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Monday, October 21, 2019

Apparel's Future Will Be Driven by Sportswear's Evolution, Reports NPD

While performance-oriented activewear has gotten all of the press, it's casual clothing with an emphasis on comfort and special features that will drive sales, says a new NPD report. Despite its robust growth over the last few years, activewear is still a relatively small portion of the total U.S. men's and women's apparel market. According to The NPD Group, non-active casual-wear represents more than half of the industry's annual sales – $103 billion in the 12 months ending June 2019.

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"Fashion's future depends on casual clothing," said Marshal Cohen, chief industry advisor, The NPD Group. "But, today's casual fashion is different from what was once referred to as 'sportswear' in the American fashion industry."

Consumers are looking for their clothing to do more. Dollar sales of non-active casual-wear apparel that has special features like stain-resistance, wicking, antimicrobial, and wrinkle-resistance grew 7% percent in the past year, with nearly every applicable category contributing to the growth.

Today's consumer is mixing and matching their clothing styles, price-points, brands, and retailers. Non-active casual-wear* is maintaining its place in the consumer's closet. Wardrobe staples like casual pants, golf/polo/rugby shirts, and jackets and blazers are making a comeback. Over a quarter of the spending in this segment comes from Gen X (39-54 year olds), up 2% in the past year.

Specialty and department stores are at the top in terms of overall sales of casual-wear apparel, with 29% and 15% of the market respectively. But off-price retailers aren't far behind with 14% of the year's dollar sales. Growth is being driven by off-price and manufacturer-owned/direct-to-consumer stores, illustrating changes in the ways in which consumers shop and the new apparel retail landscape.

"Today's definition of everyday apparel has no clear boundaries, and this is the approach today's apparel manufacturers and retailers need to take," added Cohen. "It's about delivering clothing that solves consumer problems, while staying true to your brand."

*Excludes activewear, tailored apparel, outerwear, socks, underwear, undershirts, and bras
Source: The NPD Group / Consumer Tracking Service, 12 months ending June 2019

About The NPD Group
NPD offers data, industry expertise, and prescriptive analytics to help our clients grow their businesses in a changing world. Over 2000 companies worldwide rely on us to help them measure, predict, and improve performance across all channels, including brick-and-mortar and e-commerce. We have offices in 27 cities worldwide, with operations spanning the Americas, Europe, and APAC. Practice areas include apparel, appliances, automotive, beauty, books, B2B technology, consumer technology, e-commerce, fashion accessories, food consumption, foodservice, footwear, home, juvenile products, media entertainment, mobile, office supplies, retail, sports, toys, travel retail, games, and watches / jewelry. For more information, visit npd.com. Follow us on Twitter: @npdgroup.

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Sunday, October 20, 2019

Aquient sees rapid growth and achieves Salesforce Gold Consulting Partner status

Aquient, a leading digital customer experience agency in Asia, is excited to announce that it has received Gold Consulting Partner status from Salesforce. The company has become a go-to partner in Asia for multi-cloud strategy and deployment.

Achieving Salesforce Gold Consulting Partner Status requires a company to meet several milestones to demonstrate an exceptional level of expertise and client success. These requirements include client engagement, employee expertise, and high customer satisfaction.

"It's a pleasure to be recognised for our efforts by Salesforce. I am immensely grateful for the dedication of our team, their contributions toward this advancement and their focus to allow us to achieve this milestone in such a short period of time. The opportunities for top-tier, strategic partners in the Salesforce partner ecosystem are incredible, and we look forward to continued growth," says Aquient CEO, Jimmy Storrier.

Founded in 2018 and with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines and Bangkok, Aquient has invested heavily in quickly expanding its capabilities across the Salesforce cloud ecosystem to build and deliver world-class solutions. The addition of several high-profile customers has driven the rapid expansion of the Aquient team across Asia. This growth includes hiring of senior level Technical Architects, Engagement Managers, and Customer Experience Consultants among others. Storrier noted that the 2020 plans for hiring at Aquient in Asia could be as high as 30 additional team members, including expansion into the high growth markets of Indonesia and Vietnam.

