Borders Enters Ireland
Borders continues its global expansion with its first store in Ireland and certainly not the last. Borders now does business in six countries outside the US. Earlier this year, the …
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Global by Design November: Nike, ING, .asia
The November issue of Global by Design is now out; subscribers can download the issue by signing in here. In this issue, we analyze Nike’s new global navigation architecture. Recently, …
Alaska Air: Flying the Spanish Skies
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have launched a Spanish-language Web site, joining the ranks of Southwest Airlines, United, and five other airlines (You can view the full list here). The …
Lionbridge Announces Earnings; Stock Down 10%
Lionbridge announced Q3 numbers of $108 million, which is bringing the company in line with a $420 million fiscal year. This is about what I expected, but investors expected more …
Unicode 5.0: The Book
According to the press release, Unicode 5.0 is now in print and “available at booksellers everywhere.” According to Amazon the book is still in pre-order stage. And I’m curious to …
Happy Bilingual Holidays!
Toys ‘R’ Us has released its top 5 toy trends for the 2006 holiday season and trend number two was nice to see… Trend #2: Bilingual Toys Catering to the …
The Transcultural CEO
Quote from the dean of INSEAD, Frank Brown: “The world’s next generation of leaders must have transcultural skills. They need to have an appreciation and understanding of cultures, and know, …
Starbucks Coming to Russia
Last year Starbucks successfully defended its brand name in Russia. Now the company is preparing to cash in on its brand name. According to Starbucks Gossip, “Moscow’s second Starbucks (the …
Google’s International Revenues Gain Momentum
Google’s revenue engine, Google Adwords, is available in more than 40 languages, so it’s not surprising to see Google’s international revenues growing so quickly. But this rate of growth is …
Greetings from Punta Tombo!
Below are pictures from the world’s largest Magellanic penguin colony, located at Punta Tombo, Argentina. They were taken during a one-week volunteer trip in 2006. And hardly a week goes …
Nike Launches a Splash Global Gateway
Nike has launched a new Web site design and, with it, a splash global gateway… I don’t have time tonight to dig more deeply (I’m packing for an extended trip). …
You Don’t Know Jack: The Case for Controlled Vocabulary
The Rockley Bulletin features a great article on the importance of using controlled vocabularies, particularly for documentation. The article cites a customer support call in which the word “jack” is …
European Ecommerce Beyond Borders
According to the Eurobarometer survey, Europeans are getting much more comfortable shopping online, but not necessarily shopping beyond borders. Roughly half of all Europeans with a computer have shopped online, …
Newsweek Localization: Sometimes The Truth Hurts
Thanks to fellow Mizzou J-school graduate Matt Hilburn for pointing this out. If you visit the home page of Newsweek.com, you’ll see the front pages of this week’s issue from …
The Rise of the Arab Internet
According to Madar Research, there were more than 26 million Arabic-speaking Internet users at the end of 2005, an increase of 50% over 2004. Although overall Internet penetration in the …