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Asia Pacific Electric 3-Wheeler Market by End-use (Passenger & Load), Range (Upto 50 Miles & Above 50 Miles), Battery type (Lead Acid & Lithium ion), Battery Capacity (Below 3kWh, 3kWh-6kWh, Above 6kWh), Motor Power and Country - Forecast to 2026 published on

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“Growing demand for efficient as well as ecofriendly vehicle for short distance commuting is driving the market of electric three-wheeler”

Asia Pacific electric three-wheeler market is estimated to be 156,397 units in 2021 and is projected to grow to 486,446 units by 2026, at a CAGR of 25.5% during the forecast period. Electric three-wheelers run on the electrical energy stored in the rechargeable battery unit. These battery units can either be charged through an external power source or can be swapped with a charged one. Electric three-wheelers are more efficient and ecofriendly than conventional ICE three-wheelers.

With the increasing stringency of government mandates, the focus of three-wheeler manufacturers has shifted to efficiency, emission-free propulsion, innovative technologies, and revised environmental standards. The increasing adoption of electric three-wheelers and improved charging infrastructure (in terms of network and capacity) in countries will change the market scenario in the coming years.

The recent developments in the electric three-wheeler market have introduced batteries with improved specifications that are said to be at the heart of any electric three-wheeler. These advancements in batteries are expected to increase the performance and range of electric vehicles. The range is one of the most important reasons that users are still a bit hesitant to prefer electric three-wheelers over ICE three-wheelers. However, government bodies are working with manufacturers to provide the necessary charging infrastructure network. Because of all these benefits, electric three-wheelers are the future of the automotive industry.

COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the electric three-wheeler market. Both the production and sales of new electric three-wheeler came to a halt as the whole ecosystem got disrupted. OEMs had to wait until lockdowns were lifted to resume production, which affected their business. Post the pandemic, the demand for new electric three-wheeler is expected to show an increase as economies are recovering steadily. Nevertheless, another wave of COVID-19 due to newer strains may hamper the recovery in some countries. Subsequently, electric three-wheeler manufacturers would need to adjust the production volume based on the COVID-19 scenario across different countries. In addition, component manufacturing too was suspended, and small Tier II and Tier III manufacturers are facing face liquidity issues. Thus, production suspension during the outbreak and lower demand post the pandemic might have an unprecedented impact on electric three-wheeler providers.

“GROWING ADOPTION OF EECTRIC THREE-WHEELER BY LOGISTICS COMPANIES TO DRIVE THE MARKET”

Various retail, logistics, and courier companies have already started adopting electric three-wheelers on a small scale. With advancements in technology and the development of more vehicles, the adoption rate of electric three-wheeler load carriers will grow exponentially. For instance, in February 2021, Flipkart announced that it is planning to deploy 25,000 electric vehicles by 2030 in line with its aim to transition its entire logistics fleet across cities to green energy vehicles. Flipkart’s EV fleet will comprise two-, three-, and four-wheeler vehicles designed and assembled in India. The company has partnered with prominent electric three-wheeler manufacturers like Mahindra Electric and Piaggio to make customized vehicles. Also, in February 2021, Amazon India and Mahindra Electric announced a partnership under which the ecommerce company deployed the latter’s electric three-wheeler in its delivery network as part of a commitment toward strengthening electric mobility in the country.

Although electric three-wheelers have been predominantly successful in short-distance passenger applications so far, these are now being seen as promising transportation modes for last-mile load delivery as well. Several startups are entering the market to provide customized electric three-wheeler load carrier solutions. This is further driving the growth of the segment. In August 2019, Euler Motors, a Delhi-based automotive tech startup, launched an electric three-wheeler load carrier, targeting fleet operators working for ecommerce companies. The company has already set out a fleet of some 140 prototype electric three-wheeler delivery vehicles that are on trial runs for over a year in the operations of companies like BigBasket, Blue Dart, Ecom Express, and Udaan.

The supply chain industry is constantly transforming by adopting green technology for transportation. An increased need for efficiency, differentiated routes to market, access to new geographies, and acceptance of digital supply chain solutions are transforming the supply chain. With transformations in the supply chain, the demand for specialized and customized electric three-wheelers is growing. For instance, in 2021, Omega Seiki Mobility launched an electric three-wheeler with a refrigerated carriage purposely designed for pharmaceuticals and food delivery. The company also aims to assist in the COVID-19 vaccine drive by providing vehicles for last-mile delivery. Transportation of refrigerated goods will have significant growth in coming years, especially in Asia Pacific. Goods such as fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, poultry, dairy products, confectionery, and pharmaceuticals require delicate transportation under certain controlled temperatures. This is estimated to drive demand for electric three-wheeler refrigerated load carriers over the estimated period

“Last-mile delivery to boost the market of Electric three-wheeler in India”

The market for electric three-wheelers in India is the largest in Asia Pacific and is expected to witness high growth in the long term. India is amongst the top consumers of electric three-wheelers. The low emission vehicle industry in India is developing rapidly with the support of the government and manufacturers such as Mahindra & Mahindra, Atul Auto, Piaggio, and Lohia Auto. India is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gases and has pledged to reduce emissions from petrol and diesel cars during the next few decades. This initiative by the Indian government is expected to lead to significant demand for electric three-wheelers in the country. The government of India has announced various plans to support the development of electric three-wheeler infrastructure. For instance, the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and EV (FAME) II Scheme, effective from April 2019, has an outlay of USD 1.4 billion to be used for upfront incentives on the purchase of EVs (USD 1.19 billion) and for supporting the deployment of charging infrastructure (USD 1.9 million). This phase aims to generate demand by supporting 0.5 million electric three-wheelers.

Government policies have encouraged private logistics companies to adopt electric three-wheelers. The motivation for adoption is mostly to reduce carbon footprint. The shift to electric three-wheelers is also in line with the Government of India’s commitment to reduce carbon footprint, which encourages fuel-based three-wheelers to be replaced with electrically powered vehicles. According to industry experts, the addition of electric vehicles will help cut down last-mile delivery costs by up to 50% and carbon footprint by more than 40%.

Large logistics spaces, mainly for lease, are growing rapidly in India. The drivers of growth for logistics, supply chain, and warehousing include the demand from third-party logistics operators and ecommerce companies. This is fuelling the demand for electric three-wheelers in intracity transportation.

“Favourable government policies in Bangladesh to drive the market”

Electric three-wheelers are popularly known as easy-bikes and Tom-Toms in some districts of Bangladesh. They have been in use in the country since 2004 and become one of the most widely used means of transportation for the masses in both urban and rural areas. The country is significantly focused on the adoption of electric vehicles. The government is rolling out policies to increase the penetration of electric vehicles, which, in turn, will drive the electric three-wheeler market. In 2020, the government drafted an industrial policy to try and attract electric vehicle production lines and even solar-powered electric-vehicles to the country.

Electric three-wheelers are increasingly replacing ICE three-wheelers in Bangladesh. Conventional three-wheeler is widely used in the country for short distance commuting. Comfort, lower travel cost than conventional three-wheelers, and no harmful effects on the environment are the prominent drivers of electric three-wheeler adoption in the country. The adoption of electric three-wheelers is expected to increase the physical and social mobility of ordinary people. Merits of electric three-wheelers as an easy and comfortable means of transportation and suitable government policies are propelling the growth of the market in the country. Automobile Industry Development Policy-2020 focuses on electric vehicles (EVs). The Bangladeshi government is preparing an auto industry policy that will call for at least 15% of registered vehicles to be powered by electricity by 2030.

The study contains insights from various industry experts, ranging from component suppliers to tier 1 companies and OEMs. The break-up of the primaries is as follows:

By Company Type: Tier 1 – 57%, Tier 2 – 29%, Others – 14%

By Designation: C level – 54%, D level – 32%, Others – 14%

By Region: India- 57%, Nepal – 14%, Bangladesh – 12%, Sri Lanka -10%, Others-7%

Major players profiled in the report are Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (India), Atul Auto Ltd. (India), Piaggio Group (Italy), Lohia Auto Industries (India), and Kinetic Engineering Limited (India).

