Lessons on conspicuous consumption from two examples of social behaviour and business survival in the history archive
If SA’s broad-based black economic empowerment firms are to survive for five decades to a century, perhaps their bosses could pick up a lesson or two from the business histories of “SA native merchants”, such as the 19th-century wealthy hotelier and retailer, Paul Xiniwe, in the Eastern Cape.
There are global examples of social behaviour that include the flamboyant man known universally as “Mr Selfridge” who rose from rags to riches and then fell from riches to almost rags...A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and Sunday Times Daily.
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