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

VMS

These building technologies, with the ability to span large spaces, led to the development of the show window. He believed that merchandise presentation was an art form. The display director Joseph Rouse said the store relied on a multiplicity of elegances such as satin covered dress forms, to create the overall feeling of luxury.

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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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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. He plowed $1 billion into the space, supporting more than 70 companies—many of which immediately proceeded to fail. degrees Celsius.