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Microsoft are reported to be pursuing the strategy of Apple and branding/controlling the environment in which they sell in, by opening up Microsoft flagship stores. Now while the internet is buzzing with this revelation, which comes after they hired Walmart sensation, David Porter, who no doubt was brought in to help mastermind this venture; I am left wondering what a branded store will do to Microsoft’s image.
Sure Apple stores with all their funk and minimalistic layout, which is carbon copied no matter which Apple store you are in …

I spend countless hours travelling on trains and pounding the streets of England. Mainly in and around London, where I’m sure the problem is amplified. But England really is full of rubbish, everywhere I see small mounds of trash. It makes you wonder where the respect for the country, nature and others has gone.
It is one of my pet hates and to that extent I can’t honestly ever remember a time where I purposely threw litter on the floor. Unless I take into account when walking in woods and …

running around downtown london today, I thought it would be wise to pop my head into a few highly fashionable and usually very expensive boutiques. It soon became very apparent that I really don’t need anything and the sales seem to be a way for expensive places to claw money out of me. I still maintain I will spend money, because i’m buying into the whole buy quality while it is at normal clothes prices but actually it is the most stupid time to buy.
Another thing I noticed that …