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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Black Market, a new virtual venue, is partnering with Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) and actor, model and entertainer Terrence J, to launch a virtual fashion event to support up-and-coming Black designers in the fashion industry, who are often not provided the same opportunities as their peers. Select Black designers and their brands will be showcased on the Black Market platform, which will launch November 25 and feature runway shows and exclusive content through November 27.

“The influence of the Black community and Black designers on fashion is undeniable, but that’s often not reflected in the opportunities provided to us,” said Terrence J. “I’m excited to partner with Black Market, to give Black designers a much-needed platform to showcase Black Excellence, and help level the playing field in fashion.”

Despite the noted influence of the Black community on global fashion trends, Black designers have historically not been provided with the same prominent opportunities as their peers to advance on the business side of the fashion industry. To help bridge this gap, Black Market is partnering with designers, entertainers, and fashion brands for a unique and immersive fashion experience designed exclusively for Black designers to showcase their work and for consumers to have easy access for purchase.

In partnership with TMNA, selected designers participating in the Black Market virtual fashion event will select one item from their collection, to be featured exclusively in the Toyota Closet. The Toyota Closet will house limited edition looks from the Black designers, all of which can only be accessed through the virtual closet. Consumers can register for free access to the Toyota Closet here.

“Toyota is proud to partner with Black Market in their work to celebrate and honor emerging Black designers,” said Kelsey Charles, engagement marketing planner, TMNA. “We are committed to supporting diverse platforms that not only champion creativity but promote inclusivity.”

The virtual fashion event will kick off on November 25 and culminates on Black Friday, November 27. It will include virtual runway shows, interviews with the featured designers, exclusive fashion giveaways, and appearances from Terrence J, to support the featured brands on Black Market, including: New Levels New Devils, Lila Nicole Swimwear, Shift Style House, Legacy History Pride, House of Bartholomew, Tote N Carry, Gabriel Salcedo, and Miguel Wilson Collection. For more information on the featured brands and designers, visit Black Market Showroom.

“While Fashion Week has annually been a showcase for top fashion brands and designers, for many Black designers it was never their platform,” said Derrick Brown, Founder, Black Market. “With Black Market, and our partnership with Toyota and Terrence J, we’re happy to create a platform for Black designers to showcase their work, and also provide a marketplace for their designs that makes it accessible for consumers.”

About Black Market
While the prominent role Black people play setting global fashion trends is undeniable Black designers are being denied their rightful place in the business side of the cultural trends they are constantly creating. To combat this, Black Market is partnering with designers, entertainers and brands to deliver unique and immersive experiences designed exclusively for Black designers. Black Market is digital/mobile destination created to give Black designers a tool to showcase, promote and sell their products and consumers a destination where they can discover and purchase the top Black owned brands.

About Toyota

Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in the U.S. for more than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands, plus our nearly 1,500 dealerships. 

Toyota has created a tremendous value chain and directly employs more than 36,000 in the U.S. The company has contributed world-class design, engineering, and assembly of more than 30 million cars and trucks at our 9 manufacturing plants, 10 including our joint venture in Alabama that begins production in 2021.

To help inspire the next generation for a career in STEM-based fields, including mobility, Toyota launched its virtual education hub at

www.TourToyota.com

 with an immersive experience and chance to visit many of our U.S. manufacturing facilities. The hub also includes a series of free STEM-based lessons and curriculum through Toyota USA Foundation partners, virtual field trips and more. For more information about Toyota, visit

www.toyotanewsroom.com

.

CONTACT


Derrick Brown

Black Market

[email protected]

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NEW YORK, Nov. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for YJ, HPQ, WEI, COCP, and MESA.

To see how InvestorsObserver’s proprietary scoring system rates these stocks, view the InvestorsObserver’s PriceWatch Alert by selecting the corresponding link.

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InvestorsObserver’s PriceWatch Alerts are based on our proprietary scoring methodology. Each stock is evaluated based on short-term technical, long-term technical and fundamental factors. Each of those scores is then combined into an overall score that determines a stock’s overall suitability for investment.

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PRAGUE, Nov. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy products, looks back at some of the most prominent cyberthreats of 2020. The past year has been defined by the Covid-19 virus affecting the entire world, including the cyberworld. Avast observed cybercriminals use the pandemic to their advantage, spreading scams and phishing attacks to exploit people’s weaknesses during trying times. Ransomware attacks continued to thrive this year, pitilessly attacking medical institutions. Certain types of threats, including stalkerware and adware, flourished due to people being forced into lockdown and likely spending more time on their mobile devices. Cybercriminals began to promote mobile adware more heavily to younger audiences via popular social platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.

