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I write in response to Fionola Meredith's column (DebateNI, February 27). At age 16, I became addicted to fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) in betting shops; machines on which it is possible to bet up to £100 every 20 seconds.
I should not have gone into a betting shop underage and accept my share of responsibility for doing so. I became addicted to these fast-paced roulette machines very quickly and, over a period of four years, I lost more than £16,000. Fionola argues: "But we don't demand a ban on all bars and pubs just because some people are addicted to alcohol, do we?". But I think this comparison to alcohol is clumsy.
The responsibility for alcoholism is a three-way street between the industry, the Government and the individual. That is why treatment is available on the NHS for anyone who becomes an alcoholic.
Last year, the NHS spent £200 per alcoholic, but the NHS does not treat gambling addiction. Only £9.37 was spent per problem gambler. It is, therefore, imperative preventative measures are in place to stop people becoming problematic gamblers or to at least limit the potential FOBTs have for harm. Capping the stake at £2 a spin is not anti-gambling. It merely recognises that £2 is a safe and acceptable staking level for a gambling machine in an easily accessible high street location.
The NI Executive would do well to learn from the mistakes of the rest of the UK. Their legitimisation of FOBTs has been an unmitigated disaster.
It is crucial the Executive acts quickly to curtail this harmful product.
Campaign for Fairer Gambling
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One of the natural wonders of the world, the Victoria Falls truly are a remarkable sight. Not only does it provide spectacular views but the thunderous sound of up to half a million cubic metres of water a minute plunging over the edge and the soaking spray, makes it a once in a life time experience. To help you plan the perfect Victoria Falls holiday, we've compiled a short guide that includes advice on when is the best time to go, where you should stay and what you should do while you are there.
The Victoria Falls are a fantastic year-round destination. The best time to visit is between April and June when there is high water flow and the plumes of spray are stunning, however it really depends more on what you want to do. If you are interested in trying activities like white water rafting or combining your visit with a safari in Botswana then we would recommend visiting the falls between July and September when the water level drops and the reduced spray gives you excellent visibility of the falls.
Whether you stay in Zambia or Zimbabwe, we'd recommend seeing both sides of the falls. This is now even easier thanks to the reintroduction of the KAZA Univisa; a single visa that covers Zambia and Zimbabwe. However, if you're short on time and want that classic view of the main falls then visit Zimbabwe where around two thirds of the falls lie. The falls also flow all year round on the Zimbabwean side of the falls and there are generally better options for shopping and eating out.
There are a wide variety of accommodation options to suit all budgets available on both sides of the falls. If you are staying on the Zimbabwean side then there are few better places to stay than the Victoria Falls Hotel. This five star property nicknamed "the grand old lady" is still going strong after 100 plus years and combines the charm of the old with the convenience of the new. If you are staying on the Zambian side of the falls and you need to stick to a budget then the AVANI Victoria Falls Resort is a good choice. The hotel is a five minute walk from the falls and is extremely family friendly. However, if budget is not an issue then we recommend staying at the five star Royal Livingstone Hotel, which recently went through a multi-million pound upgrade and enjoys fantastic views of the falls. If you don't want to be surrounded by hordes of tourists then Tongabezi Lodge is a great option. This romantic hideaway is located on the banks of the Zambezi River just upstream of Victoria Falls and is the perfect place to celebrate the ultimate wedding, honeymoon, or anniversary.
The Victoria Falls are so incredibly accessible that there are plenty of destinations that you can combine them with. For example, why not combine them with a safari in South Africa's Kruger National Park or Botswana's Chobe National Park and Okavango Delta. If you want to travel further afield then Kenya could be an option, as Kenya Airways now flies from Livingstone to Nairobi. Finally, why not consider combining them with Cape Town, the Winelands and the Garden Route? There are flights six times a week from Victoria Falls to Cape Town, which makes this a very easy option.
The Victoria Falls are a fabulous playground for thrill seekers, as well as lovers of beauty, tranquillity and relaxing pursuits. If you're an adventure junkie, why not give bungee jumping or white water rafting a try. However, if you'd prefer to sit back and let someone else do all the work for you then a helicopter ride over the falls or a sunset cruise along the Zambezi river are both great options. For the ultimate unique experience, we recommend visiting the Zambian side of the falls from September to January to enjoy Devil's Pool, a rock pool that has formed on the very edge of the falls. It's a truly exhilarating experience that will be etched in your memory forever.
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February 9th @ 6:00 PM - Azure Functions and AWS Lambdas with Aaron Hoffman
Have you heard the buzz words Serverless Architecture, Cloud Scale, or Microservice? In this talk we'll quickly overview Azure Functions and AWS Lambdas and provide some examples where they might be useful. We'll cover the basics of spinning up a function/lambda within both cloud providers, how to debug and monitor them, and demo their local dev toolsets. With a wide variety of integrations and many supported languages (C#, JavaScript, Python), functions/lambdas are a relatively quick, easy, and cheap way to spin up a cloud service that can scale easily!
Aaron Hoffman is the co-founder of Stonefinch, an Agile Development and Data Analytics Consultancy based in Des Moines, Iowa. He has been a tech enthusiast since childhood and has been writing software professionally for the past 10 years. He has experience working on many aspects of software and business development and is passionate about empowering developers and product teams through agile development, lean startup, and human-centered design. He is a leader of the Iowa .NET User Group and is an active member of the entrepreneur community.
The meeting will be on February 9th at 6:00 PM at the Pillar Forge in downtown Des Moines. The address is 1420 Locust St, Des Moines, IA 50309.
We look forward to seeing you there!


