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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may not have gotten the greatest reviews about how its Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) this week will really help investors, but the number of analysts who have chimed in with higher price targets right before and after the event has been amazing. 24/7 Wall St. has captured some of these for our readers to review ahead of the stock split.
One first thing to notice is that trading volume has lightened up on Tuesday, but four of the past five trading sessions have had elevated trading of more than 12 million shares on average. One of those sessions was over 20 million shares, but that was Friday, the day that the stock hit an 18-month to 20-month high.
Apple’s stock was reiterated with a Buy rating and the price target was raised to $710 from $660 by Canaccord Genuity. The firm said that it believes that the WWDC takeaways and its May wireless surveys are all pointing to Apple being very well positioned for a strong iPhone 6 upgrade cycle. (Tuesday)
Credit Suisse maintained its Neutral rating after the conference. What stood out though was that the firm did at least raise the price target to $600 from $560. (Tuesday)
Dan Niles, a former analyst who is now a portfolio manager, said on a CNBC appearance that the WWDC event actually had nothing of any real meat for investors. (Tuesday)
Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray appeared on CNBC Monday late afternoon to talk up Apple’s prospects. He is one of Apple’s biggest bulls, and he is also one of the top analysts rated who cover Apple. Munster has a Buy rating and a $730 price target for Apple. (Monday)
Our own Paul Ausick called the WWDC news less than stellar — a nothing. (Monday)
Goldman Sachs raised its price target for Apple to $720 from $635. The firm’s take is that Apple’s next big thing is not hardware but an iOS platform differentiation. It also expects that the upcoming hardware refreshes will act as a strong driver of earnings momentum. (Friday)
Argus also maintained its Buy rating but raised its price target to $700 from $610. Argus implied that Apple’s purchase of Beats for $3 billion is something the company can obviously afford, making the world’s largest seller of music get faster growth in streaming rather than sales of individual artist recordings. (Friday)
Wells Fargo merely maintained its Market Perform rating, but the firm did lift its implied price target range to $595 to $640 from its prior range of $515 to $585. (Friday)
If you go back to Friday, Apple’s consensus price target was close to $641, and it is a couple of dollars higher now. As a reminder, those price targets often take a while to work their way into the research summary systems.
Apple’s peak was $644.17 on Friday, and shares were trading with a $636 handle on Tuesday. Some of the weakness may be that the record date of June 2 for its stock split has already come to pass.


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Several trusted sources have confirmed that the small Panasonic Micro Four Thirds camera to be announced at the end of 2013 will not be a part of the GF series.
At the beginning of this week, it has been discovered that Panasonic is developing its smallest Micro Four Thirds camera ever, replacing the GF3. However, in the wake of new information, the Japanese company is said to actually launch a new camera series that will have nothing to do with the GF.
Upcoming small Panasonic Micro Four Thirds camera will not be a “GF” shooter
Panasonic will indeed launch a new small compact camera soon, but it is not replacing the GF3, as it will not even be GF-branded. Its name is currently unknown, but three independent people, who have been right in the past, are claiming that this is an entirely new camera.
Unfortunately, no new specifications have been leaked. This is happening because Panasonic may be testing the final form factor of the device, meaning that it still needs to sort out a few things.
Previously, the rumor mill has revealed that the ultra-small MFT shooter will not feature an integrated viewfinder, but one of the older image sensors will be there.
Panasonic’s tiny camera said to be pocketable and coming to the market in early 2014
People familiar with the matter have said that the Japan-based manufacturer aims to create a pocketable Micro Four Thirds camera and the next camera might be it.
The release date of the small Panasonic shooter is early 2014, but it will be officially announced close to the end of 2013. As usual, the exact dates are unknown for the time being, though fans should expect more details soon.
Panasonic GX7, the GX1 replacement, is the Micro Four Thirds camera worth watching
Meanwhile, the specs of the upcoming Panasonic GX7 have been confirmed once more. The Micro Four Thirds camera will definitely come packed with a new 18-megapixel image sensor, built-in tilting electronic viewfinder, and two-axis image stabilization technology.
This device will become available at an earlier date, as it is rumored to be presented to the public in August 2013, as a replacement for the GX1, which can be found at Amazon for $249.99.


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Unfortunately, Apple is dropping support for some older devices with iOS 10: the iPhone 4S, iPad 2, third-generation iPad, and the first-generation iPad mini.
iOS 10 will bring a number of welcome refinements, including a new Lock screen, third-party Siri integration, redesigned Music and News apps, and some interesting new Messages features.
New Lock Screen — Perhaps the most distinctive visual change in iOS 10 is the new Lock screen, which features a new look for notifications. To make them stand out from the background, notifications now appear in light gray bubbles.
More functionally compelling is that you will be able to raise the iPhone to wake up the screen, like the Apple Watch. This change also solves the problem of the Touch ID sensor being so fast that the iPhone unlocks before you can see your notifications.
The Lock screen in iOS 10 will also provide easier access to widgets and the camera: swipe from the left to access a Dashboard-like screen of widgets, or from the right to access the camera.
Control Center also receives a redesign, with a new look and the capability to swipe right to see larger music controls and album art. Unfortunately, it looks like it’s still not user-customizable.
3D Touch will be more useful in iOS 10. You’ll be able to press notifications to display app data without unlocking the iPhone. For instance, you can press an iMessage notification to see that conversation. You can also clear all notifications with 3D Touch.
Similar 3D Touch improvements will also be available on the Home screen. For example, you’ll be able to 3D Touch the Weather app to see a forecast.
Siri Improvements — For years, iOS users have wanted to be able to use Siri to control third-party apps, and with iOS 10, that will finally become possible. Apple has opened Siri up to developers, so we expect Siri support to become widespread.
For instance, you’ll be able to use Siri to call a car with Uber or Lyft, send a message in Slack or WeChat, search for photos on Pinterest, make calls with Skype, send money with Square Cash, and more. Those are just some of the Siri integrations expected at iOS 10’s launch, and we’re sure that many more are on the way.
Emoji Till you Drop — Taking cues from Facebook, Google, Snapchat, and others, the keyboard and Messages apps will be much more expressive in iOS 10.
Apple called Messages iOS’s “most used app,” and it’s receiving a commensurate amount of attention. It moves well beyond simple emoji to incorporate handwritten notes, custom message bubbles, contextual animations, Slack-like reactions and link previews, and the capability to adorn messages with “invisible ink,” so that they’re obscured until the recipient chooses to reveal them. You’ll also be able to take short videos, which you can draw over.
Messages is also being opened to third-party developers, who will be able to add things like stickers to photos shared via Messages. Prepare yourself for thousands of apps that let you dress up your “text” messages.
This additional expressiveness will be available outside of Messages as well. The QuickType keyboard in iOS 10 will suggest emoji as you type and will even let you tap words to replace them with the appropriate emoji. (We’re hoping for a feature that translates emoji into words so we can figure out what some of these emoji-laden messages are supposed to mean.)
These QuickType changes aren’t just for goofing around. Apple has incorporated Siri’s AI to provide smarter typing suggestions. For instance, if you type “John’s number is…” the QuickType bar will suggest related phone numbers to insert. Apple also says that you’ll be able to type in multiple languages without switching keyboards — we’re curious to see how that will work.
The News about Music — In both Music and News in iOS 10, Apple seems to be experimenting with a new design language that includes big, bold text and large images, both good news for the many users who have struggled with the wisp-thin type of recent iOS releases.
Music in iOS 10 is being redesigned from the ground up to be more clear and simple, with a new Search tab for better discoverability. Apple Music in iOS 10 will also be able to display song lyrics. Apple Music Connect seems to have disappeared in iOS 10, joining its cousin Ping in the afterlife of failed Apple social media experiments. It’s funny; just as Apple doesn’t understand group collaboration, the company also doesn’t get social media. For Apple, it’s always about the individual.
