabata, a reporter with NHK who has been closely following the actions of the team fighting the piracy websites, explained the reasons why it is hard to completely eradicate manga piracy sites in a recent interview.
While, the desire of fans to read manga for free was the main reason which enabled these sites to stay afloat, Tabata added that there were a couple of other reasons too which were equally important.
The first was the presence of overseas advertising companies who place ads on these piracy websites and help them earn revenues from the website.
“As I mentioned in the program, advertising revenue is indispensable when talking about piracy sites. This is because advertising revenue is a major source of funding for the operation of pirate sites. The program featured a European IT company that was distributing advertisements on Manga Bank,” Tabata told Comic Natalie.
“The company’s official website featured the words ‘THE MANGA AND ANIME MARKET IS BIG BUSINESS’ along with an illustration of Nami from One Piece. Naturally, they would not have obtained permission to publish Nami’s illustration,” he added.
According to Tabata, it was almost as if the advertising company was promoting the use of the pirate website.
There has been a lot of media coverage related to piracy sites, the stigma they are, and also the campaign to identify such sites and shut them down. This has created an awareness among Japanese advertising agencies to be wary of distributing ads on manga piracy websites.
However, Tabata believes that overseas advertising companies lack an awareness about the losses that publishers face or the damage that a manga piracy website causes.
This is aptly represented in the European IT company’s phrase of manga and anime market being a big business. While these agencies recognize the potential of Japanese content overseas, they do not take into account the various low to mid-level manga artists and publishers who are out of a job owing to the piracy of their works.
“The existence of pirate sites is taking away legitimate earnings for manga artists. Although pirate sites mainly deal with popular works, manga artists as well as publishers do not receive any money and are unable to run their businesses,” Tabata said.
“If publishers do not have the strength, they cannot ‘put up with it even if sales of their works are a little sluggish’. Even if the damage caused by pirate sites is not directly visible, it will go around and crush the budding manga artists. It is truly a ‘cultural crisis,’ a crisis of manga culture,” he added.
The second reason why manga piracy sites continue to be a thorn in the publishers side is because of the numerous hurdles in the investigation process against such websites, especially when in comes to international co-operation.
With manga’s popularity increasing globally, a lot of overseas websites have started putting out manga and other Japanese content illegally. This has increased the number of websites that pirate manga overseas.
Out of the 1000 manga pirate websites that ABJ (Authorized Books of Japan) has identified, 830 of them were for overseas audiences with content translated to English. This made the publishers realize the importance of international co-operation.
While CODA is working hard to establish international relations, not all countries are equally interested in weeding out these pirate sites.
“Because it is a crime that crosses national borders, there are limits to what investigative agencies in one country can do, and international collaboration is essential. CODA, which was interviewed in the program, is working to establish international cooperation, but the degree of enthusiasm varies from country to country.”
Tabata worked closely with anti-piracy specialists for over six months since November 2021. He believes that simply accusing the readers of lack of literacy in matters of piracy won’t improve the situation.
“How to solve this problem is a topic we have to keep thinking about,” Tabata said, ending the interview.
An earlier survey by ABJ reported that the manga industry has lost a total of 1.19 trillion yen (approximately US$8.76 billion) in 2021 as a result of illegal consumption via piracy sites.
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Ford car company ordered to pay 23 million baht in compensation to 291 car buyers
A total of 308 buyers of Ford Fiesta and Focus cars have won a class action lawsuit against Ford Sales and Service (Thailand) after the Bangkok South Civil Court ordered the car company to pay them a total of 23 million baht to compensate for defective vehicles.
The verdict was delivered by the court this morning in what was billed as the country’s first “big” class action case involving altogether 308 plaintiffs.
However, the court ruled that 12 of the plaintiffs would not be entitled to the compensation because they equipped their cars with LPG gas cylinders and that they did not bring their cars to the company’s service centre for repairs of clutch and gear systems which were claimed by the plaintiffs of being defective.
One of the plaintiffs told the media after the delivering of the court’s verdict that besides compensation that they had demanded from the car company, they also wanted the court to set a precedent that car manufacturers must produce cars up to the internationally-accepted standards and that they must not take advantage of the consumers.
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The big picture: This year is looking pretty bleak for the video games industry. It started with two sleeper hits, Helldivers 2 and Palworld, unexpectedly gaining massive followings with gamers voraciously craving something new. However, there’s not much on the horizon expected to push 2024 past 2023’s consumer spend, which Hogwarts Legacy almost single-handedly drove.
“Right now my most optimistic outlook is down about 2%,” Piscatella said in a GamesIndustry.biz interview. “If you start looking a little bit on the more pessimistic side, you’re looking at down about 10%. If things really go sideways, you’re looking at a little bit more.”
There is currently too much “uncertainty” in the industry to be more optimistic. The coming months are devoid of anything to get excited about, with most of the highly anticipated hardware and software slated for next year.
Great interview here with Circana’s @MatPiscatella about the year ahead, why the industry needs more overachievers like Helldivers 2 and Palworld, and why GTA 6 is the most important release in games history
– James Batchelor (@James_Batchelor) March 13, 2024
“There’s so much uncertainty when you look at the sales data or look to project this year,” he said. “There’s uncertainty around the hardware. There’s uncertainty about the content. Who the hell’s making the games?”
Indeed, the next forecasted mega-hit is Grand Theft Auto 6, and barring any delays, that won’t arrive until 2025. Switch 2 (or whatever Nintendo calls it) will also not land until next year, at the earliest. PlayStation has no big first-party titles on deck for 2024. So there’s nothing left other than mediocre games with no chance of catching up to Hogwarts Legacy, which dominated 2023 and continues to sell well in the first months of this year.
When asked if Pro versions of the PS5 and Xbox Series X would help, Piscatella said, “Don’t count on it.” There is a slim chance that Sony and Microsoft will launch “Pro” versions of their consoles this year, but he could not confirm that due to being “under a billion NDAs.” However, he did say that nobody has told him either company plans to launch any hardware this year.
It’s a moot point, anyway. Even if console revisions were to arrive by the holiday shopping season, they wouldn’t have the “halo effect” the industry needs to beat the slump. Midlife upgrades only attract a small section of the market. Those buyers tend to “hand down” their older consoles to friends and family to make room for the refresh. So-called “Pro” launches have minimal effect on the overall industry. They are more to “stabilize” slowing console sales as companies work on designing next-gen hardware.
– player count and hours peaked in 2021
– black hole games dominate play
– high prices in everyday spend categories like food and rent have squeezed wallets, particularly among younger & less affluent.
But those are boring reasons for current VG market being the way it is
– Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) March 13, 2024
Other factors like inflation are also dampening gaming-related sales. Consumers have much less discretionary income, and games are low on most people’s budgets.
Physical retail will take the biggest hit in 2024. Brick-and-mortar stores are already losing out to digital sales. Walk through your local Walmart’s gaming section, and you’ll see the paper-thin stock of new games on shelves that are one-third the size they were 10 years ago. Piscatella says that without a Switch 2, gaming stores and departments will see a significant dip in sales.
“Retail’s had to get really clever, and on the physical side of the business it continues to decline,” said Piscatella. “With no new Nintendo hardware this year, it’s going to accelerate because Nintendo is right at the 50-50 cusp when it comes to physical/digital, but everyone else is way digital. So retail still relies on Nintendo much more than they do other platforms.”
The silver lining around that dark cloud is that retailers can expect continued growth in gift card sales. Whether it’s PlayStation Network or Game Pass subscriptions or just physical “cash” cards stuffed into stockings, gift cards for gaming have steadily grown.


