Through his six-decade career, Han Meilin-who is well-known as the chief designer of Fuwa, the good-luck mascots for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008-has always turned to Chinese cultural traditions for inspiration. The 80-year-old began ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation will begin its 48th annual autumn Toyota Traffic Safety Campaign1 by launching a new traffic safety awareness project named the City Firefly Project. The project will begin on September 6 in Aichi Prefecture, and ...
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Meijer announced that it's continuing to up its fashion game with the spring launch of a Skechers concept shop inside the Knapp's Corner Meijer in Grand Rapids, MI, roughly one year after the retailer unveiled a fresh approach to lure ...
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On November 21, the two mascots, named " Zhuangzhuang " and " Meimei ", for the Palace Museum debuted in Beijing for the first time. Feng Hui Ren, the director of the Cultural Service Center of the Palace Museum said that the Palace ...
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Monty and Mabel the penguins and the CGI stars of the retailer's 2014 Christmas ad prove a popular choice this year. John Lewis’s Christmas advert mascots, Monty and Mabel plush toy penguins have sold out online, despite anger ...
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Imagine a world in which kids make all the decisions. Imagine a time that these decisions include nearly every purchase in the child's household... Perhaps this seems hypothetical, a potential future unrealized. Yet kids have that ...
In China's cities and the countryside, New Year pictures are closely linked with the Spring Festival (the Chinese New Year). Pasting up New Year pictures is a part of the festive celebrations. The aim of pasting up New Year ...
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Surprise acquisitions,top level exec changes,retail casualties and the London 2012 effect,the continued dominance of LEGO and Moshi Monsters in-store–not to mention some eye-watering charity challenges…the toy business has ...
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STAGE The Christmas Schooner Have yourself a City of Big Shoulders Christmas at the Mercury Theater, the current home of the beloved Chicago musical, “The Christmas Schooner.” Created by John Reeger and Julie Shannon, ...
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As a sort of demolded clay figurines exclusively made in Tibet, "Tsha-Tsha" is mainly small stupa and joss, which was the Buddhist artwork introduced from ancient India. Being a halidom used to express devout belief to Buddha and pray for ...
As the leading Taoist temples in Suzhou, Xuanmiao Taoist Temple is also the center for studying and performing Taoist music in Suzhou. Taoists inside the temple are known for belonging to the "Liberal Class" which is reputedly good at ...
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Nike launched its first direct-to-consumer retail presence in the capital of the United States, bringing Nike's multi-category brand experience to the historic Georgetown district of Washington, D.C. At Nike Georgetown, consumers will find ...
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Nike Chicago will reopen its doors,inviting Chicagoans into a newly remodeled,expanded retail space that reflects Nike's multi-category store concept.Former Chicago White Sox player and multi-sport legend Bo Jackson,who helped open Nike's ...
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The importance of a logo as a mnemonic device cannot be emphasized enough, especially in a new arena of heightened competition for consumer loyalty and retention. Logology 2 collects a diverse array of logos, symbols, icons, mascots, ...
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Open plan offices have gained popularity over the past few years for several reasons: they're cheaper and more space-efficient, they offer more opportunities for workers to collaborate with each other, and they're often more pleasing to ...
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