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This Deloitte report looks at the challenges faced and insights from leaders that have weathered the transformation storm.
Finance transformation leads have learned to make light of a serious reality: finance transformation is hard work. Many of the challenges and obstacles can be negotiated much more easily with the right game plan—one built on the insights of those who have already been there, done that. This report is a front-line perspective on finance transformation from those who know from experience, and practical advice for CFOs and finance executives who are creating or guiding an FT initiative.
- Sponsorship: how it really works
- The case for the business case
- What it takes to lead
- Building the team
- Steal these ideas
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A blend of Central American, South American and Indonesian coffees.
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So I've had this Playstation Classic for months after buying it new and clearanced for $20. I finally got around to modding it (need the right USB drive and powered USB hub) and discovered that the latest version of AutoBleem (0.8.7) integrates Retroboot and includes some ports of DOS games.
I just played Tyrian and Duke3D. Other games are Doom, Prince of Persia, and Wolfenstein 3D. (I also saw that Jazz Jackrabbit has been ported.)
Now, you have to play these with a PS Classic compatible controller, but I have to say that this is pretty cool--a tiny DOS box for $20 (or whatever they're charging now).
Here's a YT video on the release: https://youtu.be/bYV-h3ROHI8


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Alcatel-Lucent CEO Michel Combes says Europe Must Stop its Cellular Race to the Bottom
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As leaders in Europe debate whether the EU is "back" during the World Economic Forum, the region is increasingly falling behind when it comes to telecommunications, according to Alcatel-Lucent CEO Michel Combes.
"There is a real danger," noted Combes in a recent blog post on Europe's digital divide (published in the Wall Street Journal, "that Europe is losing ground in the information era."
That's because there is an increasing gap between what the latest smartphones can deliver and what Europe's telecommunications companies can support due to a price war that inhibits infrastructure upgrades.
"Europe is locked in a vicious circle of competition focused exclusively on price, one that forces operators to reduce their investments and destroys their innovation capacity," noted Combes. "This type of competition is bad news for a digital Europe and its consumers."


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Ian Angus discusses the scientific developments that led Marx to develop metabolic rift theory in the 1800s, and a new generation to rediscover it the 21st century.
Archive | July, 2019
20 Essential Books on Marxist Ecology (Updated)
As the great American labor organizer and socialist Mary Harris 'Mother' Jones said: "Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts."
'An important contribution to the fight to stop capitalist destruction'
Book review and full video of meeting to launch 'System Change Not Climate Change: A Revolutionary Response to Environmental Crisis.'
Fred Magdoff on Climate Change, Capitalism, and Socialism
Video: What would a just and ecologically sustainable society look like? If the current economic system can't respond, what strategies will advance our struggle?
Challenging capitalism is the ultimate climate mitigation strategy
There are no easy fixes, but to succeed, climate activists must build a broader movement to challenge and transcend global capitalism
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, July 2019
More books for reds and greens. Vanishing Fish … Between Earth and Empire … Making Rojava Green … One Planet, One Health … Why Carbon Trading Fails
Confronting the rising tide of marine disease
Warming the climate and polluting the sea is leading to explosive outbreaks of new infectious diseases


