Rachel Chang with Lindsey Rupp, China's Elusive Goal: A Global Apparel Brand.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a ... ng-s-struggle-shows
1st paragraph in Print: "Founded in the 1970s by rural tailor-turned-billionaire Gao Dekang 高 德康, Bosideng International Holdings Ltd grew into China's largest maker of down coats and the manufacturer of down apparel for top international brands including Adidas and Columbia Sportswear. How successful was it? By 2012, Bosideng was producing 450 million ducks' worth of down jackets annually, and its own branded garments were sold in more than 10,000 stores across China. Given that success, its executives figured that selling high-end outerwear, plus a menswear line, under its own brand in London and New York would be a breeze. So in 2012 the company opened a richly decorated £35 million ($46 million) store on a prime corner near London's Oxford Street—intended to be the first of several
Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Bosideng, the mainland's No 1 maker of down coats, wanted to conquer London. It didn't
(b) The online version is substantially different from the print.
(c) Bosideng International Holdings Ltd 波司登国际控股有限公司 (Founded 1975; Headquarters Shanghai)
(d) Oxford Street
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Street
(2) Thomas Black, Mute.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a ... flight-time-in-half
Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Thomas Black, Mute
(b) The online and print versions are identical.
(c) sonic boom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom
(d)
(i) Mark Bridge, NASA Reinvents Concorde Without the Noise. Times of London, July 28, 2017.
(ii) The NASA's test aircraft is called Low Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD). |