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In just the first two months of 2013, firearm background checks have jumped 54 percent from the same period last year. In the aftermath of the Newtown tragedy and the current gun control debate, firearms are still selling at a record pace and the Department of Justice is adjusting for the traffic.
According to the Associated Press, The Justice Department will spend more than $20 million on bolstering the current background check system. The funds will be going towards improving data reporting in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) so that background checks have a better ability to weed out applicants with mental health issues, felony convictions and domestic violence offenses.
This announcement by the Department comes at a time when more and more people have begun purchasing firearms. The Washington Times reports that last December and January were the highest and second highest recorded months, respectively, for application checks. While this trend is commonplace in all 50 states, Delaware, Alaska, Utah, and New Hampshire have led the pack with the highest rates so far.
Congress is currently debating the need for an expanded background check system that will apply also to private sales in addition to federally licensed dealers. This move is supported by gun control advocates as a step towards keeping guns away from potentially dangerous users. Others, like the National Rifle Association, believe that a universal background check would hinder law abiding gun purchasers and dealers, in addition to laying the groundwork for a gun registry.
Individual gun stores owners have their own say. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), a trade association for the firearms industry, reveals that an online survey of 640 federally licensed retailers shows that dealers are heavily concerned with the expansion, and they’re not happy about it. In the survey 85.7 percent of retailers opposed the idea while 95.7 percent voiced that such expansions would not prevent firearms from falling into criminal hands.
“The concept of universal background checks sounds appealing on the surface, but the details involved in what actually would be required on the part of firearms retailers to make it work are quite another matter,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF senior vice president. “In fact, the obligations and burdens that would be put in place could be overwhelming for many of those who would be called upon to carry them out. It is unfair to call upon private companies, many of them quite small and with limited personnel, to conduct what essentially would be a function of government.”
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How Les Raffineurs saves time with Klaviyo’s PrestaShop integration while managing multiple storefronts
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Following their struggle with finding interesting and never-before-seen gifts for their friends, Romain Jourdan and Julien Bergis launched their Parisian e-concept store—an online store that sells thoughtfully curated products from different brands and designers—on PrestaShop in 2014. The duo wanted to provide a selection of unique gifts created by artisanal designers and small producers while promoting unknown brands, and so, Les Raffineurs was born.
Today, the company has two dozen employees, five brick-and-mortar stores across France with three more in development, and two brands on PrestaShop: “Les Raffineurs – cadeaux synonymes de plaisirs à offrir et partager” and “Les Petits Raffineurs – chouettes trouvailles pour petites canailles, cadeaux de naissance, décoration de chambre d’enfants”—the latter of which focuses on unique and artisanal gifts for children.
Jean-Baptiste Gauche (usually called JB), ecommerce manager (in French, responsable digital and ecommerce) at Les Raffineurs, recently told us more about the business, why they chose Klaviyo and PrestaShop to help them grow, and how they integrated the two platforms through Klaviyo’s direct integration.
How Les Raffineurs scaled their business with Klaviyo and PrestaShop
Ever since Romain and Julien founded their e-concept store, they used PrestaShop, which JB said had a lot to do with the flexibility that PrestaShop offers their growing ecommerce business.
But while PrestaShop simplified managing Les Raffineurs’ two ecommerce stores (Les Raffineurs – cadeaux de caractère, expériences à vivre and Les Petits Raffineurs – chouettes trouvailles pour petites canailles, cadeaux de naissance, décoration de chambre d’enfants), it hasn’t always been easy finding just one intelligent email marketing platform that integrates well with PrestaShop.
JB recalled that before Klaviyo, the brand used several email providers to handle all their requirements, which doubled and sometimes even tripled their workload.
Les Raffineurs went live with Klaviyo’s PrestaShop integration in Q4 2020 and they took just two weeks to set up all their basic automations across the two brands.
How Les Raffineurs saves time using Klaviyo and PrestaShop
Since integrating Klaviyo with their PrestaShop websites, the team at Les Raffineurs have finally achieved what they wanted: “One tool to rule them all.” But they’ve also achieved something else just as coveted—time back to focus on other marketing tasks.
Upon digging into how JB and the team save this amount of time, he explained it was mostly down to exactly how Klaviyo integrates with PrestaShop—and in particular, their product catalogue.
This also means that Les Raffineurs can now better match their email content with subscribers’ specific needs by showing different product blocks across different emails.
How Les Raffineurs builds brand awareness using Klaviyo and PrestaShop
Building relationships with new customers is a priority for Les Raffineurs in growing their business. Using email marketing and several clever digital strategies, Les Raffineurs has achieved six-figure revenue from email marketing alone in the past 90 days.
While Les Raffineurs have signup forms on their websites, which link to their automated welcome series in Klaviyo, JB explained that their challenge is to encourage signups despite not offering discounts or bonuses because of the fair price target they’ve established in collaboration with the artisans and brands they work with.
Instead, they offer their subscribers the chance to enter an enticing giveaway and win up to €600 worth of products.
While this strategy has the potential to attract subscribers who only want to hear about the contest and don’t engage with any other emails, JB told us that Les Raffineurs haven’t had to worry about this—likely because their giveaways have a direct connection to their brand and the products they choose to stock.
Once subscribers are in their database, Les Raffineurs uses email as a way of sharing news about exciting product launches and their bestsellers.
Les Raffineurs has several out-of-the-box email automations set up in Klaviyo, including their welcome series, abandoned cart flow, and even emails that celebrate subscribers’ birthdays and half-birthdays.
JB and the team have even increased the open rate of their cart abandonment emails by over 33 percent following just one A/B test to find out how long they should wait before emailing their customers.
Predicting the future: What’s next for Les Raffineurs
While the focus for Les Raffineurs in 2020 was on growth, including increasing their customer base, driving more traffic to their websites, and increasing revenue, JB says the focus for 2021 is to dive deeper into their data to learn more about their customers.


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Tiger Woods, the first billion-dollar athlete
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Yes, that’s B as in $1 billion.
Forbes magazine figures that Tiger Woods has topped $1 billion in career earnings, not just from prize money but also all that loot Nike, Gatorade, Tag Huer and other advertisers pay the golf star, plus income from his golf design business and lofty appearance fees.
In fact, the magazine says that the $10 million Woods pocketed Sunday by winning the FedEx Cup title pushed him over the $1-billion mark.
Woods, who is 33, turned pro in 1996 and won the Masters the next year, the first of his 14 professional majors.
What’s equally remarkable about Woods’ earning power is that the only two other athletes anywhere near him have already retired: Michael Jordan has career earnings of $800 million, Forbes says, including $45 million a year from Nike as the Air Jordan brand continues to soar in sales. And ex-Formula One driver Michael Schumacher has earned $700 million in his career.
Given Woods’ relatively young age, Forbes predicts: ‘This is only the first billion for Woods.’
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PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare announced that its chief executive officer Bob Gilligan has stepped down, and that the company’s board of directors has appointed former Dentsply Sirona executive Robert Size as the company’s new chief executive officer. Size will assume day-to-day leadership of the company and will also join Drive’s board of directors.
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. — Drive Medical Canada, a subsidiary of Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare, has acquired the mobility and bathroom safety equipment business of AMG Medical. Financial terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed. Drive said the acquired home health care brands — Hugo, Profilio, AquaSense and Airgo — are leading durable medical equipment (DME) brands in
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. — To meet rising demand for its products, Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare is set to open a new distribution center in the Indianapolis area. The durable medical equipment (DME) manufacturer said Tuesday that the 232,000-square-foot facility, located in Greenwood, Ind., is slated to go into operation on June 1 and will house the


