“The idea of store-on-wheels is that customers should not feel suffocated that they can’t go out and shop, and feel the same pleasure right at their doorsteps,” said Vishnu Prasad, managing director of Future Lifestyle Fashions that owns Central and Brand Factory.

Recruitment experts at Manpower, KellyOCG, PeopleStrong, and Xpheno predict that even as many sectors see widespread layoffs, there will be a silver lining in sectors like edtech, ecommerce/internet, transport and logistics, as well as pharma that continue to hire.

Wavesfactory has announced the release of an accordion collection of Native Instruments Kontakt. Le Parisien is based on three accordions, with a faithful recreation of the sound and behavior of the real instruments. The library features Rouge, Blanc and Noir accordions, each one of them sampled with all registers, giving different sound characteristics, and mechanical […]

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IK Multimedia has announced the launch of its Spring Strings Krazy Deal, offering a 73% discount on two of its virtual instrument for a limited time. Get the “bread and butter” virtual instrument sounds you need for your next song or project with SampleTank 4 SE or compose with a living, breathing orchestra with Miroslav […]

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Ugritone has launched a weekend sale on two of its virtual instruments. Assault Drums is a virtual drum instrument with the sound of 80s/90s Heavy Metal/Rock. Multiple routing options and advanced humanizing scripts give each and every drum a natural feel so you can dial tones from Assault Drums as if you were processing real […]

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Freaky Loops has released a new sample pack titled Hip Hop Paradise, a collection of loops and samples for new and old-skool Hip Hop productions. Contains a variety of fresh and inspirational sounds; from wonky drums to hiphop melodies, smokey basses to shimmering instruments sounds, punchy snares to inspirational combi files, percussions, vox, fx and […]

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Tracktion has announced availability of Waveform Pro, the eleventh version of the affordable, award winning, fully featured digital audio workstation. Designed for the needs of modern music producers, this deeply capable DAW is a suite of tools that is powerful, intuitive and very user friendly. The latest evolution includes new features developed to harness the […]

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Spitfire Audio has announced a new LABS series instrument titled Tundra Atmos, featuring atmospheric textures. While on various shoots in the Northern hemisphere for Albion Tundra, we captured the natural sounds of near-silent environments — lava flows in the volcanic hinterlands of Iceland, a lapping Scottish loch, and a dense Estonian forest — treated and […]

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Sonic Sirius has announced availability of the Abc Soundset, a collection of 128 presets for the Messiah by Memory Moon, a software synthesizer inspired by the Prophet-5 polyphonic analog synth by Sequential Circuits. The soundset is suitable for Synth-Pop, New Wave, Electro, and other modern synth music. It includes arpeggios, bass, keys, leads, pads, and […]

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Reveal Sound has released its new soundset Spire Trance Essentials Vol. 3, a collection of 100 presets for the Spire synthesizer and 5 construction kits. Most of the presets are transformable by Macro MODs and ModWheel. You can use all presets, WAV samples and loops in your commercial releases without having to pay any hidden […]

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Sonarworks has announced SoundID Listen, a desktop application that brings personalized sound to anyone listening to their headphones on Mac or Windows, using their perfect personal sound profile called SoundID. SoundID represents a paradigm shift in audio quality, moving away from the traditional one-size-fits-all approach, to personalizing sound for everyone as an individual. SoundID unlocks […]

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Moog Music has announced a firmware update for the Mother-32 semi-modular analog synthesizer. Combining a flexible analog monophonic voice, robust step-sequencer, and 32-point 3.5mm patchbay for interconnectivity and expandability, Mother-32 is a dynamic standalone instrument that gives synthesists a way to incorporate classic Moog sound into the Eurorack modular world. The firmware version 2.0 update […]

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Plugin Boutique has launched a sale on the FireCobra audio plugin by United Plugins, an analog saturation and tube effect. FireCobra combines the accuracy of the digital world with the live randomness of the analogue. Behind its simple user interface, there’s more technology than meets the eye. FireCobra intelligently analyses the audio signal and makes […]

