Day: September 28, 2022

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Vuori Launches in Asia, Mexico, and the Middle East as International Expansion Continues

The brand continues its impressive growth following the $400M investment from SoftBank Vision Fund 2

ENCINITAS, Calif., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Southern California inspired activewear brand Vuori announces its launch in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Middle East, and Mexico continuing its global rollout started earlier this year. Consumers in these countries now have access to the popular apparel brand through branded e-commerce shops in Hong Kong, Singapore, the Middle East, and Mexico. For now, in China, Vuori is available exclusively via Tmall, China’s most popular direct to consumer website.

www.vuoriclothing.com

“We are proud to continue Vuori’s expansion outside of the US,” said Joe Kudla, Founder and CEO of Vuori. “We are excited to bring our vision and brand to consumers in these key markets, connecting with customers around the world.”

Shoppers on Tmall will have access to a targeted assortment catering to the Chinese consumer, and those in Singapore, Hong Kong, the Middle East, and Mexico can now browse Vuori’s entire collection of men’s and women’s apparel at their country’s respective web addresses below.

The move comes as part of Vuori’s larger international ambitions. Earlier this year, the maker of performance and leisure apparel opened its first international markets in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Australia, and Canada. The brand continues to grow in those countries, through eCommerce, wholesale and retail channels. Vuori opened its first store outside of the US in London’s Covent Garden earlier this month, and added a few key new wholesale partners in the fall, including Harrods and Equinox in the UK, and Breuninger in Germany.

Next year, the brand intends to launch in Japan and Korea (via partnership), while opening additional stores in the UK and building on the foundations across all channels in its initial markets.

Established in 2015 by Founder and CEO Joe Kudla, Vuori has grown to unicorn status thanks to its differentiated, versatile perspective on performance apparel. Expansion outside of the US is a key strategy for furthering the brand’s growth and profitability. Last year, Vuori received a $400 million investment by the SoftBank Vision Fund 2, which valued the brand at $4 billion.

As it reaches new markets around the globe, Vuori continues to enrich its product offering, support its sustainability goals and make key investments in infrastructure and people. The brand plans to operate 100 stores in the US by 2026 and will hire 100 additional people to work at its California headquarters by the end of 2022. This year, Joe Kudla was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2022 Pacific Southwest Award winner by Ernst & Young and Vuori also announced it is Climate Neutral Certified for the third year in a row.

About Vuori

A new perspective on performance apparel.

Vuori draws inspiration from the active California lifestyle—an integration of fitness, yoga, surf and life. We make products that stand the test of time and hope to inspire others to live healthy, extraordinary lives. Vuori is much more than a brand. It’s a way of life. Launched in 2015, Vuori delivers elevated, everyday essentials that blur the lines between fitness and life. An active yogi and surfer, founder Joe Kudla was motivated to create clothing that’s Built to Move in. Styled For Life. Today, Vuori is available at retailers around the globe, and has stores in nearly 30 cities, including Malibu, New York and London.

With products that are designed to last, the Climate Neutral Certified brand is committed to sustainability, with a three-tiered approach: involving the use of recycled and sustainable materials, reducing plastic waste, and offsetting 100% of carbon emissions. Vuori’s Investment in Happiness drives meaning for every area of the business, a philosophy and active commitment to the shared happiness of its team, customers, community, and the natural environment.

For more information, get in touch with us at vuoriclothing.com.

Press Contact: Carolyn Lowe | carolyn@theleadpr.com 212.584.5668

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‫Hisense تكشف النقاب عن بطولة كأس العالم FIFA قطر 2022™ TVC “المباراة المثالية” قبل البطولة

تشينغداو، الصين، 28 سبتمبر 2022 / PRNewswire / — مع تبقي حوالي شهرين فقط على انطلاق بطولة كأس العالم FIFA قطر ٢٠٢٢™، كشفت Hisense ، العلامة التجارية العالمية الرائدة في مجال الأجهزة المنزلية والإلكترونيات الاستهلاكية، النقاب عن تلفزيونها TVC في إطار حملتها الجديدة “المباراة المثالية”، للاحتفال بالرحلة الشغوفة لعشاق كرة القدم العالمية وعملائها.

“المباراة المثالية” هي الموضوع الرسمي لحملة Hisense العالمية لبطولة كأس العالم FIFA قطر ٢٠٢٢، في إشارة إلى مباريات كأس العالم مع كل لحظة مثيرة لا تنسى من العملاء العالميين أمام التلفزيون، فضلًا عن نظرائهم الذين لديهم نفس القدر من المهمة والطموح والجودة، مما يمثل العلاقات المثالية بين Hisense ، كأس العالم FIFA قطر ٢٠٢٢™،  والمشجعين العالميين.

