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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

AutoPets™ Opens 2018 Out-of-the-Box Thinking Scholarship

Auto pets is thrilled to announce the opening of the 2018 Out-of-the-Box Thinking Scholarship. The manufacturer of the Litter-Robot®, the highly successful automatic, self-cleaning cat litter box, created the scholarship to reward inventive students with financial aid for college.

Applicants are asked to imagine that they work at AutoPets developing pet products of the future. Ideas should align with AutoPets' fresh-eyes, open-minded approach to designing highly functional, easy-to-use products with a modern aesthetic, that make caring for your pet more enjoyable. The Grand Prize winner will be awarded a $1,250 scholarship, and the Second and Third Runners-up will receive $500 and $250 scholarships, respectively.

Students are prompted to come up with the next brilliant idea in pet care, be it a physical pet product (litter box, toy, leash, etc.) or software-based (app, AI, virtual reality, augmented reality, etc.). They must think creatively about what products they want for their pets, either in the physical or digital world, and then work through what it would take to bring them to market.

Each submission must describe the inspiration and thought process behind the concept, why pet parents would need it, what makes the product unique, who the target market is, what the marketing and retail strategies would be, and anything else that might help sell the idea. Drawings or graphics to help illustrate the idea are welcome, but are not required.

Applicants must be current students at an accredited university, community college, certificate program, graduate school, or equivalent institute within the United States. High school students enrolling in 2018 are also eligible. Winners will be asked to submit verifica tion of their student status.

AutoPets will accept applications through July 31, 2018. Winners will be announced late August/early September.

Learn more at https://www.litter-robot.com/scholarship.html

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Mt. Hood Community College to Host Community College Cyber Summit

Among the mountains and nestled in the epicenter of cybersecurity on the west coast, Mt. Hood Community College is hosting the 2018 Community College Cyber Summit (3CS) scheduled Aug. 2-4, in Gresham and Portland, Oregon.

because of its advanced computer science program/innovations as well as its proximity to Portland, the Gresham campus is the ideal location for the nation's only cybersecurity conference tailored to community college educators. As a number of online security companies and cybersecurity groups have moved to the Pacific Northwest, the decision to host the conference at Mt. Hood was an easy one.

The college offers several technical degrees and certifications in Cybersecurity Networking and Database. Other technical programs provide a wide array of skillsets including Technical Support Specialist, Web Development, the very popular Computer Game Development, and a new program in iOS mobile Applications development. These are designed to serve not only the new student, but also support returning professionals and veterans.

"Having 3CS at MHCC is an ideal opportunity. It brings the strength of national cyber security leadership together with the opportunities on the Pacific Northwest. Mt. Hood, together with our sister colleges, can demonstrate the quality of world-class cyber programs," said Dr. Wayne Machuca, professor and lead instructor for Mt. Hood's cyber security degree.

The 3CS has four tracks of workshops and presentations for participants: new to cybersecurity; experienced in cybersecurity and CAE-CD aspirants; students; and expanding expertise. Students and recent graduates are encouraged to attend 3CS because of the Job Fair and Symposium, which includes the Pre-Summit Job Fair, National Cyber League showcase and workshop as well as the student track.

For more information or to register for 3CS, visit http://www.my3cs.org.

About Community College Cyber Summit:
The Community College Cyber Summit (3CS) is organized and produced by the National CyberWatch Center, National Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance (CSSIA), CyberWatch West (CWW), and Broadening Advanced Technological Education Connections (BATEC), which are all funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The outcomes of 3CS will le verage community college cybersecurity programs across the nation by introducing the latest technologies, best practices, curricula, products, and more. To learn more, visit http://www.my3cs.org.

Retail Outdoor Media Expands OOH Ad Display Network

Retail Outdoor Media (ROM), announced today that they have expanded their network of advertising bench locations deploying an additional 1,000 locations in over 650 prime anchored shopping centers across the Country operated by some of the largest real estate companies in the U.S.

This current expansion focuses 80% of the bench locations in the nation's top 10 DMAs with over 96% in DMAs 1-20.

