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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

VMS

He believed that merchandise presentation was an art form. The Merchants Record and Show Window wrote: “The soft, hazy tones and vague lines, with the faint, snow-capped Fujiyama in the distance, gave wonderful perspective to the whole setting.” department stores were soon feeling the effects of this new form of “shop” shopping.

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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?

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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. fuseproject’s Forme Life offers a personalized and interactive home workout experience – ©fuseproject. and Paypal. In the Advanced Design episode nr.73

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A Legendary VC Has a Plan for Solving Climate Change

Robinson Meyer

It is an airport business book about climate change in the form of a global checklist for climate action. In 2006, he held a private screening of An Inconvenient Truth for his family and friends. (Much of the book is free to read on its website.) Where other climate books are exhortative or doom-laden, Doerr’s is straightforward.