Other than a redesign, the big news about News is that it will support subscriptions to newspapers and magazines, though Apple didn’t provide any details about how publishers might be able to charge for their content.
Photos — The Photos app sees a lot of improvements in iOS 10, especially in regards to browsing your iCloud Photo Library. As it stands, it’s easy to accumulate a huge pile of photos that is impossible to sort through, but Apple intends to change that with iOS 10.
First, Photos for iOS gains a couple of features that iPhoto veterans should remember: the option to view all photos on a map, based on embedded GPS information, and automatic sorting of photos via facial recognition.
But Apple is going deeper than mere facial recognition: Photos in iOS 10 will be able to recognize objects like horses, water, and mountains, making 11 billion calculations per photo to identify features it can categorize.
Photos will then take all of this information and automatically corral your photos into what Apple is calling Memories: automatically generated albums based on date, location, and identified people and features. In theory, Photos will generate Memories with collections of holiday and vacation photos, among other things.
Borrowing from the TimeHop app, Photos in iOS 10 will also remind you of certain Memories so you can revisit them. For instance, if you were on vacation a year ago, it might prompt you to look at those photos.
Memories will also incorporate video, automatically adjusting the play length and adding a soundtrack. You’ll be able to adjust the “mood” of a video and its playback time with a few simple controls.
These features are also coming to macOS Sierra, and the Memories will be viewable in the updated tvOS 10.
Maps — New proactive features in Maps will let you swipe up from the bottom of the screen to receive contextual destination recommendations. For instance, if you have an appointment coming up, Maps will offer directions to that location. It will also let you browse specific types of locations, such as restaurants.
The navigation display in Maps is also improving, automatically adjusting the zoom level and letting you zoom out manually to see upcoming traffic conditions.
Perhaps most importantly, Apple is also opening Maps up to developers, turning the app into a sort of location-based hub. For example, you’ll be able to make OpenTable reservations or summon a car via Uber, all without leaving Maps.
The Rest — The Phone app also gets developer extensions, so the app will finally integrate with third-party VoIP apps like Skype and Vonage. It will also be able to take advantage of spam filters to identify possible telemarketing calls! Fingers crossed that this feature works well, since we’re sick of the non-stop phone spam.
HomeKit is expanding, and along with it comes a new app, called Home, that will let you control all your HomeKit devices in one place. Home automation still largely seems to be a solution seeking a problem, but perhaps HomeKit is the standard that’s necessary to encourage innovation beyond the simple stuff.
Safari on the iPad will offer its own split-screen mode, making it possible to view two Web pages simultaneously. Given the power of Web apps and the need to work in multiple apps at once, that’s essential.
In its one nod to collaboration, Apple said the new version of Notes will allow multiple users to work on the same note at once. Notes seems like an odd place to provide real-time collaboration, but we can hope that Apple is merely dipping its toe in now and plans to make a more general collaboration capability available to developers in the future. We can dream, can’t we? (Note to Apple: please remember change tracking!)
Overall, iOS 10 looks like it will be a welcome release when it makes its public appearance in September or October. While it doesn’t offer a single marquee feature, iOS 10 bundles together so many small improvements that it should all add up to a notably better experience. Our main question is how easy it will be to incorporate these new features into your everyday use; we’ll be evaluating all that while we work on “iOS 10: A Take Control Crash Course.”


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LONDON, May 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bank of East Asia, Limited (BEA) was chosen as Best Private Bank, Greater China in the awards conducted. The awards were established to honour excellence in performance across industries, and this year BEA took home the honour for their region and sector.
Global Brands Magazine (GBM) is a one of the largest brand publications devoted to news and opinions on brands that are shaping the future of their industry. The UK based magazine provides its readers with the latest news and information on 'best-in-class' brands across the globe. Each year, GBM develops a series of awards for companies that have stood out among their industry leaders, demonstrating exceptional service and unique vision.
BEA has won "The Best Private Bank, Greater China", by significantly contributing to the way Banking is done by individuals. It has set new standards for Innovation and Creativity in the Private Banking Sector and is dedicated to further achieving excellence in its operations.
Jay Reddy, Head of Branding at Global Brands Magazine, commented, "BEA has been extremely successful in China due to the consistency that they delivered to their clients and their innovations in financial solutions for Private Banking. BEA has had a powerful and positive response from their peers and clientele which is highly commendable."
Incorporated in Hong Kong in 1918, The Bank of East Asia, Limited ("BEA") is dedicated to providing comprehensive commercial banking, personal banking, wealth management, and investment services to its customers in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and other major markets around the world.
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The federal government says schools can opt out of ground beef containing a filler derided by critics as "pink slime," but consumers will have more trouble avoiding it.
What the meat industry calls lean finely textured beef is almost ubiquitous in U.S. ground beef, and it isn't labeled. Meat industry experts say the only way to know for sure is to ask the grocer or spend more money for organic.
Ground beef with pink slime and ground beef without it smell the same and basically look the same. But they don't taste the same.
In an Associated Press food editor's homemade burger test Thursday, unadulterated meat was tasty and juicy with just the right texture. A pink slime burger wasn't very tasty, didn't release juices and contained bits of gristle.
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New research has discovered a connection between higher levels of vitamin D and a lower risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) later in life.
A study published in the journal Neurology found that with each 50 nmol/L increase in levels of the vitamin in the blood, the risk of developing the condition decreased by 39 per cent.
Indeed, they discovered that women who were deficient were 43 per cent more likely to develop MS than women with adequate levels.
The researchers recommended that keeping vitamin D levels elevated over the course of a lifetime could prevent the debilitating illness.
“The body needs vitamin D to help absorb different nutrients, and is most commonly absorbed through natural sunlight,” said Geeta Sidhu-Robb, a nutritionist and founder of Nosh Detox.
“It has been reported that MS is more common in countries further away from the equator, thus further adding to the hypothesis that the lack of sunlight and subsequent vitamin D could well be linked to the increased chance of MS.
“As we enter the winter months, in the absence of the sun, it is of critical importance for us to maintain healthy levels of vitamin D intake.
“This can be done by eating oily fish such as tuna, mackerel and salmon. Eggs, meat and margarine are also great sources.”
However, dietary sources alone in less sunny weather may not provide sufficient levels of vitamin D.
Last year Public Health England recommended that everyone take a 10mcg vitamin D supplement daily.
“For some people obtaining enough vitamin D from our food is difficult so supplementation ensures you reach adequate levels,” said Sidhu-Robb.
“It is also vitally important to supplement vitamin D orally on a daily basis across the year if you are not spending time in the sun.
There are currently 100,000 people in the UK living with MS – a condition which affects the brain and spinal cord.
Symptoms include problems with vision, arm or leg movement, sensation or balance, according to the NHS.
A recent survey by Roche found that being unable to work was one of the biggest concerns for people living with MS in the UK.
They discovered that 88 per cent of people with MS said their working lives had been significantly impacted.


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Few companies have dominated the popular zeitgeist like pay television streaming service Netflix. Similarly, few companies have been such a lightning for what is both good and bad about so-called growth stocks. According to market analysis, Netflix was the top performing stock in the S&P500 for the entirety of the 2010’s, delivering a return of 3,693 per cent to investors; that is a 36 bagger.
The company had humble beginnings, with those old enough to remember the red envelopes through which DVD rentals were both received and returned. The company even had its own copycat in Australia. Yet as is the case with most of the worlds largest and most successful companies, the story is never linear or smooth.
In the case of Netflix, many expected the approach to fail, with founder and CEO Reed Hastings initially seeking to leverage the success of Amazon in a single product sector. If they decided to ship VHS tapes, the company may well not exist today.
The company was founded in 1997, in California as usual, and took a full decade before they decided to pivot the streaming business they are today. By 2009, records show Netflix streams overtook their DVD shipments and in 2011 the company became the largest source of internet streaming traffic in America, accounting for some 30 per cent of all peak traffic.
