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Trillions in revenue and a million jobs: Unpacking JD.com’s 20-year roadmap

Inside Retail

The business got its first big break in 2003, during the SARS outbreak, when Liu saw an opportunity to capitalise on the burgeoning e-commerce sector and began selling products online to customers who were eager to avoid public spaces. A year later, Liu closed his bricks-and-mortar store and moved the business fully online.

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Snarkitecture uses recycled materials for Pharrell Williams' streetwear brand store in Miami

Dezeen

Located in a former warehouse on a corner in Miami 's Wynwood neighbourhood, the store is a flagship for Billionaire Boys Club (BBC) , which was founded in 2003 and includes sub-brands Icecream, Bee Line and Billionaire Girls Club. The space used to be a warehouse. Snarkitecture designed a flagship for Billionaire Boys Club in Miami.

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The 5 Best Apple Products You Can Buy in 2023

Retail Focus

Details about the device, including its price and form factor, still need to be discovered. In March 2022, a user from Ming-Chi Kuo posted a message on Twitter claiming that the upcoming Mac mini would retain the same form and design. The current iPad Pros come with 8GB, while those with 1 or 2TB of space get 16 GB.

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Top 10 Gaming Conventions in Asia 

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This conference provides a space for players in the gaming industry to learn and share their unrivaled gaming knowledge. Busan Indie Connect Festival is a perfect space for up-and-coming game designers to test their products. The event started in 2003 and has grown into the biggest gaming convention in Taiwan.

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Prince Philip: “An incredible ambassador of design”

Design Week

In those 52 years, the organisation says that he helped with its goal of “achieving recognition for the profession of design” CSD initially formed in 1930 as the Society of Industrial Artists in London’s Fleet Street. The Duke himself was awarded the medal in 2003 for his contribution to design over the past half century.

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Unboxing the Design Museum’s blockbuster sneakers exhibition

Design Week

The studio has created three distinct spaces across the exhibition’s two sections, style and performance. “We wanted to create three different spaces that highlighted the cultural significance of sneakers within the global market,” Filipe says.

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