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How Nookie designer Nikita Sernack got her start in fashion

Inside Retail

IR: Did you have much experience/support around you when you launched Nookie in 2005? Online and the use of social media has really enabled the Nookie brand to reach far and wide with a very committed and engaged following of #nookiegirls around the globe. Family support was crucial to getting started.

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What to do when waste-conscious consumers expect action

Inside Retail

In stark contrast, Finland is targeting 100 per cent by 2025 2. Since 2005, we’ve offered free removal and recycling of old products, which is a key reason why people shop with us,” Winning says.” Encouragingly, consumers are ready to increase participation in the circular economy.

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The Rise of Coworking Spaces

Greater Group

The first official coworking space was launched in San Francisco in 2005, after which this workplace format quickly expanded across the globe. Asia, for example, has the highest average coworking capacity at around 114 people per location, in contrast with South America’s low average of 54 people per location.

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Proudly made in China: How Chinese consumers are reclaiming domestic brands

Inside Retail

Originally famed for its basic canvas plimsolls worn by martial artists and monks, French businessman Patrice Bastian discovered Feiyue and bought the overseas rights to sell the brand in 2005. In each circle the character initiates conversations to keep the group engaged with the brand. Subsequently, it took off in the West.

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Big Business Is Bankrolling an Effort to Kill the Democratic Climate Bill

Robinson Meyer

companies had signed their own Paris Agreement pledge , promising to cut their climate pollution more than 26 percent by 2025, as compared with 2005 levels. Jenkins contrasted the Business Roundtable with the Edison Electric Institute, the trade group that represents investor-owned utilities. Within days, hundreds of U.S.