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Samsung Electronics, has reiterated its corporate plans to support local Mobile Web Application developers to access the global market. Samsung will provide support to local developers deploying their applications on Android platform.
Samsung’s support will involve hosting commercially viable applications covering a wide range of categories on its Samsung Apps Store, which comes as a standard feature on all Samsung Smartphones.
Speaking during during Google Student Summit in Nairobi, Samsung Electronics Africa Product Manager, Jaco Van Zyl, asked App developers to consider developing solutions with a global market appeal.
The Samsung App store, he explained is accessed by millions of mobile phone subscribers’ globally seeking to download quality android applications in diverse categories such as Entertainment, Education, Games, Lifestyle, Travel and Productivity among others.
“Kenyan Application developers on the Android platform have equal access to other global developers to showcase their solutions on the Samsung Apps store which is a gateway to global tech-preneurship,” Jaco pointed out.
During the Google Student Summit held at the Oshwal Complex, Samsung Executives demonstrated to local technology students the options available on Samsung devices. Through Galaxy Pocket and Samsung Galaxy SIII, the students were taken through the key value added features of smartphones supported by the android platforms.
“The android platform makes up 53% of all the operating systems in the market, with the key benefit being its versatility and capacity to host more applications and features thus enhancing the phone’s effectiveness,” noted Samsung Electronics East Africa Business Leader Robert Ngeru.
[pullquote]The Summit, which commenced at the beginning of this week, brings together students from different Universities across Sub-Saharan Africa, with an aim of enhancing their professional development, leadership, and communication skills, as well as access to a unique network of Google Ambassadors.[/pullquote]


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Karachi, October 11, 2021: President, Employers’ Federation of Pakistan, Ismail Suttar, strongly believes in the extraordinary possibilities Lithium carries for Pakistan. Pakistan is blessed with a staggering number of 92 minerals, each carrying its hidden potential. However, the massive opportunities lithium has to offer in terms of its application for eco-friendly alternate of hydrocarbon fuel is gradually surfacing for the world to spectate.
In a statement, the EFP president said that fact states that 75% of the world’s supply of lithium emerges from Chile, Argentina and Bolivia also known as “The Lithium Triangle”. It is an absolute honour to announce that the newly discovered lithium deposits in salt lakes of Pakistan will revolutionize the potential this country carries with regard to value added mineral exports. “We are blessed to be included in this exclusive lithium circle, which is the most valuable replacement of electricity generation in the times which have arrived when the entire world sets its eyes on carbon reduction”, he added.
Ismail Suttar further states that Pakistan has the capacity to produce 1-3 million tons of lithium per annum currently priced at 10,000-12,000 USD per ton. This is where EFP along with an understanding with the Salt Manufacturers Association of Pakistan plays its pivotal role in carrying out initial pilot study on lithium from Lake Brine which is underway at the moment at a couple of sites. EFP president added that with support from the Government in terms of reducing cost of doing business to facilitate such energy extensive processes, in order to encourage investors interest, he firmly believes that Pakistan will be playing a significant role in supplying lithium added products to the world.


