Let's Share the Wealth: April 2012

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Convert Industry Headaches Into Business Opportunities - Investors Business Daily

Don't run from business headaches. Relieve them. How firms benefit from a make-it-better approach:

• Feel their pain. Entrepreneur and software developer Dan Rodrigues was doing consulting work in the medical field when he waded into the perplexity of the health care reimbursement process. He told IBD, "It really made my head spin." In a good way. "I saw it as a problem-rich environment. I like to solve problems."

• Ease it. Consumers enjoy easy-to-use apps. Businesses — even medical ones — should too. That was Rodrigues' approach with Kareo, the health care billing software firm he founded in 2005.

"At the core of what we do, we help doctors get paid," he said. "We work hard to make it an intuitive solution."

More than 12,000 physicians have adopted the platform.

• Make a healthy pitch. Winning them over is no knee-jerk reaction. A doctor's typical response: Sounds great, but does it work? "It's a noisy product market," Rodrigues said. "It's hard for physicians to cut through all the noise."

After warming them up with demonstration videos, Rodrigues offers a 30-day free trial.

"It's a way for them to ease into the relationship," Rodrigues said.

• Probe deeper. John Davie had zero restaurant experience when he and his father launched Dining Alliance, a food service consultancy. But they'd heard firsthand how smaller restaurateurs struggled to compete with big chains. Why not help the independents band together to get better pricing on everything from ketchup to cola?

To perfect the collective approach, Davie pulled up to the table. "For the first few years, I would just pepper people with questions," he said. "It's kind of amazing what people tell you when you ask direct questions."

• Chip away. Dining Alliance now has more than $1 billion in buying power among thousands of participating eateries.

It didn't start that strong.

"We were going around selling the future," Davie said, trying to get diners and bistros to sign onto an unproven approach.

A few early believers buoyed Davie's spirits. "We had some restaurant owners who were passionate about what we were doing," he said. Initially distracted by pie-in-the-sky possibilities, he achieved growth by concentrating on achieving results for existing clients.

"Things changed when we focused on a relatively small goal," he said.

• Pump them up. PBA Health CEO Nick Smock grew up working in his father's pharmacy, so he understands the pressure of competition that big-name drugstores place on smaller operators.

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Open House on CSX Project Will Have Job, Business Information

WINTER HAVEN | Information on jobs and business opportunities for the much-anticipated CSX rail terminal will be available at an open house at the Chain of Lakes Complex in Winter Haven on May 3, according to a release on the city of Winter Haven's Facebook page.

Information on job opportunities, business opportunities and the project overall will be available to the public at the open house.

The open house is sponsored by Polk Works, the city of Winter Haven, TransDevelop Group and Evansville Western Railway, the CSX subsidiary that will build the site.

The open house will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Chain of Lakes gymnasium at 210 Cypress Gardens Blvd.

Construction on the Pollard Road extension, which will be the main road into the business park and rail terminal, has already begun.

CSX officials have said construction on the rail terminal will begin in the middle or second half of 2012.

The Winter Haven rail terminal is needed to handle freight train traffic moving from Orlando-area rail lines to the line that runs through Polk County and downtown Lakeland.

Evansville Western Railway has said it expects to create 800 construction-related jobs during the initial construction and plans to work with Polk Works to hire additional help.

The company also plans to use Polk County suppliers and subcontractors when possible.

Estimates for the project's total jobs impact have been as high as 6,000, counting jobs at the rail terminal and at a business park to be built on 932 acres around the terminal.

Some Lakeland and Wahneta residents have opposed the new rail terminal because they said the increased freight train traffic running through Polk County will decrease their quality of life.

CSX will still utilize the rail lines SunRail will use, but only when SunRail is not operating.

Residents in Winter Haven who live near the proposed site also have voiced concerns about the amount of noise from the rail terminal and added traffic on nearby roads.

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A new focus on start-up companies - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

An important strategy for job growth in Wisconsin is increasing our support for high-potential entrepreneurs and the businesses they start and grow. Wisconsin's dedication to keeping our best and brightest talent and business growth opportunities within our borders is seeing some early positive results. But while we make progress, there is still much more we need to do to support entrepreneurial business growth in the state.

Other states throughout the United States are actively developing support and investment programs recognizing that almost all net new job growth comes from new companies. They are competing with Wisconsin to develop their entrepreneurial ecosystems to attract and retain talent and jobs to build industries and economies for the future.

Wisconsin had the fourth-best improvement in entrepreneurial activity in the nation in 2011, according to the Kauffman Foundation's annual index of entrepreneurial activity, moving Wisconsin from 47th to 40th in the performance of starting new businesses.

Wisconsin also dramatically improved its ability to incubate businesses, moving up to 29th among all states from 43rd in 2010, according to an annual competitiveness measure released by the Beacon Hill Institute.

While these improvements are solid indications of the improving climate in Wisconsin for new business starts, all measurements of our state's competitiveness identify the need for increasing the availability of much needed capital for seed, early and mid-stage companies. Gov. Scott Walker and legislators on both sides of the aisle recognize that we need a proactive, strategic and rapid approach to increasing this investment capital to spur high-growth, entrepreneurial business and job growth opportunities.

To accomplish that, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. is proposing for the coming legislative session early next year to repurpose a portion of unused investment tax credits previously authorized in a creative and high-impact way.

The Wisconsin Angel & Seed Acceleration Program - or ASAP! - will be leveraged with private-sector investments to significantly increase funding to talented entrepreneurs in a much more timely manner than what presently exists. Rather than grants, the leveraged co-investment from ASAP! will be in the form of equity with profits returned directly to the state. This will facilitate a much more efficient path to getting promising opportunities launched and growing.

WEDC will continue to pursue broad policy initiatives that in clude ASAP!, along with a venture capital-level strategy to support emerging early- and mid-stage companies by providing expansion capital for when companies have proved their products and markets and have begun ramping-up manufacturing and shipping goods to customers.

The WEDC, created last year through Walker's job growth initiative, has a comprehensive strategy for fostering start-ups and spurring investment in growth-oriented businesses, especially in high-tech and other high-potential industries, where accelerated job growth and high job multipliers are most likely to occur.

One tactic includes aggressively utilizing the successful Angel Investment and Venture Capital Tax Credit Programs to encourage investment into high-tech businesses that have strong growth potential. Since 2005, 195 entrepreneurial companies have been certified to receive tax credit for their investors. This has leveraged more than $163 million in private-sector investment into those companies creating over 900 new jobs in our state.

WEDC also utilizes the Technology Development Loan Program, which supports companies through their research and development and provides funds targeting the commercialization of innovative technology products. These programs, tied with others that support new and expanding businesses, have all helped to change the course in Wisconsin to a place where entrepreneurs can have confidence in starting and building companies for the future.

WEDC is taking other innovative steps to support new business growth, such as partnering with VETransfer, Inc., a one-of-its-kind incubator/accelerator based in Milwaukee to help Wisconsin veterans start businesses. WEDC is also developing plans to support technology accelerators to provide businesses model training and knowledge that entrepreneurs need to create a sustainable and profitable businesses.