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Plant-based food is more popular than ever, and faux-meat is one of the fastest-growing categories.
Technological innovation has transformed the landscape of food production and vegan alternatives are revolutionizing the idea of meat. There is nothing “fake” about it; vegan protein is healthier, more sustainable, and more cost-effective.
Meat alternatives — either plant-based or lab-grown — counter the inefficiency of industrial meat production. Animal agriculture is a long-winded and expensive way of producing protein, even without the ethical consideration of eating sentient creatures.
Maximizing food production is a logical response to shortages, over-population, and environmental destruction. Plants can be used to make healthy protein instead of being used to feed CO2-producing livestock.
Vegan meat is already the most popular plant-based product, according to The Good Food Institute (GFI) and the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA). Vegan meat surpasses the popularity of cheese, ice cream, and even dairy-free milk – which is also wildly popular.
Since plant-based meats are the most popular vegan category by far, why is vegan meat such a contentious topic?
What is ‘Fake Meat’?
Vegan meat alternatives are particularly helpful for flexitarians who want to cut down on their meat consumption. Creating a direct replacement for an animal product means consumers can switch diets without altering the way they shop, cook, and enjoy food.
The phrase “fake meat” is sometimes used to describe vegetarian or vegan products that approximate the texture, appearance, and flavor of specific animal foods. For example, soy or tempeh can be used to create vegan versions of chicken. Jackfruit is a popular substitute for pulled pork. But the term “fake meat” implies inferiority.
Plant-based meats are considered an ethical, sustainable, and healthier alternative to meat-eating. Plant-based dishes are widely enjoyed by consumers who still eat meat, giving rise to the popularity of the term “flexitarian.”
Beyond Meat, creator of the popular Beyond Burger, attracts primarily flexitarian consumers. Recent data from the company shows that 93 percent of the burger’s buyers are meat-eaters. CEO Ethan Brown explicitly said last year that he doesn’t consider his burgers “fake.”
“I would never call it that,” Brown said. “We don’t call a mobile phone a fake phone – it’s a better phone than a landline. We have to get people to think about [vegan meat] this way.”
Beyond’s realistic meat products are not simply imitations; they are the future of meat products.
Vegan Meat Goes Mainstream
The number of vegans is rapidly growing. However, it is overwhelmingly flexitarians and curious meat-eaters who are creating a mainstream demand for vegan products. According to Nielsen data, 98 percent of those who buy meat-alternatives regularly are also regular purchasers of animal products.
Critics suggest that flexitarianism is not a strong enough response to animal welfare concerns. However, it is flexitarians that have helped improve mainstream attitudes towards plant-based food in general. Cutting down on animal products even a small amount can help to minimize the global environmental impact of animal agriculture.
Flexitarians — and many vegetarians — still enjoy eating meat, so creating alternatives that closely emulate animal meat can make cutting down much easier. Plant-based company Impossible Foods recognizes the cultural and nutritional role of meat but sees veganism as the only sustainable future for meat.
“[When it comes to plant-based foods, basically] people have been looking for a reason to not have to make a compromise when eating [meat],” said Jordan Sadowsky, Impossible Foods’ director of national expansion. “So, [as we can provide] everything that they like about meat but [without] having to deal with the health or environmental issues, people are just eager to try it.”
“Food is the most important technology on our planet. It’s literally required for life,” said Sadowsky. “It’s also been failing to innovate for about 10,000 years. That’s when humans started killing animals and cooking them as a cheap source of protein.”
Processed Meat and Processed Plants
Many have pointed out that vegan meat is “processed” as an argument for avoiding it. Fast-casual chain Chipotle has said that it will not be stocking Beyond Meat or Impossible Foods. The American chain indicated that this is “because of the processing.” Brian Niccol, Chipotle’s Chief Executive Officer, said in an interview: “If there’s a way for them to do this that would match our ‘food with integrity’ principles, I’m sure we would continue talking with them.”
Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown responded by inviting Niccol to see the company’s factory, saying: “We’re all about transparency.”
Brown said in an interview, “Don’t call me, just knock on the door. I invite you to do the same with all of Chipotle’s meat-processing facilities. They won’t let you, and if they did, you wouldn’t want to see it.”
In 2015 the World Health Organization (WHO) assigned processed meats a Group 1 carcinogen label — the same classification as tobacco and asbestos. Red meat, in general, was classed as a Group 2A carcinogen. WHO added that it was “probably carcinogenic to humans.”
Red meat is linked to specific diseases like colorectal cancer and is associated with a 70 percent increased risk of rectal cancer. A separate study also found that those who ate processed meat had a much higher chance of developing breast cancer.
Switching to a vegan diet can have a huge, positive effect on health. There is a growing body of medical studies that show that the health benefits of a plant-based diet far outweigh those of traditional diets. Eating vegan regularly is particularly good for your cardiovascular health. A study from the Journal of Nutrition indicated that a plant-based diet can normalize blood pressure in less than two weeks.
The risk of cardiovascular disease drops by 13 percent when eating 200g of fruit and veg per day. Cancer drops by 4 percent, and premature death by 15 percent. When consuming 800g, this drops by 28, 13, and 31 percent respectively. Adopting a plant-based diet has also been linked to a lower BMI (body mass index).
Is ‘Fake Meat’ Fake?
Earlier this year, The European Parliament’s Agricultural Committee voted to ban the use of meat-related nomenclature on plant-based foods. The European court of justice ruled in 2017 that soya and other plant-based products could not be labeled “milk” or “butter.” Now, the terms “burger,” “steak,” and “sausage” are reserved for animal products.
Similar debates are taking place in America. States including South Dakota, Missouri, Arkansas, and Wyoming have already passed laws restricting the labeling of vegan foods. The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) has filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The petition demands that plant-based milk is labeled “imitation.”
Those pushing for stricter labeling laws are explicitly companies that view plant-based products as a real threat to animal agriculture. Many argue that changing the labeling convention will make shopping for plant-based foods less straightforward.
“People are not confused by terms like ‘veggie burger’ or ‘vegan hot dog,’” said Justin Pearson, a managing attorney at the Institute of Justice. The institute backed the PBFA and Upton’s Naturals lawsuit against Mississippi, which introduced its own labeling law last July. He continued, “Those terms tell consumers that they are buying exactly what they want: a plant-based alternative to animal meat.”
Earlier this month, the state of Mississippi backed down from the law. Similar lawsuits are pending in Arkansas and Missouri.
Animal agriculture has prompted the search for meat alternatives. Industrial animal production is inefficient and unethical. Vegan protein is healthier, practical, and sustainable.
“Just as modern automobiles replaced the horse and buggy, better alternatives will replace conventional animal agriculture,” says Liz Specht Ph.D., a senior scientist at the Good Food Institute (GFI).
Creating plant-based meat is a simple way for people to adjust to the changing needs of the planet and global society. But the producers of vegan meat are not just trying to discourage the consumption of animal products; they are trying to re-frame the whole conversation by making the eating of animals totally redundant.
“Animal agriculture occupies almost half the land on earth, consumes a quarter of our freshwater and destroys our ecosystems,” says Impossible Foods. “So we’re doing something about it: we’re making meat using plants so that we never have to use animals again. That way, we can eat all the meat we want, for as long as we want.”
Plant-based meat encapsulates a combination of innovation and technology; a practical and imaginative solution to an urgent problem. Replacing an unethical, unsustainable, and inefficient practice with a modern one is not imitation – it is inevitable human progress.


