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W (0.000,0.000) e look forward to working with (0.000,0.000) y (0.000,0.000) ou! (0.000,0.000) Sales: (0.000,0.000) Return customer r (0.000,0.000) ate is now 80%, (0.000,0.000) pro (0.000,0.000) ving value and willingness to pa (0.000,0.000) y (0.000,0.000) . Film (0.000,0.000) Factory Montreal is our ￿rst customer in (0.000,0.000) Canada. Lumiere Numeriques ha (0.000,0.000) v (0.000,0.000) e started (0.000,0.000) using us in F (0.000,0.000) r (0.000,0.000) ance. W (0.000,0.000) e also ha (0.000,0.000) v (0.000,0.000) e new (0.000,0.000) customers in Norwa (0.000,0.000) y (0.000,0.000) , and high-pro￿le users (0.000,0.000) such as Gareth Un (0.000,0.000) win, producer of Oscar- (0.000,0.000) winning (0.000,0.000) The King's Speech (0.000,0.000) . Re (0.000,0.000) v (0.000,0.000) enue for the (0.000,0.000) ￿rst four months is 200 kNOK, compared to (0.000,0.000) 339 kNOK for all of 2016. 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