Placements of the Retail Advertising Display benches are focused at convergence zones outside of anchor Supermarkets, Big Box Stores, Drug Stores and Movie Theaters within the primary neighborhood shopping centers that serve consumers in the area.

The nationwide footprint with over 200,000,000 impressions per month, provides an unparalleled out-of-home advertising opportunity for to those agencies seeking highly efficient advertising campaigns.

ROM CEO, Matt Callinan commented that, "with television viewers skipping ads, newspapers losing their audience and distracted drivers passing by bus shelters and billboards, our Retail Advertising Display benches provide a high frequency, high engagement messaging opportunity to reach consumers directly in their local shopping environment."

The advertising benches provide an uncluttered, friendly, local environment with low CPMs to reach millions of consumers where they live and shop. This first-of-its-kind, thousand bench network expands OOH advertising opportunities to those agencies and brands seeking highly efficient campaigns for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Retail Consumer Services and brand identity, with high frequency and low CPMs while reaching a highly targeted consumer base at the time purchasing decisions are being made.

Callinan continued, "We are pleased to significantly increase the reach of our out-of-home network with this latest expansion into the nation's premier shopping center locations. Our real estate partners have been highly supportive of our continued growth, recognizing the value provided to the advertising agencies utilizing the network to deliver their message to the public. There truly is no better way to reach consumers than when they are about to make a shopping decision."

About Retail Outdoor Media
Retail Outdoor Media's nationwide network of custom-designed, high quality advertising benches is the low-cost way for advertisers to drive higher sales with targeted reach and mass-exposure to millions of highly-coveted consumers where they live and shop."

http://www.retailoutdoormedia.com

Market Cap: Most popular Educational Toys For 8 Years Old Kids of May 2018

Long time no see. There's an insane amount of value in this list. On a good day like this, I'll show you our top 10 list of the most popular boys toys featured on CoolToysForBoys. If you’ve ever wondered: “What is the best boys toys I can get for my loved ones?” You should read this list. So how do you get the best boys toys for your beloved ones? CoolToysForBoys is known to be a popular item sold on the internet In today's guide you’re going to see our most popular boys toys. Let's do this.

http://www.cooltoysforboys.net/age8/educational/

Lets See The List Already!

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1: Remote Control Robot Kids Toys -CHOTOP RC Humanoid Robot Kit for Children Best Selling GIFT Products Armored Popular Science,Programmable,Interactive,Smart Coolest,Dancing,Rechargeable,Educational Toy

2: Twister.CK Magic Newest Ghost Speed Cube, 3x3 Abnormity Stickerless Intelligence Puzzles, Ultra-Smooth and Best Educational Toys,Come with Bonus 2 Sets of Stickers (Golden and Silver) + 1 Cube Stand.

3: Engineering Toys, STEM Learning Kits, Educational Construction RC Racer Building Blocks Set for 7, 8 and 9 Year Old Boys|Top Xmas Gift Ideas for Kids Age 6yr-14yr

4: TUIY Building Blocks Set STEM Toy, 361pcs Engineering Bricks Construction Kit, Educational Building Dump Truck and Airplane for Kids Age 5-10, Best Birthday/Christmas Gifts for 6, 7 and 8 Year Old Boy

5: Sphero SPRK+ STEAM Educational Robot

6: Soft Activity Baby Book Non-Toxic Cloth Book Baby Cloth Book Baby First Book Learning Educational Toys (Tangram)

7: Educational Insights Magic Moves Electronic Wand

8: KoolToys | STEM Learning | Original 99 Piece Educational Construction Engineering Building Blocks Set for 3, 4 and 5+ Year Old Boys & Girls | Creative Fun Kit | Best Toy Gift for Kids Ages 3yr – 6yr

9: Pidoko Kids Take Apart Toys with Tools (76 Pcs) - STEM Learning Toy Construction Vehicles Crane - Educational Engineering Wooden Building Play Set For Boys, Girls, Toddlers Age 3 and up (Crane)

10: Oregon Scientific Smart Globe Discovery Educational World Geography Kids - Learning Toy