As with every tech business, analysts and external experts have questioned the business model at every stage. Initially, they were not confident in people wanted to rent DVDs, then they lack barriers to entry in streaming, next it was whether a streaming service could actually deliver on their decision to invest in their own original content.
The group has bucked the trend in every regard, but particularly when it comes to content and as the story of Disney+ has shown, it is those companies that control the content, that control the market. As it stands today, original production has reached 40 per cent of everything on Netflix with 2020 set to see the company invest US17 billion alone in 2021.
What began with the award winning House of Cards in 2013, reached a new peak in 2021 with the studio winning 44 Emmy Awards and the popular Squid Game series reportedly seeing 142 million accounts watching the series.
Netflix’s subscriber numbers are among the most watched statistics in every quarterly earnings season, with the company outperforming in September, adding another 4.6 million subscribers in three months to take the total to 213 million, or close to ten times the population of Australia. The company remains US centric, with 74 million being local residents, but the rollout continues to gain traction as the investment in original content is made at a local level. By comparison, the highly touted Disney+ has just reached 116 million.
Despite the negativity towards the lack of profitability of growth companies, the company reported a US$1.4 billion profit with revenue jumping to US$7.84 billion in 2021. Whilst the growth has benefitted from global lockdowns and people being forced to stay home, a massive slate of original content releases over the Christmas period may offer an unexpected kicker.
The company is by no means standing still, with management announcing the rollout of a series of online gaming, not gambling services, as they seek to take eyeballs away from the likes of Tik Tok, Facebook and Instagram. And here is the real kicker, all of this has been achieved without taking on advertising within their platform.


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Rocky Balboa gets an upgrade, Apollo Creed gets some new digs, and Ivan Drago gets a reissue in the second wave of Rocky Classics.
The Champ returns to the toy aisle… with a video game twist and a great new accessory.
Kasual Friday returns with a new wave of Big Screen Superstars.
Kasual Friday figures are starting to hit stores now, and they showed off the rest of their 2014 line at Toy Fair.
The latest wave of Rocky figures from NECA features the two main fighters from Rocky III, with a new version of the Italian Stallion and an amazing take on his iconic nemesis, Clubber Lang.
Rocky gets a second wave of awesome action figures, courtesy of NECA. This rounds delivers a new Rocky and his Soviet opponent Ivan Drago, both from Rocky IV, and the new toys really do justice to the much-loved (and frankly, pretty absurd) fourth movie.


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The marijuana industry has been attracting significant investor attention lately as the push for federal-level legalization gains momentum and the stigma surrounding the use of pot declines. As of June 2021, recreational marijuana was legal in 19 states.
Despite overall optimism, pot legalization at the federal level still has few hurdles to cross. Last month, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released draft legislation of the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, which would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act. However, given that the bill does not yet have sufficient votes to push it through the Senate because some Republicans and moderate Democrats oppose the decriminalization of marijuana, the prospects of federal-level legalization look uncertain at best. Also, it is still unclear whether President Biden would sign the bill into law.
Amid this uncertainty, we think investors should avoid cannabis stocks with weak fundamentals and growth prospects. Canopy Growth Corporation (CGC), Aurora Cannabis Inc. (ACB), and Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc. (NEPT) are examples of cannabis concerns that are struggling to stay afloat due to their weak financials. Therefore, we believe these stocks are best avoided now.
Canopy Growth Corporation (CGC)
Headquartered in Smiths Falls, Canada, CGC produces and supplies hemp-based products and cannabis for medical and recreational purposes in the United States, Canada, and Germany. It sells softgel capsules, cannabis flowers, and oils and concentrates under Spectrum Therapeutics, First & Free, Tweed, Quatreau, and DNA Genetics CraftGrow brands.
In June, CGC completed the acquisition of all the common shares of The Supreme Cannabis Company. The company issued approximately 9,013,400 Canopy shares and made a cash payment of roughly $84,096.89. Although the acquisition could strengthen CGC’s position in the Canadian recreational market, it could negatively impact its cash balance.
CGC’s net revenue has increased 37.1% year-over-year to CAD546.65 million ($436.38 million) in its fiscal year ended March 31, 2021. However, the company’s loss from operations came in at CAD1.24 billion ($992.56 million), and its net loss amounted to CAD1.74 billion ($1.39 billion). Its comprehensive loss rose 82.7% year-over-year to CAD2.0 billion ($1.6 billion).
The stock has declined 23.7% year-to-date and 54.9% over the past six months. And it is currently trading 66.8% below its 52-week high of $56.50, indicating short-term bearishness.
CGC’s POWR Ratings are consistent with this bleak outlook. The stock has an overall F rating, which translates to a Strong Sell in our proprietary rating system. The POWR Ratings are calculated by considering 118 different factors, with each factor weighted to an optimal degree.
CGC has a C grade for Growth, D for Stability, and an F for Value. Of the 220-stocks in the F-rated Medical – Pharmaceuticals industry, it is ranked #218.
In addition to the POWR Ratings grades we’ve just highlighted, one can see the CGC ratings for Stability, Momentum, and Sentiment.
Aurora Cannabis Inc. (ACB)
ACB is a Canada-based vertically integrated producer and distributor of medical cannabis products worldwide. The company is engaged in cannabis breeding, genetics research, retail distribution, and home cultivation of cannabis. In addition, ACB sells herb mills for using CanniMed herbal cannabis products, vaporizers, and cannabis oil and capsules.
In June, ACB completed the restructuring of its balance sheet. The repayment of its term loan resulted in interest and scheduled principal repayment reductions of roughly $25 million over the next year. The company also plans to issue up to $300 million of its common shares using its at-the-market equity program.
In the third quarter, ended March 31, 2021, ACB’s total revenue declined 24.5% year-over-year to CAD55.16 million ($44.21 million). The company reported a CAD85.46 million ($68.5 million) gross loss, compared to a CAD19.65 million ($15.75 million) gross profit in the prior-year period. Its loss from operations grew 71.4% year-over-year to CAD142.96 million ($114.62 million). ACB’s net loss increased 18.2% year-over-year to CAD164.65 million ($132.01 million) over this period.
A $197.48 million consensus revenue estimate for its fiscal period ended June 30, 2021, represents a 5.8% decrease year-over-year. The consensus EPS estimate is expected to remain negative for the fiscal period ending June 30, 2022. Also, the stock failed to beat consensus EPS estimates in each of the trailing four quarters. Over the past month, ACB’s has declined 17.9%. It is currently trading 62.1% below its 52-week high of $18.98, which it hit on February 10.
ACB’s weak prospects are apparent in its POWR Ratings also. The stock has an overall F rating, which equates to a Strong Sell in our proprietary rating system. ACB also has a D grade for Stability and Quality, and an F for Sentiment. In the Medical – Pharmaceuticals industry, the stock is ranked #219.
To see additional POWR Ratings for Growth, Value, and Momentum for ACB, click here.
Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc. (NEPT)
NEPT is an integrated health and wellness company based in Canada. The company manufactures health and wellness products, such as hemp-derived products, in various delivery forms, such as liquids, capsules, vape pens, and omega-3. In addition, it provides supply chain solutions to customers in health and wellness verticals, such as legal cannabis and hemp.
In May, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, The Gross Law Firm, Jakubowitz Law, and several other law firms filed securities fraud class action lawsuits against NEPT on behalf of its shareholders. These ongoing lawsuits could negatively impact NEPT’s share price in the upcoming months.
NEPT’s revenue declined 28.4% year-over-year to $6.8 million in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2021. Its gross profit loss came in at $24.8 million compared to a $1.1 million gross profit lossin the prior-year period. The company reported a $60.3 million net loss for this quarter, compared to $39.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. Its adjusted EBITDA came in at a negative $24.7 million over this period.
NEPT failed to beat the consensus EPS estimates in each of the trailing four quarters. Moreover, its EPS is expected to remain negative in its fiscal periods ending March 2022 and March 2023. The stock has declined 71.9% over the past year and is currently trading 78.1% below its 52-week high of $3.60.