Storrier also added "It appears our outcomes-based approach is working. While we have a deep commitment to the power of the Salesforce platform, we also partner closely with our clients to digitally transform their businesses, providing them with high quality expertise and guidance and delivering experiences that drive loyalty, engagement and revenue. Being recognised as a Gold Consulting Partner is testament to our commitment to our customers' success."

Aquient has grown a portfolio of more than 20 clients in the past 12 months, and focuses on helping companies optimise their overall end-user customer experience using data, strategy and technology.

About Aquient

Aquient Pte Ltd is a digital customer experience agency that is quickly growing and expanding its service and product offering. It holds vendor partnership status as a Salesforce Gold Consulting Partner and Google Cloud Platform Partner. Aquient covers all aspects of customer experience, including cloud platform implementation and integration, strategy, analytics, data science, marketing automation, digital acceleration, web and mobile platform development and creative content.

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Hospital M&A Activity Held Steady in Q3:2019, According to Acquisition Data From Healthcaremanda.Com

Hospital M&A activity held steady with 21 transactions in both the second and third quarters of 2019, according to new acquisition data from HealthCareMandA.com. The most recent quarter was down 20% compared with the same period in 2018, when 25 deals were announced. Dollar volume was up sharply compared with the second quarter, totaling nearly $5.0 billion, a 291% increase. Year over year, Q3:19 spending was down 41% versus the $8.4 billion reported in the same quarter in 2018, based on disclosed prices. Continue reading.

Medical Properties Trust, a healthcare real estate investment trust, was the most active acquirer in this sector, with four deals. The REIT paid more than $1.5 billion to acquire the real estate assets of 14 acute care hospitals and two behavioral health hospitals owned by Prospect Medical Holdings in California. The company also acquired seven newly constructed community hospitals operated by Saint Luke's Health System around Kansas City, Missouri for $145 million. Private equity firm TPG Capital was busy in southeast Asia. It sold Hong Kong-based United Family Healthcare (nine hospitals and 14 ambulatory clinics in China) to New Frontier Corporation for $1.3 billion, then teamed up with Malaysia's Hong Leong Group to acquire 17 hospitals across Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam for $1.2 billion from Columbia Asia Group. Click here.

"The third quarter activity was notable for the number of REIT deals by Medical Properties Trust, but also for the number of smaller not-for-profits joining larger regional systems," stated Lisa E. Phillips, editor of the Health Care M&A Report, which publishes the data. "All across the country, the standalone community hospitals are finding it financially difficult to stay independent."

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All quarterly results are published in The Health Care M&A Report for all 13 sectors of health care, which is part of the HealthCareMandA.com investment research source. For more information, or to order the report, call 800-248-1668. Irving Levin Associates, Inc. was established in 1948 and has headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut. The company publishes research reports and newsletters and maintains databases on the health care and senior housing M&A markets.

Monster Energy’s Yair Rodríguez Defeats Jeremy Stephens in Featherweight Bout at UFC on ESPN 6 in Boston

It took two tries to get it right! Monster Energy congratulates Yair Rodríguez on defeating Jeremy Stephens in the co-main event at UFC on ESPN 6 inside TD Garden in Boston on Friday night. In front of a high-energy crowd, the 27-year-old MMA athlete from Parral, Mexico, won the featherweight fight by unanimous decision after going blow-for-blow with his opponent for three rounds. Each of the two fighters also took home a $50,000 bonus for their 'Fight of the Night'.

Friday night's bout between Rodríguez and Jeremy Stephens was a highly anticipated rematch. On September 21, the two had already faced off in the UFC Mexico City main event. But when an accidental eye poke left Stephens unable to continue after only 15 seconds, the fight was ruled a 'no contest' and tensions between both camps were riding high ever since.

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This time, Rodríguez wanted to set the record straight against the 33-year-old MMA veteran. Both fighters came into the Octagon swinging, Rodríguez landing punches to the head and a switch kick to the chin before taking Stephens down with a jab before the end of round one. In the second round, Rodríguez sent Stephens to the canvas with a stunning body kick and rained punches from above, almost securing a finish as his opponent struggled on the ground. Be alert to the latest news.

The third and final round opened with an all-out brawl between both fighters before Jeremy Stephens scored a takedown and proceeded to punish Rodríguez with relentless ground-and-pound attacks. Absorbing massive damage, Rodríguez thwarted all finish attempts until the final buzzer. He was helped back to his feet by Stephens in a genuine show of sportsmanship, making all pre-fight beef forgotten.

