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Annick Weber

Retail

Duty calls

More people than ever are flying, which means more shoppers pondering a buy before boarding – but how can retailers rise up and meet soaring customer expecations?

  • Issue #130
  • 6 min read
Two businessmen in suits shake hands over a large LEGO figure display at the TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes 2019
Business

Duty calls

More people than ever are flying, which means more shoppers pondering a buy before boarding – but how can retailers rise up and meet soaring customer expectations?

  • Issue #130
  • 6 min read
Duty calls
Business

Second life

Former executives trading boardrooms for studios, bakeries and beyond: meet the senior professionals who abandoned status and salary to pursue the work they were always meant to do.

  • Issue #130
  • 10 min read
Second life
Travel and restaurants

Rest assured

Whether you’d plump for an oasis of calm in Cuba or a remarkable fjord-side conversion in Norway, we’ve got your getaway plan covered.

  • Issue #130
  • 5 min read
Tropical courtyard seating area with wooden furniture, plants, and string lights at Gardens hotel in Havana
Culture

Let’s make it a good one

It's a new year and time for a list. Ours is a rundown of things set to make life better in 2020, from clever new businesses to cultural openings. Here's to a hopeful year.

  • The Forecast #10
  • 8 min read
Let’s make it  a good one
Business

Talk to my agent

In an age of self-promotion, talent agents still hold immense value. We speak to four industry insiders from theatre, TV, photography and music about how their role has changed and what’s on the horizon.

  • The Forecast #10
  • 12 min read
Television agent Janet Carol Norton stands in her Century City office wearing a patterned purple sweater and black skirt.
Retail

Twelve stops for Christmas

Pondering where to pick up gifts this year? Let our editors guide you with their pick of the best shops, emporiums and design stores on the most inviting shopping streets around the globe.

  • Issue #129
  • 27 min read
A cosy homeware shop interior with light wood shelving displaying ceramics, with a colourful sofa and cushions at the centre.
Food & Drink

Choux of a kind

Expat baker Morihide Yoshida believes the success of his Paris patisserie reflects the common culinary bond shared by Japan and France.

  • Issue #129
  • 3 min read
A man holding a wine glass gazes to the side in front of a warm wood-panelled wall.

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