11: Magnetic Blocks Building Set Toys For Kids FUNKOO 76PCS Magnet Tiles Educational Building tiles Construction Toys For Boys Girls With Storage Bag

12: GILI Construction Engineering Building Blocks Toys for Boys Age 6-12, Educational STEM Learning Kits, Creative DIY Fun Gift for Kids 7, 8, 9 Year Old

13: Tangram Game Travel Games 176 Magnetic Puzzle and Questions Build Animals People Objects with 7 Simple Magnetic Colorful Shapes Kid Adult Challenge IQ Educational Book【2 set of Tangrams】

14: 109 Piece Educational Engineering Building Set for 4, 5, 6, 7+ Year Old Boys & Girls. Fun Learning Construction Blocks & Gears Kit makes it the Best STEM Toy Gift for Kids Ages 4yr – 8 yr.

15: Educational Insights Design & Drill Robot

16: Educational Insights MathShark

17: Montessori Material Boxed Arithmatics Teaching Aids Educational Wooden Toys For Children Learning Multiplication and Division Mathematics Tools

18: K’NEX 100 Model Building Set – 863 Pieces – Ages 7+ Engineering Educational Toy

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http://www.cooltoysforgirls.com/age11/lego/

These Items Made Into Our Top List

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1: Lego Duplo 10505 Legoville Family House

2: LEGO DUPLO All-in-One-Box-of-Fun (10572)

3: LEGO Friends Snow Resort Chalet 41323 Building Kit (402 Piece)

4: LEGO Friends Snow Resort Ski Lift 41324 Building Kit (585 Piece)

5: LEGO Disney Castle 71040

6: LEGO Disney Princess Elsa's Sparkling Ice Castle 41062

7: LEGO Star Wars VIII First Order Star Destroyer 75190 Building Kit (1416 Piece)

8: Lego 10854 Duplo Creative Box

9: LEGO Nexo Knights Knighton Castle 70357 Building Kit (1426 Piece)

10: LEGO Star Wars Y-Wing Starfighter 75172 Star Wars Toy

11: LEGO Elves 41180 Ragana's Magic Shadow Castle Building Kit (1014 Piece)

12: LEGO Friends Amusement Park Roller Coaster 41130 Toy for Girls and Boys

13: LEGO l Disney Frozen Elsa's Magical Ice Palace 41148 Disney Princess Toy

14: LEGO Cinderella's Enchanted Evening 41146 Building Kit (350 Piece)

15: LEGO Creator Modular Modern Home 31068 Building Kit (386 Piece)

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Monday, May 7, 2018

ChainHype Launched as Rise in Blockchain Creates Demand for Innovative Marketing Solutions

ChainHype (http://www.chainhype.io) officially launched at the Global Blockchain Forum in San Jose, California last month. ChainHype was formed to provide the Blockchain sector with a data-driven marketing agency focused exclusively on the Blockchain industry. As a decentralized marketing organization, ChainHype provides targeted branding solutions to effectively build and promote today's Blockchain companies.

"The fact that our solutions are focused exclusively on the Blockchain sector is critically important to both us and our clients," stated Matt Anthes, CEO of ChainHype. "Our team of industry experts build engaged online communities and generate exposure for our clients in advance of funding, that may lead to ICOs or token sales. The early excitement around ChainHype is validation that the paradigm is shifting within the Blockchain ecosystem."

ChainHype is committed to getting the right message in front of a relevant audience in order to generate exposure, a critical component to pre-ICO success. The Blockchain industry has become highly competitive and therefore branding and positioning must be implemented effectively to stand out. While traditional outreach has gone stale, ChainHype integrates big data and analytics combined with machine learning and other innovative technologies to identify, qualify, target and engage the right audience and influencers to build an effective Blockchain brand.

Per an article in Business Insider in September 2017, it was stated, "the Blockchain has the potential to be as disruptive as Amazon was in the late 1990s." ChainHype views Blockchain as Internet 2.0 and that the underlying technology is entering the growth stage where new service providers/models emerge while deploymen ts go viral in an atmosphere similar to the wild west.