NEPT’s weak fundamentals are reflected in its POWR Ratings. The stock has an overall F rating, which equates to Strong Sell in our POWR Ratings system. NEPT has a D grade for Momentum and Stability, and an F for Sentiment. In the A-rated Medical – Consumer Goods industry, the stock is ranked last of 10 stocks.
In total, we rate NEPT on eight different components. Beyond what we stated above, we have also given NEPT grades for Value, Quality, and Growth. Get all the NEPT ratings here.
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CGC shares rose $0.35 (+1.83%) in premarket trading Monday. Year-to-date, CGC has declined -22.28%, versus a 19.13% rise in the benchmark S&P 500 index during the same period.
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Study tracks visitor behaviour at Terence Conran exhibition
A novel study into the dwell time, traffic flows and demographics of visitors to a Sir Terence Conran exhibition at The Design Museum has thrown up some interesting behaviour patterns.
‘How we live today’ has been drawing fans of the iconic designer in their droves but Synovate Retail Performance were keen to peer behind simple visitor numbers to breathe some life into dry statistics.
This has seen a team of analysts study what it is that draws visitors to particular exhibits by utilising wireless technology to record their movements around the halls.
More than a purely intellectual exercise the data will be fed back to museum curators in order to redesign future exhibitions to improve flows and extend the opportunities for people to linger.
Such data is crucial to give sponsors the confidence they need to back headline shows.
Harry Asmah, Assistant Operations Manager at the Design Museum, said: “The Design Museum is all about contemporary, innovative design and working with Synovate Retail Performance to capture this research, using the latest technology and analysis, is exciting for us, as it fits perfectly with our mission.”


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Akun Ssh Gratis on Technology News and Updates AdmaTechnology.com at Thursday, April 17, 2014
Although there are many audio applications and media that can be used to play music on your Mac, iTunes is still the most popular choice in the management of musical content.
iTunes offers the ease of controlling the sequence of music, create playlists, [...]
After the release of the game Grand Theft Auto III in the mobile version, Rockstar Games is back doing the same thing for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Quoted from Slashgear, Saturday (27/10), the presence of iOS and Android version marks the 10th anniversary [...]
Grand Theft Auto V is a radical re-creation of the GTA series.
Rockstar Games announced that the latest release of the Grand Theft Auto series of games will be on the market early next year.
Grand Theft Auto V alone in sieve-sieve by leading games publisher [...]
This service there will be in January next year.
Applications in the console Nintendo Wii U will be more complete. After YouTube, now the Wii U scheduled to get other superior service.
When Nintendo Direct presentation Wednesday (12/05), Satoru Iwata [...]
After going through various rumors and long waits, BlackBerry 10 platform was officially launched at an event in New York, U.S., on Wednesday (01/30) local time.
Quoted from Techradar, Thursday (01/31), BlackBerry 10 straight comes with two new smartphones, [...]
Rumors that Samsung will release the Galaxy S4 Dual-SIM version became a reality.
Quoted from Ubergizmo, Sunday (28/4), the South Korean manufacturer officially introduced the Galaxy S4 Duos.
Besides being able to be pinned two SIM Card at once, no more [...]
Screen HD 1080p will most likely be a top-class smartphone trend in 2013. Currently the majority of upscale smartphones still use 720p HD display, call it the Samsung Galaxy S3, Nokia Lumia 920 or HTC One X +.
A source interviewed by DigiTimes saying [...]
There is exciting news about the Galaxy S4. Samsung touted is preparing another version of this smartphone with a more advanced camera.
Quoted from Sammobile, Thursday (9/5), the predicted product named Galaxy S4 Zoom.
Camera changes quite noticeably, [...]
The issue of global warming causing many manufacturers to make devices that are environmentally friendly. Including one replacement power source for electricity with renewable sources or unlimited.
This one device seems to be an environmentally friendly [...]
Casio introduces intensified digital camera products. Vendors who are familiar with the calculator’s current product offering premium grade camera at a price of Rp 3.9 million or about $390 U.S. dollars, is kind Exilim, the ZR 700 and ZR 1000.
BlackBerry, formerly known as RIM, decided not to sell latest BlackBerry 10 smartphone in Japan.
“Japan is not a major market for the BlackBerry,” said the company recently announced that BlackBerry Q10 and Z10.
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What It Is: A 2013 Nissan Sentra prototype wearing zebra-stripe black and white camouflage. The Sentra likely is the next Nissan vehicle in line to get a major update; the company also has plans to revise four other vehicles in the next year or so. Nissan has already previewed the new Sentra with the nearly identical Sylphy, which was revealed for global markets at this year’s Beijing auto show.
Why It Matters: Look up the word “dated” in the dictionary, and you’re likely to find a picture of the current Sentra. It has been on sale since 2007, and its styling makes it look as though it were constructed from Lego pieces. The blocky design originally emulated the two-generations-removed Altima sedan, so it’s about time for a redesign. A lot has changed in the compact-car segment since the Sentra was last updated, and it’s heating up as more buyers look to downsize into cars with greater fuel efficiency. Nissan’s small offering needs to be fresh and on its game to properly compete in this new small-car arena.
Platform: The next Sentra will again ape its bigger brother, the Altima. Like the 2013 version of Nissan’s mid-size sedan, the Sentra gets a softer and curvier look punctuated by flowing creases and lines. We think the design is somewhat handsome, but its body panels are not the most exciting in the compact class
Powertrain: The new Sylphy gets a 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine mated to a CVT; we suspect the Sentra we get here will get the same combo. This of course would mean the new Sentra will lose some displacement relative to the outgoing car, which is powered by a 2.0-liter engine. No surprise, since Nissan did the same thing with the latest Versa sedan, which switched from a 1.8-liter four to a 1.6-liter mill. Expect the downsizing, as well as other improvements, to help the new car return better fuel economy than the 2012 Sentra.
Competition: Chevrolet Cruze, Dodge Dart, Ford Focus, Honda Civic, Hyundai Elantra, Kia Forte, Mazda 3.
Estimated Arrival Time and Price: Expect to see the 2013 Nissan Sentra in showrooms later this year after it is revealed this summer. No word on pricing as of yet—or a high-performance SE-R model—but we suspect it won’t move much from the current model’s $17,210 base price.


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The developers at Raven have been quiet as to what they have been working on. The Activision-owned developer has been working on a number of projects associated with other titles, including working on maps for Call of Duty.
Sources are saying that the developer is working on a new first person shooter title. This seems to be backed up by the company’s web site that says the studio is working on an “exciting next generation title.” While the company has been doing some hiring, the job descriptions seem to do little to reveal exactly what the studio might be working on.
While some of sources have suggested that it might be a new Soldier of Fortune title or maybe even a sequel to the Raven-developed Singularity, so far publisher Activision has had nothing to say about what the studio might be working on. Whispers we hear say that it could be E3 next year before we have any clear indication what Raven is working on specifically.


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Last year's Plymouth High School Car Show featured several collectible cars. The 2013 PHS Car Show will be Friday, May 17, at the school.
The automotive technology class at Plymouth High School is hosting its second annual PHS Car Show from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 17.
The public is invited to enter cars as well as to view the cars during the show, which will be held in the parking lot behind the high school, 125 Highland Ave., Plymouth. Brats and burgers will be available for purchase.
Those interested in displaying a car can bring it at any time during the show. Winners will be recognized at 5:30 p.m. in the following categories: Antique (1967 and older); Classic (1972-1992); Student project; Muscle; Race car; Domestic; Import; Truck; Motorcycle; Best of Show.
Students are organizing and promoting the event, designing signs and handling registration and parking at the show.
The purpose of the show is to inspire students, business and community members to share common interests and knowledge about cars and car culture, said auto tech instructor Mike Fels.
