Word: conceptions
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...things I've seen over the last couple of years is the rising popularity of the vintage clothing store. This relates to the changing concept of secondary markets - whether its EBay, whether it's goodwill industries, whether it's selling a previously owned Mercedes Benz - the perception is changing. There's a willingness buy used, rather than necessarily buy new. You'll never sell used underwear or used socks. But the number of things that people are considering buying used, or buying previously owned, is considerable...
...were launching a retail concept in today's economy, how would you approach it? I think, as a culture, we are over-stored. All store chains would be healthier if they were smaller. If I were to act on a new retail concept today, I would ask, 'how do I marry the idea of a physical asset with an online world?" So rather than saying 'I'm going to have Victoria's Secret and then have victoriassecret.com, can I stand back and conceive of an online business which has a physical manifestation that drives...
...soldered together,” Sanes says. “Imagine slicing it into slices one millimeter thick. With each slice you can see a little shred of each part...You need to put them together to figure out the whole wiring diagram.”But the simple concept requires massive volumes of data—far beyond the capacity of current technologies. According to Sanes, mapping a human brain would demand enough storage space to host all the photos on Facebook millions of times over—now a wildly unrealistic demand.“Everything?...
...moral duty on Catholic jurists at all, and that in the rush of the event, someone in the Vatican press office mistakenly included the judicial terminology. But taken at its word, the Pope's new admonition to "jurists" to undertake an activist, law-changing role suggests that the concept of Originalism (adhering to the textual meaning of laws at the time of adoption) subscribed to by Scalia and often by three of the four other Catholics on the Supreme Court (Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and John Roberts) is a morally deficient method of constitutional interpretation...
Donna Karan is known for having revolutionized the working woman's wardrobe with her sleek urban clothes. But recently, Karan has been honing another concept in the loft-like Greenwich Village space that once housed her late husband's studio. Urban Zen Foundation is Karan's new philanthropic venture that hopes to raise awareness and inspire change in the areas of advancing well-being, empowering children and preserving cultures. Alongside the Foundation is Karan's new retail concept, Urban Zen, where she sells a mix of her own creations and objects she has culled on trips around the world. Karan...