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Average Vietnamese robusta prices rose moderately from $1.62/kg in January to $1.68/kg in mid-March. Mintec expects firm demand fundamentals over the coming months, with the coronavirus pandemic supporting demand for instant household blends. The latest Vietnamese robusta price represents 5% y-o-y growth and 3% q-o-q growth with China the major buyer.
On 13 March, Starbucks unveiled plans to construct a new, modern coffee roasting factory in its second largest market, China. The $130 million state-of-the-art plant will include facilities for roasting, storage and distribution, in line with plans to grow its Chinese footprint. The latest announcement underlines Starbucks’ commitment to bolster China’s specialty coffee industry with 6,000 stores targeted by 2022, against approximately 4,000 stores at present.
Despite being a predominantly tea-drinking nation, China is developing its taste for coffee, with an increasingly affluent population replicating western consumption habits. Chinese consumption is small by global standards (according to China Briefing, Business Intelligence, the average Chinese person consumes four cups of coffee annually, compared to 441 cups per American). However, with its large population and burgeoning middle class, China is a potential high-vale market. Robusta imports, mainly from Vietnam, currently comprise approximately 80% of Chinese consumption according to trade statistics. Starbucks hopes to increase local demand for higher margin arabica-based blends.

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The Social and Labor Affairs Committee of the Saeima has expressed support for legal changes that would ban the sale of alcoholic beverages on weekdays and Saturdays between the hours of 20:00 and 10:00. However, another proposal to prohibit retail alcohol sales on Sundays from 15:00 was not supported.
Central Statistical Bureau provisional data published on March 22 show that in 2023 meat production dropped – 91.0 thousand tonnes of meat were produced, which is 3.2 thousand tonnes or 3.4 % less than in 2022.
Last year, each resident in Latvia ate an average of 23 kilograms (kg) of cheese. The latest data from the association Cheese Club (Siera klubs) show that both cheese production and exports increased significantly last year. The industry predicts that positive trends will continue this year, Latvian Radio reported March 6.


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It's no secret to anyone that this year's E3 has been less than spectacular so far, to say the least.
With a new console coming later this year, all eyes were on Microsoft going into this year's annual gaming extravaganza. Though indeed boasting powerful tech under its hood, the Xbox One X's reveal was marred by its price point of $499 – too costly, especially considering how its closest competitor beats that price by $100 – and lack of truly groundbreaking exclusive partnerships, a deficit the Xbox brand has been suffering from since its inception and something that its feeling now more than ever. After all, why buy a powerful console if there isn't something on it that makes a compelling argument to choose it over its lower priced competitor, a competitor that so happens to do this already and do it pretty well, too?
The games sure looked pretty, of course, but at the moment I'm perfectly fine buying said titles on my launch edition PlayStation 4. This isn't a problem that only Xbox One faces, mind you, but one that was made very apparent with yesterday's showing, as indie after indie did not justify me purchasing something at a premium price point, at least not at the moment.
EA's best came in the way of Battlefront 2 and Anthem, with the rest drowned out just as quickly as it appeared on stage. It makes me beg the question as to why the publisher continually has an E3 showing in the first place, seeing as how a lot of the information they relayed on stage could be done through gaming outlets and/or press releases.
And then there's Bethesda with perhaps the weakest showing of all. Though it's unfair that their big surprises were leaked early, the publisher's persistent push of Skyrim has gotten borderline annoying at this point. On top of that is another campaign for paid mods, an insult considering the backlash Bethesda faced from the community the first time around.
We'll find out shortly if this year's E3 is truly a bust, with Sony holding their conference tonight and Nintendo holding their broadcast tomorrow. Seeing as how both publishers could have surprises in store, there's potential the later half of this year's gaming holiday could make up for the beginning.
One can hope, at least.
The opinions expressed in this piece are not representative of KeenGamer and are solely those of the author.


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Pokémon games are going to be a big hit no matter what. Even if they aren’t the traditional RPG style we’ve always known, there is always room for more games. Pokémon Quest has done a fine job filling the gap for many fans until the next big title is released.
Fans can enjoy a little bit of quality control in the Pokémon Quest update. Some displays have been fixes and other bugs (not Bug-types) were squashed. All-in-all it makes for a more enjoyable and seamless gameplay. As a bonus, there are 500 PM Tickets being given out. The mobile version also got a little update which includes a special quest along with 100 PM Tickets.
In addition to this, the game recently reached a huge milestone. Combining the mobile and Switch versions, Pokémon Quest has been downloaded over 7.5 million times. It’s a pretty fun and charming game that we certainly enjoyed. If you haven’t checked it out yet, give it a try and let’s get to another monumental download mark!


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We've been waiting for more devices from Google's (GOOG) Android operating system, and now it looks like we may soon have some: T-Mobile (DT) is working on both an Android home phone and an Android tablet computer, the company's partners tell the New York Times.
No word yet on pricing, features, release dates, etc., and T-Mobile isn't talking. Here's what we know: "The phone will plug into a docking station and come with another device that handles data synchronization as it recharges the phone's battery."
A win for Google, who's very slowly seeing the expansion of its Android operating system. (As more Android devices hit market, we expect more developers to code for Android, a virtuous cycle.)
The loser? Microsoft (MSFT). The idea of a computer, mobile phone, home phone, everything, all talking to each other, has always been the promise of Windows and Windows Mobile. Company execs still talk up the idea of "one service, multiple screens" with WinMo and Zune every chance they get. But so far it's just talk. Meanwhile, while Microsoft is making promises, Google seems to be charging ahead.
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The inflation rate in December eased further to a seven-month low of 5.1 percent from 6 percent in November, driven mainly by slower annual increases in the indices of food, non-alcoholic beverages and transport, the Philippine Statistics Authority said Friday.
The December inflation was the first time it settled below the 6-percent level since 5.7 percent in July 2018. The December figure brought the full-year average to 5.2 percent, still over the official target range of 2 percent to 4 percent and way above the 2.9-percent average in 2017.
“The slowdown of inflation in December 2018 was mainly driven by the slower annual increments in the indices of food and non-alcoholic beverages at 6.7 percent and transport at 4.0 percent,” the PSA said in a statement.
It said lower annual increases were also noted in the indices of alcoholic beverages and tobacco, 21.7 percent; housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, 4.1 percent; furnishing, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house, 3.8 percent; and restaurant and miscellaneous goods and services, 4.3 percent.
“On the other hand, higher annual mark-ups were noted in the indices of clothing and footwear at 2.8 percent and health at 4.8 percent during the period. The rest of the commodity groups retained their previous month’s annual rates,” the PSA said.
Bangko Sentral Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo said the supply-driven inflation process that existed in 2018 would not be persistent and short-lived.
“The aggressive monetary tightening the BSP implemented from May to November was therefore aimed only at ensuring that the supply shocks from more than 60 percent increase in oil prices and the significant inflation rates in rice, fish, meat and vegetables did not evolve into sharp gains in wages, transport, and prices of other services,” Guinigundo said.
He said what was pivotal in the anti-inflation efforts was the decisive action of the government to immediately undertake non-monetary measures against inflation.
“Our forecast as of today remains at 3.2 percent inflation for 2019 and 3 percent for 2020,” he said.
Nicholas Mapa, senior economist of ING Bank Manila, said risks to the inflation outlook appeared tilted to the downside and expectations now more anchored especially with more imported grains currently on delivery over the next few weeks, and the rice tariffication bill set for signing and energy prices declining.
“... With inflation trending back to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ target of 2-4 percent, the case for the BSP to reverse its stance as early as second quarter of 2019 has gained considerably,” Mapa said.
He said on top of the widely-anticipated 200 basis point cut to reserve requirements scheduled for the year, the Bangko Sentral would likely slash borrowing costs as early as the May 9 meeting to help bolster slowing growth momentum with its price stability mandate safeguarded.


