In the late 1980s, Pier Luigi Loro Piana was in a bind. As a chief executive of the Italian luxury-fashion company Loro Piana, he wanted to offer his customers the finest animal fiber in the world: the hair of the vicua, a small llama-like creature native to the high plains of the Peruvian Andes
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What Sells in a Recession: Canned Goods and Condoms
What’s the last thing people want in a recession? More kids, apparently.
Study: Babies Who Gesture Learn Words Sooner
Child psychologists — and kindergarten teachers — have long known that when children first show up for school, some of them speak a lot more fluently than others.