Research Coverage

The report segments the Asia Pacific electric three-wheeler market and forecasts its size, by volume, on the basis of country (Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore), by end-use (passenger carrier & Load carrier), range (upto 50 miles & above 50 miles), battery type (lead acid & lithium ion), battery capacity (below 3kWh, 3kWh-6kWh, above 6kWh), motor power (below 1,000 W, 1,000-1,500 W & above 1,500 W). It also covers the competitive landscape and company profiles of the major players in the Asia Pacific electric three-wheeler market ecosystem.

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De Lima got P1.4-M from Jaybee Sebastian in gang party: witness

#PHnews: De Lima got P1.4-M from Jaybee Sebastian in gang party: witness

MANILA – A government prosecution witness said former senator Leila de Lima received PHP1.4 million from the late high-profile inmate Jaybee Sebastian inside the latter's quarters at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City known as the "bahay na bato" (stone house) during a prison gang's anniversary celebration.

Inmate Joel Capones took the witness stand Tuesday during the resumption of the trial of the lawmaker on drug charges over acts committed when she was still justice secretary.

Capones said he transacted illegal drugs or shabu upon the directive of Sebastian because he was convinced and impressed with the latter’s apparent strong influence over the previous administration, particularly over de Lima.

“Wala na po ako magawa kundi sundin ang sinabi ni Jaybee (Sebastian) na magbenta ng droga sa Bilibid dahil maimpluwensya po sya sa (I don't have a choice but to follow Jaybee Sebastian's order to sell drugs inside the Bilibid because he is influential in the) NBP,” Capones told the court presided over by Judge Romeo S. Buenaventura.

He narrated that during the anniversary of the Commando Sigue-Sigue organization in March 2014, he delivered PHP1.4 million to Sebastian as quota payment of the shabu drugs that he sold at Sebastian’s quarters inside the NBP.

During the delivery, he saw de Lima went to the same place to meet with Sebastian.

Capones recalled that he personally witnessed Sebastian handed over to then secretary de Lima the money that he delivered to the alleged drug lord and heard him saying “Ma’am eto na po ang pera (Ma'am, this is the money)”.

Testifying on direct examination, Capones, confirmed that de Lima knowingly turned a blind eye on the lucrative drug dealings inside and outside of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) facility.

Sebastian pleaded guilty to the charge of illegal drug trading inside the NBP.

In his July 2020 affidavit, Sebastian confessed that he facilitated the delivery of PHP5 million between convicted drug lord Peter Co and de Lima through then Bureau of Corrections officer in charge Rafael Ragos on two occasions -- in November and December 2012.

He also said de Lima’s aide Joenel Sanchez asked him to help the former justice chief raise funds for her candidacy in the 2013 senatorial elections, upon the instructions of de Lima’s former bodyguard Ronnie Dayan.

Sebastian died on July 18, 2020, reportedly due to Covid-19.

During the offer of the testimony of Capones, de Lima tried to convince him against testifying and threatened him that he will be charged with a criminal case for illegal drug trading considering that his testimony is considered as a confession of a crime.

Capones also told the court that he was introduced by Sebastian to Jad Dera and claimed that the latter is the nephew of de Lima.

He testified that Dera instructed him that he should deliver money every Wednesday and Saturday to which he complied under the belief that Dera was indeed related to accused de Lima.

The witness testified that he was able to enjoy benefits such as the installation of air-conditioning in his kubol (tent), purchase of electric scooter or bike, unhampered entry of his visitors, use and sale of illegal drugs inside the NBP, among others, with the help of Sebastian.

Capones said all his requests were granted by another accused, former BuCor director Franklin Bucayo.

The cross-examination of witness Capones will continue on February 23. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "De Lima got P1.4-M from Jaybee Sebastian in gang party: witness." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1130924 (accessed February 17, 2021 at 11:13PM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "De Lima got P1.4-M from Jaybee Sebastian in gang party: witness." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1130924 (archived).

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Mobility as a Service Market Global Trends, Growth, Opportunities, Market Size Forecast to 2028|Major Competitors Velocia, Communauto, Beijing Xiaoju Technology Co, Ltd., Citymapper Limited, Cubic Corporation, innovation in traffic systems SE, Mobilleo, BRIDJ Pty Ltd, MOTIONTAG GmbH

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Cars rule as pandemic shakes up travel trends

By Neil G Sipe, University of Queensland

As with other parts of the global economy, COVID-19 has led to rapid changes in transport trends. The chart below shows overall trends for driving, walking and public transport for Australia as of July 17.

Australia-wide mobility trends for the six months from January to July 2020. Apple Mobility Trends

Unfortunately, the current lockdown of metropolitan Melbourne, which is at odds with trends in Australia’s other biggest cities, is skewing the national average. These data, provided by Apple Mobility Trends, are available for many cities, regions and countries around the world.

Updated daily, the data provide a measure of trends in transport use since early January 2020. The chart below summarises the changes since then in driving, walking and public transport for Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

Data: Apple Mobility Trends

With the exception of Melbourne, driving has recovered and is now noticeably above pre-pandemic levels.

Public transport use is still well below baseline levels. It is recovering – again except for Melbourne – but slowly. The exception is Adelaide where public transport is only slightly below the baseline.

Walking is doing better than public transport. Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth are slightly above the baseline, while Sydney is slightly below it. Melbourne is still down by about a half.

How badly did lockdowns affect travel?

The chart below shows the largest declines in driving, walking and public transport were recorded in the period April 4-11. Most of the lowest values coincided with Easter holidays. However, regardless of the holiday, this was the period when levels of transport use were lowest.

The declines are fairly consistent across the cities. For driving, the declines were around 70%. For walking, the declines ranged from 65% to 80%. Public transport recorded declines of 80-89%.

Data: Apple Mobility Trends

The recovery in driving is due, in part, to it being seen as having a lower risk of COVID-19 infection. People see public transport as the least safe because of the difficulties of social distancing on potentially crowded commutes.

A study in early March by an MIT economist amplified these fears by associating public transport in New York City with higher rates of COVID-19 infection. Unfortunately, the research had some significant flaws. Health experts have since indicated there is little evidence public transport has been the source of any COIVD-19 infections.

Neverthess, public transport agencies are in serious financial trouble. In the US, experts are warning that, without large federal subsidies, public transport services are facing drastic cuts, which will impact where people live and work. Such shifts pose a threat to the economic viability of cities.

What is known about other transport modes? While comprehensive datasets are not available, evidence is emerging of the impacts on ride, bike and scooter sharing.

Ride sharing

As with all other transport modes, the pandemic has had big impacts on ride sharing. However some ride-sharing companies, like Uber, have diversified in recent years into areas such as food and freight delivery. These have provided much-needed revenue during the ride-sharing downturn.

Market analysts are predicting ride sharing will recover and continue to grow. This is due to need for personal mobility combined with increasing urbanisation and falling car ownership.

Bike sharing

Globally, transport officials are predicting a long-term surge in bicycle use. Cycling appears to be booming at the expense of public transport.

Beijing’s three largest bike share schemes reported a 150% increase in use in May. In New York City, volumes grew by 67%. Bike sales in the US almost doubled in March.

In response, many cities are providing more cycling infrastructure, with cities like Berlin and Bogota leading the way with “pop-up” bike lanes. New Zealand has become the first country to fund so-called “tactical urbanism”.

Melbourne has announced 12km of pop-up bike lanes and is fast-tracking an extra 40km of bike lanes over the next two years. Sydney has added 10km of pop-up cycleways. Use of some Brisbane bikeways has nearly doubled, leading to criticism of delays in providing pop-up lanes.

London intends to rapidly expand both cycling and walking infrastructure in anticipation of a ten-fold increase in bicycle use and a five-fold increase in pedestrians. This complements a £250 million (A$448 million) UK government program to reallocate more space for cyclists.