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Since joining the Ultraframe Ultra Installer Scheme just over four months ago, Hainault Home Improvements has already sold eight of the leads they’ve received from the scheme – at a whopping total of £240,000!
Hainault Design Consultant Rob Kobylka is naturally thrilled with the quality of the leads and said: “When we joined the Ultra Installer Scheme at the end of January, we would never have imagined that the leads we’d receive would have secured us almost a quarter of a million pounds worth of sales by early June. As the sales figures reflect, the quality of the leads has been extremely high and we’re confident that these are sales that we wouldn’t have got, had we not received the leads via the Ultra Installer Scheme.”
The Ultra Installer Scheme is one of the longest-established schemes of its type in the industry, offering homeowners the chance to find reputable and approved companies in their area to carry out their home improvement project.
For the elite companies which make up its membership, the benefits of being an Ultra Installer are huge – not least the high-quality consumer leads which are generated via the Ultraframe website.
Commenting about Hainault’s successful start to membership of the Scheme, Ultraframe Marketing Director, Alex Hewitt, said: “It’s fantastic to hear of our Ultra Installers having such success with the leads we generate, especially a company such as Hainault who only recently joined the scheme and has really hit the ground running! Our marketing team works extremely hard to ensure that the leads generated via our website are of the highest quality and it’s great for us to hear just how successful these leads can be when passed to our members such as Hainault, who are the elite of the industry. We invested in a new consumer-facing website quite recently and have since seen an increase in the number of homeowner leads generated; in fact, they are up 9% year on year and continue to grow in number as do our members. With Brexit uncertainty continuing to affect consumer confidence it’s fantastic to hear that homeowners continue to put their trust in our Ultra Installers when investing in a new conservatory or extension.”
To find out more about the benefits of Ultra Installer Scheme membership, call Adam Wilde on 01200 443311.


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Digital Camera, Storage Sales Drive Flash Shortage
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Strong demand for digital cameras and an unexpected surge in sales of new removable storage devices for personal computers have led to a shortage of removable flash memory, according to industry analysts.
Consumers should not expect to see prices rise, but the shortage could keep equipment makers from lowering prices or adding new features, the analysts said.
"When prices are flat the OEMs tend not to pass on price increases to users, but instead they tend to squeeze costs in other places to accommodate the higher prices they're paying for flash," said Jim Handy, an analyst at Semico Research.
Samsung Corp. and Toshiba Corp., the top supplier of NAND chips, the flash memory used in removable storage devices, have faced a surge in demand, Mr. Handy and others said.
NAND is used in cards for storing such things as digital photos in cameras that can be removed from devices and plugged into a PC for downloading images, as well as in small keychain-size USB drives used for manually transferring stored data from one computer to another.
Handset makers are also starting to add removable storage flash cards to cell phones used in Japan and Korea, he added.
This is good news for SanDisk Corp., the world's largest supplier of flash memory storage cards. SanDisk reported record product revenues in the third quarter as a result of what it called the "industry-wide NAND flash memory capacity shortages." The company's stock price has tripled since the beginning of the year.
The shortage could mean lower gross margins for smaller flash memory device makers, according to Satya Chillara, an analyst at WR Hambrecht & Co. "The second-tier guys are paying higher prices because they can't get capacity," he said.
The NAND shortage is not expected to ease until mid-2004 or even the end of 2004, after STMicroelectronics and Hynix Semiconductor Inc. get their initial flash chips into the market, said Betsy Van Hees, a principal analyst at market research firm iSuppli.
The total flash memory market is forecast to grow 42 percent in 2003 and 36 percent next year, Ms. Van Hees said. (Reuters)
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Supply-demand balance for gloves in six to nine months, says Margma chairman
KUALA LUMPUR (September 6): Balance between glove supply and demand is expected within six to nine months, according to Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association (Margma) Chairman Dr Supramaniam Shanmugan.
“Based on our association’s estimates and our data, the normalization of equilibrium conditions will occur within six to nine months,” Supramaniam told reporters on Tuesday (September 6th) after the 10th International Conference and Exhibition on rubber gloves held in conjunction with the 3rd International Rubber Conference. Industry Convention & Exhibition & Rubber Conference 2022.
“The depletion of inventory in the pipeline will cause a normal balance between production capacity utilization and global demand. [glove] the industry is also making progress in the areas of [the] recycling economy with new raw materials, additives and environmentally friendly and biodegradable substances,” he said.
In addition, the local glove trade will do slightly better than in 2019, Supramaniam said, adding that average glove selling prices are expected to reach pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels of around USD 20 (89. 84 RM) to 25 USD per thousand coins.
According to Supramaniam, the global demand for rubber gloves is expected to be around 399 billion pieces for 2022, with an expected annual growth of 10-12%.
“Last mile automation will be pursued aggressively. Malaysian producers currently have the capacity to produce at an advanced speed of 42,000 to 45,000 pieces of gloves per hour, up from 3,000 pieces per hour 12 years ago.
“In 2008, we needed 9.7 workers for one million gloves per month. However, thanks to investments in continuous automation, we expect to reach – by 2024 – 1.5 workers per million gloves per month,” he added.
He observed that each subsequent epidemic or pandemic continued to raise awareness and the use of rubber gloves, as was the case with the recent Covid 19 pandemic and the emergence of monkeypox.
The United States remained the largest consumer market, with 75 pairs of gloves in use per capita, followed by Europe at 50 pairs per capita, while China and India have an average of two to three pairs per capita .
“The industry expects low per capita African countries to be the new growth market,” Supramaniam said.


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This post is by Natasha Lomas from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch
With so much startup activity in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) space it can be a challenge for businesses to figure out which of these SaaS (SaaSes?) are actually useful and worth continuing to shell out for. Well, Cologne-based startup Sastrify is here to help — offering what it describes as a “highly automated” platform (covering some 20,000+ SaaS solutions) to help other businesses with procurement and management of third-party services.
It may not sound the sexist startup business to be in, but despite only launching earlier this year, Sastrify is already cash-flow positive — and can tout “a high six-digit recurring revenue” just a few months post-launch. Not bad for a startup that was only founded last summer.
Today it’s announcing closing a $7 million seed round from HV Capital and the founders of FlixMobility, Personio and SumUp. That follows a $1.3 million pre-seed raised back in late 2020, ahead of its launch.
Sastrify tells us it has around 50 customers at this stage — including “unicorn startups like Gorillas”. It says its approach works best for growing companies with 100+ employees, and is perhaps especially suited to European tech scale-ups.
On the competitive front the startup points to U.S.-based Vendr and Tropic, which may further explain the regional focus (although it’s not only selling in Europe).
Sastrify’s sales pitch to SMEs includes that current customers have seen an average 6.5x return on their investment — in addition to (Read more...)


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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — Consumers are planning to buy big ticket items soon despite growing concerns about stagnant pay and employment, fearful that prices will spike upwards when the goods and services tax (GST) hits in April.
According to the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research, its Consumer Sentiments Index (CSI) fell by 15 points in the fourth quarter to 83 points and dipped below the 100-point threshold that signals consumers’ heightened lack of confidence in the economy.
“While consumers are concerned about their income and jobs, they are equally concerned about higher prices post-GST which is probably why they are not holding off their spending plans just yet,” the report on consumer patterns stated.
“It does not help either that prices remain high despite a decrease in petrol prices on November 19 2014,” the report read.
The report found that consumers were bucking trends by planning to splurge ahead of the new consumption tax, disregarding the negative sentiments brought about by an unstable wealth pool as well as languid job and wage growth.
MIER said that the “spirited” shopping plans of consumers in the third quarter of last year trailed into the fourth quarter with more respondents training their sights on items such as furniture, television, personal computers, with houses, cars, washing machines, refrigerators and cookers also being the favourites.
The report stated that 20 per cent of those surveyed revealed plans to purchase homes while 15 per cent have cars on their list.
But the shopping plans belie Malaysians lack of confidence in the economy, prompted by late salaries, increasing cost of living and limited job opportunities, the report said.
“In the fourth quarter of 2013, only 19 per cent of the households interviewed enjoyed better finances, while a majority 54 per cent did not experience any change, with both proportions being the lowest polled in four quarters.
“More respondents also lamented being worse off financially in the fourth quarter of 2014. Some 37 per cent responded unfavourably, the highest for the whole of 2014,” the report further read.