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When all was said and done, the judges declared Rodríguez, who had the upper hand in the first two rounds, the winner via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). They also ruled the explosive 15-minute slugfest the 'Fight of the Night'.

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"I was kind of compromised because I was down most of the round, but I never felt in danger," said Rodriguez about the final round at UFC Fight Night in Boston, adding: "I just stayed as safe as possible to win the fight."

On the strength of his latest victory, Rodríguez now commands a professional record of 13 wins, two losses and one 'no contest' fight. Also known as 'El Pantera', he is currently ranked seventh in the featherweight division on the Ultimate Fighting Championship circuit. Rodríguez joined UFC in 2014 after winning The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America tournament.

Rodríguez is amongst Monster Energy's elite UFC team along with Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone, Conor "The Notorious" McGregor, Jorge Masvidal, A.J. McKee, Jon Jones, Daniel Cormier, Dominick "Dominator" Cruz, Chris "The All American" Weidman, Tyron "The Chosen One" Woodley, Max Holloway, Jessica-Rose Clark, Li Jingliang, and Cris Cyborg.

For more on Monster Energy's MMA team visit http://www.monsterenergy.com. Follow Monster Energy on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

About Monster Energy
Based in Corona, California, Monster Energy is the leading marketer and distributor of energy drinks and alternative beverages. Refusing to acknowledge the traditional, Monster Energy supports the scene and sport. Whether motocross, off-road, NASCAR, MMA, BMX, surf, snowboard, ski, skateboard, or the rock and roll lifestyle, Monster Energy is a brand that believes in authenticity and the core of what its sports, athletes and musicians represent. More than a drink, it's the way of life lived by athletes, sports, bands, believers and fans. See more about Monster Energy including all of its drinks at http://www.monsterenergy.com.

Playonwords.com Presents Their Fall 2019 PAL Awards - Best Toys, Games and Media that Spark Language Development Through Play

Play On Words LLC, led by highly respected speech language pathologist Sherry Artemenko, announces 2019's Fall PAL Award Winners, the toy industry's only recognition directed by a credentialed speech-language expert recognizing the language learning edge in exceptional toys, games and media. Sherry's 35 years of child development experience with over 17,000 hours working with kids empower her PAL selections, video reviews, popular blog, media appearances (NBC Connecticut, FOX News Milwaukee), and consulting practice.

I continue to be fascinated by the impact parents' play with kids has on language development, a concept reinforced by recent research. What parents say and how they talk during play can make a difference. By simply using a strategy called "Toy Talk" where parents talk about the toys and give the toy a name, they up their grammatical models to their child and improve the growth trajectories of certain areas of their child's language development. Toys are the tools for a child's play which is why I've spent my career calling out the toys with the best language learning potential and coaching parents on how to play with their child to maximize learning.

Playonwords.com helps toy brands and consumers alike see the strategic value of language learning in play through its helping to build vocabulary, foster cooperation, express emotion, kindle creativity and expand descriptive and problem solving capacities. The PAL Award on the internet, packaging and in print media differentiates brands who know the marketplace now demands products that are not only fun, but also infused with learning potential. The gold seal with three smiley faces tells customers that more than great entertainment is to be found behind the box, book cover or app license.

EARLY DEVELOPMENT: Sherry's experience in pediatric speech therapy has given her an eye for the best products to build attention, vocabulary and concepts through play, preparing children for their first sounds, words and sentences. While fishing in the bathtub for pop-up fish, opening and closing latches and doors to learn counting, vocabulary and colors, or playing a surprise game that grows bubbles on the back of a sneezing sheep, kids learn essential early language skills.

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READING AND WRITING: Building with letter blocks that access an electronic cube to teach pre-literacy skills, seeing your name repeated in print throughout a fun personalized book, or exploring the human body with an interactive video stylus that captures the workings inside, all help children pick up essential skills to advance reading and writing.

