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Sunday, January 12, 2020

4R Systems Introduces “Retail Clarity” for Retailers at NRF’s 2020 Annual Convention & EXPO, “Retail’s Big Show” and Transforms AI from Buzzword to Business Benefits

4R Systems, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based AI analytics solutions that help retailers optimize their supply chain and merchandising decisions, announced its full suite of inventory profit optimization solutions will be presented at the 2020 NRF Annual Convention & Expo. The company's innovative SaaS solutions help retailers improve strategic decisions across the entire product lifecycle and maximize profits from their retail inventory investments.

With technology expanding and improving at an unprecedented rate, it is more difficult than ever for retailers to find supply chain solutions that directly drive profit improvements. Implementing or changing technologies in retail stores requires significant time and resources and is usually done without proof of improvement. Providers use a host of buzzwords in attempt to attract retailers, adding another layer of complexity which makes choosing retail technology even more convoluted.

4R Systems guides retailers to results with clarity. The company makes it easy for retailers to navigate through the buzzwords and find the right solutions that bring results. 4R helps its clients see in advance what their profit potential is so there is never any guessing. 4R utilizes advanced solutions to bring retailers more profit than ever before and receive higher returns from their retail inventory.

Mark Garland, 4R's Executive Vice President Sales, Marketing & Solutions, said "At 4R, we help retailers not only navigate through the complexities of inventory and supply chain solutions, but also to understand why things like Machine Learning and AI are important and what they mean. 4R's Retail Clarity is our way of educating retailers and being transparent throughout our entire process. It eliminates the unknowns. More importantly, it shows profit results for the retailer in advance of choosing our solution. Come see us during the NRF expo and see how we have helped retailers increase profit and solve other inventory or supply chain issues for years."

4R's solutions are cloud based, require little to no additional IT resources, require no additional staff, and most importantly, no capital investments. With 4R, retailers can get the clarity and the profit they need to thrive in 2020 and beyond.

Retailers can learn more about 4R's retail solutions at NRF's Big Show, January 12-14, 2020, at booth 5381. Retailers can also visit http://4rsystems.com/nrf, to get a free NRF pass courtesy of 4R Systems. Continue reading.

About 4R Systems

4R is a leading provider of cloud-based, prescriptive analytics solutions leveraging the latest machine learning and AI strategies that help retailers optimize their supply chain and merchandising decisions.

Our innovative SaaS solutions are dedicated to helping retailers improve strategic decisions across the key functional areas of demand planning, omni-channel replenishment, assortment optimization, product markdown and seasonal allocation planning. Our holistic modeling learns your consumer demand including price elasticity, seasonality, localized demand variation, promotion lifts and substitutability, while allowing you to control the amount of risk.

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Whether you are a traditional or pure e-commerce retailer our benefit driven methodology provides a flexible framework of exception-based management and scenario planning to meet the needs of a competitive landscape. Call (610) 644-1234 or visit http://www.4rsystems.com.

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Saturday, January 11, 2020

St. Louis Fed’s Bullard Discusses “A Soft Landing in 2020?”

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard presented "A Soft Landing in 2020?" to the Wisconsin Bankers Association on Thursday.

Bullard discussed how U.S. economic growth slowed on a year-over-year basis in 2019. "The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) took action to help ensure a soft landing by dramatically altering the path of monetary policy during 2019," he said. "The current baseline economic outlook for 2020 suggests a reasonable chance that the soft landing will be achieved."

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Bullard noted the slowdown in 2019 was widely expected because the economy tends to return to its potential growth rate, which is sometimes referred to as a soft landing. He added that the key risk in 2019 was that this slowing would be sharper than anticipated, i.e., a hard landing.

U.S. Monetary Policy Changes in 2019

The FOMC was cognizant of the slowing economy during 2019 and began to project fewer increases in the policy rate during the first half of 2019, Bullard noted. In June, the FOMC indicated that a lower policy rate might be warranted, he added. The FOMC then made policy rate cuts at three successive meetings, ending 2019 with a net reduction of 75 basis points.

Bullard said that the size of this turnaround in U.S. monetary policy has been much larger than those rate reductions alone would suggest, given the fact that the expectation as of late 2018 was that the FOMC would actually raise rates further, not lower rates, in 2019.

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He pointed out that, because of FOMC actions, the two-year Treasury yield dropped by 144 basis points during the last 14 months, which he noted is a very large change over this time frame. He added that these policy actions influenced longer-term U.S. yields, which are more important for investment decisions.