Wisconsin is positioned for continued success for entrepreneurial growth. We have the entrepreneurial spirit. We have tremendous research and idea development through our academic systems. We have a growing angel investment community and entrepreneurial support network. We have the capability for innovative leadership through the WEDC and its partners throughout the state. And we have an improved business climate.

The time is right for Wisconsin to step up its investment in our innovative and high-potential entrepreneurs. The return potential is great through job creation, added tax base, growth in our state's GDP and financial return on investments made directly back to the state. The WEDC is taking a leadership role in making Wisconsin a great place to launch and grow innovative businesses. We look forward to collaborating with our partners throughout the state as we continue to make improvements in our business climate and realize our potential as a leader in creating opportunities for our citizens.

Paul Jadin is chief executive officer of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

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ABOUT JOHN EDMONDS -- A REMARKABLE STORY!

John Edmonds is a self-professed "Opportunity Exploiter" who has helped build numerous successful national businesses from scratch; several with millions of pounds/dollars turnover per annum. As John freely admits today, "If I've got a fault, it has been getting wrapped up in the passion and enthusiasm of business-building rather than take care of my own personal interests."

John's career started in the late 1960s, when in a period of just two years, he helped create one of the UK's first supermarket chains SupaSave in direct competition to the new Tesco supermarkets of that era. Shortly after that, John and his family emigrated to Australia.

Between 1971 and 1984, John was a founder member of the team who started and built the first 100 JeansWest stores in Australia; now the world's most successful casual clothing retail business with over 2,200 stores across Australasia.

In 1985, John took the idea in a friend's head about a heat-shrink plastic product that would protect the stiletto heels of ladies shoes and turned it into a product in national Australian high street stores within six months.

Between 1985 and 1987, John got involved with a team of electronic technicians which went from a back street electronic research laboratory, to an internationally recognised state-of-the-art artificial intelligence company with solid-state non-volatile memory. (meaning you don't lose computer memory when the power shuts off.)

Between 1986 and 1988, John helped transform the Stirling's Department store chain from consistent losses to ongoing sustainable profitability by greatly enhancing their customer service methods and product merchandising methodologies.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, John joined the Perth Zoo in Western Australia, and helped transform it from an unfashionable place that exhibits animals, to a thriving "Steward of Endangered Species" one of the world's most visited zoos per capita of population as a world leader in protecting many endangered species, including the orang utan.

From 1991 to 1995, John joined forces with the founder of JeansWest mentioned earlier, as a director of Lotus Retail Solutions. Just one of the many successful achievements was turning around an ailing national retail chain called Purely Australian owned by one of the world's largest companies, The Victoria Company of Japan, from loss to sustained profitability simply by adopting unique retail methods unheard of at that time.

In 1996, John was invited to work in Sweden for one of Europe's largest language companies to help build their English Language Business Skills programmes. Within two years, John was voted their top business development manager and Lecturer in English business skills, interculture, and presentation skills.
In 1998, John returned to the UK after 27 years of being abroad, and secured a position as the National Operations Manager for the UK's second-largest 24 hour emergency glazing company in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He made immediate impacts on sales side of the business and their 24 hour help-desk team.

In 2000, John then joined the University of Huddersfield to build and manage a business incubation (business start-up) programme. At the pinnacle of his career, John personally helped start up and mentor over 250 businesses during this period, at an officially recorded 80% success/survival rate against a national backdrop of an 80% failure rate for business start-ups in the UK and world-wide. At least five of these businesses now have multi-million pound turnovers.

In 2008, and aged 59, John decided to start a business for himself for the first time in his life. He has started two businesses, one called Timetrapper Video Productions which exploits John's digital video hobby, and the other called Getaheadinbusiness. The latter will shortly launch in mid 2012 as an international subscription website with up to 250 short videos of John providing unique insights into how to start and build a successful business from scratch.

Today, John lives in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire and is married to Vivien, and has a son and daughter who both run their own respective businesses in Spain and America. Craig runs an web development and SEO business and The Marbella Guide in Spain, whilst Gayle owns a Virtual Office service in Georgia, USA.

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What is the purpose of a newspaper? - CNN Money

(gigaom.com) --

Reuters blogger Felix Salmon recently wrote about what he saw as a hypothetical business opportunity for the cash-strapped New York Times: namely, selling early access to news scoops like the paper’s expose on Walmart. The idea drew a fair amount of criticism (including some from me), and that critical reaction said a lot about where newspapers find themselves now, as digital pressures require them to look for new revenue opportunities. When all is said and done, what is the ultimate purpose of a newspaper — to make money, or inform the populace?

In my response to Salmon’s proposal, I said that I thought such a move would place the New York Times in conflict with at least some of its core principles. By selling access to potentially market-moving stories — some of which would theoretically also have a public-policy element or some other broader social value to them — the NYT would be sacrificing (in some sense at least) its commitment to readers and public journalism in return for subscription revenue from stock traders.

Salmon in turn argued that it isn’t really important *when* regular readers get access to news stories, and so it wouldn’t matter if the Times sold early access to its scoops and then gave them to everyone else later. But it’s not hard to think of examples where these two would be in conflict — what if there was an investigative story about a prescription drug that had dangerous side effects, something that might affect the share price of the drug company? Who gets to see that story first, the general public or the hedge funds?

Others have argued that since we trust the NYT to do the rest of what they do — to report stories honestly, etc. — then we should be able to trust them to decide which stories are of broader public interest and which are not. But there have been cases (such as Judith Miller’s reporting on Iraq) where that trust has broken down, and as a commenter on Salmon’s original post noted, selling hedge funds access to certain stories would raise even more questions about who the paper is more beholden to, readers or large institutions.

The core of the problem is that the New York Times is a strange sort of hybrid animal, just as most other major-market newspapers are: it is a profit-oriented corporation, controlled by the Sulzberger family and other investors such as Mexican billionaire Carlos Helu, and therefore its purpose is to make money. But at the same time, it has also become a kind of public institution as well, with a commitment to informing the citizenry about important events, upholding the public’s right to know, etc. That’s part of the reason why incidents such as the Miller case are criticized so heavily.

In a way, newspapers have only themselves to blame for this turn of events. In the early days of the industry, no one really expected newspapers to be engines for protecting the public good. Their job was to sell as many papers as possible, and publishers like William Randolph Hearst did whatever they thought would accomplish that goal, including making stories up out of whole cloth, just as some “tabloid” newspapers still do now.

But in the 1960s and 70s, newspapers became a massive industry with corporate owners, who wanted to appeal to national and international advertisers and readers — and as part of that process they became public institutions, something that was accelerated by the Watergate scandal and the role that the Washington Post played in it. In many ways, that helped create the idea that newspapers should protect and uphold certain public principles for the good of society.

So the problem now is that newspapers are trying to charge readers more directly for their content than they ever have before, and by definition that restricts the number of people who can read it. If a paper erects a paywall that costs $15 a month, that’s one thing — but what if it’s a subscription plan designed for hedge funds and bond traders? If that is a newspaper’s central focus, hasn’t it given up any hope of being a public entity or keeping the interests of society at heart? In some ways, general-interest papers seem to be damned if they do and damned if they don’t.

