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While government leaders in some suburbs have spent the year approving licensing fees, granting easements and declaring June as Library Month, aldermen in Calumet City have been embroiled in a dispute rife with political maneuvering, threats of lawsuits and possible long-range implications for the business climate in the southern suburb.
They want to know if a beauty parlor is a beauty parlor if it has a tanning bed inside.
At stake is the future of Seymour`s, a beauty parlor at 756 Sibley Blvd. in the south suburb. Owner Nanci Barfoot decided last summer to install a $3,000 tanning bed to help her compete in the beauty business.
Barfoot hung a sign outside her parlor advertising the new service. Neighbors and aldermen drove by and noticed.
Then the trouble started.
Barfoot`s opponents contend that the tanning bed constitutes a separate business and violates the zoning for the property Seymour`s occupies. They say she must unload the bed or close her parlor. Barfoot, however, maintains that the bed is merely the latest tool to help her beautify her customers.
After a year of fighting in city council meetings and trading barbs in suburban newspapers, both sides eagerly are awaiting a decision by the Illinois Department of Registration and Education that should define what constitutes a beauty parlor.
Ald. Dominick Gigliotti, who
requested the decision, said he figured that if anyone could define a beauty parlor, it would be the department, which licenses beauticians and inspects their establishments.
And he`s certain the agency will agree with the aldermen.
``My daughter was a beautician,`` Gigliotti said. ``I know there`s nothing about tanning on the beauticians licensing exam.``
Barfoot countered, ``I`m not going to back down like a puppy.``
For years, Seymour`s operated at Buffalo Avenue and Sibley Boulevard under a Calumet City policy that allows beauty parlors to operate on land zoned for residential use as long as the parlor owner lives on the property.
But the arrival of the tanning bed shattered the harmony. Last summer, Barfoot tried to end the controversy by petitioning the city council to rezone her land for commercial use. That just further infuriated neighbors and aldermen who charged that if she received the zoning change she planned to sell the shop and leave the neighborhood stuck with an auto body shop, a liquor store or--worse yet--a convenience store.
Barfoot said she had talked briefly with a woman who wanted to open a candy store where the parlor is but that for now she intends to keep Seymour`s.
Neighbors remain suspicious.
``I know all she wants to do is get rid of that place,`` said Bob Zabinski, a neighbor. ``God knows what they`d build there next. A while back they wanted to build a pizza parlor down the block.``
Through the whole ordeal, the tanning bed has reclined quietly in a back room at Seymour`s, there for all to use at $5 for a half-hour of tanning. Barfoot says she`s lucky if one customer a day uses the bed. But she intends to keep it to protest what she considers the aldermanic intrusion into her business affairs.
``The next thing they may try to fight me on is body steaming,`` she said.
The aldermen wish that Barfoot simply would follow their interpretation of city zoning laws. And they warn that if the state agency rules that tanning beds aren`t tools of beauty and Barfoot still refuses to remove her bed, they`ll instruct Calumet City police to fine her for every day the tanning bed stays.
The tough talk carries weighty implications for the beauty industry in the suburb. Barfoot said her salon is not the only shop in a residential area with a tanning bed.
Indeed, a phone call to a parlor a block from Seymour`s confirmed that tanning is available there, too. But a worker at the parlor hung up when she learned it was a reporter, not a potential customer.
A second call to the shop was answered by a woman who pleaded ignorance, adding, ``I`m just the shampoo girl.``
Barfoot said the aldermen are fighting a losing battle if they intend to challenge all beauty parlors violating city zoning laws. She warns that they could face a huge wave of public opposition if they press the issue. And for political support, she has sought help from State Rep. Frank Giglio (D., Calumet City) and U.S. Rep. Gus Savage (D., Ill.).
Barfoot warns that the aldermen shouldn`t underestimate her as a fighter. ``I`ve been in this business longer than they`ve been aldermen,`` she said.


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Attorney Frank Azar has flooded Colorado’s airways, byways and highways with advertisements for his personal injury law firm for three decades — but now the self-proclaimed “Strong Arm” alleges an out-of-state competitor is leveraging that prolific advertising to poach his clients.
In a lawsuit filed in Pueblo District Court last month, Azar claims the Alabama-based Slocumb Law Firm is creating deceptive advertisements on Google that make customers believe they’re calling Franklin D. Azar & Associates when they are, in fact, calling the out-of-state firm, which is headed by Alabama attorney Michael Slocumb and has just one lawyer in Colorado.
Slocumb’s firm buys Google ad keywords and uses metadata to ensure its ads pop up when users search for Frank Azar or his ubiquitous slogan, “The Strong Arm,” the lawsuit alleges. Slocumb’s ads then direct users to a call center where operators fail to correct callers’ misconception that they have reached Azar’s Aurora-based firm, the lawsuit says.
Slocumb has been accused of using similar tactics to target high-profile personal injury attorneys in multiple states, court records show. In the last four years, he’s been sued by personal injury attorney Jim Adler, known as “The Texas Hammer,” Alabama attorney Matt Abbot, known as “The Outlawyer,” and Louisiana attorney Morris Bart, who uses the tagline “One call, that’s all,” for similar complaints.
“The money at stake here is absolutely unbelievable,” Azar said in an interview. “They’re getting into the core business, using my reputation with the community, my ability to do advertising and preying on the public.”
Slocumb denied wrongdoing in an interview Wednesday and said his law firm has stopped using Azar’s keywords in its advertisements.
“Frank is going to lose the case,” he said. “…There’s nothing improper about the practice of bidding on a name through Google AdWords, nothing improper about it.”
In a motion to dismiss Azar’s lawsuit filed Tuesday, Slocumb’s attorneys argued that the tactics the firm uses — paying for its advertisements to show up when users Google other attorneys’ names or slogans — have been upheld by courts across the country.
“Merely purchasing keywords — whether those keywords are trademarked, patented or protected from commercial use by another — to display a separate and distinct advertisement from the searched term on Google is, simply, not violative of any Colorado (or federal) law or illegal in any way,” attorney Miranda Yancey wrote, repeating nearly word-for-word arguments made by another attorney for Slocumb in the Louisiana lawsuit.
The practice of using a competitor’s keywords to bring up another company’s advertisement online is “really common,” and is generally not considered to be copyright infringement, said Denver intellectual and commercial litigation attorney Thomas Howard, who is not involved with any of the lawsuits against Slocumb.
But it is illegal to purposely confuse and mislead consumers, he said, which Azar also alleges in his lawsuit. Azar claims that Slocumb’s ads direct users to a call center run by The Injury Solution LLC, which then directs clients to Slocumb’s firm.
When an investigator for Azar called the number in Slocumb’s ad, operators at the call center repeatedly failed to explain that the call center was not Azar’s law firm, the complaint states.
“The investigator inquired, ‘Is this the Azar firm?’ The question was ignored, and the telephone operator proceeded to ask questions about the accident,” the complaint reads. “Again, the investigator asked if they were speaking with the Azar firm. In some instances, this second request for clarification was ignored. In other instances, The Injury Solution said Mr. Azar is ‘not available.’”
Azar said his firm discovered the practices when a woman who believed she’d hired Azar’s firm several weeks earlier called for an update on her case only to discover she’d actually hired Slocumb’s firm.
“They know these people misclicked,” Azar said.
When asked about those practices, Slocumb denied deliberately misleading consumers and said his employees clearly identify the law firm when they answer the phone.
“I’m not The Injury Solution. You realize that, right?” he said, then proceeded to answer follow-up questions by repeating “I am not The Injury Solution” several times.
Slocumb declined to say what his business relationship is with The Injury Solution, which has two phone numbers on its website that on Wednesday were answered by operators who said, “Slocumb Law Firm.”
The Injury Solution is registered as a limited liability company in Florida to Jason Berger, business records show. In 2012, Slocumb and a man by the same name were both members of the same Alabama limited liability company, Casa Fuega 1 LLC, and the business was registered to Slocumb’s Auburn law offices, Alabama business records show.
Azar’s lawsuit says Berger is the Slocumb Law Firm’s chief operating officer. A message left for Berger on Wednesday was not returned.
Howard called advertising on Google with another company’s keywords “sleazy” and “underhanded,” but said Azar faces an uphill battle in the court case, because it will be difficult to prove his firm suffered actual damages.
“It is a very tough argument,” Howard said. “It’s not an easy one. It sounds like it would be, but it’s not, because (Slocumb) will argue that they barely made any money off of it, the ads hardly ever run, searches for him are hardly ever conducted, they run thousands of different ads, they have thousands of different AdWords and his is just one of them and his hardly ever come up.”
Azar estimated he lost between 50 and 80 potential clients a month to Slocumb’s advertising scheme, which could be millions of dollars in settlements; Slocumb said the approach was “never effective” and declined to elaborate.
Slocumb last year settled the lawsuit filed against him by Adler, “The Texas Hammer,” court records show. Abbot, “The Outlawyer,” who accused Slocumb of ripping him off by dressing like a cowboy in a TV ad, voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit in 2019. The Louisiana case with Bart is ongoing.

