Herman Miller's leap of faith

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The Aeron chair, Herman Miller's most popular product, named one of the 'Designs of the Decade' for the 1990s, which was a must in Internet companies, with a profit of $2.2 billion, was in liquidation sales and had downsized the workforce and closed plants. During the period when business was down by 45 percent, Herman Miller decided to take a risk of investing in R&D, which bears the fruits of its decision, is introducing more products than at any time in its history.

Executive changes & profiles, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, Office Furniture, Office Furniture (including Fixtures) Manufacturing, Innovations, Officials and employees, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Furniture industry, Miller, Herman

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The Gucci killers

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China is on the verge of fielding high end fashion that can compete with any major city in the world like Paris, New York or Milan. Raphael le Masne de Chermont who is the CEO and Joanne Ooi who is a creative director have made Shanghai Tang into a flagship store in Hong Kong's Central District, that reveals a delicate balancing act where a look is created that is both authentic and sophisticated.

China, Fashion

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The beauty of simplicity

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Some of the technology products that offer great performance along with simplicity of design are discussed. The benefits associated with these products such as TiVo, by TiVo, IPod, by Apple and Google's search engine, are discussed.

Technological innovations

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