Today in Global Small Business: Making Second-Hand Clothing the First Choice Worldwide

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

• Making second-hand clothing the first choice worldwide.
• What is Nato and why is Finland joining?
• BRICS emerges as the world's largest GDP bloc, propelled by China's Rapid Expansion.
• Quote of the week: "I'm really interested in fashion but at the same time I find it quite competitive. Second-hand stuff leaves you more open to whatever your own personal style is rather than feeling dictated to by shops." – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
• Dollar General enters international market with first Mi Súper Dollar General store opening in Mexico.
• Research shows that Millennials will increase their online spending in 2023.

What's Nato's New Role?

A little late on this but still worth a look:

Nato's new strategic concept unveiled in Lisbon underlines the global role of the alliance's new non-continental or non-geographic preoccupations such as cyber and space.

Watch a video and learn more here.

Illustration clip here.