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On Friday, June 7, 2013, you are invited to the opening of the USDA Farmers Market, a celebration of our community and farm fresh items.
When: June 7, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.
Where: USDA Farmers Market, corner of 12th & Independence Ave SW, Smithsonian Metro
This is a great opportunity to support local businesses and farmers and to celebrate the communities that make up our great city. In addition to picking up your locally grown and crafted items, you can meet special guests, see cooking demonstrations, learn from the DC Central Kitchen Truck Farm and listen to the Columbia Heights Education Campus band!
The USDA Farmers Market features farmers/vendors from across the metro area selling fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, prepared foods, baked goods, kettle popcorn, local honey products, hand-made soap and more. The market is open every Friday through the fall from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the USDA Headquarters Building parking lot at the corner of 12th Street & Independence Avenue, S.W. A special opening ceremony will begin at 9:45 a.m.
The USDA Farmers Market is another part of the DC community that makes our city such a vibrant place to live, work, and visit.


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The audience in the U.S. has a shorter attention span. That’s one of the lessons from Nielsen’s Advertising and Audiences: State of the Media report released yesterday that shows how the advertising landscape is changing along with its audience.
The once inviolable 30-second commercial spot is losing ground to shorter, 15-second commercials. According to Nielsen Neuro, Nielsen’s consumer neuroscience data arm, 15-second commercials can be just as effective or more effective than 30-second commercials. Using Electroencephalography (EEG) data showing when people were most engaged, Nielsen made 15-second, “neuro-optimized” versions of the old commercials that performed just as well as their counterparts.
“Shorter ads can be highly emotionally engaging and very effective at activating our memory networks,” said Senior Vice President at Nielsen Neuro Blake Burrus. “And, they often require less attention to process them.” Advertisers are seemingly aware that they can get more with less, as the percentage of 15-second commercials grew to 41% in 2013, while 30-second and other lengths decreased in prevalence.
In online streaming, less is more as well — at least in the case of YouTube. It towers over other streaming services Netflix and Hulu in numbers of unique viewers.
YouTube has so many more viewers in part because it has so much more content and it doesn’t charge subscribers. But that mountain of viewers, on average, spends a lot less time on the site than its competitors’. YouTube’s videos are predominantly short — the right length to appeal to a broad audience.


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BOE, the International trade show for experience marketing – and strategic partner of LiveCom Alliance – is postponed to 19 and 20 January 2022 in Dortmund, Germany. However, the BOE INTERNATIONAL will start a new 365-day online platform from 09 Juni 2021!
More information coming soon. Check website BOE.
Heavent Awards; it has been decided to postpone Heavent Meetings to April 19th, 20th and 21st, 2022 at the Palais des Festivals – Cannes. Dates on which the exhibitors and buyers will be even more involved in projects and budgets and consequently make this event a succes for all.


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F1-IMG, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Wexer-Intelivideo, Inter Milan- Recrowd
In a day marked by the possible sale of McFit and the reduction in the debt issue of FC Barcelona, the sports industry has left other news:
F-1 sells IMG its emission rights on the planes until 2025
The World Championship of Motorsports has sealed an agreement with the sports marketing agency to ensure the broadcast of the competition on planes. Sport 24 and Sport 24 Extra will broadcast over 150 hours of live coverage, plus highlights from every race weekend for fans on the planes. The economic details of the agreement that will last for the next three years are unknown.
Dick’s Sporting Goods grows outdoors with the purchase of a brand from Walmart
The American chain, dedicated to the distribution of sporting goods, has acquired Moosejaw, Walmart’s retailer specializing in outdoor sports. The financial details of the operation have not been disclosed.
Wexer grows in the United States with the purchase of the Intelivideo fitness class platform
The virtual training platform has announced the acquisition of the fitness platform. As part of the agreement, Intelivideo clients will become part of Wexer. The financial details of the deal are unknown.
Inter innovates: signs a real estate crowdfunding as sponsor
The Serie A club has joined the crowdfunding platform Recrowd of the real estate sector as a sponsor until the 2024-2025 season. As part of the agreement, the platform will have brand visibility in the Italian club’s matches. The financial details of the operation have not been disclosed.


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Nintendo has announced the acquisition of Canadian developer Next Level Games. The companies have been working together for a few years, including on the development of Luigi's Mansion games.
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Carcassonne and Ticket to Ride are two video games that are based on board games with their respective titles, being offered to claim for free this week by the Epic Games Store. Pandemic not included.


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Costa Coffee boosts Whitbread sales leaving rivals trailing in its wake
Whitbread boss Andy Harrison said Costa Coffee was leaving rivals trailing in its wake as the high street chain extended its unblemished 41-month record of sales growth.
The firm, which also includes Premier Inn hotels, reported a 13.9 per cent increase in sales in the 13 weeks to May 31, a rise of 4.5 per cent stripping out the impact of new store openings.
Expanding: Costa Coffee is opening stores in the UK and abroad
Costa, which is in the midst of an ambitious expansion programme both in the UK and abroad, proved the highlight, with underlying sales up 8.4 per cent.
Harrison said Costa was ‘definitely winning share’. ‘We know that the chief financial officer of Starbucks said that in the first calendar quarter their UK sales were up slightly,’ he said.
‘Ours are up more than slightly.’ He hailed the impact of a push into coffee machines, which Whitbread insists should be called ‘self-service coffee bars’.
Sales are up nearly 30 per cent in Costa Enterprises, which houses the vending machine business.
Harrison said occupancy in Premier Inn hotels on the Sunday of the Diamond Jubilee weekend reached a record 86 per cent, compared to an average for Sunday nights in the fifties.
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BEIJING Reuters – China’s exports surged more than expected in July regardless of U.S. tasks and its intently watched surplus with the USA remained near record highs, as the world’s two most important financial powers ramp up a bitter dispute that some fear may derail international growth.
within the latest circulate through President Donald Trump Ceme to position force on Beijing to barter change concessions, Washington is set to initiate accumulating 25 p.c tariffs on one other $sixteen billion in chinese language goods on Aug. 23.
In a press release on its reliable website late on Wednesday, China’s commerce ministry criticized the U.S. circulation as being “unreasonable”, saying it had no option but to undertake the equal measure on an equal volume of yankee goods ranging from gasoline and steel items to vehicles and clinical machine.
Wednesday’s chinese language statistics give the primary readings of the average alternate image for the realm’s 2nd-greatest economic system on account that united states of americaresponsibilities on $34 billion of chinese imports came into effect on July 6.
all the same, China’s exports for July rose an even bigger than anticipated 12.2 percent yr-on-year, showing little tariff have an effect on for now and beating June’s 11.2 % upward thrust and analysts expectations in a Reuters poll for 10 % increase.
Of greater direct final result within the Sino-U.S. trade warfare, China’s surplus with the us shrank best marginally to $28.09 billion closing month from a list $28.97 billion in June. Washington has lengthy criticized China’s exchange surplus with the USA and has demanded Beijing cut it.
these calls for may get much more strident if the yuan’s sharp drop in fresh months raises the ire of the us, which has during the past again and again criticized Beijing for manipulating its currency to benefit an unfair trade capabilities.
Economists say China appears to be taking a greater fingers-off approach to the yuan, which marked its worst 4-month fall on listing between April and July and has offered some reprieve for exporters in the face of the rising trade tensions.
ANZ senior China economist Betty Wang stated Beijing will possible face up to the usage of its intently managed currency as a tool within the alternate conflict.
“forex devaluation, which can also have helped exports to some extent, has been largely market-driven in our view and isn’t a preferred coverage tool by using chinese policy makers as part of the retaliation measures,” Wang stated.
China’s trade with the U.S. also continued to upward push in July regardless of the tariffs, with exports up 11.2 % year-on-yr, and imports expanding 11.1 p.c.
Analysts still predict a much less favorable typical change steadiness for China in coming months given it’s early days within the tariff brawl.
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After a strong initiate to the yr, increase in the world’s 2nd-greatest economy cooled a bit within the 2nd quarter, partly hit by using the government’s years-long efforts to address debt risks.
China’s imports rose 27.3 p.c 12 months-on-yr in July, in a sign home demand is still solid, however the be troubled is that the escalating Sino-U.S. alternate warfare, rising corporate bankruptcies, and a steep decline in the yuan could put a major dent on the financial system.


