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IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The New Year is already bringing about new milestones for Club Pilates, particularly entry into Europe. The nation’s largest premium boutique Pilates franchise announced today it has signed a Master Franchise Agreement in Spain, which will bring a total of 50 studios to the country over the next decade. The massive deal is being driven by a group including Horacio Rosentgberg, a Club Pilates multi-unit franchisee in Florida, his Barcelona-based brother Fernando and a business partner, Gabriel Mops. They will serve as the chief operators with additional investors entering the company soon.

Since making its first international debut in Canada in 2018, Club Pilates has quickly grown in popularity and shows no signs of slowing in its mission to bring the low-impact, mind-body benefits of Pilates to populations across the globe. Over the last couple of years, the brand has opened locations in Saudi Arabia, Japan and South Korea, with more studios in development in Germany, Singapore and the Dominican Republic. Club Pilates is backed by Xponential Fitness, a curator of leading boutique fitness brands including Pure Barre, CycleBar, StretchLab, Row House, YogaSix, AKT, and STRIDE.

«We are excited for Club Pilates to further its European expansion in Spain,» said John Kersh, Chief International Development Officer for Xponential Fitness. «With a seasoned Club Pilates owner like Horacio Rosentberg on board, along with Fernando and Gabriel, we are confident Spanish consumers will quickly adopt and enjoy the benefits of Pilates through our unique Club Pilates experience, and open the door for future growth of Xponential Fitness brands in the country.»

Despite the pandemic, Club Pilates opened 60 new studios in 2020 and now has over 615 locations in North America. Due to its impressive domestic and international growth, Club Pilates has been ranked #1 on Franchise Times‘ Fast & Serious in both 2019 and 2020, landed at #69 on Entrepreneur Magazine‘s 2020 Franchise 500, marking its fourth year in a row on the list, as well as appearing in Inc. Magazine‘s Inc. 5000 list three years running.

«The challenges 2020 brought about have shown how strong our core and resilience at Club Pilates truly is,» said Shaun Grove, President of Club Pilates. «This deal in Spain is only the beginning of great things to come for the brand in 2021 and another step forward in bringing the incredible benefits of Pilates to a global audience.»

Since acquiring the brand in 2015, Xponential Fitness CEO Anthony Geisler has helped Club Pilates carve a niche in the crowded boutique fitness industry by providing consumers a tailored, high-end workout at an affordable cost. Strategic international development is a key element to expanding the brand’s community-focused and premium group and private practice, with state-of-the-art equipment including reformers and empowering atmosphere at an affordable price.

About Club Pilates: 

Founded in 2007, Club Pilates is the largest Pilates brand by number of studios, designed with the vision of making Pilates more accessible, approachable and welcoming to everyone. Based in Irvine, CA, Club Pilates has appeared in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 list four years running, ranked #1 on Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious two years in a row, as well as landed on Inc. Magazine‘s Inc. 5000 three years running. Club Pilates offers extensive training certification for its instructors as its 500-hour training program includes instruction on Pilates, barre, Triggerpoint, and TRX Suspension Trainers. To learn more about the Pilates franchise opportunity, visit https://www.clubpilates.com/franchise.

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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Consumers in the financial position to buy a new car during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic aren’t holding back on upsizing their purchases in favor of bigger vehicles with more amenities. According to the car shopping experts at Edmunds, the average down payment for a new vehicle climbed to $4,734 in the fourth quarter, compared to $4,458 in the third quarter and $4,329 a year ago. The average amount financed for new vehicle purchases increased as well, climbing to $35,373 in the fourth quarter compared to $34,692 in the third quarter and $33,525 a year ago. And, Edmunds data reveals that monthly payments increased, reaching $581 on average in the fourth quarter compared to $568 in Q3 and $570 a year ago.

Edmunds experts note that financed vehicle purchases in December helped drive these figures up compared to the third quarter. According to Edmunds data, December financed purchases represented the highest average monthly payment of the year at $587 and the highest average down payment of the year at $4,876.

«Consumers historically lean toward purchasing pricey luxury cars, trucks and SUVs during the holiday season, which is partially why we’re seeing this lift. But we’re also just seeing a broader trend of consumers gravitating toward bigger purchases during the pandemic,» said Jessica Caldwell, Edmunds’ executive director of insights. «It might seem at odds with unemployment levels and the harsh financial conditions that so many Americans are finding themselves in right now, but the consumers who are buying new cars during the pandemic are clearly on the other side of the economic divide. They’re likely qualifying for the lowest promotional rates and feeling secure enough to put down more money to get the bigger vehicles and features that they want.»