"The bottom line is that U.S. monetary policy is considerably more accommodative today than it was as of late 2018," he said.

Insurance against Downside Risks to Growth

"The FOMC's adjustment toward lower rates in 2019 may help facilitate somewhat faster growth in 2020 than what might have otherwise occurred," Bullard said. "One could view this as insurance against the possibility that nonmonetary factors could have larger-than-expected negative effects on growth."

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He then addressed three such factors:

Global Trade Policy Uncertainty

Even though recent developments suggest that near-term uncertainty on global trade policy has abated somewhat, Bullard said he expects continuing uncertainty to characterize global trade policy over the medium term. At the same time, he noted that he expects that firms in the U.S. and abroad will continue to adjust their business strategies to remain profitable even in an environment with trade policy uncertainty that is much higher than the postwar norm. Read here.

"Business strategy adjustment will make trade policy uncertainty less of an issue in 2020 than it was during 2019," he said.

Financial Markets

Market observers have noted the outsize advances in equity market valuations during 2019, often citing gains of approximately 30% for the year, Bullard pointed out. "However, those gains are measured from the depths of a selloff in the latter portion of 2018, as it became clear that the economy would slow," he said.

In fact, he noted, the level of the S&P 500 index was essentially unchanged between early October 2018 and early October 2019. He added that the value of the U.S. corporate sector as measured by the S&P 500 index has been increasing at an annual pace of approximately 9.5% over the past two years.

Renewed Geopolitical Risk

Turning to renewed tensions in the Middle East in recent days, Bullard noted that one important macroeconomic impact could come to the U.S. economy through oil price movements. Continue reading.

However, Bullard said that oil price shocks probably do not mean what they once may have for the U.S. economy due to lower oil intensity (in terms of petroleum products supplied per real dollar of GDP) compared with levels in previous decades, and due to higher U.S. oil production.

"Geopolitical risk is elevated, but oil shocks may be neutral on net for the U.S., not negative on net as in much of the postwar era," he said.

Conclusion

"The FOMC has a reasonable chance of achieving a soft landing for the U.S. economy in 2020 following a large adjustment to monetary policy during 2019," Bullard concluded.

Regarding downside risks, he said, "Global trade policy uncertainty is likely to remain high over the medium term, but firms are now adjusting business strategies to remain profitable in the face of this uncertainty." He also noted, "Intensification of geopolitical risk may mean higher oil prices, but the ultimate impact of that on the U.S. economy may be approximately neutral given lower oil intensity and higher production in the U.S. than historical levels."

Baely's Paw Shield® Announces Nationwide Free Shipping with No Minimum Order

Lakepoint Asset Management, LLC, creators of Baely's Paw Shield® dog paw balm and other all-natural pet care products, announced today that they are eliminating minimum order requirements to qualify for Nationwide First Class Free Shipping for all orders placed at Baelys.com.

"With winter coming on strong, we want to make sure that everyone in America has access to our safe, high quality, all-natural products," said Jason Dean, Founder of Baely's.

"Now with nationwide free first class shipping, we can make sure that every dog in America is protected from snow, ice, road salt and other hazards this winter – with a product that we know is Made in America and completely safe. Cost should not be a barrier to anyone who needs to protect their dog this winter."

"While our products have always had free shipping available at Amazon for Prime Members, not everyone can afford the Prime Membership. Now everyone can have the best winter paw protection." Click here.

The unique ingredients in Baely's Paw Shield® make it the most effective protection against snow, ice, road salt and all of the hazards that winter weather can bring to your dog. It is highly rated at Amazon and it has over 600 verified customer reviews at TrustSpot. Unlike other paw balms, Baely's Paw Shield® is preferred because it doesn't stain carpet or hardwood flooring. The product is easy to apply, long-lasting and completely safe to lick.

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About Baely's Premium Pet Products and Baely's Paw Shield®

Atlanta-based Baely's Premium Pet Products is the family-owned company that created the Original Made in America Dog Paw Balm – Baely's Paw Shield®. Baely's is a simple, easy to apply, Made in America product that is proven to protect, condition and help heal your dog's paws.

Especially effective during the winter, Baely's Paw Shield® creates a hydrophobic barrier between your dog's paws and the cold, snow and ice to keep them warm and dry. Baely's Paw Shield® is non-toxic, safe to lick, non-staining and guaranteed.

Questions? Contact the company at jason@baelys.com or look over the FAQ pages and great informational articles at https://baelys.com.