Maybe the days of mass-market newspapers with a broad readership are simply coming to a close, and what we are seeing is some of those newspapers evolve into controlled-circulation subscription newsletters, who serve the interests of their small readership and nothing else. And perhaps that isn’t such a bad thing — other solutions could theoretically take their place, or at least help share the load when it comes to the public interest. But the long-term effects of that remain unknown.

We’ll be talking with leaders in tech, media and investing about how to make the most of today’s opportunities, blurred lines and all, at paidContent 2012: At The Crossroads, May 23, at The TimesCenter in New York. Join us.

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Schroders to buy 25 pct of India's AXIS Asset Mgt

LONDON (Reuters) - Funds firm Schroders Plc is buying a 25 percent stake in India's Axis Asset Management Co, aiming to tap into growing business opportunities in Asia's third-largest economy and meet demand for financial products from its burgeoning middle class.

Axis AMC, founded in 2009 by Axis Bank, is ranked 15th in India's 44-player asset management business with around $2.3 billion (1.4 billion pounds) of assets under management. The purchase price has been kept confidential, a spokesman for Schroders said.

Lured by the long-term prospects seen in India, overseas fund managers such as U.S.-based T. Rowe Price Group Inc have been buying into Indian money managers.

Nippon Life Insurance in January agreed to pay $290 million for a 26 percent stake in the asset management unit of India's Reliance Capital Ltd , joining other foreign fund managers seeking to tap into the country's growing middle class.

Assets under management by Indian fund managers rose to 5.9 trillion rupees as of March 2011 from 2.3 trillion in March 2006, according to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

"We are delighted to enter a long-term partnership with Axis Bank with the objective of building a leading Indian asset management business," Michael Dobson, chief executive of Schroders, said in a statement.

"This enables us to participate in the growth opportunity represented by the Indian mutual fund market through a strategic relationship with a leading private sector bank."

The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to complete during 2012.

Not known for frequent corporate acquisition activity, Schroders, which manages assets worth around 180 billion pounds ($291.4 billion), tends to enter new markets through joint ventures. In 2006, the 200-year old British fund firm bought a 30 percent stake in a fund management company run by China's Bank of Communications.

Schroders shares were trading around 2 percent higher at 1330 GMT at 1,448 pence, while the blue chip FTSE index <.FTSE> was up half a percent. ($1 = 0.6178 British pounds)

(Additional reporting by Swati Pandey in Mumbai; Editing by David Holmes)

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Market Opportunities and Business Strategies in Online Retail in Russia - PR Newswire

NEW YORK, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Market Opportunities and Business Strategies in Online Retail in Russia

http://www.reportlinker.com/p0844042/Market-Opportunities-and-Business-Strategies-in-Online-Retail-in-Russia.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=e-Commerce

Synopsis

The report provides top-level market analysis, information and insights, including:

• Historic and forecast market size of the entire Russian online retail industry

• Current and future market size of the Russian online retail industry by product category and region

• Insights into the recent consumer buying trends of online retail covering buying preferences based on product, region, and gender

• Detailed analysis of operational, marketing and pricing strategies adopted by online retailers in Russia

• Information on factors that drive the overall online retail industry in Russia

• Analysis of upcoming trends that are expected to drive the future of the online retail industry in Russia

Summary

Due to increasing internet penetration, recent improvements in the country's telecommunications infrastructure and general economic growth, online retail is growing rapidly in Russia. Consequently, an increasing number of companies are progressing beyond merely using the internet for online marketing and are now also establishing online retail platforms. During the review period (2007–2011), Russian online retail sales recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.92%. As of 2011, 80% of Russia's online retail companies are based in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as a result of the high levels of internet penetration in these cities. The majority of Russia's online retailers require cash on delivery or credit card payment.

Scope

• This report provides an extensive analysis on the online retail industry in Russia

• It details historical values for the Russian online retail industry for 2007–2011, along with forecast figures for 2012–2016

• It provides top-level analysis of the overall online retail industry, as well as product category values for both the 2007–2011 review period and the 2012–2016 forecast period

• The report provides a detailed analysis on growth drivers, operational, marketing and pricing strategies, challenges and future trends in the Russian online retail industry

• The report profiles top online retail companies in Russia and provides case studies

Reasons To Buy

• Take strategic business decisions using top-level historic and forecast market data related to the Russian online retail industry and each product category within it

• Understand the consumer and business drivers of the Russian online retail industry, along with key market trends and growth opportunities

• Assess business strategies (operational, marketing and pricing strategy) in the online retail industry in Russia

• Identify the growth opportunities and industry dynamics within the online retail industry's key product categories

• Identify the growth opportunities presented by the region-wise adoption of online retail in Russia, changing consumer attitudes and online retail dynamics

Key Highlights

• The Russian online retail channel expanded significantly during the review period with a CAGR of 18.92%.

• Russian online retailers are localizing their warehousing facilities and partnering with local courier and delivery companies in order to easily provide timely delivery services. Online retailers are also offering multiple payment options, including secured payment gateways and authenticated card payments.

• Competitive price fluctuation is the pricing strategy most often adopted by Russian online retailers.

• In 2011, home appliances was the most popular online retail product category, forcing online retailers such as Ozon.ru, Utkonos.ru, and 003.ru to offer attractive offers and deals on home appliances and electronic goods, especially during the festive season.

• The business factors considered the most important drivers of Russian online retail growth include the increasing cost of real estate and geographical expansion through online retail sales.

• Supply chain optimization and the implementation of effective warehousing processes remain key challenges for Russian online retailers.