Edmunds analysts note that some of the trends in the new car market continue to trickle down to financed used vehicle purchases as well. Although Edmunds data shows that the average down payment for a used vehicle slightly decreased in Q4 compared to Q3, it still represented a more than 22% increase year-over-year compared to Q4 of 2019. The average amount financed and average monthly payment also saw quarterly and yearly increases.

«We’re seeing more consumers who typically would fit the bill as new-car shoppers turning their focus on the used car market thanks to a good supply of near-new, off-lease vehicles hitting the market,» said Caldwell.

More insight into recent auto industry trends can be found in the Edmunds Industry Center at https://www.edmunds.com/industry/insights.html.

About Edmunds
Edmunds guides car shoppers online from research to purchase. With in-depth reviews of every new vehicle, shopping tips from an in-house team of experts, plus a wealth of consumer and automotive market insights, Edmunds helps millions of shoppers each month select, price and buy a car with confidence. Regarded as one of America’s best workplaces by Fortune and Great Place to Work, Edmunds is based in Santa Monica, California, and has a satellite office in Detroit, Michigan. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The EB-5 industry — and investors worldwide — want more than the 10,000 visas the program is usually allotted each year. For that to happen, EB-5 industry reform must first be implemented.

There are 2 reasons why reform must come first:

1. It’s the right thing to do. EB-5 is a much-needed economic-stimulus program that, from FY2010 to 2015, has generated $4.25 billion in capital investment and over 276,000 jobs for the U.S. economy. It can play a vital role in rebuilding America. But some bad actors who have misappropriated investor capital have tarnished the program name. Reform measures will protect all stakeholders and investors.
2. Reform will quiet the political naysayers who object to EB-5.

IIUSA (Invest In The USA) is the national not-for-profit EB-5 trade association and it firmly believes that the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2020, a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Grassley and Leahy, is the answer. And it can be the stepping stone to increasing the annual quota of visas:

«With the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2020, the EB-5 program is in a stronger position to seek more visas in the next administration. Without reform, hope for visas in return for a promise of reform is not possible because legislators will oppose such a measure without reform which has been promised since 2015 but never realized.»

If EB-5 matters to you, and you think that the program can help the U.S. economy, support the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2020.

Read about the bill’s benefits, why IIUSA supports the bill, and a section-by-section breakdown of the bill here.

About Green Card By Investment
GreenCardByInvestment.com is a complete online resource for EB-5 stakeholders and investors. It features EB-5 news, articles, podcasts, and Q&A. It also offers directory of EB-5 professionals, including immigration lawyers. And it has access to EB-5 investments with full due diligence.

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WIXOM, Mich., Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Firebolt Group, an innovative software, and hardware marketing solutions company for leading global brands, earned the prestigious Platinum EcoVadis Medal. The platinum medal is the highest distinction awarded by EcoVadis, an independent platform that assesses companies’ social and environmental performance. This recognition places the Firebolt Group among the top 1 percent of companies assessed by EcoVadis.

«We are thrilled to earn this distinction and to be recognized alongside an elite group of companies. Innovation is in our DNA, and our continued focus on integrating sustainability into everything we do has had a tremendous impact. I am proud of our team’s efforts to help ensure a better tomorrow,» said Philip Ochtman, CEO.

Philip was recently a guest speaker at the Sustainability Forum 2020 where he was invited to share Firebolt’s story. Firebolt’s efforts on sustainability started many years ago with their introduction of energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly LED signs, an alternative that uses 85% less power than traditional neon or fluorescent tube lighting. Additionally, Firebolt works to ensure that products can be easily dismantled and recycled at the end of the product’s life. The company also redesigned its packaging materials reducing the use of plastic drastically and having the rest recyclable. Firebolt will continue to reduce its carbon footprint with the goal of being carbon neutral by the year 2030.

Along with the EcoVadis Platinum medal, Firebolt was recently recognized as one of the Top 50 POS companies by Creative Magazine. Firebolt continues to reinvent itself. When the pandemic hit, Firebolt pivoted to manufacture PPE and ventilator parts for the GE and Ford program, and recently retooled its successful live event platform to be an online virtual event platform.

About EcoVadis
EcoVadis is a leader in third-party evaluations of business sustainability performance, using four categories when making their assessment: Sustainable Procurement, Ethics, Labor & Human Rights, and Environment. 

