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Market Connections Study Highlights Media Consumption Patterns, Challenges and Desires of Federal Workforce

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FAIRFAX, Va. (PRWEB)

For eleven years in a row, Market Connections has studied the media habits of federal employees. The 2019 Federal Media and Marketing Study (FMMS), to be released today, looks at media consumption by federal workers before, during and after the workday. This year’s study identifies the peaks and valleys of media exposure as well as other marketing methods that can help public sector marketers reach their target customers.

Market Connections, Inc. will release results of the annual study this morning, October 31, 8:30-11:30 a.m. at the Center for Education at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Va.

The 2019 survey finds that federal workers are consciously choosing to receive their news and information from a variety of sources — from AM/FM and satellite radio during morning commutes, digital news/magazines and social media during their lunch breaks, to broadcast/cable TV and streaming services before and after work.

Findings include:

  • One in four respondents are checking digital news sites during the workday. Among federally-focused news sites, Government Executive is the most likely to be accessed among federal respondents;

  • While half of employees are checking social media daily, one out of five say they check social media during their lunch break, ranking social media above all other media channels during this time of day;

  • Print is not dead. One in four are reading a local or national print news magazine in the evening;

  • Streaming video is quickly catching up to traditional TV. Forty-five percent of respondents are streaming online video during the evening, this media channel’s peak during the day.

  • While AM/FM radio is still the top activity during the commute, 1 in 4 report listening to satellite radio and 1 in 10 are listening to podcasts.


“Federal marketers are consuming a growing mix of media, with certain peak times during the day,” asserts study cofounder Sara Leiman, VP media director of TMP Government. “Maximizing your mix can help you more cost effectively reach the most eyes, ears, and minds.”

New this year, Market Connections dove deeper into respondent demographics and major personal purchase plans for the next year, such as cars, homes and other financial decisions like saving for college and retirement. In addition, this year’s survey looks at the top work-related challenges and workers’ plans for the future both professionally and personally . This data can provide companies deeper insights that go beyond the business decisions federal employees make to understanding their personal priorities.

“While knowing the best way to reach your audiences is incredibly helpful, without an effective message that touches on not only the business challenges but also the personal concerns of your customers you are wasting your marketing dollars,” said Aaron Heffron, President of Market Connections, Inc. “Addressing what really keeps people up at night will help them make a better decision in the morning.”

Following the presentation of the findings, a panel of experts will discuss the insights from the survey and what the data means to both federal employees and public sector marketers.

EVENT PANELISTS INCLUDE:

  • Virginia Grebbien, chief marketing officer, Parsons Corporation;

  • Joseph Pendry, vice president, marketing and communications, Akima LLC;

  • Pete Tseronis, former chief technology officer, Department of Energy.

  • Constance Sayers, president, Government Executive Media Group (moderator)


The study results summary will be available online after the event. The online dashboard that provides access to study data from 2017, 2018 and 2019 is available for purchase through Market Connections. More information is available at http://www.marketconnectionsinc.com/fmms2019study.

About the Study:

The survey represents the views of nearly 2,800 federal workers in a variety of positions. Market Connections aggregates the data and makes it available to federal marketers online. Clients use the data to assess changes in media consumption and identify preferences for print, television, radio, mobile, social media and Internet-based news media. Demographic, job function, and purchasing data allows for tactical media targeting and placements.

About Market Connections

Market Connections delivers actionable intelligence and insights that enable improved business performance and positioning for leading businesses, government agencies and trade associations.

The custom market research firm is a sought-after authority on preferences, perceptions and trends among government executives and the contractors who serve them, offering deep domain expertise in information technology and telecommunications; healthcare; and education. Market Connections also provides the tools for organizations to expand thought-leadership in their respective markets and is known for its annual Federal Media and Marketing Study, the only comprehensive survey of the media habits of federal decision-makers, as well as the Government Contractor Study and the Federal Content Marketing Review. For more information, please visit: http://www.marketconnectionsinc.com.

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Novarc Technologies’ Spool Welding Robot to be Implemented by Global Engineering Firm

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Novarc’s Spool Welding Robot

Our welders’ expertise coupled with robotics is creating new opportunities for our people, greater productivity for our customers, and increased safety for all.


