Revenues at the packaging business climbed by _1.5billion at constant currency levels in the year ending 30 April, with over 80 per cent of the rise attributed to higher selling prices for boxes, paper and recycling.

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By 7pm, three delivery service partners said an Amazon app used to communicate with delivery drivers is down, leaving vans that were supposed to deliver packages sitting idle with no communication from the company, according to Bloomberg.

DS Smith's largest customers include Amazon, one of the most notable beneficiaries of the pandemic-induced boom in online retail, as well as supermarket chain Tesco, which renewed its partnership with the group last October.

Speaking under a starry night sky filled with shooting stars, Nihua said the biggest challenge she faces as a leader is keeping her community united and resolute in the face of cash offered by miners and drillers, and by other outside promises of a better life.

The company's pre-tax profits also plunged by 37 per cent due to soaring costs of making workplaces Covid-secure and supply chain constraints driving cost increases in recycling paper and old corrugated cases.



We've resisted against the government and extractive companies," said Silvana Nihua, president of the Waorani Organization of Pastaza (OWAP), as the noisy mating calls of cicadas pulsated from the forest surrounding a riverside village. "We've said no to oil.

At times, law-enforcement agencies seek data on customers from technology companies. Amazon discloses that it complies with search warrants and other lawful court orders seeking data the company keeps on an account, while objecting to "overbroad or otherwise inappropriate requests."

The number of online shoppers for beauty products is also projected to rise to 135 million from 25 million during that period, it added. One equity research analyst, however, said the success of Mamaearth's IPO could hinge on how it plans to rapidly expand into offline sales.
Most Indians still go to retail outlets to shop, with e-commerce accounting for just 5-6% of spending.

"We know this territory is ours but we need a piece of paper to prove it," said Guaramag, as indigenous youth played volleyball in the village of 300, with its two-story aluminum-roofed stilt homes, fish pools and plain evangelical church.

The MGM acquisition would give the world's largest online retailer rights to James Bond, one of the most lucrative franchises in film history that's earned nearly $7billion at the box office globally, according to company.

The company knew every search he had made on its platform, including one for books on "progressive community organizing" and other sensitive health-related inquiries he thought were private.

Be fully prepared, Alexa advised the kids, to refute common parent arguments such as "too violent," "too expensive" and "you_re not doing well enough in school." The information came from a third-party program used by Alexa called "wikiHow" that provides how-to advice from more than 180,000 articles, according to Amazon_s website.

A lack of clear laws and guidelines about how indigenous communities should participate in decisions made about what happens on their lands is often a key source of conflict between them, the government and extractive companies.

And they can disconnect their contacts or calendars from their smart-speaker devices if they don_t want to use Alexa_s calling or scheduling functions. Alexa users, for instance, can stop Amazon from saving their recordings or have them automatically deleted periodically.

And with the talent at Amazon and the talent at MGM Studio, we can reimagine and develop that IP for the 21st century. It will be a lot of fun work and people who love stories will be the big beneficiaries.' 

CEO Alagh told the Business Standard newspaper in January that 70% of Mamaearth's sales come from online platforms, but it was targetting a bigger offline presence and aiming to reach 40,000 retail outlets in 100 cities this year.

MUMBAI, June 21 (Reuters) - Sequoia Capital-backed Indian skincare startup Mamaearth is in talks to raise at least $300 million in a planned IPO next year and is seeking a valuation of around $3 billion, three people with direct knowledge of the company's plans told Reuters.

"We live on these lands and we want to continue to live in harmony with nature as our grandparents did," said Nihua, wearing a crown of white, yellow and Book Review scarlet parrot feathers and with bars of red - a colour symbolizing strength and joy - painted above her cheeks.

With the brand endorsed by popular Bollywood celebrities, the duo has cashed in on growing e-commerce adoption in India by offering its products on platforms such as Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart. Mamaearth was co-founded by Varun Alagh, a former Hindustan Unilever executive, and his wife Ghazal.