About Firebolt
For nearly 20 years, Firebolt has been crafting innovative brand experience materials, platforms, and applications for consumer brands in the global retail and entertainment marketplace. We are a single-source provider of software, hardware, and marketing solutions, all designed to ignite a brand’s connection with its customers. Visit firebolt-group.com for more information.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Foundation for Climate Restoration (F4CR), a nonprofit dedicated to restoring the climate to pre-industrial levels of CO2, today announced the appointment of Tom Baruch to its Board of Directors. Baruch is the founder of Baruch Future Ventures (BFV), a family office that was established as his legacy, bringing to bear the knowledge and network from a successful career in venture capital, to solve the accelerating global challenges related to climate change and resource scarcity. BFV has provided seed funds to 44 startups in the past six years while also advising a select group of family offices and institutions that share in his mission. Baruch joins F4CR’s 11-member board of world-class experts in finance, fundraising, diplomacy, movement-building, and more.

«We are humbled and honored by Tom Baruch’s choice to join our board,» said Rick Parnell, CEO, Foundation for Climate Restoration. «The climate restoration movement is rapidly gaining momentum, and we need ambitious and undaunted leadership to help us achieve a pre-industrial climate by 2050.»

In addition to a successful business career leading multiple companies and venture capital firms including NEA, CMEA, Formation 8, 8VC and Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Baruch previously advised the U.S. Department of Commerce and the White House as a founding member of President Obama’s National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He is now active as a member of the Executive Committee of the U.S. Council of Competitiveness and a member of the Steering Committee of its Energy, Security, Innovation and Sustainability Initiative and the U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness Initiative. 

«It’s time for bold and imaginative solutions to combat the climate crisis,» said Tom Baruch, Baruch Future Ventures. «I support F4CR’s enterprising approach to climate restoration, which I believe to be an untapped market that will deliver enormous opportunities for our shared future.»

«On behalf of the Board, we are thrilled to collaborate with an investor legend like Tom Baruch,» said Sharon Fiekowsky, Co-Founder and Board Chair. «He was invited to the Board by unanimous vote, a testament to his integrity, insight, and invaluable experience. We are proud that our newest climate restoration advocate is an unparalleled leader in the industry and the godfather of venture capital.»

About the Foundation for Climate Restoration
The Foundation for Climate Restoration (F4CR) is a nonprofit whose mission is to catalyze action to restore the climate by 2050. It uses global dialogue and initiatives to unite the public, policy-makers, and technical and business experts behind the common goal of reversing global warming and restoring a healthy climate for future generations. The F4CR encourages and spotlights achievable solutions to permanently remove excess carbon dioxide from our atmosphere. For more information visit www.f4cr.org.

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NEWARK, N.J., Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT), a global provider of fintech, cloud communications and traditional communications services, today unveiled a refreshed logo for BOSS Revolution, its flagship consumer service. 

«The new BOSS Revolution logo has been updated to capture the evolution of our brand while reflecting our abiding commitment to provide immigrant communities with innovative services that keep them close to friends and family,» said Jessica Poverene, EVP Marketing for BOSS Revolution. 

«The previous logo was introduced in 2008 when BOSS Revolution was solely an affordable international long-distance service distributed through our Boss Revolution retailer network,» Poverene added. 

«Since then, we’ve continuously listened to our customers and have developed additional services and features to meet their needs,» she said.  «Today’s BOSS Revolution offers a robust array of services that make it more convenient than ever to ‘connect, support and share’ with family and friends back home through our popular BOSS Revolution Calling and BOSS Revolution Money apps, our website and kiosks, and our neighborhood BOSS Revolution retailers.»

The BOSS Revolution service now offers:

• Ultra-clear international calls to over 200 countries via low per minute rates and affordable unlimited plans.
• Mobile top-up for prepaid mobile phones of family and friends in 90+ countries with more than 150 carriers around the globe including Tigo, Claro, Cubacel, MTN, Orange, Airtel, Natcom, Flow, Digicel and Glo.
• Money transfer through the interconnected BOSS Revolution Money app, website and authorized BOSS Revolution Money retailers, allowing customers to send money to friends and family in any one of 59 popular destination countries.
• Free calls to other BOSS Revolution app users worldwide when both the caller and recipient use data or Wi-Fi connections.
• Free and fast messaging to any other BOSS Revolution app user. Chat one-on-one or in groups and share pictures, stickers, videos, voice messages and more.
• Free local news, radio, weather and trending movies, music and trending Twitter from around the world.
• Free balance sharing in the BOSS Revolution app. Balance sharing makes it easy to let friends and family get in on fun.