VANCOUVER, British Columbia (PRWEB)

Novarc Technologies, a Canadian-based robotics company specializing in the design and commercialization of collaborative robots for industrial applications, announced today that a global Engineering Procurement and Construction Company is going to implement three Spool Welding Robots as part of their suite of welding solutions. Novarc will be demonstrating its Spool Welding Robot (SWR) at FABTECH in Chicago, November 11-14 at Booth B19062.

“Our welders’ expertise coupled with robotics is creating new opportunities for our people, greater productivity for our customers, and increased safety for all,” said the company.

“We’re excited to provide our collaborative welding solution to these global leaders in the construction industry. This partnership represents the completion of a major shift in construction paradigm of transitioning from manual welding by rig welders, to using lower skilled welders and welding robots in the fab shop to significantly lower the cost of welding, while achieving an even better weld quality,” says Soroush Karimzadeh, CEO of Novarc Technologies.

STRATUS Integration

Novarc also announced the SWR’s integration with STRATUS, taking automation in the fabrication process to a whole new level.

“With the Spool Welding Robot and STRATUS integration, we can now transition the weld data in construction models to the SWR, and enhance its capabilities as a Shop Fabrication Tool,” says Karimzadeh.

“This is a very exciting integration for our STRATUS customers. Incorporating tools with STRATUS is one of our core competencies and an area our clients are pushing us to continue. The tie-in of the digital spool from STRATUS to the Novarc’s SWR will give our clients the ability to maximize shop resources; minimize manual data entry; streamline and digitize QA and QC processes; and, increase visibility of project status,” says Todd Liebe, President of GTP Services, creator of STRATUS.

Novarc’s SWR has already been proven to increase productivity and shop capacity, while demonstrating superior weld quality and improved welder ergonomics, and this integration between STRATUS and SWR will only heighten its role as a valuable fabrication tool.

Novarc also announced today that Pitt Meadows Plumbing & Mechanical Systems Ltd. – an innovative mechanical contracting company servicing the construction industry in building new medical facilities, schools and high-rise residential buildings – has purchased a SWR, which will be incorporated with STRATUS.

“This technology from Novarc brings a new level of quality and consistency with every weld as well as an embedded video of the weld into the BIM model. At Pitt Meadows Plumbing we are always looking for ways to improve the quality of the product as well as to provide an embedded QA/QC report on every joint,” says Steve Robinson, President of Pitt Meadows Plumbing who is both a Novarc and a STRATUS customer.

Global Distribution

Earlier this year, Novarc entered an exclusive global partnership with ABICOR BINZEL, the leading manufacturer of manual welding equipment and robotics welding torches and accessories for medium and high automation production. As a result of this partnership, the company has recently expanded

to new markets outside of North America in Europe and the Middle East.

ABOUT NOVARC TECHNOLOGIES:

Novarc Technologies is a Canadian-based robotics company specializing in the design and commercialization of collaborative robots for industrial applications. Novarc’s Spool Welding Robot (SWR) is the world’s first of its kind in pipe welding applications. As a proven pioneer in the field, Novarc has a dedicated team of engineers and scientists to solve challenging industrial automation problems that improve customers’ bottom line.

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Technology: Electronics

DocASAP Launches New Point of Care and Access Center Capabilities to Expand its Patient Access and Engagement Platform

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“As patient access and care coordination become priorities among health systems and health plans, organizations are looking to innovate around making access to care easier while engaging patients and members throughout their healthcare journey,” said Puneet Maheshwari, co-founder and CEO of DocASAP.


HERNDON, Va. (PRWEB)

DocASAP, the most advanced patient access and engagement platform for health systems, health plans and physician groups, today announced the launch of DocASAP’s point of care and access center capabilities to its existing platform. The solutions enable healthcare providers and health plans to optimize care coordination across the enterprise, helping improve outcomes, reduce costs and enhance the patient experience.

DocASAP’s point of care capabilities enable acute care, ambulatory care and emergency department staff to save time matching patients and health plan members with the right provider and setting at the right time, while the access center capabilities help call centers drive the same efficiencies in navigating patients and members to the optimal provider. Both facilitate frictionless, real-time and accurate online appointment scheduling and integrate with practice management systems to automate complex scheduling intake rules, protocols and workflows. The point of care and access center capabilities, in addition to the company’s consumer-facing patient access solutions, can now accommodate non-traditional visit types, such as telehealth/virtual appointments, walk-ins, home visits and phone appointments. According to an Accenture 2019 Digital Health Consumer Survey, more than half of consumers are going to non-traditional healthcare settings for conditions such as flu shots and treating physical injuries.