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Following yesterday’s trailer announcement for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, said video has been released. This new trailer is not particularly significant, as it merely showcases previously revealed mechanics, characters, and more.
However, two new Pokémon have been unveiled, Great Tusk and Iron Treads. Thanks to the Pokémon fansite Serebii for catching this information. The former appears in Pokémon Scarlet, while the latter appears in Pokémon Violet.
— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) November 8, 2022
Additionally, there will be a day-one patch, updating the games to versions 1.01, and the file size will be roughly 1 GB. Moreover, if players have saved data from other Pokémon games on the Switch, they will receive different Rotom phone cases.
You can view the latest trailer for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet below:
- This generation’s announcement, which shared screenshots and general information.
- June 2022 trailer, revealing the release date, gameplay details, and new screenshots.
- Paldea Region, 3 Story Routes, Terastallize Gimmick & More Introduced
- Trailer, highlighting the three playable stories, new characters, and new Pokémon
- 14-minute trailer revealing cooking, craftable TMs & more
- Iono Gym Leader Trailer #1
- Iono Gym Leader Trailer #2
- Greavard Introduction
- Gimmighoul Introduction
Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet are releasing for Nintendo Switch on November 18, 2022.
Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet are the titles debuting the franchise’s ninth generation alongside a brand new locale, the Paldea region. Taking inspiration from the last console release, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, players can look forward to exploring an ambitious open world where there is no set story order for gym progression. Here’s hoping these efforts manage to stick their long-desired landing.
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Promotions cut both ways for American Eagle Outfitters Inc. in the third quarter, helping to restore its sales momentum even as they limited its profit improvement.
Teen retailing rival Aéropostale Inc., however, continued to see top- as well as bottom-line erosion, with same-store sales falling 9 percent in the quarter.
American Eagle said Thursday it enjoyed strong sales over the Thanksgiving weekend “driven by increased traffic and conversion. Powerful unit sales growth reflected a positive consumer response to the holiday assortment and planned promotions.” It added that margin pressures evident in the just-concluded period, both from higher cotton costs and its aggressive promotional cadence, are expected to carry into the fourth quarter.
In the three months ended Oct. 29, net income increased 58.8 percent to $52.4 million, or 27 cents a diluted share, matching analysts’ estimates, from $33 million, or 17 cents, in the year-ago period. The 2010 quarter included a $24.4 million loss on the sale of securities, without which year-ago earnings per share would have been 29 cents.
Sales rallied 10.7 percent, to $831.8 million from $751.5 million, with comparable-store sales company-wide and at both the American Eagle and Aerie divisions up 5 percent, versus a 1 percent increase a year ago. AEO Direct revenues were up 21 percent. Gross margin traveled in the opposite direction, falling 450 basis points to 37.1 percent of sales from 41.6 percent.
On a Wednesday morning conference call, chief executive officer Jim O’Donnell cited “spot-on” inventory investments that “resulted in record conversion rates and double-digit unit sales growth.” Positive sales trends helped offset higher cotton costs and limited the firm’s decrease in gross profit to 1.1 percent, but the ceo was optimistic that some degree of margin relief would arrive along with lower cotton costs starting in the back half of 2012.
Roger Markfield, vice chairman and chief design officer, said denim, knit tops and accessories performed well for the Pittsburgh-based teen specialty chain, with jeans posting same-store sales increases in the high single digits. He also noted that the company was caught shorthanded on men’s stock during last year’s holiday season, with the shortfall estimated at about $40 million.
“This year, we have that inventory,” he boasted to analysts.
Aéropostale ceo Thomas Johnson cited “many teen retailers increasing both the depth and breadth of their promotions” as the company logged in with a 58.8 percent drop in profits to go with its 1 percent decline in revenues.
In the third quarter, net income was $24.1 million, or 30 cents a share, above the 28 cents expected by analysts, versus profits of $58.5 million, or 63 cents, in the year-ago period. Even with e-commerce sales up 19.3 percent to $45.7 million, total revenues fell to $596.5 million from $602.8 million, with the 9 percent comp slip split between an 11 percent decline in women’s and a 4 percent drop-off in men’s. Gross margin fell 950 basis points, to 27.1 percent of sales from 36.6 percent in the third quarter of 2010, as the company was beset by lower merchandise margins, higher costs and brisk promotional activity.
Despite some progress on the fashion front, Johnson told a conference call late Wednesday that the company entered the holiday season “a little bit commodity-driven” during Black Friday weekend and experienced comp and margin trends similar to those seen during the third quarter.
EPS for the fourth quarter is expected to come in between 35 cents and 38 cents a diluted share, versus a previous expectation of 44 cents among analysts.
@margotrobbie steps out onto the red carpet wearing @miumiu. The actress is nominated for “Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role” in “I, Tonya” at the #SagAwards. (📷: Stewart Cook) #wwdfashion
For @massimogiorgetti of @msgm, the Nineties are his favorite decade. “They had a huge impact on my personal growth. What I like of the Nineties is that they are not so precise in terms of style as other decades…there was actually a bit of everything,” he said. As seen on MSGM’s Spring 2018 show: tie-dye and a bit of grunge, two styles that are synonymous with the decade #wwdfashion #wwddecades (📷: @kukukuba)
Breaking News: @hedislimane joins @celine as its new artistic, creative and image director. One of fashion’s preeminent image-makers and trendsetters, Slimane is to join the LVMH brand on Feb. 1 and unveil his first fashion proposition for men and women next September during Paris Fashion Week. It marks a major homecoming for Slimane, who cemented his reputation – and influenced men’s tailoring for more than a decade – as the designer of Dior Homme between 2000 and 2007. He went on to reinvent and ignite the house of Yves Saint Laurent, which he rechristened Saint Laurent, between 2012 and 2016 – all the while maintaining a close relationship with the Arnault family, which controls LVMH and Dior. Read the full exclusive story on WWD.com. Link in bio. #wwdnews #wwdfashion
“Personally I believe the Eighties have been the richest and more vivacious period for international fashion,” Giorgio Armani said when asked what his favorite decade of fashion is. It was a moment of disruption and experimentation and only thinking back to the first years of that decade is always an emotion for me, for what they have meant to me and my work.” The influence is clear in @giorgioarmani spring 2018 collection, pictured here, which was full of bright colors and unexpected prints. Read more about which decades designers loved most on WWD.com #wwdfashion #wwddecades (📷: @aitorrosasphoto)
For Lady Gaga’s only Italian show on her “Joanne World Tour,” the singer wore a range of @versace_official outfits. The standout piece: this custom-made bodysuit inspired by the brand’s spring 2018 collection. #wwdfashion (RG: @ladygaga)
@_camillaruth_ is expanding on the wellness-craze concept with @westbourne – a new NYC restaurant that’s both a healthy-minded café as well as a business that gives back to the community. Marcus works with the Robin Hood foundation to give back to The Door, a non-profit providing youth development services, and also hires employees through The Door. Read our full interview with Marcus on giving back through food on WWD.com. #wwdeye (📷: @lexieblacklock)