في TVC تحت شعار “المباراة المثالية”، تعرض Hisense أحدث منتجاتها بتكنولوجيا متقدمة وجودة منتجات قياسية عالية، بما في ذلك تلفزيون الليزر وتلفزيون ULED والثلاجة وما إلى ذلك، والتي هي على استعداد لتزويد المستهلكين العالميين ومشجعي كرة القدم بتجربة مشاهدة ممتعة خلال بطولة كأس العالم هذه.

أحدث ابتكارات Hisense تمكن المشجعين العالميين من المشاركة في بطولة كأس العالم FIFA قطر ٢٠٢٢™

وفي وقت سابق من هذا العام، تم الإعلان عن Hisense كراع رسمي لبطولة كأس العالم FIFA قطر ٢٠٢٢™ والترويج لمجموعتها الكاملة والحائزة على جوائز والمبتكرة من أجهزة التلفزيون والأجهزة المنزلية الذكية. تلتزم Hisense بخلق تجربة غامرة لمشاهدة المباريات لأكبر احتفال بكرة القدم الدولية، وتعزيز قوة الرياضة، والجمع بين المجتمع العالمي بطرق جديدة ومبتكرة، ومساعدة المشجعين العالميين على التعبير عن سعادتهم الشخصية واستمتاعهم وشغفهم.

في السنوات القليلة الماضية، أصرت Hisense ، بصفتها الراعي الرسمي لبطولتين متتاليتين لكأس العالم FIFA ، على رفع مستوى الاعتراف العالمي وتحسين الاعتراف بالمنتجات من الدرجة الأولى من خلال التسويق الرياضي. “لهذا العام، يتمثل هدفنا في الاحتفال بلحظات التواصل المثيرة لمشجعي كرة القدم وتعزيزها من خلال الحملة العالمية “المباراة المثالية”، هذا ما أضافته كاندي بانغ، نائب المدير العام لإدارة العلامة التجارية في مجموعة Hisense.

ستكون شاشة TVC التي تم إصدارها حديثا من Hisense واحدة من الطرق العديدة للترويج لحملتها لكأس العالم 2022. في الأشهر التي تسبق المباراة الافتتاحية وطوال البطولة، من المتوقع أن تطلق Hisense سلسلة من الفعاليات التي تهدف إلى تقديم مباريات مثالية لكل محبي كرة القدم مع تجربة مشاهدة نابضة بالحياة في هذا العيد الرياضي العالمي

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Bybit CEO Calls For Wall St to Embrace Crypto

Wall St Should Look to Adapt to Crypto, Not the Other Way Around

VICTORIA, SEYCHELLES – Media OutReach – 28 September 2022 – Ben Zhou, co-founder and CEO of Bybit, the top 3 crypto exchanges in the world by web traffic, has called for the traditional markets to embrace the change being driven by crypto.

Speaking at the Pantera Blockchain Summit Asia this week, Zhou discussed the growing convergence between traditional financial institutions and crypto. “The infrastructure is already in place and large institutions are already exploring and engaging at multiple levels with crypto leaders,” he commented. 

But he said, “Wall St could do a lot more to truly embrace the innovation in the market and remain relevant.” adding that traditional financial service firms run the risk of facing the same fate as Nokia.

“Wall St has much more to gain if it embraces crypto, rather than the other way around.” he added.

Zhou was referring to Wall St’s traditional approach of assimilating innovation, within its increasingly outdated business model, only to see the innovation stifled and suffocated under internal processes and restrictions.  

“There is a new financial services model for the world that is rapidly evolving,” the crypto CEO said. “The energy, innovation, and momentum are all with crypto.” 

He used the exodus of talent to illustrate his point and how ‘The Street’ needs to catch up in this crypto race so as not lose out as top performers. “Talent is attracted to crypto by its faster-paced environments, its hunger, and its unrestricted ability to innovate,” he said.

Moderator Franklin Bi, confirmed as much when he talked of how during his time on Wall St, it would take 2 to 3 years to bring a new product to market, not the 2 to 3 weeks it takes Bybit.

Zhou co-founded Bybit in 2018 as a crypto derivatives exchange with a handful of trading pairs. Since then, it has grown into a one-stop shop for all things crypto with a 10-million-strong user base. Zhou achieved this, he said, partly because of crypto’s “can do” attitude. 

About Bybit

Bybit is a cryptocurrency exchange established in March 2018 that offers a professional platform where crypto traders can find an ultra-fast matching engine, excellent customer service and multilingual community support. Bybit is a proud partner of Formula One racing team, Oracle Red Bull Racing, esports teams NAVI, Astralis, Alliance, Virtus.pro, Made in Brazil (MIBR), City Esports, and Oracle Red Bull Racing Esports, and association football (soccer) teams Borussia Dortmund and Avispa Fukuoka.

