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Williams-Sonoma, Inc. announces second quarter 2023 results

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
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Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) today announced operating results for the second quarter ended July 30, 2023 versus the second quarter ended July 31, 2022.

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  • Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) today announced operating results for the second quarter ended July 30, 2023 versus the second quarter ended July 31, 2022.
  • We significantly exceeded profitability estimates with an operating margin of 14.6% with earnings per share of $3.12, well-above our pre-pandemic results.
  • We are revising our fiscal 2023 guidance to reflect lower net revenue trends and higher operating margin expectations.
  • Our management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in order to have comparable financial results to analyze changes in our underlying business from quarter to quarter.

Aperture Education Launches Two New Solutions to Cultivate Students' Social and Emotional Competence

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023
SEL, Learning, Student, Adolescence, COVID-19, Human, Multimedia, Combat Stress Intervention Program, Human voice, Research and development, K-12, School, CASEL, Growth, Research, Education, Social media, Nursing, Tourism, Tutoring, Management, Online shopping, Aperture

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Aperture Education, the leading provider of research-based social and emotional learning assessments for K-12 schools, today added two new solutions to its product suite. Aperture's student-facing portal offers a new DESSA Middle School Student Self-Report to capture student voice regarding their social and emotional skills and deliver gamified activities to build students' competence, guiding them through self-paced key growth areas designed specifically for grades 6-8. Also debuting is the SEL Strategies and Interventions Package, which supports busy teachers with recommendations for universal and targeted instructional practices that are directly aligned with students' DESSA assessment results.

Key Points: 
  • "With our research-based foundation and accurate and actionable data, Aperture empowers both students and teachers with the appropriate steps for nurturing social and emotional competencies.
  • Through the DESSA's strength-based results, students focus on developing their social and emotional skills through gamified self-directed goal setting.
  • The SEL Strategies and Interventions Package includes four components:
    SEL Strategies – 90 research-based universal and small group activities to promote students' social and emotional competence.
  • Targeted Intervention Programs – Five multi-week, targeted intervention programs aligned to social and emotional competence.

Naked Wines, Proud Partner of the Colorado Rockies, Celebrates Naked Day on August 1, 2023

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Thursday, July 27, 2023
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DENVER, Colo., July 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Naked Wines , the second largest 100% direct-to-consumer wine business in America, announced today that it will be the proud partner of the Colorado Rockies baseball club and will host “Naked Day” on Tuesday, August 1, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • DENVER, Colo., July 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Naked Wines , the second largest 100% direct-to-consumer wine business in America, announced today that it will be the proud partner of the Colorado Rockies baseball club and will host “Naked Day” on Tuesday, August 1, 2023.
  • In celebration of Naked Day, Jesse Katz, independent winemaker, founder of Aperture Cellars and partner with Naked Wines, will throw the ceremonial first pitch at the Major League Baseball’s Colorado Rockies game.
  • “Naked Wines is excited to be a partner to the Colorado Rockies and are equally thrilled to watch Jesse throw the first pitch,” said Nick Devlin, CEO of Naked Wines.
  • To access the voucher to get $100 off a case of Naked Wines wines, visit us.nakedwines.com/rockies .

WSP USA's ClimateVue Platform Earns SEAL Sustainable Product Award

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
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SAN DIEGO, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - A digital toolkit purpose-built to equip decision makers with key climate insights was recognized with a Sustainable Product Award from the Sustainability, Environmental Achievement and Leadership (SEAL) 2023 Business Sustainability Awards .

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  • SAN DIEGO, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - A digital toolkit purpose-built to equip decision makers with key climate insights was recognized with a Sustainable Product Award from the Sustainability, Environmental Achievement and Leadership (SEAL) 2023 Business Sustainability Awards .
  • "WSP was honored to receive the SEAL Sustainable Product Award for our ClimateVue platform," said Shawn Allan, vice president of digital and technology at WSP.
  • "The tools within the ClimateVue suite help our clients understand their exposure to extreme weather and climate risk, take actions to become resilient, and transition to clean energies.
  • "WSP acknowledges the passion and innovation of our staff, who were drivers in bringing these great ideas to life through the application of technology," Allan said.

Cadent and Experian Expand CTV Collaboration to Include Automotive Data

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
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NEW YORK, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadent, the largest independent platform for advanced TV advertising, and Experian, the world's leading global information services company, have expanded their data collaboration to include Experian's automotive insights, creating a solution to identify, activate, and measure automotive audiences within CTV and addressable cross-screen media.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadent, the largest independent platform for advanced TV advertising, and Experian, the world's leading global information services company, have expanded their data collaboration to include Experian's automotive insights, creating a solution to identify, activate, and measure automotive audiences within CTV and addressable cross-screen media.
  • This collaboration combines the power of Cadent Aperture Viewer Graph's proprietary IP-to-Household mapping technology with Experian's world-class automotive data to improve business outcomes across screens for automotive marketers driven through the Aperture platform.
  • "Cadent and Experian are thrilled to advance the spirit of innovation in automotive advertising for marketers," said Tony Yi, EVP, Business Development and GM, Platform Sales at Cadent.
  • With Cadent, Experian auto data enables advertisers to reach highly actionable automotive audiences across screens," said Chris Feo, SVP of Sales and Partnerships for Marketing Services at Experian.