“DocASAP’s consumer-facing digital solutions are helping us address the access needs of our diverse patient population in an effort to create better patient experiences,” said Dr. Ashok Rai, president and CEO of Prevea Health. “By implementing DocASAP’s access center capabilities, we’ll improve care coordination efficiencies and expand our goal of delivering frictionless access.”

Other new platform tools include pre-check-in capabilities. Patients can now get approximate wait times for various locations and join a “virtual queue” to hold a place in line ahead of a walk-in or urgent care visit. Also, DocASAP’s new registration/intake capabilities enable health systems to move toward a paperless intake process by transitioning the capture of patient demographics, health insurance and questions asked on behalf of the provider, from patient check-in to the digital booking flow process.

“As patient access and care coordination increasingly become priorities among health systems and health plans, organizations are looking to innovate around making access to care easier while engaging patients and members throughout their healthcare journey,” said Puneet Maheshwari, co-founder and CEO of DocASAP. “With DocASAP Point of Care and DocASAP Access Center, our platform offers an even more comprehensive approach to supporting their access and care coordination strategies, while solidifying DocASAP’s position as the leading patient access and engagement platform in the market.”

For more information on DocASAP’s leading patient access center tools, visit: https://docasap.com/platform/access-center/

About DocASAP

DocASAP provides the leading patient access and engagement platform for health systems, health plans and physician groups. The platform addresses one of healthcare’s biggest challenges – access to care – by helping navigate patients and members to the right provider and care setting at the right time. Backed and promoted in the market by Aetna and UnitedHealthcare, DocASAP builds unique payer-provider connections with an eye towards simplified access, increased care compliance and improved population risk management. DocASAP’s provider search and navigation, consumer-facing and access center scheduling, product data management and care driven reminders help optimize access throughout the healthcare journey to improve outcomes, reduce costs and create a better experience. For more information, visit http://docasap.com or follow on Twitter @DocASAP.

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Daniel Preston Named Director of Development and Communications at Jericho Project

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Daniel Preston, Director of Development and Communications at Jericho Project

As an invaluable internal leader who has ensured quality and efficiency in everything we do, Daniel will further enhance our reputation and our relationships with our public and private sector partners. — Tori Lyon, CEO of Jericho.


NEW YORK (PRWEB)

Daniel Preston has been named Director of Development and Communications at Jericho Project, a nationally-recognized nonprofit ending homelessness at its roots in New York. Preston previously was Director of Government Contracts and Data Quality at the agency.

“Jericho Project is proud that Daniel Preston is taking the crucial role of deepening and expanding our network of supporters. As an invaluable internal leader who has ensured quality and efficiency in everything we do, Daniel will further enhance our reputation and our relationships with our public and private sector partners,” said Tori Lyon, CEO of Jericho.

Jericho creates a community that motivates adults and families to achieve their greatest potential, providing supportive housing and comprehensive services spanning employment, wellness and family reunification. Jericho serves some 2,500 adults and families, to include veterans and young adults, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

In his new role, Preston is driving a comprehensive program to engage Jericho’s robust community of government, corporate, foundation and individual partners in the nonprofit’s success. With a broad portfolio to include all communications, website, fundraising, events and volunteer groups such as the Young Professionals Council, Preston will utilize his experience to strengthen awareness and outcomes among Jericho’s clients and supporters.

In his previous role he was responsible for government relationships and data quality, managing a complex operation-wide database and delivery systems encompassing electronic case records, sales and grant awards. He also served as HIPAA Privacy Officer and Compliance Officer.

Preston also has experience in managing and growing programs to serve veterans, a key client population at Jericho, which was an early advocate of homeless veterans with the launch of its Veterans Initiative in 2007.

He served as Program Director of the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program, when he used a data-driven approach to administer the program to the highest standard of ethics.

Before joining Jericho in 2018, Preston held the position of Grants Manager at Samaritan Daytop Village, a comprehensive human services agency treating substance abuse and homelessness, with an expertise in veterans. Preston provided administrative and fiscal oversight for the organization’s highly successful city, state and Federally-funded housing programs. Among his accomplishments was expanding the Real Estate and Housing Department from an annualized operational budget of $3.5-million to $106-million, and from three programs to 39.

Preston is a graduate of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York with a BA in Criminology.