Paris plans to add 50km of pop-up and permanent bikeways in coming months. It’s also offering a €500 (A$818) subsidy to buy an electric bike and €50 to repair an existing bike.

Milan will add 35km of bikeways as part of its Strade Aperte Plan. The Italian government is providing a 70% subsidy capped at €500 for people to buy a new bicycle.

We will have to wait to see whether all this interest translates into longer-term mode change.

E-scooters

E-scooter use has declined, as has the value of e-scooter companies. Lime, one of the larger companies, was valued at US$2.4 billion (A$3.4 billion) last year but is down to US$510 million. Nevertheless, investor interest continues. Uber, Alphabet, GV and Bain and others put $US170 into Lime in May.

In Europe, ride-sharing company Bolt plans to expand its e-scooter and e-bike services to 45 cities in Europe and Africa this year. Another positive sign for this mode is that the UK, where e-scooters have not been street legal, has begun trials of rental e-scooters.

It is still too early to predict the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on transport. What the data show is that driving has recovered and is even exceeding pre-pandemic levels. Current trends suggest active mobility – cycling, scooters and walking – may gain mode share. Whether public transport can recover is questionable, unless a vaccine becomes available.

Neil G Sipe, Honorary Professor of Planning, The University of Queensland

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The Station: Cruise cuts, Waymo snags more cash, and a VC Mobility survey

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every Saturday in your inbox.

Hi and welcome back to The Station, I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. If you’re interested in all the future and present ways people and packages move from Point A to Point B, you’re in the right place.

It felt like Tesla dominated the news cycle once again this week. (Checks list of published articles) And yep, it sure did. There was other mobility news though, including layoffs at self-driving company Cruise and new rules that Uber is rolling out Monday that will change the ride-hailing experience for the foreseeable future.

Reach out and email me at [email protected] to share thoughts, criticisms, offer up opinions or tips. You can also send a direct message to me at Twitter — @kirstenkorosec.

Shall we get down to it? Vamos.

Micromobbin’

The micromobbin’ space got more crowded this week as Bolt announced it would launch an electric scooter service in more than 45 cities this summer. Bolt, a big competitor to Uber in Europe and Africa, has raised more than $200 million from investors like Daimler and Didi Chuxing.

Meanwhile, Bird, Lime, Voi and Tier are reportedly in talks with local authorities in the U.K. to launch electric scooter trials as early as next month. The U.K. originally planned to start allowing companies to operate next year, but that timeline has been pushed up amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Over in the land of e-bikes … The National Park Service has proposed revisions to rules regarding e-bike use on federal lands. The proposal is open for public comment until June 8, 2020.

The proposed regulations, which you should check out here, would exclude e-bikes from the definition of motor vehicle. Park superintendents would have the authority to open up paths and roads designated for bicycles to e-bikes.

There are conditions. Ultimately, the authority will rest with that particular superintendent, which means this is not an e-bike free-for-all in national parks. E-bike riders will have to pedal — no throttle only — in non-motorized areas and they would still be prohibited in designated wilderness areas.

PeopleForBikes, a non-profit organization and bicycle advocacy group, has loads more information on the proposed rulemaking.

Speaking of e-bikes, these modes of transportation are poised to be big winners this year. We’ve highlighted some of the companies that have already seen gains since the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, a pair of stories provide some insight into this trend. Bloomberg focused on Specialized Bike Components Inc and The Verge did a deep dive into the broader e-bikes industry. One snippet from The Verge article gives you some idea of how things are shaping up for e-bike companies: Seattle-based Rad Power Bikes said its sales in April increased a whopping 297% year over year; its sales to business customers in the delivery sector also rose 191% from March to April this year.

It’s not e-bike boom times for everyone though. The Verge reported that GM killed off its first electric bike called ARIV.

— Megan Rose Dickey and Kirsten Korosec

Deal of the week

Deals — they are slim, but they’re still happenin’.

It seems like just yesterday that Waymo announced it had raised $2.25 billion — its first external investment — in a round led by Silver Lake, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Mubadala Investment Company. Magna, Andreessen Horowitz and AutoNation and its parent company Alphabet also participated.

But what’s this? A mere two months later Waymo is back. The autonomous vehicle company said it has added another $750 million to the round, bringing the total size of the financing to $3 billion. The extension comes from new investors, including those managed by T. Rowe Price, Perry Creek Capital, Fidelity Management and Research Company and others. Side note: T. Rowe Price is also a major backer of rival Cruise.

Other deals:

Uber approached Grubhub in February with an all-stock takeover offer and the companies have been in talks since then, according to the WSJ, which broke the story. Grubhub proposed Uber pay 2.15 of its shares for each Grubhub share. Uber didn’t bite and now discussions are aimed at a lower price.

TechCrunch’s Alex Wilhelm unpacks the deal in terms of its cost and explains why Uber has to pay in stock, how large a combined Uber Eats/Grubhub entity would be compared to its competition and why adjusted EBITDA helps us understand how this acquisition could give Uber’s bottom line a shot in the arm.

A Grubhub-Uber tie-up would remake the food delivery landscape

Intel announced its latest tranche of deals: $132 million invested in 11 startups. The deals speak to some of the company’s most strategic priorities currently and covers artificial intelligence, autonomous computing and chip design.

DispatchTrack, which created a platform for last-mile deliveries to help companies mimic Amazon-like experiences by planning and tracking deliveries more easily, has closed a $144 million investment from a single investor. This is the company’s first-ever funding after scaling up as a bootstrapped startup to support more than 60 million deliveries per year.

VanMoof, the Dutch e-bike startup that launched in 2009, raised $13.5 million from London VC Balderton Capital and SINBON Electronics, the Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer that is its bike assembly partner.

Haulin’

If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s how complex and sensitive our supply chain is. Startups going after this sector, whether it’s in subcategories like freight, autonomous robots or logistics, might find a more welcoming investor community.

I’ll be rounding up news and tips in this category when there is news to share. This week, there was.

The United States Postal Service pushed back the deadline for official bids to make its next-generation mail truck due to COVID-19, Trucks.com reported.

Curri, an on-demand construction materials delivery service co-founded by Matt Lafferty and Brian Gonzalez, has started to offer its services in all 50 states. The company, which graduated from Y Combinator’s demo day about a year ago, says its service saves customers roughly half the cost of deploying an in-house fleet for delivery.

Freight mobility company Einride struck a partnership with Oatly to help the plant-based oat drink company transition to electric delivery trucks. The partnership will kick off in the fourth quarter of 2020 in Sweden, where both companies are based.

Layoffs and people news

Cruise car in Hayes Valley, San Francisco.

Just when I think layoffs are slowing, another round of announcements or tips about cuts head my way. Amid the furloughs and layoffs, there has also been some executive reshuffling.

A few layoffs and executive moves stood out this week, namely cuts at Cruise and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s decision to put the head of paint operations in charge of all production at the company’s factory in Fremont, California.

Let’s dig in.

On the same day that Musk defied local regulations and said he would reopen Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, the CEO put a new person in charge of production.

Musk named Richard Miller, who was director of paint operations at Tesla, to head production at the factory, according to an internal email sent to employees and viewed by TechCrunch. It appears that Miller replaces Jatinder Dhillon, who was the company’s manufacturing director. CNBC had reported in March that Dhillon had left the company, although his LinkedIn profile still shows he is at the company and in the same role.

The email reads, “Due to excellent performance as head of paint operations in Fremont, Richard Miller is hereby promoted to overall head of Fremont Production. Congratulations!”

The timing of this, and who he picked, matters here and suggests that the reopening is more chaotic and disorganized than Musk or Tesla would want folks to believe.

Meanwhile, I got my hands on the memo sent by Cruise CEO Dan Ammann that informed staff of cuts and realignment of resources. (Bloomberg was the first to report the cuts.)

The company said it’s cutting nearly 8% of its more than 1,800-member workforce to reduce costs. The layoffs will affect employees in Cruise’s product, marketing and rideshare business units, according to the memo.

