During the five months of negotiation for the purchasing of Hensellâs Oaken Bucket, new owner Kurt Janowksy wanted to try out the competition. During those months, he visited other local establishments, known for their local crowd, burgers and fried food.
âI got a feeling for whatâs working and, granted, low prices are whatâs really attractive to people and a lot of places are busy because theyâre cheap,â he said. âBut we need to be busy because weâre excellent and, coincidentally or additionally, weâre inexpensive. But excellence is first. Thatâs the most important thing.â
Livestreaming, Still Niche, Grows as a Tool for Retailers
Amazon Live is a prominent example of how interactive video shopping, popularized by TV networks like QVC, has moved online.
A screenshot of Matt Granite, who gets a cut from sales, during an Amazon Live video.
By Jackie Snow
Published March 14, 2021Updated March 15, 2021
Matt Granite had been working for years as a consumer journalist filming segments that were syndicated on American television stations and sharing additional videos on his YouTube channel, The Deal Guy.
In 2017, his style of homespun showmanship caught the attention of Amazon, and the company began flying him to New York every few months to record videos that would often run on its website around shopping events like back-to-school or Prime Day. He started experimenting with remote shows in 2019, so when the coronavirus pandemic hit he was somewhat ready to turn the basement of his home in Toronto into a studio.
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Hospitals in Northwest Indiana have been at the center of the Regionâs response to COVID-19 throughout the yearlong global pandemic.
They put off elective surgeries and other non-urgent treatments last year to repurpose space for extra intensive care beds during several peak periods of coronavirus infection. Currently they are injecting hundreds of people each day with the COVID-19 vaccine that everyone hopes will bring an end to the health care emergency.
A rendering of the new Franciscan Health hospital in Crown Point shows the main entrance of the hospital. Provided
Through it all though, some Region hospital leaders have had to keep one eye on the present and another looking toward the future, as several major hospital and health care construction projects currently underway promise to make available more dynamic and innovative treatment options for Northwest Indiana residents in a post-pandemic world.
WINNIPEG A rally at The Forks on Saturday is calling for change to help protect Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit and gender diverse people. The event organized by the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakana (MKO) is part of a national day of action to highlight the ongoing issue of gender-based violence towards Indigenous people. We have the right to live and we have the right to feel safe, said Hilda Anderson-Pyrz, manager of the MKO s MMIWG liaison unit. We need a lot more action and a lot more commitment to end this genocide. Organizers are calling on all levels of government to take action and implement calls to action and justice outlined two years ago in the national inquiry s final report.
About 100 shoppers and tenants in Chinatown Point were evacuated yesterday after a fire broke out in one of the stores.. Read more at straitstimes.com.