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International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) Guyana Ltd, the local distributor of Lailac Infant Milk is continuing to challenge a decision made by the Government Analust-Food and Drug Analyst Department (GA-FDD) to recall the product.
In a series of correspondence beginning on February 11, 2016 and ending on the April 7, 2016 GA-FDD instructed IPA to “with immediate effect remove from our local market Lailac Infant Milk”.
On April 28 in an invited comment, Minister in the Ministry of Public Health Dr Karen Cummings told Stabroek News that she had been informed that both doctors and mothers have been complaining about the milk.
“I have been advised that while it is labelled milk it should not be labelled as such since it is fortified with vegetable oil and not milk fats. Further it is made in France but not sold in France. We have adopted the standard that any product to be distributed in Guyana must be used in the country where it is produced,” she explained.
According to the correspondence signed by Director of GA-FDD Marlan Cole the importer has been unable to provide evidence that the product is freely sold and distributed in the country in which it is produced, a condition necessary to enable compliance with Food and Drug Regulation (13) of 1977 and the product is labelled infant milk though in the production process vegetable oils were used to replace milk fat in contravention of Codex Alimentarius 1986, a collection of internationally recognized standards, codes of practice, guidelines, and other recommendations relating to foods, food production, and food safety.
IPA has however provided copies of a letter dated March 14, 2016 which purports to provide the department with a “free sale certificate.” According to this document issued under the name of the French Ministry of Agriculture “the product in conformity with regulation (EC) No 178/2002 can be placed on the French market and in the other member states of the European Union and be exported in the non-EC Member States.” It goes on to note that the certificate can only be used for exportation outside the EU.
The company maintains that LaiLac is a regional brand name for products manufactured by the French Company Nutribio.
IPA Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Singh speaking with Stabroek News yesterday said that the product Lailac Milk is distributed in France under the name Nutrilac.
“I have a free sale certificate which shows that the product can be distributed in France. It doesn’t contravene any laws. Lailac is just the brand it is marketed under in Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East”, he stressed.
However, Cole speaking with Stabroek News last week had said that LaiLac is not and cannot possibly be sold in France as milk.
“Our regulations clearly state that the product must be free distributed in the country of production. That product is not sold in France. No other Caribbean country has Lailac Milk. It is not milk,” he maintained
Cole has based his conclusion on a reading of the product’s label which shows that the product is labelled infant milk though in the production process vegetable oils were used to replace milk fat.
“When someone hears Milk they think of an animal product. Soy Milk or Almond Milk clearly tells you that there is no animal product there. Laillac doesn’t do this,” Cole said.
IPA however contends that Lailac Infant Milk is a milk-based baby formula.
“All milk based baby formulas are made with cow’s milk, vegetable oils, vitamins, minerals and usually fortified with iron. The vegetable oil is used to provide fat calories. This is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA),” IPA says in a letter dated February 15, 2016.
The company is also contending that they have not been officially informed of any complaints about the quality of the product.
GA-FDD has said that they have received “a plethora of complaints” and have removed tins of the milk from Public Health Centres across the country. However IPA has said that to date they have not received “a single complaint in writing.”
“We have a contract with states that as the distributor we should be informed first of any complaint so that we can address it with the Manufacturer,” they said. Asked if Cole’s letters could not be considered notification in line with the contract requirements, IPA stated that it is the Material Management Unit which must give this notification not the GA-FDD. Stabroek News was told that the GA-FDD has been notified of complaints made by the Materials Management Unit of the Ministry of Public Health regarding batches of the infant milk


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Last month, Xiaomi introduced the Mi 4S smartphone carrying an excellent set of specifications on board and an attractive RMB 1,699 (almost $260) price tag.
The Xiaomi Mi 4S went on sale in China earlier this week, and according to reports surfacing from China, the handset has apparently sold 200,000 units on launch day.
The company didn’t officially revealed any information about the sales figures, but a local retailer Suning revealed that it sold 110,000 units of Xiaomi Mi 4S on launch day out of which 50,935 units were sold online, while 64,853 were sold through offline channels.
The Xiaomi Mi 4S boasts a 5-inch display sporting a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor paired with 3GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. Other features include a 13MP camera for photos and videos, a 5MP front-facing camera, a 3,260 mAh battery and ships with Android as its operating system.
There’s no word if we’ll see the handset hit other global markets where Xiaomi operates, but it will definitely be a good hit if it launches, considering the specifications it has to offer at such an attractive price tag.
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Survey says: Thumbs up! J.D. Power and Associates recently released its 8th annual U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction Study,SM and the results show significant improvements in customer satisfaction. That has to be welcome news for banks, which last year got hammered on satisfaction scores, particularly over the rollout of monthly maintenance fees.
After several years of fairly minor increases in overall scores, customer satisfaction this year increased by 10 index points in the most recent survey, compared to last year (from 753 in 2012 to 763 this year on a 1,000-point scale).
Somewhat surprisingly, the largest increase in satisfaction scores was seen in the “big bank” segment (think Citi, Chase, Bank of America), which improved 16 points in 2013. Typically, the big bank segment has lagged behind smaller banks in customer satisfaction by a decent margin. This year that gap closed. Why?
According to Jim Miller – Sr. Director of Banking Services at J.D. Power and Associates, that gap closed due to two primary reasons: Big banks not only ramped up their phone and branch customer service efforts and problem resolution, but they offered customers easier ways of doing their banking thanks to mobile and online banking, including remote check deposit, which customers are flocking to.
Moreover, consumer attitudes towards big banks appear to be shifting. Consumers generally used to regard big banks as offering better convenience, while smaller banks offered better service.
Now, research trends tracked by J.D. Power suggest service at big banks is getting better thanks to extended branch hours, more locations, more services and broader technology offerings.
Yet, according to Miller, there still is a consumer segment which values services provided at smaller, “in my community” banks. To stay competitive, Miller says smaller banks will have to leverage technology so big banks won’t be the only ones offering the latest in tech advantages for online and mobile banking, and far-reaching ATM networks.
The ongoing banking research measures satisfaction among banks in 11 regions, focusing on six dimensions: account information; channel activities; facility; fees; problem resolution; and product offerings.
The 2013 study (fielded in January and February) is based on responses from close to 52,000 retail banking customers from more than 120 of the largest U.S. banks.
Given the turmoil seen in our banking arena during the past couple of years, this upward trend in overall satisfaction must be very welcome news to bank executives and front-line staff.


