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...In January, after a five-year hiatus, Elbaz unveiled a new fashion label, AZ Factory....
...These are big semiconductor companies that operate like department stores, supplying all types of high-quality peripheral chips, from power management chips and microcontrollers to sensors serving different...
...“If this virus had been designed to destroy theatre it couldn’t have been designed any better,” David Lan, former director of the Young Vic, tells me via Zoom. “It’s a very painful moment.”...
...An unforgettable place I’ve travelled to in the past year is the Lanserhof Clinic in Lans, Austria....
...At Paul Smith, the models looked like they had walked straight out of one of the designer’s many stores....
...“Asians have been the factory of the world. They were great at manufacturing things but in building brands they’ve been short,” says Mr Thakran, a former Nike and Swatch executive....
...So the company has turned to partnerships with local companies, taking a minority stake in a wood board factory in the southern state of Paraná....
...Hefty import taxes also drive up the cost of components that have to be bought abroad, forcing newcomers to set up local factories....
...When he grows up, however, he might at least remember that there is more to life than shopping malls – and that it gets dark at night outside the Louis Vuitton store....
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