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Business

Straight to the point

Japan's fashion retailer United Arrows faces its biggest challenge yet as new president Yoshinori Matsuzaki navigates pandemic losses while balancing digital growth with cherished bricks-and-mortar traditions.

  • Issue #146
  • 9 min read
Wooden display wall shelving unit featuring organized retail merchandise including hanging clothing in earth tones on the left, stacked outdoor gear and camping equipment, firewood bundles, bottled products, coolers, thermos containers, and packaged goods in blue and orange boxes on lower shelves.
Fashion

Staying in shape

Five prominent players from across the fashion sector tell us how their industry has fared over the past year – and how they have adjusted to meet new business opportunities.

  • Issue #144
  • 20 min read
Hideaki Yoshihara and Yukiko Ode, founders of Hyke, sitting at a dark table in their Tokyo design studio
Business

Building anew

Diane Hoskins is co-CEO of the world’s biggest architecture firm and is at the forefront of the movement to build better places to work. And yes, she believes in office life.

  • Issue #143
  • 6 min read
Building anew
Business

How to impress

Anyone who says the past 12 months haven’t made them think again isn’t telling the truth. Here are 20 ideas for changing your business for the better, being brave and taking action.

  • Issue #142
  • 11 min read
Illustration of a smartphone charging on a desk with a battery icon in a speech bubble.
Affairs

Power ahead

UN secretary-general António Guterres discusses finding optimism amid global turbulence, tackling diplomatic "spoilers" and his vision for reforming the world's most important multilateral institution.

  • Issue #142
  • 30 min read
Power ahead
Affairs

Happy returns

Our editor in chief welcomes the excitement in the air as the world begins to reconnect.

  • Issue #142
  • 4 min read
Happy returns
Travel and restaurants

Off the map

Sometimes a sustainable solution is on the doorstep. We start our tour of domestic success stories in Lapland, where foreign visitors are absent but Finns are strapping on skis.

  • Issue #141
  • 1 min read
Person cross-country skiing through snow-covered forest with dog on leash in Finnish Lapland
Society

Change for good

Big improvements can often come from small adjustments to our behaviour. So how can we ensure that we do things better? We asked 20 thinkers for their take.

  • Issue #141
  • 21 min read
Change for good
Urbanism

Cities

Cambodia builds a school for mayors and we ask Arnhem’s alderman how to prepare for climate change.

  • Issue #138
  • 4 min read
Cities

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