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Natalie Portman is Investing in Vegan Bacon: Here’s Why
Ever since Natalie Portman announced her Instagram hiatus last year, we’ve desperately missed her vegan recipes. Through the entire COVID-19 quarantine, the acclaimed actress shared recipes over IGTV with her fans, hoping to destigmatize plant-based dieting with a little optimism. Portman stepped away from Instagram, leaving fans waiting for more vegan tips and tricks, but the Oscar-winning actress is still highly active in the vegan movement.
Portman recently helped secure a record-breaking investment for the French vegan company La Vie, formerly known as 77 foods. The company, which specializes in plant-based pork, just closed its Series A funding round with $28.3 million. The investment package marks the largest funding round in the French alternative protein category. Currently, the food-tech start-up is exclusively available at Carrefour across France but intends to expand following the successful funding round.
La Vie aims to expand its production and distribution capacity through the next year, announcing that it plans to rapidly expand within France, Europe, and the UK. Eventually, the brand hopes to bring its plant-based bacon and lardons to the United States market.
Since 2019, the vegan brand has worked to develop a recipe that properly mimics the taste, texture, and most importantly, the preparation of conventional bacon products. The founders Nicolas Schweitzer and Vincent Poulichet officially unveiled its plant-based pork last October, featuring a recipe containing soy, konjac, and sunflower oil. Schweitzer claims that he and Poulichet are “the only ones in the world today to have succeeded in developing a vegetable fat that cooks, fries, infuses and browns.”
France’s Historic Investment Round
Alongside Portman, the historic investment round enlisted the financial support of several prominent names in the plant-based industry. Led by the Paris-based venture capital firm Seventure, La Vie received investments from Oatly chairman Eric Melloul, BlablaCar CEO Frederic Mazzella, Back Market CEO Thibaud Hug de Larauze, and Vinted CEO Thomas Lodewijk Plantenga.
“It is essential to switch to plant-based food and I am convinced that technological innovation has a key role to play in encouraging consumers—even the most reluctant—to make the switch,” Plantenga said. “The La Vie team has created a delicious recipe and a unique brand that will make plant-based meat so appealing that it will become the norm in our societies.”
The high-profile investors signify the potential for La Vie’s plant-based pork and general interest in the alternative protein category. The plant-based protein market is expected to rise 451 percent by 2030, and one of the industry’s leading categories is pork. Alternative pork is expected to grow at a 24 percent CAGR within the next decade, fueling investor interest worldwide. As sustainability becomes a primary concern for consumers and investors, companies including La Vie will flourish as plant-based pioneers.
“La Vie is a UFO that aligns 100% business and impact,” de Larauze said. “It has the capacity to massively reduce the CO2 emissions of the food industry without requiring the slightest compromise from the consumer, quite the contrary! "
La Vie’s latest funding round also accompanies a food renaissance happening within France as well. The meat-and-cheese-dominated country is shifting towards a plant-based cuisine. Last year, Environmental Minister Barbara Prompili urged French citizens to reduce meat and cheese consumption, planning to remove meat from school lunches at least once a week.
“[About] 15 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and 91 percent of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest are linked to livestock farming,” the minister said last July. “So developing a vegetarian offer means acting for the climate, against deforestation, while giving canteens more room to purchase high-quality, locally produced meat that is better for the environment. Everyone wins.”
Natalie Portman’s Vegan Ventures
Jimmy Fallon featured Portman’s vegan recipes on the Tonight Show during the 2020 quarantine, pleading that she start a plant-based cooking show. While her tutorials have yet to hit the big screen, Portman continues to support and invest in plant-based companies. Portman joined Oatly as an early investor alongside big names including Oprah and Jay-Z, helping push the dairy-free milk company into the mainstream.
Portman also joined John Legend in the vegan leather brand MycoWork’s Series B funding round. The sustainable leather company raised $45 million dollars, closing one of the most successful investment rounds for a vegan leather brand to date.


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Apple appeals loss against Samsung in Japan
News On Japan via CNET -- Oct 16
More than a month after losing one of its patent cases against Samsung in Japan, Apple has filed for an appeal.
Bloomberg reports that Apple has filed the necessary paperwork in the hopes of reversing a Tokyo judge's decision that Samsung's smartphones and tablets do not infringe on Apple's patents.
That decision, issued August 31, came just days after Apple won big over Samsung in its first major U.S. case against the company. The aftermath of that, which has yet to truly shake out, puts Samsung on the hook for $1.05 billion in damages and threatens to ban a number of devices for sale in the U.S., though it's also likely destined for an appeal. Samsung has already requested a new trial.
Apple originally filed its suit last August, taking aim at Samsung's Galaxy S and Galaxy S II smartphones, as well as the Galaxy Tab 7, accusing those devices of infringing on its patents covering synchronizing music and video to servers.
|| Man stabbed in possible dispute over son's girlfriend |
| || Kochi prefectural police are investigating an incident involving a man who sustained severe injuries after being stabbed several times in the abdomen. Police said they believe the attack is linked to a dispute the victim was having with another man over their children dating. (Japan Today ) |
|| 3 cats found mutilated to death in Ehime park |
| || Police in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, are investigating the mutilation deaths of three cats whose bodies were left in a park. Two were found dead in February, and the third was found on Saturday. (Japan Today ) |
|| Thousands protest in Japan ahead of Fukushima anniversary |
| || Banging on drums and waving "Sayonara nukes" signs, thousands of people rallied in a Tokyo park and marched to Parliament on Sunday to demand an end to nuclear power ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. (scmp.com ) |
|| Fewer than 40 pct of Tokyo residents, commuters prepared for quake |
| || Fewer than 40 pct of residents and commuters in Tokyo take specific measures to prepare for a possible huge earthquake beneath the Japanese capital, despite high awareness on disaster prevention, a Metropolitan Police Department survey showed Friday. (Jiji Press ) |
|| Blizzard pummels northern Japan |
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PATLive, a provider of automated and live phone call management services, announces a contest just for their Facebook fans. Just in time for Spring cleaning, PATLive will give away cleaning service to one of its lucky fans. To qualify, you must be a fan of the PATLive page on Facebook and submit an entry via the About Us tab on the Facebook page. The winner will be announced April 15th to bring Tax Day cheer to the winner or someone special the winner designates.
“The goal of the contest is to grow our fan base on Facebook. We want to connect with our customers in a more casual and personal way where they are spending their time. We are investing time and money to get to know our customers and communicate with them through their preferred channels,” states Adam Sloan, Sales Manager.
PATLive uses Facebook to communicate with clients about company news and events, development projects, new releases, contests and promotions, and to just have some fun. Ken Devivo, VP of Development states, “Our goal for this new year is to invest more time getting to know our clients. What better place than Facebook where studies continue to show people are spending significant amounts of their time. We need to be proactive in communicating with them where they are rather than expecting them to come to us.”
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On the 17th, local time, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced three notifications for the removal of tariffs on goods from China, and more than 400 items were exempt from tariffs. Different from previous times, this list refers to the three batches of Chinese goods declared by the US to impose tariffs.
According to the first financial reporter, the tariff exclusion list involves a total of 437 items, and the excluded items are mainly various types of equipment, organic synthetic materials, daily necessities, chemicals, textiles, mechanical and electrical equipment, chemical products, steel products, etc. These commodities are distributed among the three batches of Chinese goods that have been imposed on tariffs, which were announced by the United States last year, of $34 billion, $16 billion, and $200 billion.
From December 28, 2018 to the present, USTR has published 11 batches of commodity exclusion lists. According to the first financial reporter’s enquiry, 984, 87, 21, 515, 464, 110, 69 and 10 items were excluded in the first 8 times. On September 17, USTR announced a three-batch exclusion list for each of the three batches of goods mentioned above, which has never happened before.
The USTR stated in the notice of the $34 billion exclusion list for tariffed goods. On September 17, 2019, USTR issued Notice No. 3290-F9 to announce the goods subject to tariff exclusion. According to Section 301 b of the US Trade Act of 1974, Sections 301 c and 307 a, and the recommendations of the Inter-Agency Committee on Article 301, the US Trade Representative announced the removal of tariffs on 310 of these commodities. The statement said that the decision also referred to the “advice and opinions of the advisory committee and the public on the relevant tariff exclusion products.”
These 310 products are mainly for various types of electromechanical instruments, equipment and components, including pump turbines, electric equipment, engines, lifting equipment, medical equipment and optical equipment of different types and uses.
And this time included in the $16 billion list of tariff-exempted goods, including PVC rolls, PVC sheets, plastic tubes, pipe and hose joints and connectors, spherical knob steel, iron or steel 89 types of products such as terraces, pergola and scaffolding, galvanized steel pipes, and rotary internal combustion engines for agricultural or horticultural machinery.
In addition, 38 categories of commodities, such as daily necessities, chemicals, textiles, and electromechanical equipment, were included in the $200 billion list of tariff-exempted commodities. Among them, about one-third of daily necessities include LED lamps that are closely related to the daily lives of Americans, lighting accessories for gardens, courtyards and desktops, composite wood flooring, water cups for coffee brewing and self-contained filter devices, and portable Single-use grills, dog seat belts, etc.
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) issued a statement opposing the Trump administration’s plan to impose tariffs on Chinese goods. The statement said that although the US imports of chemicals from China increased by 22.7% in 2018, retaliatory tariffs inhibited US exports of Chinese chemicals, resulting in a two-fold increase in the trade deficit of chemicals against China in 2018, from 1.4 billion. The dollar has increased to $4 billion. The US chemical industry is the main export industry of the United States, accounting for more than 10% of the total US export trade.
Christmas goods in the column
The refreshing of the tariff exclusion list is beneficial to Chinese exporters, US importers and US consumers.
The good news for American consumers who are going to spend Christmas is that a small lighting fixture for Christmas tree decorations is also on the exclusion list.
According to a survey released by the Peterson Institute for International Economics in the United States, Christmas supplies and Christmas lights ranked third and tenth respectively in the TOP10 of the “Made in China” products consumed by Americans.
According to data from the US Census Bureau, 80% of imported lighting in the United States is completed in August and October each year, and Chinese goods account for about 85% of these imported lighting fixtures, and almost all LED lights Americans used are from China.
Among the textiles, 100% polyester woven microfiber fabrics and polyester products are also included in this exclusion list.
According to data from the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles, China’s textile and apparel exports to the United States last year were about 10.3 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for about 16% of China’s exports of textiles, clothing and raw materials to the United States, and about 17,000 export enterprises.
Rufus Yerxa, president of the US National Foreign Trade Council, said that the United States no longer has the infrastructure to produce clothing, textiles and other related products.
For the US textile industry, the “lifting the ban” on Chinese textiles has at least eased the urgent need.
Industry insiders in various fields said that the announcement of this exclusion list is also good news for export companies in related fields in China, especially those companies that are currently striving for Christmas orders.


