The NPD Group Reports Fragrance Trends for Mother’s Day

Behind December and November, May has historically been the third best-selling month for women's prestige fragrance in the U.S., making the Mother's Day month the most popular time of year for sales after the holiday season,* according to global information company The NPD Group.

Consumers spent close to $90 million in department/specialty stores alone for women's fragrance juices and gift sets in the week leading up to Mother's Day last year, which fell on May 14. Dollar sales were more than two to three times greater from May 7 through May 13 than any other week in May. Across the total 52 weeks of 2017, the only weeks to generate higher sales were the first three of December, coinciding with the holiday shopping wave.**

"The fragrance industry benefits from the extra recognition mothers get in May. Gifting fragrance is special because the emotional component of the category makes it a perfect option to show appreciation for Mother's Day," said Larissa Jensen, executive director and beauty industry analyst, The NPD Group. "Looking at how fragrance is faring so far this year, it's off to a great start on account of the turnaround we're seeing during key holiday periods over the past four months. Given this trend, fragrance has the potential to outshine itself this Mother's Day."

Year-to-date through March 2018, the sale of women's juices grew by 7 percent to $335.1 million, and gift sets were up 5 percent to $83.9 million, a particularly encouraging Q1 performance compared to last year, when sales for both segments began the year flat.*

The top five emotions women report feeling when wearing a fragrance, according to NPD's Scentiments, are feminine (66 percent), fresh/clean (56 percent), attractive (49 percent), confident (44 percent), and happy (39 percent). The top five selling women's fragrances in the market right now echo these sentiments:***

1. Chance (Chanel)
"Unpredictable, in perpetual movement, the unexpected floral fragrance sweeps you into its whirlwind of happiness and fantasy."

2. Coco Mademoiselle (Chanel)
"Irresistibly sexy, irrepressibly spirited. A semi-Oriental fragrance created by Jacques Polge, Coco Mademoiselle is an absolutely modern composition with a strong yet surprisingly fresh character."

3. La Vie Est Belle (Lancôme)
"Universal yet personal, Lancôme's femininity is a choice embraced by women, not an imposed standard. The choice to live one's life and fill it with beauty. Your own way."

4. Light Blue (Dolce & Gabbana)
"All the essence of a sunny summer day is enclosed in this lively, fresh, floral and frui ty fragrance that evokes the sensuality of the Mediterranean woman."

5. J'adore (Dior)
"The J'adore fragrance is a symbol of absolute, sophisticated and glamorous femininity. J'adore gathers the most noble raw materials in a unique, generous and harmonious floral bouquet."

*Source: The NPD Group / U.S. Prestige Beauty Total Measured Market
** Source: The NPD Group / U.S. Prestige Beauty Department Store/Specialty Weekly
***Source: The NPD Group / U.S. Prestige Beauty Total Measured Market, Fragrance Juice Dollar Sales by Parent Brand, January-March 2018
Coinciding with the National Retail Federation calendar, dollar sales in 2018 are adjusted to account for the addition of a 53rd week into 2018.
Product descriptions are sourced from brand website s: chanel.com; lancome-usa.com; dolcegabbana.com; dior.com.

About The NPD Group, Inc.
NPD is the leading global provider of market information and business solutions covering brick-and-mortar, e-commerce, and emerging channels in more than 20 industries. We combine our unique data assets with analytic solutions to help our clients measure performance, predict trends, and improve results, advising them to help drive successful growth. Practice areas include apparel, appliances, automotive, beauty, books, consumer electronics, e-commerce, entertainment, fashion accessories, food consumption, foodservice, footwear, home, juvenile products, mobile, office supplies, retail, sports, technology, toys, travel retail, games, and watches / jewelry. For more information, visit npd.com and npdgroupblog.com. Follow us on Twitter: @npdgroup @npdstyle

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One-of-a-Kind Lifestyle and Productivity App, Arena, Release This Week in The App Store

Thrivner, Inc. is proud to announce the release of The Arena App: Daily Planner, available to download in the App Store for iPhone and iPad. The Arena App: Daily Planner by Thrivner, Inc. combines best practices for productivity, time management, and a life well-lived into a single app that helps users have a better day, every day.

The Arena App: Daily Planner is for everyone who is 'in the arena' and seeks to intuitively increase productivity in each moment. Users can easily visualize the projects that matter; think through their work; and accomplish today's projects in the context they choose (e.g., make the biggest impact first).

"The name 'Arena' came from the Teddy Roosevelt quote about the man in the arena. The Arena App: Daily Planner emphasizes doing what matters; kn owing that you've done your best; and ending the day confident that you've left everything on the field. This is possible because 'Buy peas' and 'Cause world peace' can finally be visualized as different impacts, efforts, and priorities," said Co-Founder, Emily Wallace.