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Hi there! This is Joanna, the founder of Knixteen and sister brand Knixwear. Thank you Gwen for submitting Knixteen and supporting our mission to empower girls to be the boss of their periods. Please feel free to ask questions, provide feedback and share this product with your friends and family. Through our sister brand Knixwear we've been making awesome leak proof underwear for a few years now and we kept hearing one thing over and over again: "I wish this existed when I was a teen!" We started doing to the research and discovered three important things: 1) Teens are getting their periods, younger and younger. The average age a girl gets her period in the US is now 12 - 100 years ago it was 16-17! 2) Periods are one of the main stress drivers for young girls, alongside really big things like depression, doing well in school, peer pressure, bullying and body image. 3) The average woman will throw away 250-300 lbs of disposable pads, tampons and applicators in their lifetime. Thanks to reusable alternatives like knixteen this does not have to be case. We saw an incredible opportunity to help teens be the boss of their periods from cycle one, empower them to do more of what they love and help create a sustainable environmental change in the process. We worked really hard on the launch of knixteen and our e-commerce and informational portal knixteen.com and we would love to hear what you think. We're looking for feedback on the creative, period FAQ, brand tone of voice and on the product itself. As a company that was born from listening, we are excited to hear what you think.
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Forgot one (very) important thing! We are on the hunt for a stellar charity to create a long term partnership with. If you know of any charities that empower girls with a focus on education, body image and self esteem please let us know!
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@jogriffiths Congratulations on the launch 🎉🔥 . If you're open to partnering with non-US charities, I can put you in touch with an Indian non-profit which works for the upliftment of teenage girls in various capacities.
@arunpattnaik thank you for checking us out. Yes absolutely open to non-US charities. What is the name of the non-profit you are thinking of? Would be great to check them out.
@jogriffiths http://www.aidnoida.org/ & http://www.sevaprayas.org.in/ are two of them.
@jogriffiths http://girlrising.com/ is an awesome organization! And so many young girls have to miss school due to their period :( Congrats on the launch and so glad that you are doing this!
@anarghya503 this organization looks awesome! Thank you for the recommendation!
Nice website who designed it ?
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@amirjaffari thank you! The Leo Burnett Toronto team did the design for us as a joint venture because our mission really struck a chord with them! Super grateful to have had their support.
Great product, message, and team (and awesome Shopify implementation too 🙌🏽)!


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Signs: Seven Words of Hope
Jean Vanier, beloved spiritual writer and founder of L'Arche, shares with us timeless wisdom for creating communities of welcome and justice for all peoples.
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the very first L'Arche community, the world-renowned Canadian philosopher and theologian Jean Vanier once again shares with us the wisdom that comes from a life lived with God's beloved, the often marginalized members of society. Vanier offers to us profound insight for cultivating and creating churches that are truly inclusive of all members so that all might have a share in God's gifts. While speaking specifically to the contemporary crisis in the Church, Vanier's vision applies to any society or community, from families to wide social groups.
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The Leaf Pack Network is an initiative of Stroud™ Water Research Center. The Stroud Center seeks to advance knowledge and stewardship of freshwater systems through global research, education, and watershed restoration.
Did you miss the Introduction to the Leaf Pack Network webinar in September? Whether you're a seasoned or new leaf packer, this webinar is for you. Leaf Pack Administrator Tara Muenz hosted a 30-minute walkthrough that covered all the basics.


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Clearing & Cleansing for Spring 3/22 12-2pm
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Spring is here! A perfect time to refresh our sacred space. Spring cleaning is a real thing, but spring <clearing> is a great way to release the stagnant energy of the winter season.
Join Leslie as she shares all sorts of ways to energetically clear your space and welcome the blessings of light & air.
Bring a writing utensil, notebook and your brilliant questions.
All ages welcome!
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All class are at Samira Yoga above Commonplace Coffee across from Juju.


text: If you're doing a burrito stroll in the Mission, Papalote is a little off the well-trodden path by the standards of location, decor, and menu. Behind its bright-blue-tile facade, you'll find an ordering counter and a small but comfy dining room hung with cool framed photographs. The menu board includes some uncommon offerings in addition to the classic carne asada and chile verde: On the no-meat tip there's marinated tofu (tinted with achiote), soyrizo, and grilled veggies; for gourmands, there's chicken mole, and shrimp or fish sautéed in white wine and butter, plus your choice of regular, whole wheat, spinach, or roma tomato tortillas. Papalote's Web site features a mission statement (pun unintended, we think) over an adorable photo of the owners as toddlers in matching yellow T-shirts in Chapultepec in 1975: "To prepare outstanding Mexican dishes with the freshest meats and produce available, and serve them in a comfortable and exciting atmosphere."