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Reportedly, a single Bitcoin Cash [BCH] address has processed more than 50% of the transactions in the past month. The address started sending and receiving transactions from 8th April 2019. The total number of transactions made from that address is 607,383.
The value of most transactions noted on 7th May is 0.00000732 BCH and 0.00001216 BCH. Moreover, the transactions to spent in bulk at the same time of the day. More than five hundred transactions of 0.00000732 BCH were sent at the same time on 7th May 2019.
The total Bitcoin Cash [BCH] currently held in the address is 4.25946401 BCH, currently valued at around $1250. At the price of $290 per BCH, the value of each transaction is only about $0.002522. It was first to the media notified through a twitter post on May 6, 2019.
The wallet address is: 1b1itzeSKYEKhdcthUSnNJ47Fx2U8Zwwn
The transaction volume plot of BCH versus time over the last month has also seemed to verify the statistic. As the total number of the daily transaction were below 20k since the past quarter, a sudden jump in was noticed early in April. While there have been other isolated incidents of an increase in the number of transactions, the move after 8th April has held the total number of transactions above 40k consistently.
Furthermore, the price of Bitcoin Cash [BCH] gained more than 100% after Bitcoin’s bullish move on 2nd April 2019. Bitcoin Cash [BCH] has held its gains from April as it traded above $290.
The owner of the address and the reason for the nature of such transactions is still unclear.
Do you see suspicions of shilling BCH by the move or there is another authentic explanation for it? Please share your views with us.


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Since last fall, Volkswagen dealers have tried to keep it business as usual despite the German automaker's revelation that it cheated on its U.S. diesel emissions tests.
To do that, dealers have had to tweak operations to not only keep customers, but keep employees, too.
"Whenever something like this happens, the focus is always on maintaining a good sales force," said Chip Maher, principal of dealership 20 Group consulting firm CWM Consulting in Richmond, Va.
VW's scandal is a black eye to the brand and has hurt its new-car sales. It's forced a halt to its diesel vehicle sales, and dealership values have plummeted to zero among some buy-sell advisers. Many VW dealers say that makes hiring and retaining sales staff especially challenging.
"Without a doubt, it's a little tougher attracting people to Volkswagen right now," said Maher. "There's a squeeze on hiring until the throughput starts coming up."
Through July, VW brand's U.S. light-vehicle sales were down 14 percent from a year earlier to 177,772. That's below an industry gain of 1.1 percent, according to the Automotive News Data Center.
In a statement, Volkswagen Group of America said that since the diesel cheating scandal become public, it has "maintained a regular dialogue with dealers and the Volkswagen National Dealer Advisory Council to support their needs." VW declined further comment on whether it was helping dealers retain sales staff.


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Science keeps winning! Scientists recently transplanted a pig’s kidney into a human being without immediate rejection by the immune system.
A step in the right direction, the achievement could help ease the shortage of human organs for transplant by using animal organs.
Performed at the NYU Langone Health in New York City, the procedure used the kidney of a pig whose genes had been modified to get rid of a particular molecule which causes human immune systems to reject animal organs.
According to Reuters, the recipient of the pig kidney is a comatose patient who was experiencing kidney dysfunction. The subject’s family consented to the pig kidney transplantation before she was set to be taken off life support.
How was the procedure done?
In the pilot phase of the transplant, the pig kidney was attached to her blood vessels but kept outside the body. This gave researchers access to the kidney for three days in case things were to go awry.
The kidney function after the transplant appears to be normal so far. Turns out the kidney is also making as much urine as expected from a kidney. In fact, Dr. Robert Montgomery, the lead researcher of the study told Reuters that it’s working akin to a human kidney.
The most telling sign of the pig kidney working? The recipient’s kidney function has become normal again. Earlier, the subject’s creatinine levels were abnormal and now they appear stable.
Kidney shortage in India
Researchers across the globe have been working for decades to transplant animal kidneys into humans. Unfortunately, the immediate rejection has remained extremely high among recipients. With this new pig kidney transplant, things may be headed for a shake-up.
According to Narayana Health, almost 200,000 patients in India are awaiting organ donation with only 15,000 available donors. This gap could be filled with animal transplants modelled around this one.
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has amended the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Regulation, EU 64/2012, to add 27 pesticides and eight industrial chemicals into Annex I, bringing the total to 295. As a result, EU exporters are now required to notify their intentions to export them from 1 November onwards.
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In the second half of 2022, China unveiled the details of its data export regulations, providing further explanations to its existing laws and regulations on data.
The current energy crisis has reached an unsustainable level for the European chemical industry. For the first time ever, the EU imports more chemicals than it exports, both in volume and value, resulting in a trade deficit of € 5.6 bn for the first half of 2022.
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The shipping industry is now returning to normality and is in a downward spiral. The cost of shipping goods from China has slumped to the lowest level in more than two years as the world economy stumbles, dimming prospects for container carriers that turned in record profits during the pandemic.
No precipitous plunge in container shipping rates, just ‘orderly’ decline.
The global food and beverage market size is expected to grow from $5.8 trillion in 2021 to $6.4 trillion in 2022 at a growth rate of 9.7%. The food and beverage market size is expected to grow to $8.9 trillion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate of 8.7%.


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By Michael Dunne
Where Chinese solar panels lead, can made-in-China cars be far behind?
China has the capacity to build twice as many solar panels as the world needs–so much so that the Middle Kingdom, according to European officials, has been dumping them overseas. So desperate is the drive to unload extra stock that the Chinese are selling at prices 88% below market value, according to EU trade officials. The EU approved punitive tariffs last week.
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We’re bound to see a similar, if not quite as extreme, story in cars. By 2018 Chinese and global auto makers, with new factories scattered across China, will be equipped to make more than 30 million cars a year. To put that number in perspective, consider that 30 million cars amount to twice the size of the entire U.S. market.
At the same time, car demand in China has slowed significantly since the heady figures of the last decade, resulting in a yawning gap between capacity and sales. Car dealers nationwide reported mounting inventories in May, a surfeit of idle metal.
Chinese officials, however, remain sanguine. “In the past three decades every time we thought there was overcapacity in the auto industry, we were proved wrong,” Dong Yang, chairman of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, told reporters earlier this week.
Maybe so. But looking in the rearview mirror means you can neglect to see what is right in front of you. And what is becoming increasingly apparent is that new car-making capacity is being added as quickly as ever–global and Chinese auto makers have announced billions of dollars in expansion plans through 2020.
With such a huge base–China is now the world’s largest market–one year of lackluster growth can throw supply and demand completely out of kilter. Cars not absorbed within China will need to find an alternative home in overseas markets.
The looming China car export threat has not gone unnoticed. “If China exports only 10% of what it produces, the risk we face in our home markets is enormous,” Sergio Marchionne, chief executive of Chrysler and Fiat, warned recently.
Amidst slower growth in China, Chinese vehicle exports are already jumping. In 2012, China shipped more than one million cars for the first time. That number could double to two million by 2016. Today, the vast majority of Chinese car exports go to emerging markets in Africa, the Middle East and South America, where customers care more about price than fit and finish.
Now, however, the Chinese are starting to deliver cars into more sophisticated markets like Australia and South Africa, threatening to deliver knockout blows to some established local producers.
Ford Motor last month announced its decision to stop making cars in Australia, citing an expensive home currency and killer competition from Asian producers, including the Chinese. “Manufacturing is not viable for Ford in Australia in the long term,” Ford Australia President Bob Graziano told reporters. Australian consumers find Chinese car prices, which start as low as $12,000, simply irresistible.
As with solar panels, the decisive car battleground will be in Europe, where Germany is the only remaining competitive manufacturer of cars. Look for the Chinese to enter the continental market via the younger markets in Eastern Europe.
But they won’t stop there Great Wall Motor, China’s largest SUV maker, has already planted showrooms in Rome and other European capitals.
How things play out in Europe will undoubtedly have implications for the U.S. market in the years ahead.
If car demand in China remains tepid, you can bet on seeing more Chinese cars on European streets in a hurry. Then it will be up to the European Commission to determine just how far below market value China-made cars are priced.
China, already angry about new EU tariffs on solar panels, will no doubt counter punch with an investigation into Europe’s lucrative luxury car exports to China.
When trade tempers flare it is easy to lose sight of the core provocateur. There’s simply too much capacity. Massive investment in new car plants–by both foreign joint ventures and Chinese companies – has been based on the key assumption that China’s economy would continue to expand at high rates of growth. That’s no longer the case–and the pain is just starting to register.
A leading expert on China’s auto industry, Michael Dunne has been consulting to global and Chinese automakers in China for over two decades. He speaks fluent Mandarin and has lived in China, on and off, since 1986. He is the author of “American Wheels, Chinese Roads: The Story of General Motors in China.” Follow him on Twitter @DunneCarsAsia.
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Thinking Post-COVID: How Will US FDA Transition Drug, Vaccine EUAs To Full Approvals?
Sponsors seek clarity about the transition process, which could last a year or longer.
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Lilly appeared to benefit from agency’s increased familiarity in treating COVID-19 with these types of biologics. Changing nature of the pandemic and the loss of utility of older antibodies due to the Omicron variant may have also played a role in the data required for latest EUA.
Manufacturers whose COVID-19 related products reached market via the US FDA emergency use authorization pathway will soon face a choice as to whether to get additional clearances stay on the market or not. According to Alston and Bird attorney Ben Wolf, the time to prepare is now.


