"Portugal may not be the biggest exporter of international brand names but it should work hard to preserve its strong culture of family-owned and operated businesses. This binds together communities and makes the city (Lisbon) more interesting for visitors." -- Tyler Brûlé, Financial Times Weekend
"Barnaby Barford has developed a short film, portraying a love story between an upmarket porcelain figurine, and a cheap ornament of a boy that ends the worst way it can for a piece of china."
Skip or Persil told us that kids need to get out, play more and get dirty on the process. Now it's ALPO's turn to tell us that "it's time to let dogs be dogs again".
I love the way some brands want to liberate our lives. I mean it.
"For Generation Y [those born after 1978], the crisis has hit harder than September 11. This is the first financial trauma of their lives, and they have been led to believe that access to capital and spending is limitless. Many of them are just completely over their heads. They have no idea of budgeting."