Aperture Venture Capital and VC Unleashed Announce Strategic Partnership

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023
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NEW YORK, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aperture Venture Capital, a seed stage venture firm that invests in diverse and female founders building the future of financial innovation, announced its strategic partnership with VC Unleashed, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting racial diversity in the global VC and startup ecosystem.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aperture Venture Capital , a seed stage venture firm that invests in diverse and female founders building the future of financial innovation, announced its strategic partnership with VC Unleashed , a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting racial diversity in the global VC and startup ecosystem.
  • To kick off the partnership, Aperture will sponsor the VC Unleashed annual event, Shift VC , to be held in New York City from June 22-24 2023.
  • "We are excited to partner with VC Unleashed on the 2023 Shift VC annual event," said Garnet Heraman, co-founder of Aperture VC.
  • Tanvi Lal, co-founder of VC Unleashed and an investor at Intuit Ventures, commented, "I am thrilled to have the support of the mission-aligned team at Aperture VC as we work to reimagine a more inclusive VC and startup landscape around the world."

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. announces first quarter 2023 results

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023
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Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) today announced operating results for the first quarter ended April 30, 2023 versus the first quarter ended May 1, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) today announced operating results for the first quarter ended April 30, 2023 versus the first quarter ended May 1, 2022.
  • “Despite a challenging macro backdrop, we delivered another solid quarter of earnings.
  • Williams-Sonoma, Inc. will host a live conference call today, May 23, 2023, at 7:00 A.M. (PT).
  • Our management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in order to have comparable financial results to analyze changes in our underlying business from quarter to quarter.

Cadent Unveils Measurement Marketplace for Advertisers within Cadent Aperture Platform

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023
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NEW YORK, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadent, the largest independent platform for advanced TV advertising, announced today the launch of Aperture Platform's Measurement Marketplace, a turnkey measurement data and partner management solution for advertisers. Measurement Marketplace enables advertisers to browse Cadent's catalog of best-in-breed partners with a comprehensive list of available measurement report types, easily manage campaign exposure data and securely distribute it to partners, and leverage any of Cadent's pre-integrated measurement partners, or bring existing partnerships into Aperture.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadent , the largest independent platform for advanced TV advertising, announced today the launch of Aperture Platform's Measurement Marketplace, a turnkey measurement data and partner management solution for advertisers.
  • Measurement Marketplace enables advertisers to browse Cadent's catalog of best-in-breed partners with a comprehensive list of available measurement report types, easily manage campaign exposure data and securely distribute it to partners, and leverage any of Cadent's pre-integrated measurement partners, or bring existing partnerships into Aperture.
  • Cadent is pleased to launch Aperture Measurement Marketplace with the support of world-class measurement providers:
    S&P Global Mobility is a leading provider of automotive intelligence to businesses throughout the automotive industry.
  • To learn more about Measurement Marketplace and the full Aperture Platform offering, visit our website: https://cadent.tv/platform/

Bausch + Lomb Announces the Presentation of New Scientific Data on Products and Pipeline Programs at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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The posters and presentations include two studies assessing the new StableVisc™ cohesive ophthalmic viscosurgical device, which Bausch + Lomb commercially launched this month.

Key Points: 
  • The posters and presentations include two studies assessing the new StableVisc™ cohesive ophthalmic viscosurgical device, which Bausch + Lomb commercially launched this month.
  • Others include a retrospective chart review on the use of LOTEMAX® SM (loteprednol etabonate ophthalmic gel) 0.38% in refractive surgery and numerous presentations focused on Bausch + Lomb surgical IOL pipeline programs.
  • New data from the Bausch + Lomb Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring in Ocular micRoorganisms (ARMOR) surveillance study will also be presented.
  • “Clinical Evaluation of the Outcomes of Two Preloaded Monofocal IOLs Implanted Bilaterally in Cataract Patients.” Shultz et al.

Windsor Public Schools Transform Culture, Build Coherence Through High-Quality SEL Program

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Monday, April 24, 2023
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Aperture Education, the leading provider of research-based social and emotional learning (SEL) assessments for K-12 schools, and the Urban Assembly, an education nonprofit that advances the social and economic mobility of communities by improving public education, announced strong evidence of both positive student-to-student and student-to-teacher relationship building with Windsor (Connecticut) Public School's thriving SEL program.

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  • With keen attention to the SEL needs of its students, Windsor has shown an impressive uptick in the proportion of students exhibiting typical to strong SEL abilities.
  • Notably, 28% of students exhibit strength in SEL competencies, up from the initial 16%, a testimony to the effectiveness of the SEL interventions.
  • Among the first districts to participate in this statewide initiative was Windsor Public Schools, which serves more than 3,300 students in six schools.
  • An important part of Windsor Public School's success is their partnership with the Urban Assembly, which supports the district with SEL implementation, integration, evaluation and capacity building.