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Identify attributes of simple and compound figures composed of 2- and 3- dimensional shapes. (SPI 0406.4.5)
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- Attributes of Figures - Video; teacher instruction and suggestions on how to teach attributes to students.
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Gensym Announces Agreement to Be Acquired by Privately Held Versata for $19.5M
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AUSTIN, Texas--Gensym Corporation (Pink Sheets: GNSM), a leading provider of rule engine software for mission-critical solutions, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Versata Enterprises, Inc., a privately-held leading provider of enterprise business solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Gensym stockholders will receive $2.35 in cash for each share of Gensym common stock, representing an 11.9% premium over the closing price of Gensym's stock on August 10, 2007 and a 56.6% premium over the closing price of Gensym's stock on June 26, 2007, the last trading day before Gensym announced that it had retained a financial advisor and was in the process of reviewing its strategic alternatives.
The proposed transaction has been unanimously approved by Gensym's board of directors. The transaction is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2007, subject to various conditions, including approval by Gensym's stockholders and other customary closing conditions. A special meeting of Gensym's stockholders will be scheduled as soon as practicable following the preparation and filing of proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Versata Enterprises, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of privately held Trilogy, Inc., based in Austin, TX, has announced that it intends to continue operating Gensym as a stand-alone corporation within its family of software businesses that already includes Versata Software, Inc., Versata, Inc. and Artemis International Solution Corporation.
"By joining the Versata family, we believe that Gensym will benefit from the leverage offered by a larger parent similarly focused on technology innovation," said Robert Ashton, president and CEO of Gensym. "This acquisition is expected to enable a broader set of product and services offerings for our customers and to secure a continued focus on the substantial business benefits captured by customers who deploy Gensym's business rule solutions. The board of directors believes this transaction is in the best interest of our stockholders."
"Gensym's history of innovation in the business rule space fits well with Versata's strategy of lowering customers' total cost of ownership with solutions that accelerate development, reduce ongoing maintenance, and drive business impact;" said Randy Jacops, CEO of Versata Enterprises. "Our customer success program compels us to align investments and priorities with our customers, a unique focus in the software industry intended to drive benefit to Gensym's customers. We are excited by Gensym's long-term relationships with customers and look forward to welcoming them to our customer success program."


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After its 10 successful seasons up until 2014, HostingCon – the largest global Hosting event, is now entering its 2nd decade of bringing all the Hosting giants under one roof, in all its grandeur.
As is the case every year, the LogicBoxes Team is excited to be a part of HostingCon 2015 that is happening on 27th, 28th and 29th of July, 2015 at San Diego Convention Centre, California. At the event we are launching our American Partner Program – a solution that is tailor-made to suit pricing, support, scalability and new gTLD integration needs of Web Hosts.
Siddharth Taliyan, Eeshaan Satwalekar and Abhijit Dara will be present at booth #701 to meet Web Hosts and share insights on business strategies to seize all the possible market opportunities which can further boost their business.
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We are also pumped up about our super-entertaining Slot Car Races that are sure to give you a thrilling experience, as you "Race Ahead with LogicBoxes!" Needless to say, winners of the races will be rewarded with exciting prizes. So do make sure to stop by at our booth, if you are attending.
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STOCKTON -- The house on the corner of Gail Court in Stockton sits still. No car in the driveway, windows and doors shut, no sign of the elderly man who lives there, no trace of 72-year-old Leonard Nedervelt.
"You know for an elderly man to just be missing is just, it's scary to us," neighbor Tami Serrato-Whelan said.
On Tuesday, the Stockton Police Department along with concerned neighbors and friends, met at the Van Buskirk Community Center.
"We all have our concerns, and we all want to help find Leonard," Michelle Okazaki, a former co-worker explained. His friends have been searching for Nedervelt on their own, hoping to find clues to his disappearance. Investigators say Nedervelt was reported missing on Aug. 8. Officers found his house unlocked, his car in the driveway. Police said they're not aware of any underlying medical issues.
They do know that the elderly man walked through his neighborhood often, walking his dog two to three times each day in Weston Ranch. He was last seen in early August.
"We believe something happened during one of the those walks," Stockton police Sgt. Larry Lane said.
His dog has been found safe. As for his home, neighbors said it has been placed on the market by his stepson. Neighbors also say his stepson may have moved his car.
As Nedervelt's disappearance enters its second month, neighbors and former co-workers have not lost hope of finding him.
"If he were someone's child or someone's mother… People would be looking everywhere for him. They would be turning over stones for him," Okazaki said.
Nedervelt is described as 6 feet tall, 200 pounds. If you have any information about this missing person's case please contact the Stockton Police Department's missing person's unit.