About Jericho Project: Inspired by the belief that transformation can occur in every individual, Jericho Project steadfastly works to end homelessness at its roots by creating a community that inspires individual change and fosters sustainable independence. For 36 years, Jericho has provided supportive housing and counseling services to thousands of individuals experiencing chronic homelessness and substance abuse. It has a long track record of proven success: 95% of clients maintain housing stability and 90% of Jericho residents affected by substance abuse maintain their sobriety.

Jericho’s housing and extended services cost $13,000 per person annually, compared to $32,000 for a single shelter, $50,000 for a family shelter, and $168,000 for a jail cell annually.

For more information: jerichoproject.org | @jerichoproject1983

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DuPont to Showcase Solutions for Everyday and Future Pharma Challenges at AAPS: PharmSci 360

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Attending AAPS PharmSci 360 enables us to collaborate with customers and understand how our products and research can simplify and refine their specific drug forumulation needs.


WILMINGTON, Del. (PRWEB)

DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences scientists have proven their expertise through decades of research and manufacturing excellence to create one of the industry’s broadest product portfolios. They’ll bring their passionate curiosity for optimizing formulations and innovating for future possibilities to American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS): PharmaSci 360, Nov. 3-6, 2019.

DuPont experts will be available at booth #966 to share their recent research and key industry insights. During the four-day event, attendees also will be able to draw from DuPont’s deep technical expertise via 12 poster presentations, in which they will address efficient and cost-saving solutions for taste-masking, abuse deterence, biologic stabilization and more. A few presentations relevant to everyday industry challenges include:

  • Improving Powder Bed Wetting in Continuous Twin Screw Granulation via Foamed Systems, Monday, Nov. 4 at 9:30 a.m., Kevin O’Donnell, R&D Manager, will introduce a newly developed wetting technology for twin screw granulation that will eliminate oversaturation, while reducing associated costs.

  • Novel Surfactant Excipient Significantly Improves Biologic Stability in Liquid Formulation, Monday, Nov. 4, at 12:30 p.m. CST, Joshua Katz, Senior Principal Scientist and AAPS 2018 “Best Abstract” Award recipient, will share new research on improving the formulation stability of drugs to reduce manufacturing costs and eliminate potential patient side effects of instability.

  • Taste-Masking Bitter Drugs with Ion Exchange Resin in Carrageenan Based Gummies, Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 10:30 a.m. CST, Amie Gehris, Technical Sales Representative, will discuss optimal taste-masking properties to conceal the bitter, seaweed taste associated with carrageenan-based gummies.

  • Physical Property Testing of Gelatin and SeaGel® Films for Soft Capsule Applications, Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 12:30 p.m. CST, Rebecca Putans, Associate Research Chemist, will explore the performance benefits of SeaGel® as a vegetarian alternative to gelatin for soft capsule manufacturing.


Additional DuPont-led presentations will cover: liquid chromatography in microcrystIalline cellulose samples; polymer influences on rheology; abuse deterrent technology; hot melt extruded caffeine pellets; and disintegration of minitablets.

“We’re passionate about driving advancement within this ever-evolving industry, remaining forever curious about how to deliver today and will advance our customers into the future,” said Nick Grasman, Americas Marketing Manager, DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences. “Attending AAPS PharmSci 360 enables us to collaborate with customers and understand how our products and research can simplify and refine their specific drug forumulation needs.”

To learn more about DuPont Nutrition & Bioscience’s broad product portfolio and its technical, quality, regulatory and manufacturing expertise visit booth #966 at AAPS: PharmSci 360 or pharma.dupont.com.

About DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences

DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences applies expert science to advance market-driven, healthy and sustainable solutions for the food, beverage, dietary supplement and pharmaceutical industries. We also use cutting-edge biotechnology across a range of markets to advance bio-based solutions to meet the needs of a growing population, while protecting our environment for future generations. We are innovative solvers who help our customers turn challenges into high-value business opportunities. For more information: http://www.dupontnutritionandbiosciences.com or http://www.biosciences.dupont.com.

About DuPont

DuPont (NYSE: DD) is a global innovation leader with technology-based materials, ingredients and solutions that help transform industries and everyday life. Our employees apply diverse science and expertise to help customers advance their best ideas and deliver essential innovations in key markets including electronics, transportation, construction, water, health and wellness, food, and worker safety. More information can be found at http://www.dupont.com.