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GoPro announces IPO, prepares to go public
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Big news for the business behind the biggest of action cameras on the market—GoPro has announced its plans to become a publicly traded company, and is going ahead with an IPO. And while details are scant right now, the ongoing mammoth success of the GoPro line points to a company with an extremely healthy revenue stream.
In fact, GoPro founder Nicholas Woodman is now a billionaire on the back of the device's success. And, according to TechCrunch, sales have doubled ever year, hitting $500 million in revenue in 2012, and maybe even hitting the billion dollar mark for 2013.
With GoPro still the reigning king of the action camera, this move is bound to bring even more attention and investment to the company. And frankly, its dominance of this niche doesn't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon.


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Winds, rain spawned by former typhoon cause power outages, flooding concern in Southcentral
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Ocean Beauty permanently closes one of its Alaskan salmon canneries
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Algeria donates pesticides to Niger to battle locusts
Algeria has contributed 50,000 litres of pesticides to Niger in its fight against locusts, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said.
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Algeria seeks to tighten control over fishery exports to improve supplies to the internal market.
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InterTabac: Hookah focus series now underway
Business Insights online platform begins a new focus series on Thursday (28 October). InterTabac and InterSupply will be shedding light on the world of hookahs and shisha products. At regular intervals, expert interviews offer exciting insights to exhibitors and trade visitors. The European Shisha Community Alliance is first up: Ruth Gunning, Board Director of ESCA, spoke to the team responsible for twin trade shows InterTabac and InterSupply which are set to open their doors again in Dortmund from 15 to 17 September 2022.
Dortmund, 28 October 2021 – How is the hookah sector doing in Europe? What trends are popular right now? And what plans does the European Shisha Community Alliance (ESCA) have for the future? These and other exciting questions are the subject of the first expert interview in the new hookah focus series on the InterTabac/InterSupply online platform Business Insights. Our guest is Ruth Gunning, Board Director of ESCA and Head of EU Engagement at Al Fakher. The series starts on Thursday (28 October).
“Stanislav Medkov meets ...”
Business Insights will present the next industry talk two weeks later (11 November). Stanislav Medkov, CEO of Hookah Battles, talks to Ilya Bychkov, founder of Voskurimsya (Hookah.Pro), the largest retailer of European hookahs in Russia. More interviews to follow: Stanislav Medkov will meet, among others, Anton Gayvoronskiy, head of HookahPlace.com, the largest hookah lounge franchise chain in the world, and the man behind the John Calliano TV Blog. Gayvoronskiy is one of the world's leading YouTube hookah bloggers.
More to come – there will also be exciting insights from industry experts on the other product ranges at InterTabac and InterSupply
The launch of the hookah focus series also heralds other Business Insights series for InterTabac and InterSupply, and planning is in full swing. “Tobacco & Vape – News & Views” is a podcast series that can be heard regularly from November onwards. The series is presented by Business Insights and Tobacco Asia magazine. The host is Thomas Schmid, publisher of Tobacco Asia magazine.


