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The Body Shop Australia facing ‘cashflow crisis’

Inside Retail

The newspaper said it understands “the future of the chain is hanging in the balance as it struggles to cover large debts”. Some 20 stores in New Zealand are also affected, managed by the Australian business. The cash pooling ceased when the business entered into administration.

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Transforming Workspaces: Exploring the Power of Commercial Office Interior Design

Greater Group

A capable commercial office interior designer will be able to balance the company’s branding with the functional requirements of the workspace in a way that aligns with the entire brand experience. 2006, but the Australian government recommended level for general work areas is 160 lux.

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How Can Anthropology And Architecture Converge To Shape The Office Of Tomorrow?

All Work

For example, as ethnographers of finance sectors observe, the spatial arrangement of where traders sit on the trading floor has an impact on how they see and hear other traders, access technologies, and receive and interpret information (Downey and Fisher, 2006). material objects (lights, furniture, boards, etc.)

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What’s the business value of design? – Interview with digital product designer Mario Maruffi

Design Wanted

Having worked in the fields of digital product design, user research, and project management his client list includes the likes of Adobe, Heavy, American Express, Trainline, Tumblr, Virgin and many others. Since 2009, I have worked in the fields of digital product design , user research, and project management.

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“Understand the WHY before you figure out the HOW” – Interview with William Stuart from fuseproject

Design Wanted

William has been practicing as an industrial designer since 2006, first in London, before moving to San Francisco to join fuseproject in 2014. Working with strategy and UX design, brand, program management, and the client, there is more of a management component. It’s just a balance. and Paypal.

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The Rise of Greenflation

Robinson Meyer

If a series of climate-change-aggravated disasters—including a multiyear outbreak of bark-eating beetles, back-to-back record-breaking fire seasons, and a massive November flood that washed out rail lines—had not struck British Columbia, “sawmills would be able to treat this market just like they did in 2006,” he said.

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A Legendary VC Has a Plan for Solving Climate Change

Robinson Meyer

Each saw the need for crucial minerals increase and changed the geopolitical balance of power. In 2006, he held a private screening of An Inconvenient Truth for his family and friends. It’s not perfect, but sometimes I think about the computer and internet revolution as an analogy for the energy transition.