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FRAME CLOCK IS NOW AT GRAZ
World wide things design exhibition will be part of Design Month Graz 2019 from May 10 to June 9, 2019 and will display about 100 products from five UNESCO Cities of Design: Puebla, Istanbul, Mexico City, Detroit and Graz. Meyer Objects Frame clock is exculisvly invited to exhibit in the show. The exhibition design refers to the “Hyperloop” concept, a high-speed transportation system. The products are displayed on a seemingly endless table board, that winds smoothly through the showroom. The exhibition design is developed as open-source-concept that is easy to rebuild, so each UNESCO Cities of Design is invited to set up a similar exhibition.


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HTC likes the idea of pushing out monthly security updates to its smartphones and is committed to doing so. But, for all its efforts, HTC may think this is an unattainable goal.
Google obviously stole the spotlight this morning with its barrage of announcements, but HTC had some things to say as well. We’ve previously heard about HTC’s event in Japan, and
HTC on Tuesday confirmed it will announce its next One smartphone at a virtual event later this month. Scheduled for October 20, it will be revealed at a “virtual event” online,
When a new Android version gets announced, it can be both an exciting and frustrating time. Not everyone has the cash to upgrade phones frequently, so we can be left holding
If you were disappointed to hear that the promising HTC A9 (Aero) will end up being a modest midranger rather than beastly flagship, you may like today’s news a little better.
HTC posted a page on their website explaining how Android Pay will work with their devices, along with a list of phones that are supported in the US. In order
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Announced in July, the HTC Desire 626 positions itself as an affordable take on the premium smartphone experience. Namely, it delivers a lot of the One M9 flagship and custom HTC
All the deals that we’ve been featuring here at AndroidGuys, have required you to make some type of purchase. Not today. Today’s “Deal” is a giveaway, where you can enter
HTC, as part of its Hot Deals promotion, is offering a number of great bargains today. Whether you’re looking for a phone, a tablet, or some goodies, HTC has something
HTC is having a one day sale on the Google Nexus 9 today and will end on Sept. 15th at 11:59PST. You can pick up the 16GB WiFi model for
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Ké Concepts launches CreditEase in Portuguese
SOFTWARE| Jan. 25, 2012, 4:44 p.m.
Ké Concepts has translated CreditEase software into Portuguese, to expand Letshego’s African market to include Mozambique.
Letshego Holdings is a financial services company with a market presence in six African countries.
Driven by Letshego Holdings’ operative need to expand into Mozambique and the Mozambican Government’s mandate for business to be conducted in that country’s official language, Ké Concepts began the undertaking to fully translate their CreditEase application suite into Portuguese.
“The translation process [into Portuguese] was intense,” says Miles Hern, Ké Concepts Managing Director. “The product changes necessitated by the project were numerous and the technical challenges that arose made for an interesting learning curve.”
An interesting and successful learning curve as a pilot launch of the translated software was undertaken with full provision of the Portuguese solution to a small segment of Letshego’s target market. The product was very well received within the test group and the following couple of months were dedicated to stabilizing the solution before the comprehensive launch of the now multilingual CreditEase application suite. .
With the inclusion of Mozambique, Ké Concepts African footprint now extends across 12 countries, with the possibility of adding Angola into the mix as a direct result of the success of the Portuguese translation.
“Our customers are constantly looking for new opportunities on the African continent and given our resounding success with this project, we anticipate the need to support additional languages as our clients grow into these markets,” remarks Miles.
Looking to the future, and given the milestones achieved with their first foray into a multilingual offering, Ké Concepts are planning to undertake a French translation in 2012, thereby paving the way for CreditEase to build a stronghold in the French speaking countries of the African continent and the world at large.
“We have the mechanism and the capability to undertake any translation requested by our clients,” states Hern. “Pushing new boundaries and exploring fresh possibilities is what we thrive on.”
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Sisense Releases The State of BI & Analytics Report 2020: Special COVID-19 Edition
Sisense, the world’s leading analytics platform for builders of analytics, announced the results from its State of BI & Analytics Report 2020: Special COVID-19 Edition, an exhaustive survey of 500 US companies conducted by research firm Meidata. The findings indicate the increased importance and central role of examining data to enable organizations to understand changes and business opportunities during and following the COVID-19 economic turmoil. Respondents were optimistic about the continuing importance of analytics. Forty-nine percent of companies surveyed also use data analytics more or much more than before the COVID-19 crisis. This is despite 67% of businesses sustaining a loss of revenues or customers, according to Dresner Advisory Services.
“If we’ve learned anything during COVID-19, no matter how tumultuous the economic environment, businesses of all sizes indicate an interest and optimism in their ability to leverage technologies like data analytics to help guide them through critical decision making,” said Howard Dresner, Chief Research Office of Dresner Advisory Services.
Key findings from the report indicate:
BI and analytics professionals remain optimistic
Analytics are as important as ever to the respondents, offering increased clarity in a time of tremendous uncertainty. Forty-nine percent of those surveyed said analytics were more or much more important than before COVID-19. Respondents report an increase in analytics use and new opportunities across all departments.
Small businesses lead the charge using analytics to fight COVID-19
Facing different business challenges, smaller companies, between 51 and 200 employees, shifted the most to adopt new use cases for their data in response to the crisis. They lead larger enterprises in the use of analytics across every department, with 68% of small businesses using analytics during the crisis in Operations, 56% in Finance, 50% in Sales, and 45% in Product.
Companies are using data in new ways during the crisis
Companies have refocused their data usage to address the most pressing challenges and opportunities they face today. For example, 55% of businesses have started utilizing data to improve efficiency and rely on it to predict changes and outcomes. Forty-seven percent look to their data as indicators of how they can better support their customers, and 45% count on data to predict business outcomes.
“Robust use of data analytics is no longer simply the mark of an industry leader but a crucial quality for the success and even survival of most companies,” said Amir Orad, CEO of Sisense. “Companies who adopt data-driven decision making separate themselves from the pack. With analytics they find those vital pivot points and thrive versus facing existential danger. For example, recently a Fortune 500 customer’s revenue dropped 95+% due to the economic crisis while at the exact same time their analytics usage shot up by 40%. And this is not a single or unique anecdote.”
The focus of analytics varies according to size of the company, with larger companies (5,000 or more employees) tending to leverage analytics more for improving business efficiency and reducing expenses versus small businesses, who are more focused on efficiency and supporting customers.
The State of BI & Analytics Report 2020 is an inaugural research study from Sisense. Plans are to field future surveys and accompanying reports at least twice yearly. Given the data and analytics market is rapidly evolving, Sisense will release in the coming weeks and months additional industry-specific results and more details on the use of business data and analytics specifically among small companies with less than 500 employees.
The complete report, The State of BI & and Analytics Report 2020: Special COVID-19 Edition is available now.
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Some unwanted Christmas gifts given with love yesterday will be onsold today on Trade Me's biggest 'new listing' day of the year.
A recent survey by the online auction site found about half of people receive a gift they do not want.
Trade Me spokesperson Logan Mudge said it had become a bit of an annual tradition for people to try and move along gifts that did not "hit the mark" on Christmas Day.
"New Zealanders are getting more comfortable with selling their gifts on or even seeing one of their gifts being sold. It is becoming more and more popular each year for gifts to be listed up... it's better than sitting in a cupboard gathering dust or going to landfill.
"And it's a little less awkward than asking a friend or relative for the receipt."
He said all sorts of goods got listed in the unwanted gifts section, but there were some recurring items.
"Quite often we'll see a bit of lingerie... I guess there's a few partners out there that have missed the mark perhaps on what they've been buying.
"Also electronics, gaming, all sorts of stuff like that will appear but then it is a really random assortment."
Mudge said 20,000 unwanted presents were listed and 100,000 searches for 'unwanted gifts' were made last Boxing Day.
Boxing Day sales expected to be strong
Meanwhile, shoppers have not forgotten the traditional brick and mortar way to buy with Boxing Day sales picked to be as big as Black Friday's.
Retail NZ chief executive Greg Harford said while Boxing Day had traditionally been the bigger day, going forward it would probably be on par with Black Friday.
Black Friday sales this year surpassed Boxing Day 2018 sales.
"They're becoming almost equivalent in terms of sales volume. Black Friday is really kick-starting the Christmas shopping season at the end of November and Boxing Day is typically wrapping it up.
"We would expect Boxing Day to be slightly up on last year and about the same as Black Friday."
He asked shoppers to be mindful of the crowds and staff who would be hard at work.
"It's really important to acknowledge the hard work of retail employees who are out there serving customers, it's really busy, it can be hot in store... so take it easy and be nice to staff."