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Audio Plugin Deals has launched a two week sale on Vocalisa Slavic Women’s Choir, offering a 69% discount on the Kontakt library by Impact Soundworks. Discover the powerful sound of Slavic (Bulgarian-style) singing as performed by an all-female chorus: sopranos, mezzos, altos, soloist, and full choir. Vocalisa features many important syllables and consonants idiomatic to […]

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IK Multimedia has released custom ASIO drivers that are designed to offer multiple performance enhancements for its digital iRig products when used with Windows computers. With more musicians than ever relying on iRig products, these new audio drivers reflect IK’s commitment to offering the best possible performance for Windows computers, offering key improvements in connectivity, […]

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Plugin Boutique has launched a sale on the Spiral sample pack featuring 400 designed sound effects inspired by geometry, mathematics and motion. On sale at over 80% off the regular price, the Spiral pack includes 1 GB of content which has been meticulously crafted to compliment modern music, game and multimedia productions in need of […]

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Sounds 2 Inspire has announced the release of the Revival Series soundset featuring a collection of 120 presets for Novation’s V-Station software synthesizer. Sounds2Inspire revisits the classic software synthesizer Novation VStation and adds a sound bank of freshly squeezed main leads, acid leads, plucks, poly leads, basslines and pads. Re-exploring Novation VStation’s synthesis, effects and […]

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Spitfire Audio has announced availability of Cinematic Percussion, a new Originals series instrument for the Spitfire Audio App. Epic swells and hits, performed by London’s best percussion players and recorded at AIR Studios — home of blockbuster film scores. Cinematic Percussion features London’s best percussion players. Recorded at London’s AIR Studios, home of blockbuster film […]

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Triple Spiral Audio has announced the release of Paradox Lost Redux, a unique Kontakt instrument library by Beautiful Void Audio based on strange, beautiful, and bizarre soundscapes, drones and “simple” tones. At times the sounds capture a fitting, paradoxical cross between evolving and static, beautiful and dirty, dark and light. Some sounds will seem familiar […]

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Plugin Boutique has published another Top 5 Friday video in which Tim Cant takes a look at some of the best plugins for producing EDM. If you want to get that polished, highly professional EDM sound, you’re going to need to use the right tools, and at Plugin Boutique, you can find some of the […]

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NatLife Sounds has announced the new Trance & Progressive for Spire soundset, a collection of 40 presets by Eximinds. Trance & Progressive for Spire is another great package from a great Armada and A State Of Trance artist – Eximinds. In this soundpack you can find a high quality variable sounds for your music production. […]

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Reveal Sound has announced an update to the Spire synthesizer instrument for Windows and Mac. Version 1.1.17 brings some improvements and fixes. Changes in Spire v1.1.17 Added drag and drop modulation signals assignment: Quickly configure your routing without surfing the interface menu. Fixes for ARP hanging notes. Fixes for Cubase 10.5 (GUI). Stability improvements. Spire […]

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Plugin Boutique has announced an exclusive sale on the Loc-Ness drum and percussion processor designed to give your drum sound the classic crunch of analog. Drums…, the most crucial part of your mix that can make or break a track. For decades pro engineers have used various combinations of compressors, pre-amps ,eq’s and saturation to […]

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Plugin Boutique is offering an exclusive 40% discount on the Session Keys Grand Y virtual piano instrument by e-instruments. Session Keys Grand Y captures the clear, transparent and dynamic sound of a Yamaha CFIIIS Concert Grand Piano. Rich overtones, sparkling high end, and a powerful bass are the tonal fingerprints of this outstanding Kontakt instrument. […]

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Soundiron has released its newest Vintage Keys Series sample library Principessa, a vintage 86-key synthesizer for Native Instruments Kontakt. This library captures the vintage and classic sound of the very rare “Princess” organ. This 2-tiered electric organ has a rich analog synthesizer tone with a creamy low and mid-range and soft rolled-off highs. We’ve captured […]

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Spitfire Audio has announced the launch of the Westworld Scoring Competition, an opportunity to win the Spitfire Audio Everything Drive consisting of over 70 products worth over $20,000 when bought separately, a prop from the set of Westworld and a signed Westworld vinyl. We’ve teamed up with HBO’s Westworld to bring you an exclusive competition, […]

