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Spot the shopper
China’s booming economy has triggered a luxury-mall boom. Packed with the best brands, they lack just one thing: shoppers. Many companies have found success but many more could soon be packing up.
Business
Eau de Credit Suisse, this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and why Lada lives on.
Maltese crossing
Malta, the Mediterranean island with a population of 400,000, is booming thanks to EU membership and its adoption of the euro. It’s also perfectly poised to exploit renewed trade with Gaddafi’s Libya.
Tough nut to crack
The European nut market is worth over €8bn but consumption is low. Now Al Rifai, the Lebanese ‘Rolls-Royce of nut companies’, is expanding into this underdeveloped market from a new Swedish HQ.
Freedom fighter
As editor of ‘The Zimbabwe Independent’, Trevor Ncube faced the consequences of criticising the government. Now based in South Africa, he plans to build a pan-African media empire for the continent’s democracy.
Film stars
The global camera market has rapidly switched to digital. Last year, Japan produced 94 million digital cameras versus 800,000 film cameras. Yet an army of die-hard fans is keeping the film format alive.
Mix in the right circles
Four enthusiastic Swedes believe the future of music doesn't end with the iPod. Their Pacemaker, a palm-sized DJ system, promises musical discovery, pitch-perfect audio quality and instant party epiphany for music lovers.
The flight watch
At London's Gatwick airport, police are relying on unlikely weapons to protect the travel hub from terror threats: plane-spotters and local farmers. Monocle reports on a community-based response to a global problem.