NetReputation Named World's Leading Reputation Management Company by Newsweek

With over four billion people using the internet around the world today, maintaining a positive online reputation has never held more importance. Businesses must manage their identities online to uphold a good standing with their customers; people must do the same to support relationships both personally and professionally. When their online identities suffer, they turn to reputation management companies to correct any damages and boost their positive image on the internet.

Among these companies, only NetReputation has been named the top resource for improving online reputation by Newsweek, whether you're a global brand, a small business owner, or an individual. The company has proven it's worth to thousands of clients already, using a range of powerful, effective reputation management services to improve online reputations across the globe. They've remained an industry leader for years by thoroughly understanding their clients and employing custom solutions that yield the most success for each unique case.

"At NetReputation, our goal is to provide world-class online reputation management services to our clients by utilizing the latest technology and processes," says CEO Adam Petrilli. "Through various methods, we work to restore, improve, or create a positive internet reputation for businesses and individuals." Read related news here.

NetReputation has achieved such a high level of success for its clients thanks to a multi-faceted approach, which targets elements like content release frequency, social & review profile management, and search engine optimization among others to monitor, build, and maintain a positive internet reputation. Through these means, NetReputation has the power to significantly enhance and control each client's internet reputation fast. Read this for more information.

For businesses, review scores are one of the biggest factors when drawing in new customers, and enough poor reviews have the potential to bankrupt a company in the long run. By creating specific reputation management campaigns that are customized for each client business, NetReputation effectively enhances their client's internet reputation, allowing them to influence more potential customers. NetReputation also leverages a variety of exclusive partnerships with top media outlets and pens personalized articles that boost the spread of positive information online. For unwanted negative content, the company has developed a high removal success rate, which is instrumental in defeating negative, false, or damaging information.

Another unique benefit for clients of NetReputation is a focus on social media management and positive content generation. Because social media is such an intrinsic part of so many people's lives, building up an image through these platforms is instrumental in securing a good standing online––and it comes without any effort required of the client.

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In addition, NetReputation offers its clients personalized monthly reports that track the results of their campaigns and the growth of their online reputation over time. It's this attention to detail and open transparency that helps them rise above the competition and remain a top industry provider. Besides earning recognition from Newsweek, the company has secured many impressive accolades in the past such as the #208 fastest-growing company in America in the Inc. 5000 2019, #18 Top Advertising & Marketing company, and #20 Top Florida company.

The Newsweek.com award can be viewed here: https://www.newsweek.com/worlds-leading-reputation-management-company-2020

Cooler Screens Expands Its New Digital In-Store Experience at Walgreens

Cooler Screens today announced Walgreens is expanding its deployment of Cooler Screens' first-of-its-kind digital merchandising and media platform.

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Following a successful year-long trial at six locations that received very positive consumer feedback, Walgreens has rolled out the Cooler Screens platform to 50 stores in the greater Chicago area. Upon successful implementation of this roll-out, Cooler Screens will expand its platform into 2,500 Walgreens stores across the U.S. Read news here.

This expansion, the largest installation of Cooler Screens' technology, is expected to reach over 75 million consumers monthly, including 2.5 million in-store consumers on a daily basis. By embracing this new technology, Walgreens is pioneering the convergence of physical and digital retail as the first retailer to digitally transform the consumer shopping experience in the cooler aisle.

"We are thrilled to be working with Walgreens to deliver our shared vision for the future of physical retail with hundreds of stores and millions of consumers across the country," said Cooler Screens CEO and Co-Founder, Arsen Avakian. "The opportunity is to not only delight consumers with new, safe, digitally-powered experiences but also to evolve the business of bricks-and-mortar retail. Working with Walgreens, we are demonstrating the value of this new approach at scale." Be alert to read related news.

Cooler Screens is a Chicago-based company reimagining the consumer experience in bricks-and-mortar retail. Cooler Screens has developed a proprietary digital merchandizing platform that replaces the traditional cooler doors in the cooler aisle. As a result, consumers experience in-store what they love about shopping on-line. With simplified access to the latest and most relevant information, consumers can now make more informed in-store decisions that best fit their budgets, taste and health preferences. Direct feedback from consumers who have experienced Cooler Screens has been overwhelmingly positive. Surveys from pilot locations reported over 80 percent of respondents thought it was easier to find products and the products were more appealing, and over 90 percent no longer preferred the traditional coolers.