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Huami, the Chinese company behind wearable and fitness brand Amazfit, is expected to announce its new T-Rex smartwatch at CES 2020 in Las Vegas.
The world’s largest technology show and home to major new product announcements from almost all tech companies, CES kicks off next week.
First expected to launch in China on 8 January, Huami has now seemingly delayed the Amazfit T-Rex’s big reveal until 8 January, according to a marketing image posted this week to the Chinese social network Weibo.
Coming from Huami itself and first reported by GadgetsAndWearables, the new image doesn’t give much away, other than the T-Rex name and the 8 January date. The watch’s silhouette can be seen, and this general shape looks similar to a recent leak where the T-Rex appeared the Amazfit smartphone app.
A screenshot of the watch accidentally appearing during the pairing process of the Amazfit app shows a chunky, outdoorsy smartwatch with a bulky bezel and rubber strap. This looks like a particularly large fitness watch, although we don’t know the exact size just yet.
We also know the T-Rex has passed through the Federal Communications Commission, as is normal procedure for new electronic devices with wireless technologies destined for the US market. The FCC filing for the Amazfit T-Rex mentioned a heart rate monitor, Bluetooth 5, water resistance to 5ATM (about 50 metres), a 390mAh battery and integrated GPS, so you can leave your phone at home when going for a run.
Unusually for a smartwatch, the T-Rex has no fewer than four physical buttons. These are labelled as Select, Back, Up and Down. We imagine these will make it easy to track exercise on the move, and without trying to tap and swipe at the touchscreen while running.
As well as the T-Rex, Amazfit has said it will announce a second new smartwatch at CES, called the Bip S. Nothing is known about this watch, other than Amazfit’s claim of an, “ultra-long” battery life.


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On Monday, many Twitter users who have iPhones were surprised to discover that Apple has been quietly categorizing their bikini photos, bra selfies, and various nude pictures and making them easily searchable under the tag "Brassiere."
ATTENTION ALL GIRLS ALL GIRLS!!! Go to your photos and type in the 'Brassiere' why are apple saving these and made it a folder!!?!!?-- ell (@ellieeewbu) October 30, 2017
The feature appears to have innocent-ish origins. It uses image-recognition capabilities that have been part of Apple Photos since summer 2016. "The Photos app makes it easy to find photos of an exact person, place, or thing. Advanced face recognition and computer vision technology lets you search your photos by who and what's in them," according to Apple's support page. "Photos recognizes scenes or specific objects in your photos, so you can search for things like dogs, mountains, or flowers."
For example, one Twitter user pulled up an ad-hoc "Adult Cat" folder"
Inc. staffers experimented a little, and found that categories seem to come into existence based on whether you have photos that the algorithm interprets as containing the object or attribute in question. Our social media editor confirmed that the "Brassiere" category was pulling in photos that qualified, but "it also picks up bathing suits and dresses with spaghetti straps," despite a "Swimsuit" category also existing.
I have no nudes, but judging by the results for "brassiere" I'd expect it to pick up on "breasts". It doesn't.-- ;-) (@acdpnk) October 30, 2017
This reporter has picture of her cats and dog, but wasn't able to pull up "Cats" or "Dogs" category. A male editor didn't have the "Brassiere" category on his own phone, while on his wife's phone it pulled up a video of their infant daughter wearing a diaper.
Clearly the algorithm could use some work; its precision is lacking. Based on the shock displayed on Twitter, Apple could also improve its communication to users around this feature, especially when it comes to privacy controls.
The whole incident calls to mind Google Photos mishap, where the image-recognition algorithm tagged selfies of two black people as "Gorillas." Machine learning scales cheaply and is pretty successful considering that computer vision is in its infancy, but these techniques have no cultural awareness or emotional intelligence. It's up to humans to tell the algorithms why it might be a good idea to, say, keep baby photos and homemade pornography from appearing in the same search.the similar-but-worse
Inc. reached out to Apple; we will update this story if we hear back from them.


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Forget the Logies – the Camden Wollondilly Business Awards is the night of nights for local businesses.
Now in its 26th year, the business awards provide an opportunity for community members to recognise their favourite local businesses.
The awards were started by Precedent Productions managing director Steve Loe in 1985 to recognise the efforts of businesses and staff.
“My parents were businesspeople and I saw first-hand how hard they worked,” he said. “I always thought that they and other business people deserved to be rewarded in public for their hard work and dedication just as much as any actor who receives a Logie.”
Customers nominate and vote for businesses in industry categories, with the winners then eligible to be chosen as the overall Business of the Year.
Alistair Robertson, owner of 32 Degrees Building was thrilled to take out the Outstanding Service and Trade category in his first year at the awards and was “overwhelmed” to follow up with Business of the Year in 2016.
He encouraged other businesspeople to take part in the Local Business Awards.
“It is such an honour to receive an award that is focused on awarding local businesses,” he said.
Everyone who nominates a business at thebusinessawards.com.au can win a GoPro Hero5 Black.
Nominations close on Wednesday, May 10 and winners are announced on Wednesday, July 5 at Bargo Sports Club.


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The event was organised by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic, the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, and Vietnamese travel firms in the host nation. This is the final stop of the Vietnam Tourism Roadshow Europe 2018 which has travelled through Sweden, Austria and Hungary.
Highlighting the traditional friendship between Vietnam and the central European country, VNAT General Director Nguyen Khac Tuan stressed that both sides pose huge potential for tourism cooperation.
Vietnam welcomed only 1 million foreign visitors in 1995 but the figure is forecast at 16 million this year, including 2 million European holiday-makers, Tuan said, adding that however, only 17,000 of them come from the Czech Republic.
This is a modest figure when Vietnam’s tourism has many things appealing to Czech visitors like beautiful beaches along its 3,000km of coastline, a stunning Ha Long Bay, gigantic Phong Nha-Ke Bang Cave, and unique orchard gardens in the south, he noted.
On the sidelines of the event there were meetings between Vietnamese and Czech tourism agencies, which served as a bridge for them to seek cooperative opportunities.
VNAT General Director Tuan and deputy chairman of the Association of Czech Travel Agents Jan Papez told Vietnam News Agency’s reporters that Vietnamese and Czech tourism products all satisfy demands of tourists from both countries.
However, they said that visa procedures, the absence of direct flights between Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City and Prague as well as weak promotion campaigns are the main barriers for bilateral cooperation.


