Cultural Influences: China’s regions reverse the flow

Cultural Influences: China’s regions reverse the flow

When thinking about a country, one’s mind tends to go straight to its largest cities: the metropolises of Tokyo, London, Seoul and Shanghai. And rightly so, since they tend to be the primary drivers of a nation’s economic growth: London, for example, generates about...
Understand, Inspire, Engage

Understand, Inspire, Engage

The US company Crayola’s product range essentially consists of tools designed to help creativity: crayons, chalk and artists’ supplies. Perhaps that is why its former CEO Rich Gurin hit the mark with his claim that “business needs what the arts...
Human touch in a “contactless” world

Human touch in a “contactless” world

Covid-19 has swiftly turned ‘social distancing’ into the phrase for us all to live by. And even when the global pandemic has been fully understood and controlled, it will to some degree have changed our attitudes to what normal contact should look like. We can see...
Brand News: Tokyo Frenzy

Brand News: Tokyo Frenzy

Getting Tokyo in shape for the Olympics may have become less urgent with the delay to 2021, but Shibuya will continue to rejuvenate at breakneck speed. A flurry of recent developments is all part of the effort to safeguard its position as Japan’s top shopping...