The official statement might rub those who were let go the wrong way. It reads: “In this time of great change, we’re fortunate to have a crystal clear mission and billions in the bank. The actions we took today reflect us doubling down on our engineering work and engineering talent.”

The cuts are notable. But so is the decision by the company to close its Pasadena office, which housed its lidar team. Cruise acquired in 2017 a lidar startup based in Pasadena called Strobe. According to the memo and one source, the lidar team is being folded into its San Francisco operations.

Other moves:

Zomato, an India-headquartered food delivery startup, cut 13% of its workforce and reduced pay for remaining employees. The 11-year-old firm didn’t disclose the exact number of people it was letting go, but the number is above 500.

Fair, the car subscription startup backed by hundreds of millions of dollars from SoftBank and others, has a new CEO. The company announced that Bradley Stewart, who had been CEO of aviation startup XOJet from 2013 to 2018 (when it was acquired by Vista Global), will now lead the company. Stewart confirmed in an interview that Fair is working on raising another round of funding that will include both equity and debt to push ahead on its business now focused squarely on car subscriptions for consumers.

Moto moto

As Harley-Davidson rounds year one on its electric debut, we’re still riding in the fog on how to evaluate the company’s EV pivot, according to TechCrunch reporter Jake Bright.

The American symbol of gas, chrome and steel released its first production electric motorcycle, the LiveWire, in September 2019, but still hasn’t offered sales data. Instead of posting a separate line for EV purchases in its 2019 and 2020 financial reporting, Harley folded LiveWire units sold into its “Cruiser” sales stats, that include some 16 different motorcycle models.

HD’s electric debut received mostly positive reviews from motorcycle stalwarts, but without sales data it’s difficult to evaluate the company’s shift to electric. The LiveWire is supposed to lead a future line-up of EVs planned by Harley-Davidson — spanning motorcycles, bicycles and scooters.

The company saw a decline in sales and continued losses in its first quarter financials, but “remains committed to advancing our efforts in electric,” HD’s new CEO, Jochen Zeitz, said.

Another component to grading Harley Davidson’s foray into electric is seeing the follow on products to the $29K LiveWire, which was priced too high for the millennial market. “The company needs to release EV-specific sales data and tell us what’s next in its voltage-powered lineup,” Bright wrote in this feature on Harley Davidson’s electric ambitions and the e-motorcycle market.

Notable reads and other tidbits

Here’s some other stuff that got my attention.

Of course, I’ll kick it off this must-read list with a survey we conducted with seven venture capitalists, including Ernestine Fu of Alsop Louie Partners, Stonly Baptiste & Shaun Abrahamson from Urban.us, Rob Coneybeer with Shasta Ventures, Shahin Farshchi of Lux Capital, Kate Schox with Trucks VC and Jeff Peters from Autotech Ventures.

We asked these VCs their thoughts and advice for mobility startups in this COVDI-19 era.

7 top mobility VCs discuss COVID-19 strategies and trends

New York City celebrated its longest stretch of days without a pedestrian death in decades, The Hill reported.

Greentech Media interviewed McDonald’s former global product director, James Wehner, about his plans to shake up EV charging in his new role as chief technology officer at Engenie, the U.K.-based charging specialist.

Self-driving vehicle startup Aurora released a blog post explaining its process for rapidly converting on-road events into virtual tests.

Tesla plans to unveil new advanced battery technology it has developed that can produce power sources for its EVs which last for “millions of miles” and can be produced at low costs, Reuters reported.

Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle technology startup backed by Ford and Volkswagen, has developed a return-to-the road playbook. The guide lays out a detailed plan on how it will resume AV testing while keeping its employees safe.

#TechCrunch

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People Are Panic-Buying Meat, Toilet Paper … and Pelotons?

Lauren Allbright, a teacher, children’s book author and triathlete, was antsy from weeks of sheltering in place. So last month, she “panic bought” a $2,245 Peloton bike.It was a “pricey decision,” she admitted. But her gym was closed, and it had been raining nonstop in Richardson, Texas, where she lives. Soon the heat would make it even harder for her to train outside.So when Texas extended its stay-in-place rules by a month, Ms. Allbright, 39, clicked “buy.” She reasoned that her husband and three children would also use the internet-connected bike, which comes with streaming classes for an extra $39 a month.“Working out daily is huge for our mental health,” she said.Peloton, which last year endured a rocky initial public offering and a widely mocked holiday ad, is emerging as a potential winner of the quarantine economy. While gyms, boutique studios and personal trainers have been sidelined, home workout systems are thriving.Since mid-March, Peloton’s stock has soared 86 percent, valuing the New York company at $10 billion, or twice as much as the gym chain Planet Fitness. Last month, Peloton reported a record: More than 23,000 people had joined one of its live classes.When Peloton reports quarterly financial results on Wednesday, Wall Street expects the unprofitable company to post rising sales. Analysts pointed to spikes in the number of ratings for fitness classes on Peloton’s system and longer waits for delivery of the bikes, which signal higher-than-expected demand. The results may not reveal the full extent of Peloton’s popularity, since they cover only a few weeks of the lockdown period in March.“Consumer habits are fundamentally changed coming out of this crisis and this pandemic,” said Ron Josey, an analyst at JMP Securities. “A device and service like Peloton comes to the forefront in that.”Peloton declined to comment ahead of its earnings.Other home fitness companies have reported similar surges in demand. Sales at Echelon, which makes a less expensive internet-connected bike, grew five times higher than expected in the first three months of 2020, with demand comparable to Black Friday, said Lou Lentine, the company’s chief executive. Icon Health & Fitness, which owns the NordicTrack and ProForm equipment brands, said sales last month were four times as high as a year earlier.“It’s absolutely bigger than any other boom time we’ve had,” said Mark Watterson, president of iFit, a division of Icon Health.New converts include Ben Carlson, a wealth manager in Grand Rapids, Mich. He wasn’t interested in a home workout setup before because he exercised on lunch breaks at a gym near his office.But now that he’s working at home with three children under the age of 6, it’s harder to get away for a run. Last month, he bought a Peloton, which he rides after his children are in bed.The bike is “part of my new life for the time being,” Mr. Carlson, 38, said. Even when things reopen, he said, “I don’t know that I’ll be the first one to rush back into the gym.”Gyms and studios, which have frozen memberships while they are closed, are hurting. Some yoga and dance studios have resorted to asking for donations in exchange for free online classes. Several national gym chains have faced lawsuits and state investigations for charging fees during the shutdown.ClassPass, an online service for booking studio classes, said its revenue had dropped to nearly zero within 10 days in March. Last month, it rushed to create a virtual workout offering while laying off or furloughing more than half of its 690-person staff. It now offers 50,000 virtual classes and has waived the commission it normally takes from studios.Mindbody, a similar service, laid off or furloughed around 700 people, or 35 percent of its work force, in early April. Rick Stollmeyer, chief executive, has said he does not believe Mindbody’s business will recover for more than a year.SoulCycle, which operates dozens of cycling studios, closed them in March, cutting employee pay by 25 percent and furloughing its instructors. The company began offering virtual workouts on SiriusXM and through an app called Variis, operated by Equinox Group, SoulCycle’s parent company.“Saturday Night Live” ribbed SoulCycle’s attempt to move its self-described “inspirational, meditative fitness experience” into instructors’ apartments. “I hear a lot of people talking about antibody. I am pro-body!” an instructor named Toyota, played by Chris Redd, barked.In March, SoulCycle also began taking preorders for a $2,500 home bike that it announced last year. The bikes, available in certain U.S. cities, are expected to begin shipping this month.“Equinox Group anticipates the consumer will want experiences both online and offline,” a spokesman said. When its studios reopen, SoulCycle said, it will make changes like placing bikes — normally packed close together — six feet apart, significantly cutting down on the number of customers per class.Peloton initially responded to the virus by extending a 30-day free trial of its digital-only subscription to its streaming classes to 90 days. It introduced contactless delivery for its equipment and pledged to waive up to $1 million of subscription fees for customers who had lost their jobs or were unable to work because of the coronavirus. Peloton also closed 96 showrooms around the country and stopped delivering the treadmills it also makes.Peloton and other providers of home exercise equipment are under pressure to create enough fresh digital content to keep users engaged. Among the most popular videos on Icon Health’s iFit platform are the ones that let people work out to travel montages, like a tour of Egyptian tombs.“People use them as a mind escape,” said Colleen Logan, head of marketing at Icon Health. “In your own four walls, you don’t want to be looking at someone else’s four walls.”Peloton stopped filming live classes in early April after an employee at its New York studio tested positive for the coronavirus. But by the end of the month, it was streaming live classes again.The first one happened on April 22 from the apartment of Robin Arzón, Peloton’s head instructor. More than 23,000 customers logged in and rode along with her, issuing virtual high fives and climbing a digital leader board.“When things are uncertain, we adapt,” Ms. Arzón wrote on Instagram, alongside a photo of herself surrounded by production equipment and electrical cords in her apartment. Read the full article