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One of the big questions that is probably being asked right now in the tech world is “When will the iPhone 5 be launched?” It’s probably followed up or preceded by questions such as “Is there even an iPhone 5?” or “Will it be the iPhone 4S or iPhone 5 this year?” While we are still in the dark regarding new iPhone devices, we do know that Apple has plans to launch iOS 5 alongside iCloud soon, with some speculating that the iPhone 5 will be launched alongside it as well and the new date that many are pegging is the 5th of October.
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T-Mobile is talking a big 5G game today, announcing that it’s giving anyone who trades in any old phone a free Samsung Galaxy A32 5G. The old phone has to be in working order, but it can be any phone – the press release even mentions you can trade in a Sidekick, flip phone, whatever.
The “free” bit comes after 24 bill credits, so you will need to stick around for two years to benefit, and you still have to pay sales tax – but hey, it’s almost free after all.
The carrier also announced that it’s upgrading all of its customers (including those previously on Sprint) who are on a…
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Elon Musk is defending the mass layoffs at Twitter by saying axed employees received a three-month payment from the company.
There’s word as many as half of its global workers could lose their jobs.
Musk says there is “unfortunately no choice” when the company is losing more than four million dollars a day.
Still, Musk is thought to want to drastically cut costs at the company after completing his 44-billion dollars takeover of the social media platform last week.
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Japan lost its place to China as the world’s No. 2 economy in the second quarter as receding global growth sapped momentum and stunted a shaky recovery.
Gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of just 0.4%, the government said Monday, far below expectations of 2.3% growth in a Kyodo news agency survey.
The figures underscore China’s emergence as an economic power that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed. It is already the biggest exporter, auto buyer and steel producer, and its worldwide influence is growing.
China has surpassed Japan in quarterly GDP figures before but its passing of Japan in the second quarter is likely to mark the period in which the lead became insurmountable.
China’s economy will almost certainly be bigger than Japan’s at the end of 2010 because of the big difference in each country’s growth rates. China is growing at about 10 percent a year while Japan’s economy is forecast to grow 3 percent this year.
Japan’s nominal GDP, which isn’t adjusted for price and seasonal variations, was worth $1.286 trillion in the April-to-June quarter compared with $1.335 trillion for China. The figures are converted into dollars based on an average exchange rate for the quarter.
Japan has held the No. 2 spot after the U.S. since 1968, when it overtook West Germany. From the ashes of World War II, the country rose to become a global manufacturing and financial powerhouse. But its so-called “economic miracle” turned into a massive real estate bubble in the 1980s before imploding in 1991.
What followed next was a decade of stagnant growth and economic malaise from which the country never really recovered. Prime Minister Naoto Kan now faces a long list of daunting problems: a rapidly aging and shrinking population, persistently weak domestic demand, deflation, a strong yen and slowing growth in key export markets.
In contrast, China’s growth has been spectacular, its voracious appetite fueling demand for resources, machinery and products from the developing world as well as rich economies like Japan and Australia. China is Japan’s top trading partner and has been key in Japan’s recovery from the global recession.
But China’s rise has produced glaring contradictions. The wealth gap between an elite who profited most from three decades of reform and its poor majority is so extreme that China has dozens of billionaires while average income for the rest of its 1.3 billion people is among the world’s lowest.
Japan’s people still are among the world’s richest, with a per capita income of $37,800 last year, compared with China’s $3,600. So are Americans at $42,240, their economy still by far the biggest.
“We should be concerned about per capita GDP,” said Kyohei Morita, chief economist at Barclays Capital in Tokyo. China overtaking Japan “is just symbolic,” he said. “It’s nothing more than that.”
On a quarterly basis, Japan’s GDP—or the total value of the nation’s goods and services—grew 0.1% from the January-March period, the Cabinet Office said.
Consumer spending, which accounts for about 60% of GDP, was flat from the previous quarter, the figures showed. Capital spending by companies rose 0.5%, while public investment fell 3.4%.
“We are now seeing a pause of growth, especially on the domestic side,” said Masamichi Adachi, senior economist at JPMorgan Securities Japan.
The outlook for this third is uncertain. Private consumption appears to be solid so far, helped in part by unusually hot weather, Adachi said. But a cooling global economy is dampening exports and production.
A stronger yen, which hit a 15-year high against the dollar last week, also poses a major risk for the country’s export-driven economy. Yen appreciation reduces the value of repatriated profits for companies like Toyota Motor Corp and Sony Corp and makes their products more expensive abroad.
The currency worries led Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda to say last week that he is closely monitoring foreign exchange rates. Bank of Japan Gov Masaaki Shirakawa released a similar statement to try to calm markets.