"ChainHype is entering a marketplace that is in need of expert-driven customized Blockchain development services," states Alon Dayan, Founder and CEO of Virtual Crypto. "Investors want to see that Blockchain companies are committed to the market and not just an idea on a napkin. ChainHype provides the accelerator services Blockchain start-ups seek."

ChainHype is headquartered in Washington DC and maintains a local presence in New York City, San Francisco, and Tel Aviv. The services provided by the company are customized for the individual client based on needs, goals, and objectives. ChainHype is a shift from the traditional one-size fits all approach, and a new way of generating exposure for Blockchain companies by employing technology used by Fortune 500 brands to drive results. For more information, please send an email to Blockchain(at)ChainHype.io.

About ChainHype

ChainHype is a decentralized marketing organization providing targeted branding solutions to effectively build and promote today's Blockchain companies. ChainHype CEO, Matt Anthes is a contributor to Forbes and has recently penned several Blockchain articles, including "Why Strategic Marketing is an Important Cog for Blockchain Companies" and "Three Ways Blockchain Will Disrupt Traditional Business and Impact Marketing in 2018".

ChainHype helps Blockchain companies position themselves for success by building their digital footprint, implementing advanced marketing solutions, and creating a buzz, all of which drives interest and investor visibility. In addition, they leverage big data and algorithms to get their clients' messages in front of key decision makers in a way that cuts through the noise and establishes their company as a vendor of choice.

The ChainHype team is comprised of industry leaders with experience dealing directly with start-ups, brands, and Blockchain. ChainHype ensures a message is being heard by those influencers and decision makers that can affect change and make an impact for Blockchain companies looking to position themselves above the noise.

ChainHype was founded in 2018 as a SociallyMined spin-off company. Parent company SociallyMined formed in 2016 as a boutique digital agency and advocacy firm leveraging innovative technology to give organizations the technology-driven tools needed to build results-focused campaigns. The company was recognized by DC Inno as one of the top 150 tech companies in 2016 & 2017 and were admitted as a member of the Forbes Agency Council in 2017.

Toys‟R”Us Liquidation and Early Easter Align, Bringing Additional Sales to Growing U.S. Toy Industry, Reports The NPD Group

In the first 10 weeks of 2018, when the toy industry was in a "business as usual" state, U.S. dollar sales grew by 2 percent – on par with the results during this time last year, according to global information company The NPD Group. The proceeding four weeks brought two unique circumstances which converged to further lift the industry: the beginning of the toys‟R"Us liquidation (March 15) and an early Easter (April 1). In those weeks, from March 11 through April 7, toy sales grew by 36 percent over the same period in 2017 – driving year-to-date growth for the 14 weeks combined to 13 percent.

Regardless of when it falls on the calendar, Easter sales volume typically experiences a bump in the two weeks leading up to the holiday, providing an annual boost for the industry. Norm alizing the year-to-date sales trend to split out Easter and decipher the impact of the Toys‟R"Us announcement, results in around $180 million more being generated between March 11 and April 7, 2018. This represents additional toy industry sales that may be attributed to the Toys‟R"Us liquidation.

Among U.S. consumers who purchased a toy, game, or arts/crafts product from Toys‟R"Us or Babies‟R"Us for someone in the last month, the majority (56 percent) did so to give to someone immediately, according to a poll conducted by next generation polling and data mining company CivicScience, on behalf of NPD. Of those remaining, 12 percent made purchases to give by June; 10 percent between July and September; and 22 percent did so to give in October or later.

"The Toys‟R"Us bankruptcy has brought an incremental sales opportunity to the toy industry, and with at least a month to go until i t wraps up, there is still more to come," said Juli Lennett, senior vice president and toys industry advisor, The NPD Group. "Shopping behavior since the announcement indicates that consumers are not pantry loading on Christmas gifts. I estimate that, of the 22 percent planning to give in October or later, about half of that is for birthdays or other occasions and the remaining for Christmas, resulting in a net impact on future Christmas sales of less than 1 percent."

