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Seasonal change
The biannual Pitti Uomo menswear show is a fashion calendar highlight, but Italy's waning influence has brands looking abroad. This has necessitated an unfamiliar focus on expansion, with Japan first in line.
Americas
Tourism in the Caribbean and trade links between the Middle East and Latin America.
Ripping yarn
Harris Tweed is woven in a beautiful setting by workers in their homes. But all is not idyllic. With its largest mill closed, it’s crunch time for the iconic Scottish business.
Desert Dream
Once a provincial backwater, the Jordanian port town of Aqaba is in the midst of a vast regeneration programme that will reposition it as the ‘gateway to the Levant’.
Oblast resort
An isolated chip off the old Russian bloc surrounded by EU nations, Kaliningrad’s future is anyone’s guess. Military outpost or beach resort? With wise investment, its remoteness could work.
Business
How Bulgaria became a world leader in snail production, the material difference of the new Boeing 787 and the German gunmakers tapping into the US market.
Pole star
As global warming opens up the Arctic, the small community of Kirkenes is set for big changes. Can it cope with businesses keen to exploit its position on the Northern Sea Route?
Capsule time
For many, Paris remains the true home of fashion – and a clutch of well-timed, small-scale trade fairs are giving events like Italy’s Pitti Uomo a run for their money.