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Well it seems that sales of the Mazda RX-8 have lead to it's death -
poor sales that is. Couple that with new tighter emissions standards
and the death blow was on the wall. Mazda only sold just over 1100
cars last year and sales are down 21% this year.
Mazda Motor Corp. has canceled production of its RX-8 rotary engine
sports car, citing falling sales and stringent global emissions
Production in Hiroshima, Japan, ended in early July and global sales
of the car will conclude later this year.
The RX-8 and the three generations of the RX-7 that preceded it have
long been the foundation the brand's fun-to-drive aura. The car's
high-revving 1.3-liter, twin-rotor rotary engine produces 232 hp at
8,500 rpm -- a big punch in a relatively small package.
But Mazda sold just 1,134 RX-8s last year, a 49 percent decline from
2009. Sales through July of 2011 were down another 21 percent.
The RX-8, which has a base price of $27,590, including shipping,
peaked at 23,690 sales in 2004. But the first-generation RX-7
surpassed 50,000 units throughout the early 1980s.
Mazda's U.S. dealers had 300 units in stock as of Aug. 1 for a 118-day
supply, according to the Automotive News Data Center.
Mazda pulled the RX-8 from the European market last year after the car
failed to meet local emissions standards. Without volume from Europe,
Mazda couldn't justify selling the RX-8, a Mazda source said.
Exporting vehicles from Japan also has become more difficult. The
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According to new analysis just released one third of all new cars sold worldwide could be electric by the end of the decade, bringing the total number of EVs sold in a single year to 31.1 million globally.
The accounting giant Deliotte’s latest battery electric vehicle market study increases its previous annual car sales projection by around 10 million, pointing to rapidly changing consumer sentiment towards battery cars over the coming decade which means peak demand for petrol and diesel cars may have already passed.
In the United Kingdom, Deloitte’s research found 50 per cent of UK consumers would consider an EV as their next vehicle purchase, based on a survey of almost 1500 adults considering purchasing a car within the next three years.
However, a third of those respondents raised concerns around a lack of charging infrastructure in the UK, leading Deloitte to urge “continued investment in charging facilities”.
Doing so could help the UK surpass a 32 per cent global EV market share by 2030, and to reaching as much as 65 per cent of the domestic market in the same period, according to Jamie Hamilton, head of electric vehicles at Deloitte.
“The price premium attached to many electric vehicles restricted some early adopters but, as the cost of EVs have converged with petrol and diesel equivalents, the pool of prospective buyers is set to increase,” he told British environmental news website BusinessGreen.
“A wider range of new electric vehicles, combined with a growing second-hand market, means EVs are becoming a more viable option for many.
“However, overcoming consumer concerns around driving range and perceived lack of charging infrastructure will be important factors as more drivers consider the practicalities of switching to electric.”
COVID-19 disruption has hit the global car market hard, wreaking havoc on international supply chains and forcing the temporary closure of dealerships, forcing projections for growth in EV sales in 2020 to be marked down as a result.
Yet Deloitte’s analysis predicts significant resilience in the EV market going forward, concluding petrol and diesel vehicle sales may have already passed their peak.
“Consequently, the outbreak of COVID-19 means we have likely seen petrol and diesel vehicles reach their sales peak, albeit relatively unnoticed.
“With total annual car sales unlikely to return to pre-pandemic levels until 2024, even if sales growth in the petrol and diesel market returns, it is likely to experience a decline in market share thereafter.”
Based on a compound annual growth rate of 29 per cent, Deloitte’s analysis predicts global EV sales could top 11.2 million in 2025 and 31.1 million by 2030, by which point fully electric vehicles will account for 81 per cent of all new EVs sold, the research suggests.
Alongside shifting consumer attitudes, a favourable regulatory environment marked by financial incentives, emissions targets and the development of new EV models across all ends of the market should further fuel EV uptake over the coming decades, Deloitte predicts.
Additionally, as company cars and fleets continue to represent the majority of all new car sales, a shift to EVs at a corporate level will further the global transition to electric, Deloitte’s study notes.
EV manufacturers welcomed the study’s findings.
“We are facing a climate emergency and must act now to accelerate the end of the internal combustion engine,” said Fiona Howarth, CEO at Octopus Electric Vehicles told BusinessGreen.
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The French fashion industry has come together for a one-off fashion auction to raise money for healthcare workers.
La Mode S’Engage will help fund non-profit organisation #ProtegeTonSoignant, which has been sourcing and distributing supplies to French healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
So far more than 80 brands have been confirmed for the auction, including Chanel, Celine, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga and Comme des Garçons, reports Business of Fashion.
Each designer will either customise an archive item or design a new piece from scratch for the auction, which must include a reference to the signature blue colour of #ProtegeTonSoignant.
The item will be sold to the highest bidder and all proceeds will go to French hospitals and healthcare workers.
#ProtegeTonSoignant only launched five weeks ago and has already raised over €5 million (about £4.2 million), with support from the Fédération de la haute couture et de la Mode and the French Fashion Institute.
Nicolas Santi-Weil, who is spearheading La Mode S’Engage told Business of Fashion that “the goal is to raise as much money as possible”.
He added: “We want to be a helping hand… to the work of the state.”
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A booking engine of a brand new Web site aimed at making Tobago the vacation destination in the Caribbean brought in $100,000 in revenue for hotels and guesthouses on the island soon after it was officially launched.
The Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association spent the last year working on the site which features information about the island, trip ideas, a map, photo gallery, attractions and the booking engine when visitors can book their dream holiday to Tobago in seconds. There is also a chat feature where visitors can ask questions about the island and receive an immediate response.
The Web site was created by Synapse Development Group, designed by the Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association’s Marketing Committee and funded by the Tourism Division of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), which continually supported the idea of a new look website. It was launched at the Magdalena Grand Beach Resort, with the Minister of Tourism Stephen Cadiz and Avion Hercules, representing the Division of Tourism, among the invited guests.
Chairman of the Marketing Committee, Duane Kenny said: “Technology is now the key to marketing a destination. Ninety per cent of holiday bookings in the UK alone are influenced by something online and we need to tap into that.
“The look of a Web site is key and ours has a nice, clean presentation and is full of exciting content and photos which are updated regularly. It can be downloaded to any device which makes it extremely user friendly. It is an invaluable way to market Tobago and hotels and guesthouses on the island are already seeing the benefits.” The site links into social media like Facebook and You Tube which are key tools in influencing where visitors choose to spend their vacation.
President of the Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association, Nicholas said: “This is a momentous day. A tremendous amount of work has gone into this project and I can proudly say that we now have one of the best Web sites representing Tobago. Ninety eight per cent of our members are now subscribed to the site and we’re now looking forward to the benefits. We could not have done it without the support and commitment of the Tourism Division of the Tobago House of Assembly, Synapse and the hard work of marketing committee.”
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Malaysia pioneered the world’s first automated commodities trading platform — Bursa Suq Al-Sila — last August. Since then, despite its enhanced capability to handle multi commodities in different currencies, it has limited its transactions to crude palm oil (CPO).
Having enjoyed considerable growth with wider acceptance in international markets, the Bursa Malaysia is currently looking at all possibilities to expand Bursa Suq Al-Sila’s commodity portfolio by introducing metal and rubber trading as well as new specifications of CPO.
Addressing the recently held Palm and Lauric Oils Conference and Exhibition 2010, Bursa Malaysia’s global head of Islamic markets, Raja Teh Maimunah, said when revealing the plans: “In the Bursa Suq Al-Sila concept, the bank buys a commodity directly from the supplier such as a CPO producer at the market rate and sells it to a customer at a profit.
“Currently one specification of CPO is traded at Bursa Suq Al-Sila and we are looking at introducing new specifications. We are also looking at metal and rubber trading which will perform well. We believe that these steps will help Malaysia to further strengthen its position as the leading Islamic financial center in the world.”
According to industry sources, the world market dependence on palm oil is expected to increase, projecting 2.7 million tons in consumption this year. The European Union alone is expected to witness a 0.3 million tons increase in consumption, China by 0.6 million tons and India by 0.5 million tons.
In order to satisfy this demand, world exports of palm oil are forecast to increase by 1.4 million tons to a record 36.8 million tons in October to September in 2009/10, thus accounting for 63% of world exports of all major vegetable oils. With this growing demand the Bursa Suq Al-Sila would have more transactions and more widely used among Shariah compliant traders.
“The opening price for CPO is benchmarked against previous day’s trading which makes it difficult to manipulate. Currently, I am not in a position to disclose the trade volumes or the value of the transactions executed automatically at the Bursa Suq Al-Sila. However, we are confident that business will continue to grow with the proposed changes,” Raja Teh added.