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Inventory for July 17th, 2016
Cheers! With the current weather we’d rather stay indoors and let other people take care of what’s happening in the outside world. That’s fine, we’re just here to read about it. So, without further ado: this week Our/Vodka opened its newest distillery in Los Angeles, Diageo’s whiskey union launches its third in a series, the Huxley Rare Genus Whiskey, and a US judge allowed Starbucks to be sued over a too-small cup of coffee.
Interested in opening your own drinks business? Don’t know where to begin? If you’re in Berlin on Tuesday, the 19th of July you’re in luck! The Food Entrepreneurs Club and nomyblog will be hosting “The Drink Edition” of the FEC networking event at Hallesches Haus. Questions like “How much money, patience, and hubris do I need to succeed? And how do I make my business successful?” will all be answered. Expect experts on the field of coffee, mezcal, and beer will in attendance.
New Vodka Distillery in LA: Our/Los Angeles
Located in the arts district of downtown Los Angeles, the newest branch of Our/Vodka just opened its doors. Our/Los Angeles is the sixth distillery to open beneath the Our/Vodka brand, this time it’s a partnership between Steven Ocheltree and Tyler Simmons (the co-founders of creative agency Sew) and Pernod Ricard’s Our/Vodka. Pernod “teams up with local entrepreneurs around the world to give select cities their own vodka”.
The vodka is produced in a micro distillery according to the same global recipe in each city, the differentiator being “locally-sourced ingredients” which lend each vodka its unique flavor profile. Ocheltree and Simmons have a background in non-profits, community action, and design. They want to “challenge the current perception of a Tinseltown vodka being celebrity, glitz and glam”. Following LA, Our/Vodka is set to launch in New York, Miami, and Houston this year.
Diageo’s Whiskey Union Launches Third New Whiskey: Huxley Rare Genus Whiskey
Huxley is combining scotch, Canadian and American whiskies/eys “to craft a blend greater than the sum of its parts”, so Drinks International says. Its newest product, the Huxley Rare Genus Whiskey, is named after T. H. Huxley, a 19th century anatomist. In honor of him the label features a ‘mobsprey’, a mythical hybrid beast that combines the best characteristics of Scottish, American, and Canadian animals.
For now the whiskey will be available in Germany and Austria. Diageo describes the Whiskey Union as a “new experimental whiskey collective”. It’s am is to “recruit new consumers into the expansive whiskey category with distinctive and exciting brands that are cultural discovery magnets”.
Sued over a Cuppa’ Jo
This headline might just soon be reality. Reuters reports that last week “a federal judge said two Starbucks customers may pursue a lawsuit accusing the coffee chain of cheating patrons by underfilling lattes”. In San Francisco the U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson ruled that the “California plaintiffs may seek damages from Starbucks Corp in their proposed nationwide class action, including for fraud and false advertising”.
The situation is this: Starbucks has been accused of systematically cheating their customers by serving lattes that were 25% too small by using milk pitchers that were etched with a low “to fill” line and by living ¼ of an inch of space in the cups. In response, a spokesman for Starbucks spokesman said “the company believes the lawsuit is without merit and is prepared to defend itself against the remaining claims”. He added: “if a customer is not satisfied with how a beverage is prepared, we will gladly remake it”.
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Banks, insurers, automakers and infrastructure firms are among those hiring at a slower pace.
Professional bodies and gig economy players to file data on jobs; Govt to notify framework for collating data
The government uses Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) enrolment numbers as a monthly indicator of buoyancy in formal job creation in the economy.
For some executives who moved from banks and other NBFCs with hefty pay hikes, going back is not an option because of their optimism in the sector and their current salaries.
In the automobile industry recruiters are keen to hire maximum professionals with more than 12 years of experience.
Bangalore and Hyderabad were the major centres of job creation, clocking 10 per cent and 8 percent growth in employment.
The electric-car maker is "making preparations" to raise output at its factory in Fremont, California, Jerome Guillen, Tesla's automotive president, wrote.
Technology and supply chain skills in demand; 44,000 new jobs to be added in H1: TeamLease
Alexander Huges, a Paris-based international executive search firm having presence in over 40 countries including India has been assisting automotive industry for decades. It has assisted auto majors like PSA, Group Renault, and Tata Motors in key appointments.
Tier II cities are projected to witness 5 per cent growth in hiring sentiment during April-September followed by tier III towns.
Since these startups build new capabilities, they prefer engineers who are flexible and can build things from scratch, said Vivek Hallekere, co-founder and CEO of Bounce.
The Naukri JobSpeak Index for hiring activity for April 2019 stood at 2,477 which is 16 per cent higher from April 2018, when it stood at 2,139.
Companies may hire about 15,000 in FY20, indicating return of stability to the sector.
General Motors Co said on Monday its self-driving car subsidiary, Cruise, plans to hire 1,000 more people over the next nine months, as the No.1 U.S. carmaker aims to launch a robotaxi service by the end of 2019.
AI professionals are getting 60-80% hikes while switching jobs, compared with 20-30% in other skill areas.
Ficci's latest Quarterly Survey on Manufacturing presents a better outlook for hiring and production, the industry body said in a statement.
Ford is also understood to have halted plans to launch any independent all-new car till the year 2020, looking at introduction of products that would be jointly developed with Mahindra & Mahindra.


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Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Market executives said the company’s new store prototypes are resonating with customers, and delivery is exceeding expectations.
The company held its first quarter earnings call May 2. Interim co-CEO and CFO Brad Lukow said the sales were $1.4 billion, a 10% increase compared to the first quarter of 2018. Same store sales were up 1.4%.
The company’s new store concept (See a video tour here) with enhanced deli and prepared foods, is a hit with customers, Lukow said.
“You can go to any supermarket and get something that you can pick up and eat that’s convenient,” Lukow said. “But there’s a huge difference between what many other retailers offer and what Sprouts offers. And we’re all about natural, organic, healthy ingredients at good prices. Particularly in the deli area, recent consumer research has come back and saying the customer certainly enjoys our fresh offering in the deli area.”
Customers also appreciate what Sprouts has to offer for delivery, he said.
“Customers look to Sprouts as a trusted, reliable partner for added convenience in their busy lives,” he said. “We have expanded our testing of click and collect and are now offering this service in a number of stores in six states.”
Fresh food also is popular.
“And the Sprouts brand, which is all about fresh, is really resonating with customers,” Lukow said. ”So we see a continued increase in average weekly sales on home delivery. By the end of this year, it’s going to be 1.75% to 2% of our total sales. Basket size is 2.5x that of the store.”
Produce supplies hit a snag in the first quarter, with heavy rains in California.
“We saw some pretty significant, what I’d call hyperinflation, in a number of products in the produce categories that really restricted our ability to get our quantities at reasonable cost,” he said.
“And that also reduced our ability to promote, and therefore we had a little bit lower sales than we would’ve expected in produce as a result.”
Continued rain and cold weather out of Mexico will have negative impact on some produce items in Q2, he said.
The company said it is on track to open almost 30 new stores in 2019, and is focusing on new markets, and new concepts – a diversion from its past performance.
“Historically, two thirds of our stores in any given year opened up in our existing markets—sort of Texas-West,” he said. “This year 55% of our new stores, the 28 stores that will open, are opening in new markets.”
That includes expansion to two new states in the second quarter – New Jersey and Louisiana.
Next year’s openings will be all part of the company’s new prototype.
“We have now six stores in place, and there’ll be eight total incremental new forma stores this year,” he said. “And then beyond 2019, every new store that we open is in this new prototype, which is all about the customer experience, particularly around deli and meat and seafood. It’s more of a theater with all the service from within a rectangular island within the store.”


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Every year, many states participate in sales tax holidays intended to boost economic activity, says tax tracking company Taxware.
Many of these holidays take place during the back-to-school shopping season. The days give customers a break on tax on certain types of purchases up to a spending limit. But some states offer sales tax relief on items such as computers and software and in states that offer virtually all-encompassing holidays with price thresholds as high as $2,500.
Some holidays, such as the one in Massachusetts, include virtually all types of tangible personal property sold to consumers, while other states, such as Connecticut, limit the tax break to clothing and footwear only.
In total, 17 states and Puerto Rico have sales tax holidays, each with their own rules.
Some states don’t pass legislation authorizing the holiday until just before it’s scheduled to take effect, to prevent customers from deferring purchases until the holiday.
Taxware has compiled each state’s tax holiday rules into an interactive infographic.


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An article in The Guardian has recently affirmed that Harry Potter remains the best-selling English language book series of all time. With some 450 million copies sold since the release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in 1997, the Harry Potter books are bested only by the French detective series Maigret, a collection of more than 100 books and short stories published between 1931 and 1972. However, in terms of series written for young adults, Harry Potter’s throne is threatened only by R. L. Stein’s Goosebumps, which have sold upwards of 300 million copies since 1992. Nancy Drew, The Baby-sitters Club, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight round out the list of young adult series that have sold in excess of 100 million books each.
In his spare time, Ethan Bondick enjoys reading, particularly autobiographies of tennis stars like Rafael Nadal and Brad Gilbert and the Harry Potter Series.