Learn more by contacting Fels at firstname.lastname@example.org or 920-893-6911, ext. 1540.


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CIRCULARITY Scotland Limited has been appointed as the new administrator for Scotland’s forthcoming Deposit Return Scheme (DRS).
Given the green light today (24 March) by the Scottish Government, the not-for-profit body, which is made up of drinks producers, trade associations and retailers, will work with businesses throughout the supply chain – including retailers, wholesalers, producers and hospitality – to implement Scotland’s deposit return scheme for drinks containers.
The scheme, which is scheduled to launch on 1 July 2022, will see a 20p charge applied to any glass bottle, can or PET plastic drinks container between 50ml and 3L.
Trade association members include the Scottish Grocers Federation (SGF), Federation of Independent Retailers (NFRN), Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), and the Scottish Wholesale Association.
A raft of supermarket retailers including Co-op, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Lidl and Marks and Spencer are also members of the scheme administrator.
Donald McCalman, interim director of Circularity Scotland, said: “The Deposit Return Scheme is a gamechanger for Scotland’s ambition to become a greener and cleaner country. It supports a circular economy and the Scottish Government’s ambitious plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2045.
“The appointment of Circularity Scotland as a Deposit Return Scheme administrator is a milestone moment – it allows us to begin delivering a world-class DRS that works for everyone. We will work closely with companies and trade associations throughout the supply chain to develop and operate a DRS system that works for all.”
Pete Cheema, chief executive of the SGF, said convenience stores are “central” to the smooth running of deposit return. He said: “As a founder member of Circularity Scotland, Scottish Grocers Federation is delighted that the company has been appointed as scheme administrator. Our industry has worked together in a remarkable way to deliver a very robust and very high-quality application to the Scottish Government.
“We now have an opportunity to move forward and create a world-leading scheme. Convenience stores in Scotland are absolutely central to the successful operation of the scheme. Their participation will ensure an efficient and truly Scotland-wide DRS. We look forward to working collaboratively with all our colleagues at Circularity Scotland.’’
Stuart Reddish, national president of the NFRN, said: “The appointment of Circularity Scotland as the Deposit Return Scheme administrator is the next important step in getting DRS up and running and the NFRN welcomes this news. As the first retail trade association to support the introduction of DRS in Scotland, we now look forward to working on the implementation of the scheme so that our members – news and convenience retailers across Scotland – can assist their communities by providing return points. By doing so we can all help Scotland achieve its target of a 90% return rate.”
Andrea Pozzi, chief operating officer, Tennent’s owner C&C Group, said the decision was a “key milestone” for the scheme. He said: “We welcome the confirmation of the appointment of Circularity Scotland as the System Administrator to deliver Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme, this is a key milestone in the introduction of the scheme. There is still a significant amount of work to be done to deliver a world-class DRS that supports Scotland’s circular economy ambitions and target of being carbon neutral by 2045 and we look forward to continuing to work with all stakeholders to make this happen.”
James Lowman, chief executive of the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) said: “We have a unique opportunity to create a workable and effective deposit return scheme through Circularity Scotland, and the Association of Convenience Stores is committed to meeting this challenge alongside colleagues and partners from retail, the wider industry, and everyone who can unite behind this common objective.”


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BMW has unveiled a new logo which has garnered some interest already. The new logo will be seen in some of the most premium upcoming luxury cars like the BMW 7 Series, BMW i8 and the i8 Roadster. This logo will also highlight the company’s new and elite model lineup featuring an expanded luxury lineup.
According to BMW, the new logo resembles the company’s confidence, passion and the gift for getting the future of automobiles into the present day. The new logo is also apparently targeted at a specified group that is accustomed to taking a lead and choose a free and independent path in life.
The history of BMW logo started around a century back when the first logo appeared as the company’s entire name spelled out as “Bayerische Motoren Werke”. The new black and white logo will be used on the exclusive models from company’s elite portfolio. In simple words, the flagship models will get this logo.


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Apple’s new iPhone update has finally dropped.
iOS 14.5 adds new features, including a privacy change that gives users more control over apps that track for advertising.
It also has new Siri voices and lets you unlock your iPhone with an Apple Watch while wearing a mask. It also adds AirTag capability.
Apple Releases iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 With Apple Watch iPhone Unlocking, Dual-SIM 5G Support, Apple Maps Accident Crowdsourcing and Tons More https://t.co/snqWIByaCH by @julipuli pic.twitter.com/9GqzpPjXb8
— MacRumors.com (@MacRumors) April 26, 2021
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AN EASING of COVID-19-related restrictions on the operations of warehouses in Melbourne have been welcomed by the transport sector.
As of Sunday night, businesses can revert to normal staffing levels in warehousing operations from with a COVIDsafe Plan in place.
Of course, the “Ports & Freight” Sector continues to be “Open, with a COVIDsafe Plan”.
Such a plan includes physical distancing measures, proper wearing of face masks, good hygiene, having a COVID marshal, keeping of detailed records, avoiding interactions in enclosed spaces and the creation of “work bubbles”.
“The lifting of the workforce restrictions on warehousing is very welcome news,” said Container Transport Alliance Australia director Neil Chambers.
“It aligns with the efforts made by CTAA and other organisations to advocate for this outcome given that employers and their workforces have demonstrated the ability to implement COVID-safe measures”
Mr Chambers said the news occurred as the container logistics sector was experiencing higher demand in the lead-up to Christmas, as well as the effects of waterfront industrial actions.
He said it also “puts to bed” confusion about what really constituted a “warehouse” in the container logistics sector.
VTA chief executive Peter Anderson said while the freight industry had faced fewer disruptions than other sectors during the pandemic, it is welcome news that some normalcy was returning.
“This will enable supply chains to gear up for the forthcoming Christmas trading period by ensuring warehouses and distribution centres are fully stocked to meet retail and consumer demand, ultimately creating more work for transport operators,” Mr Anderson said.
“We acknowledge and congratulate the Victorian government for listening in our consultations,” he said.
“The VTA will continue to advocate for policy settings that support the transport industry, which continues to operate safely, productively and efficiently for the benefit of communities and our broader economy.”


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Taco Bell opens Superior location
The new restaurant is one of four Taco Bells in the area.
SUPERIOR — A new Taco Bell opened for business Friday, Sept. 9.
The restaurant at 3541 Tower Ave. is open from 6 a.m. to 3 a.m. daily. It is the fourth Taco Bell in the area, joining the two in Duluth and one in Cloquet.
The lunch crowd was steady Tuesday. Some diners tapped their orders into kiosks; others ordered directly at the counter. Vehicles lined up in the drive-thru.
General Manager Aaron Mechtel-Kilborn said the community response has been positive. “They’re happy we’re here,” he said. “It’s been a very good success.”
The Superior restaurant is getting more traffic than the Miller Hill location in Duluth that Mechtel-Kilborn managed previously.
“I’ve seen customers from there here, just because they don’t want to have to cross the bridge,” he said.
For most of the diners, it was food they were familiar with at a new, more convenient location. Evan Moreau, a 2022 graduate of Superior High School, said he lives “a minute away” from the new Taco Bell. Both he and Michael Pullen, of Superior, said they appreciated the restaurant’s hours of operation.
“Some places around here aren’t open as late. It’s also kind of convenient late at night when you’re just hungry,” Pullen said.
“After sporting events, there’s nowhere really to go after 10-11 at night,” Moreau said.
Sunny Beck and her mother, Sonia Beck-Johnson, were just finishing up a taco lunch.
“I like this Taco Bell,” Beck-Johnson said.”It’s more convenient instead of going up to Duluth or Cloquet.”
Carol Larson, of South Range, and Linda Pazdernik, of Superior, were also wrapping up their visit. It was the second time Pazdernik had eaten at a Taco Bell, and Larson’s first taste of the menu. She chose a burrito.
“It was excellent … and the people that wait on you are just as sweet as pie. And we got the orders fast, very quick,” said Larson.
