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Pitching to the Dogs In Germany, Nestle Purina has created a television commercial targeting dogs.Born in the USA Growing numbers among Hispanics are due to births, not immigration.Holy Smoke A company in Alabama will turn your cremated remains into ammunition.The Ultimate Bonus A business in South Carolina is offering its staff $50,000 if they remain at the company for five years.Nightwalkers Long-distance walking is flourishing as a social activity in Guangzhou China.Green Curtain Climbing plants have become the hit new home insulation kits in Japan.Designer Dairy Makers of Manolo Blahnik luxury shoes have unveiled a line of premium dairy products.We're ...
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How is the Christmas shopping going in your neck of woods? Maybe not so good when you read headlines like this, from the Huffington Post, "Christmas Shopping: UK Retailers May Slash Prices as Gloom Continues". China doesn't officially celebrate Christmas and it hardly encourages religion but consumption is consumption and this Christmas in China looks like being a strong one. China has been doing Christmas for some time now. It's not always been a smooth process. A few years ago the government got all antsy and tried to tell people to not buy Christmas presents but to save their money ...
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January 9th is the official opening of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), and of course Mintel will be there to cover all the exciting new production and concept vehicles. NAIAS dates back to 1907, when the first auto show was held at the Beller's Beer Garden in Detroit. The show has been held annually since 1907, with a exception between 1943-1952. In 1989 the auto show was renamed North American International Auto Show, and has been held in the iconic Cobo Center since 1961. For the automotive industry, NAIAS is a mix between New York Fashion Week and ...
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After becoming Waitrose's fastest-selling festive line during November 2010, Delia's Classic Christmas Cake box has returned for Christmas 2011 and been joined by Mary Berry's Traditional Christmas Cake mix from Tesco, Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Christmas Cake kit, Whitworths Christmas Cake Baking Kit (available from Morrisons) and Harrods' Make Your Own Christmas Cake. Harrods' product, while the most expensive, has the additional appeal of already being packaged in a festive tin, while the numbered ingredients allow for an even easier step-by-step process. Containing all of the dry ingredients needed, one criticism of the kits has been the need for extras ...
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Chow Tai Fook is the biggest luxury brand in the world you've never heard of. With more gold than Midas and over 50 stores in Hong Kong, and 1,500 across mainland China (mostly in Shanghai and other tier 1 cities) and in other Asian cities. The jewellry chain has twice the revenues of Tiffany but outside Greater China and the South East Asian Chinese Diaspora the brand is hardly known. Now Chow Tai Fook is preparing to IPO in Hong Kong in what should be the fifth largest listing in the world this year if they manage to squeeze it ...