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Global plastic trade disrupted
As China bans plastic waste imports, large amounts of the material are displaced and the need to reduce consumption highlighted. Kathryn Allen reports.
China’s recent ban on imports of nonindustrial plastic waste could see an estimated 111Mt of this waste displaced by 2030. This is according to a study, The Chinese import ban and its impact on global plastic waste trade, from a team at the University of Georgia, USA, who warn that action on a global scale is needed to reduce the amount of non-recyclable materials produced, redesign plastic products, and fund domestic plastic waste management.
The study acknowledges a lacking global standard for classifying countries with sufficient infrastructure to handle imported plastic waste, and calls for a global agreement on the use and management of plastic materials, with the suggestion that strict liability be applied to plastic waste, holding producers and exporters accountable.
Amy Brooks, Doctoral Student in the New Materials Institute, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, USA, and first author of the study, told Materials World, ‘Unfortunately, it’s not easy to get global consensus on issues like this because of the complexities of socio-cultural differences and economic and political climates. But, we are eventually going to need fundamental changes in our relationship with plastic, and there is no doubt that this is a manmade problem that must be mitigated. Global agreements therefore may take time.’
Brooks adds, ‘our study found that 89% of the plastic waste being exported has been polymers of plastic found in single-use plastic items,’ suggesting that reducing consumption of these single-use products – such as water bottles, bags, and straws – is a way to reduce overall generation of plastic waste.
The trade in plastic
To estimate the amount of plastic waste displaced, the team compiled 28 years of data (1988–2016) from the United Nations Comtrade Database on the imports and exports of four polymer classifications – polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, and others. Estimates of the amount of plastic waste displaced by China’s ban were calculated using a business-as-usual scenario.
The study found that high-income countries have produced 87% of all exports since 1988. Data suggests that this trade of plastic waste largely occurs between member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and East Asia and Pacific (EAP) countries. EAP countries – of which 23 of the total 36 are low- and middle-income countries – have received 75% of plastic waste imports since 1988. The paper claims that, since 33 of the 35 OECD countries are considered high-income, the findings match historical trends of low- and middle-income countries importing waste for recycling, despite their less developed waste management infrastructure.
In the case of China, cheaper processing costs, and high domestic management costs in exporting countries, have resulted in increased imports. Since 1992, China has imported 106Mt of plastic waste. The country is still developing its waste management infrastructure, and the Georgia team claims that an estimated 1.3–3.5Mt of plastic enter the ocean from the Chinese coastline every year. In 2016, imported waste added 10.8% to the estimated 60.9Mt generated by China.
China’s ban prohibits eight types of plastic waste from consumer goods, including polymers of polyethylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), bales of PET plastic bottles, and aluminium plastic film. Industrial plastic waste, meeting Chinese control standards, is still accepted.
The Georgia team warns that this restriction to legal trade could increase the informal, illegal flow of plastic waste and result in other EAP countries, which do not have sufficient infrastructure, receiving the displaced waste.
Brooks said, ‘There are a few potential destinations for this displaced plastic, and we’ve seen reports of these happening over the last six months since the ban was implemented. First, plastic waste has been accumulating at facilities where they are either having to send it to landfill or potentially incineration. Second, there is the possibility that the plastic waste will be sent to other countries like Vietnam or Thailand that may not necessarily have the waste management infrastructure to properly handle the waste.’
In June 2018, Unearthed, Greenpeace UK’s editorially independent journalism team, reported that in the first three months of 2018, UK exports of plastic waste to Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Poland increased – prior to these countries introducing restrictions. Pakistan, India, Turkey, and Indonesia also saw an increase in plastic waste imports (see Materials World, March 2018).
‘I’d like to think that the ban is a wake-up call for exporting countries – many high income, who have long relied on exporting plastic waste to China and the EAP region in the first place – to begin increasing domestic management of plastic waste,’ Brooks adds. ‘This can come from local and national initiatives that reduce use of plastic items (through bans or levies), from improved waste management and litter capture infrastructure, and from investment in alternative, bio-benign materials and better recycling technology.’
To read The Chinese import ban and its impact on global plastic waste trade, visit bit.ly/2lzNAQA


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Meredith then uses information about what its readers seek to help advertisers.
Though Meredith has always provided insights to clients – such as helping CPG companies develop new products based on its ability to spot trending ingredients – clients in the past month have asked for more data at a faster cadence.
“We are more of a trusted source than ever, and to a much bigger range of clients,” said Chip Schenck, Meredith SVP of data and programmatic solutions.
Many advertisers who initially paused or canceled campaigns are now looking for ways to continue talking to consumers, but with different messaging. Even companies with flatlining demand and zero advertising want to know when consumers will be interested in their products and services again.
For example, a travel company is asking Meredith for reports multiple times a week about what consumers are feeling – their consumption mindset and behavioral and emotional states.
But there are also many Meredith advertisers seeing upticks in demand. Insights can help them focus messaging and resources to align with consumer interests.
For example, being stuck at home is motivating many people to take on DIY projects – and Meredith is sharing with advertisers exactly what kind of projects they’re taking on.
On its home properties, Meredith is currently seeing a surge in interest in lawn and garden, a month ahead of the typical seasonal increase in traffic. Among the many projects soaring are unlikely ones that make sense in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, such as interest in porch renovations. As people wave to neighbors at a distance and seek a little more outdoor time, they’re checking out Southern Living’s porch makeovers recap for inspiration.
Although Meredith’s traffic is up, and advertisers are using the publisher’s readership data to understand how the pandemic is changing consumer behavior, the media brand isn’t immune to its economic impact.
Like the industry overall, some advertiser categories have gone silent. CPM declines haven’t made up for traffic increases. Meredith recently cut employee pay through September, citing declines in advertising revenue.
But Schenck sees stabilization in the advertising market.
Week one was “disbelief, no movement,” he said, as clients simply watched and waited. Weeks two through four were filled with advertisers pausing, canceling and shifting campaigns. During weeks five and six, advertisers adjusted their messaging. Campaigns were rebooked. The sales team is fielding RFPs.
In this new normal, with the future of sheltering in place up in the air, advertisers will need to continue to lean on digital media companies with strong insights instead of just thinking of them as media partners, Schenck said.
“Insights isn’t just about media buying,” he said. “It’s content recommendation, product activation and helping people rework their messaging, so they can get back in market. It has to be all-encompassing.”
His hope is that if Meredith helps clients get back on their feet, the nearly 120-year-old media company’s fortunes will follow. “Helping clients through this is the core thing we have to do,” Schenck said. “If we can’t make our clients win, then we can’t win either.”


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Apple is expected to launch an ambitious new entertainment and paid digital news service on Monday, as the iPhone maker pushes back against streaming video leader Netflix. But it likely will not feature the New York Times.
Mark Thompson, chief executive of the biggest U.S. newspaper by subscribers, warned that relying on third-party distribution can be dangerous for publishers who risk losing control over their own product.
"We tend to be quite leery about the idea of almost habituating people to find our journalism somewhere else," he told Reuters in an interview on Thursday. "We're also generically worried about our journalism being scrambled in a kind of Magimix (blender) with everyone else's journalism."
Thompson, who took over as New York Times CEO in 2012 and has overseen a massive expansion in its online readership, warned publishers that they may suffer the same fate as television and film makers in the face of Netflix's Hollywood insurgence.
"If I was an American broadcast network, I would have thought twice about giving all of my library to Netflix," Thompson said in response to questions about any talks with Apple to participate in the iPhone maker's new news service.
Thompson declined to comment on any conversations with Apple. But he used the tale of how Netflix made huge inroads into Hollywood to explain why the Times has avoided striking deals with digital platforms in which it had little control over relationships with customers or its content.
"Even if Netflix offered you quite a lot of money. ... Does it really make sense to help Netflix build a gigantic base of subscribers to the point where they could actually spend $9 billion a year making their own content and will pay me less and less for my library?" he asked.
In 2007 the answer for Hollywood was yes. In exchange for billions of dollars, studios helped Netflix launch a fledgling streaming video service by licensing their libraries of shows and movies, but that decision may have sown the seeds of their own demise.
By 2016, Time Warner was forced to sell itself to AT&T and Rupert Murdoch sold his 21st Century Fox film and TV studios to Walt Disney.
Apple is the latest company to offer a direct-to-consumer streaming video, along with a news subscription service, by leveraging the power of its more than 1 billion devices.
Through its subscription news service, Apple will charge about $10 monthly for access to a variety of magazine and newspaper content, according to media reports. Apple is expected to take 50 percent of the revenue. The Wall Street Journal has agreed to join Apple's service, according to a recent New York Times report. News Corp, owner of the Journal, was not immediately reachable for comment.
A monthly digital subscription to the New York Times costs $15, and Thompson said he has no plans to give that up to participate on other platforms such as Apple's.
Last year, the Times generated over $700 million in digital revenue, close to the company's target of $800 million in annual digital sales by 2020. Digital ad revenue surpassed print ad revenue for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2018. The Times has plowed investment back into its newsroom, which at 1,550 journalists is now at its largest ever.
Despite the company's insistence on keeping readers on its own products and platforms, Thompson said it has experimented on other services, highlighting content the Times developed just for Snap Inc's Snapchat app, which helped reach new, younger readers.
These new audiences, he said, will play a big role in helping the Times reach its new target of 10 million subscribers by 2025.