Pazdernik agreed. “I thought it was very, very good,’ she said. “Great service. Nice, clean place. New. Lively spirit, you know.”
The number of parking spots available at the new Taco Bell is also a real plus, they said.
The Superior location currently employs about 20 staff. Mechtel-Kilborn said his goal is to more than double that number to 45.
Mechtel-Kilborn said online ordering should be available within a week, as well as food delivery through Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats.
Ground was broken May 1 for the Taco Bell. The building project went a little faster than normal because the walls came pre-built.
The work was led by Superintendent Phil Randell with Nor-Son Construction, which is based out of Wayzata, Minnesota. He plans to assemble many of the same contractors for Nor-Son’s next project, a Taco Bell in Duluth’s Endion neighborhood near the McDonald’s at the intersection of 21st Avenue East and London Road. Randell said Tuesday he expected to break ground for that project any day.


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I've brought up to reporters' roundtable -- -- needle in San Francisco and -- we are in the middle.
Of the holiday buying season right now.
In the lol I think between the old great deals --
Friday Cyber Monday and the upcoming period of oh crap I have to start buying gifts before its too late.
Kind of in that little between these two periods right now.
And it this is December it is the most important month for the consumer technology economy for the gadget economy.
But this December this 2011 December will be different I think from all the ones that came before.
Well you're stacking -- a bunch of different effects mobile devices online shopping social networking improved analytics changing tax laws.
And to of course changing the hot behaviors.
Not just of buyers but -- sellers.
And that's what we're going to talk about today on this edition of reporters' roundtable.
My -- today are both in the studio first Claire Cain Miller.
Who is a writer the New York Times and has been covering these topics.
And is also returning -- the rampant thanks for coming back clear things we didn't scare you off the last time.
Also joining us is Mike free agent who is a CEO of one of my favorite tech startups is called decided dot com and this is company runs a service that will tell you when you're looking at the price or product.
If that price is good.
Or about to go up or about to go down.
Previously -- -- -- who did the same thing for airfares and was acquired by Microsoft.
About Mike thanks for permanent position he is of course an expert in how tech pricing and buying its changing.
So let's get started by talking about what we just what the tech industry just went through we just kicked off.
The big month with actually it was in November with Cyber Monday.
And Black Friday at the right yes. How did the gadget industry do player.
It did really well you -- different Black Friday and Cyber Monday both had.
Really spectacular sales better than expected both offline and especially online.
-- so they did over really well overall but -- consumer electronics.
According to the Consumer Electronics Association -- the number two category number -- Maneuvering -- there's number three category so.
Even though there aren't a lot of super hot gadgets this -- people -- -- as many TVs we can talk about all that it seemed to be --
It do you just go slightly off track here at the beginning of the show do you think that though the technology economy as doing well -- kind of being masked by the overall economy and poorly.
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And economies in the -- yes.
But you know here in San Francisco and Silicon Valley doesn't feel that way and with tech and with people buying gadgets -- also doesn't appear that way.
That's that's true that there is this living in this bubble not -- -- -- you typically hear it here but this bubble where unemployment is really low in fact there's.
A lot of competition for hiring engineers and all these companies so it is different here.
On that really needs it -- the commerce sales e-commerce and offline over last weekend.
I am were strong overall and a lot of people say that might be because the economy so bad people are.
Grasping for deals in aren't going to pull that up over the course of -- and wealthy you know. That it looks like last weekend was people are buying across --
And -- what -- -- -- your job is to track pricing.
Is pricing being affected by consumers. Not having money or vice personally we're using. Right received the same thing it was a record.
Weekend in terms of you know the highest dollar volume sales on black on Friday of of all time and in Cyber Monday at a record.
And they both beat forecasts though.
This is a -- As you said query and I think you know one of things are looking -- it is you're -- high overall volumes but the price points are lower in certain categories right so -- low price points on TVs.
Computers and laptops to some great values for consumers out there in the market.
-- on but overall for the companies a positive sign itself it's so both.
Black Friday which was physical retail Cyber Monday which was online to better than expected which --
That are better what online certainly online was was.
Beyond retail from for a may -- in -- expectations. And the growth year over year.
And offline is where most retail stood still -- still fewer dollars and many many many. Him.
Western -- expertise.
Why are people still buying stuff in stores.
While I think that there's some obvious response to that that.
For most people these products are very complex. And what's a 3-D TV what's that experience going to be about.
The horrible it felt like 382 ready to way to go -- published writer illustration of all these new models the new tablets.
Confusing for the everyday customers to use them now so there is this piece of -- -- in store with touch feel.
You know and in experience these -- before pulling the trigger infamous I think that's still a big reason that consumers go in store and buy electronics.
And -- -- interesting stats that I -- out of last weekend was that.
While more people shopped in stores shops meaning -- in look at staff -- the storm research.
While -- more people were actually shop being in offline stores.
They were more likely to buy online which leads you to believe that they're going to best buy however testing things out and then going home and logging on and picking whatever they liked best and.
Thank you -- because that brings one of my -- the central questions for the show. Up for me which is.
Has physical retail become just to show -- -- -- go into a hum a target or Wal-Mart or a best buy in particular.
Are people now just going through the store so they can see what -- -- than -- -- online is that what's happening.
Certainly seems that if our best I had a little worried that that was what was happening to you mean best -- is doing something pretty interesting it says.
They don't bar codes on any of their products in the store.
And the reason they do that is to that you can't go in with one of those mobile apps and scan the bar code and binary signed by its her.
Like that's -- like kids to -- and -- -- dot com so we actually in the course we've actually taken this to work with them opting for -- product database so with are you going scanned those products.
And get real time online pricing nearby pricing and predictions about where -- going in the future assessed as not -- and you know what else Amazon also Amazon -- nine flow.
You just pointed that it's like red laser times and you just pointed at a product and whether to bar code or product box -- try to recognize its vertical -- kind of idea absolutely so it's -- it's an arms race between consumers and physical retails what it feels like.
I think --
The you know revolution is happening and mobile commerce is going to significantly change the in store experience having passed to com on my prices are so dynamic and you know they can you.
People only can move that the speed of light relative to offline I think -- -- talk a little bit before reef about you can imagine any offline experience and what mimicking in terms of dynamic pricing.
Real time deals and new things coming into the in store experience to make it a little bit more similar -- experience online.
Yet we were talking about that a bit about the idea of dynamic pricing are consumers ready for market based pricing on -- you know Kindle fire tablet or.
The Nintendo Wii or or or whatever where.
They go online and and they look at price of the time they don't get that have come back an hour and do in the -- -- an -- the price is different.
Where they go into or a retail store and it's got a electronic price tankan.
The price checked changes in front of their IT do you think consumers will -- continent.
I think that's the real likeness the world we live and I mean if you go we see prices changing -- 20% of the time.
A price change on a given point in -- day and it's going up and fit for some -- Mexicans and so worst that happens now online you know you'll be shopping for a product.
And you'll be looking at one of the aggregators of price rate comparison shopping engine -- another similar engine Google being product search.
And one day then -- TV three -- -- TV will be due fifteen the next phase 225. We see it all the time we see in the data.
So that is the experience online.
Dynamic pricing -- that -- that will that cause consumers to become paralyzed. Or will it.
Increased impulse buying or.
Which which more than the other do you guys think.
We already it's already deleted airfare -- -- you go online and UH you go on for hours later there -- different and you'd sort of expect -- don't think you necessarily expect that was hard goods though exactly although no Amazon I've noticed everytime I go on it's telling me that things I've looked at before things that I put my -- not --
Have gone down two dollars and -- --
Or whatever and it happens every time so I think that they're sort of starting to teach consumers that it does happen with real -- not as with the airfare.
Absolutely yeah -- and as we say how can an offline player that compete.
Women. Especially you know it it's so difficult today at the way that -- built the infrastructure. And to.
Two -- dot nimble and so I think to -- much into right.