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The FDA has sent out an alert regarding Meridian Medical Technologies’ Mylan EpiPen and EpiPen Jr. (epinephrine injection) that are used to treat severe allergic reactions. The company has voluntarily recalled 13 EpiPen lots, distributed between Dec. 17, 2015 and July 1, 2016.
Device failure reports have been few, but the risk of potential life-threatening allergic reactions brought about the company’s voluntary recall. The impacted lots may contain defective components that would cause the EpiPen to not activate.
Consumers are urged to keep and use their EpiPens until they are provided with a replacement and per the product label, seek emergency medical attention immediately after using their EpiPens, especially if the device did not activate.
Please see the FDA’s official communication for more information.


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A new industry report has found that Amazon scored higher than any of the UK’s current MNOs in terms of favourable brand recognition among consumers
New research suggests that US web giant Amazon could capture a quarter of the UK’s mobile market, if it decided to launch its own brand of mobile network services in 2019.
Research conducted by Decision Technology (Dectech) showed that 25 per cent of UK consumers would opt for Amazon as their mobile network operator of choice, if the company offered mobile telecoms services bundled with its Prime offering. Even without the added incentive of free Prime membership, the research found that Amazon could expect to attract 12 per cent of the mobile market on brand power alone, were it to launch mobile services in the UK
“These striking results show that Amazon could well become an even bigger giant should it enter the mobile sector offering Amazon Prime as a free perk. In a fiercely competitive market, it also has potential as a standalone network operator," said Henry Stott, director of Decision Technology.
“Today, mobile operators are competing on multiple fronts – from handsets to data and perks. O2 Priority, and Orange Wednesdays before it, have proven the power of a strong perk. Should Amazon enter the mobile market with a free Amazon Prime membership offer, it could be the next iconic brand perk.”
Dectech’s new report, entitled ‘Primed for domination: The threat of Amazon as a challenger brand’, suggests that Amazon could add as much as £3 billion to its annual revenues, by entering the UK mobile market with a free Prime offering.
Also in the news:
Telcos must overcome unconcious bias to improve workforce diversity
Metro to launch 5G pay-as-you-go services in US
Vodafone and EE named as the UK’s best MNOs for video streaming


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The online dating website eHarmony has warned a "small fraction" of its users of a June 6 breach that likely exposed hashed passwords. Whether the incident is related to a LinkedIn breach has not been confirmed.
The social network Myspace has settled with the Federal Trade Commission over misrepresenting its privacy policies by sharing personally identifiable information with advertisers without first getting permission from users.
Creating a more trusted Internet ecosystem should help all types of enterprises and leaders implement identity management solutions that extend beyond usernames and passwords, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt says.
As enterprises spend frugally on IT security, cybercriminals aren't, and that presents big problems for organizations working feverishly to secure their digital assets, says Steve Durbin, global vice president of the Information Security Forum.
The Paul Allen card breach reiterates a concern financial fraud experts have been screaming about for years: Socially-engineered schemes that compromise employees. So, what can institutions do about them?


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For Ali Landry, pregnancy does a body good!
So it's really no surprise that the former Miss USA, who is expecting her second child in October, is now the latest spokesperson for Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula stretch-mark products.
The company's gorgeous new face happily displayed her burgeoning belly last Thursday during a photo shoot in L.A. for an upcoming ad campaign.
Landry follows in the (bare?) footsteps of such past pregnant peeps as Samantha Harris, Laila Ali and Angie Everhart when it comes to promoting Palmer's.


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A popular car company announced some big news today.
The new Jeep Compass is arriving soon in showrooms. It will replace the current model and the Patriot. The new model Jeep was just presented for the first time to the public in Brazil, and will be offered in more than 100 countries. The automaker says the new compass will have advanced safety features and technology as well as fuel-efficient powertrains. The new car will make its debut in November at the Los Angeles Auto Show.


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(The article has been updated based on the closing prices of the companies mentioned.)
BYD's stock traded in Shenzhen surpassed RMB 300 ($46.3) for the first time, rising by the daily cap of 10 percent as of the close of China's A-share market on Wednesday, with a market capitalization of more than RMB 8800 billion.
Chinese A-share auto stocks rose broadly Wednesday, with several car companies, including Haima Motor, XPeng Motors' G3 model OEM, rising by the 10 percent daily cap. An ETF that tracks the new energy auto sector rose nearly 9 percent.
Analysts at Huachuang Securities saw BYD's market capitalization moving toward RMB 1 trillion yuan in a report Tuesday, saying its fundamentals, including its auto business as well as its battery business, are strong.
They expect BYD to sell 600,000, 820,000 and 1 million units in 2021-2023, respectively, and the valuation of its auto business is expected to exceed RMB 400 billion.
BYD's battery business is expected to reach 30 GWh, 51 GWh and 70 GWh in 2021-2023, respectively, and the valuation of this business is also expected to exceed RMB 400 billion.
The combined revenue of BYD's businesses including BYD Electronic, semiconductor, and solar power is expected to exceed RMB 120 billion, valuing the business at about RMB 150 billion, the team expects.
The team also raised the target price of BYD's A-share in China to RMB 360.7, which corresponds to a valuation of about RMB 1032 billion and a PS of 3.8 times. Considering the A/H premium of 1.10, they raised their H-share target price to HKD 327.9.
Huachuang Securities maintained a "Strongly Recommended" rating on BYD, maintained the 2021 net profit forecast of RMB 4.7 billion and raised the 2022-2023 net profit forecast to RMB 7.8 billion and RMB 13.2 billion.
Goldman Sachs also maintained BYD's "Conviction Buy" list, raised its 2022-2023 net income forecast by 1-2 percent, and increased its target price from HKD 313 to HKD 321 in its latest research report.