Covid-19 Fakes and Scams


In addition to fake news, Covid-19-related fake shops and malware made their rounds in 2020.
A number of scams circulated, designed to take advantage of people searching for information around the virus, and associated topics such as supplies of face masks and ventilators. Avast identified malvertising campaigns being adapted to the situation, fake shops and products like cures and medication for the virus being “sold” online, the World Health Organization’s name and logo being exploited to deceive people into inadvertently downloading malware in messages containing coronavirus and other related terms in malicious files spreading via email, SMS, and other malware. Also, via its mobile threat intelligence platform, apklab.io, Avast tracked more than 600 malicious apps including mobile banking trojans and spyware, posing as apps that offered some sort of a Covid-19-related service.

Fake news spread during the pandemic, including fake news alleging that Bill Gates has created or financed the creation of Covid-19 in order to sell vaccines, and gain power over the world. Other examples of fake news during the pandemics include conspiracy theorists speculating democratic governments using the virus as an excuse to turn their systems into autocracies, and that 5G was responsible for the spread of the coronavirus.

Ransomware attacks


In the beginning of the year, Avast saw an increase in ransomware attacks in the early pandemic months. Ransomware grew by 20% during March and April in comparison to January and February this year.

Multiple ransomware attacks targeted hospitals this year, despite threat actors publicly stating they would stop targeting hospitals. Avast was involved in helping hospitals and other businesses infected with ransomware, including the Brno University Hospital in the Czech Republic, which is also a testing center for the coronavirus, and was infected with Defray777. Healthcare institutions were attacked by Maze ransomware, which steals data before encrypting it and threatens to release hostage data if the ransom is not paid. This year, in what could be the first known case of a fatality linked to a ransomware attack, a patient passed away as she needed to be transferred to a different hospital after a ransomware attack affected a hospital in Dusseldorf, Germany.

In addition to ransomware attacks against healthcare institutions, companies like Garmin, Jack Daniels and the Ritz London were hit with ransomware. Other notable victims of ransomware attacks in 2020, which paid ransom demands up into the millions, include the University of California San Francisco, Travelex, and defense contractor Communications & Power Industries (CPI) in California.

Working From Home challenges


The pandemic forced many companies to send employees home to work remotely. According to a survey conducted by the European Foundation of the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, nearly half of the European employees surveyed worked at home at least some of the time during the Covid-19 pandemic, and of these, one-third reported working exclusively from home. Employees took their company devices home which broadened the attack surface for companies, as the home network infrastructure usually isn’t as secure as an enterprise network. Also, with millions of workers around the world using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) daily to remotely access their business network, this tool has become a strong cyber-attack vector. In 2020, Avast has monitored a rise in attacks specifically designed to exploit RDP in order to execute widespread ransomware attacks.

Deepfakes taking off


Deepfakes, particularly pornographic deepfakes appeared in 2020, including explicit deepfakes of TikTok users. In a talk at Avast’s Cybersec & AI, Connected virtual conference Professor Hany Farid of UC Berkeley noted that technology is evolving quickly, making it easier and easier for deep fakes to be created, and the rate at which deep fakes can spread is also increasing due to social media. Farid also noted that
“
nothing has to be real anymore
“, meaning that people will believe fakes, especially when it comes to political deep fakes. 

Phishing attacks


Phishing is a lucrative way of stealing people’s money and personal information and is an evergreen technique used by cybercriminals that did not slow down in 2020. While Covid-19 related phishing attacks surged in March with 7.9% using themes related to the virus in that month, the impact on overall phishing numbers was small, with less than 1% of global phishing attacks using Covid-19 as a theme throughout the year.

Mobile Adware creators leveraging social media channels to promote their “products”


Out of all Android threats Avast detected in 2020, adware was the dominant malware, with a share of nearly 50% in Q1, over 27% in Q2 and 29% in Q3 out of all Android threats. The HiddenAds family, a
Trojandisguised as a safe and useful application but instead serving intrusive ads, stuck out in a special way, as it continuously found its way back to the Google Play Store over the course of the year. Avast also found scam apps on the Apple App Store. Avast alone found more than 50 scam apps on the Google Play and Apple App Stores in 2020, that needed to be removed by Google’s and Apple’s security teams.