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Call of Duty fans have received a new premium title every year since 2005. The series has recently stepped into the free-to-play world, however, with the Call of Duty Mobile game and the reportedly soon-to-be-released Warzone battle royale mode.
But Activision confirmed these new entries won’t affect the annual premium releases, according to a report from VGC. Instead, they’ll be used to attract new players and older players who may have abandoned the series.
Call of Duty has a rotating cast of developers who each take turns developing a title. Most recently, Modern Warfare was developed by Infinity Ward, and Black Ops 4, which came before MW, was developed by Treyarch. This cycle for each developer allows a title to be released every year for fans to enjoy. Recently, Call of Duty has released a free-to-play mobile game and the upcoming Warzone battle royale will likely be a free standalone mode.
The main titles released annually will still be the focus of the series, however. The free-to-play modes will act as a “third pillar” alongside these releases.
Call of Duty Mobile has been successful in the mobile gaming vertical and Warzone will look to replicate the success of Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode. Battle royale games and mobile titles are two of the most popular and growing sections of gaming, so these entries could help Call of Duty capitalize on the markets of each. The two games also serve as an entry for new players and fans who might not have purchased a main title of Call of Duty recently.
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Fairtrade battle is bearing fruit in Norwich
A group of Norwich fairtrade fruit campaigners said they would continue helping exploited fruit farmers from all corners of the globe – from their base in Magdalen Street.
The not-for-profit organisation Banana Link has been campaigning for better working conditions for workers in third world countries for 14 years.
They have helped fruit farmers, particularly in the banana trade, to make use of the help offered to them by the bigger fairtrade food companies such as UK Food Group, Trade Justice Movement and Fairtrade Foundation.
Fuelled by the injustices that they had seen in the South America and the Caribbean, the group established themselves in Norfolk to try to help.
National co-ordinator of Banana Link Jacqui Mackay, who lives in Nelson Street, runs the Norwich office along with finance manager Helen Mian, of West Parade, and administrator Liz Day, of Unthank Road.
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She said: 'The workers are exposed to a huge range of health problems and it is a really stark contrast to how people work in the developed world. One in four bananas in the UK now comes through a fairtrade organisation, but the other ways that bananas are grown is really terrible.
'We are just a tiny organisation, but our strength is in our partnerships with Christian Aid, Fair Trade Foundation and trade unions. It is about us building those relationships in all different parts of the world to increase the capacity we have to make more impact and raise awareness.'
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Banana Link has helped fairtrade food grow by almost a fifth over the last two years. Fairtrade food grew by 64pc to reach sales of �749m, showing that work by bodies such as Banana Link is beginning to make an impact.
Ms Mackay said: 'I remember being involved with a street play and all kinds of things to try to promote awareness years ago. I remember trying to get cafes in Norwich to offer fairtrade coffee and now there's no coffee shop you can go into that doesn't.
'Sainsbury's only sells fairtrade bananas so I think nearly everyone knows now.'
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Fattmerchant, a merchant services provider, has teamed up with Axiom Bank to provide flat rate payment processing to its customers, focusing on small business needs.
Axiom Bank offers retail banking services through its 20 branch locations, 19 of which are inside select Walmart Supercenters across Florida.
Under the agreement, small business customers using Axiom Bank can be recommended to select Fattmerchant as their merchant services provider, reducing variable fees on credit card processing by offering zero markups.
For a flat monthly membership, Fattmerchant slashes monthly costs by cutting markups, surcharges, or ancillary fees to the interchange rates of Visa, MasterCard or American Express.
Commenting on the agreement, Fattmerchant founder and CEO Suneera Madhani said: “We share a similar goal with Axiom Bank: providing small businesses in our community with the resources they need to grow their business, and increase their bottom line along the way.
“Many business owners are spending too much money on monthly merchant processing invoices, which are often more expensive than they should be.
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Princess Cruises has announced its new line-up of 2021 UK and Europe-based cruises, with three Royal-class ships based in Europe, including the newest addition to the line’s fleet, Enchanted Princess.
The ships will sail on a series of voyages to the Mediterranean, northern Europe, British Isles and Canada & New England.
Enchanted Princess is due to officially join the Princess fleet later this year, and will spend May to September, 2021 sailing roundtrip from Rome on a series of brand new 7 and 14 night voyages calling at a variety of Mediterranean destinations including Corfu, Kotor, Marseille and Naples.
The ship will then continue to sail between Rome and Barcelona on a series of 11 night Grand Mediterranean voyages.
Sky Princess will spend its first UK season from April to September, 2021 sailing roundtrip from Southampton on 8 and 12-night British Isles cruises, as well as a series of 12-night Scandinavia & Russia voyages.
Similarly, Regal Princess will spend April to October sailing from Southampton to a variety of destinations including Iceland and Norway, the Mediterranean, Canary Islands, the Baltic and Canada & New England,with voyages ranging in length from 4 to 24-nights.
All voyages in the new line-up are included as part of Princess’ latest stateroom upgrade offer, meaning that all customers booking these voyages between September 22, 2020 and November 23, 2020 can take advantage of a free upgrade to a balcony from an inside stateroom.
“Having three Royal-class ships sailing in Europe next year including two based in Southampton is testament to our commitment to offering U.K. holidaymakers an enhanced Medallion Class service, new onboard experiences and a wealth of holiday options without the need to travel too far from home,” said Tony Roberts, Vice President, Princess Cruises UK and Europe.
“We truly are so excited for every guest to experience these voyages,” he added. “The addition of the new itineraries gives UK guests the opportunity to visit more destinations from Southampton than ever before, as well as the ease of travelling roundtrip from Rome for those who prefer to take a short flight straight out to the sunshine.”
“With the free balcony upgrade now available and so many itineraries to choose from, there really is no better time to book,” he added.
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It was business as usual Saturday morning at the CAFE pot shop on Harbord Street.
Never mind the police raid days earlier or the massive concrete blocks still barring the door. The little-pot-shop-that-could and its enterprising cannabis salespeople were busy taking and filling orders outside the storefront.
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Call it a sidewalk sale.
The illegal shop was doing a thriving business and even proving its place in the community as staff handed out ice-cold bottled water in Saturday’s oppressive heat.
There were about 20 people outside the store at 104 Harbord St.
Last week, four CAFE locations around the city were closed down by police and formidable concrete blocks were dropped across doors and windows to prevent entry.
But there’s more than one way to skin a cat.
After removing the blocks with a forklift, the Cafe reopened briefly Thursday until cops put the concrete slabs back in place. On Friday patrons were being advised to order their pot online from the CAFE website. Then, a day later, sales resumed on Harbord as staff took to the sidewalk outside.
Respectful, friendly and careful not to block the sidewalk, customers and staff alike at CAFE were outspoken on the flawed system that is legal cannabis.
COP BLOCKED: Concrete blocks no barrier to illegal dispensary owners
BRAUN: Cannabis chaos continues for CAFE
Advocate Kevin Busch spoke passionately about the medical marijuana users — those with arthritis, cancer, anxiety disorders, HIV, chronic pain and many other issues— who rely on the store and its quality product on a daily basis.
Many of them use edibles, which are not yet available in government stores. And they can’t wait two or three days for delivery.
Even if they could, they don’t want inferior government product.
Busch elaborated on legal marijuana, some of which has been found in the past to contain mould or pesticides.
“A 19-year-old kid is going to smoke that and potentially be poisoned,” said Busch, who claims the government sells second-rate pot.
All dispensaries are not created equal, but the CAFE store on Harbord does appear to be a community centre of sorts; several clients praised the establishment for its professional, knowledgeable staff and excellent products.
John, a neighbour of the facility, decried the waste of money and manpower involved in blocking off the CAFE stores with slabs of concrete.
He also voiced his concern, as did Kevin Busch, about the young people who may lose their jobs if CAFE is shut permanently.
In other conversations, people spoke about Julian Fantino, Bill Blair and the other former law enforcement officers who are now part of the cannabis business, and it seems many people are still very unhappy about who will profit from the legalization of pot.
Pot advocate Jodie Emery has said that the government simply hijacked an industry built by others, and it is difficult to argue otherwise.
Meanwhile, brisk sales continued — cash, debit, credit — in the background as people ordered cannabis products and picked up their purchases on the sidewalk at 104 Harbord.