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NEW DELHI – India's top business conglomerate, Reliance Industries Ltd., unveiled an ambitious plan Tuesday to venture into retail, investing billions of dollars and hiring thousands to create a network of giant Wal Mart-style stores.
Reliance Industries — known for its ability to plan and execute big projects — would set up a new company with a capital base of $2.2 billion to foray into retail, Chairman Mukesh Ambani told the annual shareholders' meeting.
The announcement comes as global retailers like U.S.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) and Germany's Metro AG have been lobbying the Indian government to open its retail trade to foreign investment. But opposition from communist coalition partners and domestic businesses has forced the government to move slowly.
At Wal-Mart's shareholders meeting this month, chief executive Lee Scott reiterated the company's eagerness to break into the India market. Wal-Mart has applied to the government to open an office in Bangalore, and the company has many suppliers in India, having bought $600 million in goods in India last year.
India's booming retail market — estimated at about $200 billion — is dominated by more than 12 million mom-and-pop shops. Large, air-conditioned stores remain a rarity, even as rising middle-class incomes and an increase in demand for branded products are driving a retail surge in India. Selling through company-owned network stores currently totals just $8 billion.
The new company, Reliance Retail Ltd., would "build a business that would focus on competitive offerings to Indian consumers" across much of the retail spectrum — from food to footwear, ovens to home computers, Ambani said.
The company has 2,000 employees working on its retail plans. That number is expected to swell to 10,000, he said, and eventually to 500,000.
He did not say when he expects the first stores to open.
Analysts said it was unlikely that global retail giants would be deterred from trying to enter the Indian market because of Reliance's plans.
"There will still be enough room for more players," said Nagarajan Narasimham, an analyst at credit rating agency Crisil Ltd.
But companies like Wal-Mart may be forced to change their expansion strategies in India. Instead of building their own network, global retailers may have to buy out Indian companies that are already in the trade.
While the government delays opening the sector, some Indian companies have been buying up land available for commercial development. Foreign retailers may therefore find it easier to invest in existing businesses than try to find the space to build their own, Narasimham said.


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As U.S. inflation reached its highest number in decades, the costs of everyday items in prison has dramatically increased, pinching the pockets of inmates and their families, reports Casey Quinlan of Source NM.
From the costs of fruit to deodorant, prices rose as high as 7.2 percent in Kentucky in July, according to the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting.
Everyday items like a 4.6-ounce tube of Crest toothpaste cost over $2 more in the prison commissary than at the local Walmart, and a 3-ounce Speed Stick deodorant was $4.52, compared to $1.98 at Walmart, according to the Center’s report.
An audit found that the Keefe Group, which runs Kentucky prison commissaries along with 14 states, priced most items up 40 percent.
Despite the costs of items increasing, inmate wages have not, which often fall short of a dollar an hour, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
But several advocacy groups have fought the increases, targeting legislation in several states.
Nevada has a bill proposed to check prices, and a Virginia working group recommended cutting the costs of commissary goods and replacing that revenue with $4 million from the general fund.
In Massachussets, a bill requiring any prison facility not to charge more than 3 percent over the purchase price for any good is hopeful for next term.
Keeping the prices in check is also critical for safety inside prisons.
“It creates an atmosphere of violence,” said Jose Colón, a prisoner in New York. “It creates an unsafe environment because now people look to rob people and look to prey on each other because ‘You have something that I want.’”
This summary was prepared by associate editor James Van Bramer.


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This year, students walking into the Tuck in the morning for a candy bar have been leaving empty-handed. The Tuck has recently implemented new rules which do not allow students to purchase any candy or iced tea until 2:00 PM. Those who regularly bought these foods before are not happy and are demanding a return to last year’s rules.
“The new rules will not accomplish anything. There is still unhealthy food available that people will turn to instead of the candy and iced tea,” sophomore Niky Dhakad said. Many students agree with Niky’s statement and believe that the new rules are not making the Tuck healthier, but are just taking away the food options they liked.
“I would often buy the semi-sweet iced tea in the morning. Now that it’s not available I just buy apple juice instead,” added Dhakad. The apple juice at the Tuck actually contains more sugar than the iced tea that Dhakad regularly purchased before the rule. This is what angers many students. They believe that the new Tuck rules are not lowering the amount of sugar they consume, but simply keeping them from the sweets they liked, therefore rendering them useless.
“I understand that they don’t want kids eating candy in the morning, but 10:45 is not really the morning anymore when we’re waking up at 6:30,” sophomore Mac Wyman added.
However, some students think the changes are positive. “I’m actually happy with the changes. I’ve noticed that I have spent a lot less money at the Tuck,” sophomore Callum Stewart-Wood said.
Students like Stewart believe the Tuck has majorly improved and is helping students spend less money along with eating healthier.