To help users do what matters in each moment, The Arena App: Daily Planner answers four questions:

"What should I be working on right now to make the biggest impact on my work? In my life?" is answered with visual and intuitive prioritizations in the app.

"How do my projects fit with my time constraints?" is answered with visual projects laid over calendar.

"How do I make this project manageable?" is answered with pre-built checklists or self-made checklists.

"What can I learn over time to make this easier?" is answered with personalized daily insights.

While The Arena App: Daily Planner focuses on productivity and time management, the true benefit is the sense of ease and accomplishment.

"Arena allows you to be in control of your day: You know what matters and are able to focus. That peace of mind throughout the day, and especially at the end, is at the heart of The Arena App," said Co-Founder, Dori Stiefel.

The Arena App: Daily Planner will be available on Tuesday, May 1st in the App Store. More information is available on The Arena App's Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram profiles.

About Thrivner, Inc.:
At Thrivner, we leverage extensive experience to create a world in which everyone thrives. Thrivner offers strategy and program development and implementation services to the public and private sectors.

Our mission is to spread solutions via innovative and transformative services and products; we formulate our ideas and outcomes to be a balance of the useful and the original. We achieve these results through our skills in planning, process, application, outreach, data analysis, event management, and software design.

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Pixel Film Studios Releases ProLayout Cinematic for Final Cut Pro X.

ProLayout Cinematic is a set of 30 self-animating kinetic layout animations created exclusively for use within Final Cut Pro X. Each professionally designed preset gives users complete control over angle animations and layouts. Presets can be easily adjusted to any media. With ProLayout Cinematic, video editors can create a unique kinetic video without the hassle of animating individual layers. Creating kinetic animations has never been easier thanks to ProLayout Cinematic.

ProLayout Cinematic is the ultimate package for templates in Final Cut Pro X. ProLayout Cinematic is used to display friends and family, scenery, products and much more. In addition, customize the color of scene elements, background, and the style of the text using controls in Final Cut Pro X. Instantly change the vibe of your production using basic templates that can be edite d with incredible ease.

ProLayout Cinematic contains an advanced 3-point framing camera system that allows video editors to easily create new camera motions with a few clicks. Using this system is intuitive. Simply move the playhead to the first frame of the ProLayout Cinematic template. Furthermore, adjust the position and rotation of the start camera controls. Then, go to the final frame of the template and alter the end camera controls. Finally, adjust the mid-camera controls to offset the camera's path.

Each layout in ProLayout Cinematic includes an Environment Control section with its own set of controls. All of the 30 included templates includes reflections that users can alter by adjusting a few simple controls. Finally, every template includes unique elements like smoke, frame color, and backgrounds that can be altered by tweaking a few easy co ntrols. Develop an impressive and unique scene within seconds.

All ProLayout Cinematic presets contain numerous layers of text that can be fully adjusted within Final Cut Pro X. As a result, editors can change the positional orientation and rotational angles of each text layer to create parallax effects. In addition, change the font type, style, color, size by simply double clicking on the text in the Viewer window to access Final Cut Pro's Title Tab in the top-right section of the workspace.

Established in 2006, Aliso Viejo, California-based Pixel Film Studios is an innovative developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast community. Their products are integrated with popular non-linear editing and compositing products from Apple FCPX. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac OS X, and Macintosh are registe red trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

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PetPlace.com Launches Puppy Diaries Series to Celebrate the Journey from Puppy to Love

PetPlace.com, the popular destination for pet parents since 2006, announced today the launch of a new original series, Puppy Diaries- One Mom's Journey from Puppy to Love. Approximately 70,000 puppies and kittens are born every day in the United States, according to the Humane Society of the United States. Some of these puppies are adopted from rescues and shelters, while others are purchased from breeders. Regardless of how the puppies join a family, new puppy parents experience profound joy bringing home their "fur baby" yet struggle with what-to-do and when-to-do-it--- just as with human babies.

Penned by a respected published author and first-time pup mom Laura Tiebert, the Puppy Diaries series chronicle s the ups and downs of pup parenthood: from deciding to get a family dog to celebrating the pup's milestones, health scares and even a ruined cherished rug. Revealing new pup-parent mistakes and unexpected successes, leading to advice, tips and plenty of humor, the Puppy Diaries will take the reader through the first year of life for Sommer, her pup.

"Our Puppy Diaries series was born out of our desire to help pup parents navigate the uncharted waters of puppy parenting. This is the ultimate puppy parenting guide for first time puppy owners and even those who have had puppies in the past. We wanted to find a way to empower them with timely insight and understanding to make the best decisions during their new puppy journey," said Tim O'Hare, Publisher for PetPlace.com. "We are so grateful to Laura and her family for the candid portrait of bringing up Sommer and hope our readers will join us in their journey to puppy love."

