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Accenture, Adchemy, Procter & Gamble: Consumers study products. Products study them.

by Bob Page on 12 November 2009

Marzipan 'frutta da marturana' in Sicily, to celebrate mid-autumn festivals.

Blame it on the Irish.

by Bob Page on 29 October 2009

Via Carlo Alberto in Torino, celebrating the king who gave civil rights to Jews and Protestants.

Shining a light on non-Catholics in Italy.

by Simona Menghini on 27 October 2009

Telling an effective story requires meeting planners to ask three questions: Who's coming? What's the message? And how much money do you have?

When you evaluate hotels for a living, what do you do on holiday?

by Bob Page on 4 October 2009

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Election advice from a medieval Italian painter.

by Bob Page on 28 September 2009

The mythic Piaggio Vespa is the product all of us aspire to create.

iPhone is great, but it’s no Vespa.

by Bob Page on 9 September 2009

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