LANGUAGE STRUCTURE, CRITICAL THINKING AND REASONING: These outstanding products can build language structure, critical thinking and reasoning, often teaching vocabulary, concepts or grammar while delivering fun. Chase the eagle across the map of the United States, learning critical facts about parks, monuments and historical places while relating your own experiences, or put on your chemist cap and experiment with arctic options to make a chill thermometer, cold lava or glistening snow slime, analyzing and recording your findings to strengthen communication skills.

STORY-TELLING / PRETEND PLAY: Whether piloting a mighty jet command center to come to the rescue, captaining a pirate ship while loading the cannon or walking the plank, or serving up a tempting treat in a play kitchen with sink, range, oven and chalkboard to write your menu, children enter the world of pretend, creating their own stories with plenty of flexible props to guide their imagination. Oral story-telling precedes writing as kids learn the steps to create a good narrative.

SOCIAL LANGUAGE: Complementary to pretend play, social language blossoms when children play with toys and games and interact with media that encourage extended social interactions. Matching and identifying facial expressions to start the conversation about our own emotions and situations that sparked those feelings, or teaching a pretend plush friend how to be kind, brave, and help others, can equip kids to better name, understand and manage their emotions, leading to stronger EQ's.

ABOUT PLAYONWORDS.COM

Playonwords.com was founded by well-respected speech-language pathologist, Sherry Artemenko. Her 35 years championing language rich play, esteemed PAL Award, popular blog, and insightful tips to parents set her apart as the leading advocate for the language component in toys.

Over 17,000 hours working directly with children has shown her that a unique set of the best toys, games and books have the capability to develop language while delivering great play. Studies show:

Sherry established the PAL Award to identify unique toys, games and books that through their design, quality and character, encourage play that advances language. PAL winners in the hands of kids, spark fun and creative play with lots of talk. Such toys, recognized on the basis of her child development expertise, are complemented by practical coaching in her blog, showing parents, caregivers and teachers how to get the most from toys, games and books to build language and underlying cognitive skills. Read all the latest news.

Monster Energy’s Yair Rodríguez Defeats Jeremy Stephens in Featherweight Bout at UFC on ESPN 6 in Boston

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RiVidium Inc. (dba TripleCyber) Appoints Jim Kirby as Sr. Vice President, Business Development

RiVidium Inc. (dba TripleCyber), today announced that Jim Kirby is appointed Senior Vice President, Business Development, effective October 1, 2019. In this role, Jim will direct and manage all business development-related activities for RiVidium's four Divisions: Logistics and Financial Services, Human Capital and Training Services, Information Technology and Engineering Services, and Cyber and Intelligence Services. Jim will report to Manny Rivera, Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Jim is a growth-minded executive who brings more than 20 years of experience helping small and large businesses exceed their strategic goals. He has long standing relationships and contacts within the business development community, and he will drive RiVidium's ability to establish relationships and identify service contracts and build business. Jim most recently served as Senior Manager, International Business Development, Cybersecurity & Special Mission, Raytheon where he was responsible for building the pipeline from nil to $220M and bringing in over $100M. This gave Raytheon the Cyber foothold it needed in the Middle East.

"Jim has a successful track record of driving business objectives for companies as innovative as RiVidium, and we are excited for the future of RiVidium," said Manny Rivera, RiVidium's President/CEO. "Jim brings a wealth of experience and expertise and will transform our business development efforts in the federal, defense and security arenas." Continue reading.

"I am excited about joining RiVidium's team and confident we have a significant opportunity to grow the company beyond expectation," said Kirby. "I look forward to working with the senior leadership team to both grow current programs and drive new business while increasing sustainability and profitability." Read all the latest news.

Jim retired from the Army Signal Corps as a Colonel with more than 26 years of honorable service. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University (Lexington, VA) and the US Naval War College (Newport, RI) where he earned a Master's Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies.

About RiVidium: RiVidium, the leader in IT, Logistics, Cyber and Human Capital Management (HCM), offers a robust portfolio of capabilities, featuring patented cyber and security platforms as well as libraries for HCM employee decision support tools for new hires. RiVidium's technologies are accessible from any device through RiVidium's cloud support infrastructure. These technologies provide security, interactive user experience and deep analytics on user engagement. By transforming traditional methods used to communicate on the Internet, RiVidium significantly increases customer and individual security while decreasing the personal exposure footprint on the Internet. Read latest news here.

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