Stalkerware


Stalkerware is a growing category of malware with disturbing and dangerous implications. Avast identified parallels between the use of stalkerware and the lockdown time in the spring. Stalkerware is typically installed secretly on mobile phones, without the victim’s knowledge, by so-called friends, jealous spouses and partners, ex-partners, and even concerned parents, and tracks the physical location of the victim, monitors sites visited on the internet, text messages, and phone calls.

The Avast Threat Labs discovered a 51% increase in Android spyware and stalkerware from March through June, in comparison to the first two months of the year.

According to a paper published by researchers from Brigham Young University in the US, who compared domestic violence calls for service in 14 large US cities before and after social distancing began at the beginning of the year, there was a 10.2% increase in calls.

Looking back


“
The pandemic did not slow down cybercriminals, instead they seized the opportunity of people spending more time online to adapt old tricks to spread various types of fakes, scams, and to target major businesses with ransomware
,
” continued Luis Corrons. “
While technology today is a great resource for us all to stay connected and keep up communications and work, we advise people to stay extra conscious and cautious about what they see online and verify things they come across before trusting news, apps, links, sales offers, and even video content, as they could be manipulated.
”

About Avast:


Avast (LSE:AVST), a FTSE 100 company, is a global leader in digital security and privacy products. With over 435 million users online, Avast offers products under the Avast and AVG brands that protect people from threats on the internet and the evolving IoT threat landscape. The company’s threat detection network is among the most advanced in the world, using machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies to detect and stop threats in real time. Avast digital security products for Mobile, PC or Mac are top-ranked and certified by VB100, AV-Comparatives, AV-Test, SE Labs and others. Visit: www.avast.com.

CONTACT: [email protected]

 

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WENZHOU, China, Nov. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — ZK International Group Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ZKIN) (“ZKIN”, “ZK International” or the “Company”), a designer, engineer, manufacturer, and supplier of patented high-performance stainless steel and carbon steel pipe products primarily used for water and gas supplies, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, xSigma Corporation, (“xSigma”) www.xsigma.com is launching a Decentralized Finance (“DeFi”) protocol which aims to provide a new level of transparency and legitimacy to decentralized financial blockchain-based smart contracts. In doing so, the Company with its investment in xSigma will become one of the first publicly traded enterprise to invest and enter the growing DeFi arena.

xSigma’s DeFi ecosystem will begin with the launch of its decentralized stablecoin exchange, offering fair farming terms for liquidity providers and an intuitive user interface for users. On the providers side who provide crypto for exchanges, it is the system that utilizes users’ cryptocurrencies and earns them a potential reward from the exchange’s trading fees. On the customer’s side who execute the exchanges, it provides liquidity to those wanting access to DeFi markets. The protocol being developed is expected to have an intuitive interface, and easy-to-use platform, offering decentralized exchange for stablecoins.

A DeFi Milestone

What is DeFi? DeFi is the hottest trend in the blockchain industry, with more than $9 billion locked into the ecosystem as of the end of September.^[1] Decentralized financial systems allow users to participate in blockchain markets and other alternative markets that have been developed on blockchain based networks. Also it enables cross-border payments, as blockchain markets have no borders. As with any blockchain technology, there is ultimate privacy transparency and security, when used properly.

xSigma’s DeFi protocol is launching at an opportune time in the blockchain arena. In addition to the $9 billion currently locked in DeFi ^[1], the cryptocurrency market keeps growing and has added billions of dollars in market cap over the past 12 months as indicated in publications like Forbes, Bloomberg, and Asia Times, which have all declared that we are in the early stages of the next cryptocurrency bull market.

Many believe DeFi to be the new paradigm in global finance—one that is backed by foundational open-source networks unfettered by centralization and intermediaries. Despite its rapid growth, DeFi has generally been the domain of niche technology startups backed by unproven teams. On the other hand, xSigma, being a subsidiary of a NASDAQ listed public company gives xSigma the reputation and the best in class than many other companies in this space.

xSigma’s DeFi protocol plans to serve as an independent financial tool that provides a new level of transparency and legitimacy to decentralized financial blockchain-based smart contracts. Until the main net launch, users who want to be the first to participate in the DeFi protocol have a limited time to register for the whitelist, where they will be the first to receive updates on project developments. The protocol and additional details about the new project are expected to be released in the coming weeks on the official website of the protocol www.xsigma.fi