DuPont™, the DuPont Oval Logo, and all trademarks and service marks denoted with ™, SM or ® are owned by affiliates of DuPont de Nemours, Inc. unless otherwise noted.

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Industry: Healthcare

Concerto HealthAI Names Kevin Cronin as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing

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BOSTON (PRWEB)

Concerto HealthAI announced today that Kevin Cronin has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Kevin brings over 25 years of experience to help advance Concerto HealthAI’s mission of making precision oncology a reality with innovative Real-World Data (RWD) products and advanced AI Cloud Technologies that accelerate research and insights at life sciences companies, healthcare providers, and healthcare payers.

Concerto HealthAI is one of the fastest growing startups in the RWD and AI solutions space, with a mission to transform healthcare by revolutionizing clinical and outcomes research, accelerate insights benefitting patients, and bring an array of solutions supporting the entire patient treatment journey. The company is driving needed new innovations with a system of definitive Real-World Data, advanced AI insights, leading outcomes and data science talent, within a state-of-the-art clinical cloud solution.

“Kevin is a values-driven and innovation-focused leader – we will immediately benefit from his decades of experience at rapidly growing technology companies in the life sciences industry” said Jeff Elton, PhD and CEO of Concerto HealthAI. “Kevin brings a set of leadership skills and expertise in growing and managing commercial operations that will accelerate our goals of improving patient outcomes.”

Prior to joining Concerto HealthAI, Kevin was the chief commercial officer at Core Informatics for five years. During that time, he oversaw commercialization programs worldwide for the company’s innovative SaaS platform. Before Core Informatics, Kevin was global vice president at the BIOVIA brand of Dassault Systemes as well as senior vice president of sales at Symyx Technologies, Inc. Kevin also served as vice president of sales for NextBio and spent 14 years developing and implementing discovery informatics systems for the pharmaceutical industry, first as a research scientist and then as a business leader at MDL Information Systems, a division of Reed Elsevier. Kevin holds a BS in chemistry from the University of Washington.

“I am excited to be joining Concerto HealthAI at such a key point in the company’s trajectory,” said Kevin Cronin, SVP of Sales and Marketing at Concerto HealthAI. “I look forward to helping the organization grow so that we may continue to advance improvements in clinical outcomes for cancer patients.”

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About Concerto HealthAI

Concerto HealthAI is a technology leader in Definitive Real-world Data (RWD) and AI solutions for precision oncology. Our mission is to bring together unique data assets, leading AI-based technologies, and the world’s top outcomes research and data science talent. Our focus is on revolutionizing clinical and outcomes research to accelerate the insights benefitting patient treatment. Concerto HealthAI is a SymphonyAI Group company. eurekaHealth is a trademark of Concerto HealthAI. For more information, visit us at http://www.concertohealthai.com.

About SymphonyAI Group

SymphonyAI Group is the fastest-growing private group of B2B AI companies, backed by a $1 billion commitment to deliver next-generation AI solutions for transforming the enterprise. Since its founding in 2017, SymphonyAI Group has grown rapidly to a group of six companies with a combined revenue run rate approaching $300 million. Over 1,600 talented leaders, data scientists, and other professionals operate the group under the leadership of one of Silicon Valley’s most successful serial entrepreneurs, Dr. Romesh Wadhwani. Website: http://www.symphonyai.com

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Innovest Systems Launches Participant Payment Portal for Defined Benefit Retirement Plans

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Innovest Systems, LLC


NEW YORK (PRWEB)

Innovest Systems announced today that it has launched its Participant Payment Portal, a web portal developed for participants in defined benefit retirement plans. The portal allows plan participants to view payment information and make updates to their personal information. The Participant Portal is already live and currently in use.

The Participant Payment Portal was developed in response to client requests for direct access for defined benefit plan participants. The portal leverages Innovest’s existing secure InnoVue3.0 infrastructure which allows for client branding, end-user self-registration and client configurability in terms of which components are displayed to end-users. The portal leverages responsive design and can be accessed through any type of device.

“We are proud to have been able to launch our Participant Payment Portal in under a year. Our existing infrastructure makes the rollout of new products and features much simpler than most other platforms. The team did an excellent job and we’re getting great feedback from current and prospective clients,” said Joanne Smith, chief operating officer of Innovest Systems.