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Revealing its experimental program delivery drone, Prime Air , Sunday evening, Amazon scored a triple blow: create buzz on the eve of "Cyber Monday," one of the most important for the online business days away the attention of the public criticism of working conditions in warehouses and improve its image as an innovative company in the face of retail giants struggling. For the rest, it is primarily an announcement effect.
"We hope that the FAA (the U.S. aviation authority) adopt guidelines by 2015," wrote Amazon on its official website. In 60 Minutes Sunday, his boss, Jeff Bezos, was more cautious, focusing on a period of five years. In practice, the FAA considers the problem since 2009 and can not seem to make a decision. The date of 2015 was set by Congress, but the agency has already been delayed. Some items might still remain in limbo until 2026. For now, fly a drone unmanned is illegal, and many fines have already been distributed. In the five-year plan unveiled recently, the FAA states that gear "visual distance remaining to the driver." Clearly, we rather talking toy for amateurs, or drones used by farmers or the RATP site, no octoptères flying within 30 kilometers of Amazon warehouses. Even if the French legislation has taken the lead, the company has always preferred a "U.S. first" approach to new products and services.
Flying a drone over the Afghan desert is one thing. In an urban jungle between commercial aircraft, buildings and electrical cables, it is more complicated. Between 2007 and 2012, the U.S. military has identified more than 200 incidents : GPS loses contact, engine problem, crash or explosion, the risks are many. "They are too small to appear on radar. When a drone crash into the reactor of an airliner, everybody pay attention, " said on ABC retired pilot Tom Jeffries. Even assuming that the GPS accuracy increased to aim the mat and embedded sensors help avoid kitty, the drone will still face potential thieves or hackers. According to John Hansman, professor of aeronautics at MIT , these challenges, such as those of the autonomous car, however, are "not insurmountable."
Operate an unmanned autonomous monitoring costs between 2,000 and 3,000 euros per hour in the U.S. Army . At the other extreme, the startup Matternet forwarded a package of 2 pounds to Haiti and figure the cost to less than one euro for a journey of 10 km. Amazon probably would lie between the two and express delivery in less than 30 minutes would cost between 100 and 200 euros to the consumer , according to several experts. With unveiled (a drone for a package) model, the system does not take advantage of economies of scale while a truck embarks him, more than 100 package. Today, Amazon has only about 60 centers routing in the world, only four in France. In a radius of 30 km, the giant of online business touches so far not many people. Couriers and truckers are not yet unemployed.


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The NFL is officially tossing its hat into the streaming ring, with a subscription service dubbed NFL+. Its launch date is expected sometime in July, Sports Business Journal (SBJ) reports.
NFL+ will reportedly feature live games that can be streamed via mobile and tablet devices. The service is expected to cost about $5 per month, though SBJ said the pricing structure may change and likely include other components such as podcasts, radio and miscellaneous team-created content.
Discussion around a possible NFL streaming service arose back in March, when the Athletic reported that league teams were briefed about the development at the annual NFL owners’ meetings. The publication’s sources said the idea would be revisited at an NFL meeting in May.
The NFL+ announcement comes at a critical time with Apple and Amazon both vying for the NFL Sunday Ticket, as its deal with DirecTV is set to expire in 2023. Amazon last year secured exclusive streaming rights for Thursday Night Football – a contract that’s set for 11 years.
SBJ wrote the app’s games will be limited to what viewers could otherwise see in their local TV markets, which suggests NFL+ subscribers won’t have access to Monday, Thursday and Sunday Night football games that don’t include local teams.
The publication went on to say that up until this year, these games were distributed to tablets and laptops via Yahoo and on mobile phones through major carriers. Verizon, for instance, had a $2.5 billion five-year streaming deal with the NFL that recently expired, according to Seeking Alpha.
NFL will keep the rights in-house for NFL+, which may be a challenge, Seeking Alpha wrote, because many of the games the app will feature are still available for free on local broadcast.
Though the $5 price tag may seem compelling to sports viewers. NFL’s Game Pass, in comparison, costs $99 per season, but it offers both live and on-demand viewing.
While football streaming is heating up, Major League Baseball is also making progress in the space. Apple TV+ is now the exclusive home of MLB Friday Night Baseball, and YouTube recently renewed a streaming deal with MLB for 15 games during the 2022 regular season.