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Yes, you read the title correctly! There is more news coming out on how beer is healthy for you. But don’t take our word for it. The U.S. National Library of Medicine shared a study that beer could reduce the risk of certain diseases, like cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and could reduce kidney stones. “Moderate alcohol intake improves lipoprotein metabolism and lowers cardiovascular mortality risk. The question now is whether additional health benefits associated with the non-alcohol components in beer may be expected. A series of studies using animal models have shown that beer may prevent carcinogenesis and osteoporosis." Beer provides protection from oxidative stress and it may improve obesity. We have more health benefits of drinking beer. It can reduce the risk of cataracts, prevent high blood pressure, diabetes, and help protect you from Alzheimer’s disease. Remember all things in moderation. If you keep this in mind you can all enjoy the benefits without the guilt.
Lower Heart Attack Risks for Women
Drinking beer is good for the heart. The Scandinavian Journal of Public Health Care shared women who drank beer once a week reduced the risk of having a heart attack or other illnesses. About "1,500 women were asked about the frequency of their consumption of beer, wine or spirits (from 'daily' to 'nothing in the past 10 years'), and about various physical symptoms.The results revealed that over the 32-year follow-up period, 185 women had a heart attack, 162 suffered a stroke, 160 developed diabetes and 345 developed cancer.” The study followed these women from 1968 to 2000 who were asked about their frequency of drinking beer from the ages of 70 to 92. The report showed that women who consumed beer on a regular basis were less likely to have heart attacks than those who did not drink beer. These findings are great, but we need to remember, that there is no guarantee that drinking beer or even wine will prevent disease. We also need to look at genetics and how we live as factors.
Protects the Brain
There are so many people suffering from cognitive impairments. Researchers are constantly looking into new ways to find cures through diet, chemistry and reversing genetics. Having a couple beers a week was found to help protect people from Alzheimer’s and Parkenson’s. Xanthohumol comes from the hops in the beer and the compound was found to “Oxidative stress refers to the production of deadly free-radicals faster than the body can detoxify against them. It is a process that occurs in many disorders of the brain such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and in many other diseases, such as cancer. In cells grown in a dish, xanthohumol has been tested in several studies and it appears to prevent the formation of cancer,” Alzheimer’s News reported. Other studies also were done at Loyola University on how moderate beer drinkers were also less likely to suffer cognitive impairment. Research is always ongoing until a cure is found. But beer holds some promise.
Full of Vitamins
Dark beers have the most antioxidants, carry more vitamins, and help cholesterol. “The hops, yeast, and grains in beer contribute carbohydrates, a small amount of B vitamins, and potassium. But don't plan to get your nutrients from beer, or to drink beer or any other alcoholic beverage for health benefits. And if you don't drink now, most health experts don't recommend that you start," WebMD offered. Again, everything needs to be in moderation as you can gain weight and dehydrate from drinking too much alcohol. The consequences are great when there is excess.The bottom line here is just because it can be good, doesn't mean we can chug gallons of the golden or dark brew without the negative consequences. We know the reasons are the more you drink the more at risk you put yourself with other diseases, and then the good news just fades away. Drink dark brews, but be wise.
Glass of Goodness
Researchers found that consuming beer helps the eyes and could prevent cataracts, Canadian researchers found. But you need to drink one beer a day. “Antioxidants protect the mitochondria against this damage. We think that may be one of the factors that are contributing to the lower risk of cataracts in people who have one drink a day,” a press release published in Science Daily claimed. "Antioxidants protect the mitochondria against this damage. We think that may be one of the factors that are contributing to the lower risk of cataracts in people who have one drink a day." The study also found that beer can help lower heart disease in people due to its antioxidants. It gets even better. Drinking two beers a day could boost the immune system and fight infections like the common cold! Just when you thought we were through with the benefits. Beer is good for the bones. Men’s Health reported beer can also reduce fractures, and strengthen bones. “Guys who stuck to one or two brews had up to 4.5 percent greater bone density than non-drinkers—but more than two beers were associated with up to 5.2 percent lower density.”
Finding the Balance
This beer thing sounds seriously awesome. Drinking in moderation is key, and not a license to overdue the alcohol consumption. Beer is not the only item to avoid in excess. Scientists found chocolate, coffee and wine all have benefits, but engulfing large quantities of these feel-good items will destroy the positives. It is the same scenario for beer. Enjoy a pint once or twice a week to take pleasure in its sheer goodness and relax. Cheers to you and to good health!


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Global apparel retailer UNIQLO has announced that it will launch its second SPY x FAMILY UT collection in the U.S. and on its online store on November 25, 2022. The collection is also expected to launch globally, with launch dates that will vary by different regions.
The anime’s first collaboration with UNIQLO was released on July 7, 2022.
The second collection will feature four new T-shirt designs with Anya and her pet dog, Bond. Three kid-sized T-shirts will also be included for the first time in the new UT collection (as featured in the slideshow below). The adult shirts will be sold for US$24.90 each while the kids shirts will be sold for US$14.90.
The first design highlights Anya’s multiple facial expressions through her surprised face, mischievous face, and crying face.
The second design has Bond’s face stitched onto the chest pocket of a green T-shirt.
The third design features Anya, Yor, and Loid in an old television set against a black color scheme.
The fourth and final design has Anya and Bond featured together on a white T-shirt.
All shirt colors in the SPY x FAMILY UT collection are designed with pastel tones that parents and children can wear and match together.
The second cour of SPY X FAMILY is currently streaming on Crunchyroll. Visit the official webpage of the second UT collection for more details about each item.
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“An estimate of 65% to 75% of all small businesses will go up
for sale in the next five to 10 years.
Why? Retiring baby boomers.” – Inc. Magazine, April 2008
Inc. magazine published a few articles recently about the
affect that baby boomers will have on business sales:
It has been no secret in our industry (business brokerage
and M&A) that a surge of businesses will go up for sale. In fact, some in our
industry are pretty gleeful about it, just waiting for the surge. Particularly happy are those that sell
business brokerage franchises or training programs. I believe the surge will
come, and I’m hoping there will be enough demand (buyers) to keep up with
it. I don’t want to see a situation
where a business owner / baby boomer works 15 years building a business, only
to have to sell it for peanuts. It
wouldn’t be good for them, or for me.
Historically this hasn’t been the case. Business valuations, based on earnings, have
stayed surprisingly constant over time, even through recessions. It is important to note that the valuations
are based on earnings. Certainly
valuations on average may come down during certain periods (such as now)
because some sectors have seen erosion in earnings. But valuation as measured by the multiple of
earnings is pretty constant.
They stay constant because they are based on solid fundamentals. Pay too much more for a business (than the
average multiple for that type of business) and you can’t pay the debt and make
a living. When prices drop, the
businesses become more lucrative in terms of how much cash a buyer can take out
each year, and that attracts more buyers.
Simple supply and demand, really. So a surge in five to 10 years will cause
more businesses to hang a for sale sign, and we’ll just have to see how many
new buyers will want to step into business ownership.