ZK International launched xSigma as a research and development lab back in 2018 to solve real-world infrastructure challenges. Its mandate was to explore new opportunities in smart contracts, supply chain management and other blockchain-based solutions. xSigma has since pivoted to decentralized finance, focusing on decentralized exchanges, stablecoins and lending protocols. The research lab is now actively working on its ecosystem of products beginning with its DeFi protocol. The ultimate objective is to build a range of financial tools and products for the flourishing decentralized finance industry.

xSigma’s World-Class Developers

ZK International has recruited the brightest minds from the blockchain arena to its xSigma research lab. The lab is going to be run by a top team of developers who previously worked for Facebook, Amazon, Google, Ripple Labs, 1inch, and other leading companies.

The xSigma team is on the leading edge of blockchain research and development that intersects decentralized finance, supply chain management, IoT, and infrastructure. The DeFi protocol is one of many decentralized finance projects xSigma plans to launch over the next 12 months. It will feed into a growing network of DeFi products for enterprise and consumer markets.

Mr. Jiancong Huang, Chairman and CEO of ZK International, stated, “we are very excited about entering the DeFi space and surrounding ourselves with a team of very experienced developers who are going to allow us to be part of a new paradigm in global finance—one that is backed by foundational open-source networks and one that is unfettered by centralization and intermediaries.”

For the latest updates on xSigma’s research initiatives, including its upcoming DeFi protocol, follow xSigma’s Twitter and LinkedIn pages, or visit http://xsigma.com/ and www.xsigma.fi

About ZK International Group Co., Ltd.

ZK International Group Co., Ltd. is a China-based designer, engineer, manufacturer and supplier of patented high-performance stainless steel and carbon steel pipe products that require sophisticated water or gas pipeline systems. The Company owns 28 patents, 21 trademarks, 2 Technical Achievement Awards, and 10 National and Industry Standard Awards.  ZK International is preparing to capitalize on the $850 Billion commitment made by the Chinese Government to improve the quality of water, which in its current supply state is 70% unfit for human contact.  ZK International is Quality Management System Certified (ISO9001), Environmental Management System Certified (ISO1401), and a National Industrial Stainless Steel Production Licensee that is focused on supplying steel piping for the multi-billion dollar industries of Gas and Water sectors.  ZK has supplied stainless steel pipelines for over 2,000 projects, which include the Beijing National Airport, the “Water Cube” and “Bird’s Nest”, which were venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.  Emphasizing superior properties and durability of its steel piping, ZK International is providing a solution for the delivery of high quality, highly sustainable, environmentally sound drinkable water to not only to the China market but to international markets such as Europe, East Asia and Southeast Asia.  

For more information please visit www.ZKInternationalGroup.com. Additionally, please follow the Company on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Weibo. For further information on the Company’s SEC filings please visit www.sec.gov.

About XSigma Corporation

XSigma Corporation, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ZK International Group Co., Ltd. Together with ZK International, has launched xSigma as a research and development lab back in 2018 to solve real-world infrastructure challenges. Its mandate was to explore new opportunities in smart contracts, supply chain management and other blockchain-based solutions. XSigma has since pivoted to decentralized finance, focusing on decentralized exchanges, stablecoins and lending protocols. The research lab is now actively working on its ecosystem of products beginning with its DeFi protocol. The ultimate objective is to build a range of financial tools and products for the flourishing decentralized finance industry.  The xSigma team that are being assembled are on the leading edge of blockchain research and development that intersects decentralized finance, supply chain management, IoT, and infrastructure. The DeFi protocol is one of many decentralized finance projects xSigma plans to launch over the next 12 months. It will feed into a growing network of DeFi products for enterprise and consumer markets. Any blockchain protocol is subject to a degree of risk; xSigma’s DeFi protocol has implemented tamper-resistant programming, but is still subject to potential hacks.For further information about xSigma, please visit its website at  www.xsigma.com and www.xsigma.fi 

Safe Harbor Statement 

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “estimate” or “continue” or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of ZK International.  Actual results may differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements due to risks and uncertainties, as well as other risk factors that are included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Although ZK International believes that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of the assumptions could prove inaccurate and, therefore, there can be no assurance that the results contemplated in forward-looking statements will be realized.  In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking information included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by ZK International or any other person that their objectives or plans will be achieved. ZK International does not undertake any obligation to revise the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Investor Contact:

Sherry Zheng

Weitian Group LLC
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 718-213-7386

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VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Trillium Gold Mines Inc. (TSXV: TGM) (US: TGLDF) (FRA: 0702) (“Trillium Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has entered into a binding agreement with Heliostar Metals Limited (TSX.V:HSTR, US:RGCTF, FRA:RGG) (“Heliostar”) to purchase HelioStar’s  16.5% interest in the Newman Todd property located in the Red Lake district of Ontario.

