Michael Baker

On January 8, Tokyo-headquartered retailer and mall developer Aeon Company reported its results for the nine months of its fiscal year ending November 30. Top-line operating revenue grew by 3.7 per cent year-on-year to 7,749.4 billion yen (US$50 billion).... See more

Design contests aren’t won by the most talented designer. They’re won by the designer who best understands how clients think under pressure. In logo design contests or for any other design, clients may not always be thinking from a certain perspective. Th... See more

Thailand’s formidable tourism marketing machine touts itself as “Amazing Thailand”. Amazing it most certainly is, for many reasons, but one of its amazing qualities you won’t see in the tourist brochures is its unpredictability. If you are not sure what t... See more

In China, the pace of year-on-year growth continued to lose momentum in November after a brief uptick in October that proved to be a false dawn. The anniversary of the government’s appliance trade-in subsidy scheme is showing up in declining growth rates ... See more

Disabled students continue to face barriers constructed and enforced by our schools . The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization estimates that, globally, children with disabilities are twice as likely to be denied access to educ... See more