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As a new year has just begun, it’s a good moment to take a look back and recap your company performance with a set of KPIs and see what was achieved. Headway, a technology company with more than 6 years of innovation in the digital marketing industry worldwide, has done just that and here is the story that the numbers tell. Headway is a technology company with more than 6 years of innovation in the digital marketing industry worldwide.
Opening office in San Francisco, Sant Paulo, it’s managed to expand its international presence and increase the number of offices to 18. The Headway clients portfolio reached more than 500 clients, throughout the the company was converting more than 70 million clicks daily. Its platform generated more than 20 million app instals, tracked more than 35 million post-install events and reached out 6 million mobile subscribers.
Operating from its offices in both Americas, Europe, Headway team grew to more than 150 experts of more than 35 nationalities. The team attended 42 international events and conferences.
Having all above mentioned achievements under its belt, Headway is very optimistic to continue to push the envelope in 2017, helping so many companies to grow their mobile business.
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Catherine Chow and Corina Nurimba were young college graduates with a love for fashion -- but little business or retail experience -- when they decided to start Azalea, a clothing boutique in San Francisco. Now almost a decade later, the two fashionistas own three boutiques, as well as a thriving online business. Last year, their [...]
Brian Chesky was an aspiring entrepreneur trying to figure out how to make next month’s rent when he stumbled upon the idea that would become Airbnb. A design conference was in town in San Francisco and all the hotel rooms were booked. That’s when Checky and roommate Joe Gebbia had their “ah-ha moment.” They offered [...]
All you have to do to get a free pizza from Paxti's is eat there all the time. Curious? The Chicago-style pizza chain in the San Francisco Bay Area offers the Foursquare “mayors” of each of its four restaurants a free 10-inch pizza of their choice every week. Foursquare is an increasingly popular location-based tool [...]
Last October, Mulberrys Garment Care in Minneapolis and St. Louis Park, Minn. offered a special deal: $15 for $30 worth of dry cleaning and laundry services. Some 500 customers signed up for the promotion, which was available for just one day through Crowd Cut, one of the many local daily deal sites that have become [...]
Getting organized and being productive are almost always on the top of New Year’s resolution lists, particularly for small business owners. In fact, more than 60 percent of workers pledged to keep their business email and documents more organized in the new year, according to a recent survey by Intermedia, a communications services provider. We [...]
A host of new tools are making it easier for small businesses to manage their files by storing them in the cloud, that is, online.
Will you be working over the holidays? If so, you’re in good company. Eight out of 10 small business professionals say they plan to work during this year's winter holiday period, according to a survey from Egnyte, a startup that offers online file server tools. For better or worse, today’s technology has made it easier [...]
Zhu Zhu Pets exploded onto the toy scene during the holidays last year and they’re still among the most demanded toys this season, according to the NPD Group. So how did the small Missouri-based toy company do it? They certainly didn’t have the big marketing dollars and reach of major toy makers like Mattel and [...]


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Computer manufacturer Dell has said it manages the world’s largest technology recycling programme.
In its 2015 sustainability report, 2020 Legacy of Good Plan Update, the company said that it recycled 1.4 billion pounds (635,000 tonnes) of used electronics in 78 countries since 2008.
As a result, Dell is now 71.4% on its way to its goal of 2 billion pounds by 2020.
In its 2015 financial year, Dell shipped the first UL Environment certified closed loop PC – the OptiPlex 3030 All-In-One. This contributes to the 21.9 million pounds (9,934 tonnes) of recycled plastics used in its products since its 2014 financial year.
Since 2009, Dell has saved $53 million (£33.5 million) from reducing its packaging materials, and developed a new palletisation design in the past year to enable it to fit 20% more products on each pallet shipped.
By the end of its 2015 financial year, two-thirds of all Dell packaging was recyclable or compostable, ahead of its 2020 goal to have waste-free packaging.
Dell vice president of corporate responsibility Trisa Thompson said: “Dell has made great progress across its global ecosystem in its efforts to use the technology we produce for good.
“We’re committed to this ongoing work and share our results to both create and inspire positive change in business practices.”


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Customer Data Right & Review into Open Banking in Australia
The Prime Minister & Cabinet Data Availability & Use Taskforce has completed its review of the PC Final Report, with its recommendations handed to the Government at the end of November 2017. The Government has not yet released its formal response to the recommendations in the PC Final Report. However, the announcement on 28 November 2018 of a Consumer Data Right by Hon Angus Taylor, the then Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Digital Transformation, forms part of the Government’s response to the PC Final Report.
The Government has decided that the Customer Data Right (CD-R) will be implemented economy-wide on a sector-by-sector basis, initially in the banking, energy, and telecommunications sectors. The Treasury is leading the development of the CDR, with its design and implementation informed by the recommendations of the Open Banking Review.
DGA has provided a response to the recommendations of the Final report into the Review of Banking in Australia as part of the Treasury’s consultation process.
DGA is scheduled to meet with the Treasury Data Team on 10 April 2018 at 10 AM to discuss its submission in response to the recommendations of Review into Open Banking in Australia Final Report, as well as DGA’s work, purpose and its Code of Practice.
DGA will continue to engage with the Treasury in relation to the development and implementation of the CDR on advice from the DGA Board.
Next steps: DGA continues to proactively engage with the OAIC and the ACCC in relation to the development and implementation of the CDR, especially in light of the Research into Consumer Attitudes Towards Privacy due to be published on 18 April 2018 by DGA.