Published twice a month, Pu ppy Diaries can be found at http://www.PetPlace.com or through a subscription to the Puppy Crazy newsletter to receive new diary entries directly to your inbox. Readers will be guided through the first year of puppy parenting with timely and expert level advice, including training, housebreaking, socializing, medical care, cost of puppy care and the important role pet insurance can play for your puppy and your wallet. Additional photos and content for the Puppy Diaries can be found on http://www.facebook.com/petplacefans and Instagram http://www.instagram.com/petplacefans .

PetPlace attracts over 1,200,000 visitors each month as the popular web destination for pe t parents concerned with their pet's health and well-being. PetPlace's content includes more than 10,000 veterinarian approved articles covering topics such as pet health conditions, breed information, behavior and training, medications and general wellness and care. Since its launch in 2006, thousands of pet parents have subscribed to PetPlace to receive news and information important to them via email as well as through social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter.

For more information on PetPlace or the Puppy Diaries, please contact Jeena Choi at 917-882-0960 or Jeena.Choi@IHCGroup.com.

About PetPlace.com
PetPlace was founded by a veterinarian in 2006 with one purpose in mind: to provide the most credible and accurate pet health and wellness information so that our pets can live happier, healthier lives. To achieve this goal, PetPlace assembled a "world-class" edit orial team of pet experts and authors, including vets, vet techs, trainers and behaviorists from the academic and veterinary sciences industry worldwide. With a library of over 10,000 veterinarian written/approved articles, PetPlace.com offers the largest and most complete source of pet information available anywhere. PetPlace.com became a member of The IHC Group in 2016.

About The IHC Group
Independence Holding Company (NYSE: IHC) is a holding company that is principally engaged in underwriting, administering and/or distributing group and individual specialty benefit products, including disability, supplemental health, pet, and group life insurance through its subsidiaries since 1980. The IHC Group owns three insurance companies (Standard Security Life Insurance Company of New York, Madison National Life Insurance Company, Inc. and Independence American Insurance Company), and IHC Specialty Benefits, Inc. (IHC SB), a technology-driven full-service marketing an d distribution company that focuses on small employer and individual consumer products through general agents, telebrokerage, advisor centers, private label arrangements, and through the following brands: http://www.HealtheDeals.com; Health eDeals Advisors; Aspira A Mas; http://www.PetPartners.com; and http://www.PetPlace.com. IHC creates value for insurance producers, carriers and consumers (both individuals and small businesses) through a suite of proprietary tools and products, all of which are underwritten by IHC's carriers or placed with highly rated insurance companies.

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Rescale And Remcom Bring NVIDIA GPU-Accelerated Electromagnetic Simulation To The Cloud

Rescale and Remcom are pleased to announce that XFdtd®, Remcom's electromagnetic (EM) simulation software, is now available on Rescale's ScaleX platform for HPC in the cloud, allowing engineers to quickly and easily run complex, high-fidelity EM simulation models from any web browser.

XFdtd is a finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) EM solver that is capable of handling large simulations with a minimal amount of RAM and processing them quickly using NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs). The partnership brings XFdtd's capabilities to the Rescale cloud platform, giving engineers pay-as-you-go access to Rescale's global multi-cloud HPC network of over 100 data centers worldwide. High-capacity users can scale out to thousands of cores and choose hardware configurations optimized to the requirements of XFdtd, with options ranging from economical HPC c onfigurations to cutting-edge bare metal systems, low-latency InfiniBand interconnect, and the latest NVIDIA® Tesla® GPU accelerators. The partnership delivers the combined advantage of GPU acceleration and virtually unlimited scaling to EM applications such as automotive radar, biomedical, mobile devices, 5G MIMO and more.

Michael Hicks, director of business development for Remcom, said of the partnership, "Remcom has been a pioneer in leveraging high-performance computing to greatly speed EM simulations, offering one of the first GPU-accelerated solutions in the EM software market. By utilizing Rescale's cloud platform for HPC, our customers will enjoy instant access to NVIDIA's state-of-the-art GPUs, driving development times down even further. This is yet another way we are helping customers to save time and money and deliver their produc ts to market faster."

"We are very excited to be partnering with Remcom," said Joris Poort, CEO at Rescale. "We believe that Remcom users will benefit from the fast, flexible, secure, and huge on-demand resources that Rescale can bring to computationally demanding tools, such as electromagnetic simulation."

"NVIDIA has proven experience accelerating EM simulations, one of the fastest growing domains in the industry," said Baskar Rajagopalan, senior strategic alliances and marketing manager at NVIDIA. "Rescale users will now be able to benefit from NVIDIA GPUs in the cloud to achieve faster and more accurate results from computationally intensive workloads."