Companies Mentioned

Ozon.ru

Utkonos.ru

003.ru

zakazhi24.ru

vasko.ru

Top-shop.ru

KupiVIP.ru

Sapato.ru

Table of Contents

1 Executive Summary

2 Russia Online Retail Market Environment

2.1 Macroeconomic Fundamentals

2.2 Development of Russian Retail Industry

2.3 Retail Industry Dynamics

2.4 Regulatory Framework

3 Market Size and Growth Potential of Russian Online Retail Channel

3.1 Market Share of Online Retail Channel

3.2 Market Size and Future Prospects

3.3 Market Size by Region

3.4 Market Size by Product Category

3.5 Online Share of Total Retail Sales by Product Category

3.6 Market Attractiveness Benchmarking

3.6.1 Russian online retail vs. other countries

3.6.2 Russian online retail vs. emerging economies

4 Strategies Adopted by Russian Online Retailers

4.1 Operational Strategies

4.2 Marketing Strategies

4.2.1 Social media marketing strategies

4.3 Market Segmentation and Targeting

4.4 Pricing Strategies

4.4.1 Price setting

4.4.2 Other charges

5 Case Studies

5.1 Business Strategies of Russian Leading Online Retailer – Ozon.ru

5.1.1 Approach to using online space by Ozon.ru

5.1.2 Security and payment options offered

5.1.3 Organization and layout

5.1.4 Online tools to help browse and compare products

5.1.5 Online loyalty schemes

5.1.6 Mobile version

5.2 Utkonos.ru Online Hypermarket

5.2.1 Approach to using online space

5.2.2 Organization and layout

5.2.3 Online tools to help browse and compare products

5.2.4 Online loyalty schemes

5.2.5 Security and payment options offered

5.2.6 Mobile version

5.3 KupiVip

6 Emerging Consumer Trends in Russian Online Retail Channel

6.1 Online Buying Behavior – Product Preference

6.2 Online Shopping Preference by Gender

6.3 Online Buying Preference by Region

6.4 Preferred Online Payment Methods – Cash on Delivery (COD) Still Dominates

7 Consumer Attitudes and Online Retail Dynamics in Russia

7.1 Price

7.2 Convenience

7.3 Services

8 Key Growth Drivers

8.1 Business Drivers

8.1.1 Increasing cost of real estate

8.1.2 Entry into online retail channel supports geographical expansion and helps to increase customer base

8.1.3 Use of webpage space for advertising allows companies to generate revenue

8.2 Infrastructure Drivers

8.2.1 Growing internet penetration

8.2.2 Increasing mobile and 3G subscriber base

8.2.3 Increasing use of social media

9 Challenges

10 Future of Online Retail in Russia

11 Profile of Russian Online Retailers

11.1 Ozon.ru

11.1.1 Ozon.ru – Company overview

11.1.2 Ozon.ru – Key facts

11.1.3 Ozon.ru – Product categories available on website

11.2 003.ru

11.2.1 003.ru – Company overview

11.2.2 003.ru – Key facts

11.2.3 003.ru – Product categories available on website

11.3 BayRu

11.3.1 BayRu– Company overview

11.3.2 BayRu– Key facts

11.3.3 BayRu – Product categories available on website

12 Appendix

12.1 About BRICdata

12.1.1 Definitions

12.1.2 Areas of expertise

12.2 Methodology

12.3 Disclaimer

List of Tables

Table 1: Russia GDP at Constant Prices (US$ Billion), (Base Year 1999–2000), 2007–2016

Table 2: Russian Retail Industry (RUB Billion), 2007–2011

Table 3: Russian Retail Industry (RUB Billion), 2012–2016

Table 4: Russian Retail Industry (US$ Billion), 2007–2011

Table 5: Russian Retail Industry (US$ Billion), 2012–2016

Table 6: Russian Online Retail Channel (RUB Billion), 2007–2011

Table 7: Russian Online Retail Channel (US$ Billion), 2007–2011

Table 8: Russian Online Retail Channel (RUB Billion), 2012–2016

Table 9: Russian Online Retail Channel (US$ Billion), 2012–2016

Table 10: Delivery Cost of Ozon.ru in Moscow (In Rubles)

Table 11: Online Payment Methods Offered by Russia's Leading Online Retailers

Table 12: Retail Price Comparison of Selected Products – Online vs. Offline

Table 13: Services Offered by Russian Online Retailers to Attract Consumers

Table 14: Future Trends in Russian Online Retail

Table 15: Ozon.ru – Key Facts

Table 16: Product Categories Available on the Ozon.ru Website

Table 17: 003.ru. – Key Facts

Table 18: Product Categories Available on 003.ru Website

Table 19: BayRu. – Key Facts

Table 20: Product Categories Available on BayRu Website

Table 21: Russia Exchange Rate RUB – US$ (Annual Average), 2007–2016

List of Figures

Figure 1: Russia GDP Growth (US$ Billion), 2007-2016

Figure 2: Russia Inflation (%), 2007-2016

Figure 3: Russian Annual Per Capita Disposable Income (US$), 2007–2016

Figure 4: Russian Population Distribution by Age (%), 2007 –2016

Figure 5: Development of Russian Retail Industry

Figure 6: Russian Retail Industry (RUB Billion), 2007–2011

Figure 7: Russian Retail Industry (RUB Billion), 2012–2016

Figure 8: Russia Overall Retail Market Dynamics by Channel, 2007–2016

Figure 9: Russian Online Retail Channel (RUB Billion), 2007–2016

Figure 10: Russian Online Retail Use by Region (RUB Billion), 2011

Figure 11: Russian Online Retail Use by Region (%), 2011

Figure 12: Online Retail Market Size by Product Category (RUB Billion), 2011 and 2016

Figure 13: Russia Retail Sales, Online vs. Offline, 2011

Figure 14: Russia Online Retail Sales International Comparison – 2011

Figure 15: Russia Online Retail Sales Emerging Economies Comparison, 2007–2011

Figure 16: Russia Online Retail Sales as a Percentage of Total Retail Sales, 2011 and 2016

Figure 17: BayRu Customer Referral Program

Figure 18: Example of Online Product Comparison Tool

Figure 19: Product Comparison Option on Online Retail Store

Figure 20: "Deal of the Day" Offer from zakazi24.ru

Figure 21: Discount offer from 003.ru on Amazon Kindle Wi-Fi

Figure 22: Attractive Site Layout of One Russian Online Retailer

Figure 23: Relationship Between Age Group and Frequency of Online Shopping (%) in Russia

Figure 24: Relationship Between Income Level and Frequency of Online Shopping (%) in Russia

Figure 25: Babyboom.ru Exclusive Retailers for Baby Products – Home page

Figure 26: Ozon.ru – Homepage

Figure 27: Ozon.ru – Site Layout

Figure 28: Ozon.ru – Product View

Figure 29: Ozon.ru – Product Comparison Tool

Figure 30: Ozon.ru – Gift Section

Figure 31: Utkonos.ru – Home Page

Figure 32: Utkonos.ru – Children's Section

Figure 33: Utkonos.ru – Product Layout

Figure 34: Online Buying Trends and Forecast

Figure 35: Online Buying Trends and Forecast by Gender, 2011

Figure 36: Russia Internet Users by Gender and Region, 2011

Figure 37: Consumer Online Buying Preference by Region – 2011

Figure 38: Payment Methods Used by Russian Online Consumers – 2011

Figure 39: Product Comparison Tool on a Russian Online Retail Website

Figure 40: Key Growth Drivers of Online Retail Channel

Figure 41: Prime Retail Rent in Moscow and Saint Petersburg (RUB Square Meter Per year)

Figure 42: Marketing Activity on 003.ru by Kofevarki.ru

Figure 43: Russian Internet Penetration Rate (%), 2007–2016

Figure 44: Russia Mobile Phone Penetration (%), 2007–2016

Figure 45: Russia 3G Penetration (%), 2007–2012

Figure 46: Number of Social Networking Users in Russia (Million), 2007–2016

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XForex Offers a Great Opportunity to Earn Huge Profits wth its New Affiliate Program - YAHOO!

This press release informs readers that XForex, a web based Forex trading platform offers a new affiliate program, which is a great opportunity for ambitious people to earn huge profits.

(PRWEB) April 28, 2012

XForex has recently launched an online affiliate program, which offers an excellent opportunity for affiliates or website owners to make money. Partnering with XForex is one's ticket to earn great revenues, by introducing one's visitors to an already established and reputed Forex trading platform.