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For many, the day doesn’t truly begin until that first aromatic sip of coffee. While many of us may view the beverage as a simple pick-me-up, a source of caffeine-induced alertness, there’s more to coffee brewing nowadays: the emergence of a new trend. As the world becomes increasingly health-conscious, the humble cup of coffee has ingredients packed with nutrients and superfoods. Well, the emergence of wellness coffee is here.
A New Coffee Trend Brews
Coffee, that’s packed with adaptogens and an array of health-boosting ingredients may sound like an unconventional idea at first. But it’s a trend that has been rapidly gaining popularity in the wellness community. “These blends aim to provide a holistic and health-conscious approach to coffee consumption, offering a range of potential benefits, from enhanced focus and stress relief to improved immunity,” says acclaimed barista and founder of Kaapi Solutions, Vikram Khurana.
The marriage of coffee with superfoods and adaptogens signifies a paradigm shift in how we view our morning ritual. It’s no longer just about the caffeine; it’s about intentionality and enhancing every facet of our well-being. “The surge of interest in wellness coffee is fueled by the growing awareness of health and wellness among consumers. Coffee lovers are seeking not just a caffeine fix but a more profound, nourishing experience,” reasons Mr Khurana.
Superfoods, the nutrient-packed powerhouses celebrated for their extraordinary health benefits, are increasingly finding their way into coffee cups. Some variants of coffee blends are infused with medicinal mushrooms like Chaga, Lion’s Mane, and Reishi. Adaptogens like ashwagandha, holy basil, and Rhodiola rosea are also finding their way.
“Wellness coffee represents a fusion of ancient wisdom and modern coffee culture. The inclusion of these ingredients has piqued the curiosity of those looking to incorporate wellness into their daily routines,” he notes.
But Wasn’t Plain Black Coffee The Epitome Of Wellness Already?
For many health-conscious individuals, the allure of plain black coffee lies in its minimalism. Unadulterated by sugar, cream, or other additives, it is virtually calorie-free. Truth be told, black coffee serves as a welcome break from the syrup-laden, sugar-bomb beverages that have become ubiquitous in coffee shops. So, how does it compete with a classic black coffee?
“Wellness coffee is not a direct replacement for black coffee but rather a complementary choice. It maintains a caffeine element while providing additional health benefits. The impact varies from person to person, as it depends on individual preferences and health goals. Some may find it to be an excellent addition to their daily routine, while others may prefer the simplicity of black coffee,” Khurana reasons.
Wellness coffees are becoming increasingly popular, not only for their taste but also for their health advantages. As the morning fog lifts and fatigue dissipates, a cup of black coffee can be your ticket to a more productive day. “While it may not entirely replace the classic black coffee, wellness coffee certainly offers a refreshing twist to the coffee scene. However, its potential to become a lasting trend remains a topic of much anticipation,” he adds.
Another Fad Trend Or A Growing Category?
Beyond the familiar flavours and aromas, coffee enthusiasts are exploring the new frontier of wellness coffee. The fusion of superfoods, adaptogens, and more with coffee is elevating the daily coffee experience into a holistic ritual. Trends in the food and beverage industry can change rapidly and new blends like this are still in their growing stage. However, experts seem affirmative of the fact that the world of healthy and wellness coffees is likely to evolve further.
“The wellness coffee trend is steadily gaining momentum in India. As consumers become more health-conscious, they are open to exploring alternatives to traditional coffee. While some may initially view it as a passing fad, wellness coffee has the potential to establish itself as a substantial category. Its long-term success hinges on how effectively it addresses consumer needs and maintains quality and consistency,” Mr Khurana throws light.
Additionally, only a few brands in India are introducing blends that cater to the trend of wellness coffee namely, IncredaBrew, Rooted Active Naturals and more. “We can anticipate more diverse flavour profiles, unique ingredient combinations, and greater emphasis on sustainability and ethical sourcing. The integration of cutting-edge technology, such as precision brewing methods, may also play a role in enhancing the overall coffee experience,” he adds.
This potent elixir of energy and vitality celebrates the beauty of balance. As you savour each sip, you are indulging in more than just coffee; you are partaking in a holistic journey towards a healthier, more vibrant life. How this speciality coffee market serves up consumer demand and product innovation will be interesting to watch.
So, are you up to switching your coffee to a cup of wellness coffee?
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With the IWSC Awards Banquet just a few short days away, those set to attend can look forward to tasting the very best of the IWSC 2018 award-winners.
Almost 500 Gold and Gold Outstanding medal-winning wines and spirits will be lined up for tasting at London’s iconic Guildhall on Wednesday night, including some of the most interesting and iconic drinks in the world.
We’ve selected just ten of the tipples that will be available for guests to try, picking out some of the rarest and most intriguing products, alongside a handful of the competition’s top trophy winners.
To preview the full line up, see the evening’s complete tasting guide.
Golan Heights Winery has played a significant role in developing Israel’s unique wine culture and placing the country on the world wine map; this year, Golan Heights received the only Gold medal from Israel this year for its powerful Cabernet Sauvignon.
This Gold Outstanding winning dessert wine from last year’s Italian Wine Producer of the Year, Fattoria La Vialla, received a perfect score from the IWSC Chair Judge: 100/100.
Thanks to overwhelming success in the category this year, the IWSC has introduced a new trophy celebrating Austrian grape Gruner Veltliner; this year’s winner is from Weingut Rabl in Langenlois, Lower Austria – a region famous for its wine production.
Chablis has shone in the IWSC this year, receiving four times as many Gold medals than last year – be sure to try the only one to receive a Gold Outstanding, from La Chablisienne, who have also been nominated for French Wine Producer of the Year.
South Africa have once again performed outstandingly at this year’s IWSC, and Pinotage Trophy winner Beyerskloof are leading from the front, also receiving the Blended Red Wine Trophy. Aged in a selection of the cellar’s best 20 barrels, the Diesel Pinotage 2014 is both extremely exclusive and limited, says winemaker Anri Truter.
The IWSC Distiller of the Year 2017 returns to the Guildhall this year with three expressions, including Solist ex-Bourbon Single Cask Strength and Distillery Reserve Peaty Cask Single Cask Strength. Keep your eye out for Kavalan Oloroso in particular, though, which won a Gold Outstanding medal this year.
The winner of our Cask Strength Scotch Whisky Trophy, Cask 3.305, has been aged by The Scotch Malt Whisky Society for 28 years – since March 1989 – in a first fill ex-bourbon hogshead on the Scottish island of Islay.
Made using two production methods – cask aged and Old Tom – Barr Hill’s gin is aged in new American oak barrels and received both a medal in the gin category and for gin and tonic, making it a perfect spirit to try with mixers provided by IWSC sponsor Fever Tree.
It’s not only gin and vodka that English distillery Adnams produces – the company also makes a triple malt whisky – and with Cotswolds Dry Gin also introducing a single malt to their range, English distilleries are beginning to show that they too can produce whiskies that are able to compete with the rest of the UK.
Crafted by IWSC chair judge and master distiller Richard Paterson and retailing at a hefty £10,000, the Dalmore 45-year-old is the type of whisky you’re likely to only come across once in your lifetime – don’t miss it at the IWSC Awards Banquet this year.
The IWSC Annual Awards Banquet returns to Guildhall, London, for our annual celebration of excellence in wine & spirit making on 14 November.


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Video conference app Zoom Video Communications has declared that its calling feature is arriving on Amazon Echo, Google Nest, and Facebook Portal devices.
“Zoom for Home is expanding to smart displays including Amazon Echo Show, Portal from Facebook, and Google Nest Hub Max, bringing Zoom to widely-used devices and broadening their capabilities to the work environment,” a company statement stated.
Zoom on Portal is supposed to be available publicly in September. Zoom on Echo Show and Zoom on Assistant-enabled Smart Displays, including Google Nest Hub Max is expected to be available by the end of the year, the NASDAQ listed company said.
The Video calling app said that adding Zoom to these devices, “users can more easily connect with friends, family, and now, colleagues, helping them to work smarter, build stronger relationships, and meet face-to-face through video collaboration”.
As a part of Zoom for Home, Zoom Meeting users will be able to extend integrated calendar and HD video and audio for Zoom Meetings on these smart displays. Zoom on Portal will be available in September and will allow customers to use a device that blends into their home and brings one-touch to join face-to-face communication and digital whiteboarding for all your Zoom Meetings. Besides, Portal’s Smart Camera automatically helps keep you in the frame for immersive video calls with colleagues and family. Zoom on Portal will be available on Portal Mini, Portal, and Portal+ with support for Portal TV in the future.
Alexa customers will soon be able to join Zoom video conferences from select Echo Show devices. With Zoom on Echo Show, customers will be able to access high-quality meeting experiences by simply saying, “Alexa, join my Zoom meeting.” And, if you’ve linked your calendar in the Alexa app, Alexa will automatically start your scheduled meeting entirely hands-free without you needing to know your meeting ID or passcode. Zoom will be rolling out to Amazon Echo Show devices in the U.S. later this year, beginning with Echo Show 8.
Zoom on Google Nest Hub Max will extend the capabilities of native high-quality Zoom video meetings onto the device. Fully integrated with Google Calendar and Google Assistant, customers will be able to enjoy hands-free controls with commands such as “Hey Google, join my next meeting.” Zoom is scheduled to come to Assistant-enabled Smart Displays, including Nest Hub Max by the end of the year.


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In context: California Apple Stores have suffered a string of robberies that started early last summer. In each instance, the perpetrators were able to get away without being caught. However, security guards and civilians were able to apprehend one suspect in the most recent incident.
The Apple Store in Santa Rosa, California was hit on Sunday by six individuals wearing hoodies. The robbery followed the same MO as previous thefts at other Apple outlets in California. The suspects perform what basically amounts to a smash-and-grab, except there is no need to smash since Apple’s display products aren’t under glass.
The only difference between Santa Rosa and the other robberies is that this time there were six individuals (usually there are only four) and one of them got caught.
A bystander who goes by the handle “Gooneryoda” on Reddit caught the theft on video. He was also able to record security and mall patrons wrestling one of the suspects to the ground in another part of the building.
“I was at the Santa Rosa Plaza, and I saw these six guys in jeans and hoodies making a their [sic] way to the Apple Store. I knew something was about to go down, so I recorded it,” he said on the r/Apple subreddit.
Santa Rosa Police reported on its Facebook page that “several thieves entered the Apple Store at the Santa Rosa Plaza mall and ran away with multiple devices.”
This is the second time the Santa Rosa store has been hit — the last time was in August. Police did not have an estimated value of the items, but previous heists have all averaged in the $25,000-$30,000 range. The previous Santa Rosa theft was valued at $35,000.
This is only one of more than a dozen similar robberies that have taken place in California Apple Stores this year. Other locations include Fresno (twice), San Luis Obispo, Walnut Creek, Santa Clara, Roseville, and several other cities throughout the state.
Police have been able to arrest two crews involved in carrying out the crimes, but have still not determined whether they are connected to a larger ring. Lt. Robert Boll of the Burlingame Police Department told AppleInsider it could be an organized crime ring, but could just as easily be a string of copycats.
"They see how easy it is when the news plays the video," said Boll.


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