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The deal may be done on paper, but it’s just the beginning of the fight for passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the U.S.
President Obama and the Office of U.S. Trade Representative have set an unprecedented tone for passage, forging ahead at a fast pace on the historic trade deal, which ties up 40 percent of the global economy.
After releasing the full text of the agreement just a month after negotiators in Atlanta came to a deal, the President has announced his intent to support the legislation and is gearing up as it heads to Congress. The administration’s urgency — aimed at getting the deal signed, sealed and delivered in the U.S. before the Presidential elections take all the attention — is quite the change compared to the five-years of extended talks between the 12 member nations.
“The administration has been very aggressive about getting this done,” said Matt Priest, president of the Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America. “This is really as big as advertised. We’re looking at about half a billion in tariff savings in year one alone. It really is as historic for our industry as we thought.”
While the agreement text may be done, the dogfight for approval in the U.S. — and possibly in other nations — is just gearing up, with names like Republican Senator Orrin Hatch and Democrat Senator Bob Casey coming out against the bill, and Presidential candidates using the deal to show their support of middle class economics and job security.
Insiders seem confident the bill will be presented early in 2016. It will likely have big support from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, who helped orchestrate this summer’s trade powers deal for the President, and Kevin Brady on the House Ways & Means Committee.
In the interim, there are a few things that are important to know about the TPP and its immediate impact on footwear.
1. Tariff savings in the first year of the agreement will reach $450 million.
2. Tariffs are phased out in member nations but with new specific requirements.
- Shoes produced entirely in Vietnam or TPP countries and imported to the U.S. will be duty-free or have a reduced duty based on the tariff phase-outs.
- Shoes produced in a TPP country using imported materials from other TPP members (i.e., nations outside the country where brands are making the footwear) are duty-free or have reduced duties based on the tariff phase-out schedule.
- Shoes that are produced in Vietnam or other TPP nations using specific components from outside the TPP-agreed companies must provide documentation that at least 55 percent of the shoe is made in a TPP country (labor and upper materials will count toward the 55 percent).
3. Tariffs for footwear produced in Vietnam will be zero by the 12th year of the deal.
4. A TPP deal could quicken the pace for the TTIP (Trans Atlantic Trade & Investment Partnership) talks, which have been under way with Europe for about two years. More resources and attention focused on that deal could increase pressure on negotiators to speed up talks.
5. Expect a shift in innovation and sourcing patterns. Vietnam is arguably the second-most-important footwear producer next to China, and with a tariff reduction, more companies are likely to shift their attention there and possibly to other TPP nations, such as Mexico. Expect innovation in how shoes are created as well now that the categories and tariff structure have changed, freeing up brands to try new things.


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LODI — There is good news, some bad news and more good news pertaining to Klinker Brick Winery’s 2015 rosé wine.
The good news is the dry, salmon-pink blend of carignane, syrah, grenache and mouvedre received a 90-point score from Wine Enthusiast this summer, and more recently made Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Values of 2016 list in the rosé category with an 88-point score.
The bad news is Klinker Brick quickly sold out of its 2015 rosé.
“It’s really sad, but we’re out of the 2015,” said Farrah Jolley, vice president of marketing and sales for Klinker Brick and daughter of owners Lori and Steve Felten. “Those ratings always come out when you’re out of it.”
But there’s more good news: Klinker Brick’s 2016 rosé, made from a blend of the same four Rhone varietals as the 2015, will be released soon under a new name — Bricks and Rosés.
“We’re just about to release the 2016. It’s getting a name change,” Jolley said. “The 2015 got the high rating, which we’re super excited about, because you don’t see a lot of domestic rosés getting that high a rating. It’s usually a lot of the French rosés and some Oregon and Washington.”
The rosés of Southern France are still the world’s benchmark when it comes to wine lovers’ favorite summer drink, and French rosés dominated the category in Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Values list. The 2015 Bieler Pere & Fils Bandol Rosé Reserve ($20) received 90 points and was WS’s top pick. Another French rosé, the 2015 Les Vignerons de Tavel Cuvee Royale ($19) also received 90 points and was second on the list.
But the popularity of the category has meant a growing number of regions and producers are getting into the act, including Lodi, Oregon, Washington, Italy and Australia. The range of styles varies widely, and prices generally are low, so there is little impediment to finding a bottle to enjoy.
The 2015 Canoe Ridge Rosé “The Expedition” Columbia Valley Washington ($15) garnered 89 points and was No. 3 on the list, and at No. 4 was the Carol Shelton Rosé “Wild Thing Rendezvous” Mendocino County ($15) with 89 points.
The 2015 Klinker Brick Rosé Lodi ($15) was listed ninth and described by WS as “crisp and lively, with appealing flavors of strawberry, raspberry and spice.”
Klinker Brick’s rosé is a not a by-product of the red wine making process. The fruit is whole-cluster pressed, and winemaker Joseph Smith keeps the varietals separate through the press before they are blended. Klinker Brick’s 2015 rosé had a tad more grenache than in the previous year. The carignane in the rosé is from a 108-year-old vineyard. Klinker Brick also makes a single-varietal carignane from that ancient vineyard exclusively for its wine club members and through its tasting room at 15887 N. Alpine Road in Lodi.
“The percentages will tweak a little bit but not drastically,” Jolley said. “We want to maintain that style. The style we want to go for is that true French style rosé.”
For Klinker Brick, receiving recognition for its rosé is a point of pride. Klinker Brick has established a well-earned reputation for crafting outstanding, award-winning red wines, including its Old Vine Zinfandel, Old Ghost, Marisa’s Vineyard and Farrah Syrah, just to name several.
“It’s great for us because we have always been known as a zinfandel producer and big red house, so all big red wines,” Jolley said. “So, it’s great to have a rosé getting this publicity because it shows that Klinker Brick can produce an amazing rosé that’s light, nice acid, easy to drink and a totally different style than what we’ve been known for.”
And it also shows how Lodi as a region is producing more than just big reds.
“There are winemakers here than can do nice rosés and nice whites,” said Jolley, who also has a white wine — albarino — in the Klinker Brick lineup. “It’s not all about one varietal anymore.”
— Contact reporter Bob Highfill at (209) 546-8282 or email@example.com. Follow him at recordnet.com/fromthevine and on Twitter @BobHighfill.


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The China Household Electrical Appliances Association (CHEAA) will sponsor a Small Electrics pavilion, a part of the Homewares Show, which will debut this year at the 62nd annual National Hardware Show in Orlando, Florida, U.S., May 8-10, 2007.
Rob Cappiello, industry vice president, National Hardware Show, says Homewares will help, "Home channel retailers to source unique products from a larger pool of manufacturers in order to compete in today's hyper-competitive home retail marketplace."
Product areas in the Small Electrics pavilion will include home/health/safety and home environment, floor care, small appliances, and personal care.
"Our manufacturers have chosen to participate in the Small Electrics pavilion because of the diverse and deep retail participation at the National Hardware Show," said Lily Liux, Project Supervisor at the CHEAA.
The National Hardware Show will take place along with The Gourmet Housewares Show and Global Home Textiles.
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Cities are going to extreme lengths to be chosen as the location for the second Amazon headquarters, and one in Georgia is even willing to change its name to that of the technology giant if picked.
The City Council of Stonecrest, Georgia, on Monday voted 4-2 in favor of de-annexing 345 acres of its land if chosen as the site for the expansion, according to local media reports.
“There are several major U.S. cities that want Amazon, but none has the branding opportunity we are now offering this visionary company,” said Stonecrest Mayor Jason Lary.
“How could you not want your 21st-century headquarters to be located in a city named Amazon?”
The city is not acting out of kindness: If selected by Amazon, it could expect to benefit from billions of dollars’ worth of investment and the creation of thousands of jobs.
Amazon announced plans earlier this year to create a second company headquarters somewhere in North America, named Amazon HQ2. As part of the submission process, cities are expected to identify tax credits and utility incentives for the company.
Amazon estimates that the economy of Seattle, the site of its main headquarters, received a $38 billion boost between 2010 and 2016 as a result of Amazon’s presence in the city.
“We expect HQ2 to be a full equal to our Seattle headquarters,” said Amazon founder Jeff Bezos at the time of the announcement.
“Amazon HQ2 will bring billions of dollars in up-front and ongoing investments, and tens of thousands of high-paying jobs. We’re excited to find a second home.”
Stonecrest has until Amazon’s October 19 deadline to submit a bid for the new headquarters, but it will not be the only city attempting to lure the world’s largest online retailer.
More than 50 cities are expected to submit bids to Amazon, with interest already expressed by Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Houston and Orlando.
Another that is expected to go up against Stonecrest is New York City, which boasts an impressive higher education system and is already home to other technology companies.
In contrast, Stonecrest hosts no major multinational corporations, and its population of around 53,000 people falls well short of Amazon’s request for “metropolitan areas with more than one million people.”
Amazon’s website details the proposal process and lists projects it has initiated to benefit the local communities where it operates. These include educational, environmental and disaster-relief projects.
Amazon is expected to make a decision for the location of HQ2 next year.
This article originally stated that the population of Stonecrest is 20,000 people, not the correct figure of 53,000 people.