An experienced affiliate program manager of XForex said, “Take a step forward with our innovative Forex trading platform for high referral and traffic conversion revenue. We offer the most dynamic features to our affiliates to ensure that their business experience will be professional. Our platform is user friendly and visually pleasing.”

He further added, “This affiliate program is a combined effort of our team. Our fast and simple new affiliate platform makes it easy for affiliates to sign up. We provide a lot of marketing tools, which will make our affiliates, feel happy and satisfied.”

Forex trading is one of the most lucrative fields for trading in the internet allowing both traders and brokers to earn high profits. To catalyze this, XForex has developed a unique and robust trading platform that allows traders to trade from anywhere.

XForex affiliate program is a great opportunity to earn extra income. In addition to reliability and credibility, XForex affiliate program also offers all the tools one would need to monetize the business opportunity in the extremely profitable Forex trade industry. Another advantage is definitely the multi-language feature supported by XForex platform which enables one to get support in the language of one's choice.

XForex “Dream Team” affiliate manager said, “We offer CPA (Cost Per Acquisition) reward plan. There is no restriction on how much money you can earn while working with us. With our high conversion rates, sophisticated products, helpful team and tools, reaching your financial goals are not at all difficult. What you can earn is in your hands. If you are able to generate more traffic to our products’ sites, you can get greater earnings.

XForex allows you to choose from different size of banners. You can also get effective marketing tools like email templates, lading pages and widgets like currency quotations, economic news feeds and currency symbols. Using these tools efficiently will boost your income.”

Referring clients to XForex not only helps one earn profits, but also goodwill. It offers impeccable support to people who opt for it. XForex has a professional, courteous customer support team that is available 24 hours a day, from Sunday 9.00 PM to Friday 9 PM. The customers can contact the team via toll free numbers, live chat or email. The customer support team comprises various representatives who are proficient in a number of languages. XForex platform offers expert training, including training strategies, daily reports and so on.

About XForex

XForex is an exceptional online Forex trading platform. With XForex, clients can trade from any computer at anytime. It offers professional service during all Forex market hours. The platform was developed by traders who have a clear understanding of what a trader needs to succeed.

Contact Information

You can contact the affiliate managers at http://www.xforex.com to get more information.

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Indian Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar visits Sri City - PRLog (free press release)

PRLog (Press Release) - Apr 28, 2012 -
Indian Commerce Secretary Dr Rahul Khullar visits Sri City, South India’s largest, emerging world-class Integrated Business City with a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and Domestic Tariff Zone (DTZ), to study the overall infrastructural developments, investment, employment and potential business opportunities at Sri City.

During the visit, Dr Khullar visited units of Kobelco Construction of Japan, Shan Solar of India, Amphenol of the US and Rockworth of Thailand. He also visited several utilities and social infrastructure facilities built by Sri City. After lighting the traditional lamp, Dr. Khullar conducted an open house with over 40 CEO’s-Unit heads attending the same.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Khullar said: “It gives me immense pleasure to witness the brisk pace of development taking place at Sri City. I see that Sri City’s customers represent some of the leading companies in the world – nationally and internationally. I am sure that in the next three years, the developments in Sri City are likely to transform the entire region into a vibrant, economically progressive zone".

Commenting on Dr Rahul Khullar’s visit, Ravindra Sannareddy, Managing Director, Sri City said: “It is an honour to have Dr Khullar with us. His keenness to know more about Sri City is very encouraging. We are also pleased to have with us other senior Government officials today. The overall economic development of this region will further improve resulting in better employment opportunities in the coming years. Today, Sri City is host to over 70 companies from 22 countries in a short span of three years. We are entering into the second phase of development in Sri City and we see phenomenal growth for this region as a whole".

Anil Kumar Bamba, Development Commissioner, Sri City SEZ, said: “I would like to take this opportunity to express my special thanks and gratitude to Dr Khullar for his valuable time and inputs. Sri City SEZ and DTZ currently provides direct and indirect employment to about 6,000 people and the estimated employment potential (direct and indirect) in the next three years will be around 50,000.

Sannareddy, Sanjeet Singh, Director, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Karikal Valaven, Commissioner of Industries, Government. of Andhra Pradesh, S Kishore, Development Commissioner, Vizag SEZ and Bamba received Dr Khullar.

Sri City is an emerging world-class Business City located 55-kms from Chennai. It has the distinction of being the largest private sector multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in South India with a Domestic Tariff Zone (DTZ) and a Free Trade and Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) built in functional partnership with the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Strategically located, Sri City offers the distinct advantage of well-established connectivity by rail, and road with proximity to three seaports and two airports. Today, Sri City as a whole is home to over 70 industries from 22 countries which is truly unique.

Built on the ‘Work-Live-Learn-Play’ concept and master-planned by Jurong Consultants, Singapore, Sri City is an integrated development of a world-class business city with lifestyle facilities. Well-demarcated industrial zones within the SEZ and DTZ include automotive, engineering, logistics and warehousing, aerospace, electronics, biotech-pharma and IT-BPO, renewable energy and other eco-friendly industries. The trading zone (FTWZ) will primarily cater to companies trading in imports and re-exports, packaging, storage and distribution in the local markets.

In addition, country specific enclaves are specially created to offer specific and exclusive facilities to companies from these countries. The enclave will include a gated community development that offers native-style homes, food-courts with native chefs, translators and an 18-hole golf course. Robust industrial infrastructure such as road, water, power, telecom and sewer networks will service these zones making Sri City a hassle-free operational zone. Residential areas, commercial hubs, world-class healthcare, educational institutions, recreation centres and all necessary amenities will support the industrial zones at Sri City making it a truly integrated development for business and lifestyle. For more on Indian automotive and related industry news, visit automotivehorizon.sulekha.com.

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Start a Lawn Care Franchise - Business Ownership Benefits & Opportunities

Learn more about Spring-Green franchise opportunities at http://franchise.spring-green.com/.

Start a lawn care business today with Spring-Green, where you can control your own destiny, experience financial security and enjoy time with your family with the new found flexibility in your business life. Entrepreneurs have experienced a variety of benefits with us, and our team of professionals will help your franchise succeed in its area.

With locations across the United States, Spring-Green franchises cater to the wants and needs of lawns in a variety of climates. As a Spring-Green franchise owner, you'll be trained to treat, maintain and enhance lawns in your region.

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Work-From-Home.com Announces Huge Website Expansion - Times Union

Work-From-Home.com has become a saving grace to many looking to enjoy the freedom of working from home. Due to recent success, the site is today announcing its latest expansion.

Petrie, Australia (PRWEB) April 28, 2012

While millions of people around the world remain without a job, Work-From-Home.com is attempting to get as many as possible back into employment; self-employment. The site has today announced a huge expansion of its website.

With the opportunity to work from home quickly becoming the only safe way to ensure job security, the site has been successful at getting many self-employed individuals back onto the bread line.

“Our latest site expansion is very exciting indeed and will showcase even more ways anyone can earn money while working from home” says the site’s manager.

The site is continuing its goal to get as many unemployed people as possible into work at home jobs, in the hope that they will become more successful.

