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Conceptual illustration showing US and Venezuelan flags over oil infrastructure, symbolising asset control, sovereignty, and geopolitical influence.

The Contract View of Sovereignty

Trump’s Venezuela move looks chaotic until you recognise the method behind it. This article examines asset-first intervention, where infrastructure, revenue, and control precede legitimacy, and why Venezuela has become a test case for a portable model of power.

New Balance experience store Beijing

New Balance has a long history, at least by US standards, starting in Boston in 1906 when William J. Riley discovered that he could apply the balance system he saw in chickens to arch support in shoes. New Balance have always been proud of their somewhat quirky start & their history so its perhaps not […]

Miu Miu expanding direct stores

Miu Miu are certainly expanding. This month they opened their first boutiques in China & Turkey to add to their growing range of directly operated stores. Currently the Miu Miu brand has around 20% of the turnover of Prada but it is growing considerably faster and is now far from a little sister experimental brand. […]

Barbie flagship store opening in Shanghai

Barbie are opening a 3400m2 flagship store along Shaghai’s trendy Huai Hai Rd. Mattel has invested over $US30 million too set up the first Barbie worldwide flagship store. They’ve also developed a new set of Asian and Caucasian Barbie dolls for the grand opening.