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Annual World of Warcraft Pet Released Ahead of BlizzCon 2017 – Helps Support Disaster Relief
BlizzCon is less than two months away, which means all sorts of Blizzard gaming goodness is on the way. Among the plethora of exciting announcements that comes with the event is the arrival of the annual World of Warcraft pet that helps charities. Obviously, the in-game companion doesn’t do the charitable work, but the money that is donated to receive the animal does. Unfortunately, this year’s con-goers won’t get to experience the big reveal, but that is only because Blizzard has decided to release the charity pet ahead of schedule.
Due to recent natural disasters in the world – hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, flooding – Blizzard has announced that the newest World of Warcraft pet will be available between now and December 31, 2017. Shadow the Fox is up for grabs for a $10 donation, with 100% of the proceeds going to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Disaster Relief Fund. Last year’s charity pet Mischief helped earn over $2.5 million for Make-A-Wish, so one can only imagine how much Shadow will bring in with the extra time.
As stated above, 100% of the proceeds will be donated, with each organization receiving half of every donation. Many people across the globe have had their lives turned upside down recently, so it’s great to see Blizzard acting ahead of schedule with their World of Warcraft charity pet. Be sure to grab your very own in-game Shadow the Fox before the end of the year and help Blizzard’s efforts in supporting disaster relief. Keep it tuned to Don’t Feed the Gamers as BlizzCon 2017 approaches, and for other gaming news, check out the following:
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What say you, gamers? Will you be picking up Shadow for the $10 donation? What do you think of Blizzard releasing their annual charity pet ahead of BlizzCon? Sound off in the comments section below, and be sure to follow DFTG on Twitter for live gaming and entertainment news 24/7!
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Chinese slowdown haunts premium carmakers at Paris show
By Andreas Cremer
(Reuters) - Luxury auto giants BMW, Audi and Mercedes have been enjoying robust demand in China for almost three years as they vie to be the world's biggest premium car manufacturer. That could be about to change.
While carmakers will use this week's Paris auto show to display models such as Audi's updated $146,600 top-of-the-line R8 coupe and Porsche's $126,000 four-wheel drive 911, the fate of the vehicles will be decided thousands of miles away in China, where premium-car buyers are showing signs of saturation.
Effects of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy, where BMW, Audi and Mercedes account for about three quarters of luxury car sales, have already made themselves felt.
There is much at stake for the European carmakers, which have invested in local factories with Chinese partners to sidestep hefty duties on imported cars.
Daimler warned on September 20 that profit at its Mercedes division would slip this year, citing heightened competition in China and the crisis in austerity-hit Europe.
"We're bracing for a challenging environment," chief executive Dieter Zetsche said.
The day before, Porsche said it would cut output and spending next year to offset lower sales.


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EMKinetics, a Santa Cruz, Calif. company that uses electric pulses as a therapy to prevent urinary incontinence, has raised a $500,000 first round of funding, according to VentureWire.
The company is using technology that it licensed from TheraNova. The electric pulses, variously called neuromodulation or neurostimulation, are also used by other companies for pain relief, hypertension and other treatments.
WS Investment, TheraNova and angel investors provided the round. EMKinetics is looking for $5-10 million in a next round.


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Deerfield, Ill. Walgreen Co. said it will test a new store format it is calling customer-centric retailing.
According to a Wednesday report by the Chicago Tribune, the drug store retailer is expanding a test to make stores more open, colorful and easier to shop.
Larger signage and expanded beauty aisles are also among the planned changes, as well as added food and wine options and a bolstered electronics selection.
The new format is slated to roll out to 2,500 to 3,000 stores by this fall from 700 now, said Walgreens CEO and president Gregory Wasson. The company's first test was concentrated in Houston and Dallas.
"As we've said before, this is an ongoing process with many checkpoints along the way to allow us the opportunity to tweak and refine as needed," Wasson said in a conference call to investors. "As we move into the next phase, we'll continue to build sales, take work out of stores, lower inventory and, most importantly, improve our customers' overall shopping experience."
Sales at the 31 pilot stores are up 2%, outperforming a control group of stores and suggesting that the makeover will spur revenue growth, Wasson said. Market share in Houston and Dallas remained unchanged to up slightly as the stores changed over, a result the company said was encouraging. Stores were converted for about $40,000 to $50,000 each.
While only 30%-40% of Walgreens stores will make the change to the new format this year, all of the 7,180 drug stores nationwide will dedicate more space to skin care and vitamins. And 5,000 stores are on track to carry beer and wine by the end of the year.


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BRUSSELS â€” The European Commission said on Tuesday that it had reached an â€œunderstandingâ€ with Google that could lead to a settlement of an antitrust investigation into allegations that Google abused its dominance of the Internet search and advertising markets.
Europeâ€™s competition commissioner, JoaquÃn Almunia, had asked Google in May to make concessions in four areas or face formal antitrust charges, which could mean years of costly litigation and hefty penalties if it lost.
â€œThe commission considers Googleâ€™s proposals as a good basis for further talks and has now reached a good level of understanding,â€ said a commission spokesman, Antoine Colombani. He added that meetings on a more technical level would now be held to reach a settlement.
It was unclear what concessions Google had offered. A spokesman in Brussels, Al Verney, said only, â€œWe continue to work cooperatively with the European Commission.â€
The commission found after a nearly two-year inquiry that Google might have given its own products an edge over those of others while maintaining that it offered neutral results.
Googleâ€™s search engine has a 90 percent market share in many big European markets, compared with less than 70 percent in the United States, where it is also under investigation.
In May, Mr. Almunia took the rare step of going public with his demand that Google change its business practices, an indication that he was looking to settle rather than go through the time-consuming process of filing charges and making a case â€” after which the remedies won are often irrelevant in the rapidly changing technology industry.
â€œThese fast-moving markets would particularly benefit from a quick resolution of the competition issues identified,â€ Mr. Almunia said then, calling this preferable to â€œlengthy proceedings.â€
Nicolas Petit, a law professor at the University of LiÃ¨ge in Belgium, said that he did not believe the commission had a strong case against Google, and that this might have contributed to Mr. Almuniaâ€™s unusual offer. â€œIt could have been a bluff, like a poker game,â€ he said.
On the other hand, Mr. Petit said, Google has a reputation for pushing the boundaries of the law and then backing off when it faces legal challenges, as it did when it began scanning books without seeking permission and then agreed to pay $125 million to settle charges of copyright infringement â€” a deal later rejected by an American judge.
â€œIts image is extremely important in its success,â€ Mr. Petit said, â€œand thatâ€™s why they like settlements â€” because they can be presented as win-win situations for consumers and the company alike.â€
The commissionâ€™s investigation began after smaller Web businesses complained that Google had downgraded their sites in its search results or discriminated against them in other ways. Microsoft â€” itself the target of a decade-long antitrust battle with the commission that resulted in fines and penalties of 1.7 billion euros, or $2.06 billion at the current exchange rate â€” filed a complaint in March 2011.
The four practices Mr. Almunia listed in May included the way Google displayed links to its services differently from links to competitorsâ€™ services, and its use of restaurant and travel reviews from competitorsâ€™ Web sites.


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Dish TV India adds 42,000 subscribers in 3Q 2019
Nov 14, 2019 – Dish TV India (BSE: 532839, NSE: DISHTV, LSE: DTVL) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. The Company added 42 thousand subscribers at a net level during the period. The total net subscriber base finished at 23.94 million.
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Dish TV India launches range of 'Smart Connected Devices'
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