Rob recently left a job and turned to the site for help:

“I suddenly lost my job and very quickly learned that there were no other jobs for me to walk into. However, after studying the information on the work from home website I was soon able to start my own business from home. Thankfully this was very successful and I am now earning more money than I was while employed” he explains.
The site is free, with no fee and is online 24 hours a day.

The new expansion is coming very soon, and all website users are asked to keep their eyes peeled for the exciting new additions.

To check out their offering, please visit: http://www.work-from-home.com

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Work-from-home.com announces expansion of their website over the coming weeks, many new work from home ideas and legitimate home business opportunities will be available soon.

About Website: Work-from-home.com provides a website loaded with useful information and resources on choosing and finding the best ways to work from home.

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Low Cost Franchise For Sale- Buying Franchise Opportunities

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This low cost franchise opportunity is for serious entrepreneur only. Consider this successful proven internet franchise business model. Recession proof, future proof, 80% profits, ROI in months, low start-up costs, up to 300% return on marketing. This franchise opportunity has low overheads with no employees, no insurance,no inventory and an easy to follow franchise business plan with 85% automation and runs 24/7 by leveraging the internet.

This is a good international online franchise opportunity to suit anyone visiting franchise expo shows to find a cheap franchise opportunities for sale in 2011 in the UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, India or anywhere globally.

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How to start a Green franchise

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Simply put, Hawaiian Spay Tan is one of the best business opportunities you will find today. With its extremely low start up costs, very high profit potential, proven business model, the finest equipment, tanning and skincare solutions on the market today; you just can't find a better part or full time business opportunity. But don't just take our word for it, ask our licensees or reps and they will tell you why this is the best investment they have ever made.

The Hawaiian Spray Tan turn-key business opportunity gives you everything you will need to launch your business instantly. Here's just the beginning of what you get:

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You contact information, photo and bio listed on HawaiianSprayTan.com!
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Rare Business Opportunity For Small Businesses in New Jersey - PRLog (free press release)

PRLog (Press Release) - Apr 26, 2012 -
People go straight to internet when they need information, want to find service providers or want to buy something locally. As a matter of fact, Google reported that local searches grew 500%.

'Win Business Mobile Website in New Jersey' contest starts on April 26. It will end on May 15, 2012.

Every qualified contest participant will get a FREE coupon for e-book 'How Mobile Marketing Pushes Small Businesses to Prosperity'. The company does not need to win the contest to get the FREE coupon.

"This contest is a very good chance for qualified small businesses in New Jersey to step outside of everyday routine, look around and realize that there is new wind blowing in small business world. People go to internet using mobile phones and other mobile devices. This is the right time to update the business website and make it mobile devices friendly' says Alla Goltsman.

Alla is a web developer who works with small businesses. Alla Goltsman designs search engines optimized mobile websites and runs mobile marketing campaigns.

Alla continued: "For those companies that do not have a website yet, this is the chance to get one and jump straight into marketing products and services to 5.4 billion mobile device users. A mobile website has to be part of the business strategy to beat competition".

The winning company will receive digital goodies worth more than $2,000.00:
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There will be 1 (one) winner selected and 1 (one) business mobile website awarded. Enter the contest at http://mobiledeviceclients.mobi/contestnj.php

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Alla Goltsman is a web developer, small business internet marketer and a writer. She specializes in developing search engines optimized mobile websites. Alla helps Small Business owners to achieve maximum websites ROI by developing mobile websites and conducting unique straight to the point mobile and offline marketing campaigns.

She holds Master of Arts Degree in Linguistics from Kharkov University and has been trained as a Computer Programmer at New York University.

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Franchise India 9th Awards 2011 for Excellence in Franchising and Business Development

Franchise Awards 2011 and Star Retailer Awards 2011 is India's Topmost Honour in Franchising, Retail and Business. Sachin Marya and Gaurav Marya along with prominent names of the business fraternity both national as well as the international players were present to do the honours and award the winners.

The Franchise India award is seen as the industry's top accolade which puts standards, ethics and best practice as one of the most important criteria for the award. The award was judged by an independent panel of experts and supported by the Indian Franchise Association (IFA). Organisations and businesses that showed outstanding business intelligence, passion and achievement and have achieved sustainable growth across India were awarded. The Award ceremony was divided into categories such as Entrant Category and Special Awards Category. Divided into Franchisor of Year, Franchisee of Year, Hall of Fame, Entrepreneur of the Year, Master Franchisee of the Year, Concept of the Year etc.

The Star Retailer Awards had a vast range of categories viz., Fashion Retailer of the Year, Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year, Home & Lifestyle Retailer of the Year, Leisure & Travel Retailer of the Year, Department Store of the Year, Retail Campaign of the Year, Debutant Retailer of the Year etc.

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Home Based Business Entrepreneur | Home Based Business Opportunity

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Want to Start a Home Business? 3 Things You Need

HTTP://EverythingFinanceBlog.COM: The recent recession, and the current concern over what's next for the economy have many people wondering how they can make their finances a little more secure. One way to do this is to improve income diversity with the help of a home business.

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Chinese Investors shop for Emigration Opportunities at 2012 China Immigration Expo - PRWeb

Springfield, IL (PRWEB) April 27, 2012

The 2012 China International Immigration (Interimmi) will be held at the Binhai International Convention and Exhibition Center in the city of Tianjin, China May 19-21, 2012. Tianjin is one of the largest seaport city with a population of 23 million. It takes 28 minutes high speed rail ride from Beijing, and is accessible from all major airports. Artisan Business Group, Inc., is the USA exclusive promoter for the two day trade show organized by Beijing Qucheng Conference & Exhibition Service Co., Ltd.

The 2012 China International Immigration Expo in Tianjin brings together international emigration, overseas education, international real estate investment and other business opportunities in one place for a generation who is planning to start an international career, improve their lifestyle, find a job abroad, escape from every day life, live their life overseas, set up their own business, and discover the world through study abroad, work and business opportunities.

Exhibitions and free presentations from experts in a variety of related fields provide visitors and fellow exhibitors with a copious amount of resources - plus a wealth of free materials - about all aspects of emigrant life worldwide. Every year more than 100 thousand Chinese stay abroad seeking for new life every year, if you are considering to begin your new life in another world such as Europe, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, America, Singapore or somewhere else around the world in search of a new life abroad. The event is now accepting international exhibitors that offer immigration services, professional services, educational opportunities and investment projects. US EB-5 regional centers, real estate brokers, law firms and colleges are welcome to participate in the exhibition.

Artisan Business Group, Inc. specializes in China-US investment and business advisory; and has organized various conferences, trade shows and seminars throughout the US and China. For more information about exhibitor applications, contact us today.

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UPDATE 2-Nomura Q4 jumps on market boost, risks remain - Reuters UK

* Q4 net 22.08 bln yen vs 14.9 bln yen consensus

* Stock and fixed income trading, mutual fund sales provide boost

* Overseas deal mandates promising sign for banking fees

* Analysts see big profit improvement in year to March 2013

* Insider-trading probe in Japan seen as overhang on brokers (Recasts, adds CFO and analysts' comments)

By Nathan Layne and Emi Emoto

TOKYO, April 27 (Reuters) - Nomura Holdings booked its biggest quarterly profit in 2-1/2 years on Friday, beating expectations on stronger Japanese stocks and trading gains, while cost cuts and overseas deals lay the foundation for an expected jump in profitability this year.