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Jan to Dec 1977 Recap: Emerson is very involved in the militia, great training and a good part time job! He is in grade ten and doing well. He is taking motor mechanics and loves it. Jamie is enjoying an electrical apprenticeship. Dorothy is having fun baking. Rita is living out west in Regina and Mom is still in a nursing home. I am so enjoying the Oil Refinery. I tell Jean that I have found my calling, getting hired by the Oil Refinery was like winning the lottery. We all have latent talents but most of us do not get to realize them. I went from the white collar business world to the blue collar world and found out alot about myself and what I could accomplish. I had hidden talents coming out of thin air. I am a very lucky man. Our Landlord and Land lady Dawn and Vince are tring to get us to buy the small crawl space type house[ it was a dump] that we are renting. Every place we have rented since we got married was from them except the one year at Morgan road Glen Falls. We would have to jack up the place and add an addition to make it a home. David and Jason are sleeping in a set of bunkbeds that I made when we moved in, as we could not get a regular bed in the room.One bedroom was 5 feet wide and 8 feet long.It was not worth it. They wanted $23,000. I told the landlord when we moved in to this little house that were saving to buy a house and we would like to rent from them until we have enough money for a down payment. I have now only been working at the Refinery for less than two years. Paid off all my bills and was saving money by using the Canada Saving Bonds Payroll plan. We have $3200 saved. They basiclly said buy it or move. I got pissed off and said to Jean lets start looking for a house. We called Royal Lepage and got Dorothy a real estate sales person. We set up an appointment for the following Saturday March 15th. Dorothy said she would pick us up at 9am. Emerson said he would babysit the kids. We told Dorothy that we wanted a house in the country out east somewhere. We went to Garrnet settlement and Hampton. looked at lots of houses in our price range, which was no more that $35,000. I figured I could handle no more than $300 a month as I wanted to have at least $200 a month extra in our budget for extra expenses. This is where the Banking experience and Bus.Admin. came in handy; water & sewerage, furnace oil, paint, wall paper, furniture, snow plowing etc. Well we were on our way home from Hampton around 5pm and Dorothy told us to go though the binders of hundreds of homes. We were just coming off the highway on Rothesay avenue and we read about this house in Glen Falls.. We popped in We asked Dorothy if we could look at it, fell in love with it, David was starting school in Sept. and it was right beside Glen Falls School. We bought it and moved in April 15th 1977. One of the happiest days of our lives. Dawn and Vince could not sell the house and continued renting it. We wanted the country and ended up in the city. Just goes to show, sometimes you do not know what you want until you get it! Dorothy and John got married in May 14 1977 and I had the honor Of walking Dorothy down the aisle. This was the only time I would ever be able to do this as we have three sons.Emerson wore his army fatigues and drove a huge army truck to the church. It was a great wedding. John is the best thing that has ever happened to Dorothy and our family. They have had many trials and tribulations in their 42 years of marriage and they managed to plow through them all. Arthur [Dad] and Stella came to visit us and see our new home. This was his third visit to Saint John in two years. Emerson bought brand new 24" CCM bicycles for David and Jason. Jason was almost 5 and David just turned 6 years old.The reason for the gifts was, out of the goodness of his heart. They would step up on the curb to be able to boost themselves onto the bike. They could not sit on the seat when they were peddling. To get off they would swing their leg over the cross bar and jump off. Ben stepped out in front of Jason's bike and the turn buckle that holds the handle bars ripped Bens top lip wide open like a camels lip. DR. Gerald Sparkes had to do plastic surgery on him [Ben was 2 years old]. Emerson was very generous to our Family, money did not matter to him. If he had it he spent it. And he was most happy went he spent it on someone else [he is still like that today]. He has a son just like him as we speak! David was starting grade one in Sept. A week before his first day he decided to chew gum and take it to bed with him, he woke up with a head full of gum. I had to shave his hair all off, so he went to school bald! We did a lot of camping using an old army tent from Jean's family. They needed a big tent as they had 9 kids. David and Jason joined Beavers in December. Next year we get a new addition to our family!

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BMW accelerates electrification programme BMW is speeding up its ambitious electrification programme, bringing forward its goal of launching 25 electrified models – more than half of which will be fully electric – from 2025 to 2023. The German firm says that it has accelerated the programme due to the growth of electrified vehicle sales, which it projects will increase by more than 30% per year between now and 2025. BMW chairman Harald Krüger says that, by 2021, the firm will double its electrified vehicle sales compared with this year. BMW has invested in a flexible vehicle architecture that accommodates fully electric, plug-in hybrid and combustion-engine powertrains, and Krüger says this is key to being able to advance its electrification plans. The firm will launch plug-in hybrid versions of the new 3 Series in saloon and estate forms, and has also unveiled PHEV versions of the 7 Series, X3 and X5, with the X1, 5 Series and 2 Series Active Tourer due to get similar powertrains in the future. BMW is also putting the finishing touches to an electric iX3 SUV and the new Mini Electric. At a Next Gen event in Munich today, it launched the BMW Vision M Next, previewing a high-performance plug-in hybrid two-seater. BMW’s Motorrad bike division also previewed a Vision DC Roadster electric bike. “Our vision is clear: sustainable mobility, produced in a sustainable manner,” said Krüger, adding that BMW is aiming to only buy electricity from renewable sources by 2020. The firm has also announced that it will trial new BMW

