Lidl's cereal box packaging is changing
Lidl will stop using colourful characters on its cereal boxes in the UK. The German hard discounter, which is present all over Europe, wants to give a more positive image of its own private label to parents.
"According to GlobalData's Q3 2019 consumer survey, 54% of UK consumers pay high/very high attention to the ingredients used in the products they buy for their children, says the consulting agency GlobalData. Therefore, Lidl eliminating marketing gimmicks and bringing back the focus on nutritional value and well-being will help parents focus on what's important."
The decision also came in the wake of growing pressure from UK ministers who threatened to ban cartoon characters on all products suitable for children high in sugar, salt or fat.
A holiday change that is costing English printers dearly
In England, small printing companies are seeking compensation from the government after the chaos of the May holiday changeover, according to The Telegraph . This change to the timetable would have cost hundreds of thousands of pounds.
The government announced last year that the early May holiday would be moved this year from Monday, May 4 to Friday, May 8, to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory Day.
But this announcement was made late, on 7 June, when many companies had already printed the 2020 calendars and agendas.
Two printers, AM Print Finishers and Allan & Bertram, estimate the cost of reprinting at £200,000 each (approximately 235?000 euros). Others have opted for other solutions such as printing a correction note. For the time being this request has not received a reply from the Government.
Livres Hebdo becomes 100% digital
The information magazine for book professionals Weekly Books will go fully digital this year and "several posts" out of the 17 employees will be eliminated, announced in a press release, the parent company Electre de Weekly Books .
This restructuring of Livres Hebdo "structurally loss-making for several years." should make it possible to "to adapt it to the changing demands of its customers and to restore its economic equilibrium." .
The weekly, which is distributed by subscription only, has about 6,500 subscribers to its paper version.
However, print does not disappear completely from the overall offer of Weekly Books . Electre will launch a new printed and digital monthly magazine called LH Le Mag and special thematic issues (10 to 12 per year) starting in September 2020. Livres Hebdo will also continue the print publication of its weekly bibliographic notebook listing all book publications.
Canon in the trio of patent holders in the United States
According to the IFI Claims Patent Services, the Japanese manufacturer Canon is the 3rd largest patent holder in the United States in 2019, all nationalities combined, with 3555 patents filed. The group specializing in cameras, photocopiers and printers thus becomes the only company in the world to have been in the top 5 for 34 successive years. Canon has also been in 1st place among Japanese companies for 15 years now.
Cyber attack hits Bordas, Le Robert and Nathan editions
The publishing group Editis, which owns Bordas, Le Robert and Nathan, was the victim of a cyber attack at the beginning of this year. The intrusion took place on 1 January and concerns the Education and Reference Centre. The attack detected during the night of 2 to 3 January, according to ActuaLitty . All the education sites have been quarantined and today Friday, January 17 are still under maintenance.
Still according to ActuaLitty Editis does not know whether there have been any data leaks, but some have been exposed. A diagnosis by an outside company was requested, a declaration made to the CNIL and a complaint filed.
