boss of a growing bookshop empire, is a leader of this counter revolution. he s made buying physical books cool on both sides of the atlantic. how? james daunt, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i used to use paper cash. i pretty much don t anymore. i used to write checks in a checkbook. i certainly don t do that anymore. why are you so convinced that iwill, still, continue to use ink on paper, physical books, for years to come? books remain, i think, by far and away the most pleasurable way, and most memorable way, to read most books. you can read on an e reader, of course, and that will have some advantages, particularly for some sorts of books. and millions and millions of people across the world. and millions of people happily do. and the numbers are growing. and the numbers are not growing, actually, within developed markets. in the uk, the us, for example, i think, pretty much, it reached a peak and then came down to a level and is now steadied out. lots of people enjoy d
of mariupol has been condemned by ukraine. an aide to president zelensky called the russian president, a criminal returning to the crime scene. it was the first time mr putin had been to a newly occupied ukrainian territory. now on bbc news hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in a world fixated with the unstoppable march of the digital revolution, it s kind of refreshing to look at what s happening in the old school business of selling books. ink on paper has not been eliminated by the rise of the e book, and the good old bricks and mortar bookshop hasn t been wiped out by online shopping. my guest today, james daunt, boss of a growing bookshop empire, is a leader of this counter revolution. he s made buying physical books cool on both sides of the atlantic. how? james daunt, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i used to use paper cash. i pretty much don t anymore. i used to write cheques in a chequebook. i certainly don t do that anymore. why are you so convince
court nominee clarence thomas. televised hearings that featured blockbuster testimony from professor anita hill who detailed allegations of workplace sexual harassment by judge thomas who was her supervisor at two government agencies. after approximately three months of working there, he asked me to go out socially with him. what happened next and tlling the world about it are the two most difficult experiences of my life. but when i was asked by a representative of this committee to report my experience, i felt that i had to tell the truth. the hearing sparked a national debate about sexual harassment and a time when such harassment went largely ignored and unpunished. it also brought attention to a troubling dynamic, the senate judiciary committee led by then senator joe biden was composed solely of old white guys. sharply and sometimes rudely questioning a black law professor about what happened to her. no women serve on that committee in 1991. well, that was about to
In its life as a Public Company at least and the biggest u. S. Grocer m a deal ever. And for the purposes of our hour, which normally focus on tech, a nice intersection between an old, Old School Business and a new one. Its amazing. Just from a headline perspective and news that affects people, i cant remember a deal this big i mean, maybe aoltime warner, but you cant eat time warner. Its really a way of bringing things together unlike so many people who are this deal is amazing, i see a number of challenges, potential problems with this deal not necessarily getting consummated, but actually making it work. The logistics operation that you need to run a whole foods is way different from one that you need to distribute using ecommerce if i want cheerios and gatorade, whole foods doesnt sell that so how do you blend the whole foods operation for say produce with the stuff that most people eat yeah, i mean, how do you do all that and be successful while still running whole foods in a way
Turmoil in this market all the big moves i see, both up and down, including today. The dow dipping 37 points, s p declining, the nasdaq lost 0. 28 . Underneath, though, theres a lot of rumblings i blame the millennials. Theyre impossible to getaway from and i have to tell you if it werent for the fact that i have two millennial daughters, i would hate this generation the generation that demands to be catered to or they cut you off at the knees or at the cord if youre a cable operator Everyone Wants millennials as customers because theyre old enough to have disposable income but young enough to be persuadable. That means you need to advertise on the internet, because thats where this generation resides. Thats why 45 of cloroxs add go to facebook and google. Clorox is at 45. Second, perhaps because of low wages and student loans, they pay out for very little. Weve identified over and over, millennials will pay premium for uber, for air b b and the iphone and theyll pay up it for makeup t