Newman Todd sale

Trillium Gold and Heliostar have worked together recently to confirm their respective ownership percentages in the Newman Todd property joint venture. Heliostar received an offer for its 16.5% ownership stake from a third party in September and Trillium Gold, which held a right of first refusal pursuant to the terms of the parties’ joint venture agreement, has decided to exercise that right of first refusal. The parties have agreed that Heliostar will sell its 16.5% interest to Trillium Gold on the following commercial terms;

• Trillium Gold shall pay Heliostar a C$700,000 cash payment,
• Trillium Gold will issue to Heliostar 650,000 Trillium Gold common shares from treasury (using the closing price for Trillium Gold shares on the TSX Venture Exchange for November 24, 2020, these shares have a market value of C$1,001,000), and
• If at any point after the transaction completes there is 1,000,000 or more ounces of gold in measured and indicated reserves and resources on the Newman Todd property, Trillium Gold shall make an additional C$1,000,000 cash payment to Heliostar.

The transaction is subject to approval by the TSX Venture Stock Exchange.

Russell Starr, CEO of Trillium Gold comments “Owning a 100% interest in the Newman Todd structure is a crucial acquisition and consistent with our view of maximizing shareholder value through a growth-oriented precious metals exploration company focused in the Americas. We will soon emerge as the one of largest land holders in the Red Lake Gold Camp having acquired some of the most highly perspective property packages in recent months.”

The Project hosts the Newman Todd Structure, a narrow structural body that is defined in part by a distinct unconformity. The rocks of the structure are hydrothermally altered and brecciated. Gold mineralization is often associated with the altered breccia zones and occurs as both free gold in quartz veins and in gold-bearing pyrite, pyrrhotite and sphalerite.

The project is located in the high grade gold capital of Canada – Red Lake, Ontario. Drill programs undertaken in the past, as well as recent results from the 2020 summer program, have shown some exciting high grade gold intersections on the Property, and mineralization remains open along strike and to depth.

The technical information presented in this news release has been reviewed and approved by William Paterson QP, PGeo, VP of Exploration of Trillium Gold Mines, as defined by NI 43-101.

Information contained in Trillium Gold’s press release of November 13, 2020 with respect to the third party that made the initial offer to Heliostar  was derived from publicly accessible filings in Australia. Trillium Gold recognizes these may not represent the current status or valuation of such third party.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

Trillium Gold Mines Inc.

“Russell
 
Starr”

Russell Starr
President, CEO and Director

About
 
Trillium
 
Gold
 
Mines
 
Inc
.

Trillium Gold Mines Inc. is a British Columbia based company engaged in the business of acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties located in the highly prospective Red Lake Mining District of Northern Ontario.

Disclosure
 
and
 
Caution

Completion of the transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including TSX Venture Exchange acceptance. The transaction cannot close until the required conditions are satisfied and required approvals are obtained. There can be no assurance that the transaction will be completed as proposed or at all. Trading in the securities of the Company should be considered highly speculative. The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed or approved the terms to the Transaction.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

This news release contains forward-looking information, which involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual events to differ materially from current expectation. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation, except to the extent required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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KINGSEY FALLS, QC, Nov. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Cascades Inc. (TSX: CAS), a leader in environmentally responsible recovery, packaging and sanitation solutions, announced that its Laval plant in Québec, specializing in the manufacture of napkins for the away-from-home market, will be closing on June 30, 2021.

The Laval plant has an annual converting capacity of 1.4 million cases. This volume will be moved to other Cascades plants and filled by additional capacity. The plant currently employs 54 workers.

“COVID-19 has severely impacted the number of visitors to restaurants, hotels and public buildings, markets served by the Laval plant. This situation, combined with high logistics costs, prompted us to move production to other sites in order to optimize our operations, reduce our costs and create synergies. It is important to note that this decision will in no way affect product quality or the level of service we provide to our customers, or Cascades’ ability to meet demand for our products,” said Jean-David Tardif, President and Chief Operating Officer of Cascades Tissue Group.