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Deliveroo claims rapid expansion will create 70,000 restaurant jobs for struggling sector Deliveroo claims it will create 70,000 jobs in the UK restaurant sector by next year, as it pushes ahead with its plans for rapid expansion. If successful, the move will create some relief for the sector which has seen a number of well-known chains collapse in recent months, most recently Jamie Oliver’s restaurant empire which fell into administration resulting in the loss of 1,000 jobs. Deliveroo boss Will Shu agrees it has been “a challenging time for the high street”, but that Deliveroo’s expansion “will create more jobs on Britain’s high streets, bring more revenue to restaurants, create work for more riders and, of course, bring exciting foods to offices and homes across the UK”, the Telegraph reports. Deliveroo has created 25,000 roles in the UK restaurant industry since it was founded in 2013, according to research commissioned by Deliveroo and carried out by Capital Economic. This is in addition to the 25,000 delivery drivers which are classed as self-employed. READ MORE: Deliveroo claims it will ‘help create 70,000 restaurant jobs’ with expansion plans Facebook removes 3 billion fake profiles in six months Facebook removed more than 3 billion fake accounts during Q4 of 2018 and Q1 of 2019, according to its latest ‘enforcement report’. This is more than it has ever removed before, thanks to a rise in automated attacks by bad actors which attempt to create large volumes of accounts at one time. Overall it estimates 5% of monthly active accounts are fake. Facebook has also measured how often content that violates it community standards has been viewed. It estimates that for every 10,000 times people view content on Facebook 11 to 14 view content relating to adult nudity of sexual activity. This number rises to 25 views for violent and graphic content. Facebook says it proactively detected more than 95% of the content it took action on before someone needed to report it. On hate speech, for example, the platform says it detected 65% of the content it removes, up from 24% just over a year ago. In the first quarter of 2019 it took down 4 million hate speech posts. Uber launches electric bike-hiring in London Uber is launching its electric bike-hiring service Jump in London, as it scopes out the possibility of a bicycle and scooter sharing app in the UK. Jump bikes can be found on the Uber app and will allow users to unlock one of the 350 bikes currently being trialled in Islington. The bikes cost £1 to unlock and 12p per minute to ride, with the first five minutes free. Bikes must be collected and returned to dedicated service areas, and must not be left in no parking zones such as near hospitals, stadiums or canals. If bikes are left in any of these excluded areas or are dumped users will be fined £25. Uber has already launched the Jump brand in he US, Canada, Berin, Brussels, Lisbon and Paris. READ MORE: Uber launches app-based electric ‘Jump’ bikes on the streets of London Amazon is developing a wearable device that tracks emotions Amazon is developing a voice-activated, wearable device that can recognise human emotions. The gadget, which is worn on the wrist, is described as a health and wellness product, according to Bloomberg, which saw internal documents relating to its development. The device connects to a smartphone app and measures the wearer’s emotions via microphones that takes voice readings, which are then paired with software. The documents suggest the technology will eventually be able to advise the wearer on how to interact more effectively with others. It is being developed in collaboration with Lab126, the company behind Amazon’s Fire phone and Echo smart speaker and Alexa software. READ MORE:Amazon Is Working on a Device That Can Read Human Emotions The Times uses AI to boost reader engagement The Times and The Sunday Times have been using artificial intelligence and machine learning to understand the habits, interests and preferences of readers to enhance engagement. Owner News UK has been using JAMES, or journey automated messaging for higher engagement through self-learning, to learn the preferences of 300,000 readers, including 117,000 subscribers, and deliver tailored content and offers. Newsletters, for example, are compiled using content JAMES believes readers will be interested in, using their preferred format, time and frequency. There are five recommendation models for timing, seven for content, 15 for format and nine for frequency, which together can create trillions of permutations to personalise content. This has lead to, among other things, a 49% reduction in subscription cancellations among subscribers when they interacted with JAMES. Overall 70% of subscribers in the trial interacted with the AI tool. Peter Evia-Rhodes, director of customer value at The Times and The Sunday Times says: “JAMES has allowed us to anticipate customers’ needs and wants, which has helped to create stronger relationships and drive engagement with The Times at cost and at scale. “In the future JAMES will expand to more channels like SMS, push notifications, and we are exploring the possibility of how it might power other personalisation, as well as advertising, offering our commercial partners more value through enriched data profiles and targeting.” Thursday, 23 May Avon to be bought by Natura in £1.6bn deal Cosmetics giant Natura is buying struggling direct-to-consumer brand Avon in a £1.6bn deal that will create the world’s fourth largest cosmetics company. The Brazilian company already owns The Body Shop and Aesop and is the South American nation’s top business in cosmetics, perfumes and toiletries. The deal means Natura shareholders will hold 76% of the combined company, which is predicted to have an annual revenue of more than £7.9bn, as well as 3,200 stores globally across 100 countries. According to analysts at Brasil Plural, Natura is “pursuing the goal of becoming a global brand” but the company will need to significantly invest in Avon’s operations in Brazil where it already has 2.2 million direct marketing consultants. Avon has been struggling in recent years as the impact of door-to-door sales dwindles in the digital age. READ MORE: Avon to be acquired by Brazil’s Natura for £1.6bn Arcadia boss Sir Philip Green to close 23 stores in rescue plan Sir Philip Green plans to close 23 stores across his Arcadia empire, putting more than 500 jobs at risk as part of rescue plans. The proposal will see a number of Topshop, Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge and Burton stores close and will call for rents to be cut across another 194 stores at the Arcadia group. Arcadia will need the regulator’s support for a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) to be approved otherwise the business could face administration. Additionally, as part of the proposal, Arcadia Group says it is willing to inject a further £100m into the scheme over a number of years to bridge a shortfall in pension contributions. However, the pensions regulator is sceptical the deal will “adequately protect” the pensions of employees. Ian Grabiner, the Arcadia chief executive, says plans are a “tough but necessary decision for the business”. “We have in place a well-developed turnaround plan for the group, which includes driving cost efficiencies and managing the refreshed retail store estate and investing in the continued development of our multi-channel proposition and logistics,” he adds. Arcadia has more than 566 locations in the UK and Ireland, employing 18,000 people. READ MORE: Topshop owner Philip Green plans to close 23 stores in Arcadia rescue EE to launch 5G in the UK this month EE is launching a 5G across six major UK cities later this month, making it the first mobile provider to switch on the service. Customers in London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Edinburgh and Belfast can now pre-order a range of six new 5G smartphones, which will not include Huawei. The company says the new 5G Smart plans will give consumers access to the UK’s first 5G network and BT Sport HD HDR, as well as an exclusive Gamer’s Data Pass with zero-rated data. Marc Allera, CEO of BT’s consumer division, says this is just the start of the UK’s 5G journey. “We’re adding 5G to the UK’s number one 4G network to increase reliability, increase speeds, and keep our customers connected where they need it most,” he says. EE is also introducing 5GEE WiFi and 5GEE home broadband. The new network will be switched on from 30 May with plans to expand the roll-out to another 10 cities by the end of the year. The Sun’s loyalty scheme hits one million members One million people have signed up to The Sun’s loyalty scheme, Sun Savers, which is designed to be a money-saving scheme. Membership has grown by 43% in the last year, following the launch of The Sun Raffle and accompanying TV campaign, under a new Sun Savers editor Giselle Wainwright, who joined in October last year. As part of the initiative, the associated app and web-based scheme rewards loyal readers with £5 for every 28 codes – which are found in the paper – they enter on a daily basis. Readers can then withdraw the money as cash or use it for offers within the app. “Sun Savers is not your average loyalty scheme. We have built a community of bargain-hunting Sun readers, and we work hard to deliver them cost cutting tips, promotions and competitions day-in-day-out, on top of their free fiver,” says Justine Salter, head of loyalty at The Sun. “This achievement is testament to that: from Giselle and the editorial team’s first-class money saving advice, to our award-winning technology team, building and developing our user-friendly Sun Savers platform.” Graze launches its biggest campaign UK snack brand Graze has unveiled a £2.1m ad campaign – its biggest ever – which heroes one of its best-selling products, smoky barbecue crunch. The company hopes the new campaign will reach 75% of Graze’s target audience across the UK by leveraging formats across digital and out-of-home. Additionally, Graze also plans to distribute 400,000 samples across five cities including London and Manchester in order to bring to life “the health ambitions of graze” as a brand. “Following the launch of our initiative to significantly reduce the sugar content across our entire cereal bar range and our new under 100 calories ‘wow bakes’, the campaign highlights graze’s