-- -- see you obviously follow this clear. -- as well.
Offline prices physical retail prices are for the most part although not entirely higher.
But now it's obvious that when you're running a physical store with real employees who actually have to be polite in a high rent neighborhood.
That you have to support the store in the prices have to reflect that but in some cases the prices seem extraordinarily high.
Let me ask it this way.
What is wrong with these people how to they think that it was gonna buy -- stuff --
-- SS mission to you don't go as we took us last weekends starting with Black Friday Cyber Monday and looked -- -- all the search activity was happening.
The lowest online prices -- nearby prices across the country and to no surprise 94% of the time the lowest price was available on line.
In the average difference was 16%.
So -- 16% less expensive to have bought online are you taking into account.
Shipping intact as well art radar to the Internet should be intact and actually gets to tax question and that difference maker for leveling the playing field for offline retailers and I don't think so you know we -- -- -- topic.
But it's -- only and so it has an all or some categories or different consoles we see you more per more -- and -- -- there's certain categories to behave differently it's.
It's not a across the board they come in and in terms of for all for all products but I'm in the aggregate you know it's it's very much as it gets back to your question --
Company gonna compete and that's -- things to change.
-- -- have you talked to the physical retailers on and how they're trying to combat or partner with of the online world.
There are -- few different ways something that you mentioned is bringing these mobile phones and devices into stores allot more are are installing ipads in their stores to.
You know get more information do -- do research this stuff that consumers are ready doing their own phones but the physical retailers and -- -- they're trying to take that over themselves.
I am also I don't know if you saw revenues came out yesterday about Google that it's an interest in step in this direction Google is.
For awhile and its products -- -- it showed you where to buy things nearby.
So it shows you where to buy things on Amazon etc. and how those prices compare but also whether it's in stock at your local store them.
And you know there's a convenience factor that you can get at the same day.
I'm yesterday news leaked out that they're starting a delivery service are trying to -- -- delivery service where you can actually.
Do -- research on your phone mean even in a physical or find it at another physicals are far less money.
And Google will deliver it to your door within a day so the details are not worked out but.
That is that is really you know.
Now I know where they're building self driving cars -- I asked my colleague -- built and we weren't working on this story and it said it will hire drivers and tracks and -- -- contacting UPS or something -- --
Notes can be robots until -- car or they'll buy cougar or something like that and -- automatic dispatched exactly does that mean the one advantage that are off line continues to have.
Over online as they can get at the same day that changes a little bit with Amazon prime and all of that the inconvenience is yet to drive to the store and outside of it adding means that -- --
So we're beginning to see -- merge finally between the online in the -- experience you know one of the things interesting at -- nation conference at G boot Thomas who.
Yes he he is in charge of Wal-Mart online and he is an entrepreneur or from silicon -- one of us.
He he said in a Wal-Mart dot com Wal-Mart has a heartland company.
Wal-Mart dot com.
Why is that what is won't Wal-Mart is one of the most interest -- business -- on the planet for a variety of reasons what does Wal-Mart to into kind of meld these worlds.
Right I mean it's clear why -- in Silicon Valley talent.
I mean they've bought voodoo that bought one right it can't fix it -- -- -- And but there there are clearly really investing in on line and they're doing it in the heart of the heart of technology where it's all happening makes makes a ton of sense Vietnam so.
Yeah and they have all kinds of -- do things in in the works and we're seeing that and how the market holiday seasons in the house and home.
Now it's became innovations -- -- most -- things I saw recently some that Apple is doing physical retail.
Where if you are -- sign up for in store pickup of a product and you walk into one of their stores.
They're they're blue shirts you know their their employees will will have an -- that'll show you.
Where in the store you are -- geo locates you it.
I want and I want to talk about that but home more broadly about.
How Apple makes physical retail -- and in a way that no other electronics retailer hasn't Sony's tried Microsoft is --
What is -- about the Apple Store.
That makes physical work.
Started just -- like everything Apple does that -- -- and you want to be there and you want to go in and not.
Overwhelmed mean with you know huge. Shelves stacked with stuff it's just a lot simpler and then.
They've really perfected this idea customer service and awaited doesn't inconvenience you you know how you can check out and walk around -- -- -- to wait in line at the cash register them and that new app which and other my colleagues write about on the bits blog.
I am I think part of the point is that instead of the customer service people hounding you -- do you need any help T need any help is anything I can find for you today.
You Macon knows that you want health and then they come and find -- you don't have to deal with -- annoying people instead.
You just have them come out when you need them -- I don't even understand something about.
How people watch -- them it's very human focus.
-- what it would initiative so I -- blocks from all accounts in Microsoft store they just went and now Apple -- -- at least you live and movements the relevancy -- right it's right down the street -- university village of all three and Apple.
And Microsoft are directly across regions damaged artery but that's the thing about the I had to go to a photo of of that that's not really haven't seen that and and and you know Microsoft -- Xbox games is that it's happening -- --
But I'm what's interesting about the -- it's a friction with experience on the check and I think they're even going further with this app shows that commitment to.
Making it just easy to transact in in move through it.
But you -- Utah and there's one it was in the Steve Jobs book about the passion for making that in store experience amazing hand and clean.
You know it's a whole.
Closed system because they control every element.
They're able to you know it's a -- said excuse it's not you know fifteen versions of them up -- three versions of its.
You know nicely cleanly displayed they've got the genius bar high in customer service and ruin someone else for --
They really own the entire experience and and and it shows in in what you would you and a can anybody else do that or do you need the vertical ecosystem -- mean.
Nintendo could do that but I don't see Nintendo stores.
Are there missing something. In it it's it's the same -- to I think we sent it and just about the passion for consumers.
-- I -- wanna give back to the topic of sales tax now one of the one of the the though the seminal. Economic weirdness is that -- Amazon work.
Is a fact that -- California and I buy something from Amazon I don't have to pay sales tax and -- -- and kept the San Francisco I don't.
Is nine a quarter percent -- kinky to I spent so little on physical retail here because -- that I don't even know my sales taxes but it's high.
Now that is going to change if not soon then eventually and -- -- the Internet will lose its tax exempt.
Status. What impact is that going to happen help people buy technology in this whole online offline and economy.
So definitely bridges the gap down price right -- you're talking Stephanie I think it's 70% or something like bank of -- other states what -- sound and I'm so it is gonna bridge the gap on pricing but again we document what we've seen just qualities and 16% difference so it's still.
Less expensive. And we talked about Amazon they've done such a great job.
On with Amazon prime -- they've tested all kinds of the outline of lockers -- 7-Eleven stores they have the -- it continually innovate.
To try to bridge the problem in terms of instant gratification.
So I I think.
Amazon's done enough that that won't have a significant impact for my.
Really think I think the price are still -- online and the experience is so good with the top and retailers like Amazon I don't think -- significant.
So Amazon as you say -- really been leveraging in their position with file not just with low price when it got affiliated stores.
Lockers in some places you know -- supposed to be rolled out more lightly nothing that's that's the ten year old idea but it's the -- slow it.
And then have that Amazon fresh and excellent very groceries and then you can add Amazon products under pressure and Seattle areas and I have yet it's -- concerns.
So the question.
It's -- -- a smaller. Online retailer just the same from you have with.
I'm physical retail where you've got at best buy Costco target Wal-Mart.
Taking over from Mino Matthews top -- -- -- Daly City stereos or -- to work for example.
You know big box taken over for the local retailers -- the same thing that happens -- -- a small online retailer.
The they have a chance.
I think it's really comparable -- this online retailers of course have a chance just like they do offline that is not harder for them.
I talked to the small independent e-commerce and it's a lot and today to say that they cannot compete with the likes of Amazon it's like.
But if you look at Amazon.com for bucks.
Vs Powell's dot com for books -- Powell's as a bookstore in Portland with a big online business but -- just cannot offer free -- --
On orders lower I think their limit is fifty dollars.