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CardHub is proud to announce the launch of CardAdvisor
, a first-of-its kind “smart” tool that relies on artificial intelligence principles to accurately compare more than 1,000 credit card offers and make personalized recommendations sure to save users money.
“A credit card is, first and foremost, a tool. It’s supposed to make life easier and more fruitful, not drain you of both cash and confidence,” CardHub CEO Odysseas Papadimitriou said in discussing the launch. “The problem is that while the number of available offers has exploded and issuers have grown increasingly sophisticated, consumers have been left to learn about credit on their own – often through expensive trial and error. CardAdvisor is like having a ‘Sherpa’ with a Ph.D. in personal finance by your side for this treacherous uphill climb to monetary success.” More About CardAdvisor


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It looks like the wait for Valve-approved hardware is almost over: the company is confirmed to have invested in technology designed to support Steam and its Big Picture mode on large, hi-def TV screens, and it will be exhibited at CES later this week.
Developed by Xi3Corporation, the hardware is "a development stage system optimized for computer gameplay on large high-definition television monitors". Housed in an Xi3 Modular Computer chassis (pictured above), it will support both Steam and the platform's Big Picture mode.
The hardware will be exhibited at both Valve and Xi3's stands at CES later this week. According to a release from Xi3Corporation, the company has received an investment from Valve. Xi3 president Jason A. Sullivan sang the technology's praises. "This new development stage product will allow users to take full-advantage of their large high-definition TV displays for an amazing computer game experience.
"as a result, this new system could provide access to thousands of gaming titles through an integrated system that exceeds the capabilities of leading game consoles, but can fit in the palm of your hand."
No other details are available at present, including specifics on Valve's investment.


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As the governor contemplates a statewide mask mandate in Minnesota, some cities are preemptively requiring face coverings within their borders.
On July 15, the CDC director made the strong statement that if all Americans were to wear masks in public, the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. could be brought under control in two months.
Gov. Tim Walz has said that he is "seriously considering" requiring face coverings across the state, and that he could make a decision in the "very near future."
Until then, the rules differ from city to city and sometimes business to business. Here is a list of Minnesota cities that currently have mask mandates.
Mayor Rita Albrecht ordered face masks to be worn in indoor spaces accessible to the public starting Tuesday July 21. This includes public transportation, gyms, bars and restaurants. Children under the age of 5 are exempt as well as those who cannot wear a mask for medical reasons.
Currently, the city of Blaine is only requiring face masks in government buildings and city hall, which is open by appointment only. Visitors without a mask will be issued one.
On July 13, the Duluth City Council unanimously approved a city measure that requires masks in public indoor places. It does not apply to those under 10, or those who can't wear a face covering for medical reasons. Violating the mandate can come with a fine of $100 the first time, $250 the second time and $1,000 after that, and potential misdemeanor prosecution.
Edina held a special meeting on June 29 where they agreed to move forward on an executive order requiring masks. On July 1, Mayor Jim Hovland signed the order, which went into effect July 6. It requires people to wear face masks inside city facilities, and indoors in places open to the public.
The City of Excelsior passed a resolution on July 13 requiring people wear face masks in "indoor areas accessible to the public." Those include restaurants when not seated at a table, spaces of public accommodation, entertainment venues when not in an assigned seat and common spaces in multi-family residential and multi-tenant buildings. Children 12 and under are exempt.
In an emergency meeting on Monday, July 6, the Mankato City Council voted 5-2 to put a mask mandate in place. The regulation went into effect July 10 and requires anyone over the age of 12 who is medically able to wear a face covering at any "public accommodation." There are exceptions for people eating and drinking, for people actively working out at gyms, and once people are in their assigned seats in movie theaters.
Minneapolis was an early adopter of mask ordinances, with Mayor Jacob Frey signing an emergency order May 21 making them mandatory inside indoor public spaces. Face coverings are required for anyone over 2 years old inside retail stores, hotels, government buildings, schools, universities, recreational facilities, service centers, bars and restaurants. The order went into effect May 26.
Some of the other entities requiring face masks include:
The Minnetonka City Council unanimously approved a mask mandate on July 13. It requires face coverings in some indoor spaces in the city, including bars and restaurants, retail stores, gyms, fitness centers and sports facilities, indoor entertainment venues and city buildings. There are some exemptions for children, those who cannot wear a mask for medical reasons, and people actively eating, drinking or working out.
Rochester's mask order was announced on Monday, July 1, after the city council voted 6-1 in favor of the emergency declaration. The order requires face coverings in all city facilities, and in indoor public spaces.
The City Council voted to include mandatory face coverings in their emergency declarations. The order will be effective July 27. Residents and visitors to Roseville have to wear a face covering in indoor areas accessible to the public. Exemptions include, children under the age of 5 and people unable to wear a mask due to a disability or health reason.
The City Council voted Monday to enact face mask requirements in the city effective July 20. All individuals inside indoor public spaces will be required to wear a mask. Exemptions apply to children under the age of 5 and people unable to wear a mask due to a disability or health reason.
St. Louis Park
The St. Louis Park City Council adopted an emergency ordinance requiring face coverings in restaurants and bars when not seated at a table, public transportation, entertainment venues, common spaces in multifamily residential and multi-tenant office buildings and outdoor spaces where social distancing isn't possible. Businesses will be required to post signs notifying customers. The ordinance goes into effect July 27.
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter signed an executive order on May 27 requiring face masks in licensed businesses and city-controlled facilities. The order exempts young children at risk of suffocation, and anyone who can't wear a face covering for medical reasons. The order went into effect June 1.
Winona's citywide mask order took effect July 10, requiring everyone to wear face coverings in indoor areas broadly accessible to the public, including customers and employees at businesses.
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