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Plugin Boutique has launched a sale on the VirtualCZ software synthesizer, offering a 40% discount on the plugin that recreates the unique synthesis engine of the Casio CZ synths. The CZ series are digital synths that use a technique known as Phase Distortion – a close relative of Frequency Modulation (FM) made popular by Yamaha’s […]

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Spitfire Audio has announced the release of BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover, a universal starting point to explore and create with 35 instruments impeccably performed by the world-famous BBC Symphony Orchestra, brought to life inside a beautifully designed, easy-to-use plugin. A whole orchestra of the highest quality at your fingertips. Designed to make orchestral scoring accessible […]

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Ugritone has announced the release of KVLT Drums II: Speed Metal, a new expansion pack for the KVLT Drums II virtual drum instrument. For this new expansion, the KVLT Drums II virtual instrument has been updated with improved loading times, less CPU consumption, and tuning options. KVLT Drums II is a Drum Sample Library catered […]

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Plugin Boutique has announced a sale on the Zenith by Audiaire, offering 30% off regular on the advanced MIDI processor plugin. Zenith allows any continuous controllers in a device to be modified by an independent sequencer lane, with each lane running at a unique rate and number of steps. As a feature-rich MIDI processor with […]

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Rast Sound has announced the release of its new sample library Distant Choir, a free Kontakt instrument library featuring a collection of solo vocal recordings from over 20 countries. The 210 MB library includes 5 playable choirs. Distant Choir is our solo vocal recordings, coming together as a choir through sound. We are releasing the […]

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In India, under traditional business interruption insurance policies, physical damage to property is the only criteria to trigger business interruption loss, while pandemics and epidemics are specifically excluded. Insurance companies, therefore, are refusing to accept any claims arising out of shutdown.

It is the first time since the nation’s favourite chocolate bar hit the shelves in India over 70 years ago, that Cadbury Dairy Milk has replaced its logo with the words ‘Thank You’.

The workforce problems at two ITC food plants - one in Pune in the western state of Maharashtra and another in the southern state of Karnataka - show how labour issues weigh on Indian firms after a nationwide coronavirus lockdown forced thousands of workers to go back to their villages.

Billed as a roundtable of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Wednesday's hearing included some of the nation’s most prominent dissenters on mainstream measures like business closures, stay-at-home orders and calls for widespread testing.

This report comes as a pair of cases among White House staffers close to Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have put the West Wing’s coronavirus security procedures in the spotlight.

Two web designers say they were fired by Amazon for organizing a virtual town hall to hear from the company’s low-paid warehouse staff.

The association has stated that allowing liquidation of the unsold stock will minimize the losses and introduce working capital by encashment of the existing liquor stock.

Expressing the sentiments of the industry, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) said the 'logout' movement cemented the belief that the industry needed to take back control.

FirstCry, run by Brainbees Solutions, posted net sales of `174 crore during FY15-16. The company had net sales of `118 crore with net losses were ` 63 crore a year ago.

The company has also built up an auto referencing system for its stores to stock inventory based on target group and purchasing power of customers in a given location.

Brainbees Solutions, the owner of online baby products retailer, looks for a valuation of $400-500 million in a new round of fundraising

The total revenue was Rs 239 crore for the period, a jump from Rs 173 crore the year before.

Mothercare is the latest brand after Mango, Forever 21and Sephora among other global labels to change hands from DLF Brands.

Mothercare is the latest brand after Mango, Forever 21 and Sephora, among other global labels, to change hands from DLF Brands.

The deal, if successful, will value FirstCry — which retails baby care products both online and offline — at about $800-900 million.

The eco-friendly startup commenced operations in early 2016 out of Utagi’s spare bedroom with a personal investment of Rs 24 lakh.

Watch the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic, including regular White House briefings.

David Mathis died in hospice care on May 5, according to the Phoenix Fire Department. He was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2007.

Two brush fires in Apache Junction are believed to be human-caused.