sustained efforts in providing wholesome, nutritious products and championing innovation in the healthy snacking sector,” Graze CEO Anthony Fletcher says. Wednesday, 22 May Urban Outfitters to let people borrow clothes Urban Outfitters is entering the sharing economy with an online subscription service that will allow people to borrow six items to wear for a month before swapping them. Aimed at millennials who are increasingly looking for more sustainable options, ‘Nuuly’ will launch in the US in the summer, with plans for a wider roll-out in the pipeline. “Interest in sharing-economy platforms and recurring subscription relationships has grown across industries,” the company says. “In apparel, the millennial consumer, in particular, is seeking out platforms that provide novelty, variety and breadth, while also supporting sustainability.” Urban Outfitters expects Nuuly to have 50,000 subscribers and generate $50m in sales within the first 12 months. Other labels including Levi’s, Gal Meets Glam, Anna Sui and Fila will also be available to rent for a monthly fee. READ MORE: Urban Outfitters to rent out clothing M&S profit down 10% as it speeds up store closure programme Marks & Spencer has posted a 9.9% drop in profit for the full year ending 30 March 2019, however the retailer maintains it has made “good progress restoring the basics” and fixing a number of its legacy issues. On a like-for-like basis, food revenue was down 2.3% and clothing and home revenue down 1.6%. Clothing and home grew 9.8% online, which helped to increase M&S’s online clothing market share by 0.3 percentage points. However, M&S is speeding up its store closure programme with plans to shut a further 20 of its full-line stores, to a total of 85. It has already shut 35 and has warned this number will likely reach 100. It will also close 25 of its Simply Food convenience stores. Profit before tax and adjusting items fell 9.9% to £523.2m. Pre-tax profits were only £84.6m in the year, in part due to a £440m hit from its store closure programme. “As I have said, at this stage we are judging ourselves as much by the pace of change as by the trading outcomes and change will accelerate in the year ahead,” boss Steve Rowe says. “While there are green shoots, we have not been consistent in our delivery in a number of areas of the business. M&S is changing faster than at any time in my career – substantial changes across the business to our processes, ranges and operations and this has constrained this year’s performance, particularly in clothing and home. However, we remain on track with our transformation and are now well on the road to making M&S special again.” Evian launches global recycling initiative Evian has launched a global initiative called ‘Flip It For Good’ which aims to engage consumers around recycling. In partnership with National Geographic, the natural mineral water brand is asking consumers to post a video of themselves on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) ‘flipping’ any empty plastic bottle into the recycling bin. For every video posted alongside the hashtag Evian will reclaim a bottle from nature, in partnership with the social business Plastic Bank. The initiative is backed by National Geographic explorer Cory Richards, creative entrepreneur Luka Sabbat and tennis champion Stan Wawrinka, who have all posted videos of themselves ‘flipping’ bottles. “By 2050 it is estimated there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean,” Luke says. “However, small actions really can have an impact which is why this is such a great initiative from evian encouraging people to do their part and recycle more.” The ‘Flip It For Good’ initiative is part of a broader strategy by Evian to achieve its commitment to becoming a circular brand by 2025. H&M celebrates equality with new collection H&M is celebrating LGBTQI equality with the launch of a new capsule collection for women, men and non-binary individuals. Featuring a range of slogan t-shirts, sportswear-inspired garments and accessories, 10% of the sales price will be donated to the UN Free & Equal campaign, which is the United Nations’ campaign for equal rights and fair treatment for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and intersex people around the world. “H&M strives to be a mirror of global society, one that fully embraces a central message of ‘Love for All’, standing up for people’s right to love whoever they want, wherever they are,” says Sara Spännar, global marketing and communications director at H&M. “We are proud to continue our support for LGBTQI equality by celebrating love and raising awareness about the fight for equal rights, diversity and inclusivity.” H&M’s capsule collection will be sold in stores and online worldwide and accompanied by a global media campaign. Jamie Oliver restaurant empire goes into administration Jamie Oliver’s restaurant group has gone into administration, resulting in the loss of 1,000 jobs. All but three of the chef’s 25 UK restaurants, which includes his Jamie’s Italian chain plus Fifteen and Barbecoa, have closed after the group called in administrators from KPMG. Only two Jamie’s Italian branches and a Jamie’s Oliver Diner, all at Gatwick airport, remain. Oliver, who injected £4m into the business this year, says he is “devastated” and “deeply saddened” by the outcome. “I appreciate how difficult this is for everyone affected,” Oliver says. “We launched Jamie’s Italian in 2008 with the intention of positively disrupting mid-market dining in the UK high street, with great value and much higher quality ingredients, best-in-class animal welfare standards and an amazing team who shared my passion for great food and service. And we did exactly that.” Will Wright, a partner at KPMG and the joint administrator, adds: “The current trading environment for companies across the casual dining sector is as tough as I’ve ever seen. The directors at Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group have worked tirelessly to stabilise the business against a backdrop of rising costs and brittle consumer confidence. “However, after a sales process which sought to bring new investment into the business proved unsuccessful, the team took the incredibly difficult decision to appoint administrators.” READ MORE: Jamie Oliver’s empire collapses as 22 UK restaurants close Tuesday, 21 May Watchdog warns of social media fraud as currency scams triple Scams involving currencies and crypto assets like bitcoin totaled £27m in the last financial year, with social media significantly helping scammers Reports of scams more than tripled in the year ended April, with an average loss of £14,600 per victim, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned. According to the FCA, scammers often used social media to promote their “get rich quick” online trading platforms. Celebrity endorsements and images of luxury items such as expensive watches and cars on social media posts were often used to promote schemes. The watchdog plans to run a campaign to raise awareness of online trading scams. “We’re warning the public to be suspicious of adverts which promise high returns from online trading platforms,” says Mark Steward, FCA’s executive director of enforcement and market oversight. Due to the lack of regulation around online-only currencies, there is no compensation or protection for investors if things go wrong. READ MORE: Millions lost in ‘celebrity-backed scams’ Ford cuts 7,000 jobs across departments including marketing Ford is cutting 7,000 jobs worldwide, with up to 550 in the UK including a number of marketing and communications jobs. The US manufacturer says the cuts represent 10% of its global salaried workforce and 20% of its management positions, including marketing and communications. It has not disclosed which departments would be the worst affected. The cuts are expected to save Ford £471m a year, helping it navigate declining demand and a shift to electric vehicles. In a memo to staff on Monday, chief executive, Jim Hackett says the restructuring plan will start on Tuesday, with the majority of cuts finished by 24 May. He writes: “To succeed in our competitive industry, and position Ford to win in a fast-changing future, we must reduce bureaucracy, empower managers, speed decision-making and focus on the most valuable work, and cost cuts.” Other cost-saving initiatives include moving out of the multivan market and combining the headquarters of Ford UK and Ford Credit. Ford first revealed plans for job cuts across its European operations in January but did not give further details. READ MORE: Ford to cut 7,000 jobs including more than 500 in UK Thomas Cook reassures customers amid fears of future Thomas Cook is seeking to reassure holidaymakers that fears over its financial woes have been overblown and holidays are protected. Its shares fell by a further 14% yesterday (20 August) to 10p, meaning the company’s market value has fallen 92% to £159m over the past 12 months. Despite this fall, the holidaymaker is reassuring people on social media and in a statement that it is “business as usual”. Last week, Thomas Cook issued a fresh profit warning and reported a half-year loss of almost £1.5bn after a goodwill write-off of £1.1bn. Thomas Cook said in a statement at the weekend: “We have ample resources to operate our business and at the same time, as usual, our liquidity position continues to strengthen into the summer period.” It added: “We’re responsible for taking over 20 million people abroad on holiday every year and we take that responsibility very seriously. As an ATOL-protected business, our customers can have complete confidence in booking their holiday with us.” The company is seeking to cut costs closing 21 of its high street stores and putting its currency arm Thomas Cook Money under review. It has blamed a series of problems for its profit warnings, including political unrest in holiday destinations, last summer’s heatwave and customers delaying booking holidays due to Brexit. But this is only part of the picture, the holidaymaker has also failed to keep up in the wake of increasing competition from online travel agents and low-cost airlines. READ MORE: Thomas Cook reassures holidaymakers after shares plunge Unilever unveils ‘detectable and recyclable’ black plastic packaging Unilever has developed a new detectable black pigment that it says will allow its black plastic packaging to be recycled. Currently, automatic sorting machines used in waste