Well and their prices on the books are higher and ask them why because when you go and look at Amazon vs -- such comments just really.
-- the difference in price is so -- -- like 25 dollars on an order of two books.
And they say they just simply can't afford it and a lot of the smaller retailers online -- -- --
Lot of trouble with all these discounts say it's in the -- coupon sites and consumers have come to expect this tiny 5% off all weekend. -- -- -- these kinds of things -- they they can't afford.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
I didn't really planning on a full locker or just animal he need -- issues.
So I was like all right I'll look title coming mobile to see if I had a coupon and I was looking on different bunch of different apps act couldn't -- -- found a bunch -- online coupons -- fiscal -- coupons.
And that the clerk you know behind the counter meant some minimum wage -- just look at me like.
Analysts I was expecting site.
Dude I'm here with my check I want to buy this stuff can you give me a coupon I know you've got a bunch of -- -- there anything now right now it's just like.
Did you make the fact I did the kidneys and a pair shoes on -- let things are to hold -- and dignity he had he -- -- but he didn't -- one or the other.
After Sam Q can it was an unsatisfactory experience and -- -- next next pair she uses Apple's name.
An article locker you can look.
The other day I was on target.com and they wouldn't give me free shipping even though my order was over fifty dollars -- because one of the items in qualify.
I called them and said look I'm over fifty dollars.
Can you give me free shipping and they said no until I close the second cabin went to a different site and ordered and that's what people do now so it's -- it's -- -- we brought.
-- signatures and literally do the same thing --
They can offer with fifteen -- if you spend fifty dollars -- give you free shipping it was 4999. Literally only items awesome for for the U and a think so anyways what's moral development to this -- Jersey he's a bubble of what action over the interface -- Utah.
Means which brings up one of the one -- related issues which is the impact and the effect of both the coupon sites and does anybody pay retail site and suckers like me a footlocker. And this social communication the social network communication which I talked last week with -- insults about this.
The social network communication goes on between shoppers either in preparation in research or in real time acted to help drive down prices or find deals are.
Stuff like that and how important is that and how are retailers.
-- going to leverage these.
Kind of external pricing in the information. Resources that they have no control.
The coupon sites are maybe a little more -- social networking.
I don't then I never make an online purchase without opening -- new tab.
Searching for a discount code usually explained everything on me not that -- -- million sites that offer them.
And if they don't -- a discount that I ten complete filming the purchase so think a lot of shoppers -- --
On social networks people share. Coupon codes and -- sharing there's a lot of buzz -- Black Friday and Cyber Monday about where to shop and and all of that and retailers are certainly leveraging that with Twitter ads you know those promoted tweets that went up at the top of the streaming you search for Black Friday sale.
Or you know and FaceBook often.
If you become a FaceBook fan of the -- then you have exclusive access to some of their discount codes.
That I don't know if people you know certainly people are sharing that kind of stuff online that I don't know if they rely and that is -- what you think.
Yet because it different dimensions to the social peace monitors. If you look at -- sales and daily deals they've leverage social from the viral distribution -- and then --
When we talk about social in terms of --
Just haven't seen evidence that's breaking through -- might not that it won't but I just not seen certainly.
Lot of VC funding is going into it means we'll see if something emerges but it.
Then you know -- -- having I think in terms of -- brands interact with FaceBook and codes.
Final distribution. Of deals and offers but not necessarily -- that social collaboration to purchase them.
-- -- the advice section of the show --
Mike. You for sending your best -- aside from decide dot com what.
Either sites or apps should that's a savvy shopper.
Be paying attention to where do you think -- you think they can get the best deals -- an expert -- sure on.
-- -- you gotta be empowered with. Site via apps and sites that provide more information even beyond.
You're shopping for electronics I mean it's whether it's is a little out for real estate war.
It's about being trouble for him the answer is a really nice now to never for -- -- search in this -- Microsoft.
Bought his last company completely it's a beautiful out if -- really -- it if -- great job I get credit for.
And excitement so those so -- outside but if you look at them and Amazon has done a good -- we've talked about how -- innovated to bridge the -- in on the world but it doesn't really nice job and mobile can be just -- -- if you saw this on an iPad app for for kids for it was.
Building wishlists for Santa and also know -- you see this no it's very cool.
Can -- Leo if you're listening to this close your ears.
And I -- -- fictional boy yeah just like he starts its hunting for -- holiday gifts like in June and so.
This opportunity so cool he's he's gonna he's all over this thing but they're doing a really good job -- -- of the window shoppers to check that now.
By those with --
I would say.
Decide dot com retrieve -- shopping bot all of these startups that are -- mean you know stuff in -- in tracking prices and also product life cycle time.
Those are useful for -- -- I don't buy as many electronics online -- a lot of the sites are still focused on that.
But for me like -- -- retail on the knot is sort of my go to for coupons that I think Google is the best.
I'm not necessarily Google product search -- just searching on Google for you know that -- say you're about to buy from and then discount code and you'll find one.
-- and then I agree all the apps.
Mean I look at -- they'll tap almost every single day those things on our main unit and you have to look at the app wherever you RS is the sale starts and I am and a lot of the apps have have exclusive sales that way.
Lilies and -- here and we'll check that out that's great act that's for a moms and kids have colds --
It's that it's just focused on that segment and they do these -- at great fat cats that Blue Nile.
I am I I'd like I won't won't -- my AM BD version of guilt against.
The onsite tech I just bought via a gift and I'm not telling like it when it is on a -- -- is a good deal it was actually only a dollar less than the same price on Amazon.
But I like who right so Amazon owns Amazon and that -- that's right -- -- -- sit.
There's nothing there but it that that -- just finishing just Black Friday flash deals Amazon and Sony and it'll tide in the have been -- -- -- -- of course -- -- -- -- --
They're everywhere and diapers dot com and chop up it's like every time I and I go to go to site I realize dollars are going -- --
So I I would add by the way to conditions stuff beside dot com -- -- former colleague of mine is over retreat though of course CNET -- vice.
Had a nine flow from Amazon is really cool and there's a there's a plug in for browsers not a mobile app I don't think it's called invisible hand.
And now it's in and it mostly invisible plug -- except when you're looking up when you're on a page that has a product with price on it.
It'll pop -- -- a little notification if it finds the price somewhere else online for -- -- and an excellent app yet so now there are some security issues with this because -- watching everything you do.
And I found that -- -- -- a wild I don't -- -- him updated but it's really cool news cycle that's a cool little product of some bizarre little sites like you can hear from let's.
What else -- we miss anything.
Mike any final words of advice for a for people out there for are either Omnia the -- side or on the -- -- -- trying to do to win some business yet.
Well for holiday shoppers say you know for for those either bomb -- a door buster deal over -- Black Friday or Cyber Monday.
We've done an extensive analysis to say the best deals for the hottest products happen the first two weeks in December so.
Don't don't worry if you missed missed out on the -- over this past weekend -- on a deal still to be had.
Leading up to Christmas are -- gonna be time limited deals or just.
Prices will be good overall there's there -- a time limitation to in the prices come down for a time there and then inventory -- prices compact.
So -- you really need to watched ran and can settlers lot of sites help -- -- Chrysler's -- -- them as well but use it for those products were you know.
And in his spend thousand dollars on any flat screen TV.
-- TC 80200. Dollars but tract map product -- really -- this substantial money.
-- -- --
-- just add that you Don have to pay full price online ever including especially going up to the holidays so.
If you wanna buy some -- and it's a price is way because it'll go down there'll be.
A 25% Apple's -- sale for a single day at some point for the holidays if you just keep and I and your in box.
You'll you'll gonna look at.
So it's cyber December -- Cyber Monday he meant it.
Claire Cain Miller is a writer the New York Times -- can find herself on NY times dot com thank you for coming in thinks that -- again.
I might pretend to CEO of decide dot com -- very cool company they have both made -- website and mobile app which I highly recommend if you're doing any real any form of gadget buying.
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