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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Just after talking about that dream project of a Max Fleischer stylised "Indy" animated show comes news of the release of digitally remastered versions of the Superman shorts that Fleischer did back in the early 40's...
Wow. I've got these, but the chance to have pristine copies on my HDTV is too much to pass up. April 7th can't come soon enough!


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Around 65 per cent of people have been a victim of cybercrime, security vendor Symantec has said in a new report.
The firm’s latest Norton Cybercrime Report said that as a consequence just nine per cent of people feel "very safe" online while only three per cent of internet users think cybercrime wont happen to them.
Symantec said that 51 per cent of users had experienced viruses or malware, ten per cent had fallen foul of online scams while nine per cent had experienced so-called phishing attacks. Seven per cent had also experienced social network profile hacking and a similar number had been struck by credit card fraud.
"We should all be able to enjoy the Internet without fear of victimisation," said Symantec cyber security advisor Adam Palmer. "Empowerment will occur by raising awareness of the issues related to cybercrime and educating people."
The UK faired better than the global average of a 25 day resolution of cybercrime with a total cost $153, compared to the average of 28 days and $334. However nearly a third of victims globally (31 per cent) had never resolved a cybercrime, said the report.
Symantec said 83 per cent of people don’t use a seperate email address for online purchases which the firm claimed was "an easy ride" for cybercriminals. The report also claimed 74 per cent of people use a debit card for online purchases which risked having bank accounts cleaned out.
The report comes across as somewhat alarmist which is perhaps not surprising for a company which is looking to sell security products. However with the report compiled by a survey of 7,066 adults aged 18 and over in 14 countries, the results are nevertheless a sobering reminder of the size of the issue.


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For every piece of clothing it sells, the Philadelphia company, United by Blue, pledges to remove a pound of trash from oceans, rivers and creeks.
Volunteers and company employees keep that promise by descending upon temporary garbage dumps that contain just about everything you’d find in a typical landfill. But instead of the trash being properly disposed of, it had been a part of the six billion kilos of waste that pollute the ocean each year.
“The potential for that getting into the food chain and that polluting fish and ultimately us for eating fish is a big issue,” says Brian Linton, who has always been passionate about the ocean.
When he founded United By Blue in 2010, he decided his clothing company would make clean water its focus. For every item sold, he has pledged to remove a pound of trash - half a kilo - from rivers, oceans and other waterways.
“Doing something that matters is going to make our business successful and the environmental initiatives that we have successful,” he says.
United By Blue makes a statement about both fashion and the environment. Linton believes the world is connected by the oceans and his company lives up to its name by holding one or two cleanups every week each summer, using employees and recruiting volunteers.
“I think these cleanups can make a big change, and if you have enough of them, then it can make a big difference to people,” says Ally Canestri, a cleanup volunteer.
That’s true for Nick Tannahill, who’s on his second cleanup with his college fraternity and they plan to keep coming back.
“With any cleanup, really, it’s just hanging out with my brothers," Tannahill says. "Because we’re not at school, we don’t have to worry about work, we’re just doing something that we know is right, helping the community.”
The 60 cleanups United By Blue held last summer removed more than 36,000 kilos of trash.
“It’s really important for us to clean the waterways, the riverbanks and the shores that are close to where we live because it’s that last chance we have to grab that trash before it makes its way up to the ocean,” says employee Alli Blum, who believes protecting the ocean is a community responsibility.
United By Blue spends between $2,000 and $5,000 on each clean-up, which includes salaries for employees, food and beverage for all the helpers and disposal costs for the trash they collect.
Jaine Lucas, who heads the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute at Temple University, says the cleanups add value to United By Blue clothing.
“A lot of people will do that type of thing simply as a marketing ploy," she says. "And where Brian has been very successful is that his passion for oceans and water conservation has been sincere and very authentic to him.”
And to Linton, that means being more than another company that sells T-shirts.


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Whole Foods Market will sell live lobsters in its store in Portland, Maine. It contracted with Little Bay Lobster Co., which it says meets its standards for humane treatment in the catching and shipment of the animals.
Canadian agricultural officials confirmed the country's ninth case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The cow never entered the food chain. The country is instituting stricter feed laws in July to help eliminate the disease.
Indigo Wild, an unconventional, natural soap maker that sells its products in stores including Whole Foods and Wild Oats, has earned double-digit annual growth in the past few years. Industrywide, sales of natural body care products grew 16.6% to $679 million last year, according to market research and consulting company SPINS.