facilities in the UK use near infra-red light that cannot detect carbon black pigment found in ‘standard’ black plastic – making it impossible to recycle. However, the FMCG giant has developed a lower carbon black plastic for its TRESemmé and Lynx products allowing them to be successfully recycled. Sebastian Munden, general manager of Unilever UK and Ireland, says: “We’ve been working on a solution for black plastic for some time, and this move to using detectable black plastic in our TRESemmé and Lynx bottles means we will potentially be removing around 2,500 tonnes of plastic from the waste stream.” Unilever’s innovation was made in collaboration with RECOUP, WRAP and waste management giants Veolia, SUEZ, Viridor and TOMRA and the FMCG giant has pledged to make the technology accessible to other companies. WHSmith boss to step down WHSmith group chief executive Stephen Clarke is to step down in October, after 15 years with the firm, six of those in the top job. He will be replaced by Carl Cowling, currently managing director of the WHSmith high street business. The announcement comes as the firm’s results showed like-for-like sales climbed 1% in the 11 weeks to 18 May. Sales fell 1% in the high street stores but were up 1% in its travel business, where it plans to open around 20 new units in the UK, including 10 hospital stores. Clarke says: “We remain confident in the outcome for the full year.” He adds he has no immediate plans after leaving the retailer other than to “take a break”. Clarke is credited with turning around the stationers fortunes after it struggled with competition from supermarkets and websites such as Amazon. Under Clarke, the company refocused attention on higher margin travel stores in airports and railway stations. £ READ MORE: Stephen Clarke to step down as WHSmith chief Monday, 20 April Ryanair profits plunge 29% Profits at Ryanair have fallen by 29% to €1.02bn (£894m) for the full year to 31 March despite the airline growing its customer base by 7% to 139 million people. The rising number of passengers was offset by a 6% decline in fares to an average of €37 (£32) as a result of “short-haul capacity growth” and the absence of Easter in the fourth quarter. Ryanair did, however, grow its revenue by 6% to €7.56bn (£6.62bn) and added 406 new routes. The company describes its full year 2019 results as “a year of investment” in its people, support systems and wider business in a bid to grow to 200 million passengers by 2024. The airline’s costs, excluding fuel, rose by 5% following a €200m (£175m) increase in staff costs, which included a 20% hike in pilot pay. Following safety fears, Ryanair has delayed the introduction of its first five B737-MAX aircraft until winter this year. However, the airline states it has the “utmost confidence” in these aircraft, which it claims boast 4% more seats, are 16% more fuel efficient and generate 40% lower noise emissions. Looking at the full year 2020, Ryanair remains “cautious on pricing”, although it expects traffic will grow by 8% to 153 million passengers. The company adds that its performance for the coming year will be heavily dependent on peak summer fares, pricing during the second half of the year, the absence of “security events” and no negative Brexit developments. Co-op rolls out £10m campaign uniting food, insurance and funeral care The Co-op is uniting its food, insurance and funeral care marketing for the first time with a £10m advertising campaign that champions bringing investment back into communities. The campaign, created by Lucky Generals, weaves the Co-op’s commercial and community messaging into one overarching marketing strategy featuring a new strapline: “It’s what we do.” The campaign message is focused on how the supermarket creates “products of differentiation”, from its 100% British meat commitment to reinvesting millions of pounds back into community initiatives through its membership scheme. The first TV ad appeared on Saturday night (18 May) during ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent, with three ads appearing in one ad break. This is being supported by hyper-local targeting, driving personal relevance and linking to local causes the Co-op supports. The campaign will include 120 out-of-home executions with a message tailored to each area, while 222 local cinemas will serve ads with dynamic end-frames, again showing specific causes in that area. “Building stronger communities by being a stronger Co-op is what we do. We already run our businesses differently to most and this means we can do things that benefit our members and their communities and not just a small group of institutional investors in the City of London,” says chief membership officer Matt Atkinson. “The success of our ethical-led business means we can re-invest our profits and our plan is to use our profits to rally people to come together to care for their local community. This is about the power of co-operation and it’s what we’ve been doing for 175 years.” Customer director, Ali Jones, believes the Co-op needs to decisively seize the opportunity to show leadership in an era where consumers are increasingly demanding that businesses take action to improve their communities. Online ads complained about three times as much as TV Online adverts made up 90% of the campaigns amended or withdrawn by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in 2018, with online ads also outnumbering TV cases by 3:1. This figure includes paid ads online and companies’ ad claims on their own websites, social media spaces, apps, advergames, as well as video-on-demand and mobile. The ASA amended or withdrew a record number of ads in 2018, resolving 33,727 complaints about 25,259 ads. Of this number 16,059 complaints, up 41% on 2017, were about 14,257 online ads, an increase of 38%. Some 10,773 complaints, up 14% on the previous year, were about 5,748 TV ads, an increase of 23%. Overall, the ASA secured the amendment or withdrawal of 10,850 ads, which is up 53% on 2017. Given the rising number of complaints coming from online, ASA chief executive Guy Parker explains that the ASA’s new five-year strategy – More Impact Online – will focus on strengthening the regulation of online advertising and using new tech to protect the public. An example would be the recent roll out of new child avatar technology, which simulates children’s browsing activity to identify ads being served to kids online, resulting in action against five gambling operators. “Our recent use of new avatar technology is a taste of what’s to come under the new strategy and we look forward to working with our partners to increase further the impact we’re having online,” Parker adds. Government to champion UK advertising at Cannes The UK Government’s Department for International Trade (DIT) is teaming up with industry leaders to showcase the best of UK advertising at the Cannes Lions festival of creativity (17-21 June). The Creativity Is GREAT campaign, supported by the likes of the Advertising Association, Clear Channel UK, Channel 4, Framestore, London & Partners, M&C Saatchi and Newsworks, is designed to support the growth of UK exports of advertising services. The campaign activity will include two trade missions, the first run by London & Partners supporting 20 high growth London-based adtech and martech businesses, and the second coordinated by the IPA, which will bring a further 20 advertising agency SMEs. For the first time, UK advertising will host an activation space in the Palais Piazza developed by M&C Saatchi and Framestore. The Creativity Is GREAT activity will also span networking spaces for UK advertising companies in Le Jardin de Clear Channel and the Little Black Book beach, as well as further pop-up activities at venues including the Channel 4 Villa. Special events will take place with delegates from other territories around the world including China and South Korea. “DIT is a passionate advocate of the value of the UK’s creative offering, and a strong presence at Cannes Lions gives our most creative and cutting-edge companies the opportunity to show the world’s top influencers and buyers just how imaginative, innovative and inspiring Britain is,” says Conrad Bird, director of campaigns and marketing at the Department for International Trade. “At Cannes Lions, CMOs and their advisers come to meet new people, understand new trends and new innovations and DIT will be here banging the drum for Britain. We are delighted to be working with the UK advertising industry under the ‘Creativity is GREAT’ banner to give the UK an even higher profile, more influence and a more effective presence this year.’’ BBC unveils film for 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup The BBC is collaborating with South London rapper Ms Banks on its 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup film with a view to inspiring the next generation of female athletes. Ms Banks’ re-working of early 2000s track ‘Remember The Name’ was developed, created and produced by women and with women at the forefront. The idea behind the film is that long after the tournament in France comes to a close, the nation will ‘Remember The Name’ of each of the athletes. Devised by in-house creative team, BBC Creative, the trailer debuted during Saturday’s (18 May) episode of Football Focus, which was broadcast live from Wembley ahead of the Men’s FA Cup final. The creative is part of the BBC’s Change the Game campaign, which aims to shine a spotlight on women’s sport across the summer. Every game of the tournament in France (7 June – 7 July) will be broadcast live on the BBC, with all 52 matches from France shown across BBC platforms including BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online. “We are delighted to have worked with the immensely talented Ms Banks on this campaign which celebrates the incredible stories and talents of the players,” says James Parry, head of marketing at BBC Sport and Events. “Ms Banks brought her own unique style to the project, creating a track that we think encapsulates everything that is so exciting about this summer’s Women’s World Cup. Having recently launched our Change the Game campaign, we are proud that this summer the BBC will we be showing more women’s sport than ever before, a feeling we think this track reflects perfectly.” The post Deliveroo, Uber, Amazon: Everything that matters this morning appeared first on Marketing Week.

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