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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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From Pop-Up Stores to Seamless Experiences

Retail Focus

From Pop-Up Stores to Seamless Experiences The economic recession of 2008 shifted attention towards alternative retailing formats like pop-up stores. The concept of the “experience economy” highlights how brands use their spaces, props, and goods to engage customers in memorable events. Ghalia BOUSTANI.

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David Taylor upcycles scrap materials into “rough-luxe” furniture

Design Wanted

Silversmithing, designing, making sculptural objects, furniture or public space installations all boils down to the same thing,” he explains. Discord the craft of French designer Paul Coenen using the flexibility of sheet metal to form rigid structures in his ‘Tension’ series. “I

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Why Europe Can’t Kick Russian Gas

Robinson Meyer

So the security perspective is, I’m not consuming more gas, but I’m importing more because my production is declining. I like to say, if the Russians have cut off the gas, then we’re probably in some form of World War III, and then that’s the least of your problems. That also is kind of stupid, right? Is the oil market any different?

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