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Belk Bowl Moments
The photo above is perhaps my favorite moment from last year's Belk Bowl. With a huge lead in the 4
quarter head coach Dan Mullen had called a timeout to allow his star quarterback, Dak Prescott, to trot off the field one last time wearing the maroon and white.
It was an incredibly special moment for not only Precott, who had just put on a virtuoso performance, but also for the fan base who he had lifted to new levels over the previous four years. The fans from both teams stood and applauded, and his teammates surrounded him with hugs, high fives, and encouragement. It really felt like the perfect way for a career like his to end, and in no way could it have been choreographed better.
Moments like these are some of the things that make college football one of the more compelling sports in the world. These players and fans live and die each Saturday and bowl games often times give them the perfect way to end the season or career.
While there is no real way to predict what that moment will be for the Belk Bowl is this year, or even who is playing in the game, I invite you to join me in the stadium on December 29th to experience history.
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CSF Announces Hail to the Heroes Program
The Charlotte Sports Foundation, in partnership with the Charlotte Chamber, this week announced a new programmed called "Hail to the Heroes" that is aimed at sending first responders, teachers, and military personal to the Belk Bowl for free. To help make this happen we are asking local businesses to help pitch in and purchase packages to support this initiative.
Wake Forest vs Notre Dame to play in Charlotte
The Charlotte Sports Foundation recently announced that Wake Forest will be playing Notre Dame in Bank of America Stadium in 2020. While this seems like quite some time away, don't forget, we now hosting early season college football games in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, and have more to announce!
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The National Electric Code (NEC) has provisions for protecting residential fixed building wiring by use of devices such as the overcurrent circuit breaker and the arc fault circuit.
However, interest has been growing in recent years to investigate and clarify the degree to which the feeder and branch circuit load design requirements in the NEC need to be adjusted based on the increasing pace of technological innovation along the entire span of the electrical power chain.
There are multiple factors driving this issue and supporting the need to address this topic. For example, today's Energy Codes are driving down the electrical load presented by end use equipment and thus load growth assumptions that justify "spare capacity" should be re-examined. In addition, larger than necessary transformers that supply power to feeder and branch circuits expose unnecessary flash hazard to electricians working on live equipment.
A newly published Research Foundation report summarizes a Phase I effort to develop a data collection plan to provide statistically significant load data for a variety of occupancy and loading types to provide a technical basis for considering revisions to the feeder and branch circuit design requirements in the NEC. This initial effort has an emphasis on general commercial (office) occupancies, and the deliverables provide a review of the literature, and clarify the key elements of a data collection plan in support of a potential second phase (not included in the scope of this effort).
Freely download the report, "Evaluation of Electrical Feeder and Branch Circuit Loading: Phase I" (PDF), authored by Tammy Gammon, Ph.D., P.E. from the Foundation website.