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American electric vehicle maker Tesla, which has been instrumental in taking EVs mainstream in international markets, has made its first move in the Indian market by registering its office in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The company has been registered as Tesla Motors India & Energy Pvt Ltd
Tesla’s manufacturing base in India is still unclear
Market launch sometime in 2021
Details on Tesla’s India operations
In an RoC (Registration of Company) document accessed by our sister publication Autocar Professional, Tesla has registered its office in Bengaluru. The company, registered as Tesla Motors India & Energy Pvt Ltd, has named three directors as part of its team in the country – Vaibhav Taneja, Venkatrangam Sreeram and David Jon Feinstein.
The company is registered with an authorised capital of Rs 15 lakh and paid-up capital of Rs 1 lakh. This announcement officially marks Tesla’s India entry in the state of Karnataka. It would be interesting to see if the company would setup its manufacturing base in Karnataka, or will continue to keep up the suspense and be wooed away by some other state.
What has started as a long wait for Indian consumers who had first eyed, and then booked, a Tesla in 2016 are expected to get their deliveries starting this year. As reported earlier, the Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari had confirmed that Tesla will begin deliveries in 2021.
Welcoming the announcement, the chief minister of Karnataka, B S Yediyurappa tweeted the following. “Karnataka will lead India's journey towards Green Mobility. Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Tesla will soon start its operations in India with an R&D unit in Bengaluru. I welcome @elonmusk to India & Karnataka and wish him all the very best. @PMOIndia @nitin_gadkari @Tesla”. He later deleted the tweet.
Tesla's first concrete move for an India innings comes a little over five years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Tesla Motors' plant in San Jose where he met Elon Musk. Around 10 months later, Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways & Shipping, also visited the Telsa manufacturing plant where the EV maker was urged to make India a manufacturing hub.
Big boost for Karnataka's e-mobility drive
Tesla’s decision to setup an office in Bangalore comes as a shot in the arm for the state of Karnataka, which is already home to Mahindra Electric and Ather Energy, two of the EV industry’s dynamic manufacturers. As is known, a number of states in India have unveiled EV-friendly policies including Delhi, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Chandigarh and Kerala.


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Two new surveys show that Apple tops the list for US consumers planning to buy a tablet this holiday season.
Just in case there was any doubt remaining about the growing popularity of tablets, Parks Associates published Friday the results of its latest survey into the buying habits of the US public this holiday season.
As well as highlighting which tablets will be the biggest sellers as 2012 draws to a close, the report shows that for the first time since Apple invented the market segment with the original iPad back in 2010, more US households with a broadband internet connection plan on purchasing a tablet than a notebook, netbook or ultrabook computer. The company's figures suggest that 33 percent of what it calls US broadband households already have a tablet (up from 15% in 2011) and that by the end of 2013 this figure will stand at 66 percent.
In terms of which tablets will be the most popular over the holiday season, Parks Associates has combined research from Q3 and Q4 of 2012 to see if consumers' intentions have changed as new tablets have rolled out onto the market, initial reviews have been published and retail prices confirmed.
Apple comes out on top with 44 percent of shoppers planning to buy an iPad 2 before the end of the year. Amazon's Kindle Fire is second with 24 percent and Microsoft's Surface is in third place with 21 percent, one place above the Google Nexus, with 12 percent.
"Apple continues to gain strength in key product categories," said John Barrett, Director, Consumer Analytics, Parks Associates. "In the tablet market, consumers initially expressed interest in the Microsoft Surface, but once pricing and product details were announced, holiday intentions to purchase a Microsoft Surface dropped to 21% in Q4 from 45% in Q3."
The report follows a conflicting survey published last week, commissioned by Thompson Reuters, that revealed only 4 percent of US shoppers considering a tablet purchase intended to buy a Microsoft Surface. But, like Parks Associates' research, it found that 42 percent of shoppers were interested in an iPad, 16 percent wanted a Kindle Fire and 14 percent were interested in a Samsung Galaxy tablet.


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With the emerging “Silver Tsunami,” a metaphor for our aging population, retailers are preparing for the tidal wave of some 78 million Baby Boomers turning 65 and over in the next 10 to 20 years
With their growing numbers and vast purchasing power, senior shoppers present both an opportunity and challenge for retailers. For some of the biggest names in the industry, including Kohl’s, Best Buy and Boscov’s – the 60-and–over crowd represents an important customer base already, and are doing even more to accommodate it.
“This demographic should be important to retailers as there is a gap between the scale of the senior consumer population’s purchasing power and the current offerings in the retail sector that are more geared toward younger shoppers,” said Deborah L. Weinswig, Managing Director at Fung Global Retail and Technology in New York.
She said the senior proportion in the U.S. was a substantial 14.8 percent, or nearly 48 million people in 2015, and projected to grow to 20.7 percent of the total 356 million population by 2020. Likewise, spending by U.S. seniors continues to grow faster than consumer spending in total.
Her recommendations for retailers:
- Lower shelves to make reaching items easier.
- Extra large- and large-sized sweaters positioned lower on racks. “Maybe not have all the sizes together so those who can’t reach that high can get to their size,” she said.
- Buttons to push so if she needs assistance in certain areas of the store a sales associate can come to her aid.
Some major retailers have taken steps recently to cater to seniors.
On Kohls.com, Kohl’s offers a special 15 percent discount every Wednesday in stores only for customers aged 60 and over.
Electronics giant Best Buy recently launched a pilot program, known as “Assured Living Service” in Denver and Minneapolis as a sensor-based notification service connecting caregivers with their loved ones through smart home technology. Best Buy consults with both the child and parent to customize a system that best meets their need and the company’s Geek Squad installs the technology in the parent’s home and offers training on using it.
The payoff potential is huge. Senior households wielded $1.43 billion in spending last year – up 6.7 percent from $1.34 billion in 2015, according to National Consumer Expenditure Surveys.The mean family wealth and before-tax real income of households headed by most age groups under 64 contracted considerably between 2001 and 2013, while households headed by seniors saw a significant increase in their average wealth and income in the same period.
On the consumer spending front, U.S. households consisting of those ages 65–74 direct a substantially greater share of their total spending to retail categories than the average household does, but households consisting of those ages 75 and older direct a lower share than average toward retail.
Fung researcher Swarooprani Muralidhar said seniors bought twice as many household supplies, cleaning products, books and periodicals, than they did clothing,(142 percent vs. 62 percent of their average household total spending in 2016.)
Senior couple Phil and Karin Damiani of Media, Delaware County, are loyal Boscov’s customers. While Phil Damiani, 67, likes perusing the Boscov’s at the renamed Promenade at Granite Run Mall, Karin, 64, does 90 percent of her shopping at Boscovs.com.
The couple made a rare shopping excursion together at the Boscov’s store last week so Karin could check out new frames for her glasses in the optical center. They also looked at furniture and appliances.
That afternoon store manager Robin Holman showed the couple specially located price-check scanners under shelves when Karin was unsure how much a quilt was.
Phil Damiani, a retired Delaware County Court executive director, or “restricted free agent,” as he jokingly refers to retirement, said he appreciates that kind of attentive customer service above all else.
“If I’m not sure where something else, it’s much more helpful if a person is able to take me by the hand and show me,” he said. “Anything [retailers] can do to be customer-friendly and help people determine if what they’re looking for is really what they want, is key to me.”
A part-time registered nurse, Karin said she likes being able to return online items directly to the closest Boscov’s store But the other reasons she’s gravitated toward online shopping have more to do with her stature and health.
Damiani said she used to be 5-foot-6 inches tall, but was now 5-foot-4 1/2 inches because of osteoporosis, which causes bones to become weak and brittle. Her condition started three years ago and has progressed. She also injured her back in 2014 after a fall, forcing her to wear a back brace at night.
About 50 percent of Boscov’s clientele is aged 60-and over, said CEO Jim Boscov.
“It’s an important part of the business for us,” he said. “Over the years, our stores are accommodating to seniors – such as signage that’s legible, making sure that things are not too high on shelves, and we introduced carts for them. If our associates see a customer carrying a heavy package, they’re trained to ask to help them, and to encourage them to take their package to customer pick up so they can just drive around and we load it in their car for them.”
Boscov’s recently started loading heavy packages for seniors in its Erie, Pa. store, and six weeks ago, the retailer began rolling out a hearing aid division in six stores, including the Media store where the Damiani’s shop.