Until the plant is closed, Cascades will work closely with its employees to reduce the impact of this announcement. Among other things, it will offer to relocate as many employees as possible to its many other business units in Québec. Employees who are not able, or do not wish to relocate to other plants will be offered support in their search for other employment.

“The decision we are announcing today has not been easy. We would like to thank the Cascaders at the Laval plant for their loyalty over the years. I hope that as many as possible will stay with the Company. I would also like to thank them in advance for their professionalism and commitment to serving our customers until the site closes,” said Jean-David Tardif.

Founded in 1964, Cascades offers sustainable, innovative and value-added solutions for packaging, hygiene and recovery needs. The company employs 12,000 women and men, who work in over 90 production units in North America and Europe. With its management philosophy, half a century of experience in recycling, and continuous efforts in research and development as driving forces, Cascades continues to deliver the innovative products that customers have come to rely on, while contributing to the well-being of people, communities and the planet. Cascades’ shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CAS
.

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SHELTON, Conn., Nov. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Edgewell Personal Care Company (NYSE: EPC) today announced its participation in the following upcoming virtual investor conferences. The events will include webcast presentations by Rod Little, Edgewell’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and Dan Sullivan, Edgewell’s Chief Financial Officer.

All interested parties may access a live webcast of these events at www.edgewell.com, under “Investors,” and “News and Events” tabs or by using the following link: 

http://ir.edgewell.com/news-and-events/events.

For those unable to participate during the live webcast, a replay will be available at www.edgewell.com.

About Edgewell

Edgewell is a leading pure-play consumer products company with an attractive, diversified portfolio of established brand names such as Schick® and Wilkinson Sword® men’s and women’s shaving systems and disposable razors; Edge® and Skintimate® shave preparations; Playtex®, Stayfree®, Carefree® and o.b.® feminine care products; Banana Boat®, Hawaiian Tropic®, Bulldog®, Jack Black® and Cremo® sun and skin care products; and Wet Ones® moist wipes.  The Company has a broad global footprint and operates in more than 50 markets, including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Germany, Japan, the U.K. and Australia, with approximately 5,800 employees worldwide.

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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Driven Deliveries, Inc. (the “Company” or “Driven”) (OTCQB: DRVD), one of California’s fastest-growing online cannabis retailers and direct-to-consumer logistics companies, today announced its financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2020. 

Third Quarter Financial Highlights

• Gross Revenue for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020 totaled record sales of  $7.2 million.
• Net Revenue for the same period was  $6.0 million, +393% Y/Y.
• Gross Revenue Fiscal YTD totaled record sales of $16.6 million, +1,193% Y/Y.
• Net Revenue Fiscal YTD was $13.8 million, +998% YTD Y/Y.
• The Company announced its pending acquisition by Stem Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: STMH  CSE: STEM)  is expected to close in CY20/Q4.

“This quarter reflects the continued execution of Driven’s strategic vision,” commented Brian Hayek, Co-Founder, and CFO of Driven. “In addition to serving 23,100 unique customers, completing over 87,100 deliveries, and generating $7.2 million in gross revenue, we also announced the acquisition of Driven Deliveries by Stem Holdings, Inc. Post combination, Stem will be known as Driven By Stem and continue to trade under its current symbols OTCQX:STMH CSE:STEM,” he continued.  “In CY21, the combined company is projected to generate revenue of $75 million and gross profit of $27 million by integrating Driven’s delivery capability and proprietary technology in every state in which Stem currently operates and reducing costs in operations and SG&A.  As a result of the acquisition, the combined company is in a strengthened competitive position to build shareholder value,” concluded Mr. Hayek.

About Driven:
Driven Deliveries, Inc. is one of the first publicly-traded cannabis delivery services operating within the United States. Founded by experienced technology and cannabis executives, the company provides e-commerce solutions, online sales, and on-demand cannabis delivery, in select markets where allowed by law. Driven offers legal cannabis consumers the ability to purchase and receive their cannabis in a fast and convenient manner. Driven’s acquisition by Stem Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: STMH CSE: STEM), announced on October 6th, is expected to close in CY20/Q4 and will expand Driven’s footprint to new markets.

For more information, please visit www.DRVD.com and review Driven’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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