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Bybit Launchpad 2.0 to List PUMLx 

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – Media OutReach – 28 September 2022 – Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, has unveiled its latest listing on Bybit Launchpad 2.0 — PUMLx. PUMLx is the utility token of PUML Better Health.

PUML Better Health is the original web3, move-to-earn platform for Corporate Wellness. PUML specializes in the move-to-earn, fitness, and wellness industry. Users are rewarded with PUMLx tokens on the Ethereum blockchain for completing health challenges such as steps, sleep, meditation, and more. The PUMLx token will drive its expansion into the consumer move-to-earn space by rewarding users with daily step claims within its mobile apps. 

PUML Better Health has successfully launched Move-to-Earn for Corporates by partnering with major corporations such as LVMH, Deloitte, Western Union, and many more, generating significant revenue and growth.

Holders can use PUMLx for staking rewards, asset swapping, purchasing athlete NFTs and other unique utilities. PUMLx is also designed for users to buy PUML’s future in-game NFT named WearX, a wearable watch NFT that can be staked to multiply daily step claims and boost Move-to-Earn rewards. 

PUMLx will ultimately help drive the growth and trajectory of the PUML ecosystem as it cements the credibility and integrity of the utility token and then transitions towards a governance token in the future.

Bybit Launchpad 2.0 is a freshly revamped platform connecting users with some of the most sought-after tokens in the space. Bybit users can commit BitDAO (BIT) to subscribe to token allocations or participate in Launchpad 2.0’s new lottery model, where users stake a nominal amount of Tether (USDT) for the chance to win allocations of new tokens. In addition, the best-performing tokens from previous listings are also available for purchase on the Launchpad.

Launchpad 2.0 is part of Bybit’s growth story as the platform recently reached 10 million users.

About Bybit

Bybit is a cryptocurrency exchange established in March 2018 that offers a professional platform where crypto traders can find an ultra-fast matching engine, excellent customer service and multilingual community support. Bybit is a proud partner of Formula One racing team, Oracle Red Bull Racing, esports teams NAVI, Astralis, Alliance, Virtus.pro, Made in Brazil (MIBR) and Oracle Red Bull Racing Esports, and association football (soccer) teams Borussia Dortmund and Avispa Fukuoka.

For more information please visit: https://www.bybit.com/

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Jax.Network has mined over 100 BTC blocks

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Jax.Network, a blockchain project building an energy-standard monetary system, has merge-mined over 100 Bitcoin blocks. Miners are welcome to join JaxPool and get a wide variety of different perks, including free JXN coins.

Jax.Network is a blockchain protocol merge-mined with Bitcoin network. The merge-mining technology allows the network to leverage the security of the parent chain and provide more incentives for miners, as they receive extra block rewards in the form of JXN tokens. This week, Jax.Network rechead a major milestone of 100 BTC blocks being merge-mined with Jax.Network. It’s interesting to note that the first BTC block was merge-mined during the mainnet launch back in October 2021.

The event comes shortly after JaxPool, an official mining pool focused on merged-mining Jax.Network with Bitcoin, reached an all-time high of 1.58 Ehash/s of computing power. The pool has managed to gain this hashrate in less than two months thanks to attractive terms of participation, which include negative fees on Bitcoin mining and a 1% bonus for every Phash/s. Thus, it surpassed both BSV and BCH networks in terms of computing power.

“We have come a long way to create a protocol that reflects the best of what a blockchain protocol, such as Bitcoin, can offer. A hundred blocks mark one of the first major milestones for us but the most interesting parts of our roadmap are yet to come,” Vinod Manoharan, Founder of Jax.Network, stated.

About Jax.Network

Jax.Network provides the technological infrastructure for a decentralized energy-standard monetary system. The Jax.Network blockchain is anchored to the Bitcoin network and issues two digital currencies JAX and JXN. Jax.Network aims at making these coins a universal standard for the quantification of economic value. Established in 2018, the company united professionals from all over the world to build a blockchain network based on the Proof-of-Work consensus mechanism and pure state sharding as a scaling solution.

CONTACT Viktoriya Nechyporuk, Marketing Communications Lead   
COMPANY Jax.Network
PHONE +380 67 657 0029
EMAIL viktoriya@jax.net
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UL Solutions Acquires Cimteq Limited

This acquisition empowers UL Solutions to help wire and cable customers optimize their product development and manufacturing processes while enhancing product safety and compliance.