"Walgreens is committed to exploring digital innovation that can deliver new and different experiences for our customers, and Cooler Screens has developed a technology that transforms how customers shop for refrigerated items in the cooler aisle," said Richard Ashworth, President of Operations, Walgreens. "The expansion of the pilot allows us to bring an innovative solution to our stores that brings the power of digital technology to physical retail."

The Cooler Screens platform also offers new business opportunities for both retailers and consumer product brands. With Cooler Screens, bricks-and-mortar retailers meet the demands of today's digitally savvy consumers. Cooler Screens data shows that purchases from the coolers increase, lifting same store sales. Further, retailers are able to gain efficiencies with digitized merchandizing, improve visibility with real-time out-of-stock analytics, and access new revenue streams by entering the digital media business and providing brands access to their massive consumer audiences. This positive business impact for retailers has been clearly demonstrated in Walgreens pilot stores.

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Furthermore, product brands are able for the first time to directly digitally engage consumers in the cooler aisle and deliver contextually relevant offerings and messaging at point-of-sale. This new channel allows brands to not only build equity but also influence purchasing and gain timely visibility into promotion engagement and effectiveness. To access these benefits, more than 20 of the top consumer brands have joined the Cooler Screens marketplace including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, MillerCoors, Tyson, Conagra, Chobani, Red Bull, and Monster. Click here to read the latest news.

Cooler Screens is a consumer-safe platform that avoids the privacy risks of other digital commerce platforms by never gathering or storing personally identifiable information. Cooler Screens' model for digital retail is 'identity-blind' and is a leading digital retail technology actively incorporating the global Privacy by Design (PbD) framework developed by international privacy experts and advocates to protect user privacy.

To help build and deliver this pioneering platform, Cooler Screens has established strategic partnerships with global segment leaders including Dover for digital refrigeration infrastructure; Microsoft for cloud, edge computing, IoT and AI; and Verizon for 4G/5G connectivity, security, and managed services. Other key technology partners include BOE and Foxconn, the world's largest high-tech manufacturers of LED/LCD components and electronics.

About Cooler Screens
Cooler Screens is reimagining the consumer experience in bricks-and-mortar retail. The Chicago-based company has developed a proprietary digital merchandizing and media platform that replaces the traditional cooler doors in retail stores. The result is consumers experience in-store what they love about shopping on-line. Enjoying simplified access to the latest and most relevant information, consumers can now make more informed in-store decisions to best fit their budgets, taste and health preferences. The result for retailers and packaged goods makers is a dynamic way to increase sales by helping consumers make more informed decisions. For more information, please visit http://www.coolerscreens.com.

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BIXOLON Features a Broad New Range of Printer Technology at NRF 2020

BIXOLON America, Inc., a leading global Mobile, Label and POS printer manufacturer, will showcase its latest and most advanced printer technology at the National Retail Federation (NRF) Retail's BIG Show, January 12-14 in New York City.

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Retailers visiting BIXOLON at the NRF Show (Booth #3359) will see the latest printing solutions in action and get a sneak peek at innovative mobile products coming in 2020.

BIXOLON will showcase its NEW XQ-840 8-inch Android tablet mounted 4-inch (118mm) desktop label printer featuring space-saving design. This two-in-one printer supports up to 6 ips (152 mm/sec) printing speed and 2 USB Host Ports, Ethernet, Dual-band WLAN(2.4G and 5G) and Dual Bluetooth(V4.2 Classic/LE) connectivity. It is pre-loaded with powerful software including BIXOLON Food Safety Label, Label Artist™ Mobile(Android), BIXOLON Utility and BIXOLON Downloader. The XQ-840 also supports XCM™, an agent app to connect XPM server™, for web-based printer profile management.

Inspiring retailers with linerless and label printing, BIXOLON will be demonstrating the XQ-840 and SLP-DX220 for MRD (Make, Ready, Discard) applications, the SRP-S300 linerless label printer ideal for online ordering applications. Alongside, XT5-40 for a stand-alone solution, SPP-L3000 for mobile shipping and delivery label solutions and the SLP-TX400R 4-inch barcode label printer with RFID data encoding functions.

BIXOLON will also be providing a first look at a number of its future 2020 product launches, including the XT2-40 entry-level 4-inch industrial label printer, XD5-40t and XD3-40t thermal transfer desktop label printers. BIXOLON XL5-40 mid-end 4-inch linerless label printer and XM7-40 premium 4-inch mobile label printer. Click here to read the latest news.

