The two most prominent are publicly held JD.com, Alibaba’s biggest e-commerce competitor, and Meituan Dianping, the food-delivery foe of Alibaba’s recently acquired Ele.me and a hot IPO prospect. Tencent frames its interest in retailing not as an attack on Alibaba as such but rather as...
“One of the biggest tips I can give is to try and talk to other guestsbeforethe event starts. Generally what happens is that men tend to gather on one side of the room and the women on the other. This can get awkward, especially if you’re the first guy in the room and there ar...
When I said that I had not, she proceeded to tell me a story about the time she went to a luncheon at Caprilands and about how Adelma had served the biggest salad bowl she had ever seen stuffed to overflowing with nasturtium flowers freshly picked just hours earlier. The woman said it ...
173 (corner): Lighting Craftsman boasts the biggest selection of Tiffany-style lamps on the East Coast. 169: Was the address of Miner's Bowery Theater. "The entertain- ments given are of a reputable sort, but boisterous," said a guidebook of the time. Now Weiss Hardware. 167: Sino ...
Language researchers say pronunciation and fluency are the biggest barriers followed by grammar, ineffective spoken English. (18)However, most people don’t regard pronunciation as a very important part of communication skills. They’re more focused on vocabulary. One reason is that most people are...
His biggest lesson, the one he repeats over and over again, the one I heard him tell his last student for today, “if your mind leaves the sound of the horn, obstacles will appear.” I have heard Bill Sr. say it so many times before but today it hit me differently, it’s exactly...
The biggest barrier to “hormone beef” imports into the UK is that our shoppers are vehemently antagonistic to such! Although, in the unlikely event that a trade deal gave such beef the all-clear, it could be squirreled into the lower end of the food service market where product ...
He strolled about and talked with them, and the biggest of them told tales of their prowess, while those who were weaker, or younger and inexperienced, gathered round and listened in admiring silence. The last time he was there, Jurgis had thought of little but his family; but now he ...
greenhorns.When I stand on a street corner and sell a solid gold diamond ring to a yap for $3.00,I make just $2.60.And I know he's going to give it to a girl in return for all the benefits accruing from a $125.00 ring.His profits are $122.00.Which of us is the biggest fakir...
biggest hits of the decade with the country/soul “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (#1 Jun. ’62) followed by the beautiful “You Don’t Know Me” (#2 Sep. ’62). However, it was his only other#1 hit that I loved the most — the lively and catchy soul hit “Hit the Road Jack...