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What Makes Big Lots Store Furniture So Addictive That You Never Want To Miss One? | big lots store furniture
Retail bankruptcies are axle up during the pandemic, and a almanac cardinal of brick-and-mortar aliment are accepted to assuredly abutting this year. But one abatement appliance and home adornment alternation is charwoman up.
Big Lots, a banker with added than 1,400 US stores, saw sales constipate in contempo years but accomplished almanac sales advance during its best contempo quarter, accepting bazaar allotment from rivals. Its banal amount has surged about 60% this year, authoritative it one of the top stocks of 2020.
Big Lots' basic aliment with ablaze white and orange signs accept a advanced mix of commodity — aggregate from mattresses, couches, lamps and kitchen accessories to toys, snacks, pet aliment and charwoman supplies. During the summers, aliment affection patio appliance and gazebos, while Christmas trims and fireplaces are accent in the winter.
This ample ambit of items helps Big Lots analyze itself from acceptable home adornment and appliance sellers, as able-bodied as grocers, analysts say. The aggregation sells arctic foods in refrigerators at the end of aisles. Big Lots additionally offers closeout merchandise, which it scoops up from manufacturers back they aftermath too abundant of an account or abandon a line.
At an boilerplate of 25,000 aboveboard feet, Big Lots aliment are a little abate than a archetypal supermarket. Best of its aliment in 47 states are amid in band arcade centers, not amid malls, which industry analysts say is an advantage as abounding acceptable malls lose bottom cartage or close.
Big Lots is a "unique animal," said Anthony Chukumba, analyst at Loop Capital Markets. "They're affectionate of like a dollar store, but they are additionally absolutely acceptable at furniture."
"Not abounding retailers accept coolers and freezers in their aliment as able-bodied as ample appliance items and mattresses," he added.
Another aggregation quirk: In banking statements and on calls with analysts, Big Lots and its admiral accredit to its ambition chump —who has an boilerplate anniversary assets of about $75,000 — as "Jennifer" and the aggregation says it focuses on "being the ascendancy on amount and amount to Jennifer."
Big Lots has benefited from several customer and bread-and-butter trends during the pandemic, according to analysts and aggregation executives.
Despite actuality a home accoutrement company, Big Lots was accounted an "essential" banker during the communicable because it sells aliment and domiciliary staples. It remained accessible throughout the spring, alike as rivals closed. This was a huge advantage as consumers airtight up those essentials in the aboriginal months of the pandemic.
"It was actual able-bodied positioned for what has been in demand, abnormally at a time back abundant of the antagonism was bankrupt aboriginal in the pandemic," said Joseph Feldman, analyst at Telsey Advisory Group.
Big Lots said it got a lift in the summer from consumers spending added time at home and alive their purchases to decorating their homes instead of traveling, activity out for dinner, or activity to the movies. Appliance and home appurtenances are the company's better businesses, and Big Lots said it saw a billow in sales of mattresses, balustrade furniture, cabinets, home appointment items and kitchenware.
Some of this was apprenticed by government bang checks and added unemployment allowances of an added $600 a week, Big Lots said. The added allowances asleep at the end of July.
"As bodies cocooned, formed from home, accomplished from home, they're spending a lot added time at home, and that requires them to advance in their homes," Big Lots CEO Bruce Thorn said on a alarm with analysts Friday. "We've got the appropriate array for that."
Additionally, Big Lots drew barter with its low prices, ambrosial to both higher-income barter hunting for bargains during the recession and consumers who are economically strapped.
"Price credibility are actual reasonable and address to consumers on a bound budget" and to "deal oriented" wealthier customers, said Ken Perkins, admiral of Retail Metrics, a retail analysis firm.
Genevieve Barnoski, a 27-year-old beard colorist in Los Angeles, said she usually visits Big Lots alert a ages and visited aftermost weekend to aces up ablution mats, acid boards and a few candles. Although she additionally shops at Target, Amazon and Trader Joe's, she goes to Big Lots because it's cheaper, alike admitting she said the abundance is "a little dingy." (Big Lots beneath to animadversion on her impressions.)
"I don't appetite to absorb a lot money on being that I'm not activity to accept always like acid boards," she said. "I accept a baby, and I buy toys that are bargain there because she's activity to abort them."
Despite Big Lots' accepted strength, it still faces risks in the future, experts say. While Big Lots offers curbside auto and afresh addled a affiliation with Instacart for same-day delivery, its online business is baby and lags beyond brick-and-mortar rivals like Walmart and Target. As added appliance and home appurtenances spending accouterment online, this poses a blackmail to the company.
"We still accept a lot of communicable up to do in our agenda business," CEO Thorn told analysts Friday on the company's balance call.
Big Lots additionally faces annealed antagonism in home appurtenances from a growing cardinal of chains, analysts say. Walmart, Target, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, At Home, Ollie's Bargain Outlet and TJX-owned HomeGoods additionally appear able sales of home commodity aftermost quarter.
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