In the opening 10 weeks of 2018 as well as the four weeks surrounding Easter and the Toys‟R"Us news, among the fastest-growing supercategories during both periods were Youth E lectronics, led by Fingerlings; Dolls, driven by L.O.L. Surprise!; and All Other Toys, on account of sales increases for Soft N Slo Squishies, Smooshy Mushy, and Squish-Dee-Lish. In the latter weeks leading up to Easter, Plush sales moved into these ranks as traditional plush typically sells well for this holiday.

Many items that moved into the top 20 best-sellers for the latter four weeks were spring and Easter friendly, including Bunch O Balloons 3pk, Glove A Bubble Assortment, and Hatchimals Mini Eggs CollEGGtibles 12 pack.

"Given the timing of both these events, I believe it's likely that some consumers took advantage of the Toys‟R"Us deals by purchasing Easter gifts at the retailer," said Lennett. "Looking ahead towards the holiday season, from what the data shows and what consumers are saying so far, fourth quarter sales should be only slightly impacted by the liquidation."

Source: The NPD Group/ Retail Tracking Service, 10 weeks ending March 10, 2018 and 4 weeks ending April 7, 2018

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 @npd_entertain

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Intouch Insight Launches LiaCX™ - New Customer Experience Management Software

Intouch Insight Ltd. ("Intouch") (TSXV: INX) today announced the launch of its new customer experience management (CEM) software, LiaCX™. The cloud-based software helps organizations with multiple locations in industries such as retail, restaurant, and hospitality, create more value and drive action from their customer experience (CX) programs through its patent-pending Action Campaign™ technology.

"Many organizations discover that it's easy to collect information about customer experience - what's difficult is being able to take swift and appropriate action based on that information. Without the ability to take effective action, organizations are missing out on a higher return on investment from their voice-of-the-customer programs," said Camero n Watt, President and Chief Executive Officer of Intouch Insight. "We developed LiaCX to make it easy for our customers to identify areas of their customer journey in need of focus, mobilize all levels of their organization to take the necessary actions for improvement, and track the impact of those actions on business outcomes."

Intouch Insight, which announced a 97% customer retention rate earlier this year, drew on over 25 years of experience collecting CX data for Fortune 500 brands, to develop its new CEM software.

LiaCX is built on modern technology designed to handle big data, and is mobile optimized. The software collects and combines data in real-time from sources such as surveys, mobile checklists, mystery shopping, operational audits , social media, and call centers, and rapidly integrates data from third-party systems like Salesforce, Oracle, and SAP. All data is mapped to the customer journey and artificial intelligence-powered features transform the data into meaningful CX insights. Organizations can easily take action on those insights to improve business performance using LiaCX Action Campaigns.

Action Campaigns allow LiaCX customers to:
● Create targeted campaigns to improve specific areas of the customer journey and business metrics
● Assign specific actions/tasks to employees at different levels across the organization and at different frequencies
● Verify whether or not actions were completed through integrated mobile checklists and photo capture
● Measure the impact of actions on specific business metrics in real-time

The launch of LiaCX follows t he reveal of the Company's new branding and website.

Learn more about LiaCX at intouchinsight.com/cx.

About Intouch Insight
Intouch Insight offers a complete portfolio of customer experience management (CEM) products and services that help global brands delight their customers, strengthen brand reputation and improve financial performance. Intouch helps clients collect and centralize data from multiple customer touch points, gives them actionable, real-time insights, and provides them with the tools to continuously improve customer experience. Founded in 1992, Intouch is trusted by over 300 of North America's most-loved brands for their customer experience management, customer survey, mystery shopping, mobile forms, oper ational and compliance audits, and event marketing automation solutions. For more information, visit intouchinsight.com.

Certain statements included in this news release contain forward looking statements, which by their nature are necessarily subject to risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the Company's current views with respect to future events, and are based on information currently available to the Company and on hypotheses which it considers to be reasonable; however, management warns the reader that hypotheses relative to future events which are beyond the control of management could prove to be false, given that they are subject to certa in risks and uncertainties.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

For more information, please contact:

Mike Smith
PR Counsel for Intouch Insight
mike(at)greensmithpr(dot)com
1-703-623-3834

Lindsay Sykes
Director of Marketing
lsykes(at)intouchinsight(dot)com
1-613-270-7922