Japan's top investment bank is still struggling with big losses in Europe and remains vulnerable to a pullback in the Nikkei stock average, which has slipped 5 percent since the start of April. It also faces the risk of sanctions in an ongoing insider-trading probe

But its second straight quarterly profit and the largest since July-September 2009 shows Nomura has stabilised its operations after a rocky 2011 when tough conditions prompted it to launch a $1.2 billion cost-cutting plan and Moody's to cut its credit rating to one notch above junk.

Net profit came to 22.08 billion yen ($273 million) in the January-March fiscal fourth quarter, up 86 percent from 11.9 billion yen a year earlier. The result handily beat market expectations for a profit of 14.9 billion yen, according to a Reuters survey of seven analysts.

"The momentum from the fourth quarter is still with us," Nomura Chief Financial Officer Junko Nakagawa told a news conference. "The operating environment is tough but there are several deals that should translate into good business opportunities."

Trading commissions were boosted by the recent uptick in Japanese shares, with daily turnover on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rebounding to above 1.5 trillion yen in February and March from below 1 trillion yen in December, an 8-year low.

The solid quarter also reflects an increase in sales of mutual funds through banks and its nationwide network of 179 branches, including 300 billion yen alone for one Australian bond fund launched by its asset management arm.

Nomura's fixed income operations pitched in as well, echoing trading conditions seen in results from Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and some other U.S. banks. Net gains on trading at Nomura came to 99 billion yen, marking that category's best performance since October-December 2010.

PROMISING SIGNS, RISKS

Nomura has pointed to recently secured mandates in a handful of key deals as a sign it is gaining some traction in an overseas expansion built on the purchase of the European and Asian assets of failed Wall Street bank Lehman Brothers in 2008.

Those contracts include advising mining group Xstrata on its mega-merger with commodities trader Glencore , and serving as joint bookrunner on Spanish bank Bankinter's 1.0 billion euro bond in March.

So far in 2012 Nomura ranks ninth globally for advising on mergers and acquisitions, up from 13th in 2011 and a lowly 32nd in 2007 before the Lehman purchase, Thomson Reuters data shows. It remains the top investment bank on Japan-related deals.

"From now on it's important that Nomura continues focusing on incrementally growing revenue in its overseas banking business at the same time as trying to maintain the positivity from Japanese retail returning to the market," said Makarim Salman, head of Japan financials research at Jefferies in Tokyo.

Factoring in the higher fees and the benefits of its cost-cutting, the market expects Nomura to have its best year in six in the current year to March 2013, with 11 analysts forecasting an average 86 billion yen profit.

But like other global investment banks, Nomura has dialed back its risk-taking in the wake of the European debt crisis and to prepare for tougher capital requirements and regulatory restrictions on proprietary trading.

That could hinder the efforts of CEO Kenichi Watanabe to address its relatively weak earnings power. Nomura registered an annualised return-on-equity of 0.6 percent, compared with Goldman's 12.2 percent.

After a blistering rally in the first three months of the year, investors are once again focused on the perceived limits to Nomura's earnings potential. Ahead of the results, the stock closed on Friday at 330 yen, well off the 11-month high of 417 hit on March 19.

Daiwa Securities Group is also thought to be on a recovery path, with analysts predicting a return to profit this year after two years in the red, helped by its recent move to scale back overseas, and firmer Japanese stocks.

On Friday, Daiwa posted a net profit of 10.9 billion yen for January-March, returning to the black after five quarters in the red.

Elsewhere in Asia-Pacific, Australia's top investment bank Macquarie Group reported a second-half net profit of A$425 million, just ahead of analysts' expectations.

ESCALATION OF PROBE

A probe by Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) into insider trading, launched in 2010 amid suspicious trading around a string of public stock offerings, is seen as a risk for all major brokers in the nation.

On Wednesday the regulator sent officials to Nomura's offices in an escalation of its investigation into the broker's suspected involvement in leaking inside information, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

The SESC suspects that a Nomura employee tipped off a fund manager client about at public offering of energy firm Inpex in 2010, sources have said. The regulator is also looking into the possibility of insider trading around a share offering by Tokyo Electric Power. Nomura was an underwriter on both of those offerings.

CFO Nakagawa said that so far there has not been a major impact on Nomura's operations, but declined to comment on the specifics of the investigation.

"Earnings beat the consensus mainly due to a strong market recovery in the quarter. But the outlook looks unclear with share prices in a downward trend since April," said Mitsushige Akino, chief fund manager at Ichiyoshi Investment Management.

"We also cannot be optimistic now because the market is nervously watching the developments of the insider trading investigation. Nomura's business could severely be affected if the probe develops in some serious way." ($1 = 80.7900 Japanese yen) (Additional reporting by Chikafumi Hodo and Antoni Slodkowski; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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An Opportunity to Lead on Intangibles - Forbes

Today’s guest blogger is Bruce Berman, a principal in Brody Berman Associates, and is responsible for four books on IP and business, including From Ideas to Assets. His weekly posts can be found at IPCloseUp.

The recent sale by AOL of 800 patents to Microsoft for $1.1 billion, and patent purchases by Facebook and Google and Apple, are graphic reminders that intellectual property rights, otherwise hidden assets, are keys to unlocking value.

Intangible assets like patents that are not reflected on balance sheets today deserve the same oversight as a business’ other financial assets. They rarely get it.

PwC and other sources attribute 80% or more of the market value of S&P 500 companies to intangible assets, primarily intellectual property rights. Despite this, many companies do not discuss their patents publicly because they fear they are too intricate and that no one is listening. That is no longer the case.

CXOs and board of directors should not be intimidated by the learning curve or financial reporting challenge. Explaining their innovation rights should not be seen as a burden but as an opportunity to provide stakeholders transparency and turn hidden value into market capitalization.

Patents are the product of costly R&D. They can permit innovative companies more market share and higher profit margins, licensing revenues and freedom from disputes.

Businesses that fail to explain the role their IP rights play in financial performance are short-changing themselves and possibly shareholders. The clever ones will disclose more before investors and regulators require them to.

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Bruce Berman, a principal in Brody Berman Associates, is responsible for four books on IP and business, including From Ideas to Assets. His weekly posts can be found at IP CloseUp.

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Business Must Grasp Opportunities Of Delivering Global Growth With Managing Scarce Food, Water And Energy Resources - CSR Wire

President Clinton to join business, finance and political leaders for unique two day forum on world's resources

LONDON, Apr. 23 /CSRwire/ - The international business and finance community must take the lead in solving increasing food, energy and water scarcity as population growth and economic development puts greater strains on the planet’s resources.

The call to action was issued today by Re|Source 2012, a new initiative created by the University of Oxford, its Smith School of Enterprise and Environment and The Rothschild Foundation to tackle resource scarcity and highlight the business opportunities of sustainable management.