"NRF Retail's Big Show is one of the most important industry events of the year for BIXOLON. We look forward to attending and engaging with other leaders in the Retail and Hospitality industry," states Paul Kim, Managing Director of BIXOLON America. "We will be inspiring visitors of NRF with the latest food prep and online ordering applications, alongside BIXOLON's linerless labelling cannabis printing solutions with Taken Sensor™ technology."

Technology Partners
BIXOLON will host complementary hardware and software technology partners, including ADC, BizTracker, C&K Systems, EtiFlex, ICONEX, IDP showcasing card printing solutions, Mariner Business Solutions introducing Cannabis POS solutions, Smart4 and The Factory HKA demonstrating Fiscal solutions. Every partner will be showcasing a unique application relating to restaurant and label business solutions.

For more information visit http://www.BixolonUSA.com, subscribe to http://blog.bixolon.com or speak to your local BIXOLON sales representative.

About BIXOLON
BIXOLON is a leading global manufacturer of innovative, advanced printing technologies including point-of-sale receipt, label, Auto ID and mobile printers for a wide range of environments. Millions of BIXOLON printers are used today in retail, hospitality, healthcare, banking, ticketing, post/parcel, warehousing and other transaction-intensive industries. In 2019, for the sixth consecutive year BIXOLON was named global mobile receipt printer market leader by Japanese research company Chunichisha.
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Earth Animal's Annual Mitten Project Offers Support to the CT Food Bank - 12 Years and Growing

Since 1979, Earth Animal has been on the path of offering kindness, healing, and support to animals, people and the Earth. Our feelings towards children and families in need in our local community heightens during the holiday season. For the past 12 years from October 1st to the 31st of December, Earth Animal's Mitten Project offers support to the Connecticut Food Bank's Child Hunger Impact Program (CHIP) through various fundraising opportunities. Read news here.

CHIP (formerly the Back Pack Project) offers school-based children fresh food for entire families over the weekend with the hope of getting all children healthy and ready to learn at school each Monday morning. The program is offered in Connecticut at 19 school sites, serves over 2,319 children and 1,955 families each weekend during the school year.

Each year, our fundraising efforts grow and in 2019, Earth Animal invited local businesses and partners to participate. In addition, we also had our first annual Merry Mitten Day event at our flagship retail store in Westport, gained support with local dog friendly breweries during Octoberfest, offered a holiday "Sip & Shop" in Southport at J. McLaughlin, promoted our mission at a gala event at the Black Rock Yacht Club, plus an adoption event with Adopt-A- Dog at Half Full Brewery in Stamford, CT.

"Every year the number of families with food needs in Connecticut increases and as a company whose mission is to enhance quality of life for all Earth's animals, we feel it's our responsibility to support our community. It is our pleasure to match every penny donated during our Mitten Project," says Susan Goldstein, co-founder of Earth Animal. We are so happy to see the fundraising efforts increase each year. We raised $12,695. And, with Earth Animal's match, our final donation to the CT Food Bank was $25,390 making it our largest donation yet," states Susan.

This past year, we experienced monumental growth and we'd like to give our sincere thanks to all our partners who helped make that happen; Adopt-A-Dog, Allied Printing Services, Anthony Musto Law Firm, Ash Creek, Black Rock Yacht Club and its members, Caitlyn Salon Studio, Choice Pet, Coldwell Banker, Fabicare Dry Cleaners, Flipside Restaurant, Friendly Cleaners, Grand Design Nails, Green Field Hill Groomers, Half Full Brewery, Inform Inc., J. McLaughlin- Southport, KL & Sam, Lachat Holiday Farmer's Market, La Moda, Millie Raes, Paul Harris of Cole Harris Architects, Styles, Trinity Church, Trumbull, CT, The Beer'd Brewing Co., Tusk, UPS Store-Westport, and Westport Hardware,

About Earth Animal
In 1979, Dr. Bob Goldstein and Susan Goldstein embraced the transition from conventional veterinary medicine to an integrative and holistic approach focusing on the whole animal. They began creating natural products without using toxic chemicals to treat their patients and family animals. Our award-winning products are compassionately sourced and produced with purpose in the USA. The Goldstein's focus has been to develop the highest quality products that help dogs and cats live a longer, healthier life. We proudly dedicate 1% of annual sales to positive impact efforts and organizations which preserve and enhance quality of life for animals, people and the earth.

Earth Animal products can be found at independent pet shops nationwide. Please visit http://www.earthanimal.com to find a store near you.

If you would like to get involved in the Mitten Project in 2020 or to receive more information about Earth Animal, please reach out to Susan Goldstein at 203.557.3322 or email at media@earthanimal.com. Please follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

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