The Participant Payment Portal allows users to view current, year to date and historical payment information, access plan documents and tax forms, view tax withholding status, update address information, update distribution destination details and split distributions to multiple destinations as applicable. The Participant Payment Portal went live in September 2019.

ABOUT INNOVEST SYSTEMS

Innovest Systems, LLC is a leading provider of financial technology solutions delivered to forward-thinking trust, wealth management, and retirement professionals. Innovest’s solutions empower its clients to acquire new customers, invest assets effectively, manage trust and investment portfolios efficiently, and flexibly report results to customers. Innovest has over $600 billion in assets under administration on its trust and wealth management platform servicing over three hundred global financial institutions.

The Innovest Trust & Wealth Management Solution provides a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based principal and income accounting, investment management and reporting system for institutions that need to control, account for and report on assets held in trust, wealth and retirement accounts. The Trust & Wealth Management Solution is comprised of the InnoTrust and InnoVue offerings from Innovest. InnoTrust is browser-based and is the core application deployed by Innovest to support the accounting and reporting needs of banks, trust companies, wealth management firms, retirement plan administrators and custodians. InnoTrust is also webservices/API enabled to more readily integrate with internal programs and third-party applications. InnoVue is browser-based and provides access for end clients to view account information anytime, anywhere.

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Declining Fertility Has Big Business Implications

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Falling birth rates have big business implications

Falling birth rates have big business implications

Infant and maternity products are the canary in the coal mine


CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (PRWEB)

Continued declines in fertility in the U.S. are sure to have long-term sociological and economic effects, and some may be being felt right now. Destination Maternity last week filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and disclosed plans to shutter more than 180 of its stores and lay off hundreds of workers.

The company’s bankruptcy petition blames, among other things, persistently falling birthrates as to why it is facing distress.

“While competition from online retailers and other widely discussed factors may have had some role to play, Destination Maternity’s declining net sales in recent years have tracked fairly closely with the sharp decline in births in the United States,” says Demographic Intelligence Advisor Lyman Stone. “Had Destination Maternity maintained the exact same market share and product mix, but fertility rates had remained stable over the last 10 years, their net sales would have been more than 15% higher this year.”

Other companies that produce baby and children-focused products have also faced difficulties. Toys R Us and Babies R Us closed all of their retail locations in 2018 after previously warning that stagnant birthrates could negatively impact their business.

“Infant and maternity products are the canary in the coal mine. In a few years, we can expect to see weakness in the earnings reports for products aimed at older children, and, eventually, universities will face serious enrollment declines. From there, a smaller prime-age population will present challenges to many sectors of the economy, ranging from retail, to housing, to historically robust sectors like healthcare,” said Stone.

Given the serious economic implications of falling birthrates, it is crucial for businesses to have a clear picture of what their target audiences will look like in the future. The U.S. Fertility ForecastTM from Demographic Intelligence anticipates that the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in the U.S. will slide to 1.70 children per woman in 2019 from 1.72 children per woman in 2018. Falling birthrates rates are hardly an American or even a Western phenomenon. In fact, Stone is tracking a worldwide decline in fertility, with rates seeming set to converge at about 1.6 to 1.7 children.

While births overall are declining, birthrates for certain groups and in some regions are rising. And some baby-related businesses are still experiencing growth. Demographic Intelligence helps clients orient their businesses to take advantage of these opportunities, even in a challenging environment.

The U.S. Fertility Forecast is typically more than 98% accurate in predicting U.S. birth trends

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About Demographic Intelligence

Demographic Intelligence (DI) is the premier provider of U.S. birth forecasts and fertility analytics for businesses with an interest in birth trends in the United States. DI provides reports and consulting services to companies in the following sectors: juvenile products, healthcare, media, financial services, consumer food, and household products. Demographic Intelligence is advised in its work by five leading family scholars: Princeton economist Alicia Adsera, University of Pennsylvania demographer Hans-Peter Kohler, University of North Carolina demographer Philip Morgan, economist Lyman Stone, and University of Virginia sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox.

CONTACT:

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434-284-0808

Steve@USbirthrate.com

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Best Sanitizers, Inc. Offers Free Educational Article to Help Food Processors Fight Listeria in Their Facilities.

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Fighting Listeria in Food Processing Facilities.

We want to provide food industry professionals with the tools and equipment they need to reduce cross-contamination from Listeria in their facility.