Sir David King, co-director of Re|Source and former chief scientific adviser to the UK government, said: “The growing demand for food, energy and water by our growing and increasingly wealthy population is creating unprecedented pressures on our finite natural resources.

“The associated risks represent major opportunities for innovative business communities. Managing resources efficiently and effectively in a way that protects the environment and meets rising demand is the only productive way forward.”

The need to better manage the challenges of resource scarcity is now rising rapidly up the agenda for governments, investors and businesses alike, as well as environmental leaders and organisations. It has become a critical security issue for corporate leaders trying to ensure a reliable supply of water and energy to manufacture products and for governments concerned about energy or food supplies.

The world is expected to grow from seven billion people today to nine billion by 2050 - to meet this growth it will need to produce 70 per cent more food – which will place consequential demands on water and energy. More than 40 of the world’s top 100 economies are companies. Only eight per cent of the world’s fresh water is used by individuals – the rest is used by agriculture and industry.

Sir David, director of the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment at Oxford University, continued:

“Managing issues arising from resource scarcity and management is one of the over-riding issues of the first half of the 21st century. It is not just a matter of empty threats and negativity.

“There are huge advantages and opportunities for business, finance and government in responsible resource management. Companies and investors can enjoy far greater returns and rewards by effective resource management.

“This can be a win-win for everyone if we can engage the financial, business and environmental communities together to tackle these issues.”

To help drive this change Re|Source is bringing together 250 of the world’s most influential thinkers and leaders at Oxford University in July to start a new conversation on managing natural resources, longer-term thinking and aligning people and profit.

They will address key questions including: how will resource scarcity and volatility affect political, business and military planning? How can the financial community change to encourage CEOs and investee companies to rise to these global resource challenges? And how will capitalism evolve in a resource constrained world?

Key speakers include:

President Bill Clinton, Founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United StatesPaul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, on the investment opportunities in tomorrow’s economiesDavid Nabarro, the UN’s Special Representative on Food Security and NutritionPeter Brabeck, Chairman of Nestle, the world’s largest food company, and Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of the Environment and Water Resource in Singapore, speaking on the business and political risks of water securityJeremy Grantham, founder of GMO, one of the world’s largest investment funds, on commodity pricing and volatility and Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen on the economics of resource scarcityRt Hon David Miliband MP, former UK Foreign Secretary, on the role of government and Lord Browne of Madingley, former CEO of BP energy and now partner of Riverstone Holdings LLC, on private sector leadershipPlus senior military figures including Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, Climate and Energy Security Envoy of the UK Ministry of Defence and FCO, and high-ranking officials from NATO (to be confirmed)In addition, James Cameron, internationally acclaimed film director, environmentalist and explorer, will give a special presentation at a dinner at the Ashmolean Museum.

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Re|Source 2012 is hosted by the University of Oxford and its Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, in co-operation with The Rothschild Foundation. It will take place on July 12-13. For more information please visit: www.resource2012.org and follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/resource2012

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Hydro-Scape Sales Soar with EasyTurf - YAHOO!

Record sales and revenue increases for Hydro-Scape since partnering with EasyTurf.

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Hydro-Scape records sky-high sales after teaming up with EasyTurf to supply their superior synthetic grass to customers in the region.

Hydro-scape, a leading Southern California irrigation and landscape supply company, has broadened their services by offering the UltimateGrass product by EasyTurf. Since the in-store launch July 2011, synthetic grass sales have improved by 200% across their 17 branch locations, instantly boosting a previously low-demand product.

"EasyTurf has become a very important partner as we have diversified our product offerings and market channels," said Sarah Tiglio, Product Manager for Hydro-Scape Products.

Last year, EasyTurf announced the expansion of their network, creating a unique business opportunity for dealers in the landscape and irrigation industry based on their massive growth as the most trusted synthetic grass company. EasyTurf’s ongoing and successful partnership with Hydro-Scape proves that this high profit business model works.

"Hydro-Scape gives us the market presence and added value we seek when growing the landscape distribution sales channel. We couldn't be happier with the results of our joint efforts thus far...and the future looks bright," said Steve McLean, EasyTurf Director of Sales.

EasyTurf, a division of FieldTurf, is proud to provide Hydro-Scape the most cutting-edge and trusted synthetic grass products in the world, free ongoing training as well as industry-best marketing and sales support.

"EasyTurf's "Major League" heritage as a FieldTurf company really gives our customers peace of mind that they are buying and installing quality turf with outstanding support from the manufacturer, " said Tiglio.

Synthetic turf has become the preferred landscape design solution in Southern California over sod and other natural landscape products. The synthetic grass industry adds value regardless of the new home construction trends, and is proving to be the solution to reducing water use.

EasyTurf, a division of FieldTurf, supplies the most technologically-advanced, safest, realistic and durable grass products via FieldTurf’s triple ISO certified manufacturing facility in Calhoun, ensuring the highest quality turf systems for all customers.

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Minister Yelich Connects Small and Medium Enterprises with New Business Opportunities - msnbc.com

SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN — Today, the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, provided opening remarks at the Saskatchewan Aerospace and Defence Opportunities Forum to demonstrate the Harper Government's continuing support for Western Canada's dynamic and growing aerospace, defence and shipbuilding sectors.

"Our Government is committed to supporting small and medium-sized businesses by connecting them with opportunities for reaching new markets throughout Western Canada," said Minister Yelich. "Our Shipbuilding Action Plan is just one of the many ways we are creating jobs and economic growth in the West."

Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) and Enterprise Saskatchewan partnered to host this event to provide comprehensive details on the Government's Industrial and Regional Benefits (IRB) policy.The forum also allowed Saskatchewan small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to network with companies that have IRB obligations and establish valuable business connections in the aerospace, defence and shipbuilding sectors.

Since 2006, WD has made significant investments in projects and initiatives that support Western Canada's aerospace, defence and, shipbuilding industries. These investments have resulted in exciting new opportunities across the West and are creating jobs, providing training and research benefits to industry professionals, and improving the productivity and safety of technology and equipment in these sectors.

IRBs consist of contracts awarded to Canadian businesses and investments made in high-technology sectors of the Canadian economy by successful bidders on federal defence and shipbuilding projects.

The Harper Government's $33 billion National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy is expected to create thousands of high-value jobs and will provide three decades of stability for shipbuilders across the country. Economic Action Plan 2012 highlighted Western Canada's Shipbuilding Action Plan, which will support western businesses in taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the Strategy.

Over the coming months, WD will be hosting several events to highlight how companies can take advantage of industrial opportunities. For more information about these upcoming supplier development events, or to register online, please visit www.wd-deo.gc.ca.

Western Economic Diversification Canada works with the provinces, industry associations and communities to promote the development and diversification of the western economy, coordinates federal economic activities in the West and advances the interests of western Canadians in national decision making.

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Western Canada's dynamic and growing aerospace, defence and shipbuilding sectors were in the spotlight today at the Saskatchewan Aerospace and Defence Opportunities Forum. The event was co-hosted by WD and Enterprise Saskatchewan and allowed Saskatchewan businesses to network with companies such as Seaspan Marine to discuss key opportunities.

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