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Mumbai: Videocon d2h, India’s fastest growing DTH company has closed the IPO processand is getting listed on NASDAQ, issuing ADR of worth $325 million to the public with current market cap of $1.15 billion.
Videocon d2h IPO has created several milestones by becoming the first Indian private company since the year 2000 to list overseas, largest Indian IPO in US since 2007 and first sizeable Indian listing on US exchanges since 2010, clearly indicating the renewed Global focus on India. The IPO has caught the attention of Top US funds with several multi billion dollar funds investing into the IPO.
At expected market cap of $1.15 billion, Videocon d2h will become the most valued Indian Company on NASDAQ.
Mr. Saurabh Dhoot – Managing Director, Videocon d2h said, “Our listing on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange is a major corporate milestone for the entire Indian Media industry not just Videocon d2h and a testament to the tremendous progress we have made under the Digital India vision of our Hon’ble Prime Minister. This is the success of thousands of Videocon d2h employees working tirelessly and our customers who believed in our brand, product and services. We have just begun…”
Videocon d2h has launched many firsts in the Indian DTH industry like the first to launch the 4K Ultra HD Channel, 1000 GB High Definition Digital Video Recorder, Radio Frequency Remote for DTH, Wireless DTH Headphones, 500 channels & services.
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THE NUMBERS ARE CRUNCHING PACKARD BELLIts grand strategy is coming up a billion dollars short
At Packard Bell NEC Inc., it looks as if the Grinch stole not only Christmas but the whole year. The company, which as recently as June bragged that it would soon be the leading U.S. seller of personal computers, has watched its sales and market share slowly slide since last January. A weak fourth quarter for computer retailers has only made matters worse.
The setback comes in stark contrast to Packard Bell's big plans. In April, it acquired Zenith Data Systems Corp. from France's Groupe Bull in exchange for 20% of the company. Three months later it took over NEC Corp.'s PC operations outside Japan and China--NEC got almost 40% of Packard Bell in stock and options in exchange. The resulting company, said Packard Bell CEO Beny Alagem then, would ring up $8 billion in sales in its first year--making it No. 1 worldwide.
THE PROBLEM. Alagem is coming up about a billion dollars short. The problem isn't Zenith, which picked up an Air Force contract in 1996 to supply about $1 billion worth of computers over the next three years. And it isn't NEC, which has been posting rising sales all year. It's the core Packard Bell brand, the one that almost single-handedly created the retail home computer market. ''Packard Bell makes up a much smaller percentage of the business than it did at the beginning of the year,'' says Stella Kelly, an analyst at market researcher Computer Intelligence.
It shows. Last year, Packard Bell accounted for 47% of all desktop computers sold through retailers, including computer and office superstores, consumer-electronics stores, and mass merchants such as Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Through October of this year, according to Audits & Surveys Worldwide, a New York-based sales tracking company, Packard Bell's share was down to 39%.
The competition is catching up in more ways than market share. Packard Bell won consumers over in years past by bringing new technology to market first and by pricing its computers below everyone else's. Rivals such as Compaq Computer Corp. and IBM, which in 1995 had yet to introduce home computers using Intel Corp.'s new Pentium chip, now are aping Packard Bell. ''The know-how that Packard Bell accumulated, and the approach to the market that they pioneered, is no longer theirs exclusively,'' says Richard J. Zwetch- kenbaum, an analyst at International Data Corp.
Plus, as the market moved from novice buyers to second-timers, many experienced consumers shied away from Packard Bell, citing its reputation for shoddy quality and indifferent service and support. And there are powerful new players in the market, including Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp., which launched home computers for the first time this year. Those models are hot sellers in electronics stores, where their brands are well known: At the Good Guys Inc. electronics chain, based in Brisbane, Calif., Sony accounted for 40% of PC sales in October. ''Sony is doing extraordinarily well for us,'' says CEO Robert A. Gunst. ''It's really taking sales from Packard Bell.''
Packard Bell professes not to be dismayed. ''A year ago, we decided to walk away from certain low-end price points,'' says Mal D. Ransom, senior vice-president of the privately held company. ''In doing so, we walked away from market share.'' Besides, he says, Packard Bell planned conservatively. ''We're taking a company focused on desktops at retail--a market that's bombarded by competition--and building an infrastructure to go far beyond our core business.''
There are signs that CEO Alagem is remaking the company. ''If Packard Bell wants to be the market leader, it will have to be a leader in brand loyalty and customer satisfaction, and they've figured that out,'' says IDC analyst Zwetchkenbaum. It mounted its first national TV advertising campaign this fall, aimed at building an image rather than pushing specific models. And Ransom says his first priority is to be the industry leader in quality, service, and support.
That's a tall order for a company that has been only marginally profitable at best. But Alagem has two big new investors in Groupe Bull and NEC, and he promised them an initial public offering within two years. He had better be planning on more than a lump of coal for Christmas 1997.
By Larry Armstrong in Los Angeles
Updated June 13, 1997 by bwwebmaster
Copyright 1996, Bloomberg L.P.


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Casino has started exclusive talks over buying online shoe retailer Sarenza, as the French supermarket operator looks to strengthen its online presence in the face of competition from Amazon and other Internet firms.
French supermarket chain Carrefour could be under pressure to do a deal with the likes of Amazon, after a deal between its French rival and a British online specialist threatened to leave it trailing behind online.
China will allow travel agencies in Beijing and Shandong to partly resume sales of group tours to South Korea, in a sign of thawing relations between the nations that have been locked in a year-long diplomatic standoff.
French retailer Auchan said on Monday it had not been approached by e-commerce giant Amazon about deals or partnerships in Europe, with speculation still rife that Amazon may be eyeing European transactions.
Privately-held French supermarket operator Leclerc has been approached by U.S. technology group Amazon over possible logistics partnerships, as speculation intensifies over Amazon’s intentions in the supermarket sector.


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As more and more regulations come into place when it comes to flying drones, it’s becoming more and more difficult to actually know where’s safe to fly. Did you know that drones are not permitted at Stonehenge due to the airspace being an RAF no-fly zone? Yeah, that means you can’t take stunning aerial photographs or videos over one of the UK’s most mysterious attractions.
There’s also a ton of other places in the UK alone which could get you in some serious trouble if you end up flying your drone. Places like Hyde Park, for example, are okay for you to fly your drone but send it two miles up the road however to Primrose Hill then you’ll likely be slapped with a hefty fine as it’s a Royal Park.
Fortunately, AttractionTix.co.uk has launched a brand new website which hopes to keep you out of trouble when sending your drone up in the air.
CanIFlyMyDrone.com, is a brand new site that educates and promotes the safe use of drones at attractions not only in the UK, but around the world. It also lets you know whether you need permission to fly your drone and who to contact in order to get that permission.
Simon Applebaum, Managing Director at AttractionTix.co.uk commented: “Many hobbyists and attractions across the world have used drones to capture truly stunning imagery and video, but we know that wrongly interpreting the many guidelines and regulations can result in serious safety violations. We know that the large majority of pilots are well intentioned, so we made CanIFlyMyDrone.com to give greater clarity and education around some of the world’s biggest attractions and locations.”
Right now the website offers a small collection of locations, but more are being added, companies can also add their own by contacting CanIFlyMyDrone.