About Remcom
Remcom provides innovative electromagnetic simulation and wireless propagation software for commercial users and U.S. government sponsors. Remcom� �s products are designed to work together to provide complete and accurate results when analyzing antenna propagation with complex devices in real world scenarios. Remcom's products simplify EM analysis for a wide variety of applications including antenna design and placement, 5G MIMO, outdoor and indoor mmWave planning, mobile device design, biomedical, microwave, automotive radar, and more. Remcom is committed to its customers' unique needs, offering flexible licensing options for installations of all sizes as well as custom engineered solutions. Visit http://www.remcom.com for more information.

About Rescale
Rescale is the global leader for enterprise big compute. Trusted by the Global Fortune 500, Rescale empowers the world's top executives, IT leaders, engineers, and scientists to securely manage product innovation and perform ground breaking research and development faster at a lower cost. Rescale's ScaleX® platform solutions transform traditional fixed IT resources into flexible hybrid, private, and public cloud resources—built on the largest and most powerful high performance computing infrastructure network in the world. Rescale offers hundreds of turnkey software applications on the platform which are instantly cloud enabled for the enterprise. For more information on Rescale, visit http://www.rescale.com.

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Renowned Artist, George Carruth, Receives Unique Honor from Local Institution

Internationally recognized sculptor, George Carruth, recently signed a hot dog bun at the world-famous Tony Packo's restaurant headquartered in Toledo, Ohio.

Carruth joins a long list of celebrities in a tradition that began in 1972 when Burt Reynolds, while dinning in the original Packo's restaurant, picked-up a bun and autographed it. Since that time, celebrities including United States presidents, actors, athletes, musicians and astronauts have been asked to sign a bun for display at the restaurant locations.

"I was quite surprised when I was approached for this honor," stated Carruth, co-founder of Carruth Studio. "It is quite humbling considering the achievements of those who have their autographs displayed on a Tony Packo's hot dog bun."

"Looking at all of the celebrity signatures at our dining locations is a large part of the Packo's brand experience. Our customers real ly enjoy it and having a celebrity with local roots participate in the tradition is really special," said Scott Radel, Vice President at Tony Packo's.

"While I was very flattered when PBS produced a documentary about my career a few years ago, I have to admit, I was even more excited about having my signature displayed on a Packo's bun," added Carruth.

About Carruth Studio
Carruth Studio was founded by George Carruth and his wife Deb in 1983. Handmade stone sculptures from Carruth Studio can be found at galleries, specialty gift shops and garden centers around the world.

About Tony Packo's
Tony Packo's eastern European kitchen gained international fame when M*A*S*H character Corporal Maxwell Klinger, who was played by Jamie Farr, a Toledo native, made mention of the restaurant in several episodes of the popular television series.

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“Eat 2 Win” Sports Nutrition App Fills Much Needed Gap in the Nutrition Industry

My Sports Dietitian has launched "Eat 2 Win" the unique time saving mobile app designed to empower athletes and their support team of professionals with the ability to quickly improve eating habits to deliver improved body weight, athletic performance and overall good health. This powerful tool enables a user at all levels of sports participation to build community, motivation and accountability while providing a variety of customized meal plans inclusive of vegan/vegetarian options along with 12,000+ healthy restaurant choices. Designed specifically to be a game changer for athletes, this app is also excellent for the whole family or anyone interested in finding the nutrition and weight loss/gain support they need. Apple and Google Play versions are available at no charge for download. http://www.eat2win.online. Watch the video here.

According to Mark Melancon, three-time MLB All Star Pitcher, San Francisco Giants, "I've tried other nutrition apps in the past but the Eat 2 Win app is different. It has helped me make better food choices at the right time of day plus it doesn't constrain me to a tight regimen or ask me to painfully insert every little thing I eat. This is a first of its kind!"

Eat 2 Win Sports Nutrition mobile app improves an individual's eating habits through these important features:

Founded in 2012 by Sports Dietitian Tavis Piattoly and Athletic Trainer Ronnie Harper, My Sports Dietitian is the trusted leader in providing solid sports nutrition services based on science and evidence-based practices. With the simple mission of improving athletes' eating habits through an integral "food first" approach, the organization sees first-hand results as athletes reach their weight goals, improve their performance, find the strength they need, recover faster and enjoy overall health and wellness. The company supports not only athletes but has engaged a community of coaches, dietitians, athletic trainers, strength and conditioning specialists, nutritionists, personal trainers and educators through comprehensive tools such as eBooks, courses, webinars, podcasts, sports nutrition software and the Eat 2 Win app. To learn more, see mysportsd.com or eat2win.online.

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