Chinese Luxury Market: A Changing Business

Economy, Newsroom

For much of the past decade, China has been the key driver of the global growth in sales of luxury products and services. But over the course of the past eighteen months a number of factors—some predictable, others less so—have combined to slow what had been a torrid...

Insights into the Apple Watch Launch – What are the Risks?

Economy, Newsroom

Over the years, Apple’s new product launches have become a global event, just like the Apple watch introduction. The secrecy surrounding upcoming products has been a great tool to build consumer attention. The product unveiling was covered by the media like a...

Learning from “The Interview”

Newsroom, World Affairs

Sony has been fast to bring the movie ‘The Interview” from selected theaters to Netflix. With last December’s political commotion around the release, I invested the time to watch the film. Unfortunately, from an artistic perspective I wasted valuable...

Merry Christmas

Newsroom

As the year comes to an end, I am wishing you and your family time to enjoy the pleasures of the festive season and a happy and healthy New Year. Merry Christmas.

Quincy Jones – Patron of the Arts

Editorial, Newsroom, Reflections

By Anthony DeMarco – October 3, 2012 Source: Forbes     WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — When Quincy Jones was a child growing up in Chicago and Seattle, he wanted to be a gangster. Instead, he settled for being one of the most influential and...

4th of July, 2013

World Affairs

Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation’s most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson’s most enduring monument.  Here, in exalted and unforgettable phrases, Jefferson...