NEVADA CITY, Calif. (PRWEB)

Food safety professionals continually look for new and better ways to help control the risk of cross-contamination in their facilities. To help them in their efforts, Best Sanitizers, Inc. has released a series of educational articles designed to give food processing facilities, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical plants the upper hand in the fight against cross-contamination in their facilities.

Their latest article focuses on fighting Listeria in a food processing facility. The article details specific characteristics of the pathogen and provides best practices for reducing its presence in a food plant. As discussed in the article, Listeria is a hard-to-kill pathogen that can easily hide and thrive, especially in hard to reach areas. Listeria can be spread through cross-contamination from hands, footwear, tools, and other high traffic areas in the plant. Best Sanitizers offers products and solutions, such as their Alpet branded line of hand soaps, hand sanitizers and surface sanitizers to help food processors reduce Listeria and other pathogens in their facilities.

The complete educational article, Fighting Listeria in a Food Processing Facility is available for free download.

“Our goal is to promote, and educate the industry on, best food safety practices,” states Ryan Witt, Best Sanitizers’ Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “We want to provide food industry professionals with the tools and equipment they need to reduce cross-contamination from Listeria in their facility.”

For more information on all of Best Sanitizers products and educational articles, please visit us at: http://www.bestsanitizers.com.

About Best Sanitizers, Inc:

Since 1995, Best Sanitizers, Inc. has been providing the Food Processing, Janitorial Sanitation and Healthcare industries with the highest quality hand soaps, hand sanitizers, surface sanitizers and dispensing options available. You’ll find our products helping processors large and small reduce the risk of pathogens throughout the US. Best Sanitizers was the first company to achieve an E3 rating for an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, and the first to achieve a D2 rating for an alcohol/quat-based surface sanitizer for food contact surfaces. Best Sanitizers continues to explore new and innovative ways to deliver hand hygiene and surface sanitation solutions.

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The Center for Responsible Enterprise And Trade (CREATe.org) Launches Grant Program To Fund Projects Focused on Advancing Leading Practices to Address Key Business Risks

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Center for Responsible Enterprise And Trade (CREATe.org)

“CREATe.org was founded on the principle that companies have the power to improve business integrity across corporate ecosystems, and ideally, to communities at large. We are excited to extend the mission of CREATe.org through this initiative,” stated Pamela Passman, President and CEO of CREATe.org


WASHINGTON (PRWEB)

The Center for Responsible Enterprise And Trade (CREATe.org) today announces a new grant program designed to fund projects that advance CREATe.org’s approach of providing practical resources to educate organizations about leading practices for managing risk and improving governance and compliance.

Organizations or individuals interested in learning more can review the Request for Proposal (RFP) at http://www.CREATe.org/RFP. CREATe.org is allocating approximately $400,000 for this initiative. This amount will be divided across several grants to organizations. Written proposals are due to CREATe.org by midnight December 4, 2019.

Proposed projects should concentrate on ethics, compliance, corporate governance and/or risk management on one or more of the topics of CREATe.org’s areas of focus: anti-corruption (including the ISO 37001 Anti-Bribery Management Systems Standard); cybersecurity; intellectual property (IP) and trade secret protection; or in emerging risk areas (e.g., managing trade (sanction) compliance, the ethics and responsibilities of Artificial Intelligence).

“CREATe.org was founded on the principle that companies have the power to improve business integrity across corporate ecosystems, and ideally, to communities at large. We have focused our efforts on providing practical ways to help drive this change,” stated Pamela Passman, President and CEO of CREATe.org. “We are excited to extend the mission of CREATe.org through this initiative.”

Projects can take the shape of thought leadership, quantitative research, tools development, or the development of other resources. Regardless of the format, the project should provide practical tools, resources or information that will help companies advance leading practices on CREATe.org’s mission areas. These projects should also include ways to disseminate and broadly share these leading practices with the global business community.    

About the Center for Responsible Enterprise And Trade (CREATe.org)

The Center for Responsible Enterprise And Trade (CREATe.org) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) with a mission to promote leading practices in cybersecurity, intellectual property (IP) and trade secret protection, and anti-corruption.

To achieve our mission, CREATe.org conducts a range of activities – from publishing reports and whitepapers, working with leading practitioners and experts through Advisory Councils, and contributing insights to a range of publications and events – designed to provide practical resources to educate organizations about the leading approaches to managing risk and improving governance and compliance.

For more information, please visit http://www.CREATe.org.

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