For anyone living in Japan, October is a most-welcome arrival on the calendar, mostly because it spells the end of summer’s sweltering heat. Here at Smith’s Nagaoakyo – スミス 英会話 長岡京 – it is particularly welcome; there is no finer season to walk around the city promoting our English conversation – 英会話 – schools and […]
Slow Fashion at Uniqlo; from スミス 英会話 長岡京
Here’s a short video about Uniqlo featuring Fast Retailing CEO, Tadashi Yanai. Although Uniqlo is Asia’s fastest-growing clothing retailer, it is a strategy of “slow fashion” that helps it to succeed in these budget-conscious times. There is plenty of useful business vocabulary here: standout, titan, concept, resonate, frugal, supply & demand, driving force, critical, slowdown, […]
A Really Cool Adventure, from スミス 英会話 長岡京
Here’s a link guaranteed to make you pause and consider the amazing adventures and achievements of those who came before us. At the very least, the spectacular icy vistas from Antarctica may provide some relief from the hot and humid Japanese summer. http://www.businessinsider.com/1915-antarctic-endurance-expedition-photos-2012-6?op=1 The link is to photos of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914-1916 Trans-Antarctic Expedition, […]