It's Tom Ford Mania at Paris Fashion Week

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Zoomers are snapping up Tom Ford from has past collections for a bunch of reasons. It has just the right price-to-vibe ratio – it’s relatively affordable but packs a punch. The clothes also speak to an authenticity of the pre-social media age they never got to experience, where style was perhaps more honest and instinctive says Samuel Hine for GQ.

But it's Haider Ackermann who is the truest steward of Ford's legacy.  

As they say, "Oh, those jeans!"  All coming off Paris Fashion Week.

Today in Global Small Business: Shake It Up Baby

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• Shake it up baby, that is, the music world.
• Job growth, trade gap and other updates in the manufacturing sector.
• Gucci says bye-bye to US anti-counterfeiting group after Alibaba becomes a member.
• Despite Cuba opening its borders for business, entrepreneurs face real obstacles. 
• Take a breather and learn a bit on the history of shipping containers, "The whole world in boxes." 
• Seven (7) ways to turn your cross-cultural understanding into a competitive advantage (recording to webinar; requires sign-in but no charge to view).