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, today announced its acquisition of Cimteq Limited (“Cimteq”), a leading design support and manufacturing software provider for the global wire and cable manufacturing industry based in the U.K.

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“Emerging technologies within smart cities, Industry 4.0, mobility and communications industries all rely on wire and cable to serve as the delivery backbone for new service offerings,” said Jennifer Scanlon, president and CEO, UL Solutions Inc. “We are confident the acquisition of Cimteq allows us to help wire and cable customers continue to evolve and succeed as these technologies introduce new challenges and opportunities.”

The acquisition of Cimteq strengthens UL Solutions’ software capabilities to better serve small and large wire and cable customers across the product life cycle. Powered by state-of-the-art technology, Cimteq’s innovative enterprise-level software enables manufacturers across the globe to be more efficient through improved productivity and streamlining of product development and manufacturing processes.

Cimteq’s technology also helps simplify the complex management of cable design data, from the initial concept to delivering a full bill-of-materials directly to enterprise resource planning systems. With Cimteq software, UL Solutions is now able to provide wire and cable manufacturers tools to effectively plan, manage and control every aspect of the development and manufacturing process by utilizing the latest industrial Internet of Things (IoT) technology to optimize cable manufacturing operations.

“Process excellence throughout the research and development cycle is increasingly crucial to safe product deployment, especially as the complexity of design requirements increases,” said Weifang Zhou, executive vice president and president of Testing, Inspection and Certification, UL Solutions. “Cimteq will enable UL Solutions to help customers optimize operations while enhancing product safety and compliance.”

“Cimteq was founded to develop software solutions for the wire and cable industry and help manufacturers achieve their digital transformation ambitions while developing safe and compliant products,” said Michael Braddock CEO of Cimteq. “We share UL Solutions’ mission-centric safety culture and are proud to join them to help advance innovations for the wire and cable industry.”

Cimteq was co-founded in 1998 by software industry veterans Ali and Amanda Shehab and is headquartered in Wrexham, Wales, approximately 35 miles south of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. In 2018, Cimteq received an equity investment from listed private equity and infrastructure investment manager, Foresight Group.

The transaction closed on September 9, 2022.

About UL Solutions

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Certification Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

UL Solutions offers a broad portfolio of services to companies. UL Solutions maintains separate legal entities for conformity assessment and consultancy services and has processes in place to identify and mitigate potential conflicts of interest and maintain impartiality.

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Denmark’s queen strips 4 grandchildren of royal titles

Denmark’s queen on Wednesday stripped four of her grandchildren of royal titles.

 

“Her Majesty has decided that, as of 1 January 2023, His Royal Highness Prince Joachim’s descendants can only use their titles as counts and countess of Monpezat, as the titles of prince and princess that they have held up until now will be discontinued,” said a statement from Queen Margrethe II’s court.

 

The queen “wishes to create the framework for the four grandchildren to be able to shape their own lives to a much greater extent without being limited by the special considerations and duties that a formal affiliation with the Royal House of Denmark as an institution involves,” said the statement.

 

Prince Nikolai, Prince Felix, Prince Henrik, and Princess Athena will all maintain their places in the line of succession to the Danish throne, it added.

 

Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf also stripped his grandchildren of titles in 2019.

 

Source: Anadolu Agency

 

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Istanbul Strait traffic halted as ship heading to Russia malfunctions

Maritime traffic through the Istanbul Strait was suspended on Wednesday after a ship sailing from the UAE to Russia malfunctioned.

 

The Viva Eclipse, a 190-meter-long (623-foot-long) bulk carrier, suffered a rudder failure, Türkiye’s Directorate General of Coastal Safety said on Twitter.

 

Rescue vessels and officials have been dispatched to assist the Panama-flagged ship, which has anchored off Istanbul’s Uskudar district, it added.

 

Source: Anadolu Agency

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Russia opens ‘international terrorism’ case over Nord Stream gas leaks

Russian authorities have opened an “international terrorism” case over the recent Nord Stream gas leaks, local media reported on Wednesday.

 

Officials will investigate the incident as an “act of international terrorism,” according to Russian media reports.

 

Three leaks have been confirmed in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea.

 

Earlier in the day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the leaks are “a big problem for Russia” and a loss of a valuable asset.

 

He also shot down allegations of Russia’s involvement as “predictable, absurd and stupid.”

 

The Russia-owned Nord Stream 2 pipeline, originating in Russia and passing under the Baltic Sea to Germany, was constructed to double the volume of gas.

 

However, as soon as the construction finished, Germany decided to halt operations after the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine this February.

 

Russia stopped gas flow from the Nord Stream 1 pipeline on Aug. 31.

 

Source: Anadolu Agency