«Our new logo represents all of these great features backed by our dedication to outstanding customer service and continued innovation,» added Poverene.  «The one constant over the years has been our dedication to developing new BOSS Revolution services to help our customers stay close with their families and friends no matter where they are.»

BOSS Revolution customers can use cash at any one of BOSS Revolution’s 35,000+ retailers nationwide. Find the retailer nearest to you here.

The highly rated BOSS Revolution Calling and the BOSS Revolution Money apps are available free on Google Play and in the App Store. 

New BOSS Revolution Calling app customers in the U.S. and Canada get $2 FREE credit.  BOSS Revolution Money customers’ first money transfer up to $300 is free. Just activate the apps anytime in 2021.

About IDT Corporation:

IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT) is a global provider of fintech, cloud and traditional communications services.  We make it easy for families to communicate and support each other across international borders. We also enable businesses to transact and communicate with their customers with enhanced intelligence and insight.

Our BOSS Revolution branded money transfer and international calling services make sending money and speaking with friends and family around the world convenient and reliable.  National Retail Solutions‘ (NRS) point-of-sale retail network enables independent retailers to operate and process transactions more effectively while providing advertisers and consumer marketers with unprecedented reach into underserved consumer markets.  net2phone‘s unified communications as a service solution provides businesses with intelligently integrated cloud communications and collaboration tools across channels and devices. Our IDT Carrier Services and IDT Express wholesale offerings enable communications companies to provision and manage international voice and SMS services.

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OYSTER BAY, N.Y., Jan 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — With digital twins having made their appearance in cities over the last few years, mainly in the form of pilots showcasing limited capabilities, their more widespread deployment as multi-purpose urban decision and management tools is now imminent, not in the least driven by COVID-19 requirements in terms of achieving increased resilience levels and optimized asset and demand-response resource management. Digital twin deployments will exceed 500 by 2025, according to global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research.

«Real-time 3D models of a cities’ built environment allow scenario analysis through the simulation of the potential impact of natural disasters like flooding, adopt generative design principles for new city developments  optimizing energy savings and solar capacity, and saving costs by operating cities more efficiently and effectively,» explains Dominique Bonte, Vice President End Markets at ABI Research

Since the first urban digital twins’ deployments by vendors like Dassault Systèmes in cities such as Singapore only three years ago, feature sets are now rapidly expanding to enable a much wider range of application areas:

• Infrastructure Coverage Planning – Light poles, 5G, Wi-Fi, Video Surveillance
• Indoor Airflow Simulation – Optimized interior designs to minimize spread of Covid-19
• Resilience and Emergency Response – Real-time view on city assets and resources
• Open Platforms and Marketplaces – Driving third party GovTech ecosystem integration
• Transversal Governance and Citizen Participation – Support for Cross-vertical policies and citizen engagement
• Green Infrastructure Management – Monitoring and maintenance of green spaces
• Vehicle Electrification and Smart Mobility Deployments – Simulation of impact on air and noise pollution to inform policies
• Sustainability and Circularity – Digital twins enable renewable energy maximization and recycling optimization

«The digital twin ecosystem system activity is growing quickly with more suppliers announcing more deployments in more cities. Vendors like Dassault Systèmes and Engie subsidiary Siradel are paving the way for  extending urban digital twins to marketplaces and opening access to key metrics and dashboards to the citizens themselves, increasing their overall involvement and helping gain approval of city government decisions and policies,» Bonte says. 

Cityzenith recently donated its SmartWorldPro2 digital twin platform to selected cities to help them become carbon neutral as part of the global ‘Clean Cities – Clean Future’ campaign. Bentley Systems partnered with Microsoft to integrate Azure IoT Digital Twins and Azure Maps into its iTwins platform. The City of Helsinki won the Bentley Systems award for its Digital City Synergy project aimed at helping the city improve collaboration and get more value from its city models.

These findings are from ABI Research’s Smart Cities and Smart Spaces quarterly update report. This report is part of the company’s Smart Cities and Smart Spaces research service, which includes research, data, and analyst insights. 

About ABI Research
ABI Research provides strategic guidance to visionaries, delivering actionable intelligence on the transformative technologies that are dramatically reshaping industries, economies, and workforces across the world. ABI Research’s global team of analysts publish groundbreaking studies often years ahead of other technology advisory firms, empowering our clients to stay ahead of their markets and their competitors. 

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For more information about ABI Research’s services, contact us at +1.516.624.2500 in the Americas, +44.203.326.0140 in Europe, +65.6592.0290 in Asia-Pacific or visit www.abiresearch.com.

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